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In.     EIGHT      VOLUMES 


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Printed  by  Mark  Basket,  Printer  to  the 
King's  Moft  Excellent  Majefty,  and  by  the 
AfTigns  of  Robert  Basket; 


And  by  Henry  Woodfall  and  William 
.    Strahan,-   Law   Printers   to  the  King's 

Moft  Excellent  Majefty. 


MDCCLXIII. 


THE 


FROM 


AGNA   CHART  A, 

TO    THE 

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END  of  the  REIGN  of  KING  HENRT  the  SIXTH. 


To  which  is  prefixed, 

A  TABLE  of  the  T  I  T  L  E  S  of  all  the  Publick  and  P«Wa 

Statutes  during  that  Time. 


VOLUME    the   FIRST. 


LONDON: 


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Printed  by  Mark  Basket,  Printer  to  the 
King's  Moft  Excellent  Majefty,  and  by  the 
Afiigns  of  Robert  Basket  $ 


And  by  Henry  Woodfall  and  William 
Strahan,  Law  Printers  to  the  King's 
Moft  Excellent  Majefty. 


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PREFACE. 

IN  the  rude  State  of  human  Government,  while  perfonal  Strength  and  Courage 
were  chiefly  held  in  Efteem,  as  Qualities  moft  conducive  to  Honour  and  Secu- 
rity, Men  yielded  with  Reluctance  to  the  Obligation  of  Civil  Institutions,  which 
were  calculated  to  abridge  and  reftrain  their  natural  Rights  and  Prerogatives. 

During  this  early  Dawn  of  Legiflation,  the  unpolifhed  Genius  of  the  People,  is 
vifible  even  in  the  Conftrudtion  of  their  Laws,  which  are,  moft  of  them,  haftily 
drawn  up  without  Order  and  without  Precifion. 

The  antient  Statutes  of  this  Kingdom,  afford  abundant  Examples  of  fuch  Irregu- 
larity and  Inaccuracy ;  being,  moft  of  them,  formed  without*  any\;^ettled  Precedent  ; 
and  feeming,  in  particular  Inftances,  rather  to  be  Provifions  extorted  by  fome  pre- 
dominant Influence,  than  Laws  inftituted  by  the  concurring  Aflent  of  a  regular 
Legislature. 

Some  Degree  of  Order,  however,  beamed  forth  under  the  Reign  of  Edward  I, 
many  Laws  of  that  Time  being  penned  with  a  Brevity  and  Perfpicuity,  which 
might  do  Honour  to  more  enlightened  Days.  But  ftill  the  greater  Part  of  the 
Statutes  even  of  that  Reign,  and  of  thofe  immediately  fucceeding,  are  not  only 
vague  and  unfettled  in  Point  of  Form,  but  are  fometimes  defective  in  Subftance. 
In  many,  there  are  no  Words  expreffing  by  what  Authority  they  were  promul- 
gated ;  and  in  thofe  wherein  the  enacting  Authority  is  declared,  it  is  varioufly 
defcribed.  In  fome  Inftances,  the  Laws  feem  to  iflue  from  the  King  alone  ;  feveral 
Acts  running  in  the  Form  of  Charters  and  Patents.  In  others,  they  feem  to  proceed 
from  the  King  and  Lords  jointly,  without  the  concurring  Aflent  of  the  Commons. 

It  is  obfervable  likewife,  that  Offences  are  fometimes  loofely  and  ambiguoufly 
defcribedj  and,  in  many  Statutes,  no  certain  Penalty  is  inflidted  on  the  Of- 
fender *  ',  whereby  the  Courts  of  Juftice  were  not  only  entrufted  with  a  Latitude  of 
Conftrudtion  refpedting  the  Offence,  but  with  a  dangerous  difcretionary  Power  of 
punifhing  the  Delinquent ;  which  afforded  room  for  Partiality  and  Oppreflion. 

The  Laws  of  thofe  Times  were  likewife  extremely  defective  with  regard  to  civil 
Proceedings,  whereby,  in  many  Inftances,  the  Courts  of  Judicature  were  left  open 
to  Temptations,  and  expofed  to  Menaces  :  And,  even  in  the  Decline  of  the  feudal 
Policy,  they  were  eaflly  corrupted  or  overawed  by  the  Influence  of  the  Crown,  or 
of  fome  potent  Baron  -j-. 

*  Many  of  the  penal  Statutes  only  enact  that  the  Offender  {hall  be  punifhed  at  the  King's  Pleafure ; 
fome,  that  he  mall  make  grievous  Ranibm  to  the  King  ;  And  others  are  merely  prohibitory,  or  admoni- 
tory. 

•J-  See  Mctddox's  Hift.  of  Exchequer, 

4  The 


vi  PREFACE. 

The  Inconveniencies  arifing  from  fuch  an  imperfect  Syftem,  wherein  Power  too 
often  took  place  of  Right,  muft,  in  thofe  Days,  have  been  frequently  and  fa- 
tally experienced,  more  especially  by  the  Commoners,  or  inferior  Orders,  of  the 
State.  Their  Experience  of  thefe  Inconveniencies,  taught  them  to  prize  the  fuperior 
Advantages  of  civil  Institutions ;  and  as  they,  by  Degrees,  were  enabled  to  affert 
their  Independence,  and  to  obtain  that  Share  in  the  Administration  of  Government, 
to  which  they  are  by  Nature  intitled,  we  find  that  the  Legiflature  applied  their  At- 
tention to  the  framing  Of  Laws  with  greater  Precifion  and  Uniformity,  in  order 
more  effectually  to  ascertain  the  Bounds  of  Juftice,  and  compel  lawlefs  Force  to 
Submit  to  the  Civil  Tribunal. 

As  Induftry,  however,  could  make  but  flow  Advances  againft  the  overbearing 
Weight  of  lordly  Power,  the  Commons  were  not,  for  a  long  Time,  in  a  Condi- 
tion to  procure  the  exprefs  Acknowledgment,  much  lefs  to  maintain  the  regular 
Exercife,  of  their  undoubted  Rights  :  And  the  frequent  Struggles  among  the  feveral 
Orders  of  the  Conftitution  were,  in  Part  perhaps,  the  Occalion  of  the  vague  and 
tinfettled  Frame  of  our  Statute  Law,  which,  as  different  Interefts  predominated,  un- 
derwent fuccefllve  Alterations,  both  in  Form  and  Subftance. 

Thefe  Instances  of  Diforder  and  Irregularity,  among  other  CircumStances,  have 
given  life  to  various  Objections  againft  the  Validity  of  feveral  early  Aits,  printed 
in  former  Collections,  and  continued  in  this.  Should  thefe  Objections  ever  pre- 
vail, many  antient  Statutes  muft  be  rejected  as  utterly  invalid ;  and,  to  eftabliSh. 
their  Authority,  is  perhaps  one  of  the  principal  Ends  to  which  an  Editor 
Should  direct  his  Attention.  I  Shall  therefore  endeavour,  in  the  firft  Place,  to  ob- 
viate thefe  Objections ;  which  will  lead  me  briefly  to  explain  the  Method  in  which 
our  antient  Acts  of  Parliament  were  paSTed  *.  I  Shall  then  offer  fqme  Observations 
on  our  Statute  Law  in  general :  And  laflly,  mall  prefent  the  Reader  with  the  Plan 
of  the  prefent  Edition. 

It  is  affirmed  in  feveral  Books  -f-,  that,  if  a  Record  mention  only  that  the  King 
enacts,  and  the  Lords  affent,  without  naming  the  Commons,  that  the  Omiffion 
cannot  be  fnpplied  by  any  Intendment  :  And  upon  this  Principle,  the  8  Hen.  VI. 
c.  29.  hath,  as  Serjeant  Hawkins  obferves,  been  questioned  by  Dyer  J,  and  its  Au- 
thority denied  in  1  Inft.  ||  and  the  8th  Report  4-  Were  this  Principle,  however, 
which,  as  applied  to  the  early  Statutes,  feems  ill  grounded,  to  be  admitted  for  the 
prefent,  yet  its  Force  would  not  invalidate  the  Authority  of  the  Act  in  QueStion.' 

It  is  obfervable,  that,  in  the  old  Statutes,  there  was,  for  the  moft  Part,  a  general 
Preface,  or,  as  fome  call  it,  Prologue,  to  the  feveral  Articles  or  Chapters  enacted 

*  It  feems  to  be  an  indifpenfable  Duty  of  an  Editor,  to  give  fome  Account  of  the  Forms  in  which 
cur  antient  Ac~ts  were  paffed  ;  fince,  without  this  previous  Knowledge,  many  of  them  will  be  very  im- 
perfectly underftood  ;  fuch  as  Articuti  Cleri,  and  others,  which  do  not  bear  the  Form  of  Statutes.  In 
order  however  to  explain  the  antient  Method  of  paffing  Bills,  we  muft  neceflarily  take  fome  Notice  con- 
cerning the  refpeftive  Influence  of  the  feveral  Orders  of  the  State  at  different  Times  :  An  Inquiry  which 
has  been  greatly  obfeured  by  the  partial  and  interefted  Zeal  of  the  Writers  of  the  laft  Century,  who,  by 
attempting  to  prove  too  much,  have,  on  both  Sides,  fallen  equally  fhort  of  Conviction.  The  Editor 
therefore  has  been  cautious  of  advancing  any  thing  on  this  Subject,  not  warranted  by  the  Evidence  of  the 
antient  Records. 

f  i.Hcn.  7.  18.  PI.  11.    8  Coke  20,21.    .Mw  824.  PI.  1112.   Co.  Litt.  159.  b.    Hob.  m. 

X  Dyer  144.  p.  60.  )|   1  Inft.  159.  b.  48  Co.  20.  b. 

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P        RE        F        A         C        E. 

in  each  Seflion,  which  were  entered  feriatim  on  the  Roll,  without  a  fingle  Break, 
or  even  any  intervening  Punctuation  :  And  they  all  had  Reference  to  the  Preface, 
which  declared  the  enacting  Authority.  Thus  the  Ait  in  Queftion,  of  the  8  Hen. 
VI.  begins  with  the  following  Preface. 

"  To  the  Laud  and  Honour  of  Almighty  God,  &c.  our  mod:  noble  Chriftian 
"  Lord  Henry,  &c.  by  the  Advice  and  AfTent  of  the  Prelates  and  great  Men  of  his 
"  Realm  of  England,  and  at  the  fpecial  Requeji  and  Assent  of  the  Commons  of 
"  the  faid  Realm  being  in  the  faid  Parliament,  hath  made  certain  Statutes,  &c. 
"  in  the  Form  following." 

Here  we  find  that,  in  this  Preface,  the  Ajfent  of  the  Commons  is  exprefsly  men- 
tioned :  And  therefore  the  Omiflion  in  the  29th  Chapter,  is  to  be  fupplied  by  Re- 
ference, and  there  is  no  Need  of  any  Intendment  *. 

But  admitting  that  their  AfTent  could  not  be  fupplied  by  fuch  Reference,  yet,  if 
fuch  an  Omiflion  fhould  be  deemed  fufficient  to  invalidate  a  Statute,  then  the  Au- 
thority of  the  greater  Part  of  the  early  Acts  may  be  denied  :  For  the  AfTent  of  the 
Commons  is  frequently  omitted,  more  efpecially  in  the  enacting  Claufes  of  the  Sta- 
tutes prior  to  the  Reign  of  Henry  VII.  nay,  fometimes  is  not  even  inferted  in  the 
Preface  -j~. 

Lord  Coke  however  takes  a  Diftindtion  between  a  general  and  a  particular  penning 
of  an  A(t  of  Parliament.  Thus  he  allows  an  A(t  to  be  good  which  runs  in  thefe 
general  Terms  :  "  It  is  enacted  by  Authority  of  Parliament."  Or,  he  likewife  ad- 
mits, that  if  it  be  indited  "  quod  Dominus  Rex  fiatuit,"  yet  if  it  be  entered  in  the 
Parliament-Roll,  and  always  allowed  to  be  an  Act,  it  fhall  be  intended  to  have  been 
by  Authority  of  Parliament.  But,  he  concludes,  "  If  it  be  penned,  that  the  King 
««  enacls  with  the  AfTent  of  the  Lords,  or  with  the  AfTent  of  the  Commons,  it  is 
"  not  an  Act  of  Parliament,  for  the  Record  of  the  Act  exprefling  which  of  them 
**  gave  their  AfTent,  excludeth  all  Intendments  that  any  other  gave  their  AfTent.  J" 

This  Diftindtion  however,  with  due  Deference  to  fuch  great  Authority,  does  not 
feem  to  eftablifh  any  folid  Difference.  For,  the  Legiflature  confiding  of  three  Or- 
ders, where  one  alone,  the  King  for  Inftance,  is  exprefTed,  there  is  the  fame  Ground 
for  excluding  all  Intendment  with  regard  to  the  other  two,  as  there  is  for  the  Ex- 
clufion  of  one,  where  two  only  are  mentioned  :  And  no  valid  Reafon  can  be  given, 
why  the  AfTent  of  one  Order,  fhould  not  be  intended  as  well  as  the  AfTent  of  two, 
Befides,  the  univerfal  Reception  in  Courts  of  Juftice,  feems  to  be  againft  his  Lord- 
fhip's  Pofition  :  For  the  Statute  de  MalefaSloribus  in  Parcis,  where  it  is  faid,  that 
*'  the  King  hath  commanded,   at  the  Inftance  of  his  Nobles,"  hath  always  been. 

*  What  farther  proves  the  Authority  of  the  Ac~t  in  Queftion,  is  its  having  been  referred  to,  and  in 
Part  recited,  as  a  Statute  in  Force,  by  the  Legiflature  itfelf ;  for  in  the  22  H.  8.  c.  10.  defcribing  cer- 
tain Offences,  it  is  thus  exprefly  declared,  "  That  in  the  Inqueft  that  fhall  pafs  between  the  King  and 
"  any  fuch  Party  fhall  be  altogether  of  Engllfnmen"  albeit  that  the  Parry  fo  indicted  pray  Medietatcm  Lin- 
guce,  according  to  the  Statute  of  Anno  8  Henrici  6.  or  any  other  Statute  thereof  made. 

f  Throughout  the  Reign  of  Ed.  1.  the  AfTent  of  the  Commons  is  not  once  exprcjfed  in  any  of  the  en- 
acting Claufes  ;  nor  in  the  Reigns  enfuing,  till  the  9th  of  Ed.  3.  nor  in  any  of  the  enacting  Claufes  of 
16  R.  2.  Nay  even  fo  low  as  H.  6.  from  the  Beginning  till  the  8th  Year  of  his  Reign,  the  AfTent  of  the 
Commons  is  not  once  exprefTed  in  any  enacting  Claufe. 

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deemed  a  Statute.  Other  Statutes  likewife,  mentioned  by  Serjeant  Vlaiohns,  fuch 
as  Quia  emptores  terrarum,  which  is  worded  as  "  an  Ordinance  at  the  Inftance  of' 
"  the  great  Men  j"  Articulifuper  chart  as,  which  only  mentions  the- Prelates,  Earls, 
and  Barons  5  and  the  Statute  of  Money,  which  runs  in  the  fame  Form,  have  be'en 
univerfally  received  as  Acts  of  the  whole  Legislature,  though  particularly  penned, 
and  omitting  the  Commons. 

But  the  Doctrine  laid  down  by  Lord  Coke  and  others,  will  appear  the  more  in- 
defenfible,  if  we  take  a  retrofpective  View  of  the  antient  Method  of  paffing  Acts  of 
Parliament,  wherein  we  Shall  find,  that  the  concurring  ASTent  of  the  feveral  Orders 
of  .the  State  was  not  for  fome  time  held  effentially  requisite;  and  that  after  the  Com- 
mons were  rejlored,  as  a  Part  of  the  Legislature,  their  Influence  was  fo  inconside- 
rable, that  it  v/as  many  Years  before  their  Right  of  Afjent  in  particular  was  fully  ac- 
knowledged and  eftabiiShed  in  Practice. 

Concerning  the  antient  Method  of  paffing  Laws,  during  the  Briti/h  and  Saxon 
Times,  we  can  conclude  little  with  Certainty.  The  Briti/lj  Kifrithin,  or  Great 
Council,  feems  to  have  been  rather  an  occafional  and  tumultuary  Meeting,  than  an 
ASTembly  compofed  of  regular  and  diStinct  Orders  *.  With  regard  however  to  the 
Saxon  Constitution,  though  we  cannot  trace  the  Forms  on  which  the  feveral  Orders 
of  the  State  concurred  in  the  Bufinefs  of  Legislation,  yet  we  frequently  find  exprefs 
Mention  of  the  People  in  the  Saxon  Laws-  -f- :  And  it  may,  among  other  Circum- 
stances, be  collected  even  from  the  Nature  and  Deiign  of  the  Folcmote  %,  that  they 

.    bore 

*  Many  have  undertaken  to  prove  that  the  Commons  were  constituent  Members  of  the  Britijh  Great 
Council.      Of  this  Opinion  is  Lord  Coke,  Pref.  to  9th  Rep. 

1  Petyt  likewife  adopts  the  fame  Notion  on  the  Authority  of  Dion  Coffins,  who  allures  us,  in  the  Life  of 
Severn',  that  apud  Brhannos  Populus  magna  ex  parte  Principatum  tenet.  But  the  Word  Populus  here,  ac- 
cording to  Brady,  can  only  mean  the  great  Men  or  Leaders;  fince  Tacitus  in  the  Life  of  Agricola,  long 
before  the  Time  of  Sevens,  informs  us  that  Britanni  olim  Regibus  parebant,  nunc  per  Principes  failioni- 
bus  &  Studiis  trahuntur. — Brady  however  feems  to  have  rniftaken  the  Senfe  of  this  Paffage,  which  r»e  tranf- 
lates,  or  rather  amplifies  thus.  "  In  Times  paft,  the  Britains  obeyed  their  Kings,  and  lived  under  Mo- 
"  narchy ;  now  they  are  drawn  into  Factions  and  Parties  by  their  Chiefs  and  great  Men."  From  the 
Words  in  Italicks,  which  are  not  to  be  found  in  the  Original,  may  be  inferred,  what  Brady  indeed  fup- 
pofes,  that  the  Britains  no  longer  lived  under  Monarchy,  but  had  degenerated  into  a  Populacy,  or,  as 
he  e.xpreffes  it,  a  Compound  of  Ariftocracy  and  Democracy.  Whereas  the  Fact  is,  that  the  Britains,  at 
that  Time,  lived  under  their  Kings  ;  and  the  Hiflorian,  within  a  few  Pages  of  the  Paffage  cited,.,  fpeaks 
of  King  Cogidnnus  and  Queen  Voadicea.  Brady,  with  fome  others,  feems  to  have  been  betrayed  into 
this  Mi  (confirmation,  by  taking  the  Words  Reglibus  and  Principes  as  oppofed  to  each  other:  Whereas  the 
Oppofition  is  between  the  Words  Parebant  and  FaSiionibus  trahuntur.  See  the  Annotator  on  the  Amfter- 
dam  Edition  of  Tacitus. — It  is  obfervable  that  the  learned  Spelman  has  fallen  into  the  fame  Error:  For, 
after  quoting  the  above  Paffage  from  Tacitus,  he  fays,  "  Fides  in  hifce  Conjiliis  nee  Regis  adejfe  Prefentiam, 
"  nee  Autboritatem."  An  Inference  by  no  Means  deducible  from  the  Words  of  the  Hiftorian.  See  Spelm. 
Gloff.  Voce  Parliamentum. — Some,  who  have  treated  of  this  SubjecT:,  tell  us  that  the  Members  of  the  Bri- 
i'Jh  Councils  were  their  Edlns,  who  were  of  princely  Race  :  Together  with  the  Governors  of  Difhifts 
and  Lords  of  Villages.  Put  this  Inquiry  is  involved  in  fuch  Obfcurity,  that  perhaps  it  is  not  fafe  to  form, 
any  pofitive  Conclufion. 

t  They  arc  exprefsly  named  in  the  Wittanagemot  held  by  Ethehvolf  in  the  Year  855,  when  a  Tenth 

was  given  to  the  Church  by  the  King,  cum  Tbanis,  Baronibus,  &  populo.     They  are  again  exprefsly 

named  in  the  8th  Law  of  Edward  the  Confcffor.     And  in  the  35th  Law,  we  find  the  AJJent  of  the  Peo- 

/'.'••  expreffed  as  follows.     Hoc  enim  fatlum  fuit  per  Ccmmutie  Con/ilium  &  Assensum  omnium  Epifccforum, 

ipum,  Procerum,  Comitum,  &  omnium  Sapientum  Seniorum,  W  Populorum  totius  Regni. 

The  Folcmote  was  of  two  Kinds  ;  the  Folcmote  Comitatus,  or  Sbircmote,  and  the  Folcmote  Civitatis 

vel  Burgi,  that  is,  the  Burgmote.     The  former  was  an  yearly  Affemblyof  the  People  of  all  Ranks,  in  the 

.;  iz  of  an  annual  Parliament,  and  the  Laity  there  took  the  Oath  of  Fealty,  before  the  BiShops :  At 

thefe 


P         R         E         F         A         C         E. 

bore  no  mco nfl durable  Share  in  the  Adminiftration  of  Government ;  as  many  have, 
with  good  Reafon,  contended  -j-. 

We  may  neverthelefs  venture  to  conclude,  that  the  Authority  of  the  Commons, 
however  conftitutionally  extenfive  in  Point  of  Right  J,  foon  became  ve  ry  inconfi- 
derable  in  Effect.  We  may  indeed  judge  of  the  Weaknefs  of  their  Influence,  by 
attending  to  the  unequal  Balance  of  Property  among  the  Saxons ;  which  is,  perhaps, 
one  of  the  fureft  Rules  to  determine  the  refpeclive  Powers  of  the  different  Orders  of 
the  Conltitution  ||.  And  indeed  it  appears  to  have  been  fofmall,  that  it  is  no  won- 
der 

thefe  yearly  Meetings  lilcewife,  they  confulted  for  the  common  Safety,  about  Peace  and  War,  and  to  pro- 
mote the  Public  Good.     Befides  thefe  annual  Meetings,  if  any  fudden  Contingency  happened,  it  was  the 
Duty  of  the  Aldermen  of  Cities  and  Boroughs  to  ring  the  Bell  called  in  EngUJh  Motbel,  in  order  to  bring  the 
People  together  to  the  Burgmote,  that,  by  their  Common  Council,  they  might   provide  for  the  Security  of 
the    Crown,    and  take   Meafares  to  fupprefs  the  Infolence  of  Malefaclors.     See   the   35  th  Law  of  Edward 
the  Confeflbr. — It  is  probable  that   the  Refolutions  taken  at  thefe  annual  Meetings  were  difcufTed   and 
finally  concluded  at  the  Courts  de  More,  which,  according  to  the  Institution  of  Alfred,   met  at  the  three 
great  Festivals  of  Eajler,  Whitfuntide  and  Chrijlmas.     Thefe  Courts  de  More  were   fometimes   called    the 
Ealra  Wittanagemoi,  or  Meeting  of  all  the  Wifemen.     As  to  the  Wittanagemot,  though  it  was  compofed 
of  the  fame  Orders  in  refpec~t  of  Rank  as  the  Ealra  Wittanagemot,  yet  it  appears  to  have  been  only  an  oc- 
casional AfTembly  of  fome  chofen  Members,  summoned  when  any  Emergency  happened  in  the  Intervals 
of  the  three  great  Festivals. — Sir  Hen.  Spelman,  Voce  Gemote,  faith,    "  that  the  Witianagemote  differed  little 
from  the  Folcmote,  except  that  the  latter  was  annual,  and  for  the  most  Part  summoned  on  certain  Occasions  ; 
whereas  the  former  was  called  at  the  Will  of  the  Prince,  upon  arduous  Contingencies,  and  for  the  Sake 
of  making  Laws."     But  a  great  Part  of  this  Distinction  vanifhes,  fince  we  find  from  the  Law  above-men- 
tioned, that  the  Folcmote  alfo  was  summoned  on   arduous  Contingencies.     Indeed  Sir  Henry  does   not 
feem  to  have  treated  this  SubjecT:  with  his  ufual  Accuracy  and  Perspicuity  :  For  after  having  obferved,  that 
at  the  annual  Folcmotes,  the  People  confulted  about  the  public  Safety,  about  Peace  and  War,  &c.  he 
adds — "  Adhibetur  praterea  Folcmotum  inrepentino  omni  Difcrimine:  Exigents  etiam  necejjitate  fub  Alderman- 
no  (hoc  ejl,  Comite)  cujufibet  Comitatus."     Here  we  find  that  he  erroneoufly  makes  the  Folcmote  on  ex- 
traordinary Occafions,  to  be  fub  Aldermanno  Comitatus;   whereas  it  appears  from  the  Law  above  cited, 
that  it  was  fub  Aldermatmis  in  Civitatibus  &  Bv/ugis.     But  to  enter  into  thefe  Minutiae  of  the  Saxon 
Constitution,  would  require  a  Volume  by  itfelf. 

t  Elfyng,  Petyt,  Hachwell,  Sadler,  Harrington,  Dugdale,  Lombard,  Lord  Cole,  and  others.  Lombard^ 
Lord  Coke,  and  many  others,  rely  on  the  Authority  of  the  old  MSS.  Modus  tenendi  Parliamentum,  which  is 
rejected  as  spurious  by  Selden  and  Prynne.  £5*  There  are  feveral  Copies  of  this  MSS.  Modus,  among  the 
Cottonian  Manufcripts  in  the  Briti/h  Mufaum,  which  materially  differ  from  each  other :  And  though  there 
is  good  Ground  to  fuppofe  that  it  is  not  fo  antient  as  its  Title  imports,  yet  fuppofing  it  to  have  been  made 
even  fo  late  as  the  Time  of  Ediu.  3,  as  Selden  conjectures,  yet  it  may  ferve  to  express  the  Senfe  of  thofe 
Times  with  refpect  to  the  Plights  of  the  Commons,  to  which  they  were  willing  to  add  the  Sanction  of  An- 
tiquity. 

%  Dugdale  and  Lambard  conclude  very  strongly,  that  the  Commons  were  reprefented  among  the  Saxons^ 
and  the  latter  produceth  a  very  cogent  Reafon  in  support  of  this  Opinion.  For,  faith  he,  many  antient 
and  long  fince  decayed  Burroughs  do  fend  BurgelTes  to  Parliament,  though  it  cannot  be  shewn  that  thofe 
Burroughs  have  been  of  any  Reputation  fince  the  Conquest,  much  lefs  that  they  have  obtained  the  Privi- 
lege by  the  Grant  of  any  succeeding  King  :  So,  on  the  contrary,  they  of  antient  Demesne  do  pre- 
fcribe  in  not  fending  Burgeffes  to  the  Parliament;  which  Prefcription  proves  that  there  were  fome  Bur- 
roughs before  the  Conquest,  which  did  fend  Burgeffes.  See  Dugd.  Orig.  Jurid.  and  Lombard's  Arch<zon% 
or  Bifcourfe  on  the  High  Courts  of  Justice.  The  Reader  will  find  the  fame  Arguments  in  Lord  Coke's 
Preface  to  his  9th  Report. — Upon  the  whole,  there  feems  to  be  the  strongest  Reafon  for  concluding  that  the 
People  had  a  Share  in  the  Administration  of  the  Saxon  Government,  though  it  is  not  eafy  to  ascertain  the 
Forms  in  which  they  exercised  their  Rights.  It  is  not  improbable  that  their  Folcmote  answered,  in  fome 
Refpecls,  to  our  Houfe  of  Commons  :  That  their  Ealra  Wittanagemot  bore  Refemblance  to  the  Houfe 
of  Lords  :  And  that  their  Wittanagemot  was  fomewhat  in  the  Nature  of  our  Privy  Council.  But  after 
all  perhaps,  it  is  more  difcreet  to  confefs  our  Ignorance  in  thefe  Points,  than  to  form  uncertain  Conclu- 
fions,  or  hazard  vain  Conjectures. 

||  Under  the  Saxon  Monarchy,  the  Poffeflions  of  the  great  Thanes  were  fo  immenfe,  that  they  were  not 

oniy  called  Reguli,  cr  petty  Kings,  but  in  Eftcdt,  they  exercifed  a  Kind  of  regal  Authority  within    their 

V01.  I.  k>  feveral 


x  PREFACE. 

der  we  find  the  Traces  of  it  for  fome  Time  effaced  by  trie  Revolution  effe&ed  un- 
der William  the  Norman. 

While  the  feodal  Syftem  which  he  introduced,  or  rather,  perhaps,  extended  *, 
was  preferved  in  its  full  Vigour,  we  find  no  exprefs  Mention  of  the  Commons. 
But  the  great  Oppofition  the  fucceeding  Kings  met  with  from  the  enormous  Power 
of  the  Barons,  and  the  Struggles  between  regal  and  ariftocratical  Tyranny,  occa- 
iioned  the  Decline  of  that  Syftem  ;  and,  with  other  concurring  Circumftances-L,  gra- 
dually made  Way  for  the  Reftoration  of  the  Commons  into  the  Great  Council. 
As  the  greater  Baronies  efcheated,  they  were,  in  order  to  leffen  the  Influence  of  the 
Nobility,  portioned  out  into  leffer  Tenures,  in  Capite  -f ;  and  thefe  Tenants  were 
called  the  LeJJ'er  Barons  ;  who  had  a  Right  of  attending  the  Parliament.  Their 
Number,  according  to  Gilbert,  was  at  one  Time  three  thoufand :  Their  Attendance 
confequently  becoming  inconvenient,  if  not  impoffible,  two  Knights  were  at  length 
fummoned  from  each  County,   in  the  Room  of  thefe  LefTer  Barons. 

The  firft  Summons  of  thefe  Knights,  extant  on  Record,  is  the  49th  of  Hen- 
ry III.  J  And  it  doth  not  appear  that  the  Citizens  and  BurgefTes,  who  were,  at 
that  time,  the  true  Commons  of  the  Realm,  were  regularly  fummoned  at  this  Time. 
All  we  find  is,  that  the  Cities  of  York  and  Lincoln,  and  other  Boroughs  of  England, 
were  written  to,  and  required  to  fend  two  of  the  molt  difcreet  Men,  &c. 

The  firfr.  regular  Summons  we  meet  with,  directed  to  the  Sheriff",  for  the  Election 
of  Citizens  and  BurgefTes,  is  in  the  23d  of  Edward  I.  ||.     The  Commons  had  by 

this 

feveral  Jurifdictions.  The  Saxon  Policy  likewife  contributed  to  increafe  and  confirm  the  ariftocra- 
tical Power.  For,  if  a  Clown  obtained  a  certain  Portion  of  Land,  that  is,  five  Hides,  he  became 
a  Thane ;  if  a  Merchant  crofled  the  Sea  thrice  on  his  own  Account,  he  rofe  to  the  fame  Honour. 
And  if  a  Thane  improved  his  Eftate  to  the  Amount  of  an  Earldom,  then  he  became  an  Earl.  Though 
Inftances  of  fuch  Advancement  might  not  probably  be  very  frequent,  yet,  it  is  eafy  to  conceive,  that,  un- 
der a  Government,  where  a  certain  Portion  of  Property  alone,  ftamped  the  Rank  of  Nobility  on  the  Pof- 
felTor,  the  Influence  of  the  BurgefTes  or  Commons  muft  be  extremely  low.  The  fame  Law,  which  gave 
Encouragement  to  Trade,  proved  injurious  to  Liberty,  by  its  Tendency  to  increafe  the  Power  of  the 
Ariftocracy. 

*  See  Wrights  Tenures,  where  the  Authorities  concerning  Introduction  of  feodal  Tenures  are  candidly 
and  accurately  fiated. 

4.  The  Frauds  and  Impofitions  in  collecting  the  Scutages  and  other  feodal  Revenues,  was  perhaps  among 
the  Caufes  of  reftoring  the  Commons,  in  order  to  procure  their  Aflent  to  fuch  Taxes  as  were  propofed  to 
be  levied  on  them. 

•J-  Thk  Policy  is  generally  attributed  to  King  Stephen. 

%  It  is  well  obferved  by  Brady,  that  it  does  not  appear  by  the  Writ,  whether  the  Sheriffs,  or  the  Coun- 
ties, were  to  elect  thefe  Knights.  The  Mandate  to  the  Sheriffs  being  only  <Shiod  venire  faciant.  It  is  ob- 
fervable  likewife,  that  thefe  Knights  feem,  for  fome  Time,  to  have  been  confidered  as  a  diftincT:  Order 
from  the  Commons;  as  maybe  inferred  from  the  10  Ed.  3.  where  it  is  faid,  "  The  King  hath  perceived, 
**  at  the  Complaint  of  the  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and  alfo  at  the  {hewing  of  the  Knights  of  the  Shiref, 
"  and  his  Commons,  &r."  Likewife  in  6  Ed.  3.  ti.  6.  the  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons  and  Great  Men  by 
fhcmfelvcs,  bf  les  Chivalers  des  Counter  b'  Gentz  du  Commune  par  Eux  Mcfmcs,  Sic.  £2?"  It  may 
not  be  improper,  however,  to  obferve  of  Brady,  that  though  he  difcovers  great  Learning  and  Acutenefs, 
yet  he  evidently  wrote  with  the  illiberal  View  of  fcrving  a  Party,  rather  than  of  inveftigating  Truth. 
As  an  Author,  therefore,  he  ought  to  be  read  with  Caution  :  And  as  a  Man,  capable  of  proftituting  his 
Talents  to  explain  away  the  Rights  of  the  People,  he  ought  to  be  remembered  with  Concern. 

i|  This,  however,  was  more  properly  the  Revival,  than  the  Commencement  of  their  Right.  Indeed 
there  arc  the  flrongefl  prefumptive  Proofs,  that  the  Commons  were  a  Part  of  the  Parliament  foon  after  the 

Conquer!  j 


PREFACE.  xi 

this  Time  obtained  fome  Share  of  Influence  :  But  fuch  was  the  little  Regard  paid 
to  their  Rights,  that  their  Affent  -f  was  not,  for  a  long  Time  after,  held  effential 
to  the  enacting  of  Laws.  -   , 

-     Even  the  Barons  themfelves  were,  for  fome  Time,    confidered  merely  as  Coun- 
fellors,  and,  afpiring  alfo  to  the  Honours  of  the  Chace,  with  the  romantic  Glory  of 
Chivalry,  they  were  glad  to  be  relieved  from  the  fpeculative  Bufinefs  of  Legiflation, 
which  they  willingly  committed  to  the  King  and  his  Judges  \. 

But  as  greater  Refinement  took  Place,  they  not  only  afferted  their  Right  of 
Affent  to  Acts  of  Legiflation,  but,  while  their  Influence  was  predominant,  they,  in 
fact,  bid  open  Defiance  to  the  Crown. 

The  Commons  feem  at  firft,  among  other  Reafons,  to  have  been  oppofed  as  a 
Counterbalance  to  their  exorbitant  Power  :  And  they  naturally  adhered  to  the  So- 
vereign, from  Averfion  to  the  Barons,  who  were  no  lefs  their  Qppreffors,  than  Op- 
ponents to  the  Crown  ||. 

Conqueft ;  or  at  leaft  very  early  in  the  E.eign  of  Hen.  3.  For  the  25th  of  Ed.  1.  which  confirms  Magna 
Charta,  fays,  that  it  was  made  by  the  common  Affent  of  all  the  Realm.  And  the  15th  of  Ed.  3.  fpeaks 
more  ftrongly,  that  Magna  Charta  was  made  par  le  Roy,  fes  Piers,  y  la  Communalte  de  la  Terre:  And  the 
Judgment  of  thofe  early  Times  is  more  to  be  regarded  than  the  partial  Conftrudlion  of  modern  Interpre- 
ters. Moreover,  though  the  Summons  of  the  49  H.  3.  is  the  firft  on  Record,  which  comes  near  to  the 
Form  fo  long  in  Ufe,  yet  there  are  Inftruments  on  Record  long  before  this  Time,  from  whence  it  may 
be  inferred  that  the  Commons  were  called  to  the  Great  Council,  as  appears  from  Whit i.ock.'e's  Notes  on  the 
King's  Writ  for  chufing  of  Me?nbcrs  of  Parliament;  a  MSS.  the  Property  of  Dr.  Moreton,  who  favoured 
the  Editor  with  the  Perufal  of  it.  ^  Brady,  however,  with  his  ufual  Subtlety,  would  perfuade  us,  that  the 
Word  Communalty  antiently  meant  the  Barons  only,  and  Tenants  in  Capke,  or  military  Men  :  But  though 
he  has  cited  fome  Inftances  where  the  Word  maybe  fo  underftood,  yet,  in  the  14  Ed.  3.  Stat.  2.  the  Words 
Communalty  and  Commons  are  exprefsly  ufed  as  fynonymous  Terms  :  And  there  are  fuch  innumerable  Inftan- 
ces in  the  antient  Records  where  the  Words  Communitas  and  Cotmnunaute  are  defcriptive  of  the  Commons  only, 
that  no  unprejudiced  Writer  could  overlook  or  fupprefs  them.  But  Brady,  who  refts  his  Arguments  on  mere 
verbal  Niceties,  would  farther  perfuade  us  that  the  Words  Proceres,  Nobiles,  Optimates,  Magnates,  &c.  con- 
ftantly  denote  the  Barons  or  Noblemen  ;  whereas,  however  they  maybe  fo  taken  in  a  claffical  Senfe,  yet,  in 
the  antient  Records,  they  are  often  applied  to  diftinguifh  the  chief  of  the  Commoners,  that  is,  the  reprefen- 
tative  Body ;  as  in  the  Stat,  de  Afportatis  Religioforum,  35  Ed.  1. — pojl  deliberationem,  13c.  cum  Comitibus, 
Baronibus,  Proceribus  et  aliis  Nobilibus,  ac  Communltatibus  Regni,  where  the  Words  Pro- 
ceribus,  Nobilibus,  ac  Communitatibus,  muft  be  defcriptive  of  the  Knights,  Citizens,  and  BurgefTes.  And 
of  this  Opinion  is  Lord  Coke,  2  Inft.  583.  Nay,  it  would  not  be  difficult  to  produce  many  Records,  where 
the  Word  Barones,  notwithstanding  Brady  ridicules  the  Notion,  was  antiently  applied  to  denote  the  Com- 
mons, and  particularly  the  Burgeffes.     Whitlocke's  MSS.  above  cited. 

f  That  their  Affent  was  a  Matter  of  Right,  however  it  might  be  overruled  by  the  arbitrary  Practices  of 
early  Times,  may  be  inferred  from  the  Words  of  the  Writ  of  Summons,  which  are  ad  audiendum  &  fa- 
ciendum &  consentiendum.  It  is  obfervable  that  the  Summons  to  the  Bifhops  and  Barons  was  de  ar- 
duis  Negotiis  Regni  irattaturi  &  Confilium  impenfuri.  Yet  there  are  many  Inftances  on  Record  which  prove 
that  the  Commons  alfo  were  confuted  about  important  Affairs  of  State,  fuch  as  Peace  and  War,  &c.  For 
which  fee  Cotton.  Pojthum. 

X  We  find  in  the  Statute  Code,  fome  Traces  of  this  Prerogative  exercifed  by  the  King.  The  Sta- 
tute of  Gavelet,  10  Ed.  2.  for  Inftance,  runs  thus  :  "  It  is  provided  by  our  Lord  the  King  and  his 
.«'  Jufiices,  &c."  without  any  Mention  either  of  Lords  or  Commons.  That  Laws  in  thefe  early  Times 
were  made  by  the  fole  Authority  of  the  King,  without  the  Concurrence  of  any  other  legislative  Branch, 
is  farther  evident  from  the  Mirroir  despfujlices,  the  Author  of  which  complains,  "  that  Ordinances  are  only 
"  made  by  the  King  and  his  Clerks,  and  by  Aliens  and  others,  who  dare  not  contradict  the  King,  but  ftudy 
"  to  pleafe  him.     Whence,"  he  concludes,  "  Laws  are  oftener  dilated  by  Will,  than  founded  on  Right." 

||  If  we  confider  the  Influence  the  King  had  in  Demefne  Towns,  he  might  as  well  have  been  abfolute 
with  a  Parliament  as  without;  and  the  Parliament  at  firft,  fo  far  as  it  coniifted  of  Commoners,  was  in- 
tended as  a  Support  to  Prerogative. 

b  2  The 


Xll 


PREFACE. 

The  Commons  were  for  a"  long  Time,  neverthelefs,  fo  far  from  being  eonfidered 
as  effential  Branches  of  the  Legiilature,  that  even  after  they  were  unqueftionably 
reftored  to  Parliament,  yet  we  find  that  they  were  not  constantly  and  regularly  fum- 
moned  as  a  diftinct  Order,  the  Sheriffs  omitting  them  at  Pleafure  * ;  and  the  King 
fometimes,  in  the  Writ  of  Summons,  exprefsly  naming  the  Reprefentatives  which 
the  Sheriffs  were  to  return  -j*. 

Their  Attendance  was,  for  a  long  Time,  deemed  a  Burthen  both  to  Reprefenta- 
tives and  Constituents  -,  %  and  though  after  Election  the  Members  gave  Security 
for  their  Attendance,  yet  it  is  common  to  find  the  Parliament  adjourned,  becaufe 
many  of  the  Commons  were  not  come,  nor  the  Writs  returned  ||. 

In  moil  of  the  antient  Statutes,  they  are  not  fo  much  as  named  :  And  in  feveral, 
even  where  they  are  mentioned,  they  are  diftinguifhed  as  Petitioners  merely,  the 
AJJ'ent  of  the  Lords,  being  expreifed  in  Contradistinction  to  the  Requejl  §  of  the 
Commons. 

One  of  the  principal  Caufes,  however,  of  their  being  fummoned,  which  was  to 
procure  their  Confent  to  the  levying  of  Taxes,  naturally  contributed  to  extend 
and  enlarge  their  Influence ;  for,  after  they  had  granted  Supplies  to  the  King,  in 
which  they  were  fometimes  emuloufly  and  oftentatioufly  liberal,  they  reafonably 
expected  fome  Return  for  their  Liberality.  Accordingly,  after  having  provided 
for  the  King's  Neceffities,  they  took  Occafion  to  prefent  Petitions  for  the  Redrefs 
of  Grievances ;  from  which  Petitions,  mod  of  our  early  Statutes  are  framed  4- 
This  Method  of  framing  the  Acts,  feems  to  have  taken  rife  from  near  the  Beginning 
of  the  Reign  of  Ed.  III.  For,  till  then,  the  Acts  were  drawn  up  in  the  Form  of  a 
Law,  in  the  firft  Inftance  ;  but,  from  that  Time,  the  Petition,  with  the  King's  An- 
fwer,  was  entered  on  the  Parliament  Rolls,  and  from  them,  by  Advice  of  the 
Judges,  and  others  of  the  King's  Council,  the  Act  was  framed,  and  for  the  rrmji 
part  entered  in  a  Roll  called  the  Statute  Roll,  and  the  Tenor  thereof  affixed  to 
Proclamation  Writs,  directed  to  the  feveral  Sheriffs  to  proclaim  it  as  a  Law  in  their 
refpective  Counties  *. 

Many  Acts,  however,  though  undoubtedly  valid,  were  not  entered  on  the  Sta- 
tute Roll :  For  if  the  Bill  did  not  demand  Novel  Ley,  that  is,  if  the  Provision  re- 

*  No  Mention  is  made  of  Knights  or  Burgeffes  in  the  23  Ed.  1.  m.  8.  dorfo;  nor  in  27  Ed.  1.  m.  17. 
dorfo.  We  find  the  like  Omiflion  in  feveral  other  Inftances.  In  one  Summons  of  the  23  Ed.  i.  the  Ba- 
rons only  are  mentioned.  See  likewife  the  Commons  Petition,  13  Ed.  3.  Cotton's  Abridg.  n.  23.  A  Ho 
5  Rick.  2.  Stat.  2.  c.  4. 

t  See  CJi  45  Ed.  3.  m.  2.  -Doij. 

X  Patents  of  Exemption  were  antiently  granted  to  particular  Perfons  and  Boroughs.  Prynnes  Animad. 
on  4  Inft.  p.  32.  and  Maddux's  MSS.  in  the  Brilijb  Mufceum,  N°  13.  Tit.  Pari. 

||  See  Cotton's  Abr.  pajftm. 

§  See  10  Ed.  3.  Stat.  r.  c.  2.  the  Statutes  of  Rich.  2.  throughout,  the  Statutes  of  Rich.  3.  throughout. 
See  alfo  Hen.  7.  where  many  Statutes  are  faid  to  be  made  by  the  Advice  and  Ajfent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual 
and  Temporal,  and  at  the_  Supplication  of  the  Commons ;  at  other  Times  at  the  ReqUcJi — fometimes  the 
Prayer  of  the  Commons. 

4  Some  of  our  antient  Statutes  run  in  the  Form  of  Petition  and  Anfwer,  fuch  as  Articuli  Cleri  9  Ed.  2. 
Stat.  1. 

*  See  Hale's  Hift.  of  Common  Law. 

4  quired 


PREFACE. 

quired  would  ftand  with  the  Laws  in  Force,  and  did  not  tend  to  change  or  alter 
any  Statute  then  in  being,  in  fuch  Cafe  the  Law  was  compleat  by  the  Royal  Af- 
fent  on  the  Parliament  Roll,  without  any  Entry  on  the  Statute  Roll :  And  fuch 
Bills  were  ufually  termed  Ordinances,  being  fuch  as  might  at  any  Time  be  amend- 
ed by  the  Parliament  without  any  Statute;  whereas  one  Statute  could  not  be  altered 
but  by  another  :  And  this  DiftincTion  is  clearly  expreffed  in  the  Rolls  here-under 
cited  -j-. 

When  the  Commons  had  obtained  Anfwers  to  their  Petitions  J,  fuch  as  were 
granted  were  framed  into  Acls,  and  frequently  palled,  without  their  Concurrence 
or  Infpeclion  ||.  And  their  Affent,  though  an  undoubted  Right,  was  fo  far  from 
being  indifputably  eflablifhed  in  Practice,  that  we  find  it  difputed  in  the  moft  efien- 
tial  Points,  and  arbitrarily  over-ruled  during  the  Reigns  of  Edward  III.  and  Ri- 
chard  II.  §. 

t  Rot.  Pari.  37  E.  3.  nu,  38.  "  As  the  Things  granted  in  this  Parliament  were  new,  and  not  known 
"  before  then,  the  King  afked  the  Commons  if  they  would  have  the  Things  fo  granted,  by  way  of  Or- 
"  dinance  or  Statute  ?'-'  And  they  anfwered,  that,  "  It  was  good  to  have  them  by  way  of  Ordinance, 
"  and  not  by  Statute,  to  the  end  that  if  any  Thing  required  Amendment,  it  might  be  amended  at  the 
"  next  Parliament  ( 1 )."  It  may  be  collected  from  this  Record,  that,  though  the  Law  demanded  was 
•tieiv,  yet  if  it  was  fuch  as  might  ftand  with  the  old  Laws,  and  did  not  alter  any  Statute  then  in  force,  it 
might  pafs  indifferently  by  way  of  Ordinance  or  Statute  ;  whereas  if  it  changed  any  old  Law,  it  muft  have 
been  by  Statute :  As  is  farther  evident  from  the  following  Record.  Rot.  Pari.  22  E.  3.  nu.  30.  "  The 
"  King,  by  the  Affent  of  the  Lords,  made  Anfwer  that  Laws  and  Procefs  heretofore  ufed  could  not  be 
"  changed,  without  making  new  Statutes."  But  after  all,  it  muft  be  confeffed  that  whatever  the  Right 
was,  yet  fo  irregular  was  the  Pradice,  that  a  great  Number  of  printed  A£ts,  as  Prynne  obferves,  refute 
this  Diftinftion.  In  fhort,  A£ts  are,  by  the  Legiflature,  frequently  called  Ordinances ;  and  Ordinances 
again  are  as  frequently  ftiled  A£ts  of  Parliament  or  Statutes  :  And  fometimes  the  Words  Aft  and  Ordi- 
nance are  coupled  together.  Therefore  perhaps  the  only  Difference,  if  any,  between  them  is,  that  Bills 
entered  with  the  Royal  Affent  on  the  Parliament  Roll,  were  called  Ordinances,  and  when  entered  on  the 
Statute  Roll,  were  ftiled  Statutes.  In  fhort,  however  they  may  be  verbally  diftinguifhed,  their  Operation 
was  the  fame. 

%  Their  Petitions  were  fometimes  nightly  regarded,  being  frequently  referred  to  the  Confideration  of 
the  Council  out  of  Parliament,  or  perhaps  totally  thrown  alide.  See  Cotton  s  Abr.  Tit.  Petition,  Coun- 
cel,  isc.  pajjim. 

I  The  antient  Records  furnim  us  with  many  Inflances  of  Complaints,  made  by  the  Commons  on  thofe 
Heads.  In  the  21  Ed.  3.  they  pray,  that  Petitions  which  be  for  the  Common  Profit  may  be  anfwered  in 
Parliament  before  them,  fo  as  they  may  know  the  Indorsement,  and  have  Remedy  according  to  Ordinance 
of  Parliament.  See  Rot.  Pari.  21  E.  3.  nu.  8. — In  the  5th  of  Rich.  2.  they  pray  that  they  might  view  the 
Ordinances  before  they  were  confirmed.     See  Rot.  Pari.   5  R.  2.  nu.  23. 

§  In  the  5 1  of  Ed.  3.  'we  find  an  Impofition  laid  without  the  Confent  of  the  Commons  ;  and  the  fame 
King,  in  the  laft  Year  of  his  Reign,  tacitly  referves  a  Right  of  taxing  them  without  their  Confent. 
For  upon  a  Petition,  praying,  "  That  the  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  Commons,  Citizens  and  Burgeffes 
"*■'  of  England,  be  not  thenceforth  charged,  &c.  but  by  common  Affent,  &c.  the  King  anfwered,  That 
*'  he  is  not  at  all  willing  to  do  it,  without  great  Necejfity,  and  for  Defence  of  the  Realm,  and  where  HE 
."  may  do  it  with <  Reafon."  Rot.  Pari.  51  E.  3.  nu.  25. — In  the  firft  Year  of  Rich.  2;  Money  was  raifed 
without  Affent  of  Parliament.  Maddox's  M.  S.  No.  14.  Tit.  Pari.  Two  Commiffions  were  granted 
for  the  fame  Purpofe  in  the  2d  of  Hen.  4.  without  Affent  of  Parliament.  See  Cotton's  Abr.  p.  406.  nu. 
22.     In  21  R.  2.  Affeffments  were  made  upon  Counties  out  of  Parliament  by  the  King's  Letters  Patent 

only. 

( 1 )  Among  the  Ordinances  on  this  Roll,  is-one  for  regulating  Apparel :  And  it  is  obfervable  that , "  the 
"  Chancellor,  by  the  King's  Command,  charged  the  Commons,  at  their  Return  into  the  Country,  to 
"  fhew  and  publifh  the  Ordinance  of  Apparel,  to  the  end  that  every  one  might  wear  Apparel  agreeable 
"  thereto."  This  ferves  to  explain  in  what  Manner  thofe  AcTs  which  were  not  entered  on  the  Statute 
Roll,  nor  confequently  proclaimed  by  the  Sheriffs,  were  made  known  to  the  People. 

Never- 


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xtv  PREFACE 

Neverthelefs  the  Commons,  in  the  Reign  ofRic/j.  II.  had  gained  a  very  confider- 
able  Afcendancy ;  for,  in  the  firft  Year  of  the  fucceeding  King,  they  even  attempt- 
ed to  mare  with  the  Lords  in  their  judicial  Capacity  :  But  the  Archbifhop  of  Can- 
terbury, by  the  King's  Command,  told  them,  that  "  they  were  only  Petitioners ; 
"  and  that  all  Judgments  appertain  to  the  King  and  to  the  Lords,  unless  it  were 
'"  in  Statutes,  Grants,  Subfidies,  or  fuch  like;  the  which  Order  the  King 
"  would  have  from  that  Time  to  be  obferved." 

By  this  concluding  Exception,  we  find  the  legislative  Right  of  the  Commons 
exprefsly  acknowledged  in  Terms,  yet  it  was  ftill  fo  little  regarded  in  Practice,  that 
it  was  again  invaded  the  very  next  Year  :  And  the  2d  of  Hen.  IV.  c .  1 5.  was  paffed, 
though  the  Commons  never  affented  to  it,  but,  on  the  contrary,  difavowed  it  -J-. 
The  Force  of  that  Act,  neverthelefs,  was  felt  till  the  Reigns  of  Hen.  Vill.  and 
Ed.  VI.  Nay,  afterwards,  in  Mary  sJTime,  till  its  final  Repeal  in  the  Reign  of 
Queen  Elizabeth.  Inftances  of  this  Kind  probably  gave  Birth  to  the  Petition  in  the 
8  of  Hen.  IV.  when  "  it  was  enacted,  at  the  Requeft  of  the  Commons,  that  cer- 
*'  tain  of  the  Commons  Houfe  fhould  be  prefent  at  the  engrailing  of  the  Parliament 
"  Roll  %." 

But,  notwithstanding  thefe  Securities,  A£ts  ftill  continued  to  be  patted  without 
the  Commons  Affent ;  and  they  were,  from  Time  to  Time,  compelled  to  renew 
their  Claim  of  Right  in  this  Behalf,  which  they  did  in  2  Hen.  V.  in  the  following 
ftrong  Terms. 

"  Oure  Soverain,  your  humble  and  trewe  Leiges  that  ben  come  for  the  Comens 

"  of  your  Lond,  by  feeckyn  onto  your  rigt  Wiffeneffe.     Tha  foo  as  hit  hath  evere 

"  be  thair  Libertie  and  Freedom,  that  thair  mould  be  no  Statut  no  Lawe  be  made 

"  of  lane  than  they  yaf  thereto  thair  Affent,  confideringe  that  the  Coe  ||  of  your 

"  Lond,  the  whiche  that  is,  and  evere  hath  be  a  Membre  of  your  Parlement,  ben 

"  as  well  Ajj'entors  as  Peticioners  :  That  fro  this  Tyme  foreward,  by  Compleynte 

"  of  the  Comens  of  any  Mifchief,  axhinge  Remedie  by  Mouthe  of  their  Speker 

te  for  the  Comens,  other  elfe   by  Peticion   writen,    that  ther  nevere   be  no  Lawe 

"  made  thereuppon  and  engrofed  as  Statut  and  Lawe,  nother  by  Addicions,  nother 

"  by  Dimunucions,   by  no  Maner  of  Terme  ne  Termes,    the  whiche  that  fholde 

'"  chaunge  the  Sentence  and  the  Intente  axhed  by  the  Speaker  Mouthe,  or  the  Pe- 

"  ticions  bifore  faid,  yeven  up  yn  Wrytyng,  by  the  Manere  forfaid,   withoute  Af- 

"  lent  of  the  forefaid  Comens,  confyderinge  oure  Soverain  Lord,   that  it  is  not  in 

"  no  wyfe  the  Entente  of  oure  Comens,  gif  hit  be  fo  that  they  axhe  you  by  fpe- 

"  kyng  or  by  writyng  too  Thynges  or  three,  or  as  manye  as  theym  luft,  but  that 

only.  Maddox  M.  S.  No.  12.  Tit.  Pari. — As  a  Proof  that  A£ts  were  often  paffed  without  their  Con- 
currence or  Affent,  we  find  in  6  Rich.  2.  an  Act,  made  in  the  laft  Parliament,  revoked,  and  the  Caufe  af- 
figned  is,  becaufe  the  faid  Statute  was  never  affented  to,  nor  granted  -by  the  Commons.  It  is  obfervable, 
neverthelefs,  that  the  A£t  of  the  6th  Rich.  2.  was  never  printed,  as  Lord  Coke  affures  us,  and  the  Statute 
of  the  5th,  though  faffed  •without  the  Ajfcnt  of  the  Commons,  was,  as  it  is  faid,  put  in  Execution,  and 
continued  in  Force  till  it  was  repealed  by  1  Ed.  6.  c.  12.  and  1  Eliz.  c.  1.  Sec  Rot.  Pari.  6  R.  2.  nu.  52. 
And  fee  Cotton's  Abr.  p.  354.  where  there  are  feveral  Inftances  of  Acls  paffed  without  the  Affent  of  the 
Commons. 

f  See  Fox's  Afls  and  Monaft.     And4.Inft.  c.  1. 

X  See  Rot.  Pari.  S  H.  4.  mu.  65.  ||  Sic  in  Orig. 

"  evere 


PREFACE.  xv 

«e  evere  it  fionde  yn  the  Fredom  of  your  high  Regalie,  to  graunte  which  of  thoo 
"  that  you  lufte,  and  to  wernne  *  the  Remanent." 

To  this  the  King  gave  the  following  Anfwer.  "  The  Kyng,  of  his  Grace  efpe- 
P  cial,  graunteth  yat  fro  hensforth  nothing  be  enacted  to  the  Peticions  of  his  Com- 
«'  mune,  yat  be  contrarie  of  hir  afkyng,  wharby  they  fhuld  be  bounde  without  thair 
"  Aff'ent,  favyng  alwey  to  our  Leige  Lord  his  reall  Prerogatif,  to  graunte  and  de- 
"  nye  what  him  luft  of  their  Peticions  and  afkynges  aforefaid  ■f." 

Before  this  Petition,  it  was  ufual,  upon  entering  the  Bill  on  the  Statute  Roll, 
to  make  Additions,  Diminutions  and  Alterations  J,  whereby  the  Act  was  made  to 
vary  materially  from  the  Subftance  of  the  Commons  Petitions,  and  fometimes  framed 
directly  contrary  to  their  Senfe  and  Meaning.  Several  Instances  of  this  Kind  occur 
on  the  Rolls ;  but  it  will  be  fufficient  to  mention  one,  which  is  extremely  remark- 
able, viz.  the  36  Ed.  III.  Jiat.  1.  c.  15.  providing  that  all  Pleas  fhall  be  pleaded  in 
the  Englif.i  Tongue,  which  is  the  Purport  of  the  Petition  on  the  Parliament  Roll; 
but  on  the  Statute  Pvoll,  we  find  thefe  Words  added—"  And  that  they  be  entered  and 
"  inrolled  in  Latin''  &c.  which  Words  are  not  on  the  Parliament  Roll  ||. 

Neverthelefs  this  Bill  of  the  2  Hen.  V.  did  not  wholly  remove  the  Evil ;  for 
many  Inconveniencies  ftill  arofe,  from  the  Method  of  extracting  and  drawing  up  the 
Statute,  from  the  Petition  and  Anfwer  on  the  Parliament  Roll.  To  remedy  which, 
about  the  End  of  Hen.  VI.  and  the  Beginning  of  Ed.  IV.  the  Practice  was  intro- 
duced, or  rather  revived,  of  reducing  the  Petitions,  even  in  the  firfh  Inftance,  into 
the  full  and  compieat  Form  of  Acts  of  ;arliament,  which  were  commonly  entered 
in  this  Form — Item  ^ucsdam  Petitio  exhibita  fuit  in  hoc  Parliajnento  Formam  ASius 
infe  continens  §. 

This  Form  prevailed  many  Years,  but  the  Title  at  length  was  difufed,  the  Me- 
thod, in  other  Refpects,  ftill  continuing  the  fame  as  it  is  at  prefent,  the  Bill  being 
drawn  up,  in  the  firft  Inftance,  in  the  Form  of  an  Act,  and  brought  to  the  Sove- 
reign for  his  Affent. 

The  Power  of  the  Commons,  however,  in  thefe  and  the  fucceeding  Reigns,  was 
daily  increafing ;  and  the  civil  Wars  between  the  Houfes  of  Tork  and  Lancajler, 
contributed  to  extend  their  Influence.  For  Competitions  of  this  Nature,  however 
fatal  to  Individuals,  never  fail  of  adding  Weight  to  the  Body  of  the  People  4-     In 

all 

*  Wernne  is  a  Saxon  Word,  which  fignifies  to  deny  or  refufe, 
f  Rot.  Pari.  p.  r;  Mem.  3.  N.  22. 

%  See  Glanville's  Speech,  in  Rujhworth's  Collection,  Vol.  I.  p.  574.  which  perhaps  is  one  of  the  mod 
nervous,  fpirited,  and  mafterly  Pieces  of  Oratory  in  the  Englijh  Language. 

||  Fid.  Rot.  Pari.  36  Ed.  3.  nu.  38.  For  farther  Inftimces  of  this  Kind,  fee  Madiox'%  MSS.  in  the 
BritiJJ]  Mufeum,  entitled  Expeditionis  BUlarum  Antiquitas,  which  contains  a  very  circurnftantial  Account 
of  the  antient  Method  of  pairing  Bills :  And,  as  the  Editor  is  informed,  will  fhortly  be  made  public. 

§  See  Hale's  Hift.  of  Common  Law. 

4-  The  Editor  is  aware  that  the  celebrated  Sidney  has  declared  himfelf  of  a  different  Opinion..  Speaking 
©f  the  Quarrels  begun  upon  perfonal  Titles,  between  Stephen  and  Maud;  the  Houfes  of  Tork  and  Lanca- 
ster? cjV.  he  fays  the  People  get  nothing  by  the  Victory  which  way  foever  it  fall.     But  in  this  he  feems  to 

^  contradict 


XVI 


PREFACE. 

*U  contefted  Tides,  they  are  courted  by  each  Party,  and  whoever  prevails,  is  directed 
by  Policy  to  have  his  Title  recognized  by  them,  and  to  fecure  the  Continuance  of 
their  Favour  and  Support,  by  fome  Enlargement  or  Confirmation  of  their  Privileges. 
Add  to  this,  that  the  Power  of  the  Nobility  beginning  to  decline,  they  were  glad 
to  gain  the  Commons  to  their  Party,  which  farther  extended  the  Influence  of  the 
reprefentative  Body. 

During  thefe  Contefts,  however,  when  civil  Rights  were  fo  far  from  being  efta- 
blifhed,  that  the  primitive  Rights  of  Juftice  and  Humanity  were  daily  violated,  the 
Buiinefs  of  Legiflation  was  varioufly  and  irregularly  conducted,  both  in  Form  and 
Subilance.  And  there  feems  to  have  been  no  fettled  Precedent  for  penning  the 
ena&ino-  Claufes  *,  till  the  13th  of  Charles  II.  Jiat.  2.  c.  2.  when  the  Form  now 
in  Ufe  firft  took  Place. 

Our  Judgment,  however,  with  regard  to  the  antient  Acts,  ought  to  be  guided  by 
the  Pratlice  of  thofe  Times ;  and  it  would,  with  Submiffion,  be  very  unreafonable 
to  deny  the  Validity  of  any  of  the  antient  Statutes,  upon  the  Principle  laid  down  in 
the  Books ;  that  is,  becaule  the  AfTent  of  the  Commons  is  not  exprefied  j  fince  it  is 
evident,  that  their  AfTent,  after  it  was  allowed  in  Terms,  was  often  over-ruled  in 
Practice  :  That  where  we  may  fafely  prefume  their  AfTent  was  given,  it  frequently 
was  not  exprefed  in  the  Act :  And  that  there  was  not  any  fettled  Form  of  declaring 
the  Concurrence  of  the  feveral  Eftates  of  the  Kingdom. 


T  remains  now,  in  farther  Support  of  the  early  Statutes,  to  take  Notice  of  fome 
more  extenfive  Objections,  which  are  not  levelled  againft  the  Authority  of  any  par- 
ticular Act,  but  are  calculated  to  overthrow  the  Statutes  in  general  of  feveral  whole 
Reigns.  Of  this  Nature  are  the  Principles  maintained  by  the  anonymous  Author  of  a 
Treatife,  intitled,  "  The  hereditary  Right  to  the  Crown  of  E?tgland  afferted,"  who  hath 
boldly  objected  to  all  the  Laws  paired  during  the  Reigns  of  thofe  Kings,  whom  he 
friles  Kings  defaSlo,  on  pretence  that  they  are  voidable :  And  as  an  Inflance  that 
they  loft  their  Force  for  want  of  Confirmation,  he  hath  cited  10  Hen.  VI.  which 
Ed.  IV.  refufed  to  confirm. 

This  ftrange  Reafoning  has  been  contraverted  by  Mr.  Cay  -\;  but  as  that  Gentle- 
man, in  the  Courfe  of  his  Animadverfions,  has  advanced  fome  Principles  which  are 

at 

contradict  the  concurring  Teftimony  of  Hiftorians.  Stephen,  in  order  to  fecure  his  tottering  Throne, 
granted  a  Charter,  bywhich  he  endeavoured  to  conciliate  the  Favour  of  all  Orders.  To  the  Clergy,  he 
undertook  to  fupply  all  vacant  Benefices — To  the  Nobility,  that  they  fhould  not  be  profecuted  for  hunt- 
ing in  the  Forefts — And  to  the  People,  that  he  would  remit  the  Tax  of  Danegelt,  and  refrore  the  Laws 
of  King  Edward.  Henry  4.  likewife  was  obliged  to  court  Popularity  ;  and  the  Commons,  during  his 
Reign,  exercifed  very  large,  and,  till  then,  unufual  Powers  :  The  Particulars  of  which  may  be  feen  in 
Cottons  Abridgement.     And  Prynne,  in  a  Note  upon  the  Abridgement,  takes  notice,  that  the  Commons 

?oung  Speaker  [Sir  John  Tiptoft]  took  more  upon  him,  at  this  Time,  than  .ever  Speaker  did  before  him. 
t  is  true,  when  thefe  Candidates  for  Royalty  are  well  fettled  in  their  Thrones,  they  then  apply  themfelves 
to  abridge  and  refcind  their  Grants,  and  to  lower  that  Power  which  has  exalted  their  own :  For  to  preferve 
the  Liberties  of  a  Nation,  is  a  fpecies  of  Magnanimity,  to  which  moft  Heroes  are  unhappily  Strangers. 

This  loofe  Method  of  penning  the  enai.ing  Claufes  prevailed  even  in  the  Reigns  of  Elizabeth,  'James, 
and  Charles  the  Firft.  See  13  Eliz.  c.  20.  18  Eliz.  c.  11.  3  Jac.  c.  16.  7  Jac,  c.  6.  16  Car.  1. 
c.  10.  with  many  others  of  the  like  Form. 

t  The  Editor  takes  this  Opportunity  of  obferving,  thar,  however  he  may  fee  Occafion  to  difient  from 
Mr.  Cay,  yet  he  would  be  always  underftood  to  cxprcl's  himfelf  with  the  Regard  fojuftly  due  to  the  Me- 
mory 


PREFACE.  xyii 

at  Ieaft  contravertible,  it  may  not  be  improper  to  re-confider  the  Subject,  and   to 
endeavour,  at  leaft,  to  throw  fome  additional  Light  on  thofe  difputable  Points. 

In  Anfwer  to  the  Inftance  of  the  10  of  Hen.  VI.  cited  in  the  Treatife  above  men- 
tioned, Mr.  Cay  argues  as  follows : 

"  There  does  appear,"  faith  he,  "  upon  the  Parliament  Roll  of  the  10  Hen.  VI. 

"  a  Petition   and  Anfwer  for  the  Purpofe  of  the  Payment  of  the  Judges  Wages, 

"  which  I  fuppofe  the  learned  Author  would  infift  was  the  Act  of  Parliament  that 

"  was  refufed  to  be  confirmed.      But  it  will  be  hard  to   draw  any   Inference  of 

"  Weight'from  hence :  It  is  plain,  that  antiently  Acts  of  Parliament  had  not  the 

"  Royal  AfTent  compleat,  till  they  had  it  under  the  Great  Seal.     The  King's  An- 

"  fwer  in   Parliament  was  a  full  Warrant  to  the  Lord  Chancellor,  to  draw  it  up 

"  upon  the  Statute  Roll,  and  put  the  Great  Seal  to  it ;  but  till  that  was  done,  it  had 
"  itot  (a?itientlyj  the  Force  of  a  Law  to  bind  the  People.     Many  Bills  are   entered 

"  on  the  Parliament  Roll,  with  the  Anfwers  to  them,  but  with  a  RefpeSiuatur.  alfo  : 

"  And  I  think  none  of  thefe  are  reputed  to  have  the  Force  of  a  Law.     DiJJimulavimus 

"  jicut  opportuit,  &  dictum  pretenfum  Statutum  Sigillari  permifimus  ilia  vice,   are  the 

"  Words  of  King  Ed.  III.  v$  Ed.  III.  Stat.  2.     See  alfo  4  Hen.  IV.  c.  13.  and  25 

"  Hen.  VIII.  c.  20.  §  2. ;    and  Mayn.  Ed.  II.  fol  265.     Now  this  ASl  of  10  Hen. 

"  VI.  Stat.  2.  never  was  drawn  up  into  a  Statute,  nor  fealed  as  fuch,  but  has  a 

"  RefpeBuatur  entered  againft  it ;    fo  that  if  King  Henry  had  continued  in  Poffef- 

"  lion  of  the  Crown,  this  Act  would  have  flood  in  Need  of  a  re-enacting  Force, 

"  even  in  his  Reign,  as  well  as  in  the  Reign  of  Ed.  IV."     So  far  Mr.  Cay. 

Now  mould  we  admit  the  general  Doctrine  here  endeavoured  to  be  eftablifhed, 
it  would  tend  to  invalidate  the  Force  of  fome  old  Statutes,  which  have,  by  great 
Authorities,  been  deemed  unqueflionably  binding.  If  we  confult  the  Parliament 
Rolls,  whereon  the  Petitions  of  the  Commons  are  entered  with  the  Kings  An- 
fwers, we  fhall  find,  that,  to  Petitions  of  a  public  Nature,  the  King's  AfTent  is  en- 
tered in  thefe  Words,  Le  Roy  le  voet.  By  fuch  Anfwer,  the  Royal  AfTent  was 
compleatly  given,  and  the  Bill  acquired  the  Force  of  a  Law,  before  it  pafTed  the 
Great  Seal,  and  was  entered  on  the  Statute  Roll.  If  the  Diftinction  may  be  al- 
lowed, we  might  fay  that  the  Parliament  Roll  contained  the  Subftance,  and  the  Sta- 
tute Roll,  the  Form  of  the  Law.  When  entered  on  the  latter,  the  Tenor  of  it, 
as  hath  been  obferved,  was  affixed  to  Proclamation  Writs,  which  were  directed  to 
the  feveral  Sheriffs,  commanding  them  to  proclaim  the  Act  as  a  Law  in  their  re- 
fpective  Counties  :  But  the  Act,  efpecially  if  it  did  not  require  Novel  Ley,  as  above 
explained,  was  in  all  Refpects  valid,  before  fuch  Entry  and  Proclamation ;  in  the 
fame  Manner  as  an  Act  at  this  Day,  after  the  Royal  AfTent  given,  is  a  compleat 
Law,  before  it  is  printed  :  For  Printing  comes  in  Lieu  of  the  antient  Promulgation 
by  the  Sheriff,  And  fuch  Method  of  Proclamation  heretofore  ufed,  was,  as  Lord 
Chief  Juftice  Holt  *  obferves,  but  a  mere  Act  of  Grace.  If  an  Offence,  therefore, 
had  been  committed  againft  an  Act  of  Parliament,  before  Proclamation,  the  Of- 
fender had  been  at  the  King's  Mercy,  and  he  could  not  have  pleaded  Ignorance  of 
the  Law  :    For  this  manifeft  Reafon — Becaufe  all  Perfons  are  bound  to  take  notice 

moryof  that  very  able  Editor,  and  worthy  Man,,  to  whofe  Labours  he  acknowkdgethhimfelf  greatly  in- 
debted. 

*  See  the  Caufeof  the  City  of  London  verf.  Vanacker,  1  Lord  Raymond  <o\. 

Vol.  L  c  ©f 


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PREFACE. 

of  Acts  of  Parliament,  they  being  fuppofed  to  be  prefent  at  the  enacting  of  them, 
either  in  Perfon,  or  by  their  Reprefentatives  -f. 

The  Point,  however,  concerning  the  Validity  of  an  Act,  extant  on  the  Parlia- 
ment Roll  only,  and  not  entered  on  the  Statute  Roll,  was  very  amply  difcuifed  at 
the  Trial  of  the  Earl  of  Macclesfield  %.  On  that  Occafion,  the  1 1  Hen.  IV.  which 
was  entered  on  the  Parliament  Roll  only,  was  produced,  and  ftrongly  infifted  on  by 
the  Council  againft  his  Lordfhip,  in  their  Reply.  Serjeant  Pengelly,  in  particular, 
maintained  that  the  Parliament  Roll  was  the  Original,  as  being  the  Warrant  for 
the  Statute  Roll,  and  therefore  of  greater  Authority.  In  which  Principle  he  was, 
in  Subftance,  afterwards  fupported  by  Mr.  Weft. 

After  much  Litigation  on  this  Head,  a  Queftion  was  propofed  by  Mr.  Onflow, 
which  decided  the  Matter  in  Controverfy.  The  Queftion  was,  Whether  the  Kings 
AJJ'ent  was  not  entered  on  the  Parliament  Roll  F  To  which  Mr.  Holmes,  the  Keeper 
of  the  Tower  Records,  and  the  Perfon  then  giving  Evidence,  anfwered, — That  it 
was  entered,  in  thefe  Words, — "  Le  Roy  le  voet ;"  which  manifestly  proved  that  the 
Royal  Aflent  was  compleat,  and  that  the  Ad:  under  Confideration  had  the  full 
Force  of  a  Law. 

Upon  this  Occafion,  the  Point  concerning  the  RefpeBuatur  alfo  came  under  De- 
bate :  For  the  Earl,  among  other  Objections  to  the  1 1  Hen.  IV.  would  have  infer- 
red its  Invalidity,  from  the  Circumftance  of  its  being  entered  with  a  ReJpecJuatur  per 
Dominitm  Principem  &  Concilium.  But  this  Objection  did  not  prevail,  and  it  was 
infifted  that  the  Refpite  given  by  thefe  Words,  did  not  deftroy  its  Operation  ||. 

Concerning  the  Authorities  cited  by  Mr.  Cay,  it  is  to  be  obferved,  that  with  re- 
fpect  to  the  25  of  Hen.  VIII.  c.  20.  though  it  is  a  Confirmation  of  the  23  Hen.  VIII. 
concerning  Reftraints  of  Payments  of  Annates,  &c.  yet  this  Confirmation  was  made 

f  This  Dodlrine  was  maintained  very  early ;  for  in  the  Cafe  of  a  Premunire  39  Ed.  3.  upon  the  Sta- 
tute of  27  Ed.  3.  of  Provifions  againft  the  Bifhop  of  Cbichejler,  Serjeant  CdyeMiJh,  ofCounfel  with  the 
Bifhop  objeded  two  Things :  Firft,  that  the  Ac~t,  whereupon  the  Writ  was  grounded,  was  no  Statute  ;  Se- 
condly, that  if  it  were  a  Statute,  it  was  never  publifhed  in  the  County.  To  whom  Sir  Robert  Thorpe, 
Chief  Juftice,  anfwered,  Although  Proclamation  be  not  made  in  the  County,  every  one  is  bound  to  take 
"Notice  of  that  which  is  done  in  Parliament;  for,  as  foon  as  the  Parliament  hath  concluded  any  Thing, 
the  Law  intends  that  every  Perfon  hath  Notice  thereof ;  for  the  Parliament  reprefents  the  Body  of  the 
whole  Realm,  and  therefore  it  is  not  requihte  that  any  Proclamation  be  made,  feeing  the  Statute  took  Ef- 
fect before.      3  Injl.  26. 

%  See  State  Trials,  Vol.  6. 

||  Lord  Coke,  who  firft  printed  this  Aft,  gives  us  to  underftand  that  the  Refpeiluatur  in  the  Margin,  was 

entered  by  the  Prince "  A  ftrange  Prefumption,"  fays  he,  "  without  Warrant -of  the  King  his  Father 

"  and  of  the  Parliament,  to  caufe  fuch  a  RefpeSluatur  to  be  made  to  an  Act  of  Parliament." His  Lord- 
fhip adds,,  that  the  Prince,  "  did  the  like  to  another  Acl:  in  the  fame  Parliament,  concerning;  Attornies, 
*'  the  like  whereof  ivas  never  done  in  any  former  or  latter  Parliaments.'"  tOf  The  A£t  which  his  Lordihin  here 
fpeaks  of,  i:»  the  11  /-/.  4.  mi.  63.  for  reducing  the  Number  of  Attornies,  &c.  which  was  thought  fo 
grievous,  that,  in  the  thirteenth  Year  of  the  fame  Reign,  they  prayed  that  it  might  be  modified  in  the 
prefent  Parliament.  See  Rot.  Pari.  13  H.  4.  m.  49.'  But  if  they  had  not  confidered  it  as  a 'valid  Act, 
notwithftanding  the  Rtfpefluatur,  it  would  have  been  unneceffary  for  them  to  have  petitioned  the  Kino- 
in  Parliament,  for  a  Modification  of  the  Bill.  Befides  if  a  Refpeiluatur,  entered  by  we  know  not  whom, 
had  the  Power  of  fufpending  the  Operation  of  a  Law,  which  had  folemnly  received  the  Royal  Aflent,  it 
would  in  Fact  defeat  the  Purpofe  of  the  Legiflaturc,  and  amount  to  a  di'fpenfing  Power. — Bifhop Nicholfon 
likewife  fpeaks  of  the  Entry  of  this  Refpeiiuatur,  as  one  of  the  Prince's  Frolicks.  SseNicholfin's  Historical 
Libraries. 

in 


PREFACE. 

in  Pursuance  of  a  Power  Jpecial/y  given  by  a  Claufe  in  the  faid  Act,  of  the  23d,  en- 
abling the  King,  within  a  limited  Time,  to  declare,  by  his  Letters  Patent,  whe- 
ther it  mould  take  Effect  as  an  Act,  or  not*. 

As  to  the  Words  of  Ed.  III.  Difjimidavimus,  &c.  they  ought  to  be  buried  in 
Oblivion  ;  and  in  Truth  it  is  manifeft,  from  the  foregoing  Obfervations,  that  no 
conclufive  Argument  can  be  deduced  from  this  Confeffion,   £0  inglorious  to  Majefty. 

Concerning  the  4  of  Hen.  4.  c.  13.  which  confirmeth  the  1,  18,  and  25  of 
Ed.  III.  nothing  can  be  inferred  from  thence,  that  thofe  Statutes  had  not  the  Force 
of  a  Law,  before  their  Confirmation  :  For  it  is  well  known,  that,  according  to  the 
fimple  Policy  of  antient  Times,  when  Laws  were  not  duly  obferved,  they  could  de- 
vife  no  better  Expedient  of  enforcing  them,  than  by  re-enacting  them  with  Claufes 
of  Confirmation.  But  fuch  Confirmations  are  no  Evidence  that  the  Acts,  till  then, 
had  not  the  Force  of  a  Law.  The  Great  Charter  hath  been  confirmed  more  than 
thirty  Times,  yet  no  one  will  infer  from  thence,  that  it  was  not  a  compleat  Act  in 
the  firil  IniTance.  In  Truth,  the  Confirmation  of  an  Act  did  not  add  to  its  legal  Ef- 
ficacy, but,  by  bringing  it  more  recently  to  Memory,  under  the  Authority  of  the 
Legiflature,  was  thought  to  make  the  Dread  of  Non-Obfervance  the  greater. 

In  the  Year-Book  of  Mayn.  Ed.  II.  itmuflbe  confeffed  that  an  Objection  is  there 
made  to  the  Expofitions  of  the  Statute  of  Gloucefter,  becaufe  they  were  not  under  the 
Great  Seal.  But  this  appears  to  have  been  an  Objection  obiter,  and  nothing  was 
determined  on  that  Point.  If  any  Determination,  however,  had  been  made,  re- 
fpecting  its  Invalidity,  yet,  it  would  not  have  fufficient  Weight  fo  overthrow  fubfe- 
quent  Authorities. 

With  regard,  however,  to  the  principal  Queftion  arifing  on  this  Act  of  10  H.  VL 
the  Premiffes  on  which  the  Author  of  the  Treatife  above  named  refteth  his  Ar- 
gument, do  not  warrant  his  Conclufions.  The  Denial  of  Confirmation,  faith 
he,  was  equivalent  to  annulling  or  declaring  it  void.  But  this  Inference  by  no 
Means  follows.  For  an  Act  once  valid,  -j-  can  only  be  made  void,  by  an  exprefs 
Repeal :  And  a  bare  Refufal  of  Confirmation,  only  leaves  the  Act  in  the  State  where- 
in it  flood  before. 

*  The  Reafon  of  giving  this  Power,  was  that  the  Operation  of  the  Aft  might  be  fufpended,  in  order 
to  afford  Opportunity  of  inducing  the  Pope,  by  perfuafive  Means,  to  redrefs  the  Grievance  of  thofe  Ex- 
actions :  And  it  appears  by  the  Preamble  to  the  Aft  of  the  25th,  that  the  Pope  had  been  actually  made  ac- 
quainted with  the  Contents  of  the  former  Aft,  and  that  gentle  Means  had  been  ufed  to  prevail  on  his- 
Holinefs  to  reform  the  Ab-ufe  complained  of;  which  proving  ineffeftual,  the  King  ratified  the  Aft,  in 
Purfuance  of  the  fpecial  Power  given  to  him  by  the  Claufe  above  recited.  ^  Note,  The  Aft  of  the  23^.. 
is  not  printed  in  any  of  the  Statute  Books,  but  will  be  inferted  in  the  Appendix  to  this  Edition. 

f  It  is  obfervable  that  this  Writer  does  not  attempt  to  impeach  the  Validity  of  this  Aft  on  any  other 
Principle,  than  the  Defect,  as  he  conceives  it,  of  the  Sovereign  Title  :  And  to  this  it  may  be  objefted, 
that  the  very  Diftinftion  itfelf  of  a  King  de  Fafto  and  de  Jure,  is  nugatory  ;  for  every  King  in  the  aftual- 
Adrr.iniftration  of  Government,  whofe  Authority  is  recognized  by  the  other  Branches  of  the  Legiflature, 
is  a  King  de  Jure.  A  parliamentary  Settlement,  doth  unqueftionably  give  as  firm  a  Title  to  Sovereignty, 
as  any  hereditary  Succeflion  whatever  :  And  the  flavilh  Arguments  urged  by  the  Advocates  of  hereditary 
Succeffion,  tend  to  preclude  Men  from  their  natural  zi\i  unalienable.  Right  of  Refinance  againfl  Tyranny, 
and  Oppreflkm. 

c  2  HAVING 


XIX 


xx  PREFACE, 

'AVING  thus  endeavoured  to  obviate  the  Objections  which  have  been  made  to 
the  Validity  of  feveral  Acts  printed  in  former  Collections,  and  continued  in  this, 
it  may  be  proper  to  take  Notice  of  a  Complaint,  frequently  made  concerning  the 
vaft  Multiplicity  of  our  Statute  Laws,  which  has  been  deemed  the  Occalion  of  fuch 
Confufion  and  Perplexity,  that  a  Propofal  to  reduce  their  Bulk,  was  long  fince  re- 
commended to  the  Parliament  from  the  Throne  itfelf  -f-,  at  a  Time  when  the  Sta- 
tute Laws  of  this  Kingdom,  were  not  an  Eighth  Part  fo  voluminous  as  they  are  at 
prefent. 

It  hath  been  obferved  j:,  that  in  early  Times  former  Laws  were  confidered  no 
longer  in  Force,  than  as  they  were  preferved  in  the  laft  Publication ;  and  by  this 
Means,  it  is  faid,  the  Laws  were  kept  within  narrower  Bounds,  until  they  were 
greatly  enlarged,  both  in  Number  and  artificial  Conftruction,  by  King  Edward  I.  ||. 

This  Method,  it  may  be  allowed,  was  well  adapted  to  prevent  the  Statute  Code 
from  fwelling  to  an  inconvenient  Size ;  but  it  may  be  worth  while  to  conlider, 
whether,  had  this  Practice  been  continued,  it  might  not,  in  fome  Refpects,  have 
proved  of  Prejudice  to  Pofterity. 

If,  upon  the  Promulgation  of  a  new  Law,  all  former  Laws  thereby  fuperfeded, 
had  been  configned  to  Oblivion,  how  many  curious  and  ufeful  Pieces  of  Antiquity 
would  have  been  loft ;  and  how  many  Lights  to  Jurifprudence  would  have  been  ut- 
terly extinquifhed  !  If  all  the  Laws  which  have  been  altered  or  repealed  by  fubfe- 
quent  Acts,  or  which,  being  grown  old  by  the  Introduction  of  new  Habits  and 
Cuftoms,  do  not  agree  with  the  prejent  State  of  the  Times,  were  to  be  left  out  of  our 
Statute  Books,  how  greatly  would  Pofterity  be  at  a  Lofs  to  account  for  feveral  Insti- 
tutions, which  are  only  to  be  explained  by  Reference  to  thofe  venerable  Relicts  of 
Antiquity ! 

It  may  be*a  Queftion  therefore,  whether  an  Attempt  to  contract  the  Bulk  of  our 
Statute  Code  by  fuch  Expedients,  might  not  prove  an  Innovation  more  dangerous 
than  ufeful ;  there  being  many  repealed  and  obfolete  Acts,  which  though  they  do 
not  govern,  are   yet  very  proper   to  guide ;    as  they  frequently  contain  Matter  of 

■f  King  James  I.  in  one  of  his  Speeches  to  Parliament,  exprefleth  himfelf  in  the  following  Terms. 
"  There  be  in  the  Common  Law  divers  contrary  Reports  and  Precedents ;  and  this  Corruption  doth  like-. 
"  wife  concern  the  Statutes  and  Afts  of  Parliament,  in  refpect  that  there  are  divers  crofs  and  cuffino-  Sta- 
"  tutes,  and  fome  fo  penned,  as  they  may  be  taken  in  divers,  yea,  contrary  Senfes  :  And  therefore  would 
"  I  wifh  both  thofe  Statutes  and  Reports,  as  well  In  the  Parliament  as  Common  Law,  to  be  once  ma- 
"  turely  reviewed  and  reconciled,  and  that  not  only  all  Contrarieties  fhould  be  fcraped  out  of  our  Books 
"  but  even  that  fuch  Penal  Statutes  as  were  made  but  for  the  Ufe  of  the  Time  (from  Breach  whereof  no 
"  Man  can  be  free)  which  do  not  now  agree  with  the  Condition  of  this  our  Time,  ought  likewife  to  be  left  out 
"  of  our  Books,  which,  under  a  tyrannous  or  avaritious  King,  could  not  be  endured;  and  this  Reforma- 
"  tion  might,  mcthinks,  be  made  a  worthy  Work,  and  well  deferves  a  Parliament  to  be  fat  of  Purpofe  for 
"  it."  See  Lord  Coke's  Remarks  on  this  Speech,  in  his  Pref.  to  4  Report. — ^  The  fame  Propofal  was 
made  in  a  Speech  by  Six, Francis  Bacon,  Lord  Keeper  in  Queen  Elizabeth's  Time — And  again,  in  an  Ad- 
drefs  to  the  long  Parliament. 

X  See  Mr.  Cay's  Preface, — and  Mr.  Serjeant  Hawkins,  upon  the  Statute  of  44.  77.  3.  Vol.  7.  fol.  622. 
Appendix,  No.  1. 

The  narrow  Bounds  of  the  Statutes,  in  thofe  early  Times,  were  not  perhaps  altogether  owino-  to  the 
Means  here  fpoken  of,  but  to  the  low  State  of  Trade  and  Commerce,  and  the  little  Attention  paid  to  the 
Rights  of  public  Liberty. 

curious 


PREFACE. 

curious  Learning,    and  may  often  ferve   the  Purpofe  of  hiftorical  Proof  and  II- 
luflration. 

It  is  indeed  to  be  lamented,  that  our  Penal 'Laws  are  fo  numerous ;  but  perhaps 
this  is  an  Inconvenience  unavoidably  reful ting  from  the  wideband  extenfive  Con- 
cerns of  a  commercial  Kingdom.  Though  a  State  confined  within  a  narrow  Sphere 
of  Action,  may  be  very  vicious,  yet  the  Modes  of  Vice  will  not  there  be  greatly 
diverfified  :  Offences  will  multiply,  as  the  Purfuits  and  Occupations  of  Mankind 
grow  more  various  and  diffufive  :  And  in  a  Kingdom  fo  jealous  of  its  Liberty,  as  to 
leave  as  little  as  poffible  to  difcretionary  Power,  every  Offence  muft  be  precifely  de- 
fcribed  -,  therefore  it  is  well  obferved  by  Montefquieu,  that  the  Multiplicity  of  our 
Laws  is  a  Price  we  pay  for  our  Freedom  *. 

On  this  Occafion,  however,  it  may  not  be  improper  to  obferve,  that  our  Statute 
Laws,  with  refpect  to  criminal  Offences,  feem  to  breathe  too  much  the  Spirit  of 
Draco's ;  all  Degrees  of  Offence  being  confounded,  and  all  Proportion  of  Punifh- 
ment  deflxoyed  :  Whence  many  Delinquents  are,  with  cruel  Precipitancy,  hurried 
out  of  the  World  for  flight  Tranfgreflions,  who,  by  prudent  and  adequate  Correc- 
tion, might  be  made  ufeful  to  themfelves  and  to  Society. 

Men  bewildered  in  the  Maze  of  Stoic  Sophiftry,  may  revolt  againfr.  the  ob- 
vious Principles  of  Nature,  and  contend  for  the  Neceflity  of  commutative  Juflice  : 
But  Reafon  evidently  declares,  that  Punifhments  mould,  as  nearly  as  poflible,  bear 
Proportion  to  the  Offences  committed  :  And  though  this  Rule  cannot,  in  fome 
Cafes,  be  ftrictly  adhered  to,  yet  it  ought,  in  general,  to  be  the  guiding  Principle. 


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<AdJit 


Regula,  peccatis  quce  pcenas  irroget  aquas  : 
Nee  fcutica  dignum,  horribili  feffiere  jiagello. 

Experience  fufficiently  evinces,  that  extraordinary  Severity  has  never  produced 
any  tailing  Effect.  It  has  indeed  been  fometimes  found  to  check  the  Evil  for 
a  Time,  but  then,  as  Montefquieu  obferves,  it  has  returned  with  the  fame  Violence 
as  before.  To  render  the  intended  Effects  permanent,  the  Laws  fhould  be  adapted 
to  the  Genius  of  the  People,  and  the  Nature  of  the  Conftitution  :  And  it  would  be 
a  Talk  well  worthy  the  Wifdom  of  the  Legiflature,  fo  to  model  them  that  they 
may  better  anfwer  the  true  Ends  of  Government,  which  are  to  prevent,  rather 
than  to  punifh  Crimes  -f-. 

*  They  who  exclaim  againft  the  Multiplicity  of  our  Laws,  are  fond  of  quoting  the  Paffage  in  Tacitus, 
where  he  fays,  CorruptiJJima  Refpublica,  plurima  Leges ;  but  they  fhould  confider  that  the  Hiftorian  does 
not  throw  this  out  as  a  general  Reflection,  but  as  applicable  to  the  particular  Circumftances  of  .Row?  during 
the  licentious  Authority  of  the  Tribunes ;  when,  in  Contravention  to  the  Laws  of  the  twelve  Tables, 
particular  and  partial  Laws  were  made  by  the  Influence  of  private  Men  :  The  twelve  Tables  provided  that 
no  Laws  fhould  be  made  by  private  Perfons,  and  that  no  capital  Punifhments  fhould  be  adjudged,  but  at 
the  Comitia  Ccnturiata.  The  frequent  Revolutions  however  among  the  Romans,  rendered  thefe  Provifions 
ineffectual  ;  for  whenever  the  lawlefs  Attempts  of  an  ambitious  Leader  prevailed,  the  Ufurper  inftantly 
commenced  Legiflator :  And  confequently  in  this  corrupt  State  of  the  Commonwealth,  the  Laws,  as  Ta- 
citus obferveth,  were  very  numerous.     See  Cicero  pro  Sextio — And  Id.  pro  Dorno  fua. 

f  Perhaps  it  might  be  fliewn,  that  the  prefent  unequal  Syftem  of  our  Criminal  Laws,  is  not  calculated 
even  to  anfwer  the  End  of  deterring  Offenders :  But  this  would  open  into  a  Field  of  Argument,  too  wide 
to  find  Place  here,  and  may  well  demand  a  Treatife  of  itfelf. 

Per- 


PREFACE. 

Perhaps  many  other  Amendments  might  likewife  be  made  by  legiflative  Autho- 
rity :  And  many  Irregularities  in  the  Frame  of  our  Statutes  might  be  correct- 
ed without  any  Hazard  of  Inconvenience.  Several  Laws  enlarged,  explained,  con- 
tinued or  revived  by  fubfequent  Statutes,  might  be  reduced  into  one  Act  f  :  And 
where  various  Matters,  in  no  wife  relative  to  each  other,  are  comprized  in  the 
fame  Statute,  they  might  be  digefted  and  claffed  under  their  proper  Heads. 

N  the  present  Edition,  fome  Attempts  have  been  made,   which  may,    per- 
haps, in  no  fmall  Degree,  obviate  the  abovementioned  Inconveniencies,  reunit- 
ing from  the  confufed  and  irregular  State  of  our  Statute  Law. 

With  a  View  to  this  End,  great  Care  has  been  taken  to  correct  the  Errors,  and 
fupply  the  Defects  in  former  Collections,  by  rectifying  many  mifbaken  and  imperfect 
References  J,  and  by  fpecifying  the  Operation  of  the  Acts  referred  to ;  that  is,  by 
difUnguifhing  whether  they  repeal,  enforce,  explain,  amend,  continue,  or  revive 
the  Act  under  Coniideration.  Moreover,  where  the  Statute  referred  to  contains 
Matter  relative  to  Subjects  of  different  Natures,  the  Reader  is  directed  to  the  very 
Section  which  regards  the  Object  of  his  Inquiry  :  And  for  the  Sake  of  greater  Ac- 
curacy, particular  Attention  hath  been  paid  to  place  the  Adt  referred  to,  where  it 
hath  been  found  practicable,  directly  oppofite  to  the  Claufe  affected  by  the  Refe- 
rence. Many  thoufand  new  References  likewife  are  added  in  this  Edition,  which, 
are  brought  down  to  the  prefent  Time,  in  a  progreffive  Chain  ;  and  alio  traced  up- 
wards in  Chronological  Order,  by  which  Means  the  Reader  will  have  the  Statute 
Law  relative  to  the  Subject  of  his  Purfuit,  under  his  immediate  Inflection  ||. 

Such  a  connected  View  will  obviate  the  Fatigue  and  Difficulty  of  tedious  and  in- 
tricate Searches.  By  this  ready  Method  of  comparing  fubfequent  Statutes  with  thofe 
preceding,  the  Reader  may  fee  how  the  Law  flood  at  fucceffive  Periods,  may  per- 
ceive wherein  it  was  ineffectual,  and,  by  attending  to  the  progreffive  Alterations 
and  Amendments  which  have  been  made,  he  will  be  more  eafily  led  to  the  true 
Meaning  and  Defign.of  the  Acts  under  his  Confideration. 

It  is  to  this  End  likewife  that  many  Statutes,  though  obfolete  or  expired,  are,  in, 
this  Edition,  inferted  at  length,  in  their  proper  Order  of  Time,  which  are  only 
abridged  in  the  later  Editions.  Of  this  Kind  are  the  ift  of  Rich.  III.  c.  i.  concern- 
ing Acts  of  Cejlai que  ufe;  the  34  and  35  Hen.  VIIL  reflecting  Bankrupts;  and  alfo' 
the  39  Eliz.  c.  3.  relative  to  the  Poor  Laws,  with  feveral  others  which  feem  to  be 
of  Ufe  to  give  the  Reader  a  connective  Idea  of  the  fucceffive  Provifions  of  Law  on 
thefe  material  Heads.  By  having  the  Statute  at  large  before  him,  he  has  the  Be- 
nefit of  the  Preamble,  which,  as  Lord  Coke  obferves,  is  a  good  Guide  to  difcover 
the  Meaning  of  the  Act,  or  rather  a  Key  which  opens  to  the  Knowledge  of  it : 
and  it  is  a  Rule  of  Law,  that  the  Preamble  mufl  be  taken  for  Truth.  The  Pre- 
amble generally  fets  forth  the  Mifchief  intended  to  be  remedied,  and,  by  having  the 

t  See  Preface  to  Wood's  Inftitutes. 

X  By  imperfect  References  is  to  be  underftood,  thofe  which  refer  the  Reader  to  the  Year  of  the  Kind's 
Reign,  and  the  Chapter,  but  do  not  fpecify  the  particular  Statute:  And,  as  it  fometimes  happens,  that 
there  are  five  or  fix  Statutes  in  the  fame  Year,  the  Omiflion  often  occafions  great  Perplexity  and  Trouble.. 

I  Many  additional  References  likewife  will  be  made  to  the  Report  Books,  &c, 

Chain 


PREFACE.  xxiii 

Chain  of  Acts  under  his  Eye,  the  Reader  may  perceive  how  the  Remedy  operated, 
and  how  it  was  counteracted,  by  which  Means  he  will  be  better  able  to  judge  of 
the  full  End  and  Scope  of  the  Legiflature,  with  refpect  to  the  Subject  of  his  Inquiry. 
It  has  been  thought  proper  likewife  to  infert  at  length,  in  its  proper  Order,  the  Act 
of  the  13  Eliz.  for  making  the  River  Lee  navigable ;  as  alfo  the  12  Geo.  II.  for  im- 
proving its  Navigation,  a  great  deal  of  Property  being  fecured  and  governed  by 
thofe  Acts. 

In  this  Volume  neverthelefs,  the  Reader  will  obferve,  that,  of  fome  antient  Statutes, 
which  are  printed  at  length  in  the  laft  Edition,  the  prefent  Editor  hath  inferted  the 
Titles  only,  referring  to  the  Appendix  or  additional  Volume,  where  the  Statute  will 
be  given  at  large.  As  the  Acts  thus  referred  to,  contain  Matter  moftly  of  Curio- 
fity,  which  can  be  of  Service  only  to  the  learned  Refearchers  into  Antiquity,  it 
was  judged  proper  to  referve  them  for  the  Appendix,  in  order  to  relieve  thofe  who 
read  folely  with  a  View  to  Information  in  the  practical  Part  of  the  Profeffion,  from 
the  Incumbrance  of  antiquated  Materials,  totally  ufelefs  with  relation  to  their  Pur- 
fuits.  Such  therefore  may,  either  take  or  leave  the  additional  Volume,  as  their  In- 
clination mail  direct  them. 

Concerning  the  Statutes  in  general  which  are  repealed,  obfolete,  or  expired,  they 
will  be  carefully  diftinguifhed  by  particular  Marks  ;  feveral  obfolete  Terms  likewife 
will  be  explained  :  And  as  many  repealed  and  obfolete  *  Acts,  as  hath  been  obferved, 
contain  Matter  of  curious  Information,  and  frequently  ferve  to  explain  and  illuftrate 
obfcure  and  difficult  PafTages  in  Hiftory  ;  therefore  all  fuch  as  appear  moft  ufeful  in 
thefe  Refpects,  will  be  printed  in  the  Appendix ;  except  they  are  in  their  Nature 
connected  with  fome  material  Head  of  Inquiry,  fuch  as  the  Act  of  Cejiui  que  ufe, 
1  R.  III.  c.  1.  and  others  above  mentioned,  in  which  Cafe,  they  will  be  inferted  in 
their  proper  Order  of  Time. 

With  refpect  to  the  Turnpike  Acts,  the  Plan  purfued  in  former  Editions  will  be 
followed  in  this.  With  regard  to  the  Land-tax  Ads,  a  different  Method  will  be 
obferved  :  For,  in  former  Editions,  even  of  the  firft  Act  of  this  Kind,  the  Title 
only  is  printed,  though  it  governs  the  fubfequent  Acts,  and  though  AffefTments  are1 
made  from  it.  But  in  the  prefent  Edition,  the  firft  Act  will  be  given  at  large,  and 
of  the  fubfequent  Statutes  of  the  fame  Kind,  Abftra&s  only  will  be  made ;  except 
where  any  Claufe  occurs,  which  varieth  in  Subftance  from  the  prior  Acts :  In  which 
Cafe,  fuch  Claufe  will  be  inferted  at  length.  The  fame  Flan  will  be  purfued  with 
refpect  to  the  Malt-Tax,  and  other  annual,  Acts. 

*  The  Words.  Repealed  and  Obfolete-zre  often  confounded,  and  indifcriminately  ufed.  But  an  Aft  re- 
pealed, feems  to  imply  a  Statute  which  has  loft  its  Force,  by  virtue  of  a  fubfequent  Aft,  which  direflly 
orders  its  Effect  to  ceafe,  over  that  Subject  upon  which  it  was  made  to  operate,  leaving  the  Subject  itfelf 
ftill  in  being  :  Whereas  what  is  ufually,  and  perhaps  improperly,  called  an  obfolete  Aft,  is  that  which  lofes 
its  EfFeft  confequentially,  by  the  Annihilation  of  the  Subjeft  itfelf,  on  which  alone  its  Power  could  operate. 
Of  this  Kind  are  all  the  Afts  concerning  feodal  Tenures,  they  being  rendered  obfolete  by  12  Car.  2.  which 
abolifhes  the  Tenures  themfelves.  The  fame  may  be  faid  of  the  Statutes  concerning  religious  Houfes, 
in  like  Manner  rendered  obfolete  by  31  Hen.  8.  for  the  Diffolution  of  Monafteries,  &c.  In  thefe  In- 
ftances,  the  Statutes  of  Charles  the  Second,  and  Henry  the  Eighth,  do  not  formally  repeal  the  Feodal  and 
Monaftic  Laws,  but  render  them  obfolete  by  deffroying  the  Subjects  themfelves,  over  which  alone  their 
Force  could  extend.  Where  the  Subjeft  is  deifroyed,  the  Adjunct  drops  of  Courfe.  It  may  be  proper  to 
obferve,  however,  that  though  the  Editor  has  retained  the  Word  Obfolete,  which  has  been  ufed  in  all  for- 
mer Editions,  yet  he  apprehends  that  it  would  be  more  accurate  to  fay  that  thefe  Laws  were  Superfeded-i 
fince  no  Law,  in  our  Conifitution,  can  be  properly, termed  Obfolete. 

1  With 


XXIV 


PREFACE. 

With  regard  to  the  Order  of  Time  in  which  the  Acts  are  printed,  the  Editor 
hath  adhered  to  the  Plan  of  former  Editions,  though  perhaps,  in  many  Inftances, 
the  Years  of  the  King's  Reigns  are  not  rightly  {tiled.  The  Statute  de  Confpirato- 
ribus,  for  Example,  is  printed  not  only  in  Serjeant  Hawkins?,  and  Mr.  Cay's,  but 
in  all  the  old  Editions  *,  as  the  3  1  Ed.  I.  Neverthelefs  it  hath  been  faid,  by  great 
Authorities,  to  have  been  made  in  the  21ft  -j-.  Many  Statutes  likewife  palled  in  a 
Sefiions  which  began  one  Year,  and  continued  to  another,  are  {tiled  Acts  of  both 
Years,  which  in  Strictnefs  perhaps  fhould  have  been  {tiled  Acts  of  the  firft  Year 
only.  All  Statutes  refer  to  the  firft  Day  of  the  Seffion,  unlefs  it  is  otherwife  pro- 
vided by  the  Act  J.  Upon  this  Principle,  it  hath  been  held  by  the  Court,  with  refpect 
to  the  22  and  23  Car.  II.  c.  20.  that  the  printed  Statute  is  falfe,  and  that  it  was 
an  Act  of  the -2 2d  Car.  II.  For  though  the  Seffion  extended  into  both  Years,  jet 
it  commenced  the  24th  OSiober,  2  2d  Car.  II.  confequently  was  an  Act  of  that  Year  §. 
The  Editor,  however,  has  rather  chofen  to  adhere  to  the  Stile  which  has  been  fo 
long  in  Ufe,  that  it  may  be  deemed  communis  error,  than  take  upon  himfelf  the 
Charge  of  rectifying  fuch  Inaccuracies. 

In  a  Collection  of  this  Extent  and  Importance,  an  enlarged,  perfpicuous  and  cor- 
rect Table,  is  one  of  the  moft  efiential  Requifites  ;  therefore  the  Editor  propofes 
to  make  a  new  Table  or  Index,  alphabetically  arranged.  In  this  Table,  which  will 
be  annexed  to  the  End  of  the  Vlllth  Volume,  many  general  Heads,  omitted  in  for- 
mer Editions,  will  be  fupplied  :  Many  particular  Articles  likewife  will  be  added, 
which  are  not  taken  Notice  of,  under  the  general  Heads  inferted  in  prior  Editions ; 
and  Endeavours  will  be  ufed  to  arrange  the  whole  with  fuch  Order  and  Perlpicuity, 
that  the  Reader  may  be  enabled  to  find  all  the  Laws  at  one  View,  on  whatever 
Subject  he  may  have  Occafion  to  turn  his  Attention. 

Here  it  may  not  be  improper  to  take  Notice,  that  many  Statutes  printed  in  former 
Editions,  and  continued  in  this,  have  been  held,  by  Writers  of  great  Name,  not  to 
be  of  Record.  Of  thefe,  the  Reader  will  find  a  long  Lift  in  Cokes  4  Inft.  c.  1. 
Lord  Hale's  Hift.  of  the  Common  Law,  and  the  Table  to  Cottons  Abridgment. 
Moft  of  them  however  have,  by  the  Diligence  of  later  Inquirers,  been  found  to 
be  upon  Record. 

With  refpect  to  thofe  mentioned  by  Lord  Coke\\,  Prynne  obferves,  that  all  of  them, 

*  It  is  fo  printed  in  Berthelet's  Edit.  1543— Likewife  in  RaJlaU's  Abr.  1583 — Alfo  in  Pulton's  Kalendar, 
1617 — And  laftly,  in  RaJlelVs  Statutes  at  Large,   1618. 

+  See  2  Lift.  562. — and  Holt's  Argument.  Savil  verf.  Roberts,  1  Ld  Raymond  378. 

J  See  4  Inft.  25. 

§  It  may  not  be  improper  to  add  that  the  Courts  at  Wcftminjler,  are  bound  to  take  Notice  of  the  Be- 
ginning of  all  Parliaments.  But  they  take  no  Notice  of  Adjournments,  though  heretofore  Adjournments 
and  Prorogations  were  confidered  as  the  fame  Thing  :  And  it  was  faid  by  Treby  Chief  Juftice,  "in  the  Cafe 
of  Birt  and  Rotbwcll,  that  the  Word  Prorogation  was  not  found  upon  the  Rolls,  till  the  Time  of  Edward 
the  Fourth  (1).  Their  Effe&s  however  are,  at  this  Day,  elTentially  different.  See  Bin.  qui  tarn  verf. 
Rctiucll.      1  Lord  Raym.  210  and  343. 

||  20  Ed.  3.  (N.  B.  It  is  printed  as  the  18.  in  the  Stat.  Books.)  27  Ed.  3.  c.  4,  5,  6,  7  &  8.  (N.  B. 
Cotton  fays  nothing  of  the  4th  Cap.)    37  Ed.  3.  f.  7  bJ  19.     2  R.  2.  Stat.  1.  c.  5.     2  R.  2.  Stat.  2.  c.  3. 

7  £.2. 

(1)  In  this  Point,  thelea/ned  Judge  appears  to  have  concluded  too  haftily;  for  we  meet  with  the  Word 
Prorogation  on  the  Rolls  of  t'he  eighth  oi  Hen,  6.     See  Rot.  Pari.  8  Hen.  6.  nu.  16. 

excepting 


PREFACE.  xxv 

excepting  the  nrft  concerning  the  Judges  Oath,  though  not  to  be  found  on  the  Par- 
liament Rolls  of  the  refpective  Kings,  are  yet  to  be  feen  at  large  on  the  Statute  Rolls 
of  thefe  Years :  And  indeed  they  are  all,  except  the  Judges  Oath,  printed  in  Mr. 
Cay's  Edition,  Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  Concerning  the  Judges  Oath,  Pryhne  re- 
marks farther,  that  it  was  not  printed  in  but  before  the  Parliament :  And  from  feve- 
ral  fubfequent  Statutes,  which  take  Notice  of  this  Oath,  he  prefumes,  not  without 
Reafon,  that  k  was  of  Record,  though  not  now  to  be  found. 

As  to  the  Acts  mentioned  by  Lord  Hale,  his  Lordfhip  faith,  with  his  ufuat 
Candour  and  Caution,  that  they  are  not  of  Record,  that  he  knows  of:  And,  from 
the  Note  underneath  -f-,  the  Reader  will  perceive,  that  the  learned  Judge  had  good 
Reafon  to  fpeak  with  Diffidence.  Neverthelefs,  as  his  Lordfhip  and  others  have 
obferved,  it  is  no  Impeachment  of  the  Validity  of  an  antient  Statute,  that  it  is  not 
to  be  found  upon  Record  :  And  it  has  been  held,  that  nul  tiel  Record  cannot  be 
pleaded  to  the  Allegation  of  any  fuch  Statute  :  For  an  Act  of  Parliament  made 
within  Time  of  Memory,  lofeth  not  its  Force,  becaufe  not  extant  on  Record  : 
Since,  of  general  Acts  of  Parliament,  the  Courts  of  Common  Law  are  bound  to  take 
notice  without  pleading  of  them  ;  and  fuch  Acts  fhall  never  be  put  to  be  tried  by  the 
Record,  upon  an  liTue  of  nul  tiel  Record,  but  they  fhall  be  tried  by  the  Court,  who 
are  to  ufe,  for  their  Information,  antient  Copies,  Tranfcripts,  Books,  Pleadings, 
and  Memorials :  For,  if  the  Authority  of  a  public  Statute,  could  not  be  maintained 
without  the  Original  Record,  it  would  be  in  the  Power  of  any  one,  who  could  de- 
flroy  fuch  Record,  in  Effect  to  repeal  the  Statute  itfelf.  Therefore  fuch  Defects, 
are  falved  by  traditional  and  universal  Reception. 

As  there  are  fome  Statutes  however  in  Print,  which  are  not  to  be  found  upon 
Record,  fo  there  are  feveral  upon  Record,  which  have  never  yet  been  printed. 
Lord  Coke  has  enumerated  many  of  this  Kind  J,   but  the  Reader  will  meet  with 

7  R.  2.  c.  15.  19  R.  2.  c.  3.  (N.  B.  Cotton  adds  c.  4  bf  5.)  11  R.  2.  c.  4,  5  £5"  6.  13  R.  2.  Stat.  r. 
c.  11,  15,  19  &  20.  14  R.  2.  c  7.  17  R.  2.  c.  8  £ff  9.  27  H.  6.  c.  3.  cf»  Moft  of  the  Acts  in  this 
Lift  are  to  be  found  in  the  Table  to  Cottons  Abr.  But  Cotton  mentions  farther  15  R.  2.  c.  9  iff  12.  16  R.  2. 
c.  1.  (And,  according  to  him,  c.  5.  concerning  Praemunire,  does  not  agree  with  the  Record.)  8  H.  6. 
<t.  28  iff  29.  and  18  H.  6.  c.  3.     But  thefe  likewife  are  of  Record,  and  are  printed  Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

f  The  Statutes  of  Merton,  Marlbridge,  Wefl.i.  Explanatio  Statuti  Glouceflrits,  De  Champertio,  DeVifu 
Frankplegii,  De  Pane  iff  Cervijia,  Articuli  Inquifitionis  fuper  Stat,  de  Winton,  CircumfpeSte  agatis,  Dt 
Di/iriflione  Scaccarii,  De  Confpirationibus,  De  Vocatis  ad  Warrant,  Siatut.  de  Carliol,  De  Prerogativa  Regis, 
De  Modofaciendi  Homag',  De  JVardis  &  Releviis,  Dies  Communes  in  Banco,  Stat,  de  Bigamis,  Dies  Com- 
munes in  Banco  in  Cafu  Confimili,  Stat.  Hiberni^,  De  quo  Warranto,  De  EJJbin  calumpniand', 
Judicium  Colli/irigii,  Defrangentibus,  Prifonar',  De  Malefacloribus  in  Parcis,  De  Confultatiotiibus,  De  Of- 
ficio Cor onat oris,  De  ProtecJionibus,  Sententia  lata  fuper  Chartas,  Modus  levandi  Fines,  Statut.  de  Gavelet,  De 
Mijlitibus,  De  Fafto,-  De  Anno  BiJJextili,  De  Appellatis,  De  Extcnta  Manerii,  Compofitio  Menfearum, 
Vel  Computatio  Menfarum,  Stat,  de  quo  Warranto,  Ordinatio  de  Inquiftionibus,  Ordinatio  de  Forefla,  Dt 
Admenfura  Terra  (1),  De  Dimiffione  Denarior',  Stat,  de  quo  Warra7ito  Novum,  Ne  Re£tor  Profternat  Ar- 
bores  in  Ccemeterio,  Confuetudines  &f  Affifa  de  Forefla,  Compofitio  de  Ponderibus,  De  Tallagio,  De  Vifu  Ter> 
rae  &  Servitio  Regis,  Compofitio  Ulnarum  iff  Perticarum,  De  Terris  amortizandis,  Dictum  de  Kenelworth, 
&c.  d*  The  Afts  diftinguifhed  by  Capitals,  are  printed  Ex  Rot,  in  Turr.  Lond. — Thofe  in  Italicks,  Ex 
Cotton  MS.— The  reft  are  from  old  MSS. 

%  11  Ed.  3.   for  the  Creation  of  the  Duke  of  Cornwall,  by  Authority  of  Parliament.     (The  Parliament 
Rolls  of  this  Tear  are  loft,  but  this  -was  held  to  be  a  Statute  in  the  Prince's  Cafe,  8  Rep. ) — 3  R.  2.  nu.  39. 

concerning 

(1)  The  Ait  De  Admenfura  Terras  has  been  held  to  be  a  Stat.     See  2  Inft.  737.     1  Lord  Raym.  638. 
But  fee  Croke  James  603.  contra. 

Vol.  I.  d  feveral 


PREFACE. 

feveral  in  the  Appendix  to  this  Edition,  not  taken  Notice  of  by  his  Lordfhip,  or  to 
the  Editor's  Knowlege,  by  any  other  Perfon  whatever  5  of  which  fome  contain  Mat- 
ter of  great  Ufe,  as  well  as  Curioiity. 

It  now  remains  to  fay  fomething  with  regard  to  the  Tranflation.  It  has  been  ob- 
ferved  by  Mr.  Serjeant  Hawkins,  that  the  old  Tranflation  hath  obtained  a  kind  of 
prefcriptive  Authority  :  And,  he  adds,  that  it  is  eafy  for  the  Reader  to  correct  the 
Miftakes  in  it,  by  the  Help  of  the  Original.  But,  with  Deference  to  the  Serjeant's 
Sentiment  in  this  Refpect,  it  mull  be  obferved,  that  the  Tranflation  is  intended  for 
the  Benefit  of  thofe  who  are  not  qualified  to  refort  to  the  Original ;  therefore  the 
Editor  hath  ventured  to  correct  fuch  Miftakes  as  were  mod  obvious  in  the  old 
Tranflation,  and  hath  endeavoured  throughout  to  make  it  more  conformable  to 
the  Original.  In  the  early  Statutes,  the  Errors  of  the  Verfion  are  exceedingly  nu- 
merous, more  particularly  in  the  Statute  de  Officio  Coronatoris .  In  many  others 
likewife,  the  Reader  will  perceive  frequent,  and  very  material  Miftakes.  Never- 
thelefs,  as  it  might  juftly  be  deemed  Prefumption  to  alter  the  old  Tranflation, 
which,  by  long  Ufe,  hath  acquired  a  kind  of  prefcriptive  Authority,  it  hath  been 
judged  proper  to  leave  the  Text,  as  it  ftands  in  former  Editions,  and  to  infert  the 
propofed  Amendment  in  the  Margin,  whereby  the  learned  Reader  will  be  able  to 
determine  for  himfelf,  and  may  either  adopt  or  reject  the  Marginal  Alteration,  as 
his  better  Judgment  fhall  direct  him. 

The  Editor  hath  obferved  the  fame  Method  throughout ;  having  every  where 
left  the  Text,  as  it  is  printed  in  the  laft  Edition,  and  inferted  in  the  Margin  fuch 
Alterations  and  Additions  as  he  hath  thought  proper  to  make,  which  are  diftin- 
guifhed  by  an  Italick  Type.  He  rather  chofe  to  adopt  this  Plan,  that  the  Errors 
and  Inaccuracies,  which  may  have  efcaped  from  his  Pen,  may  be  more  open  to  De- 
tection. The  Reader,  therefore,  is  apprized,  that,  for  every  Word  printed  in 
Italicks,  the  prefent  Editor  ftands  accountable. 

Middle-Temple. 
1762. 

OWEN      RUFFHEAD. 

concerning  Juftices  of  the  Peace.  (N.  B.  There  being  no  fuch  Number,  this  is  probably  intended  for  2  R. 
2.  nu.  62.  for  allowing  Fees  to  Juflices  of  the  Peace  ;  which  Conjeclure  is  the  more  probable,  fince  his  Lord- 
Jhip  adds  that  the  All  he  mentions  ivas  a  profitable  Law  for  the  Juflices.)  8  R.  2.  nu.  31.  of  the  JurifdiiSHon 
of  Conftable  and  Marfhall.  (N.  B.  This  bath  been  fince  printed.) — 20  R.  2.  nu.  29.  for  legitimating  the 
Children  of  John  Duke  of  Lancajler. — 5  H.  4.  nu.  24.  for  Muttering  of  Men.  (N.  B.  This  hath  been  fince 
printed.) — 8  H.  4.  nu.  36.  exempting  Clergy  from  muttering  Men. — 11  H.  4.  nu.  28.  againft  Bribery  and 
Brocage  in  great  Officers,  Judges,  &c. — 11  H.  4.  nu.  63.  concerning  Attornies. — 6  H.  6.  nu.  27.  that  no 
Man  (hall  marry  any  Queen  of  England,  without  the  King's  Licence.  (N.  B.  The  Bijhofs  gave  a  condi- 
tional Affent  to  this  Bill,  i.  e.  fo  far  as  the  fame  did  not  jwerve  from  the  Law  of  God,  and  fo  as  the  fame  im~ 
ported  no  deadly  Sin)— 9  H.  6.  nu.  24.  concerning  Fees  of  King's  Council  and  other  head  Officers,  {sV» 


A    TABLE 


T 


A 


B 


L 


O  F    T  H  E 


Publick  and  Private  Statutes, 


CONTAINING 


E 


The  TITLES  of  the  ACTS  from  Magna  Charta  in  the  Ninth  Year  of 
the  Reign  of  Henry  III.  King  of  England^  &c.  to  the  End  of  the  Reign 
of  King  Henry  VI. 


T 


Anno  9  Henrici  3. 

AGNA  CHARTA,    or  the  Great  Charter, 

containing  Thirty-feven  Chapters, 
Charta  Forcjlcs,  or  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft, 
containing  Sixteen  Chapters. 

Anno  14  Henrici  3. 
H  E  Statute  of  Ireland. 


Anno  20  Henrici  3. 

THE  Statutes    made    at   Merton,    containing  Eleven 
Chapters. 

Anno  2 1  Henrici  3 . 
"HE  Statute  of  the  Leap  Year. 


T 


Anno  38  Henrici  3. 
fyEntentia  lata  fuper  Chartas. 

Anno  ;  1  Henrici  3. 

THE  Statute  of  Bread  and  Ale. 
The  Statute  concerning  common  Days  ifTBank. 
The  Statute  concerning  common  days  in  a  Writ  of  Dower. 
The  Statute  of  Diftrefles  in  the  Exchequer. 
The  Statute  of  the  Exchequer. 
The  Statute  of  the  Pillory  and  Tumbrel. 

Anno  52  Henrici  3. 

THE  Award  made  between  the  King  and  his  Com- 
mons at  Kenclworth. 
The  Statutes  made  at  Marleberge,  or  Marlborough,  con- 
taining Twenty- nine  Chapters. 
The  Sentence  of  Curfe  given  by  the  Bifhops,  againft  the 
Breakers  of  the  Great  Charter. 


Anno  3  Edwardi. 

THE  Statute  of  JVeJlminJler  the  firft,  containing  Fifty- 
one  Chapters. 


Anno  4  Eclwardi. 

AStatute  for  the  Extent  of  a  Manor. 
A  Statute  touching  the  Office  of  Coroners. 
The  Statute  of  Bigamy,  containing  Six  Chapters. 

Anno  6  Edwardi. 

THE  Statutes  made  at  Glouce/ler,  containing  Fifteen 
Chapters. 
An  Expofition  upon  the  Statute  of  Glouce/ler, 
Statute  of  $>uo  Warranto,  the  Firft. 


A 


Anno  7  Edwardi. 
Statute  forbidding  bearing  of  Armour. 
The  Statute  of  Mortmain. 


Anno  9  Edwardi. 
Correction  of  the  Twelfth  Chapter  of  the  Statute  of 
Glouce/ler,  touching  calling  Foreigns  to  Warranty  in 
London. 

Anno  10  Edwardi. 

A  New  Statute  of  the  Exchequer,  called  the  Statute  of 
Rutland. 

Anno  11  Edwardi. 
Hp  HE  Statute  of  Aclon  Burnell. 

Anno  12  Edwardi. 
TATUT-Eof  Wales. 


Anno  13  Edwardi. 

THE  Statute  of  JVeJlminJler  the  Second,   containing 
Fifty  Chapters. 
The  Statute  of  Winchefier,  containing  Six  Chapters. 
The  Statute  of  Merchants. 
The  Statute  of  Circumfpefte  agatis. 
A  Statute  for  the  City  of  London. 
The  Form  of  Grants,  and  of  Exemplification  of  Charters. 

Anno  14  Edwardi. 

THE  Statute  of  Exeter. 
Articles  of  the  Statute  of  Exeter. 

d  2  Anno 


The   TITLES  of  the   STATUTES. 


Anno  17  Edward"}. 

ORdinatio  pro  Jlatu  Hibemies,  containing  Eight  Chap- 
ters. 

Anno  1 8  Edward! . 

THE    Statute  of   Wejlminfter  the  Third,  viz.    Quia 
emptores  terrarum,  containing  Three  Chapters. 
The  Statute  upon  the  Writ  of  Quo  Warranto. 
The  new  Statute  of  Quo  Warranto. 
The  Manner  of  levying  Fines. 

Anno  zo  Edwardi. 

THE  Statute  of  Vouchers. 
A  Statute  of  Wafte. 
The  Statute  De  defenfione  juris. 
The  Statute  of  Money. 
The  little  Statute  of  Money. 
Articles  of  Money. 

Anno  21  Edwardi. 
^HE  Statute  of  Perfons  to  be  put  in  Affifes, 
The  Statute  of  Trefpaffers  in  Parks. 

Anno  24  Edwardi. 
*HE  Statute  upon  the  Writ  of  Confultation. 

Anno  25  Edwardi. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Charters  of  the  Liberties  of  Eng- 
land, and  of  the  Foreft,  containing  Seven  Chapters. 
The  Sentence  of  the  Clergy,  given  againft  the  Breakers  of 
the  Articles  above  written. 

Anno  27  Edwardi. 

THE  Statute  of  Fines  levied,  containing  Four  Chapters.' 
An  Ordinance  of  purchafing  Liberties. 
Stat,  de  Falfa  Moneta. 

Anno  28  Edwardi. 

A  Statute  of  Wards  and  Reliefs. 
A  Statute  for  Perfons  appealed  by  Approvers. 
Articles  upon  the  Charters,  containing  Twenty  Chapters. 


A 


Anno  29  Edwardi, 
Statute  of  Efcheators. 


A 


Anno  31  Edwardi , 
N  Ordinance  of  Meafures. 


Anno  33  Edwardi. 

THE  Statute  of  Protections. 
A  Definition  of  Confpirators. 
The  Statute  of  Champerty. 
An  Ordinance  for  Inquefts. 
An  Ordinance  of  the  Foreft. 
An  Ordinance  of  meafuring  of  Land. 

Anno  34.  Edwardi. 

THE  Statute  of  Joint-tenants. 
Articles  of  Inquifition  upon  the  Statute  olJVmcbefter. 
A  Statute  of  Amortifiag  Lands. 

A  Statute  de  Tallagio  non  conccdmdo>  containing  Six  Chapters. 
Ordinatio  Foreftte,  containing  Six  Chapters. 
The  Oath  of  the  Sheriff. 

Anno  3;  Edwardi. 

STatutum  de  Apporth  Rcligioforu/n,  containing  Four  Chap- 
ters. 
.Stat,  ne  Reflor projiernat  arborei  in  ctsmeteritf. 


A 


Anno  1  Edwardi  II. 

Statute  of  Knights. 
The  Statute  of  Breakers  of  Prifon. 


Anno  3  Edwardi  2. 

A  Statute  made   at  Staundford,    being  a  Confirmation 
of  28  Edw.  I. 
De  Statuto  pro  Clero  inviolabiliter  obfervando. 

Anno  7  Ediuardi  2. 

A  Statute,  that  none  fliall  be  impeached  for  the  Return 
of  Peter  de  Gave/ion. 
A  Statute  that  none  fliall  be  impeached  for  the  Taking  and 
Death  of  Peter  de  Gave/ion. 

Anno  9  Edwardi  2. 

ARTICLES  for  the  Clergy,  containing  Sixteen  Chap- 
ters. 
A  Statute  for  Sheriffs,  made  at  Lincoln. 

Anno  10  Edwardi  2, 
Statute  of  Gavelet' in  London. 

Anno  12  Edwardi  2. 

THE  Statute  of  York,  containing  Six  Chapters. 
The  Statute- of  Effoins. 

Anno  14  Edwardi  2. 
A    Statute  of  Sheriffs,  and  the  Green  Wax1. 

Anno  15  Edwardi  2. 

THE  Statute  of  Carlifle,  concerning  Fines  levied. 
A  Statute  revokingthePardon  granted  to  the  Defpenfers* 
A  Statute,  that  none  mail  be  impeached  for  Eelonies  or 

Trefpaffes  in  the  Profecution  of  Hugh  le  Defpenfer,  &c. 
The  Form  of  the  Charters  thereon. 

A  Statute  revoking  the  Pardon  granted  to  the  Profecutors 
of  Hugh  le  Defpenfer,  &c. 


A 


Anno  16  Edwardi  2. 

Statute  revoking  an  Eftablifhment  of  the  Houfhold. 
A  Statute  of  Eftreats. 


Anno  17  Edwardi  2. 

THE  King's  Prerogative,  containing  Sixteen' Chapter^ 
The  Manner  of  doing  Homage  and  Fealty. 
Statututn  de  Terris  Templariorum. 


A 


Anno  18  Edwardi  2. 
Statute  for  View  of  Frankpledge. 


Temporibus  incertis. 

ARTICLES  againft  the  King's  Prohibition. 
An  Ordinance  for  Bakers   and  Brewers   and  other 
Victuallers ;  and  for  Ells,  Bufhels,  and  Foreftallers,  con- 
taining Ten  Chapters. 

The  Statute  called  Ragman,  of  Tuftices  afligned. 

The  Cuftoms  and  Affife  of  the  Foreft,  or  the  Articles  of 
Attachments  of  the  Foreft. 

The  Statute  of  Arms  at  Tornaments. 

A  Statute  of  View  of  Land,  andEffoin  of  the  King's  Service. 

A  Statute  of  Juftices  afligned. 

A  Compofition  of  Ells  and  Perches. 

A  Statute  of  the  Writ  of  Inquiry  to  be  granted  of  Lands' 
to  be  put  in  Mortmain, 

\  *  The 


The  TITLES   of  the   STATUTES. 


The  Statute  of  Jeivfp 

A  Statute  of  the  Chatties  of  Felons. 

The  Statute  for  Tenants  by  the  Curtefy  of  England. 

Prohibition  on  the  Articuli  Clerl, 

Articles  arid  Oaths  of  the  King's  Minifters  in  Eyre. 

Of  the  Great  Aflife,  and  Battle. 

Of  the  Divifion  of  Pence. 


Anno  i  Edwardi  III. 

i.    \  N  Act,    that  none  be  grieved  for  the  Purfuit  of 
A        King  Edw.  II. 
■*■■*■   2.    A  Confirmation  of  the  Exile  of  Sir  Hugh 
Spencer  and  his  Son, 

3.  An  Adnullation  of  Fines  levied  to  the  Spencers.- 

4.  An  Act  of  Trial  of  an  Averment  in  Writs  of  falfe 
Judgement. 

5.  An  Act  touching  Averment  againft  Returns  of  Bailiffs 
of  Franchifes. 

6.  An  Act  concerning  Attaint,  as  well  upon  the  Principal, 
as  upon  Damages  in  Trefpaffes, 

•7.  An  Act  againft  Gaolers,  that  compel  Priforiers  to  make 

Appeals. 
.8.  An  Act  againft  Offenders  in  Forefts. 

Other  Statutes  made  at  another  Parliament  in  the  fame  Year. 

1.  A    Confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter 
l\     of  the  Foreft. 

2.  How  every  Perfon  may  ufe  his  Woods  within  the  Fo- 
reft ;  feizing  of  the  Temporalties  of  Bifhops. 

3.  A  Confirmation  of  King  Edward  the  Second's  Pardon 
to  the  Jews,  and  all  others. 

4.  An  Act  for  ordering  the  King's  Debts. 

5.  An  A£t  limiting  how  far  the  Subjects  fhall  be  bound  to 
go  to  the  Wars. 

6.  An  Act  for  the  Tax  of  the  Aid  granted  to  the  King. 

7.  An  Act  for  Wages  to  be  given  to  Soldiers. 

8.  An  Act  that  no  Money  be  taken  for  fair  Pleading. 

g.  A  Confirmation  of  Liberties  of  Cities  and  Boroughs. 

10.  There  fhall  be  no  more  Grants  of  Corodies  at  the 
King's  Requeft,  by  Bifhops,  Abbots,  &c. 

11.  An  A£i,  that  no  Suits  be  made  againft  Indictors  in 
Spiritual  Courts. 

12.  No  Forfeiture  but  a  Fine  fhall  be  made  for  Alienation 
of  Lands  holden  of  the  King. 

13.  Purchafing  of  Lands  holden  of  the  King  as  of  fome 
Honour. 

i'4.-  An  Act  againft  Maihtairiers  of  Quarrels. 

15.  None  fhall  be  bound  by  writing  to  come  armed  to  the 
King. 

16.  Who  fhall  be  Juftices  of  the  Peace. 

17.  Indictments  to  be  by  Indenture  in  Sheriffs  Turns. 

Anno  2  Edwardi  3. 

1.  A    Confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Char- 
A  ter  of  the  Foreft. 

2.  In  what  Cafes  only  Pardon  of  Felony  fhall  be  granted  : 
Who  fhall  be  Juftices  of  Aflife. 

3.  No  Man  fhall  come  before  the  Juftices,  or  go  or  ride 
armed. 

4.  A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  Lincoln,  for  Sheriffs. 

5.  An  Act  for  Delivery  of  Writs  to  Sheriffs  to  be  executed. 

6.  A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  Winchefler,  and  for 
afligning  Power  to  Juftices  of  the  Peace. 

7.  An  Act  for  Punifhment  of  Felons  and  Murderers. 

8.  An  Act  that  Right  be  not  delayed  to  the  Subjects. 

9.  An  Act  that  all  Staples  fhall  ceafe. 

10.  The  King's  Pardon  of  Fines  forfeited. 


11.  The  Common  Bench  fhall  not  be  removed  without 
Warning  by  Adjournment. 

12.  Hundreds  and  Wapentakes  fhall  be  annexed  to  Coun- 
ties, and. not  let  to  farm. 

13.  An  Act  for  Procefs  in  Trefpafs  done  in  the  Time  of 
King  Edward  the  Second;. 

14.  For  the  meafuring  and  Aflife  of  Clpth. 

15.  An  Act  for  Fairs  to  be  holden  in  their  ufual  Time. 

16.  An  Act  for  Nifi  prius  to  be  granted  as  well  at  the  Te-- 
nant's  Suit,  as  at  the  Demandant's. 

17.  An  Act  touching  Writs  of  Deceipt  given  in  a  Scire 
facias  in  a  Plea  of  Land. 

Anno  4  Edwardi  3. 

1.  A.  Confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  the  Charter  of 
Jr\     the  Foreft,  and  of  all  Statutes  not  repealed. 

2.  The  Authority  of  Juftices  of  Aflife,  Gaol-delivery,  and 
of  the  Peace. 

3.  An  Act  touching  Purveyance  of  the  King  and  Q_ueen's 
Houfes. 

4.  A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  28  Ed.  1  .flat.  3.  c .  z, 
touching  Purveyors. 

5.  The  King's  Pardon  of  certain  Fines. 

6.  A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  Carlifle.- 

7.  Executors  fhall  have  an  Action  of  Trefpafs  for  a  Wrong . 
done  to  the  Teftator. 

8.  An  Act  touching  the  Paffage  over  the  Seas  at  Dover. 

9.  Sheriffs  and  Bailiffs  fhall  have  fufficient  in  the  County. 

10.  Sheriffs  and  Gaolers  fhall  receive  Offenders  without 
taking  any  Thing. 

11.  Juftices  of  Aflife  fhall  inquire  of  Maintenance,  Confpi- 
racy,  and  Champerty. 

12.  An  Act  for  the  Sale  of  Wines. 

13.  A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  Northampton,  made 
2  Edw.  3.  for  granting  of  Pardon. 

14.  An  Act  for  a  Parliament  to  be  holden  once  every  Year. 

15.  An  Act  for  Wapentakes  and  Hundreds  to  be  letten  at 
the  old  Farm. 

Anno  5  Edwardi  3 . 


A    Confirmation^  of  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Char- 


's Purveyors.  _ 

tatute  of  Carlifle,  touching  Re- 


ter  of  the  Foreft. 
An  A<3  againft  the  Kin.' 

3.  A  Confirmation  of  the  I 
ligious  Houfes. 

4.  An  Act  that  Sheriffs  and  other  Officers  fhall  have  fuffi- 
cient in  the  County. 

5.  The  Penalty  if  any  do  fell  Ware  at  a  Fair  after  it  is 
ended. 

6.  Nifi  prius  fhall  be  granted  in  Attaint,  but  no  Effoin  or 
Protection :    Days  given. 

7.  Attaint  fhall  be  granted  in  Trefpafs,  if  the  Damage  pafs 
40  .r. 

8.  The  Marfhals  of  the  King's  Bench  fhall  not  bail  Felons. 

9.  An  Act  that  none  be  attached  or  judged,  nor  outed  of 
his  Lands  or  Goods,  contrary  to  the  Great  Charter. 

10.  An  Act  for  Punifhment  of  Jurors  that  take  Money  to 
give  their  Verdi£t. 

11.  Procefs   againft  thofe  that  be   appealed,   indicted,  or1 
outlawed  in  one  County,  and  remain  in  another. 

12.  An  Act  for  Allowance  of  Charters  of  Pardon  ^Out- 
lawries at  the  Suit  of  the  Party. 

13.  An  Act  touching  the  avoiding  Outlawries  by  Imprifon- 
ment. 

14.  An  Act  for  arrefting  of  fufpecTied  Perfons  and  Night* 
walkers. 

Anno  9  Edvjardi  3 . 
1.    A  N  Act  that  Merchant  Strangers  may  freeely  fell  all 
X\  manner  of  Merchandizes  to  whom  they  will  with- 
out Difturbance, 

2.  An 


The   TITLES   of  the   STATUTES. 


i.  An  Aft  that  no  Man  fhall  lofe  his  Land  becaufe  of 
Konpievin. 

3.  An  Aft  limiting  what  Effoins  {hall  be  allowed  to  Exe- 
cutors being  fued  for  the  Debt  of  the  Teftator. 

4.  An  Aft  for  Trial  of  Deeds,  dated  where  the  King's 
Writ  runneth  not. 

5.  An  Aft  thatjuftices  of  Affife,  &c.  fhall  fend  their  Re- 
cords to  the  Exchequer. 

Other  Statutes  ?nade  in  Parliament  the  fame  Ninth  Year. 

1.  A  N  Aft  that  no  Sterling  Money  nor  Plate  be  carried 
J\.    out  of  the  Realm". 

2.  An  Aft  that  no  falfe  Money  be  brought  into  the  Realm. 

3.  An  Aft  that  no  Sterling  Halfpence  nor  Farthings  be 
molten  by  Goldfmiths. 

4.  An  A3,  whereby  Black  Money  is  prohibited  to  be  current. 

5.  For  Punifhment  of  the  Offenders  of  this  Statute. 

6.  An  Oath  of  Merchants  and  Shipmafters,  that  they  fhall 
not  offend  this  Statute. 

7.  An  Aft  for  Tables  of  Exchange. 

8.  An  Aft  for  Paffage  of  Pilgrims  at  Dover  only. 

9.  An  Aft  for  Search,  that  no  Money  or  Plate  be  carried 
out  of  the  Realm,  nor  falfe  Money  brought  in. 

10.  An  Aft  for  the  Wages  of  Searchers,  and  their  Punifh- 
ment. 

11.  An  Act  that  Hoftlers  in  every  Port  be  fworn  to  fearch 
their  Guefts. 

Anno  10  Edwardi  3.  Stat.  1. 
Confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  the  Charter  of 
the  Foreft,  and  of  all  Statutes  not  repealed. 

2.  An  Aft  that  no  Pardon  be  granted  againft  the  Statute 
made  at  Northampton,  Anno  2  Ed.  3.  c.  2. 

3.  They  that  have  Charters  of  Pardon,  fhall  find  Surety 
for  their  good  abearing. 

Statutes  of  Purveyors  made  the  fame  Tenth  Tear.     Stat.  z. 

J.HpmNGS   purveyed   for  the  King's  Houfe  fhall  be 
JaL     praifed,  and  Tallies  made  thereof. 

2.  The  Sheriff  fhall  make  Purveyance  for  the  King's  Horfes. 

3.  Certain  Perfons  fhall  be  appointed  to  hear  the  Offences 
of  the  "Keepers  of  the  King's  Horfes. 

Articles  fent  to  the  feveral  Sheriffs  for  preferving  the  Peace 
of  the  Kingdom  till  the  Meeting  of  .the  next  Parliament, 
annexed  to  the  preceding  Statute. 

Stat.  3. 
fiTatutum  de  Cibariis  utendis,  editum  afiud  Nottingham. 

Anno  11  Ediuardi  3. 

I.  AN  Aft  againft  Carriage  of  Woollsout  of  the  Realm. 
J~\.  2.  An  Aft  againft  wearing  of  outlandifh  Cloth. 

3.  An  Aft  againft  bringing  of  foreign  Cloths  into  the  Realm. 

4.  An  Aft  concerning  the  wearing  of  Furs. 

5.  An  Aft  licencing  Clothworkers  of  ftrange  Lands  to 
come  and  dwell  in  England,  and  other  the  King's  Domi- 
nions. 

Anno  14  Edwardi  3. 
1.    A    Confirmation  of  Liberties  of  the  Church,  and  the 

f~\   Great  Charter. 
2  W  3.  An  Aft  of  the  King's  Pardon. 

4.  An  Aft  whereby  Prefentment  of  Englefchrie  is  abolifhcd. 

5.  An  Aft  for  Redrcfs  of  Delays,  in  Judgments  in  the 
King's  Courts. 

(1.  An  Aft  for  Amendment  of  Records. 
7.  How  long  Sheriffs  fhall  tarry  in  their  Offices. 
S.  An  Aft  concerning  Efchcators  and  Coroners. 
5.  An  Aft  concerning  Bailiffs  errant,  and  againft  letting  to 
Farm  ox  Hundreds  and  Wapentakes. 


10.  Sheriffs  fhall  have  the  keeping  of  Gaols. 

11.  The  Clerk  of  the  Statutes  fhall  be  refident  upon  his 
Office. 

12.  An  Aft  for  true  Weights  and  Meafures. 

13.  An  Aft  touching  Wafte  done  by  Efcheators  in  Wards 
Lands. 

14.  An  Aft  for  Writs  of  Search. 

ly.  An  Aft  againft  granting  of  Pardon  to  Felons. 

16.  An  Aft  touching  the  granting  of  Nifi  prius  before  any 
Juftices. 

17.  An  Aft  touching  a  Juris  Utrum,  and  other  Writs 
maintainable  for  Parfons,  Vicars,  Provofts,  &c. 

18.  An  Aft  againft  vouching  to  Warranty  a  dead  Perfon. 

19.  An  Aft  againft  Purveyors. 

20.  An  Aft  of  Subfidy  and  Fifteen. 

21.  An  Aft  of  Subfidy  of  Woolls,  and  Cuftom  for  the 
fame.  .  5 

Other  Statutes  made  in  the  fame  Fourteenth  Year.     Stat.  2. 

1.  A  N  Aft  touching  the  Subfidy. 

f\  2.  An  Aft  that  all  Merchants  Strangers  may  have 
fafe  Conduft. 

Statute  concerning  the  Clergy  made  in  the  fame  Fourteenth  Year. 
Stat.  3. 
Statute  made  at  Weflminfter,  April  16.  Anno\\Edw. 
,»  3.  Stat.  3.  reciting  fome  former  Grants,  and  limiting 
the  Cuftom  on  Wooll,  Plate,  csV. 

Stat.  4. 
N  Aft  that  fpiritual  Perfons  Goods  be  not  taken  by 
the  King's  Takers. 

2.  An  Aft  touching  Prefentments  to  Churches  made  by  the 
King  in  another's  Right. 

3.  An  Aft  againft  feizing  the  Bifhops  Temporalties  into 
the  King's  Hands. 

4  Cif  5.  Afts  againft  Wafte  done  by  Efcheators  in  Bifhops 
Temporalties,  and  who  fhall  have  them  during  the  Va- 
cation. 

Stat.  5. 

AN  Aft  that  the  Subjefts  of  England  fhall  be  out  of  Sub- 
jection of  the  Kings  of  France. 

Anno  15  Edwardi  3. 

1 .  AN  Aft  for  the  Maintenance  of  the  Great  Charter  and 
X\.     of  other  Charters. 

2.  An  Aft  concerning  Trial  by  Peers. 

3.  The  Chancellor  and  other  great  Officers  to  fwear  to  keep 
the  Laws. 

4.  An  Aft  for  Offices  to  be  feized  into  the  King's  Hands 
in  Time  of  Parliament. 

5.  An  Aft  appointing  who  fhall  punifh  Ufury. 

6.  Minifters  of  the  Church  fhall  not  anfwer  before  the 
King's  Juftices  for  Things  done  touching  the  Jurifdiftion 
of  the  Church. 

Another  Statute  made  the  fame  Fifteenth  Year.     Stat.  2. 
Revocation  of  the  faid  former  Statute,  made  15  Ed.  3. 

Another  Statute  made  the  fame  Year.     Stat.  3. 
N  Aft  for  a  Subfidy  of  Woolls,  and  other  Things  con- 
cerning Woolls,  containing  Seven  Chapters. 


A 
A 


A 


Anno  17  Ediuardi  3. 
N  Aft  for  the  Searching  of  Money. 

Anno  iS  Edwardi  3. 
Statute  for  Declaration  of  Exigents. 


Anno 


The    TITLES    of   the    STATUTES. 


Anno  1 8  Edivardi  3.     Stat.  2. 
t,    A  N  Aft  for  ceafing  of  Commiffions  of  new  Inquiries, 
XX  2-  An  Aft  touching  Juftices  of  the  Peace. 

3.  An  Act  for  ibrting  and  buying  of  Woolls. 

4.  An  Aft  to  repeal  Commiffions  for  Eflay  of  Weights  and 
Meafures. 

5.  An  Aft  touching  Exigents  in  Trefpafs. 

6.  An  Aft  for  the  new  Money  and  the  Exchanges. 

7.  When  the  King's  Wages  to  Soldiers  fhall  begin  and  end. 

Other  Statutes  the  fame  18th  Year  for  the  Clergy.     Stat.  3. 

1.  \    Triennial  Difme  granted  to  the  King  by  the  Clergy. 
jf\_  towards  his  War  in  France. 

2.  An  Aft  for  Trial  of  Bigamy. 

3.  Againft  purchafing  Lands  in  Mortmain. 

4.  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  Purveyors. 

5.  Touching  Prohibitions. 

6.  Temporal  Juftices  fhall  not  make  Commiffions,  to  in- 
quire of  Procefs  made  by  Spiritual  Judges. 

7.  Touching  Scire  facias  for  Difmes. 


T 


Stat.  4. 


HE  Oath  of  Juftices. 


Stat.  5. 
rp  HE  Oath  of  the  Clerks  of  the  Chancery. 

Anno  20  Edwardi  3. 

1.  AN  Aft  that  Right  be  done  by  Juftices  to  all  Men. 

2.  j[\  An  Aft  that  Right  be  done  by  the  Barons  of  the 
Exchequer. 

3.  An  Aft  for  the  Oath  of  the  Juftices  of  Affifes  and  Gaol- 
Delivery. 

4.  None  fhall  maintain  any  Quarrels  but  their  own. 

5.  Lords  and  great  Men  fhall  put  fuch  out  of  their  Service 
which  are  Maintainers  of  Quarrels. 

6.  Juftices  of  Affife  fhall   inquire  of  the  Demeanour  of 
Sheriffs,  and  other  Officers. 

Statutes  of  Labourers,  Anno  23  Edwardi  3. 

1.  ^T  7  HAT  Perfons  fhall  be  compelled  to  labour. 

2.  VV    An  Aft  that  labourers  retained  depart  not  within 
their  Term. 

3,4,^5,  For  Labourers  Wages. 

6.  For  Victuallers. 

7.  For  Beggars. 

8.  For  Artificers.  1 

The  Statute  of  Labourers,  made  Anno  25  Edw.  3. 
I,  2,  X  X  7  HAT  Wages  Labourers  and  others  fhall  take, 
tif  3.    W    4.  For  Cordwainers,  and  other  Artificers. 

5.  For  Punifhment  of  the  Offenders  of  this  Statute. 

6.  An  Aft  againft  Extortions  by  Sheriffs,  £sV. 

7.  An  Aft  for  holding  of  Seffions,  and  againft  unlawful 
Departure  of  Servants.    • 


A 


Another  Statute  made  the  fame  25th  Year.     Stat.  2. 
N  Aft  touching  fuch  as  be  born  beyond  the  Seas. 


A  Statute  for  the  Clergy,  made  the  fame  2^th  Year.     Stat.  3. 

1.    A    Confirmation  of  all  Liberties  granted  to  the  Clergy. 
Jt\   2.  An  _ Aft  for  Repeal  of  an  Aft  made  14  Ed.  3. 
cap.  2.  touching  the  King's  Prefentment  to  a  Church  of 
another's  Right. 

3.  An  Aft  that  the  King's  Title  fhall  be  examined  when  he 
prefents  to  a  Benefice. 

4.  For  Clerks  convift  of  Treafons  and  Felonies, 


5.  Clerks  fhall  be  arraigned  of  all  their  Offences. 

6.  Touching  feizing  of  Temporalties,  and  taking  Fines  of 
Bifhops  for  Contempts. 

7.  The  Incumbent  may  plead  againft  the  King  in  a  ghcare 
Impedit. 

8.  For  Cognizance  of  Matters  pertaining  to  the  Church. 

9.  Touching  Indiftments  of  Extortions  of  Ordinaries. 

A  Statute  for  Clothes  made  in  the  fame  25th  Year.     Stat.  4. 

N  Aft  for  meafuring  of  Clothes. 
2.  An  Aft  for  Viftual  and  other  Merchandizes  to 
be  fold  by  Merchants  Strangers  without  Interruption. 

3.  An  Aft  againft  foreftalling  of  Wines. 

4.  An  Aft  for  pulling  down  of  new  Wears. 

A  Statute  of  Purveyors  made  in  the  fame  25  th  Year.     Stat.  5. 

N  Aft  touching  Purveyors  for  the  King's  Houfe. 
2.  An  Aft  for  Declaration  of  Treafons. 

3.  No  Indiftor  fhall  be  put  upon  the  Inqueft  of  the  Party 
indifted. 

4.  An  Aft  that  no  Man  be  condemned  by  Suggeftion,  with- 
out lawful  Prefentment. 

5.  An  Aft  touching  Aftions  brought  by  Executors  of  Ex- 
ecutors. 

6.  An  Aft  againft  Takers  of  Wood  or  Timber  for  the 
King. 

7.  An  Aft  for  the  gathering  of  the  Forefters. 

8.  None  fhall  be  conftrained  to  find  Men  of  Arms. 

9.  Auncel  Weight  abolifhed. 

10.  An  Aft  for  true  Meafures. 

11.  For  reafonable  Aid  to  make  the  King's  Son  Knight, 
or  to  marry  his  Daughter. 

12.  An  Aft  for  Exchange  of  Gold  and  Silver. 

13.  An  Aft  againft  impairing  of  Money. 

14.  What  Procefs  fhall  be  awarded  againft  Men  indifted  of 
Felony. 

15.  Againft  Purveyors  taking  more  Sheep  than  be  needful. 

16.  Exception  of  Nontenure  of  Parcel  fhall  not  abate  the 
whole  Writ. 

17.  Touching  Procefs  of  Outlawry  in  Aftions  of  Debt, 
Detinue,  and  Replevin. 

18.  Touching  Villenage. 

19.  Touching  Proteftions  granted  by  the  King. 

20.  For  Plate  to  be   received  into  the  Mint   by  Weight, 
and  returned  in  Money  by  Weight. 

21.  For  taking  Wines  by  the  King's  Butler. 

22.  Againft  Provifors  to  the  Court  of  Rome. 

23.  Againft  Lombards  that  efcape  out  of  the  Realm  being 
in  Debt. 


A 
A 


Other  Statutes  made  in  the  fame  25th  Year.     Stat.  6, 
Statute  of  Provifors. 


Stat.  7. 
Statute  of  the  Form  of  levying  of  the  Fifteen. 


Anno  27  Edwardi  3. 
GAINST  Provifors  to  the  Court  of  Rome. 
2.  Touching  Charters  of  Pardon  for  Felonies. 

3.  For  Commiffions  to  be  awarded  to  redrefs  Victuallers, 
and  Dearth  of  Viftuals. 

4.  For  Aulnage  and  Affife  of  Clothes,  and  a  Subfidy  granted 
upon  every  Cloth. 

5.  Foreftalling  of  Gafcoigne  Wines,  Felony. 

6.  For  Merchants  of  Gafcoigne  fafely  to  bring  their  Wines. 

7.  That  it  fhall  be  Felony  to  fojourn  in  Gafcoigne,  and  buy 
Wines  there  by  Englijh  Merchants. 

8.  For  gauging  of  Wines, 

m. 


The  TITLES   of  the    STATUTES. 


The  Statute  of  the  Staph,  made  the  fame  z-jth  Tear. 
1  HERE  the  Staple  (hall  be  kept. 
3.  All  Merchants  may  freely  fell  all  their  Mer- 
chandizes in  the  Staple. 

3 .  Merchants  may  buy  Woolls,  Leather,  Fells,  and  Lead 
in  England,  fo  that  they  be  carried  to  the  Staple. 

4.  That  none  going  to  the  Staple  be  difturbed  by  the  Pur- 
veyors. 

5.  The  King's  Juftices  fhall  have  no  Cognizance  of  that 
which  pertaineth  to  the  Staple. 

6.  That  no  Marfhal  or  other  Minifter  meddle  with  the 
Staple. 

7.  Touching  Licence  of  Paffage  of  Woolls,  Leather,  Fells, 
or  Lead. 

8.  The  Jurifdiction  of  the  Staple. 

9.  For  Recognizance  of  Statutes  of  the  Staple. 

10.  For  Weights  and  Meafures  of  the  Staple. 

11.  Againft  foreftalling  of  Merchandizes  coming  to  the 
Staple. 

12.  That  no  Woolls,  Fells,  Leather,  nor  Lead,  be  carried 
into  Scotland. 

13.  Touching  Goods  robbed  upon  the  Sea  coming  into  the 
Realm. 

14.  For  bringing  of  Bullion  into  the  King's  Exchanges. 

15.  Concerning  Indentures  to  be  made  between  Carriers  of 
Merchandizes  to  the  Staple  by  frefh  Rivers,  and  the  Bai- 
liffs of  the  Towns  where  they  be  Shipped. 

16.  For  the  Rent  of  Places  in  the  Staple  where  Woolls  and 
other  Merchandizes  mall  be  fet. 

17.  That  no  Merchant  Stranger  be  impeached  for  others 
Debt. 

J  8.  Merchants  of  Ireland  and  Wales  may  bring  their  Mer- 
chandizes to  the  Staples  in  England.. 

19.  That  none  lofe  his  Goods  by  Forfeit  of  his  Servants. 

20.  Merchant  Strangers  taken  into  the  King's  Protection. 

21.  The  Authority  of  the  Major  and  Conftables  of  the 
Staple. 

22.  For  Correctors  of  Strangers  and  Denizens  to  be  in  the 
Staple. 

23.  For  a  certain  Number  of  Porters,  and  other  Officers, 
to  be  in  the  Staple. 

24.  For  Affociation  to  the  Major  of  the  Staple,  where  any 
Alien  is  Party. 

2^.  Nothing  to  be  done  in  Prejudice  of  the  Staple. 

26.  Credence  to  be  given  to  the  Letters  or  Oaths  of  the 
Owners  of  Merchandizes  coming  into  the  Realm,  terri- 
fying the  true  Value  of  them. 

27.  The  Penalty  of  them  that  be  convict  for  (hipping  of 
Woolls. 

28.  Confirmation  of  Privileges  and  Cuftoms  of  the  Staple. 

29.  The  Fees  of  the  Mayors  and  Conftables  of  the  Staple. 

Anno  2  3  Edwardi  3. 
1.  /^Onfirmation  of  all  Statutes  not  repealed, 
a.  V>  The  Lords  Marchers  in  Wales  fhall  be  attendant  to 

the  Crown  of  England,  and  not  to  the  Principality  of 

Wales. 

3.  None  to  be  difftifed  or  imprifoncd,  without  due  Pro- 
cefs  of  the  Law. 

4.  How  Efcheators  and  other  Officers  fhall  anfwer  the 
King  the  Profits  of  Lands  coming  to  him  by  the  Death 
of  his  Tenants. 

5.  No  Iron  fhall  be  fent  out  of  the  Realm. 

6.  For  the  Election  of  Coroners. 

7.  How  long  Sheriffs  fhall  abide  in  their  Offices. 

8.  An  Attaint  fhall  be  granted  as  well  upon  a  Bill  as  upon  a 
Writ  of  Trefpafs. 

9.  No  Writ  fhall  be  directed  to  a  Sheriff  to  charge  an  In- 
qtiefi  to  Indi£t  any. 


10.  For  Redrefs  of  Errors,  and  Mifprifions  in  Government 
in  the  City  of  London. 

11.  Frefh  Suit  fhall  be  made  after  Robbers  from  Country 
to  Country. 

12.  Within  what  Time  Purveyances  made  for  the  King's 
Houfe  fhall  be  paid  for. 

13.  The  Warrant  of  packing  of  Woolls  fhall  be  put  out, 
and  Inquefts  fhall  be  De  medietate  lingua,  where  an  Alien 
is  Party. 

14.  For  fhewing  of  Woolls  every  Day  at  the  Staple,  ex- 
cept Sunday. 

15.  An  Act  declaring  the  Bounds  of  the  Staple. 

Anno  3 1  Edwardi  3 . 

1.  /""^Onnrmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter 
\_jt     of  the  Foreft. 

2.  Againft  the  abating  of  the  Prices  of  Woolls. 

3.  For  Difcharge  of  the  Eftreats  in  the  Exchequer. 

4.  Againft  Extortion  in  Bifhops  Officers  for  Probates  of 
Wills. 

5-.  The  Contents  of  a  Tun  of  Wine,  and  the  true  gauging 
of  the  fame. 

6.  Touching  Fines  and  Amerciaments  of  Labourers. 

7.  Juftices  fhall  enquire  of  the  Offenders  of  the  Laws  of* 
the  Staple. 

8.  What  Refufe  fhall  be  made  of  Wooll.  All  Woolls  fhall 
be  brought  to  the  Staple. 

9.  The  Chancellor  and  Treafurer  upon  Caufe  may  defer 
the  Paffage  of  Woolls. 

10.  For  the  Rule  and  Reformation  of  the  Victuallers  of. 
London. 

11.  To  whom  the  Ordinary  may  commit  Adminiftration, 
where  a  Man  dieth  inteftate,  and  the  Adminiftrators  to. 
have  Actions,  as  Executors  mould. 

12.  The  Chancellor  and  Treafurer  fhall  reform  and  exa- 
mine Errors  in  the  Exchequer. 

13.  The  King's  Pardon.  . 

14.  For  levying  of  Efcapes. 

15.  At  what  Time  the  Sheriff  fhall  hold  his  Turn. 

Tlie  Statute  of  Herrings,  made  in  the  fame  One  and  thirtieth 
Year.     Stat.  2. 

1.  '"TT^Ouching  Herring,  and  the  Manner  of  felling  thereof. 

2.  JL     Concerning  the  Sale  of  Herrings  at  Yarmouth. 

3.  For  Stockfifh. 


Other  Statutes  made  the  fame  31/?  Year.     Stat.  3. 

OR  Fifh  coming  witl 
Ordinances  for  Fifh. 


1.  TT?  OR  Fifh  comingj^ithin  the  Haven  of  Blackney. 


Stat.  4. 
QRdinatio  fatla  pro  Statu  terra  Hibernia,  containing  19 
Chapters. 

Anno  34  Edwardi  3. 
1.  T?  O  R  Juftices  of  Peace. 

2  &  3.  J?    For  Purveyors. 

4.  For  making  of  Panells,    and  who  fhall  be  impanelled 
upon  Juries. 

5.  Auncel  Weight  abolifhed. 

6.  For  Weights  and  Meafures. 

7.  Attaint  fhall  lie  as  well  in  Plea  real  as  perfonal. 

8.  Againft  Jurors  taking  Money  for  giving  their  Verdict. 

9.  10,  11.  For  Labourers. 

12.  There  fhall  be  no  Forfeiture  of  Lands  for  Treafon  of 
dead  Perfons  not  attainted. 

13.  How  Efcheators  fhall  take  thejr  Inquefts. 

14.  For  Traverfe  of  Offices. 

15.  Con- 


The    TITLES    of   the    STATUTES. 


15.  Confirmation  of  Alienations  made  by  the  Tenants  of 
■King  Henry  the  Third,  &c. 

16.  Nonclaim  of  Fines  fhall  be  no  Bar. 

17.  Merchants,  Aliens,  or  Denizens  may  come  into  Ireland. 

18.  For  them  that  have  Poffeffions  in  Ireland. 

19.  No  Cuftom  to  be  paid  for  Canvafles  to  pack  Woolls  in. 

20.  For  Paflage  of  Corn  to  Callice. 

21.  For  Paffage  of  Woolls. 

22.  For  Hawks  found. 


A 


Anno  35  Edwardi  3. 
N  Ordinance  touching  Herrings  coming  to  Yarmouth, 
and  the  Hoftellers  there. 

Anno  36  Edwardi  3. 

1.  /confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  the  Charter  of 
V_>  the  Foreft,  and  of  all  Statutes  not  repealed. 

2,  3,  4,  5:,  6.  Acts  againft  Purveyors. 

7.  Of  what  Things  the  Major  and  Conftables  of  the  Staple 
{hall  have  Cognizance. 

8.  For  the  Wages  of  Parifh  Priefts. 

9.  For  Punifhment  of  the  Offenders  of  the  faid  Statutes. 

10.  A  Parliament  fhall  be  holden  once  every  Yean, 

11.  No  Subfidy  fhall  be  impofed  upon  Woolls  without  Af- 
fent  of  Parliament. 

12.  For  the  Quarter  Seflions  of  the  Peace. 

13.  Concerning  Efcheators. 

14.  Fines  and  Amerciaments  of  Labourers  fhall  be  to  the 
Ufe  of  the  Commons. 

15.  Pleadings  fhall  be  in  the  Englifo  Tongue,  and  entred 
in  Latin. 

36  Edwardi  3.     Stat.  2. 
'  |"rHE  King's  general  Pardon. 

Anno  37  Edwardi  3. 
1. /confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  the  Charter  of 
V^     the  Foreft,  and  all  Statutes  before  made. 

2.  For  Writs  of  Idemptitate  nominis. 

3.  For  the  Price  of  Poultry. 

4.  For  Clerks  of  the  Exchequer. 

5.  Againft  ingroffing  of  Merchandizes. 

6.  For  Handicraftfmen  to  hold  them  in  one  Occupation. 

7.  How  Goldi'miths  fhall  make  their  Silver  Veffels. 

8.  9,  10,  n,  iz,  13,  14,  15.  Acls  for  Apparel. 

16.  An  Act  for  Wines. 

17.  In  what  Cafe  a  Writ  fhall  not  be  abated  by  Exception 
of  Cognizance  of  Viilenage. 

18.  How  Suggeftions  are  to  be  purfued,  which  are  made 
to  the  King. 

19.  Concerning  Hawks  found. 

Anno  33  Edwardi  3. 

1.  /confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  the  Charter  of 
V>     the  Foreft,  and  all  Statutes  not  repealed. 

2.  An  Act  licencing  all  Merchants  to  buy  any  Merchandizes. 

3.  Fines  fhall  be  taken  in  the  Prefence  of  the  Pledges. 

4.  Certain  penal  Bonds  in  the  Third  Perfon  fhall  be  void. 

5.  Touching  waging  of  Law  in  London  againft  Papers. 

6.  The  Penalty  of  Death  put  out  for  carrying  Woolls  over 
the  Sea. 

7.  TheStaple  to  be  in  England. 

8.  Ships  not  to  be  loft  for  a  little  Thing  therein  not  cu- 
,  ftomed. 

9.  For  Punifhment  of  them  that  make  Complaints  to  the 
King,   and  cannot  prove  them  true. 

10  &  11.  For  feeking  Wines  in  Gafcoigne. 
12.  Againft  Jurors,  and  Imbracers  of  juries. 

Vol.  I. 


Other  Statutes  made  in  the  fame  38;/;  Tear.     Stat.  2, 

STATUTES  made  againft  Provifors,  containing  Four 
Chapters. 

Anno  42  Edivardi  3. 

1.  /^confirmation  0f  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter 
V>  of  the  Foreft. 

2.  Confirmation  of  a  Pardon. 

3.  None  to  be  put  to  anfwer,  without  Prefentment  or  other 
Thing  of  Record. 

4.  To  whom  Commiffions  of  Inquiry  fhall  be  granted. 

5.  Concerning  Efcheators. 

6.  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  Labourers. 

7.  That  they  oi London  fell  Victual  at  Retail,  and  none  other. 

8 .  That  no  Englijh  Merchanas  go  to  feek  Wines  in  Gafcoigne. 

9.  For  levying  of  the  Green  Wax  and  Eftreats. 

10.  Children  born  beyond  the  Sea  within  the  King's  Do- 
minions fhall  inherit  Lands  in  England. 

11.  For  arraying  of  Panels  of  Inquefts. 

Anno  43  Edwardi  3 . 

1.  ¥7  OR  the  Staple  to  be  removed  into  England. 

2.  J?    An  Act  licenfing  Englijh,  Irifl),  and  Weljhmen,  being 
.  not  Artificers,  to  buy  Wines  in  Gafcoigne,  notwithstand- 
ing the  Statute  of  4Z  Ed.  3.  c.  8. 

3.  Againft  taking  of  Wines  by  the  King's  Butler. 

4.  The  King's  Pardon. 

Anno  4  j  Edwardi  3. 

1.  /confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter 
V>i     of  the  Foreft. 

2.  For  pulling  down  of  Wears,  Mills,  and  Kiddles. 

3.  A  Prohibition  fhall  be  granted  where  a  Suit  is  com- 
menced in  the  Eccleuaftical  Court  for  Syha  cadua. 

4.  No  Impofition  fhall  be  laid  upon  Woolls  and  Leather, 
other  than  the  Cuftom  and  Subfidy. 

Rotulus  Parliament'!,  Anno  46  Edivardi  3. 

Anno  47  Edwardi  3 . 
1.  ITT  OR  Length  and  Breadth  of  Cloths. 
J/    2.  The  Scottijh  Groat  current  for  Three  Pence. 

Anno  50  Edwardi  3. 
1.  /confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  Holy  Church. 
\_t    z.  Confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,   and   the 
Charter  of  the  Foreft. 

3.  The  King's  Pardon  in  his  Year  of  Jubilee. 

4.  After  Confultation,   no  Prohibition  fhall  be  awarded. 

5.  That   no  Minifter  of  Holy  Church  be  arretted  at  Di- 
vine Service. 

6.  Gifts  of  Lands  or  Goods  to  defraud  Creditors  fhall  be 
void. 

7.  That  Woollen  Cloths  be  not  carried  out  of  the  Realm 
till  they  be  fulled. 

8.  That  no  Subfidy,  nor  Aulnage  be  levied  of  Irijh  Freeze. 


Anno  1  Richardi  II. 

Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church,  the 
Great  Charter,  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and 
of  all  Statutes  not  repealed. 

2.  Peace  fhall  be  kept,  and  Juftice  indifferently  done  to  all 
Men. 

3.  All  Statutes  of  Purveyors  confirmed. 

4.  Againft  Maintenance  of  Quarrels. 

e  .•  5.  Con- 


The    TITLES    of  the    STATUTES. 


be  ac- 


5.  Confirmation  of  the  Statutes  concerning  the  Exchequer  ; 
Punifliment  of  a  Clerk  of  the  Exchequer  making  Pro- 
cefs  for  a  Debt  paid. 

6.  Againft  Villains  that  withdraw  their  Services. 

7.  Againft  giving  of  Liveries  for  Maintenance. 

8.  Touching  Protections  cum  claufula  Volumus. 

9.  Gifts  of  Lands  or  Goods  for  Maintenance  fhall  be  void, 
and  Affifes  fhall  lie  againft  the  Pernor  of  the  Profits. 

10.  Confirmation  of  a  Pardon  granted  in  the  Fiftieth  Year 
of  Edward  the  Third. 

1 1 .  None  that  hath  been  Sheriff-  fhall  be  Sheriff  within 
Three  Years  after. 

12.  Touching  Prifoners  of  the  Fleet  fuffered  to  go  at  large. 

13.  Obligations  made  by  Spiritual  Men  to  do  contrary  to 
the  Laws  of  the" Church  fhall  be  void. 

14.  Concerning  Tithes. 

15.  That  no  fpiritual  Perfon  be  arrefted  during  Divine  Ser- 
vice. 

Anno  2  Richardi  2. 

*HAT  Merchants  Strangers  may  fafely  bring  any 
Merchandizes  into  this  Realm. 

2.  Againft  foreftalling  of  Wines. 

3.  -For  Merchants  and  others  towards  the  Weft  Parts. 

4.  Againft  Mariners  flying  out  of  the  King's  Service  with- 
out Licence. 

5.  Againft  Raifers  of  falfe  News  or  feditious  Rumours. 

6.  Againft  Welftmuns  taking  away  Women  and  Maids  out 
of  England,  and  other  Abufes. 

7.  Urban  was  duly  chofen  Pope,  and  fo  ought  to  b 
cepted  and  obeyed. 

8.  Confirmation  of  the  Statutes  of  Labourers. 

Other  Statutes  made  the  fame  Second  Tear.     Stat.  2. 
r.  /^Onfirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church,    the 
\_j    Great  Charter,  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and  of  all 
Statutes. 

2.  Repeal  of  fo  much  of  the  Act  made  the  laft  Parliament, 
as  toucheth  unlawful  Aflemblies  in  Wales. 

3.  For  Procefs  to  be  made  againft  them,  which  after  Gifts 
made  of  their  Lands  and  Goods  by  Collufion,  fly  to 
Sanctuary. 

Anno  3  Richardi  2. 
1.  ^confirmation  of  all  Liberties  and  Statutes. 

V^/  2.  The  Penalty  of  the  Aulnager  for  fealing  faulty 

Cloth. 
3.  Againft  farming  of  Benefices  of  Aliens, 

Anno  4  Richardi  2. 
1.T70R  the  gauging  of  Wines,  Oils,   and  Honey. 
j}    2.  The  King's  Pardon. 

Anno  5  Richardi  2. 
1.  /^Onfirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  Holy  Church,  the 

V>     Great  Charter,  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and  all 

other  Statutes  not  repealed, 
a.  Againft  tranfporting  Gold  and  Silver  out  of  the  Realm  ; 

and  againft  Departure  of  the  King's  Subjects  out  of  the 

Realm  without  Licence. 

3.  Againft  importing  or  tranfporting  of  Merchandizes,  but 
only  in  Englijh  Ships. 

4.  Concerning  the  Prices  of  Wines  to  be  fold  in  the  Realm. 

5.  Sweet  Wines  and  Claret  not  to  be  fold  by  Retail  in  Eng- 
land after  the  Nativity  of  Saint  "John. 

6.  The  King's  Pardon  to  thofe  that  repreffed  the  late  Re- 
bellion. 

7.  Manumiflions  made  by  Menace  at  the  late  Infurrection 
fhall  be  void. 

8.  Againft  entering  into  Lands  where  it  is  not  lawful. 

9.  Touching  Deeds  deftroyed  in  the  late  Infurrection. 

4 


10.  Touching  Difcharges  of  Debts  and  Accompts  in  the 
Exchequer. 

11.  The  Covenants  of  them  that  (hall  ferve  the  King  in  his 
Wars  or  Embaffages  to  be  put  in  Writing,  and  returned 
into  the  Exchequer. 

12.  That  Accompts  in  the  Exchequer  be  fhortly  heard. 

13.  For  two  Clerks  to  be  affigned  to  make  Parcels  of  Ac- 
compts in  the  Exchequer. 

14.  That  Accounts  of  Nichil  be  put  out  of  the  Exchequer. 

15.  Concerning  the  Clerk  of  the  Pipe,  and  the  Two  Re- 
membrancers for  the  Entry  of  Writs  of  the  Great  and 
Privy  Seal,  and  to  make  Schedules  and  Certificates. 

16.  Upon  a  Judgement  of  Livery,  the  Remembrancer  fhall 
caufe  the  Suit  to  ceafe. 

17.  The  Fees  of  the  Clerks  of  the  Exchequer  for  making 
a  Commiffion  or  Record  of  Nifi  prius. 

Other  Statutes  made  the  fame  Fifth  Tear.     Stat.  2. 

1.  T^  OR  the  well  intreating  of  Merchants  Strangers. 
S}    z".  For  pafling  of  Woolls,  Leather,  and  Fells. 

3.  A  Subfidy  granted  to  the  King,  fo  that  it  may  be  wholly 
imployed  upon  the  fafe  keeping  of  the  Seas. 

4.  For  coming  to  the  Parliament. 
;.  Againft  Preachers  of  Herefies. 

Anno  6  Richer di  2. 

r.  /confirmation  of  all  Liberties  of  the  Church,  Magn* 
V_>  Charta,  Cbarta  Forejlce,  with  all  Statutes  not  re- 
pealed. 

2.  For  Actions  to  be  purfued  in  their  proper  Counties. 

3.  In  what  Courts  Writs  of  Nufances  called  Vicontiels,  fhall 
be  purfued. 

4.  Touching  Deeds  inrolled  that  were  deftroyed  in  the  lafl 
Infurrection. 

5.  For  Seflions  to  be  holden  by  Juftices  of  Aflifeand  Gaol- 
delivery  in  the  principal  Towns. 

6.  Againft  Ravifhing  of  Women. 

7.  For  Prices  of  fweet  Wines  by  Retail. 

8.  For  Qualification  of  the  Act  touching  the  Navy,  made 
5  Rich.  2.  cap.  3. 

9.  Victuallers  to  bear  no  Office  in  Towns  where  they  dwell. 

10.  Aliens  bringing  Victuals  into  the  Realm  may  fell  the 
fame  in  grofs  or  by  retail. 

11.  That  Hofts  ufe  no  more  foreftalling  of  Victuals. 

12.  Mayors  to  be  fworn  to  keep  the  Ordinances  of  Fifli- 
mongers  and  Victuallers. 

13.  The  King's  Pardon  touching  the  late  Rebellion. 

At  another  Parliament  holden  the  fame  Sixth  Tear. 
Statute  enlarging  the  fame  Pardon. 
2.  Confirmation  of  the  Statutes  of  Purveyors. 

3.  Releafe  of  fuch  from  Actions  of  Trefpafs  as  can  prove 
they  were  compelled  to  the  late  Infurrection. 

4.  Actions  of  Trefpafs  to  be  brought  within  a  limited  Timev 

5.  The  Number  of  Witneffes  to  prove  the  Compulfion. 

Anno  1  Richardi  2. 
1.  /confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church. 

\^A  2.  Confirmation  of  Magna  Charta,  the  Charter  of 
the  Foreft,  and  all  Statutes  not  repealed. 

3.  For  calling  of  Jurors  within  Forefts. 

4.  Touching  Imprifonment  by  Officers  of  the  Forefts. 
%:  Touching  Night-walkers,  Rogues,  and  Vagabonds. 

6.  Proclamation  to  be  made  Four  Times  yearly,  by  the 
Sheriffs,  of  the  Statute  of  Winchejler. 

7.  That  Nifi  prius  be  granted  at  the  Suit  of  any  of  the 
Jurors,  if  the  Parties,  after  the  Diftrefs  Three  Times 
ferved,  do  refufe  it. 

8.  For  Purveyors. 

3.  Againft 


The    T  I  T  L  E  S   of   the   STATUTES. 


9.  Againft  Deceit  of  Cloths. 

10.  Touching  Affife  for  Rent  going  out  of  Lands  lying  in 
two  Counties. 

41.  The  Statute  of  Victuallers,  Fifth  and  Sixth  of  King 
Richard,  repealed. 

12.  No  Alien  fhall  occupy  any  Benefice  of  the  Church. 

•13.  Againft  riding  in  Harnefs. 

14.  Concerning  Attorneys  of  Defendants  in  Writs  of  Prae- 
munire facias. 

-15.  Againft  Champerty  and  Maintenance. 

16.  Againft  fending  Armour  or  Victual  into  Scotland. 

17.  For  Mainpernors  to  fatisfy  the-  Plaintiff  for  his  Delay, 
where  the  Defendant  keepeth  not  his  Day. 

Anno  8  Richardi  2. 

r,  /"^Onfirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church,  Great 
V>  Charter,  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and  all  Statutes. 

2.  That  no  Man  of  Law  be  Juftice  of  Affife  or  Gaol-deli- 
very in  his  own  Country. 

3.  Neither  the  King's  Juftices,  nor  Barons  of  the  Exche- 
quer, fhall  take  Fee  or  Reward,  but  of  the  King. 

4.  Againft  falfe  entering  of  Pleas,  rafing  of  Rolls,  and 
changing  of  Verdicts. 

5.  Of  the  Jurifdiction  of  the  Conftable  and  Marfhal. 

Anno  9  Richardi  2. 

1.  /^Onfirmation  of  all  Statutes  not  repealed,  faving  of  a 
V^  Statute  made  8  R.  2.  cap.  3. 

2.  Touching  Villains  flying  to  Cities  and  Boroughs. 

3.  For  Writs  of  Attaint  and  Error  for  them  in  the  Rever- 
fion. 

4.  Trial  whether  a  Prior  be  dative  and  removeable,  or  per- 
petual. 

5.  For  Fees  of  Priefts  taken  in  the  Marfhalfey  of  the  King's 
Houfe. 

Anno  10  Richardi  2. 
N  Act  for  the  good  Governance  of  the  Realm. 


A' 


Anno  1 1  Richardi  2. 

1.  '  |~*HE   Archbifhop   of  York  and  others   attainted  of 

JL     High  Treafon. 

2.  Claufeto  prevent  fraudulent  Conveyances  of  their  Eftates. 

3.  The  Eftates  of  the  Bifhop  of  Chichejier  and  others  alfo 
forfeited. 

4.  The  Penalty  of  concealing  any  Part  of  the  faid  Eftates. 

5.  Blues  in  Tail,  and  Jointures  of  Women  excepted. 

6.  Penalty  of  petitioning  the  King  for  any  Grant  of  the  faid 
Eftates  during  the  War. 

.7.  All  Merchants  Aliens  and  Denizens  may  buy  and  fell 
without  Interruption. 

8.  Certain  Annuities  granted  by  the  King,  made  void. 

9.  That  no  new  Impositions  be  put  upon  Woolls,  Leather, 
&c. 

10.  That  no  Letters  from  the  King  under  the  Signet  or  Pri- 
vy Seal  be  fent  in  Difturbanceof  the  Law. 

1 1.  For  keeping  Aflifes  and  Seffions  in  chief  Towns. 

Anno  12  Richardi  2. 
u  /"Confirmation   of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church,    the 
V_>  Great  Charter,  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and  of  all 
Statutes  not  repealed. 

2.  Touching  electing  of  Officers. 

3.  Confirmation  of  all  Statutes  for  Labourers  and  Victual- 
lers, and  for  Stocks  to  be  in  every  Town,  for  Demeanour 
of  Labourers. 

4  c?  5.  For  Wages  for  Labourers,  and. how  they  fhall  be- 
have themfelves. 
(>.  Concerning  Weapons  not  to  be  worn  by  Artificers,  and 
■  againft  unlawful  Games  to  be  ufed  by  them. 


7.  For  Beggars. 

8.  Concerning  fuch  as  pretend  themfelves  to  have  been  cap- 
tive or  maimed  in  foreign  Countries. 

9.  Touching  Vagabonds,  and  concerning  Artificers  and  La- 
bourers. 

10.  How  many  Juftices  of  the  Peace  fhall  be  in  every  Coun- 
ty, and  for  holding  of  their  Seffions. 

11.  The  Punifhment  of  him  thattelleth  Lies  of  the  Peers  or 
Great  Officers  of  the  Realm. 

12.  In  what  Cafes  the  Lords  and  Spiritual  Perfons  fhall  be 
contributary  to  the  Expences  of  the  Knights  of  Parlia- 
ment. 

13.  For  avoiding  of  Annoyances  by  cafting  of  Dung  or  Car- 
rion into  Ditches  and  other  Places.. 

14.  For  the  Meafure  of  Cloths. 

15.  That  none  pafs  out  of  the  Realm  to  obtain  any  Benefice 
of  Holy  Church. 

16.  For  removing  the  Staple  from  Middleborough  to  Calais. 

Anno  13  Richardi  2. 

1.  rT"*  HE  King's  Prefentee  fhall  not  be  received  into  a 

X     Church  full  of  an  Incumbent,  till  he  hath  recover- 
ed it  by  Law. 

2.  Touching  the  Jurifdiction  of  the  Conftable  of  England. 

3.  The  Jurifdiction  of  the  Steward  and  Marfhal s  Court 
fhall  not  exceed  Twelve  Mile  from  the  King's  Lodging. 

4.  Concerning  the  Duty  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Market  of  tlie 
King's  Houfe. 

5%  Touching  the  Jurifdiction  of  the  Admiral. 

6.  Touching  Serjeants  at  Arms  and  their  Office. 

7.  Touching  the  Office  of  Juftices  of  Peace. 

8.  Touching  Servants  and  Labourers,  and  for  the  Price  of 
Victuals  and  Horfe  Bread. 

9.  Touching  Packing,  and  for  true  Weights  and  Meafures. 

10.  The  Length  and  Breadth  of  Cog-ware  and  Kendal 
Cloths.  _ 

11.  Touching  Cloths  made  in  the  Counties  of  Somerfet3 
Gloucejler,  Dorfet,  and  Briflol: 

12.  Touching  Tanners  and  Cordwainers. 

13.  The  Ability  of  fuch  as  fhall  be  permitted  to  hunt. 

14.  Touching  Recognizances  and  double  Bonds  in  the  Ex- 
chequer. 

15.  Rejoining  of  Caftles  and  Goals  to  the  Counties. 

16.  Touching  Protections. 

17.  Where  he  in  Reverfion  may  be  received  in  a  Suit  com- 
menced againft  the  particular  Tenant. 

18.  Touching  Attaints  in  Lincoln. 

19.  For  the  Prefervation  of  Fifh. 

20.  At  what  Ports  Pilgrims  fhall  pafs  out  of  the  Realm. 

Other  Statutes  made  the  fame  Thirteenth  Year. 

1.  '  I  ""Ouching  Charters  of  Pardon. 
A.       2&3-  Touching Provifors. 
An  Ordinance  to  prevent  Difturbance  in  judicial  Proceed- 
ings. 

Anno  14  Richardi  2. 

OR  removing  the  Staple  from  Calais  to  England, 
Touching  Exchanges  to  the  Court  of  Rome. 

3.  The  Mayor  and  Officers  of  the  Staple  fhall  be  fworn  to 
the  King. 

4.  Againft  regrating  of  Woolls. 

5.  Touching  the  carrying  of  Wooll  and  Lead  out  of  the 
Realm  by  Strangers. 

6.  For  the  freighting  of  Englijh  Ships. 

7.  For  thefhipping  of  Tin  only  at  Dartmouth.  .   ** 

8.  Touching  gauging  of  RhentJI)  Wine. 

9.  That  Merchant  Strangers  be  well  intreated. 

10.  No  Cuftomer  nor  Comptroller  fhall  have  Ship  of  his 
own,  nor  fhall  hold  his  Office  but  at  the  King's  Pleafure. 

e  2  11.  For 


The  TITLES   of   the    STATUTES. 


Ii.  Fcr  the  Number  of  Juftices  of  Peace  in  every  County, 

and  their  Wages. 
12.  At  what  Value  ScottiJhMoney  {hall  be  current. 

Anno  15  Richardi  2. 

I.  /^Onfirmation  of  former  Statutes. 
\^_j     2.  Againft  forcible  Entries. 

3.  The  Admirals  Jurifdiction. 

4.  Touching  the  meafuiing  Corn  in  London. 

5.  What  is  Mortmain. 

6.  In  Appropriation  of  Churches  there  fhall  be  Provifion 
made  for  the  Poor,  and  a  Vicar. 

7.  Touching  carrying  of  Victuals  or  Merchandizes  into 
Scotland. 

8.  For  the  fhipping  of  Tin,  and  for  Repeal  of  a  Statute 
made  v\  Richardi  z.  cap.  7. 

9.  For  the  taking  of  Recognizances  of  the  Staple. 

10.  Touching  Cloth  made  in  Surry,  Suffix,  and  Southamp- 
ton. 

II.  Touching  Girdlers. 

12.  Againft  anfwer  ing  before  the  Council  of  Lords  and  La- 
dies concerning  Freehold. 

Anno  16  Richardi  2. 

1.  /^Oncerning  Merchants  Aliens  retailing  Merchan- 
V>  dizes. 

2.  Againft  fuch  as  compel  any  Perfons  to  appear  before  the 
Council  of  Lords  and  Ladies,  to  anfwer  for  their  Free- 
hold. 

3.  That  the  Clerk  of  the  Market  have  Weights  and  Mea- 
fures  according  to  the  Standard. 

4.  Touching  Liveries. 

5.  Premunire  for  purchafing  Bulls  from  Rome. 

6.  Touching  the  obtaining  Charters  of  Pardon. 

Anno  17  Richardi  2. 

1.  \  Gainft  the  melting  Money  to  make  Plate,  and  pro- 
2\.  hibiting  foreign  Coins. 

2.  Touching  Cloths. 

3.  Touching  Tranfportation  of  Worfteds. 

4.  For  the  cleanfing  of  Malt  fold  in  London. 

5.  For  certain  Officers  to  have  no  Eftate  in  their  Offices  for 
Life  nor  Years,  but  only  at  the  King's  Pleafure. 

6.  For  Damages  for  them  that  be  vexed  before  the  Counfel, 
or  in  the  Chancery,  upon  untrue  Suggeftions. 

7.  Touching  the  carrying  of  Corn  out  of  the  Realm. 

8.  Againft  Riots  and  unlawful  AfTemblies. 

9.  That  Juftices  of  Peace  be  Confervators  of  the  Statutes 
for  Prefervation  of  Salmon. 

10.  Two  learned  Men  in  the  Law  fhall  be  in  every  Com- 
miffion  of  Gaol  Delivery. 

11.  Aldermen  of  London  fhall  not  be  elected  yearly,  but  re- 
main until  they  be  put  out  for  reafonable  Caufe. 

12.  An  Explanation  of  the  Statute  28  Edw.  3.  cap.  10. 
That  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  tftc.  of  London,  fhall  not 
incur  the  Penalty  of  the  faid  Statute  for  erroneous  Judg- 
ment. 

13.  The  Ward  of  Farringdon  Without  fhall  elect  an  Alder- 
man. 

Anno  20  Richardi  2. 

1.    \  Gainft  riding  or  going  armed. 

J~\     2.  Touching  Liveries. 
3.'  That  no  Lords  nor  others  fit  with  Juftices  of  Affife  on  the 

Bench.    * 

4.  That  no  Ship  be  compelled  to  come  to  any  Port  in  Eng- 
land. 

5.  Againft  taking  of  Horfes  without  Warrant. 

6.  An  Aft  licencing  Belknap  and  others  to  come  into  Eng- 
land, 


Anno  21  Richardi  2. 

1.  /confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  Holy  Church,  and  of 
V>  all  Cities,  Boroughs,  and  Commonalties. 

2.  Repeal  of  the  Commiffion  made  to  the  Earl  of  AruncUL, 
and  others. 

3.  For  the  Forfeiture  and  Punifhment  of  Traytors. 

4.  c;,6,  7,  8,g,  10,  11,  12,   13,  iff  14.    Acts  touching  the 
King  and  Confervation  of  the  Realm. 

15.  The  King's  general  Pardon. 

16.  Authority   given  to  certain  Commifiioners  to  examine 
and  anfwer  Petitions. 

17.  Againft  Licences  to  fhip  Merchandifes  of  the  Staple. 

18.  For  carrying  Laftage  of  Stones  to  Calais,  to  repair  the 
fame. 

19.  Confirmation  of  Statutes  made   for  pulling   down  of 
Wears. 

20.  Againft  them  that  purfue  to  reverfe  any  Thing  made  in 
this  Parliament. 


Anno  1  Henrici  IV. 

1.  •""confirmation  0f  all  Charters,  and  of  all  Liberties  of 
I  .  the  Church,  and  Statutes  heretofore  made  and  not 
^~^  repealed. 

2.  For  the  Safeguard  of  them  which  came  in  with  King  Hen- 
ry the  Fourth. 

3.  Repeal  of  the  Parliament  in  the  21ft  Year  of  King  Ri- 
chard the  Second. 

4.  Confirmation  of  the  Parliament  holden  in  the  1  ith  Year 
of  King  Richard  the  Second. 

5.  For  Refticution  of  thofe  which  were  attainted  in  the  21ft 
Year  of  Richard  the  Second. 

6.  Touching  Letters  Patents  to  be  made  by  the  King. 

7.  Touching  Liveries. 

8.  For  Relief  of  them  that  be  put  out  of  their  Lands  by 
Suggeftion  made  to  the  King. 

9.  A  Confirmation  of  Sales  of  Forfeitures  made  by  great 
Officers  of  King  Richard  the  Second. 

10.  Touching  Offences  made  Treafon  in  the  21ft  Year  of 
King  Richard  the  Second. 

11.  How  far  Sheriffs  fhall  be  charged  with  the  antient 
Ferms  of  the  County. 

12.  Confirmation  of  divers  "Statutes,  made  for  pulling  down 
of  Wears. 

13.  Cuftomers,  Controllers,  Searchers,  CSV.  {hall  abide  in 
their  Offices  during  the  King's  Pleafure. 

14.  Touching  the  Determination  of  Appeals. 

15.  For  Redrefs  of  Errors  and  Mifpriuons  in  Government 
in  the  City  of  London. 

16.  That  Londoners  be  free  of  packing  of  Cloths. 

17.  Aliens  Victuallers  fhall  be  free  to  buy  and  fell. 

1  8.  Touching  Procefs  againft  fuch  of  the  County  ofChe/ler, 
which  commit  Felony  in  another  Shire. 

19.  Touching  the  Duty  upon  Cloths. 

20.  The  King's  Pardon. 

Anno  2  Henrici  4. 
1.  /confirmation  of  Statutes  and  Liberties. 

V>«     2.  An  Expofition  of  the  Statute  of  1  H.  4.  cap.  6. 
concerning  Gifts  and  Grants  to  be  made  by  the  King. 

3.  Againft  Provifions  made  by  the  Court  of  Rome. 

4.  An  Act  prohibiting  religious  Perfons  to  pui chafe  Bulls 
from  Rome. 

5.  Againft  the  Carriage  of  Money  out  of  the  Re  dm. 

6.  Flemijh  and  Scottijh  Money  fhall  be  turned  into  Bullion. 

7.  Touching  Nonfuits  after  Verdict  againft  the  Plaintiff. 

8.  The  Fee  of  the  Cyrographer  of  the  Common  Pleas  for 
a  Fine  levied. 

9.  For 


The  T  I  T  L  E  S   of  the    STATUTES. 


9.  For  Difcharge  of  Commiflions  awarded  in  the  Time  of 
King  Richard. 

10.  For  Fees  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown  of  the  King's 
Bench. 

11.  Touching  the  Jurifdiction  of  the  Admiral  Court. 

12.  Weljhmen  fhall  not  purchafe  Lands,  nor  bear  Office. 

13.  The  Pardon  made  the  2iftof  King  Richard  confirmed.  ' 

14.  For  Purveyors. 

15.  The  Orthodoxy  of  the  Faith  of  the  Church  of  England 
afferced,  and  Provifion  made  againft  the  Oppugners  of  the 
fame  ;  with  the  Punifhment  of  Hereticks. 

16.  For  the  Punifhment  of  Thefts  and  other  Diforders  of 
IVelJh  Men. 

17.  For  the  prefent  Execution  of  Weljh  Men  committing 
Felonies  in  England. 

18.  For  keeping  Guards  in  the  Caftles  in  Wales. 

19.  Touching  Englijh  Men  Convict  by  Weljh  Men  in 
Wales. 

20.  That  Weljh  Men  fhall  not  purchafe  Lands  in  England. 

21.  Touching  Liveries. 

22.  Touching  Suits  contrary  to  the  Statute  rrth  Rich.  2. 

23.  For  the  Fees  of  the  Marfhal  of  the  Marfnalfey  of  the 
King's  Houfe. 

24.  For  Difcharge  of  Procefs  made  againft  them  that  were 
in  the  King's  Wages  with  the  Duke  of  York,  23  Rich.  2. 

Anno  4  Henri 'ci  4. 

1.  /^Onfirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church,  and  of 
V_>  Cities,    Boroughs,  and  Towns  franchifed,    of  the 

Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft. 

2.  The  Words  Infidiatorcs  viarum  ct  depopulatores  agrorum, 
fhall  not  be  put  in  any  Indictments,  is'c. 

3.  Touching  Clerks  Convict. 

4.  The  King  fhall  not  grant  Revenues  of  the  Crown  with- 
out Deliberation.  1 

5.  That  the  Sheriffs  be  refident  within  their  Bailiwicks. 

6.  For  fealing  of  Cloths. 

7.  Touching  Actions  againft  the  Takers  of  the  Profits  of 
Lands. 

8.  In  what  Cafes  a  fpecial  Aflize  is  maintainable  againft  a 
Difleifor  with  Force. 

9.  For  Difcharge  of  Commiflioners  diftrained  to  return 
Commiflions. 

10.  For  Coinage  of  Halfpence  and  Farthings. 

11.  For  granting  Commiflions  for  pulling  down  Wears  and 
Kiddels. 

12.  In  Appropriation  of  Churches  there  fhall  be  Provifion 
made  for  the  Poor  of  the  Parifh,  and  the  Vicar. 

13.  Confirmation  of  the  Statutes,  1  E.  3.  c.  5.  &  25  E.  3. 
c.  8.  touching  Service  in  War. 

14.  For  retaining  Labourers. 

15.  That  Merchants  Aliens  beftow  the  Money  which  they 
receive  within  the  Realm,  upon  Merchandizes  of  -the 
Realm. 

16.  Againft  Carriage  of  Money  or  Plate  out  of  the  Realm. 
17..  Infants  not  to  be  received  into  the  Order  of  Friers,  with- 
out the  Confent    ("their  Parents. 

18.  For  Punilhmen.  of  an  Attorney  found  in  Default. 

19.  No -Officer  of  a  Lord  of  a  Franchife  fhall  be  an  Attor- 
ney in  the  fame. 

20.  For  Cuftomers  and  Comptrollers  to  be  refident  upon 
their  Offices. 

21.  For  the  Office  of  Searchers,  and  that  they  execute  their 
Places  in  Per  ion. 

22.  For  Remedy  of  Incumbents  put  out  by  the  King's  Pre- 
fentees. 

23.  Againft  Examination  of  Judgments  given  in  the  King's 
Courts. 

24.  Touching  Aulnage  of  Cloths. 


2;, 


Touching  Hoftellers  and  Victuallers. 


26.  That  Englijh  Men  be  not  convict  by  Weljh  Men,  nor 
marry  with  Weljh  Women. 

27.  There  fhall  be  no  Wallers,  Vagabonds,  &e.  in  Wales. 

28.  Againft  Congregations  of  Weljh  Men. 

29.  Againft  bearing  Armour  in  Wahs. 

30.  Againft  fending  Armour  or  Victuals  into  Wales. 

3,1.  That  Weljh  Men  have  not  the  Keeping  of  any  FortrefTe* 
or  Caftles  in  Wales. 

32.  Weljh  Men  fhall  not  bear  certain  Offices  in  Wales. 

33.  Caftles  and  walled  Towns  in  Walesfha.il  be  kept  by 
Englijh  Men. 

34.  Englijh  Men  married  to  Weljh  Women  fhall  bear  no 
Office  in  Wales. 

35.  Concerning  Tanners  and  Shoe-makers. 

Anno  5  Henrici  4. 

1.  T?  OR  the  Forfeitures  of  the  Lands  of  Sir  Henry  and 
jO    Sir  Thomas  Piercie,  and  other  Traitors. 

2.  Touching  Charters  of  Pardon  to  be  granted  to  Appro- 
vers. 

3.  For  Watch  to  be  kept  upon  the  Sea  Coafts. 

4.  Multiplication  of  Gold  or  Silver  made  Felony. 

5.  Cutting  out  of  Tongues,  and  putting  out  the  Eyes  of  the 
King's  Subjects,  made  Felony. 

6.  The  Penalty  for  making  Aifault  upon  any  Servant  of  a 
Knight  in  Parliament. 

7.  For  the  well  intreating  of  Merchant  Strangers. 

8.  In  what  Cafes  the  Defendant  may  be  allowed  to  wa^e 
his  Law,  or  plead  to  anlnqueft. 

9.  For  keeping  of  Gold  and  Silver  within  the  Realm. 

10.  That  Juftices  of  the  Peace  imprifon  Men  in  the  common 
Gaols  only. 

11.  For  paying  of  Tithes  by  Farmers  of  Aliens  Lands,  al- 
though the  Lands  be  feifed  in  the  King's  Hands. 

12.  Execution  may  be  awarded  upon  a  Statute  Merchant, 
after  it  is  once  fhewed  in  Court. 

13.  What  Things  may  be  gilded. 

14.  For  inrolling  of  Writs,  whereupon  Fines  are  levied. 

15.  The  King's  Pardon. 

Anno  6  Henrici  4. 

1.  /*T"'Ouching  Firft  Fruits  ofBifhopricks.. 

2.  JL  Touching  Letters  Patents  to  be  made  to  the  Queen 
and  the  King's  Sons. 

3.  Commiflions  fhall  be  fent  to  inquire  of  the  Accompts  of 
Sheriffs  ai  d  ether  Officers. 

4.  Tc  'aching  the  felling  Merchandizes  by  Merchants  Aliens. 

Anno  7  Henrici  4. 

1.  /""^Onnrmationof  Liberties  and  Statutes  net  repealed. 

2.  V>  For  eftablifhing  the  Inheritance  of  the  Crown. 

3.  The  Rolls  of  Eftreats  fhall  be  m?de  certain. 

4.  Againft  Gaolers  fufFering  Pri (oners  to  efcape. 

5.  For  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Lands  of  the  Earl  of  Northum- 
berlandand  the  Lord  Bardolfe,  attainted  of  Treafon. 

6.  Againft  purchafing  Bulls  to  be  difcharged  of  Tithes*. 
5 .  For  the  true  making  of  Arrow-heads. 

8.  Againft  Pardons  to  Benefices  full  of  an  Incumbent. 

9.  Cloths  and  Merchandizes  may  be  fc!d  in  grofs  as  well 
to  any  of  the  King's  Subjects,  as  to  the  Citizen*  of  Lon- 
don. 

10.  For  the  Meafure  of  Woollen  Cloths. 

11.  Commiflioners  fhall  be  difcharged  by  their  Oaths  from 
certifying  of  Commiflions. 

12.  For  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Lands  of  John  Earl  of  Salis- 
bury and  Sir  Thomas  Blunt,  and  others,  attainted  of  Trea- 
fon. 

13.  Impotent  Perfons,  that  be  outlawed,  may  make  Attor- 
nies. 

14.  Con- 


The    TITLES    of  the    STATUTES. 


14.  Concerning  Livery  and  Retainers. 

15.  The  Manner  of  the  Election  of  Knights  of  Shires  for 
the  Parliament. 

16.  Touching  Payment  of  Annuities  granted  to  the  King's 
Servants. 

17.  For  taking  of  Apprentices. 

1 8.  An  Indemnity  for  the  fuppreffing  the  late  Riots. 

Anno  9  Henrici  4. 
1.  /confirmation  of  Liberties  and  Statutes  not  repealed. 
v  %^ji  2.  Touching  the  Sealing  of  Kendal  Cloth. 

3.  Touching  Felonies  in  South  Wales. 

4.  Touching  Difclaimer  in  Felonies  in  Wales. 

5.  Remedy  where  Lords  of  antient  Demefnes,  or  Mayor 
or  Bailiffs  of  Liberties,  be  named  Diffeifers,  to  take  away 
their  Franchife. 

6.  Repeal  of  a  Statute  made  7  Hen.  4.  cap.  10.  touching  the 
Length  and  Breadth  of  Cloths. 

7.  Goods  mall  be  chargeable  for  the  Payment  of  the  §hiin- 
samd,  where  they  were  at  the  Time  when  the  fame  was 

granted. 

8.  For  free  Ele<£tions,  and  againft  Tranfportation  of  Money. 

9.  Elections  to  Spiritual  Promotions  fhall  be  free,  and  not 
interrupted  by  the  Pope  or  the  King. 

10.  A  Pardon  granted  by  the  King  to  all  that  have  pur- 
chafed  Provifions  or  Tranflations  to  Archbifhopricks, 
Bifhopricks,  &c. 

Anno  1 1  Hcnrici  4. 

1.  *~T~*  HE  Penalty  on  a  Sheriff  for  making  an  untrue  Re- 

JL       turn  of  the  Election  of  the  Knights  of  Parlia- 
ment. 

2.  No  common  Hoftler  mail  be  Cuftomer,  Comptroller, 
or  Searcher. 

3.  Touching  Amendment  of  Records  after  Judgment. 

4.  Againft  Labourers  ufing  unlawful  Games. 

5.  For  the  abolifhing  of  Galley  Halfpence. 

6.  Touching  the  Aulnage  of  Cloths. 

7.  Merchant  Strangers  fhall  pay  Cuftom  for  Cloths  cut  in 
fmall  Pieces. 

S.  Touching  Exchanges  of  Money  by  Merchants. 
9.  Againft  taking  Inquefts  not  returned  by  the  Sheriff. 

Anno  13  Henricl  4. 

1.  /^Onfirmation  of  Liberties  and  Statutes  not  repealed. 

2.  v>  Touching  Juftices  of  Affife  and  Gaol-delivery. 

3.  Confirmation  of  Statutes  made  againft  Liveries  and  Re- 
tainers. 

a.  Confirmation  of  Statutes  touching  Aulnage  and  Meafur- 
ing  of  Cloths. 

5.  Cuftomers  and  other  Officers  to  be  refident  upon  their 
Offices. 

6.  Abolifhing  of  Galley  Halfpence. 

7.  Juftices  of  the  Peace  and  Sheriffs  to  arreft  fuch  as  com- 
mit Riots  or  Routs,  and  to  inquire  of  them  and  record 
their  Offences. 


Anno  1  Henrici  V. 

t.  I  AOR  Election  of  Knights  and  Burgefl'es  of  the  Par- 
rel       liament. 
2.*"      Confirmation  of  former  Statutes  made  for  pulling 
down  of  Wears  and  Kiddels,  &c. 

3.  Againft  Forgers  of  falfe  Deeds. 

4.  To  prevent  Extortions  of  Sheriffs  and  their  Bailiffs. 

5.  For  Addition  to  be  given,  in  cafe  where  Procefs  of  Out- 
lawry lieth. 

0.  Englifh  Mens  Punifhment  of  Mifdemeanors  in  Wales  fhall 
not  oe  revenged. 


7.  Touching  French  Men  beneficed  in  England. 

8.  To  prevent  the  Repair  of  IriJhlsA&n  into  England. 

9.  Revocation  of  certain  Grants  of  Lands  and  Offices  in 
Calais. 

to.  By  what  Meafure  Purveyors  fhall  take  Corn,     v 

Anno  2  Henrici  5. 

1.  HOWER  given  to  Ordinaries  to  inquire  of  the  Go- 
JT    vernment  of  Hofpitals. 

2.  Touching  Writs    of  Certiorari  and    Corpus  cum  caufa, 
granted  for  Perfons  in  Execution. 

3.  For  granting  a  Copy  of  a  Libel  in  the  Spiritual  Court. 

4.  Touching  Labourers,  and  of  the  Office  of  ajuftice-of 
the  Peace. 

5.  Procefs  againft  Felons  dwelling  in  Tindale  and  Exam/hire. 

6.  Concerning  the  Obfervation  of  Truce  and  Safe  Conducts. 

7.  For  Reformation  of  Herefy  and  Lollardy. 

8.  For  Suppreffing  of  Riots,  Routs,  and  unlawful  Affem- 
blies. 

9.  Touching  Procefs  againft  Rioters  that  flee  into  Woods. 

Other  Statutes  made  the  fame  Second  Tear. 

r.  \TJ  H  AT  Perfons  fhall  be  Juftices  of  Peace. 

2.  \\      For  Wages  of  Priefts. 

3.  For  the  Sufficiency  of  Jurors. 

4.  Touching  Goldfmiths  and  Gilding  of  Silver  Ware. 

5.  To  prevent  Rebellions  of  Weljh  Men. 

6.  For  Shipping  of  Staple  Ware. 

Anno  3  Henrici  5. 

OR  abolifhing  of  Galley  Halfpence,  Sufkins,  and  Dot- 
kins. 

Other  Statutes  made  in  the  fame  Third  Tear. 

Onfirmation  of  Liberties  and  Franchifes,  and  Sta- 
tutes not  repealed. 

2.  Touching  Abbots  and  Priors  being  Suitors  to  Courts  Ba- 
ron in  Torkfhire  and  Lancajhire. 

3.  Britons  not  made  Denizens  fhall  depart  the  Realm. 

4.  All  Provifions,  Licences,  and  Pardons,  touching  Bene- 
fices full  of  an  Incumbent,  fhall  be  void. 

5.  Touching  Attaints  upon  a  falfe  Verdict  given  in  the 
City  of  Lincoln. 

6  cif  7.  Againft  the  clipping,  wafhing,  and  filing  of  Money. 
8.  Touching  Fees  for  Probates  of  Teftaments. 

Anno  4  Henrici  5. 
1.  /confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  the  Charter  of  the 


upon 


Foreft,  and  of  Statutes  not  repealed. 

For  Sheriffs  to  have  Allowance  of  certain  Eftreats 
their  Accounts. 

Touching  Patten-makers. 

Againft  taking  of  exceffive  Wages  of  Servants  of  Hus- 
bandry. 

Confirmation  of  the  Statutes  made  ;  H.  4.  cap.  7.  &'  cap, 
9.  for  Hofts  to  be  afligned  to  Merchant  Strangers. 

Touching  Benefices  granted  to  Irifltmen. 

In  what  Cafes  Letters  of  Marque  may  be  granted. 

The  King's  Pardon. 


A 


Anno  5  Henrici  5. 

BBOTS  and  others  may  make  Attornies  until  the 
next  Parliament. 

Anno  7  Henrici  5 . 

OR  appealing  and  indicting  Men  of  Lancajhire,  cifV. 
Procefs  againft  Makers,  itfe.  of  falfe  Deeds. 

Anna 


The   TITLES   of  the   STATUTES. 


Anno  8  Henrici  5. 

».  '"T"VH  AT  in  the  King's  Abfence  in  France  the  Tejle  of 

J.       the  Writs  be  in  the  Name  of  the  Lieutenant. 

2.  For  Bullion  to  be  brought  to  the  Mint  by  Merchants  of 
■    the  Weft. 

3.  Touching  Gilding  and  Silvering  of  divers  Things. 

Anno  9  Henrici  5. 

1.  'TPOuching  Appeals  and  Indictments. 

2.  JL     Touching  Exigents  againft  any  in  Lanca/hire. 

3.  Touching  Protections   for  fuch  as   ferved  the  King  in 
Normandy. 

4.  Touching  the  amending  of  Records. 

5.  For  making  of  Sheriffs  and  Efcheators. 

6.  Touching  the  Mint  and  Coinage  at  Calais. 

7.  Againft  the  Men  of  Riddefdale  offending  in  Northumber- 
land, and  other  Places. 

8.  Againft  Scholars  of  Oxford  hunting  by  Night. 

9.  Abbots  and  other  Religious  Perfons  difcharged  of  Col- 
lection of  Di fines  out  of  the  County  where  they  dwell. 

io.  Touching  the  Meafure  of  Keels  to  carry  Sea-Coals 
from  Newcajlle. 

11.  Againft  Wafhers  and  Clippers  of  Money. 

12.  Touching  Rochejler  Bridge. 

Other  Statutes  made  in  the  fame  Ninth  Tear. 

1.  /confirmation  of  all  Statutes  not  repealed  concerning 
V_^     Gold  and  Silver. 

2.  Concerning  the  Exchanges  in  London. 

3.  Touching  the  Payment  of  Exchange. 

4.  For  bringing  of  the  Money  received  for  the  Exchange 
to  the  Tower. 

5.  Touching  the  Mint  at  Calais. 

6.  For  good  Allay  in  the  Monies. 

7.  For.  the  Weight  of  Nobles,  Half  Nobles,  and  Farthings 
of  Gold. 

8.  For  Commiffioners  to  inquire  of  Counterfeiters  and  Ma- 
kers of  falfe  Weights. 

9.  Touching  Exchange  to  the  Court  of  Rome. 

10.  For  Relief  of  the  Collectors  of  Difines  and  §)uin%ifines. 

1 1.  Certain  Roads  about  Abingdon  {hall  be  repaired. 


Anno  1  Henrici  VI. 

1 .  f  |'^  Ouching  the  Mints  at  Tork  and  Briflol. 

2.  I       That  the  Sheriff  make  Proclamation  of  the  Sta- 
■*■  tutes  of  Purveyors. 

3.  Againft  Riots  by  Irijhmen. 

4.  Touching  the  Mint  and  Exchanges. 

5.  For  the  Gains  of  the  Wars  to  be  deducted  for  the  Wages 
of  fuch  as  were  retained  to  ferve  the  King. 

-  6.  The  Statute  of  9  H.  5.  cap.  9.  touching  Security  for  Ex- 
changes to  be  made  by  Merchants  of  the  Court  of  Rome, 
revived. 

Anno  2  Henrici  6. 

1.  /confirmation  of  Liberties  granted  to  holy  Churchy 
V^i     and  to  Cities  and  Boroughs. 

2.  Touching  the  Privileges  of  the  Hofpital  of  St.  Leonard 
in  York'. 

3.  That  John  Duke  of  Bedford,  being  in  the  King's  Wars 
in  France,  be  received  by  his  Attorney  to  defend  his 
Right  in  any  Action. 

4.  For  the  Staple  at  Calais. 

$.  Concerning  Shipping  of  Woolls,  &c. 

6.  Againft  carrying  of  Gold  and  Silver  out  of  the  Realm. 

7.  Againft  Cordwainers  ufing  the  Myftery  of  Tanners. 

8.  For  expelling  Irijhmen. 

3.  For  abolifbing  the  Money  called  Blanks-* 


A  Penalty  on  deceitful  Workers  of  Gold  and  Silver  Em- 
broidery. 

Concerning  the  Reverfal  of  Outlawries  againft  Perfons  in 
the  King's  Service. 

The  Juftices  to  remove  Nufances  in  the  Thames, 

10.  For  Officers  in  the  King's  Courts. 

1 1.  For   the  Meafure  of  V effete  of  Wine,  &c. 

12.  The  Mint  Matter  fhall  keep  the  Allay  of  White  Mo- 
ney according  to  the  Indenture. 

13.  For  the  Price  of  Silver  Plate,  and  for  the  Increafe  of 
White  Money. 

14.  Touching  Goldfmiths  felling  Harnefs  of  Silver. 

For  Punifhment  of  Servants,  &c.  taking  unreafonabid 
Wages. 

15.  Againft  Nets  and  Engines  in  the  Thames,  and  other 
Rivers. 

16.  Remedy  for  thofe  in  Reverfion,  where  the  particular 
Tenants  have  loft  by  Default. 

17.  Perfons  indicted  of  High  Treafon,  efcaping  out- of 
Prifon,  fhall  be  adjudged  Traitors.. 


::A 


Anno  3  Henrici  6. 
Gainft  Chapiters  and  Congregations  of  Mafons. 
Againft  the  carrying  of  Sheep  into  Flanders,  and  ~ 
other  Places  beyond  the  Seas. 

3.  Againft  concealing  of  the  King's  Cuftoms. 

4.  Touching  the  Tranfportation  of  Butter  and  Cheefe. 

5 .  Touching  the  River  Lee  running  from  Ware  to  Thamesi.-  ' 

Anno  4  Henrici  6. 

1.  /concerning  the  Duty  of  Sheriffs,  and  againft  the  im- 
V>     bezilling  of  Writs. 

2.  For  Protections  of  fuch  as  ferved  in  the  King's  Wars 
in  Normand)-. 

3.  Confirmation  of  an   Act,  9  H.  5.  cap.  4.  for  Amend- 
ments of  Records. 

4.  Suits  and  Writs  againft  certain  Knights  newly  made, 
fhall  not  abate. 

5-  Confirmation  of  the  Statute    lyR.z.cap.y.   touching^ 
Tranfportation  of  Corn. 

Anno  6  Henrici  6.  . 
1.'  I  'Ouching  Procefs  upon  Indictments   in  the  King's 
A        Bench. 

2.  How  long  Time  Panells  in  Affifes  fhall  be  delivered  ta 
the  Parties  before  the  Seffions  of  the  Juftices. 

3.  Touching  Wages  of  Hufbandmen,  and  Punifhment  or 
Labourers  taking  more. 

4.  Concerning  the  Election  of  Knights  and  Burgeffes  of 
the  Parliament. 

5.  Concerning  Sewers,  with  the  Form  of  the  Commiffion.- 

6.  For  fhipping  of  Goods  at  Melcombe  Regis,  and  convey- 
ing them  to  Calais. 

Anno  8  Henrici  6. 

OR  the  Liberties  of  the  Clergy  coming  to  the  Con- 
vocation. 

2.  For  the  Staple  of  Denmark. 

3.  Touching  Sewers. 

4.  Againft  Retainers,  and  giving  of  Liveries.- 

5.  For  a  common  Balance  and  Weight  to  be  in  every  City; 
Borough,  and  Market  Town,  and  againft  the  buying  of' 
Woollen  Yarn. 

6.  Againft  calling  of  feditious  and  threatening  Bills  ihtov 
Mens  Houfes. 

7.  Concerning  the  Elections  of  Knights  of  the  Parliament. 

8.  Touching  the  Wages  of  Labourers  and'Servants. 

9.  An-  Act  to  reprefs  forcible  Entries. 

10.  Concerning  Procefs  upon  Indictments  and  Appeal's  of. 
Perfons  dwelling  in  foreign  Counties, 

eu  For 


The    TITLES    of   the    STATUTES. 


ii.  For  taking  of  Apprentices  by  the  Citizens  of  London. 

12.  For  amending  of  Records,  and  againft  imbeziliing  them. 

13.  Touching  Protections  for  l'uch  as  fliall  go  over  Sea  with 
the  King.  t  . 

14.  Againii  Felons  and  Murderers  that  hide  themfelves  in 
Woods. 

15.  For  Amendment  of  Records. 

16.  Touching  Inquifitions  taken  by  Efcheavors. 

17.  Concerning  the  Staple  at  Calais. 

18.  For  Prices  of  Staple  Wares,  and  for  the  Mint  at  Calais. 

19.  Againft  the  privy  Conveyance  of  Merchandizes  out  of 
the  Realm.  ■ 

20.  Touching  the  Inhabitants  of  Calais,  ufing  to  buy  Staple 
Wares. 

21.  Repeal  of  all  Licences  granted  to  Men  of  Newcafile 
and  Berwick  for  (hipping  to  other  Places  than  Calais. 

22.  Againft  clacking  and  forcing  of  Woolls. 

23.  Againft  cutting  of  Woollen  Threads,  and  fending  them 
beyond  Sea  for  Thrums. 

"24.  Againft  Payments  in  Gold  made  to  Merchants  Aliens. 

25.  For  the  Continuance  of  the  Mayor  of  the  Staple  in  his 
Office  for  two  Years. 

26.  For  the  Punifhment  of  fuch  Defendants,  as  in  Affifes 
or  any  perfonal  Actions  make  default,  to  put  any  Lords, 
Mayors,  &c.  from  their  Jurifdiction. 

27.  For  the  free  Paflage  of  Trows  and  other  Veffels  through 
the  River  of  Severn  by  the  Inhabitants  of  Tewkjbury. 

28.  For  erecting  Two-Bridges  upon  the  Waters  of  Burford 
and  Ciilhamford,  in  the  Highway  betwixt  Abington  and 
Dorchejler. 

29.  For  Inquefts  between  Aliens  and  Denizens. 

Anno  9  Henrici  6. 

1.  A  CT  for  the  Adjournment  of  Affifes  and  Nifiprius 
S\,     during  the  Parliament. 

2.  EngliJI)  Merchants  may  fell  their  Merchandifes  to  Aliens, 
at  Six  Months  Credit. 

3.  Confirmation  of  the  Attainder  of  Oiven  Glendour. 

4.  An  Idemptitate  nominis  fliall  be  maintainable  by  Execu- 
tors. 

5.  All  Men  may  have  free  Paflage  in  the  River  of  Severn. 

6.  Concerning  the  Weights  of  the  Borough  of  Dorchejler. 

7.  Againft  the  Extortion  of  the  Sheriffs  of  the  County  of 
Hereford. 

8.  A  Weigh  of  Cheefe  fhall  weigh  Thirty-two  Cloves,  and 
every  Clove  Eight  Pound. 

9.  For  the  cleanfmg  and  fcouring  of  the  River  of  Lee. 

10.  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  3  H.  5.  cap.  2.  concerning 
Attornies  in  Courts  Earon  for  Abbots  and  religious  Per- 
fons. 

11.  Before  a  Writ  of  Baftardy  fhall  be  awarded,  Procla- 
mations thereof  fliall  be  made  in  Chancery,  &f>. 

Anno  10  Henri ci  6. 

*',  T^OR  the  Validity  of  Recognizances  of  Debts  taken 
Jt/      before  the  Mayor  of  Calais. 

2.  Touching  the  Election  of  the  Knights  of  the  Parliament. 

3.  For  Reprifal  of  Goods  taken  by  them  of  Denmark. 

4.  For  the  true  Entry  of  Appearances  by  Philizers  and 
Exigenters. 

5.  For  Reparation  of  the  Banks  and  Beacons  at  Calais. 

6.  Touching  Procefs  upon  Indictments  and  Appeals  re- 
moved into  the  King's  Bench. 

7.  Againft  the  (hipping  of  Staple  Ware  to  other  Places  than 
to  Calais. 


F 


Anno  10  Henri  ci  6.     Stat.  2. 
OR  the  Wages  of  the  Judges,  King's  Serjeant,  b'c. 


Anno  1 1  Henrici  6. 

I.  A  CT  againft  Stev.  r  dsrs  in  Souibzvark,  and  prohi- 
JT\.     biting  them'to  be  impanelled  upon  Juries. 

z.  Againft  naming  of  Sb:;::rs  Diffeifors  in  Affife. 

3.  An  Affife  or  other  Action  (hall  be  maintainable  againft 
the  Pe.rnours  of  the  Pro. ..:s. 

4.  Plaintiffs  in  Writs  of  Attaint  (hall  recover  Cofts  and 
Damages. 

5.  Pie  in  the  Reverfion  may  have  Wafte  againft  the  Per- 
-   nours  of  the  Profits. 

6.  No  Suit  before  Juftices  or  Commiffioners  (hall  be  dis- 
continued by  a  new  Commiffion. 

7.  Continuation  of  an  Act  gH.6.cap.j.  againft  the  Ex- 
tortion of  Sheriffs  of  Hereford/hire. 

8.  Confirmation  of  the  Statute's  for  true  Weights  and  Mea- 
fures. 

9.  The  Length  and  Breadth  of  Cloths  called  Streits. 

10.  He  which  fueth  to  defeat  Execution  of  a  Statute  re- 
moved by  Corpus  cum  caufa,  (hall  find  Surety  to  fatisfy 
both  the  King  and  the  Party. 

II.  Againft  Affaults  made  upon  Lords  or  others  coming 
to  the  Parliament. 

12.  Concerning  Wax  Chandlers. 

13.  Confirmation  of  a  Statute  8  H.  6.  concerning  the  Sta- 
ple, and  for  felling  Wares  for  ready  Money. 

14.  Againft  (hipping  of  Staple  Merchandizes  in  Creeks. 

15.  For  Punifhment  of  Cuftomers  which  will  not  difcharge 
the  Merchant  that  hath  paid  his  Cuftom. 

16.  Againft  Cuftomers  making  blank  Cockets  to  Merchants. 

Anno  14  Henrici  6. 
i.'"T"*HAT  Juftices  of  Nift  prius  may  give  Judgment, 
J.     as  well  where  Traitors  and  Felons  be  acquitted,  as 
where  they  be  convicted. 

2.  Againft  Licences  for  (hipping  of  Woolls. 

3.  The  Affifes  for  the  County  of  Cumberland  (hall  be  holder! 
at  Carlijle. 

4.  Juftices  of  Peace  in  Middlefex  may  keep  their  Seffions 
but  twice  in  the  Year. 

5.  For  (hipping  of  Merchandizes  only  to  the  Staple. 

6.  For  Aliens  to  fell  Victuals  in  Grofs  or  Retail. 

7.  Concerning  taking  of  Frizes  upon  the  Seas. 

8.  The  Statute  againft  the  breaking  of  Safe  Conducts  and 
Truces,  fufpended. 

Anno  15  Henrici  6. 
1.  /"^Oncerning  Suits  before  the  Steward  and  Marfhal  of 

\_^     the  King's  Houfe. 
z.  For  carrying  of  Corn  over  the  Seas. 

3.  The  Claufe  Vidimus  fliall  not  be  put  in  Safe  Conducts. 

4.  None  (hall  fue  forth  a  Suhpcena,  until  he  find  Surety  to 
fatisfy  the  Defendant's  Cofts  and  Damages,  if  he  do  not 
verify  his  Bill. 

5.  Touching  the  Sufficiency  of  Jurors  returned  in-  Writs 
of  Attaint. 

6.  Againft  unlawful  Orders  made  by  Guilds  and  Frater- 
nities.' 

7.  Touching  the  Wapentakes  of  Sandcliffe  and  Frendlcs  in 
the  County  of  York,  and  that  religiousPerfons  may  make 
Attornies  in  the  Courts  holden  for  thefe  Places,  and  in 
all  other  fuch  Places. 

8.  Againft  Carriage  of  Staple  Ware  not  cuftomed. 

Anno  1 8  Henrici  6. 
1.  T    ETTERS  Patents  fliall  bear  the  Date  of  the  De- 

J_.     livery  of  the  King's  Warrant  into  the  Chancery. 
z.  Such  as  have  Gavelkind  Lands  to  th,e  Value  of  Twenty 
Pounds  per  Annum,  may  be  returned  for  Jurors  in  At- 
taints. 

3.  For 

3 


The    TITLES    of  the    STATUTE  S. 


}..  For  the  Tranfportation  of  Butter  and  Cheefe  to  other 
Places  than  Calais. 

4.  Touching  Merchandizes  foreign  bought  and  foreign 
fold,  arid  the  Duty  of  the  Hoiis  of  Merchants  Strangers. 

5.  Touching  Collectors  of  Difmes  and  Fifteens.     - 

6.  No  Lands  fliall  be  granted  by  Letters  Patents,  before  the 
King's  Title  be  found. 

7.  For  returning  of  Offices  by  Efcheators. 

8.  What  Things  are  requifite  to  make  the  King's  Safe  Con- 
duel:  good. 

9.  Touching  Entries  by  Philizers  and  Exigenters. 

10.  Commiffions  of  Sewers  fliall  be  awarded  during  Ten 
Years. 

11.  None  fliall  be  Juftices  of  Peace,  unlefs  he  hath  Lands 
to  the  yearly  Value  of  Twenty  Pound. 

12.  Appeals  or  Indictments  fuppofed  in  a  Place  where  there 
is  none  fuch,  fliall  be  void. 

13.  No  Man  outlawed  in  Lancajhire  fliall'  forfeit  any  other 
Lands  or  Goods,  but  fuch  as  he  hath  in  the  fame  Shire. 

14.  Concerning  the  making  of  Arrays  and  Panells  of  In- 
quefts. 

15.  Againft  the  Carriage  of  Woolls  to  other  Places  than 
to  Calais. 

16.  There  fliall   be  one  Meafure  of  Cloth  through  the 

Realm. 

17.  Touching  the  gauging  of  Veffels  of  Wine,  Oil,  and 
Honey. 

18.  Concerning  Captains  abating  Soldiers  Wages. 

39.  Touching  Soldiers  departing  without  Licence  from 
their  Captains. 

Anno  20  Henrici  6. 

1.  TT70R  the  Inrollment  of  Safe  Conducts. 

2.  J?    Touching  Outlawries  in  the  County  of  Lancajler. 

3.  For  Puniftiment  of  WelJIi  Men  for  Robberies  in  the 
Counties  adjoining. 

4.  Cuftems  fliall  be  paid  by  Perfons  made  Denizens  as  Mer- 
chants Aliene. 

5.  No  Cuftomer,  Comptroller,  &c.  fliall  have  any  Ship, 
ufe  Merchandize,  keep  a  Wharf  or  an  Inn,  or  be  Factor. 

6.  Touching  Shipping  of  Corn  over  the  Sea. 

7.  Concerning  not  cuftoming  Goods  brought  firft  into 
Wales,  and  from  thence  into  England. 

g.  The  King's  Purveyors  taking  Cattle  to  the  Value  of 
Forty  Shillings  or  under,  and  not  making  prefent  Pay- 
ment, may  be  refifted. 

9.  The  Order  of  Trial  of  CounteiTes,  &c.  by  their  Peers. 

10.  For  making  of  Worfteds  in  Norwich. 

11.  For  taking  away  the  Pain  of  Treafon  in  cafe  of  break- 
ing of  Safe  Conducts. 

12.  tor  Reformation  of  Partition  of  Woolls  by  the  Mayor 
of  the  Staple  of  Calais. 

Anno  23  Henrici  6. 

TO U C HI N G  Purveyors. 
Concerning  the  fliipping  of  Woollen  Thrums  out 
of  this  Realm. 

3.  For  the  true  making  of  Worfteds  in  Norfolk. 

4.  For  taking  Outlaws  in  Wales  reforting  into  Hereford/hire. 

5.  Confirmation  of  the.  Statute  i,  H.  6.  cap.  2.  for  convey- 
ing of  Corn  over  the  Sea. 

6.  Againft  gathering  of  Head-pence  by  the  Sheriff  of  Nor- 
thumberland. 

TV  None  fliall  be  Sheriff,  Under-SherifF,  or  Sheriff's  Clerk, 

above  One  Year,  except  the  City  of  London* 
S\  Concerning  Commiffions  of  Sewers, 
g,  Againft  Extortion  of  Sheriffs. 

¥o£.  I.  4t 


10.  For  levying  of  Knights  Wages  for  the  Parliament. 

11.  Touching  the  Trial  of  new  foreign  Pleas,  pleaded  after. 
Iffue  joined. 

iz.  Concerning  Wages  for  Servants  of  Hufbandry  and  La- 
bourers. 
13.  Againft  Purveyors. 
[4.  Touching  Election  of  Knights  for  the  Parliament. 

15.  Touching  Payment  of  Gauge-pence,  and  the  Office  of 
Gaugers. 

16.  Concerning  Inquefls  to  be  taken  by  Efcheators,  and 
their  Fees. 

17.  No  new  Impofitions  fliall  be  laid  upon  them  which  buy . 
Wines  in  Gafcoigne  and  Guien. 

Anno  25  Henrici  6. 
Gainft  Weljh  Men. 

Anno  27  Henrici  6. 

Eftraint  of  Importation  of  the  Produce  of  Brabant* 
&c.  _ 

2.  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Staple. 

3.  No  Gold  or  Silver  fliall  be  carried  out  of  the  Realm  by 
Merchants  Aliens. 

4.  An  Act  againft  Weljh  Men  confirmed^ 

5.  Againft  holding  Fairs  upon  Feftival  Days  and  Sundays, 

6.  The  King's  Pardon  to  the  Clergy. 

Anno  28  Henrici  6. 

1.  "O  Eftraint  of  Importation  of  the  Produce  of  Brabants 

2.  Concerning  Purveyors. 

3.  The  King's  Pardon  to  Sheriffs  for  occupying  above  a 
Year. 

4.  Touching  Weljh  Men  and  Lancajhire  Men  taking  Goods 
■  and  Cattle  under  Colour  of  Diftreis. 

5..  Againft  Extortions  by  Searchers  and  Cuftomers. 

Anno  29  Henrici  6, 
1.    A  Ttainder  of  Jack  Cade. 

J\.     2.  Touching  Procefs  againft  Breakers  of  Truce. 
3.  For  repealing  of  Letters  Patents  made  to  Citizens  of 

York. 

Anno  3 1  Henrici  6, 

1.  /confirmation  of  the  Attainder  of  Jack  Cade. 

V>> ;  2.  Againft  Rioters  difobeying  Privy  Seals  and  the 
King's  Proclamation. 

3.  Touching  Attachments  made  by  the  Wardens  of  the 
Marches  towards  Scotland. 

4.  By  what  Means  he  fliall  obtain  Remedy,  who  having  a 
Safe  Conduct,  is  robbed  upon  the  Sea. 

5.  No  Cuftomer,  Comptroller,  Aulnager,  &c.  fliall  have 
any  Eftate  certain  in  his  Office. 

6.  For  the  making  perpetual  the  Statute  of  20  H.  6.  cap.  z, 
touching  the  Forfeiture  of  thofe  which  be  outlawed  in 
Lancajhire. 

7.  Exceptions  out  of  the  general  Refumption. 

8.  An  Act  qualifying  a  Subfidy  before  granted  to  the  King 
of  Woolls,  Fells,  and  Cloth  tranfported. 

9.  A  Remedy  for  a  Woman  which  is  forced  againft  her  W-iU 
to  be  bound  by  Statute  or  Obligation. 

Anno  33  Henrici  6. 

Remedy  for  Executors  againft  Servants,  whichim* 
bezzel  their  Mafters  Goods  after  his  Death. 

2.  Repeal  of  an  Act  3 1  H.  6.  cap,  6.  for  Outlawries  in  Lcm~~ 
cajbiru 

£  J.  Againft- 


The    TITLES    of  the    STATUTES. 


,  Againft  Extortions  of  the  Officers  of  the  Exchequer. 
,  Concerning  Brewers  in  Kent. 
,  Touching  Silk-women. 

.  Concerning  the  Abbot  of  Fountalne  in  Yorkjhire. 
.  Touching  the  Number  of  Attorneys  in  Norfolk,  Suf- 
folk and  Norwich, 


Anno  39  Henricl  6. 
i.  X%  Evocation  of  a  Parliament  holden  at  Coventry  20  die 

J\.     Novembris,  Anno  37  H.  6. 
z.  Women  of  the  Age  of  14  Years,  at  the  Death  of  their 

Anceftors,  (hall  have  Livery  of  their  Lands. 


THE 


THE 


STATUTES  at  Large,  &c. 


MAGNA    CHART  A. 

The  GREAT    CHARTER, 

Made  in  the  Ninth  Year  of  King  Henry   the  Third,  and  confirmed  by 
King  Edward  the  Firft  in  the  Five  and  twentieth  Tear  of  His  Reign, 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  39,  46. 

ED  WARD  US  Dei  gratia  Rex  Angl'  Do- 
minus  Hibernie  &  Dux  Aquit'  Omnibus  ad 
quos  prefentes  littere  pervenerint  falutem. 
Infpeximus  Magnam  Cartam  domini  H.  quondam 
regis  Angl'  patris  noftri  de  Libertatibus  Angl'  in 
hec  verba.  Henricus  Dei  gratia  Rex  Ang'  Do- 
minus  Hibern'  Dux  Norman'  Aquit'  &  Comes 
Andegav'  Archiepis'  Epis'  Abbatibus  Prioribus  Co- 
mitibus  Baronibus  Vicecomitibus  Prepofitis  Mini- 
ftris  &  omnibus  ballivis  &  fidelibus  fuis  prefentem 
cartam  infpe£tur'  falutem.  Sciatis  quod  nos  intuitu 
Dei  &  pro  falute  anime  noftre  &  animarum  ante- 
cefforum  &  fucceflbrum  noftrorum  ad  exaltationem 
fanfte  ecclefie  &  emendationem  regni  noftri  fpon- 
tanea  &  bona  voluntate  noftra  dedimus  &  conceffi- 
mus  Archiepifcopis  Epis'  Abbatibus  Prioribus  Co- 
nlitibus  Baronibus  &  omnibus  de  regno  noftro  has 
libertates  fubfcriptas  tenendas  in  regno  noftro  Angl' 
imperpetuurn. 


15  Ed.  i-ftat.  1.  c.  1.       28  Ed.  3.  c.  1. 
45  Ed.  3.  c.  1.     50  Ed.  3.  c.  2.      1  Rich.  2. 
1.  c.  J.     12  Rich.  2.  c.  j.     1  Hen.  4.  c.  I, 


:E 


31  EJ.  3.  (tat.  1.  c.  1. 
c    1.     2  Rich,  z.jiat.  2. 
2  rJen.  4.  c.  1.     4  Hen 


DWARDby  the  grace  of  God  King  of  Eng- 
land^ Lord  of  Ireland,  and  Duke  of  Guyan, 
to  all  *  Archbijhops,  Bijhops,  &c.  We  have  feen 
'  the  Great  Charter  of  the  Lord   Henry,  fometimes 
King  of  England,  our  father,  of  the  Liberties  of  Eng- 
land, in  thefe  words  :"  Henry  by  the  grace  of  God, 
King   of  England,  Lord  of  Ireland,  Duke  of  Nor- 
mandy  and  Guyan,   and  Earl   of  Anjou,  to  all  Arch- 
bifhops,  Bifhops,  Abbots,  Priors,  Earls,  Barons,  She- 
riffs, Provofts,  Officers,  and  to  all  Bailiffs  and  other  our 
faithful  Subjects,  which  fhall  fee  this  prefent  Charter, 
Greeting.     Know  ye  that  we,  unto  the  Honour  of 
Almighty  God,  and  for  the  falvation  of  the  fouls  of  our 
progenitors  and  fucceffors  f  Kings  of  England,  to  the 
•advancement  of  holy  Church,  and  amendment  of  our 
Realm,  of  our  meer  and  free  will,  have  given  and 

f  ranted  to  all  Archbifhops,  Bifhops,  Abbots,  Priors, 
)arls,  Barons,  and  to  all  free-men  of  this  our  realm, 
thefe  liberties  following,  to  be  kept  in  our  kingdom 
of  England  for  ever. 

36  Ed.  ■$.  flat.  I.  c.  1.        37  Ed.  3.  c.  1.       38  Ed.  3,  (rat.  1.  c.  1. 
c.  1.     5  Rich  z,  flat.  1.  c.  1.  6  Rich,  x.ftai.  1.  c.  1.      7  Rich.  2 

4.  c.  1.     7  Hen.  4.  c.  1.     9  Hen.  4.  c.  1.     13  Hen.  4.  c  i.     4  Hen. 


*  Orig.  To  ivhum 
thefe  Prefetrts Jhttll 
comey  Greeting, 

Co.  Lit.  81. 
Statutes  of 
Confirmation. 

S-  H-  3-  «•  5- 
25  Ed.  x.fiat.  I. 

c.  1,  2,  3,&  4. 

28  Ed.  1.  flat.  3. 

c.  1. 

1  Ed.  3.  flat.  2. 
c.  1. 
•f-  Not  in  Orig. 

2  Ed.  3.C  1. 

4  Ed.  3.  c.  1. 

5  Ed.  3.  c.  1,  9. 
10  Ed.  3.  flat.  1. 
c.  i. 

14 Ed.  3.  ftat.  1. 
c.  1. 

42  Ed;  3.  C.  I. 
.  c.  2.  8  Rich. 
5.  c.  1. 


CAP.    I. 

A  Confirmation  of  Liberties. 


IN  primis  conceffimus  Deo  &  hac  prefenti  carta 
noftra  confirmavimus  pro  nobis  &  heredibus 
noftris  imperpetuum  quod  ecclefia  Anglicana  libera 
fit  &  habeat  omnia  jura  fua  integra  &  libertates  fuas 
illefts.     Conceffimus  etiam1'  &  dedimus  omnibus 


'  THIRST,  We  have  granted  to  God,  and  by  this 2  inft.  i„ 
'  Jl     oar  prefent  Charter  have  confirmed,  for  us  and 
'  our   Heirs  for  ever,  That  the  Church  of  England 
'  fhall  be  free,  and  Ihall  have  all  her  whole  rights  and 
*  liberties  inviolable.  •    (2)  We  have  granted  alfo,  and 


1  pefunt  '  &  dedimus"'  in  Records  Dunelmenfi. 


Vot.  I. 


B 


given 


2 


\j,  2— 4» 


Anno  nono  Henrici  III. 


A.D. 


12  2  5V 


'  given  to  all  the  free-men  of  our  realm,  for  us  and  our 
Heirs  for  ever,  thefe  liberties  underwritten,  to  have 


Confr/ntd  by 
52  H.  3.  c.  .5. 

and^Ed.j.c.i.  t  and  to  j^j  to  t^m  anfj  their  Heirs,,  of  us  and  our 
e  Heirs  for  ever.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tarr.  Lond. 
liberis  hominibus  regni  noftri   pro  nobis  &  here- 
dibus  noftris  imperpetuum  has  libertates  fubfcriptas 
habendas  &  tenendas  eis  &  heredibus  fuis  de  nobis 
&  heredibus  noftris a  imperpetuum. 


e  a  p.   11. 


The  Relief  of  the 


King's 


Tenant  of  full 


Age. 


7C0..33. 

9  Co.  124. 
40  Ed.  3.  f.  9, 
Co.  Lit.  76.  a. 
S3,  b.  106.  a, 
ilnft.  5. 


3  Bulflr.  325.. 
Braft.  S4.  a. 
Rendered  obfa- 
Itieby  12  Car.  2. 


F  any  of  our  Earls  or  Barons,  or  any  other,  which 
hold  of  Us  in  chief  by-  Knights  fervice,  die,  and  at 
'  the  time  of  his  death  his  heir  be  of  full  age,  and  oweth 
'  to  us  Relief,  he  fhall  have  his  inheritance  by  the  old1 
'Relief;  that  is  to  fay,  the  heir  or  heirs  of  an  Earl, 
'■  for  a  whole  Earldom,  by  one  hundred  pound  ;  the 
4  heir  or  heirs  of  a  Baron,  for  an  whole  Barony,  by  one 
'  hundred  marks ;  the  heir  or  heirs  of  a  Knight,  for 
'  one  whole  Knights  fee,  one  hundred  fhillings  at  the 
'  moft  ;  and  he  that  hath  lefs,  (hall  give  lefs,. according 
'  to  the  old  cuftom  of  the  fees.' 

bicb. takes  away  Kwgbt's  fervice  y  &c. 


SI  quis  Comitum  vel  Baronum  noftrorum  five 
aliorum  tenentium  de  nobis  in  capite  per  fervi- 
tium  militare  mortuus  fuerit  &  cum  decedent  heres 
ejus  plene  etatis  fuerit  &  relevium  debeat  habeat 
hereditatem  fuam  per  antiquum  relevium  fcilicet 
heres  vel  heredes  Gomitis  de  h  Gomitatu  integro  per 
centum  lrbras  heres  vel  heredes  Baronis  de  Baronia 
integra  per  Centum c  marcas  heres  vel  heredes  mi- 
litis  de  feodo  Militis  integro  per  Centum  folidos  ad. 
plus  &  qui  minus  d  habuerit  minus  det  fecundum  • 
antiquam  confuetudinem  feodorum. 


c.  24 


e  a  P;    in: 


The  Wardfhip  of  an  Heir  within  Age.     The  Heir  a, Knight. 


Hob.  46. 
Jjt2.  Gard. 
jg6,  142, 156. 
35.Ed.  4.  f.  10. 
Plowd.  f.  s.67. 
6, Co.  73. 
SCo.  .173. 
2  Inft.  10, 
12  Co.  81, 


'-  TJUT  if  the  heir  of  any  fuch  be  within  age,  his 
'  J3  Lord  ftiall  not  have  the  ward  of  him,  nor  of  his 
'  land,,  before,  that  he  hath  taken  of  him  homage. 
*■■  (2)  And  after  that  fuch  an  heir  hath  been  in  ward 
*•'  (when  he  is  come  to  full  age)  that  is  to  fay,  to  the 
'  age  of  one  and  twenty  years,  he  fhall  have  his  inheri- 
'  tance  without  Relief,  and  without  Fine ;  fo  that  if 
'  fuch  an  heir,  being  within  age,  be  made  Knight,  yet 
*  neverthelefs  his  land  ftiall  remain  in  the  keeping  of  his 
'  Lord  unto  the  term  aforefaid.' 

by  reafon  of  Entire.  . 


F.N.  13. fo.  269 
Cbf.  by  12  .Car. 
2.  c.  24,  tub.cb,  takes  away  Wardfhip^  &, 


SI  autem  heres  alicujus  talium  infra  etatem  fueri. 
dominus  ejus  non  habeat  cuftodiam  ejus  nee 
terre  fue  anteqnam  homagium  ejus  ceperit  &  poft- 
quam  talis  heres  fuerit  in  cuftodia  cum  ad  etatem  . 
pervenerit  fcilicet  viginti  &  unius  anni  habeat  here- 
ditatem fuam  fine  relevio  &  fine  fine  Ita  tamen  quod: 
fi  ipfe  dum  infra  etatem  fuerit  fiat  Miles  nichilo- 
minus  terra  remaneat  in  cuftodia  dominorurn  fuo-^ 
rum  ufque  ad  lerminum  predict.um» . 


e  A  p.    iv; 

No  Wafte  ftiall: be  made  by  a  Guardian  in  Wards  Lands. 


.  Raft.  pi.  693. 
Fitz.  Waft.  15, 
24,  138,  146. 
Co. 'Lit.  54.  a. 
12  H.  4.  f.  53. 
2  !nft. 12. 


*  ive:  in  Orig. 


Enforced  by 
6  Ed.  1.  c.  5, 
And  fee  a8Ed.  I. 
tiM.y  c.  18. 
li Ed.  3.(111.  1. 
Cbf.  by  11  Car.*, 
(.  24. 


THE  keeper  of  the  land  of  fuch  an  heir,  being 
within  age,  fhall  not  take  of  the  lands  of  the 
heir,  but  reafonable  iffues,  reafonable  cufloms,  and 
reafonable  fervices,  and  that  without  deftrudtion  and 
wafte  of  his  men  and  his  goods. .  (2)  And  if  we  com- 
mit the  cuftody  of  any  fuch  land  to  the  Sheriff",  or  to 
any  other,  which  is  anfwerable  unto  us  for  the  iffues 
of  the  fame  land,  and  he  make  deftruction  or  wafte 
of  thofe  things  that  he  hath  in  cuftody,  we  will  take 
of  him  amends  *  and  recompmce  therefore,  ( 3 )  and  the 
land  fhall  be  committed  to  two  lawful  and  difcreet 
men  of  that  fee,  which  fhall  anfwer  unto  us  for  the 
iffues  of  the  fame  land,  or  unto  him  whom  we  will 
affign.  (4)  And  if  we  give  or  fell  to  any  man  the 
cuftodv  of  any  fuch  land,  and  he  therein  do  make 
deftruclion  or  wafte,  he  fhall  lofe  the  fame  cuftody  ; 
and  it  fhall  be  affigned  to  two  lawful  and-difcreet  men 
of  that  fee,  which  alfo  in  like  manner  fhall- be  anfwer- 
able to  us,  as  afore  is  faid.' 

J.J.     36  Ed,  3,  fiat.  I.  c.  13.     The  three  lafi  Statutes  retraining  Efchcators  from  Wafte, 


CUftos  terre  hujufmodi  heredis  qui  infra  eta-- 
tem  fuerit  non  capiat  de  terra  heredis  nifl-. 
rationabiles  exitus  &  rationabiles  confuetudines  & 
rationabilia  fervicia  &  hoc  fine  deftrudtione  &  vafto  ■ 
hominum  &  rerum.     Et  fi  nos  commiferimus  cuf- 
todiam alicujus  talis  terre  vicecomiti  vel  alicui  alii , 
qwi  de  exitibus  terre  illius  nobis  debeat  refpondere 
&  ille  de  cuftodia  deftruitionem  vel.  vaftum  fecerit 
nos  ab  eo  capiemus  emendam  &  terra  committatur 
duobus  legalibus  &c.  difcretis  hominibus  de  feodo 
illo   qui  de  exitibus  terre  illius  nobis  r.efpondeant . 
vel  illi  cui  illos  affignaverimus.     Et.fi  dederimus 
vel  vendiderimus   alicui   cuftodiam   alicujus    talis  . 
terre  &  ille  inde  deftruc"tion.em  fecerit  vel  vaftum  . 
amittat  illam  cuftodiam  &  tradatur  duobus  legalibus  , 
&  difcretis   hominibus  de  feodo  illo  qui  fimiliter; 
nobis  refpiondeant  ficut  prediftum  eft. 


Dceft  •  imperpetuum/  ib, 


'  Estonia  comitis  integra,'  ib. 


c  '  Libras,"  ib. 


d  '  Debuerit/  ib.  . 


C  A  P. 


A.D,  1225. 


Anno  nono  Henrici 


;C.  5—8. 


cap.   v. 


Guardians  fhall  maintain  the  Inheritance  of  their  Wards :  and  of  Bifhopricks,  &c, 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 

CtJftos  autem  quamdiu  cuftodiam  terre  "  hu- 
1  jufmodi  habuerit  fuftentet  domos  parcos  b  vi- 
varia ftagna  Molendina  &  cetera  ad  terrain  illam 
pertinentia  de  exitibus  terre  ejufdam  &  reddat  he- 
redi  cum  ad  plenam  etatem  pervenerit  terram  fuam 
totam  ihftauratam  de  carucis  &  de  omnibus  aliis 
rebus  ad  minus  c  ficut  illam  recepit.  Hec  omnia 
obferventur  de  cuftodiis  Archiepifcopatuum  Epif- 
copatuum  Abbathiarum  Prioratuum  ecclefiarum  & 
dignitatum  vacantium  que  ad  nos  pertinent  ex- 
cepto  quod  cuftodie  hujufmodi  vendi  non  debent. 


THE  keeper,  fo  long  as  he  hath  the  cuftody  of  10 H. y.f,  36, 
the  land  of  fuch  an   heir,  fhall  keep   up   the2lnft-'4- 
houfes,  parks,  warrens,  *  ponds,  f  mills,  and  other  *  Add  Fijh. 
things    pertaining    to    the    feme    land,    with     the  t  Add  Pooh. 
iffues  of  the  faid  land  ;  and  he  fhall  deliver  to  the  ^° Wafte  <ha.11 
Heir,  when   he  cometh  to  his  full  age,  all  his 


land  ke  comm>tt'd 

ftored  with  ploughs,  and  all  other  things,  at  the  leaft 
as  he  received  it;     All  thefe  things  fhall  be  obferved  Enforced  by 
i'n    the    cuftodies   of  Archbifhopricks,  Bifhopricks,  3  Ed.  1.  c.  ±ti 
Abbeys,  Priories,  Churches,  and  Dignities  vacant,  SwjeEdi^ciyv 
which  appertain  to  us  j  except  this,  that  fuch  cuftody  rfra,ninZ  W- 

n_    ,,         ff      j-  TJ  >  cbeators  from 

fhall  not  be  fold^  Wajie. 

Obf.  by  12  Car.  z.  c.  z^./ofar  as  it  relates  to  Wardships  by  reafon  of  tenure,  and  by  31  H.  %,  c,  13.  as  to  Abbeys,  &a 


CAP.     VI, 

Heirs  fhall  be  married  without  Disparagement. 


H 


Eredes  maritentur  abfque  difparagationei  I*  T  Ti 

CAP.    VII 


Eirs  fhall  be  married  without  Difparagemerit.'    ? °^,t.> "°° 

E  "forced  by 
20  H.  3.C  6t> 


A  Widow  fhall  have  her  Marriage,  Inheritance,  and  Quarentine.     The  King's  Widow  j  &c* 


rIdua  poft  mortem  mariti  fui  ftatim  &  fine  dif- 
ficultate  aliqua  habeat  maritagium  fuum  & 
hereditatem  fuam  nee  aliquid  det  pro  dote  fua d  nee 
pro  maritagio  fuo  vel  pro  hereditate  fua  quam  he- 
reditatem maritus  fuus  &  ipfa  tehuerunt c  fimul  die 
bbitus  ipfius  mariti  f  fui  &  maneat  in  capitali  Me- 
fuagio  mariti  fui  per  quadraginta  dies  poft  obitum 
mariti  fui  infra  quos  dies  affignetur  ei  dos  fua. niti 
prius  fuerit  ei  affignata  vel  nifi  domus  ilia  fit  Caf- 
trum  &  fi  de  caftro  recefferit  domus  ei  competens 
ftatim  provideatur  in  qua  pofht  hoiiefte  rnorari 
quoufque  dos  fua  ei  affignetur  s  fecundurn  quod 
predi&um  eft  &  habeat  rationabile  eftoverium  fuum 
interim  de  communi  Affignetur  autem  ei  pro  dote 
fua  tertia  pars  totius  terre  mariti  fui  que  fua  fuit 
in  vita  fua  nifi  de  minori  fuerit  dotata  ad  Hoftium 
ecclefie.  Nulla  vidua  diftringatur  ad  fe  maritan- 
dam  dum  voluerit  vivere  fine  marito  Ita  tamen 
quod  fecuritatem  faciat  quod  fe  non  maritabit  fine 
affenfu  noftro  fi  de  nobis  tenuerit  vel  fine  affenfu 
•skvmini  fui  fi  de  alio  tenuerit. 


atncndi 


A  Widow,  after  the  death  of  her  hufband,  incon- 
tinent, and  without  any  Difficulty,  fhall  have 
her  marriage.,  and  her  inheritance,  (2)  and  fhall  give  Hobirt  ijj/ 
nothing  for  her  dower, her  marriage,  or  her  inheritance, 
which  her  hufband  and  fhe  held  the  day  of  the  death 
of  her  hufband,  (3)  and  fhe  fhall  tarry  in  the""  chief  Dyer,  f.  76, 
houfe  of  her  hufband  by  forty  days  after  the  death  ofplow-  32- 
her  hufband,  within  which  days  her  dower  ihall  be  Br°-Dower>  '°r» 
affigned  her   (if  it  were  not  affigned  her  before)  or 
that  the  houfe  be  a  caftle  ;  (4)  and  if  fhe  depart  from  Regift.  fol.  175, 
the  caftle,  then  a  competent  houfe  fhall  be  forthwith  Co.  Lit.  32.  b. 
provided  for  her,  in  the  which  fhe  may  hsneftly  dwell, 2  ^JV6.: 
until  her  dower  be  to  her  affigned,  as  it  is  aforefaid  ;  '9         ■'  I4' 
and  fhe  fhall  have  in  the  mean  time  her  reafonable  5«i7Ed.  2.C.4. 
eftovers  of  the  common  ;  (5)  and  for  her  dower  fhall  for  the  Oath  of 
be  affigned  unto  her  the  third  part  of  all  the  Lands  Widows  who  bold 
of  her  hufband,  which  were  his  during  coverture,  ex-  '^rar^''t^°'J°k, 
cept  fhe  were  endowed  of  lefs  at  the  Church-door.  \i3Tuccncc.  " 
(6)  No  widow  fhall  be  diftrained  to  marry  herfelf :  *  »Add  While  fie 
neverthelefs  fhe  fhall  find  furety,  that  fhe  fhall  not  chafes  to  live 
marry  without  our  licence  and  afTent  (if  fhe  hold  offos1'- 
us)  nor  without  the  afTent  of  the  Lord,   if  fhe  hold  Fltz>  Do,wer' 

Ot  another.  Enforced  and 

d  by  20  Hen.  3,  c,  1.  ivbicbgwe;  Damages  to  the  JVidcws  <tchb  arc  deforced  of  their  Dcwerst 


CAP.    VIII. 

How  Sureties  fhall  be  charged  to  the  King. 


NOS  vero  vel  B&llivi  noftri  non  feifiemus  ter- 
ram aliquam  h  vel  redditum  pro  debito  ali- 
quo  quamdiu  catalla  debitoris  prefentia  fufficiunt 
ad  debitum  reddend'  &  ipfe  debitor  paratus  fit  ihde 
fatisfacere.  Nee  plegii  ipfius  debitoris  diftringantur 
quam  diu  ipfe  capitalis  debitor  fufficiat  ad  folutio- 
nem  '  ipfius  debiti  &  fi  capitalis  debitor  defecerit  in 
folutione  debiti  non  habens  unde  reddat  aut  reddere 


'  \A"/^  or  our  Bailiffs  fhall  not  feife  any  land  or  rent Plowd.  440. 

'  VV    for  any  debt,  as  long  as  the  prefent  Goods  and  2  Inft-  's» 

€  Chattels  of  the  debtor  do  fuffice  to  pay  the  debt,  and 

'  the  debtor  himfelf  be  ready  to  fatisfy  therefore.     (2) 

'  Neither  fhall  the  pledges  of  the  debtor  be  diftrained, 

'  as  long  as  the  principal  debtor  is  fufficient  for  the 

'  payment  of  the  debt.     (3)  And  if  the  principal  debt- 

'  or  fail  in   payment  of   the  debt,    having    nothing 


*  Deeft  '  hujufmodi,'  ib. 
f  *  frcut/  ib,    *  '  nee,'  >b, 


b  Deeft  '  vivaria,'  ib. 
*  Deeft  <  if  fiusj'  ib-. 


'  fecundum  cjuod/  ib.       i  '  vel,'  ib.        «  Deeft  '  fimul/  ib, 


f  Deeft '  fui/  ibi 

€  wherewith 


C.  g— 13, 


Anno  nono  Henrici  III. 


A.D.  1225. 


6  wherewith  to  pay,  or  will  not  pay  where  he  is  able, 
?  e»ift.  i58.       «  the  pledges  (hall  anfwer  for  the  debt.     (4]  And  if  they 

4  will,  they  fhall  have  the  lands  and  rents  of  the  debt- 
»  Orig.7r.-uVi/.  '  or,  until  they  be  fatisfied  of  *  that  which  they  before 
t  Add  Principal. '  payed  for  him,  except  that  the  f  debtor  can  (hew  him- 

«  felt  to  be  acquitted  againft  the  faid  Curettes-.' 

Infra,  c.  18.    See  33  K.  8.  c.  39.  /cr  the  Enclion  of  a  Court  of Surveyors,  and fir  the  more  effectual  Recovery  of the  King  s  Debts ;  v>bieh  Court  was  by  iJJ  Scff,  z 
:,    jc.    d.ffivid  e.ia  annsxid  to  tie  E-x.tcjucr, 


Ex  Rot,  in  Tnrr.  Lond. 
nolit  cum  poflit  plegii a  de  debito  refpondeant  &  fi.- 
voluerint  habeant  terras  &  redditus  debitoris  quouf- 
que  Cit  eis  fatisfactum  de  debito  quod  ante  pro  eo 
folverunt  nid  capital'  debitor  monftraverit  le  inde 
effe  quietum  verfus  eofdem  plegtos. 


CAP.     IX. 

The  Liberties  of  London^  and  other  Cities  and*  Towns  confirmed. 


*  Read  their. 
Cio.  Car.  =51. 
-f-  Not  in  Orig. 
4?  Ed.  3.  f.  zo. 
5  H.  7. 1.io,  19. 
11 H.  7.  i".  u. 
5  Co.  60. 
S  Co.  1^5. 

2  Inft.  2a. 

3  Bulftr.  '2. 
Mirror  3 II. 


""*HE  city  of  London  (hall  have  all  *  the  old  liber- 
_  ties  and  cuftoms,  f  which  it  hath  been  ufedto  have. 
Moreover  we  will  and  grant,  that  all  other  Cities,  Bo- 
roughs, Towns,  and  the  Barons  of  the  Five  Ports, 
2nd  all  other  Ports,  (hall  have  all  their  liberties  and 
free  cuftoms.' 


CIvitas  London'  habeat  omnes  *  libertates  Cuas 
antiquas  &  confuetudines  Cuas.  Preterea  vo- 
lumus  &  concedimus  quod  omnes  Civitates  alie  & 
Burgi  &  ville  &  Barones  de  quinque  portubus  & 
omnes  portus  habeant  omnes  libertates  &  liberas 
confuetudines  fuas. 


CAP.     X. 

None  fhall  diftrain  for  more  Service  than  is  due. 


fO  man  (hall  be  diftrained'  to  do  more  fervice  for 
a  Knight's  fee,  nor  any  freehold,  than  there- 
'  fore  is  due.' 


1  Roll  164. 

a  Roll  181. 

10  Co.  108. 

Fitz.  Avowry, 

96,157,200.     Plowd.  243.     14  Hen.  7.  f.  14.     Fitz.  Brief,  661,  881,882.     Fitz  Praerog.  28.     V.  N.  B.  f.  15.     2  Inft.  21 


Ullus  diftringatur  ad  faciendum  majus  fervi- 
tium  de  feodo  Militis  nee  de  alio  libera  te- 
nemento  quam  inde  debetur. 


Co.  Lit.  71,  a. 
Plow.  244. 

2  li.fr.  21. 

12  Co.   59.  Regifl.  iS7 


CAP.     XI. 
Common  Pleas  fhall  not  follow  the  King's  Court. 

*  /^Ommnn  Pleas  fhall  not  follow  our  Court,  but  I  ^^Ommunia  placita  non  fequantur  Curiam  nof- 

*  \^i  (hall  be  holden  in  fome  place  certain."  |  V^  tramfet  teneantur  in  aliquo  loce  certo. 

Confirmed  by  18  Ed.  1.  flat.  J.  c  4.         4  Inft.  99.  n  Co.  75. 

CAP.     XII. 

Where  and  before  whom  Affiles  fhall  be  taken.     Adjournment  for  Difficulty. 

REcognitiones  de  nova  diiTeifina  &  de  morte  an* 
tecefforis  non  capiantur  nifi  in  fuis  Comitati- 
bus  &  hoc  modo :  Nos  vel  fi  extra  regnum  fueri- 
mus  capitalis  Juftic'  nofter  mittemus  Juftic' c  noftros 
per  unumquemque  Comitatum  femel  in  anno  qui 
cum  miliiibus  Comitatuum  capiant  in  Comitatibus 
aflifas  predictas  &  ilia  que  in  illo  adventu  fuo  in 
Comitatus  per  Juftic'  noftros  prediclos  ad  diclas  af- 
fifas capiendas  miffos  terminari  non  poffunt  per  eof- 
dem terminentur  alibi  in  itinere  fuo  &  ea  que  per 
eofdem  propter  difficultatem  aliquorum  articulorum 
terminari  non  poffunt  referantur  ad  Juftic'  noftros 
de  Banco  &  ibj  terminentur. 


1    '     A  Sfifes  of  novel  dijpifin,  and  of  Mortdanceftcr,  (hall 
(I,  '   l\  not  be  taken  Dut  in   the  (liires,  and  after  this 


12  Co.  ji,  52. 

13  Co.  8. 
Fitz.Aflize,  .- 

♦Read  We,  or  if'  manner:  *If  we  be  out  of  this  realm,  our  chief  Jufti- 

lue  be  out,  Sec. 
8  Co.  57. 
Fitz.  Mortdanc. 

*i  ".  53- 

24  Ed.  3.  f.  23. 

1  Anderfon 
230. 

2  H.  4. 1.  I,  20. 
1  Inft.  24. 

Rcfift.  197. 

Enforced  and 
attended  by  1  3 
hi.  I.  ftat.  I.  C. 

tit  Cbir.ic.hr  and  Jujticti  fhall  have  fewer  to  appoint  where  Affixes  fhall  be  held, 


'  cers  fhall  fend  our   Jufticers  through  every  county 

'  once  in  the  year,  which,  with  the  Knights   of  the 

'  (hires,   (hall  take  the  faid  Affifes   in  thofe  counties  ; 

'  (2)  and  thofe  things  that  at  the  coming  of  our  forefaid 

1  Juiticers,  being  fent  to  take  thofe  Affifes  in  the  coun- 

'  ties,  cannot  be  determined,  (hall  be  ended  by  them 

'  in  fome  other  place   in  their   circuit;    (3)  and  thofe 

'  things,  which  for  difficulty  of  fome  articles  cannot 

'  be  determined  by  them,  (hall  be  referred  to  our  Juf- 

'  ticers  of  the  Bench,  and  there  (hall  be  ended.' 


30.     Sec  6  Rich.  2.  ftat.  1.  c.  5.  ordaining  that  Jufiices  of  Afifize  fhall  bold  their  Seffions  in  principal  Towns.  And  II  Rich.  2.  c.  \i,  providing  shit 


CAP.    XIII. 

Affifes  of  Darrein  Prefentment. 

Kegift.  30.  '  \  Sfifes  of  Darrein  Prefentment  fhall  be  alway  taken  A  Sfife  de  ultima  prefentatione  Cemper  capiantur 
tie  13  Ed.  1.  '  2\.  before  our  Juftices  of  the  Bench,  and  there  (hall  /\  coram  Jufticiar'  de  Banco  &  ibi  terminentur. 
tot...  c   ,0.     c  be  determined.' 

wbicb  oraamt 

that  thefe  Affixes  fhall  be  determined  in  their  raj  Shire.     And  fee  52  H,  3.  c.  12.  %2  II.  8.  c.  21.  §  7.  end  16  Car.  I.  c,  6.  §  13.  what  Days  fhall  be  given  in 

Affinal  >j  Darrein  Prcicntrficm. 


»  '  Pro,'  ib. 


k  < 


Antiquas  libertates  et  liberas  confuctuJinca  fuas,"  ib. 


«  Deed  '  noftros,'  ib. 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1225. 


Anno  nono  Henrici  III. 


C.  14—18. 


CAP.     XIV. 


How  Men  of  all  Sorts  fhall  be  amerced,  and  by  whom. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

Liber  homo  non  amercietur  pro  parvo  delifto  * 
nifi  fecundum  modum  ipfius  deli&i  &  pro 
magno  delicto  fecundum  magnitudinem  delicti  falvo 
contenemento  fuo  &  mercator  eodem  modo  falva 
mercandifa  fua  &  villanus  alterius  quam  nofter  eo- 
dem modo  amercietur  falvo  wanagio  fuo  ft  incide- 
nt in  manum  noftram.  Et  nulla  predidtarum  mi- 
fericordiarum  ponatur  nifi  per  facramentum  probo- 
rum  &  leg*  hominum  de  vifheto.  Comites  &  Barones 
non  amercientur  nifi  per  pares  fuos  &  non  nifi  fe- 
cundum modum  delicti.  Nulla  ecclefiaftica  perfo- 
na  amercietur  fecundum  quantitatem  beneficii  fui 
ecclefiaftici  fet  fecundum  laicum  tenementum  fuum 
&  fecundum  quantitatem  delidti. 

j4  E  J.  3.  c.  1.  ordaining,  that  Fines  for  Trefpajfes fhall  be  reasonable; 
And  tikewife  Grants  of  Fines  before  Convielion, 


'     A     Free-man  {hall  not  be  amerced  for  a  fmall  fault,  Mirror  3  r2. 

*  t\.  hut  after  the  manner  of  the  fault ;  and  for  a  Confirmed  by 
'  great  fault  after  the  greatnefs  thereof,  faving  to  him  3 Ed;  *•  c-  6- 
'his  contenement ;    (z)   and    a  Merchant   lilcewife,  j^jj"  ,84'»*7' 

♦  faving  to  him  his  merchandife;  (3)  and  any  other's  Br.Am!r«rtLr^ 
'  villain  than  ours  fhall  be  likewife  amerced,  faving  his »,  25, 32, 33,  S3, 
'  wainage,  if  he  fall  into  our  mercy.     (4)  And  none  of  6S- 

'  the  faid  amerciaments  fhall  be  affelfed,  but  by  the  *°  H- 6' fo-'' 

'  oath  of  honeft  and  lawful  men  of  the  vicinage.     (5)  \  gd  \°}J\ 

'  Earls  and  Barons  fhall  not  be  amerced  but  by  their  2  Buiftr.  140. 

'  Peers,  and  after  the  manner  of  their  offence.     (6)  No  3  Buiftr.  279.. 

'  man  of  the  Church  fhall  be  amerced  after  the  quantity  Mirror  311. 

'  of  his  fpiritual  Benefice,  but  after  his  Lay-tenement,  V^'f1"'  77' 

'  and  after  the  quantity  of  his  offence.'  z  ina?  z'%9'  Sc* 

and  I W,  &  M.  Sejfi.  %,  f.  I.  §.  1 1,  declaring  exceffive  Fines  and  cruel  Punifhments  »  be  illegal,  ■ 


CAP.     XV. 
Making  of  Bridges  and  Banks. 


^"T  E"'C  villa  nee  b  Liber  homo  diftringaturfacere 
^1    pontes  ad  riparias  nifi  qui  c  ab  antiquo  &  de 
jure  facere d  debent. 


'   JW1 0  Town  nor  Freeman  ffiall  be'  diftrained  *  to  i  Inft.  19,  - 
'  JL^I    make  Bridges  nor  Banks,  but  fuch  as  of  old  *  To  make 
'  time  and  of  right  have  been  accuftomed  to  make  them  Eridses  at 
'  in  the  time  of  King  Henry  our  Grandfather.'  tQ^ir'mj  be 

a  Matter  of  Doubt, whether  this  marginal  Alteration  is  proper  to  be  adopted :  The  Original  appears  tofpeak  of  Banks  as  well  at  Bridges  ;  and  if ,  irftead  of  ad  Riparias 
•we  read  aut  Riparias,  as  it  isprinted  in  2  Inft.  the  PaJJ'age  will  be  perfectly  intelligible,   and  the  eld  Iranflation  fitfi .'  It  is  true,  in  [owe  Statutes,  the  Word  Riparia? 
as  Lord  Coke  explains  it,  fignifics  the  Water  or  River  running  between  the  Banks,  and  there  Mr.C&y's  Alteration  appears  to  be  very  proper.     But  here    as  his  Lord/hip 
cbjerves,  it  feetns  to  be  Synonymous  with  Ripas,  and  in  this  Senfc  likewife  it  feemi  to  be  taken  by  the  Author  of  the  Mirroirs  des  Jiuftices.     B  fides,  the  Pbraje  of  making- 
Bridges  at  Rivers,  may  perhaps  be  deemed  a  Redundancy  of  Expreffion. 

CAP.     XVI. 

Defending  of  Banks. 

'  "^JO  *  Banks  (hall  be  defended  from  henceforth,  2  Inft.  jj. 
'  JL  >l    but  fuch  as  were  in  defence  in  the  time  of  King  •  Rivers.    Sa 
'  Henry  our  Grandfather,  by  the  fame  places,  and  the  '*«•&"*«""** 
c  fame  bounds,  as  they  were  wont  to  be  in  his  time.'    f°rff*g£-\aP''f*, 

and  Lord  CoKt  s 
Fxpo/ition  of  this 
Chapter,,  P.  3a;  ' 


NUlle  riparie  defendantur  decetero  nifi  ille  que 
fuerunt  in  defenfo  tempore  H.  Regis  Avi 
noftri  pereadem  loca  &  eofdem  terminos  ficut  efle 
confuevemnt  tempore  fuo. 


CAP.     XVII. 
Holding  Pleas  of  the  Crown. 


NUll'us  Vicecomes  Conftabularius  e  Coronator 
vel  alii  Ballivi  noftri  teneant  placita  corone 
noftre. 


'  TVT^  Sneriff>  Conftable,  Efcheator,  Coroner,  nor  *  Inft.  30.- 
'  Jl>|  any  other  our  Bailiffs,  fhall  hold  Pleas  of  our  m„m  ... 
'  Crown.'  '       3  l* 


C  A  P.     XVIII. 


The  King's  Debtor  dying,  the  King  fhall  be  nVft  paid. 


SI  aliquis  tenens  de  nobis  laicum.  feodum  moriatur 
&  Vicecomes  vel  Ballivus  nofter  oftendat  litte- 
ras  noftras  patentes  de  fummonitione  noftra  de  de- 
bito  quod  defundtus  nobis  debuit  liceat  Vicecomiti 
vel  Ballivo  noftro  attachiare  &  imbreviare  '  omnia 
bona  &  catalla  defun£ti  inventa  in  laico  feodo  ad 
valentiam  illius  debiti  per  vifum  legalium  hominum 
Ita  tamen  quod  nichil  =  inde  amoveatur  donee  per- 
folvatur  nobis  debitum  quod  clarum  fuerit  &  refi- 
duum  relinquatur  executoribus  ad  faciendum  tefta- 
mentum  defun£ti  &  fi  nichil  nobis  debeatur  ab  ipib 

L»  '  fet,'  ib.    b  Deeft  1  ber,  ib.    *  «  ex,'  ib.    i  '  Debet,' ib. 


F  any  that  holdeth  of  us  Lay-fee  do  die,  and  our  Raft.  Bnr.f.  543-,. 
Sheriff  or  Bailiff  do  fhew  our  Letters  Patents  of  Co.  Ent.  f.  564. 
of  our  fummon  for  Debt,  which  the  dead  man  did  Fitz'  Detinut;. 
owe  to  us  ;  it  fhall  be  lawful  to  our  Sheriff  or  Bailiff  £2'  &  $*>  6o> 
to  attach  and  inroll  all  the  goods  and  chatties  of  the  ™\*-Mioa-  z> 
dead,  being  found  in  the  faid  f  fee,  to  the  Value  of  z'ln'ft.  32. 
the  fame  debt,  by  the  fight  %  and  tejllmony  of  lawful  t  Aid  Lay. 
men,  fo  that  nothing  thereof  fhall  be  taken  away,  *  MaMnOrig. 
until  we  be  clearly  paid"off  the  debt ;  (2)  and  the  re-     pi>  cap'  S* 
fidue  fhall  remain  to  the  Executors  to  perform  the  tef- 
tament  of  the  dead;  (3)  and  if  nothing  be  owing 

•  •  Coionitoies,'  ib.     !  DeAint ' omnia  bona,  &,'  ib.     E-  Deeft  '  inde,?ib. 

'  unto 


■6 


•X3.T9— "23- 


Anno  nono  Henrici  111. 


A.  D.  1225. 


swj3H.-8.c39 

for  the  Erection 
cf  a  Court  ofS. 


unto  us,  all  the  chatties  fhall  go  to  the  ufe  of  the 
dead  (laving  to  his  wife  and  children  their  reafonable 
parts.)' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
omnia  catalla  cedant  defunclo  falvis  uxori  ejus  U 
pueris  ipfius  rationabilibus  partibus  fuis. 


■vryors,  ami  for  theatre  officinal  Recovery  of  the  King's  Debts ;  -which  Court  was,  by  1  M.  Stff.  2.  c.  10.  diffolved,  and  annexed  to  the  Exchequer. 

CAP.     XIX. 


Purveyance  for  -a  Caftle. 


Mirror  313. 
»Inft.  33. 


45  ^T  O  Conftable,  nor  his  Bailiff",  fhall  take  corn  or 
*  i\|    other  chatties  of  any  man,  if  the  man  be  not  of 


'Enforced  by  ' 

3  Ed.  1.  c.  7.       < 
altered  by  c 

i3Car^z. ft*U  1,  , 

c,  8. 


the  Town  where  the  Caftle  is,  but  he  {hall  forthwith 
pay  for  the  fame,  unlefs  that  the  will  of  the  feller  was 
to  refpite  the  payment;  (2)  and  if  he  be  of  the  fame 
Town,  the  price  fhall  be  paid  unto  him  within  forty 
days.' 


NXJIlus  Conftabularius  vel  ejus  ballivus  capiat 
blada  vel  alia  catalla  alicujus  qui  non  fit  de 
Villa  ubi  caftrum  fitum  eft  nifi  ftatim  reddat  dena- 
rios  inde  aut  refpe£tum  inde  habere  poflit  de  volun- 
tary venditoris  Si  autem  de  ipfa  villa  fuerit  infra 
quadraginta  dies  precium  reddat. 


i^   I\  Jr.      Ji.l\.* 
Doing  of  Caftle-ward. 


XTO  L.'-'in; 


Conftable  fhall  diftrain  any  Knight  for  to 
give  money  for  keeping  of  his  Caftle,  if  he 
himfelf  will  do  it  in  his  proper  perfon,  or  caufe  it  to 
be  done  by  another  fufficient  man,  if  he  may  not  do 
it  himfelf  for  a  reafonable  caufe.  (z)  And  if  we  do 
lead  or  fend  him  in  an  army,  he  fhall  be  free  from 
Caftle-ward  for  the  time  that  he  fhall  be  with  us  in 
fee  in  our  hoft,  for  the  which  he  hath  done  fervice  in 
our  wars.' 

See  31  h78.  c.  48.  concerning  Latids  hotden  of  Dmer-Cajile. 
(Jbf.by  laCar.a, 

«■•**•  CAP. 


■Cc.  Inft.  70.  a 
B  Inft.  34. 


NUllus  Conftabularius  diftringat  aliquem  Mili- 
tem  ad  <)and'  denar'  pro  cuftodia  caftri  ft  ipfe 
earn  facere  voluerit  in  propria  perfona  fua  vel  per 
alium  probum  hominem  a  fac'  fi  ipfe  earn  facere  non 
poflit  propter  rationabilem  caufam.  Et  fi  nos  b  ad- 
duxerimus  vel  miferimus  eum  in  exercitum  c  fit 
quietus  de  cuftodia  fecundum  quantitatem  tempo- 
ris  quo  per  nos  fuerit  in  exercitu  de  feodo  pro  quo 
fecit  fervicium  in  exercitu. 


XXI. 


Taking  of  Horfes,  Carts,  and  Wood. 


2  Inft.  34. 

3  Bulftr.  4. 


Enforeed  by 
34  Ed.  s-ftat.  I. 
c.  19.  and  25  Ed. 
3.  flat,  5.C.  6. 
Altered  by  iiCzr. 
a.  ftat.  1,  c.  8. 
giving  Povjer  to  ch 
'fficers  of  the  Navy 


O  Sheriff  nor  Bailiffof  ours,  or  any  other,  fhall 
take  the  Horfes  or  Carts  of  any  man  to  make 
carriage,  except  he  pay  the  old  price  limited,  that  is 
to  fay,  for  carriage  with  two  horfe,  x.  d.  a  day ;  for 
three  horfe,  xiv.  d.  a  day.  (2)  No  demefne  Cart  of 
any  Spiritual  perfon  or  Knight,  or  any  Lord,  fhall  be 
taken  by  our  Bailiffs ;  (3)  nor  we,  nor  our  Bailiffs, 
nor  any  other,  fhall  take  any  man's  wood  for  our 
Caftles,  or  other  our  neceffaries  to  be  done,  but  by 
the  licence  of  him  whofe  the  wood  is.' 


CJpu 


NO  Sheriff  nor  Bailiffof  ours,  or  any  other,  fhall     Vl  Ullus  vicecomes  vel  ballivus  nofter  vel  d  ali- 
take  the  Horfes  or  Carts  of  any  man  to  make     ,L%|    quis  alius  capiat  equos  vel  carettas  alicujus 

pro  cariagio  faciendo  nifi  reddat  liberationem  anti- 
quitus  ftatutam  fcilicet  pro  c  una  caretta  ad  duos 
equos  decern  denar'  per  diem  &  pro  caretta  ad  tres 
equos  quatuordecim  denar'  per  diem.  Nulla  caret- 
ta dominica  alicujus  ecclefiaftice  perfone  vel  Militis 
vel  alicujus  domine  per  ballivos  f  noftros  capiatur, 
Nee  nos  nee  Ballivi  noftri  nee  alii  capiemus  bof- 
cum  alienum  ad  caftra  vel  ?  ad  alia  agenda  noftra 
nifi  per  voluntatem  illius  cujus  bofcus  ille  fuerit. 

'ef  Officers  cf  his  Majefy's  Carriages  to  provide  Carts,  &c.  by  Warrant  from  the  Green  Cloth.     And  fee  13  £f  14  Car.  2.  c,  20.  giving  Pctver  t$ 
tofrefs  Carriages,  &c.for  thi  Ujc  cf  the  Navy  and  Ordnance.     See  like-wife  the  yearly  Mutiny  Alist 


C  A  P.     XXII. 

How  long  Felons  Lands  fhall  be  holden  by  the  King. 


a  Inft.  36. 
Miner  313. 


'  XT  7  E  will  not  hold  the  Lands  of  them  that  be  con- 
'  VV  vidt  of  Felony  but  one  year  and  one  day,  and 
'  then  thofe  Lands  fhall  be  delivered  to  the  Lords  of  the 
4  fee.' 


NO S  non  tenebimus  terras  illorum  qui  con->- 
vicli  fuerint  de  felonia  nifi  per  unum  annuns 
&  unum  diem  &  tunc  reddantur  terre  h  ille  dominis 
feodorum. 


to  Co.  1 38. 

13  Co.  35. 

Confrmed  and 
mmended  by 
i»  Ed.  4.  c.  7. 
■which  in/licit  Pi- 
jtalty  on  Offender! 
%  Inft.  J*. 


CAP.    XXIII. 

In  what  Places  Wears  fhall  be  put  down. 

A  LL  Wears  from  henceforth  fhall  be  utterly  put  j  ^^Mnes  kidelli  deponantur  decetero  penitus  per 
'  l\  down  by   Thames  and  Medivay,    and  throi 
•  all  England,  but  only  by  the  Sea-coafts.' 


Or  . 
Tamifiam  &  Medeweyam  &  per  totam  AngT 
nifi  per  cofteram  maris. 


a  Dceft  '  fac,'  ib. 
•  Praediflct,'  ib. 


b 


Duxcrimus/  ib.  e  '  Quietus  de  cuftodia  erit/  ib.  *  Deed  •  ali<ju's,'  ib. 

»d,'  ib,         k  P,  '  ill«,'  ib. 


*  Decft  "  una,*  ib. 
CAF, 


A.  D.  1225, 


Anno  nono  Henrici  XTC. 


C.  zty—zq*.         7 


CAP.     XXIV. 
In  what  Cafe  a  Precipe  in  Capite  is  not  grantable. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 


BReve  quod  vocatur  Prcscipe  decetero  non  fiat 
alicui  de  aliquo a  libero  teneraento  unde  liber 
homo  perdat  Curiam  fuam. 


THE  Writ  that  is  called  Pracipe  in  capite  fhall  3s  Ed.  3./.  ?g; 
be  from  henceforth  granted  to  no  perfon  of  any  13  Co.  f.  42; 
freehold,  whereby  any  freeman  may  lofe  his  Court.'    f.  n.  B.  fol.  5, 

CAP.       XXV„  ■        "lnft.'39> 


There  fhall  be  but  one  Meafure  throughout  the  Realm. 


UNA  Menfura  vini  fit  per  totum  regnum  nof- 
trum  &  una  menfura  cervifie  &  una  menfura 
b'ladi  fcilicet  quarter'  London'  &  una  latitudo  pan- 
riorum  tinclorum  Ruffettorum  &  haubergettorum 
fcilicet  due  ulne  infra  Liftas.  De  ponderibus  vero 
fit  b  ficut  de  menfurisv 

c.  10.  which  infills  Penalty  on  Offenders.  Confirmed  and  farther  amendt 
H.  3.  fiat.  i>  31  Ed.  1.  de  Ponderibus-  Sc  Menfuris.  31  Ed.  yflat.  1. 
and  12  H.  7.  c.  5,  with   Regard  to  Weights  and  Meafures. 


o 


NE  meafure  of  Wine  fhall  be  through  out 
Realm,  and  one  meafure  of  Ale,  and  one  mea* 
fure  of  Corn,  that  is  to  fay,  the  Quarter  of  London ; 
and  one  breadth  of  dyed  Cloth,  RufTets,  and  Haber- 
je<£r.s,  that  is  to  fay,  two  Yards  within  the  lifts. 
(2)  and  it  fhall  be  of  Weights  as  it  is  of  Meafures.' 

•dly  8  H.-6.  c.  5.   11H.7.C.4.   16  Car.  r.  c.  19.  and  22  Car.  z.  c.  8; 
c.  2.    34  Ed.  3.  c,  5,  &  6v  13  Rich,  zi flat,  iv  c.  9..    15  Rich.  2.'  c.  4. 


2  Inft.  40. 
Confirmed  and 
amended  by 
14  Ed.  3.  ftat.  1.; 

C.   IZ~ 

Amended  by 
%■}  Ed.  3.  ftat.  ?,. 
Set  farther  5  z 
1 6  Rkh,  z.  c.i. 


c  A  p..  xxvii 

Ihquifition .  of  Life  and  Member, 


15  Ed.  i,  ftat,  i.  c.  29,. 
et  Atia. 


Mirror '3 14.  Regift.  133,  134. 


'  Altered  by  6  Ed. 
11  fiat.  1.  c.  9; 

And  fee  28  Ed.  3; c.  9.  -which  takes  aioay  this  Writ  of  Inquifition,   other-wife  called  the  Writ  de  Odia^ 


granted  freely,  and  not  denied.' 


CAP.    XXVIL 

Tenure  of  the  King  in  Socage,, and  of  another  by  Knights  Service,     Petit  Serjeanty. 


SId  aliqui  teneant  de  nobis  per  feodi  firmam  vel 
per  focagium  vel  e  hurgagium  &  de  alio  teneant 
terram  per  fervicium  militar'  nos  non  habebimus 
cuftodiamheredis  necterre  f  fue  que  eft  de  feodo  al- 
terius  occafione  illius  feodi  firme.vel  focagiivelbur- 
gagii  nee  habebimus  cuftodiam  illius  feodi  firme  vel 
focagiivel  Burgagii  nifi  ipfa  feodi  firma  debeat  fer- 
vicium  militare.  Nos  non  habebimus  cuftodiam 
heredis  vel  alicujus  terre  quam  tenet  de  s  aliquo 
alio  per  fervicium  militare  occafione  alicujus  parve 
h  ferjantie  quam  tenet  de  nobis  per  fervicium  red- 
dendi  nobis  cultellos  vel  fagittas  vel  hujufmodi. 


'  T  F  any  do  hold  of  us  by  Fee-ferm,  or  by  Socage,  or 

'   J.  Burgage,    and  he  holdeth  Lands  of  another  by 

'  Knights  Service,  we  will  not  have  the  Cuftody  of  his 

'  heir,  nor  of  his  Land,  which  is  holden  of  the  Fee  of 

'  another,  by  reafon  of  that  Fee-ferm,  Socage,  ofBur-  Bro.  Tenures/69^ 

'  gage--    (2)  Neither  will  we  have  the  cuftody.of  fuch  Fit*-.  Gard.  145.. 

'  Fee-ferm,   or  Socage,    or  Burgage,  except  Knights aInftl  +i- 

'  Service  be  due  unto  us  out  of  the-  fame  Fee-ferm. 

'  (3)  We  will  not  have  the  cuftody  of  the  Heir,  or  of*  Which  be  hold- 

'  any  Land,  *  by  occafionof  anyPetit  Serjeanty,  that  any  "h  °f  ™otber  b 

'  man  holdeth  of  us  by.  Service  to  pay  a  Knife,  an  Ar-  ^$h£.tSeJ7ne' 

'  row,, or  the  like.' 


CAP.     XXVIII. 
Wager  of  Law  fhall  not  be  without  Witnefs. 


being  abolijbed  by  • 
12  Car.  2,e.  24, 


NUllus  Ballivus  decetero  ponat  aliquem  ad  le- 
gem manifeftam  '  nee  ad  juramentum  firn^ 
plici  loquela.uia  fine  teftibus  fidelibus  ad  hoc  in^ 
dudis. . 


'  l^T^  Bailiff*  from  henceforth  fhall  put  any  man  toFitz.  L=y.  r?» 
'  XTtJ    his  open  Law,  nor  to  an  oath,  upon  his  own  Bro'  Ley>  3T»" 
'  bare  faying,,  without  faithful  Wi'tnefTes  brought  in  for  z  Inft.  44, 
'  the  fame,' 


C  A  B..\  XXIX. 
None  fhall  be  condemned  without  Trial...   Juftice  fhall  not  be  fold  or  deferred. 


NUllus  liber  homo  k  capiatur  vel  imprifonetur 
aut  .diffeifiatur  de  libero  tenemento  fuo  vel  li- 
Wtatibus  vel  liberis  confuetudinibus  fuis  aut  utla- 

a  Deeft '  libero,'  ib..         b  '  Ut,'  ib.  c  D.  '  de,'  ib.  i 

ID,  •  aliquo,'  ib,        &  »  SeijanKrie,'.  ib.        *  '  Vel,'.  ib,        k 


rO  Freeman  fhall  be  taken,    or  imprifoned,  ore  Co.  64. 
be  dilleifed  of  his  Freehold,  or  Liberties,  orIoCo-74> 

'  free  Cuftoms,  or  be  outlawed,  or  exiled.,  or  any -other-  "  Co'  99*' 

2  'Info  45,  ■ 
Aliquis  teneat,'  ib.  e  '  Per  biir^ium,'  ib,  f  <  Alicujus,'  ib. 

Uc  ccterg  capiatur  aut,'  ib, 

*  wife.,.. 


s 


C.30— 33. 


Anno  nono  Henrici  III; 


A.  D.  1225. 


wife  deftroyed  ;  nor  will  we  not  pafs  upon  him,  nor  con- 
demn him  *,  but  by  lawful  Judgment  of  his  Peers,  or 
by  the  Law  of  the  Land,  (z)  We  will  fell  to  no 
man,  we  will  not  deny  or  defer  to  any  man  either 
Juftice  or  Right.' 


Regift.  186. 

Minor  314. 

I  Andeif.  15S. 

1  Bulftr.  318. 

3  Bulftr.  47. 

Wood's  Inft. 

€13,614.     Enforced  by  z  Ed.  3.  c.  8.     Confirmed  by  5  Ed.  3.  e.  9.     14  Ed.  3.  fiat.  1.  c.  14, 

37  Ed.  3.01- 
&Sar-Ck&n,bsr, 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
getur  aut  exulet  aut  aliquo  a  modo  deftruatur  nee 
fuper  eum  ibimus  nee  fuper  eum  mittemus  nifi  per 
legale  judicium  parium  fuorum  vel  per  legem  terre. 
Nulli  vendemus  nulli  negabimus  aut  differemus 
re£f.um  vel  juftitiam. 

Confrmed  and  air-ended  by  25  Ed.  3.  flat.  5.  c.  4,     28  Ed.  3.  c.  3. 


a  Inft.  57. 
;»Co.  33. 
*  Roll.  115. 
,3  Bulftr.  134. 


42  Ed.  3.  c  3.      1 1  R.  2   c.  lo.     See  4  H.  7.  c.  xz.  giving  Diretlions  to  Jufiices  of  the  Peace,     and  16  Car,  1.  c.  10.    for  taking   atvay  the 
;i  Roll.  2c8, 209, 225.     12  Co.  50,  63,  93. 

~*  The  Words  above,  marked  in  halicks,  do  by   no  means  exprefs  the  Senfe  of  the  Original.     'The   two  Verbs,  Ibimus  and  Mittemus  evidently 
fiand  in  Contradifi'm&ion  to  each  other,  and  lire  indeed  much  eafier  expounded  than  translated  j  therefore,  -we  cannot  do  belter  than  recur  to  Lord  Coke 's 

Expcfit'un,  -which  is  atfolh-ws ; '  No  Man  pall  be  condemned  at  the  King's  Suit,  either  before  the  King  in  his   Bench,  inhere  the  fleas  art 

•  Coram  Rege,  (and  jo  an  the  Words  nee  fuper  eum  ibimus,  to  be  underfiood)  nor  before  any  other  Commijioner  or  Judge  whatever  (and  Co  art 
€  thtWords  Nee  fuper  eura-mittemus,  to  be  undtrftaod.' ) 

C  A  P.    XXX. 

Merchant  Strangers  coming  into  this  Realm  fhall  be  well  ufed. 

OMnes  mercatores  nifi  publice  antea  prohibit! 
fuerint  habeant  falvum  &  fecurum  b  con- 
du&um  exire  de  Angl'  &  venire  in  Angl'  &  morari 
&  ire  per  Angl'  tarn  per  terrain  quam  per  aquam  ad 
emend'  &  vendend'  fine  omnibus  toltis  malis  per  an- 
tiquas  &  redtas  confuetudines  preterquam  in  tem- 
pore guerre  &  fi  fint  de  terra  contra  nos  guerrina  &c 
c  tales  inveniantur  in  terra  noftra  in  principio 
guerre  attachientur  fine  dampno  corporum  vel  re- 
rum  donee  fciatur  a  nobis  vel  a  capitali  Juftic'  nol- 
tro  quomodo  Mercatores  terre  noftre  tra&entur  qui 
tunc  inveniuntur  in  terra  ilia  contra  nos  guerrina  & 
fi  noftri  falvi  fint  ibi  alii  falvi  fint  in  terra  noftra. 


ALL  Merchants  (if  they  were  not  openly  prohi- 
bited before)  fhall  have  their  fafe  and  fure  Con- 
duct to  depart  out  of  England,  to  come  into  England, 
to  tarry  in,  and  go  through  England,  as  well  by  Land 
as  by  water,  to  buy  and  fell  without  any  manner  of 
evil  Tolts,  by  the  old  and  rightful  Cuftoms,  except 
in  time  of  War.  (2)  And  if  they  be  of  a  land  ma- 
king War  againft  us,  and  *  be  found  in  our  Realm 
at  the  beginning  of  the  Wars,  they  fhall  be  attached 
without  harm  of  body  or  goods,  until  it  be 
known  unto  us,  or  our  Chief  Juftice,  how  our  Mer- 
chants be  intreated  there  in  the  land  making  War 
againft  us;  (3)  and  if  our  Merchants  be  well  in- 
treated  there,  theirs  fhall  be  likewife  with  us.' 

11  R.  2.  c.  7.     To  theje  may  be  added  2  Ed.  3.  c.  9.  -which  confirms  this  chap.  16  Rich.  2 


*  AMfucb.  1 

.  Co n firmed  and 
amended  by  9  Ed.  ' 
3.  flat.  I.  c.  1.  .t 
14  Ed.  3.  fiat.  2.x 
c.a.  , 

35  Ed. -3.  flat.  4. 
c.  2.  ' 

2  R.  2.  ftat.  1,  c.  1 
RtJlriSions,     5  H.  4.  c.  7.  4  H.  5.  c.  5.     And  12 "if.  7.  c.  6.  concerning  Merchant  Adventurers. 


c.  I.  -which  puts  Merchant  Strangers  under  fotni 


CAP.    XXXI. 


Tenure  of  a  Barony  coming  into  the  King's  Hands  by  Efchete. 


Bro.  Livery,  58. 
•  Add  Lancafier. 
Bro.  Tenures, 
57,61,  94,  99. 
26  H.£.  pi.  3. 
i  Inft.  14. 


+  Add  Jucb. 
Repft.  184. 
Enforced  by 
J  Ed.  3.  ftat.  2. 
-..  23.  and  j  -fid. 


'I 


of    Wallingford,    Nottingham, 
any  other  Efcnetes  which   be   in 


F  any  man  hold  of  any  Efchete,  as  of  the  honour 

Boloin,  *  or  of 
our  hands,  and 
are  Baronies,  and  die,  his  Heir  fhall  give  none 
other  Relief,  nor  do  none  other  Service  to  Us,  than 
he  fhould  to  the  Baron,  if  it  were  in  the  Baron's 
hand.  (2)  And  we  in  the  fame  wife  fhall  hold  it  as 
the  Baron  held  it ;  neither  fhall  we  have,  by  occafion 
of  any  f  Barony  or  Efchete,  any  Efchete  or  keep- 
ing of  any  of  our  men,  unlefs  he  that  held  the  Barony 
or  Efchete  otherwife  held  of  us  in  chief. 


SI  quis  tenuerit  de  aliqua  efcaeta  ficut  de  honore 
Wallingford'  Bolonie  Nottingh'  d  Lancaftr'  vel 
aliis  efcaetis  que  funt  in  manu  noftra  &  fint  Baronie 
&  obierit  heres  ejus  non  det  aliud  relevium  nee  faciat 
nobis  aliud  ferviciumquam  faceret  Baroni  fi  ilia  elTet 
in  manu  Baronis  &  nos  eodem  modo  earn  tenebimus 
quo  Baro  earn  tenuit  Nee  nos  occafione  talis  Baro- 
nie vel  efcaete  habebimus  aliquant  efcaetam  vel 
cuftodiam  aliquorum  noftrorum  hominum  nifi  de 
nobis  alibi  tenuerit  in  capite  ille  qui  tenuit  baro- 
niam  vel  efcaetam- 


6. c.  4.     Rendered  obf.  by  12  Car.  2.  c.  24.  lub'icklakcs  a-way  tenures  in  capite. 

CAP.     XXXII. 


Lands  fhall  not  be  aliened  to  the  Prejudice  of  the  Lord's  Service. 


f>,  Lit.  43.  a.     ' 
2  Inft.  65. 

Altered  by  18  Ed.  ' 
1.  ftat  i.e.  2.      J 

Obf.  by  12  Car. 
S.  C.  24. 


Confirmed  b/ 
25  Ed.  3.  ftat.  3. 

C.   I. 


2 Inft.  68. 
<M>f.byi,iH.%. 


NT  O  Freeman  from  henceforth  fhall  give  or  fell 
►I  any  more  of  his  Land,  but  fo  that  of  the  refidue 
of  the  Lands  the  Lord  of  the  Fee  may  have  the  Ser- 
vice due  to  him,  which  belongeth  to  the  Fee.' 


Ullus  liber  homo  det  decetero  amplius  aliW 
vel  vendat  de  terra  fua  quam  ut  de  refiduo 
terre  fue  fufficienter  poffit  fieri  domino  feodi  fervi- 
tium  ei  debitum  quod  pertinet  ad  feodum  illud. 


CAP.     XXXIII, 
Patrons  of  Abbies  fhall  have  the  Cuftody  of  them  -in  the  time  of  Vacation. 


ALL  Pations  of  Abbies,  which  have  the  King's 
Charters  of  England  of  Advowfon,  or  have  old 
;  Tenure  or  PoffelTion  in  the  fame,  fhall  have  the  Cuf- 
;  tody  of  them  when  they  fall  void,  as  it  hath  been  ac- 
:  cuftomed,  and  as  it  is  afore  declared.' 

13,  for  the  iJiJJolution  of  Monafienes  and  Abbeys. 
»  «  Alio  modo,'  ib,         b  D.  *  comlu&um,'  ib.         «  '  Si  tales,'  ib. 


OMnes  patroni  Abbathiarum  qui  habent  cartas 
regum  Anglie  de  advocatione  vel  antiquam 
tenuram  vel  poffeflionem  habeant  earum  cuftodiam 
cum  vacaverint  ficut  habere  debent  &  ficut  *  fupe- 
riusdeclaratumeft. 


*  '  Boloo,  L.-iixaflr.  vel  aliis  rruae  funt,'  ib. 


•  *  Supra,'  ib. 

CAP. 


A.D.  1225. 


Anno  nono  Henrici  III. 


C  34—37- 


CAP.       XXXIV. 

In  what  only  Cafe  a  Woman  mail  have  an  Appeal  of  Death. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 


NUllus  capiatur  aut  imprifonetur  propter  appel 
lum  femine  de  morte  alterius  quam  viri  fui. 


4  '^TO  Man  fhall  be  taken  or  imprifoned  upon  the  Bro.  Appeal,  5, 
'  JlN  Appeal  of  a  Woman  for  the  Death  of  any  other,  '7.  60, 6S,  104, 
'  than  of  her  Hufband.' 

CAP.       XXXV. 


Rait.  Ent.  43. 


At  what  Time  fhall  be  kept  a  County  Court,  Sheriff's  Turn,  and  a  Leet. 


NUllus  Comitatus  decetero  teneatur  nifi  de  men- 
fe  in  menfem  &  ubi  major  terminus  effe  fole- 
bat  major  fit.  Nee  aliquis  Vicecomes  vel  Ballivus 
?  fuus  faciat  tornum  fuum  per  Hundredum  nifi  bis 
in  anno  &  non  nifi  in  loco  debito  &  confueto  vide- 
licet femel  poft  Pafch'  &  iterum  poft  feftum  fanfti 
Michaelis.  Et  vifus  de  franco  plegio  tunc  fiat  ad 
ilium  terminum  fancti  Michaelis  fine  occafione  Ita 
fcilicet  quod  quilibethabeatlibertates  fuas  quas  ha- 
buit  b  vel  habere  confuevit  tempore  H.  Regis  Avi 
noftri  vel  quas  poftea  perquifivit  fiat  autem  vifus  de 
franco  plegio  fie  videlicet  quod  pax  noftra  teneatur 
&  quod  c  theothinga  teneatur  integra  ficut  effe  con- 
fuevit &  quod  Vicecomes  non  querat  occafiones  & 
quod  contentus  fit  d  de  eo  quod  Vic'  habere  con- 
fuevit de  vifu  fuo  faciendo  tempore  H.  Regis  Avi 
noftri. 


CAP. 


[O  County  Court  from  henceforth  fhall  beholden,  Fit*.  Leet,  n. 
but  from  Month  to  Month  ;  and  where  greater  8  H.  7.  f.  4. 
time  hath  been  ufed,  there  fhall  be  greater:  (2J  Nor.1  Roll  201. 
any  Sheriff,  or  his  Bailiff,  fhall  keep  his  Turn  in  the0",0'  ~'- "3" 

tt  '     1       1  1  1       it  *i  1  1         ■      2  Leon.  74, 

Hundred  but  twice  in  the  1  ear ;  and  no  wnere  but  in 

due  place,  and  accuftomed  ;  that  is  to  fay,  once  after 

Eajler,   and  again  after  the  Feaft  of  Saint  Michael. 

(0  And  the  view  of  Frankpledge  fhall  be  likewife 

at  the  Feaft  of  Saint  Michael  without  occafion ;  fo 

that  every  man  may  have  his  Liberties  which  he  had, 

or  ufed  to  have,    in  the  time  of  King  Henry  our 

Grandfather,    or   which    he  hath   purchafed   lince. 

(4)  *  The  View  of  Frankpledge  fhall  be  fo  done,  *  Add  But. 

that  our  Peace  maybe  kept;  (5)  and  that  the  Ty- 

thing  be  wholly  kept  as  it  hath  been  accuftomed  ; 

(6)    and   that  the   Sheriff  feek   no  Occafions,    and 

that  he  be  content  with  fo  much  as  the  Sheriff  was  Regift.  175, 187. 

wont  to  have  for  his  View-making  in  the  time  ofF,N,B'  ,6t" 

King  Henry  our  Grandfather.'  Enforced  and 

0  amended  by  3 1  hd. 

3.  (tat,  I.  C  ic. 

XXXVI. 


No  Land  mail  be  given  in  Mortmain. 


*  VT EC  liceat  decetero  alicui  dare  terram  fuam 
X%l  domui  religiofe  ita  quod  illam  refumat  de 
eadem  domo  tenendam.  Nee  liceat  alicui  domui 
religiofe  terram  alicujus  fie  accipere  quod  tradat 
illam  illi  a  quo  earn  recepit  tenendam.  Si  quis  au- 
tem decetero  terram  fuam  alicui  domui  religiofe  fie 
dederit  &  fuper  hocconvincatur  donum  fuum  peni- 
tus  caffetur  &  terra  ilia  domino  f  illius  feodi  incur- 
ratur. 

c,  3.]  17  Ed.  i,  ft.2.  [iS  Ed.  ^.flat.  3.  c.  3.]  15  R.  2  c.  5.  and  ■ 
21  Jac.  1.  c.  1.  J3  &  l4Car.  2.  c.  12.  for  creeling  Hofpitah,  &c. 
9  Geo.  2.  c,  36.  -refraining  Gifts  in  Mortmain  by  JVM. 


'    I  T  fhall  not  be   lawful    from   henceforth   to  any  Fitz.  Mortm.  1, 
'   1   to  give  his  Lands  to  any  Religious  Houfe,  and  3. 
'  to  take  the   fame  Land  again  to  hold  of  the  fame  Bro-  Mortm,  36. 
'  Houfe.     Nor  fhall  it  be  lawful  to  any  Houfe  of  Reli-  2  ,Inft;  74-' 
'  gion  to  take  the  Lands  of  any,  and  to  leafe  the  fame  Wood  slnft-301- 
'  to  him  of  whom  he  received  it.     If  any  from  hence-  Enforced  and 
'  forth  give  his  Lands  to  any   Religious  houfe,    and  amended  by  7  Ed. 
'  thereupon  be  convicT:,  the  Gift  fhall  be  utterly  void,  '•  ftati  2-  J3  Ed- 
'  and  the  Land  fhall  accrue  to  the  Lord  of  the  Fee.'        f  •  **';  l> c-  32- 

[liEd.i.fat.i. 
I  H.  8.  c.  10.  Altered  by  1  &  2  Ph.  &  M.  c.  8.  -permitting  Gifts  in  Mortmain.  39  El.  c.  5. 
7  £?  8  W.  3.  c.  37.  giving  the  Crown  Power  to  grant  Licences  to  alien  in  Mortmain.     And 


CAP.       XXXVII. 
A  Subfidy  in  refpect  of  this  Charter,  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  granted  to  the  King. 


SCutagium  decetero  capiatur  ficut  capi  °  confue- 
vit tempore  H.  Regis  avi  noftri.  Et  falve  fmt 
Archiepis'  Epis'Abbatibus  Prioribus Templar'  Hof- 
pitelar'  Comitibus  Baronibus  &  omnibus  aliis  tarn 
ecclefiafticis  perfonis  quam  fecularibus  h  omnes  li- 
bertates  &  libere  confuetudines  quas  prius  habue- 
runt.  Omnes  autem  confuetudines  &  libertates 
prediftas  quas  conceffimus  in  regno  noftro  tenendas' 
quantum  ad  nos  pertinet  erga  noflros  Omnes  de 
regno  noftro  tarn  clerici  quam  laici  obfervent  quan- 
tum ad  fe  pertinet  ergafnos.  Pro  hac  autem  dona- 
tione  h  conceffione  libertatum  iftarum  Sc  aliarum 


1  Scuage  from  henceforth  fhall  be  taken  like  as  it  2  Inft.  76. 
was  wont  to  be  in  the  time  of  King  Henry  our 
Grandfather  ;  referving  to  all  Archbifhops,  Bifhops, 
Abbots,   Priors,  Templers,  Hofpitallers,  Earls,  Ba- 
rons, and  all  perfons,  as  well  Spiritual  as  Temporal, 
all  their  free  Liberties  and  free  Cuftoms,  which  they 
have  had  in  time  paffed.     (2)  And  all  thele  Cuftoms 
and  Liberties  aforefaid,  which  we  have.granted  to  be 
holden  within  this  our  Realm,  as  much  as  appertain- 
eth  to  us  *  and  our  Heirs,  we  fhall  obferve  ;    (3)  and*  For  and  our 
all  Men  of  this  our  Realm,  as  well  Spiritual  as  Tern-  heirs>  rcad  with 
poral  (as  much  as  in  them  is)  fhall  obferve  the  fame  K^&  to  ours. 


»  D.  <  fuus,'  ib. 
t  t  Solebat,'  ib. 

Vol.  I. 


*  *  Et,'  ib.         <=  *  Tiethinga  integra  fit  ficut,' 
h  Deeft,  «  omnes,'  ib. 


ib. 


*  D>  '  de,'  ib,        e  <  Non  lice.i 


f  '  Suo  illius,'  ib. 

'   againft 


jo 


C-37- 


Anno  nono  Henri ci  III. 


A.  D.  1225. 


■{■  Tor  againft  all 
perfons,    read 
with    refceit    to 
theirs. 


J  For  on  the  other 
Part,  read  for  us 
and  our  Heirs, 


§  For  Hereford, 
mi  Hertford, 


*  Add,  Given  at 
Wejiminftcr  the 
1 1  tb  Day  of  Fe- 
bruary, in  the  qtb 
Year  of  our  Reign, 

A  Confirmation 
of  the  aforefaid 
Liberties  made 
by  K.  Edtu.  I. 


f-  For  and  if  any 
Article,  &c.  read 
although  fotne 
Articles  in  the 
fame  Charter  con- 
tamed  have  not  hi- 
therto perhaps 
been  objeried. 
I  The  lit h  Day 
tf  Odoher,  in  the 
twenty-fifth  Tear 
tfour  gcign, 


f  againft  all  perfons  in  like  wife.  (4.)  And  for  this 
our  Gift  and  Grant  of  thefe  Liberties,  and  of  other 
contained  in  our  Charter  of  Liberties  of  our  Foreft, 
the  A'rchbifhops,  Bifhops,  Abbots,  Priors,  Earls, 
Barons,  Knights,  Freeholders,  and  other  our  Sub- 
jects, have  given  unto  us  the  Fifteenth  Part  of  all 
their  Moveables.  (5)  And  we  have  granted  unto 
them  on  the  other  part  J,  that  neither  we,  nor  our 
Heirs,  fhall  procure  or  do  any  thing  whereby  the  Li- 
berties in  this  Charter  contained  fhall  be  infringed  or 
broken;  (6)  and  if  any  thing  be  procured  by  any 
perfon  contrary  to  the  premifTes,  it  fhall  be  had  of  no 
force  nor  effeft.  Thefe  being  WitnefTes ;  Lord  B. 
Archbifhop  of  Canterbury,  E*  Bifhop  of  London,  y. 
Bifhop  of  Bathe^  P.  of  Winchejler,  H.  of  Lincoln, 
R.  of  Salifiitry,  TV.  of  Rochejler,  W.  of  Worccjier, 
7.  of  Ely,  H..  of  Hereford,  R.  of  Chichejler,  TV.  of 
Exeter,  Bifhops  ;  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmonds,  the 
Abbot  of  St*  Albany  the  Abbot  of  Bella,  the  Abbot 
of  St.  Auguftines  in  Canterbury,  the  Abbot  of  Eve- 
Jham,  the  Abbot  of  TVeJlmhfler,  the  Abbot  of  Bourgh 
St.  Peter,  the  Abbot  of  Reding,  the  Abbot  of  Abin- 
don,  the  Abbot  of  Malmjbury,  the  Abbot  of  Winch- 
comb,  the  Abbot  of  Hyde,  the  Abbot  of  Certefey,  the 
Abbot  of  Sherburn,  the  Abbot  of  Cerne,  the  Abbot 
of  Abbotebir,  the  Abbot  of  Middleton,,  the  Abbot  of 
Seleby,  the  Abbot  of  Cirence/ler ;  H.  de  Burgh  Juftice, 
H.  Earl  of  Chejier  and  Lincoln,  TV.  Earl  of  Salijbury, 
TV*  Earl  of  Warren,  G.  de  Clare  Earl  of  Gloucefler 
and  Hereford  §,  W.  de  Ferrars  Earl  of  Derby,  TV.  de 
Mandeville  Earl  of  EJJ'ex,  H.  de  Bygod  Earl  of  Nor- 
folk, W.  Earl  of  Albemarle,  H.  Earl  of  Hereford, 
J.  Conflable  of  Chejier,  R.  de  Ros,  R.  Fitzivaltcr,. 
R.  de  Vyponte,  TV.  de  Bruer,  R.  de  Muntefichet, 
P.  Fitzherbert,  TV.  de  Aubenie,  F.  Grefy,  F.  de  Breus, 
J.  de  Monemue,  J.  Fitzallen,  H.  de  Mortimer,  W. 
de  Beauchamp,  W.  de  St.  John,  P.  de  Mauly,  Brian 
de  Life,  Thomas  de  Multon,  R.  de  Argenteyn,  G\ 
de  Nevil,  W.  de  Mauduit,  J.  de  Balun,  and  others  *. 
'  II.  We,  ratifying  and  approving  thefe  Gifts  and 
Grants  aforefaid,  confirm  and  make  ftrong  all  the 
fame  for  us  and  our  Heirs  perpetually,  and,  by  the 
Tenour  of  thefe  Prefents,  do  renew  the  fame  ;  will- 
ing and  granting  for  us  and  our  Heirs,  that  this  Char- 
ter, and  all  and  fingular  his  Articles,  for  ever  fhall  be 
ftedfaftly,  firmly,  and  inviolably  obferved  ■>  \  and  if 
any  Article  in  the  fame  Charter  contained,  yet  hitherto 
pcradventure  hath  not  been  keji\  we  will,  and  by  Au- 
thority Royal  command,  from  henceforth  firmly  they 
be  obferved.  In  witnefs  whereof  we  have  caufed 
thefe  our  Letters  Patents  to  be  made.  T.  Edward 
our  Son  at  Wejlminjler,  %  the  Twenty-eighth  Day  of 
March,  in  the  Twenty -eighth  Year  of  our  Reign? 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
contentarum  in  carta  noftra  de  libertatibus  forefte 
Archiepifcopi  Epifcopi  Abbates  Priores  Comites 
Barones  Milites  libere  tenentes  &  omnes  de  regno 
noftro  dederunt  nobis  quintamdecimam  partem  om- 
nium mobilium  fuorum.  Conceffimus  etiam  eif- 
dem  pro  nobis  &  heredibus  noftris  quod  nee  nos  nee 
heredes  noftri  aliquid  perquiremus  per  quod  liber- 
tates  in  hac  carta  contente  infringantur  vel  infir- 
mentur.  Et  fi  ab  aliquo  contra  hoc  aliquid  per- 
quifitum  fuerit  nichil  valeat  &c  pro  nullo  habeatur. 
Hiis  teftibus  domino  S.  Cantuar'  Archiep'o  E. 
London'  Ep'o  J.  Bathon'  Ep'o  P.  Wynton'  H. 
Lincoln  R.  Sarum  W.  RofP  W.Wygorn'  J.  Elien' 
H.  Hereforden'  R.  Ciceftr'  W.  Exon  Epifcopis. 
Abbate  fandti  Edmundi  Abbate  fan6ti  Albani  Ab- 
bate  de  Bello  Abbate  fanfti  Auguftini  Cantuar' 
Abbate  de  Evefham  Abbate  de  Weftm'  Abbate  de 
Burgo  fanfti  Petri  Abbate  de  Reding,  Abbate  de 
Abyndon'  Abbate  de  Malmefbur'  Abbate  de  Wyn- 
checumbe  Abbate  de  Hida  Abbate  de  Certefeye  Ab- 
bate de  Shirburn'  Abbate  de  Cerne  Abbate  de  Ab- 
botebir' Abbate  de  Middilton'  Abbate  de  Seleby 
Abbate  de  Cirenceftr'  H.  de  Burgo  Jufticiario 
H.  Comite  Ceftr'  &  Lincoln'  W.  Comite  Sarum 
W.  Comite  Warren'  G.  de  Clare  Comite  Glou- 
ceftr'  &  Hertford'  W.  de  Ferrar  Comite  Derb'  W. 
de  Mandevill  Comite  EfTex'  H.  le  Bigod  Comite 
Norff'  W.  Comite  Albemarlie  H.  Comite  Here- 
ford' J.  Conftabular'  Ceftr'  R.  de  Ros  R.  filio  Wai- 
ted R.  de  Veteri  Ponte  W.  de  Bruer'  R.  de  Mun- 
tefichet P.  filio  Herberti  W.  de  Aubeny  F.  Grefly 
F.  de  Breus'  J.  de  Monemue  J.  filio  Alani  H.  de 
Mortuo  Mari  W.  de  Bello  Campo  W.  de  Sanfto 
Johanne  P.  de  Malo  Lacu  Briano  de  Infula  Thoma 
de  Multon  R.  de  Argentein  G.  de  Nevill  W.  Mau- 
duit J,  de  Balun  &  aliis.  Dat'  apud  Weftm'  xj.  die 
Febr'  anno  regni  noftri  nono. 

Nos  autem  donationes  &  concefliones  predidlas 
ratas  habentes  &  gratas  eas  pro  nobis  &heredibus 
noftris  concedimus  &  confirmamus  eafque  tenore 
prefentium  innovamus  volentes  &  concedentes  pro 
nobis  &  heredibus  noftris  quod  carta  predifta  in 
omnibus  &  firigulis  fuis  articulis  imperpetuum  fir- 
miter  &  inviolabiliter  obfervetur  etiam  fi  aliqui  ar- 
ticuli  in  eadem  carta  contend  hucufque  forfitan  non 
fuerint  obfervati.  In  cujus  rei  teftimonium  has  lit— 
teras  noftras  fieri  fecimus  patentes.  T.  Edwardo 
filio  noftro  apud  Weftm'  duodecimo  die  Oclobj?^ 
anno  regni  noftri  vicefimo  q.uinto. 


CHARTS 


A.D;  1225. 


Anno  nono  Henrici  III. 


C.  1 — 4. 


11 


CHARTA    FORESTS 

Made  at  Weftminfter  10  Feb.  Anno  9  Hen.  III.  and  A.  D.  1225. 
and  confirmed  Anno  28  Edw.  I.  and  A.  D.  1 299. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  38,  39. 

ED W  A R D U S  Dei  gratia  Rex  Angi'  Domi- 
nus  Hibernie  &  Dux  Aquit'  Omnibus  ad 
quos  prefentes  littere  pervenerint  falutem. 
Infpeximus  cartam  Domini  H.  quondam  Regis  An- 
glie  patris  noftri  de  forefta  in  hec  verba : 

HENRICUS  Dei  gratia  Rex  Angl'  Dominus 
Hibern'  Dux  Norman'  Aquit'  &  Comes  Andegav' 
Archiepis'  Epis'  Abbatibus  Prioribus  Comitibus 
Baronibus  Jufticiariis  Foreftar'  Vicecomitibus  Pre- 
pofitis  Miniftris  &  omnibus  Ballivis  &  fidelibus  fuis 
prefentem  cartam  infpeeturis  falutem.    Sciatis  quod 


«  pDWARD,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  King  of 
"  i^v  England,  Lord  of  Ireland,  and  Duke  of  Guyan, 
"  •*— '  to  all  to  whom  thefe  Prefents  fliall  come,  fend- 
"  eth  Greeting.  We  have  feen  the  Charter  of  the 
"  Lord  Henry  our  Father,  fometime  Kingof  England, 
'4  concerning  the  Foreft,  in  thefe  Words  : 

"  HENRY,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  Kingof^-  Co«frmUij 
"  land,   Lord  of  Ireland,  Duke  of  Normandy  and  of  4^-  3^ ■  «< 
"  Guyan,  &c.  as  in  the  beginning  of  the  Great  Char- 7AAi 'i%Ed  1 
"  ter.1    '  /iat.  3. 


15  Ed.  i.fieti  t. 
nos  intuitu  Dei  &  pro  falute  anime  noftre  &  animarum  anteceflbrum  &  fucceflbrum  noftrorum  ad  exaltationem  '•  1] 
fan&e  ecclefie  &  emendationem  regni  noftri  fpontanea  &  bona  voluntate  noftra  dedimus  &  conceffimus  Ar- 
chiepis' Epis'  Comitibus  Baronibus  &  omnibus  de  regno  noftro  has  libertates  fubfcriptas  tenendas  in  regno 
noftro  Angl'  imperpetuum. 

CAP.    I. 

Certain  Grounds  fhall  be  difafforefted. 


IN  primis  omnes  forefte  quas  Henricus  Rex 
Avus  nofter  afforeftavit  videantor  per  bonos  & 
legates  homines  &  fi  bofcum  aliquem  alium  quam 
fu-um  dominicum  afforeftaverit  ad  dampnum  illius 
cujus  bofcus  ille  fuerit  deafforeftetur  &  fi  bofcum 
fuum  proprium  afforeftaverit  remaneat  forefta  falva 
communa  de  herbagio  &  aliis  in  eadem  forefta  illis 
qui  prius  earn  habere  confueverunt. 


e  T7IRST,  We  will  that  all  Forefts,  which  King4lnft.3, 

'  JP    Henry   our  Grandfather  aftbrefted,    fhall   be  3  Buiftr, 

-  viewed  by  good  and  lawful  men ;  (2)  and  if  he  have 

'  made  Foreft  of  any  other  Wood  more  than  of  his 

'  own  demefne,  whereby  the  Owner  of  the  Wood  hath 

'  hurt,  forthwith  it  fliall  be  difaftbrefted ;    (3)  and  if 

'  he  have  made  Foreft  of  his  own  Wood,  then  it  {hall 

'  remain  Foreft;  (4)  faving  the  Common  of  Herbage, 

'  and    of  other  things  in   the  fame  Foreft,    to   them 

'  which  before  were  accuftomed  to  have  the  fame. 


"!• 


CAP.     II. 

Who  are  bound  to  the  Summons  of  the  Foreft. 


HOmines  vero  qui  manent  extra  foreftam  non 
veniant  decetero  coram  Juftic'  noftris  de  fo- 
refta per  communes  fummonitiones  nifi  fint  in  pla- 
citovel  plegii  alicujusvel  aliquorum  qui  attachiati 
funt  propter  foreftam. 


MEN  that  dwell  out  of  the  Foreft,  from  hence- 
forth fliall  not  come  before  the  Jufticers  of  our 
Foreft  by  common  Summons,  unlefs  they  be  impleaded 
there,  or  be  Sureties  for  fome  others  that  were  at- 
tached for  the  Foreft.' 


CAP.     III. 

Certain  Woods  made  Foreft  fhall  be  difafforefted. 


OMnes  autem  bofci  qui  fuerunt  affbreftati  per 
Regem  Ricardum  Avunculum  noftrum  vel 
per  Regem  Johannem  patrem  noftrum  ufque  ad 
primam  coronationem  noftram  ftatim  deaffbreften- 
tur  niii  fit  dominicus  bofcus  nofter. 


'  A  LL  Woods  which  have  beeh  made  Foreft  by 
'  /i  King  Richard  our  Uncle,  or  by  King  John 
'  our  Father,  until  our  firft  Coronation,  fliall  be  forth  - 
'  with  difafforefted,  unlefs  it  be  our  demefne  Wood.' 


CAP.     IV. 

No  Purprefture,  Wafte,  or  Affert,  fhall  be  made  in  Forefts. 


ARchiepifcopi  Epifcopi  Abbates  Priores  Comites 
Barones  Milites  libere  tenentes  qui  habent 
fcpfcos  fuos  in  foreftis  habeant  bofcos  fuos  ficut  eos 


'  A  LL  Archbifhops,  Bifhops,  Abbots,  Priors,'EarLs, 
'  ./"Y.  Barons,  Knights,  and  other  our  Freeholders, 
'  which  have  their  Woods  in  Forefts,  fliall  have  their 


C  2 


Woods 


12 


C.  5-8. 


Anno  nono  Henrici  III. 


4  kift.  307. 


4  Inft.  s?o. 
&  308. 


4  Inft.  29a. 


Enforced  6y 
25 -Ed,  3.  ftat.  5, 
c  7. 


A.  D.  1,225, 


Woods  as  they  had  them  at  the  firft  Coronation  of 
King  Henry  our  Grandfather,  fo  that  they  {hall  be 
quit  for  ever  of  all  Purpreftures,  Waftes,  and  Afferts, 
made  in  thofe  Woods  after  that  Time,  until  the  be- 
ginning of  the  fecond  Year  of  our  Coronation  ;  and 
thofe  that  from  henceforth  do  make  Purprefture  with- 
out our  licence,  or  Wafte  or  Affert  in  the  fame,  fhall 
anfwer  unto  us  for  the  fame  Waftes,  Purpreftures, 
and  Afferts.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tim:  Lond. 
habuerunt  tempore  prime  coronationis  Regis  Hen- 
RlciAvi  noftri  Ita  quod  quieti  fint  imperpetuum 
de  omnibus  purprefturis  vaftis  &  affords  fadfis  in 
illis  bofcis  poft  illud  tempus  ufque  ad  principium 
feciindi  anni  coronationis  noftre.  Et  qui  decetero 
vaftum  purprefturam  Vel  affartum  fine  licentia  no- 
ftra  in  ill'  fecerint  de  vaftis  purprefturis  &  aflartis 
refpondeant. 


CAP.     V. 

When  Rangers  fliail  make  their  Range  in  the  Foreft. 


U  R  Rangers  fhall  go  through  the  Foreft  to  make 
'  Range,  as  it  hath  been  accuftomed  at  the  time 
of  the  firft  Coronation  of  King  Henry  our  Grand- 
father, and  not  otherwife.' 


Egardatores  noftri  eant  per  foreftas  ad  facf- 
.  endum  regardum  ficut  fieri  confuevit  tempore 
prime  coronationis  Reg'  Henrici  Avi  noftri  & 

non  aliter. 


CAP.     VI. 

Lawing  of  Dogs  in  Forefts. 


(  'T,HE  enquiry  or  view  for  Lawing  of  Dogs  within 
'  J.  our  Foreft  fhall  be  made  from  henceforth  when 
'  the  Range  is  made,  that  is  to  fay,  from  three  year  to 
4  three  year  ;  and  then  it  fhall  be  done  by  the  view  and 
'  teftimony  of  lawful  men,  and  not  otherwife ;  (z)  and 
4  he  whofe  Dog  is  not  lawed,  and  fo  found,  fhall  pay 
4  for  his  Amerciament  iii.s.  ( 3 )  And  from  henceforth 
'  no  Ox  fhall  be  taken  for  Lawing  of  Dogs  ;  (4) 
'  and  fuch  Lawing  fhall  be  done  by  the  Affife  com- 
'  monly  ufed,  that  is  to  fay,  that  three  Claws  of  the 
'  Fore-foot  fhall  be  cut  off  by  the  Skin.  (5)  But  from 
4  henceforth  fuch  Lawing  of  Dogs  fhall  not  be,  but  in 
'  Places  where  it  hath  been  accuftomed  from  the  time 
4  of  the  firft  Coronation  of  the  forefaid  King  Henry 
'  our  Grandfather.' 


INquifitio  vel  vifus  de  expeditatione  canum  ex- 
iftentium  in  forefta  decetero  fiat  quando  fieri 
debet  regardum  fcilicet  de  tertio  anno  in  tertium 
annum  &  tunc  fiat  per  vifum  &  teftimonium  lega- 
lium  hominum  &  non  aliter  &  file  cujus  canis  in- 
ventus fuerit  tunc  non  expeditatus  det  pro  miferi- 
cordia  tres  folidos.  Et  decetero  nullus  bos  capia- 
tur  pro  expeditatione  Tal'  autem  fiat  expeditatio 
per  affifam  communiter  ufitatam  quod  tres  cotelli 
abfcindantur  fine  pelota  de  pede  anteriorL  Nee 
expeditentur  canes  decetero  nifi  in  loeis  ubi  confue- 
verunt  expeditari  tempore  prime  coronationis  pre- 
dict Regis  Henrici  avi  noftri.. 


CAP.     VII. 

In  what  only  Cafes  Gathering  fhall  be  in  Forefts. 


4  ^T  O  Forefter  or  Bedel  from  henceforth  fhall  make 
'  JLNI  Scotal,  or  gather  Garb,  or  Oats,  or  any  Corn, 
'  Lamb,  or  Pig,  nor  fhall  make  any  Gathering,  but  by 
4  the  fight,  and  upon  the  view  of  the  twelve  Rangers, 
4  when  they  fhall  make  their  Range,  (z)  So  many 
4  Forefters  fhall  be  affigned  to  the  keeping  of  the  Fo- 
4  refts,  as  reafonably  fhall  feem  fufficient  for  the  keep- 
4  ing  of  the  fame.' 

CAP. 


NUllus  foreftarius  vel  bedellus  decetero  faciaf 
fcotallas  vel  coli'igat  garbas  vel  avenam  vel' 
bladum  aliquod  vel  agnos  vel  porcellos  nee  aliquam 
collectam  faciat  &  per  vifum  &  facramentum  duo- 
decim  regardatorum  quando  facient  regardum.  Tot 
foreftarii  ponantur  ad  foreftas  cuftodiendas  quot  ad: 
illas  cuftodiendas  rationabiliter  viderint  fufficere. 


VIII. 


When  Swanimotes  fhall  be  kept,  and  who  fhall  repair  to  them. 


4  fwT  O  Swanimote  from  henceforth  fhall  be  kept 
4  X.  >J  within  this  our  Realm,  but  thrice  in  the  year, 
4  videlicet,  the  beginning  of  Fifteen  Days  afore  Mi- 
4  chaelmas,  v/hen  that  our  Gcft-takers,  or  Walkers  of 
'  our  Woods,  come  together  to  take  Ageftment  in  our 
4  demefne  Woods,  and  about  the  Feaft  of  St.  Martin 
•  The  Wurit,  in  '  *  ln  the  Winter,  when  that  our  Geft-takcrs  fhall  re- 
'■'"''  "r'  '  ceive  our  Pawnagc  :  {?.)  And  to  thefe  two  Swani- 
'r'z '  4  motes  fhall  come  together  our  Forefters,  Vicrders, 
4  Geft-iakers,  and  none  other,  by  diftrefs.  (3)  And 
4  the  third  Swanimote  fhall  be  kept  in  the  beginning 
4  of  fifteen  days  before  the  Feaft  of  St.  John  Baptijt, 
*  when  that  our  Geft-takers  do  meet  to  hunt  our  Deer; 


Sjf. 


Ullum  fwanimotum  decetero  teneatur  in  regno 
noftro  nifi  ter  in  anno  videlicet  in  principio 
quindecim  dierum  ante  feftum  fantti  Michaelis 
quando  Agiftatores  noftri  conveniunt  ad  agiftand' 
dominicos  bofcos  noftros  &  circa  feftum  fandti  Mar- 
tini quando  agiftatores  noftri  debent  recipere  panna- 
gium  noftrum  &  ad  ifta  duo  fwanimota  conveniant 
foreftarii  viridarii  &  agiftatores  &  non  alii  per  di- 
ftrictionem  &  tertium  fwanimotum  teneatur  in  ini- 
tio quindecim  dierum  ante  feftum  fanfti  Johannis 
Baptifte  pro  feonatione  beftiai  um  noftraru-m  &  ad 
illud  fwanimotum  tenendum  conveniant  foi'eftarii 
viridarii  &  non  alii  per  diftridtiunem,     Prtt.  tea  lin- 

.    lis 


A.  D.  1225. 


Anno  nono  Henrici  III. 


C.  9—12. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
gulis  quadraginta  diebus  per  totum  annum  conve- 
niant  foreftarii  &  viridarii  ad  vidend'  attachiamenta 
de  forefta  tarn  de  viridi  quam  de  venatione  per  pre- 
fentationem  foreflariorum  ipforum  &  coram  ipfis 
attachiatis.  Predi£ta  autem  fwanimota  non  tene- 
antur  nifi  in  Comitatibus  in  quibus  terieri ,  confue- 
verunt." 


and  at  this  Swanimote  fhall  meet  our  Foreflers,  Vier- 

ders,  and  none  other,  by   diftrefs.     (4)  Moreover, 

every  forty  days  through  the  year  our  Foreflers  and 

Vierders  fhall  meet  to  fee  the  Attachments  of  the  Fo- 

reft,  as  well  for  Greenhue,  as  for  Hunting,  by  the 

Presentment  of  the  fame  Foreflers,  and  before  them 

attached.     (rj-  And  the  faid  Swanimotes  fhall  not  be 

kept  but  within  the  Counties  in  which,  they  have  ufed  4  lift-  s8a>  &r- 

to  be  kept.'  .     3'3»  3l6' 


CAP.     IX. 

Who  may  take  Ageftment  and  Pawnage  in  Forefts. 


UNufquifque  liber  homo  agiftet  bofcum  fuum 
in  forefta  pro  voluntate  fua  &  habeat  panna- 
gium  fuum.  Concedimus  etiam  quod  unufquifque 
liber  homo  ducere  pofTit  porcos  fuos  per  dominicum 
bofcum  noflrum  libere  &  fine  impedimento  ad  agi- 
ftand'  eos  in  bofcis  fuis  propriis  vel  alibi  ubi  volu- 
erit.  Et  fi  porci  alicujus  liberi  hominis  una  nocle 
perno£taverint  in  forefta  noftra  non  inde  occafione- 
tur  unde  aliquid  de  fuo  perdat. 


'  Very  Freeman  may  ageft  his  own  Wood  within 
*  our  Foreft  at  his  pleafure,  and  fhall  take  his 
Pawnage.  (2)  Alfo  we  do  grant,  that  every  Free- 
man may  drive  his  Swine  freely  without  Impediment 
through  our  demefne  Woods,  for  to  ageft  them  iti- 
their  own  Woods,  or  elfe  where  they  will.  (3)  And 
if  the  Swine  of  any  Freeman  lie  one  night  within  our 
Foreft,  there  fhall  be  no  occafion  taken  thereof, 
whereby  he  may  lofe  any  thing  of  his  owm' 


CAP.     X. 
The  Punifhment  for  killing  the  King's  Deer. 


NUllus  decetero  amittat  vitam  vel  membra  pro 
venatione  noftra  fet  fi  quis  captus  fuerit  & 
conviftus  de  captione  venationis  graviter  redimatur 
fi  habeat  unde  redimi  poffit  fi  autem  non  habeat 
unde  redimi  poffit  jaceat  in  prifona  noftra  per  unum 
annum  &  unum  diem  &  fi  poft  unum  annum  & 
unum  diem  plegios  invenire  poffit  exeat  de  prifona 
fin  autem  abjuret  regnum  Anglic. 


'  ^J  ^  man  fwm  henceforth  fhall  lofe  either  Life  or 

'  1^%    Member  for  killing  of  our  Deer :   (2)  But  if 

'  any  man  be  taken,  and  convi<5t  for  taking  of  our  Ve- 

'  nifon,  he  fhall  make  a  grievous  Fine,  if  he  have  any 

'  thing  whereof ;  (3)  and  if  he  have  nothing  to  lofe, 

'  he  fhall  be  imprifoned  a  Year  and  a  Day  :    (4)  and  Regift.gdi 

'  after  the  Year  and  Day  expired,  if  he  can  find  fuffi--4inft.  313 

'  cient  fureties,  he  fhall  be  delivered  ;  and  if  not*  he  -*"_"<<  b  1  E^ 

'  fhall  abjure  the  Realm  of  England.' 

4-Hen.  7..  c.  7.  »         Add  3  Ed,  1 .  c,  20.  and  7  B,2»  c.4., 


3.  ftat,  : 
1  Hen.  7.  c.  7. 
which  likeivije  alter  this  Chapter: 


CAP.     XL 

A  Nobleman  may  kill  a  Deer  in  the.  Foreft. 


*  Readco, 


QUicumque  Archiepifcopus  Epifcopus  Comes 
vel  Baro  veniens  ad  nos  ad  mandatum  noflrum 
iranfierit  per  foreflam  noftram  liceat  ei  capere  unam 
beftiam  vel  duas  per  vifum  foreftarii  fi  prefens  fuerit 
fin  autem  faciat  cornari  ne  videatur  furtive  hoc  fa- 
cere  idem  liceat  eis  in  redeundo  facere  ficut  pre- 
di&um  eft. 


'  Hatfoever  Archbifhop',  Bifhop,  jiarl  or  Baron,  4  Inft.  3C9.- 
coming  to  us  at  our  commandment,  paffing 
by  our  Foreft,  it  fhall  be  lawful  for  him  to  take  and 
kill  one  or  two  of  our  Deer,  by  view  of  our  Forefter, 
if  he  be  prefent ;  or  elfe  he  fhall  caufe  one  to  blow 
an  horn  for  him,  that  he  feem  not  to  fteal  our  Deer  ; 
and  likewife  they  fhall  do  returning  from  us,  as  it  is -.-. 
afore  faid.' 


cap.   xn. 

How  a  Freeman  may  ufe  his  Land  in  the  ForefL 


UNufquifque  liber  homo  decetero  fine  occafione 
faciat  in  bofco  fuo  vel  in  terra  fua  quam  ha- 
bet  in  forefta  Molendinum  vivarium  ftagnum  Mar- 
leram  foffatumyel  terram  arabilem  extra  coopertum 
in  terra  arabili  ita  quod  non  fit  ad  nocumentum  ali- 
cujus vicini* 


'  Y?  Very  Freeman  fr°m  henceforth,  without  danger,:  .. 

'  t—j  fhall  make  in  his  own  Wood,  or  in  his  Land", 

'  or  in  his  Water,  which  he  hath  within  our.  Foreft, 

'  Mills,  Springs*  Pools,  Marl-pits,  Dikes,,  or  earable 

'  ground,  without  inclofing  that  earable.  ground*,  fo  *  *»>-  without 

'  that  it  be  not  to  the  Annoyance  of  any  of  his  neighs  incI°?ns  th" 

t  l,n„rQ  »  earable  ground, 

B0UrS*  read  without  tht 

covert,-  . 


A  F, 


14         C.  13 — 16. 


Anno  nono  Henrici  III. 


A.D.  1225, 


CAP.    XIII. 

How  a  Freeman  may  ufe  his  Land  in  the  Foreft. 


EVery  Freeman  (hall  have,  within  his  own  Woods, 
Ayries  of  Hawks,  Sparrow-hawks,  Faulcons, 
Eagles,  and  Herons  ;  and  fhall  have  alfo  the  Honey 
that  is  found  within  his  Woods.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

UNufquifque  liber  homo  habeat  in  bofcis  fuis 
aerias  accipitrum  efparvariorum  falconum  a- 
quilarum  &  heironum  habeat  fimiliter  mel  quod  in- 
ventum  fuerit  in  bofcis  fuis. 


C  A  P.     XIV. 
Who  may  take  Chimmage  or  Toll  in  a  Foreft,  for  what  caufe,  and  how  much. 


4-inft.  306. 


*  Read/«M 

-without  his  Bai- 

liivick. 

-f-  Add  within 

bit  Bailiwick. 

J  Add  eifcwbere. 


H  Thefe  conclu- 
ding •words   of 
exception  are  not 
it  the  original. 


NO  Forefter  from  henceforth,  which  is  not  Fo- 
refter in  fee,  paying  to  us  term  for  his  Baili- 
wick, fhall  take  any  Chimmage  or  Toll  within  his 
Bailiwick;  (2)  but  a  Forefter  in  fee,  paying  us  ferm 
for  his  Bailiwick,  fhall  take  Chimmage ;  that  is  to 
fay,  for  Carriage  by  Cart  the  half  year,  ii.  d.  and  for 
another  half  year,  ii.  d.  for  an  Horfe  that  beareth 
loads,  every  half  year,  an  halfpeny,  and  by  another 
half  year  half  a  peny ;  and  but  of  thofe  only  that 
come  as  Merchants  through  *  his  Bailiwick  by  li- 
cence to  buy  Bufhes,  Timber,  Bark,  Coal,  f  and  to 
fell  it  again  %  at  their  pleafure  ;  but  for  none  other 
Carriage  by  Cart  Chimmage  fhall  be  taken  ;  (3  )  nor 
Chimmage  fhall  not  be  taken,  but  in  fuch  places  only 
where  it  hath  been  ufed  to  be.  (4 )  Thofe  which 
bear  upon  their  backs  Brufhment,  Bark,  or  Coal  to 
fell,  though  it  be  their  living,  fhall  pay  no  Chimmage 
to  our  Forefters,  except  they  take  it  within  our  de- 
mefhe  Woods  II.' 


NUllus  foreftarius  decetero  qui  non  fit  forefta- 
rius  de  feodo  firmam  nobis  reddens  pro  bal- 
liva  fua  capiat  cheminagium  aliquod  in  balliva  fua 
foreftarius  autem  de  feodo  firmam  nobis  reddens 
pro  balliva  fua  capiat  cheminagium  videlicet  pro 
caredta  per  dimidium  annum  duos  denarios  &  per 
alium  dimidium  annum  duos  denarios  pro  equo  qui 
portat  fummagium  per  dimidium  annum  obolum  & 
per  alium  dimidium  annum  obolum  &  non  nifi  de 
illis  qui  ■  extra  ballivam  fuam  tanquam  mercatores 
veniunt  per  licentiam  fuam  in  ballivam  fuam  ad 
bufcam  maeremium  corticem  vel  carbonem  emen- 
dum  &  alias  ducendum  ad  vendendum  ubi  voluerint 
&  de  nulla  alia  carefta  vel  fummagio  aliquo  chemi- 
nagium capiatur  &  non  capiatur  cheminagium  nifi 
in  locis  in  quibus  antiquitus  capi  folebat  &  debuit. 
Illi  autem  qui  portant  fuper  dorfum  fuum  bufcam 
Corticem  vel  carbonem  ad  vendend'  quamvis  inde 
vivant  nullum  decetero  dent  cheminagium. 


CAP.     XV. 

A  Pardon  of  Outlaws  of  Trefpafs  within  the  Foreft. 


*  ALL  that  be  outlawed  for  the  Foreft  only,  fince 

*  4\.  the   time   of  King  Henry  our  Grandfather, 

*  until  ourfirftCoronation,  fhall  come  to  our  Peace  with- 

*  out  let,  and  fhall  find  to  us  Sureties,  that  from  hence- 

*  forth  they  fhall  not  trefpafs  unto  us  within  our  Foreft.' 


OMnes  utlagati  pro  forefta  tantum  a  tempore 
Reg'  Henrici  Avi  noftri  ufque  ad  primam 
coronationem  noftram  veniant  ad  pacem  noftram 
fine  impedimento  &  falvos  plegios  inveniant  quod 
non  decetero  forisfacient  nobis  de  forefta  noftra* 


CAP.     XVI. 

How  Plea  of  the  Foreft  fhall  be  holden. 


*  F*r  or 
read  or  any 
Amended  by  7  R 
?•  c.  3 


Bailiff, '  Jk" T  O  Conftable,  Caftellan,  *  or  Bailiff,  fhall  hold 
',y  ctbir.  <■  JJ%j  plea  of  Foreft,  neither  for  Greenhue  nor  Hunt- 
ing ;  (2)  but  every  Forefter  in  fee  fhall  make  attach- 
ments for  Pleas  of  Foreft,  as  well  for  Greenhue  as 
Hunting,  and  fhall  prefent  them  to  the  Vierders  of 
the  Provinces;  (3)  and  when  they  be  enrolled  and 
enclofed  under  the  Seals  of  the  Vierders,  they  fhall 
be  prefented  to  our  chief  Jufticers  of  our  Foreft, 
when  they  fhall  come  into  thofe  parts  to  hold  the 
Pleas  of  the  Foreft,  and  before  them  they  fhall  be  de- 
termined. (4)  And  thefe  liberties  of  the  Foreft  we 
have  granted  to  all  men,  faving  to  Archbifnops,  Bi- 
fhops,  Abbots,  Priors,  Earls,  Barons,  Knights,  and  to 
other Perfons,  as  well  fpiritual  as  temporal,  Templers, 
Hofpitallers,  their  Liberties  and  free  Cuftoms,  as 
well  within  the  Foreft  as  without,  and  in  Warrens 
and  other  places,  which  they  have  had.  (5)  All  thefe 
Liberties  and  Cuftoms,  we,  &c.  as  it  follow eth  in 
the  end  of  the  Great  Charter.     And  we  do  confirm 


Ullus  Conftabularius  Caftellanus  vel  alius  te- 
neat  placita  de  forefta  five  de  viridi  five  de 
venatione  fet  quilibet  foreftarius  de  feodo  attachiet 
placita  de  forefta  tarn  de  viridi  quam  de  venatione 
&  ea  prefentet  viridariis  provinciarum  &  cum  inro- 
tulata  fuerint  &  fub  figillo  viridariorum  inclufapre- 
fementur  capitali  foreftario  noftro  cum  in  partes 
illas  venerit  ad  tenendum  placita  forefte  &  coram 
eo  terminentur.  Has  autem  libertates  de  foreftis 
conceffimus  omnibus  falvis  Archiepifcopis  Epifco- 
pis  Abbatibus  Prioribus  Comitibus  Baronibus  Mi- 
litibus  &  aliis  tam  perfonis  ecclefiafticis  quam  fecu- 
laribus  Templariis  &  Hofpitelariis  libertatibus  & 
liberis  confuetudinibus  in  foreftis  &  extra  in  wa- 
rennis  &  aliis  quas  prius  habuerunt.  Omnes  au- 
tem iftas  confuetudines  preditftas  &  libertates  quas 
conceffimus  in  regno  noftro  tenendas  quantum  ad 
nos  pertinet  erga  noftros  Omnes  de  regno  noftro 
tam  clerici  quam  laici  obfervent  quantum  ad  fe  per- 


»  For  extra  read  de  extra,  ax  it  fiends  in  Hawk,  Edit,  -which  makes  thefenfc  mon  complait,  as  may  off  ear  bj  the  corrtltiw  in  the  margin. 


tinet 


A.D.  1229.        Anno  decimo  quarto  Henri ci  III.  15 


*  and  ratine  thefe  Gifts,  £sV.  as  in  the  end  of  the  Great  4  Inft.  1S9  &■ 
'  Charter  fpecifed,  &c.  191, 315. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond, 
tinet  erga  ftios.    Pro  hac  autem  conceffione  &  do- 
natione  libertatum  iftarum  &  aliarum  libertatum 
contentarum  in  majori  carta  noftra  de  aliis  liberta- 

tibus  Archiepifcopi  Epifcopi  Abbates  Priores  Comites  Barones  Milites  libere  tenentes  &  omnes  de  regno  no 
ftro  dederunt  nobis  quintamdecimam  partem  omnium  mobilium  fuorum.  Conceflimus  eifdem  pro  nobis  &c 
heredibus  noftris  quod  nee  nos  nee  heredes  noftri  aliquid  perquiremus  per  quod  libertates  in  hac  carta  con- 
tente  infringantur  vel  infirmentur.  Et  fi  ab  aliquo  aliquid  contra  hoc  perquifitum  fuerit  nichil  valeat  &  pro 
nullo  habeatur.  Hiis  teftibus  domino  S.  Cantuar'  Archiep'o  E.  London'  Ep'o  J.  Bathon'  P.  Wynton' 
H.  Lincolnien'  R.  Sarum  B.  Roff'  W.  Wygorn'  j.  Elien'  H.  Hereforden'  R.  Ciceftren'  W.  Exon'Epif- 
copis.  Abbate  San<Si  Edmundi  Abbate  Sanfti  Albani  Abbate  de  Bello  Abbate  Sanfti  Auguftini  Cantuar* 
Abbate  de  Evefham  Abbate  de  Weftm'  Abbate  de  Burgo  Sandti  Petri  Abbate  de  Reding  Abbate  de  Abyndon 
Abbate  de  Malmefbur'  Abbate  de  Wynchecumbe  Abbate  de  Hida  Abbate  de  Certefeye  Abbate  de  Shireburn 
Abbate  de  Cerne  Abbate  de  Abbotefbir'  Abbate  de  Middelton  Abbate  de  Seleby  Abbate  de  Why  teby  Abbate 
de  Cirencefter  H.  de  Burgo  Justiciar'  R.  Comite  Ceftr'  &  Lincoln'  W.  Comite  Sarum  W.  Comite  Warrenn' 
G.  de  Clare  Comite  Glouceftr'  &  Hertford'  W.  de  Ferrar'  Comite  Derb'  W.  de  Maundevill  Comite  Effex 
H.  le  Bygod  Comite  Norff'  W.  Comite  Aubemarl  H.  Comite  Hereford'  Johanne  Conftabulario  Ceftr' 
Roberto  de  Ros  Roberto  filio  Walteri  Roberto  de  Veteri  Ponte  Will'o  Bygwerr'  Ricardo  de  Muntfichet 
Petro  filio  Herberti  Matheo  filio  Herberti  Willielmo  de  Albiniaco  Roberto  Grefl'  Reginaldo  de  Breus' 
Johanne  de  Monemue  Johanne  filio  Alani  Hugone  de  Mortuo  Mari  Waltero  de  Bello  Campo  Will'o  de 
San&o  Johanne  Petro  de  Malo  Lacu  Briano  de  Infula  Thoma  de  Multon  Rico'  de  Argenteym  Galfrido 
de  Nevill'  Willielmo  Maudut  &  Johanne  de  Balun'  &  aliis.  Dat'  apud  Weftm'  undecimo  die  Febr' 
anno  regni  noftri  nono.  Nos  autem  donationes  &  concefliones  prediftas  ratas  habentes  &  gratas  eas  pro 
nobis  &  heredibus  noftris  concedimus  &  confirmamus  eafque  tenore  prefentium  innovamus  volentes  &  con- 
cedentes  pro  nobis  &  heredibus  noftris  quod  carta  predicla  in  omnibus  &  fingulis  fuis  articulis  imperpe- 
tuum  firmiter  &  inviolabiliter  obfervetur  etiam  fi  aliqui  articuli  in  eadem  carta  contenti  hucufque  forfitan  non 
fuerint  obfervati.  In  cujus  rei  teftimonium  has  litteras  noftras  fieri  fecimus  patentes.  Tefte  Edwardo  filio 
noftro  apud  Weftm'  duodecimo  die  Oftobris  anno  regni  noftri  vicefimo  quinto. 

f^  See  34  Ed.  1 .  flat.  5.  1  Ed.  3.  flat.  2.  c.  2.  22  Ed.  4.  c.  7.  31  ff.  8.  c.  5.  32  H.%.  c.  35.  which  contain  farther  Proviflons  refpetling 
the  Forejl  Laws.  And  farther,  16  Car.  1.  c.  16.  fill.  6.  what  place  /hall  be  deemed  Forefl  ;  20  Car.  2.  c.  3.  for  ascertaining  the  Bounds  of  the 
Forefl  of  Dean  ;  9&flo^3.  c.  36.  for  preferring  Timber  in  New  Forefl ;  5G.1.C.15.  §  5,  inflicling  Penalty  on  Officers  of  Forefl,  &c.  confede- 
rating with  Deer-flcalers  ;  9  G.  1 .  c.  32.  making  it  Felony  to  appear  armed  and  difguifed  in  Forefls,  £fc.  And  28  Geo.  a-  c.  19.  §  3.  for  the  iW 
aalty  of  jetting  Fire  to  Gojs  in  Forefls,  &e. 

Statutum  Hibemies  de  coheredibus  made   at   Weflminjier    9  Febr   & 

14  Hen.  III.  &  Ann.  Dom.  1229. 

How  Lands  holden  by  Knights  Service,    defcending  to  Coparceners  within  Age,    fhall  be 

divided.     Obf. 

Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

REX  dilecto  &  fideli  fno  Gerardo  fil'  Mauricii  Juftic'  fuo  Hibernie,  falutem.     [Quia  tales]  Milites  de  *Inft-  349' 
partibus  Hibernie  [nuper]  ad  nos  accedentes  nobis  oftenderunt,    [quod]  cum  hereditas  [aliqua]  de-  jL7  ^  *"  '•  jj* 
voluta  fit  ad  [inter]  forores  in  regno  noftro  Hibernie,  Juftic'  noftri  in  iifdem  partibus  [itinerants]    ^  •I77'3,s* 
incerti  funt,  utrum  poftnate  forores  tenere  debeant  de  primogenita  [forore],  &  ei  facere  homagium  de  por- 
tionibus  fuis,   vel  de  Capitali  domino,   &  ei  facere  homagium.     Et  quia  predifti  Milites  a  nobis  petierunt 
inde  certiorari  [certificari]  qualiter  in  regno  noftro  AnglieT  in  cafu  confimili,   ha£tenus  ufitatum  fit :    ad  in- 
ftantiam  eorundem  vobis  fignifioamus,   quod  in  regno  noftro  Anglie  femper  talis  fuit  lex  &  confuetudo  & 
hoc  in  cafu,  quod  fi  quis  de  nobis  teneret  in  capite,  &  haberet  filias  ad  heredes,  ipfo  patre  defundlo,  ante- 
ceflbres  noftri  &  nos  [femper]  habuimus  homagium  de  omnibus  filiabus,  et  fingule  earum  tenent  [de  nobis] 
in  capite  in  hoc  cafu.     Et  fi  infra  etatem  fuerint,  nos  habebimus  cuftodiam  &  earum  maritagium  :  fi  autem 
de  alio  quocumque  tenuerint,  quam  de  nobis,  &  ipfe  forores  infra  etatem  fuerint,  dominus  earum  habeat 
cuftodiam  &  maritagium  fingularum.,  &  primogenita  tantum  faciet  homagium  pio  omnibus  ;  &  alie  forores,. 
cum  ad  etatem  pervenerint,  faciant  fervitia  dominis  feodorum  per  manum  primogenite  ;  nee  poterit  primo- 
genita ea  occafione  petere  de  poftnatis  fororibus  homagium,  vel  cuftodiam,  vel  aliquam  aliam  fubjectionem 
quia  omnes  forores  funt  quafi  unus  heres  de  una  hereditate.     Si  primogenita  pofiet  habere  homagium  alia- 
rum fororum,  &  cuftodiam  petere,.  tunc  eflet  eadem  hereditas  divifa,  ita  [quod]  primogenita  foror  [fororum] 
fimul  &  femel  foret  de  hereditate  unica  domina  &  heres :.  [fua]  heres  autem  fue  partis,  &  domina  fororum 
fuarum;  quod  quidem  in  hod  cafu  fieri  non  poterit  [potejl]  cum  ipfa  primogenita  nichil  plus  petere  poffit 
quam  alie  forores,    nifi  capitale  mefuagium,  nomine  einecie :  &  fi  primogenita  fit  heres  omnium  aliarum 
fororum  [fuarum]  vel  puerorum  fuorum ;  fi  obierint  fine  herede  de  feipfis,  poffet  habere  cuftodiam  fuarum 
fororum,  vel  puerorum  fuorum,  fet  hoc  efiet  quafi  committere  agnum  lupo  devorand'.     Et  ideo  vobis  man- 
damus, quod  predidtas  confuetudines  in  hoc  cafus  quas  in  regno  noftro  Anglie  habemus,  ut  [feamdum  quod] 
predidhim  eft,  in  terra  noftra  Hibernie  proclamari  &  firmiter  teneri,  fac.  &c. 

In  the  Old  Abridgment,  tit-  Homage,  this  Statutum  de  Hibernia  is  faid,  not  to  be  ajlatute.     Bui  the  fmall 
SBlkilionSy  intituled  Magna  Charta,  &c.  and  all  the  Engltfh  editions,  have  it,- 

4  PROVL' 


i6 


€.  1-3. 


Anno  vicefimo  Henrici  III. 


A.D.  1235. 


PROVISIONES  DE  MERTON. 

Statutes  made  at  Merton  in  Crajlino  SanSii  Vincentii  ffc.il.  23.  jfan.J 
Anno  20  Hen.  III.  and  A?^n.  Dom.  1235. 


*  For  William, 
xead  the. 


T  was  provided  in  the  Court  of  our  Lord  the 
King,  hold  en  at  Merton  on  Wednefday  the  mor- 
row after  the  Feaft  of  St.  Vincent,  the  2oIh  Year 
of  the  Reign  of  King  Henry  the  Son  of  King  John, 
before  William  *  Archbifhop  of  Canterbury,  and 
other  his  Bifhops  and  Suffragans,  and  before  the 
greater  part  of  the  Earls  and  Barons  of  England, 
there  being  aflembled  for  the  Coronation  of  the  faid 
King,  and  Hellianor  the  Queen,  about  which  they 
were  all  called,  where  it  was  treated  for  the  Com- 
monwealth of  the  Realm  upon  the  Articles  under- 
written, thus  it  was  provided  and  granted,  as  well 
of  the  forefaid  Archbifhops,  Bifhops,  Earls,  and  Ba- 
rons, as.  of  the  King  himfelf  and  others." 


Cotton  MS.  Claudius  D.  2. 
ROVISUM  eft  in  Curia  domini Regis,  die 
Mercurii  in  craftino  fan£li  Vincencii,  Anno 
regni  Regis  Henrici  fiP  Regis  Johannis 
vicefimo,  a  pud  Merton,  coram  Archiepifcopo 
Cantuarienfi,  &  Epifcopis  Suffraganeis,  coram 
majori  parte  Comitum  &  Baronum  Anglie  ibidem 
exiftentium,  a  pro  coronatione  ipfius  domini  Regis 
&  Alianore  Regine,  pro  qua  omnes  vocati  fuerunt 
Cum  tractatum  efiet  de  communi  utilitate  regni 
fuper  articulis  fubferiptis  Ita  provifum  fuit,  & 
conceffum,  tarn  a  predi&is  Archiepifcopis,  Epifco- 
pis, Comitibus,  Baronibus,  quam  ab  ipfo  Rege 
&c  aliis. 


CAP.     I. 

A  Woman  fhall  recover  Damages  in  a  Writ  of  Dower. 


'  TTfrft'  ^  Widows  which  after  the  Death  of  their 
'  X/  Hufbands  are  deforced  of  their  Dowers,  and 
'  cannot  have  their  Dowers  or  Quarentine  without 
'  Plea,  whofoever  deforce  them  of  their  Dowers  or 
'  Quarentine  of  the  Lands,  whereof  their  Hufbands 
'  died  feifed,  and  that  the  fame  Widows  after  fhall  re- 
'  cover  by  Plea  ;  (2)  they  that  be  convicl  of  fuch 
'  wrongful  Deforcement  fhall  yield  Damages  to  the 
'  fame  Widows  ;  that  is  to  fay,  the  Value  of  the  whole 
'  Dower  to  them  belonging,  from  the  time  of  the  Death 
'  of  their  Hufbands  unto  the  Day  that  the  faid  Wi- 
'  dows,  by  Judgement  of  our  Court,  have  recovered 
'  Seifin  of  their  Dower,  &c.  (3)  and  the  Deforcers 
'  neverthelefs  fhall  be  amerced  at  the  King's  pleafure.' 

32//.  8.  c.  21.  16  Car.  I.  c.  6.   affigning  Day!  in  Down 


Eyer2S4.pl.  33. 
4  Co.  30. 
14H.  S.   25. 
38  Ed.  3.  13. 
II  H.4.  39. 
Fitz.  Dower, 

=4,  46,  59-  7V 
Fhz.  Damage, 
30,  83,  119. 
3  Bulitr.  278. 
V.  N.  B.  fo.  7. 
Raft.  Ent.  22. 
Co.  Lit.  32.  b. 

2lnft.  So. 

9  H.^.Jlat.  1. 

c.  7. 

See  51  H.  3.    flat.  3.         52  H.  3. 

Dower  notwilhftanding  a  feigned  Recovery  againji  the  Hujband  by  Default.  j-^Ed.l.   c .  34.  for  the  Lofs  of  Dower  by  Adultery .  •Z'j  ti.%.   c.  10.  §.  6.  for 

barring  Dcwer  by  Jointure.  I  Ed.  6.  c.  12.  §.  17.  jecuring  Doiuer  notwitbftanding  tht  Treason  or  Felony  of  the  Hujband.  5  &  6  Ed.  6.  c.ll.  §.  13.  altering 

tbt foregoing.         3  jlac.  I.  c.  5.  §.  13.  barring  fofifij  Rccujants  from  Dottier.  And  4W.  &  M.  c.  16.  §.  5.  Jeeuring  Dower  to  Widow  of  Mortgageer. 


E  viduis  vefo  I.  que  poll  mortem  virorum 
fuorum  expelluntur  de  dotibus  fuis  &  dotes 
fuas,  vel  quarentenam  habere  non  pofTunt  fine 
placito  videlicet  quod  quicunque  deforciaverit  eis 
dotes  fuas  vel  quarentenam  fuam  de  tenementis 
de  quibus  viri  fui  obierunt  feifiti  &  ipfe  vidue  poftea 
per  placitum  recuperaverint  ipfi  qui  de  injufto  de- 
forciamento  convi£ti  fuerint  reddant  eifdem  viduis 
dampna  fua  videlicet  valorem  totius  dotis  eas  con- 
tingentis  a  tempore  mortis  virorum  fuorum  ufque 
ad  diem  quo  ipfe  vidue  per  judicium  curie  feifinam 
fuam  inde  recuperaverint  nichilominus  ipfi  defor- 
ciatores  fint  in  mifericordia  domini  regis. 


13  Ed.  1.  ftat.  1.  f.4.  for  the  Recovery    of 


Kel.  125. 
Fitz.  Bar.  149, 
■294- 

2  Inft.  So. 


CAP.     II. 

Widows  may  bequeath  the  Crop  of  their  Lands. 


Lfo  from  henceforth  Widows  may  bequeath  the 
Crop  of  their  Ground,  as  well  of  their  Dowers, 
as  of  other  their  Lands  and  Tenements,  faving  to 
the  Lords  of  the  Fee,  all  fuch  Services  as  be  due  for 
their  Dowers  and  other  Tenements.' 


II.  T  Tern,  omnes  vidue  de  cetero  pofTunt  legare 
JL  blada  fua  de  terra  fua,  tarn  de  dotibus  fuis, 
quam  de  aliis  terris  &  tenementis  fuis  :  falvis  fer- 
vitiis  dominorum,  que  de  dotibus  &  aliis  tene- 
mentis fuis  debentur. 


C  A  P.     III. 

Enquiry  and  Punifhment  of  Rediffeifin. 


Lfo  if  any  be  difTeifed  of  their  Freehold,   and 


/>    before  the  Juftices  in  Eyre  have  recovered  Sei- 
fin by  AfTife  of  Novel  diffeifm,   or  by  Confeflion  of 


13  H.  8.  1. 
11  H.  4.  6. 
7H.7.4. 

F.tz.R«iiae.fiii,«  them  which  did  the  Diffeifin,  and  the  Diffeifee  hath 

6,   8,  9. 


III.  TTem,  fi  quis  fuerit  difTeifitus  de  libero  te- 

JL  nemento  fuo,    &  coram  Jufticiariis  itine- 

rantibus  feifinam  fuam  recuperaverit   per   aififam 

nove  difleifine,  vel  per  recognitionem  eorum,  qui 


a  Procuratione  in  margine  MS.  Cotton. 


fecerint 


A.  D.  1235. 


Anno  vicefimo  Henrici  III. 


C.  4. 


.17 


Cotton  MS. 
fecerint  diffeifinam,  &  iofe  diffeifitus  per  Vic'  fei- 
finam  fuam  habuerit.  Si  iidem  diffeifiatores  po- 
ftea,  poll  iter  Jufticiariorum,  de  eodem  tenemen- 
to  interum  eundem  conquerentem  difTeifiverint, 
&  inde  conviifti  fuerint,  ftatim  capiantur,  &  in 
prifona  domini  Regis  detineantur,  quoufque  per 
dominum  Regem,  per  redemptionem,  vel  aliquo 
alio  modo,  deliberentur.  Et  haec  eft  forma  qua- 
liter  tales  convicti  puniri  debeant,  videlicet,  cum 
conquerentes  ad  Curiam  venerint,  habeant  breve 
domini  Regis  vicecomiti  directum,  in  quo  conti- 
neatur  eorum  narratio  de  diffeifina  facta  fuper  dif- 
feifinam. Et  ideo  mandetur  Vicecomiti,  quod 
a'ffumptis  fecum  cuftodibus  placitorum  Corone, 
&  -aliis  legalibus  Militibus,  in  propria  perfona  fua 
accedat  ad  tenementum  illud,  vel  pafturam  illam, 
de  quibus  facta  fuerit  querela  [loquela]  &  coram 
eis  per  primos  Juratores,  &  per  alios  vicinos  &  le- 
gales  homines,  diligentem  inde  faciat  inquifitio- 
nem  ;  &  fi  ipfum  iterum  invenerit  diffeifitum,  ficut 
predictum  eft,  faciat  tunc  fecundum  provifionem 
prediitam ;  fin  autem,  tunc  fit  conquerens  in  mi- 
fericordia  domini  regis,  &  alius  quietus  recedat. 
Nee  debet  Vicecomes,  fine  fpeciali  precepto  do- 
mini Regis,  hujufmodi  loquelam  profequi.  Eo- 
dem modo  fiat  de  illis,  qui  feifinam  recuperaverint 
per  aflifam mortis  antecefforis  et  de  omnibus  terris 
&  tenementis  recuperatis  per  juratas  in  Curia  do- 
mini Regis,  fi  poftea  diffeifiti  fuerint  a  prioribus 
deforciatoribus,  verfus  quos  recuperaverint  per  ju- 
ratam  quoquo  modo. 


had  Seifin  delivered  by  the  Sheriff,  if  the  fame  Dif- 
feifors,  after  the  Circuit  of  the  Juftices,  or  in  the 
mean  time,  have  diffeifed  the  fame  Plaintiff  of  the 
fame  Freehold,  and  thereof  be  convict,  they  (hall  be 
forthwith  taken  and  committed,  and  kept  in  the 
King's  Prifon,  until  the  King  hath  difcharged  them 
by  Fine,  or  by  fome  other  mean.  (2)  And  this  is 
the  Form  how  fuch  convict  Perfons  fhall  be  punifh- 
ed  ;  *  when  the  Plaintiffs  come  into  the  Court  of  our 
Lord  the  King,  they  {hall  have  the  King's  Writ  di- 
rected to  the  Sheriff,  in  which  muft  be  contained  the 
Plaint  of  Diffeifin  framed  upon  the  Diffeifin.  (3) 
And  then  it  fhall  be  commanded  to  the  Sheriff,  that 
he,  taking  with  him  the  Keepers  of  the  Pleas  of  the 
King's  Crown,  and  other  lawful  Knights,  in  his 
proper  Perfon,  fhall  go  unto  the  Land  or  Pafture, 
whereof  the  Piaint  hath  been  made,  and  that  he  make 
before  them,  by  the  firft  Jurors,  and  other  Neigh- 
bours and  lawful  Men,  diligent  Inquifition  thereof; 
and  if  they  find  him  diffeifed  again  (as  before  is  faid) 
then  let  him  do  according  to  the  Provifion  afore- 
mentioned ;  but  if  it  be  found  otherwife,  the  Plain- 
tiff fhall  be  amerced,  and  the  other  fhall  go  quit ; 
(4)  neither  fhall  the  Sheriff  execute  any  fuch  Plaint 
without  fpecial  Commandment  of  the  King.  (5) 
In  the  fame  manner  fhall  be  done  to  them  that  have 
recovered  their  Seifin  by  Affife  of  Mortdaunceftor  ; 
(6)  and  fo  fhall  it  be  of  all  Lands  and  Tenements 
recovered  in  the  King's  Court  by  Enquefts,  if  they 
be  diffeifed  after  by  the  firft  Deforceors,  againft  whom 
they  have  recovered  any  wife  by  Enqueft.' 


Co,  Lit.   154.  1. 

1  Inft.  82. 
Hob.  96. 

2  Biilftr.  g> 
Enforced  ami ' 
a  in-ended*  hy 
52  H.  3.  c.  8. 
13  Ed.  I.  flat.  I. 
c.  25,  26.  which 
gives  double  Da' 
mages  againji  Rg- 
diffeifors. 
Mirror  3  17. 
Raft.  Ent.  54?. 
*  AdJ  that  is  to 

fay,  when,  &c. 


CAP.     IV. 

In  what  Cafes  Lords  may  approve  againft  their  Tenants. 


IV, 


I  Tern,  quia  multi  magnates  Anglie,  qui 
feoffaverunt  Milites  &  libere  tenentes  fuos 
de  parvis  tenementis  in  magnis  maneriis  fu'is, 
quefti  funt,  quod  commodum  fuum  facere  non  po- 
tuertint  de  refiduo  Maneriorum  fuorum,  ficut  de 
vaftis,  bofcis,  Si  pafturis,  Cum  ipfi  feoffati  habe- 
ant fufficientem  pafturam,  quantum  pertinet  ad 
tenementa  fua ;  Ita  provifum  eft  &  conceffum, 
quod  quicunque  hujufmodi  feoffati  aflifam  Nove 
deffeifine  deferant  de  communa  pafture  fue,  et  co- 
ram Jufticiariis  '  recognitum  fuerit,  quod  tantam 
pafturam  habeant,  quantum  b  fufficerit  ad  tene- 
menta fua,  et  quod  habeant  liberum  ingreffum  & 
egreffum  de  tenementis  fuis  ufque  ad  pafturam 
fuam,  tunc  inde  fint  contenti ;  &  illi,  de  quibus 
conquefti  fuerint,  recedant  quieti  de  hoc  quod 
commodum  fuum  de  terris,  vaftis,  bofcis,  &  pa- 
fturis fecerint ;  Si  autem  dixerint  quod  fufficien- 
tem pafturam  non  habeant,  vel  fufficientem  in- 
greffum vel  egreffum,  quantum  pertinet  ad  tene- 
menta fua,  tunc  inquiratur  c  Veritas  per  aflifam  ; 
Et  fi  per  affifam  recognitum  fuerit  per  eofdem, 
quod  in  aliquo  fuerit  impeditus  eorum  ingreffus 
vel  egreftus,  vel  quod  non  habeant  fufficientem 
pafturam,  Sc  fufficientem  ingreffum  &  egreffum, 
ficut  predictum  eft,  tunc  recuperent  feifinam  fuam 
per  vifum  juratorum,  Ita  quod  per  difcretionem 
&  facramentum  eorum  habeant  conquerentes  fuf- 
ficientem pafturam,    &  fufficientem  ingreffum  et 


L  S  O    becaufe  many   great    men    of    En^lanR  2  Inft.  R4.. 
_  (which  have  infeoffed  Knights  and  their  Free-  '  Rol!  36  • 
holders  of  fmall  Tenements   in  their  great  Manors)  ?  p^3'|^' 
have  complained  that  they  cannot  make  their  Profit  MirrorVi"?! 
of  the  refidue  of  their  Manors,  as  of  Waftes,  Woods,  Enforced  by 
and  Failures,  whereas  the  fame  Feoffees  have  fuffi-  3&4 Ed.  6. 
cient  Pafture,  as  much  as  belongeth  to  their  Tene-  c-  3- 
ments  ;    (7)  it  is  provided  and  granted,  That  when- 
ever fuch  Feoffees  do  bring  an  Affife  of  Novel  dijjei- 
Jin  for  their  Common  of  Pafture,    and  it  is  know- 
ledged  before  the  Jufticers,   that  they  have  as  much 
Pafture  as  fufficeth  .to  their  Tenements,  and  that  they 
have  free  Egrefs  and  Regrefs  from  their  Tenement 
unto  the  Pafture,  then  let  them  be  contented  there- 
with ;  and  they  on  whom  it  was  complained  fhall  go 
quit  of  as  much  as  they  have  made  their  Profit  of  their 
Lands,  Waftes,   Woods,    and  Paftures ;    (2)  and  if 
they  alledge  that  they  have  not  fufficient  Pafture,  or 
fufficient  Ingrefs  and  Egrefs  according  to  their  Hold, 
then  let  the  Truth  be  inquired  by  Affife  ;  (4)  and  if 
it  be  found  by  the  Affife,   that  the  fame  Deforceors 
have  difturbed  them  of  their  Ingrefs  and  Egrefs,  or 
that  they  had  not  fufficient  Pafture  (as  before  is  faid) 
then  fhall  they  recover  their  Seifin  by  view  of  the 
Inqueft  :    fo  that  by  their  Difcretion  and  Oath  the 
Plaintiffs  fhall  have  fufficient  Pafture,.  and  fufficient 
Ingrefs  and  Egrefs  in  form  aforefaid  ;    (;)  and  the 
Diffeifors  fhall  be  amerced,  and  fhall  yield  Damages, 
as  they  were  wont  before  this  Provifion.     (6)  And  it" 


Cognoverint  in  marg. 


*  Pertinet  in  marg. 


*  Rei  Veritas  in  marg. 


Vot.  I. 


8 


C.  c,  6. 


Anno  vicefimo  H  e  n  r  i  c  i  III. 


A.  D.  1235. 


Enforced  and  ex- 
tended by  13  Ed. 
I.  flat.  1.  c.  46. 
a  Vern.  ca.  290, 

ylndfee  2  gGm.t, 
c,  36.  jfor  eficla*, 
JSng  Commons, 
ivitb  Confent  of 
Lords  and  te- 
nants, for  plant- 
ing Timber* 


Co.  Lit.  146.  b. 
i  Inft.  8S. 
1  Roll.  151. 


"Repealed  by   37 
H.  S-  c.  9. 


'  it  be  certified  by  the  Affile,  that  the  Plaintiffs  have 
'  fufficient  Pafture,  with  Ingrefs  and  Egrefs,  as  before 
'  is  (aid,  let  the  other  make  their  Profit  of  the  refidue, 
'  and  go  quit  of  that  Affile.' 


*  Read  concerning 
Heirs  •zvbo  are 
taken  aivay  by 
Force,  or  de- 
tained by  their 
Parents,  or  by 
ethers,    it  is  thus 
provided,  £tY. 
f  Read  that  be 
Lath  by  jucb 
Means  married 
any  Child,  be 
pall  yield,  &c. 
Co.  Lit.  76.  a. 
4  Co.  82.  6  Co. 
74.  9  Co.  72. 
Dyer  255  to 
260.   pi.  23. 
Ero.  Fori",  de 
Marriage,  9, 

J2,   13. 

Bro.    Gar.   IO£. 
40  Ed.  3.  fi. 
Co.  Lit.  So.  a. 
87. b.  alnft.  ?g. 
Hob.  94,  96. 
J  Not  in  the  Ori- 
ginal. 

||  Read  accord- 
ing to  tvhat  le 
bad  been  offe'  ed 
Itfirefcr  the/aid 
Marriage,  •with- 
out, &c. 
9  H.  3.  fat,  1. 
c.  6. 

Confrmed  by 
3  Ed.  1.  c.  22. 
Enforced  by 
13  Ed.  l.fat.z. 

€.    3;. 

Regift.  161,  &c. 
Obf.  by  12  Car. 
2.  €.  24. 


Cotton  MS. 
egrefTum,  in  forma  predicta ;  Et  difTeifitores  fint 
in  mifericordia  (lomini  Regis,  &  dampna  reddent, 
ficut  reddi  b  debent  ante  provifionem  iftam  :  Si 
autem  recognitum  fuerit  per  affifam,  quod  conque- 
rentes  fufficientem  habent  pafturam,  cum  libero  Sc 
fufficienti  ingreffii  &  egreflu,  ut  predictum  eft, 
tunc  licite  faciant  alii  commodum  fuum  de  refi- 
duo,  Sc  recedant  de  ilia  aififa  quieti. 


CAP.     V. 

Ufury  fhall  not  run  againft  any  within  Age. 


Ikewife  it  is  provided  and  granted  by  the  King, 
that  from  henceforth  Ufuries  fhall  not  run 
againfl:  any  being  within  Age,  from  the  time  of  the 
Death  of  his  Anceftor  (whofe  Heir  he  is)  unto  his 
lawful  Age  ;  fo  neverthelefs,  that  the  Payment  of  the 
principal  Debt,  with  the  Ufury  that  was  before  the 
Death  of  his  Anceftor  (whofe  Heir  he  is)  fhall  not 
remain.' 


V.  Qlmiliter  provifum  eft,  &  concefTum  a  domino 
O  Rege,  quod  de  cetero  non  currant  ufure 
contra  aliquem  infra  etatem  exiftentem,  a  tempore 
mortis  anteceflbris  fui,  cujus  heres  ipfe  eft,  ufque 
ad  legitimam  etatem  fuam ;  Ita  tamen  quod  prop- 
ter hoc  non  remaneat  folucio  debiti  principalis, 
fimul  cum  ufura  ante  mortem  anteceflbris  fui,  cujus 
heres  ipfe  eft. 


CAP.     VI. 

The  Penalties  for  Ravifhment  of  a  Ward,  Forfeiture  of  Marriage,  or  Difparagement  of  a 

Ward. 


F  *  Heirs  that  be  led  ivay,  andtvithholden,  or  mar- 
_  '  ried  by  their  Parents,  or  by '  other,  with  Force 
againfl  our  Peace,  thus  it  is  provided,  That  whatfoe- 
ver  Layman  be  convict  thereof,  that  he  hath  f  fo 
withholden  any  Child,  led  away,  or  married,  he  fhall 
yield  to  the  Lofer  the  Value  of  the  Marriage ;  and 
for  the  Offence  his  Body  fhall  be  taken  and  imprifon- 
ed  until  he  hath  recompenfed  the  Lofer,  if  the  Child 
be  married ;  and  further,  until  he  hath  fatisfied  the 
King  for  the  Trefpafs.  And  this  muft  be  done  of  an 
Heirbeing  within  the  Age  of  fourteen  Years.  (2)  And 
touching  an  Heir  being  fourteen  Years  old,  or  above 
unto  his  full  Age,  if  he  marry  without  Licence  of 
his  Lord  to  defraud  him  of  the  Marriage,  and  his 
Lord  ofter  him  reafonable  %  and  convenient  Marriage 
(without  Difparagement)  then  his  Lord  fhall  hold 
his  Land  beyond  the  Term  of  his  Age,  that  is  to  fay, 
of  One  and  twenty  Years,  fo  long  that  he  may  re- 
ceive the  double  Value  of  the  Marriage  after  the 
Eftimation  of  lawful  men,  or  ||  after  as  it  hath  been 
offered  before  without  Fraud  or  Collufion,  and  after 
as  it  may  be  proved  in  the  King's  Court.  (3)  And 
as  touching  Lords,  which  marry  thofe  that  th'ey  have 
in  ward  to  Villains,  or  other,  as  Burgefl'es,  where 
they  be  difparaged,  if  any  fuch  an  Heir  be  within  the 
Age  of  fourteen  Years,  and  of  fuch  Age,  that  he 
cannot  confent  to  Marriage,  then,  if  his  Friends 
complain  of  the  fame  Lord,  the  Lord  fhall  lofe  the 
Wardfhip  unto  the  Age  of  the  Heir  ;  and  all  the  Pro- 
fit, that  thereof  fhall  be  taken,  fhall  be  converted  to 
the  Ufe  of  the  Heir  being  within  Age,  after  the 
Difpofition  and  Provifion  of  his  Friends,  for  the 
Shame  done  to  him;  but  if  he  be  fourteen  Years, 
and  above,  fo  that  he  may  confent,  and  do  confent  to 
fuch  Marriage,  no  Pain  fhall  follow.' 


VI.  T~\E  heredibus  per  parentes,  vel  per  alios,  vi 
\^_J  abductis,  vel  detentis,  ita  provifum  eft, 
quod  quicunque  laicus  inde  conviclus  fuerit,  quod 
puerum  fie  maritaverit,  reddat  perdenti  valorem 
maritagii  Et  pro  delicto  corpus  ejus  capiatur  Sc  im- 
prifonetur,  donee  perdenti  emendaverit  delictum, 
fi  puer  maritetur  Et  preterea  donee  domino  Regi 
fatisfecerit  pro  tranfgreffione.  Et  hoc  fiat  de  here- 
de  infra  quatuordecimannos  exiftente.  De  herede 
autem,  [qui]  cum  fit  quatuordecim  annorum,  vel 
ultra,  ufque  ad  plenam  etatem,  fi  fe  maritaverit  fine 
licencia  domini  fui,  ut  ei  auferat  maritagium  fuum, 
Sc  Dominus  offerat  ei  rationabile  maritagium,  ubi 
non  difparagetur,  dominus  fuus  tunc  teneat  terram 
ejus  ultra  terminum  etatis  fue,  fcilicet  viginti  Sc 
unius  anni  per  tantum  tempus,  quod  poffit  inde 
duplicem  valorem  maritagii  recipere,  fecundum 
eftimationem  legalium  hominum,  vel  fecundum. 
quod  ei  pro  eodem  rnaritagio  prius  fuerit  oblatum 
fine  fraude  &  malicia,  Sc  fecundum  quod  probari 
poterit  in  Curia  domini  Regis.  De  dominis  qui 
maritaverint  illos  quos  habent  in  cuftodia  [fuaj  vil- 
lanis,  vel  aliis,  ficut  burgenfibus,  ubi  difparagen- 
tur;  [tunc]  fi  talis  heres  fuerit  infra  quatuordecim 
annos,  &  talis  etatis,  quod  confentire  non  poffit c, . 
tunc  fi  parentes  conquerantur  %  dominus  ille  amit- 
tat  cuftodiam  ufque  ad  legitimam  etatem  heredis  & 
omne  commodu;n,  quod  inde  c  perceptum  fuerit, 
convertatur  in  commodum  ipfius  f  qui  infra  etatem 
eft,,  fecundum  difpoficionem  &  provifionem  paren- 
tum  g  contra  dedecus  ei  factum;  Si  autem  fuerit 
quatuordecim  annorum,  Sc  ultra,  h  quod  confentire 
poterit,  Sc  tali  maritagio  confejxferit,  nulla  fequa- 
tur  pena. . 


*  Sclcbant  m  marg. 
t  Suorum  in  marg. 


*  Matrimonio  in  marg, 
*  Ita  in  marg. 


*  De  iilo  domino  in  marg. 


•  Rccuperatunvo'fl  marg.         f  Heredis  in  marg, . 


GAP, 


A.  D.  1235. 


Anno  vicfflmo  H  e  n  r  i  c  i  III. 


C. 


7~~9* 


t9 


CAP.     VII. 

In  what  cafe  the  Ward  fhall  pay  to  his  Lord  the  Value  of  his  Marriage. 


Cotton  MS, 
£1  quia  heres,  cujufcunque  fuerit  etatis,  pro  do- 
O  mino  fuo  fe  noluerit  marirare,  non  compella- 
tur  hoc  facere,  fed  cum  ad  etatem  pervenerit,  det 
domino  fuo,  &  fatisfaciat  ei  de  tanto,  quantum  a 
percipere  poflft  ab  aliquopro  maritagio,  antequam 
tcrram  fuam  recipiat,  &  hoc  five  voluerk  fe  mari- 
tare,  five  non;  Quia  maritagium  ejus,  qui  infra 
etatem  eftj  mero  jurepertinet  ad  dominum  feodi. 


IF  an  Heir  (of  what  Age  foever  he  be)  will  not  Kel.  13;. 
marry  at  the  Requeft  of  his  Lord,  he  fhall  not  be  Dyer  25,  260, 
compelled  thereunto ;  but  when  he  cometh  to  full  3°6- 
Age,  he  fhall  give  to  his  Lord,  and  pay  him  as  much  £"*"  q"^'  W 
as  any  would  havegiven  him  for  the  Marriage  before  ,jg'  ,At  '    g' 
the  Receipt  of  his  Land,  and  that  whether  he  will  153'  156. 
marry  himfelf,  or  not ;  for  the  Marriage  of  him  that  6Cn.  70,  73. 
is  within  Age  of  meer  Right  pertaineth  to  the  Lord  5  Co-  I26-  b- 
of  the  Fee,'  ^Ti?' 

Cro.  Bl.  469*  Obf,  by  12  Car,  2*c,  tfa 


C  A  P.    VIII. 

Several  Limitations  of  Prefcription  in  feveral  Writs. 


D 


VII.  _ 

ab  anteceffore  a  tempore  Hi  Regis  fenio- 
ris,  anno  &  die,  provifum  eft,  quod  de  cetero 
non  fiat  mencio  de  tarn  longinquo  tempore^  fet  a 
tempore  H.  Regis  Avi  noftri ;  &  locum  habeat  ifta 
provifio  ad  Pentecoften,  anno  viceiimo  primo,  & 
non  ante ;  &  brevia  prius  impetrata  procedant. 
Brevia  mortis  antecefforis,  de  nativis,  &  de  in- 
grefTu,  non  excedant  ultimum  reditum  domini  Re- 
gis Johannis  [Patris  noftri  b]  in  Angliam.  Bre- 
via Nove  diffeifine  non  excedant  primam  transfre- 
tacionem  domini  Regis  Henrici,  qui  nunc  eft  in 
Vafconiam  :  Et  locum  habeat  ifta  provifio  a  tem- 
pore predi&o  ;  &  brevia  prius  impetrata  proce- 
dant. 


'  rX"*Ouchinj*  Conveyance  of  Defcent  in  a  Writ  of  q0  L;t    f    b 

'      X     Right  from  any  Anceftor  from  the  time  of  King  ,  1 '.,  b." 

'  Henry  the  elder,  the  Year  and  Day,  it  is  provided,  2  Inft.  94. 

'  that  from  henceforth  there  be  no  Mention  made  of  fo 

'  long  time,  but  from  the  time  of  King  Henry  our 

'  Grandfather  ;    (2)  and  this  A£t  fhall  take  effecl:  at 

'  Pentecq/l,  the  One  and  twentieth  Year  of  our  Reign, 

'  and  not  afore,  and  the  Writs  before  purchafed  fhall 

'  proceed.     (3)  Writs  of  Mortdauncejlor^  of  Nativis, 

'  and  Entre,  fhall  not  pafs  the  laft  Return  of  King 

'  John  from  Ireland 'into  England;  *  and  this  M  JImll* '  ™£"„J? 

'  take  effetl  as  before  is  declared,     (4.)   Writs  of  Novel  in ,'/,[  Original. 

'  dijfeijin  {hall   not  pafs  the  firft  Voyage  of  our  Sove-  Altered  by  3  Ed. 

'  reign  Lord  the   King,    that   now  is,  into  Gafcoine.  i.e.  39.  and 

'  And  this.  Provifion  fhall  take  his  effecl:  from  the  time  father  by  32  H, 

'  aforefaid;  and  all  Writs  purchafed  before  fhall  pro- 

6  ceed.' 


21  Jac.  I,  c.  36, 


CAP.     IX. 
He  is  a  Baftard  that  is  born  before  the  Marriage  of  his  Parents. 


VIII. 


AD  breve  [domini]  R.  de  Baftardia,  u- 
trum  aliquis  natus  ante  matrimonium 
habere  poterit  hereditatem,  ficut  ille  qui  natus  eft 
poft,  Refponderunt  omnes  Epifcopi,  quod  nolunt^ 
fiec  poffunt,  ad  iftud  refpendere ;  quia  hoc  eflet 
contra  communem  formam  ecclefte.  Ac  rogave- 
runt  omnes  Epifcopi  Magnates,  ut  confentirentj 
quod  nati  ante  matrimonium  eflent  legitimi,  ficut 
jlii  qui  nati  funt  poft  matrimonium,  quantum  ad 
fucceffionem  hereditariam,  quia  ecclefia  tales  habet 
pro  legitimis.  Et  omnes  Comites  &  Barones  una 
voce  refponderunt^  quod  nolunt  leges  Anglie  mu- 
tare,  que  ufitate  funt,  &  approbate  <V 


TO  the  King's  Writ  of  Baftardy,  Whether  ohe Fitz. Baftardy-, 
being  born  before  Matrimony  may  inherit  in  21,  22,  25,  27} 
like  manner  as  he  that  is  born  after  Matrimony,  all  a8>  3°>  33- 
the  Bifhops  anfwered,    That  they  would  not,   nor  *  H-  6-  3- 
could  not,  anfwer  to   it;    becaufe    it  was  direftly  "  jj4'  *£ 
againft  the  common  Order  of  the  Church.     (2)  And  \\  Ed."  3'.  12, 
all  the  Bifhops  inftanted  the  Lords,  that  they  would  12  Co.  72. 
confent,   that  all  fuch  as  were  born  afore  Matrimony 
fhould  be  legitimate,  as   well  as  they  that  be  born 
*  vjifbin  Matrimony,   as  to  the  Succeffion  of  Inheri-  *  For  101'tiim 
tance,  forfomuch  as  the  Church  accepteth  fuch  for  read  after,    ' 
legitimate.    And  all  the  Earls  and  Barons  with  one 
voice  anfwered,  that  they  would  not  change  the  Laws 
of  the  Realm,  which  hitherto  have  been  ufed  and  ap-  2  jnft,  $5, 
provedb' 


_  «  Dominus  in  marg,        B  De  Hiberaia  in  maris, 
lionem  in  Curia  fua  <te  talibus  fie  natis  is  wfe* 


*  Et  ideo  dotainus  Rex  habet  confiiium  fuum  fub  qua  forma  prccedendum  eft  ad  inquifi.. 


D 


*>     A    A   9 


20         C.  io,  ii.         Anno  vicefimo  primo  Henrici  III.         A.  D.  1260. 


CAP.     X.  i; 

Attornies  allowed  to  make  Suit  to  feveral  Courts. 


Fitz.  Attorney, 
j  06. 


Regift.  172. 
F.N.B.  156,  &c. 


f  T  is  provided  and  granted,  that  every  Freeman, 
H  which  oweth  Suit  to  the  County,  Trything,  Hun- 
dred, and  Wapentake,  or  to  the  Court  of  his  Lord, 
may  freely  make  his  Attorney  to  do  thofe  Suits  for 
him.' 

alrft.  99.         See  13  Ed.  1.  Jlat.  i.  c.  10.         7  .R.  2.  f.  14. 


Cotton  MS. 
IX.  T}Rrovifum  eft  infuper,  quod  quilibet  liber 
IT  homo,  qui  feftam  debet  ad  Comitatum, 
[Trithingum,]  Hundredum,  &  Wapentachium, 
vel  ad  Curiam  domini  fui,  libere  poflit  facere  at- 
tornatum  fuum,  ad  fedtas  illas  pro  eo  faciend'. 

And  15  if.  6.  c  7. 


%  Inft.  100, 
By  -$Ed.\. 
be  killed,  if 
Decr-ftealers 
the  Night. 


CAP.     XI. 

Lords  fhali  not  imprifbn  Offenders  at  their  own  Wills  for  Trefpaffes  in  their  Parks  and  Ponds- 

X.  T~\E  malefactoribus  in  parcis  &  vivariis  non 
jl_>/  eft  difcuftum  ;  quia  Magnates  petierunt 
propriam  prifonam  fuam  de  ill  is  quos  ceperant  in 
parcis  &  vivariis  fuis  ;  quod  quidem  dominus  Rex 
contradixit ;  &  ideo  differtur. 


Concerning  Trefpaffes  in  Parks  and  Ponds  it  is 
not  yet  difcuffed  ;  for  the  Lords  demanded  the 
proper  Imprifonment  of  fuch  as  they  fhould  take  in 
their  Parks  and  Ponds,  which  the  King  denied ; 
wherefore  it  was  deferred.' 


c.  2o-  MalefaBors  in  Parks  and  Ponds  may  be  punched  by  three  Years  Imprifonment.  By  21  Ed.  1.  flat.  2.  Malefaliors   in  Forefis,   Parks,  fefr.   may 

tie)  iv  U  not /land  to  the  King's  Peace.       By  I  H.  7.  c.  7.  hunting  in  difguife  in  Parks  is  Felony.         3  W.  &  M.  c.  10.  §.  5.  extends  the  Law  againfi 
to  inclojed  Grounds -where  Deer  are  kept.         And  4  &  c,W.  &  M.  c.  23.  §.  4.  to  Lords  of  Manors   and  Game-keepers,  -who   may   oppofe  Perfons   in 


Btac.  359. 


The  Statute  DE  ANNO  ET  DIE  BISSEXTILI,  made  at  Weftminfter, 
Anno  21  Hen.  III.  and  Anno  Dom.  1236. 

The  Day  of  the  Leap -Year,,  and  the  Day  before,  fhall  be  holden  for  one  Day. 


THE  King  unto  his  Juftices  of  the  Bench,  greet- 
ing.    Know  ye,  that  where  within  our-Realm 
of  England,  it  was  doubted  of  the  Year  and  Day 
that  were  wont  to  be  affigned  unto  fick  Perfons  being 
impleaded,  when  and  from  what  Day  of  the  Year 
going  before  unto  another  Day  of  the  Year  follow- 
ing, the  Year  and  Day  in  a  Leap  Year  ought  to  be 
taken  and  reckoned  how  long  it  was  : 
'  II.  We  therefore,  willing  that  a  Conformity  be 
obferved  in  this  behalf  every  where  within  our  Realm, 
and  to  avoid  all  Danger  from   fuch  as  be  in  Plea, 
have  provided,   and  by   the  Counfel  of  our  faithful 
Subjects  have  ordained,   That,  to  take  away  from 
henceforth  all  Doubt  and  Ambiguity  that  might  arife 
hereupon,  the  Day  increafing  in  the  Leap-Year  fhall 
be  accounted  for  one  Year,  fo  that  becaufe  of  that 
Day  none  fhall  be  prejudiced  that  is  impleaded,   but 
it  fhall  be  taken  and  reckoned  of  the  fame  month 
wherein  it  groweth  ;   and  that  Day,   and  the  Day 
next  going  before,  fhall  be  accounted  for  one  Day. 
And  therefore  we  do  command  you,  that  from  hence- 
forth you  do  caufe  this  to  be  publiihed  afore  you,  and 
be  obferved.     Witnefs  myfelf  at  Weftminfter,  &c.' 


Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  z. 

RE X  Jufticiariis  fuis  de  Banco,  falutem.  Sci- 
atis  quod  cum  in  regno  noftro  Anglie  de 
Anno  &  die,  qui  languidis  [per  breve  nq/iru?n] 
implacitatis  prefigi  confueverunt,  quando  &,  [quo- 
?nodo,  fcilicet,]  a  quo  die  anni  precedentis  in  ali- 
um  diem  anni  fubfequentis,  debuit  annus  ille  & 
dies  in  anno  biffextili  accipi  &  computari,  diu  ex- 
titerit  dubitatum  : 

II.  Nos  volentes  conformitatem  [uniformitateml 
ubique  in  regno  noftro  fuper  hoc  obfervari,  &  pe- 
riculis  litigancium  precaveri,  providimus,  &  de 
confilio  fidelium  noftrorum  ftatuimus,  quod  ad 
delendum  de  cetero  communem  fuper  hoc  ambi- 
guitatem,  computetur  dies  excrefcens  in  anno  bif- 
fextili in  ipfo  anno,  Ita  quod  propter  diem  ilium 
non  occafionentur  aliqui  implacitati,  fet  fit,  & 
habeatur  de  menfe  illo  in  quo  excrefcit ;  &  con- 
tineatur  dies  [ille]  excrefcens  in  integritate  anni 
predicli,  &  computetur  dies  ille,  &  dies  proxime 
precedens  pro  unico  die.  Et  ideo  vobis  manda- 
mus, quod  hoc  coram  vobis  publicari,  &  de  ce- 
tero faciatis  obfervari.  Tefte  me  ipfo  apud  Weftiru 
Anno  regni  regis  H.  quadragefimo  quarto. 


Sentencia  lata  fuper  Cartas^  &c. 


Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

ANNO  gracie  Millefimo  Ducentefimo  Quinquagefimo  quarto  tertii  Idus  Maii  in  maiori  aula  Weftm* 
fub  preTencia  &  aflenfu  domini  H.  dei  gracia  Regis  Anglie  illuftris  h  Dominorum  Ricardi  Comitis 
Cornub'  fratris  fui  E.  Corn'  Norff'  &  Suff'  Marefcall'  Anglie  H.  Com'  Hereford  R.  Com'  Exon'  J.  Com' 
Warr'  &  aliorum  optimatum  Regni  Angl. 

Nos 


ArD.  1266.       Anno  quinquagefimo  primo  Henrici  III. 

Cotton  MS.    Claudius,  D.  2. 


Stat.  1. 


21 


S.Carli'ol'  Willielmus  Bathonr  L.  Roff'  Epifcopi 
greffores  libertatum  ecclefiarum  feu'liberarum  confuetudinum  reghi  Ang'lie  &  precipue  earum  que  continent' 
in  Carta  communi  libertatum  regni  &  Carta  de  forefta  excommunicacionis  fentenciam  folempniter  dedi- 
mus  fub  hac  forma.  _  -     , 

Audtoritate  Dei  patris  omnipotentis  filii  &  fpiritus  fancli  &  gloriole  Dei  genetricis  Marie  &  bonorum 
Apoftolorum  Petri  &  Pauli  omniumq;  Apoftolorum  beati  Thome  Archiepifcopi  Martins  omniumq;  marti- 
rum  beati  Edwardi  Regis  Anglie  omniumq;  ConfefTorum  atque  Virginum  &  omnium  fanctorum  Dei  ex- 
communicamus  anathematizamus  &  ab  hominibus  fanfte  Matris  Eeclefie  fequeftramus  omnes  illos  qui  amodo 
fcient'  &  maliciofe  ecclefias  privaverint  vel  fpoliaverint  fuo  jure. 

Item  omnes  illos  qui  ecclefias  vel  antiquas  regni  confuetudines  approbatas  &  que  in  Carta  communium 
libertatum  regni  &  de  forefta  continentur  conceilks  a  domino  Rege  Archiepifcopis  Epifcopis  &  ceteris  Angl' 
Prelatis  Comftibus  Baronibus  Militibus  &  libere  tenentibus  quacumq;  arte  vel  ingenio  violaverint  refuge- 
rint  diminuerint  vel  mutaverint  clam  vel  palam  facto  vel  verbo  vel  confilio  contra  illas  vel  illarum  aliquam 
in  quocumq;  articulo  temere  veniendo. 

Item  omnes  illos  qui  contra  eas  vel  earum  aliquam  ftatuta  ediderint  vel  edita  fervaverint  vel  confuetu- 
•dines  introduxerint  vel  fervaverint  introduftas  fcriptores  ftatutorum  necnon  confiliar'  executores  &  qui 
fecundum  predidfa  prefumpferint  judicare  qui  omnes  &  finguli  fuperius  memorati  hanc  fentenciam  incur- 
furos  fe  noverint  ipfo  fafto  qui  fcient'  aliquid  commiferint  de  predicEtis  qui  vero  ignoranter  nifi  convenienter 
infra  quindenam  a  tempore  fummonicion is  fe  correxerint  &  arbitrio  ordinariorum  plenius  fatisfecerint  di 
commiffis  extunc  hac  fentencia  fint  involuti.  Eadem  fentencia  innodamus  omnes  illos  qui  pacem  Regis  & 
Regni  prefumpferint  perturbare.  In  cuius  rei  teftimonium  five  memoriam  fempiternam  nos  figna  noflra 
prefentibus  duximus  apponenda  Tefte,  &c. 


The  Statute,  intituled,  AJfifa  Panis  &  Cervijice,  made  Anno  51  Hen, 
III.  Stat.  1.  and  Anno  Dom.  1266. 


The  Prices  of  Bread  and  Ale  fhall  be  according  to  the  Prices  of  Corn. 


Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

OUando  quarterium  frumenti  venditur  pro 
xii  d.  tunc  panis  quadrantis  de  Waftello 
ponderabit  fex  libras  &  fexdecim  folidos ; 
Panis  de  Coket  de  eodem  blado,  &  de  eodem  bul- 
tello,  ponderabit  plufquam  Waftellum  de  duobus 
folidis  ;  De  blado  minoris  precii  ponderabit  pluf- 
quam Waftellum  de  quinque ;  panis  vero  de  fimi- 
nello  ponderabit  minus  de  Waftello  de  duobus  fo- 
lidis, quia  bis  coitus  eft  ;  Panis  integer  de  qua- 
drante  de  frumento  ponderabit  Coket  &  dimidi- 
um ;  Panis  vero  de  trait  [trete]  ponderabit  duos 
Waftellos ;  Et  panis  de  omni  blado  ponderabit 
duos  Coketos.  Quando  quarterium  frumenti  ven- 
ditur pro  xviii  d.  tunc  panis  albus  &  bene  co&us 
de  quadrante  de  Waftello  ponderabit  quatuor  li- 
bras, decern  folidos,  &  oito'denarios  :  Quando 
pro  duobus  folidis,  tunc  pondembit  lxviiis.  Quan- 
do pro  duobus  folidis  vi  d,  tunc  ponderabit  liiii  s. 
iiiid.  ob.  &  q.  Quando  pro  tribus  folidis,  tunc 
ponderabit  xlviii  s.  Quando  pro  tribus  folidis  fex 
denariis,  tunc  ponderabit  quadraginta  duos  foli- 
dos :  Quando  pro  quatuor  folidos,  tunc  pondera- 
bit triginta  fex  folidos.  Quando  pro  quatuor  foli- 
dos fex  denariis,  tunc  ponderabit  triginta  folidos. 
Quando  pro  quinque  folidis,  tunc  ponderabit  vi- 
ginti  feptem  folidos  duos  denar.  ob.  Quando  pro 
quinque  folidis  vi  d.  tu^ic  ponderabit  xxiiii  s.  viii  d. 
q.  Quan.10  pro  fex  folidis,  tunc  ponderabit  xxii  s. 
viii  d.  Quuindo  pro  fex  folidis  &  fex  denariis,  tunc 
ponderabit  viginti  folidos  undecim  denar.  Quando 
pro  feptem  folidis  tunc  ponderabit  xix  s.  i  d. 
Quando  pro  feptem  folidis  fex  denar.  tunc  pon- 
derabit o&odecim  folidos  ob.    Quando  pro  o£to 


THE  King  to  all  to  whom  thefe  Prefents  Jhall  come, 
Greeting.  We  have  Jeen  certain  Ordinances  of 
the  AJfiJ'e  of  Bread  and  die,  and  of  the  making 
of  Money  and  Meafures,  made  in  the  Times  of  our  Pro- 
genitors, fometimes  Kings  of  England,  in  thefe  Words  : 
When  a  Quarter  of  Wheat  is  fold  for  xii  d.  then 
Waftel  Bread  of  a  Farthing  fhall  weigh  vi  /.  and  xvi  s. 
But  Bread  Cocket  of  a  Farthing  of  the  fame  Corn 
and  Bultel,  fhall  weigh  more  than  Waftel  by  ii  s. 
(2)  And  Cocket  Bread  made  of  Corn  of  lower  Price, 
fhall  weigh  more  than  Waftel  by  vj.  (^)  Bread 
made  into  a  Simnel  fhall  weigh  ii  s.  lefs  than  Wa- 
ftel *.  (4)  Bread  f  made  of  the  whole  Wheat  fhall 
weigh  a  Cocket  and  an  half,  %fo  that  a  Cocket  Jhall 
weigh  more  than  a  Waflel  by  v  s.  ( 5 )  Bread  of  Tree't 
fhall  weigh  ii  Waftels.  (6)  And  Bread  of  common 
Wheat  fhall  weigh  two  ||  great  Cockets.  (7)  When 
a  Quarter  of  Wheat  is  fold  for  xviii  d.  then  Waftel 
Bread  of  a  Farthing  white  and  well  baked  fhall  weigh 
iv  I.  x  s.  ymd.     When  for  ii  s.  iii  li.  viii  s; 

'  When  for  ii  s.  vi  d.     liv  s.  iv  d.  ob.  q, 

'  When  for  iii  s.  xlviii  s. 


Repealed  as  to 
the  Affife  of 
Bread,  by  3 
Annas,  c.  18. 
flat,  i . 

The  Preamble  !l 
not  in  the  Origi- 
nal. 


*  Add  Bccauje  it 
is  iivict  baked. 
•f.  Add  Of  a   - 
Farthing, 
t  The  Words  in 
Ita/ich  are  not 
in  the  Original. 
||  The  Word  great 
not  in  the  Origy; 
net,- 


When  for  iii  s.  vi  d. 

xlii  s. 

When  for  iv  s. 

xxxvi  s. 

When  for  iv  s.  vi  d. 

XXX  s. 

When  for  v  s. 

xx viii  s.  iid.  ob. 

For  28 1. 

read 

When  for  v  s.  vi  d. 

xxiv  s.  viiid.  q.  ■ 

zjs.~ 

When  for  vi  s. 

xxii.  viii  d. 

When  for  vi  s.  vi  d. 

xix  s.  xi  d. 

For  191. 

SO  J, 

read 

When  for  vii  s-. 

xix .r.  id. 

When  for  vii  s.  vi  d. 

xviii  s.  i  d.  oh 

When  for  viii.sv 

xvii  s. 

When  for  viii  s,  vi  d. 

xvi;. 

«  When- 


f.  "* 


Stat.  i.  Anno  quinquagefimo  primo  Henrici  III.       A.  D. 


266. 


■fe'ri'd.ritA'I, 


When  for  ix  s. 
When  for  ix  s. 
When  for  x  s. 
'When  for  x  r. 
When  for  xi  j. 
When  for  xi  s.  vi  d. 
When  for  xii  s. 


vi  d, 

d. 


XV  s. 

?• 

xivj 

iv  d. 

ob 

9 

xiii* 

.  vii  d. 

d. 

?• 

xii  s. 

xi  q. 

xii  s. 

iv  a. 

d. 

?• 

xi  j. 

xd. 

xi  s. 

iv  dS 

Cotton  MS.  Claudius,  D.  z. 
folidis  tunc  ponderabit  xviis.  Quando  pro  G&.& 
foliJis  fex  denar.  tunc  ponderabit  xvi  s.  Quando 
pro  novem  folidis  tunc  ponderabi':  quindecim  foli- 
dos  q.  Quando  pro  novem  folidis  fex  denar. 
tunc  ponderabit  xiiii  s.  iiii  d.  ob.  Quando  pro 
decern  folidis,  tunc  ponderabit  xiii^s.  viii  d.  q. 
Quando  pro  decein  folidis  fex  denar.  tunc  ponde- 
rabit xii  s.  xi  d.  Quando  pro  undecim  folidis, 
tunc  ponderabit  xii  s.  iiiid.  q.  Quando  pro  xi  s. 
fex  denar.  tunc  ponderabit  xi  s.  x  d.  Quando 
pro  xii s.  tunc  ponderabit  xis.  iiiid. 

Qtiando  pro  x'i'ii  s.  tunc  ponderabit  x  s.  1 d>  ob.  Quando  pre 
xiiii  s.  vi  d.  tunc  ponderabit  ix  s.  ii  d.  ob.  q.  Quando  pro  xv  s, 
tunc  ponderabit  ix  s.  ob.  g.  Quando  pro  xv  s.  vi  d.  tunc  ponderabit  viii  s.  ix  d.  Quando  pro  x~ji  s.  tunc  ponde- 
rabit viii  s.  vi  d.  Quando  pro  xvi  s.  vi  d.  tunc  ponderabit  viii  s.  Hid.  Quando  pro  xviis.  tunc  ponderabit 
viiis.  Quando  pro  xviis.  vi  d.  tunc  ponderabit  vii  s.  x  d.  ob.  Quando  pro  xviii  s.  tunc  ponderabit  vii  s.  vi  d. 
q.  Quando  pro  xviii  s.  vi  d.  tunc  ponderabit  vii  s.  iv  d.  ob.  Quando  pro  xix  s.  tunc  ponderabit  vii  s.  ii  d.  q. 
Quando  pro  xix  s.  vi  d.   tunc  ponderabit  vi  s.  x  d.     Quando  pro  xx  s.   tunc  ponderabit  vi  s.  Hi  d.] 


[Qtiando  pro  xii  s.  vid. 
xiiii  s.  tunc  ponderabit  ix  i 


tunc  ponderabit  xi  s. 
vi  d.  Quando  pro 
Quand 


*  Add  id.  & 

ob. 

For  i6</.  read 
i5d. 

+  Not  in  the 
Original. 


31  ti.  1,  p.  68. 
Enforced  by  ±5 
Id.  3.  ftat.  5. 
e.  13. 

a  Inft.  311. 
Tleta  2.  c.  II. 
y.  72. 
Keilw.  87.  b. 

See  I1E7.  ft. 
4.  ordaining  a 
Weight  and 
Irlcafure,  accor- 
ding to  the  Stan- 
dard in  the  Ex- 
chequer, to  be  Jent 
tc  every  City, 
Eirougb,   ©V. 


'  II.  And  it  is  to  be  known,  that  then  a  Baker  in 
every  Quarter  of  Wheat  (as  it  is  proved  by  the  King's 
Bakers)  may  gain  iv  d.  and  the  Bran,  and  two  Loaves 
for  Advantage,  for  three  Servants  i  d.  ob%  for  two 
Lads  ob.  in  Salt  ob.  for  Kneading  ob.  for  Candle  q. 
for  Wood  ii  d.  for  his  Bultel  *  ob.  (2)  When  a 
Quarter  of  Wheat  is  fold  for  ins.  or  iii  s.  Ivd.  and  a 
Quarter  of  Barley  for  xx  d.  or  ii  s.  and  a  Quarter  of 
Oats  for  xvi  d.  then  Brewers  in  Cities  ought  and  may 
well  afford  to  fell  two  Gallons  of  Beer  or  Ale  for  a 
Peny,  and  out  of  Cities  to  fell  iii  f  or  iv  Gallons  for 
a  Peny.  And  when  in  a  Town  iii  Gallons  is  fold  for 
a  Peny,  out  of  a  Town  they  ought  and  may  fell 
four.  And  this  Affife  ought  to  be  holden  through- 
out all  England.  (3)  The  Affife  of  Bread  (as  it  Is 
contained  in  a  Writing  of  the  Marfhalfey  of  our  Lord 
the  King  delivered  unto  them)  may  be  holden  accord- 
ding  to  the  Price  of  Wheat,  that  is  to  fay,  as  well 
Waftel,  as  other  Bread  of  the  better,  fecond,  or 
third  fort,  fhall  be  weighed,  as  is  aforefaid,  by  the 
middle  Price  of  Wheat ;  and  the  Affife  or  Weight  of 
Bread  fhall  not  be  changed  but  by  Six  Pe.nce  increaf- 
ing  or  decreafing  in  the  Sale  of  a  Quarter. 
'  III.  By  the  Confent  of  the  whole  Realm  of  Eng- 
land, the  Meafure  of  our  Lord  the  King  was  made ; 
that  is  to  fay,  That  an  Englijh  Peny,  called  a  Ster- 
ling, round  and  without  any  clipping,  fhall  weigh 
xxxii  Wheat  Corns  in  the/nidfl:  of  the  Ear,  and  xxd. 
do  make  an  Ounce,  and  xii  Ounces  one  Pound,  and 
viii  Pound  do  make  a  Gallon  of  Wine,  and  viii  Gal- 
lons of  Wine  do  make  a  London  Bufhel,  which  is  the 
Eighth  Part  of  a  Quarten  Forafmuch  as  in  our  Paf^ 
liament  holden  at  JVeJlmin/ler^  in  the  firft  Year  of 
our  Reign,  we  have  granted  that  all  good  Statutes 
and  Ordinances  made  in  the  Times  of  our  Progeni- 
tors aforefaid,  and  not  revoked,  fhall  be  ftill  held, 
we  have  caufed,  at  the  Requeft  of  the  Bakers  of  our 
Town  of  Coventry,  that  the  Ordinances  aforefaid,  by 
tenor  of  thefe  Prefents,  fhall  be  exemplified.  In  Wit- 
nefs  whereof,  fcff.  Witnefs  the  King  at  IVeJlmin- 
*  Jler,  the  xxii  Day  of  March.' 


II.  Et  fciendum  eft  quod  piftor  poteft  lucrari  in 
quolibet  quarterio  frumenti,  ut  probatum  eft  per 
piftores  domini  Regis,  quatuor  denarios  &  furfur, 
&  duos  panes  ad  furnagium  ;  tribus  fervientibus 
unum  denarium  &  obolum  ;  duobus  garconibus 
obolum  ;  in  fale  obolum  in  gefto  obolum  in  can- 
delis  q.  in  bofco  ii  d.  [ob.  q,~\  in  buhello  habendo 
denar.  &  ob.  a  Quando  quarterium  frumenti  ven- 
ditur  pro  tribus  folidis,  vel  quadraginta  denariis, 
&  ordeum  pro  viginti  denar.  vel  duobus  folidis  Si 
quarterium  avene  pro  quindecim  denariis,  tunc 
bene  poffunt  braciatores  vendere  in  civitatibus 
duas  lagenas  cervifie  ad  denarium,  &  extra  de- 
bent  vendere  tres  lagenas  ad  denarium.  Et  quan- 
do in  Burgo  venduntur  tres  lagene  ad  denarium^ 
extra  debent  vendi  quatuor,  &  bene  poffunt.  Et 
ifta  affifa  debet  teneri  per  totam  Angliam  [ex  pro* 
vifione  domini  H.  regis  tercii]. 


Et  fciendum  quod  fi  piftor  vel  braciatrix  con- 
vi£r,i  fuerint,  quod  predicts  affifas  non  fervave- 
runt,  primo>  fecundo,  tercio,  amercientur  fe- 
cundum  quantitatem  delidti  fui ;  &  hoc  quotief- 
cunque  piftor  defecerit  in  pondere  panis  quadran- 
tis  citra  duos  folidos,  quod  tunc  amercietur,  ut 
predidtum  eft ;  fet  ft  excedat  ii  s.  debet  fubire  ju- 
dicium pillorie,  fine  aliqua  redempcione  pecunie: 
Eodem  modo  fiat}  fi  pluries  deliquerit,  &  cafti- 
gari  noluerit,  tunc  pacietur  judicium  corporis^ 
fcilicet  colliftrigium,  ft  defecerit  in  pondere  panis 
quadrantis  citra  ii  s.  ut  predictum  eft  ;  Simili  mo- 
do braciatrix  fubeat  trebuchetum  vel  caftigatori* 
um,   ft  pluries  deliqueritj   &  caftigari  noluerit. 


«  Et  fait  aflavoir  que  laiTift  de  pain  &  it  cervoifc  ne  ft  chaunge  pas  forfqc p«r  rii,  encteffant  ou  amenuftnt  en  lfe  t|uartie,  in  marg. 


m 


A. D.  1266,     Anno  quinquagefimo  primo  Henri ci  III.       Stat  2,  3*         23. 


The  Statute  made  Anno  51  Hen.  III.  Stat.  2.  and  A.  D.  1266, 

Dies  communes  in  Banco. 
Concerning  general  Days  in  Bank  in  Real  Actions. 


Cotton  MS.  Claudius,  D.  2. 

SI  breve  venerit  in  Oclabis  fancli  Michaelis, 
tunc  dabitur  dies  in  Oclabis  fancli  Hilarii ; 
Si  in  quindena  fancli  Michaelis,  in  quindena 
fancli  Hilarii ;  Si  in  tres  feptimanas  fancli  Michae- 
1  is  in  o<Sabis  [craftino]  Pufificacionis  beate  Marie  ; 
Si  in  craftino  Animarum,  in  quindena  Pafche;  Si 
in  Craftino  fancli  Martini,  in  tres  feptimanas  Paf- 
che ;  Si  in  Oclabis  fan&i  Martini,  in  rnenfem 
Pafche;  Si  in  quindena  fancli  Martini,  in  quin- 
que  feptimanas  Pafche.  Et  eft  quidam  dies  fpecia- 
liter  datus  in  craftino  Afceniionis  Domini,  &  tan- 
tum  valet,  quantum  quinque  feptimanas  Pafche ; 
Si  in  quindena  fancli  Hilarii,  in  oclabis  fancle 
Trinitatis,  &  aliquando  in  craftino  fancli  Johannis 
Baptifte ;  Si  in  Craftino  Purificacionis,  in  oclabis 
fancli  Johannis  ;  Si  in  Oclabis  Purificacionis,  in 
quindena  fancli  Johannis  ;  Si  in  quindena  Pafche 
in  oiftabis  fancli  Michaelis  :  S^  in  tres  feptimanas 
Pafche,  in  quindena  fancli  Michaelis  ;  Si  in  menfe 
Pafche,  in  tres  feptimanas  fancli  Michaelis;  Si  in 
quinque  feptimanas  Pafche,  vel  in  Craftino  Afcen- 
iionis Domini,  in  menfe  fancti  Michaelis;  Si  in 
oclabis  fanfte  Trinitatis,  in  Craftino  Animarum  ; 
Si  in  quindena  fancle  Trinitatis,  vel  in  Craftino 
fancli  Johannis  Baptifte,  in  Craftino  fancli  Mar- 
tini ;  Si  in  O&abis  fancli  Johannis  Baptifte,  in 
Oclabis  fancli  Martini ;  Si  in  quindena  fanfti  Jo- 
hannis Baptifte,  in  quindena  fancti  Martini:  Et 
fie  refpondet  quilibet  terminus  alii. 


F  a  Writ  come  in  the  utas  of  St.  Michael,  a  Day 
fhall  be  given  thereupon  unto  the  utas  of  St.  Hi- 
larii;  (z)  And  if  it  come  in  the  quinzime  of  St. 
Michael,  Day  fhall  be  given  unto  the  quinzime  of  St. 
Hilarii;    (3)  If  it  come  in  the  three  Weeks  after  St. 
Michael,    the  Day   fhall    be  crajlino   Purificationis ; 
(4)  [*  If  within  aMonth  after  Michaelmas,  in  the  utas  #  Not  in  the 
of  the  Purification  ;]  ( t; )  If  in  crajlino  Animarum^  then  Original. 
in  the  quinzime  of  Eajler ;   (6 )  If  in  crajlino  Martini, 
then  in  the  three  Weeks  after  Eajler;]  (7)  If  inthc  utas 
of  ^t.  Martin,  then  in  Eajler  Month  ;    (8)  If  in  the 
quinzime  of  St.  Martin,,  then  within  five  Weeks  af- 
ter Eajler ;    (9)  and  alfo  there  is  Day  fpecially  given- 
in  crajlino  AJcenfionis,  and  it  countervaileth  as  much  as 
within  five  Weeks  after  Eajler  ;  (10)  [f  If  in  the  utas  f  $rot  ;„  t£,e- 
of  St.  Hilarii,   in    the   utas  Trinitatis;]    (11)  If  in  Original, 
quindena  Hilarii,  then  in   quindena  \Trinitaiis,.  and  t  F or Shiindma', 
fometime  in  crajlino  of  St.  John  Baptijl;   (12)  If  in  read  utas. 
crajlino  Purificationis,    then  in  [  ||  craftino  and]  utas  of  ||  Not  in  tkt 
St.  John  Baptijl ;  ( 1 3 )  If  in  the  utas  of  the  Purification,  Original. 
then  in  quindena  of  St.  John  Baptijl ;    (14.)  If  in  quin- 
dena Pajiha,   then  in  the  utas  of  St.  Michael ;   (15)  If 
within  three  Weeks  after  Eajler,    then  in  quindena  of 
St.  Michael;    (16)   If  within  Eajler  Month,  then 
within   three  Weeks  of  the  Feaff  of  St..  Michael; 
(17)  If  within  five  Weeks  after  Eajler,  or  in  crajlino 
AJcenfionis,  then  within   a  Month  after  the  Feaft  of 
St.  Michael;   (i8)Ifin  the  utas  of  the  Trinity,  then- 
in  crajlino  Animarum;    (19)  If  in  quindena  Trinitatis, 
or   in  crajlino  of  St.   John  Baptijl,  then  in  crajlino- 
Martini;    (20)   If  in  the  utas  of  St.   John  Baptijl,, 
then  in  the  utas  of  St.  Martin  ;    (21.)  If  in  quindena  of 
St.  John  Baptijl,  then  Day  fhall  be  given  unto  quin-  Altered  hyis: 
dsna  Martini;  and- fo  every  Term  fhall  anfwer  to  V"  8' c"  z',Sec 

Other.'  by   16  Car.  z. 

c.  6. 


Tie  Statute  made  Anno  51  Hen.  III.  Stat.  3.  and  Anno  Dom.  1266, 

Dies  communes  in  Banco  in  placito  dotis. 
Concerning  general  Days  in  a  Writ  of  Dower. 


Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  z. 

SI  breve  venerit  in  oclabis  fancli  Michaelis,  da- 
bitur dies  in  craftino  Animarum ;  Si  in  quin- 
dena fancli  Michaelis,  in  craftino  fancli  Mar- 
tini ;  Si  in  tribus  feptimanis  fancli  Michaelis,  in  oc- 
tabis  fancli  Martini ;  Si  in  menfe  fancli  Michaelis, 
in  quindena  fancli  Martini ;  Si  in  craftino  Anima- 
rum, in  oclabis  fancli  Hilarii ;  Si  in  craftino  fancli 
Martini,  in  quindena  fancli  Hilarii;  Si  in  oclabis 
fancli  Martini  in,  craftino  Purificacionis  beate  Ma- 
rie ;  Si  in  oclabis  fancli  Hilarii,  in  quindena  Paf- 
che ;  [Si  in  quindena  fancli  Martini,  in  oclabis  Pu- 
rifications beate  Marie  ;  Si  in  oclabis  fanBi  Hilarii, 
in  quindena-  Pafche ;  Si  in  quindena  fancli.  Hilarii,, 

3. 


'  T  F  the  Writ  do  come  in  oclabis  Michaelis,  Day 
!  fhall  be  given  until  craftino  Animarum;  (z)  If  it- 
4  come  in  quindena  Michaelis,  Day  fhall  be  given 
'  until  craftino  Martini;  (3)  If  within  three  Weeks 
4  after  the  Feaft  of  St.  Michael,  then  in. oclabis  Mar- 
'  tini ;  (4.)  If  in  menfe  Michaelis,  then  in  quindena 
'  Martini;  (5)  If  in  craftino  Animarum,  then  in  oila- 
'  bis  Hilarii;  (6)  If  in  craftino  Martini,  then  in  quin- 
'  dena  Hilarii;  (7)  If  in  oStabis  Martini,  then  in  era— 
'  Jlino  Purificationis  ;  (8)  If  in  quindena  Martini,  then 
'  in  oclabis  Purificationis;  (9)  If  in  oSiabis  Hilarii,- 
'  then  in  quindena  Pafcha  ;  (10)  If  in  quindena  Hilarii,. 
'  then  in  tribus  feptimanis  Pafch a  ;  ( 1 1)  If  in  crajlino. 
*  Purificationis,  then  in  menfe  Pafcha;.  (12)  If  in  oc- 

s  teh'i 


24.         Stat.  4.         Anno  quinquagefimo  primo  Henri ci  IIL      A.  D.  1266. 


tabis  Purificationis,  then  in  era/lino  Afcenfionis  ;  (13  )  If 
in  quindena  Pafcha,  then  in  oclabis  Trinitatis;  (14)  If 
in  tnbus  feptimanis  Pafchcs,  then  in  qu'mdena  Trinita- 


tis * ;  ( 1 5)  If  in  menfe  Pafcha:,  then  in  craftino  f  j^- 
bannis  Baptifta  ;  (16)  If  in  quinquefeptimanas  Pafcha, 
then  in  oclabis  Johannis  ;  (  17)  If  in  craftino  Afcenfio- 
nis, then  in  qu'mdena  Johannis ;  (18)  If  in  oclabis 
Trinitatis,  then  in  oclabis  Mich aelis;  (19)  If  in  yz«';z- 
J«z#  Trinitatis %,  then  in  qu'mdena  Michaelis  ;  (20)  If 
in  craftino'll'^/^w/V  Baptifta,  then  in  tribus  fepti- 
manis  Michaelis  ;  (21)  //"  z«  oclabis  Johannis  Bap 
tiftae,  then  in  menfe  Michaelis  ^f ;  (22)  If  in  quinden, 
Johannis  Baptifta,  then  in  craftino  Animarum  +.' 


■*  Add  er  in 

Craftino  Santl't 

Johannis  Bap' 

tifte. 

+  For  Craftino, 

read  oclabis. 

\  Add  er  m 

Craftino  Sancli 

Johannis  Bap- 
tifte. 

f]  For  Craftino, 

read  oclabis. 

^[  iVef  '"  fie 
,  Original. 

4-  For  Craftino 

Anhnarum,  read 

in  MenfemSancli 

Micbeeles. 

Altered  by  31  H.  8.  c.^l.  &  16  Car.  I.  c.  6.     vtf»rf  /«  s4.Ceo.-2.  c.  48.  for  the  further  Abbreviation  of  Michaelmas  Term 
■  srdaining  that  in  Dover  after  JJfue  joined  there  need  not  be  above  15  Days  between  the  Teftc  and  Return  of  the  Venire,  &e. 


i-a 


Cotton  MS. 
in  tres  feptimanas  Pafche  ;  Si  in  craftino  Purificacio- 
nis,  in  menfe  Pafche;]  Si  in  oclabis  Purificationis, 
in  craftino  Afcenfionis  Domini ;  Si  in  quindena 
Pafche,  in  oclabis  fancle  Trinitatis ;  Si  in  '  tres 
feptimanis  Pafche,  in  quindena  fancle  Trinitatis, 
vel  in  craftino  fancii  Johannis  Baptifte ;  Si  in  menfe 
Pafche,  in  oclabis  fancii  Johannis  Baptifte  ;  [Si  in 
quinque  feptimanas  Pafche,  in  oclabis  fancii  Johannis 
Baptifte ;]  Si  in  craftino  Afcenfionis  Domini,  in 
quindena  fancii  Johannis  Baptifte  ;  Si  in  oclabis 
fancle  Trinitatis,  in  oclabis  fancii  Michaelis;  Si 
in  quindena  fancte  Trinitatis,  vel  in  craftino  fancii 
Johannis  Baptifte,  in  quindena  fanfti  Michaelis;  Si 
in  o&abis  fancii  Johannis  Baptifte,  in  tres  fepti- 
manas fancii  Michaelis  ;  Si  in  quindena  fancii  Jo- 
hannis Baptifte  in  menfem  fancii  Michaelis. 

And  the  41b  Seel,  of  the  fame  Statute 


*  Tribus  Septimanis. 


"The  Statute  De  Diftridlione  Scaccarrii,  made  Anno  51  Hen.  III.  Stat.  4. 

and  Anno  Dom.  1266. 

What  Diftrefs  fhall  be  taken  for  the  King's  Debts,  and  how  it  fhall  be  ufed. 


The  Owner  may 
feed  his  Cattle 
impounded. 
Bro.  Diftr.  72. 
9  Ed.  4.  f.  2. 
5  H.  7.  f.,9. 
ai  Ed.  4.  r.  53. 
*   TbeWords  in 
halieks  are  not  in 
the  Original. 


No  Sale  of  Di- 
ftrefs \vithin 
15  Days. 
Altered  by  2  W. 
&  M.  SefT.  1. 

c-5-„ 

And  farther  by 
8  Ann.  c.  14. 
And  11  G.  i. 
c.  I9. 
-f  For  that,  read 

if- 

No  Diftrefs  fliall 
be  taken  of 
PIough-Cat:le 
or  Sheep. 
■J  Fur   by  tie 
r         or  other 
1  ,  red  by 

the  K.ng'i  hai- 

other 
I        n. 

I  d  by  28 

J    .1.  flat.  3. 
c.  12. 

J'eglft.  97. 

Raft.  2-6. 
Bro.  Diftrefs, 
f.  31.  6-. 

4H.J.U. 


u  Tr^rOrafmuch  as  the  Commonalty  of  the  Realm 
"  |H  hath  fuftained  great  Damage  by  wrongful  ta- 
"  ■*"  king  of  DiftrefTes,  which  have  been  made  by 
"  Sheriffs,  and  by  other  the  King's  Bailiffs,  for  the 
"  King's  Debt,  or  for  any  other  caufe:'  It  is  therefore 
'  provided  and  ordained,  that  *  when  a  Sheriff,  or  any 
'  other  Man  doth  take  the  Beafts  of  other,  they  to  whom 
'  the  Beafts  do  belong  may  give  them  their  Feeding 
'  without  Difturbance  (lb  long  as  they  be  impounded) 
'  without  giving  any  thing  for  their  keeping.  (2)  And 
'  that  the  Beafts,  nor  no  other  Diftrels  taken  for  the 
'  King's  Debt,  nor  for  any  other  caufe,  be  given  ne 
'  fold  within  Fifteen  Days  after  the  taking.  And  if 
'  any  bring  the  Tally  of  a  Payment  made  in  the  Fx- 
'  chequer,  the  Diftrefs  fhall  ceafe.  (3)  And  if  he 
'  bring  the  Tally  of  any  Sheriff  or  Bailiff,  of  Payment 
'  made  to  them  of  the  thing  demanded,  and  will  find 
'  Pledges  that  he  will  appear  in  the  Exchequer,  upon 
'  the  next  account,  to  do  as  Right  fhall  require,  then 
'  the  Diftrefs  fhall  ceafe.  And  the  Sheriff  or  Bailiff 
'  fhall  caufe  him  to  be  attached  that  ought  to  have  ac- 
'  quitted  him,  f  that  he  appear  upon  the  fame  account, 
'  to  do  as  Right  fhall  require  ;  and  there  fhall  have  the 
'  names  of  the  pledges.  (4)  Yet  it  is  provided,  that 
'  no  man  of  Religion,  nor  other,  fliall  be  diftrained 
'  by  his  Beafts  that  gain  his  Land,  nor  by  his  Sheep, 
'  for  the  King's  Debt,  nor  the  Debt  of  any  other  man, 
'  nor  for  any  other  caufe,  %  by  the  King's  or  other 
'  Bailiffs,  but  until  they  can  find  another  Diftrefs,  or 
'  Chattels  I'ufEcient  whereof  they  may  levy  the  Debt, 
'  or  that  is  fufficientfor  the  Demand  (except  impound- 
'  1,  1  of  Beafts  that  a  mr.n  findeth  in  his  (ground,  Da- 
'  mdge'feafant,  after  the'Ufe  and  Cuftom  of  the  Realm.) 
'  U)  And  that  fuch  DiftrefTes  be  reafonable,  after  the 
'  Value  of  the  Debt  or  Demand,  and  by  the  Eftima- 
'  tion  of  Neighbours,  and  not  by  Strangers,  and  not 
'  outragious.  (6)  Howbeit,  the  King  willeth  and 
'  commandeth,  that  Sheriffs,  or  their  Bailiffs,  that 
Dyer,  f.  312.         Fitz.  Brief,  662.         A  Diftrefs  fhall  be  reafonable. 


Cotton  MS.    Claudius,  D.  z. 

PUrceo  qe  la  comunalte  du  roialme  ad  eu  graunt 
damage  per  torcenoufes  prifes,  quount  efte 
faites  per  vifcountes,  &  per  autres  Bailliffs  le 
Roi,  per  achefon  de  la  dette  le~Roi,  ou  per  autre 
achefon ;  purveu  eft  que  ceux  as  queux  les  avers  fount 
les  puiffent  peftre  de  lour  faunz  deftourber,  quaunt 
eux  ferrount  emparkez,  faunz  rien  doner  pur  la 
garde  :  &  que  les  avers,  ne  nulle  autre  deftreffe  pris 
pur  la  dette  le  Roi,  ou  per  autre  enchefon,  ne  foi- 
ent  venduz  [ne  donez,]  deinz  les  xv.  jours  [de  la 
prife.]  Et  ft  nul  porte  taille  come  de  paie  faite  a 
Lefcheqer,  ceffe  la  deftrefce  &  fil  [fi  null]  porte 
taille  de  nul  Vifcounte  ou  de  Baillif  de  paie  faite  a 
lui  de  la  chofe  demaunde,  et  voille  trover  plegges 
deftre  al  Efcheqer  al  profchein  acompt,  afaire  qe 
droit  ferra,  adonqes  ceffe  la  deftrefle,  &  qe  le 
Vifcount,  ou  les  baillifs,  face  attacher  lui  que  les 
deuft  aveir  aquite,  fil  foit  fur  mefme  lacompte, 
afaire  fur  ceo  qe  droit  ferra;  &  eit  ilJoeques  les 
nouns  des  plegges.  Unqore  eft  purveu,  qe  null 
homme  de  religion,  nautre,  foit  deftreinte  per  [fes] 
beftes  qe  gaignent  fa  terre,  ne  per  fes  berbis,  pur 
la  dette  le  Roi,  ne  pur  la  dette  dautri,  ne  per  autre 
enchefon,  per  Je  baillif  le  Roi,  ne  per  autre  hom- 
me, taunt  come  lem  trove  autre  deftrefce,  &  autres 
chateux  fuffifauntz,  dount  Us  poicnt  lever  la  dette, 
ou  ceo  qe  fuffice  al  demaunde,  horfpris  emparke- 
mentz  des  beftes  quaunt  homme  les  trove  fefauntz 
damage,  felonc  leie  &  lufhge  de  la  terre:  &  qe  les 
deftrefces  foient  refonables  a  la  mountaunce  de  la 
dette,  ou  de  la  demaunde  [damage,]  felonc  refoun, 
&  noun  pas  outrageous  [la  value  per  eftimacion  des 
veftns,  fa*  nemye per  eftranges.]  Unqore  voet  le  Roi, 
&  comaunde,  que  touz  les  Vifcountes  &  les  Baillifs, 
qount  refceu  les  dettes  le  Roi  de  la  fomons  del  Ef- 
cheqer, &  qi  naquitent  de  ceo  les  dettours  fur  lour 
profchein  acompte  foient  puniz  felonc  les  eftatutz 
52  H.  3.  c.  4.     19  E.  3.  f.  16.      29  E.  3.  f.  14.      41 E.  3.  f.  26. 

nadgairs 


A.  D.  1266.      Anno  quinquagefimo  primo  Henrici  III. 


Stat. 


25 


Cotton  MS. 
nadgairs  faites.  Et  voet  le  Roi,  qe  touz  les  dettes 
de  fa  fomons  de  Lefcheqer,  qe  les  Vifcountes,  ou 
]es  Baillifs  ount  refceu,  qils  foient  maintenaunt 
allowez  ;  le  quel  qils  eient  refceu  toute  la  dette,  ou 
partie,  iflint  qe  mes  ne  viegne  en  fomons,  ceo  qe 
le  Vifcount  avera  conu  foi  aver  refceu,  &c. 


'  have  received  the  King's  Debt  of  the  Summons  of  the  A  sheriff, 

'  Exchequer,  and  have  not  acquitted  the  Debtors  there-  "'hl*  r^uiveth 

'  of  at  the  next  account,  fhall   be  punifbed  after  the  n.  ,, ■„■.;.  ►£.' 

c  n  11  /     ^    a        1      1        rr-  -11       1        lhjli  acquit  the 

statutes  made  thereupon.     (7;  And  the  King  willeth,  nsbtor. 

'  that  all  Debts  of  Summons  of  the  Exchequer  that  Enforcedly  3  Ed. 

'  the  Sheriff  or   Bailiff  have  confeffed  Receipt,  fliaH  1-c.r9.wAff* 

'  be  allowed  him  forthwith  :  fo  that  whether  he  receiv-  ^Me%Sher'-^ 

'  ed  all  the  Debt,  or  Part,  it  fhall  never  come  more  in  Paahyrftnbte 

'  Demand  nor  Summons,  after  the  Sheriff  hath  cpn-  the  Receipt. 

'  fefled  the  Receipt.' 


Statutum  De  Scaccario,    made  Ann.  51  Hen.  III.   Stat,  5.   and  Anno^w^;^- 

Dora.  1  266. 


Rutland. iuE.i. 


"When  the  King's  Fermors,  Sheriffs,  and  Bailiffs,  fhall  make  their  Accompts  and  Payments, 

Who  fhall  be  Efcheators  in  feveral  Shires. 


Cotton  MS.    Claudius,  D.  2. 

LE  roi  voet,  qe  toutes  maneres  des  Baillifs, 
Vifcountes,  &  autres  Miniftre.s  le  Roi,  auxi- 
bien  le  Juftice  de  Ceftre,  &  les  Baillifs  'des 
I-fles,  come  autres  de  touz  maneres  de  refceites  des 
iffues,  des  gardes,  des  efchetes,  de  lour  baillies;, 
foient  refpoignantz  al  efcheqer,'  &  illoeqes  rendent 
acompte  al  Treforer,  &  as  Barouns.  Et  qe  touz 
les  Vifcountes,  Fermers,  Baillifs  des  fraunchifes, 
&  autres,  qi  devent  venir  al  profre  del  Efcheqer, 
lendemain  de  feint  Michel,  &  lendemain  de  la  clufe 
de  Pafqe,  pur  paier  lour  fermes,  rentes,  &  iffues, 
qappendent  au  Roi,  viegnent  as  avauntditz,  &  por- 
tent illoeqes  pleinement  les  avauntdites  fermes, 
rentes,  &  ifTues,  &  les  paient  al'  Efcheqer.  Et  fi 
nul  faile  de  paier  pleinement  ceo  qil  doit  paier,  fi- 
come  avaunt  eft  dit,  fon  corps  demoerge  faunz 
d^partier  jefques  a  taunt  qil  eit  paie,  ou  gree  fait 
Et  celui  qi  ne  vendra  as  avantdites  termes,  foit 
amercie  felonc  les  ufages  del  Efcheqer.  Et  a  mef- 
mes  les  termes  les  Vifcountes  &  les  Baillifs  porte- 
rount  les  deniers,  &  paierount  al  Efcheqer,  ceo  qils 
averount  refceu  a  la  fomons  del  Efcheqer,  &  des 
autres  dettes  le  Roi,  &  de  touz  les  chofes  avant- 
dites foient  preftes  &  apparaillez  defaire  vewe  da- 
compt. 

Et  touz  les  Baillifs  des  fraunchifes,  qi  deivent  les 
dettes  le  Roi  [lever]  et  refpounderont  as  Vifcoun- 
tes a  lour  maundement,  felonc  les  eftretes  de  la  fo- 
mons del  Efcheqer,  viegnent  &  refpoignent  fuffi- 
fantement.  Et  ceux  qi  ne  frount,  demoergent  les 
corps  de  eux  en  la  garde  des  Vifcountes  ;  &  les 
Vifcountes,  pur  lour  defautes,  envoierent  lever  les 
dettes  per  lour  baillifs  demeigne,  &  per  la  ou  ils 
purrount,  hcome  lem  foleit  faire  en  temps  pafle. 
Et  fi  les  Baillifs  ne  viegnent  a  refpoundre  a  jour 
[de  ceo  an  fcf  jour]  qe  les  Vifcountes  les  ferront  af- 
favoir,  les  Vifcontes  entrent  en  les  fraunchifes,  & 
facent  lever  les  dettes  per  lour  baillifs  demeigne 
[en  me/me  la  manere.] 

En  droit  de  Juftice  de  Ceftre,  &  des  Baillifs  des 
Ifles,  voet  le  Roi,  qils  viegnent  per  afcun  de  lour 
al  profer  de  feint  Michel  chefcun  an,  a  rendre 
quaunt  qils  deivent  au  Roi  a  eel  terme.  Et  a  la 
Vprofre  de  la]  clufe  de  Pafqe,  viegnent  en  mefme 
la  manere,  &  portent  ce  qils  deivent  au  Roi  adon- 
•qes.    Et  le  Juftice  de  Ceftre  eit  jour  dacompt  dan 

Vol.  I. 


When   the 

King's  S;>!lifr>. 

and  Officers  ihail 

accompt. 

*  Add  if  Iffues. 

■f-  Fcr  and  other , 

read  of  their. 

%  The  Word*  ir. 

Italicks  not  ir.  the 

Original. 

||  For  pall,  read 

tuho   ought   to 

come. 

\.  F 'or pall  bring 
at  the  afore  aid 
Terms,  &c.  read 
pall  come  at  the 
aforefaid  Terms, 
and  pall  there 
bring  in  full  the 
aforejaid  Ferms, 
Rents  and  ifj'ut  , 
and  ray  them  into 
the  Exchequer. 


THE  King  cornmandeth,  that  all  manner  of 
BailifFs,  Sheriffs,  and  other  Officer  ,  a,s  well 
the  Juftices  of  Chejler,  and  other  Bailiffs  of 
thefe  Counties,  as  other  that  be  Receivers  *  of  Wards, 
of  Efcheats,  f  and  other  Bailiwicks,  (hall  be  anfvvera- 
ble  in  the  Exchequer,  and  there  fhall  make  account 
to  the  Treafurer  and  Barons  %  of  the  fame  place.  (2) 
And  that  all  Sheriffs,  Fermors,  Bailiffs  of  Franchi- 
fes,  and  other,  ||  Jhall  .come  to  the  Profer  in  the  Ex- 
chequer, the  Monday  after  the  Feaft  of  St.  Michael, 
and  the  Monday  after  the  Utas  of  Eajler,  for  to  pay 
their  Ferms,  Rents,  and  Iffues  belonging  to  the  King, 
and  4-  Jhall  bring  at  the  forefaid  Terms,  the  forcfaid 
Ferms,  Rents,  and  Iffues  due,  wholly  into  the  Ex- 
chequer, as  ,  before  is  mentioned.  (3)  And  if  they 
make  default,  their  Bodies  fhall  remain  without  de- 
parting from  thence,  until  they  have  paid  or  made 
agreement ;  and  he  that  will  not  come  at  the  Terms 
aforefaid,  fhall  be  amerced  after  the  Cuftom  of  the 
Exchequer  ;  (4)  and  the  Sheriffs  and  Bailiffs  at  the 
fame  Terms  fhall  bring  and  pay  fuch  Money  as  they 
have  received  of  the  Summons  of  the  Exchequer, 
and  other  the  King's  Debts,  and  fhall  be  prepared 
and  ready  to  make  full  accompt  of  the  things  afore- 
faid.     • 


'  II.    And   that  all  BailifFs  "of  Franchifes,    which  Bailiffs  of  Fran- 
ought  to  levy  the  King's  Debts,  and  be  anfwerable  chiles  accompt. 
to  the  Sheriffs  thereof,  fhall  come   and  accompt  fuf-  ■ 
ficiently,  according  to  the  Extreats  of  the  Summons 
of  the  Exchequer;   and  fuch  as  do  not,  their  Bodies 
fhall  remain   in  Ward   of  the  Sheriffs  ;  and  for  De- 
fault in  them,  the  Sheriffs  fhall  caufe  the  Debts  to  be 
levied  by  their  own  Bailiffs,  where  they  have  Power, 
as  they  have  ufed  to  do  in  time  paffed.     And  if  the 
Bailiffs  do  not- come  in  at  the  Day  that  the  Sheriff 
fhall  give  them  knowledge,  the  Sheriff  fhall  enter 
into  the- fame  Franchifes,  and  levy  the  Debts  with 
his  own  hand. 

'  III.    Concerning  Juftices  of  Chejhr,    and  Bailiffs  The  Juftices  and 
thereof,  the  King  willeth,  that  they,  or  one  of  them,  Bailiffs  of  Chef- 
fhall  come  at  the  Profer  of  St.  Michael  ev ery  Year,  ter's  accompt. 
when   they  ought  to  give   account  unto  the  King ; 
and  at  the  Prefer  of  the  Utas  of  Eajler  they  fhall  come 
likewife,  and  bring  in  that  which  they  owe  to  the 
King  for  that  Term ;  and  the  Juftices  of  Chejhr  fhall 
E  f  have 


26  Stat.  5.  Anno  quinquagefimo  primo  Hen rici  III.     A.D.  1266 


'  have  Day  to  accompt  from  Year  to  Year  in  quindena 
'  Pafcha  ;  and  the  Bailiffs  thereof  the  +  Monday  of 
'  Eqfter  Utas.  (z)  And  that  all  Sheriffs  of  England, 
'  except  the  Sheriffs  of  Weftmorland,  Lancafter,  TVor- 
'  ccjler,  Rutland,  and  Cornwall,  fhall  from  henceforth 
'  keep  all  fuch  Wards  and  Efcheats,  that  are  not  in 
'  other  Fees,  as  belong  to  the  King,  which  be  within 
'  their  Shires  ;  and  of  the  Iffues  thereof  they  fhall  be 
'  anfwerable  in  the  Exchequer  at  the  Terms  aforefaid  ; 
'  (3)  ||  and  at  their  Turns  that  they  make  in  their 
'  Shins,  they  Jhall  find  Office  of  other  Things,  which 
'  the  King's  Efchealors  have  not  ufed  to  find  of  that 
'  which  belongcth  unto  the  King,  once  or  twice  in  the 
to  as  little  Gri?vance  of  the  People  as  they 
(4)  And  the  Sheriffs  fhall  feiae  the  Efcheats 
tbarTunajwbttb  c  th  t  ft]]     to  remain  unto  the  King  in  Fee,  and  fhall 

tc-v  make  in  their   _  ? .  _    .  .    .  P.  ' 


•j-  For  Mcnday, 

read  Alcrrotv. 

Sheriffs  fhall 

keep,  the  King's 

Wards  and 

Efcheats. 

Altered  By 

3zH.S.  c.  46. 

which  eftablijhes 

the  Court   of  the 

King's  Wards, 

and  made  obf.  by 

22  Car.  1.  c.  34, 

|i  The  Meaning 

ofthh  Sentence 

Jee;r:s  to  be  as 

foH^zvz: — And  at  t    Ccin. 


Cotton  MS. 
en  an  a  Ja  xv.  de  Pafqe;  &  les  Baillifs  des  Ifles 
lendemayn  de  la  clufe  de  Pafqe.  Et  que  touz  les 
Vifcountes  Dengleterre,  horfpris  le  vifcounte  de 
Weftmerl',  Lane.  Wirceftr',  Roteland',  &  CJorne- 
waill',  deforemes  gardent  les  gardes  &  les  efchetes, 
qe  ne  fount  en  fee,  qappendent  au  Roi  dedeinz. 
lour  Countees  ;  &  des  iffues  loialment  refpoignent 
al  Efcheqer  as  termes  avauntdites ;  &  as  termes 
[lour  tournes]  qils  frount  per  lour  Countees,  delour 
offices,  &  des  autres  chofes,  qe  les  Efchetours  fo- 
leient  faire,  &  qappent  al  a  efcheterie  un  foitz  ou 
deux,  au  meindre  mefchief  faunz  grevance  del 
poeple,  qils  purrount.  Et  les  efchetes  qe  cher- 
rount  au  roi  a  demurrier  en  fee,  les  Vifcountes  les 
feifent,   &  les  facent  favoir  au  Roi  faunz  delaie. 


tb:y  make  in  their  . 

Shires,  they  certify  the  King  or  them  witnout  delay. 

Jhall  be  anfwerable  for  their  Offices,   and  for  other  Things  ivbicb  the  Efchcators  ufed  to  do,  and  which  belong  to  the  Efcheat,  once,  &c.         J^*  What  follows  in  the 
r.ext  Sentence  but  one  clears  up  this  Pajjage. 


Three  Surve 
»rs. 


Wards  and  Ef- 
cheats let  to 
Feim. 

SherirFsEfcheat- 
ors  in  other 
Shires, 


*  Aiiin  tleEx- 
tL'qucr, 


•f-  For  Monday^ 
T'jad  Morrow. 

Colltftors  of 
ihe  Cuftoro  of 
WooUj. 


Add  Wool. 

Tie  Words  in 
Italicki  not  in  the 
Original* 


'  IV.  And  the  King  fliall  aflign  three  able  Perfor.s 
that  fhall  go  throughout  the  Realm,  to  furvey  and 
find  the  Wards  and  Efcheats  aforeiaid,  from  Year  to 
Year,  when  they  fhall  think  requifitc.  (2)  And  the 
Sheriffs  by  their  Counfel  fhall  approve,  and  let  to 
Ferm,  or  otherwife,  fuch  Wards  and  Efcheats,  as 
they  fhall  think  moft  for  the  King's  Advantage. 
'  V.  Touching  the  five  Shires  before  named,  the 
King  will,  that  the  Sheriff  of  Cumberland  fliall  exe- 
cute the  Office  of  Efcheator  in  the  Shires  oilVeft- 
merland  and  Lancafter ;  and  the  Sheriff  of  Notting- 
ham in  Rutland;  and  the  Sheriff  of  Gloucefter  in  Wor- 
cefter ;  and  the  Sheriff  of  Devon/hire  in  Cornwall; 
and  fliall  fafely  keep  the  King  his  Wards  and  Ef- 
cheats in  the  fame  Shires,  and  fhall  be  anfwerable  in 
the  Exchequer  for  the  Iffues  of  them,  as  well  as  for 
their  own  Shires.  (2)  And  the  three  able  Perfons 
aforefaid  fhall  furvey  and  extend  fuch  Wards  and  Ef- 
cheats, as  well  there  as  in  other  Places,  and  thofe 
fhall  be  approved  by  their  Counfel.  And  when  the 
Sheriffs  do  accompt  for  their  Counties,  they  fhall  ac- 
compt for  fuch  Wards  and  Efcheats.  And  in  like 
manner  fhall  the  Juftices  of  Chefier  do,  and  their  Bai- 
liffs alfo,  every  one  for  his  Bailiwick.  (3)  And  the 
'  faid  three  able  Perfons  fliall  keep  the  King's  Demeans, 
and  fliall  approve  them  as  they  fliall  think  beft  for  the 
King's  Advantage,  and  fliall  be  anfwerable  *  for  the 
Iffues  :  (4)  And  they  fhall  have  power  to  let  forth 
fmall  Manors  and  Demeans  to  folk  of  the  fame  Pla- 
ces, or  to  other,  according  to  their  Difcretion,  and 
fhall  let  them  to  Ferm  from  Year  to  Year,  as  they 
fhall  think  moll  to  the  King's  Profit:  And  the  Fer- 
mors  (hall  be  chargeable  for  their  Ferms  unto  the 
principal  Approvers,  and  they  unto  the  Exchequer, 
the  -)-  Monday  next  after  the  Afcenfion,  from  Year  to 
Year. 

'  VI.  And  the  principal  Collectors  of  the  Cuftom  of 
Woolls,  at  the  two  Terms  before  mentioned,  fliall 
pay  all  fuch  Money  as  they  have  received  of  the  faid 
Cuftom,  and  fliall  make  accompt  from  Year  to  Year 
clearly  of  all  Parcels  received  in  any  of  the  Ports,  or 
other  Places  of  the  Realm,  fo  that  they  fhall  anfwer 
for  every  Ship  where  it  was  charged,  and  how  much  % 
it  carried,  ||  and  whofe  the  Woolls  vjere,  and  for  eve- 
ry other  Charge  in  the  Ship,  whereof  Cuftom  is  due, 
and  for  the  whole  Receipt. 


Et  le  Roi  attournera  trois  prodes  hommes,  qi  ir- 
rount  per  tote  la  terre,  pur  b  purfourver  &  eftendre 
les  gardes  &  les  efchetes  avauntdites,  de  an  en  an, 
quaunt  ils  verrount  qe  bon  foit.  Et  les  Vifcountes 
per  counfeil  de  eux  proverount  per  mettre  a  ferme, 
&  en  autre  manere,  tiels  gardes  &  efchetes  en  la 
manere  qils  verrount,  qe  mieux  foit  al  pru  le  Roi. 

Et  en  les  cynk  Countees  avauntnomes,  voet  le 
Roi,  qe  le  Vifcounte  de  CumberF  face  loffice  def- 
cheterie  en  les  Countees  de  Weftmerl'  &  Lane.  & 
celui  de  Not'  en  Rotel' ;  &  celui  de  Lancafter  \_de 
Glouceftre]  en  Wirceftre  ;  &  celui  de  Devenfliire  en 
Cornewaill,  &  fouvement  gardent  les  efchetes  [& 
les  gardes]  au  Roi,  &  de  mefmes  les  Countees,  £c 
refpoignent  des  iffues  al  Efcheqer,  fi  come  ils  dei- 
vent  faire  de  lour  Countees.  Et  les  trois  prodes 
hommes  avauntditz  furverount  &  eftenderount  tiels 
gardes  &  efchetes,  ficome  aillours,  &  per  le  coun- 
feil deux  foient  appruez.  Et  quaunt  les  Vifcoun- 
tes acompterount  de  lour  acomptz,  fi  accompte- 
rount  des  gardes  &  des  efchetes.  Et  per  mefme  la 
manere  face  le  Juftice  de  Ceftre,  &  les  Baillifs  des 
Ifles,  chefcun  en  fa  baillie.  Et  les  prodes  hommes 
avauntdites  garderount  les  demeignes  le  Roi,  &  les 
emprowerount  felonc  ceo  qils  verront  qe  mieux 
foit  al  oeps  le  Roi,  &  refponderount  al  Efcheqer 
des  iffues  :  Et  mefmes  ceux  averount  poer  de  bafl- 
ler  petitz  maneres  en  meins  a  les  gentz  des  mefmes 
les  villes  [lieux]  ou  as  autre,  felonc  lour  difcrecion, 
a  fermes  certeins  de  an  en  an,  per  la  ou  ils  verrount 
qe  foit  apru  le  Roi.  Et  yceux  fermers  refpounde- 
rount  des  iffues  a  ceux  avauntditz  principals  ap- 
provers, &  [foient']  eux  al  Efcheqer  lendemain  del 
Afcenfion,  de  an  en  an. 


Et  qe  les  [principales]  Coillours  de  la  cuftume 
des  leins  paient,  a  les  deux  termes  avantditz,  touz 
les  deniers,  qils  averont  pris  [coillez]  &  refceu  de 
lavauntdit  cuftume,  &  dan  en  an  rendent  acompt 
apertement  &  diftinc/tement  de  touz  les  parcels  re- 
fceux  per  toutes  les  portes,  &  per  toute  la  terre, 
iffint  qil  refpoigne  de  chefcun  neef,  ou  ele  ferra 
charge,  &  come  bien  ele  portera  de  la  leine,  Sc 
dautre  aver  charge  en  la  nief,  de  cuftume  qeft  due, 
&  de  toute  la  refceite. 


k  Efcheqer  inmarg. 


[b  perfourvcr.] 


Et 


A.  D.  1266.     Anno  quinquagefimo  primo  Hen  rici  III.  Stat.  5.  27 


Cotton  MS. 

Et  le  gardein  de  la  Garderobe  le  Roi  rende  a- 
■compt  de  an  en  an  al  Efcheqer  a  le  feint  Margarete; 
Et  le  Treforer  h  les  Barouns  de  Lefcheqer  foient 
chargez  per  ferement,  qils  nentendrount  doier  les 
plees  des  quereles  de  nullui,  taunt  come  ils  eient 
afFaire  des  bufoignes  le  Roi,  fi  ce  neft  querele  qe 
touche  la  dette  le  Roi  mefmes.  Et  quaunt  Vif- 
count  ou  Baillif  eit  comence  de  acompter,  nul  au- 
tre ne  feit  refceu  de  aconter  tanque  le  primer  qe 
foit  affis  eit  peraccompte,  &  qe  la  fomme  foit  re- 
fceu. Et  qe  le  Coneftable,  &  le  Marefchal,  &  les 
marefchalx,  &  les  Chamberleyns,  &  les  autres,  qi 
font  de  fee  al  Efcheqer,  deforemes  perfentent  au 
Roi  mefmes  ceux  qils  metterount  en  lour  lieux  af- 
faire lour  office  de  lieu-x  :  &  celes  gents  foient  de 
bone  fame,  &  qils  ^foient  fuffifeantz,  &  tieux  pur 
qi  fates  ils  voillent  refpoundre. 

Et  le  Roi  enjoint  al  Treforer  &  as  Barouns,  en 

la  foi  qils  lui  deivent,  &  le  ferment  qils  fount,   qils 
ne  mettent  autres  deputes  depar  eux  qe  ceux   qi 
fount  refceux.     Et  qe  Lefcheqer  ne  foit  charge  de 
pluis  de  gentz  qe  mieftre  eft.     Et  qe  nul  de  laviz 
jure  le  Roi  mette  homme  pur  lui,  ne  clerc,  ne  lay, 
qil  ne  foit  jure  de  laviz,   &  ceo  faunz  efpeciale 
conge  le  Treforer.    Et  fi  null'  le  face,  foit  main- 
tenaunt  remue  de  foil  office,   &  null'  autre  ne  foit 
refceu  en  fon  lieu  faunz  le  Roi.     Et  fi  celui  qi  ferra 
mys,   &  celui  qi  lavera  mys,  foit  puny,  felonc  le 
trefpas.     Et  fi  ambedeux  ne  fuffifent,  foient  puniz 
ovefque  le  feignour  [fovereigne,]    quel   qil   foit  de 
fee,   ou  de  autre  en  fon  lieu,  tanqe  le  Roi  eit  autre 
chofe  ordene.     Et  fi  celui  qi  avera  tenu  le  lieu  dau- 
tre  per  conge  le  Treforer,   face  chofe  qil  ne  deyve 
[doit  faire,]   foit  puny  felonc  le  trefpas,  fil   ad  de 
quoi ;  &   fil  nad  de  quoi,   celui  qi  lavera  mys  re- 
fpoigne  de  fon  trefpas  Et  fi  celui  ne  fuffice,  refpoig- 
ne  celui  qi  le  avera  mys  en  loffice,  le  quel  qil  foir, 
de  fee  ou  dautre.     Et  touz  ceux  de  laviz.  facent  le 
ferement,   qe   fi   null  puis  perceiver  qe  autre  face 
defleaute,  ou  malveifte,  ou  autre  chofe,   face  af- 
favoir  au  Treforer  &  as  Barouns,  ou  afcun  de  ceux, 
qi  le  face  amendre,   &  fi  mieftre  foit,  facent  favoir 
au  Roi.     Et  qe  entour  la  fefte  de  feinte  Margarete, 
avaunt  qe  Lefcheqer  foit  clos,  face  chefcun  an  bien 
ferchier  &  veer,  i\  Vifcount,  ou  autre  Baillif,  qi 
deuft  avoir  acompt   eel  an,  neit  acompte,    a   fon 
acompt  foit  primerement  oy  apres  le  feint  Michel, 
avaunt  ceo  qe  nul  autre  Vifcounte  foit  refceu  da- 
compter.     Et  fi  ceo  foit  autre  Baillif,  foit  maunde, 
cu  deftreint,  qil  viegne  a  certein  jour  dacompter, 
iffint  qe  nul  acompt  foit  fuffiert  dendormer.     Et 
purceo  qe  les  Coneftables,  Vifcountes,  &  autres 
[baii/ifs]  ount  meintefoitz  eu  outrageous  allowan- 
ces per  faux  teftmoi^nance  des  overcignes  le  Roi, 
&  des   autres  chofes   purveus  per  fes  comaunde- 
mentz,   purveu   eft,  qe   touz  les  veours   des   ove- 
reignes  le  Roi  foient  efluz  per  ferement  des  prodes 
hommes,  &   tieux   qi  mieux  fafcherit,  voillent  & 
puiffent  a  eel  office  entendre,  &  qefeient  fuffizans 


Barons  4-  fhall  be  charged  by  Oath,   that  they  ihall  4  Add  of  the 
not  attend  to  hear  the  Pleas  or  Matters  of  other  Men,  Exchequer. 
while  they  have  to  do  with  the  King's  Bufinefs,  if  it  Th,:  King's 
be  not   a  Matter  that   concerneth  the  King's  own  Pel?r  "'f1  firft 
Debt.     (3)  And  when  a  Sheriff  or  Bailiff  hath  begun 
his   Accompt,  none  other  fhall  be  received  to  ac- 
compt,  until  he  that  was  firft  appointed  hath  clearly 
accompted,  and  his  Money  received.     (4)  And  that 
the   Conftable,    Marfhal,    Chamberlain,    and   Other 
that  are  of  Fee  in  the  Exchequer,   from  henceforth 
fhall  prefent  unto  the  King  fuch  as  they  have  put  in 
their  Places  to  do  their  Offices,  which  muft  be  of 

•  good  Fame,  and  fufficient,  for  whofe  Acts  themfelves 
will  anfwer. 

'  VIII.  And  the  King  commandeth  the  Treafurer,  ,-,.„ ms^. 

'  and  Barons  or  the  Exchequer,  upon  tneir  Allegiance,  ;nthcEKhe- 

:  and  by  the  Oath  that  they  have   made  to  him,  that  T«er. 

:  they  fhall  not  affign  any  in  their  rooms,  but  fuch 

'■  as  this  Aft  meaneth  of,   and  that  the  Exchequer  be 

'  not   charged  with   more  Perfons   than  is  neceffary. 

'•  (z)  And  that  none  of  them,  that  be  fvvorn   to  the 

'  King,   fhall  put  in  his  room  any  other  Clerk  or  Lay 

'  Perfon,  except  he  be  fvvorn,   without  fpecial  Licence 

'  of  the  Treafurer  ;   and  if  any  be,  he  fhall  be  forth- 

'  with  removed   from  his  Office,  and  none  other  fhall 

'  be  received  in  his  ftead  without  the  King's  Licence. 

'  (3)  And  if  any  that  is  received  without  the  Treafur- 

'  er's  Licence  do  trefpafs  after,  Punifhment  fhall  be 

'  done  as  well  to  the  Aingnor,  as  to  him  that  is  affign- 

'  ed,  according  to  the  Trefpafs.     (4)  And  if  both  be 

'  unfufficient,  their  Superior  fhall  be  punifhed,  whe- 

'  th.r  he  be  Officer  of  Fee,  or  other.     (5)  And   the 

'  Treafurer  {ball  put  no  other  in  his  room,   until  he 

'  hath  Commandment  from  the  King.     (6)  And  if  he 

'  that  keepeth  the  room  of  another,  by  Licence  of  the 

'  Treafurer,  doth  any  thing  that  he  ought  not  to  do, 

'  he  fhall  be  punifhed  according  to  the  1'refpafs,  if  he 

'  have  whereof;   and  if  he  have  not,  he  that  put  him 

'  in  Office  fhall  be  charged  for  his  Trefpafs  ;    and  if  he 

'  that  put  him  in  Office  be  not  fufficient,  his  Superior 

'  fhall  be  charged,  whether  he  be  of  Fee,  or  otherwiie* 

'  IX.    And_  they  *  of  the  Wooll-ftaple  {hall  make  *  Of  the  Woof;, 
'  Oath,  that  if  any  of  them  may  perceive  that  another  teP,c  is  inftrtei 
'  doth  commit  any  Default,  Offence,  or  other  thing  b?  Miftake- 
'  f  dilhoneft  in  the  Office  of  the  Wooll-Jlaple,  or   that   he  f  Not  in  the 
'  hath   done  before,    that  they  fhall   certify  it  to  the  Original. 

*  Treafurer,  or  to  the  Barons,  or  to  fome  of  them,  J  or  J  Aii,iubo(ha!l 
'  to  the  Kinghimfelf,  if  need  require,     (z)  And  that  ca"fc  '•' "  be 

'  about  the  Feaft  of  St.  Margaret,  before  that  the  Ex-  f™"^   , 

'  chequer  be  doled,  they  fhall  caufe  a  Search   to  be  offic^"t!iit 

'  made,  whether  any  Sheriff  or  Bailiff,  that  ought  to  mig'ht  to  >e« 

'  have  accompted  the  fame  Year,  have  not,  and  there-  compt. 

'  upon  a  Remembrance  in  a  Roll  fhall  be  made  by  it 

'  felf.     (0   And  if  it  be  a  Sheriff,  his  Accompt  fhall 

'  be  firft  heard  after  Michaelmas,  before  that  any  other 

'  be  received  to  accompt:   (4)  And  if  he  be  a  Bailiff, 

'  he  fhall  be  fummoned  or  diftrained  to  come  at  a  cer- 

'  tain  Day  for  to  accompt,  fo  that  no  Accompt  fhall 

'  be  fuffered  to  flecp.     (5)  And  forafmuch   as  Sheriffs, 

'  Conftables,  and  other,  obtain  many-  times  ou  tragi - 

'  ous  Allowances,  by  pretence  of  the  King's  Works, 

'  and  other  Things  done  and    provided   by  his  Com-  B:  ... 

L  1  ■  ■  1     1        1  11    o  ]  ,-.       Surveyors  or  t-he 

mandment ;  it  is  provided,  that  all  ourvfeyors  of  the  King's  Worts. 
'King's  Works  fhall  be  chofen    by  the  Oath  J  of  \  Of  good  Men. 


3  The  Original  feems  here  hnperfctl. 


Twelve 


28 


Stat.  6.  Anno  quinquageiimo  primo  Henrici  III.     A.  D.  126&. 


II  Add  a!  are  heji 
{killed  and  nvill, 
&c. 

*  For  Treafurer, 
read  King* 
%  For  Sale,  read 
PalJ'e. 

,|.  Not  hi  ibe 
Original, 


Extreats  of  Fines- 

and  Amercia- 
merits  ihall  be 
delivered  in  the 
Excheauer. 
See  37' Ed.  3. 
c.  4.  £f  1  fiiri. 
at.  f .  5.  concerning 
the  Duty  of 
Clerks  of  the  Ex- 
tbequsr. 


Twelve  Men,  and  of  fuch  as  ||  will  and  may  attend 
heft  to  that  Office ;  and  that  they  be  fufficient  to  an- 
fwer the  King,  if  need  be,  and  fhall  fwear  that  they 
bear  lawful  Witnefs.  (6)  And  if  the  *  Treafurer  or 
Barons  of  the  Exchequer  have  any  Sufpicion  of  fl  Sale, 
Allowances  of  Charges,  or  other  Things,  the  Truth 
mull:  be  inquired  ;  and  he  that  is  attainted,  fhall  an- 
fwer  to  the  King  for  as  much  as  the  Allowance  a- 
mounteth  unto,  and  fhall  be  imprifoned  4-  one  Tear 
and  forty  Days,  and  fhall  be  punifhed  at  the  King's 
Pleafure,  and  the  Surveyors  fhall  be  punifhed  for  their 
Confent.  (7)  And  likewife  he1  that  upon  the  Ac- 
compt  did  conceal  and  keep  fecret  fuch  Things, 
whereof  he  ought  to  have  charged  himfelf,  fhall  be 
punifhed  in  like  wife  as  he  that  admitted  fuch  falfe 
Allowances. 

'  X.  And  that  all  the  Jufticers,  Commiffioners,  and 
other,  fhall  from  henceforth  deliver  into  the  Exche- 
quer, at  the  Feaft  of  St.  Michael,  from  Year  to  Year, 
the  Extreats  of  Fines  and  Amerciaments  made  and 
taxed  before  them,  and  of  all  Things  wherefore  the 
Extreats  are  wont  to  be  delivered  there.  (2)  And 
they  of  the  Exchequer  fnall  make  Extreats  of  the 
Summons  through  all  Shires,  faving  that  the  Extreats 

S  in  the  Eyre  of  all  Pleas  fhall  be  delivered  immediately 

'  after  the  Eyre  made.' 


Cotton  MS. 
de  refpoundre  au  Roi,  fi  mieftre  foit,  &  foient  ju- 
rez  qe  ils  porterount  Ioial  tefmoignaunce.  Et  li 
le  Roi,  ou  les  Barouns  \de  lejcheqer\  eient  null'  en 
fufpecion  de  faux  allowance  faite  des  overeignes, 
ou  dautre  chofe,  ft  foit  la  verite  ertrequife  ;  &  ce- 
lui  qi  ferra  atteint  de  ceo  refpoigne  au  Roi  de  taunt 
come  cele  allowaunce  amounte,  &  eit  la  prifone, 
&  foit  puny  a  la  volunte  le  Roi,  &les  veours  foient 
reintz  [puniz]  pur  le  confente.  Et  per  mefme  la 
manere  celui  qi  avera  concele  fur  acompt  les  chofes 
dount  il  fe  deuft  charger,  fott  puny  come  celui'qi 
avera  [/ait]  faux  allowance. 


Et  qe  les  Juftices,  enquerrours,  &  autres,  de- 
foremes  liverent  al  Efcheqer,  a  la  feint  Michel,  de 
an.  en  an,  lour  eftreies  des  fins,  &  des  amercie- 
mentz  faites  &  taxez  devaunt  eux,  de  touz  les- 
chofes  dount  eftretes  foleient  eftre  liverez  illoeqes. 
Et  ceux  de  Lecheqer  facent  leftrete  de  la  fomons 
per  touz  les  Countees,  fauve  ceo  qe  leftrete  en  eire 
de  Juftices  de  touz  plees  foient  maintenaunt  liveres 
apresleire  fait.. 


JUDICIUM     PILLORIE. 

A  Statute  of  the  Pillory  and  Tumbrel,  and  of  the  Affife  of  Bread  and 
Ale,  made  Anno  51.  Hen,  III.  Stat,  6.  and  A.  D.  1  266. 


The  Pjnifnment J 
of  a  Baker  or  ' 
.Brewer  ort'end-     < 


.Repealed  as  So 
the  AlTife  of 
Bread  by 
S  Ann.  c   jS. 
Ci. 


*  Tie  Wmi 
Trcp.as ..  tmitted 
'n  the  TranJIdtion. 
According  :. 
I'.cta,  Trona  It 
a  Beams  ondivai 
-    . 

.;.  V/-JI.  2. 

A  Jury  fworn. 


Of  wbal 

the  Jury  fhall 
:i«iiu>«. 


F  a  Baker  or  a  Brewer  be  convicSt",  becaufe  he 
hath  not  obferved  the  Affife  of  Bread  and  Ale,  the 
firft,  fecond,  and  third  time,  he  fhall  be  amerced 
according  to  his  Offence,  if  it  be  not  over  grievous ; 
(z)  but  if  the  OfFence  be  grievous  and  often,  and 
will  not  be  corrected,  then  he  fhall  fuffer  Punifhment 
of  the  Body,,  that  is  to  wit,  a  Baker  to  the  Pillory, 
and  a  Brewer  to  the  Tumbrel,  or  forrre  other  Correc- 
tion. (3)  Firft,  fix  lawful  men  fhall  be  fworn  truly 
to  gather  all  Meafures  of  the  Town,  that  is  to  wit, 
Btilhsls,  half  and  quarter  Bufhels,  Gallons,  Pottles, 
and  Quarts,,  as  well  of  Taverns  as  of  other  Places.; 
Meafures  and  Weights,  that  is  to  wit,  Pounds,  half 
Pounds,  *  and  other  little  Weights,  wherewith  Bread- 
of  the  Town  or  of  the  Court  is  weighed,  that  is  to 
fay,  one  Loaf  of  every  fort  of  Bread.  (4)  And  upon 
every  Meafure,  Bufhel,  Weight,  and  alio  upon  eve- 
ry Loaf,  the  Name  of  the  Owner  diftinftly  written  ; 
(:  )  and  likewife  they  fhall  gather  the  Meafures  of 
Mills.  (6)  After  which  Thing  done,  twelve  lawful 
Men  fhall  fwear  to  make  true  Anfwer  to  all  fuch 
Things  as  fhall  be  demanded  of  them  in  the  King's 
Behalf  upon  Articles  here  following  ;  and  fuch  Things 
ns  be  fecret,  they  fhall  utter  fecretly,'  and  anfwer 
privately.  (7)  And  the  Bailiffs  fhall  be  commanded 
to  bring  in  all  the  Bakers  and  Brewers  with  their 
Meafures,  and  all  things  under  written.  (8)  Firft, 
they  fhall  inquire  the  Price  of  Wheat,  that  is  to  wit, 
how  a  Quarter  of  the  beft  Wheat  was  fold  the  laft 
Market-day,  and  how  the  fecond  Wheat,  and  how 


Cotton  MS.  Claudius,  D.  2. 
I  Piftor  convi£lus  fuerit,  vel  Braciatrix  convlc- 
ta,  quod  iftas  affifas.non.obfervaverit,  primo, 
fecundo,  &  tertio,  amercietur  fecundum  quan- 
titatem  delicti,  &  non  graviter  deliquerit ;  &  fi  gra- 
viter  deliquerit  &  pluries,  &  caftigari  noluerit  pa- 
tiatur  judicium  corporis,  fcilicet,  Piftor  colliftri- 
gium,  &  Braciatrix  trebuchetum  vel  cafiigacionem. 
Primo,  fex  legales  homines  jurent  fideliter  colligere 
omnes  menfuras  ville,  videlicet,  buffellum,  dimi- 
dium  buffellum,  &  quartas  buffelii,  omnes  galones, 
potellos,  &  quartas,  tarn  de  tabernis,  quam  aliis.; 
ulnas  &  pondera,. fcilicet  libras,  dimid.  libras,  tror- 
nas,  ac  minora  pondera  villarum,  per  que  ponde- 
rant  panem  villarum,.  per  que  ponderant  panem  in 
Cur.  fcilicet  de  quolibec  genere  panis  unum  pa- 
nem ;  Et  fuper  menfuras,  ulnas,  pondera,  tunc 
fcribant  fuper  fingulos  panes  eorum  nomina  dL- 
ftinclie,  quorum  Cunt ;  &  menfuras  molcndinorum 
colligant..  Poftea  xii.  legales  homines  fideliter  re- 
fpondeant ad  interro;^ata  ab  eis,'  [que]  ex  parte 
Regis  querantur  ab  eis  que  fcripta  funt ;  &  que  funt 
fcripta,  proponant  fecrete,  &  privatim  refpondeant: 
et  mandetur  ballivis,  quod  habeant  corpora  om- 
nium piftorum,  &  omnium  braciatricium,  una  cum 
menfuris  &  omnibus  aliis  fubferiptis.  Primo  que- 
ratur  de  vendicione  frumenti,  videlicet,  quomodo 
vendebatur  ultimo  die  quarterium  frumenti  melio- 
ris,  &  quomodo  quarterium  minoris  precii,  &  quo- 
modo tercii  precii,  &  quomodo  quarterium  ordei 
&  avene.    Poftea  quomodo  refpondeant  panes  pi- 

ftoris 


A. D.  1266.     Anno  quinquagefimo  primo  Henri ci  III.  Stat.  6.  29 


Cotton  MS. 
ftoris  in  Curia  fua,  videlicet,  Waftellum,  &  alii 
panes,  fecundum  vendicionem  melioris  precii,  aut 
tercii  precii.  Item  pro  quanto  incremento  vel  de- 
cremento  in  vendicione  quarterii  frumenti  debeat 
piftor  mutare  affifam  fuam,  &  pondus  panis  fui. 
item  quantum  debeat  ponderare  Waftellum  de 
quadrante,  &  omnes  alii  panes,  fecundum  vendi- 
cionem  quarterii  frumenti  quam  prefentant.  Item 
pro  quanto  defectu  ponderis  pania  de  quadrante 
piftor debeat  amerciari,  vel  fubire  judicium  pillorie, 
fecundum  confuetudinem  Curie  lue.  Item  ft  aliquis 
fenefcallus  vel  ballivus  pro  aliqua  mercede  remiferit 
judicium  pillorie,  vel  tumbrelli  adjudicatum,  vel 
de  jure  adjudicandum. 


Item  ft  habeatur  in  villa  pilloria  debite  fortitu- 
dinis,  fecundum  quod  pertinet  ad  libertatem  mer- 
catorum,  qua  uti  poffint,  ft  neceffe  fuerit,  fine 
periculo  corporis  hominis,  &  mulieris.  Et  poft- 
modum  queratur  de  affifa  &  vendicione  vini,  poft 
receftum  Jufticiariorum  itinerancium,  vel  eorum 
[fociorumj  qui  fuerunt  ultimo  in  officio  mercati 
in  villa ;  videlicet,  de  nominibus  vinetariorum, 
pro  quanto  vendiderunt  fextarium  vini.  item  ft 
aliquod  vinum  fit  in  villa  corruptum,  &  corpori 
hominis  non  fanum.  De  aflifa  cervifie  in  Curia 
ville,  qualis  fit,  &  fi  obfervetur ;  fin  autem  que 
braciatrices  vendiderunt  contra  aflifam  ;  &  nomina 
earum  diftindte  &  apperte  prefentent,  &  pro  qup- 
libet  delicto  amerciari  debent,  vel  pati  judicium 
[pillorie  vet\  trumbelli,  ft  contra  aflifam  vendide- 
runt. 

Item  ft  qui  fint  in  villa,  qui  per  unam  menfu- 
ram  emunt,  &  per  aliam  vendunt.  Item  fi  quis 
utatur  falfis  ulnis,  vel  falfis  ponderibus,  aut  men- 
furis.  Item  fi  quis  carnifex  vendiderit  carnes 
fufteinatas,  vel  morte  morina.  [Vel  fi  quis  emat 
carries  de  fudeis,  &  eas  vendit  Ghnfiianis.]  Item 
de  Cocis,  fi  qui  decoquant  carnes  vel  pifces  in 
pane,  vel  in  aqua,  vel  [aliguo]  alio  modo,  non 
fanas  corpori  hominis,  vel  poftquam  talia  tenue- 
rint,  ita  quod  debitapi  naturatn  amiferint,  &  ea 
recalefaciant  &  vendant.  Item  de  forftallariis,  qui 
ante  horam  debitam,  &  in  villa  ftatutam,  aliquid 
emunt  contra  ftatutum  ville  &  mercati,  vel  qui 
exeant  villam  rebus  venalibus  obviantes,  &  extra 
villam  emant,  ut  in  villa  eas  carius  vendant  ad  re- 
gratatores,  quam  facerent  hii  qui  eas  afportabant, 
fi  ad  villam  vel  in  mercatum  yehifleht,  Quando 
quarterium  ordei  venditur  pro  duobus  folidis,  tunc 
quatuor  lagene  cervifie  vendantur  ad  denarium  ; 
Quando  pro  duobus  folidis  fex  denariis,  tunc  fep- 
■  tern  lagene  pro  duobus  denariis  ;  Quando  pro  tri- 
feus  folidis,  tunc  tres  lagene  ad  denarium  ;  Quando 
pro  tribus  folidis  &  fex  denariis,  tunc  quinq'ue  la- 
gene ad  duos  denarios ;  Quando  pro  quatuor  fo- 
lidis, tunc  due  lagene  ad  denarium  ;  &  fie  dein- 
stps  crefcetur  vel  diminuetur  per  fex  denarios. . 


the  third ;  and  how  a  Quarter  of  Barley  and  Oats ; 
(9)  after,  how  the  Bakers  Bread  in  the  Court  doth 
agree,  that  is  to  wit,  Waftel  and  other  Bread  after 
Wheat  of  the  beft,  or  of  the  fecond,  or  of  the  third 
Price.  (10)  Alfo  upon  how  much  Increafe  or  De- 
creafe  in  the  Price  f  of  Wheat  a  Baker  ought  to 
change  the  Affile  and  Weight  of  his  Bread,  (i  i)  Al- 
fo how  much  the  Waftel  of  a  Farthing  ought  to 
weigh,  and  all  other  manner  of  Bread,  after  the 
Price  of  a  Quarter  of  Wheat  that  they  prefent. 
12)  J  And  for  default  in  the  Weight  of  the  Bread,  a 
aker  ought  to  be  amerced,  or  to  be  judged  unto  the 
Pillory,  according  to  the  Law  and  Cuftom  of  the 
Court,  (13)  Alio  if  any  Steward  or  Bailiff,  for  any 
Bribe,  doth  releafe  Punifhment  of  the  Pillory  and 
Tumbrel,  being  already  judged,  or  to  be  judged  of 
right. 

'  II.  Alfo  if  they  have  in  the  Town  a  Pillory  of  con- 
venient Strength,  as  appertaineth  to  the  Liberty  of 
their  Market,  which  they  may  ufe  (if  need  be)  with- 
out bodily  Peril  either  of  Man  or  Woman.  (2)  Af- 
ter, they  fhall  inquire  of  the  Affife  and  Price  of  Wine, 
after  the  Departure  of  the  juftices  in  Eyre,  or  of 
them  that  were  laft  in  Office  of  the  Market  of  the 
Town  ;  that  is  to  fay,  of  the  Vintners  Names,  and 
how  they  fell  a  Gallon  of  Wine ;  and  if  any  cor- 
rupted Wine  be  in  the  Town,  or  fuch  as  is  not 
wholefome  for  Man's  Body.  (3)  Alfo  of  the  Affife 
of  Ale  in  the  Court  of  the  Town  how  it  is,  and  whe- 
ther it  be  obferved  ;  and  if  not,  how  much  Brewers 
have  fold  contrary  to  the  Affife  ;  (4)  and  they  fhall 
prefent  their  Names  diftin&Iy  and  openly,-  and  that 
they  be  amerced  for  every  Default,  or  be  judged  to 
the  Tumbrel,  if  they  fell  contrary  to  the  Affife. 
'  III.  Alfo  if  there  be  any  that  fell  by  one  Meafure, 
and  buy  by  another.  Alfo  if  any  do  ufe  falfe  Ells, 
Weights,  or  Meafures.  (2)  And  if  any  Butcher  do 
fell  contagious  Flefh,  or  that  died  of  the  Murren. 
(3)  Alfo  they  fhall  inquire  of  Cooks  thatfeethe  Flefh 
or  Fifh  with  Bread  or  Water,  ;or  any  otherwife,  that 
is  not  wholfome  for  Man's  Body,  or  after  that  they 
have  kept  it  fo  long  that  it  lofeth  its  natural  Whol- 
fomenefs,  and  then  feethe  it  again,  and  fell  if;  (4) 
or  if  any  do  buy  Flefh  of  Jews,  and  then  fell  it  to 
Chriftians.  (5)  And  alfo  Foreftallers,.  that  buy  any 
thing  afore  the  due  and  accuftomed  Hour,  againftthe 
good  State  and  Weal  of  the  Town  and  Market,  or 
that  pais  out  of  the  Town  to  meet  fuch  things  as 
come  to  the  Market,,  being  out  of  the  Town;  to 
the  intent  that  they  may  fell  the  fame  in  the  Town 
more  dear  unto  Regrators,  *  that  utter  it  more  dear 
than  they  would  that  brought  it,  in  cafe  they  had 
come  to  the  Town  or  Market.  .  (6)  When  a  Quar^ 
ter  of  Barley  is  fold  for  two  Shillings,  then  four 
Quarts  of  Ale  fhall  be  fold  for  a  Peny  ;  when  for  two 
Shillings- fix  Pence^  thenfeven  Quarts  of  Ale  fhall  be 
fold  for  two  Pence  ;  when  for  three  Shillings,  then 
three  Quarts  for  one  Peny;  when  for  three  Shillings 
fix  Pence,  then  five  Quarts  for  two  Pence  ;  when  It 
is  fold  for  four  Shillings,  then  two  Quarts  at  one 
Peny.  And  fo  from  henceforth  the  Prices  fhall  ia- 
creafe  and  decreafe  after  the  rate  of  fix  Pence.' . 


t  Add  of  a  ■ 

{Quarter* 


\  For  and  for 
Default  in  the 
Weight  of  the 
Bread,  read  and 
for -what  Default 
in  the  Weight  of 
a  Loaf  of  a  Far" 
thing.  &c. 
Rclc.ifing  of 
Punifhment 
deferved. 
A  Pillory. 


The  Affife  and 
Price  of  Wine, 
%  Jac.  1.  c.  28. 
f^3  This  appears 
to  he  a  mijiahen 
Reference. 


The  Affife  o£  i 
Alc- 


Falfe  WeighW 
or  Meafures. 

Butchers,  . 
Cooks. 


Forefbllars. 


Read  and  buy 
them  out  of  the'' 
Town.  . 
*  Not  in  the 
Oi  iginaL 

Ale  fhall  be  fold 
according  to  the 
Price  of  Barley, 


STATUTUM 


3° 


C  i.c  Anno  quinquageiimo  fecundo  Henrici  III.     A. D.  1267. 

STATUTUM  de  MARLEBERGE. 


Statutes  made  at   Marlborough,  alias  Marleberge,    18  Novemb.   Anno 
52  Hen.  III.  and  Anno  Dom.  1267. 


f  "For  mufi  be 
vbferved,  read 
mcy  be  Jireferved. 


¥  N  the  Year  of  Grace,  One  thoufand  two  hun- 
dred fixty  feven,  the  two  and  fiftieth  Year  of 
■*■  the  Reign  of  Kin?  Henry,  Son  of  King  John, 
in  the  Utas  of  St.  Martin,  the  faid  King  our  Lord 
providing  for  the  better  Eftate  of  his  Realm  of  Eng- 
land, and  for  the  more  fpeedy  Miniftration  of  Juftice, 
as  belongeth  to  the  Office  of  a  King,  the  more  dii- 
creet  Men  of  the  Realm  being  called  together,  as 
well  of  the  higher  as  of  the  lower  Eftate  :  It  was 
provided,  agreed,  and  ordained,  that  whereas  the 
Realm  of  England  of  late  had  been  difquieted  with 
manifold  Troubles  and  Diffenfions ;  for  Reforma- 
tion whereof  Statutes  and  Laws  be  right  neceflary, 
whereby  the  Peace  and  Tranquillity  of  the  People 
f  mufi  bi  obferved :  Wherein  the  King,  intending  to 
devife  convenient  Remedy,  hath  made  thefe  Aits, 
Ordinances,  and  Statutes  underwritten,  which  he 
willeth  to  be  obferved  for  ever  firmly  and  inviolably 
of  all  his  Subjects,  as  well  high  as  low." 


Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  z. 

ANNO  gratie  Millefimo  Ducentefimo  Sexa- 
gefimo  feptimo,  regni  autem  domini  H. 
Regis,  filii  Regis  Johannis  quinquagefi- 
mo  fecundo,  In  Octabis  fandti  Martini,  provi- 
dente  ipfo  domino  Rege  ad  regni  fui  Anglie  meli- 
oracionem,  &  exhibicionem  jufticie,  prout  rega- 
lis  officii  expofcit  utilitas,  pleniorem,  convocatis 
difcretioribus  ejufdem  regni,  tam  majoribus  quam 
minoribus,  provifum  eft,  &  ftatutum,  ac  concor- 
dit'  [concordatum~\  &  ordinatum,  ut  cum  regnum 
Anglie  multis  tribulationibus,  h  diflenfionum  in- 
commodis,  nuper  depreflum,  in  rercrmacione  le- 
gum  &  jurium,  quibus  pax  &  tranquilitas  inco- 
larum  confervari  indigeat,  ad  quod  remedium  fa- 
lubre  per  ipfum  Regem  &  fuos  hdeles  oportuit  ad- 
hiberi,  provinones,  ordinationes,  &  ftatuta  fub- 
fcripta  ab  omnibus  regni  ipfius  incolis,  tam  Majo- 
ribus quam  minoribus,  firmiter  ac  inviolabiliter 
temporibus  perpetuis  ftatuit  obfervaFi. 


CAP.     I. 

The  Penalty  of  taking  a  Diftrefs  wrongfully. 


Mn-t.  cap.  11. 
la  Co.  13. 


ThePuriifl-.merit 
for  an  unlaw  nil 
DiftFels. 
II  H.  4.  2. 
17  Ed   3.  9. 
2  Infl:.  16a. 

*  For  'whereby, 
read  ivhereof. 


Set  C.  t,  3  £?  4. 

jilfo  J  Ed. 


:  Hereas  at  the  time  of  a  Commotion  late  ftirred 
up  within  this  Realm,  and  alio  fithence,  many 
'  great  Men,  and  divers  other,  rehiring  to  be  juftified 
'  by  the  King  and  his  Court,   like  as  they  ought  and 
'  were  wont  in  time  of  the  King's  noble  Progenitors, 
'  and  alfo  in  his  time ;    but  took  great  Revenges  and 
'  Diftrefles  of  their  Neighbours,    and  of  other,   until 
'  they  had  Amends  and  Fines  at  their  own  Pleafure  ; 
'  (z)  and  further,  fome  of  them  would  not  be  juftified 
'  by  the  King's  Officers,    nor  would   fuffer   them  to 
'  make  Delivery  of  fuch  DiftrefTes  as  they  had  taken 
'  of  their  own  Authority  :"  '  (3)  It  is  provided,  agreed, 
and  granted,    that  all  Perfons,    as  well  of  high  as 
of  low  Eftate,    ftiall  receive   Juftice   in  the  King's 
Court ;  and  none  from  henceforth  lhall  take  any  fuch 
Revenge  or  Diftrefs  of  his  own  Authority,    without 
Award  of  our  Court,  though  he  have  Damage  or  In- 
jury, *  whereby  he  would  have  Amends  of  his  Neigh- 
bour  either  higher   or  lower.       (+)    And   upon  the 
forefaid  Article  it  is  provided  and  granted,  that  if  any 
from  henceforth  take  fuch  Revenges  of  his  own  Au- 
thority,  without  Award  of  the  King's  Court   (as  be- 
fore is  faid)   and  be  convict  thereof,   he  fliall  be  pu- 
nifhed  by  Fine,   and  that  according  to  the  Trefpafs. 

(5)  And  likewife  if  one  Neighbour  take  a  Diftrefs  of 
another  without  Award  of  the  King's  Court,  where- 
by he  hath  Damage,  he  lhall  be  punifhed  in  the  fame 
wife,   and  that  after  the  Quantity  of  the  Trefpafs. 

(6)  And  neverthelefs  fufficient  and  full  Amends  fliall 
be  made  to  them  that  have  fuftained  Lofs  by  flich 
Diitrcucs.' 


9  Ed.  2. 

1  <S  2  P.  &  M. 

c.  12.    See  far- 
ther 2  fV.  &■  M. 

Sejf.  I.  c.  5.  ivbicb  give:  dcuble  Damages  for  wrongful  Diftrefs ;  and  8  Ann.  c.  14*  and  11 
Geo.  z.  c.  19.  containing  farther  Dirctliom  and  Amendments  with  regard  to  DifirrJJ'es. 


f~nUM  autem  tempore  turbationis  nuper  in 
j  regno  [no/lro]  fuborte,  &  deinceps,  multi 
Magnates  &  alii  jufticiam  non  dignati  \dedignatf\ 
fuerint  recipere  per  dominum  Regem  «  Curiam 
fuam,  prout  debuerunt  &  confueverunt  temporir 
bus  predecefforum  ipfius  domini  Regis,  &  eciam 
tempore  fuo  ;  fed  de  vicinis  fuis  &  aliis  per  feipfos 
graves  ultiones  fecerunt,  &  diftriiStiones,  quouf- 
que  redempciones  receperint  ad  voluntatem  fuam. 
£t  preterea  quidam  eorum  fe  per  Miniftros  do- 
mini Regis  jufticiari  non  permittunt,  nee  fufti- 
neant  quod  per  ipfos  liberentur  diftricStiones,  quas 
auctoritate  propria  fecerint  ad  voluntatem  fuam  : 
Provifum  eft,  &  ''  concorditer  concefTum,  quod 
tam  majores,  quam  minores,  jufticiam  habeant 
&  recipiant  in  Curia  domini  Regis  ;  Et  nullus  de 
cetero  ultiones  aut  diftricliones  faciat  per  [propri- 
am\  voluntatem  fuam,  abfque  confideracione  Cu- 
rie domini  Regis,  [et]  fi  forte  dampnum  vel  in- 
juria fibi  fiat,  unde  emendas  habere  voluerit  de 
vicino  fuo,  five  majore  vel  minore.  Super  autem 
articulo  fupradicto  provifum  eft  &  concefTum,  ut 
fi  quis  de  cetero  ultionem  hujufmodi  capiat  per  vo- 
luntatem fuam  propriam  abfque  confideracione 
Curie  domini  Regis,  ut  prediclum  eft,  &  inde 
convincatur,  puniatur  per  redempcionem,  Sc  hoc 
fecundum  quantitatem  delicti.  Et  fimiliter  fi  fu- 
per  vicinum  fuum  faciat  diftriccionem  fine  confi- 
deracione Curie  domini  Regis,  per  quod  damp- 
num habeat,  puniantur  eodem  modo,  &  hoc  fe- 
cundum quantitatem  delicti.  Et  nichilominus 
fiant  emende  plene  &  fufficienter  [fujficientes]  eif- 
dem  qui  dampnum  fuftinuerunt  per  hujufmodi 
diftricciones. 


»  Concordatum  ordinatum  &  in  marg. 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1267*    Anno  quinquagefimo  fecundo  Hen rici  III.      C.  2—5.  31 


CAP.     II. 
None  but  Suitors  fliall  be  diftrained  to  come  to  a  Court. 


Cotton  MS. 

NUllus  infuper  major  vel  minor  diftringat  ali- 
quem  ad  veniendum  ad  Curiam  fuam,  qui 
non  fit  de  feodo  fuo,  aut  fuper  ipfum  non  habeat 
jurifdiccionem  per  Hundredum  vel  [per]  Ballivam 
fuam  ;  nee  diftricciones  faciat  extra  feodum  fuum, 
feu  locum,  ubi  ballivam  habeat,  vel  jurifdiccio- 
nem ;  &  qui  contra  hoc  ftatutum  venerit,  punia- 
tur  eodem  modo,  &  hoc  fecundum  delicli  quami- 
tatem. 


"Oi'cover,  none  (of  what  Eftate  foever  he  be) 
_L  fhall  diftrain  any  to  come  to  his  Court,  which 
is  not  of  his  Fee,   or  upon  whom  he  hath  no  Juris- 
diction,   by  reafon  of  Hundred,   or  Bailiwick;    (2)  ,  ^ at mbere te- 
nor fhall  take  Diftreffes  out  of  the  Fee  or  Place  +■  where  hath  m  Baili- 
he  hath   no  Bailiwick    or  Jurifdiciion  :    (3)  And  he  -wick,  &c.  read 
that  offendeth  againft  this  Statute,   fhall  be  punifhed  ™*««  be  barb 
in  like  manner,   and  that  according  to  the  Quantity  Sf'^f'.     „* 
Quality  or  the  i  refpais.  2  ]nfl..  ,0+. 

Enforced  by  3  Ed.  1.  c.  16.    Aid  fee  the  References  to  the  foregcingChapter"- 


CAP.     III. 


A  Lord  fhall  not  pay  a  Fine  for  diftraining  his  Tenant. 


SI  quis  autem  major  vel  minor  permittere  nolu- 
erit  liberari  per  miniftros  domini  Regis,  &  fe- 
cundum legem  &  confuetudinem  regni,  diftricci- 
ones quas  fecerit ;  aut  etiam  fuftinere  noluerit 
fummoniciones  &  attachiamenta,  feu  executiones 
judiciorum  Curie  domini  Regis  fieri,  puniatur 
modo  predi£to,  tanquam  fe  jufticiari  non  permit- 
tens.  Quod  fi  quis  major  vel  minor  diftricciones 
faciat  fuper  tenentem  fuum  pro  ferviti's  &  confue- 
tudinibus,  que  fibi  deberi  dicat,  vel  pro  re  altera, 
unde  ad  dominum  feodi  pertineat  facere  diftricci- 
ones, &  poftea  convincatur,  quod  tenens  ejus  ea 
fibi  non  debeat ;  non  ideo  puniatur  dominus  per 
redemptionem,  ut  in  fupradiitis  cafibus,  fi  per- 
mittat  diftricciones  liberari  fecundum  legem  &  con- 
fuetudinem regni  ;  fed  amercietur  velut  ha&enus 
confuetum  eft,  &  tenens  dampna  fua  recuperet 
verfus  eum. 


C  A 


F  any,   of  what  Eftate  foever  he  be,  will  not  fuffer  ThePuniihrnenr 
fuch  Diftrefles  as  he  hath  taken,,  to  be  delivered  J°f.«nl!*wftl 
by  the  Kind's  Officers,  after  the  Law  and  Cuftom  of  Jv  sj,     r, 

\       Tt       1  /     \  -ii  r    rr       o  a  1       Enforced b-i  3  Fd.- 

the  Keaim,    (2.)  or  will  not  lutter  summons,  Attach-  1(  c<  x._  \fi/nb 
menus,    or  Executions   of  Judgments  given  in  the  provides  a  Rcme- 
King's  Court,  to  be  done  according  to  the  Law  and  dy  if  'be  Difrefs 
Cuftom   of  the  Realm,   as  is  aforefaid,   he  fhall  be b'  'ftu^d '" * 
punifhed  in  manner  aforefaid,  as  one  that  will  not  +  r&  Word*  in. 
obey  the  Law,    J  and  that  according  to  the  Quantity  ofjtalicts  not  in 
the  Offence.     (3)  And  if  any,   of  what  Eftate  foever  the  Original. 
he  be,  diftrain  his  Tenant  for  Services  and  Cuftoms  *  For  being  due 
*  being   due   unto   him,    or  for  any  other  Thing,  for  umohim,  read 
the  which-  the  Lord  of  the  Fee  hath  Caufe  to  diftrain,  lahifjb  he  clkdget 
and  after  it  is  found  that  the  fame  Services  are  not  tobedueumobim^. 
due,  the  Lord  fhall  not  therefore  be  punifhed  by  Fine,  ftrafn:n~rh;s  Te. 
as  in  the  Cafes  aforefaid,  if  he  do  fuffer  the  Diftreffes  nant  fhall  not 
to  be  delivered  according  to  the  Law  and  Cuftom  of  pay  a  Fine, 
the  Realm  ;   but  fhall  be  amerced  as  hitherto  hath  Bl0'  Trefpafs, 
been  ufed,  and  the  Tenant  fhall  recover  his  Damages  l6>  384- 
againft  him.'  i  inft7  .o59> 

See  the  References 
P.        IV.  to  Chap,  u 


A  Diftrefs  fhall  not  be  driven  out  of  the  County..    And  it  fhall  be  reafonable; 


[Ullus  de  cetero  faciat  ducere  diftricciones, 
quas  fecerat,  extra  Comitatum  in  quo  fue- 
nt ;  Et  fi  vicinus  hoc  fecerit  fuper  vicinum  fuum, 
&  per  voluntatem  fuam,  &  fine  judicio,  puniatur 
per  redemptionem,  ut  fupra,  veluti  de  re  contra 
pacem.  V  erumptamen  fi  dominus  hoc  fuper  te- 
nentem fuum  fecerit  caftigetur  per  gravem  miferi- 
cordiam.  Diftricciones  infuper  fint  rationabiles, 
&  non  nimis  graves.  Et  qui  diftricciones  fecerint 
irrationabiles,  &  indebkas,  graviter  amercientur 
propter  exceilum  diftriccionum  ipfarum. 


^,j  One  from  henceforth  fhall  caufe  any  Diftrefs 
ti  that  he  hath  taken,  to  be  driven  out  of  the 
County  where  it  was  taken  ;  (z)  and  if  one  Neigh- 
bour do  fo  to  another  of  his  own  Authority,  and 
without  Judgment,  he  fhall  make  Fine  (as  above  is 
faid)  as  for  a  Thing  done  againft  the  Peace  :  ( 3 )  Ne- 
verthelefs,  if  the  Lord  prefume  fo  to  do  againft  his 
Tenant,  he  fhall  be  grievoufly  punifhed  by  Amercia- 
ment. (4)  Moreover*,  Diftreffes  fhall  be  reafonable, 
and  not  too  great,  (q )  And  he  that  taketh  great  and 
unreafonable  Diftreffes,  fhall  be  grievoufly  amerced 
for  the  Excefs  of  fuch  Diftreffes.' 


Fitz.  Bar.  jzo> 

29  Ed.  3.  c.  23.. 

jj?  Tbnfeems  to 
be  a  mijlaken  Re* 
ferenee,  there  be~ 
ir.g  no  Stat,   in 
2a.rb  of  Ed.  3. 
Kel.  50. 
Enforced  by 
3  Ed.  1    c    16. 
Enforced  and 
amended  by  i  &  % . 
P.  &M.  c.  12. 


Diftreffes  fhali  be 
reafonable.     Enforced  by  2S  Ed.  J,  flat.  3.  c,  12.  a  Inft.  106.     See  the  Reference,  to  Chap.  1. 


CAP.     V. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft. 


' Agna  Carta  in  fingulis  fuis  articulis  teneatur, 
tarn  in  hiis  que  ad  Regem  pertinent,  quam 
ad  alios  ;  &  hoc  coram  Jufticiariis  itinerantibus, 
in  fuis  itineribus  &  vicecomitibus  in  Comitat'  fuis, 
cum  opus  fuerit,  demandetur,  &  brevia  verfus  eos, 
qui  contraverierintj  gratis  concedaatur  coram  Re- 


THE  Great  Charter  fhall  be  obferved  in  all  his  '5  E.  4,  »J< 
Articles,  as  well  in  fuch  as  pertain  to  the  King, 
as  to  other ;  and  that  fliall  be  enquired  afore  the  Juf- 
tices  in  Eyre  in  their  Circuits,  and  afore  the  Sheriffs 
in  their  Counties,  when  need  fhall  be,  (2)  And 
Writs  fhall  be  freely  granted  againft  them  that  do 

*  offeads 


3.2         C.  6,  7.      Anno  quinquagefimo  fecundo  Hemrici  III.     A.  D.  1267^ 


a  Iflft.  108. 


offend,  before  the  King,  or  the  Juftices  of  the  Bench, 
or  before  Juftices  in  Eyre,  when  they  come  into 
thofe  Parts.  (3)  Likewife  the  Charter  of  the  Fore  ft 
fhall  be  observed  in  all  his  Articles,  and  the  Offen- 
ders, when  they  be  convicl:,  fhall  be  grievoufly  pu- 
nifhed  by  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King  in  Form 
above  mentioned.' 


^Feoffments  to      c 
defraud  Lords  cf  c 
their  Ward/hips. 
Krtforced  by$&.tx 
35  H.  8.  c.  5. 
-nvh'ich  provides  a 
Remedy  to  avoid 
fuch  fraudulent 
Conveyances, 
j  Roll  9 1.  2  Roll 
106,  134.   God- 
bolt  78-  pi.  92. 
Fitz.  Gard.  79, 
102,  155.  6  Co. 
76.  Dyer  9. 
A7H.*8.  7. 
Fitz.  Gard.  33. 
Fitz.  Collufion, 
JZ,  14,  29,  30, 
47.  2  Inii.  ioy. 

it  Co.  77. 
Fitz.  Card.  1 19. 
Fitz.  Brief,  779. 
39  H.  6.  f.  10. 
E^eftione  cufto- 
clia?,  Co.  Ent. 


Cotton  MS. 
*e,  vel  coram  Jufticiariis  de  Banco,  vel  coram  Ju- 
Erlciariis  itinerantibus,  cum  in  partes  illas  venerint* 


A  Lord  implead- 
ing a  Feoffee 
wrongfully. 


Regift.  i€r. 

Confirmed  and 
amended  by  4  H. 
7.  c.  17.  and 
rendered  obf.  by 
12  Car,  2.  c.  24. 


Enforced    by 
I$Ed.  I.  flat.  I. 
C  35.  nuh'uh 
gives  Remedy  for 
Ranj'ifbmcnt  of 
Ward, 

*  For  if  the  De- 
forceor  be   not 
found  before, 
read  lulere  the 
Deforceor  hereto- 
fore refided. 


CAP.    VI. 


A  fraudulent  Conveyance  to  defeat  a  Lord  of  his  Wardfhip,  (hall  be  void. 


S  touching  them  that  ufe  to  infeoff  their  eldeft 
Sons  and  Heirs,  being  within  Age,  of  their 
Heritage,  for  to  defraud  the  Lords  of  the  Fee  of 
their  Wardfhips,  it  is  provided,  accorded,  and  agreed, 
that  by  occafion  of  any  fuch  Feoffment  no  chief  Lord 
fhall  leefe  his  Ward,  (z)  Moreover,  touching  them 
that  fain  falfe  Feoffments  of  their  Lands,  which  they 
will  leafe  for  Term  of  Years,  for  to  defraud  the  chief 
Lords  of  their  Wards,  wherein  it  is  contained,  that 
they  are  fatisfied  of  the  whole  Service  due  unto  them 
until  a  certain  Term  ;  fo  that  fuch  Feoffees  are  bound 
at  the  faid  Term  to  pay  a  certain  Sum  to  the  Value 
of  the  fame  Lands,  or  far  above ;  fo  that  after  fuch 
Term  the  Land  fhall  return  unto  them,  or  to  their 
Heirs,  becaufe  no  Man  will  be  contentto  hold  it  upon 
the  Price;  it  is  provided  and  agreed,  that  by  fuch 
Fraud  no  chief  Lord  fhall  leefe  his  Ward.  (3)  Ne- 
verthelefs,  it  fhall  not  be  lawful  to  them  to  diffeife 
fuch  Feoffees  without  Judgment,  but  they  fhall  have 
a  Writ  for  to  have  fuch  a  Ward  reftored  unto  them  ; 
and  by  the  WitnefTes  contained  in  the  Deed  of  Feoff- 
ment, with  other  free  and  lawful  Men  of  the  Coun- 
try, and  by  the  Value  of  the  Land,  and  by  the  Quan- 
tity of  the  Sum  payable  after  the  Term,  it  fhall  be 
tryed  whether  fuch  Feoffments  were  made  bona  fide, 
or  by  Collufion,  to  defraud  the  chief  Lords  of  the 
Fee  of  their  Wards.  And  if  the  chief  Lords  in  fuch 
Cafes  recover  their  Wards  by  Judgment,  the  Feof- 
fees fhall  neverthelefs  have  their  .rtition  to  recover 
fuch  Term  or  Fee,  which  they  had  therein,  when 
the  Heirs  come  to  their  lawful  Age. 


'  II.  And  if  any  chief  Lords  do  malicioufly  implead 
fuch  Feoffees,  faining  this  Cafe, -namely,  where  the 
Feoffments  were  made  lawful,  and  in  good  faith, 
then  the  Feoffees  fhall  have  their  Damages  awarded, 
and  their  Cofts  which  they  have  fuftained  by  occafion 
of  the  forefaid  Plea,  and  the  Plaintiff's  fhall  be  grie- 
voufly punifhed  by  Amerciament.' 


E  hiis  autem,  qui  primogenitos  [filios  fuos,] 
&  heredes  fuos  infra  eta. em  exiftentes,  feof-  • 
fare  folent  de  hereditate  fua,  ut  per  hoc  amitte- 
rentdomini  feodorum  cuftodias  fuas  ;  provifum  eft, 
&  concorditer  conceffum,  quod  occafione  hujuf- 
modi  falfi  feoffamenti  nullus  Capitalis  dominus  a- 
mittat  cuftodiam  fuam,  De  hiis  infuper,  qui  de 
terris  fuis,  quas  tradere  voluerint  ad  terminum  an- 
norum,  ut  domini  feodorum  amittant  cuftodias 
fuas,  falfa  confingunt  feoffamenta,  continentia  quod 
eis  fatisfaifurn  eft  de  fumma  fervicii  in  illis  con- 
tend ufque  ad  terminum  aliquem ;  ita  quod  poll 
terminum  folvere  teneantur  hujufmodi  feoffati 
fummam  aliquam,  valorem  terrarum  illarurn  in 
multo  excedentern,  ut  ftc  poft  terminum  ilium  ter- 
ra eorum  revertatur  ad  ipfos,  eo  quod  nemo  eas 
pro  tanto  tenure  curaret :  provifum  eft,  &  concor- 
diter conceffum,  ut  per  hujufmodi  fraudem  nullus 
Capitalis  dominus  amittat  cuftodiam  fuam.  Ve- 
rumptamen  non  licebit  eis  hujufmodi  feoffatos  fine 
judicio  diffeifire  ;  fet  breve  habeant  de  hujufmodi 
cuftodia  fibi  reddenda,  &  per  teftes  in  cartis  in  hu- 
jufmodi feoffamentis  contentos  una  cum  aliis  libe- 
ris  &  legalibus  de  patria,  &  per  quantitatem  &  va- 
lorem tenement',  &  perquantitatem  fumme  queinde 
reddi  debet  poft  terminum  prediftum,  attingatur 
utrum  hujufmodi  feoffamenta  bona  fide  facta  fiat,. 
I  taut  in  fraudem  ad  auferendum  Capitalibus  dominis 
feodi  cuftodiam  fuam.  Si  vero  Capitales  domini 
per  judicium  Curie  recuperent  in  hujufmodi  cafi- 
bus  cuftodiam  fuam,  falva  fit  nichilominus  hujuf- 
modi feoffatis  a£fio  fua,  quam  ad  terminum,  feu  ad 
feodum  recuperandum  inde  habuerint,  cum  here- 
des ad  legitimam  etatem  pervenerint. 

Quod  fi  aliqui  Capitales  domini  feoffatos  aliquos 
malitiofe  implacitaverint,  fingentes  cafum  iftum, 
maxime  ubi  feoffamenta  legitime  &  bona  fide  facta 
fuerint,  tunc  adjudicentur  feoffatis  dampna  fua,  & 
mife  fue  quas  fecerint  occafione  placiti  predict,  & 
ipfi  actores  per  mifericordiam  puniantur. 


CAP.     VII. 


Procefs  in  a  Comvuni  Cuftodia.     Ward  by  reafon  of  Ward. 


IN  a  Plea  of  Communi  Cuftodia,  if  the  Defor- 
ceors come  not  at  the  great  Diftrefs,  then  the  faid 
Writ  fhall  be  renewed  twice  or  thrice,  at  fuch  Terms 
as  it  may  be  done  within  the  half  Year  following,  fo 
that  every  time  the  Writ  fhall  be  read  in  the  open 
County  (*  if  the  Deforceor  be  not  found  before)  and 
there  openly  be  proclaimed,  that  he  may  come  at  the 
Day  limited:  fo  that  if  he  be  abfent  himfelf  then, 
and  come  not  to  anfwer  within  the  faid  half  Year, 
nor  the  Sheriff  cannot  get  his  Body,  to  have  it  be- 


N  placito  communi  de  cuftodiis,  fi  ad  magnam 
diftriceionem  non  venerint  deforciatores,  tunc 
bis  vel  ter  itcretur  breve  predi£tum  ad  terminos 
quibus  fieri  poterit,  infra  medietatem  anni  fequen- 
tis,  Ita  quod  fingulis  vicibus  legatur  breve  in  pleno 
Comitatu,  ubi  prjus  inventus  fuerit  deforciator: 
&  ibi  publice  denuncietur,  ut  veniat  ad  diem  fibi 
prefixum  :  quod  fi  fe  fubtraxerit,  ita  tamen  quod 
infra  medietatem  anni  refponfurus  non  venerit,  nee 
vicecomes  eum  invenire  poifit,  per  quod  corpus 

fuun» 


A.  D.i 267.     Anno  qumquageflmo fecundo  Hen rtci  III.       C.  8,  9.         33 


Cotton  MS. 
fuum  habere  poffit  coram  Jufticiariis,  ad  refpon- 
dendum  Secundum  legem  &  eonfuetudinem  regni, 
tunc,  tanquam  rebellis,  &  fejufticiari  non  permit- 
tens,  amittat  feifinam  hujufmodi  cuftodie,  Salva 
fibi  alias  acfione  fua,  fi  forte  jus  habeat  ad  [in] 
eandem. 

In  cafibus  autem,  ubi  cuftodie  pertinent  ad  cuf- 
todias  heredum  infra  etatem  exiftentium,  &  ubi 
cuftodes  petunt  cuftodias  que  accidunt  heredibus, 
vel  tanquam  pertinentes  ad  eorum  hereditatem,  non 
amittant  hujufmodi  heredes  infra  etatem  exiftentes 
per  necligenciam'yel  rebellionem fuorurn  cuftodum, 
ficut  in  cafu  prediclo ;  fed  currat  lex  communis 
codem  modo  quo  prius  confuevit. 


'  fore  our  Juftices  to  anfwer  according  to  the  Law  and 
'  Cuftom  of  the  Realm,  then  as  a  Rebel,  and  fiich  a 
'  one  as  will  not  be  juftified,  he  fhall  leefe  the  Seifin  of 
'  his  Ward  j  faving  to  him  his  Action  ac  another  time,, 
'  if  he  have  any  Right  to  the  fame. 

'  II.  But  in  fuch  Cafes,  where  the  Wardfhips  belong 
'  to  the  Guardians  of  Wards  being  within  Age,  and 
'  where  the  Guardians  demand  a  Wardfhip  which  be.- 
'  longeth  to  the  Heir,  or  as  appertaining  to  their  Inhe- 
'  ritance,  fuch  Heirs  within  Age  fhall  not  leefe_  their 
'  Inheritance  by  the  Negligence  or  Rebellion  of  their 
'  Guardians,  as  in  the  Cafe  afore  rehearfed ;  but  let 
'  the  Common  Law  run  in  like  manner  as  it  hath  been  0hf.  iyuCar.a.. 
'  accuftomed  to  do.'  c.  14. 


CAP.    VIII. 

The  Punifhment  of  thofe  which  commit  Redifleifin. 


ILli  vero  qui  pro  iterata  diffeifina  capti  fuerint  & 
detenti,  non  deliberentur  fine  fpeciali  precepto 
domini  Regis,  &  hoc  per  finem  cum  domino  Rege 
faciendum  pro  hujufmodi  tranfgreffione  fua;  &  fi 
compertum  fuerit,  quod  Vicecomes  aliter  eos  deli- 
beraverit,  graviter  propter  hoc  amercietur;  &  ni- 
chilominus  illi,  qui  per  Vicecomitem  fine  precep- 
to domini  Regis  he  liberentur,  pro  fua  tranfgrefli- 
one  puniantur. 


THey  which  be  taken  and  imprisoned  for  Rcdlf-    H  g   f 
feifw,    fhall  not  be  delivered  without  fpecial  a.  [n'fl. 'ri\  _. 
Commandment  of  our  Lord  the  King,  and  fhall  make  Raft.  10  5^S4 
Fine   with  our  Lord  the  King  for  their  Ttefpafs.  v.  N.  B.  io<;. 
And  if  it  be  found,  that  the  Sheriff  delivered!  anyF-N,B-  li3> 
contrary   to  this  Ordinance,  he  fhall  be   grievoufly  !  9' 
amerced  therefore  ;  and  neverthelefs,  they  which  are  jo  h.  3.  c.  3. 
fo  delivered  by  the  Sheriff  without  the  King's  Com-  R.egifl-  '«'•• 
mandment,    fhall   be   grievoufly    punifhed  for  their  f"-£°7f ani ix: 

rp      r      „    , »  °  '      '  tended  by  13  Eil. 

Treipais.  t.  ftat."i.  c  46.. 


ivbUb 


CAP.     IX. 

Who  fhall  do  Suit  of  Court.     Suit  of  Court  by  Coparceners. 
Contra  formam  feoff amenii. 


difU  ile  Damages* 


DE  feelis  quidem  faciendis  ad  Curiam  Magna- 
tum,  &c  aliorum  dominorum  ipfarum -Curia- 
rum,  de  cetero  fie  obfervandum  eft,  quod  nullus, 
qui  per  cartam  feoffatus  eft,  diftringatur  de  cetero 
ad  fe£tam  faciendam  ad  Curiam  domini  fui,  nifi 
per  formam  carte  fue  fpecialiter  teneatur  ad  fedlam 
illam  faciendam ;  hiis  autem  exceptis,  quorum 
anteceffores,  vel  ipfimet,  hujufmodi  fedtam  facere 
confueverunt  ante  primam  transfretationem  pre- 
didii  domini  Regis  in  Britanniam,  a  tempore  cu- 
jus  transfretationis  elapfi  funt  triginta  &  navem 
anni  &  medietas  unius  anni,  a  tempore  quo  hu- 
jufmodi conftituciones  fuerint  conftitute.  [Et] 
fimiliter  nullus  feoffatus  de  cetero  fine  carta  a  tem- 
pore conqueftus,  vel  aliquo  alio  antiquo  feoffa- 
mento,  diftringatur  ad  hujufmodi  fe<Stam  facien- 
dam, nifi  ipfemet  vel  anteceffores  fui  earn  facere 
confueverunt  ante  primam  transfretationem  pre- 
di£tam.  Qui  autem  per  cartam  pro  certo  fervicio, 
veluti  pro  libero  fervicio  rot  folidorum  annuatim 
pro  omni  fervicio  folvendorum,  feoffati  funt,  ad 
fe&am,  vel  ad  aliud,  ultra  formam  fui  feoffamenti, 
non  teneantur. .  Et  fi  hereditas  aliqua,  de  qua 
fantum  unica  fecta  debeatur,  ad  plures  heredes, 
participes  ejufdem  hereditatis,  devolvatur  ;  ille  qui 
habet  eineciam  [exneciam]  hereditatis  illius,  uni- 
camfaciat  fectam  pro  fe  &  participibus  fuis,  &  alii 
participes  fui  pro  portione  fua  contribuant  ad  fec- 
tam illam  faciendam.  Si  plures  feoffati  fuerint  de 
hereditate  aliqua,  de  qua  unica  fe<£f a  debeatur,  do- 
minus  illius  feodi  unicam  fciftam  inde  habeat,  nee 
Vol.  I. 


F 


OR  doing  Suits  unto  Courts  of  great  Lords,  or 
of  meaner  Perfons,  from  henceforth  this  Order  a  Inft-  l'S- 


Who  fhall  do 


fhall   be  obferved,   That  none  that  is   infeofted  by 
Deed,  from  henceforth  fhall  be  diftrained  to  do  fuch 
Suit  to  the  Court  of  his  Lord,   without  he  be  fpe- 
cially  bound  thereto  by  the  Form  of  his  Deed  :    (2) 
Thefe  only  except,  whofe  Anceftors,   or  they  them-  SukTc'omt. 
felves,   have  ufed  to  do  fuch  Suit  before  the  firft  Voy- 
age of  the  faid  King  Henry   into  Britain,  fithence 
which  nine  and  thirty  Years  and  an  half  are  paffed, 
unto  the  time  that  thefe  Statutes  were  enacted.     (.3) 
Likewife  from  henceforth  none  that  is  infeofted  with- 
out Deed,    from  the  time  of  the  Conqueft,  or  any 
other  ancient  Feoffment,    fhall  be  diftrained  to  do- 
fuch  Suits,   unlefs  that  he  or  his  Anceftors  ufed  to 
do  it  before  the  faid  Voyage.  ,  (4)  And  they  that  are 
infeofted  by  Deed  to  do  a  certain  Service,  as,    for  • 
Service  of  fo  many  Shillings  by  Year,  to  be  acquit- 
ted  of  all   Service,     from  henceforth   fhall    not   be 
bounden  to  fuch  Suits,  or  other  like,   contrary  unto 
the  Form  of  their  Feoffment.     (5)  And  if  any  Inhe- 
ritance, whereof  but  one  Suit  is  due,  defcend  unto  Suit  of  Qrartby 
many  Heirs,   as  unto  Parceners,  whofo  hath  the.  el-  Coparceners, 
deft  Part  of  the  Inheritance,   fhall  do  that  on?  Suit 
for  himfelf  and  his  Fellows,   and  the  other  Coheirs 
fhall  be  Contributaries,   according  to  their  Portion, 
for  doing  fuch  Suit.     (6)  And  if  many  Feoffees  be  Stati  Hihernie 
feifed  of  an  Inheritance,  whereof  but  one  Suit  is  due,  J4H.  3.  par.  7! 
the  Lord  of  the  Fee  fhall  have  but  that  one  Suit ;  P-'fticion  1. 
and  fhall  not  exacl:  of  the  faid  Inheritance,  but'  that 
on*   Suit,    as    hath  been  ufed  to  be   done  before. 
F  '  (7)  And 


6  Co.  1. 


34.         C  10.  Ar>no  quinquagefimo  fecundo  Henrici  HI.     A.  D* 


1267, 


A  Lord  diftrain- 
ing  his  Tenant 
for  Suit  not  due. 

Fitz.  Avowry, 
75,41,  48,  51, 

60,  66;  68,  S9, 
93- 


Tenants  with- 
holding from 
their  Lords 
their  due  Suit?, 
Titz.  Avowry, 
86,  92. 


(7)  And  if  thofe  Feoffees  have  no  Warrant  or  Mean 
which  ought  to  acquit  them,  then  all  the  Feoffees, 
according  to  their  Portion,  lhall  be  Contributaries 
for  doing  the  Suit  for  them.  (3)  And  if  it  chance 
that  the  Lords  of  the  Fee  do  diftrain  their  Tenants 
for  fuch  Suits,  contrary  to  this  Act,  then,  at  the 
Complaint  of  the  Tenants,  the  Lords  fhall  be  at- 
tached to  appear  in  the  King's  Court  at  a  fhortDay, 
to  make  Anfwer  thereto,  and  fhall  have  but  one  Ef- 
foin  therein,  if  they  be  within  the  Realm;  and  im- 
mediately the  Beafts,  or  other  Diftreffes  taken  by 
this  Occafion,  fhall  be  delivered  to  the  Plaintiff,  and 
fo  fhall  remain,  until  the  Plea  betwixt  them  be  de- 
termined. (_o)  And  if  the  Lords  of  the  Courts  which 
took  Diftrefles,  come  not  at  the  Day  that  they  were 
attached,  or  do  not  keep  the  Day  given  to  them  by 
Eflbin,  then  the  Sheriff  fhall  be  commanded  to  caufe 
them  to  come  at  another  Day ;  at  which  Day,  if 
they  come  not,  then  he  fhall  be  commanded  to  dif- 
train  them  by  all  their  Goods  and  Chatties  that  they 
have  in  the  Shire,  fo  that  the  Sheriff  fhall  anfwer  to 
the  King  of  the  Iffues  of  the  faid  Inheritance ;  and 
that  he  have  their  Bodies  before  our  Juftices  at  a  cer- 
tain Day  limited.  So  that  if  they  come  not  at  that 
Day,  the  Party  Plaintiff  fhall  go  without  Day,  and 
his  Beafts,  or  other  Diftreffes  taken  by  that  Colour, 
fhall  remain  delivered,  until  the  fame  Lords  have  re- 
covered the  fame  Suit  by  Award  of  the  King's  Court  ; 
and  in  the  mean  time  fuch  Diftreffes  fhall  ceafe,  fa- 
ving  to  the  Lords  of  the  Court  their  Right  to  recover 
thofe  Suits  in  Form  of  Law,  when  they  will  fue 
therefore.  (10)  And  when  the  Lords  of  the  Courts 
come  in  to  anfwer  the  Plaintiffs  of  fuch  Trefpaffes, 
and  be  convict  thereupon  ;  then,  by  Award  of  the 
King's  Court,  the  Plaintiffs  fhall  recover  againft 
them  the  Damages  that  they  have  fuftained  by  occa- 
fion of  the  faid  Diftrefs. 

"  II.  Likewife  if  the  Tenants,  after  this  A£t,  with- 
draw from  their  Lord  fuch  Suits  as  they  were  wont 
to  do,  and  which  they  did  before  the  time  of  the  faid 
Voyage,  and  hitherto  ufed  to  do ;  then  by  like 
Speedinefs  of  Juftice,  as  be  to  limiting  of  Days,  and 
awarding  of  Diftreffes,  the  Lords  of  the  Court  fhall 
obtain  Juftice  to  recover  their  Suits,  with  their  Da- 
mages, in  like  manner  as  the  Tenants  fhould  re- 
cover theirs  :  (z)  And  this  recovering  of  Damages 
muft  be  underftood  of  withdrawing  from  themfelves, 
and  not  of  withdrawing  from  their  Anceftors.  (3) 
Neverthelefs,  the  Lords  of  the  Court  fhall  not  re- 
cover Seifin  of  fuch  Suits  againft  their  Tenants  by 
Default,  as  they  were  wont  to  do.  (4)  And  touch- 
ing Suits  withdrawn  before  the  time  aforementioned, 
let  the  Common  Law  run  as  it  was  wont  before 
time.' 


Cotton  MS. 

■;  poffit  de  hereditate  ilia  nifi  unicani  fecfem  exigere^ 
ficut  prius  fieri  confuevit.  Et  ft  feoffati  illi  War- 
rantum  vel  medium  non  habeant,  qui  eos  acquie- 
tare  debeat,  omnes  feoffati  contribuant  pro  por- 
cione  fua  ad  fecfem  illam  faciendam.  Si  autenr 
contingat,  quod  domini  Cur'  tenentes  fuos  cone-Fa* 
hanc  conftitucionem  pra  hujufmodi  fe<5ta  difirin- 
gant,    tunc   ad  querimoniam  tenentium    illorum 

;  attachientur,  quod  ad  Curiam  domini  Regis  veni- 
ant  ad  brevem  diem,  inde  refponfuri,  &  unicunrt, 
habeant  effonium,  ft  fuerint  in  regno  ;  &  inconti- 
nenti d  deliberentur  conqucrenti  averia  fua,  five 
alie  diftricciones  hac  occafione  facte,  &  deliberate 
remaneant,  donee  placitum  inde  inter  eos  termi- 
netur.  Et  fi',.domini  Curiarum,.  qui  hujufmodi  : 
diftricciones  fecerint,  ad  diem,  ad  quem  attachi- 
ati  fuerint,  non  venerint,  vel  diem  per  eflbnium.- 
fuum  fibi  datum  non  obfervaverint,  tunc  mande- 
tur  Vicecomiti,  quod  eos  ad  alium  diem  venire 
faciat,  ad  quem  diem  ft  non  venerint,  mandetur 
Vicecomiti,  quod  diftringantur  per  omnia-rque 
habent  in  balliva  fua,  ita  quod  Vicecomes  xefpon- 
deat  domino  Regi  de  exitibus,  &  quod  habeat 
corpora  eorum  ad  certum  diem  prefigendum  :  ita 
quod  ft  ad  ilium  diem  non  venerint,  eat  pars  con- 
querens  inde  fine  die,  &  averia  fua  five .  diftricci- 
ones alie  deliberate  remaneant,  donee  feclam  il-> 
lam  domini  recuperaverint  per  confideracionerr* 
Curie  domini  Regis ;  &  ceftent  interim  diftricci- 
ones  hujufmodi,  Jalvo  dominis  Curiarum  jure  fuo 
de  fedHs  illis  perquirendis  in  forma  juris,  cum  in- 
de loqui  voluerint :  &  cum  domini  Curiarum  ve- 
nerint refponfuri  conquerentibus  de  hujufmodi 
tranfgreffionibus,  ft  fuper  hoc.  convincantur,  tunc 
per  confiderationem  Curie  domini  Regis  recupe- 
rent  verfus  [eos]  conquerentes  dampna  fua,  que 
fuftinuerunt  occafione  diftriccionis  predicte. 

Simili  modo  ft  tenentes  poft  hanc  conftitucio- 
nem fubtrahant  dominis  feodi  feclas,  quas  facere 
debeant,  &  quas  ante  tempus  predidte  transfreta- 
cionis  &  baitenus  facere  confueverunt,  tunc  per 
eandem  juftitiam  Si  celeritatem,  quoad  dies  pre- 
figendos,  &  diftricciones  admittendas,  confequan^- 
tur  domini  Cur'  jufticiam  de  fedtis  illis,  una  cum 
dampnis  fuis,  quemadmodum  tenentes  dampna 
fua  recuperant  ;  &  hoc  fcilicet  de  dampnis  recu- 
perandis  intelligatur  de  fubtraccionibus  fibi  facris^ 
&  non  de  fubtraccionibus  factis  predecefforibus 
fuis.  Verumptamen  domini  Curiarum  feifinam  de 
hujufmodi  fectis  recuperare  non  poterunt  per  de- 
faltam,  ficut  ha£lenus  fieri,  confuevit.  De  feevtis 
autem,  que  ante  tempus  fupradiclum  fubtracre 
fuerunt,  currat  lex  communis  ficut  prius  con- 
fuevit. 


CAP.    X. 

Certain  Perfons  exempt  from  Appearance  at  Sheriffs  Turns. 


1  T?OR  the  Turns  of  Sheriffs,  it  is  provided,  That 
'•  1/  Archbifhops,  Bifhops,  Abbots,  Priors,  Earls, 
'  Barons,  nor  any  Religious  Men  or  Women,  fhall 
1  hot  need  to  come  thither,  except  their  Appearance 
'  be  especially  required  thereat  for  fome  other  Caufe  ; 
■*  (2)  but  the  Turn  fhall  be  kept  as  it  hath  been  ufed 
•  in  the  times  of  the  King's  noble  Progenitors.     (3) 

*  Incor.tinen.tcr  in  marg, 


DE  turnis  Vicecomitum  provifum  eft,  ut  ne- 
ceffe  non  habeant  ibi  venire  Archiepifcopi, 
Epifcopi,  Abbates,  Priores,  Comites,  Barones, 
nee  aliqui  viri  religion,  nee  mulieres,  nifi  eorum 
prefentia  ob  aliquarn  caufam  fpecialiter  exigatur  j 
fet  teneatur  turnus  ficut  temporibus  predecefforurn 
domini  Regis  teneri  confuevit.    Et  fi  qui  in  Hun- 

dredis 


A.D.  1267.     Anno quinquagefimofecundo Hen  rici  III.     C.  n— 13.       35 


Cotton  MS. 

dredis  diverfis  habeant  tenementa  [fua],  non  Jia- 
beant  neceffe  venire  ad  hujufmodi  turnos,  nifi  in 
ballivis  ubi  fuerint  converfantes,  &  teneantur  turni 
fecundum  formam  magne  carte  Regis,  &  ficut 
temporibus  Regis  Richardi  &  Johannis  teneri 
confueverunt. 


And  *  they  that  have  Hundreds  of  their  own  to  be  kept, 
fhall  not  be  bound  to  appear  at'any  fuch  Turns,  but 
in  the  Bailiwicks  where  they  be  dwelling.  (4)  And 
the  Turns  fhall  be  kept  after  the  Form  of  the  Great 
Charter,  and  as  they  were  ufed  in  the  times  of  King 
Richard  and  King  John.' 


CAP.     XL 

No  Fines  fhall  be  taken  for  Beau-pleader. 


*  For  they  tbttl 
hafc  Hundreds  of 
their  olun  to  be 
kept,  read  and  if 
any  have  Tene- 
ments  in  different 
Hundreds,  they 
frail  not,  &e. 
Regid.174.175. 
2  -Inft.  IJO. 


^Rovifum  eft  eciam,  quod  nee  in  itinere  Jufti- 
ciar',  nee  in  Comitatibus,  Hundredis,  nee  in 
Curia  Baronum,  de  cetero  capiantur  fines  ab  ali- 
quibus  pro  pulcre  placitando,  nee  per  fie  quod 
non  oceafionentur. 

Et  fciendum,  quod  per  iftam  conftitutionem  non 
tolluntu'r  fines  certi,  feu  prefentationes  [prejiati- 
ones]  arentate  a  tempore  quo  dominus  Rex  pri- 
mo  transfretavit  in  Britanniam  ufque  nunc. 


T  is  provided  alfo,  That  from  henceforth  neither 
in  the  Circuit  of  Jufficers,  nor  in  Counties, 
Hundreds,  and  Court  Barons,  any  Fines  fhall  be 
taken  of  any  Man  for  Fair-Pleading,  nor  fo  that  any 
Occafion  fhall  be. 

'  II.  And  it  is  to  be  known,  that  by  this  A£l  Fines  Enfomdby^Ed. 
certain,  or  Loans  afleffed  fince  the  time  that  our '».'<:.$.  ©" « Ed. 
Lord  the  King  firft  paffed  into  Britain,  are  not  3- ft"- %-  c-  8* 
taken  away, 


Regift.  179. 
fcldft.  14:. 


CAP.    XII. 

Days  given  in  Dower,  Affile  of  Darraine  Preferment,  and  Quare  impedit. 


IN  placito  vero  dotis  [de  dote]  quod  vocatur  un- 
de  nichil  habet,  dentur  de  cetero  quatuor  dies 
Tper  annum  ad  minus,  &  plures  fi  commode  fieri 
pofiit,  ita  quod  habeant  quinque  vel  fex  per  an- 
num ad  minus.  In  affifis  autem  ultime  prefenta- 
cionis,  &  in  placito  quare  impedit  de  ecclefiis  va- 
Cantibus,  dentur  dies  de  quindena  in  quindenam, 
vel  de  tribus  feptimanis  in  tres  feptimanas,  prout 
locus  propinquus  fuerit,  vel  remotus.  In  placito 
vero  quare  impedit,  fi  ad  primum  diem,  ad  quern 
fummonitus  fuerit,  non  venerit  nee  effonium  mi- 
ferit  impeditor,  attachietur  ad  alium  diem,  quo 
die  fi  non  venerit,  nee  effon'  miferit,  diftringatur 
per  magnam  diftriccionem  fuperius  dicftam ;  &  fi 
tunc  non  venerit,  per  ejus  defaltam  fcribatur  Epif- 
copo  loci,  quod  reclamatio  impeditoris  ilia  vice 
conquerenti  non  obfiftat,  falvo  impeditori  alias 
jure  fuo,  cum  inde  loqui  voluerit.  Eadem.  lex  de 
attachiamentis  faciendis  de  omnibus  brevibus,  ubi 
attachiamentajacent,  quoad  diftricciones  faciendas 
firmiter  obfervetur ;  Ita  tamen,  quod  fecundum 
attachiamentum  fiat  per  meliores  plegios,  &  poft- 
modum  ultima  diftriccia. 

c.  6.  §.  13.  and  24  Geo.  1,  c.  48.  §.  4.  in  Dower  after 


.»i. 


IN  a  Plea  of  Dower,  that  is  called  TJnde  nihil  habet,  *  H  \..t 
from  henceforth  four  Days  fhall  be  given  in  the 
Year  at  the  leaft,   and  more  if  conveniently  it  may 
be,    fo  that  they  fhall  have  five  or  fix  Days  at  the 
leaft  in  the  Year.     {2)  In   Affifes   of  Darraine  Pre-  procefs'in;Q;a- 
fentment,  and  in  a  Plea  of  Shiare  impedit,  of  Church-  re  impedit. 
es  vacant,   Days  fhall  be  given  from  fifteen  to  fif- 
teen, or  from  three  Weeks  to  three  Weeks,  as  the 
Place  fhall  hap  to  be  near,   or  far.     (3)    And  in  a 
Plea  of  ^ttare  impedit,  if  the  Difturber  come  not  at 
the  firft  Day  that  he  is  fummoned,    nor  caft  no  Ef- 
foin, then  he  {hall  be  attached  at  another  Day ;    at 
which  Day  if  he  come  not,  nor  caft  no  Effoin,   he 
fhall  be  diftrained  by  the  great  Diftrefs  above  given  ; 
(4)  And  if  he  come  not  then,  by  his  Default  a  Writ  Fitz.  Jour.  is, 
fhall  go  to  the  Bifhop  of  the  lame  Place,  that  the  IQ>  S2- 
Claim  of  the  Difturber  for  that  time  fhall  not  be  pre-  11  p'f-  ■** 
judicial  to  the  Plaintiff ;   faving  to  the  Difturber  his  \\tz  '$,]*{  ^l 
Right  at  another  time,   when  he  will  fue  therefore.  Evefque,  14, 
(;]   The  fame  Law,    as  to  the  making  of  Attach-  si,  22,  17. ' 
ments,  fhall  from  henceforth  be  obferved  in  all  Writs  2  Inft>  lz3- 
where  Attachments  lie,    as  in  making  Diftrefies,  fo  Attachments. 
that  the  fecond  Attachment  fhall  be  made  by-better  ■&t<:rei  b 
Pledges,   and  afterwards  the  laft  Diftrefs.'  32H.Sc.  21. 

°  and  1 6  Car,  I . 

JJftie  joined  there  pall  not  be  above  15  Days  between  the  Tefle  and  the  Return  of  tie  Vtnirc    &c. 


CAP.    XIII. 
After  IfTue  joined  there  fhall  be  but  one  Eflbin,  or  one  Default. 


ET  fciendum,  quod  poftquam  aliquis  pofuerit  fe 
in  inquificionem  aliquam,  que  emerferit,  vel 
cmergere  poffit  in  hujufmodi  brevibus,  non  habeat 
nifi  unicum  effonium,  &  [vel]  unicam  defaltam  ; 
ita  fcilicet,  quod  fi  ad  diem  fibi  datum  per  effonium 
fuumnem  venerit,  aut  fi  fecundo  die  defaltam  fe- 
cerit,  tunc  inquificio  ilia  per  defaltam  ipfiuscapia- 
tur,  &  tunc  fecundum  inquificionem  per  defaltam 
ipfius  ad  judicium  procedatur.  Et  fi  inquificio  ilia 
capta  fuerit  in  Comitatu  per  Vicecomitem,  vel  per 
Coronatorem,  ad  Jufticiarios  domini  Regis  ad  cer- 
tum  diem  remittend.  &  fi  pars  rea  non  venerit  ad 


AND  it  is  to  be  known,  after  that  a  Man  hath  Fitz.  ErTo'ri, 
put  himfelf  upon  any  Enqueft,   the  which  hath  2I>  3 1>  34.-  1$. 
or  muft  pafs  in  fuch  manner  of  Writs,  he  fhall  have  *°°>  '3°>  '59- 
but  one  Eflbin,  or  one  Default ;  fo  that   if  he  come  c;o"bcit"-° -6 
not  at  the  Day  given  to  him  by  the  Effoin,  or  make  pi.  -z7. 
Default   the  fecond  Day,  then  the  Enqueft  fhall  be  Salk.216. 
taken  by  his  Default,   and  according  to  the  fame  En- 
queft they  fhall  proceed  to  Judgement.     (2)'  And  if 
fuch  Enqueft  be  taken  in  the  County,    before  the 
Sheriff  or  Coroners,  it  fhall   be  returned  unto  the 
King's  Juftices  at  a  certain  Day ;  and  if  the  Party 
Defendant  come  not  at  that  Day,  then,  upon  his 
F  2  '  Default 


36         C.  i4 i6>    Anno quinquagefrmo  fecundo H  e  n  r  1  c  1  III.  A.  D.  1267. 


*   For  that  he 
caujebim  to  come, 
read  that  be  cauje 
bhn  to  rome  at 
tbaz  Day. 
See  c-  20.  and 

3  Ed.   I.  C.  4;, 

43,44,     6  Ed.  1,  c.  8  &  10 


Default,  another  Day  {hall  be  afligned  to  him  after 
the  Difcretion  of  the  Juftices  ;  and  it  fhall  be  com- 
manded to  the  Sheriff,  *  that  he  caufe  him  to  come 
to  hear  the  Judgement,  if  he  will,  according  to  the 
Enqueft ;  at  which  Day,  if  he  come  not,  upon  his 
Default  they  fhall  proceed  to.  Judgement.  In  like 
manner  it  fhall  be  done,,  if  he  come  not  at  the  Day 
given  unto  him  by  his  Effoin.' 


Cotton  MS,  _ 
ilium  diem,  tunc  per  defaltam  ipfius  affignetur  ei 
alius  dies  fecundum  difcrecionem  Jufticiariorum ; 
&  mandetur  Vicecomiti,  quod  ad  diem  ilium  faciat 
ipfum  venire  ad  audiendum  judicium  fuum,  five- 
lit,  fecundum  inquificionem  illam  ;  ad  quern  diem 
fi  non  venerit,  propter  defaltam  fuam  procedatur 
ad  judicium.  Eodem  modo  fiat,  fi  non  veniat  ad -. 
diem  fibi  datum  per  effonium  fuum. 


J3  Ed,  l.  flat,  z,  c.  17,  27  & .28.     12  Ed.  Zijlat.  z.     5  Ed.  3.  c.  6,     9  Ed.  3.  c.  3. for  farther  Regulations  of  EJfo'mt,  , 

CAP.    XIV: 

They  which  have  Charters  of  Exemption,  rnuft  in  fome  Cafes  be  fworn. 


Vj  H.  6.  25 
iSH.  g.  5. 


Init,  12?. 


f!  OncerningCharters  of  Exemption  and  Liberties, 
j  that  the  rurchafer  fhall  not  be,  impanelled  in 
Affifes,  Juries,  and  Enquefts ;  it  is  provided,  That 
if  their  Oaths  be  fo  requifite,  that  without  them 
Juftice  cannot  be  miniftred,  as  in  great  Affifes,  Per- 
ambulations, and  in  Deeds  or  Writings  of  Cove- 
nants, (where  they  be  named  for  Witneffes)  or  in 
Attaints,  and  in  other  cafes  like,  they  fhall  be  com- 
pelled to  fwear;  faving  to  them  at  another  time  their 
fbrefaid  Liberty  and  Exemption  J 


DE  [in]  cartis  vero  exemptionis  &~Iibertatis,  ne 
pohantur  impetrantes  in  affifis,  juratis,  vel  re- 
cognitionibus  aliquibus  ;  provifum  eft,  quod  fi  adeo 
neceffarium  fit  eorum  juramentum,  quod  fine  eis 
jufticia  exhiberi  non  poterit  [pojjit]  veluti  in  magna 
affifa,  &  in  perambulationibus,  &  in  cartis  vel 
fcriptis  convencionum,  ubi  fuerint  teftes  nominatf,., 
aut  in  attindtis,  aut  in  aliis  cafibus  confimilibus, 
jurare  cogantur  ;  falva  fibi  alias  libertate  &  exemp- 
tione  fua  fupradictis. 


cap.  xy; 

Tn  what  Places  Diftreffes  fhall  not  be  taken. 


S.C».6o. 
?.!**$.  E  .: 

22  Ed.  4. '49. 

Fitz.  Bar.i  28 1. 

Fitz.  Trefpafs, 

238. 

Fitz.  Brief,  51  r,  842. 


'  TT  fhall  be  lawful  for  no  Man  from  henceforth,  for 


any  manner  of  Caufe,  to  take  Diftreffes  out  of 
'  his  Fee,  nor  in  the  King's  High-way,  nor  in  the 
'  common  Street,  but  only  to  the  King  or  his  Of- 
'  ficers  having  fpecial  Authority  to  do  the  fame;' 

Fitz.  Avowry,  87,  232.     2ln(t.  ijj.     Rail.  226.     Regift.  98,  183.     9  Ed.  2.  flat.  1,  c.  9.     2  Inft.  131.    Cro.  EI.  710. 


^1Ulli  de  cetero  liceat  diftricciones  facere  ex 
fc    quacunque  caufa  extra  feodum  fuum,  nee  in. 


regia  via,  aut  communi  ftrata,  nifi  domino  Regi 
aut  Miniftris  fuis. 


C  A  P.     XVI.    . 
The  Heir's  Remedy,  if  his  Lord  do  keep  him  forth.     The  King's  Primer  Seifin. 


A  Remedy  for 
the  Heir,,  if  his 
chief  Lord  do 
keep  or  put 
him  out  of 
Foffefijon. 


'  for  fjt,  read 
held. 


ftirr.tr  S'if.n. 


F  any  Heir  after  the  Death  of  his  Anceftor  be 
..  within  Age,  and  his  Lord  have  the  Ward  of  his 
Lands  and  Tenements,  if  the  Lord  will  not  render 
unto  the  Heir  his  Land  (when  he  cometh  to  his  full 
Age)  without  Plea,  the  Heir  fhall  recover  his  Land 
by  Affife  of  Mortdawicejlor,  with  the  Damages  that 
he  hath  fuftained  by  fuch  withholding,  fince  the  time 
that  he  was  of  full  Age.  (2)  And  if  an  Heir  at  the 
time  of  his  Anceftor's  Death  be  of  full  Age,  and  he 
is  Heir  apparent,  and  known  for  Heir,  and  be  found 
in  the  Inheritance,  the  chief  Lord  fhall  not  put  him 
out,  nor  take,  nor  remove  any  thing  there,  but  fhall 
take  only  limple  Seifin  therefore  for  the  Recognition 
of  his  Seigniory,  that  he  may  be  known  for  Lord. 
(3)  And  if  the  chief  Lord  do  *  put  fuch  an  Heir  out 
oi"  the  Poffcffion  malicioufly,  whereby  he  is  driven  to 
purchafe  a  Writ  of  Mortdaunceftor,  or  of  Coufenage, 
then  he  fhall  recover  his  Damages  as  in  Affife  of  No- 
vel dijfeifin. 

'  II.  Touching  Heirs,  which  hold  of  our  Lord  the 
King  in  chief,  this  Order  fhall  beebferved,  That  our 
Lord  the  King  fhall  have  the  firft  Seifin  of  their 
Lands,  like  as  he  was  wemt  to  have  before  time : 
Neither  fhall  the  Heir,  nor  any  other,  intrude  into, 
the  fame  Inheritance,  before  he  hath  received  it  out 
of  the  King's  Hands,  as  the  fame  Inheritance  was 
wont  to  be  taken  out  of  his  Hands  and  his  Anceftors 


SI  heres  aliquis  poft  mortem  fui  antecefforis  infra 
etatem  extiterit,  &  dominus  fuus  cuftodiam 
terrarum  fuarum  habuerit,  fi  dominus  ille  di&o 
heredi,  cum  ad  legitimam  etatem  pervenerit,  ter- 
rain fuam  fine  placito  reddere  noluerit,  heres  ille 
terram  fuam  per  affifam  mortis  antecefforis  fui  re- 
cuperabit,  una  cum  dampnis  que  fuftinuerit  prop- 
ter detencionem  illam,  a  tempore  quo  fuerit  legi- 
time etatis.  Quod  fi  heres  alicujus  in  morte  ante- 
cefforis fui  plene  etatis  fuerit,  &  heres  ille  apparens, 
&  pro  herede  cognitus,  inventus  fit  in  hereditate 
ilia,  capitalis  dominus  eum  non  eiciat  [ejiciat]  nee 
aliquid  ibi  capiat  nee  amoveat,  fet  tantum  fimpli- 
cem  feifinam  inde  faciat  pro  recognitione  dominii 
fui.  Et-  fi-  Capitales  domini  hujufmodi  heredem 
extra  feifinam  fuam  maliciofe  teneant,  per  quod 
breve  mortis  antecefforis  ipfum  oportet  impetrare 
[placitare]  tunc  dampna  fua  recuperet  ficut  in-  Ac- 
tione  nove  diffeifine. 

De  hereditatibus  autem  que  de  domino  Rege  te- 
nentur  in  capite  fie  obfervandum  eft,  quod  domi- 
nus Rex  liberam  inde  feifinam  habesit,  ficut  prius 
fieri  confuevit ;  nee  heres  nee  aliquis  alius  in  here-, 
cfitatem.  illam  fe  intrudat,  priufquam  illam  de  ma- 
nibus  domini  Regis  recipiat,  prout  hujufmodi  he- 
ditates  de    manibus  Antecefforum  fuorum  recipt 

confueverunt,  &  hoc  intelligatur  de  terris  &  feodis, 
...  que. 


A.  D.  1267.  Anno quinquagefimofecundo Henri ci  III.     C.  17— 21.         37 


Cotton  MS. 
que  ratione  fervicii  militarise  vel  ferjantie,  feu  ju- 
re patronatus,  in  manu  domini  Regis  cj/e  confue- 
verunt. 


1  in  times  paft.     And  this  muftbe  underftood  of  Lands  Enforced  by 
'  and  Fees,  the  which  were  accuftomed  to  be  in  the  ,7Ed'oi?atr  Y 
'  King's  Hands,  by  reafon  of  Knights  Service,  or  Ser-  ^epura  being 

aboliped  by  %%•>. 
Car.  z,  c.  a|. 


'  jeanty,  or  Right  of  Patronage.' 

C  A  P.     XVII. 
The  Authority  and  Duty  of  Guardians  in  Socage. 


PRovifum  eft  eciam,  quod  fi  terra,  que  tenetur 
in  focagio,  fit  in  cuftodia  parentum  heredum 
eo  quod  [ilk  dum\  heres  infra  etatem  extiterit,  cuf- 
todes  illi  [illius]  vaftum  facere  non  poftiint,  vel 
vendicionem,  vel  aliquam  deftruccionem  de  here- 
ditate  ilia ;  fed  falvo  earn  cuftodiant  ad  opus  dicti 
heredis,  Ita  quod  cum  ad  legitimam  etatem  perve- 
nerit,  fibi  refpondeant  de  exitibus  dicte  hereditatis, 
per  legitimam  computationem,  falvis  ipfis  cuftodi- 
bus  rafionabilibus  mifis  fuis.  Nee  eciam  pofTunt 
dicTi  cuftodes  dicTi  heredis  maritagium  dare  vel  ven- 
dere,  nifi  ad  commodum  dicti  heredis  :  fet  fi  pa- 
rentes  di£ti  heredis  propinquiores  qui  hujufmodi 
cuftodias  habuerint,  de  toto  tempore  illo,  a  quo 
brevia  placitandi  non  conceduntur,  hujufmodi  cuf- 
todias habeant  ad  commodum  heredis,  ut  predic- 
tum  eft,  .fine  vafto,  vel  exilio,  vel  deftruccionibus 
faciendis. 

of  the  Mother,  the  Guardianfhip  belongs  to  the  next  of  Kin  on  the  Part 
of  hh  Child  by  Will. 


T  is  provided,  That  if  Land  holden  in  Socage  be  p;tz  waft  , 
in  the  Cuftody  of  the  Friends  of  the  Heir,  becaufe  IOO>  107. ' 
'  the  Heir  is  within  Age,  the  Guardians  fliall  make  no  Fitz.  Prefent. 
'  Wafte,  nor  Sale,  nor  any  Deftruftion  of  the  fame  IO' 
<  Inheritance ;  but  fafely  fhall  keep  it  to  the  Ufe  of  the  |jj*  ^  *«\ 
1  faid  Heir,  fo  that  when  he  cometh  to  his  lawful  Age,  ,ggZ*    ar  ' I59* 
c  they  fhall  anfwer  to  him  for  the  IfTues  of  the  faid  In-  piowd.  293. 
'  heritance  by  a  lawful  Accompt,  faving  to  the  fame  Fitz.  Accompt, 
'  Guardians  their  reafonable  Colts.     (2)  Neither  fhall  3  5>  59>  6°>  1T>- 
'  the  faid  Guardians  give  or  fell  the  Marriage  of  fuch  £°7'Lit  s 
'  an  Heir,  but  to  the  Advantage  ©f  the  forefaid  Heir  ;  c0!  Ent.  47'. 
'  (3)  But  the  next  Friends  which  had   the  Ward,  for  2  inft.  135.'. 
'  all  that  time  that  Writs  of  impleading  did  not  lie,  Raft.  2,1. 
'  fhall  have  fuch  Wardfhip  unto  the  Advantage  of  the 
'  Heir,  as  is  faid  before,  .without  Wafte,  Sale,  or  De- 
'  ftruciion  making.'.  See  28  Ed.  i.> 

fat.  I.  'where 
Lands  in  Socage- 
defcendontbe  part 
of  the  Father  5  and  liCar.z,   c.  24.  giving  Power to  thiFatber  to  dijpofe  of  the  Wardfkip 


CAP.    XVIII. 
Who  only  may  amerce  for  Default  of  common  Summons.- 


NUllus  autem  efcaetor,  vel  inquifitor,  vel  Ju- 
fticiarius  ad  affifas  capiendas  fpecialiter  aflig- 
natus,  vel  ad  querelas  audiend'  &  determinand', 
de  cetero  poteftatem  habeat  amerciandi  aliquem  pro 
defalta  communis  fummonicionis,  nifi  Capitales 
■  Jufticiarii  in  itineribus  fuis.  [Provifum  eft  infuper, 
quod  nullus  religiofus  feoda  alicujus  ingrediatur  fine 
affenfn  nojlro,  &  capitalis  domini,  de  quo  feoda  ilia 
immediate  tenentur.~\ 


NO  Efcheator,  Commiflioner,  or  Jufticer  fpecially 
afligned  to  take  Affiles,  or  to  hear  and  deter- 
mine Matters,  from  henceforth  fhall  have  Power  to 
amerce  for  default  of  common  Summons,  but  the 
chief  Juftices,  or  the  Juftices  in  Eyre  in  their  Cir>  *lnft.  *%% 
cuits.' 


CAP.    XIX. 
None  but  the  King  fhall  hold  Plea  of  falfe  Judgement. 


NUllus  de  cetero  (excepto  domino  Rege)  pla^ 
citum  teneat  de  falfo  judicio  fa£to  in-Curia 
tenendum  fuorum;  quia  hujufmodi  placita  fpecia- 
liter fpeitant  ad  coronam  &  dignitatem  domini 
Regis. 


''"^TONE  from  henceforth  (except  our  Lord  the 
'  1  >  King)  fhall  hold  in  his  Court  any  Plea  of  falfe 
'  Judgement,  given  in  the  Court  of  his  Tenants  ;  for 
'  fuch  Plea  fpecially  belongeth  to  the  Crown  and  Dig- 
'  nity  of  our  Lord  the  King.' 


CAP.     XX. 
In  which  Courts  Bone  fhall  need  to  fwear  to  warrant  their  Effoins. 


Fitz.  Fan*  • 
Judgement,  7, 
8,  10,  14-  •*'«» 
1  Ed.  3.  ftat.  1. 
c.  4.  of  Averment 
on  his  Writ. 
Regift.    15. 
Raft.  342. 
Co.  Ent.  305.- 


DE  eflbn'  autem  provifum  eft,  quod  in  Comita- 
tu,  Hundredo,  aut  in  Curia  Baronum,  aut 
aliis  Curiis,  nullus  habeat  necefie  jurare  pro  effo- 
nio  fuo  warantizando. 


PRovifum  eft,  quod  fi  averia  aliqua  injufte  capi- 
antur,  &  detineantur,.  Vicecomes,  poft  queri- 
moniam  inde  fibi  fa&am,  ea  fine  impediment  vel 
4 


'  HT~  Ouching  EfToins,  it  is  provided,  That  in  Coun-  Fitz,EfiMn,  rig*; 
'     A      ties,    Hundreds,    or  in   Courts  Barons,  or  in  Raft.  297. 
c  other  Courts,  none  fhall  need  to  fwear  to  warrant  his  * Inft-  '37- 

'    Effoin.'  See  the  Reference! 

to  Chapter  Ij. 

CAP.     XXI. 

Who  may  take  Replevins  of  Difkeffes. 


'  TT  is  provided  alfo,  That  if  the  Beafts  of  any  Man  who  may  make 
'  JL  be  taken,  and  wrongfully  withholden,  the  She- Replevin  of 
'  riff,  after  Complaint  made  to  hirn  thereof,  may  de-  Beads  diftrained. 

6  liver  Dy"' f-  2*S* 


3 8         C.  22 — 25.  Anno quinquagefimoiecundo Henrici  III.  A. D.  1267. 


Bro.  Riots, 2,  3. 

Bro.  Parliament, 

IcS. 

F      .  Retorn. 

de  Vi'cont.  17. 

Co.  Lit.  145.  b. 
.13  Co.  31. 

Enforced  and 
-amended  by  3  Ed.  1.  c.  17.     Rcgift.  82,  &c.     2  Inft.  139 


'liver  them  without  Let  or  Gainfaying  of  him  that 
'  took  the  Beafts,  if  they  were  taken  out  of  Liberties 
*  (z)  And  if  the  Beafts  were  taken  within  any  Liber- 
'  ties,  and  the  Bailiffs  of  the  Liberty  will  not  deliver 
'them,  then  the  Sheriff,  for  Default  of  thofe  Bailiffs, 
'  fhall  caufe  them  to  be  delivered.' 


Cotton  MS. 
cori'tradiccione  ejus  qui  dicta  averia  cepit,  delibe- 
rare  poffit,  fi  extra  libertates  capta  fuerint.  Si  in~ 
fra  libertates  capta  fuerint,  &  ballivi  libertatis  ea 
liberare  noluerint,  tunc  vicecomes  per  defaltara 
eorum  [ipforum]  ea  faciat  deliberari. 


C  A  P.    XXII. 


None  fhall  compel  his  Freeholder  to  anfwer  for  his  Freehold. 


ONE  from  henceforth  may  diftrain  his  Free- 
,  holders  to  anfwer  for  their  Freeholds,  nor  for 
any  Things  touching  their  Freehold,  *  ivithoict  ihe 
King's  Writ :  (2)  Nor  fhall  caufe  his  Freeholders  to 
fwear  againft  their  Wills  ;  for  no  Man  may  do  that 
without  the' King's  Commandment.' 


"*  Not   in    the 
Original* 
•a  Inft.  14.2. 
Unforced  by 
15  R.  2.  c.  12 
aid  by  16  R.  2. 
cj,  •which  gives  a  Forfeiture  of  20/,  to  the  King 


1  Breach,  by  ihe  compelling  of 'Tenants,  &c. 

CAP.     XXIII. 


N'Ullus  de  cetero  poffit  diftringere  Ifbere  teneii- 
.  tes  fuos  ad  refpondendum  de  libero  tenernen- 
to  fuo,  nee  de  aliquibus  ad  liberum  tenementum 
fuum  fpeclrantibus  ;  nee  iurare  faciat  libere  tenen- 
"tes  fuos  contra  voluntatem  fuam  ;  deficuthoc  nul- 
lus  facere  poffit  fine  [fpeciali]  precepto  domini- 
Regis. 


A  Remedy  againft  Accomptants.     Fermors  fhall  make  no  Wafte. 


Firz.  Brief, 

•791,  S06. 

Fitz.  Procefs, 

.203. 

litz.  Exigent, 

12. 

•I  Roll.  1S2. 
a  Inft.  143. 


*  Not  In  the 

Original. 

Mirror  320. 

5  Co.  18. 

Dyer,  f.281. 

Fitz.  Waft,   12, 

2»,  3°>  3»»  37. 

42,  43,  46)  47> 

-48,  53,  68,  69, 

76,  78,  82,  88.   4  Co.  6-3 

Wafte  is  maintainable. 


T  is  provided  alfo,  That  if  Bailiffs,  which  ought 
to  make  account  to  their  Lords,  do  withdraw 
themfelves,  and  have  no  Lands  nor  Tenements 
whereby  they  may  he  diftrained  ;  then  they  fhall  be 
attached  by  their  Bodies,  fo  that  the  Sheriff,  in  whofe 
Bailiwick  they  be  found,  fhall  caufe  them  to  come  to 
make  their  account. 

'  II.  Alfo  Fermors,  during  their  Terms,  fhall  not 
make  Wafte,  *  Sale,    nor  Exile  of  Houfe,  XVoods, 


and  Men,  nor  of  any  Thing  belonging  to  the  Tene- 
ments that  they  have  to  ferm,  without  fpeciai  Li- 
cence had  by  Writing  of  Covenant,  making  mention, 
that  they  may  do  it;  which  Thing  if  they  do,  and 
thereof  be  convicf ,  they  fhall  yield  full  Damage,  and 
fhall  be  punifhed  by  Amerciament  grievoufly.' 


Rovifum  eft  eciam,  quod  fi  Ballivi,  qui  domi- 
nis  fuis  compotum  reddere  tenentu'r,  fe  fub- 
traxerint,  &  terras  &  tenementa  non  habuerint, 
per  quepdiftringi  poffint ;  tunc  per  eorum  corpora 
attach'ientur,  ita  quod  Vicecomes,  in  cujus  balliva 
inveniantur,  eos  venire  faciat  ad  compotum  fuum 
reddend'. 

Firmarii  tempore  firmarum  fuarum  vaftum  vel  ex- 
ilium  non  faciant  de  bofcis,  domibus,  vel  homini- 
bus,  nee  de  aliquibus  ad  tenementa  que  habent  ad 
firmam  fpedtaritibus,  nifi  fpecialem  inde  habuerint 
conceffionem,  'five  convencionis  mentionem,  adeo 
quod  hoc  facere  poffint.  Et  fi  fecer-int,  &  fuper 
hoc  convincantur,  dampna  plene  refundant,  & 
graviter  per  miferioordiam  puniantur. 


Raft.  609.    2  Inft.  144.     Enforced  by  isli.  1.  flat.  1.  c.  5.  tulich  gives  treble  Damages,     'See  farther  11  H.  6,  c.  5.  againfi  who)n 

CAP.     XXIV. 
For  what  Caufes  Towrifhips  ought  to  be  amerced. 


Amercement 
of  Towns  in 
Eyre. 


*  'T^'HE  Juftices  in  Eyre  from  henceforth  fhall  not 
amerce  Townfhips   in  their  Circuits,  becaufe 


Juft.  in  Eyre. 

Enquefts  of  the  ' 

Death  of  Man.  ' 

Fitz.  Waft,  11.  c 

,9.  53.  66,  T-> 
■J3,  10 1,  103,  120 


ill  being  twelve  Years  old  came  not  afore  the  Sheriffs 
and  Coroners,  to  make  Inquiry  of  Robberies,  Burn- 
ings of  Houfes,  or  other  Things  pertaining  to  the 
Crown  ;  fo  that  there  come  fufficient  out  of  thofe 
Towns,  by  whom  fuch  Enquefts  may  be  made  full : 
except  Enquefts  for  the  Death  of  Man,  whereat  all 
being  twelve  Years  of  Age,  ought  to  appear,  unlefs 
they  have  reafonable  caufe  of  Abfence.' 

2 Inft. 147. 

CAP.     XXV. 


Ufticiarii  itinerantes  de  cetero  non  amercient 
villatas  in  itinere  fuo,  eo  quod  finguli  duode- 
cim  annorum  non  venerint  coram  Vicecomitibus 
&  Coronatoribus,  ad  inquifitiones  de  roberiis,  & 
incendiis,  &  aliis  ad  Coronam  fpe&antibus  faciend'; 
dum  tamen  de  villatis  ill  is  venerint  fufficientes,  per 
quos  hujufmodi  inquificiones  plene  fieri  poffint: 
exceptis  inquificionibus  de  morte  hominis  faciend', 
ubi  omnes  duodecim  annorum  venire  debent,  nifi 
rationabilem  habeant  caufam  abfentie  fue. 


What  kind  of  Man-flaughter  fhall  be  adjudged  Murther. 


Keyling  12:. 
Co.  Ent.  354. 
a  Inft.  148. 
2  Roil  120. 


'  "T\  /TUrther  from  henceforth  fhall  not  be  judged  be- 

'  l»i.  fore  our  Juftices,  where  it  is  found  Misfortune 

'  only,  but  it  fhall  take  place  in  fuch  as  are  flain  by 

'  Felony,  and  not  otherwife.' 


MUrdrum  de  cetero  non  adjudicetur  coram  Ju- 
fticiariis,  ubi  infortunium  [fortunium]  tan- 
tummodo  adjudicaturn  eft,  fed  locum  habeat  mur- 
drum in  interfe&is  per  feloniam,  &  non  aliter. 

CAP, 


A.  D.  1267.  Anno  quinquagefimofecundoHENRici  III.,  C.  26—29* 


39 


C  A  P.    XXVI. 


What  Day  fhall  be  given  to  him  that  is  vouched  to  Warranty; 


Cotton  MS 
Rovifutn  eft  infuper,  quod  nullus,  qui  coram 
Jufticiariis  itinerantibus  vocatur  ad  Waran- 
rum  de  placito  terre  vel  tenement',  amercietur  de 
cetero,  pro  eo  quod  prefens  non  fuerit,  quando 
vocabatur  ad  Warantum  (excepto  primo  die  ad- 
ventus  Jufticiariorum  ipforum)  fet  fi  Warantus  ille 
fit  infra  Comitatum,  tunc  injungatur  Vicecomiti, 
quod  ipfum  infra  tercium  diem,  vel  quartum,  fe- 
cundum  locorum  diftanciam,  faciat  venire,  ficut  in 
itinere  Jufticiar'  fieri  confuevit.  Et  fi  extra  Co- 
mitatum maneat,  tunc  rationabilem  habeat  fum- 
monicionem  quindecim  dierum  ad  minus,  fecun- 
dum  difcrecionem  Jufticiar',  &  legem  communem. 


'  1 T  is  provided,  That  none,  being  vouched  to  War- 
'  I  ranty  before  our  Juftices  in  Eyre,  in  Plea  of  Land 
'  or  Tenement,  fhall  be  amerced  from  henceforth,  be- 
'  caufe  he  was  not  prefent  when  he  was  vouched  to 
'  Warranty,  except  the  firft  Day  of  the  coming  of  the 
'  Juftices  :  But  if  the  Party  vouched  be  within  the 
'  Shire,  then  the  Sheriff  fhall  be  commanded  to  caufe 
'  him  to  come  within  the  third  or  fourth  Day,  accord- 
'  ing  to  the  Diftance  of  the  Place,  as  it  was  wont  to 
'  be  done  in  the  Circuit  of  the  Juftices.  And  if  he 
'  dwell  without  the  Shire,  then  he  fhall  have  reafon- 
'  able  Summons  of  fifteen  Days  at  the  leaft,  after  the 
'  Difcretion  of  the  Juftices,  and  the  Common  Law,' 


CAP.    XXVII. 
A  Clerk  bailed  upon  a  Capital  Offence,  refufeth  to  anfwer. 


SI  clericus  aliquis  pro  crimine  aliquo,  vel  re£to 
[rgfto]  quod  ad  Coronam  pertineat,  arettatus 
[arejlatus]  fuerit,  &  poftmodum  per  preceptum  Re- 
gis in  ballium  traditus  fuerit,  vel  replegiatus,  ka 
quod  hii,  quibus  traditus  fuerit  in  ballium,  eum 
habeant  coram  Jufticiariis ;  non  amercientur  illi 
de  cetero  quibus  traditus  fuerit  in  ballium,  vel  alii 
glegii  fiii-,  fi  corpus  fuum  habeant  coram  Jufticia- 
riis, licet  coram  eis  propter  privilegium  clericale 
refpondere  noluerit,  vel  non  poflit. 


F  a  Clerk,  for  any  Crime  or  Offence  touching  the  Bro.Coron.  iif. 
Crown,  be  arrefted,    and  after,    by  the  King's  aJnftjI£0' 
Commandment,    let   to  bail, .  or  replevied,  fo  that '. 


they,  to  whom  he  was  let  to  bail,  have  him  before  andytH.  8.  c.  3.. 
our  Juftices;  the  Sureties  from  henceforth,  nor  they  -which  ordaintbat 
to  whom  he  was  let  t,o  bail,  fhall  not  be  amerced  (if  cl"gy  fi"11  le 
they  have  his  Body  before  our  Juftices)  although  he  "Sed  as  "be"  be' 
will  not  anfwer  before  them,  by  reafon  of  a  Clerk's  #  N   .       Q. 
Privilege,  nor  cannot*  by reafon of  his  Ordinary.         einal.'"    '  "' 


C  A  P.    XXVIIL 
Remedies  for  Succeffors  of  Prelates:  for  Wrongs  done  to  their  Predeceffors,  &?r. 


P Rovifutn  eft  eciam,  quod  fi  depredaciones  vel 
rapine  alique  fiant  Abbatibus,  Prioribus,  vel 
aliis  prelatis  ecclefiafticis,  &ipfi  jus  fuum  de  hu- 
jufinodi  depredationibus  profequentes  morte  pre- 
veniantur,  antequam  jufticiam  inde  fuerint  affe- 
cuti ;  fucceffores  eorum  habeant  accionem  ad  bo- 
na ecclefie  fue  de  manibus  hujufmodi  tranfgreffo- 
rum  repetend'.  Similem  \_fimiliur\  infuper  ha- 
beant accionem  fucceffores  de  hiis,  que  domui  & 
ecclefie  fue  recenter  [retenta]  ante  obitum  prede- 
cefforum  fuorum  \is\  per  hujufmodi  violenciam 
fuerint  fubtracta,  licet  predicli  predeceffores  fui 
jus  fuum  profecuti  non  fuerint  in  vita  fua.  Si 
autem  in  terris  &  [yet]  tenementis  hujufmodi  re- 
iigioforum,  de  quibus  eorum  prelati  obierint  fei- 
fiti,  ut  de  jure  ecclefie  fue,  aliqui  fe  intrudant 
tempore  vacationis,  eorum  fucceffores  breve  ha- 
beant ad  recuperand'  feifinam  fuam  ;  &  adjudi- 
centur  eis  dampna  fua,.  ficut  in  nova  diffeifina  ad- 
judicari  confuevit*. 


r  «■ 


T  is  provided,  That  if  any  Wrongs  or  Trefpafles 
be  done  to  Abbots,  or  other  Prelates  of  the 
Church,  and  they  have  fued  their  Right  for  fuch 
Wrongs,  and  be  prevented  with  Death  before  Judg- 
ment given  therein  ;  their  Succeffors  fhall  have  Ac- 
tions to  demand  the  Goods  of  their  Church  out  of 
the  Hands  of  fuch  Trefpaffers.  (2)  Moreover,  the 
Succeffors  fhall  have  like  Adtion  for  fuch  Things  as 
were  lately  withdrawn  by  fuch  Violence  from  their 
Houfe  and  Church,  before  the  Death  of  their  Prede- 
ceflbrs, though  their  faid  Predeceflbrs  did  not  purfue 
their  Right  during  their  Lives.  (3)  And  if  any  in- 
trude into  the  Lands  or  Tenements  of  fuch  Religious 
Perfons  in  the  time  of  Vacation,  of  which  Lands 
their  Predeceflbrs  died  feifed  as  in  the  Right  of  their 
Church,  the  Succeffors  fhall  have  a  Writ  to  recover 
their  Seifin.  (4)  And  Damages  fhall  be  awarded 
them,  as  in  Affife  of  Novel  dijfeifm  is  wont. to  be.' 


A  Remedy  for  ~ 
Pi  elates  for 
Wrongs  done  J 
in  the  time  of 
their  Predecef- 
fors, or  during 
the  Vacation, 
Fitz.  Trefpafs, 
205,  211,  2  37, 
242. 

Fitz.  Brief, 
176,  296,  359>j 
623,  ±1.%. 
2  H.  4.  4, 


2  Inft.  r;T. 
Regilt.  72,  123;, 
E.  N.  B^riz.  . 


CAP..   XXIX. 
In  what  Cafe  a  Writ  of  Entrie  fur  dijjeifin  in  the  Poft  doth  lie. 


PRovifum  eft  eciam,  quod  fi  alienationes  ille,  de 
quibus  breve  de  ingreflu  dari  confuevit,  per 
tot  gradus  fiant,  quod  hreve  illud  in  forma  prius 
nfitata  habere,  \haheri~\  non  poflit,    habeat  co.n- 


T  is  provided  alfo,  That  if  thofe  Alienations  (where-  F.ltz- Cui  in 
j»_  upon  a  Writ  of  Entry  was  wont  to  be  granted)  J.;"'  £3n'tre 
hap  to  be  made  in  fo  many  Degrees,  that  by  reafon  „,  '49;  56. 
'  thereof  the  fame.  Writ  cannot  be  made  in  the  Form  Frz.BiW,  438,- ■ 

*  befwetimes  469>'693>  s,*« 


40 


C. 


i. 


Anno  tertio  Edward i  I. 


A.  D. 


Co.  Lit.  23S.  b. 
239.  a. 
2 Inft.  153. 
Regiih  22". 
F.  N.  B.  191. 
D.  K.  192,201, 

SOj. 

Raft.  2?  3. 


beforetimes  ufed,  the  Plaintiffs  fhall  have  a  Writ  to 
recover  their  Seifin,  without  making  mention  of  the 
Degrees,  into  whofe  Hands  foever  the  fame  Thing 
fhall  happen  to  come  by  fuch  Alienations,  and  that 
by  an  original  Writ  to  be  provided  therefore  by  the 
Council  of  our  Lord  the  King.' 


12  75. 


Cotton  MS. 
querens  breve  de  recuperanda  feifina,  fine  men- 
cione  graduum,   ad  cujufcunque  manus  per  hujuf- 
modi  alienaciones'  res   ilia   devenerit,    per  brevia 
originalia  per  confilium  domini  Regis  providenda. 


STATUTUM  WEST'    PRIMUM. 


The  Statute  of  WESTMINSTER,  the  Firjl, 

Made  at  Weftminfter  25  die  Aprilis,  Anno  3  Ed  ward  i  I.  and  Asno 

Dom.  1275. 


T 


*  Tor  becaufe  the  " 
State  of  the  bo! f    CC 
Church 3  read  be-  <4 
eaufe  the  State  of 
bis  Kingdom  and 
of  the  holy  " 

Church,  &c.         " 


HESE  be  the  Acfs  of  King  Edward,  Son 
to  King  Hsnry,  made  at  Weftminjler  at  his 
firft  Parliament  general  after  his  Coronation, 
on  the  Monday  of  Eajler  Utas,  the  third  Year  of  his 
Reign,  by  his  Council,  and  by  the  Affent  of  Arch- 
bifhops,  Bifhops,  Abbots,  Priors,  Earls,  Barons, 
and  all  the  Commonalty  of  the  Realm  being  thither 
fummoned,  becaufe  our  Lord  the  King  had  great 
Zeal  and  Defire  to  redrefs  the  State  of  the  Realm  in 
fuch  Things  as  required  Amendment,  for  the  com- 
mon Profit  of  holy  Church,  and  of  the  Realm  :  And 
becaufe  the  State  of  *  the  holy  Church  had  been  evil 
kept,  and  the  Prelates  and  religious  Perfons  of  the 
Land  grieved  many  ways,  and  the  People  otherwife 
intreated  than  they  ought  to  be,  and  the  Peace  lefs 
kept,  and  the  Laws  lefs  ufed,  and  the  Offenders  lefs 
"  pi'nifhed  than  they  ought  to  be,  by  reafon  whereof 
"  the  People  of  the  Land  feared  the  lefs  to  offend;  the 
"  King  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed  thefe  Adts  under- 
"  written,  which  he  intendeth  to  be  neceffary  and  pro- 
"  iitable  unto  the  whole  Realm." 


Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

CES  font  les  eftabliffementz  le  Roi  Edward, 
fitz  le  Roi  HenRy,  faitz  a  Weftm'  a  fon 
prim'  parlement  general  apres  fon  corone- 
ment,  lendimairte  de  la  Claufe  de  Palk',  Ian  de 
fon  regne  tierce,  par  fon  counfeil,  Sc  par  laffen- 
tement  des  Ercevefques,  Evefques,  Abbes,  Pri- 
ours,  Countes,  Barons,  &  la  comminalte  de  la 
terre  illeoqes  fomons,  Pur  ceo  qe  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roi  ad  graunt  volunte  &  defir  de  leftate  de  fon 
roialme  adrefcer  en  les  chofes,  ou  miller  eft  de 
amendement,  &  ce  pur  le  commune  profit  de 
feinte  eglife,  &  del  roialme  ;  &  pur  ce  qe  leftat  de- 
fort  roialme  &  de  feinte  eglife  ad  efte  malmenez 
[malmefne]  &  les  Prelates  &  les  religious  de  la 
terre  grevez  en  moltz  de  maneres,  &  le  poeple 
autrement  trete  qeftre  ne  deuft,  &  la  pees  meins 
gardez,.  &  les  leies  mefufez,  &  les  mesfefantz 
nieins  puniz  qeftre  ne  deuffent,  pur  quoi  les  gentz 
douterent  meins  a  mesfaire  ;  Si  ad  le  Roi  ordene 
&  eftablie  les  chofes  fouzefcriptz,  qe  il  entend'  qe 
foient  profitables  &  convenables  a  tout  le  Roialme. 


CAP.    I. 

The  Peace  of  the  Church  and  the  Realm  fhall  be  maintained.     Religious  Houfes  fhall  not  be 


*Inft.  156. 


f  For  fi  that 
their  Gotds  baiic 
not  bun fifftcient 
for  themselves-, 
whereby  tbey,&c. 
read  ivho  have 
fujjieieTit  for 
themfe/veSf 
li'hercby  the  Rc- 
Jigioiti  are  Jo 
greatly,  &c. 
J   For  hindered, 
read  o^reffed. 


overcharged, 

Irft  the  King  willeth  and  commandeth,  That  the 
Peace  of  holy  Church  and  of  the  Land,  be  well 
kept  and  maintained  in  all  Points,  and  that  common 
Right  be  done  to  all,  as  well  Poor  as  Rich,  without 
refpecl:  of  Perfons.  (z)  And  becaufe  that  Abbeys 
and  Houfes  of  Religion  of  the  Land  have  been  over- 
charged, and  for.e  grieved,  by  the  Refort  of  great 
Men  and  other,  \fo  that  their  Goods  have  not  been 
fiifficicnt  for  themfches,  whereby  they  have  been  greatly 
X  hindered  and  impoverished,  that  they  cannot  main- 
tain themfelves,  nor  fuch  Charity  as  they  have  been 
accuftomed  to  do  ;  it  is  provided,  That  none  fhall 
come  to  eat  or  lodge  in  any  Houfe  of  Religion  of  any 
other's  Foundation  than  of  his  own,  at  the  Cofts  of 
the  Houfe,  unlefs  he  be  required  by  the  Governor  of 
the  Houfe  before  his  coming  thither.  (3)  And  that 
none,  at  his  own  Cofts,  fhall  enter  and  come  to  lie 
there  againft  the  Will  of  them  that  be  of  the  Houfe. 
(/))  And  by  this  Statute  the  King  intendeth  not, 
that  the  Grace  of  Hofpitality  fhould  be  withdrawn 


N  primes  voet  le  Roi  &  comaunde,  qe  la  pees 
de  feinte  eglife,  &  de  la  terre,  foit  bien  garde 
&  maintenu  en  toutes  pointes,  &  comune  droiture 
foit  fait,  auxibien  as  poverez,  come  as  riches, 
fanz  regard  de  nully.  Puree  qe  les  abbeys  &  mai- 
fons  de  religion  ount  efte  furchargez,  &  grevez 
malement  per  la  venu  des  grandez  gentz  &  autres, 
qe  bien  fufficent  a  eux  mefmes,  per  quei  les  reli- 
gious font  fi  abeiffcz  &  empoversz,  qils  ne  pont 
fuftener  eux  mefmes,  ne  charite  qils  foleient  faire  : 
Purveu  eft  qe  mil  ne  viegne  manger,  ne  herber- 
ger,  ne  gifer  en  mefon  de  religion  dautre  avouefon 
qe  de  la  fue,  al  coft  de  la  melon,  fil  ne  foit  prie  & 
requis  cfpecialment  per  le  governour  de  la  meafon, 
avaunt  qil  y  viegne  ;  &  qe  nul  a  fes  coftages  de- 
mefne  y  entre,  ne  y  viegne  a  gifer  encountre  la. 
volunte  de  ceux  de  la  mefon  :  &  per  ceft  eftatut 
ne  entende  pas  le  Roi,  qe  grace  de  hofpitalite  foit 
fuftret  as  bufoignoufes,  ne  qe  les  avoues  des  mai- 
fons  les  puiffent  per  lour  venues  furcharger  ou 

deftrure. 


A.  D.  1275. 


Anno  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


C.  1. 


4* 


Cotton  MS. 
deftrure.  Purveu  eft  enfement,  que  nul  graund 
ne  petit,  per  colour  de  b  parent,  ou  de  efpecialte, 
ou  de  autre  affiance,  ne  per  autre  enchefon,  ne 
courge  en  autre  Park,  ne  ne  pefche  en  autri  vi- 
ver,  nen  viegne  mangier,  ne  herberger  en  Ma- 
noir,  ou  en  mefon  de  Prelat,  ou  homme  de  reli- 
gion, ou  de  autre,  encountre  la  volunte  ou  le  con- 
gie  le  Seignur,  ou  de  BaillifF,  ne  al  coft  le  Seig- 
mir  de  la  einz,  ne  a  fon  coft  demefne.  Et  ill  vi- 
egne, &  entre  per  le  gree,  ou  faunz  le  gree  le 
Seignur,  ou  le  BaillifF,  nule  ferure,  us,  ne  fe- 
neftre,  ne  nulle  manere  de  fermure,  ne  face  ove- 
rir,  ne  depeffer,  ne  per  fey  ne  per  autre,  ne  nulle 
manere  de  vitaille  nautre  chofe  ne  preigne  per 
colour  de  achat,  nautremeut.  Et  que  nulle  ne 
face  batre  bledz,  ne  prendre  bledz,  ne  nulle  ma- 
nere de  vitaille,  ne  les  autres  biens  de  nulle  Pre- 
lat, homme  de  religion,  perfon,  ne  dautre,  ne  de 
Cleric  ne  de  lay,  per  colour  dachat,  nautrement, 
encountre  la  bone  volunte  &  la  congie  de  celui  a 
qi  la  chofe  ferra,  ou  le  gardein,  dedeinz  ville 
Marchande  ne  dehors.  Et  qe  nul  ne  preigne  chi- 
vals,  ne  boefs,  chars,  charettes,  neefs  ne  bateux, 
affair  cariage  faunz  la  bone  volunte  de  celui,  a  qi 
les  chofes  ferront ;  et  hi  per  la  bone  volunte  de 
celui  le  face,  lors  maintenant  face  fon  gree  felonc 
le  covenant  fait  entre  eux.  Et  ceux  qi  vendront 
encountre  les  eftabliffementz  avauntditz,  fi  [tsf] 
de  ceo  foient  atteintz,  foient  ajugez  a  la  priibne 
le  Roi,  &  deilloeques  reinte  felonc  la  quantite  & 
la  manere  del  trefpas,  felonc  ceo  qe  Roi  en  fa 
Court  verra  que  bien  foit.  Et  fait  affavoir,  qe  fi 
ceux  a  qi  le  trefpas  eft  fait,  vodront  fuire  le  damage 
qil  averont,  lors  ferra  agarde  &  retourne  al  dou- 
ble. Et  ceux  qe  le  trefpas  averont  fait,  foient 
enfement  puniz  a  la  manere  avauntdite  ;  Et  fi  nul 
ne  voille  fuire,  le  Roi  eit  la  fuite  come  de  chofe 
faite  encountre  fon  defens,  &  encountre  fa  pees  : 
&  le  Roi  fra  enquere  de  an  en  an,  ficome  il  qui- 
dra  qe  bien  foit,  quels  gentz  eient  tiel  trefpas  fait ; 
&  ceux  qi  ferront  enditez  per  ceux  enqueftes, 
ferront  attachez  &  diftreintz  per  la  graunt  de- 
ftreffe,  de  venir  au  certein  jour,  que  contiegne 
lefpace  dun  moys,  en  la  Court  le  Roi,  ou  la  ou 
lui  plerra.  Et  fi  ceux  ne  viegnent  a  eel  jour,  ils 
ferront  derechief  deftreintz  per  mefme  le  deftreffe, 
a  vener  a  un  terme  qe  contiegne  vi.  femaignes. 
Et  fi  ceux  adonqes  ne  viegnent,  foient  jugez  come 
atteintz,  &  rendont  le  double,  per  la  fuite  le  Roi, 
a  ceux  qi  le  damage  averont  refceu,  &  foient  greve- 
ment  reintz,  felonc  le  manere  del  trefpas.  Et  le 
Roi  defende  &  comande,  qe  nul  deforemes  ne  face 
mal,  ne  damage,  ne  grevance  a  nul  homme  de 
religion,  perfone  de  feint  eglife,  ne  autre,  per 
achefon  de  ceo  qils  eient  denie  le  hoftiel,  ou  le 
manger  a  nuly,  ou  per  enchefun  de  ceo  qe  afcune 
fe  pleint  en  court,  de  ceo  qil  fe  fent  greve  des 
afcuns  des  chofes  avantdites  :  Et  fi  nul  le  face,  & 
de  ceo  foit  atteint,  foit  encoruz  la  peine  avaunt- 
dite. Et  eft  purveu,  qe  les  points  avantdits  lient 
auxibien  nos  counfeillers,  Juftices  des  foreftes,  & 
autres  nos  Juftices,  come  autres  gentz.  Et  que 
les  poihtz  avantditz  foient  mieux  tenuz,  &  gar- 


from  fuch  as  need,  nor  that  the  Founders  of  fuch 
Monafteries  fhould  overcharge,  or  grieve  them  by 
their  often  coming.  (;)  It  is  provided  alfo,  That 
none  high  nor  low,  by  Colour  of  Kindred,  Affinity, 
or  Alliance,  or  by  any  other  Occafion,  fhall  courfe 
in  any  Park,  nor  filh  in  any  Pond,  nor  come  to  eat 
or  lodge  in  the  Houfe  or  Manor  of  a  Prelate,  or  any 
other  Religious  Perfon,  againft  the  Will  or  Leave  of 
the  Lord,  or  his  Bailiff,  neither  at  the  Coft  of  the 
Lord,  nor  at  his  own.  (6)  And  if  he  come  in,  or 
enter  with  the  Good-will,  or  againft  the  Will  of  the 
Lord  or  his  Bailiff,  he  {hall  caufe  no  Door,  Lock, 
nor  Window,  nor  nothing  that  is  fhut,  to  be  open- 
ed or  broken,  by  himfelf,  nor  any  other,  nor  no 
Manner  of  Victual,  nor  other  Thing,  fhall  take  by 
colour  of  Buying,  nor  otherwife  ;  (7)  and  that  none 
fhall  threfh  Corn,  nor  take  Corn,  nor  any  manner 
of  Victual,  nor  other  Goods  of  a  Prelate,  Man  of 
Religion,  nor  any  other  Clerk,  or  Lay-Perfon,  by 
colour  of  Buying,  or  otherwife,  againft  the  Wjll  and 
Licence  of  him  to  whom  the  Thing  belongeth,  or  of 
the  Keeper,  be  it  within  Market-Town,  or  with- 
out. (8)  And  that  none  fhall  take  Horfes,  Oxen, 
Ploughs,  Carts,  Ships,  nor  Barges,  to  make  Carriage^ 
without  the  Affent  of  him  to  whom  fuch  Things  be- 
long ;  and  if  he  do  it  by  the  Affent  of  the  Party,  then 
incontinent  he  fhall  pay  according  to  the  Covenant 
made  between  them.  (9)  And  they  that  offend 
againft  thefe  Acts,  and  thereof  be  attainted,  fhall  be 
committed  to  the  King's  Prifon,  and  after  fhall  make 
Fine,  and  be  punifhed  according  to  the  Quantity  and 
Manner  of  the  Trefpafs,  and  after  as  the  King  in  his 
Court  fhall  think  convenient.  (10)  And  it  is  to  be 
known,   that  if  they   to  whom   fuch  Trefpafs  was 


No  Purveyance- 
lhail  be  made  of 
a  Prelate  with- 
out the  Owner's 
Content. 
Enforced  by 
14  Ed.  3.  "(tar.  * 

2  &  3.     C.  I. 
l8Tid.  3.  frat.  f 

3  &  4.  c.  4.  and' 
1  R.  2.  c.  3. 
•which  gives  the 
Prelates  an  Ac- 
tion and  treble 
Damages. 
Regift.  9g.. 


done,^  will^fue  for  Damages,  *  thcyjhall  be  thereto  re-  *  The  Words  in- 

Italicks  not  in  the 
Original, 


ceived,  and  the  fame  fhall  be  awarded  and  reftored  to 
the  double;  (11)  and  they  that  have  done  the  Tref- 


pafs, fhall  be  likewife  punifhed  in  the  Manner  above- 
faid ;  and  if  none  will  fue,  the  King  fhall  have  the 
Suit,  as  for  a  Thing  committed  againft  his  Com- 
mandment, and  againft  his  Peace:  (12)  And  the 
King  fhall  make  Enquiry  from  Year  to  Year,  what 
Perfons  do  fuch  Trefpaffes,  after  as  he  fhall  think 
neceffary  and  convenient ;  (13)  and  they  that  be  in- 
dicted by  fuch  Inqtiefts  fhall  be  attached  and  diftrain- 
ed  by  the  great  Diftrefs,  to  come  at  a  certain  Day, 
containing  the  Space  of  a  Month,  into  the  King's 
Court,  or  where  it  fhall  pleafe  the  King;  (14)  and 
if  they  come  not  at  that  Day,  they  (hall  be  diftrained 
again  of  new  by  the  fame  Diftrefs,  for  to  come  at 
another  Day,  containing  the  Space  of  fix  Weeks  at 
the  leaft  5(15)  and  if  they  come  not  then,  they  fhalj 
be  judged  as  attainted,  and  fhall  yield  double  Da- 
mages (at  the  King's  Suit)  to  fuch  as  have  taken 
Hurt  or  Damage,  and  fhall  make  grievous  Fine  after 
the  _Manner  of  the  Trefpafs.  (16)  And  the  King 
forbiddeth  and  commandeth,  that  none  from  hence- 
forth do  Hurt,  Damage,  or  Grievance  to  any  Religi- 
ous Man,  or  Perfon  of  the  *  Church,  or  any  other, 
becaufe  they  have  denied  Meat  or  Lodging  unto  them, 
or  becaufe  that  any  complaineth  in  the  King's  Court- 
that  he  hath  been  grieved  in  any  of  the  Things  above 
mentioned  ;  and  if  any  do,  and  thereof  be  attainted, 
he  fhall  incur  the  Pain  aforefaid.  (17)  And  it  is  fur- 
ther provided,  That  the  Points  aforefaid  fhall  as  well 
bind  our  Counfellors,  Jufticers  of  Forefts,  and  other 


The  Pursirn- 
ment  of  th= 
Offenders, 


IKr. 


Vol.L 


b  Fe-rtt  p.i  fnt. 


*  For  fiat.  2&f  3.  Kiijiat,  4, 


\  lot  fiat. ;  &4.  read  fiat,  3. 

G 


our 


42 


C.  2 — 4. 


Anno  ter tio  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  127$. 


A  Prehte  /nail 
receive  no 
Lodgers. 

$  Not  in  the 


*'  our  Juftices,  as  any  other  Ferfons  ;  and  that  the  afore- 
'  faid  Points  be  maintained,  obferved,  and  kept.  (18) 
'  Likewife  the  King  forbiddeth  upon  grievous  Forfei- 
*  tures,  that  no  Prelate,  Abbot,  Man  of  Religion,  or 
'  Bail  iff  of  any  of  them,  or  of  other,  receive  any  Man 
'  contrary  to  the  Form  aforefaid.  ( 19)  And  that  none 
'  fliall  fend  to  the  Houfe  or  Manor  of  a  Man  of  Reli- 
'  gion,  or  of  any  other  Perfon,  his  Men,  Horfe,  or 
'■  Dogs,  f  tofojourn,  nor  none  fhall  them  receive  ;  and 
'  he  that  doth  (feeing  the  King  hath  commanded  the 
'  contrary)  fliall  be  grievoufly  puniihed.  (20)  Yet  it 
'  is  further  provided,  That  the  Sheriff  from  henceforth 
'  fhall  not  lodge  with  any  Perfon,  with  any  more  than 
'  five  or  fix  Horfes  ;  and  that  they  fliall  not  grieve  Re- 
'  ligious  Men,  nor  other,  by  often  coming  and  lodg- 
'  ing,  neither  at  their  Houfes  nor  their  Manors.' 


EnfofxedhytjXA 

Z,   Alt.    I,  C.   IT 

St  Kliii  of  this  Stat,  m  leijtes  to  Religious  Boujes  U  made  olf,  by  31  H.  8.  c.  I  J.  for  the  Dijfolutitm  of  Mmafteria  and  Abbys. 


Cotton  MS. 
dez  :  Si  defende  le  Roi,  fur  fa  greve  forfaiture,  que 
nul  Prelat,  Abbe,  homme  de  religion,  ou  bailliff 
dafcun  deux,  ou  autre,  ne  receyve  nul  homme 
encountre  la  fourme  avantdite.  Et  qe  nul  nen- 
voie,  a  meifon,  ne  a  Manoir  de  religion,  ne  dautre 
homme,  gentz,  chivalx,,  ne  chiens,  ne  nul  ne  les 
refceive  ;  &  qi  le  fra,  purceo  qe  ceo  eft  encountre 
la  defens  &  le  comandement  le  Roi,  il  ferra  puny  - 
grevement.  Unqore  eft  purveu,  qe  Vifcontes  ne 
herbergent  ove  nullui,  ove  pluis  qe  ove  cink  ou  fia 
chivalx  ;  ne  qil  ne  grevent  la  gent  de  religion,  ne 
autres,  per  lour  fovent  venir,  ou  gifer  a  lour  me- 
fons,  ne  a  lour  Manoirs. 


C  A  P.     II. 


A  Clerk  convict  of  Felony,  delivered  to  the  Ordinary,  fhall  not  depart  without  Purgation. 


ig  El.  c.y. 
Hob.  i$3. 
d^art.  de  Par- 
don, B.-,  21. 


IT  is  provided  alfo,  That  when  a  Clerk  is  taken 
for  guilty  of  Felony,  and  is  demanded  by  the  Or- 
dinary, he  fliall  be  delivered  to  him  according  to  the 
Privilege  of  Koly  Church,  on  fuch  Peril  as  belongeth 
to  it,  afterthe  Curtom  aforetimes  ufed.  (2)  And  the 
King  admoniftieth  the  Prelates,  and  enjoineth  them 
upon  the  Faith  that  they  owe  to  him,  and  for  the 
common  Profit  and  Peace  of  the  Realm,  that  they 
which  be  indicted  of  fuch  Offences  by  folemn  Inqueft 
of  lawful  Men  in  the  King's  Court,  in  no  manner 
fhall  be  delivered  without  due  Purgation,  fo  that  the 
King  fliall  not  need  to  provide  any  other  Remedy 
therein.* 


PUrveu  eft  enfement,  qe  quant  Clerc  eft  pris- 
pur  ret  de  felonie,  &  il  foit  demande  per  le  or- 
dinari,  il  lei  foit  livere,  felone  le  privilege  de  feinte- 
eglife,  en  tiele  parile  come  il  y  apent,  felone  }a 
cuftume  avant  ces  heures  ufe.  Et  le  Roi  amoneft 
les  Prelates,  &  lour  enjoint  en  la  foy  qil  luy  dei- 
vent,  &  pur  le  comune  profit  de  la  pees  de  la  terre, 
qe  ceux  qi  font  endkez  de  tiel  rette  per  folempne 
enqueft  des  prodes  hommes  fait  en  la  Court  le> 
Roi,  en  nulle  manere  ne  deliverent  fanz  due  pur- 
gation, iflint  qe  le  Roi  neit  mieftre  de  mettre  y 
autre  remedie. 


Enforced  in  Part 
by  23.  H.  8.  c. 
II.     And  altered  by  2%  H.  8.  c.  I,  which  ordains  that  Perjons  in  holy  Orders  fhall  be  fubjeS '-to  the  fame  Pains  that  others  be.     2  Inft,  164, 

CAP.     III. 


No  Penalty  for  an  Efcape  before  it  be  adjudged. 


21  'Ed.  3.  f.  54. 


T  is  provided  alfo,  That  nothing  be  demanded  nor 
taken  from  henceforth,  nor  levied  by  the  Sheriff, 
nor  by  any  other,  for  the  Efcape  of  a  Thief  or  a  Fe- 
lon, until  it  be  judged  for  an  Efcape  by  the  Juftices 
in  Eyre.  (2)  And  he  that  other  wife  doth,  fhall  re- 
ftore  to  him  or  them  that  have  payed  it,  as  much  as 
he  or  they  have  taken  or  received,  and  as  much  alfo 
unto  the  King.' 


PUrveu  eft  enfement,  qe  nul  rien  deforemes 
ne  foit  demaunde,  ne  pris,  ne  leve  per  Vif- 
cont,  ne  per  autre,  pur  efchape  de  laron,  ou  de 
felon,  jefqes  atant  qe  lefchape  foit  ajugge  per 
juftices  errantz  :  &  qe  autrement  le  fra,  fi  rendera 
a  celuz  ou  a  ceux  qe  laveront  paie,  quant  qil  avera 
receu,  &  al  Roi  atant*. 


CAP.     IV. 

What  fliall  be  adjudged  Wreck  of  the  Sea,  and  what  nor. 


5  Co.   106.  * 

5  E4-  -'•  3-         « 
Ero.  Wreck,  I.  t 


»  Kbl  in   tie  ' 

Original.  c 

■f  ReaJ  in.  < 

1  Fri  that  tkty  t 
vierc  bii,  or  pe- 

r'.JfiJ,   &C.    riili 

that  tbey  lutre  ' 

b\\  or  bis  Lord's,  * 

er  fjtrijhed,  (Sfc.  ( 

t'r.fo'Ced  by    1J  f 
Ed.  z.fta:.  I 
t.  I\ 


C^  Oncerning  Wrecks  of  the  Sea,  it  is  agreed,  that 
s  where  a  Man,  a  Dog,  or  a  Cat  efcape  quick  out 
of  the  Ship,  that  fuch  Ship  nor  Barge,  nor  any  Thing 
within  them,  fhall  be  adjudged  Wreck  :  (2)  but  the 
Goods  fhall  be  faved  and  kept  by  View  of  the  She- 
riff, Coroner,  or  the  King's  Bailiff,  *  and  delivered 
f  into  the  Hands  of  fuch  as  are  of  the  Town  where  the 
Goods  were  found  ;  (3)  fo  that  if  any  fue  for  thofe 
Goods,  and  after  prove  that  they  were  bis,  \orpe- 
rifbed  in  his  Keeping,  within  a  Year  and  a  Day,  they 
fliall  be  reftored  to  him  without  Delay ;  and  if  not, 
they  fhall  remain  to  the  King,  and  be  fcifed  by  the 
Sheriff's,  Coroners,  and  Bailiffs,  and  fliall  be  de- 
livered to  them  of  the  Town,   which  fhall  anfwer 


E  wrek  de  meer  eft  acorde,  qe  la  ou  hommes 
chien,  ou  chate  efchape  vif  hors  de  la  niefr 
qe  la  nief  ou  le  batel,  ou  mil  rien  qe  leins  fuift, 
ne  foit  jugge  a  wrek  ;  mes  foient  les  chofes  favez 
&  gardez  per  la  veue  del  Vifcount,  del  coroner, 
&:  de  Baillif  le  R.oi,  en  la  main  de  ceux  de  la 
ville,  ou  les  chofes  font  trovez  ;  iffint  qe  fi  nul 
fiwe  ceux  biens,  &  puis  provere  qils  foient  foens, 
ou  a  fon  feignur,  ou  en  fa  garde  periz,  dedeins 
Ian  &  le  jour,  faunz  delaie  luy  foient  renduz ;  & 
fi  non,  remeinent  al  Roi,  &  foient  prifes  per  le 
Vifcount,  &  le  Coroner,  &  Baillif  a  la  ville,  a 
refpoundre  devant  Juftices,  de  wrek"T[e  apent  al 
Roi ;   &  la  ou.  wrek  apent  a  autre  qe  al  Roi  j  ft  le 

eit 


A.D.  1275. 


Anno  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


C,  5—9. 


43 


Cotton  MS. 
eit  per  mefme  Ie  maimer :  &  qi  autrement  le  fra, 
&  de  ceo  foit  atteint,  foit  agarde  a  la  prifone,  & 
reint  a  la  volunte  le  Roi,  &  rendra  les  damages 
enfement :  &  fi  le  baillif  le  face,  &  foit  defavowe 
de  fon  Seignur,  &  le  feignur  ne  ne  attraie  de  ee  a 
lui,  refpoigne  le  baillif,  fil  ad  de  quei ;  &  ill  nad 
de  quey,  rende  le  feignur  le  corps  del  baillif  al 
Roi. 


C  A 


'  before  the  Juftices  of  the  Wreck  belonging  to  the  5^  4 Ed.  i.flat. 

\  King.     (4)  And  where  Wreck  belongeth  to  another  %■  de  officio  Ce- 

1  than  to  the  King,    he  fhall  have  it  in  like  manner.  «»«<»'«• 

:  (5)  And  he  that  cthcrwife  doth,   and  thereof  be  at* 

:  tainted,  fhall  be  awarded  to  Priibn,    and  make  Fine 

'  at  the  King's  Will,    and  fhall  yield  Damages  alfo. 

'  (6)  And  if  a  Bailiff  do  it,  and  it  be  difallowed  by  the 

6  Lord,  and  the  Lord  will  not  pretend  any  Tide  there- 

'  unto,  the  Bailiff  fhall  anfwer,  if  he  have  whereof  ;  Altered  by 

'  and  if  he  have  not  whereof,  the  Lord  fhall  deliver  his  I2  ?■""■ Ilat'  z' 

'  Bailiff's  Body  to  the  King.'  c-  ^fr^f' 

*  &  tt!g  bHps  and 

Gf.tdsfirandedi 
P.       V.  Be. 


There  fhall  be  no  Difturbance  of  Free  Elections. 


'  T  pur  ceo  qe  elections  deivent  eftre  franches, 
_  •  le  Roi  defende  fur  fa  greve  forfaiture,  qe  nul 
haut  homme,  nautre,  per  poiar  des  armes,  ne  per 
manaces,   ne  diftourbe  defair  fraunche  election. 

a  Inft.  168.      •  For  no  Man,  &c.  read  no  great  Man  or  other,  &c. 
Cburcb. 


ND   becaufe   Elections   ought   to  be  free,  the  sieaions  dull 

js.   King  commandeth  upon  great  Forfeiture,  that  b=  free. 

'  *  no  Man  by  Force  of  Arms,  t  nor  by  Malice,  or  Me-  Er-  A™erre- 

'  nacing,  fhall  difturb  any  to  make  free  Ekclion.'  ment'  6'  I3' 

32»  35>  37* 
•J-  Not  in  the  Original*     See  9  Ed.  a,  flat,  1,  c.  14.  relating  to  Ekfikn  of  Dignities  of  the 


CAP.    VI. 

Amerciaments  mail  be  reafonable,  and  according  to  the  Offence. 


ET  qe  nulle  Citee,  Burgh,  ne  ville,  ne  nul 
homme  ne  foit  amercie,  faunz  refonable  en- 
chefon,  &  felonc  la  quantite  del  trefpas ;  ceftafta- 
voir,  fraunk  homme  fauve  fon  contenement,  Mar- 
chant  fauve  fa  marchaandife,  vilein  fauve  fon  gai- 
nage,  &  ceo  per  lour  peres. 

that  Fires  for  Treff affis  fhall  be  reafonable ;  and  iW.&M.  Jeff.  z.  i 
before  Conviction. 


169. 


ND  that  no  City,   Borough,  nor  Town,  nor2inft. 
any  Man  be  amerced,  without  reafonable  Caufe, 
and  according  to  the  Quantity  of  his  Trefpafs  ;   that  Reg;it.  \%7, 
is  to   fay,   every  Free-man   faving  his   Freehold,   a  9  H.  3.  flat!  1. 
Merchant  faving  his  Merchandife,  a  Villain  faving c;  H' 
his  Waynage,  and  that  by  his  or  their  Peers.'  s"  34^  3- 

C.I.   ordaining 
declaring  txcejjim  Fines  and  cruel  Punijhments  to    Uilkgal,  and  likexoife  Grants  of  Fines 


CAP.     VII. 
In  what  manner,  and  of  whom,  Purveyance  fhall  be  made  for  a  Caftle. 


DE  prifes  de  Coneftables,  ou  Chaflellains,  faites 
des  autres  qe  de  la  gent  de  la  ville  mefmes, 
ou  le  Chaftel  eft  affis ;  purveu  eft,  qe  nul  Cone- 
ftable,  ne  Chaftelkin  deformes  nul  manere  de  prife 
ne  face  de  autre  homme,  qe  de  la  ville  ou  fon  Cha- 
ftel eft  affis  i  &  ceo  foit  paie,  ou  gree  fait  dedeins 
quarant  jours,  fi  ceo  ne  foit  auncien  pris  due  al 
Roi,  ou  al  Chaftel,  ou  al  feignur  del  Chaftel. 


ftat. 


F  Prifes  taken  by  Conftables,  or  Caftellains,  up-    H 
1  on  fuch  Folk  as  be  not  of  the  Town  where  thee,  in 
Caftle   is ;  it  is  provided,  That  no  Conftable,  nor 
Caftellain,    from  henceforth  exacl:  any  Prife,   or  like 
Thing,  of  any   other  than   of  fuch  as   be   of  their 
Town  or  Caftle ;  and  that  it  be  paid,  or  elfe  Agree- 
ment to  be  made  within  fourty  Days,  if  it  be  not  an 
antient  Prife  due  to  the  King,  or  to  the  Caftle,  or  to  Ait,>w  t™ 
the  Lord  of  the  Caftle.' 


13  Car.  i.  ftat. 


CAP.    VIII. 

Nothing  fhall  be  taken  for  Beauphader. 


ET  qe  nul  rien  ne  foit  pris  pur  Beaupleder,  fi- 
come  autrefoitz  fuift  defendu  en  temps  le  Roi 
Henry,  piere  le  Roi  qore  eft. 


AND  that  nothing  be  taken  for  Fair  Pleading,  as  - In(K  57r- 
j\  hath  been  prohibited  heretofore  in  the  Time  of^l     jl'  V\ 
King  Henry,  Father   to  our  Lord  the  King  that  ^"  fat!  2'!  1.%,' 

now  is.'  Regift.  179. 


CAP.     IX, 

All  Men  fhall  be  ready  to  purfue  Felons. 


ET  puree  qe  la  pees  de  la  terre  ad  efte  feblement 
,  garde  avant  ces  heurs,  pur  defaute  de  bone 
fuite  {'aire  fur  les  felons,  felonc  due  manere,  & 
nomement  per  enchefon  des  fraunchifes  ou  les  fe- 
lons font  recettez  ;  purveu  eft,  qe  touz  commu- 
nialment  foient  preftez  &  apparaillez,  al  maunde- 


"     4  ND  forafmuch  as  the  Peace  of  this  Realm  hath 

"   i\    been  evil  obferved  heretofore  for  lack  of  quick. 

"  and  frefh  Suit  making  after  Felons  in  due  manner, 

"  and  namely  becaufe  of  Franchifes,  where  Felons  are  %  jI)({  .„ 

"  received  ;"    (2)  it  is  provided,  That  all  generally  be  Enfir'.ed  i> 

'  ready  and  apparelled,  at  the  Commandment  and  Sum-  4  f-d-  »■  ftf  . 

G  Z  '    mons  Offitium  Core 


44- 


C.  10,   ii. 


Anno  tertioEDWARDi  I. 


A.  D.  1275. 


mons  of  Sheriffs,  ancf  at  the  Cry  of  the  Country,  to 
fue  and  arreft  Felons,  when  any  need'  fs,  as  well 
within  Franchife  as  without;  (3)  and  they  that  will 
not  fo  do,  and'  thereof  be  attainted,  fhai'l  make  a 
grievous  Fine  to  the  King  :  (4)  And  if  Default  be 
found  in  the  Lord  of  the  Franchife,  the  King  fhall 
take  the  fame  Franchife  to  himfelf;  (5)  and  if  De- 
fault be  in  the  Bailiff,  he  mall  have  one  Year's  Im- 
prifonment,  and  after  fhall  make  a  grievous  Fine  ; 
and  if  he  have  not  whereof,  he  fhall  have  Imprilon- 
ment  of  two  Years.  (6)  And  if  the  Sheriff,  Coro- 
ner, or  any  other  Bailiff  within  fuch  Franchife,  or 
without,  for  Reward,  or  for  Prayer,  or  for  Fear,  or 
for  any  manner  of  Affinity,  conceal,  confent,  or 
procure  to  conceal,  the  Felonies  done  in  their  Liber- 
ties, or  otherwife  will  not  attach  nor  arreft  fuch  Fe- 
lons there,  as  they  may,  or  otherwife  will  not  do 
their  Office  for  Favour  born  to  fuch  Mifdoers,  and 
be  attainted  thereof;  they  fhall  have  one  Year's  Im- 
prifonment,  and  after  make  a  grievous  Fine  at  the 
King's  Pleafure,  if  they  have  wherewith  ;  and  if 
they  have  not  whereof,  they  fhall  have  Imprifonment 
of  three  Years.' 


Enforced  by 

jj'Ei.  1.  flat. 

I.  c.  1,  2,  &  6. 

28  Ed.  3.  c.  n. 

7  R..  2.  c.  6. 

Altered  by 

27  -El.  c.  13. 

39  El.  c.  25*. 

*  To  liefe  References  may  be  added  the  8  Geo.  z,.  i. 16.  giving  Diretlions  for  Purfuit  of  Hue  and  Cry  ;  and  22  Geo.  a.  c.  24.  -which  amends  the  former. 


Cotton  MS. 
ment  &  al  fomons  des  vifcountes,  &  al  crye  del 
pais,  de  fuire  &  darefter  les  felons,  quant  miefter 
ferra,  auxibien  dedeins  fraunchifes,  come  dehors  ; 
&  ceux  qe  ceo  ne  ferront,  8r  de  ceo  foient  atteintz, 
le  Roi  prendra  a  eux  grevement  :  &  fi  ladefaut 
foit  trove  fur  le  feignur  de  la  fraunchife,  le  Roi  fe 
prendra  a  mefme  la  fraunchife  ;  &  fi  le  defaut  foit 
en  le  Baillif,  eit  la  prifone  dun  an,  &  puis  foit 
grevement  reint ;  &  fil  nad  de  quei,  eit  la  prifone 
de  deux  ans.  Et  fi  Vifcontes,  Coroners,  ou  au- 
tres  Baillifs  dedeinz  fraunchife  ou  dehors  per  lower, 
ou  per  prier,  ou  per  nul  manere  de  affinite,  con- 
celent,  ou  confentent,  ou  procurent  de  conceler 
les  felonies  faites  en  lour  baillies,  ou  qils  fe  feig- 
nent  dattacher  ou  darefter  les  mesfefantz  per  la  ou 
ils  purront,  ou  autrement  fe  feignent  de  faire  lour 
office  en  nul  manere  en  favoure  de  mesfefantz,  & 
de  ceo  foient  atteintz;  qils  eient  la  prifone  dun  an, 
&  puis  foient  grevement  reintz ;  &  fils  nount  de 
quoi  eftre  reintz,  eient  la  prifone  de  iii  ans. 


CAP.     X. 

What  fort  of  Men  fhall  be  Coroners.     Sheriffs  fhall  have  Counter-Rolls  with  them'. 


Enforced  by 
*8Ed.  3.  c.  6. 


"  A  ND  forafmuchas  mean Perfons,  and  undifcreet, 
"  J~\  now  of  late  are  commonly  chofen  to  the  Of- 
"  fice  of  Coroners,  where  it  is  requifite  that  Perfons 
<c  boneft,  lawful,  and  wife,  fhoul-d  occupy  fuch  Of- 
"  fices;"  '  it  is  provided,  That  through  all  Shires  fuf- 
'  ficient  Men  fhall  be  chofen  to  be  Coroners,  of  the 
'  moft  wife  and  difcreet  Knights,  which  know,  will, 
'  and  may  beft  attend  upon  fuch  Offices,  and  which 
1  lawfully  fhall  attach  and  prefent  Pleas  of  the  Crown; 
'  (2)  and  that  Sheriffs  fhall  have  Counter-Rolls  with 
'  the  Coroners,  as  well  of  Appeals,  as  of  Enquefts, 
'  of  Attachments,  or  of  other  Things  which  to  that 
'  Office  belong;  (3)  and  that  no  Coroner  demand  nor 
'  take  any  Thing  of  any  Man  to  do  his  Office,  upon 
'  paiu  of  great  Forfeiture  to  the  King.' 

2  Inrt.  174.     Alfred  by  3;  ft.  7.  CI.  •which  gives  Fees  fo  the  Coroners ; 
c\l.  c.  J 3.  §.  5.  and  25  Geo.  a-,  c.  29.  giving  Diretlions  with  refpeel  to  the  Duty  of  Coroner:. 


Coroners  fhall 
take  nothing.       * 
4  H.  6.  15.  1 

4  Ed.  1.  Oat.  2. 
Officium  Coronat, 


ET  purceo  qe  petitz  gentz  &  meins  fages  font 
eflus  ja  de  novel  comunalment  al  office  del  Co- 
roner, &  meftier  ferreit  qe  prodes  hommeslealx  & 
fages  fe  entremeiffent  de  eel  office  ;  purveu,  qe  par 
toutes  les  Countes  foint  eflus  fuffifauntz  Coroner-s 
de  pluis  lealx  &  pluis  fages  Chivalers,  qe  mieux 
fachent,  voillent,  &  puiflent,  a  celle  office  en- 
tendre, &  qe  leaknent  attachent  &  reprefentent 
lour  plees  de  la  corone  ;  &  qe  les  Vifcountes  eient 
contre  roules  ove  les  Coroners,  auxibien  des  ap- 
peaux  come  des  enqueftes  de  attachementz,  &  des 
autres  chofes,  qe  a  celle  office  appendent.  Et  qe 
nul  Coroner  rien  ne  demaunde  nepreigne  de  nully 
de  faire  fon  Office,  fur  peine  de  la  greve  forfaiture 
le  Roi. 

and  fee  1  H.  8,  c.  7.  which  alters  the  3  Xi.  7.      Like-wife-.  I  _£f  z_f\  &_■ 


CAP.     XL 


Replevin  by  the  Writ  of  Odio  &?  Atta.     Who  fhall  be  Triers  of  Murther. 


AND  forafmuch  as  many  being  indicted  of  Mur- 
ther,  and  culpable  of  the  fame,  by  favourable 
Inquefts   taken   by  the  Sheriff,  and  by  the  King's 
Writ  of  Odio  13  Alla^  be  replevied  unto  the  coming 
of  the  Juftices   in  Eyre;"   '  it  is   provided,    That 
from  henceforth  fuch  Inquefts  fhall  be  taken  by  law- 
ful Men  chofen  out  by  Oath  (of  whom  two  at  the 
leaft  fhall  be  Knights)  which  by  no  Affinity  with  the 
Prifoners,  nor  otherwife,  are  to  be  fufpected.' 

1 .  fl  at.  1 .  e.g.  which  orders  the  Commitment  cf  fuch  Offenders  till  the  coming  of  the  Juftices,  i 
It  d.rx.J  to  a  Sheriff  to  charge  an  InqutJ!  to  indiil  any. 


j  H.  7.  I.  5. 
Regift.  133. 
2  Ir.ft.  177. 
$  H.  3.  flat.  I. 

cap.  26. 


ET  puree  qe  plufours  rettes  de  morte  de  horn- 
me,  &  qe  font  eoupables  de  morte  de  homme, 
font  per  fav.orables  enqueftes  prifes  per  Vi-fcountes, 
&  per  brief  le  Roi,  qe  eft  appelle  odio  cif  atia,  re- 
pleviz  jefqes  a  la  venu  de  Juftices  ;  purveu  eft,  qe: 
celes  enqueftes  foient  prifes  deforemes  per  prodes 
hornmes  efluz  per  ferement,  dount  les  ii-  ferrount 
chivalers  a  meins,  qe  per  nulle  affinite  ne  touchent 
les  prifons,  nautrement  ne  foient  fufpecionoufes. 

c.     And  farther  by  zZ.Ed.  3.  c,  9.  -which  ordains  that  no  Writ  Jhall 


C  A  P. 


A.  D,  1275. 


Anno  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


C.  12 — 1 


CAP.    XII. 

The  Punifhment  of  Felons  refilling  lawful  Trial. 


Cotton  MS. 

PUrveu  eft  enfement,  qe  les  felouns  efcriez,  & 
qe  font  apertement  de  male  fame,  &  ne  fe  voil- 
lent  mettre  en  enquefte  des  felonies,  qe  lem  lui 
mette  fuire  devant  Juftices  a  la  fuite  le  Roi,  foient 
mys  en  la  prifone  forte  &  dure,  come  ceux  qi  re- 
fufent  eftre  a  la  commune  ley  de  la  terre.  Mes  ce 
neft  mye  a  entendre  pur  prifons,  qui  font  pris  pur 
leger  fufpecioun. 


'  "|T  is   provided  alfo,  That  notorious   Felons,  and  Dyer  205 
'  JL  which  openly  be  of  evil  Name,   and  will  not  put  Kel.  70, 


themfelves   in  Enquefts  of  Felonies,  that  Men  fhall  s  H-  4- 2- 
charge  them  with  before  the   Juftices  at  the  King's  j^'/-"*' 


before  the   Juftices  at  the  King's  \  ^'d4'  J 
SuitThall  haveftrong  and  hard  Imprifonment,  as  they  ^^[  ?' 


which  refufe  to  ftand  to  the  Common  Law  of  the  Fitz.  Coron. 
Land.     But  this  is  not  to  be  underftood  of  fuch  Pri-  233.  *s3>  359? 
loners  as  be  taken  of  light  Sufpicion.'  2  Infl#  J77»- 


CAP.     XIII. 

The  Punilhment  of  him  that  doth  ravifh-  a  Woman. 


'  AND  the  King  prohibiteth  that  none  do  ravifh, 
'  x\  nor  take  away  by  Force,  any  Maiden  within 
'  Age  (neither  by  her  own  Confent,  nor  without)  nor 
'  any  Wife  or  Maiden  of  full  Age,  nor  any  other  Wo- 
'  man  againft  her  Will ;  (2)  and  if  any  do,  at  his  Suit 
'  that  will  fue  within  fourtyDays,  the  King  fhall  do 
'  common  Right;  (3)  and  if  none  commence  his  Suit 
'  within  fourty  Days,  the  King  fhall  fue  ;  (4)  and  fuch 
'  as  be  found  culpable,  fhall  have  two  Years  Imprifon- 
'  ment,  and  after  fhall  fine  at  the  King's  Pleafure ; 
'  (5)  and  if  they  have  not  whereof,  they  fhall  be  pu- 
6  nifhed  by  longer  Imprifonment,  according  as  the 
'  Trefpafs  requireth.' 

And  farther,  by  6  R.  z.ftat.  I.  c.  6.  -which  ordains  the  Penalties  -wberea  Woman  confents.    And  fee  18  Eliz.  c.  7.  -which  takes  away  Clergy  from  this 
tht  tstb  Sell,  of  the  fame  Stat,  -which  makes  it  Felony  -without  Clergy  to  have  carnal  Knowledge  of  a  Woman  Child.under  ten  Tears  of  Age. 


ET  le  Roi  defende  qe  nul  ne  ravife,  ne  preigne 
a  force,  damifelle  dedeinz  age,  ne  per  fon 
gree,  ne  fauns  fon  gree,  ne  dame  ne  damoifelle 
dage,  nautre  femme  malgre  foen ;  Et  fi  nul  k  face, 
a  la  fuite  celui  qi  fuera  dedeinz  les  quarant  jours, 
le  Roi  lui  fra  comune  droiture  ;  &  fi  nul  comence 
la  fuite  dedeinz  quarant  jours,  le  Roi  fuiera ;  & 
ceux  qil  trovera  coupables,  fi  averont  la  prifone  de 
deux  anns,  &  puis  ferront  reintz  a  la  volunte  le 
Roi ;  &  fil  neient  dount  eftre  reintz  a  la  volunte  le 
Roi,  fi  foient  puny  per  pluis  longe  prifone,  felonc 
ceo  qe  le  trefpas  demande. 


22  Ed.  4.  22. 
Co.  Lit.  123.  b„ 
2.1n(t.  180. 
12  Co.  37. 
Hob.  91, 


Altered  by 
13  Ed.  1.  ftati  Is. 
c.  34.  ivhicb 
makes  it  Felony. 
Offence :  Lihii-ifi-- 


CAP.     XIV. 
Appeal  againft  the  Principal  and  Acceffary:. 


T  purceo  qe  lem  ad  ufe  de  utlager  en  afcuns 
pais  les  gentz  appellez  de  comandement,  force, 
eyde,  &  ce  rettement  [recettement]  dedeinz  mefme 
le  terme,  qe  homme  doit  utlager  celuy  qeft  appelle 
del  fait.  Purveu  eft  &  graunte  per  le  Roi,  qe  nul 
foit  utlage  per  apel  de  comaundement,  force,  eyde, 
&  receitement,  jefqz  atant  qe  lapele  del  faite  foit 
atteint,  iffint  qune  mefme  ley  foit  de  ceo  per  toute 
la  terre  :  mes  celuy  qi  appele,  ne  lefle  pas  pur  ceo 
dattachier  fon  appele  al  profchein  Countee  vers 
ceux,  auxibien  come  vers  les  apelez  del  fait ;  mes 
lexigende  de  eux  demoerge,  tant  come  les  appel- 
lez del  fait  foient  atteintz  per  utlagarie,  on.  autre- 
menC, 


ND  forafmuch  as  it  hath   been  ufed  in  fome  Co.  1.  9.  f.  119-, 
Counties  to  outlaw  Perfons  being  appealed  of  Plowd.  97. 


the  King,  That  none  be  outlawed  upon  Appeal  of*  For  commcnd- 

Commandment,  Force,.  Aid,   or  Receipt,    until    he  ed>  saigramtd. 

that  is  appealed  of  the  Deed  be  attainted,  fo  that 

one   like  Law  be  ufed  therein  through  the  Realm  : 

(2)  Nevertheless  he  that  will  fo  appeal,  ,£hall  not,  by  Fit?.. 'Coron, 

reafon.of  this,   intermit  or.leave  ofF  to  commence  his-io,  i2(  33. 

Appeal  at  the  next  County  againft  them,  no  more 

than  againft  their  Principals,  which  he  appealed  of 

the  Deed;  but  their  Exigent  fhall  remain,  until  fuch  Raft.  pla.  f. 42, 

as  be  appealed  of  the  Deed:be  attainted  by  Outlawry,  47»  48 

or  otherwife." 


2  Jnft. 


e  a  p.   xv. 

Which  Prifoners  be  mainpernable,  and  which  not.     The  Penalty,  for  unlawful  Bailment. 


FT  purceo  qe  les  Vifcountes,  &  autres,  qi  ount 
,  pris  &  detenuz  en  prifone  gentz  rettez  de  fe- 
lonie,  neintfoits  ount  leffez  per  plevine  la  gent  qe 
ne  font  mie  replevifables,  &  ount  detenuz  en  pri- 
fone ceux  qe  eftoient  replevifables,  per  achefon  de 
ganer  de  eux,  St  de  graver  les  autres.  Et  purceo 
qavant  ces  houres  ne  fuift  mie  termine  certeine- 
ment  queux  feurent  replevifables,  &  queux  aon. 


AND  forafmuch  as.  Sheriffs,  and  other,  which  what  fort  of 
have  taken  and  kept  in  Prifon  Perfons  detected  Offenders  be 
of  Felony,  and  incontinent  have  let  out  by  Replevin  "J*  mainPern- 
fuch  as  were  not  replevifab'le,  and  have  kept  in  Pri-  "roII  i^a 
fon  fuch  as  were  replevifable,  becaufe  they  would  ,g2)  263i  ' 
gain   of  the  one  party,  and  grieve  the  other;   (z) 
and  forafmuch  as  before  this  Time  it  was  not  deter-  Bro.  Mainprifei 
mined  which  Perfons  were  replevifable,  and  which  ir,  56, 7Si. 

'  not. 


46 


C.  1 6. 


Anno  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.D. 


1275. 


Fil'z.  Mainprife, 

1 ,  39,  40.  ( 

Bru.  M.iinprife,  1 

54,  5",  59i  <-°,  . 

75,78,9'-  , 
1 1  Co.  29. 

Bro.  Main.  6.  ' 

9,  19,  zz,  30,  ' 


4S,  50,  ci, 
58,  63,  64, 
9';  9  >97- 


■What  fort  of 
Offenders  be 
rrainpernable. 

2  B.ilftr.  328. 

3  Bulfir.  313. 


"  not,  but  only  thofe  that  were  taken  for  the  Death  of 
"  Man,  or  by  Commandment  of  the  King,  or  of  his 
Juftices,  or  for  the  Foreft;"  (3)  'It  is  provided, 
and  by  the  King  commanded,  That  fuch  Prifoners 
as  before  were  outlawed,  and  they  which  have  ab- 
jured the  Realm,  Provors,  and  fuch  as  be  taken  with 
the  Manour,  and  thofe  which  have  broken  the  King's 
Prifon,  Thieves  openly  defamed  and  known,  and 
fuch  as  be  appealed  by  Provors,  fo  long  as  the  Pro- 
vors be  living  (if  they  be  not  of  good  Name)  and  fuch 
as  be  taken  for  Houfe-burning  felonioufly  done,  or 
for  falfe  Money,  or  for  counterfeiting  the  King's 
Seal,  or  Perfons  excommunicate,  taken  at  the  Re- 
queftof  the  Bifhop,  or  for  manifeft  Offences,  or  for 
Treafon  touching  the  King  himfelf,  lr.aU  be  in  no 
wife  replevifable  by  the  common  Writ,  nor  without 
Writ:  (4)  But  fuch  as  be  indic/ted  of  Larceny,  by 
Enquefts  taken  before  Sheriffs  or  Bailiffs  by  their  Of- 
fice, or  of  light  Sufpicion,  or  for  Petty  Larceny  that 
amounteth  not  above  the  Value  of  xiid.  if  they  were 
not  guilty  of  fome  other  Larceny  aforetime,  or  guilty 
of  Receipt  of  Felons,  or  of  Commandment,  or  Force, 
or  of  Aid  in  Felony  done;  or  guilty  of  fome  other 
Trefpafs,  for  which  one  ought  not  to  lofe  Life  nor 
Member,  and  a  Man  appealed  by  a  Provor  after  the 
Death  of  the  Provor  (if  he  be  no  common  Thief, 
nor  defamed)  fliall  f.'om  henceforth  be  let  out  by  fuf- 
ficient  Surety,  whereof  the  Sheriff  will  be  anfwera- 
ble  and  that  without    giving  ought  of  their  Goods. 

(5)  And  if  the  Sheriff,  or  any  other,  let  any  go  at 
large  by  Surety,  that  is  not  replevifable,  if  he  be 
Sheriff  or  Confiable  or  any  other  Bailiff  of  Fee, 
which  hath  keeping  of  Prifons,  and  thereof  be  at- 
tainted, he  fliall  lofe   his  Fee   and   Office  for  ever. 

(6)  And  if  the  Under-Sheriff,  Conftable,  or  Bailiff 
of  fuch  as  have  Fee  for  keeping  of  Prifons,  do  it 
contrary  to  the  Will  of  his  Lord,  or  any  other  Bai- 
liff being  not  of  Fee,  they  {hall  have  three  Years 
Imprifonment,  and  make  Fine  at  the  King's  Plea- 

Bail    X7i£f*  fure-     f7)  And  if  any  with.hoId  Prifoners  replevifa- 

vPh.&M.       *  Dle?  after  that  they  have  offered  fufficient  Surety,  he 

c.  13.  giving      '  fhall  pay  a  grievous  Amerciament  to  the  King  ;    (8) 

farther DWchioni1  and   if  he  take  any   Reward  for  the  Deliverance  of 

tojecbjvftua.    <  t-uc^  ne  ft^].  pay  double  to  the  Prifoner,  and  alfo 

2.T2 .  V '7  fir '  flia11  be  in  the sreat  Mercy of  the  Kins-' 

failing  Perfens  committed for  Treason  or  Felony,  and  not  \vd\3ed  the  next  Term. 


The  Penalty 
for  unlawful 
Ma:nprife. 


Enforced  £y  27 
Ed.  l.ftat.  i. 
c  3. 

See  3  H.  7.  c.  3. 
giving  Poiver  to 
jfufliccs  of  Peace 


Cotton  MS. 
fors  pris  ceux  qeftoient  pris  pur  mort  de  homme, 
ou  per  comaundement  le  Roi,  ou  de  fes  juftices, 
ou  per  la  forefte  :  Purveu  eft,  &  comaunde  per  Is 
Roi,  qe  les  prifons  qi  font  avant  utlagez,  &  ceux 
qi  eient  forjure  la  terre,  provurs,  ceux  qi  font  pris 
ove  mainoevre,  ceux  qi  ount  depefche  la  prifone  le 
Roi,  larons  apertement  efcriez  &  notoires,  &  ceux 
qe  font  appellez  de  provurs  taunt  come  le  provur 
vift,  &  fils  ne  foient  de  bone  fame,  &  ceux  qi  font 
pris  pur  arfoun  felonufement  fait,  bu  pur  faux 
monoye,  ou  faufours  du  feal  le  Roi,  ou  efcomegne 
pris  per  priere  Levefque,  ou  per  aperte  malvete, 
ou  trefoil  qe  touche  le  Roi  mefmes,  ne  foient  en 
nul  manere  replevifab'.es  per  le  comune  brief,  ne 
ianz  brief:  mes  ceux  qi  fount  enditez  de  larcine 
per  enqueftes  des  Vifcontes  ou  de  Bailiffs  prifes  de 
lour  offices,  ou  per  leger  fufpecion,  ou  per  petit 
larcine,  qe  ne  amente  outre  la  value  de  xii.  deni- 
ers,  fi  ne  foit  rette  de  autre  larcine  avant  celle 
heure,  ou  rette  de  recettement  des  felouns,  ou  de 
comandement,  ou  de  la  force,  ou  del  eide  de  felo- 
nie  fait;  ou  rette  dautre  trefpas  pur  la  quele  homme 
ne  doit  perdre  vie,  nemembre;  Et  homme  appele 
de  provour  puis  la  mort  le  provour,  fils  [ne]  foient 
aperte  larons  efcriez,  foient  deforcmes  leffez  pur 
fuffifant  plevin,  dont  le  Vifcount  voile  refpotindre, 
&  ceo  faunz  rein  doner  de  lour.  Et  fi  Vifcountes, 
ou  autres,  leffent  per  plevin  nul  qe  ne  foit  replevifa- 
ble, fi  ceft  Vifcounte,  Coneftable,  ou  autre  Bail- 
lif  de  fee  &  qe  eit  garde  des  prifons,  &  de  ceo  foit 
atteint,  perde  la  fee  &  la  bailie  a  touz  jours  ;  &  fi 
fouz-vifcounte,  Coneftable,  ou  Baillif,  celui  qui 
a  tiel  fee  pur  garder  les  prifons,  eit  ceo  fait  faunz 
la  volunte  fon  fegnur,  ou  autre  baillif  qe  ne  foit  de 
fee,  eit  la  prifone  de  trois  anns,  &  foit  reint  a  la 
volunte  le  Roi.  Et  fi  nul  deteigne  les  prifons  re-, 
plevifable,  puis  qe  le  prifon  eit  offert  fuffifaunte 
feurete,  il  ferra  en  la  greve  mercye  le  Roi ;  &  fil 
preigne  lower  pur  la  deliverer,  il  rendra  le  double 
al  prifon,  &  enfement  ferra  &n  la  greve  mercye  le 
Roi. 


The  Penalty  for  detaining  a  Prifoner  that'is  mainpernable,     4  Inft.  1S4. 


CAP.       XVI. 

None  fhall  diftrain  one  of  his  Fee,  not  drive  the  Diftrefs  out  of  the  County. 


A  Core's  fhall 
not  be  driven 
out  of  the 
County. 
I  H.  5.  3. 
Enforced  and  . 
amended  by  l  &  2. 
P.  &M.  C.  12. 

which  direffs 

•where  D'f.rrjfes 
fhall  le  im- 
pounded. 
*  Not  in  Original. 
Eiltraining  out 
of  hi'.  Fee.      *? 
fa  ther  Pwiift'.ni 


"  TN  right  thereof,  that  fome  Perfons  take,  and  caufe 
"  i  to  be  taken,  the  Beafts  of  other,  chafing  them 
"  out  of  the  Shire  where  the  Beafts  were  taken  ;"  '  it 
'  is  provided  aifo,  That  none  from  henceforth  dofo; 
*  (2)  and  if  any  do,  he  fhall  make  a  grievous  Fine,  as 
'  is  contaiiied  in  the  Statute  of  Marlebridge,  made  in 
'  the  Time  of  King  Henry,  Father  to  the  King  that 
'  now  is.  (3)  And  likewife  it  fhall  be  done  to  them 
'  which  take  Beafts  *  wrongfully,  and  diftrain  out  of 
'  their  Fee,  and  fhall  be  more  grievoufly  punifhed,  if 
'  the  Manner  of  the  Trefpafs  do  fo  require.' 

Inft.  191.  7  H.  7.  f.  r,  52  H.  3.  c,  4.  Regift,  183.  See  likewife 
with  1  egard  to  -iftreffu. 


|TJ  N  droit  de  ceo  qe  afcuns  gentz  pernent,  Si 
Sis  prendre  fount  les  averes  des  autres,  &  les  cha- 
cent  hors  del  Countee  ou  les  averes  font  pris ; 
purveu  eft  qe  nul  deforemes  ne  le  face;  &  fi  nul  le 
fait,  foit  reint  grevement  felonc  ceo-qe  eft  contenuz 
en  les  dits  eftatutz  de  Marleberge,  faite  al  temps 
le  Roi  Henry,  pier  le  Roi  qoer  eft :  &  per  mefme 
la  manere  foit  fait  de  ceux  qui  pernent  les  averes,  St 
qe  font  deftreffe  en  autre  fee,  &  pluis  grevement 
foient  puniz,  felonc  ceo  qe  le  trefpas  demaunde. 


ZrVMM.ftf.  I.  c.  5. 

4 


8  Ann.  C.  14.     11  Ceo.  2.  c.  19.  containing 


CAP. 


A.D.  i275< 


Anno  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


C. 


*7: 


47 


CAP,      XVII. 

The  Remedy  if  the  Diftrefs  be  impounded  in  a  Caftle  or  Fortrefs. 


Cotton  MS. 

PUrveu  eft  enfement,  qe  fi  nul  deforemes  preigne 
Ies  averes  des  autres,  &  les  face  chacer  al  Cha- 
ttel ou  al  forcelette,  &  illeoqes  dedeinz  clos  del 
Chaftel,  ou  de  la  forcelette,  les  deteigne  encoun- 
tre  gage  &  plegge,  puis  qe  les  averes  ferront  fo- 
lempnement  demandez  per  le  Vifcounte  ou  per  le 
Baillif  le  Roi ;  a  la  fuite  del  pleintif,  qe  le  Vif- 
counte ou  le  Baillif  prife  ov  luy  poyerde  ion  Coun- 
tee,  Ou  de  fa  baillie,  voit  affaier  de  faire  le  plevin 
des  averes  a  celuy  qe  pris  les  averes,  ou  a  fon  Seig- 
nur,  ou  as  autres  des  hommes  fon  Seignur  qecon- 
ques  foit  trove  al  leu,  ou  les  averes  furont  encha- 
cez;  &  fi  lem  luy  deforce  la  deliveraunce  des  ave- 
res, ou  qe  ne  trove  homme  pur  le  Seignur,  ou  per 
celui  qi  les  avera  pris,  quen  refpoigne  &  face  la 
deliveraunce,  apres  ceo  qe  le  Seignour  al  pernour, 
per  Vifcounte  ou  per  Baillif  en  ferra  amoneftee,  fil 
eft  en  pais,  ou  pres,  ou  qil  purra  per  le  pernour, 
ou  per  autre  des  foens  covenablement  eftre  garny 
de  faire  la  deliveraunce,  fil  fuift  hors  de  eel  pais, 
quant  la  pris  fuift  fait,  &  ne  face  adonqes  mainte- 
nant  les  averes  deliverer,  qe  le  Roi  pur  le  difpit,  & 
pur  le  .trefpas,  face  abatre  le  Chaftel,  ou  le  force- 
lette faunz  relever;  &  toute  le  damage  qe  le  plein- 
tif avera  refceu  de  fes  averes,  ou  dj  fon  gainage 
deftourbe,  ou  en  autre  manere,  puis  le  primer  de- 
maunde  des  averes  fake  per  le  Vifcounte  ou  per  le 
Baillif,  lui  foient  reftorez  au  double  de  celui  qe  les 
averes  avera  pris,  fil  ad  de  quoi ;  &  fil  nad  de  quoi, 
eit  del  Seignur  quele  houre,  &  en  quele  manere  la 
deliveraunce  foit  fait,  apres  ceo  qe  le  Vifcounte  ou 
le  Baillif  y  ferra  venue  pur  la  deliverance  faire. 
Et  fait  affavoir,  qe  la  ou  le  Vifcounte  devera  faire 
retourne  del  brief  le  Roi  al  Baillif  le  Seignur  del 
Chaftel,  ou  de  la  forcelette  ou  autre,  a  qi  retourne 
del  brief  le  Roi  a  ceo  appent,  fi  le  Baillif  de  cele 
fraunchife  ne  face  la  deliverance,  puis  qil  avera  le 
retourne,  face  le  Vifcount  fon  office  faunz  delaie, 
ficome  il  eft  avantdit,  &  fur  lavantdite  peyne:  & 
per  mefme  la  manere  foit  faite  la  deliverance  per 
attachement  de  pleint  fait  faunz  brief,  &  fur  mef- 
me la  peyne.  Et  ceo  fait  a  entendre  per  tout  la, 
ou  le  brief  le  Roi  court.  Et  fi  ceo  eft  en  la  mar- 
che  de  Gales,  ou  aillours  la  ou  le  brief  le  Roi  ne 
court  mye,  le  Roi,  qi  eft  foveraine  feignur,  en  fra 
droit  a  ceux  qe  pleindre  fe  voudront.. 


T  is  provided  alfo,  That  if  any  from  henceforth 
take  the  Beafts  of  other,  and  caufe  them  to  be 
driven  into  a  Caftle  or  Fortrefs,  and  there  within  the 
Clofe  of  fuch  Caftle  or  Fortrefs  do  withhold  them 
againft  Gage  and  Pledges,  whereupon  the  Beafts  be 
folemnly  demanded  by  the  Sheriff,  or  by  fome  other 
Bailiff  of  the  King's ;  at  the  Suit  of  the  Plaintiff, 
the  Sheriff  or  Bailiff,  taking  with  him  the  Power  of 
the  Shire  or  Bailiwick,  do  aflay  to  make  Replevin  of 
the  Beafts  from  him  that  took  them,  or  from  his  Lord, 
or  from  other,  being  Servants  of  the  Lord  (whatfoe- 
ver  they  be)  that  are  found  in  the  Place  whereunto 
the  Beafts  were  chafed ;  if  any  deforce  him  of  the 
Deliverance  of  the  Beafts,  or  that  no  Man  be  found 
for  the  Lord,  or  for  him  that  took  them,  for  to  an- 
fwer  and  make  the  Deliverance,  after  fuch  lime  as 
the  Lord  or  Taker  fhall  be  admonifhed  to  make  De- 
liverance by  the  Sheriff  or  Bailiff,  if  he  be  in  the 
Countrey,  or  near,  or  there  whereas  he  may  be  con- 
veniently warned  by  the  Taker,  or  by  any  other  of 
his  to  make  Deliverance;  (2)  if  he  were  out  of  the 
Countrey  when  the  taking  was,  and  did  not  caufe 
the  Beafts  to  be  delivered  incontinent,  that  the  King,, 
for  the  Trefpafs  and  Defpite,  fhall  caufe  the  faid 
Caftle  or  Fortrefs  to  be  beaten  down  without  Reco- 
very; (3)  and  all  the  Damages  that  the  Plaintiff  hath 
fuftained  in  his  Beafts,  or  in  his  Gainure,  or  any 
othervvife  (after  the  firft  Demand  made  by  the  She- 
riff or  Bailiff)  of  the  Beafts,  fhall  be  reftored  to  him 
double  *  by  the  Lord,  or  by  him  that  took  the  Beafts, 
if  he  have  whereof;  (4)  and  if  he  have  not  whereof, 
he  fhall  have  it  of  the  Lord,  at  what  time,  or  in  what 
manner  the  Deliverance  be  made,  after  that  the  She- 
riff or  Bailiff  fhall  come  to  make  Deliverance;  (5) 
and  it  is  to  wit,  that  where  the  Sheriff  ought  to  re- 
turn the  King's  Writ  to  the  Bailiff  of  the  Lord  of 
the  Caftle  or  Fortrefs,  or  to  anY  other,  to  whom  the 
Return  belongeth,  if  the  Bailiff  of  the  Franchife  will 
not  make  Deliverance  after  that  the  Sheriff  hath  made 
his  Return  unto  him,  then  fhall  the  Sheriff  do  his 
Office  without  further  Delay,  f  and  upon  the  fore- 
faid Pains:  (6)  And  in  like  manner  Deliverance  fhall 
be  made  by  Attachment  of  Plaint,  made  without 
Writ,  and  upon  the  fame  Pain.  (7)  And  this  is  to 
be  intended  in  all  Places  where  the  King's  Writ 
lieth.  (8)  And  if  that  be  done  in- the  Marches  of 
Wales,  or  in  any  other  Place,  where  the  King's 
Writs  be  not  current,  the  King,  which  is  Sovereign 
Lord  over  all,  {hail  do  Right  there  unto  fuch  as  will, 
complain,' 


jjH.  3.c.  3, 
&  21. 

See  13  Ed.  I. 
flat.  1.  c.  39. 
giving  Directions 
to  Sheriffs  in  cafe  ■ 
they  find  Refin- 
ance. 

Regift.   85. 
2  Inft.  icjz. 


•  "ivir  in  the 
Original. 


ANonomittas 
to  the  Sheriff, 
if  the  Bxliff 
do  not  execute 
the  Writ. 
52.  H.  3.  .c.  it. 


\  Add  as  is 

aforesaid,    and 
upon,  &c. 


Marches  of  ' 
Wales. 


CAP.     XVI'.I. 
Who  fhall  affefs  the  common  Fines  of  the  County. 


UR  ceo  qe  la  commune  fine  &  amerciement 
de  toute  le  Countee  en  Eire  des  Juftices  per 
faux  jugementz,  ou  per  autre  trefpas,  eft  affis  per 
Vifcountes  &  Barettours  des  countees  malement, 
iffint  qe  la  fomme  eft  meintfoitz  encru,  &  les  par- 
celles  autrement  affis  qeftre  ne  deuffent,  al. damage 
del  poeple,  &  plufours  foitz  font  paiez  a  Vifcoun- 
tes Barettours,  qe  point  ne  les  acquitent ;  jpurveu 
eft,  &  voet  le  Roi,  qe  deformes  en  Eire  des  Juftices 


"   Tj  Orafmuch  as  the  common  Fine  and  Amerciament' juftices  inEy.ej- 

'  of  the  whole  County  in  Eyre  of  the  Juftices 
"  for  falfe  Judgments,  or  for  other  Trefpafs,  is  un- 
"  juftly  affeffed  by  Sheriffs  and  Baretors  in  the  Shires, 
"  fo  that  the  Sum  is  many  Times  increafed,  and  the 
"  Parcels  otherwife  affeffed  than  they  ought  to  be,  to 
"  the  Damage  of  the  People,  which  be  many  Times 
"  paid  to  the  Sheriffs  and  Baretors,  which  do  not  ac- 
"  quit  the  Payers ;"  '  (2)  it  is  provided,  and  the  King  , 

s  wiltaj 


05  -■> 


48  C.  19,  20. 


Anno  tertio  EdwardiI. 


A.  D.  1275. 


2  Inft.  196. 
*  Co.  39. 


wills,  That  from  henceforth  fuch  Sums  fhall  be  af- 
felTed  before  the  Juftices  in  Eyre,  afore  their  Depar- 
ture, by  the  Oath  of  Knights  and  other  honeft  Men, 
upon  all  fuch  as  ought  to  pay;  (3)  And  the  Juftices 
fhall  caufe  the  Parcels  to  be  put  into  their  Eftreats, 
which  fhall  be  delivered  up  unto  the  Exchequer,  and 
not  the  whole  Sum.' 


Cotton  MS. 
devant  eux  a  lour  departir,  foit  celle  fomme  a/life 
per  ferement  des  chivalers  &  des  prodes  hommes, 
fur  touz  ceux  qeftre  deveront ;  &  Juftices  facent 
mettre  les  parceles  en  lour  eftretes,  qils  liveront  al 
Efchequer,  &  non  pas  la  fomme  totale. 


C  A  P.     XIX. 
A  Sheriff  having  received  the  King's  Debt,  fhall  difcharge  the  Debtor. 


x  inft..   I97. 


A  Sheriff  ha- 
ving received  the 
King's  Debt, 
fhall  difcharge 
the  Debtor. 
5lH.  3.  flat.  4. 


Procefs  fc  le- 
vying of  the 
King's  Debt 
fhall  be  fhewed 
to  the  Debtor. 
Enforced  by 
42  Ed.  3.  c.  9. 
ai:JjH.  4.  c.  3. 


Rcgilt.  So,  in. 
Raft.  6ci,  4c. 
2  Inft.  198,  aoo. 
Kel.  39,  ;gz. 
Dyer  233. 
47  E      1  ■  1  o. 
9  H.  6.  2. 
5  H.  5.  1. 
19  H.  8    9. 

1  H.  6.  2/. 
21  H .  7 .  ?.  1 . 

7.  jo,  12 

J  11   .  Barre,  83. 

114.   b. 

2  Ed.  tl.  4.  b. 


I  N  Right  of  the  Sheriffs,  or  other,  which  anfwer 
I  by  their  own  Hands  unto  the  Exchequer,  and 
which  have  received  the  King's  Father's  Debts,  .or 
the  King's  own  Debts  before  this  Time,  and  have 
not  acquitted  the  Debtors  in  the  Exchequer;  (2)  it 
is.  provided,  That  the  King  fhall  fend  good  and  law- 
ful Men  through  every  Shire,  to  hear  all  fuch  as  will 
complain  thereof,  and  to  determine  the  Matters  there, 
(3)  that  all  fuch  as  can  prove  that  they  have  paid, 
fhall  be  thereof  acquitted  for  ever  (whether  the  She- 
rift's  or  other  be  living  or  dead.)  in  a  certain  Form  that 
fhall  be  delivered  them  ;  (4)  and  fuch  as  have  not 
fo  done  (if  they  be  living)  fhall  be  grievoufly  pu- 
nifhed  ;  (;)  and  if  they  be  dead,  their  Heirs  fhall 
anfwer,  and  be  charged  with  the  Debt.  (6)  And  the 
King  hath  commanded,  that  Sheriffs  and  other  afore- 
faid,  fhall  from  henceforth  lawfully  acquit  the  Debt- 
ors at  the  next  Accompt  after  they  have  received 
fuch  Debts ;  and  then  the  Debt  fhall  be  allowed  in 
the  Exchequer,  fo  that  it  fhall  no  more  come  in  the 
Summons;  (7)  and  if  the  Sheriff'  otherwife  do,  and 
thereof  be  attainted,  he  fhall  pay  to  the  Plaintiff 
thrice  as  much  as  he  hath  received,  and  fhall  make 
Fine  at  the  King's  Pleafure.  (8)  And  let  every  She- 
riff take  heed,  that  he  have  fuch  a  Receiver,  for  whom 
he  will  anfwer;  for  the  King  will  be  recompenfed  of 
all,  of  the  Sheriffs  and  their  Heirs.  (9)  And  if  any 
other,  that  is  anfwerable  to  the  Exchequer  by  his 
own  Hands  fo  do,  he  fhall  render  thrice  fo  much  to 
the  Plaintiff,  and  make  Fine  in  like  manner.  (10) 
And  that  the  Sheriffs  fhall  make  Tallies  to  all  fuch  as 
have  paid  their  Debt  to  the  King  ;  ( 1 1 )  and  that  the 
Summons  of  the  Exchequer  be  fhewed  to  all  Debtors 
;  that  demand  a  Sight  thereof,  without  denying  to  any, 
'  and  that  without  taking  any  Reward,  and  without 
;  giving  any  Thing  ;  and  he  that  doth  contrary,  the 
;  King  flia.ll  puniin  him  grievoufly.' 


N  droit  des  Vifcountes,  ou  autres,  qi  refpoig-  . 
nent  per  lour  meyns  al  Efcheqer,  &  qe  ount 
refceu  de  les  dettes  le  Roi  Henry,  pier  le  Roi 
qore  eft,  ou  les  dettes  le  Roi  mefmes  avant  ces 
heurs,  &  qi  nount  mye  les  dettes  aqitez  al  Efche- 
qer ;  purveu  eft,  qe  le  Roi  envoiera  bones  gentz 
per  touz  les  Countees,  a  oier  touz  ceux  qe  de  ceo 
pleindre  fe  voudrount,  &  a  terminer  iffint  la  bu- 
foigne ;  qe  ceux  qe  purront  monftrer  qils  eient. 
iffint  paiez,  a  touz  jours  on  ferront  quitez,  les 
quele  qe  les  Vifcountes,  ou  les  autres  ferront 
mortz  ou  vifs,  en  certeine  forme  que  lour  ferra 
bailie  ;  &  ceux  qe  iffint  naveront  fait,  fils  foient 
en  vie,  ferront  puniz  grevement ;  &.  fils  foient 
mortz,  lour  heirs  refpoignent,  &:  foient  chargez 
de  la  dette.  Et  comaunde  ad  le  Roi,  qe  le  Vif- 
countes &  les  autres  avantdites,  deforemes  loial- 
ment  acquitent  les  dettours  al  profchein  accounte 
puis  qils  averont  la  dette  refceu  ;  &  adonqes  foit 
la  dette  allowe  al  Efcheqer,  iffint  qe  mes  ne 
viegne  en  fomons  ;  &  fi  Vifcount  autrement  le 
face,  &  de  ceo  foit  atteint,  fi  rendra  al  pleintif  le 
treble  de  ceo  qil  avera  de  lui  refceu,  &  foit  reint  a 
la  volunte  le  Roi  :  &  bien  fe  garde  chefcun,  qil 
eit  tiel  refceivour,  pur  qi  il  voudra  refpoundre, 
qar  le  Roi  fe  prendra  de  tout  as  Vifcountes,  &  a 
lour  heirs;  &  fi  autre  qe  refpounde  per  fa  mein  al 
Efcheqer  le  face,  fi  rende  le  double  [treble]  al 
pleintif,  &  foit  reint  en  mefme  la  manere.  Et  qe 
ies  Vifcountes  facent  tailles  a  touz  ceux,  qi  les 
paieront  le  dette  le  Roi ;  &  qe  la  fomons  de  la 
Efcheqer  as  touz  les  dettours,  qui  demaundre  vou- 
dront  la  veue,  lour  facent  monftrer  faunz  veir  la  a 
nulluy,  &  ceo  fanz  rien  doner  ;  &  qi  ne  le  fra, 
le  Roi  fe  prendra  a  lui  grevoufement. 


C  A  P.     XX. 

Offences  committed  in  Parks  and  Ponds.     Robbing  of  tame  Beads  in  a  Park. 


T  is  provided  alfo  for  Trefpaffers  in  Parks  and 
J.  Ponds,  That  if  any  be  thereof  attainted  at  the  Suit 
*  of  the  Party,  great  and  large  Amends  fhall  be  award- 
'  ed  according  to  the  Trefpafs,  and  fhall  have  three 
'  Years  Imprifonment,  and  after  fhall  make  Fine  at 
'  the  King's  Pleafure  (if  he  have  whereof)  and  then 
'  fhall  find  good  Surety,  that  after  he  {lull  not  com- 
'  rr.it  like  Trefpafs ;  (2)  and  if  he  have  not  whereof 
'  to  make  Fine,  after  three  Years  Imprifonment,  he 
'  fh;»ll  find  like  Surety  ;  and  if  he  cannot  find  like 
'  Surety,  he  fhall  abjure  the  Realm  ;  (3)  and  if  any 
'  being  guilty  thereof  be  fugitive,  and  have  no  Land 
'  nor  re;iement  fufficient  (whereby  he  may  bejufti- 
'  ficd)  fo  foon  as  the  King  fhall  find  it  by  Enqueft,  he 


Urveu  eft  des  mesfefours  des  parkes  &  de  vivres, 
qe  fi  mil  foit  de  ceo  atteint  per  la  fuite  le  plein- 
tif, foient  agardez  bones  &  hautes  amendes,  fe- 
lonc  la  manere  del  trefpas,  &  la  prifone  de  trois 
anus,  &  de  illeoqes  foit  reint  a  la  volunte  le  Roi, 
fil  ad  dount  eftre  iffit  reint,  &  lors  trove  bone  feu- 
rcte,  qe  mes  ne  mesface  ;  &  fil  nad  dount  eftre 
reint  apres  la  prifone  de  trois  amis,  trove  mefme 
la  feuite  ;  &  fil  ne  poet  trover  la  feurte,  forjure 
ceft  roialme ;  Et  fi  nul  de  ceo  rettez  foit  futif, 
&  ne  eit  terre  ne  tenement  fuffifant,  per  quoi  il 
poet  eftre  juftice  ;  fi  toft  come  le  Roi  avera  ceft 
trove  per  bone  enqucfte,  foitdemande  de  Countee 
en  Countee  ;   &  fil  nc  voet  venir,  foit  utlage.    Et 

purveu 


A.  P.  1275. 


Anno  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


C.   2f,    2  2. 


49 


Cotton  MS. 
•purveu  &  acorde  eft  enfement,  qe  fi  nul  ne  fuift 
dedeinz  Ian  &  le  jour  puis  le  trefpas  fake,,  le  Roi 
avera  la  fuite  ;  &  ceux  qil  trova  rettez  de  ceo  per 
bone  enquefte,  ferrount  puniz  per  mefme  la  ma- 
nere  en  touz  pointz,  ficome'  defuis  eft  dit.  Et  fi 
nul  tiel  mesfefour  foit  atteint,  qil  eit  prfs  en  ces 
parkes-beftes  damages,  [domtfcbes]  ou  autre  chofe 
en  martere  de  roberie,  en  venaunt,  ou  demurant, 
ou  en  retournant,  foit  fait  de  luy  eomune  ley  qe 
afiert  a  celtiyqi  eft  atteint  dap'ert  roberie  &  larcine, 
atixibien  a  la  fuite  le  Roi,  come  dautre. 


And  fee  I  H.  7,  c.  7.  -which  makes  bunting  in  Parks  difguifcd,  Felony, 
mtftar.d  to  the  King's  Peace  ;  $W,@  M.  c.  10.  §.5.  and  4  &  5  W'\ 
Manors  and  Game-Keepers. 


fhaOl  be  proclaimed  from  County  to  County ;  and  if 
he  come  not,  he  (hal!  be  outlawed.  (4)  It  is  pro- 
vided a!fo  and  agreed,  That  if  none  do  fue  within  a 
Year  and  a  Day  for  the  Trefpafs  done,  the  King 
fhall  have  the  Suit;  (5)  and  fuch  as  be  found  guilty 
thereof  by  lawful  Enqueft,  fhall  be  punifhed  in  like- 
manner  in  all  Points  as- above  is  faid.  (6)  And  if  any 
fuch  TrefpafTer  be  attainted,  that  he  hath  taken  tame 
Beafts,  or  other  Thing,  in  the  Parks,  by  Manner 
of  Robbery,  in  coming,  tarrying,  or  returning,  let 
the  Common  Lav/  be  executed  upon  him,  as  upon  9H,  3.  fut 
him  that  is  attainted  of  open  Theft  and  Robbery,  as 
well  at  the  Suit  of  the  King,  as  of  the  Party.' 


C.  IO,   II. 

Mend  by  1  Ed. 
3.  fiat.  1.  c.  8. 


See  likewife  II  Ed.  I.  ft-it.  %.  making  it  lawful  to  kill  MalefaSors  in  Parks  if  they  wi  I 
c.zy  §.4.  extending  the  Law   to   enclosed  Grounds  where.  Deer  arc  kept,  and  to  Lords  of 


CAP.     XXI. 
No  Wafte  fhall  be  made  in  Wards  Lands ;  nqr  in  Bifiiops,  during  the  Vacation. 


ENdroit  des  terres  des  heirs  deinz  age,  qi  font 
en  la  garde  lours  feignurs  ;  purveu  eft,  qe  le 
gardeins  les  gardent,  &  lour  fuftenent,  faunz  de- 
•uj-uclioh  faire  en  toute  rien  ;  &  qe  de  cele  manere 
des  gardes  foit  fait  en  touz  points,  felone  ceo  qil 
eft  contenu  en  la  graunde  Chartere  des  fraunchifes 
le  Roi  Henry,  pier  le  Roi  qore  eft,  &  qe  iffint 
foit  ufee  deforemes  :  &  per  mefme  la  manere  foient 
gardes  les  Erchevefqes,  Evefqes,  Abbeys,  Eglifes, 
&  Dignitees,  eh  temps  de  vacation. 


ing  Wafte,     28.E1J.  I 


|N   Right  of  Lands   of  Heirs  being   within  Age,»g,.0-.  Waft   32 
I    which  be  in  Ward  of  their  Lords  ;  it  is  provided,  37/49,  6$,  107, 
That  the  Guardians  fhall  keep  and  fuftain  the  Land,  137. 
without  making  Definition  of  any  Thing 3  (z)  and.Co-  Lit-  54- 
that  of  fuch  Manner  of  Wards  fhall  be  done  in  all.Bro.  Wilt,  58. 
Points,  as  is  contained  in  the  great  Charter  of  Liber-  Re8ift-  7*- 
ties  made  in  the  Time  of  King  Henry,  Father  to  2  ^nft-  z°?'t' 
the  King  that  now  is,   and  that  it  be  fo  ufed  from?.  /.  \\ 
henceforth.  _    (3)    And   in   the   fame  Manner  fhall  Enfomdby  6t4. 
Archbifhopricks,    Bifhopricks,  Abbacies,  Churches,  i.-ftat.  i."'c.  5. 
and  all  fpiritual  Dignities,  be  kept  in  Time  of  Va-  "3,Ea;  ?.■  ft=;- .'• 
cation.'  ' •■■«-♦•  ""■'- 

Jtat    z.  concern^ 
fiat.  3..C.  18.      q6  Ed.  3  *.     Ohf.  by  the  IS  Car.  z.  c.  zi..  as  to  Wardfhip  by  reafon  of  Tenure. 
.   :      .  J*  Addftat.  I.  c.  13. 


CAP.    XXII, 
The  Penalty  of  an  Heir  marrying  without  Content  of  his  Guardian, 


A  Woman  Ward. 


DE S  heirs  mariez  dedeinz  age,  faunz  le  gree 
lour  gardeins,  avant  qils  eient  pafie  lage  de 
xiiii.  annz,  foit  fait  felone  ceo  qeft  contenue  en  la 
purveance  de  Merton. :  &  de  ceux  qi  ferront  ma- 
riez faunz  le  gree  lour  gardeins,  puis  qils  averont 
pafie  xiiii.  annz,  le  gardein  eit  la  double  value  de 
fon  manage,  felone  le  tenourde  mefme  la  purve- 
ance"': h  eftre  ceo  ceux  qaveront  fuftret  la  mariage, 
rendent  le  droite  value  del  mariage  au  gardein  pur 
le  trefpas,  &  ja  le  meins  le  Roi  eit  les  amendes, 
felone  mefme  cele  purveance.  Des  heirs  femeles, 
puis  qe  eles  averont  complie  lage  de  xiiii.  annz, 
&  le  Seignur,  a  qi  le  mariage  apent,  cele  ne  vou- 
dra  marier,  mes  pur  coveteife  de  la  terre  cele  vou- 
dra  tenir  de  marier ;  purveu  eft,  qe  le  Seignur  ne 
puis  aver,  ne  tenir,  per  achefon  del  mariage,  les 
rorres  a-  ceux  heirs  femels  outre  deux  annz  apres 
ie  terme  les  avantditz  xiiii.  anns :  et  fi  les  Seig- 
nurs  dedeinz  ces  deux  annz  ne  les  marient,  don- 
qes  eient  eles  action  de  recoverir  lour  heritage 
quitement,  faunz  rien  doner  pur  la  garde,  ou  pur 
la  mariage  :  &  fi  eles  per  malice,  ou  per  malveis 
counfeil,  ne  fe  voillcnt  pour  lour  chief  Seignur 
marier,  ou  eles  ne  foient  defpatagez,  qe  les  Seig- 
nurs  tiegnent  la  terre  &  leritage  jefqe  al  age  del 
male,  ceft.aflavoir,  de  xxi.  annz,  &  outre,  taunt 
qils  eient  pritj  la  value  .del  mariage. 


Voi. 


F  Heirs  married  within  Age,  without  the  Con-  z  inft.  202. 
fent  of  their  Guardians,  afore  that  they  be  paft  C1-0.  ej.  460. 
'  the  Age  of  fourteen  Years,   it  fhall  be  done  accor^Stal;  MA"°">, 
'  ding  as  it  is  contained  in  the  Statute  of  Merton.     (z)  20 IL  3'  caf"  6' 
'  And  of  them  that  fhall  be  married  without  the  Con^ 
'  fent  of  their  Guardians,  after  they  be  paft  the  Age  of 
'  fourteen  Years,  the  Guardian  fhall  have  the  double    ' 
'  Value  of  their  Marriage,   after  the  Tenour  of  the 
'  fame  Aft.     (3)  Moreover,  fuch  as  have  withdrawn 
'  their  Marriage,  fhall  pay  the  full  Value  thereof  unto 
'  their  Guardian  for  the  Trefpafs,  and  neverthelefs  the 
'  King  fhall  have  like  Amends,  according  to  the  fame  Co.  E.it.  262, 
'  A&,  *  of  him  that  hath  fo  withdrawn.     (})  And  of*  Theft  W^ds 
'  Heirs  Females,  after  they  have  accom'piifhed  the  Age  faltJliehs  M-i  tit 
'  of  fourteen  Years,  and  the  Lord  (to  whom  the  Mar-  Z,lhc0r^i'f ' 

t  it  .1   1         .11  v.  '.  ,-       r>         vV?]?'i  ;-.'!  Heir 

nage  belongethj  will  not  many  them,   but  for  to-  ,>,, .,  |c  flialPbe' 
'  vetife  of  the  Land  will  keep  them  unmarried  ;  it  i ;  „.,,  ,,,-  w..^!, 
'  provided,  That  the  Lord  fhall  not  have  nor  keep,  by 
'  Reafon  of  Marriage,  the  Lands  of  fuch  Heirs  Fe- 
'  males,  more  than  two  Years  after  the  Terni  of  the 
'  faid  fourteen  Years.     (5)  And  if  the  Lord  with  in 'the-         •    ' 
'  faid  two  Years  do  not  many  them,    then  fhall  they 
'  have  an  Action   to   recover  their  Inheritance  quit, 
f  without  giving  any  Thing  for  their  Wardihip,  or 
'  their  Marriage.     (0)  And  if  they  of  Malice,  or  by  Tlie  Pen:,!t>' of 
'  evil  Counfel,  will  not  be  marriedby  their  chid7  Louis-;''  ^<\«<^s 
'  (where  they  fhall  not  be  difparage^')  then  their  Lords  >!':,."  "se  ten* 
'  may  hold  their.  Land  and  Inheritance  ,nn;ii  they  'haw ■  1  -:u.  c,m-a.  59. 
'  accomplifhed  the  Age  of  an  Heir  Male,  ihat  is.t:>'-t. 
'  wit,  .of  One  and  twenty  Years,    and  .further  .until'R'"-  Gard-85- 
.,  '  they,  have  taken  tbe.Valueof  tire  .Ma^Jagc.^ ,T  \^°{a.'iit 

13  EJ.  I.  flat,  I,  c,  35.  for  the  Punijhmszt  of  taking  annoy  a  Ward.     Obf,  by  n  Car.  2.  c.  24.  which- abalfkes  Wafdfb:p  by  Tenure. 

H  CAP.' 


SO         C.  23—27. 


Anno  tertio  E  d  w  a  r  d  i  I. 


A.  D. 


1275, 


A  Stranger  fliall 
net  be  di  (trained 
for  Debt. 
z  Inft.  zoo.*  ' 


CAP.    XXIII. 
None  fliall  be  diftrainc.d  for  a  Debt  that  he  oweth  not. 


XT  is  provided  alfo,  That  in  no  City,  Borough, 
Town,  Market,  or  Fair,  there  be  no  Foreign 
Perfon  (which  is  of  this  Realm)  diftrained  for  any 
Debt  wherefore  he  is  not  Debtor  or  Pledge  ;  and 
whofoever  doth  it,  (hall  be  grievoufly  punifhed,  and 
without  Delay  the  Diftrefs  fliall  be  delivered  unto  him 
by  the  Bailiffs  of  the  Place,  or  by  the  King's  Bailiffs, 
if  need  be.' 


Cotton  MS- 
Urveu  eft  enfement,  qen  Citee,  Burgh,  Ville,. 
Poire,  ne  Marchee,  ne  foit  nul  homme  fo- 
rein,  qe  foit  de  ceft  roialme,  deftreint  pur  dette, 
dont  il  ne  foit  dettour  ou  plegge  ;  &  qi  le  fra,  ferra 
grevement  puniz,  &  faunz  delaie  foit  la  deftreffe 
delivere  per  les  Baillifs  del  lieu,  ou  per  autre  Bail- 
lif  le  Roi,  fi  miefter  [mefiier]  eft. 


C  A  P.       XXIV. 

The  Remedy  if  an  Officer  of  the  King  do  diffeife  any. 


See  1  R.  2.  c.  9. 

concerning  Alie- 
nations made  after  Dijje'ifm, 


|T  is  provided  alfo,  That  no  Efcheator,  Sheriff, 
*  nor  other  Bailiff  of  the  King,  by  Colour  of  his 
Office,  without  fpecial  Warrant,  or  Commandment, 
or  Authority  certain  pertaining  to  his  Office,  diffeife 
any  Man  of  his  Freehold,  nor  of  any  Thing  bdong- 
ing  to  his  Freehold;  (2)  and  if  any  do,  it  fhall  be 
at  the  Election  of  the  Diffeifee,  whether  that  the 
King  by  Office  lhall  caufe  it  to  be  amended  at  his 
Complaint,  or  that  he  will  fue  at  the  Common  Law 
by  a  Writ  of  Novel  diffeifin  ;  (2)  and  he  that  is  at- 
tainted thereof  (hall  pay  double  Damages  to  the  Plain- 
tiff,  and  fhall  be  grievoufly  amerced  unto  the  King.' 


iUrveii  eft  enfement,  qe  nul  Efchetour,  Vif- 
count,  nautre  Baillif  le  P.oi,  per  colour  de 
fon  office,  faunz  efpecia]  garraunt,  ou  comaunde- 
ment,  ou  certein  audlorite  qapent  a  fon  office,  ne 
diffeife  nul  [frank']  homme  de  fon  frank  tene- 
ment, [ne  de  chofe  qappe?ii  a  fon  frank  tenement;] 
&  fi  nul  le  face,  foit  en  la  volunte  le  ciffeifi,  qe  le 
Roi  de  fon  office  le  face  amendre  per  fa  pleint,  ou 
qil  eit  commune  ley  per  brief  de  novell  diffeifin; 
N.  celui  qi  ferra  de  ceo  atteint,  rendra  les  damages 
au  double  mefme  le  pleintif,  &  ferra  en  la  greve 
mercy  le  Roi, 


a  Inft.  260*. 

*  Read  206. 


CAP.    XXV. 
None  fhall  commit  Champerty,  to  have  Part  of  the  Tiling  in  Queftion. 


'  VTO  Officer  of  the  King  by  themf-lves,  nor  by 
'  j_^  other,  fhall  maintain  Pleas,  Suits,  or  Matters 
'  hanging  jn  the  King's  Courts,  for  Lands,  Tene- 
4  ments,  or  other  Things,  for  to  have  Part  or  Profit 

*  thereof  by  Covenant  made  between  them  ;    and  he 

*  that  doth,  fhall  be  punifhed  at  the  King's  Pleafure.' 


9H.  7. 18. 

15  H.  7.  2. 

Regit!-.  1S2 

Raft.  119, 

2  Inft.  297. 

See  c.  28. 

Fnforced  by 

13  Ed.  1.  flat.  I.  c.  49.      28  EJ.  I.* 

(hall  be  made  at  the  Affixes, 

*  Add  Stat.  3 


Ulle  Miniftre  le  Roi  ne  maintene  per  lui,  ne 
per  autre,  les  plees,  paroles,  ou  bufoignes, 
qe  fount  en  la  Court  le  Roi,  des  terres,  tene- 
mentz,  ou  des  autres  chofes,  pur  aver  part  de  ceo, 
ou  autre  profit  per  covenant  fait ;  &  qi  le  fray, 
foit  puny  a  la  volunte  le  Roi. 

33  Ed.  I.  flat,  ■f  3.      And  fee  32  H.  8.  c.  9,  ordaining  that  Proclamation  of  the  Statutes  of  Maintenance  and  Champerty 
\  Read  fat,  2^3. 


CAP.     XXVI. 

None  of  the  King's  Officers  fhall  commit  Extortion. 


Co.  Lit.  3C8. 
2  Inft.  2eg. 
See  infra,  c.  27 
fcf  30. 


ND  that  no  Sheriff,  nor  other  the  King's  Offi- 
cer, take  any  Reward  to  do  his  Office,  but 
'  fhall  be  paid  of  that  which  they  take  of  the  King ; 
■  and  he  that  fo  doth,  fhall  yield  twice  as  much,  and 
1  fhall  be  punifhed  at  the  King's  Pleafure.' 


ET  qe  null  ViTcount,  nautre  Miniftre  le  Roi, 
ne  preigne  lower  pur  faire  fon  office,  mes 
foient  paie  de  ceo  qil  pernent  del  Roi ;  &  qil  le 
fra,  rendra  le  double,  &  ferra  puny  a  la  volunte  le- 
Roi. 


fiee  23  H   6. 

C.9©  10.  fir 

the  Penalty  on  Sheriffs  taking  more  than  their  Fees,  or  levying  more  than  is  due  firlVages  of  Knights  of  Parliament.  28  H.  6.  c.  5.  for  Penalty  on  Officers  of  the. 
Cujlcms  making  -wrongful  Diflrefs.  I  Jac.  1.  c.  10.  againjl  Referees  if  a  Court  taking  Money  for  their  Report.  And  3  Geo.  1.  c.  1 5,  §,  13.  for  Penalty  on  Sheriffs 
tailing  Fees  for  levying  the  King  *  Debts. 

CAP.     XXVII. 

Clerks  of  Officers  fhall  not  commit  Extortion. 


AN D  that  no  Clerk  of  any  Jufticer,  Efcheator, 
or  Enquiror,  fhall  take  any  Thing  for  deliver- 
ing Chapiters,  but  only  Clerics  of  Juftices  in  their 
Circuits,  and  that  lis.  and  no  more,  (z)  of  every 
Wapentake,  Hundred,  or  Town,  that  arifwereth  by 
Twelve,  or  by  Six,  according  as  it  hath  been  ufed  of 


ET  qe  nul  Clerc  de  Juftice,  Defchetourr  on 
Denquerour,  nul  rien  ne  preigne  pur  liverer 
chapitres^  hors  pris  foulement  clercs  des  Juftices 
errauntz  en  lour  Eire,  Sc  ceo  ii.  foulds,  &  nient 
plus,  de  chefcun  Wapentak,  Hundred,  ou  Ville, 
qe  refpound  per  xii.  ou  per  vi.  felonc  ceo  qe  aun- 

cienement 


A.  D.  1275. 


Anno  tertio  Edward  1  I. 


C.  28 — 30. 


51 


Cotton  MS. 
cienement  feuft  ufee  ;   &  qi  autrement  le  fra,  ren  • 
dra  le  treble  de  ceo  qil  avera  pris,  &  perdra  le  fer- 
vice  fon  feignur  per  un  an. 


'  old  Time;  (3)  and  he  that  doth  contrary  fhall  pay 
'  Thrice  fo  much  as  he  hath  taken,  and  fhall  lofe  the 
'  Service  of  his  Mafter  for  one  Year.' 


*  Inft.  210. 


See  13  Ed.  x.  r.44.  for  Punijhment  on  Officers  of  the  Courts  taking  more  than  their  Fees.     And  fee  the  References  to  the  foregoing  CI  after, 

CAP.     XXVIII. 

Clerks  fhall  not  commit  Maintenance  *. 

ET  que  null  Clerc  le  Roi,  ne  de  fes  Juftices,  . '     A  ND  that  none  of  the  King's  Clerks,  nor  of  any  There  (hall  be 
ne  refceive  deforemes  prefentement  defglife,     '  2x.  Jufticer,  from  henceforth  fhall  receive  the  Pre-  no  Maimenan 
dount  plei  ou  contek  foit  en   la  Court  le  Roi, 
faunz  efpecial  congie  le  Roi ;    &  ceo  defend  il  fur 

Seine  de  perdre  fon  fervice :  Et  que  nul  Clerc  de 
uftice,  ne  de  Vifcont,  ne  mainteigne  parties  en 
quereles,  nen  bufoignes  qe  font  en  la  Court  le  Roi, 
ne  fraude  ne  face,  pur  commune  drditure  delaier 
ou  deftourber  ;  &  fi  nul  le  fait,  il  ferra  puny  per  la 
peine  profcheinement  avaunt  dite,  ou  per  plus 
grevous,  fi  le  trefpas  le  requert. 


'  fentment  of  any  Church,  for  the  which  any  Plea  or  of  any  Matter 
Debate  is  in  the  King's  Court,  without  fpecial  Li-  pending  in  the 
cence  of  the  King  ;    and  that  the  King  forbiddeth,  K'n"='sCoutt' 
upon  Pain  to  lofe  the  Church,    and  his  Service  : 
And  that  no  Clerk  of  any  Jufticer,  or  Sheriff,    take 
Part  in  any  Quarrels  of  Matters  depending  in  the 
King's  Court,   nor  fhall  work  any  Fraud,  whereby 
common  Right  may  be  delayed  or  difturbed ;    and  if  Regift.  18s 
any  fo  do,  he  fhall  be  punifhed  by  the  Pain  aforefaid,  Raft'  IJ9> 
or  more  grievoufly,  if  the  Trefpafs  do  fo  require.' 


r-7. 


Enforced  by 

13  Ed. 1. fiat.  I.  c.  tct.     28  Ed.  l.fiat.  3.  c.  II.      33  Ed.  I. fiat.  7.  & '3.     I  Ed.  3.  flat.  2.  c.  14.     4EJ.3.C.11.      20  Ed.  3.  c. ■ -4.  and  1  R.  2.   0,4.    which 
provides  Penalties  againfi  Maintenors.     Add  32  H.  8.  c .  9.  againji  Bracery  and  buying  of  Titles,  ivbich  farther  enforces  the  Statutes  again/1  Maintenance. 

*  It  is  objervable  that  lie  Offences  of  Maintenance  and  Champerty  are  often  confounded,  and  indifcrijninately  ufeJ,  but  Champerty  fignifes  a  Barm 
gain  ivitb  the  Plaintiff  or  Defendant  in  any  Suit  to  have  Part  of  the  Land,  Debt,  or  other  Thing  on  Suit,  if  the  Party  that  undertakes  it  prevails 
therein.  Maintenance  is  the  unlawful  upholding  a  Caufc  or  Pcrfon,  or  the  buying  of  pretended  Bights  to  Lands,  &c.  Every  Champerty,  as  Lord 
Ctke  observes,  is  Maintenance  j  but  every  Maintenance  is  not  Champerty  1   For  Champerty  is  but  a  Species  of  Maintenance,  ivbich  is  the  Genus, 

CAP.    XXIX. 


The  Penalty  of  a  Serjeant  or  Pleader  committing  Deceit. 


PUrveu  eft  enfement,  qe  fi  nul  ferjaunt,  Count 
\Countre\  ou  autre,  face  nule  manere  de  de- 
ceite,  ou  de  collufion  en  la  Court  le  Roi,  ou  con- 
fente  de  faire  la  en  deceite  de  la  Court,  &  pur  en- 
giner  la  court,  ou  la  partie,  &  de  ceo  foit  atteint ; 
tors  eit  la  prifone  dun  an  &  dun  jour,  &  mes  ne 
foit  oie  en  la  Court  a  counter  per  nulluy.  Et  fi 
ceo  eft  autre  que  countour,  per  mefme  la  manere 
eit  la  prifone  dun  an  &  dun  jour  a  tout  le  meins  ; 
&  fi  le  trefpas  demaunde  greivoure  peine,  foit  a  la 
volume  le  Roi. 

c»  4.  and  18  H,  6.  c.  9.  •tcbii 


IT  is  provided  alfo,  That  if  any  Serjeant,  Pleader,  ii«ft,  212,413. 
or  other,  do  any  Manner  of  Deceit  or  Collufion 
in  the  King's  Court,  or  confent  unto  it,  in  Deceit  of 
the  Court,  or  to  beguile  the  Court,  or  the  Party,  and 
thereof  be  attainted,  he  fhall  be  imprifoned  for  a  Year 
and  a  Day,  and  from  thenceforth  fhall  not  be  heard 
to  plead  in  that  Court  for  any  Man  ;  (2)  and  if  he 
be  no  Pleader,  he  fhall  be  imprifoned  in  like  Manner 
by  the  Space  of  a  Year  and  a  Day  at  lea'ft ;  and  if  the 
Trefpafs  lequire  greater  Punifhment,  it  fhall  be  at  f  «f°"'f  **f  ">• 
the  King's  Pleafure.'  c!I  /o*  H  <t 

b  makes  the  10  H.  6.  c.  4.  perpetual.     Raft,  2.     II  Ed.  4.  3b.      Palmer  28S.     Salk,  ji". 


C  A  P.     XXX. 

Extortion  by  Juftices  Officers. 


ET  puree  qe  multz  des  gentz  fe  pleinent  qe  les 
ferjauntes,  criours  de  fee,  &  les  Marefchalx 
des  Juftices  en  Eyre,  &  des  autres  Juftices,  per- 
cent a  tort  deniers  de  ceux  qi  recoverent  feifine  de 
terre,  ou  qui  wainent  \galgneni\  lours  querels,  & 
de  fine  leve,  &  des  jurours,  viles,  prifonns,  &  des 
autres  attachez  a  plee  de  la  corone,  autrement  qe 
faire  ne  deufTent,  en  multz  des  maneres  ;  &  de 
ceo  qil  y  ad  pluis  graunt  nombre  deux  qe  aver  ne 
deuft,  per  quei  le  poeple  eft  malement  greve ;  le 
Roi  defende,  qe  ceftes  chofes  ne  foient  faites  de- 
foremes ;  &  fi  nul  ferjeaunt  de  fee  le  face,  lofnce 
foit  pris  en  la  main  le  Roi ;  et  fi  Marefchals  des 
Tvftices  le  fucent,  foient  puniz  grevement  a  la  vo- 
iunte  le  Roi ;  &  a  touzles  pleintifs,  lun  &  lautre, 
tende  le  treble  de  ceo  qil  avera  iffi  pris, 


c,  44.  For  Punij 


ND  forafmuch  as  many  complain  themfelves  of  nEd.  4.  3'.  b. 

Officers,  Cryers  of  Fee,  and  the  Maifhals  of4Inft-,QI- 

"  Juftices  in  Eyre,  taking  Money  wrongfully  of  fuch 

"  as  recover  Seifih  of  Land,   or  of  them  that  obtain 

"  their  Suits,    and   of  Fines   levied,    and  of  Jurors, 

"  Towns,  Prifoners,  and  of  others  attached  upon  Pleas 

"  of  the  Crown,  otherwife  than  they  ought  to  do,  in 

"  divers  Manners  ;    (2)    and  forafmuch  as  there  is  a 

"  greater  Number  of  them  than   there  ought  to  be, 

"  whereby  the  People  are  fore  grieved ,"  'The  King 

'  commandeth  that  fuch  Things  be  no  more  done  from 

'  henceforth;    (3)  and  if  any  Officer  of  Fee  doth  it, 

c  his  Office  fhall   be  taken  into  the  King's  Hand  ;    (4I I , 

'  and  if  any  of  the  Juftices  Marfhals  do  it,  they  fhall 

'  be  grievoufly  punifhed  at  the  King's  Pleafure ;    (;) 

'  and  as  well  the  one  as  the  other  fhall  pay  unto  the 

'  Complainants  the  treble  Value  of  that  they  have  re- 

I  '  ceived  in  fuch  manner.'  .         _, 

S  e  12  Ed.  i, 
menl  on  Officers  of  the  Courts  taking  more  than  tleir  Fees.     And  liiewife  the  References  to  c.  »5» 

H  2  CAP. 


52 


C.  3 1—3 3- 


Anno  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  1275, 


■z  Infh  2-19, 
9  H.  ■s.fiat.  1. 


Jevot  in  the 


CAP.     XXXI. 

The  Penalty  for  taking  exceffive  Toll  in  a  City,  &c.     Murage  granted  to  Cities. 


See  Weirm.  2, 
13  £rf.  I.  fiat,  1. 


TOuching  them  that  take  outragious  Toll,  con- 
trary to  the  common  Cuftom  of  the  Realm,  in 
Market-Towns  ;  it  is  provided,  That  if  any  do  fo 
in  the  King's  Town,  which  is  let  in  Fee-farm,  the 
King  fhall  feife  into  his  own  Hand  the  Franchife  of 
the  Market;  and  if  it  be  another's  Town,  and  the 
fame  be  done  by  the  Lord  of  the  Town,  the  King 
{hall  do  in  like  manner;  (2)  and  if  it  be  done  by  a 
Bailiff,  *  or  an\ •mean  Officer,  without  the  Command- 
ment of  his  Lord,  he  mallreftore  to  the  Plaintiff  as 
'mucli  more  for  the  outragious  taking,  as  he  had  of 
him,  if  he  had  carried  away  his  Toll,  and  mall  have 
forty  Days  imprifohtnent.  (3)  Touching  Citizens 
'arid  Burgeffes,  towhom  the  King  or  his  Father  hath 
granted  Murage  to  enclofe  their  Towns,  which  take 
iiich  Murage  otherwife  than  it  was  gi*anted  unto 
them,  and  thereof  be  attainted  j  It  Is  provided,  That 
they  fhall  lofe  their  Grant  for  ever,  and  ihall  be  grie- 
voufly  amerced  unto  the  King.' 

0.  25.  vibicb  gives  an  Affizcof  Novel  Dffcifinfor  Tj!!,  &c. 


Cotton  MS. 
E  ceux  qe  pernent  outrageous  tholun,  encon- 
tre  comune  ufage  del  Roialme,  en  vile  mar- 
chaunte ;  purveu  eft,  qe  fi  nul  le  face  en  la  ville  le 
Roi  mefmes,  qe  foit  a  fee  ferme,  le  Roi  prendra  la 
fraunchife  del  marche  en  fa  main  ;  &  fi  ceo  eft  autw 
ville,  &  foit  fait  per  le  feignur  de  mefme  la  .ville, 
le  Roi  fra  per. mefme  la  manere;  &  fil  foit  fait  per 
le  Baillif  fauriz  le  comaundement  le  feignur,  il 
rendra  al  pleintif  a  taunt  pur  loulrageoufe  pris, 
come  il  voufoit  aver  pris  de luy,  fil  euft  emporte 
fon  tholon,  &  ovefqe  ceo  il  avera  la  prifone  de 
quarant  jours.  De  Citeins  &  de  Burghes,  a  qi  le 
le,  Roi  ou  fon  pier  ad  graunte  murage,  pur  lour 
ville  enclofe,  &  qe  cele  murage  pernent  autrement 
qe'lour  eft  graunte,  &  de  ceo  foient  atteintz;  pur- 
veu eft,  qils  perdent  celle  grace  [graunte]  de  toute 
le  temps  qe  ferra  a  venir,  Ac  ferront  en  la  greve 
'mercy  le  Roi. 


CAP.     XXXII. 


The  Penalty  of  Purveyors  not-paying  for  what  they  take. 


The  King's  Carriages. 


Enforced  and 
amended  by 
aSEd.  i. fiat.; 


Taking  of 

Horfes  and  Carts 
for  the  Kins. 
21  R.a.c.  5.  f 

Erfti.ctd  by 

s8H.  6.  c.  2. 

*  For  or  by  one 
that  iz  not  of  tie 
Court,  nad  or  ly 
one  that  is  of  the 
Cow  r,  or  b' 

Car.  2.    C 


F  fuch  as  take  Victual  or  other  Things  to  the 
King's  Ufe  upon  Credence,  or  to  the  Garrifon 
'  of  a  Caftle,  or  otherwife,  and  when  they  have  re- 
'  ceived  their  Payment  in  the  Exchequer  or  in  the 
'•Wardrobe,  or  otherwhere,  they  with-hold  it  from' 
'.  the  Creditors,  to  their  greatDamage,  and  Slander  of 
'■  the  King;  it  is  provided,  for  fuch  as  have  Lands  or 
"•  Tenements,  That  incontinent  it  fhall  be  levied  of 
'•  their  Lands,  or  of  their  Goods,  and  paid  unto  the 
'  Creditors,  with  the  Damages  they  have  fuftained, 
'  and  (hall  make  Fine  for  the  Trefpafs  ;  and  if  they 
'  have  no  Lands  nor  Goods,  they  fhall  be  irnprifoned 
'  at  the  King's  Will,  (z)  And  of  fuch  as  take  Part 
'  of  the  King's  Debts,  or  other  Rewards  of  the  King's 
'  Creditors  for  to  make  Payment  of  the  fame  Debts  ; 
'  it  is  provided,  That  they  fhall  pay  the  Double  there- 
'  of,  and  be  grievoufly  punifhed  at  the  King's  Pleafure. 
'  (3)  And  of  fuch  as  take  Horfe  or  Carts  for  the  King's 
'  Carriage  more  than  need,  and  take  Rewards  to  let 
'  fuch  Horfe  or  Carts  go;  it  is  provided,  That  if  any 
'  of  the  Court  fo  do,  he  fhall  be  grievoufly  punifhed  by 
'  the  Marfhals ;  (4)  and  if  it  be  done,  out  of  the  Court, 
'  *  or  by  one  that  is  not  of  the  Court,  and  be  thereof  at- 
'  tainted,  he  fhall   pay  treble  Damages,  and  fhall  re- 


^  ceux  qui  pernent  vitaille,  ou  null  riens  al 
oeps  le  Roi  a  creaunce,  ou  a  garnifon  del 
Chattel,  ou  aillours,  &  quant  ils  avont  refceu  le 
paiement  al  Efcheqer,  ou  engarderobe,  ou  aillours, 
detiegnent  le  paiement  tie  creaunceours,  a  graunt 
damage  deeux,  '&  en  efclaundre  de  Roi;  purveu. 
eft,  de  ceux  qount  terres  &  tenementz,  qe  meinte- 
n'ant  foit  leve  ceo  de  lour  terres,  &  de  lour  cha- 
teux,  &  paie  as  creaunceours,  ove  les  damages  qils 
averont  eu,  &  foient  reint  pur  le  trefpas;  &  fil 
neient  terre,  ne  tenement,  foient  en  la  prifone  a  la 
volunte  le  Roi.  De  ceux  qui  partie  de  dette  le 
Roi,  ou  autres  lowers  pernent  de  creaunceours  le 
Roi,  pur  faire  le  paie  de  mefmes  celes  dettes  ;•  pur-' 
veu  eft,  qil  rendent  le  double,  &  foient  puniz  gre- 
vement  a  la  volunte  le  Roi.  Et  de  ceux  qi  pernent 
chivaux,  ou  charettes,  affaire  le  cariage  le  Roi,, 
pluis  qe  miefter  ne  ferroit,  &  pernent  lowers  pur 
releffer  les  chivaux,  ou  les  charettes ;  purveu  eft, 
qe  fi  nul  de  la  Court  le  face,  fi  ferra  grevement 
chaftie  per  les  Marefchals;  &  fi  ceo  foit  fait  hors. 
de  la  Courte,  per  homme  de  la  Court,  ou  per  au- 
tre, &  il  en  foit  atteint,  fi  rendra  le  treble,  &  ferra 
en  la  prifone  le  Roi  quarant  jours. 


Mutiny  /lei:. 


t  Co.  36. 


main  in  the  King's  Prifon  forty  Days. 

>y  any   o'.btr.     See  31.  Ed.  3.  c.  2.      Obf.   the   12  Car.  2.  c.  24.  taking  away  Purveyance.     But  fee  13  Car.  2.  fiat.  c.  8,  and  1  Joe.  2.  c.  20.     13  fif  14 
20.  fif;  ending  the  12  Car.  2.  in  favour  oftbeKing's  royal  Prognfjh,  and  of  bis  Navy  and  Ordnance,  lubicb  Ails  arc  all  expired,     S$e  likcwife  tbe  yearly 


2  fnlt.  2T3. 

■{•  This  Jeems  to  he  a  m'tftak  n  Reference, 


CAP.     XXXIII. 

* 

No  Maintainers  of  Quarrels  fhall  be  fuffered. 


T  is  provided,  That  no  Sheriff  fhall  fuffer  any 

Parretors    or    Maintainers  of  Quarrels  in   their 

Shires,  neither  Stewards  of  great  Lords,  nor  other 

(unlefs  he  be  Attorney  for  his  Lord)  to  make  Suit, 

nor  to  give  Judgements  in  the  Counties,  nor  to  pro- 

4 


P' 


Urveu  eft,  qe  nul  Vifcont  ne  fuffre  barettour 
maintener  paroles  en  Countees,  ne  fenefchabc 
de  graunts  feignors,  ne  dautrcs  qi  ne  .foit  attourne 
fon  feignur,  a  feute  faire,  ou  feutcr  defaire  les  Ju- 
fticementz  des  Countees,  ne  pronuncier  les  Jufti- 

cementz, 


A.  D.  1275. 


Anno tertio  Edwardi  I. 


<£  34—  36-  S3 


Cotton  MS. 
eementz,  fil  lie  foit  efpecialment  prie.  Strequis  de 
eeo  faire  de  touz  les'  feutours,  &  les  attournes  des 
feutours,  qi  y  ferront  ale  journe;  &  fi  nul  le  face, 
le  Roi  fe  prendre  greyoufement,  &avifcount,  &  a 
luy, 

fiat,  3.  c  11.      3J&/.  I.  fiat.%.     X-Ed.  %.fiat.  i.e.  14. .  qEd.  3 
Penalties  on  unlawful  Maintenance. 


'  nounce  the  Judgements,  If  he  be  not  fpecially  re- 

'  quired  and  prayed  of  all  the  Suitors,  and  Attornies 

'  of  the  Suitors,  which  fnall  be  at  the  Court;  and-if  !%*•  T-  c-  23- 

<  any  do,    the  King  {hall  punifh  grievotifly  both  the  f*J™ ™  b3    f 

'  Sheriff  and  him  that  fo  doth.        •  c\q.\%Ed. 1.' 

c.  II.      zo  £rf.  3.  £-.4.       1  iJ/fi.  2.  it.  4,  1  1  iJ/i-A.  2.  c.  7.     .Aw/  32  H.  8.  c.  9.  injiicT.ng 


C  A  P.     XXXIV. 


None  ihall  report  flanderous  News,  whereby  Difcord  may  arife. 


PUrceo  qe  plufours  aunt  fovent  trove  en  counte 
controveures,  dont  difcorde  ou  manere  de  dif- 
cord ad  ad  efte  fovent  entre  le  Roi  .&  fon  people, 
ou  afcuns  hautes  hommes  de  fon  roialme;  eft  de- 
fendu  pur  le  damage  qe  ad  efte,  &  unqore  en  purreit 
avenir,  que  defore  en  avant  nul  ne  foit  fi  hardy  de 
dire,  ne  de  counter  nul  faux  novel,  ou  controveure, 
dount  nul  defcorde,  ou  manere  de  difcord,  ou  de- 
fclandre,  puiffe  furdre  entre.  le  Roi  St  fon  poeple, 
ou  les  hautes  hommes- de  fon  roialme  ;  &  qi  le  fra, 
foitpris&  detenuz  enprifone,  jefqes  a  taunt  qil  eit 
trove  en  Court  celuy,  dount  le  poeple  \Ja  parole] 
ferra  move. 


Orafmuch  as  there  have  been  oftentimes  found  in  1  Leon.  287. 
the  Country  Devifcrs  of  Tales,  whereby  Dif-  Dyer  155. 
"  cord,    or  Occafion  of  Difcord,    hath   many  times  2l"^- "5- 
"  arifen  between  the  King^  and  his  People,  or  great  J2Ro°j  '"'_ 
"  Men  of  this  Realm;"  '  tor  the  Damage  that  hath  3  BulBr. 225. . 
'  and  may  thereof  enfue,  it  is  commanded,  That  from 
'  henceforth  none  be  fo  hardy  to  tell  or  publifh  any 
'  falfe  News  or  Tales,  whereby  Difcord,  or  Occafion 
'  of  Difcord  or  Slander  may  grow  between  the  King 
'  and  his   People,  or  the  great   Men  of  the  Realm; 
'  (2)  and  he  that  doth  fo,  fhall  betaken  and  kept  in  EnfrcedlyzR. 
1  Prifon,  until  he  hath   brought  him  into  the  Court,  2-  "at- 1>c'  5- 
'  which  was  the  firft  Author  of  the  Tale.'  clrfrmeTaid' 

extended  by  1  8c  2  Ph.  &  M,  c.  3.  and  further  by  1,  El.  c.  6. 


CAP.     XXXV. 
The  Penalty  for  arrefting  within  a  Liberty  thofe  that  hold  not  thereof. 


^ES  hautes  hommes,  &  lour  Baillifs,  &  des 
autres,  horfpris  les  Miniftres  le  Roi  a  qi  ef- 
peciale  audlorite  eft  done  de  ceo  faire,  qi  a  lapleinte 
des  afcuns,  ou  per  lour  aurStorite  demefne,  atta- 
chent  autres  ou  lour  biens  trefpaffantz,  per  lour 
poair,  a  refpoundre  devant  eux  de  contrarStz,  cove- 
nantz,  &  de  trefpas  fait  hors  de  lour  poair  &  lour 
jurifdiclion,  la  ou  ils  ne  tenent  rien  deux,  ne  de- 
deinz  la  fraunchife  eu  lour  poair  eft,  en  prejudice 
del  Roi  &  de  la  Corone,  &  al  damage  del  poeple ; 
purveu  eft,  -qe  nul  deforemes  ne  le  face  ;  &  fi  af- 
cun  le  fait,  il  rendra  a  celui,  qi  per  cele  achefon 
ferra  attache,  fon  damage  a  double,  &  ferra  en  le 
greve  mercye  le  Roi. 


F  great  Men  and  their  Bailiffs,  and  other  (the 
King's  Officers  only  excepted  unto  whom  ef- 
pecial  Authority  is  given)  which  at  the  Complaint  of 
fome,  or  by  their  own  Authority,  *  attach  other  paf- 
ftng  through  their  Jurifdiclion  with  their  Goods,  com- 
pelling them  to  anfwer  afore  them  upon  Contracts, 
Covenants,  and  Trefpaffes,  done  out  of  their  Power 
and  their  JurifdicUan,  where  indeed  they  hold  no- 
thing of  them,  nor  within  the  Franchife,  where  their 
Power  is,  in  Prejudice  of  the  King  and  his  Crown, 
and  to  the  Damage  of  the  People ;  it  is  provided, 
That  none  from  henceforth  fo  do  ;  (z)  and  if  any 
do,  he  fhall  pay  to  him,  that  by  this  Occafion  fhall 
be  attached,  his  Damages  double,  and  fnall  be  grie- 
voufly  amerced  to  the  King.' 


a  Inil.  2:9. 


*  For  attach 
other  pafftng 
through  their 
Jurifdiclion  with 
their  Goods,  read 
attach  others  or 
their  Goods  on 
account  ofTrcf- 
pafs,  by  their 
Power  compelling 
them,  &c, 
Lutw.  1026. 

F.-N.B.  45,  U  . 


CAP.     XXXVI. 

Aid  to  make  the  Son  Knight,  or  to  marry  the  Daughter. 

Urceo  qe  avant  ces  heures  ne  fuift  unques  revable  a  eide  a  faire  fitz  eigne  Chivaler,  ou  a  file  mark  r, 
mife  au  certein,  ne  quant  ele  devoit  eftre  prife,  ne  quele  houre,  per  quei  les  uns  leverent  outrageoufe 
eide,  &  pluis  toft  qe  ne  fembleit  miftre,  dont  le  poeple  fe  fent  greve;  purveu  eft,  qe  deforemes  de  fee  de 
Chivaler  enter  foulement  foient  donnez  xx.  s.  &  de  xx.  livers  [hidez]  de  terre  tenue  per  focage,  xx.  s.  & 
de  pluis,  pluis;  &  de  meins,  meins,  felonc  lafterant :  &  qe  nul  ne  puiffe  lever  tiel  eide  afaire  fon  fitz  chi- 
valer, tant  come  fon  fitz  foit  dage  de  xv.  annz,  ne  fa  file  marier,  tant  come  ele  foit  de  vii.  annz ;  &  de  ceo 
ferra  fait  mention  en  brief  le  Roi  fourme  fur  ceo  quant  lem  voet  demaunder;  &  fil  avint  qe  le  pier,  quaunt 
il  avera  leve  tiel  eidedefes  tenantz,  moerge  avaunt  qil  eit  fafille  marie,  les  executours  le  pier  foient  tenuz  a 
la  file,  en  taunt  come  le  pier  avera  refceu  pur  ceft  eide;  &  fi  les  biens  le  pier  ne  fuffifent,  fon  heirfoit  de  ceo 
tcnu  a  la  fille. 

a  ReafonaMe,  1  Ir.fi> 


13  Co.  27,  2?, 

29. 

I  Roll  157,  1G5. 

Rcgift.  8-. 

F.  N.  B.  8a,  B. 

122.  G, 

2,  Inft.  231, 
Enforced  by 
25  Ed.  3.  Hat.  5, 
c.  1 1 .  and  be- 
come ohf.  by  12 
Car.  2.  c.  24. 
which  abolijbet 
Knight's  Service. 


C-  A  F, 


54 


G,  37— \o. 


Anno  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  1275. 


C.'A  P.     XXXVII. 


The  Penalty  of  a  Man  attainted  of  Difieifin  with  Robbery  in  the  King's  Time. 


f  it*.  Damages, 

10. 

14  H.  7. 


'5- 
'lie 


*  Not  in 
Original, 


*  If  he  be  pre- 
sent. 


2  Inft.  a 


35- 


2?nft.  237. 
44  Ed.  3.  2. 
Rejift.  122. 
Raft.  84. 
See  14  -£V.  2. 
t.  2. 

Enforced  by 
I  Ed.  3.  flat.  I. 
c.  6. 

5  Ed.  3  c.  6&  7 
28  Ed.  3.  c  8. 
C.  ■$.  for  farther 


IT  is  provided  alfo  and  agreed,  That  if  any  Man  be 
attainted  of  Diffeifin  done  in  the  Time  of  the 
King  that  now  is,  with  Robbery  of  any  Manner  of 
Goods  or  Moveables,  *  and  be  found  againjl  him  by 
Recognifance  of  Affile  of  Novel diffeifin,  the  Judge- 
ment fhall  be  fuch  ;  that  the  Plaintiff  fhall  recover 
his  Seifin  and  his  Damages,  as  well  of  the  Goods  and 
Moveables  aforefaid,  as  for  the  Freehold,  (2)  and  the 
Diffeifor  fhall  make  Fine,  which,  whether  he  be  pre- 
fent  or  not  (*  fo  it  be  prefented)  fhall  firft  be  award- 
ed to  Prifon.  (3)  And  in  like  Manner  it  fhall  be 
done  of  Diffeifin  with  Force  and  Arms,  although 
there  be  no  Robbery.' 


Cotton  MS. 

PUrveu  eft  &  acorde  enfement,  qe  fi  homme  eft 
atteint  de  diffeifine  faite  au  temps  le  Roi  qore 
eft,  ou  roberie  de  nulle  manere  de  chatel,  ou  de 
moveble  per  reconiffaunce  daffife  de  novel  diffei- 
fine, le  jugement  foit  tiel ;  qe  le  pleintif  recovere 
fa  feifine  &  fes  damages,  auxibien  del  chatel  &  del 
moeble  avantdites,  come  del  eles  [des  antra  chofes 
des  tenementz]  &  le  diffeifour  foit  reint,  le  quel  qil 
foit  prefent,  ou  non,  iffi  qe  fi  il  foit  prefent,  pri- 
mes foit  agarde  a  la  prifone  :  &  per  mefme  la  ma- 
nere foit  faite  de  diffeifine  faite  a  force  &  armes, 
tout  ne  face  lem  roberie. 


CAP.     XXXVIII. 
An  Attaint  fhall  be  granted  in  Piea  of  Land  touching  Freehold. 


"  TTOrafmuch  as  certain  People  of  this  Realm  doubt 
"  J/  very  little  to  make  a  falfe  Oath  (which  they 
"  ought  not  to  do)  whereby  much  People  are  difhe- 
"  rited,  and  lofe  their  Right;"  (z)  '  it  is  provided, 
'  That  the  King,  of  his  Office,  fhall  from  henceforth 
*  grant  Attaints  upon  Enquefts  in  Plea  of  Land,  or  of 
'  Freehold,  or  of  any  Thing  touching  Freehold,  when 
'  it  fhall  feem  to  him  neceffary.' 

34Ed.3.c,7.     And fee  9  Ricb.z.  c.3.     n  H.  6.  c.  4.       15P.6.C.5. 
Regulations  of  Attaints,  ivhicb  is  made  ferfetual  by  13  El.  4.  c.  25. 


PUrceo  qe  afcuns  gentz  de  la  terre  doutent 
meyns  [maveis]  faux  ferement  qe  faire  ne 
deuiTent,  per  quei  multz  des  gentz  font  defheritez, 
&  perdent  lour  droit;  Purveu  eft,  qe  deforemes  le 
Roi,  de  fon  office,  durra  atteint  fur  enqueftes  en 
plee  de  terre,  ou  de  fraunchife,  ou  de  chofe  qe 
touche  fraunk  tenement,  quaunt  il  lui  femblera  qe 
bufoigne  foit. 
3  H.  6.  c.  2.     11 H.  7.  c.  21  £?  24.     19  H.  7.  c,  3.   and  23  II.  g. 


CAP.     XXXIX. 

Several  Limitations  of  Prefcription  in  feveral  Writs. 


Co.  Lit.  114. 
115. 


"  \  ND  forafmuch  as  it  is  long  Time  paffed  fince 
"   X\_  the  Writs  under-named  were  limited  ;"  '  it  is 

*  provided,  That  in  conveighing  a  Delcent  in  a  Writ 

*  of  Right,  none  fhall  prefume  to  declare  of  the  Seifin 

*  of  his  Anceftor  further,  or  beyond  the  Time  of  King 
'  Richard,  Uncle  to  King  Henry,  Father  to  the 
'  King  that  now  is  ;  (2)  and  that  a  Writ  of  Novel  dif- 
'  feifui,  of  Partition,  which  is  called  Nuper  obi'tt,  have 

*  their  Limitation  fince  the  firft  Voyage  of  King  Hen- 
'  ry,  Father  to  the  King  that  now  is,  into  Gafcoin. 

*  [\)  And  that  Writs  of  Moitdanceflor,  of  Cofinage, 

*  of  Aiel,  of  Entry,  and  of  Nativis,  have  their  Limi- 
'  ration  from  the  Coronation  of  the  fame  King  Hen- 

*  ry,  and  not  before.  (4)  Neverthelefs  all  Writs 
'  purchafed  now  by  themfelves,  or  to  be  purchafed  be- 
'  tween  this  and  the  Feaft  of  St.  John,  for  one  Year 

so  H.  3.  c.8.     '  compleat,    fhall  be  pleaded  from  as  long  Time,  as 
Altered  by  32  H.  <■  heretofore  they  have  been  ufed  to  be  pleaded.' 

i.  c.  2.  and 21  ' 

J-x.c.,6.  c   A   R 


Tr  T  purceo  qe  le  temps  eft  mult  paffe  puis  qe  les 
1.2.  briefs  defouznofmez  furent  autrefoitz  limitez; 
purveu  eft,  qe  en  Count  de  defcente  al  brief  del 
droit,  nul'  ne  foit  oie  de  demaunder  la  feifine  fon 
aunceftre  de  pluis  long  tiele  feifine,  qe  del  temps 
le  Roi  Richard,  Uncle  le  Roi  Henry,  le  pier 
Is  Roi  qore  eft;  &  qe  les  briefs  de  novel  diffeifine, 
&  de  purpartie,  qeft  appelle  nuper  obiit,  eient  le 
terme  puis  le  primer  paflage  le  Roi  Henri,  pier 
le  Roi  qore  eft,  en  Gafcoigne :  &  qe  brief  de  mort 
de  aunceftre,  de  Cofinage,  del  aiel,  &  dentre,  & 
brief  de  neyvte  [Ncifte]  eient  le  terme  del  corone- 
ment  mefme  le  Roi  Henry,  &  nemye  avaunt: 
mes  qe  touz  les  briefs  ore  aper  mefmes  purchafe, 
ou  qe  lem  purchacera  entre  ycy  &  la  feint  Johan 
en  un  an,'  foient  plede  de  temps  qavant  foleient 
eftre  pledcz. 


XL. 


Voucher  to  Warranty,  and  Counter-pleading  of  Voucher. 


1  Inft.  435. 


"  T?Orafmuch  as  many  People  are  delayed  of  their 
"  J/    Right  by  falfe  vouching  to  Warranty  ;"  '  it  is 

*  provided,  That  in  Writs  of  Poffeffion,  firft  in  Writ 

*  of  Mortdauncefier,  of  Cofinage,  of  Aiel,  Nuper  obiit, 

*  oflntrufion,  and  other  like  vVrits,    whereby  Lands 

*  or  Tenements  are   demanded,    which   ought  to  de- 

*  fcend,  revert,  remain,   or  efcheat  by  the  Death  of 


PUrceo  qe  rnults  des  gentz  font  delaiez  de  lour 
droit  per  faufement  voucher  a  garraunt ;  pur- 
veu eft,  en  briefs  de  poffeffion  tout  a  primes,  come 
en  briefs  de  mort  daunceftre,  Cofinage,  del  aiel, 
nuper  obiit,  de  intrufion,  &  autres  briefs  fembla- 
bles,  per  les  queux  terres  ou  tencmentz  foient  de- 
maundez,  qe  devient  defcendre,  revcrtir,  remayn- 

dic, 


A.  D.  1275, 


Anno  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


C.  41, 


55 


Cotton  MS. 
dre,  ou  efchier  per  mort  daunceftre,  ou  dautre,  qe 
fi  le  tenant  vouche  a  garraunt,  &  le  demandaunt 
lecountre  plede,  &  voille  averrir  per  affile,  ou  per 
pais,  on  en  autre  manere,  ficome  le  Court  le  Roi 
agardera,  qe  le  tenaunt,  ou  fon  aunceftre  qe  heir 
il  eft,  fuift  le  primer  qi  entra  apres  la  mort  cely  de 
qi  feifine  il  demaunde  ;  (bit  laverrement  del  de- 
maundant  refceu,  fi  le  tenant  le  voille  attendre  ; 
&  fi  ceo  non,  foit  bote  outre  a  autre  refpounfe, 
fil  neit  fon  garraunt  en  prcfent,  qe  lui  voille  ga- 
rauntier  de  fon  gree,  &  meintenant  entre  en  re- 
fpounfe ;  fauve  al  demaundant  fes  exceptiouns 
councre  lui,  fil  voille  voucher  outre,  come  il  avoit 
avaunt,  contre  le  primer  tenant.  Derechief  en 
toute  manere  des  briefs  dentre,  que  fount  mentioun 
de  degrees,  qe  nul  deforemes  ne  vouche  hors  de  la 
lyne  ;  &  en  autres  briefs  dentre,  ou  nul  mention 
eft  fait  de  degrees,  les  queux  briefs  ne  font  fufte- 
nuz  fqrs  la  ou  les  avantditz  briefs  de  degrees  ne 
pount  gifer,  ne  leu  tenir  :  En  brief  du  droit  pur- 
veu  eft,  qe  fi  le  tenant  vcuche  a  garant,  &  le  de- 
mandant le  voille  contrepledir,  &  foit  preft  de 
averir  per  pais,  que  celui  qeft  vouche,  eu  fes  aun- 
ceftres  unqes  naveient  feifine  de  la  terre,  ou  del 
tenement  demaunde,  fee,  ne  fervife  per  la  main  le 
tenant,  ou  de  fes  aunceftres,  puis  le  temps  a  celui 
de  qi  feifinele  demaundant  counte,  jefqes  al  temps 
qe  le  brief  fuift  purchace  &  le  plee  meu  [moeve] 
per  quoi  il  poet  avoir  le  tenant,  ou  fes  aunceftres, 
feffe  ;  foit  la  verrement  al  demaundant  refceu,.  fi 
le  tenant  le  voille  attendre  ;  fi  ceo  non,  foit  le  te- 
nant bote  a  autre  refpons,  fil  nek  fon  garrant  en 
prefent,  qi  voille  garauntier  de  fon  gree,  &  main- 
tenant  entrer  en  refpouns,  fauve  al  demaundant 
fes  exceptions  a  countre  lui,  ficome  il  avoit  avaunt 
encountre  le  primer  tenant  :  &  lavantdite  excep- 
tion eit  lieu  en  brief  de  mort  daunceftre,  &  en  au- 
tres briefs  devant  nomez,  auxibien  come  en  briefs 
qe  touchent  droit :  &  fi  le  tenant  per  cas  eit  char- 
tre  de  garauntie  dautre  homme  de  coft,  qe  ceo  foit 
oblige  en  nulle  de  les  avantditz  cas  a  la  garauntie 
de  fon  ein  degree ;  fauve  lui  foit  Ion  recoverir  per 
brief  de  garauntie  de  chartre  de  la  Chauncellerie  le 
Roi,  quaunt  il  le  voudra  purchacerj  mes  que  le 
plee  ne  foit  pur  ceo  delaie. 


e  A  P.    XLI 


any  Anceftor,  or  otherwife,  if  the  Tenant  vouch  to  Bro.  Pari.  34, 
Warranty,  and  the  Demandant  counterpleadeth  him,  Fitz-C""nttr- 
and  will  aver  by  Affife,  or  by  the  Country,  or  other-  f'"  "jf  ^ouct" 
vyife,  as  the  Court  will  award,  That  the  Tenant,  or  g?  \j    '6\  A' 
his  Anceftor,  (whofe  Heir  he  is)  was  the  firft  that  ick>, 
entered  after  the  Death  of  him,   of  whofe  Seifin  he 
demandeth  ;    the  Averment  of  the  Demandant  fhall 
be  received,    if  the  Tenant  will   abide  thereupon  ; 
(2)  and  if  not,  he  fhall  be  further  compelled  to  an- 
other Arifwer,  if  he  have  not  his  Warrantor  prefent, 
that  will  warrant  him  freely,    and  incontinent  enter 
into  the  Warranty  ;    faving  unto  the  Demandant  his 
Exceptions  againft  him,  if  he  will  vouch  further,  as 
he  had  before  againft  the  firft  Tenant.     (3)  From  Where  in  Wri» 
henceforth  in  all  Manner  of  Writs  of  Entry,  which  of  Entry  no 

make  mention  of  Degrees,  none  fhall  vouch  out  of  X!n"<£X 
.»      t  •  •         .i.        iir  ■  r  t^  i  the  Line  malice.- 

the  Line:    or  in  other  Writs  of  Entry,   where  no  Hob. 22.. 

mention  is  made  of  Degrees,   which  Writ  fhall  not 
be  maintained,    but  in  Cafes  where  the  other  Writs, 
of  Degrees  cannot  lie,  nor  hold  Place  :    (4)  and  in  a  Counterpleading 
Writ  of  Right  it  is  provided,  That  if  the  Tenants  »  Voucher  in 
vouch  to  Warranty,  and  the  Demandant  will  coun-  Writof  Right, 
ter-plead  him,  and  be  ready  to  aver  by  the  Country, 
that  he  that-  is  vouched  to  Warranty,  nor  his  Ancef-  Fit*.  Counter- 
tors,  had  never  Seifin  of  the  Land  or  Tenement  de-  Plea>  *c-  3>  4i 
manded,  nor  Fe 
nant,  or  hi 
whofe   Seif 

Time  that  the  Writ  was  purchafed,    and  the  Plea  48.  49>  5?>  S9> 
moved,  whereby  he  might  have  infeofFed  the  Tenant,  *j°>  63>  65>  aS>' 
or  his  Anceftors,  then  let  the  Averment  of  the  De-  j^94,  II4' 
mandant  be  received,  if  the  Tenant  will  abide  there- 
upon ;    (5)  if  not,  the  Tenant  fhall  be  further  com-  SeaoEd.  1. 
pelled  unto  another  Anfwer,  if  he  be  not  prefent  that/'"'  '■  of^ucb'-- 
will   warrant  him  freely,    and  incontinent  enter  in  ""!'    Av"funt 
Anfwer,  faving  unto  the  Demandant  his  Exceptions  °Lll7eadmhicd 
againft  him,  as  he  had  afore  againft  the  firft  Tenant,  whether  Party.' 

(6)  And  the  faid  Exception  fhall  have  Place  in  a  -vouched  be  ah- 
Writ  of  Mortdaumejlor,  and  in  the  other  Writs  be-  fe"' or  P"fi>><- 
fore  named,  as  well  as  in  Writs  that  concern  Right,  f^f ' *EJ-3" 

(7)  And  if  percafe  the  Tenant  have  a  Deed,  fixi-V^ton  Avcmett-. 
comprifeth   Warranty   of  another   Man,    which   is  Jbatl  h  received; 
bound  in  none  of  thefe  Cafes  before  mentioned  to  the  if>at  fbucbu'w 
Warranty  of  an  elder  Degree';    his  Recovery,  by.  a  ,{c'"i>  £fr- 
Writ  of  Warranty  of  Charters  out   of  the  King's  f£z;  Exccut' 
Chancery,  fhall  be  faved  to  him  at  what  Time  foever  Fax.  Gar.  de 
he  will  purchafe  it ;  howbeit  the  Plea  fhall  not  be  de-  charters,  3,  4,. 
layed  therefore.''  5;  7,  8,  9,  10, 

ij,  ii,  13,  19,. 
20,  ii,  ii,  26,, 
28,  29, 30,  31, 


The  Champion's  Oath  in  a  Writ  of  Right. 


DE  ferement  as  Champions  eft  purveu,  pur  ceo 
que  rerement  avent  qe  le  Champion  al'  de- 
mandant ne  foit  perjurs  en  ceo  qil  jure,  qil  ou  fon 
aunceftre,  qe  fon  pier  [yi/i  la  feifine  fon  feignour, 
vu  de  fon  aunceftre,  cjf  fon  pier]  lui  comanda  faire 
le  darrein  ;  qe  mes  ne  foit  le  Champion  al  de- 
maundant deftreint  a  ceo  jurere ;  mes  foit  le  fere- 
ment garde  en  touz  les  autres  pointz. 


TOuching  the  Oaths  of  Champions,  it  is  thus 
provided,  becaufe  it  feldom  happened,  but  that 
the  Champion  of  the  Defendant  is  forfworn,  in  that 
he  fweareth,  that,  he  or  his  Father  faw  the  Seifin  of. 
his  Lord,  or.  his  Anceftor,  and  that  his  Father  com- 
manded him  to  dereign  that  Right ;  that  from  hence- 
forth the  Champion  of  the  Demandant  fhall  not  be; 
compelled  fo  to  fwear  :  Neverthelefs  his  Oath  fhall; 
be  kept  in  all  other  Points,! 


1.  Inft.  14ft 


CA  P.. 


5&        C.  42— 4'S- 


Anno  tertio  Edward i  I. 


A.  D.  1275, 


C  A  P.     XLII. 

Certain  AcYions  wherein  after  Appearance  the  Tenant  fliall  not  be  effoined. 


Fitz.  Efl'oin, 

■-5*>  55»  56>  6h 

64. 

5i//.  3.  c.  13. 

C?  20. 


Ac  13  Ed.  1, 

flat.  I.  c.  17  & 

sS.  which  takes 

E/Jhin  from  Demandants  aft, 

Regulations  of  EJfoins, 


Orafmuch  as  in  a  Writ  of  Ajfife,  Attaints,  and 
Juris  utruin;  the  Jurors  been  often  troubled  by 
"  reafon  of  the  Eflbins  of  Tenants  •"  '  it  is  provided, 
'  That  after  the  Tenant  hath  once  appeared  in  the 
'  Court,  he  fliall  be  no  more  effoined,  but  fliall  make 
'  his  Attorney  to  fue  for  him,  if  he  will ;  and  if  not, 
'  the  Affife  or  Jury  (hall  be  taken  through  his  Default. 

a  Inft,  248.      Likrzvjfe  6  Ed.  1.  c.  8  &  ro.      13  Ed.  1.  c. 


Cotton  MS. 
Urceo  qen  briefs  daffifes,  &  datteintz,  &  jurez 
de  utrum,  les  [jureurs]  font  fovent  travailles: 
per  effoines  des  tenaunts  ;  purveu  que  del  houre  qe 
il  eit  un  foitz  apparu  en  Courte,  qe  mes  ne  fe  pu- 
iffe  effoigner,  mes  face  attourne  a  fiiirpour  lui,  ill 
voille;  &  ft  ceo  noun,  foit  laffife  ou  lajureepris 
pur  fa  defaute. 
17.      12  Ed.  z.Jlat.  2.      5  Ed.  3.  c.  6,      9  Ed.  3. Y.  3.  for  'farther 


CAP.     XLIII. 
There  fhall  be  no  Fourcher  by  EfToin. 


Hob.  S.  46. 
Fitz.  Effoin, 
■8j,  119. 
Fitz.  Fourcher, 

3.4»'o,  13-  14- 
llro.  Fourcher, 
20. 


alnlr.  250. 
Confirmed  by 
.6  Ed.  1.  flat.  I. 


:  Tn^Orafmuch  as  Demandants  be  oftentimes  delayed 

•  Jf    of  their  Right,  by  reafon  that  many  Pari 

;  be  Tenants,  of  which  none  may.be  compelled  to  an- 

'  fwer  without  the  other,    (2)  or  there  may  be  many 

jointly  infeoffed  (where  none  knoweth  his  feveral) 

and   fuch  Tenants  oftentimes  fourch  by  Effoin,  fo 

;  that  every  of  them  hath  a  feveral  Effoin ;"    '  it  is 

provided,  That  from  henceforth  fuch  Tenants  fhall 

not  have  Effoin,  but  at  one  Day,  no  more  than  one 

fole  Tenant  fhould  have ;  fo  that  from   henceforth 

they  fhall  no  more  fourch,  but  only  fhall  have  one 

Effoin.' 


.yUrceo  qe  les  demaundantz  font  fovent  delaiez 
dele  if,  purceo  qii  ad  plufours  parceners 

tenantz,  loht  -  si  ne  poet  refpoundre  faunz  autre, 
ou  qil  y  ad  plufours  parceners  tenantz  jointement 
feffez,  ou  nul  ne  icet  non  feveral,  Si  ceUx  tenantz 
fovent  forchr,nf  per  effoigne,  iffiq;  chefcun  eirune 
effoine ;  purv  i  eft  qe  deforemes,  que  y:eux  te- 
nantz neient  eJJbigjt^e.  fcrfqe  a  une  journe,  &  nient 
pluis  qe  un'  foul  tenant  navereit ;  iffint  qe  mes  ne 
puiffent  furclrier,  taunt  fouiement  avoer  un  ef- 
foigne. 


c.  10.  and  extended  to  lo&er.e  a  Man  and  his  Wife  are  impleaded. 


C  A  P.     XLIV. 

In  what  Cafe  Effoin  ultra  mare  fhall  not  be  allowed. 


"  T?  Orafmuch  as  divers  Perfons  caufe  themfelves  falfly 


a  Inft.  151. 

to  be  effoined  (for  being  over  the  Sea)  where 
"  indeed  they  were  within  the  Realm  the  Day  of  the 
"  Summons;"  '  it  is  provided  from  henceforth,  That 
'  this  Effoin  be  not  always  allowed,  if  the  Demandant 
'  will  challenge  it,  and  will  be  ready  to  aver  that  he 
'  was  in  England  the  Day  of  Summons  and  three 
'  Weeks  after;  (2)  but  fliall  be  adjourned  in  this 
*  Form  :  That  if  the  Demandant  be  ready  at  a  certain 
'  Day,  by  Averment  of  the  Country,  or  otherwife  as 
c  the  Court  fliall  award,  to  prove  that  the  Tenant  was 
~*  within  the  four  Seas  the  Day  that  he  was  fummoned, 
'  and  three  Weeks  after,  fo  that  he  might  be  reafpnably 
'  warned  by  the  Summons,  the  Effoin  fliall  be  turned 
'  into  a  Default ;    (3)  and  that  is  to  be  underftanden 

&.  tit :  References  <         >     before  Jufticeti.' 

U  it'.  ]uf  £  going  J  •* 

Chapters* 

CAP. 


P  Urceo  qe  mults  des  gentz  fe  font  falufement 
■  effoigner  de  outre  meer,  la  ou  ils  furent  en 
Engleterre  le  jour  de  la  fomons ;  purveu  eft,  qe. 
deforemes  eel  effoigne  ne  foit  pas  del  tout  allowe, 
ft  le  demaundant  le  chalenge,  &  preft  foit  daverrir, 
qil  fuift  en  Engleterre  le  jour  qe  la  fomons  fu  fait, 
&  trois  femaignes  apres  ;  mes  foit  sjourne  en  ceft: 
fourme :  qe  ft  le  demaundant  a  cele  jour  ftwe  [pur- 
fue\  la  verement  per  pais,  ou  ficome  le  Court  le 
Roi  agardera,  &  foit  atteint  qe  la  tenant  fuift  de- 
deinz  iv  mers  le  jour  qil  fuift  fomon,  &  iii  femai- 
gnes apres,  iffi  qil  poteft  eftre  refonablement  garny 
de  la  fomons,  foit  leffoigne  tourneen  en  defaut;  £c 
ceo  fait  entrendre  taunt  fouiement  devant  juftices. 


XLV. 


In  what  Cafes  the  great .  Dlftrefs  fliall  be  awarded.     Where  the  Juflices  Eftreats  fhall  be  de- 


livered. 


aluft.  254.. 


'   /^Oncerning  Delays  in  all  Manner  of  Writs  and 
'  V^  Attachments,  it  is  thus  provided,  That  if  the 


Tenant  or  Defendant,  after  the  firft  Attachments 
returned,  make  Default,  that  incontinent  the  great 
Diftrefs  fhail  be  awarded;  (2)  and  if  the  Sheriff  do 
not  make  fuflicient  Return  by  a  certain  Day,  he  fliall 
be  grievou  fly  amerced ;  (•?)  and  if  he  return,  that  he 
hath  done  Execution  in  due  Manner,  and  the  Ifiues 
delivered  to  the  Sureties,  then  the  Sheriff  fliall  be 


E  delaies  en  touts  manere  de  briefs,  &  de  at- 
tachementz,  eft  purveu,  qe  ft  le  teri'ant  ou  le 
defendant,  apres  lattachement  tefmoigne,  face  de- 
faute,  que  meintenant  foit  la  graunt  deftreffe  a- 
garde  ;  &  ft  le  Vifcounte  ne  refpoigne  fuffifantment 
al  jour,  foitgrevoufement  amercie  ;  &  fil  maunde 
qil  ad  fait  Jexecution  en  due  manere,  &lesiffues 
baillez  a  meinpernours,  adonqes  foit  maunde  al 
Vlfcount,  qal  autre  jour  face  venir  les  iffues  de- 
vant 


A.  D.  1275. 


Anno  tertio  E  d  w  a  r  b  1  I. 


C.  46- 


57 


Cotton  MS. 
vant  fuftices  ;  &  fi  lattache  vient  a  cele  jour  fauver 
fes  defautes,  eit  les  iffues  ;  &  fil  ne  vient,  eit  Ie 
Roi  les  iffues ;  &  juftices  le  Roi  le'facent  liverer  en 
Garderobe  ;  Juftices  du  Baunk  a  Weftm'  les  fa- 
cent  liverer  a!  Efcheqer ;  Juftices  en  Eire  al  Vif- 
count  de  cele  Counte,  ou  il  pledent,  auxibien 
come  des  foreins  Countees,  &  de  ceo  ioit  charge 
en  fomonsper  rouile  des  Juftices. 


commanded,  that  he  return  Iffues  at  another  Day 
before  the  Juftices ;  (4)  and  if  the  Party  being  at- 
tached come  in  at  his  Day  to  fave  his  Defaults,  he 
fliall  have  the  Iffues;  (5)  and  if  he  come  not,  the 
King  fhall  have  them  ;  (6)  and  the  King's  Juftices 
fhall  caufe  them  to  be  delivered  in  the  Wardrobe; 
and  the  Juftices  of  the  Bench  at  TVefltninfter  fliall  de- 
liver them  in  the  Exchequer;  (7)  and  the  Juftices 
in  Eyre  unto  the  Sheriff  of  that  Shire  where  they 
plead,  as  well  *  of  that  Shire,  as  of  Foreign  Shires,  *  Not  h  tic 
and  fhall  be  charged  therewith  in  Summons  by  the  0r%'"al- 
Rolls  of  Juftices.' 


CAP.    XLVI. 
One  Plea  fhall  be  decided  by  the  Juftices  before  another  commenced. 


PUrveu  eft  enfement,  &  per  le  Roi  comaunde, 
que  les  Juftices  al  Baunk  le  Roi  &  Juftices  de 
Baunk  a  Weftm'  deforemes  perpledent  les  plees  at- 
terminez  a  un  jour,  en  ceo  que  rien  ioit  arraine, 
6u  comence  des  plees  del  jour  enfuant,  hors  pris 
qe  les  effoignes  foient  entres,  juggez,  &  renduz; 
ct  per  achefon  de  ceo  nul  homme  fe  affie,  qil  ne 
viegne  a  fon  jour,  qe  done  lui  eft. 


IT  is  provided  alio,  and  commanded  by  the  King, 
.  Thatthe  Juftices  of  the  King's  Bench  *  at  Weft-  *  Ani  °f  &e 
minjler  from  henceforth  fhall  decide  all  Pleas  deter-  B=n^h  3t  Wel-- 
minable  at  One  Day,  -f-  before  any  Matter  be  arraign-  ^"^"'i'rori 
ed,  or  Plea  commenced  the  Day  following,  faving  any,  ©V. teiA 
that  their  Effoins  fhall  be  entered,  judged,  and  aI-/o  that  no  Mat- 
lowed;  yet,  by  Reafon  hereof,  let  none  prefume  to  ,er<  &i- 
abfent  himfelf  at  the  Day  to  him  limited.'  a  Inft-  *55- 


C  A  P.     XLVil. 
In  what  Cafe  the  Nonage  of  the  Heir  of  the  DifTeifor  or  DifTeifee  fhall  not  prejudice. 


PUrveu  eft  enfement,  qe  fi  nul  homme  deforemes 
purchace  briefs  de  novel  diffeifine,  &  celui, 
fur  qile  brief  vient  come  principal  diffeifour,  morge 
avant  que  laffife  eft  paffe,  qe  le  pleintif  eit  fon  brief 
dentre  fouridu  fur  diffeifine  fur  le  heir,  ou  fur  les 
heires  a  le  diffeifour  lour  aunceftre,  ou  fur  lour 
heires,  de  quele  age  qils  foient.  [En  mefme  le  ma- 
ker e  eit  le  heir,  on  les  heirs  al  dijjeifi,  lours  briefs  den- 
ire  fur  les  diffeifour s  lour  auriceftres,  oufur  lur  heires  de 
quele  age  qils  Joient,]  fi  per  aventure  le  diffeifi  morge 
avant  qil  eit  Ion  purchace  faite ;  iffi  qe  per  le  non- 
nage  des  heirs  dun  part  &  dautre  ne  foit  le  brief  a- 
batu,  ne  le  plee  delaie  ;  mes  a  quaunt  qe  lem  poet 
faunz  lei  offendre,  foit  hafte  pur  la  frefche  feute 
apres  la. diffeifine.  En  mefme  la  manere  foit  ce 
point  garde  en  droit  des  Prelates,  gentz  de  religi- 
on, &  autres,  a  queux  terre  ou  tenement  en  nulle 
manere  puis  devenir  apres  autri  mort,  le  quel  qil 
foient  diffeifes,  ou  diffeifours.  Et  fi  les  parties  em- 
pledant  defcendent  en  enquefte,  &  ele  paffe  coun- 
tre  le  heir  dedeinz  age,  &  nomement  encountre  le 
heir  al  diffeife,  qil  en  ce  cas  eit  lateinte  de  la  grace 
le  Roi. 


IT  is.provided  alfo,  That  if  any  from  henceforth  Dyer  137. 
purchafe  a  Writ  of  Novel  diffeifin,  and  he  againft  6  Co.  4. 
whom  the  Writ  was  brought  a^  principal  Diffeifor,  '7  Ed-  3-  >6» 
dieth  before  the  Affile  be  paffed,  then  the  Plaintiff  ^d-  *,/7> 
fhall  have  his  Writ  of  Entrie  upon  Diffeifin  againft  iiEJ.'jJjj. 
the  Heir  or  Heirs  of  the  Diffeifor,  *  or  Diffeifors,  f  of  ^^  H.'  6.  1.  ' 
what  Age  foever  they  be.     (2)  In  the  fame  wife  the  Fitz-  Age>  7»« 
Heir  or  Heirs  of  the  Diffeifee  fhall  have  their  Writs  3Bulftr.  137. 
of  Entrie  againft  the  Diffeifors,  %  or  their  Heirs,  of^l(1,  "9* 
what  Age  foever  they  be,  if  peradventure  the  Diffei-  *  F0r  w  Difel. 
fee  die  before  that  he  hath  purchafed  his  Writ;  (3)  firs,  read  tbcir 
fothat  for  the  Nonage  of  the  Heirs  of  the  one  Party,  ^ire/lor. 
nor  of  the  other,  the  Writ  fhall  not  be  abated,  nor  %ff^ae''"^ 
the  Plea  delayed  ;  but  as  much  as  a  Man  can  with-  t^Mi'ttcirJn- 
out  offending  the  Law,  it  muft.  be  hailed  to  make  uftrs.    ■ 
frefh  Suit  after  the  Diffeifin.     (4)  And  in  like  Man- 
ner this  fhall  be  obferved  in  all  Points  for  the  Right 
of  Prelates,  Men  of  Religion,  and  other,  to  whom 
Lands  and  Tenements  ||  can  in  no  wife  defcerfd  after  ||  May  in  any 
others  Death,  whether  they  beDiffciiees  or  Diffeifors.  wife  come. 
(5)  And  if  the  Parties  in  Pleading  come  to  an  Inquefi,  ^  '3 Ed-  »• 
and  it  paffeth  againft  the  Heir  within  Age,  and  name-  ftat: I-  £'.  V 
It,  againft  the  Heir  of  the  Diffeifee,  that  in   fuchf™"f^E'" 
Cafe  he  fhall  have  an  Attaint  of  the  King's  fpecial  tofueby  Procheia 
Grace.'  Amy. 


c  A  p.  xLvnr. 

The  Remedy  where  a  Guardian  maketh  a  Feoffment  of  his  Ward's  Land. 

Amy. 


Suit  by  Prochein 


SI  gardein,  chief  feignur,  feffe  nul  homme  de  la 
terre  qeft  del  heritage  a  lenfaunt  qeft  dedeinz 
age,  &r  eux  [en]  fa  gard,  a  la  difheritifon  del  heir, 
purveu  eft,  qe  le  heir  maintenant  eit  fon  recoverir 
per  brief  de  novel  diffeifine  vers  fon  gardein,  & 
vers  le  tenaunt ;  &  foit  la  feifine  bailie  per  Jufti- 
ces, fi  ele  foit  recovere,  al  profchein  amy,  a  qi  le- 
.  Vol.  I. 


AfliC 


IF  a  Guardian  or  chief  Lord,  infeoff  any  Man  of  F;tJ 
Land,  that  is  the  Inheritance  of  a  Child  within  I0f. 
Age,  and  in  his  Ward,    ro  the  Difheritance  of  the  Bro.  AflUV 
Heir;  it  is  provided,  That  the  Heir  fhall  forthwith  49 '• 
have  his  Recovery  by  Affife  of  Novel  diffeifin  againft 
his  Guardian,  and  againft  the  Tenant;   (z)  and  the 
Seifin  fhall  be  delivered  by  the  Juftices  (if  it  be  re- 
I  ,    '  covered) 


S8         C.  49—5*' 


Anno  tertio  E&wardx  I. 


A.D*  1275* 


aEd.  3.  16. 
8  AIT  ph.  22. 
27  H.  g.  1. 
40  Ed.  3.  16. 
See  V5  Ed.  1. 
flat.  I,  c.  15. 
giving  Right  to 
Infants'  to  J'ue  by 
Procbeiti  '/2myi 
Raft.  366,  367. 


covered)  to  the  next  Friend  of  the.  Heir  (to  whom 
the  Inheritance  cannot  defcend)  for  to  improve  to  the 
Ufe  of  the  Heir,  and  to  anfwer  for  the  Iffues  unto 
the  Heir,  when  he  fhall  come  unto  his  full  Age; 
(3)  and  the  Guardian,  during  his  Life,  fhall  lofe  the 
Cuftody  of  the  Thing  recovered,  and  all  the  Inheri- 
tance that  he  holdeth  by  Reafon  ©f  the  Heir.  (4) 
And  if  another  Guardian,  than  the  chief  Lord  do  it, 
he  fhall  lofe  the  Wardfhip  of  all  together,,  and  be 
grievoufly  punifhed  by  the  King.  (5)  And  if  the 
Infant  be  carried  away,,  or  difturbed  by  the  Guardian, 
or  by  the  Feoffee,,  or  by  other,  by  Reafon  whereof 
he  cannot  fue  his  Affife,  then  may  One  of  his  next 
Friends  (that  will)  fue  for  him,  which ihall  be  there- 
to admitted.' 


Obf.  The  12  Car. 

3.  c.  24.  having 

taker,  atoay 

Wardfiif  by  reafon  of  Tin-are.     2-Inft.  253. 


Cotton  MS. 
ritage  ne  purra  defcendre,  pur  prover  al  oeps  len- 
faunt,  &  a  refpoundre  des  iffues  al  heir,  come  il 
vendra  a  fon  age ;  Et  le  gardein  perde  a  toute  fa  vie 
la  garde  de  mefme  la  chofe  recovere,  &  de  tout  le 
remenant  del  heritage,  qil  tient  en  noun  del  heir; 
&  fi  autre  gardein  que  chief  feignur  le  face*  perde 
la  garde  de  tout  ce  chofe  a  celle  foitz,  &  foit  en 
greve  peine  denvers  le  Roi.    Et  fi  lenfaunt  fait 
aloigne  ou  deftourbe  per  le  gardein,  ou  per  le  feffe, 
ou  per  autre,  per  quoi  il  ne  piaffe   fa  affife  fuire, . 
feue  pur  lui  un  de  fes  gr,ofcheins  amys,  qe  voudca». 
&  (bit  a  ceo  refceu.. 


a  InS.  264, 


CAP.    XLIX. 
The  Tenants  Plea  in  a  Writ  of  Dower. 


2  laft,  261. 
Regift.  170, 

*7'-    . 

Fitz.  v  oucher, 

J96. 

Fitz.  Dower, 

75>  76>  86,  S9, 

114. 

Kcl.  128. 

See  13  Ed.  r.  c. 

of  Mortgagor, 


'  INa  Writ  of  Dower,  called  Unde  nihil  habet,  the 
'  A  Writ  fhall  not  abate  by  the  Exception  of  the  Te- 
'  »ant,.  becaufe  fhe  hath  received  her  Dower  of  an- 
'  other  Man  before  her  Writ  purchafed,  unlefs  he  can 
4  fhew  that  fhe  hath  received  Parrt  of  her  Dower  of  him- 
4  felf,  and  in  the  fame  Town,  before  the  Writ  pur- 
c  chafed.' 

4.  inhere  Wife  is  endeii/aiU  of  Land  recovered  againjl  tbe  Hujband  by  Covin. 


EN  brief  de  Dowerie,  dbunt  dame  rien  nad,', 
mes  ne  foit  le  brief  abatu  per  exceptioun  del 
tenant,  purceo -qele  avera  refceu  fa  dowerie  dautre. 
homme  avaunt  fon  brief  purchace,  fil  ne  puiffe- 
monftrer  qele  eit  refceu  partie  de  dowerie  de  hit 
mefmes,  &  en  mefme  la  ville  avant  fon  brief  pur- 
chace. 
;&c._  See  alfo  $&  $JP.  &  M.  r.  lS.  for Securing  Dower  toJFidvm 


CAP.    "L. 


"  A  ^  ^  forafmuch  as  the  King  hath  ordained  thefe 
44  jl\  Things  unto  the  Honour  of  God  and  Holy 
44  Church,  and  for  the  Common-vealth,  and  for  the 
"  Remedy  of  fuch  as  be  grieved,"  '  he  would  not  that 

*  at  any  other  Time  it  fhould  turn  in  Prejudice  of  him- 

*  felf,  or  of  his  Crown  ;    but  that  fuch  Right, .  as  ap- 

*  pertains  to  him,  Ihould  be  faved  in  all  Points." 


ET  purceo  due  le  Roi  fait  ceftes  chofes  at  ho- 
neure  de  Dieu  &  de  feinte  eglife,  &  pur  la. 
comune  pru  &  pur  allegiance  de  ceux  qi  grevez, 
fount,  il  ne  voet  mie  qautre  foitz  puiffent  tourner 
a  prejudice  de  lui  ne  de.  fa  corone  5  mes  qe  les 
droitz,  qa  lui,  aiperteinentj  lui  foient  fauvez  en 
touz  pointes. 


CAP.    LI. 

Affifes  and  Da&ain  Prefentments  at  what  Time  taken. 


"  A  ^^  forafmuch  as  it  is  great  Charity  to  do  Right 
"  J\  unto  all  Men  at  all  Times  (when  Need  fhall 
"  be),"  *  by  the  Affent  of  all  the  Prelates  it  was  pro- 

*  ridfed,  That  Affifes  of  Novel  diffeijin,  Martdauncejior,. 

*  and  Darrain  Prejentment,  fhould  be  taken  in  Advent^ 
4  Sepiuageftma,  znd  Lent,  even  as  well  as  Enquefts  may 
i  be  taken,  and  that  at  the  fpeciatRequeft  of  the  King, 

*  made  unto  the  Bifhops.' 


T  purceo  que  graunt  charite  feroit  de  fairc" 
droit  a  touz  en  tout  temps  miefter  ferroit,  qe 
per  affentement  des  prelatz,  affifes  de  novelle  dif- 
feiiine,  de  mortdaunceftre,.  &  de  darrein  prefente— 
ment  fufent  prifes  en  le  advent,  &  en  feptuagefime, 
&  en  quarefme,  auxibien  come  lem  fait  les  en* 
queftes,  &.ceo  prie  le  Roi. as  evefqes. 


Tie  Buildings. 


A  Statute  intituled  Extenta  Manerii,  made  4  Edw.  I.  Stat,  1.  and  Annp 

Dom.  1276. 

Expreffing  a  Survey  of  the  Buildings,  Lands,  Commons,  Parks,  Woods,  Tenants,  t&ii. 

Cotton  MS.    Claudius,  D.  2. 

MPRIMIS  Inquirendum  eft-de  caftris,  &  alii's 

edificiis  foffatis  circumdatis,  &  quantum  muri, 

&  edificia  lignea,  &  lapidea,    plumbo  vel  alio 

mOdo  cooperta  valeant,   &  pro  quanto  poterunt 

appreciari>  fecundum  verum.  valorem  eorundem 

murorum 


:f: 


i  I R  S  T,  It  is  to  be  inquired  of  the  Caftles,  and 

alfo  of  other  Buildings  compaffed  about  with 

Ditches,  what  the  Walls,  Buildings,  Timber, 

'  Stone,   Lead,    and  other  Manner  of  Covering,    is 

*  -worth,  and  how  they  may  be  prized  according  to  the 

4 


I 


A.  D.  1 276. 


Anno  quarto  E  ft  ward  i  I. 


Stat  1. 


59 


•Cotton  MS, 
rmirorum  &  edificiorum ;  &  pro  quant©  edificia 
extra  fofTatum  poterun^  appreciari,   &  quantum 
'valeant,  una  cum  gardinis,  columbariis,  &  omni- 
bus aliis  exitibus  Curie  per  annum. 

Item  inquirendum  eft,  quot  cartipi  funt  in  do- 
minico,  &  quantum  quelibet  acra  per  fe  valeat  ad 
locandum  per  annum ;.  Item  inquirendum  eft, 
quot  acre  prati  funt  in  dominico,  &  quot  funt  in 
campo,  &  quantum  valet  quelibet  acra  ad  locan- 
dum per  fe  per  annum,  &  ad  cujufmodi  beftias  & 
animalia  paftura  ilia  fuerit  magk  neceflaria,  &  quot 
&  quales  poflet  fuftinere,  .&  quantum  valet  paftu- 
ra cujufltbet  beftie  &  animalis  per  fe  per  annum  ad 
locandum. 

Item  inquirendum  eft  de  paftura  forinfeca,  que 
eft  communis,  &  quot  &  quales  beftias,  &quot 
animalia  &  que  dominus  habere  poflit  in  eadem, 
&  quantum  valet  paftura  cujuflibet  beftie  &  ani- 
malis per  fe  per  annum  ad  locandum. 

Item  inquirendum  eft  de  parcis  &  dominicis 
bofcis,  que  dominus  ad  voluntatem  fuam  poflit  af- 
fartare  &  excolere,  &  quot  acras  in  fe  contineant, 
&  pro  quanto  veftura  cujuflibet  acre  poterit  appre- 
ciari  [appruari ;]  &  quantum  in  fe  contineant  & 
valeant,  quando  proftrati  fuerint,-  &  quantum  va- 
let quelibet  acra  per  fe  per  annum. 

Item  inquirendum-  eft  de  bofcis  forinfecis,  ubi 
alii  communicant,  quid  de  eifdem  bofcis  dominus 
libi  poflit  approvare,  &  de  quot  acris,  &  pro  quan- 
to veftura  cujuflibet  acre  communiter  poflit  appre- 
ciari,  &  quantum  fundus  valeat  quando  proftratus 
fuerit.  Item  inquirendum  eft,  utrum  dominus  de 
refiduo  bofcorum  predidtorum  forinfecorum  dare 
poflit,  &  quantum  valeant  hujufmodi  donaciones 
&  vendiciones  per  annum. 


Item  inquirendum  eft  de  pannagio  &  herbagio, 
melle,  oleribus,  &  omnibus  aliis  exitibus  vivario- 
rum,  marifcorum,  inorarum,  bruerarum,  turbari- 
arum,  &  vaftorum,  quantum  valeant  per  annum. 

Item  de  molendinis,  pifcariis  feparalibus  &  com- 
munibus,  quantum  valeant  per  annum. 

Item  de  liberis  tenentibus  quibufcunque  forinfe- 
cis vel  extrinfecis  [intrinfecis]  inquirendum  eft,  & 
quot  funt  libere  tenentes,  &  qui,  &  quas  terras, 
&  que  tenementa,  &  que  feoda  teneant,  &  per 
quod  ferviciumi,  utrum  videl.  per  focagium,  vel 
per  fervicium  militare,  vel  alio  modo,  &  quantum 
valeant  &  reddant  per  annum  de  redditu  aflife  ;  & 
qui  tenent  per  cartam,  &  qui  nOn  ;  &  qui  tenent 
per  antiquam  tenuram,  tk  qui  per  novum  feoffa- 
mentum.  Item  inquirendum  eft  de  predicts  libere 
tenentibus,  &  qui  fequuntur  Curiam  a  Cqmitatu 
in  Comitatum,  &  qui:  non,  &  quantum  &  quid 
accidit  domino  poft  mortem  talium  libere  tenen- 
dum. 

Item  inquirendum  eft  de  cufturtiartis,  q.uot  funt 
cuftumarii,  &  quantum  teirre  quilibet  cuftumarius 
•teneat,  &  que  opera,  &  quas  confuetudines  faci- 
ant ;  &  quantum  valeant  opera  6c  confuetudines 
cujuflibet  cuftumarii  per  fe  per  annum,  [ad  locan- 
dum, et  quantum  reddant  de  redditu  ajjije]  preter 
opera  &  confuetudines,  &  qui  poftint  talliari  ad 
Voluntatem  domini,  &  qui  non. 


very  Value  of  the  fame  Walls  and  Buildings ;  (2) 
and  for  how  much  the  Buildings  without  the  Ditch  1  Roll  jo:, 
may  be  prized,   and  what  they  be  worth,   with  the  *  Roll  31. 
Gardens,  Curtilages,  Dove-houfes,  and  all  other  If- 
fues  of  the -Court  by  the  Year. 

'  II.  It  is  to  be  inquired  alfo,  how  many  Fields  are  The  Demefnes, 
of  the  Demefnes,  *  and  how  many  Acres  of  Land  are  •  Theft  wards' 
in  every  Field,  and  what  every  Acre  is  worth  by  the  *«  ««' <«  the 
Yearf ;  and  how  many  Acres  of  Meadow  are  of  the  0riZ't*J*  (wtes* 
Demefnes,  and  how  many  be  in  a  Field,   and  hoW  f^tf"*13' 
much  every  Acre  by  itfelf  is  worth  by  the  Year  to  be  j  Though  theft 
let;    (2)  %  alfo  bow  many  Acres  of  P allure  there  be,  Words  are  not in 
and  for  what  Beafts  or  Cattle  the  fame  Pafture  is  moft  the  Original,  yet 
neceflary,  and  how  many  it  will  find,  and  of  what  thcy  <*rc prepay 
Manner,    and  what  the  Pafture  of  every  Beaft  is  'cfX^itfj  ' 
worth  to  be  let  by  the  Year.  _  Se^viithut  fuel 

'  III.   Alfo  it  is  to  be  inquired  of  foreign  Pafture,  an  Additive 
that  is  Common,  how  many,   and  what  Beafts  and  The  foreign 
Cattle  the  Lord  may  have  in  the  fame,  and  how  much  Paftme- 
the  Pafture  of  every  Beaft  is  worth  by  the  Year  to  be 
let. 

'  IV.  Alfo  it  is  to  be  inquired  of  Parks,  and  demefn  The  Parks  am 
Woods,  which  the  Lord  may  ||  ajfert  and  improve  at  ^™e{a  Woo<j3- 
his  Pleafure,  and  how  many  Acres  they  contain,  and  j.ea/L^'' 
how  much  the  Vefture  of  an  Acre  is  worth  ;  (2)  and 
how  much  the  Land  is  worth  after  the  Wood   is 
felled,  and  how  many  Acres  it  containeth,  and  how 
much  every  Acre  is  worth  by  the  Year. 

'  V.   Alfo  it  is  to  be  inquired  of  foreign  Woods,  Foreign  Woois, 
where  other  Men  have  Common,  and  how  much  the 
Lord  may  improve  to  himfelf  of  the  fame  Woods ; 
and  how  many  Acres,  and  for  how  much  the  Vefture 
of  every  Acre  may  be  valued  at,  and  how  much  the 
Ground  is  worth  yearly  after  that  the  Wood  is  felled, 
^  and  how  many  Acres  it  containeth,   and  what  every  q  We  fe- fronts 
Acre  is  worth  by  the  Tear.     And  it  is  to  be  inquired,  mt  in  the 
whether  the  Lord  may  give  or  fell  any  Thing  of  the  Original. 
Refidue  of  the  forefaid  Woods,  and  what  fuch  Gifts 
and  Sales  are  worth  by  the  Year. 

'  VI.    Alfo  it  is  to  , be  inquired  of  Pawnage,  Herbage  Paw-nag;,  Her* 
of  the  Town,  Honey,  and  all  other  Profits  of  Forefts,  bage. 
Woods,    Rivers,    Moors,    Marifhes,    Heaths,   Tur- 
bary, and  Wafte,    and  how  much  it  is  worth  by  the    ' 
Year. 

'  VII.  Alfo  of  Mills,  Fifhings  feveral  and  common,  u\\h,  Flihings.' 
what  they  be  Worth  by  the  Year. 

'  VIII.  Alfo  it  is  to  be  inquired  of  Freeholders,  the  Freeholders. 
which  dwell  without,  as  well  as  within,    that  is  to 
fay,    how  many  Freeholders  there  be,  **  and  what  **  Andivhorty 
Manner  Lands  and  Tenements,  and  what  Fees  they  be,  and  what, 
hold,    and  by  what  Sendees,    whether  it  be  by  So-  ®"" 
cage,  or  Knight's  Service,    or  otherwife^    and  what 
they  are  worth,    and  pay  yearly  of  Rent  of  Aflife, 
and  who  hold  by  Charter,   and  who  not  \    and  who 
by  old  Tenure,,  and  who  by  new  Feoffment.     (2) 
Alfo  it  is  to  be  inquired  of  the  faid  free  Tenants, 
which  do  follow  the  Court  ft  of  the  County,    and  ,  j.  Fm.  .f  ,he 
which  not,   and  what  and  how  much  falleth  to  the  ccL-tv, 'eld '?.',„. 
Lord  after  the  Death  of  fuch  free  Tenants.  -Celr.'y  «  C^asy. 

'  lit.    It  is  to  be  inquired  alfo  of  cuftomary  Te-  Cuflomary  Tb- 
nanrs$  that  is  to  wit,  how  many  there  be,    and  how  ?»«;, . 
much  Land  every  Of  therYi  holdeth  ;.  what  Works  4C°,.ai,.    ..< 
and  Cuftoms  he  doth,  and  what  the  Works  and  Cuf- 
toms  of  every  Tenant  be  worth  yearly,    and  hoW  : 
much  Rent  of  Aflife  he  paid  yearly  befrdes  the  Works       ]    . 
and  Cuftoms,   and  which  of  them  may  be  .taxed  at  ,,-.■" 

the  Will  of  the  Lord,  and  which  not.  ,'      •   •      ■ --•  :-' 

,      M  ,  .'"X-If  . 


6o 


Stat,  i. 


Anno  quarto  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  1276. 


Cottages  and 
Curtelages. 


Perqnifites  of 
Couits. 


Patronage?, 
Co.  Lit.  374-,  b. 


Liberties,  Cuf- 
t'jrr.s,  and  Ser- 
vices. 
*  Not  in  Or-g. 


1  X.  It  is  alfo  to  be  inquired  of  Cottagers,  that  is  to 
4  fay,  what  Cottages  and  Curtelages  they  hold,  and  by 
4  what  Service,  and  how  much  they  do  pay  by  the 
'  Year  for  all  their  Cottages  and  Curtelages. 

'  XI.  '  It  is  alfo  to  be  inquired  of  Pleas  and  Perqui- 
'  fites  of  the  Counties,  of  the  Courts  of  the  Forefts, 
'  with  Lawing  of  Dogs,  and  how  much  they  be  worth 

*  by  the  Year  in  all  Blues. 

'  XII.  it  is  alfo  to  be  inquired  of  Churches  that  be- 
'  long  to  the  Lords  Gift,  how  many  there  be,  and 
4  what,  and  where,  and  how  much  every  Church  is 
'  worth  by  the  Year,  after  the  true  Eftimation  of  the 
'  fame. 

'  XIII.  It  is  alfo  to  be  inquired,  what  be  the  Value 
'of   Heniots,    FaiiSj    Markets,  *  Efchetes,  Cufloras, 

*  Services,  and  foreign  Works  and  Cuftoms,  and  what 
'  the  Pleas  and  Perquifites  of  Courts,  Fines,  and  Re- 
'  liefs,  and  all  other  Cafualties  are  worth  by  the  Year, 
'  that  may  fall  in  any  of  thefe  Things.' 


Cotton  MS. 

Item  inquirendum  eft  de  coterellis,  qui  cotagia 
&  curtilagia  teneant,  &  per  quod  fervicium,  ik 
quantum  reddant  per  annum  pro  predicts  cotagiis 
&  curtilagiis. 

Item  inquirendum  eft  de  placitis  &  perquifitis 
comitatuum,  &  curiarum  foreftarum,  cum  expedi- 
tacione  canum,  6c  quantum  valeant  per  annum  in 
omnibus  exitibus. 

Item  inquirendum  eft  de  ecclefiis  que  pertinent 
ad  donacionem  domini,  quot  &  que  funt,  &  ubi, 
&  quantum  valent,  &  quantum  quelibet  ecclefia 
valet  per  annum  per  fe,  fecundum  verum  valorem 
illius. 

Item  inquirendum  eft,  quid  valeant  herrietta, 
nundine,  mercheta,  confuetudlnes  &  fervicia,  o- 
peraciones,  confuetudines  forinfece,  &  quantum 
valeant  placita  &  perquifita,  fines  &  relevia,  &  om- 
nia alia  cafualia,  que  accidere  poffunt  per  annum. 


A  Statute  De  Officio  Coronatoris,  made  Anno  4  Edw.  I.  StaU  2.    and 

Anno  Dom.  1276. 


•er  IT.  3.  1. 17. 
3  Ed.  t.  c.  10. 
*  htftead  of  the 
Words  in  Italhksf 
reader/?,  ivben 
Coroners  are  com' 
manded  by    the 
King's  Bayliffs, 
ir  by  boneft  Men 
cf  the  Country, 
they  pall  go,  Qjc. 
Murtber. 
f  Add  if  it 
concerns  jt  Man 
Jlain,  tvbether 
they  knoiv,  &c. 
J   Add   if  any, 
and  ivbo,  CSfr. 
|;   AdJ  and  in 
*zahat  Manner 
culpable. 
Inquiry  of  the 
Offenders. 
A  Man   found 
flain. 

f\  For  in  Rt'ls, 
read  in  the  Rolls 
of  the  Conner:. 
4  Read  in  the 
Fields  or  IVjcds, 
end  be  there 
found,   &c. 
**  Read  there. 
•f-f"  Read  or  of 
the  Herfe  ivli:b 
brr.vgbt  hint,  or 
Cart,  if  perchance 
he  'Was  brought 
upon  a  Horft  or 
Cart. 

The  Murrhcrer 
found  culpable. 
\\  Read  and  if 
there  be  any  ivha 
are  fai.1  to  be 
vui'ty  of  the 
Murder. 

(ji|   Fcri/J,  real 
their. 

«;•{  foth<haih,t 


Of  what  Things  a  Coroner  fhall  inquire. 


Coroner  of  our  Lord  the  King  ought  to  in- 
quire of  thefe  Things,  *  if  he  be  certified  by  the 
King's  Bailiff's,  or  other  honeji  Men  of  the  Coun- 
try :  Fir/},  he  fhall  go  to  the  Places  where  any  be  flain, 
or  fuddenly  dead,  or  wounded,  or  where  Houfes  are 
broken,  or  where  Treafure  is  laid  to  be  found,  and 
fhall  forthwith  command  four  of  the  next  Towns,  or 
five  or  fix,  to  appear  before  him  in  fuch  a  Place ; 
(zj  and  when  they  are  come  thither,  the  Coroner 
upon  the  Oath  of  them  fhall  inquire  in  this  manner, 
that  is  to  wit,  If  f  they  know  where  the  Perfon  was 
flain,  whether  it  were  in  any  Houfe,  Field,  Bed, 
Tavern,  or  Company,  and  J  who  were  there  :  Like- 
wife  it  is  to  be  inquired,  who  were  ||  culpable  either 
of  the  Aft,  or  of  the  Force,  and  who  were  prefent, 
either  Men  or  Women,  and  of  what  Age  foever  they 
be  (if  they  can  fpeak,  or  have  any  Dilcretion;)  (3) 
and  how  many  foever  be  found  culpable  by  Inquifi- 
tion  in  any  of  the  Manners  aforefaid,  they  fhall  be 
taken  and  delivered  to  the  Sheriff,  and  fhall  be  com- 
mitted t:>  the  Gaol ;  (a.)  and  fuch  as  be  founden, 
and  be  not  culpable,  fhall  be  attached  until  the  com- 
ing of  the  Juftices,  and  their  Names  fhall  be  written 
fl  in  Rolls.  (5)  If  it  fortune  any  fuch  Man  be  flain, 
4-  which  is  found  in  the  Fields,  or  in  the  Woods,  firft  it 
is  to  be  inquired,  whether  he  were  flain  **  in  the  fame 
Place,  or  not;  (6)  and  if  he  were  brought  and  laid 
there,  they  fhall  do  fo  much  as  they  can  to  follow 
their  Steps  that  brought  the  Body  thither,  ft  vjhe- 
ther  he  were  brought  upon  a  Horfe,  or  in  a  Cart :  { 7 ) 
It  fhall  be  inquired  alfo,  if  the  dead  Perfon  were 
known,  or  elfe  a  Stranger,  and  where  he  lay  the 
Night  before;  (8)  \%  and  if  any  he  found  culpable  of 
the  Alurther,  the  Coroner  fhall  immediately  go  unto 
H  his  Houfe,  and  fhall  inquire  what  Goods  ffl  he 
hath,  and  what  Corn  44  he  hath  in  his  Graunge;  and 
*  if  he  be  a  Freeman,  they  fhall  inquire  how  much 
Land  I  he  hath,  and  what  it  is  worth  yearly;  and 
further,  what  Corn  X  he  hath  upon  the  G round.  (9) 
And  when  they  have  thus  inquired  upon  every  thing, ' 

l&.bty  lave.     44  V<>x  be  bith  in  hit,   read  they  lave  in  their*     *  Read//" 

3 


Cotton  MS.  Vefpaf.  B.  7. 
E  C  funt  inquirenda  a  coronatoribus  dominf 
regis  :  In  primis,  quum  coronatores  habent 
mandatum  a  ballivis  domini  regis,  vel  a  pro- 
bis  hominibus  patrie,  quod  accedant  ad  occifos, 
vel  ad  fubito  mortuos,  vel  ablatos,  \ad  vulneratcs\ 
vel  domorum  fradtores,  vel  ad  locum  ubi  dicitur 
thefaurum  effe  inventum,  ftatim  accedant,  &  ftatim 
debentmandarequatuor  villatis,  velquinque,  velfek 
vicinis,  quod  fint  coram  ipfis  tali  loco  ;  &  cum  ve- 
nerint,  coronatores  ad  facramentum  illorum  debent 
facere  inquificionem  in  hac  forma;  fcil.  Si  fuerit 
de  homine  occifo,  primo  inquirend'  ubi  occifus 
fuerit,  &  fi  in  campo,  vel  in  domo,  vel  ad  luftam, 
[luttariam]  aut  tabernam,  vel  ad  eongregacionem  ; 
&  fi  quis,  vel  qui  ibidem  fuerint :  Similiter  inqui- 
rend' eft,  qui  &  quales  culpabiles  fuerint,  five  de 
facto,  five  de  forcia,  &  quis  fuerit  in  curia,  &  qui 
ibidem  fuerint  homines  aut  mulieres  cujufcunque 
fuerint  etatis,.  dummodo  tamen  loqui  fciant,  &  ha- 
beant  \_aliquam\  difcrecionem;  &  quotquot  inventi 
fuerint  culpabiles  per  inquificion.  aliquorum  modo-  ' 
rum  pred.  capiantur  &  liberentur  vicecomiti,  St 
imponantur  ingaolam ;  &  quotquot  inventi  fuerint,, 
qui  non  funt  culpabiles,  attachientur  ufque  ad  ad- 
ventum  jufticiariorum  itinerantium,  &  nomina 
eorum  in  rotulo  fcribantur  coronatoris.  Si  quis 
autem  talium  occifus  fuerit  in  campis  vel  in  bofcis, 
&  ibi  inveniatur,  primo  inquiratur  fi  ibi  occifus 
fuerit  vel  non,  &  fi  forte  illuc  difFeratur,  fequantur 
veftigia  eorum,  fi  poteft  fieri,  qui  corpus  illuc  de- 
tulerunt,  vel  equi  qui  ducebat,  vel  carefte,  fi  forte 
equo  vel  carc&a  deferatur.  Inquiratur  eciam  fi  in- 
terfeftus  fuerit  notus  vel  ignotus,  &  ubi  nodfe  ilia 
precedente  fuerit  hofpitatus.  Si  autcm  hujusoccift 
fuerint,  de  quibus  dicitur  quod  culpabiles  fint,  fta- 
tim accedant  coronatores  ad  domum  illorum,  &l 
inquirant  que  catalla  habuerunt,  &  que  blada  in 
grangia;  &  fi  liberi  homines  fuerint,  quantam  ter- 
rain habuerint,  &  quantum  valeat  per  annum,  & 

they  be  Yretmen.     •}'  Read  tbej  have.     \  Rt.id  they  have. 

que  I 


A.  D.  1276. 


Aftno  quarto  Edwardi  I. 


Stat.  2. 


61 


Cotton  MS. 
que  blada  habuerint  in  terris  ;  &  cum  ita  adquifie- 
rint  de  omnibus,  appreciari  faciant  catalla  &  blada, 
&  extendant  terram,  ficut  ftatim  vendi  poffent,  & 
liberentur  villatis  [tote  villate~\  ad  refpondend'  co- 
ram jufticiariis;  ftmiliter  de  terra  libera,  quantum 
valeat  per  annum,  falvo  fervicio  dominorum  feodi, 
&teneatur  terra  in  manudomini  Regis,  quoufque 
domini  feodorum  pro  eadem  finem  fecerint  [Jatif- 
fecerint.]  Et  hiis  inquifitis,  ftatim  fepeliantur  cor- 
pora mortuorum  vel  occiforum. 

Similiter  inquirendum  eft  de  fubmerfis,  vel  fubito 
mortuis,  &  poftea  vidend'  eft  de  talibus  corporibus, 
utrum  fie  fubmerfi  fuerint,  vel  occifi,  vel  jugulatij 
vel  per  fignum  colli  funibus  ftrangulati,  vel  per  alia 
membra,  vel  per  lefuram  in  corpore  inventam,  fe- 
cundum  hoc  procedendo  in  forma  predicla  ;  Et  fi 
non  fuerint  occifi,  tunc  debet  coronator  attachiare 
inventorem,  &  omnes  alios  de  focietate.     De  the-  ' 
fauro  invento  debet  coronator  inquirere,  qui  fciunt 
inventorem,  &  fimiliter  qui  inde  reftati  funt,  & 
hoc  fcire  poteft,  fcilicet  fi  quis  fe  gefferft  vel  duxe- 
rit  folito,  vel  ad  tabernam  acceflerit,  &  diucius  fie 
fe  habuerit;  pro  tali  fufpicione  attachiari  debet  per 
iiii  vel  vi.  vel  per  plures  plegios,  fi  inveniri  poffint. 
Si  autem  aliquis  appellatus  fuerit  de  raptu,  appel- 
latus  attachiari  debet,  fi  appellum  recens  fuerit,  & 
videaut  fignum  veritatis  per  manifeftam  fanguinis 
violenciam,  vel  hutefium  levatum ;  &  talis  attachia- 
ri debet  per  iiii  plegios,.  vel  per  vi.  fi  invenire  pof- 
fit ;  fi  autem  appellum  fuerit  fine  hutefio,  &  fine 
fangume  manifefto,  tunc  fufficiunt  plegii  duo.     De 
appello  verode  plagis,  &  hujufmodi,  fi  plage  fue- 
rint mortales^ilatim  capiantur  appellati,  &  tenean- 
tur  donee  fciatur  {i  poffit' convaiefcere,  vel  non; 
kilicet  lefus  quod  fi  moriatur,  teneantur  rei ;  fi  vero 
convaluerint,    attachientur  per  quatuor  pleg'  vel 
fex,  fecundum  quod  plaga  fuerit  major  vel'  minor- 
Side  mahemio  fuerit,  per  plures  quam  quatuor  ; 
de  ftmphci  autem  vulnere  fine  mahemio,  duo  fuf- 
ficiunt pleg'.    Item  de  omnibus  plagis  videndum  eft, 
que  fit  longitudo,  latitude,  &profunditas,  &quibus' 
armis  vulneratus  fit  lefus  ;  in  quo  loco  corporis    & 
fi  plures  culpabilesfint;  &,  fi   pbra  fint  vulnera, 
quis  qualem  plagam  fecit;  &  fie  omnia  debent  ir- 
rotulan  in  rotulo  coronatoris.     Si  vero  aliquis    vel 
ahqm  appellati  fuerint,  appellatus  de  fado  capiatur, 
&  appe latus  deTorcia  attachietur,  falvo  quoufque 
appellati  de  fafto  convincantur  vel  deliberentur. 
De  equis,  batellis,  careers,  &  molendinis  per  que 
ahqui  mterficiuntur,   que  proprie  dicuntur  bani, 
areftentur,  [appreaentur]  &  poftea  tradantur  vil- 
latis, utfupra.     De  wrecco  maris,  ubicunque  in- 
T™     1'    •  al,3u's,manu|  apponat,  attachietur  per 
bonos  plegios  &falvos,  &  predi£tum  wreccum  aP- 
preaetur,  &  l.beretur  villatis.     Si  autem   aHauis 
rettatus  fuerit  de  rnorte  aiicujus  perfelS,  c S 

£1  r3lf°netrr  UtfTa>  ■  Si'^^erdehomici- 
dns,  burglarns,  feu  penclitat  s,  feuoccifis  lever,, r 
c.e.firEU^cfa,-0J.    ,#■,  cl      t;       „t  "  maH  DS  JCVied  t0r  ailMimhers>  ^rglaries,  and  for  , 


I  they  /hall  cattfe  all  the  Land,  Com,  and  Goods  to  he  ||  Read  tlqJbtM 
valued,  in  like  manner  as  if  they  Jhould  be  fold  inconti-  CJUfc  "ll  <he  Cl>rn 
nently,  and  thereupon  they  fhall  be  delivered  to  the  "»'iG'"l'"if 
whole  Townfhip,  which  fhall  be  anfwerable  before  ltd,',  %£ 
the  Juftices  for  all;    (10)  and  likewife  of  his  Free-  tended,  fothat 
hold,  how  much  it  is  worth  yearly  over   and  above  they  may  be  fold, 
the  Service  due  to  the  Lords  of  the   Fee ;  and  the  &*• 
Land  fhall  remain   in   the  King's  Hands,  until  the 
Lords  of  the  Fee  have  made  Fine  for  it.     (11)  And  • 
immediately  upon  thefe  Things  being  inquired,  the 
Bodies  of  fuch  Perfons  being  dead  or  flain  fhall  be 
buried. 

'  II.  In  like  manner  it  is  to  be  inquired  of  them Perfon  drowned, 
that  be  drowned,  or  fuddenly  dead,  and  after  ^y^'orfuddcniydead. 
Bodies  are  to  be  feen,  whether  they  were  fo  drowned,.  5  ^Vr  V" 
or  flain,  or   ftrangled  by   the  Sign  of  a  Cord  tiec VsiZfJc 
ftreight  about  their  Necks,   or  about   any  of  their 
Members,  or  upon  any  other  Hurt  found  upon  their 
Bodies,  whereupon  they  fhall  proceed  in  the  Form  R 
abovefaid  ;  •  (2)  and  if  they  were  not  flain,  then  ought  f;™'  Coro"'  IV,'' 
the  Coroner  to  attach  the  Finders,  and  all  other  in  z65]  436,  '446,' 
the  Company.     (3)  A  Coroner  alfo  ought  to  inquire  TrealWe  found. 
of  Treafure  that  is  found,  4-  who  vjere  the  Finders,  t  Read  'who 
and  likewife  who  is  fufpe&ed  thereof;  and  that  may  .T^'^'1' 
be  well  perceived  **  where  one  livcthriotoujly  haunting  for  infiaW,  ™1' 
L  averns,  and  hath  done  fo  of  long  Time;  hereupon  Vi  aidbehavetb 
he  may  be  attached  for  this  Sufpicion  by  four,  or  hx%<"be.i,fed,0  do, 
or  more  Pledges,  if  ft  he  may  be  found.     (4)  Fur-  or  ham!c,h  T*-' 
ther,  if  any  be  appealed  of  Rape,   he  muft  be  at-  ? V*i  &c; 
tached,  if  the  Appeal   be  frefh,  and  they  muft  fee  reTd  ,11 
apparent  Sign  of  Truth  by  Eft'ufion  of  Blood,  or  an  Appcalo'tRape.- 
open  Cry  made;    (5)  and  fuch  fhall  be  attached  by  XX  For  'hey,  ■ 
four,  or  fix-Pledges,  if  %%  they  may  be  found:    (6)  lfr"d/f-        ■ 
the  Appeal  were  without  Cry,  or  without  any  mani-  Jl1,       S's," Z 
feft  |!| (Sign  or  Token,-  two  Pledges  fhall  be  diffident.  J^Z/buX  ' 
(7)   Upon  Appeal  of  Wounds  and  fuch  like,  efpe-  Appeal  of 
daily  if  the  Wounds  be  mortal,  the  Parties  appealed  Wounds  or 
fhall  be  taken  immediately  and  kept  until  it  be  known  Jfaim- 
perfedly,  v/hether  he   that  is  hurt  fhall  recover,  or^  F45-«, 
not;    (8)  and  if  he  die,  the  W  Defendant  mall  bel«,  read  0/T" 
kept;  and  if  44  he  recover  Health,  *  they  fhall  be  at-/fWf«. 
tatched  by  four  or  fix  Pledges,  after  as  the   Wound  44  Re!(i  '/'*-" 
is  great  or  fmall.     (9)  If  it  be  for  a  Maim,  he  fhall  la"ia ?""•     ' 
find  t  no  lefs  than  four  Pledges ; .  if  it  be  for  a  fmall  «!d  ,he  °^ 
Wound,  %  two  Pledges  fhall  fuffice.     (io}:  Alfo  all > For «/«/,/&,./ 
Wounds  ought  to  be  viewed,  the  Length,  Breadth,  ^d  more  than. 
and  Deepnefs,  and   with  what  Weapons-,    It-  and  in  t  Attd  ,a"'"1""" 
what  Part  of  the  Body  the  Wound-  or- Hurt  is,  andf^'fri  or    J- 
how  many  be  culpable,  <(f  and  how  many  Wounds  therein 
be,  av.d  who  gave  the  Wound;    ( n )  all  which  Things  «HRead'flW  if 
mult  be  inrolled  m  the  Roll'  of  the  Coroners.     (12) '  then  are  many 
Moreover  4-  if  any  be  appealed  **  of  any  /!.£}  done    as  ffr<"",d*<  ""ho 
Principal,  they  that  be  appealed  of  the  Force  frail  be  at-  £T  c^fT''" 
tached    alfo     and    furely  kept  in   Ward,    until    *eprtS&^ 
ft  Principals  be  attainted  or  delivered.     (13)  Con- Acceffa^. 
cerning  Horfes,    Boats,  Carts,  %X  &c.  whereby  anv  4-  R«d  if  »»»■• 
are  flam,  that  properly  are  called  Deodands,  they  fhall  '"'  mre>  &c- 
be  valued  and  delivered  unto  the  Towns  as  before  is  w^klft^ 
(auL    (14)  Concerning  Wreck  of  the  Sea,  wherefoe-  SeT!  JfafL 
ver  it  be  found,  if  any  lay  Hands  on  it,  he  fhall  be  32  Am. fiat.  2. 
attached  by  fufficient  Pledges,  and  the  Price  of  the  c-  ^-firfre.- 
Wreck  fhall  be  valued  and  delivered  to  the  Towris  ■fc'"l""s  5i'^5  anl' 
(15)  If  any  be  fufpefted  of  the  Death  of  any  Mam |7''A'"'M ' 
being  m  danger  of  Life^  he  fhall  be  taken  and  impri-  s„Laed  Per- 
loned,  as  before   is  faid.     (16)  In  like  manner  Huy  fons- 
fhall  be  levied  for  all  Murthers,  Burglaries,  and  for  Hu>"  *ni  CrV-- 


vh.eb  cora -am  farther  Relation  reffea h:g  Co-.  o,.en. 


13. 


25  Ceo. 


29J 


■lies  appealed  if  the  faa. 


Xtif-AAMiUs,  gfei 

'  Men.  ' 


<6i        Stat  !• 


Ajfrno  quarto  Edward 1 1. 


A.B.  127^. 


*  Men  flam,  orinPeril  to  be  flain,  as  otherwhere  Is  ufed 

*  in  England,  and  all  fhall  follow  the  Huy  and  Steps,  as 
c  near  as  can  be ;  and  he  that  cloth  not,  and  is  convicT: 

*  thereupon,    {hall  be  attached  to  be  afore  the  Juftices 
4  of  the  Gaol,  W& 


Cotton  MS. 
hutefium,  ficut  alibi  eft  confuetudo  in  Anglia;  5: 
omnes  fequentur  hutefium,  fcflicet  hutefium  &  ve- 
ftigia,  fi  fieri  poterit ;  &.  qui  non  fecerit,  &  fuper 
hoc  convincatur  quod  noluerit,  attachietur  quod 
fit  coram  Jufticiariis  degaola.  [ut prius.] 


T^he  Statute  of  Bigamy,  made  4  O&ob.  Ann.  4  Edw.  I.  Stat.  3.  and 

Anno  Dom.  1276. 


*~RttAaifJotbirs  <e 
■ej  the  Council  of  « 
zhe  Kingdom  of  ^ 
England.  ,c 

•f  Read  zvbc  all 
If  « 


IN  the  Prefence  of  certain  Reverend  Fathers,  Bi- 
fhops  of  England,  and  others  *  of  the  King's  Coun~ 
cil,  the  Conftitutions  under-written  were  re- 
cited, and  after  heard  and  publifhed  before  the  King 
and  his  Council,  \  forafmuch  as  all  the  King's  Coun- 
cil, as  well  Juftices  as  other,  did  agree  that  they 
ihould  be  put  in  Writing  for  a  perpetual  Memory, 
and  that  they  fhould  be  ftedfaftly  obferved." 


•  Cotton MS. 

IN  prefentia  venerabilium  patrum  ah'quorum 
Epifcoporum  Anglie,  &  aliorum  de  confilio 
regni  Anglie,  recitate  fuerunt  conftitutiones 
fubfcripte  &  recordate,  &  poftmodum  coram  do- 
mino Rege  &  fuo  confilio  audite,  qui  omnes  de 
confilio  Juftic'  fimiliter  &  alii  concordarunt,  quod 
in  fcriptura  redigerentur  ad  perpetuam  memori- 
am,  &  quod  firmiter  obfervarentur. 


C  A  P.     I. 

In  what  Cafes  Aid  fhall  be  granted  of  the  King,  in  what  not. 


*H.  7.  it.  « 

5  H.  7.  16.  < 

9H.  7.  15.  , 

15  H.  7.  10.  < 
%  Net  in  the 
Original. 

]|    Who  have  bdd<- 

ill  Ufa  qr.dPrac-  ( 

iiee  kitberto  to  c 

have  been.  , 
^f  Add  it  is  of 

Jncb  Efitl.  l 

Fitz.  Proceed.  * 

5.6.  < 
Fitz.  TraverA 

41- 

1  Roll  2SS: 

2  Inft.  z68. 


"Thefirjl  Article, 

Concerning  Pleas  where  the  Tenant  excepteth, 
that  he  cannot  anfwer  without  the  King ;  it  is 
agreed  by  the  Juftices,  and  other  learned  Men  of  our 
Lord  the  King's  Council  %  of  the  Realm,  ||  which  here- 
tofore have  had  the  Ufe  and  Praclke  of  Judgement,  that 
where  a  Feoffment  was  made  by  the  King  with  a 
Deed  thereupon,  51  that  if  another  Perfon  by  a  like 
Feoffment  and  like  Deed  be  bounden  to  Warranty, 
the  Juftices  could  not  heretofore  have  proceeded  any 
further,  neither  yet  do  proceed  without  the  King's 
Commandment  had  therefore,  neither  can  it  be 
thought  that  they  may  proceed,' 


Primus  articulus  fie  incipit : 
E  placitis  ubi  vero  tenens  fie  excipir,  quod 
fine  Rege  refpondere  non  poteft  ;  concorda- 
tum  eft  per  Juftrc'  &  alios  fapientes  de  confilio 
domini  Regis,  qui  confuetudinem  &  ufum  hafte- 
nus  habuerunt,  quod  ubi  feoft'amentum  factum 
fuerit  per  Regem,  &  carta  fuper  hoc  confecta, 
tantum  fe  habet,  quod  fi  aliqua  perfona  per  con- 
fimile  feoffamentum,  &  per  confimilem  cartam, 
tenetur  ad  warrantum,  Jufticiarii  ulterius  proce- 
dere  non  potuerunt,  nee  hucufque  proceflerunt, 
nifi  fuper  hoc  preceptum  \a  domino  rege]  habuif* 
fent,  nee  videri  poteft  quod  procedere  poffiint. 


CAP.    II. 
In  what  Cafes  Aid  is  granted  of  the  King,  in  what  not. 


a  Jntt.  27a. 


S.»fl.  17. 


"  A  ND  it  feerneth  alfo,  that  they  could  not  pro- 
"  _/"\.  ceed  in  certain  Cafes,  as  where  the  King  hath 
*'  confirmed  or  ratified  any  Man's  Deed  to  the  Ufe  of 
"  another,  or  hath  granted  any  thing  as  much  as  in 
*'  him  is,  or  where  a  Deed  is  (hewed,  and  Claufe  con- 
"  tained  therein,   whereby  he  ought  to  warrantize  :" 

*  And  in  like  Cafes  they  ftiall  not  furceafe  by  occafion 

*  of  a  Confirmation,  Grant,  or  Surrender,  or  other 
'  like,    but,   after  Advertifement  made  thereof  to  the 

*  King,  they  fhall  proceed  without  Delay.' 


IN  certis  autern  cafibus,  utpote  ubi  Rex  confir* 
maverit  vel  ratificaverit  factum  alicujus  in  rem 
alienam,  vel  rem  aliquam  alicui  conceflerit,  quan- 
tum in  ipfo  eft,  vel  ubi  profert  cartam,  quod  Rex 
aliquod  tenementum  reddiderit,  vel  claufula  ali- 
qua contineatur,  per  quam  warrantia  debeatur  j 
&  pro  confimilibus  cafibus,  nee  occafidne  confir- 
macionis,  ratificacionis,  conceffionis,  five  reddici- 
onis  aut  aliorum  confimilium  fuperfedendum  eft, 
quin  poftquam  hoc  Regi  fuerit  oftenfum,  fine  dila- 
ciohe  procedatur. 


C  A  P.     III. 
In  Dower  the  King's  Grantee  of  a  Ward  fliall  not  have  Aid. 


Fitz.  Aidde  f^Oncerning  the  Endowment  of  Women,  where 

Roi,'  1  j,  iz,  17, '   V>  the  Guardians  of  their  Hufbands  Inheritance 

V>>  34.  H>  &c-  '  have  Wardfiiip  by  the  Gift  or  Grant  of  the  King,  or 

4  where  fuch  Guardians  be  Tenants  of  the  Thins  in 

"  demand  j  or  if  the  Heirs  of  fuch  Lands  be  vouched  to 

c  Warranty^  if  they  fay  that  they  cannot  anfwer  with- 

'  out  the  King  ;  they  fhall  not  furceafe  upon  the  Matter 

'  therefore,    but  fhall    proceed  therein  according  to 

Unftii7i.         •  Right.' 


DE  dotibus  mulierum,  ubi  aliqui  Cuftodia'S  he* 
reditatummarilorum  fuorurh  habeant,  vel  dc 
dono  Regis,  vel  ex  eoncefnone  Regis,  five  cuftodes 
rem  petitam  teneant,  five  heredes  predicT:orum  te* 
nementorum  vocentur  ad  Warantum,  fi  excipi- 
ant  qucd  fine  Rege  refpondere  non  poffiint :  non 
iJeo  fuperfedeatur,  quin  in  loquela  predi&a,  pfout 
juftum  fueritj  proceaatur. 

DE 


A.D.  I27&. 


Anno  quatt©  E  d  w  a  r  d  i  & 


Stat,  3..      6^ 


CAP.    IV. 

Purpreftures  or  Ufurpations  upon  the  King's  Land  fhall  be  refeifed. 


_.  Cotton  M& 

DE  purprefluris,  feu  occupaeionibus  quibufcun- 
que  fa£tis  fuper  dominum  Regem,  five  in  li- 
Mertate,  aut  in  aliis,  concordatum  eft,  quod  tem- 
pore regis  definitum  erat,  &  confideratum,  quod 
ubi  oecupatores  fuperftkes  erant^vel  fuerunt,  Rex 
de  piano  refumatrem  taliteroccupatam  de  raanibus 
occupantium,  quod  &  in  Curia  domini  Regis  de 
cetero  obfervetur;  &  fi  quis  de  hujufmodi  retump- 
cipnibus  conqueratur»  prpnt  juftuni  fuerit,  audi- 
atur, 


''  /'XDncernitigPurpreftures,  or  any  Manner  of  Ufur-  9C0. 16. 
*   v^r  pations,  made  upon  the  King  within  Franchifes,  Fit*.  Dower, 
'  or  elfewhere,  it  was  agreed  and  determined  in  the  l6'° 
'  Time  of  King  Henry,    that  where  fuch  Ufurpers-» 
'  were  living,  the  King  fhould  refeife  of  new  the  Land. 
'  fo  ufurped.out  of  the  Hands  of  the  Ufurpers-;    the- 
*~  which  Thing  alfo  fhall  be  from  henceforth  obferved  #  xtai'iitthi 
f  f  in  the  Realm;    (2)  and  if  any  do  complain  upojj; jCmgiCotm. 
'  fuch  Refeifers,  he  fhall  he_  heard  like,  as  Right  re-  Enforced  by 
'■  quireth.'  17  Ed,*,  c.  13, 

alnft.  172, 


DE  Bfgarnis,  quos  dbminus  [P#pa]  in  coniilio 
Lugd.unenfi  omni  privilegio  clericali-prirave- 
rij,  per  conftitucionem  inde  editam,  &  unde  qui- 
d*m  Prelati  iilos,  qui  fuerunt  effecti  bigami  ante 
predidtam  conftitucionem,.  &  de  felonia  reftati 
fuerunt,  tanquam  clericos  exigerunt  fibi  liberand' ; 
concordatum  eft  coram  Rege  &  confilio  fuo,  quod 
conftitucio_illa  intelligerida  eft,  qnod  five  effecl:i 
fint  bigami  ante  pred,i£tam  conftitucionem,  five 
poft,  non  Jiberenter  Prelatis,  immoiiat.de  eisjufti- 
cia  ficut  de  laicis. 


€  A  P.    V. 
Bigamus  (hall  not  be  allowed  his  Clergy .: 


Concerning  .Men  twice  married,  called  "Bigami, 
L.whom:  the>  Bifhop  of  Rome,,  by  a  Conftitution 
'  made  at  the  Council  of  Lions,  hath  excluded  from  all  • 
'  Qerks  Privilege,  whereupon  certain  Prelates  (when- 
'  fuch  Perfons  have  been  attainted  for  Felons)  have 
f  prayed  for  to  have  them  delivered  as  Clerks  j  which. 
'  were  made  Bigami  before  the  fame  Conftitution ;   (2) 
'it  is  agreed  and  declared  before  the-  King  and  his  : 
'  Council,    that  the  fame  Conftitution  fhall  be  under- 
'  flood  in  this  wife,i  that  whether  they  were  Bigami 
'before  the  fame  Conftitution,  or  after,  they  .fhall  not 
'  from   henceforth  be  delivered  to  the  Prelates, .  but  Altered  ty- 
'  Juftice  fhall  be  executed  upon;them,  as  upon  +  other  *  ?-.d;  6;,c-  **>■ 
'Lay  People.'  ^  \  ^ 

106.    2  Inft.  273.-  See  I  Jae..  X.  C.IX.,  which  makes  thh  Offence -Felony.     -J-  Omhff&r, 


Raft, 


C  A  P.    VI. 


By- what  Words  in  a  Feoffment  a  Feoffor  fhall  be  bound  to  Warranty; 


IN  cartis  autem,  ubi  continetur  dedi  et  eonceffi 
.  tale  tenementum*  fine  homagioj  vel  fine  alia 
claufula  continente  Warantiam,  &  tenend'  de  do- 
natoribus  &  heredibus  fuis  per  certa  fervicia ;  con- 
cordatum eft  per  eofdem,  quod  donator  &  heredes 
fui  teheantur  ad  warantizand'.  Ubi  autem  conti- 
netur dedi  eonceffi,  tenend'  de  capitalibus  dominis,, 
autde  aliis  quam  de  feoffatoribus  vel  heredibus  fuis, 
nullo  fervicio  fibi-  retento,  fine  homagio,.  vel  fine 
di£ta  claufula ,.  heredes  fui  non  teneantur  ad  waran- 
tizand'; ipfe  tamen  feoffator  [in  vitafuo]  ratione 
doni  fui  proprii,  teneatur  ad  warantiam.  Predidle 
autem  conftituciones  edite  fuerunt  in  parliament© 
poft  feftum  fanfti  Michaelis,  anno  regni  regrs/E. 
filii  regis  H.  quarto,  [&  extune  babebunt  locum.} 


'  TN  Deeds  alfo  where  is  contained  Dedi  "Jsf  cmcejji  ^l"  *5>  **i«J 

'    X  tale  tenementum  without  Homage,    or  without  a  !  c°  's '" 

'  Claufe  that  containeth  Warranty,   and  to  be  holden  \  q0\  |,", 

'  of  the  Givers,  and  their  Heirs,  by  a  certain  Service  ;  5  Co.  17. 

'■  it  is  agreed,    that  the  Givers,  .  and  their  Heirs,  fhall  8  Co.  51. 

'■be  bounded  to  Warranty.     (2)  And  where  is  con- 

'  tained  Dedi  if-  concejji,  &c.  to  be  holden  of  the:  chief . 

'  Lords  of  the  Fee,  or  of  other,  J  and  not  of  Feoffors,  J  Read  than  the 

'  or  of  their  Heirs,  referving  no  Service,  without  Ho-  •F>#»™>  ©<•, 

'-mage,    or  without  the  forefaid: Claufe, .  their  Heirs 

'  fhall  not  be  bounden.  to  Warranty,  notwithftanding 

'  the  Feoffor  during  his  own  Life,  by  Force  of  his  own  . 

'  Gift,_  fhall  be  bound  to  warrant.     (3)  All  thefe  Con- 

'  ftitutions  aforefaid  were  made  ||  at  Wefiminjler,  in  the  ||  N6tin:bt 

'  Parliament  next  after  the  Feaft  of  St.  Michael,  the  Original. 

'  fourth  Year  of  the>  Reign  of  King  Edward,  Son  of 

'  King  Henry;   and  from  that  Time  forth  they  fhall  a  Inft^i;^,. 

'  take  Effect,' 


S.-T.A.T-  ft  Tkj£ 


64  Anno  fexto  Edwardi  I.  A.  D.  1278. 

STATUTA    GLOUCESTR' 

Statutes  made  at  Gloucefter,  4  O&obris,   Anno  6  Edw.  I.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1278. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  47.. 

LE  an  de  grace  MCCLXXVIII.  e  del  regne  le  Rey  Edward  fiz  le  Rey  Henri  fifme  a  Glouceftre 
le  mois  de  Auft  purveaunt  mefme  le  rei  pur  le  amendement  de  fun  reaume  e  pur  plus  plenere  exhi- 
bicion  de  dreit  fi  com  le  profit  de  office  regal  demaunde  appelez  les  plus  defcrez  de  fun  regne  -aufi 
bien  des  greindres  cum  des  meindres.     Eftabli  eft  e  concordaument  ordeine  qe  cum  mefme  le  regne  err 
plufurs  divers  cas  aufi  bien  de  fraunchifes  com  de  autre  chofes  en  les  queles  avaunt  lei  failli  e  a  efchuire  les 
trefgrefs  damages   e  les  nient  numbrables  defheritefuns   Les  quels  icel   manere  defaute  de  lei   fift  a.  la 
gent  du  reaume  eit  mefter  de  divers  fupplecions  de  lei  e  de  noveles  purveaunces  e  les  eftatuz  ordeignemenz 
e  purveaunces  fuz  efcrites  de  tute  la  gent  del  regne  deforemes.  fermement  feient  gardez.  Cum  Prelatz  Cuntes 
Baruns  e  autres  del  regne  cleiment  aver  divers  fraunchifes  a  les  quels  examiner  e  jugger  le  Rey  a  mefmes 
ceus  Prelats  Cuntes  Baruns  e  autres  aveit  done  jour  purveu  eft  e  concordaument  graunte  qe  les  avaunt- 
ditz  Prelatz  Cuntes  Baruns  e  autres  tels  manere  de  fraunchifes  ufent  iffint  qe  rien  ne  lur  acreile  par  ufurpa- 
cion  ou  occupaciun  ne  ren  fur  le  Rei  occupent  defqe  a  la  procheine  venue  le  Rei  par  le  counte  ou  a  la  pro- 
cheine  venue  de  Juftices  erraunz  a  comuns  plez  en  mefme  le  counte  ou  defqe  le  Rei  comaunde  autre  chofe 
iauve  le  dreit  le  Rei  cum  il  envodra  parler  folom  ceo  qe  il  eft  cuntenu  en  le  bref  le  Rei.     E  de  ceofoient 
maunde  brefs  as  Vifcuntes  Baillifs  e  autres  per  chefcuri  demaundaunt  e  feit  la  forme  del  bref  chaungee  folom 
la  diverfete  dez  fraunchifes  les  quels  chefcun  cleim'e  aVer.     E  les  Vifcuntes  par   tutes  lur  baillies   ferunt' 
communement  crier  ceo  eft  aiaver  en  cites  en  burgs  en  viles  marchaundes  e  aillours  qe  tuz  ceus  qi  au- 
cunes  fraunchifes  cleiment  aver  par  les  chartres  les  predeceffurs  le  Rei  Reis  de  Engleterre  ou  en  autre  manere' 
feient  devaunt  le  Rei  ou  devaunt  juftices  en  eire  a  certeins  jour  e  leu  a  muftref  quel   manere  de  fraunchifes 
il  cleiment  aver  e  par  quel  garaunt.     E  les  vifcuntes  meimes  dunqes  ferrunt  iloeqes  perfonenment  od  lur 
baillifs  e  lur  meniftres  a  certifier  le  Rei  fur  les  avauntdites  fraunchifes  e  autres  chofes  qe  celes  fraunchifes 
touchent.     E  cefte  criee  devaunt  le  E.ei  cunteigne  garnifement  de  treis  femeines.     E  mefme- la  manere  fe-- 
runt  les  vifcuntes  crier  en  eire  de  juftices.     E  en  mefme  la  manere  ferrount  il  perfonenment  od  lur  baillifs  e 
lur  meniftres  a -certifier  les  juftices  de  tel  manere  de  fraunchifes  e  de  autre  chofes  qe  celes  fraunchifes  touchent. 
E  cefte  criee  conteigne  garnifement  de  quaraunte  jours  fi  com  la  commune   fomonufe  content  ifii  qe  fi  la 
partie  qe  cleime  aver  fraunchife  feit  devaunt  le  Rei  ne  feit  pas  mis  en  defaute  devaunt  les  Juftices  en  eire  pur 
ceo  qele  Rei  de  fa  grace  efpeciale  ad  graunte  qe  il  garder  la  partie  de  damage  quaunt  a  eel  ajornement.     E 
fi  cele  partie  feit  en  plai  fur  tels  manere  de  fraunchifes  devatait  une  peire  de  Juftices  avauntdiz  mefmes  les 
Juftices  devaunt  les  quels  la  partie  eft  en  plai  garderount  la  partie.de  damage  devaunt  autres  Juftices  E  le 
Rei  devaunt  lui  mefmes  mes  qe  il  fache  par   les  Juftices  qe  la  partie   fuft'  en  plai  deva'unt  eus  fi  com  il  eft 
avauntdit.     E  fi  eels  qi  tels  fraunchifes  cleiment  aver  ne  viegnent  al  jour  avauntdit  dunqes  feient  les  fraun- 
chifes en  nun  de  deftreffe  pris  en  la  main  le  Rei  par  le  vifcunte  del  liu'iffi  qe  il  tel  manere  de  fraunchifes  fie" 
ufent  defqe  il  viegnent   a  receivre  dreit.     E  quaunt  il  veinent  par  cele  deftrefce  lur  fraunchifes  lur  feien.t. 
replevies  fi  il  les  demaundent  les  quels  replevies  refpoignent  meintenaunt  en  la  forme  avauntdite.     E  fi  par 
aventure  les  parties  exceptent  qe  il  ne  deivent  nent  de  ceo  refpundre  faunz  bref  original  dunqe  fi  il  pufle 
eftre  feu  qe  eus  de  lur  propre  fet  eientufurpe  ou  ocupe  aucunes  fraunchifes  fur  le  Rei  ou  fur  fes  predeceffors 
dir  lur  feit  qe  meintenaunt  refpoignent  faunz  bref  e  pus  receivent  jugement  fi  com  la  Curt  le  Rei  agardera. 
E  fi  il  dient  outre  qe  lur  aunceftre  ou  lur  aunceftres  de  meifmes  les  fraunchifes  morurent  feifis   foient  oiz  e 
meintenaunt  feit  la  verite  enquife  e  folom  ceo  aillent  les  juftices  avaunt  en  la  befoigne.     E  fi  il  feit  trove  qe 
lur  aunceftre  en  moruft  feifi  dunqes  eit  le  Rei  bref  original  de  fa  chauncelerie  en  la  forme  fete  de  ceo  Le 
Rei  maunde  faluz  au  vifcunte  fommonez  par  bons  fomonours  un  tel  qe  il  feit  devaunt  nus  a  ten  lieu  en  noftre 
procheine  venue  en  eel  Cunte  ou  devaunt  nos  Juftices  a  primeres  affiles  cum  il  en  celes  parties  vendrount  a 
muftrer  par  quel  garaunt  il  cleime  aver  quitaunce  de  tonnue  pur  fei  ou  fes  hommes  par  tut  noftre  reaume  par 
continuation  apres  la  mort  tel  jadis  fun  predeceffour.    E  eiez  les  fomonurs  e  ceo  bref.     E  fi  les  parties 
viegnent  al  jor  refpoignent  e  feit  replie  e  juge.     E  fi  il  ne  viegnent  ne  fe  effoignent  devaunt  le  Rei  e  le  Rei 
demoerge  outre  en  eel  Cunte  feit  comaunde  al  vifcunte  qe  il  les  face  venir  al  quart  jor  al  quel  jor  fi  il  ne 
viegnent  e  le  Rei  demoerge  outre  en  eel  Cunte  feit  fet  fi  com  en  eire  des  Juftices.     E  fi  le  Rei  departe  del 
cunte  feient  les  parties  ajprnees  a  bref  jor  e  eient  renables  delais  joufte  les  defcrecions  des  juftices  fi  cum  en 
actiuns  perfoneles.     E  les  juftices  en  eire  facent  de  ceo  en  lur  eires  folom  le  ordeinement  avauntdit  e  folom 
ceo  qe  tel  manere  de  plez  deivent  eftre  dedut  en  eire.     De  pleintes  fetes  e  a  fere  des  baillifs  le  Rei  e  de  autri 
baillifs  feit  fet  folom  le  ordeinement  avaunt  fet  de  ceo  e  folom  les  enqueftres  de  ceo  avaunt  prifes  E  de  ceo 
frunt  les  Juftices  en  eire  folum  ceoqe  le  Rei  lour  ad  enjointe  folum  les  articles  qe  le  Rei  lur  ad  liveje a. 

»  See  the  Statute  of  %o  JVjrranu,  fol.  70, 


CAP. 


A.D.  1278. 


Anno  fexto  Edwardi  I. 


C  1—3.         65 


CAP.     I. 

Several  Actions  wherein  Damages  flia'l  bs 


recovered. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

CUM  avaunt  ces  houres  damages  ne  fuflent 
agardez  en  affife  de  novele  difleifine  fors 
tauntfoulement  vers  les  difTeififurs  [dijjeifours]  pur- 
veu  eft  qe  fi  les  difTeififours  alienent  les  tenemenz 
e  neient  dunt  les  damages  puffent  eftre  levez  qe 
ceus  en  qi  mains  icels  tenemenz  devendrunt  feient 
charge  des  damages  iffi  qe  chefcun  refpoigne  de  ion 
tens.  Parveu  eft  enfement  qe  le  defeili  recovre 
damage  en  bref  de  Entre  fur  novele  difleifine  vers 
celui  qi  eft  trove  tenaunt  apres  le  defeifur.  Purveu 
eft  enfement  qe  la  ou  en  avaunt  ces  houres  damages 
ne  furent  agardez  en  pie  de  mort  de  aunceftre  fors 
en  cas  la  ou  tenement  fu  recovere  vers-le  chief  feig- 
nour  qe  deforemes  damages  feient  agardez  en  touz 
cas  ou  en  recovre  par  affife  de  mort  de  aunceftre  fi 
com  eft  avauntdit  en  affile  de  novele  difleifine  en 
mefme  la  manerc  recovre  lem  damages  par  bref  de 
Cofmagedel  Ael  e  del  Befael. 

Cotton  MS.  Vefpaf.  B.  7. 
[Et  lou  avant  ces  heurez  damages  ne  furent  taxez 
fors  a  la  value  deliffue  de  la  terre  qe  le  demandant  print 
C3'  poet  prendre  dejormes  recover  vers'  le  tenant  les  cou- 
Jlages  de  fan  brief  pur  chafe  enfemblement  ove  lez  da- 
mages avantditz  Et  tout  ceo  foit  tenu  en  tout  cas  ou 
homme  recover  damages.] 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
II.  E  feit  deforemes  en  mefme  la  manere  chefcun 
tenu  a  rendre  damages  la  ou  om  recovre  vers  lui  de 
fa  entrufiun  ou  de  fun  fet  demeifne. 


The  Alienee 
of  a  Difleifor 
/nail  be  charged 
with  Damages. 
Fitz.  Damage, 
14,  43,  66,  68, 
Sx,  95,  101, 
102,  104,  108, 

IIO,    121,    123, 

127,  "9- 
Hob.  95. 
GodboJr  1  ti. 
Damages  in 
Mortdaunceftor. 
Co.  Lit.  10. 116. 
Dyer,  f.  370. 
Fitz.  Damage, 
6,  19,  97. 
Damages  in 
Cofinage,  Aiel, 
Beiaiel. 

"  II.  And  whereas  before  Time  Damages  were  not  where  Damages 
'  taxed,  but  to  the  Value  of  the  Ifiues  of  the  Land  ■"  fliall  be  recover. 
(2)  it  is  provided,  That  the  Demandant  may  reco-  ed>  there  Cofta 
ver  againft  the  Tenant   the  Cofts  of  his  Writ  pur-  a"°' 
chafed,  together  with  the  Damages  abovefaid.     (3) 
And  this  Act  fliall  hold  Place  in  all  Cafes  where  the 
Party  is  to  recover  Damages.     (4)  And  every  Per- 
fon  from  henceforth  fhall  be  compelled  to  render  Da- 
mages,, where  the  Land  is  recovered  againft  him  up-  2  InR,  2S3. 
on  his  own  Intrufion,  or  his  own  Act.' 


feifors  do  aliene  the  Lands,  and  have  not  whereof 
there  may  be  Damages  levied,  that  they  to  whole 
Hand  fuch  Tenements  fhall  come,  {hall  be  charged 
with  the  Damages,  fo  that  every  one  fhall  anfwer  for 
his  Time.  (3)  It  is  provided  alfo,  That  the  DifTeifee 
fhall  recover  Damages  in  a  Writ  of  Entry,  upon  No- 
vel diffeifin  againft  him  that  is  found  Tenant  after  the 
Difleifor.  (4)  It  is  provided  alfo,  that  where  before 
this  Time  Damages  were  not  awarded  in  a  Plea  of 
Mortdaunceflor  (but  in  cafe  where  the  Land  was  re- 
covered againft  the  chief  Lord)  that  from  henceforth 
Damages  fhall  be  awarded  in  all  Cafes  where  a  Man 
recovereth  by  Affife  of  Mortdaunceftor,  as  before  is 
faid  in  Affife  of  Novel  diffeifin  :  (5)  And  likewife  Da- 
mages fliall  be  recovered  in  Writs  of  Cofinage,  Aiel, 
and  Bejaiel' 


C  A  P.     II. 

In  what  Cafe  Nonage  of  the  Plaintiff  fhall  not  ftay  an  Enqueft. 


Si  enfaunt  dedenz  age  feit  tenu  hors  de  fun  he- 
ritage apres  la  mort  fun  Cufin  Ael  ou  Befael 
par  que  il  conveigiie  qe  il  purchafe  bref  e  fun  ad- 
verfaire  veigne  en  Curt  e  enrefponaunt  allegge  fef- 
fement  ou  autre  chofe  die  par  quei  Juftices  agardent 
enquefte  la  ou  enquefte  fu  delae  defque  al  age  fi 
pane  ore  lenquefte  aufi  cumil  fu  de  age. 


'  TF  a  Child  within  Age  be  holden  from  his  Heritage  Co  Vlt  ,  f 
'  JL  after  the  Death  of  his  *  Father,  Cofin,  Grandfa-  Dyer/  f.  104 
'  ther,  or  Great 'Grandfather,  whereby  he  is  driven  to  3  Bul'ftr.  137 
'  his  Writ,  and  his  Adverfary  cometh   into  the  Court,  *  Not '"  cle 
'  and  for  his  Anfwer  alledgeth  a  Feoffment,  or  plead-  0r%,nal' 
'  eth  fome  other  Thing,  whereby  the  Juftices  award 
'  an  Enqueft,  there  whereas  the  Enqueft  was  deferred 
'  unto  the  full  Age  of  the  Infant,  now  the  Enqueft 
'  fliall  pafs  as  well  as  if  he  were  of  full  Age.' 


CAP.     III. 

An  Alienation  of  Land  by  the  Tenant  by  the  Curtefy  with  Warranty  fliall  be  void. 


Stabli  eft  enfement  qe  fi  home  aliene  tenement 
qil  tient  par  lei  de  Engleterre  fun  fiz  ne  feit 
pas  barre  par  le  fet  fun  pere  par  qi  nul  heritage  ne 
lui  eft  defcendu  a  demander  e  recovrer  par  bref  de 
mort  de  aunceftre  la  feifine  fa  mere  tut  face  la 
chaitre  fun  pere  mentiun  qe  lui  e  fes  heirs  feient 
tenuz  a  la  garauntie.  E  fi  heritage  lui  feit  defcen- 
du par  fun  pere  dunqes  feit  il  forclos  de  la  value  del 
heritage  qe  lui  eft  defcendu.  E  fin  en  tens  apres 
heritage  lui  defcent  par  mefme  le  pere  dunqe  avera 
le  tenaunt  vers  lui  recoverer  de  la  feifine  fa  mere 
par  bref  de  jugement  qe  iftra  des  roules  des  Jufti- 
ces devaunt  les  quels  le  plai  fu  pleide  e  refomoundre 
fun  garaunt  fi  cum  ad  efte  fet  en  autre  cas  ou  le 
garaunt  vint  en  curt  e  dift  qe  rien  ne  lui  eft  defcen- 
Vol.  I. 


IT  is  eftablifhed  alfo,  That  if  a  Man  aliene  a  Te- 
nement, that  he  holdeth  by  the  Law  of  England, 
his  Son  fhall  not  be  barred  by  the  Deed  of  his  Father 
(from  whom  no  Heritage  to  him  defcended)  to  de- 
mand and  recover  by  Writ  of  Mortdaunccflor,  of  the 
Seifin  of  his  Mother,  although  the  Deed  of  his  Fa- 
ther doth  mention,  that  he  and  his  Heirs  be  bound 
to  Warranty.  (2)  And  if  any  Heritage  defcend  to 
him  of  his  Father's  Side,  then  he  fliall  be  barred  for 
the  Value  of  the  Heritage  that  is  to  him  defcended. 
(3)  And  if  in  Time  after  any  Heritage  defcend  to 
him  by  the  fame  Father,  then  fhall  the  Tenant  reco- 
ver againft  him  of  the  Seilin  of  his  Mother  by  a  ju- 
dicial Writ  that  fhall  iflue  out  of  the  Rolls  of  the 
Juftices,  before  whom  the  Plea  was  pleaded,  to  re- 
K  '  fummon 


Vaughan  366, 
Stat.  4&  5  Ann, 
c.  16.  Bro.  For- 
medon,73.  5  Co. 
80.    8  Co.  52. 
Co.  Lit.  365, 
366,381.8.  382. 
a.  3S3.  a,  b. 
Dyer,  f.  148. 
Fitz.  Gairanty, 
5.     9  Co.  26. 
Fitz.  Cui  in 
vita,  7,  8. 
Sec  32  H.  8.  c* 
28.  lu'tib  regard 
to  Leajes  ft:a.ie  by 
Tenants  in  Ftc, 
&c.  in  RigU  of 
thiirfViva* 


6<? 


C.  4 — 6. 


Keihv.  104. 
124,  «5« 


e  Jnft.  292, 


Anno  fexto  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  1278. 


fummon  his  Warranty,  as  before  hath  been  done  in 
Cafes  where  the  Warrantor  cometh  into  the  Court, 
faying,  That  nothing  defcended  from  him  by  whofe 
Deed  he  is  vouched.  (4)  And  in  like  Manner  the 
IiTue  of  the  Son  fhali  recover  by  Writ  of  Co/mage, 
diet,  and  Be fai el.  (.5)  Likewife  in  like  Manner  the 
Heir  of  the  Wife  {hall  not  be  barred  of  his  Aclion 
after  the  Death  of  his  Father  and  Mother,  by  the 
Deed  of  his  Father,  if  he  demand  by  Aclion  the  In- 
heritance of  his  Mother  by  a  "Writ  of  Entry,  which 
his  Father  did  aliene  in  the  Time  of  his  Mother, 
whereof  no  Fine  is  levied  in  the  King's  Court.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
du  de  lui  par  qui  fet  il  eft  vouche.  En  mefme  la 
manere  le  iffue  del  fiz  par  bref  del  ael  cofm  e  del 
befael.  Enfement  en  mefme  la  manere  ne  feit  le 
hier  la  femme  apres  la  mort  le  pere  e  le  mere  barre 
de  action  par  la  chartre  fun  pere  fi  il  demaunde  le 
heritage  ou  le  manage  la  mere  par  bref  de  entre  qe 
fun  pere  en  tens  fa  mere  aliena  dunt  nule  fin  eft  le- 
vee en  la  Curt  le  Rey. 


7  H.  8.  f.  28. 

Fitz.  Refceit, 

c,6,   105. 

Fitz.  Scire  fac', 

Kel.  f.  75,  132. 
Fitz.  Cei'avit, 

2,    IO,    12,    19, 

20,  23,  2.s,  27, 

*9>  31.  38j  39> 
49>  Sz>  53.  56- 
Raft.  pla.  f.  in. 
The  Tenant 
payeth  the  Ar- 
rearage?, and 
rjndcth  Surety, 


Regift.  237. 
2  Inft.  20;. 
Enforced  and  ex- 
tended by  13  Ed. 
I.  irat.  1.  c.  21. 
41.  £f  10  Ed.  2. 


Byer  2  c. 

F'rtz.  Waft,  61,    ' 
H7,  146.  « 

Ero.  Par!.  17.      c 
Fitz.  Judgment,  c 

«S»  I74,  255-  t 
Fitz.  Damage, 

7,22,42,  52,  ' 

90,  113,  133.  « 

Co.  Inft:.  53.  b.  c 
54.  b.  20).  b. 

355- b-  , 

1  Roll  91,  97, 
156.  '  ' 
P-aft.  689,  &c.  1 
Savill  42.  c 
9  H.  3.  Jla:.  1.  t 
c.4.  51 H. 
c.  23. 

R'?ifr.  72. 

2  Inft.  299 


3 


CAP.       IV. 

In  what  Cafe  a  Cejfavit  is  maintainable  againft  a  Tenant  in  Fee-farm. 


LSO  if  a  Man  let  his  Land  to  Ferm,  or  to 
find  Eftovers,  in  Meat  or  in  Cloth,  amounting 
to  the  Fourth  Part  of  the  very  Value  of  the  Land, 
and  he  which  holdeth  the  Land  fo  charged  letteth  it 
lie  frefh,  fo  that  the  Party  can  find  no  Diftrefs  there 
by  the  Space  of  Two  or  Three  Years  to  compel  the 
Farmor  to  render,  or  to  do  as  is  contained  in  the 
Writing  or  Leafe  ;  (z)  it  is  eftablifhed,  that  the  Two 
Years  being  patted,  the  LelTor  fhall  have  an  Action 
to  demand  the  Land  in  demean  by  a  Writ  which  he 
fhall  have  out  of  the  Chancery.  (3)  And  if  he 
againft  whom  the  Land  is  demanded  come  before 
Judgement,  and  pay  the  Arrearages  and  the  Dama- 
ges, and  find  Surety  (fuch  as  the  Court  fhall  think 
fufficient)  to  pay  from  thenceforth  as  is  contained  in 
the  Writing  of  his  Leafe,  he  fhall  keep  the  Land. 
(4)  And  if  he  tarry  until  it  be  recovered  by  Judge- 
ment, he  fhall  be  barred  for  ever.' 


Nfement  fi  home  left  fa  terre  a  fee  ferme  ou  a 


trouver  eftovers  en  vivre  en  vefture  qe  munte 
a  la  quarte  partie  de  la  verri  value  de  la  terre  e  celui 
qi  tient  la  terre  iffint  charge  la  lefie  gifir  frifche  iffi 
qe  lem  ne  puffe  trover  deftrefce  par  deus  anns  ou 
treis  faunz  ent  fere  la  ferme  rendre  ou  faunz  fere 
ceo  que  eft  contenu  en  lefcrit  del  les  eftabli  eft  qe 
apres  les  deus  anns  paffez  eit  le  leflour  actioun  a 
demaunder  la  terre  en  demeine  par  bref  qe  il  avera 
en  la  Chauncelrie.  E  fi  celui  vers  qi  la  terre  eft 
demaunde  veigne  avaunt  jugement  e  rende  les  ar- 
rerages  e  les  damages  e  trove  feurte  tele  com  la  cort 
verra  qe  feit  fuffefaunte  a  rendre  en  apres  ceo  qe  eft 
contenu  en  le  efcrit  fi  retiegne  la  terre.  E  fi  il  de- 
moert  defqe  taunt  qe  ele  feit  recovre  par  jugement 
fl  feit  encorue  a  remanaunt. 


CAP.    V. 
Several  Tenants  againft  whom  an  Action  of  Wafte  is  maintainable.' 


Man  from  henceforth 


fhall  have   a  Writ   of  Wafte   in  the  Chancery 


1  T  is  provided  alfo,  That  a 

againft  him  that  holdeth  by  Law  of  England,  or  other 
wife  for  Term  of  Life,   or  for  Term  of  Years,  or  a 
Woman  in  Dower,     (z)  And  he  which  fliall  be  at- 
tainted of  Wafte,  fhall  leefe  the  Thing  that  he  hath 
wafted,  and  moreover  fhall  recompenfe  thrice  fo  much 
as  the  Wafte  fhall  be  taxed  at.     (3)  And  for  Wafte 
made  in  the  Time  of  Wardfhip,   it  fliall  be  done  as 
is  contained  in  the  Great  Charter.     (4)  And  where 
it  is  contained  in  the  Great  Charter,    that  he  which 
did  wafte  during  the  Cuftody,  fhall  leefe  the  Ward- 
fhip,    (5)  it  is  agreed  that  he  fhall   recompenfe  the 
'  Heir  his  Damages  for  the  Wafte,  if  fo  be  that  the 
'  Wardfhip  loft  do  not  amount  to  the  Value  of  the 
'  Damages  before  the  Age  of  the  Heir  of  the  fame 
'  Wardfhip.' 

See  farther  13  Ed.  1,  14,  £?2Z.     zoEd.  I.  flat.  1.  and  11  II.  6.  c.  5.  againfl 


E Nfement  purveu  eft  qe  lem  eit  deforemes  bref 
de  Waft  en  la  chauncelrie  fait  de  ceo  fur 
home  qi  tient  par  la  lei  de  Engleterre  ou  en  autre 
manere  a  terme  de  vie  ou  a  terme  de  annz  ou 
femme  en  doweire  :  e  celui  qui  ferra  ateint  de  waft 
perde  la  chofe  qil  ad  waftee  e  eftre  ceo  face  gre  del 
trebble  de  ceo  qe  le  waft  ferra  taxe.  E  endreit  de 
waft  fet  en  garde  feit  fait  folom  ceo  qe  il  eft  con- 
tenu en  la  graunt  chartre.  E  par  la  ou  il  eft  con- 
tenue  en  la  graunt  chartre  qe  celui  qi  avera  fet  waft 
en  garde  perde  la  garde  Acorde  eft  qe  il  rende  al 
heir  les  damages  del  waft  fi  iffi  ne  feit  qe  la  garde 
perdue  ne  fuffice  my  a  la  value  des  damages  avaunt 
le  age  del  heir  de  mefme  la  garde. 


•whom  ASion  of  Wafle  is  maintainable. 


CAP.     VI. 

Where  divers  Heirs  fhall  have  one  Affile  of  Mortdaunceftor. 


Fitz.  Jo'nder 
in  Aft.  17,31 

54,   3S>  3- 
Co.  Jmt.  164.  a. 


2  Inft.  307. 
See  J} Ed,  I. 


T  is  provided  alfo,  That  if  a  Man  die,  having 
many  Heirs,  of  whom  one  is  Son  or  Daughter, 
Brother  or  Sifter.  Nephew  or  Niece,  and  the  other 
be  of  a  further  Degree,  all  the  Heirs  fhall  recover 
from  henceforth  by  a  Writ  of  Mortdaunceftor? 


IQUrveu  eft  enfement  qe  fi  home  moert  &  eit  plu- 
\  furs  heirs  dunt  le  un  eft  fiz  ou  fill ie  frere  ou 
foer  nevewe  ou  nece  e  les  autres  foient  en  plus  loin- 
tcing  degre  les  heirs  eient  deforemes  recoverer  par 
bref  do  la  chauncelrie  de  mort  de  aunceftre. 


c.  zo.  -wLtre  in  Writ  of  Cofwage,  &c.  Tenant  may  f  lead  that  Plaintiff  is  not  next  Heir, 


CAP. 


A.D.  1273. 


Anno  fcxto  Edwardi  I. 


C.  7-9. 


67 


CAP.     VII. 


A  Writ  of  Entry  in  cafu  provifo,  upon  a  Woman's  Alienation  of  Dower. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ENfement  fi  femme  vende  ou  donne  en  fee  ou  a 
terme  de  vie  tenement  qe  ele  tient  en  dowaire 
eftabli  eft  qe  le  heir  ou  autre  a  qi  la  terre  devereit 
revertier  apres  le  deces  la  femme  eit  meintenaunt 
recoverer  a  demander  la  terre  par  bref  de  entre  fet 
de  ceo  en  la  chauncelrie. 


LSO  if  a  Woman  fell  or  give  in  Fee,  or  for  Fitz.  Entree, «, 
Term  of  Life,    the  Land  that  £he  holdeth  in  Bro.  ingrefs,  3. 
Dower;    it  is  ordained,  That  the  Heir,  or  other  to  *  In(h  3°9- 
whom  the  Land  ought  to  revert  after  the  Death  of-1  Ro"  l6'" 
fuch  Woman,    fhall  have  prefent  Recovery  to  de- 
mand the  Land  by  a  Writ  of  Entry  made  thereof  in  „  ,     ,     . 
the  Chancery.'  2£tfg< 

II  H.  7.  c,  20.  which  gives  a  Right  of  Entry  to  Reverfioners.     Regift.  235. 


CAP.     VIII. 

No  Suit  for  Goods  in  the  King's  Courts  under  Forty  Shillings.     Attorneys  may  be  made  where 
an  Appeal  lieth  not.     The  Defendant  being  effoined  lhall  bring  in  his  Warrant. 


jUrveu  eft  enfement  qe  vifcuntes  pleident  en 
Cuntees  les  plefz  de  trefpas  auficom  il  foloient 
eftre  pleidez.  E  qe  nul  eit  deforemes  bref  de  tref- 
pas devaunt  Juftices  fe  il  na  fie  par  fei  qe  les  biens 
cnportez  vaillent  qaraunte  fol  al  meins.  E  ft  il 
fe  pleint  de  baterie  a  fie  par  fei  qe  fa  pleint  eft  ve- 
ritable. De  plaies  e  de  mahems  eit  em  bref  ft  com 
em  foleit  aver.  E  graunte  eft  qe  les  defendaunts 
puilTent  fere  attornez  en  tels  plaiz  ou  apel  ne  eft 
iffi  qe  fi  ils  foient  atteintz  del  trefpas  en  lur  abfence 
feit  demaunde  al  vifcunte  qe  il  feient  pris  e  oyent 
dunqe  la  peyne  qil  avereient  fi  il  euffent  efte  pre- 
fent quant  le  jugement  fu  rendu.  E  ii  les  plein- 
tifs  deforemes  en  tel  trefpas  fe  facent  effoneer  apres 
la  primere  apparaunce  feit  jor  done  defqe  a  venue 
de  Juftices  e  les  defendaunz  endementers  feient  en 
pes  en  tels  plefz  e  en  autres  plefz  la  ou  attachemenz 
e  deftrefccs  gifent.  E  fi  le  defendaunt  fe  face  effo- 
neer  de  fervife  le  Rey  e  ne  porte  fun  garant  al  jor 
qi  eft  done  par  fun  effoneur  qe  il  rende  al  pleintife 
les  damages  de  la  jornee  de  vint  fouz  ou  de  plus 
folom  la  difcreciun  des  Juftices  e  ja  le  meins  en  la 
grcve  merci  le  Rey, 


Fitz.  Brief,  550. 
14  H.  8.  f.  15. 
2lnft.  310. 
Bro.  AttorD. 
64,  74,  7S,  Sz, 
88.   Enforced  by 
43  El,  c.  6.  and 
21  Jac.  I.  c.  16. 
which  bar  Plain- 
tiffs of  Cofts  in 
Acl'tons  under 
405.  Fitz.  Ef- 
foin, 16,  17,  39, 

41,  79.  "6, 
11S,   198. 
Cro.  El.  96. 


T  is  provided  alfo,  That  Sheriffs  ihall  plead  Pleas 
of  Trefpafs  in  their  Counties,  as  they  have  been 
accuftomed  to  be  pleaded.  (2)  And  that  none  from 
henceforth  fhall  have  'Writs  of  Trefpafs  before  Juf- 
tices, unlefs  he  fwear  by  his  Faith,  that  the  Goods 
taken  away  were  worth  Forty  Shillings  at  the  leaft. 
(3)  And  if  he  complain  of  Beating,  he  fhall  anfwer 
by  his  Faith,  that  his  Plaint  is  true.  (4)  Touching 
Wounds  and  Maims,  a  Man  fhall  have  his  Writ  as 
before  hath  been  ufed  ;  (5)  and  it  is  agreed,  that  the 
Defendants  in  fuch  Pleas  may  make  their  Attornies, 
where  Appeal  lieth  not ;  (6)  fo  that  if  they  be  at- 
tainted being  abfent,  then  the  Sheriff  fhall  be  com- 
manded to  take  them,  and  fhall  have  like  Pain  as 
they  fhould  have  had,  if  they  had  been  prefent  at  the 
Judgement  given.  (7)  And  if  the  Plaintiffs  from 
henceforth  in  fuch  Trefpaffes  caufe  themfelves  to  be 
effoined  after  the  firft  Appearance,  Day  fhall  be  given 
them  unto  the  coming  of  the  Juftices  in  Eyre,  and 
the  Defendants  in  the  mean  Time  fhall  be  in  Peace. 
(8)  In  fuch  Pleas  and  other,  whereas  Attachments 
and  Diftreffes  do  lie,  if  the  Defendant  effoin  himfelf 
of  the  King's  Service,  and  do  not  bring  his  Warrant 
at  the  Day  given  him  by  the  Effoin,  he  fhall  recom- 
penfe  the  Plaintiff  Damages  for  his  Journey  Twenty 
Shillings,  or  more,  after  the  Difcretion  of  the  Juf- 
tices, and  fhall  be  grievoufly  amerced  unto  the  King.'  Kellw.  ic6.  b. 


CAP.     IX. 

One  Perfon  killing  another  in  his  own  Defence,  or  by  Misfortune 
E  Rey  comaunde  qe  nul  bref  de  la  chauncelerie 


An  Appeal  of  Murther. 


J  feit  graunte  de  mort  de  home  de  enquere  fi 
home  occie  autre  par  mefaventure  ou  fei  defen- 
daunt ou  en  autre  manere  par  felonie  mes  fi  tel  feit 
en  priibn  e  devaunt  Juftices  erraunz  ou  Juftices 
aflignez  a  ghaole  deliverer  fe  met  en  pais  de  bien  e 
de  mal  e  len  truffe  par  pais  qil  eit  fet  fe  defendaunt 
on  par  mefaventure  dunqe  par  record  des  Juftices 
face  le  Rei  fa  grace  fi  lui  pleft. 

Ex  Cotton  -MS.    Vefpaf.  B.  7. 

[Pwvcu  eft  enfement  qe  nul  appel  foit  abatu  ft  le- 
germent  come  avant  ad  e/iee  ?ncs  fi  le  appelkur  counte 


HE  King  commandeth  that  no  Writ  fhall  be  9  J7.  ^.flat.  i. 
granted  out  of  the  Chancery  for  the  Death  of  a  ?■  -6- 
'  Man  to  enquire  whether  a  Man  did  kill  another  by  3  Ed-  "  c-  "• 
'  Misfortune,    or  in   his   own   Defence,    or  in   other  Ke?fo«*  'io& 
'  Manner  without  Felony  ;    (z)  but  he  fhall  be  put  in  Wood's  Inft. 
c  Prifon  until  the  coming  of  the  Juftices  in  Eyre,  or  628.  Buift.  80. 
'  Juftices  afligned  to  the  Gaol-delivery,  and  fhall  put  See  2  Ed-3-  c-»- 
'  himfelf  upon  the  Country  before  them  for  Good  and  "J'd  14  Ed' 3'. 
'  Evil  :    (3)  in  cafe  it  be  found  by  the  Country,  thatCt/c^'L'* 
'  he  did  it  in  his  Defence,  or  by  Misfortune,  then  by  Kings  Pardon 
'  the  Report  of  the  Juftices  to  the  King,    the  YL\x\rr  fpaii  be  granted. 
'  fhall  take  him  to  his  Grace,  if  it  pleafe  him.     (4)  It  ^*»</«'*«i8 
'  is  provided  alfo,   that  no  Appeal  fhall  be  abated  ft>  f^A'/Jif'.* 
'  foon  as  they  have  been  heretofore;    but  if  the  Apr m  Writ  Ml  be 
'  pellor  declare  the  Deed,    the  \  ear,    the  Day,  the  directed  to  a 
'  Hour,  the  Time  of  the  King,  and  the  Town  where  Sheriff -to  charge 
'  the  Deed  was  done  *  and  with  what  JFcapon  be  was  ""  J"?"e-/? '" '"" 

1  did  any. 

*  Ai/  in  the  Original, 

K  2  '/«», 


68 


Reg'ift. 
300. 


C.  10—12. 


Anno  fexto  Edwardi  I. 


A.D. 


1278. 


134. 


'  fain,  the  Appeal  fhall  ftand  in  EffeS,  (5)  and  fhall 
'  not  be  abated  for  Default  of  frefh  Suit,  if  the  Party 
'  fhall  fue  within  the  Year  and  the  Day  after  the  Deed 
'  done,' 


Ex  Cotton  MS.    Vefpaf.  B.  7. 
le  fait  Id  Ian  le  jour  &  le  temps  le  Roy  &  la  ville  on 
lefait  fujl  fait  ft  cftoife  le  appel  Et  mes  ne  jolt  appel 
abatu  per  defaute  de  frejche  fuite  per  quel  qe  homme 
fue  dedeinz  Ian  &  le  jour  apres  lefait.} 


C  A  P.     X. 

The  Hufband  and  Wife  being  impleaded,  fnall   not  fourch  by  Effoin, 


Fitz.  Efibin,  5, 

63. 

52  H.  3.  c.  13. 

&  JO. 

3  Ed.  1.  c.  43. 

3  Tnft.  320. 
See  j  3  Ed.  1. 


Hereas  it  is  contained  in  the  Statute  of  the 
King  that  now  is,  that  two  Parceners,  or  two 
"  that  hold  in  common,  may  not  fourch  by  Efibin, 
"  after  that  they  have  once  appeared  in  the  Court :" 
'  (-2)  It  is  provided,  That  the  fame  be  dbferved  and 
'  kept,  where  a  Man  and  his  Wife  be  impleaded  in 
'  the  King's  Court.' 

12  Ed.  2.  flat.  z.     5  Ed.  3.  c.  6.  for  farther  Regulations  of  EJfoins. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

CUM  il  feit  contenu  en  le  eftatut  ie  Rei  qi  ore 
eft  qe  deus  parceners  ou  deus  qi  tenent  en 
commun  ne  puffent  fourcher  par  effoigne  del  houre 
qe  il  averunt  une  feiz  aparu  en  curt  Purveu  eft  qe 
mefme  ceo  feit  garde  e  tenu  ou  home  e  fa  femme 
funt  empledez  en  la  court  le  Rei. 


17 


2  Roll  22  j,  « 
222,  245.  ' 
Enforced  by  c 
21  H.  S.c.  15. 
Co.  Inft.  46.  a. 

3  inft.  321.  ' 


c 
I 

c 

*  Read  then  pall  ' 
tie  Execution   of  € 
jfudrment  for  the  4 
Demandant  be 
fiifpended,  &c. 

Raft.  Si.  ' 


Raft.  240,  354. 
Cokepla.  f.  176. 
2  Inft.  324, 
41  Ed.  3.  f,  2. 
Kcl.  f.  109. 
Fitz.  Refceit, 
Io6. 


CAP.    XL 

A  feigned  Recovery  againft  him  in  the  Reverfion,  to  make  the  Termor  Iofe  his  Term. 

T  is  provided  alfo,  That  if  any  Man  leafe  his  Te- 
nement in  the  City  of  London,  for  Term  of  Years, 
and  he  to  whom  the  Freehold  belongeth,  caufeth 
himfelf  to  be  impleaded  by  Collufion,  and  maketh 
Default  after  Default,  or  cometh  into  the  Court,  and 
giveth  it  up,  for  to  make  the  Termor  lofe  his  Term, 
and  the  Demandant  hath  his  Suit,  fo  that  the  Termor 
may  recover  by  Writ  of  Covenant :  (2)  The  Mayor 
and  Bailiffs  may  inquire  by  a  good  Inqueft,  in  the 
Prefence  of  the  Termor  and  the  Demandant,  whe- 
ther the  Demandant  moved  his  Plea  upon  good  Right 
that  he  had,  or  by  Collufion,  or  by  Fraud,  to  make 
the  Termor  lofe  his  Term  :  (3)  And  if  it  befound 
by  the  Inqueft,  that  the  Demandant  moved  his  Plea 
upon  good  Right  that  he  had,  the  Judgment  fhall  be 
given  forthwith  :  (4)  And  if  it  be  found  by  Inqueft, 
that  he  impleaded  him  by  Fraud,  to  put  the  Termor 
from  his  Term,  then  *  fhall  the  Termor  enjoy  his  Ter?n, 
and  the  Execution  of  Judgement  for  the  Demandant  Jhall 
be  fufpended  until  the  Term  be  expired.  (5)  And 
in  like  Manner  it  fhall  be  of  Equity  before  the  Juf- 
tices  in  fuch  Cafe,  if  the  Termor  do  challenge  it  be- 
fore the  Judgement.' 

CAP. 


Urveu  eft  enfement  en  la  Cite  de  Lundres  qe  ft 
home  baut  fon  tenement  a  terme  de  anns  e  ce- 
lui  a  qi  le  fraunc  tenement  eft  fe  face  empleder  par 
collufmn  e  face  defaute  apres  defaute  ou  veigne 
en  Curt  e  voille  rendre  pur  fere  le  termer  perdre 
fun  terme  e  le  tenaunt  eit  querele  iffi  qe  le  termer 
puiffe  aver  recoverer  par  bref  de  covenaunt  le 
Meire  e  les  baillifs  puffent  enquere  par  bone 
vifne  en  la  prefence  del  termer  e  del  demaundaunt 
le  quel  le  demaundaunt  pleida  par  dreit  qe  il  aveit 
ou  par  collufiun  ou  par  fraude  pur  fere  le  termer 
perdre  fun  terme.  £  fi  trove  feit  par  enqueft  qe 
le  demaundaunt  meuft  fon  plai  par  bon  dreit  qe  il 
aveit  fi  feit  le  jugement  furni  meintenaunt.  £  fi 
trove  feit  qe  il  pleidaft  par  fraude  pur  tolir  le  terme 
ad  termer  le  executiun  del  jugement  pur  le  de- 
maundaunt feit  fufpendu  defqe  apres  le  terme  paffe. 
En  mefme  la  manere  feit  fet  de  equite  en  tel  cas 
devaunt  Juftices  ft  le  termer  le  chalange  avaunt  le .. 
jugement. 


XII. 


One  impleaded  in  London  voucheth  Foreign  Warranty. 


T  is  provided  alfo,  That  if  a  Man,  impleaded  for 
a  Tenement  in  the  fame  City,  doth  vouch  a  Fo- 
reigner to  Warranty,  that  he  fhall  come  into  the 
Chancery,  and  have  a  Writ  to  fummon  his  Warran- 
tor at  a  certain  Day  before  the  Juftices  of  the  Bench, 
and  another  Writ  to  the  Mayor  and  Bailiffs  of  Lon- 
don, that  they  fhall  furceafe  in  the  Matter  that  is  be- 
fore them  by  Writ,  until  the  Plea  of  the  Warranty 
be  determined  before  the  Juftices  of  the  Bench  :  (2) 
And  when  the  Plea  at  the  Bench  fhall  be  determined, 
then  fhall  he  that  is  vouched  be  commanded  to  go  into 
the  City,  to  anfwer  unto  the  chief  Plea.  (3)  And  a 
Writ  fhall  be  awarded  at  the  Suit  of  the  Demandant 
by  the  Juftices  unto  the  Mayor  and  Bailiffs,  that  they 
fhall  proceed  in  the  Plea.  (4)  And  if  the  Deman- 
dant recover  againft  the  Tenant,  the  Tenant  fhall 
come  before  the  Juftices  of  the  Bench,  which  fhall 
dircdt  a  Writ  to  the  Mayor  and  Bailiffs,  that  if  the 


P Urveu  eft  enfement  qe  ft  home  empleide  de  te- 
nement en  mefme  la  cite  vouche  forein  a  ga- 
raunt  qe  il  veigne  a  la  Chauncelerie  e  eit  bref  a. 
fomoundre  fun  garaunt  a  certein  jour  devaunt  les 
Juftices  del  Baunc  e  un  autre  bref  au  Meire  e  as 
baillifs  de  Lundres  qe  il  furfefent  a  la  parole  qe  eft 
devaunt  eus  par  bref  defqe  ataunt  qe  la  parole  de 
la  garauntie  feit  terminee  devaunt  les  Juftices  du 
Baunk  e  quaunt  la  parole  au  Baunk  ferra  terminee 
e  ferra  dit  al  garaunt  qe  il  voiften  la  cite  e  refpoigne 
del  chief  plai  e  le  demaundaunt  par  fa  fuite  eit 
bref  des  Juftices  du  Baunk  au  Meire  e  as  Baillifs 
qe  il  voifent  avaunt  en  le  plai.  E  fi  le  demaun- 
daunt rccovre  veigne  le  tenaunt  as  Juftices  du 
Baunk  e  eit  bref  al  Meire  e  as  Baillifs  qe  fi  le  te- 
naunt 


A.D.  1278. 


Anno  fexto  Edwardi  I. 


C.  13— 15.         69 


.     Ex  Rot.  in  Tun.  Lond. 
naunt  eit  fa  terre  perdue  qe  il  facent  eftendre  la 
terre  e  returnent  leftent  au  Baunk  a  certein  jor  e 
apres  feit  maunde  al  vifcunte  del  pais  ou  le  garaunt     e 
fu  fomouns  qil  lui  face  aver  de  la  terre  del  garaunt  a 
la  vaillaunce. 


Tenant  have  loft  his  Land,  they  fhall  caufe  the  Land 
to  be  extended,  and  valued,  and  fhall  return  the  Ex- 
tent at  a  certain  Day  into  the  Bench,  (5)  and  after  it 
fhall  be  commanded  to  the  Sheriff  of  the  Shire  (where 
th  Warrantee  was  fummoned)  that  he  fhall  caufe 
hi  to  have  as  much  of  the  Land  of  the  Warrantor  Regiff.  2. 
in  V  alue.'  Comftd  fy 

9  EJ.  I. 


CAP.     XIII. 


No  Wafle  fhall  be  made  hanging  a  Suit  for  the  Land. 


jUrveu  eft  enfement  qe  del  houre  qe  plai  ferra 
meu  en  la  Cite  de  Lundres  par  bref  le  tenaunf 
ne  eit  pas  poer  de  fere  waft  ne  eftreppement  du  te- 
nement qi  eft  en  demaunde  pendaunt  le  plai.  E 
ceo  face  le  Meire  e  les  Baillifs  garder  a  la  fuite  del 
demaundaunt.  E  mefme  le  ordenement  e  ftatut 
feit  garde  en  autres  cites  e  burgs  e  aillors  par  tut  le 
reaume. 


T  is  provided-alfo,  That  after  fuch  Time  as  a  Plea 
fhall  be  moved  in  the  City  of  London  by  Writ,  the 
Tenant  fhall  have  no  Power  to  make  any  Wafte  or 
Eftrepement  of  the  Land  in  demand  (hanging  the 
Plea)  and  if  he  do,  the  Mayor  and  Bailiffs  fhall  caufe 
it  to  be  kept  at  the  Suit  of  the  Demandant,  (z)  And 
the  fame  Ordinance  and  Statute  fhall  be  obferved  in 
other  Cities,  Boroughs,  and  every  where  throughout 
the  Realm.' 


Raft.  pla.  f.  3177 
14 H.  7.  f.  7.  jo* 
Dyer,  f.  325. 
5  Co.  115. 


See  13  Ed.  I.  c.  14.  which  takes  ataay  the  Writ  of  Prohibition  of Wafle. 
Pmuftom  rejfc3irg  Wafle, 


Godbolt  112. 
pi.  134. 
Regift.  76. 
2  Inir.  327. 
See  farther  13  Ed.  I.  c.  11.     20  Ed.  i.  flat.  1,     And  1 1  H.  6.  c.  5.  containir.gfarth'.r 


C  A  P.     XIV.- 

A  Citizen  of  London  (hall  recover  in  an  Aflife  Damages  with  the  Land. 


J 


E  Rei  graunte  de  fa  grace  a  Citeins  de  Lun- 
dres qe  la  ou  avaunt  ces  houres  ceus  qi  fu- 
rent  deffifi  de  fraunc  tenement  en  mefme  la  Cite  ne 
poeient  recoverir  lur  damages  avaunt  venue  des 
_uftices  a  la  Tour  qe  ceus  defeifis  deforemes  eient 
lur  damages  par  la  reconifaunce  de  la  aflife  par  la 
quele  il  recovererent  lur  tenement  e  les  defei  fours 
feient  amerciez  devaunt  deus  Barons  del  Efcheqer 
qi  unefoiz  par  an  vendrount  en  la  Cite  a  ceo  fere. 
E  ceo  feit  maunde  al  Treforer  e  as  Baruns  qe  il 
facent  chefcun  an  par  deus  de  eus  apres  lur  lever 
de  la  Chaundelure,  e  les  amerciemenz  par  fomo- 
nufe  del  Efcheqer  feient  levez  e  al  eus  le  Rei  ale 
Efcheqer  livere.. 


THE  King  of  his  fpecial  Grace  granteth  unto  *  ^ft-  3*9« 
the  Citizens  of  London,    that  whereas  before- 
times  they  that  were  diffeifed  of  Freehold  in  the  fame 
City   could  not  recover   their  Damages  before  the 
coming  of  the  Juftices  to  the  Tower,    that  from 
henceforth  the  Diffeifees  fhall  have  Damages  by  Re- 
cognizance  of  the  fame  Aflife  whereby  they  reco- 
vered their  Lands.     (2)  And  the  Diffeifors  fhall  be 
amerced  before  Two  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  which 
fhall  jrefort  once  a  Year  into  the  City- to  do  it.     (3) 
And  it  fhall  be  commanded  unto  the  Barons  and  to 
the  Treafurer  of  the  Exchequer,  that  they  fhall  caufe. 
it  every  Year  to  be  levied  by  Two  of  them  at  their 
rifing  after  Candlemas.     (4)  And  the  Amerciaments, 
by  Summons  of  the  Exchequer  fhall  be  levied  to  the. 
''  King's  Ufe,  and  be  delivered  at  the  Exchequer.' 


CAP.     XV. 

Urveu  eft  enfement  qe  le  Meire  e  les  Baillifs  avaunt  la  venue  de  ceus  Baruns  enquerrunt  des  vins  venduz  In  Wines, 
encountre  la  affile  e  le  prefenterunt  devaunt  eus  a  lur  venue  e  dunqe  feient  amerciez   la  ou  il  foleient  Raft-  r- 
atendre  la  venue  des  Juftices.     Done  a  Glouceftre.  le  dimeins  prochein  apres  la  fefte  fein  Pere  a  la  goule  de 
Auft  le  an  avauntdit. 


An  Exposition  of  the  faid  Statute   of  Gloucefter,  made  alfo  Anno  6 

Edwardi  I. 


Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

POftmodum  per  Dominum  Regem  &  Juftic' 
fuos  fa£te  funt  quedam  explanationes  quorum- 
dam  articulorum  fuperius  pofitorum  videlicet 
Ad  primum  articulum  ubi  illi  qui  habent  ingreffurn 
prer  diffeifinam  currant  dampna  a  tempore  ftatuti 
publicati.  Eodem  modo  de  brevibus  de  ingreffu 
fuper  diffeifinam. 

De  dampnis  in  omnibus  brevibus  mortis  antecef- 
foris  confanguinitatis  avi  proavi  de  intrufione  vel 
dfe  fa£to  proprio  per  quodcumque  breve  currant 


'  A  FTER,  by  the  King  and  his  Juftices,  certain 
'  J-\  Expofitions  were  made  upon  ibme  of  the  Ar- 
'•*■•»■  tides  above  mentioned,  that  is  to  wit,  (2)  To 
'  the  firft  Article,  for  Entries  by  Diffeifm,  Damages 
'  fhall  run  from  the  Time  of  the  Statute  publifhed. 
'  (3)  In  the  fame  wife  in  Writs  of  Entry  upon  Dif- 
'  feifin,  and  in  all  Writs  of  Mortdauncejler,  Cofinage, 
'  Aid,  or  Befaiel,  of  Intrufion  by.  one's  own  Act  by 
any  manner  of  Writ,    Damages  fhnll  run  after  the 


Writ  purchafed  agairift  them  that  held 


bv  Statute,  . 
'■a'lbcii 


Glo'uccft, 


Anno  fexto  Edwardi  I. 


A.D.  1278. 


Stat;  Glouceft. 
cap.  4. 


;  albeit  their  Anceftors  died  feifed  thereof.     (4)  Touch- 
;  ing  an  Inqueft  to  be  made  of  fuch  as  be  within  Age, 
1  the  Statute  fhall  run  without  Limitation  of  Time. 
:  (5)  Touching  Alienation  of  Lands  holden  by  the 
;  Law  of  England,  the  Statute  fhall  run  for  fuch  Lands 
;  being  aliened  after  the  Time  of  the  Statute  publifhed. 
;  (6)  In  like  manner  the  Statute  fhall  extend  and  run 
;  upon  the  Lands  of  a  Wife  aliened  by  her  Hufband 
:  (whereas  no  Fine  was  levied  thereof  in  Court.)     (7) 
Touching  Lands  being  let  in  Fee-ferm,  to  pay  there- 
fore yearly  the  fourth  Part  of  the  very  Value  thereof, 
:  the   Statute  fhall  run  as  well   unto  Lands  that  were 
leafed  before  the  making  of  the  Statute,  as  after,  in 
cafe  that   the  Tenant  have   withholden   above  the 
Space  of  two  Years,  after  the  Statute  publifhed,  fo 
much  as  he  fhould  have  paid  to  his  Leflbr  yearly  ac- 
cording to  the  Form  of  the  Covenant.     (8)  And  as 
to  the  Punifhment  of  Wafte  in  all  Cafes  (except  it 
be  of  Dowers  and  Wards)  it  fhall  be  underftood  of 
Waftes  done  fithence  the  Statute  publifhed.    (9)  And 
of  the  Forfeiture  of  Treble  in  Cafes  of  Waftes  of 
Dowers  and  Wardfhips,    it  fhall  be  underftood  of 
Waftes  committed  after  the  Statute  publifhed.     (10) 
And  as  concerning  them  which  do  aliene  their  Dow- 
ers, it  is  to  be  underftood  after  the  publifhing  of  the 
Statute.     (11)  Given  at  Gloucefter  the  Sunday  next 
after  the  Feaft  of  Saint  Peter  ad  vinculo,  the  fixth 
Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Edward  the  Firft.' 


Cotton  MS.  Claudius,  D.  2. 
dampna  poft  impetrationem  brevium  contra  eos  qui 
tenuerunt  poft  fratutum  licet  anteceflbres  fui  prius 
inde  obierint  feifiti.  De  inquificione  facienda  que 
tangit  illos  qui  funt  infra  etatem  currat  ftatutum 
fine  temporis  limitacion'e.  De  terris  alienatis  per 
illos  qui  tenent  per  legem  Anglie  currat  ftatutum 
de  hujufmodi  terris  alienatis  poft  ftatutum  illud 
publicatum. 

Eodem  modo  currat  ftatutum  de  terris  uxoris 
alienatis  per  virum  ubi  finis  non  eft  levatus. 

De  terris  dimifiis  ad  feodi  firmam  reddendo  inde 
annuatim  quartam  partem  veri  valoris  currat  ftatu- 
tum tarn  de  terris  dimifiis  ante  ftatutum  quam  poft 
ftatutum  dum  tamen  tenens  detinuerit  ultra  duos 
annos  poft  ftatutum  editum  id  quod  folvere  debuit 
dimifTori  per  annum  juxta  fcriptum  convencionis 
illius. 

De  pena  vafti  in  omnibus  preterquam  in  dotibus 
&  cuftodiis  intelligatur  de  vaftis  facStis  poft  ftatu- 
tum. Et  in  pena  reddendi  triplum  in  cafibus  vafti 
de  cuftodiis  &  dotibus  intelligatur  de  vaftis  facfis 
poft  ftatutum. 

De  illis  qui  alienant  dotem  fuam  intelligatur  poft 
fratutum.  Dat'  apud  Glouc'  die  dominica  proxi- 
ma  polt  feftum  fancti  Petri  ad  vincula  Anno  regni 
Regis  Edwardi  fexto. 


2  Tnft.  279.  b. 
Kel.  j50.pl.  I. 


A  Statute  of  Quo  Warranto,  made  at  Gloucefter,  Anno  6  Edw.  I.  a 

Claiming  and  ufing  of  Liberties,    and  Caufes  to  feife  them  into  the  King's  Hands.     Complaint 

of  Officers. 

'  rT?  HE  Year  of  our  Lord  M.CCLXX.VIII.  the  Sixth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Edward,  at  Glou- 
'  cejler,  in  the  Month  of  Auguft,  the  King  himfelf  providing  for  the  Wealth  of  his  Realm,  and  the 

'      ■*•      more  full  Miniftration  of  Juftice,  as  to  the  Office  of  a  King  belongeth  (the  more  difcreet  Men  of 
the  Realm,  as  well  of  high  as  of  low   Degree,  being  called  thither)    (2)  it  is  provided  and  ordained, 


"hat  whereas  the  Realm  of  England  in  divers  Cafes,    as  well  upon  Liberties 
failed,  to  avoid  the  grievous  Damages  and  innumerable  Diiherifons  that 


A  Writ  to  the 
Sheriff  to  per- 
mit all  Men  to 
enjoy  thofe  Li- 
berties which 
they  had  before. 


A  Proc'amation, 
that  they  which 
cl.iim  Liberties, 
{hail  Slew  to  the 
Juitices  how 
they  hold  them. 


:s  as  otherwise,  wherein  the 
Law  failed,  to  avoid  the  grievous  Damages  and  innumerable  Difherifons  that  the  Default  of  the  Law  did 
bring  in,  had  Need  of  divers  Helps  of  new  Laws,  and  certain  new  Provifions,  thefe  Provifions,  Statutes, 
'  and  Ordinances  under-written,  fhall  from  henceforth  be  ftraitly  and  inviolably  obferved  of  all  the  Inha- 
'  bitants  of  his  Realm.  (3)  And  whereas  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and  other  of  our  Realm,  that  claim  to 
'  have  divers  Liberties,  which  to  examine  and  judge,  the  King  hath  prefixed  a  Day  to  fuch  Prelate',  Earls, 
'  Barons,  and  other  ;  it  is  provided  and  likevvife  agreed,  That  the  faid  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and  other, 
*  fhall  ufe  fuch  Manner  of  Liberties,  after  the  Form  of  the  Writ  here  following..' 

II.  Rex  vie'  falutem.  Cum  nuper  in  parliamento  noftro  apud  Weftmonafterium,  per  nos  &  concilium 
noftrum  provifum  fit  &  proclamatum,  quod  prelati,  comites,  barones,  &  alii  de  regno  noftro,  qui  diverfas 
libertates  per  chartas  progenitorum  noftrorum  regum  Anglie  habere  clamant,  ad  quas  examinandas  &judi- 
candas  diem  praefixerimus  in  eodem  parliamento,  libertatibus  illis  taliter  uterentur,  quod  nihil  fibi  per  ufur- 
pationem  feu  occupationem  accrefcerent,  nee  aliquid  fuper  nos  occuparent.  Tibi  precipimus,  quod  omnes 
illos  de  comitatu  tuo  libertatibus  fuis,  quibus  hucufque  rationabiliter  ufi  funt,  uti  &  gaudere  permittas  in 
forma  prsedicia,  ufque  ad  proximum  adventum  noftrum  per  comitatum  prsedictum,  vel  ufque  ad  proximum 
adventum  jufticiariorum  itinerantium  ad  omnia  placita  in  comitatu,  vel  donee  aliud  inde  prasceperimus  :  fal- 
vo  femper  jure  noftro  cum  inde  loqui  voluerimus.     Tefte,  &c. 

'  III.  In  like  Manner  and  in  the  fame  Form  Writs  fhall  be  directed  to  Sheriffs  and  other  BdiifEs  for  every 
'  Demandant,  and  the  Form  fhall  be  changed  after  the  Diverfity  of  the  Liberty  which  any  Man  claimeth  to 
'  have,  in  this  wife  :' 

IV.  Rex  vie'  falutern.  Prsecipimus  tibi,  quod  per  totam  ballivam  tuam,  videlicet,  tarn  in  civitatibus, 
quam  in  burgis,  &  aliis  villis  mercatoriis,  &  alibi,  publice  proclamari  facias,  quod  omnes  illi  qui  aliqitas 
libertates  per  chartas  progenitorum  noftrorum  regum  Anglias,  vel  alio  modo,  habere  clamant,  fmt  coram 
jufticiariis  noftris  ad  primam  affifam,  cum  in  partes  illas  venerint,  ad  oftendendum  quomodo  hujufmodi  liber- 

•  This  is  a  Translation  of  the  f;rft  Part  of  the  Statute  of  GImuJIer,  as  entered  on  the  Roll,  and  has  been  printed  in  the  former  Editions 
by  Miibke,  a:  of  yj  Edtu.  I, 

tates 


A.  D.  1278.  Anno  fexto  Edwardi  I.  71 

tates  habere  "clamant,  &  quo  warranto,  &  tu  ipfe  fis  ibidem  perfonaliter  una  cum  ballivis  &  miniftris  ad  cer- 
tificandum  ipfos  jufticiarios  fuper  his  &  aliis  negotiis  illud  tangentibus._ 

'  V.  This  Claufe  of  Liberties,  that  beginneth  in  this  wile,  Pracipimus  tibi,  quod  pubiice  proclaman  facias, 
'  &c.  is  put  in  the  Writ  of  common  Summons  of  the  Juftices  in  Eyre,  and  fhall  have  a  Premonition  by  the 
'  Space  of  forty  Days,  as  the  common  Summons  hath  ;  (2)  fo  that  if  any  Party  that  claimeth  to  have  a  Li- 
'  berty    be  before  the  King,  he  mail  not  be  in  Default  before  any  Juftices  in  their  Circuits  ;   for  the  King 
'  of  his  fpecial  Grace  hath  granted,    that  he  will  fave  that  Party  harmlefs  as  concerning  that  Ordinance. 
'  ( 1)  And  if  the  fame  Party  be  impleaded  upon  fuch  manner  of  Liberties  before  one  or  two  of  the  forefaid 
'  juftices,  the  fame  Juftices,  before  whom  the  Party  is  impleaded,  ftiall  fave  him  harmlefs  before  the  other 
'    juftices  ;  and  lb  fhall  the  Kingalfo  before  him,  when  it  {nail  appear  by  the  Juftices,  that  fo  it  was  in  Plea  • 
'  before  them  as  is  aforefaid.     (4)  And  if  the  forefaid  Party  be  afore  the  King,  fo  that  he  cannot  be  the  fame 
'  Day  afore  the  faid  Juftices  in  their  Circuits,    the  King  fhall  fave  that  Party  harmlefs  before  the  forefaid 
'  Juftices  in  their  Circuits  for  the  Day,  whereas  he  was  before  the  King.     (5)  And  if  he  do  not  come  in  J-  iberties  fcifed 
'  at  the  fame  Day,  then  thofe  Liberties  fhall  be  taken  into  the  King's  Hands  in  Name  of  Diftrefs,  by  the  jnto  the  King's 
'  Sheriff  of  the  Place,  fo  that  they  fhall  not  ufe  them  until  they  come  to  anfwer  before  the  Juftices;  (6)  N™es  ^  j}?". 
'  and  when  they  do  come  in  by  Diftrefs,  their  Liberties  fhall  be  replevifed  (if  they  demand  them)  in  the  ftrefs. 
'  which  Replevins  they  fhall  anfwer  immediately  after  the  Form  of  the  Writ  aforefaid  ;    (7)  and  if  percafe 
'  they  will  challenge,  and  fay  that  they  are  not  bounden  to  anfwer  thereunto  without  an  original  Writ, 
'  then  if  it  may  appear  by  any  mean,  that  they  have  ufurped  or  occupied  any  Liberties  upon  the  King,  or 
'  his  Predeceflors,  of  their  own  Head  or  Prefumption,    they  fhall  be  commanded  to  anfwer  incontinent 
'  without  Writ,    and  moreover  they  fhall  have  fuch  Judgement  as  the  Court  of  our  Lord  the  King  will 
award  ;    (8)  and  if  they  will  fay  further,  that  their  Anceftors  died  feifed  thereof,  they  fhall  be  heard,  and 
the  Truth  mall  be  inquired  incontinent,  and  according  to  that  Judgement  fhall  be  given  ;    (o)  and  if  it 


proximo  aaventu  noitro  in  com   preeuici  vei  coram  jumcianis  noiuis  au  proximam  amiam,  cum  in     ,     ~:~    ~ 
partes  illas  venerint,  oftenfurus  quo  warranto  tenet  vifum  francipleg'  in  manerio  fuo  de  N.  veiftc, .  quo  war-  otl"    '  ert' 
ranto  tenet  hundredum  de  S.  in  com'  prasdicF  ;    vel,  quo  warranto  clamat  habere  thelonium  pro  fe  &  hte- 
redibus  fuis  per  totum  regnum  noftrum  ;  &  habeas  ibi  hoc  breve.     Tefte,  &c.     (10)  '  And  if  they  come  in 
'  at  the  fame  Day,  they  lhall  anfwer,  and  Replication  and  Rejoinder  fliall  be  made  ;  (n)  and  if  they  do  not 
'  come,  nor  be  effoined  before  the  King,  and  the  King  do  tarry  longer  in  the  fame  Shire,  the  Sheriff  fhall 
'  be  commanded  to  caufe  them  to  appear  the  fourth  Day  ;    ( 1  z)  at  which  Day  if  they  come  not,  and  the 
'  King  be  in  the  fame  Shire,  fuch  Order  fliall  be  taken  as  in  the  Circuit  of  Juftices  ;    (13)  and  if  the  King 
'  depart  from  the  fame  Shire,    they  fhall  be  adjourned  unto  fiiort  Days,    and  fliall  have  reafonable  Delays 
'  according  to  the  Difcretion  of  the  Juftices,    as  it  is  ufed  in  perfonal  Aclions.     (14)  Alfo  the  Juftices  in 
'  Eyre  in  their  Circuits  fhall  do  according  to  the  forefaid  Ordinance,  and  according  as  fuch  Manner  of  Pleas 
'  ought  to  be  ordered  in  the  Circuit.     (15)  Concerning  Complaints  made  and  to  be  made  of  the  King's  Bai- 
'  lifts,  and  of  other,  it  fliall  be  done  according  to  the  Ordinance  made  before  thereupon,  and  according  to 
'  the  Inquefts  taken  thereupon  heretofore  ;  ( 16)  and  the  Claufe  fubferibed  fliall  be  put  in  a  Writ  of  common- 
'  Summons  in  the  Circuit  of  the  Juftices  affigned  to  common  Pleas  directed  to  the  Sheriff,,  bfc.  and  that 
'  fliall  be  fuch  :'  Rex  vie'  falutem.     Prrecipimus  tibi,   quod  pubiice  proclamari  facias,  quod  omnes  conque-  A  Proclamation,. 
rentes,  feu  conqueri  volentes,    tarn  de  miniftris  &  aliis  ballivis  noftris  quibufcunque,    quam  de  miniftris  &  th.at  3l!>  wh° 
ballivis  aliorum  quorumcunque,  &  aliis,  veniant  coram  jufticiariis  noftris  ad  primam  aflifam,  ad  quafcunque  T1"  coroPlain  of 
querimonias  fuas  ibidem  oftendendas,  &  competentes  emendas  inde  recipiendas  fecundum  legem  &  c'ohfuetu->gCers  ftfaf]  /he" 
dinem  regni  noftri,    &  juxta  ordinationem  per  nos  inde  faclam,  &  juxta  tenorem  ftatutorum  noftrorum,  &  their  Griefs  to 
juxta  articulos  iifdem  jufticiariis  noftris  inde  traditos,  prout  preedicti  jufticiarii  tibi  fcirefaciant  ex  parte  noftra.  the  Juftices. 
Tefte  meipfb,  &c.  decimo  die  Decembris,  anno  regni  noftri,  &c. 

A  Statute   30  die  O&obris,  Anno  7  Edwardi  I.   Stat,  1.    arid  Anno 

Dom.  1279. 

To  all  Parliaments  and  Treatifes  every  Man  fhall  come  without  Force  and  Arms". 

Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 
TT">  DWARD  par  la  grace  de  dieu  Roi  Dengle- 


[H     terree  Seignur  Dirland  &  Due  Daquit'  A  fes 
■*— '  Juftices  du  Baunk  faluz. 

Come  nadgairs  devant  certeins  perfons  deputez 
a  treter  fur  afcuns  debates  euz  entre  nous  &  afcuns 
des  grauntz  de  noftre  roialme  entre  autres  chofes 
fuift  accorde  qen  noftre  profchein  parlement  apres 
purveiaunces  fait  per  nous  &  le  comune  Affente- 
ment  des  Prelates  Countes  Barouns  qen  toutes  Par- 
lementz  tretementz  &  autres  r.flemblez  qe  fe  fer- 
ront  en  le  roialme  Denglete:  ;e  a  touz  jours  qe 
homme  viegne  faunz  tote  force  &  fanz  armes  bien 


vara 


"  *  A  §  \HE  King  to  the  Juftices  ©f  his  Bench  fend-  •  Rea(i  Eil,:l,a 
eth  Greeting.     Whereas  of  late  before  cer-  by  the  Grace  of 
"        "*■      tain  Perfons  deputed  to  treat  upon  fundry  c^  A"%  of 
"  Debates  had  between  us  and  certain  great  Men  of  E*z'"':«>  L--><< 
"  our  Realm,  amongft  other  Things  it  wasaccorded,  ^J'7"7^,,";;' 
"  That  in  our  next  Parliament,  after  Provifion  fliall  be  fJ',?'  iLth*jaf- 
"  made  by  us,  and  the  common  Affent  of  the  Prelates,  iiees,.&e. 
"  Earls,  and  Barons,    that  in  all  Parliaments,  Trea- 
"  tifes,  and  other  Affemblies,    which  fliould  be  made 
"  in  the  Realm  oi  England  for  ever,  that  every  Man 
"  fliall  come  without  all  Force  and  Armour',  ■iA'eU  nrni 
"  peaceably,  to  the  Honour  of  us,  and  the  Peace  of  us 


*  This  is  taken  from  the  Secunda  Pan  Vctcrum  Siatutorum,  and  is  in  all  the  Er,aL;i!-.  Edii  ien$, 

3 


n2 


Stat,  i. 


Anno  feptimo  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  1279. 


'"  and  our  Realm,  (2)  And  now  in  our  next  Parlia- 
ct  merit  ztlVeflminJler,  after  the  faid  Treatife,  the  Pre- 
"  lates,  Earls,  Barons,  and  the  Commonalty  of  our 
"  Realm,  there  afferribled  to  take  Advice  of  this  Bufi- 
61  n?fs,  have  faid,  that  to  us  it  belongeth,  and  our 
"  Part  is,  through  our  Royal  Seigniory,  ftraitly  to  de- 
"  fend  Force  of  Armour,  and  all  other  Force  againft 
"  our  Peace,  at  all  Times  when  it  fhall  pleafe  us,  and 
"  to  punifh  them  which  fhall  do  contrary,  according 
"  to  our  Laws  and  Ufages  of  our  Realm;  (3)  and 
"  hereunto  they  are  bound  to  aid  us  as  their  Sovereign 
"  Lord  at  all  Seafons,  when  Need  fhall  be."  (4) 
'  We  command  you,  that  ye  caufe  thefe  Things  to  be 
'  read  afore  you  in  the  faid  Bench,  and  there  to  be  en- 
,  ,  '  rolled.  Given  at  JVellminfter,  the  thirtieth  Day  of 
Zfrc'dh       <  Ofaber.'t 

-2  Ed.  3.  c.  3.  ' 

7  R.  2.  c.  13. 

and  20  R.  2,  c.  I.         -j-  Add  in  the  yth  Year  of  our  Reign. 


Cotton  MS.  Claudius,  D.  z. 
&  peifiblement  al  Honour  de  nous  &  de  la  pees  de 
nous  &  de  noftre  roialme  &  ja  en  noftre  profchein 
Parlement  a  Weftmonftre  apres  le  dit  tretis  les 
Prelates  Countes  &  Barouns  &  le  comunalte  de 
noftre  roialme  illoeqes  affembles  en  avifement  fur 
cefle  bufoigne  nous  eient  dit  qe  a  nous  appent  &c 
devons  per  noftre  roiale  Seignurie  defendre  forte- 
ment  des  armes  &  toute  autre  force  cauntre  noftre 
pees  a  toutes  les  foitz  qe  nous  plerra  &  punir  ceux 
qi  countre  viendrent  felonc  les  leies  &  les  ufages  de 
noftre  roialme. 

Et  qe  a  ceo  fount  ils  tenuz  de  nous  eider  come 
lour  bone  Seignur  toutes  les  foitz  qe  miefter  ferra 
Vous  maundons  qe  ceftes  chofes  facez  lire  devant 
vous  en  dit  Baunk  &  illoeqes  enrouller.  Don'  a 
Weftm'  le  xxx.  jour  Doftobr'  Ian  de  noftre  Regne 
feptifme. 


■*  Add  st«i.  z.  A  Statute  of  Mortmain,  made    15  Novemb.  Anno   7  Edw. 

Anno  Dom.  1279. 


1. 


» 


and 


Who  fhall  take  the  Forfeiture  of  Lands  eiven  in  Mortmain. 


-%  Aid  the  King  " 

to  the  Juftices  of  " 

his  Bench  greet-  cc 

big,  ivhere  of  .  a 

late,  &c.  {4 
off.  3.  fat.  I. 

c.  36.  1  Roll  " 

154.  157;   457-  " 
a  Roll  170.  tt 

g  H.  3.  flat.  1.  cc 
&  a.  c.  36. 
8H.4.  15. 
41  Ed.  3.  16,  21.  " 
4.7  Ed.  3.  11.  « 
Bro.  Mortmain,  a 
15,  16,  18,  20,  ( 
21,27,  31,  3?>    t 

39,  4',43- 
50  Ed.  3.  22. 
Fits.  Mortmain,  c 
13.  Co. Lit. 2.  b.  4 
15  Ed.  4.  13.       c 
Fitz   Formedon, 

57-  F'-2-  Qiiare   ' 
amp.  163. 
U  Not  in  Orig.      i 
«jT  Read  liege        t 
Men    of  our 
Kingdjm. 

No  Land  lliall  ' 
be  aliened  in  c 
Mortmain  upon  c 
Pain  of  the  For-  < 
feiture  thereof. 
2  Bulftr.  187. 
3Bulftr.  45.  * 
t 

Who  (hill  take  « 
the  Benefit  of  c 
the  Forfeiture,     < 


HERE  of  late  it  was  provided,  That  Re- 
ligious Men  fhould  not  enter  into  the 
Fees  of  any  without  Licence  and  Will  of 
the  chief  Lord,  of  whom  fuch  Fees  be  holden  im- 
mediately ;  and  notwithftanding  fuch  Religious  Men 
have  entered  as  well  into  their  own  Fees,  as  into 
the  Fees  of  other  Men,  approprying  and  buying 
them,  and  fometime  receiving  them  of  the  Gift  of 
others,  whereby  the  Services  that  are  due  of  fuch 
Fees,  and  which  at  the  Beginning  were  provided  for 
Defence  of  the  Realm,  are  wrongfully  withdrawn, 
and  the  chief  Lords  do  leefe  their  Efchetes  of  the 
fame  :"  (z)  '  We  therefore  to  the  Profit  of  our 
Realm,  intending  to  provide  convenient  Remedy, 
by  the  Advice  of  our  Prelates,  Earls,  ||  Barons,  and 
other  SI  our  SubjeSls,  being  of  our  Council,  have  p:o- 
vided,  made,  and  ordained,  That  no  Perfon,  Reli- 
gious or  other,  whatfoever  he  be  that  will,  buy  or 
fell  any  Lands  or  Tenements,  or  under  the  Colour  of 
Gift  or  Leafe,  or  that  will  receive  by  reafon  of  any 
other  Title,  whatfoever  it  be,  Lands  or  Tenements, 
or  by  any  other  Craft  or  Engine  will  prefttme  to  ap- 
propre  to  himfelf,  under  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  the 
fame,  whereby  fuch  Lands  or  Tenements  may  any 
wife  come  into  Mortmain.  (3)  We  have  provided 
alfo,  That  if  any  Perfon,  Religious  or  other,  do 
prefume  either  by  Craft  or  Engine  to  offend  againft 
this  Statute,  it  fhall  be  lawful  to  us  and  other  chief 
Lords  of  the  Fee  immediate,  to  enter  into  the  Land 
fo  aliened,  within  a  Year  from  the  Time  of  the  Alie- 
nation, and  to  hold  it  in  Fee  as  an  Inheritance.  (4) 
And  if  the  chief  Lord  immediate  be  negligent,  and 
will  not  enter  into  fuch  Fee  within  the  Year,  then  it 
fhall  be  lawful  to  the  next  chief  Lord  immediate  of 
ihs  fame  Fee  to  enter  into  the  fame  Land  within -half 
a  Year  next  following,  and  to  hold  it  as  before  is 
faid  ;  and  k>  every  Lord  immediate  may  enter  into 
fuch  Land,  if  t'le  next  Lord  be  negligent  in  entering 
into  the  fame  Fee,  as  is  aforefaid.  (5)  And  if  all 
the  chief  Lords  of  fuch  Fees,  being  of  full   Age, 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  47. 
EX  Juftic'  fuis  de  Banco  falutem.  Cum  du- 
dum  provifum  fuiffet  quod  viri  religiofi  feoda 
aliquorum  non  ingrederentur  fine  licentia  & 
voluntate  capitalium  dominorum  de  quibus  feoda 
ilia  immediate  tenentur  &  viri  religiofi  poftmodum 
nichilominus  tarn  feoda  fua  propria  quam  aliorum 
hactenus  ingreffi  fint  ea  fibi  appropriando  &  eraen- 
do  &  aliquando  ex  dono  aliorum  recipiendo  per 
quod  fervicia  que  ex  hujufmodi  feodis  debentur  & 
que  ad  defenfionem  regni  ab  initio  provifa  fuerurit 
indebite  fubtrahuntur  &  domini  capitales  efcaetas 
fuas  inde  amittunt.  Nos  fuper  hoc  pro  utilitate 
regni  congruum  remedium  provideri  volentes  de 
confilio  Prelatorum  Comitum  &  aliorum  fidelium 
regni  noftri  de  confilio  noftro  exiftentium  providi- 
mus  ftatuimus  &  ordinavimus  quod  nullus  religio- 
fus  aut  alius  quicumque  terras  aut  tenementa  ali- 
qua  emere  vel  vendere  aut  fub  colore  donationis 
aut  termini  vel  alterius  tituli  cujufcumque  ab  aliquo 
recipere  aut  alio  quovis  modo  arte  vel  ingenio  libi 
appropriare  prefumat  fub  forisfaftura  eorumdem 
per  quod  ad  manum  mortuam  terre  &  tenementa 
hujufmodi  deveniant  quoquo  modo.  Providimus 
etiam  quod  ft  quis  religiofus  aut  alius  contra  pre- 
fens  ftatutum  aliquo  modo  arte  vel  ingenio  venire 
prefumpferit  liceat  nobis  &  aliis  immediati3  capi- 
talibus  dominis  feodi  taliter  alienati  illud  infra  an- 
num a  tempore  alienationis  hujufmodi  ingredi  & 
tenere  in  feodo  &  hereditate.  Et  fi  capital'  dorai- 
nus  immediatus  negligens  fuerit  &  feod'  hujufmo- 
di ingredi  noluerit  infra  annum  tunc  liceat  proxi- 
mo capitali  domino  mediato  feodi  illius  infra  dimi- 
dium  annum  fequentenv  feodum  illud  ingredi  & 
tenere  ficut  prediclum  eft  &  fie  quilibet  dominus 
mediatus  faciat  fi  propinquior  dominus  in  ingredi- 
endo  hujufmodi  feod'  negligens  fuerit  ut  prediclum 
eft.  Et  fi  omnes  hujufmodi  capitales  domini  hu- 
jufmodi feodi  qui  plene  fuerint  etatis  &  infra  qua- 
tuor  maria  &  extra  prifonam  per  unum  annum 
negligentes  vel  remifli  fuerint  in  hac  parte  nos 

ftatim 


A.  D.  128  r. 


Anno  nono  Edward i  I. 


ti 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr,  Lond.  m.  4.7. 
ftatim  poft  annum  completum  a  tempore  quo  hu- 
jufmodi  emptiones  donationes  aut  alias  appropria- 
tiones  fieri  contigerit  terras  &  tenementa  hujuf- 
modi  capiemus  in  manum  noftram  &  alios  inde 
feoffabimus.percerta  fervicia  nobis  inde  ad  defen- 
fionem  regni  noftri  facienda  falvis  capitalibus  domi- 
nis  feodorum  illorum  wardis  efcaetis  &  aliis  ad 
ipfos  pertinentibus  ac  ferviciis  inde  debitis  &  con- 
fuetis.  Et  ideo  vobis  mandamus  quod  ftatutum 
predictum  coram  vobis  legi  &  decetero  firmiter  te- 
neri  &  obfervari  faciatis.  T.  R.  apud  Weft'  xv. 
die  Novembr'  anno  &c.  feptimo. 


within  the  four""Seas,  and  out  of  Prifon,' be  negli- 
gent or  flack  in  this  Behalf,  *  we,  immediately  after  *  Mi  fir  mt 
the  Year  accomplifhed,    from   the  Time  that  fuch  ™bok  Year. 
Purchafes,  Gifts,  or  Appropriations  hap  to  be  made, 
fhall  take  fuch  Lands  and  Tenements  into  our  Hand, 
and  fhall  infeoff  other  therein  by  certain  Services  to 
be  done  to  us  for  the  Defence  of  our  Realm  ;  faving 
to  the  chief  Lords  of  the  fame  Fees  their  Wards  and 
Efchetes,  and  other  Services  thereunto  due  and  ac-- 
cuftomed.     (6)    And  therefore  we  command   you* 
that  ye  caufe  the  forefaid  Statute  to  be  read  before 
you,  and  from  henceforth  to  be  kept  firmly  and  ob- 
ferved.     Witnefs  my  felf  at  Weftmlnjler  the  Fifteenth  E"fr"J L*d 
Day  of  November,  the  Seventh  Year  of  our  Reign.'     i?Ed!i.  L 


13  fcd.  I.  flat.  1. 

C32.  18  Ed.  l.  flat .  I.  c.  3.  ^Ed,\i  fiat.  3,  See  18  Ed.  3.  ftat.  3.  c.  3.  ivitb  refpeft  to  Licences  fir  Purchafes  in  Mortmain  ;  and  15  R.  2.  c.  5.  nvbat  Purcbajes 
(hall  be  adjudged  Mortmain.  43  H.%.  c.  10.  for  giving  hands  to  pious  Ufes  fir  twenty  Tears.  See  22  Car.  z.  c.  6.  enabling  Corporations  to  puicbafc  in  Mortmain, 
7  £f  8  W.  3,  c.  37,  empowering  the  King  to  grant  Licences  to  alien  in  Mortmain,  and  9  Geo.  2.  c.  36.  refiraining  Gifts  in  Mortmain  by  Will, 


A  Statute  made  2  Maii,  Anno  9  Edw.  I.  and  A.  D.  1  281. 


A  Correction  of  the  Twelfth  Chapter  of  the  Statute  of  Gloucefier,  touching  calling  Fore 

Warranty  in  London  a. 


igns  to 


Cotton  MS.    Claudius,  D.  2. 

PUrveu  eft  enfement  qe  fi  homme  emplede  en 
la  Citee  de  Loundres  vouche  forein  a  garant 
le  Meir  &  les  Baillifs  ajournent  les  parties 
devant  Juftices  de  Baunk  a  certein  jour  &  envoient 
la  lour  recorde  &  les  Juftices  facent  fomondre  le 

f arrant  devaunt  eux  &  pledent  le  garantie  &  le 
/leir  &  les  Baillifs  endementers  furfefent  a  la  pa- 
role qeft  devaunt  eu  per  brief  jefqes  a  taunt  qe  la 
parole  de  la  garantie  foit  termine  devaunt  Juftices 
du  Baunk  &  quaunt  la  parole  ferra  termine  au 
Baunk  ferra  dit  al  garant  qil  voift  en  la  Citee  &  re- 
fpoigne  du  chief  plee. 

E  le  demandaunt  per  fa  fuite  eit  brief  des  Jufti- 
ces du  Baunk  a  Meir  &  as  Baillifs  qils  voifent  a- 
vaunt  en  la  plee. 

Et  ft  le  demandaunt  recovere  veigne  le  tenant  as 
Juftices  du  Baunk  &  eit  brief  al  Mier  &  as  Bail- 
lifs qe  fi  le  tenant  eit  fa  terre  perdu  qils  facent  effien- 
dre  la  terre  &  retournent  leftent  au  Baunk  a  cer- 
tein jour  apres  foit  mande  a  Vifcounte  du  pais  ou 
le  garant  feuft  fomons  qil  face  aver  de  la  terre  du 
garant  a  la  vaillaunce. 

Et  fil  avient  qe  le  tenant  face  defaute  al  jour  qe 
lui  eft  done  al  Baunk  donqes  iftra  brief  des  Juftices 
du  Baunk  au  Meir  &  as  Baillifs  de  prendre  le  tene- 
ment demande  en  le  meyn  le  Roi  per  le  petit  cape 
&  de  fomondre  le  tenant  qil  foit  al  Hufting  au  cer- 
tein jour  dount  les  Juftices  ferront  avifez  a  rendre 
jugement  de  eel  defaute  fil  ne  la  puiffe  fauver. 

Et  fi  la  puiffe  fauver, adonqes  foient  les  Juftices  de 
reo  certifiez  per  lour  record. 

Et  les  Juftices  per  lour  record  pledent  la  ga- 
rantie. 

Memorand'  quod  ifte  articulus  in  forma  predicta 
confignatus  fuitfubmagno  figillo  Domini  E.  R.  fil. 


IT  is  provided  alfo,  That  if  one  being  impleaded 
in  the  City  of  London,  do  vouch  a  Foreign  to 
Warranty,  the  Mayor  and  the  Bailiffs  fhall  ad- 
journ the  Parties  before  the  Juftices  of  the  Bench  at 
a  certain  Day,  and  fhall  fend  their  Record  thither  ; 
(z)  and  the  Juftices  fhall  caufe  the  Warrantor  to  be 
fummoned  before  them,  and  fhall  try  the  Warranty  ; 
(3)  and  the  Mayor  and  the  Bailiffs  in  the  mean  Time 
fhall  furceafe  in  the  Matter  that  dependeth  afore 
them  by  Writ,  until  fuch  Time  as  the  Warranty  be 
determined  before  the  Juftices  of  the  Bench  ;  (4)  and 
whentheMatterfhallbedetermined*,  Commandment 
fhall  be  given  to  the  Vouchee  to  depart  into  the  City, 
and  to-  anfwer  to  the  firft  Plea ;  ( 5 )  and  the  Demand- 
ant, at  his  Suit,  fhall  have  a  Writ  from  the  Juftices 
of  the  Bench,  unto  the  Mayor  and  Bailiffs,  that  they 
fhall  proceed  in  the  Plea.  (6)  And  if  the  Demand- 
ant recover,  the  Tenant  fliall  come  to  the  Juftices  of 
the  Bench,  and  have  a  Writ  to  the  Mayor  and  Bai- 
liffs, that  in  cafe  the  Tenant  have  loft  his  Land,  they 
fhall  caufe  it  to  be  extended,  and  return  the  fame 
Extent  unto  the  Bench  at  a  certain  Day.  (7)  And 
after,  it  fhall  be  commanded  to  the  Sheriff  of  the 
Shire,  where  the  Warranty  was  fummoned,  that  he 
fhall  caufe  the  Tenant  to  have  of  the  Lands  of  the 
Warrantor  to  like  Value.  (8)  And  if  it  fortune  that 
the  Tenant  make  Default  at  the  Day  that  is  affigned 
him  in  the  Bench,  then  fhall  there  go  forth  a  Writ 
from  the  Juftices  of  the  Bench  to  the  Mayor  and  Bai- 
liffs, to  ieife  the  Land  demanded  into  the  King's 
Hands  by  a  Petit  Cape,  and  to  fummon  the  Tenant, 
that  he  be  at  the  Huftings  at  a  certain  Day,  whereat 
the  Juftices  fhall  be  advifed  to  give  Judgement  upon 
the  fame  Default,  if  he  cannot  fave  it ;  and  in  cafe 
he  can  fave  it,  then  the  Juftices  fhall  be  certified 
thereof  by  their  Record,  and  by  the  fame  Record 
they  fhall  plead  the  Warranty. 
'  II.  It  is  to  be  remembered,  that  this  Article  in 
Form  aforementioned,  was  figned  under  the  Great 
Seal  of  King  Edward,  Son  of  King  Henry  *,  in 


The  Manner  of. 
proceeding, 
when  Foreigns 
be  vouched  to 
Warranty  in 
London. 


6  Ed.  1.  flat.  i. 
&  2.  c.  12. 

*  Add  in  tbt 
Bench. 


Raft.  24?,  3J4,, 

&c... 

Co.  Ent.  176. 


f  Qu.  Edward. 


Vol.  1. 


*  This  is  taken  from  the  Seclude  pars  tietcrum  ftannorum,  and  is  in  a!l  the  Englifh  Editions. 


the 


74 


Anno  decimo  E  d  w  a  r  d  i  I. 


A.  D.  1 2  8  2. 


the  ninth  Year  of  his  Reign,  and  Tent  unto  the  Juf- 
tices  of  the  Bench  after  the  Manner  of  a  Writ  Pa- 
tent, with  a  certain  Writ  doled,  dated  by  the  King's 
Hand  at  Weftminjler  the  Second  Day  of  May-,  the 
Year  before  mentioned,  that  they  fhould  do  and  exe- 
cute all  and  every  Thing  contained  in  the  Article 
aforefaid,  albeit  that  the  fame  do  not  a;cord  with  the 
Statute  of  Gloucejier  in  all  Things.' 


Cotton  MS. 
R.  E.  Arino  Regni  fui  nono  &  miffus  Juftic'  dtf 
Banco  in  modum  litere  patentis  cum  quodambrevi 
claufo  fub  data  Regis  apud  Weftm'  fecundi  dier 
Maii  Anno  predicto  quod  ipfi  omnia  &  fingula  in 
artieulo  prediclo  contehta  facerent  &  exequerentur 
non  obftante  quod  articulus  Hie  in  omnibus  cum 
difto  ftatuto  non  concordat. 


.  ■  i     ■  -it 


A  new  Statute  of  the  Exchequer ',  called 

The  Statute  of  RUTLAND,  made  24  Maii,  Anno  10  Edw.  I:  and 

Anno  Dom.  1282. 


Touching  the  Recovery  of  the  King's  Debts : 


Ka-ft.  2. 

4lnrt.  113,  325. 


51  H.  z-jhit.  5. 


The  Bodies  of 
Shires. 

Annual  Rolls. 
*  For  of,  read  w. 

f  Qu.  Jha'l  be 
ivritten  in  en- 
vual  Rolls  of  fub- 
jcosient  Dates, 


%  Add  was 
pern  to  be  clear* 
A  RoH  of  defpe- 
rate  Debts. 

\  Read  tnrtUei, 


H  E  King  to  his  Treafurer  and  Barons  of  the 
Exchequer,  Greeting,"  '  To  the  Intent  that 
Provifion  may  be  had  for  the  Indempnity  of 
us  and  our  People,  in  certain  Things  touching  us 
and  our  People  aforefaid,  in  our  faid  Court  of  Ex- 
chequer, (z)  we  will  and  provide,  That  from  hence- 
forth the  Bodies  of  Shires  lhall  not  be  written  in  fe-' 
veral  Rolls,  but  fhall  be  written  in  a  certain  annual 
Roll  by  themfelves,  and  fhall  be  read  every  Year 
upon  the  Accompts  of  Sheriffs,  that  is  to  wit,  *  of 
feveral  Counties,  that  it  may  be  known  if  ought 
may  accrue  unto  us  by  any  Mean._  (3}  The  Rema- 
nents of  the  Ferms  of  the  fame  Shires  fjhall  be  writ- 
ten poll  terras  datas  in  the  annual  Rolls,  and  the  She- 
riffs fhall  be  charged  therewith ;  (4)  in  which  Rema- 
nents the  Liveries  and  Alms  afiigned  fhall  be  allow- 
ed, and  other  Allowances  (if  Sheriffs  have  had  any) 
of  the  Iffues  of  their  Bailiwicks  by  our  Writs.  (5) 
And  becaufe  of  the  Suggeflion  of  our  Bailiffs,  our 
Writs  are  made  of  divers  Allowances,  unto  our  grie- 
vous Damage,  (6)  we  will  and  provide,  That  of 
fuch  Manner  Allowances  foto  be  made,  from  hence- 
forth View  fhall  be  made  in  our  Exchequer;  and  the 
fame  View  being  faithfully  made,  the  fame  Trea- 
furer and  Barons  fhall  certify  our  Chancellor  of  the 
due  Allowances  fo  to  be  made,  and  that  Writs  of  Al- 
lowances fhall  be  made  according  to  the  fame  Certi- 
ficate. (7)  Moreover,  there  fhall  be  written  in  the 
fame  annual  Rolls  the  Ferms  of  the  Sheriffs,  the  Pro- 
fits of  Counties,  the  Ferms  of  Serjeanties  and  AfTerts, 
the  Ferms  of  Cities,  Boroughs,  Towns,  and  other 
Ferms,  whereof  there  is  Anfwer  made  yearly  in  the 
Exchequer.  (8)  And  in  them  alfo  fhall  be  written 
all  Debts  determined,  allgrofs  Debts,  whereof  there 
is  hope  that  fomewhat  fhall  be  paid,  and  all  other 
Debts  that  feem  to  be  clear;  (9)  but  when  it  is 
come  unto  accompt  to  the  Title  of  New  Duties, 
nothing  fhall  be  written  in  the  annual  RoH,  but  thofe 
Debts  whereof  there  is  hope  of  Payment,  and  where- 
of the  Sheriff  is  anfwerable,  and  Debts  found  in  the 
Originals  %. 

'  11.  Of  dead  Ferms,.  and  Debts  defperate,  where- 
of there  is  no  hope,  one  Roll  fhall  be  made,  and 
fhall  be  [|  intituled  Comitatus,  and  read  every  Year 


R 


Cotton  MS.  Vefpaftan,  B.  7. 
EX  Thes'  &  Baron'  fuis  de  Scaccario  ut  in- 
dempnitati  noftre  &  populi  noftri  in  aliquibus 
que  nos  &  populum  predidtum  in  Scaccario 
predidto  contingunt  profpiciatur  volumus  &  pro- 
videmus  quod  non  fcribantur  de  cetero  corpora  Co- 
mitatuum  in  Rotulis  fingulis  fet  fcribantur  in  quo- 
dam  Rotulo  annuali  per  le  &  legantur  fingulis  annis 
fuper  compotum  Vic'  fingula  viz.  in  fingulis  Corni- 
tatibus  ut  fciatur  fi  quid  nobis  poflit  accidereeX  qua-* 
cunque  caufa  Remanentia  vero  eorundemComitatu- 
um  per  pofteras  datas  fcribantur  in  rotulis  annualibuS 
&  onerentur  inde  Vic'  in  quibus  quidem  remanen- 
tibus  allocenturliberationes  ac  eleemofine  conftitute 
&  alie  allocationes  fi  quas  Vic'  hahuerit  de  exitibus 
ballive  fue  fuper  brevia  noftra.  Et  quia  ad  fttgge- 
ftienem  diverforum  ballivorum  front  brevia  noftra 
de  diverfis  allocationibus  in  grave  dampiiumno- 
ftturh  ;  volumus  &  pfovidemus  de  hujufmodi  allo- 
cationibus fie  faciendis  de  cetero  fiat  vifus  in  Scac- 
cario noftro  &  hujufmodi  vifu  fideliter  faclo  iidem 
Thes'  &  Baron'  certificent  CancelTaf  io  noftro  de 
diftis  allocationibus  fie  factis  &  fiarit  brevia  de  al- 
locationibus juxta  certificationem  prediftam.  Scri- 
bantur  etiam  in  eifdem  rotulis  annualibus  firms 
Vic'  proficua  ComitatuUm  firme  feriantiarum  &  af- 
fertorum  firme  Civitatum  Burgorum  &  Villarum 
&  alie  firme  de  quibus  refponfum  eft  annuatim  ad 
fcaccarium  predicrum :  &  fcribantur  in  eifdem  om- 
nia debita  atterminata,  8c  omnia  groffk  debita,  de 
quibus  fpes  eft  quod  aliquid  indereddi  poflit.  Item> 
omnia  debita  que  videntur  effe  clara.  Cum  vero 
perventum  fuerit  in  compoto  ad  titulum  de  Novis. 
oblationibus,  raichil  fcribatur  in  rotulo  annual^ 
nil!  ea  de  quibus  eft  fpes,  &  de  quibus  Vic'  refpon- 
debit,  &  debita  in  originalibus  que  videntuf  ef&- 
elara> 


De  firmis  vero  mortufs,  &  debitis  de  quibus  now 
eft  fpes,  fiat  unus  rotulus ;  &  irrotulentur  &  legan- 
tur fingulis  annis  fuper  compotum  Vic'  &  debita.de 


»  This  is  taken  from  the  SecunJa  fars,  &c, 

4 


Into  the  Englifh  Editions, 


quibus 


A.D.  1282. 


Anno  decimo  Edwardi  I. 


75 


Cotton  MS.     fefpafian,  B.  7. 
quibus  Vic'  refpondebit  fcribantur  in  rotulo  an- 
riuali,  &  ibi  acquietentur. 

Item  volumus  &  providemus,  quod  proclametur 
in  fingulis  Comitatibus  quod  omnes  illi  qui  habent 
tallias  de  Scaccario  de  debitis  fuis,  vel  anteceffo- 
rum  fuorum,  ibidem  hactenus  folutis,  &  nondum 
allocatis,  que  adhuc  veniunt  in  fummonitione  Scac- 
carii,  liberentur  hujufmodi  tallie  Vic'  fuis  allocande 
ad  Scaccarium  fuper  compotis  fuis,  &  Vic'  pre- 
cliiSti  faciant  iilis  a  quibus  tallias  fie  receperint  fcrip- 
ta  fua  teflificantia  receptionem  talliarum  illarum 
fummam  &  occafionem  debitorum. 

,  Interfint  etiam  receptioni  talliarum  illarum  duo 
fideles  Milites  ad  hoc  deputandi,  inter  quos  &  pre- 
fatum  Vic'  riant  cirograffa  de  hujufmodi  receptioni- 
bus,  figillis  eorum  alternatim  munita. 

Prefati  vero  Milites  ad  hoc  deputati  mittant  ad 
Scaccarium  ad  terminum  ftatutum  partes  fuas  ciro- 
grafforum  predidtorum  in  forma  predi&a,  ut  per 
vifum  &  teftimonium  eorundem  difte  tallie  per  Vic' 
fie  recepte  exibeantur  &  fuper  compotis  fuis  allo- 
centur. 

Proclametur  etiam,  quod  nifi  illi  qui  habent  hu- 
jufmodi tallias  exhibeant  Vic'  &  Militibus  ut  pre- 
dictum  eft  exequendas,  diftringantur  pro  toto  de- 
bito,  &  quod  tallie  predi&e  pro  non  folutis  reputa- 
buntur. 

Item  ut  debita  que  adhuc  veniunt  ad  fummoni- 
tionem  Scaccarii  unde  debitores  proferunt  tallias 
contra  diverfos  Vic*  deputentur  &  acquietentur. 

Providemus  etiam,  quod  allqui  ad  hoc  affignandi 
Cx  parte  noftra  mittantur  in  fingulis  Com'  qui  ha- 
beant  potcftatem  plenam  inquirendi  de  hujufmodi 
debitis,  &  etiam  vocandi  coram  eis  folempniter  tarn 
Vic'  quam  heredes  &  aflignatos  &  tenentes  terra- 
rum  eorum,  fi  ipfi  mortui  fuerint,  qui  hujufmodi 
debita  receperint,  &  etiam  procedendi  ad  hujuf- 
modi inquif.  capiend.  fi  necefte  fuerit  cum  partes 
contra  quas  predi&e  tallie  oftenfe  fuerint  venerint, 
cum  non,  teftificata  prius  per  Vic'  fummonitione 
eis  rationabiliter  inde  fafta  &  inquifita  &  difcufTa 
in  prefentia  partium  fi  intereffe  voluerint  veritate, 
faciant  inquifitores  rotulos  de  omnibus  coram  eis 
convi&is  &  conceflis  ;  &  irrotulatis  predictis  de- 
bitis, ftatim  frangantur  tallie  eorundem.  Et  Vic' 
habeant  penes  fe  fub  figillis  inquifitorum  tranfcripta 
rotulorum  predi&orum  &  fuperfedeant  diftricTioni- 
bus  faciendis  pro  debitis  in  eifdem  contends  donee 
aliud  a  nobis  inde  habuerint  in  mandatis.  Prefati 
vero  inquifitores  mittant  ad  Scaccarium  fub  figillis 
fuis  rotulos  fuos  prediftos,  ut  ibi  fcrutin.  inde  fa- 
ciend.  examinentur  que  debita  funt  in  toto  &  que 
in  parte  foluta,  &  que  non,  et  acquietentur  debi- 
tores fecundumquod  per  curiam  fuerit  faciend. 


Ttem  volumus  &  providemus,  quod  camerarii 
non  faciant  de  cetero  vie'  feu  eorum  quibufcum- 
que  ballivis,  tallias  dividend},  nifi  receptis  ab  eis 
prius  particulis,  fummas  &  occafiones  debitorum 
4k  nomina  ea  folventium  continentibus-,  in  quas 


upon  the  Accompt  of  Sheriffs  ;  and  the  Debts  where- 
of the  Sheriffs  are  anfwerable  fhall  be  written  in  the 
annual  Roll,  and  there  fhall  be  acquitted. 
'  III.  Moreover,  we  will  and  provide,  That  it  fhall 
be  proclaimed  in  every  County,  that  all  they  that 
have  Tallies  of  the  Exchequer,  for  the  Debts  of 
themfelves  or  their  Anceftors,  hitherto  paid  ufually 
there,  and  not  yet  allowed,  which  yet  do  come  in  the 
Summons  of  the  Exchequer,  they  do  deliver  to  the 
Sheriffs  fuch  Tallies,  to  be  allowed  at  the  Exche- 
quer upon  their  Accompts.  (2)  And  the  Sheriffs 
fhall  make  to  them  (of  whom  they  fhall  fo  receive 
Tallies)  their  Writings,  witneffing  the  Receipt  of 
thofe  Tallies,  and  Occafion  of  the  Debts. 
i  IV.  Two  faithful  Knights  deputed  thereunto,  fhall 
be  prefent  at  the  Receipt  of  the  Tallies  aforefaid,  be- 
tween whom  and  the  faid  Sheriffs  Indentures  fhall  be 
made  of  fuch  Receipts,  with  the  Seals  of  them  both 
interchangeably. 

'  V.  The  forefaid  Knights,  deputed  thereunto,  fhall 
fend  the  Parts  of  their  Indentures,  at  the  Term  ap- 
pointed, unto  the  Exchequer  in  Form  aforefaid,  to 
the  end,  that  by  the  View  and  Witnefs  of  them,  the 
faid  Tallies  fo  received  by  the  Sheriffs,  may  be  (hew- 
ed and  allowed  upon  their  Accompts. 
'  VI.  Moreover,  it  fhall  be  proclaimed,  That  ex- 
cept thofe  that  have  fuch  Tallies  do  deliver  them  to 
the  Sheriffs  and  Knights,  as  afore  is  faid,  that  then 
they  fhall  be  diftrained  for  the  whole  Debt,  and  that 
the  forefaid  Tallies  (hall  be  reputed  for  unpaid. 
'  VII.  Moreover,  the  Debts  which  yet  are  to  come 
in  the  Summons  of  the  Exchequer,  whereof  the 
Debtors  do  proffer  Tallies  againft  divers  Sheriffs, 
fhall  be  defalked  and  acquitted. 
'  VIII.  Moreover  we  provide,  That  certain  Perfons 
afligned  thereunto  on  our  Behalf,  fhall  be  fent  into 
every  Shire,  which  fhall  have  full  Power  to  enquire 
of  fuch  Manner  of  Debts  ;  (2)  and  alio  to  call  afore 
them  folemnly,  as  well  the  Sheriffs,  as  their  Keirs 
and  Affigns,  and  the  Tenants  of  their  Lands,  in  cafe 
they  be  dead  that  have  received  the  Debts  ;  (3)  and 
alfo,  if  Need  be,  to  proceed  to  the  taking  of  fuch 
manner  of  Inquefts,  whether  the  Parties  (againft 
whom  the  forefaid  Tallies  were  fhewed)  do  come  or 
not ;  fo  that  the  Sheriff  do  return  a  reafonable  Sum- 
mons made  to  them  therefore  ;  (4)  and  fo  the  Truth 
being  inquired  and  difcuffed  in  Prefence  of  the  Par- 
ties (if  they  will  be  there)  the  Inquifitors  fhall  make 
Rolls  of  them  that  fhall  be  convicT:  afore  them;  fo 
that  the  forefaid  Debts  being  confeffed  and  inrolled, 
the  Tallies  of  the  fame  fhall  be  forthwith  broken. 
(;)  And  the  Sheriffs  fhall  have  in  their  Cuftody  the 
Tranfcripts  of  the  fame  Rolls,  under  the  Seals  of 
the  Inquifitors  ;  (6)  and  fhall  furceafe  in  making 
Diftrefies  for  the  Debts  contained  in  the  fame,  until 
they  fhall  have  otherwife  in  Commandment  from  us 
therefore.  (7)  And  the  forefaid  Inquifitors  fhall  fend 
unto  the  Exchequer  the  forefaid  Rolls  under  their 
Seals,  that  it  may  be  examined  there,  by  a  Search  to 
be  made  therefore,  what  Debts  be  paid  in  the  Whole, 
and  what  are  paid  in  Part,  and  what  Debts  there  be, 
whereof  the  Debtors  be  not  acquitted,  according  as 
fhall  be  convenient  to  be  done. 
'IX.  Moreover,  we  will  and  provide,  That  the 
Chamberlains  from  henceforth  fhall  not  make  to  the 
Sheriffs,  or  any  of  their  Bailiffs,  Tallies  of  dlvlden- 
dis,  unlefs  they  firft  receive  of  them  Writings  con- 
taining the  particular  Sums  *  of  the  Mtions  of  Debts, 
L:  *  anal 


Tallies  for 
Debts. 


Tivo  Enig'ntSi- 


Having  Tallies, 
and  not  deliver* 
ing  them. 


Commlflions  to 
enquire  of  the 
King's  Dtbts» 


Tallies  of  Di- 
vidends. 


*  ArJOtCaJien, 


76 


Anno  undecimoEDWARi>i  I. 


A.  D.  1283. 


t  Qu.  Ar.d  into  c 

rwkat  Parcels  t 

I  bey  ivould  have  4 
fu:b  Dividends 

djl,  ibutcd. 

I 

The  Sheriff  re- 
turneth  that  the   c 
Debtor  is  not        c 
found,  or  hath    c 
nothing. 


No  Suit  ftiaU  be 
profecuted  in  the  ' 
Exchequer,  un-  « 
lefs  it  concern      6 
the  King,  or  his 
Officers  there. 


ItegM.  187. 


and  the  Names  »f  them  that  paid  them,  f  unto  the 
which  Particulars  he.  may  part  the  Names  of  fuch  man- 
ner dividendis ;  (z)  which  being  fo  received  under 
their  Seal's,  it  fhall  not  be  lawful  to  number  them 
into  other  Particulars, 

'  X.  Moreover,  we  provide,  That  all  Debts,  where- 
unto  the  Sheriffs  make  Return,  that  the  Debtors  have 
nothing  in  their  Bailiwicks,  ne  had  not  at  fuch  Time 
as  they  were  charged  with  the  fame  Debts,  or  that 
the  Debtors  be  not  found,  that  the  fame  Debts  fhall 
be  eftreated  in  Rolls,  and  the  fame  Rolls  to  be  deli- 
vered unto  faithful  and  circumfpe£t  Men,  which 
fhall  make  Inquiry  thereof  after  fuch  Form  as  fhall 
be  provided  by  the  Treafurer  and  Barons. 
'  XL  But  for  fo  much  as  certain  Pleas  were  hereto- 
fore holden  in  the  Exchequer,  which  did  not  con- 
cern us  nor  our  Minifters  of  the  Exchequer,  where- 
by as  well  our  Pleas,  as  the  Caufes  of  our  People,  are 
unduly  prorogued  and  letted;  (z)  we  will  and  or- 
dain, That  no  Plea  fhall  be  holden  or  pleaded  in  the 
Exchequer  aforefaid,  unlefs  it  do  fpecially  concern 
us  and  our  Minifters  aforefaid.  (3)  And  therefore 
we  command,  That  ye  caufe  the  Premises  to  be  di- 
ftinifly  and  openly  read  afore  you,  and  to  inroll  it, 
caufing  the  fame  to  be  ftraitly  obferved  in  our  Court 
of  Exchequer  aforefaid.  In  Witnefs  of  which,  &<:. 
Yeven  at  Rut/and  the  four  and  twentieth  Day  of  the 
Month  of  May,  in  the  tenth  Year  of  our  Reign  J 


Cotton  MS.    Vcfpafian,  B.  7. 
quidem  particulas  voluerint  hujufmodi  dividend* 
partiri,  quibus  fub  figillis  eorum  receptis,  non  li- 
cet eas  in  alias  particulas  minuere. 

Providemus  etiam,  quod  omnia  debita  ad  que 
Vic'  mandent  quod  debitores  nihil  habent  in  bal- 
livis  fuis  nee  habuerunt  tempore  quo  onerati  fuev 
rint  de  eifdem  debitis,  vel  quod  non  fint  inventi, 
extrahantur  in  rotulis,  &  tradantur  rotuli  ill i  viris 
fidelibus  &  circumfpecSis,  qui  inde  facient  inquif. 
in  forma  per  Thef.  &  Baron,  providenda. 

Set  quia  quedam  placita  in  Scaccario  noftro* 
haftenus  tenta,  que  Nos  feu  Miniftros  ejufdem 
Scaccarii  noftri  non  contingunt,  per  quod  noftra 
placita  &  populi  noftri  negotia  coram  nobis  iade- 
bite  prorogantur  &  impediuntur ;  volumus  &  ordi- 
namus,  quod  nullum  placitum  teneatur  feu  placi- 
tetur  in  Scaccario  predicro,  nifi  fpecialiter  eontin- 
git  Nos  vel  Miniftros  noftros  predi&os..  Et  idea 
vobis  mandamus,  quod  premina  coram  vobis  di- 
ftindte  &  aperte  legi  &  irrotulari  faciatis,  &  de 
cetero  obfervari  in  predifto  Scaccario  noftro.  In 
cujus  &c.  T..  R.  apud  Rotel.  xxiiii.  dieMaii 
anno  X°.. 


STATUTUM  de  MERCATORIBUS, 

T7js  Statute  of  A£ton-Burnel,  made  Anno  1 1  Edw.  I.  and  Anno  Dom. 

1285. 


1  Mod.  186. 

Co.  Lit.  289.  b. 
Cro.  El.  233, 
JS5>  »6'- 


Ordainirig  the  Statute-Merchant  for  Recovery  of  Debts. 


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^Orafmuch  as  Merchants,  which  heretofore 
have  lent  their  Goods  to  divers  Perfons,  be- 
greatly  impoverifhed,  becaufe  there  is  no  fpee- 
"  dy  Law  provided  for  them  to  have  Recovery  of 
"  their  Debts  at  the  Day  of  Payment  affigned ;  (2) 
"  and  by  reafon  hereof  many  Merchants  have  with- 
*'  drawn  to  come  into  this  Realm  with  their  Merchan- 
**  dizes,  to  the  Damage  as  well  of  the  Merchants,  as 
"  of  the  whole  Realm;"  '  (3)  the  King  by  him- 
4  felf  and  by  his  Council  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed, 

*  that  the  Merchant  which  will  be  fure  of  his  Debt, 
'  fhall  caufe  his  Debtor  to  come  before  the  Mayor  of 
'  London,  or  of  York,  or  Briftol,  or  before  the  Mayor 
4  and  a  Clerk  (which  the  King  fhall  appoint  for  the 
'  fame)   for  to  knowledge  the  Debt  and  the  Day  of 

*  Payment;  (4)  and  the  Recognifance  fhall  be  entered 

*  into  a  Roll  with  the  Hand  of  the  faid  Clerk,  which 
'  fhall  be  known.     (;)  Moreover,  the  faid  Clerk  fhall 

*  make  with  his  own  Hand  a  Bill  obligatory,  where- 
1  unto  the  Seal  of  the  Debtor  fhall  be  put,  with  the 
'  King's  Seal,  that  fhall  be  provided  for  the  fame  Pur- 

*  pofe,  the  which  Seal  fhall  remain  in  the  keeping  of 
'  the  Mayor  and  Clerk  aforefaid  :  (6)  And  if  the 
'  Debtor  doth  not  pay  at  the  Day  to  him  limited,  the 
'  Creditor  may  come  before  the  faid  Mayor  and  Clerk 

*  with  his  Bill  obligatoryi  (7)  and  if  it  be  found  by 


P 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  46. 
UR  ceo  qe  Marchaunz  qi  avaunt  ces  Iioures 
unt  prefte  lur  aver  a  diverfe  genz  funt  cheuz. 
en  poverte  pur  ceo  qe  il  ni  avent  pas  fi  redde 
ley  purvew  par  la  quele  il  poient  Kir  dettes  haftive- 
ment  recoverir  al  jor  afis  de  paye  e  par  cele  ache- 
fun  funt  mult  de  Marchaunz  fuftretz  de  venir  ea 
cefte  terre  od  lur  Marchaundifes  a  damage  des 
Marchaunz  e  de  tut  le  Reaume.  Le  Rei  par  lu» 
e  par  fun  confeil  ad  ordine  e  eftabli  qe  Marchaunt 
qi  veut  eftre  feur  de  fa  dette  face  venir  fun  dettur 
devaunt  le  Meire  de  Lundres  ou  de  Everwyk  ou. 
de  Briftowe  e  devaunt  le  Meire  e  devaunt  un  Clerk 
qe  le  Rey  a  ceo  atornera  conoife  la  dette.  e  le  jor 
de  la  pae  e  feitla  reconifaunce  enroulee  de  la  main 
le  avauntdit  clerk  qe  ferra  conue.  E  eftre  ceo  la- 
vauntdit  clerk  face  de  fa  main  le  efcrk  de  obliga- 
tion al  quel  efcrit  feit  mis  le  feal  del  dettur  od  le 
feal  le  Rei  qe  a  ceo  eft  purveu  le  quel  feal  demoera, 
en  fauve  garde  le  Meire  e  del  clerk  avauntdit.  E 
fi  le  dettur  nene  rende  al  jor  qe  lui  eft  afis  fi  veigne 
le  creaunzur  al  Meire  e  al  clerk  od  fa  lettre  de 
obligatum  e  fi  trove  feit  par  roule  e  par  lettre  qes 


A.  D.  1283. 


Anno  undecimo  Edwardi  I. 


11 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
la  dette  fu  conue  e  qe  le  jor  afis  feit  pane  le  Meire 
par  vewe  de  prodes  homes  meintenaunt  face  vendre 
les  moebles  al  dettur  cum  ateint  de  la  dette  fi  com 
chatels  e  burgages  devifables  defqes  a  la  fumme  de 
la  dette  e  les  deniers  faunz  delai  paez  as  creaun- 
zur.  E  fi  le  Meire  ne  troefle  achatur  face  par 
renable  pris  liverer  les  moebles  al  creaunzur  defqe 
a  la  fumme  de  la  dette  en  allowaunce  de  fa  dette. 
E  a  la  vente  e  a  la  liveree  des  burgages  devifablis 
ferra  mis  le  feal  le  Rei  avauntdit  en  pardurable 
tefmoinaunce.  E  fi  le  dettur  ne  eit  moeble  en  le 
poer  le  Meire  dunt  la  dette  poet  eftre  levee  einz 
eit  aillours  en  le  reaume  dunqe  maunde  le  Meire 
defuz  le  feal  avauntdit  a  Chauncelier  la.  co- 
noiflaunce  fete  devaunt  lui  e  le  avauntdit  clerk  e 
le  Chauncelier  envoyebref  al  vifcunte  en  qi  baillie 
le  dettur  avera  moebles  e  le  vifcunte  face  fere  gre 
al  creaunzur  par  mefme  la  forme  qe  eft  devifee  qe 
le  Meire  le  fereit  fi  les  biens  moebles  al  dettur  fuf- 
fent  en  fun  poer..  Mes  bien  fe  gardent  ceuls  qi 
priferunt  Les  moebles  pur  liverer.  al  creaunzur  qe  il . 
mettent  refnable  pris  e  awel  qe  fijl  les  prifent  trop 
haut-en  favour  deltlettoure  en  damage  del  creaun- 
zur la  chofe  prifee  feit  liveree  a  eels  qi  la  averunt 
prife  par  le  pris  qe.  mis  i.unt  e  meintenaunt  re- 
fpoignent  al  creaunzur  de  fa  dette.  E  file  dettur 
v.oille  dire  qe  fes  biens  moebles  fuerent  vend  uz  ou 
liverez  pur  meins  qe  il  ne  valient  de  ceo  ne  purra 
ilremedie  aver  par  quei  qe  le  Meire  ou  le  vifcunte 
eyent  Ieaument  les  biens  moebles  a  celui  qi  plus 
ofFri  vendu  car  il  purra  retter  a  lui  mefmes  qe 
avaunt  le  jor  de  la  foute  poeit  fes  biens  moebles  aver 
vendu  e  par  fa  main  les  deniers  leve  e  ne  voleit. 
E  ft  le  dettur  ne  ad  moebles  dunt  tute  la  dette  puifTe 
eftre  levee  dunqe  feit  fun  cors  pris  ou  qe  il  feit 
trove  e  en  prifun  tenu  defqe  taunt  qe  il  eit  fet  gre 
ou  fes  amis  pur  lui.  E  ft  il  nad  del  foen  dunt  eftre 
fuftenu  en  prifun  le  creaunzurlui  trufle  pain  e  ewe 
iffi  qe  il  ne  moerge  pur  defaute  les  quels  cuftages 
le  dettur  lui  rende  od  la  dette  avaunt  ceo  qe  il  iffi 
de  prifun.  E  ft  le  creaunzur  feit  marchaunt 
eftraunge  il  demorra  as  cuftages  del  dettur  tut  le 
tens  qe  il  fiwera  pur  fa  dette  lever  defqe  al  jor  qe 
les  biens  moebles  al  dettur  feient  venduz  ou  a  lui 
liverez.  E  fi  le  creaunzur  ne  fe  pae  pas  de  la  feurte 
ibulement  le  dettur  parquei  plegges.  lui,  foient  tro- 
vez  ou  mainpernours  les  mainpernours  ou  les 
plegges  veignient  devaunt  le  Meire  e  le  avauntdit 
clerk  e  fe  obligent  par  efcrit.e.  par.reconoiffaunce  fi 
com  avaunt  eft  dit  del  dettur.  En  mefme.  la  ma- 
nere  fi  la  dette  ne  feit  paee  al  jor  afis  feit  fete  la  exe- 
cution furies  plegges  ou  mainpernours  cum  avaunt 
eft  dit  del  dettur. 

Iffi  ne  purquant  qe  taunt  come  la  dette  pufte 
pleinement  eftre  levee  des  biens  moebles  al  dettur 


the  Roll,  and  by  the  Bill,  that  the  Debt  was  know-  Acknowledging 
ledged,   and  that   the  Day  of  Payment  is  expired,  °(  a  Statute- 
the  Mayor   fliall  incontinent  caufe  the  Moveables  of  r^Li^S. 
the  Debtor  to  be  fold,  as  far  as  the  Debt  doth  amount,  f.  n.  B.  130, 
by  the  praifmg  of  honeftMen,  as  Chattels,  Burgages  &c. 
devifable,   until  the  whole  Sum  of  the  Debt ;    and 
the  Money,  without  Delay,  (hall  be  paid  to  the  Cre- 
ditor.    (8)  And  if  theMayorcan  find  no  Buyer,  he  . 
fliall  caufe  the  Moveables  to  be  delivered  to  the  Cre- 
ditor at  a  reafonable  Price,  as  much  as  doth  amount 
to  the  Sum  of  the  Debt,  in  Allowance  of  his  Debt  ; 
(9)  and  the  King's  Seal  (hall  be  put  unto  the  Sale  The  Seal  of  the 
and  Deliverance  of  the  Burgages  devifable  for  a.  per-  Statute. 
petual  Witnefs.     (10)  And  if  the  Debtor  have  no 
Moveables  within  the   Jurifdi&ion   of  the   Mayor, 
whereupon  the  Debt  may  be  levied,   but  hath  fome 
otherwhere  within  the  Realm,   then  fhall  the  Mayor 
fend    the   Recognifance  made  before    him  and   the 
Clerk  aforefaid  unto  the  Chancellor,  .under  ths  King's 
Seal;    (11)  and  the  Chancellor  fhall  direct  a  Writ  A  Certificate  of 
unto  the  Sheriff,  in  whofe  Bailiwick  the  Moveables  **  chaTcer'"'0 
of  the  Debtor  be,  and  the  Sheriff  fhall  caufe  him  to  F  ^.  b."i.  130* 
agree  with  his  Creditor  in  fuch  Form  as  the  Mayor  e. 
fhould  have  done  in  cafe  that  the  Moveables,  of  the 
Debtor  had  been  within  his  Power.     (,12)  And  let  The  Goods  ex— 
them  that  fhall  praife  the  moveable  Goods,  to  be  de-  tended  delivered 
iiveredunto  the  Creditor*  take  good  heed,  that- they  tothePrairer3' 
do  fet  a  reafonable  Price  upon  them ;    for  if  they  do 
fet  an  over  high  Price  for  favour  born  to  the  Debtor^ 
and  to  the  Damage  of  the  Creditor,    then  fhall  the 
Thing  fo  praifed  be  delivered  unto  themfelves  at  fuch 
Price  as  they  have  limited,  and  they  fhall  be  forth^ 
with  anfwerable  unto   the  Creditor   for  his   Debt. 
(13)  And  if  the  Debtor  will  fay,  that  his  moveable  Fit?.  Extent,  7,- 
Goods  were  delivered  or  fold  for  lefs  than  they  were  i°>  ".  '&>  14* 
worth,  yet  fhall  he  have  no  Remedy  thereby  ;   for 
when  the  Mayor  or  the  Sheriff  hath  fold  the  move- 
able Goods  lawfully  to  him  that  offered  moft,  he  may 
account  it  his  own  Folly,  that  he  did  not  (ell  his  own 
moveable  Goods,  himfelf  before- the  Day  of  his  Suit 
(when  he  might,  and  would  not)  and  have  levied  the 
Money  with  his  own  Hands.     (14)  And  if  the  Debt-  The  Debtor  >m>- 
or  have  no  Moveables  whereupon-  the  Debt  may  be  prifoned. 
levied,  then  fhall  his>  Body  be  taken  where  it  may  be  Rcsl(l  9s- 
found,  and  kept  in  Prifon,  until  that  he  have  made 
Agreement,  or  his  Friends  for  him;    (15)  and  if  he  The  Debtor's 
have  not  wherewith  he  may  fuftain  himfelf  in  Prifon,  D'"' 
the  Creditor  fhall  find  him  Bread  and  Water,  to  the 
end  that  he  die  not  in  Prifon  for  default  of  Suftenance, 
the  which  Cofts  the  Debtor  fhall  recompenfe  him 
with  his  Debt,  before  that  he  be  let  out-  of  Prifom 
(16)  And  if  the  Creditor  be  a  Merchant-ftranger,  The  Creditor  a 
he  fliall  remain  at  the  Cofts^of  the  Debtor  for  fo  long  Stranger. 
Time  as,  he  tarrieth  about  the  Suit  of  his  Debt,  and 
until  the  moveable  Goods  of  the  Debtor  be  fold  or 
delivered  unto  him.      (17}  And  if  the  Creditor  do  The  Creditors 
not  take  the  Debtor  alone  for  the  Surety  of  his  Pay-  Pledges, 
meat,  by  reafon  whereof  Pledges  or  Mainpernors  be 
founden,    then  thofe  Pledges   or  Mainpernors  fhall 
come  before   the  Mayor  and  Clerk,  abovefaid,  and 
fliall    bind   themfelves   by  Writings    and    Recogni- 
fances,  as  afore  is  faid  of  the  Debtor.     (18)  And  in 
like  Manner  if  the  Debt  be  not  paid  at  the  Day  li- 
mited, fuch  Execution  fliall  be  awarded,  againft  the 
Pledges  or  Mainpernors,,   as  before  is   faid  of  the 
Debtor.' 

c  II.   Provided  neverfhelefs,   That .  fo  long  as  the 
Debt  may  be  fully  taken,  and  levied  of  the  Goods 

'-moveable- 


7'3 


Stat.  r. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I.  A.  D.  1285, 


Rati.  97. 
Enforced  and 
amended  by 
■1.3  Ed..i.  flat. 
.C.J. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
les  mainpernours  ou  les  plegges  ne  eyent  damage, 
Mes  en  defaute  des  biens  moebles  al  dettur  eit  le 
creaunzurrecoverir  fur  les  mainpernours  ou  fur  les 
plegges  en  la  forme  qe  avaunt  eft  dite  del  dettur. 
E  a  fuftenir  les  cuftages  lavaundit  clerk  fi  prendra 
le  Rei  de  chefcune  livre  un  denier.  Ceft  ordein- 
ment  e  eftablifement  veut  le  Rei  qe  deforemes  feit 
tenu  par  tut  fun  reaume  de  Engleterre  entre  quel 
j;ent  qe  ceus  feient  qe  de  lur  ein  degre  voderunt  tele  reconoifaunce  fere  forfpris  jeus  as  quels  ceft  eftablifement 
ne  fe  eftent  pas.  E  par  ceft  eftabliflement  ne  feit  bref  de  dette  abatu.  E  ne  foyent  pas  le  Chancelier,  Ba- 
i-uns  del  Efcheqere,  J uftices  del  un  Baunc  e  del  autre,  e  Juftices  erraunz,  forclos  de  prendre  reconoiflaunces 
de  dettes  de  ceus  qi  devaunt  eus  le  voderunt  fere.  Mes  les  executions  de  conoiflaunces  devaunt  eus  ne  feyent 
as  fetes  par  la  forme  avauntdite,  mes  par  la  ley,  e  le  ufage,  e  la  maniere  avaunt  ufee.  Donee  a  A&one 
"urnel  le  duzim  jor  de  O£tobre  en  Ian  de  noftre  regne  unzim. 

Confimilia  Statuta  habent  majores  Eborum  &  Briftol,  Line.  &  Winton.  &  Salop. 


moveable  of  the  Debtor,  the  Mainpernors  or  Pledges 
fhall  be  without  Damage  :  (2)  Notwithftanding, 
for  default  of  moveable  Goods  of  the  Debtor,  the 
Creditor  ihall  have  Execution  of  his  Recognifance 
upon  the  Mainpernors  or  Pledges,  in  fuch  Manner 
and  Form  as  before  is  limited  againft  the  principal 
Debtor.' 


f 


STATUTUM   WALLIE,     See  Appendix, 


STATUTA  REGIS  EDWARDI  edita  apud  Weftmon* 
in  Parliamento  fuo  Pafch.  Anno  Regni  fui  tertio  decimo. 

The  Statute  of  WESTMINSTER  the  Second,  made  Anno  13  Edw.  h 

Stat.  1.  and  Anno  Dom.  1285. 


W 


« 


HEREAS  of  late  our  Lord  the  King, 
in  the  Quinzim  of  Saint  "John  Baptift,  the 
Sixth  Year  of  his  Reign,  calling  together 
the  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and  his  Council  at 
Gloucejler,  and  confidering  that  divers  of  this  Realm 
were  difherited,  by  Reafon  that  in  many  Cafes, 
where  Remedy  fhould  have  been  had,  there  was  none 
provided  by  him  nor  his  Predeceflbrs,  ordained  cer- 
tain Statutes  right  neceflary  and  profitable  for  his 
Realm,  whereby  the  People  of  England  and  Ireland, 
being  Subjects  unto  his  Power,  have  obtained  more 
fpeedy  Juftice  in  their  Oppreinons,  than  they  had 
before ;  and  certain  Cafes,  wherein  the  Law  failed, 
did  remain  undetermined,  and  fome  remained  to  be 
enacted,  that  were  for  the  Reformation  of  the  Op- 
preflions  of  the  People  :  Our  Lord  the  King  in  his 
Parliament,  after  the  Feaft  of  Eajier,  holden  the 
Thirteenth  Year  of  his  Reign  at  Wejirninjler,  caufed 
many  Oppreffions  of  the  People,  and  Defaults  of  the 
Laws,  for  the  Accomplifhment  of  the  faid  Statutes 
of  Glouce/ier,  to  be  rehearfed,  and  thereupon  did  pro- 
vide certain  Acts,  as  fhall  appear  here  following." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  46. 

CU  M  nuper  Dominus  Rex  in  quindena  fanc"ti 
Johannis  Baptifte  anno  regni  fui  fexto  con- 
vocatis  Prelatis  Comitibus  Baronibus  &  con- 
filip  fuo  apud  GIpuc'  quia  multi  de  regno  fuo  ex- 
heredationem  patiebantur  eo  quod  in  multis  cafibus 
ubi  remedium  apponi  debuit  prius  non  fuit  per  pre- 
deceflbres  fuos  aut  ipfum  remedium  provifum  que- 
dam  ftatuta  populo  fuo  valde  neceflaria  &  utilia 
edidit  per  que  populus  fuus  Anglicanus  &  Hiberni- 
cus  fub  fuo  regimine  gubematus  celeriorem  jufti- 
tiarn  quam  prius  in  fuis  oppreflionibus  confecutus  eft 
ac  quidam  Cafus  in  quibus  lex  deficiebat  remanfe- 
runt  non  determinati  quedam  enim  ad  reprimen- 
dum  oppreflionem  populi  remanferunt  ftatuenda 
Dominus  Rex  in  parliamento  fuo  poft  Pafchaanno 
regni  fui  tertio  decimo  apud  Weftm'  multas  op- 
preffiones  &  legum  defedtus  ad  fuppletionem  pre- 
diclorum  ftatutorum  apud  Glouc'  editorum  recitari 
fecit  &  ftatuta  edidit  ut  patebit  in  fequenti. 


C  A  P.     I. 

In  Gifts  in  Tail  the  Donor's  Will  fhall  be  obferved.     The  Form  of  a  Formedon. 


^fiKera)  Sorts  of 
Cifts  of  Lands 
in  Ta  1. 
1  I.eon.  ill. 
1  Roll43,  153, 
'&>  333>3i7» 
3»  S- 


T?  I R  S  T,  Concerning  Lands  that  many  Times  are 
'  jl  given  upon  Condition,  that  is  to  wit,  Where 
'  any  giveth  his  Land  to  any  Man  and  his  Wife,  and 
'  to  the  Heirs  begotten  of  the  Bodies  of  the  fame  Man 
'  and  his  Wife,  with  fuch  Condition  exprefled,  that  if 
*  the  fame  Man  and  his  Wife  die  without  Heirs  of  their 


IN  primis  de  tenementis  que  mulcotiens  dantuf, 
fub  conditione  videlicet  cum  aliquis  dat  terram 
fuam  alicui  viro  &  ejus  uxcri  &  heredibus  de  ipfis 
viro  &  muliere  procreatis  adjecta  conditione  expref- 
fa  tali  quod  fi  hujufmodi  vir  &  niuljer  fine  herede 
de  ipfis  viro  &  muliere  procreato  obiflent  terra  fie 

data 


A.D.  1285.  Anno  decimo  tertio  Edward  1  I. 


Stat. 


1. 


79 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tarr.  Lond. 
data  ad  donatorem  vel  ad  ejus  heredem  revertatur. 
In  cafu  etiam  cum  quis  dat  tenementum  in  libe- 
rum  maritagium  quod  donum  habet  conditionem 
annexam  licet  non  exprimatur  in  carta  doni  que 
talis  eft  quod  fi  vir  &  mulier  fine  herede  de  ipfis 
procreato  obierint  tenementum  fie  datum  ad  dona- 
torem  vel  ad  ejus  heredem  revertatur.  In  cafu 
etiam  cum  quis  dat  tenementum  alicui  &  heredibus 
de  corpore  fuo  exeuntibus  durum  videbatur  &  ad- 
huc  videtur  hujufmodi  donatoribus  &  heredibus  do- 
natorum  quod  voluntas  ipforum  in  donis  fuis  ex- 
prefla  non  fueritprius  nee  adhuc  eft  obfervata.  In 
omnibus  enim  prediclis  cafibus  poft  prolem  fufcita- 
tam  &  exeuntem  ab  ipfis  quibus  tenementum  fie 
fuit  datum  conditionaliter  hucufqtie  habuerunt  hu- 
jufmodi feoffati  poteftatem  alienandi  tenementum 
fie  datum  &  exheredandi  de  tenemento  exitum  ip- 
forum contra  voluntatem  donatorurri  &  formam  de 
dono  expreflam.  Et  preterea  cum  deficiente  exitu 
de  hujufmodi  feoffatis  tenementum  fie  datum  addo- 
natorem  vel  ad  ejus  heredem  reverti  debuit  per  for- 
mam in  carta  de  dono  expreflam  licet  exitus  fi  quis 
fuerit  obifiet  per  factum  &.  feofFamentum  ipforum 
quibus  tenementum  fie  fuit  datum  fub  conditione 
exclufi  fuerurit  hucufque  de  reverfione  eorundem 
tenementorum  quod  manifefte  fuit  contra  formam 
doni  fui. 

Propter  quod  dominus  Rex  perpendens  quod  ne- 
ceffarium  &  utile  eft  in  predidtis  cafibus  apponere 
remedium  ftatuit  quod  voluntas  donatoris  fecundum 
formam  in  carta  dbni  fui  manifefte  expreflam  dece- 
tero  obfervetur  ita  quod  non  habeant  illi  quibus  te- 
nementum fie  fuit  datum  fub  conditione  poteftatem 
alienandi  tenementum  fie  datum  quo  minus  ad  exi- 
tum illorum  quibus  tenementum  fie  fuerit  datum 
remaneat  poft  eorum  obitum  vel  ad  donatorem  vel 
ad  ejus  heredem  fi  exitus  deficiat  per  hoc  quod  nul- 
lus  fit  exitus  omninovel  fi  aliquis  exitus  fuerit  per 
mortem  deficiet  herede  hujufmodi  exitus  deficiente. 
Nee  habeat  decetero  fecundus  vir  hujufmodi  mulie- 
ris aliquid  in  tenemento  fie  dato  per  conditionem 
poft  mortem  uxoris  ejus  per  Legem  Anglie  nee  ex- 
itus de  fecundo  viro  &  muliere  fucceflionem  here- 
ditariam  fet  ftatim  poft  mortem  viri  &  mulieris  qui- 
bus tenementum  fie  fuit  datum  poft  eorum  obkum 
vel  ad  eorum  exitum  vel  ad  donatorem  vel  ad  ejus 
heredem  ut  prediflum  eft;  revertatur. 

Et  quia  in  novo  cafu  novum  remedium  eft  appo- 
nendum  fiat  impetranti  tale  breve : 

Precipe  A.  quodjujle,  &c.-  reddat  B.  tale  manerium 
tumpert'inentiis  quod  C.  dedit  tali  viro  iff  tali  mulieri 
&  heredibus  de  ipjis  viro  &  muliere  exeuntibus. 

Vel,., 
^uod  C.  dedit  tali  viro  in  liber urn  maritagium  cum 
tali  muliere  &  quodpojl  mortem  prediSiorum  viri  & 
tnulieris  pridiilo  B.  filio  prediStorum  viri  iff  mulieris 
defcendere  debet  per  jarma?n.donationis. predicate  ut  di- 
al *  Vel,  §>iiod  C.  dedit  tali  &  heredibus  de  corpore 
fuo  exeuntibus  iff  quod  poft  mortem  ipjius  talis  prediclo 
B.  filio  prediiti  talis  defcendere  debet  perfortnamy  isfc. 

Breve  per  quod  donator  habet  recuperare  fuum 
deficiente  exitu  fatis  eft  in  ufu  in  cancellaria  Et  fci- 
endum  quod  hoc  ftatutum  quoad  alienationem  te,~ 


Bodies  between  them  begotten,  the  Land  fo  given  ;  Roll  4!9. 
fliall  revert  to  the  Giver  or  his  Heir.     (z)  In  cafe  alio  Godbolt  3cg, 
where  one  giveth  Lands  in  free  Marriage,  which  Gift  367-  p1-  45s' 
hath  a  Condition  annexed,  though  it  be  not  exprefled  Latch  6   56j" 
in  the  Deed  of  Gift,  which  is  this,  That  if  the  Huf-  savii  67?8g. 
band  and  Wife  die  without  Heir  of  their  Bodies  be- 700.33'. 
gotten,  the  Land  fo  given  fliall  revert  to  the  Giver  or  Fitz'  Tail» «" 
his  Heir.     (3)  In  cafe  alfo  where  one  giveth  Land  to. I2'  *h  2+>  ,6» 
another,  and  the  Heirs  of  his  Body  ifluing  ;  it  feem-  \7'     '  "' **> 
ed  very  hard,  and  yet  feemeth  to  the  Givers  and  their  Co.  Lit.  18.  b. 
Heirs,  that  their  Will  being  expreffed  in  the  Gift,     19.3-  24..*. 
was  not  heretofore,  nor  yet  is  obferved.     (4)  In  all    "3-  b- 
'  the  Cafes  aforefaid,  after  Iflue  begotten  and  born  be-     *p4'o' 
'  tween  them  (to  whom  the  Lands  were  given  under  fL.  Formed. 
'  fuch  Condition)  heretofore  fuch  Feoffees  had  Power  61,  &s. 

*  to  aliene  the  Land  fo  given,  and  to  diflierit  their  Iflue  Fjtz. Tail, ^i<r. 
'  of  the  Land,  contrary  to  the  Minds  of  the  Givers, 

'  and  contrary  to  the  Form  exprefled  in  the  Gift.     (5) 

'  And  furtherB  When  the  Iflue  of  fuch  Feoffee  is  fail-  Fte.  Tail,  15. 

'  ing,  the  Land  fo  given  ought  to  return  to  the  Giver, 

'  or  his  Heir,  by  torm  of  the  Gift  exprefled  in  the 

*  Deed,  though  the  Iflue  (if  any  were)  had  died  ^ 
'  (6)  Yet  by  the  Deed  and  Feoffment  of  them  (to 
'  whom  Land  was  {o  given  upon  Condition)  the  Do- 
'  nors  have  heretofore  been  barred  of  their  Reverfion, . 

'  *  which  was  directly  repugnant  to  the  Form  of  the  *  Add  of  the 

'   Gift,  fame  Tentmcnts. 

'  II.  Wherefore  our  Lord  the  King,  perceiving  how  jn  Gifts  in  TaL1 
'  neceflary  and  expedient  it  Ihould  be  to  provida  Re-  the  Donor's 

*  medy  in  the  aforefaid  Cafes,  hath  ordained,  That  the  Will  (hall  be 
'  Will  of  the  Giver,  according  to  the  Form  in  the  obfer™*- 

1  Deed    of   Gift  manifeftly  exprefled,   {hall  be  from  "tt'carrant 
'  henceforth  obferved ;  fo  that  they  to  whom  the  Land  16,^0/57*  sj£ 
'  was  given  under  fuch  Condition,,  fliall  have  no  Pow-  3  Co.  £5.  ' ' 
c  er  to  aliene  the  Land  fo  given,  but  that  it  fliall  re-Fitz-  Formed.. 
'  main  unto  the  Iflue  of  them  to  whom  it  was  given  Ij  2?>  33.  3'» 
'  after  their  Death,  or  fliall  revert  unto  the.  Giver,  or  ;*2' i4'  59'  6l>- 
'  his  Heirs,  if  Iflue  fail  (f  whereas  there  is  no  Iflue  at  f4-For  whereas, 
'  all)  or  if  any  Ifllte  be,  and  fail  by  Death,  or  Heir  of  read  in  that. 
1  the  Body  of  fuch  Iflue  failing.     (2)  Neither  ftiall  fit*-  Dower,  87.- 
'  the  fecond  Hufband  of  any  fuch  Woman,  from  hence-  3  Co-  8' 
c  forth,,  have  any  Thing  in  the  Land  fo  given  upon     |'  J^' 

*  Condition,  after  the  Death  of  his  Wife,  by  the  Law  s.  3;'  36* 
'  of  England,  nor  the  Iflue  of  the  fecond  Hufband  and. 
'  Wife  fliall  fucceed  in  the  Inheritance^  but  immediate- 
'  ly  after  the  Death  of  the  Huiband  and  Wife  (to  whom 
'  the  Land  was  fo  given)  it  fliall  ccme  to  their  Iflue,. 
'  or  return  unto  the  Giver,  or  his  Heir,  as  before  is 
1  faid. 

'  III.  And  forafmuch  as  in  a  new  Cafe  new  Remedy 
'  muft  be  provided,  this  Manner  of  Writ  fliall  be 
'  granted  to  the  Party  that  will  purchafe  it :' 

(2)  Praecipe  A.  quod  jufte,  &c.  reddat  E,  maneriuraForrrredon  in 
de  F.  cum  fuis  pertinentiis,  quod  C.  dedit  tali. viro ■&  difcender. 
tali  mulieri,  &  hseredibus  de  ipfis  viro  &  muliere  exeun-  Rc8ift-  a;8< 
tibus..  C0.pia.317,.. 

'    Or  ftinc-'  33!S'   341, 

wi  tnus  ..  Dyer  2j  5   24.^ 

(3)  Qiiod  C. dedit  tali,  viro  in  liberum.  maritagium  Fuz. Fine's,  125-. 
cum  tali   muliere,  &  quod  poft,  mortem  praediiSrorum  F'tz.  Formed, 
viri  &  mulieris,  prasdidto  B.  filio  eorundem  viri  &  mu-.5>  6>  75  »>  ''» 
lieris  defeendere  debeat  per  formam  donationis  praedic-  "* } 
t3e,  utdicit,  &c.     (4)  Vel,  QuodC.  dedit  tali  &  hsere 
dibus  de  corpore  fuo  exeuntibus,  £c  qyod  poft  mortem 
illius  talis,  praedidto  B.   filio  prsedicli  talis  defcendere 
debeat  per  formam,  &c 

'  a  IV.  The  Writ  whereby,  the  Giver-  fhall" recover,. 
tr  (when  Iflue  faileth)  is  common  enough  in  the  Chari- 
4  eery;  (2)  and  it  is  to  wit,  that  this  Statute  lhall  hold 
"  '  Place. 


166. 
9.105. 
11. 72. 

Co,  Lit.  327.  b. 


.  42,  44s- 
46»47j19-> 


8o 


Stat.  i< 


Anno  declmo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A,  D.  1285. 


'  Place  touching  Alienation  of  Land  contrary  to  the 

*  Form  of  the  Gift  hereafter  to  be  made,  and  fhall  not 

'  extend  to  Gifts  made  before.     (3)  And  if  a  Fine  be 

'  levied  hereafter  upon  fuch  Lands,  it  fhall  be  void  in 

A  Tine  lhall  not '  the  Law  ;  (4)  neither  fhall  the  Heirs,  or  fuch  as  the 

bi,  the  f-ieit  in   c  ReVeifion  belongeth  unto,  though  they  be  of  full  Age, 

8  Ha  f  8        '  within   England,  and  out  of  Prifon,  need  to  make 

y\xt.  continual  '  their  .Claim.    Altered  by  32  H.  8.  c.  36/ 

Claim,  9. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun.  Lond. 
nementi  contra  formam  doni  impofterum  faciendam 
locum  habet  &  ad  dona  prius  fadta  non  extenditur. 
Et  fi  finis  fuper  hujufmodi  tenemento  impofterum 
levetur  ipfo  jure  fit  nullus  nee  habeant  heredes  aut 
illi  ad  quos  fpeftat  reverfio  licet  plene  fint  etatis  in 
Anglia  &  extra  prifonam  neceffe  apponere  clameum 
fuum. 


CAP.     II. 

A  Recordare  to  remove  a  Plaint.     Pledges  to  profecute  a  Suit.     Second  Deliverance. 


The  Mifchiefs 

it 

which  Lords 

tt 

di  ft  raining 
their  Tenants 

it 

aid  fuffer. 

ft 

it 

a 

•*  ~\ 

it 

a 

A  Recordare  to 
remove  a  Plaint  < 
out  of  the  c 

County.  4 

16  H.  7.  f.  I. 


Regift.  83. 

*  .For  becaufe, 
read  wherefore. 


rie^ges  to  pro- 
fecute the  Suit,    ' 
arjd  to  make         < 
Return.  c 

Dyer  18S. 
2H.  6.  15. 

8  Ed.  3.  T-         ' 

9  H.  6.  4.2.  <■ 
Fuz.  Return  d*s  t 
A-crs,  35.  c 
Cro.  Car.  5.94. 


:  Orafmuch  as  Lords  of  Fees  diftraining  their  Te- 
__*  nants  for  Services  and  Cuftoms  due  unto  them, 
are  many  times  grieved,  becaufe  their  Tenants  do 
replevy  the  Diftrefs  by  Writ,  or  without  Writ :  (z) 
And  when  the  Lords,  at  the  Complaint  of  their 
Tenants,  do  come  by  Attachment  into  the  County, 
or  unto  another  Court,  having  Power  to  hold  Pleas 
of  Withernam,  and  do  avow  the  taking  good  and 
lawful,  by  reafon  that  the  Tenants  difavow  to  hold 
ought,  nor  do  claim  to  hold  any  thing  of  him  which 
took  the  diftrefs  and  avowed  it,  he  that  diftrained 
is  amerced,  and  the  Tenants  go  quit ;  (3)  to  whom 
Punifhment  cannot  be  affigned  for  fuch  difavowing 
by  Record  of  the  County,  or  of  other  Courts  having 
no  Record." 

'  II.  It  is  provided  and  ordained  from  henceforth, 
That  where  fuch  Lords  cannot  obtain  Juftice  in 
Counties  and  fuch  manner  of  Courts  againft  their 
Tenants,  as  foon  as  they  fhall  be  attached  at  the 
Suit  of  their  Tenants,  a  Writ  fhall  be  granted  to 
them  to  remove  the  Plea  before  the  Juftices,  afore 
whom,  and  none  otherwhere,  Juftice  may  be  mi- 
niftred  unto  fuch  Lords ;  and  the  Caufe  fhall  be  put 
in  the  Writ,  *  becaufe  fuch  a  Man  diftrained  in  his 
Fee  for  Services  and  Cuftoms  to  him  due.  (3.)  Nei- 
ther is  this  Aft  prejudicial  to  the  Law  commonly 
ufed,  which  did  not  permit  that  any  Plea  fhould  be 
moved  before  Juftices  at  the  Suit  of  the  Defendant. 
(4)  For  though  it  appear  at  the  firft  Shew  that  the 
Tenant  is  Plaintiff,  and  the  Lord  Defendant,  never- 
thelefs,  having  refpedt  to  that,  that  the  Lord  hath 
diftrained,  and  fueth  for  Services  and  Cuftoms  being 
behind,  he  appeareth  indeed  to  be  rather  Acvtor,  or 
Plaintiff,  than  Defendant.  (5-)  And  to  the  intent  the 
Juftices  may  know  upon  what  frefh  Seifin  the  Lords 
may  avow  the  Diftrefs  reafonable  upon  their  Tenants ; 
(6)  from  henceforth  it  is  agreed  and  enarfled,  That  a 
reafonable  Diftrefs  may  be  avowed  upon  the  Seifin  of 
any  Anceftor  or  Predeceffor  fince  the  Time  that  a 
Writ  of  Novel  diffeiftn  hath  run.  (7)  And  becaufe 
itchanceth  fometimes  that  the  Tenant,  after  that  he 
hath  replevied  his  Beafts,  doth  fell  or  alien  them, 
whereby  Return  cannot  be  made  unto  the  Lord  that 
diftrained,  if  it  be  adjudged  : 

'  III.  It  is  provided,  That  Sheriffs  or  Bailiffs  from 
henceforth  fhall  not  only  receive  of  the  Plaintiffs 
Pledges  for  the  purfuing  of  the  Suit,  before  they 
make  Deliverance  of  the  Diftrefs,  but  alfo  for  the 
Return  of  the  Beafts,  if  Return  be  awarded.  (2) 
And  if  any  take  Pledges  otherwife,  he  fhall  anfwer 
for  the  Price  of  the  Beafts,  and  the  Lord  that  di- 
ftraineth  fhall  have  his  Recovery  by  Writ,  that  he 
fhall  reftore  unto  him  fo  many  Beafts  or  Cattle ; 
(3)  and  if  the  Bailiff  be  not  able  to  reftore,  his  Su- 


QUia  domini  feodorum  diftringentes  tenentes- 
fuos  pro  ferviciis  fibi  debitis  multotiens  gra- 
vantur  per  hoc  quod  cum  tenentes  fui  diftridrionem 
fuam  per  breve  vel  fine  brevi  replegiaverint  ac  ipfi 
domini  cum  ad  querimoniam  tenendum  fuorum  ad 
comitatum  vel  ad  aliam  curiam  habentem  potefta- 
tem  placitandi  placita  de  vetito  namio  per  attachia- 
mentum  venerint  &  rationabilem  &  juftam  diftric- 
tionem  advocaverint  per  hoc  quod  tenentes  dead- 
vocant  nichil  tenere  nee  clamant  tenere  de  eo  qui 
diftrirStionem  fecit  &  advocavit  remanfit  qui  di- 
ftrinxit  in  mifericordia  &  tenentes  fui  quieti  quibus 
pro  ilia  deadvocatione  per  recordum  comitatus  five 
aliarum  curiarum  que  recordum  non  habent  pena 
infligi  non  poteft.  •  • 

Decetero  provifum  eft  &  ftatutum  quod  cum  hu- 
jufmodi domini  in  com'  vel  hujufmodi  cur'jufti- 
tiam  de  hujufmodi  tenentibus  fuis  confequi  non 
poffint  quam  cito  attachiati  fuerunt  ad  ferStam  te- 
nendum fuorum  concedatur  eis  breve  ad  ponen- 
dum  loquelam  illam  coram  Jufticiariis  coram  qui- 
bus &  non  alibi  juftitia  hujufmodi  dominis  exhiberi 
poterit  Et  inferatur  caufa  in  brevi  quia  talis  di- 
ftrinxit  in  feodo  fuo  pro  ferviciis  &  confuetudinibus 
fibi  debitis  nee  per  iftud  ftatutum  derogatur  legi 
communi  ufitate  que  non  permifit  placitum  aliquod 
poni  coram  Juffic'  ad  petitionem  defendentis. 
Quia  licet  prima  facie  videbatur  tenens  adtor  & 
dominus  defendens  habito  tamen  refpedtu  ad  hoc 
quod  dominus  diftringit  &  fequitur  pro  ferviciis  & 
confuetudinibus  fibi  a  retro  exiftentibus  realiter 
potius  apparebit  aftor  five  querens  quam  defen-i 
dens.  Et  ut  in  certo  fint  Jufticiarii  de  qua  re- 
centi  feifina  poterunt  domini  advocare  rationabilem 
diftrirStionem  fuper  tenentes  fuos  decetero  concor- 
datum  eft  quod  rationabilis  diftrirStio  advocari  po- 
terit de  feifina  antecefforum  fuorum  vel  predecef- 
forum  a  tempore  quo  breve  nove  diffeifine  currit. 
Et  quia  aliquando  contingit  quod  cum  tenens  poft- 
quam  replegiaverit  averia  fua  averia  ilia  vendit  vel 
elongat  quo  minus  returnum  fieri  poftit  domino 
diftringenti  fi  adjudicetur. 


Provifum  eft  quod  vie'  aut  ballivi  de  cetero  non 
recipiant  a  conquerentibus  folummodo  pleg'  de  pro-- 
fequendo  antequam  deliberationem  faciant  de  ave- 
riis  fet  etiam  de  averiis  retornandis  fi  adjudicetur 
returnum.  Et  fi  quis  alio  modo  pleg'  receperit  re- 
fpondeat  ipfe  de  pretio  averiorum  &c  habeat  domi- 
nus diftringens  recuperare  per  breve  quod  reddat  ei ' 
tot  averia  vel  tot  catalla  &  fi  non  habeat  ballivus 
unde  reddat  reddat  fuperior  fuus.  Et  quia  aliquan- 
do contingit  quod   poftquam  adjudicatum  fuerit 

diftringenti 


A.  D.  1285.  Anno  decimo  tertio  Ed  ward  i  I. 


Stat.  i. 


8i 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
diftringenti  returnum  averiorum  &  fie  diftrictus 
poftquam  averia  fie  retornata  iterum  replegiaverit 
cum  viderit  diftringentem  comparentem  in  curia 
paratum  fibi  refpondere  defaltam  fecerit  ob  quam 
iterum  adjudicabitur  diftringenti  returnum  averi- 
orum &  fie  bis  tertio  &  in  infinitum  replegiabuntur 
averia  nee  habebunt  judicia  curie  Regis  in  hoc 
cafu  effecr.um  fuper  quo  non  fuit  prius  remedium 
provifum  ordinatus  eft  in  hoc  cafu  talis  procefius 
quod  quam  cito  adjudicatum  fuerit  diftringeftti  re- 
turnum averiorum  per  breve  de  judicib  mandetur 
Vicecomiti-quod  returnum  habere  faciat  diftringenti 
de  averiis  in  quo  brevi  inferatur  quod  vicecomes  ea 
non  deliberet  fine  brevi  in  quo  fiat  mentio  de  judi- 
cio  per  Jufticiarios  reddito  quod  fieri  non  poterit 
nifi  per  breve  quod  exeat  de  rotulis  Jufticiariorum 
coram  quibus  dedurSta  fuerit  loquela.  Cum  igitur 
adierit  J  uftic'  &  petierit  averia  fua  iterum  replegiari 
fiat  ei  hoc  breve  de  judicio  quod  vicecomes  capta 
Tecuritate  de  profequendo  &  etiam  de  averiis  vel 
catallis  retornandis  vel  eorum  pretio  fi  adjudicetur 
returnum  deliberet  ei  averia  vel  catalla  prius  retor- 
nata &  attachietur  qui  diftrinxit  ad  veniendum  ad 
scertum  diem  coram  Jufticiariis  coram  quibus  placi- 
tum  deducatur  in  prefentia  partium.  Et  fi  iterato  ille 
qui  replegiaverit  fecerit  defaltam  vel  alia  occafione 
•adjudicetur  returnum  diftri&ionis  jam  bis  replegi- 
.ate  remaneat  diftrictlo  ilia  imperpetuum  irreplegi- 
■abilis  fet  fi  de  novo  &  de  nova  caufa  fiat  diftri&io 
ule  nova  diftrictiohe  fervetur  procefius  fupradictus. 


periour  fhall  reftore.  (4)  And  forafmuch  as  it  hap- 
neth  fbmetime,  that  after  the  Return  of  the  Beafts  is 
awarded  unto  the  Diftrainor,  and  the  Party  fo  di- 
ftrained,  after  that  the  Beafts  be  returned,  doth  re- 
plevy them  again,  and  when  he  feeth  the  Diftrainor 
appearing  in  the  Court  ready  to  anfwer  him,  doth 
make  Default,  whereby  Return  of  the  Beafts  ought 
to  be  awarded  again  unto  the  Diftrainor,  and  fo  the 
Beafts  be  replevied  twice  or  thrice,  and  infinitely,- 
and  the  Judgments  given  in  the  King's  Court  take  no 
EfFecT.  in  this  Cafe,  whereupon  no  Remedy  hath  been 
yet  provided  ;  (5)  in  this  Cafe  fuch  Procefs  fhall  be 
awarded,  that  fo  foon  as  Return  of  the  Beafts  fhall 
be  awarded  to  the  Diftrainor,  the  Sheriff  fhall  be 
commanded  by  a  judicial  Writ  to  make  Return  of 
the  Beafts  unto  the  Diftrainor ;  in  which  Writ  it 
fhall  be  expreffed,  that  the  Sheriff  fhall  not  deliver 
them  without  Writ,  making  mention  of  the  Judg- 
ment given  by  the  Juftices,  which  cannot  be  without 
a  Writ  iffuing  out  of  the  Rolls  of  the  faid  Juftices 
before  whom  the  Matter  was  moved.  (6)  Therefore 
when  he  cometh  unto  the  Juftices,  and  defireth  Re- 
plevin of  the  Beafts,  he  fhall  have  a  judicial  Writ, 
that  the  Sheriff  taking  Surety  for  the  Suit,  and  alfo 
of  the  Beafts  or  Cattle  to  be  returned,  or  the  Price  of 
them  (if  Return  be  awarded)  fhall  deliver  unto  him 
the  Beafts  or  Cattle  before  returned,  and  the  Di- 
ftrainor fhall  be  attached  to  come  at  a  certain  Day 
before  the  Juftices,  afore  whom  the  Plea  was  moved 
in  Prefence  of  the  Parties.  (7)  And  if  he  that  re- 
plevied make  Default  again,  or  for  another  Caufe  re- 
turn of  the  Diftrefs  be  awarded,  being  now  twice 
replevied,  the  Diftrefs  fhall  remain  irrepleviable; 
(8)  but  if  a  Diftrefs  be  taken  of  new,  and  for  a  new 
Caufe,  the  Procefs  abovefaid  fhall  be  obferved  in  the 
fame  new  Diftrefs.' 

CAP.     III. 
A  Cut  in  vita  for  the  Wife.     "Where  a  Wife,  or  he  in  Reverfion,  fhall  be  received. 


A  Writ  of  fe» 
cond  Delive- 
rance. 

Dyer  41,  59. 
Kel.  92. 
26  H.  8.  6. 
21  H.  7.  28.. 
12  H.  7.  4. 


A  Diftrefs  irre- 
pleviable. 
14  H.  7.  6. 
Dyer  280. 
Fitz.  Return 
des  Avers,  6, 
15,18,  19,  24, 
a6>  32>  33>  34> 
35- 


IN  cafu  quando  vir  amifit  per  defaltam  tenemen- 
tum  quod  fuit  jus  uxoris  fue  durum  fuit  quod 
uxor  poft  mortem  viri  fui  non  habuit  aliud  recu- 
perare  quam  per  breve  de  Refto  propter  quod  Do- 
minus  Rex  ftatuit  quod  mulier  poft  mortem  viri 
fui  habeat  recuperare  per  breve  de  Ingreftu  cui  ipfa 
in  vita  fua  contradicere  non  potuit  quod  in  forma 
predifta  erit  placitand'.  Si  contra  petitionem  mu- 
lieris  tenens  excipiat  quod  habuit  ingreffum  per  ju- 
dicium &  comperto  quod  per  defaltam  ad  quod  te- 
nens neceffe  habet  refpondere  fi  ab  eo  queratur  tunc 
neceffehabet  ulterius  oftendere  jus  fuum  fecundum 
formam  brevis  quod  prius  impetravit  fuper  virum 
&  uxorem.  Et  fi  verificare  poterit  quod  jus  habet 
in  tenemento  petito  nichil  capiat  mulier  per  breve 
fuum  quod  fi  oftendere  non  poterit  recuperet  mu- 
lier tenementum  petitum  hoc  obfervato  quod  fi  vir 
abfentaverit  fe  &  noluerit  jus  uxoris  fue  defendere 
vel  invita  uxore  reddere  voluerit  fi  uxor  ante  judi- 
cium venerit  parata  petenti  refpondere  &  jus  fuum 
defendere  admittatur  uxor.  Eodem  modo  fi  tenens 
in  dotem  per  Legem  Anglie  vel  aliter  ad  terminum 
Vol.  I. 


IN  cafe  when  a  Man  doth  lofe  by  Default  the  A CuI  'a  v'ta 
Land  which  was  the  Right  of  his  Wife,  it  was  fo[the ,wiff' 
very,  hard  that  the  Wife,   after  the  Death  of  her  «afcd  Hu'fca'iid 
Hufband,  had  none  other  Recovery  but  by  a  Writ  of  loft  by  Default. 
Right ;"  (2)  wherefore  our  Lord  the  King  hath  or-  Regift.  232. 
dained,    That  a  Woman,    after  the  Death  of  her 2lnfl-  341- 
Hufband,  fhall  recover  by  a  Writ  of  Entry  (whereto  f  Co;!'HS 5°" 
fhe  could  not   difagree  during  his  Life)  which  fhall  Fit'z.2Cui  'in  vll 
be  pleaded  in  Form  under-written.     (3)  If  the  Te- ta,  7,  8,9,  10, 
riant  do  except  againft  the  Demand  of  the  Wife,  that  u,  14,  16,  17, 
he  entered  by  Judgement,  and  it  be  found  that  his  J9>  2°>  2l»  26» 
Entry  was  by  Default,  whereto  the  Tenant  of  Ne-  £.*'  |°t'  32'  3£" 
ceffity  muft  make  Anfwer,  if  it  be  demanded  of  him,  ,53.3'.  j!'' a." 
then  he  fhall  be  compelled  to  make  further  Anfwer,  356.  a.  Dyer 
and  to  fhew  his  Right  according  to  the  Form  of  the  298>  3'5>  34i- 
Writ  that  he  purchafed  before  againft  the  Hufband  Fitz'  Refceit> 
and   the  Wife.     (4)  And   if  he  can  verify  that  he  )\3'J'  ;'_9' "' 
hath  *  or  bad  Right  in   the  Land   demanded,    the  -V  im.  iceb. 
Woman   fhall  gain  nothing   by  her  Writ;    which  44' 5  Ed.  3.  61! 
Thing  if  he  cannot  fhew,  the  Woman  fhall  recover  c,°-  Car. 43. 
the  Land  in  Demand;  (5)  this  being  obferved,  that  !  Noti"  tr's' 
if  the : Hufband  abfent  himfelf,  and  will  not  defend  ^T^cl'JX 
his  Wife's  Right,  or  againft  his  Wife's  Confent  will  vkln  that  iL' 
render  the  Land,  if  the  Wife  do  come  before  Judge-  Hnjbatid's.Aa 
ment,  ready  to  anfwer  the  Demandant,  and  to  defend  ""t?  °f '>-"&'>/*': 
her  Right,  the  Wife  fhall  be  admitted.     (6)  Likewife  L™.dfia!l,  ""' 

,~r..L.  „j    prejudice  her  or 

her  Heirs. 


if  Tenant  in  Dower,  Tenant  by  the  Law'of  the  Land,  f" 


M 


or 


m  i    I 


$2 


Stat.  i. 


Anno  decim'o  teitio  Edward  i  I. 


A.D.  1285. 


Where  the  Wife.' 
fliall  be  received  c 
upon  the  Huf-  \ 
band's  Default.  t 
Keilw.  u8. 
The  Receipt  of  ' 
him  in  the  Re-  ' 
verfion.  ' 4 

Ingreflus  ad  com*  t 
munem  legem,   . 
Regift.  133. 
*  hot  hi  0,ig.      ' 


or  otherwise  for  Term  of  Life,  or  by  Gift,  where 
the  Reverfion.'  is  referved,  do  make  Default,  or  will 
gjve  Up ;  the  Heirs,  -and  they  unto  whom  the  Rever- 
fion belongeth,  fhall  be  admitted  to  their  Anfwer  if 
they  come  before  Judgement ;  (7)  and  if  upon  *  fuch 
Default,  or  Surrender,  Judgement  hap  to  be  given, 
then  the  Heirs,  or  they  unto  whom  the  Reverfion 
belongeth  after  the  Death  of  fuch  Tenants,  fhall 
have  their  Recovery  by  a  Writ  of  Entry,  (8)  in 
which  like  Procefs  (hall  be  obferved  as  is  aforefaid, 
in  cafe  where  the  Hufband  lofeth  his  Wife's  Land  by 
Default.  (9)  And  fo  in  the  Cafes  aforefaid  two 
Aftions  do  concur,  one  between  the  Demandant  and 
Tenant,  and  another  between  the  Tenant- flawing 
his  Right,  and  the  Demandant.' 


\&x  Rot.  inTurr.  Lond. 
vite  vel  per-donum  in  quo  refervatur  reverfio  fecerit 
defaltam  vel  reddere  vohierit  -admittantur  heredes 
&  illi  ad  quos  fpectat  reverfto  ad  refponfionem  ft 
venerint  ante  judicium  &fi  per  defaltam  -aut  red- 
ditionem  reddatur  judicium  tunc  habeant  heredes 
&  illi  ad  quos  fpe£tat  reverfio  ,poft  mortem  bujuf- 
modi  tenendum  recuperare  per  breve  deTiTgreflu  in 
quo  fervetur  idem  proceffas  ficut  di<5bum  eft  fupra  in 
cafu  ubi  vir  amittit  tenementum  uxoris  &  fie  m  ca- 
fibus  preditEKs  due  concurrunt  a£tiones  una  inter 
petentem  &  tenentem  &  alia  inter  tsnentem  jus 
fuum  oftendentem  .&7petentem). 


The  Wife  (hall 
be  endov/able, 
though  the 
Land  be  reco- 
vered againft 
her  Hiilbahd 
by  Covin,  or 
by  Default. 
2  Inft.  347. 
14  H.  4.  f.  31, 
50  Ed.  3.  f.  7. 
See  4S?  $W.  & 
M,  c,  16.  §.  5. 
jecuring  Denver  to 
Widt,tu  o/Mprt- 


Fitz,  Dower, 
80,  140,  173. 


A  Remedy  for 
Tenants  for 
Life,  &c. 
which  dolofa 
their  Land  by 
Default. 
Fitz.  Voucher, 

¥>•  59>  '59> 
j4j,  186,  461, 

*7  5»  276>  309. 
11  Co.  62, 
Hob.  299. 
The  particular 
Tenants  may 
vouch  him  in 
thr'RcvcrGon, 


CAP.     IV. 

Where  the  Wife  fhall  be  endowable  of  Lands  recovered  againft  her  "Hufband,     Where  the  Heir 
may  avoid  a  Dower  recovered.     A  Remedy  for  particular  Tenants  lofing  by  Default. 

N  cafe  where  the  Hufband,  being  impleaded  for 
Land,  giveth  up  the  Land  demanded  unto  his  Ad- 
verfary  fey  Covin  ;  after  the  Death  of  the  Hufband, 
the  Juftices  fhall  award  the  Wife  her  Dower,  if  it  be 
demanded  by  Writ.  (2)  But  in  cafe  where  the  Huf- 
band lofeth  the  Land  in  demand  by  Default,  if  the 
Wife,  after  the;  Death  of  her  Hufband,  demandeth 
her  Dower,  it  hath  been  proved, ;  that  fome  Juftices 
have  awarded  unto  the  Woman;  her  Dower  notwith- 
ftanding  the  Default' which  her  Hufband  made,  other 
Juftices  being  of  the  contrary  Opinion,  -and  judging 
otherwife.  To  the  intent  that  from1  henceforth  fuch 
Ambiguity  fhall  be  taken  away,  it  is  thus  ordained 
in  certain,  That  in  both  Cafes  the  Woman  demand- 
ing her  Dower  fhall  be  heard.  (3)  And  if  it  be  al- 
ledged  againft  her,  that  her  Hufband  loft  the  Land, 
whereof  the  Dower  is  demanded  by  Judgement, 
whereby  fhe  ought  not  to  have  Dower,  and  then  it 
be  inquired  by  what  Judgement,  and  it  be  found  that 
it  was  by  Default,  whereunto  the  Tenant  muft  an- 
fwer ;  then  it  behoveth  the  Tenant  to  anfwer  further, 
and  to  fhew  that  he  had  Right,  and  hath  in  the  fore- 
said Land,  according  to  the  Form  of  the  Writ  that 
the  Tenant  before  purchafed  againft  the  Hufband. 
(4)  And  if  he  can  fhew  that  the  Hufband  of  fuch  Wife 
had  no  Right  in  the  Lands,  nor  any  other  but  he  that 
holdeth  them,  the  Tenant  fhall  go  quit,  and  the 
Wife  fhall  recover  nothing  of  her  DoWer;  which 
Thing  if  he  cannot  fhew,  the  Wife  fhall  recover  her 
Dower.  (5)  And  fo  in  thefe  Cafes,  and  in  certain 
other  following,  that  is  to  fay,  When  the  Wife  being 
endowed  lofeth  her  Dower  by  Default,  and  Tenants 
in  free  Marriage,  by  the  Law  of  England,  or  for 
Term  of  Life,  or  in  Feetail,  divers  Actions  do  con- 
cur for  fuch  Tenants,  when  they  muft  demand  their 
Land  loft  by  Default :  (6)  And  when  it  is  come  to 
that  Point,  that  the  Tenants  muft  be  compelled  to 
fhew  their  Plight,  they  cannot  make  anfwer  without 
them  to  whom  the  Reverfion  of  Right  belongeth ; 
therefore  it  is  granted  unto  them  tovouch  to  Warranty, 
as  if  they  were  Tenants,  if  they  have  a  Warranty. 
(7)  And  when  the  Warrantor  hath  warranted,  the 
Plea  fhall  pafs  between  him  that  is  feifed  and  the 
Warrantor,  according  to  the  Tenor  of  the  Writ 
that  the  Tenant  purchafed  before,  and  by  which  he 
recovered  by  Default;  (8)  and  fo  from  manyAclions 
at  lur/gth  they  fhall  refort  to  one  Judgement,  which 


TN  cafu  quando  vir  implacitatus  de  tenemento 
-J.  reddit  tenementum  petitum  fuo  adverfario  de 
piano  poft  mortem  viri  Juftieiarii  adjudicant  mu- 
lieri  dotem   fuam  fi  per   breve  queratur.     Set  in 
cafu  quando  vir  amittit  tenementum  petitum  iper 
defaltam  ft  mulier  poft  mortem  viri  fui  petat  dotem 
compertum  eft  quod  per  aliquos  Jufticiarios  adju- 
dicata  fuerit  dos  mulieri  petenti  non  ©bftante.de- 
falta  quam  vir  fuus  fecit  aliis  Jufticiariis  in  contra- 
ria  opinione  exiftentibus  &  contrarium  judicanti- 
bus.     Ut  de  cetero  amputetur  hujufmodi  ambi- 
guitas  fie  in  certo  ordinatum  eft  quod  in  utroque 
cafu  audiatur  mulier  que  dotem  petit.     Et  fi  exci- 
piatur  contra  ipfam  quod  vir  ipfum  tenementum 
unde  dos  petita  eft  amifit  per  judicium  per  quod 
dotem  habere  non  debet  Et  fi  queratur  per  quod 
judicium  &  compertum  fuerit  quod  per  defaltam 
ad  quod  tenens  necefte  habet  refpondere'tu'nc  opor- 
tet  tenentem  ulterius  refpondere  &  oftendere  quod 
ipfe  tenens  jus  habuit  &  habet  in  prediiSlo  tene- 
mento fecundum  formam  brevis  quod  prius  fuper 
virum  impetravit.     Et  ft   oftendere  potent  quod 
vir  mulieris  non  habuit  jus  in  tenemento  nee  ali- 
quis  alius  quam  ipfe  qui  tenet  recedat  quietus  Sc 
uxor  nichil  capiat  de  dote  quod  fi  oftendere  non 
poterit  recuperet  mulier  dotem  fuam.    Et  fie  in 
cafibus  iftis  $c  in  quibufdam  cafibus  fubfequentibus 
fcilicet  quando  uxor  dotata  amittit  dotem  per  de- 
faltam &  tenentes  .in  maritagium  per  Legem  An- 
glie  vel  ad  terminum  vite  velper  feodum  talliatum 
concurrunt  pluresajStiones  quia  hujufmodi  tenentes 
cum  oporteat  eos  petere  tenementa  fua  per  defal- 
tam amifTa  &  ad  hoc  perventum  fuerit  quod  tenens 
necefte  habet  oftendere  jus  fuum  non  pofftint  ipfi 
fine  hi  is  ad  quos  fpeftat  reverfto  de  jure  refpondere 
Et  ideo  conceditur  eis  quod  vocent  ad  warrantum 
ac  fi  effent  tenentes  fi  warrantum  habeant.     Et 
cum  warrantus  warrantizaverit  procedat  placitutn 
inter  ilium  qui'feifitus  eft'&  warrantum  fecundum 
tenorem  brevis  quod  tenens  prius  impetravit  &  per 
quod  recuperavit  per  defaltam  &  fie  exipluribus   • 
adtionibus  ad  ultimum  perveniatur  ad  unum  judi- 
cium videlicet  ad  hoc  quod  hujufmodi  petentes  re- 

cuperent 


A.  D.  1285.  Anno  declmo  tertio  Edward  1  I. 


Stat. 


i\ 


H 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
euperent  petitionem  fuam  vel  quod  tenentes  eant 
quietu     Et  fi  acTio  hujufmodi  tenentis  qui  nacelle 
habet  oftendere  jus  fuum  rrtota  fuerit  per  breve  de 
Recto  licet  magna  aififa  vel  duellum  jungi  non  pof- 
fit  per  verba  confueta  jungi  tamen  pofiunt  per  ver- 
ba fatis  aptaQuia  cum  tenens  in  hoc  quod  oftendit 
jus  fuum  quod  ei  competit  per  breve  quod  prius 
impetravit  fit  loco  adtoris  bene  poterit  vvarrantus 
defendere  jus  tenentis  qui  loco  petentis  ut  dictum 
eft  habetur  &c  feifinam  antecefToris  fui  offerre  de- 
fendere per  corpus  liberi  hominis  fui  vel  ponere  fe 
in  magnam  aflifam  &  petere  recognitionem  fieri 
utrum  ipfe  majus  jus  habeat  in  tenemento  petito  an 
predictus  talis.     Velaliomodo  jungi  poterit  magna 
aflifa  fie  Talis,  defendit  jus,  &c.  &  cognofcit  feifi- 
nam antecefToris. fui  &  ponit  fe  in  magnam  aflifam, 
&C.  &  petit  recognitionem  fieri  utrum  ipfe  majus 
jus  haheat.ia  predidJo  tenemento  ut  in  illo  de  quo 
feoffavit  talem.  vel  quod  talis  remifit  &  quietum 
clamavit,  &c.  an  predidlus:  talis.     Cum  aliquando 
contingat   quod    mulier  non   habens  jus   petendi 
dotem  herede  alicujus  infra  etatem  exiftenteim- 
petret  breve'de  dote  fuper  cuftodem  &  cuftos  per, 
favorem  mulieris  dotem  reddiderit  vel  defaltam  fe- 
cerit  vel  placitum  ita  fi6t,e  per  collufionem  defen- 
derit  per  quod  dos  hujufmodi  mulieri  in  prejudici- 
um  heredis  adjudicata  fuerit  provifum  eft  quod  he- 
res  cum'  ad  etatem  pervenerit  habeat  actionem  pe- 
tendi'feifinam- antecefToris  fui verfus hujufmodi  mu= 
lierem  qualem  haberet  verfus  alium  quemcumque 
deforciatojrem  Ita  tamen  quod  falva  fit  mulieri  ver- 
fus petentem  exceptio  oftendere  quod  jus  habet  in 
dote  fua  quod  fi  oftendere  poterit  recedat  quieta  & 
•dotem  fuam  retineat  &  fit  heres  in  mifericordia  & 
amercietur  graviter  fecundum  difcretionem  Juftic' 
fin  autem  recuperet  heres  petitionem  fuam.     Eo- 
dem  modo  fubveniatur  muheri  fi  heres  vel  alius 
earn  implacitaverit  de  dote  fua  fi  dotem  fuam  per 
defaltam  amiferit  in  quo  cafu  fua  defalta  non  fit  ei 
ita  prejudicialis  quin  dotem  fuam  fi  jus- habeat  re- 
cuperare  poffit  &  fiat  ei  tale  breve  : 

Precipe  A:  quodju/le,  &c.  reddattali  quefuit  uxor 
talis  jant  am  terram  cum  pertinentiis  in  N.  quam  cla- 
mat  e/Je  rationabilem  dotem  fua?n  vel  de  rationabili 
dote  fua  &  quam  talis  ei  deforc  .  Et  ad  iftud  breve 
habeat  tenens  exceptionem  fuam  ad  oftendendum 
quod  mulier  jus  non  habet  in  dote  quod  fiverificare 
poterit  recedat  quietus  alioquin  recuperet  mulier  te- 
nementum  quod  prius  tenuit  in  dotem.  Et  cum 
temporibus  retroactis  aliquis  terram  fuam  amififfet 
per  defaltam  non  habuit  aliud  recuperare  quam  per 
breve  de  recto  quod  eis  competere  non  poterit  qui 
de  mero  jure  loqui  non  potuerunt  veluti  tenentes 
ad  terminum  vite  vel  per  liberum  maritagium  vel 
per  feodum  talliatum-in  quibus  cafibus  falvatur  re- 
verfio  provifum  eft  decetero  quod  eorum  defalta  non 
fit  eis  ita  prejudicialis  quin  riatum  fuum  fi  jus  ha- 
beant  recuperare  poffint  per  aliud  breve  quam  per 
breve  de  Redo.  De-  maritagio  amiffo  per  defaltam 
fiat  tale- breve; 


;  is  this,  That  theDemandants  fhall  recover  their  De- 

;  mand,  or  the  Tenants  fhall  go  quit,     (g)  And  if  the 

;  Action  of  fuch  a  Tenant,  which  is  compelled  to  fhew 

:  his  Right,    be  moved  by  a  Writ  of  Right,  though 

that  the  great  Aflife  or  Battail  cannot  be  joyned  by 

the  Words  accuftomed,    yet  it  fhall  be  joyned  by 

Words  convenient;    (10)  for  when  the  Tenant,  in 

that  he  fheweth  his  Right  which  belongeth  to  him  by 

:  the  Writ  that  he  before  purchafed,  inftead  of  a  De-  ■ 

mandant,  the  Warrantor  may  well  defend  the  Right 
;  of  the  Tenant,   which  is  accounted  in  Place  of  the 
;  Demandant,  as  before  is  faid,  and  offer  to  defend  the 
;  Seifin  of  his  Anceftors  by  the  Body  of  his  Freeman, 
;  or  put  himfelf  in  the  great  Aflife,   and  pray  Recog- , 
nizance  to  be  made,  whether  he  hath  more  Right  to 
the  Land  in  demand,  or  elfe  -the  Party  before  named.  I 
;  (n)    Or  otherwife  the  great  Aflife  may  be  joyned 
;  thus,  Talis  defendit  jus,  &c.  and  fo  the  Warrantor 
:  may  defend  the  Right,   and  knowledge  the  Seifin  of 
:  his  Anceftor,  and  put  himfelf  in  the  great  Aflife,  tffr. 
:  and  pray  Recognizance  to  be  made,  whether  he  hath 
:  more  Right  in  the  forefaid  Land,  as  in  that  whereof 
;  he  infeofted  fuch  a  Man,  or  that  fuch  a  one  releafed 
:  and  quit  claimed,  CSV.  or  elfe  the  forefaid  Party,  C3V. 
:  (12)  And  where  fometime  it  chanceth  that  a  Woman  Thl:  He'f  ayoid- 
;  not  having  Right  to  demand  Dower,  the  Heir  being  ^  "Wll?m  of 
:  within  Age,  doth  purchafe  a  Writ  of  Dower  againft  v"rei  j!^ng.e^ 
'  a  Guardian,  and  the  Guardian  endoweth  the  Woman  Guardian* 
'  by  Favour,  or  maketh  Default,  or  by  Collufion  de- 
'  fendeth  the  Plea  fo  faintly,   whereby  the  Woman-is. 
'  awarded  her  Dower  in  Prejudice  of  the  Heir;  (13)  it 
(  is  provided,  That  the  Heir,  when  he  cometh  to  full 
'  Age,  fhall  have  an  A£tion  to  demand  the  Seifin  of  his 
'  Anceft°r  againft  fuch  a  Woman,   like  as  he  fhould 
'  have  againft  any  other  Deforceor ;    yet  fo,  that  the  a  Woman's 
'  Woman  fhall  have  her  Exception  faved  againft  the  Dower  recovered 
'  Demandant,  to  fhew  that  fhe  had  Right  to  her  Dower,  againft  her  by 
'  which  if  fhe  can  fhew,  fhe  fhall  go  quit  and  retain  her  De&ult* 
'  Dower,  and  the  Heir  fhall  be  grievoufly  amerced,  ac- 
'  cording  to  the  Difcretion  of  the  Juftices.;  and  if  not, 
'  the  Heir  fhall  recover  his  Demand,    &c.     (14)  In 
'  like  Manner  the  Woman  fhall  be  aided,  if  the  Heir 
c  or  any  other  do  implead  her  for  her  Dower,  or  if  fhe 
'  lofe  her  Dower  by  Default,  in  which  cafe  the  Default 
'  fhall  not  be  fo  prejudicial  to  her,    but  that  fhe  fhall 
'  recover  her  Dower,  if  fhe  have  Right  thereto,  fhd 
'  fhe  fhall  have  this  Writ: 

II.  Precipe  A.  quod  jufte,  &c.  reddat  B.  quae  fuit6Co.  8. 
uxor  F.  tantam  terram  cum  pertinentiis  in  C.  quam  Co.  Lit.  iji.V, 
clamat  effe  rationabilem  dotem  fuam,  vel  de  rationa- 
bili dote  fua,  &  quod  prasdictus  A.  ei  deforceat,  &c. 
'  (2)  And  to  this  Writ  the  Tenant  fhall  have  his  Ex- 
'  ception,  to  fhew  that  file  had  no  Right  to.  be  en- 
'  dowed  ;  which  if  he  can  verify,  he  fhall  go  quit;'  if 
'  not,  the  Woman  fhall  recover  the  Land  whereof  fhe 
'  was  endowed  before.  (3 J  And  whereas  before  time, 
'  if  a  Man  had  loft  his  Land  by  Default,  he  had  none 
'  other  Recovery  than  by  a  Writ  of  Right,  which  was 
'  not  maintainable  by  any  that  could  not  claim  of  meet 
'  Right,  as  Tenants  for  Term  of  Life,  in  free  Mar- 
'  riage,  or  in  Tail,,  in  which  Eftates  a  Reverfion  is  re- 
'  ferved  ;  (4)  it  is  provided,  That  from  henceforth 
'  their  Default  fhall  not  be  fo  prejudicial,  but  that  they 
'  may  recover  their  Eftate  by  another  Writ  than  by  a 
'  Writ  of  Right,  if  they  have  Right.  (5)  For  Land 
'  in  Free  Marriage,  loft  by  Default,  fuch  a  Writ  fhall 
*  be  made : 

M  z  Praecipe 


354.  b. 

356. 


84 


Stat,  r; 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  1285, 


Quod  ei  defor- 
ced for  Tenant 
in  Frank-mar- 
riage.   . 

For  Tenant  for 
Life,  or  in  Tail. 
Fitz.  Quod  ei 
deforceat,  I,  2, 
3,  4,  5.  6>  8>  9. 
10,  II,  12,  13, 

17- 

Cro.  Car.  445. 

F.N.  B.  155.  b, 

Regift.  171.  b. 

230. 

Rail,  491. 


Praecipe  A.  quod  jufte,  &c.  reddat  B.  manerium  de 
D.  cum  pertinentiis,  quod  clamat  effe  jus  &  rnarita- 
gium  fuum,  &  quod  A.  ei  injufte  deforceat. 

'  (6)  Likewife  of  Land  for  Term  of  Life,  loft  by 
'  Default,  this  Writ  {hall  be  made : 

Praecipe  A.  quod  jufte,  &  fine  dilatione,  &c.  reddat 
B.  manerium  de  D.  cum  pertinentiis,  quod  clamat  te- 
nere  ad  terminum  vitae  fu3e,  &  quod  praedictus  A.  ei 
-deforceat.  Liknvife, 

(7)  Quod  clamat  tenere  fibi,  &  haeredibus  de  cor- 
pore  fuo  legitime  procreatis,  &  quod  preditbus  A.  ei 
deforceat. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tuir.  Lond. 

Precipe  A.  quod  jufte,  &c.  reddat  B.  tale  mane- 
rium de  C.  cum  pertinentiis  quod  clamat  ejfe  jus  & 
maritagium  fuum  &  quod  A.  ei  injufte  clef  ore. 

Eodem  modo  de  tenemento  tento  ad  terminum 
vite  per  defaltam  amiffo  fiat  breve  : 

Precipe  A.  quod  jufte  &  fine  dilatione  reddat  B. 
manerium  de  C.  cum  pertinentiis  quod  clamat  ejfe  jus 
&  maritagium  fuum  is5  quod  prediBus  A.  ei  injufte 
deforc'  vel,  quod  clamat  tenere  ad  terminum  vite  fue9 
vel,  quod  clamat  tenere  fibi  &  beredibus  fuis  de  cor- 
porefuo  exeunt i bus  &  quod  prediclus  A.  ei  injtfle  de~ 
fore'. 


Three  original 
"Writs  of  Ad- 
vowfon. 

2  Inlh  353, 
13  Co.  6. 
i.Roll  151,156, 
157,  158,  an, 
462. 

St. 7.  Ann.c.iS. 
Raft.  101,  144., 
496. 

3  Bulftr.  4.0. 
Hob.  240. 

UArrpation  of 
Churches  during 
particularEftates 
/hall  not  preju- 
dice them  in  the 
Reveriion. 
Kel.  1. 
Fitz.  Qnare 
'impedit,  43,  67, 

87,  9Z>  95.  99. 
105,  127,  142, 

j67- 


iPrefenfations 
to  Churches  of 
Women  during 
their  Covenure. 


Churches  of  re- 
ligious Perfons. 


CAP.    V. 
Remedies  to  redrefs  Ufurpations  of  Advowfons  of  Churches,  £aV. 


Judgments  given 
C  j  I  not  be  re- 
vcrfed  but  by 
Writ  of  Error 
or  Attaint. 
V  Ed.  3-  '5- 


HE  RE  AS  of  Advowfons  of  Churches  there 
be  but  Three  original  Writs,  that  is  to  fay, 
'  One  Writ  of  Right,  and  Two  of  Paffeflion,  which 
'  be  Darrein  Prefentment,  and  Square  impedit;  (z)  and 
'  hitherto  it  hath  been  ufed  in  the  Realm,  that  when 
'  any  having  no  Right  to  prefent,  had  prefented  to  any 
'  Church,  whofe  Clerk  was   admitted,  he  that  was 
'  very  Patron  could   not  recover  his  Advowfon,  but 
'  only  by  a  Writ  of  Right,  which,  fhculd  be  tried  by 
'  Battail  or  by  great  Affife,  whereby  Heirs  within  Age, 
'  by  Fraud,  or  elfe  by  Negligence  of  their  Wardens, 
'  and  Heirs  both  of  great  and  mean  Eftate,  by  Neg- 
'  ligenceor  Fraud  of  Tenants  by  the  Courtefie,  Wo- 
'  men  Tenants  in  Dower,  or  otherwife,  for  Term  of 
'  Life,  or  for  Years,  or  in  Fee-tail,  were  many  Times 
1  difherited  of  their  Advowfons,  or  at  leaft  (which  was 
'  the  better  for  them)  were  driven  to  their  Writ  of 
'  Right,  in  which  Cafe  hitherto  they  were  utterly  dif- 
'  inherited  ;"    '  (3)  it  is  provided,  That  fuch  Prefent- 
ments  {hall  not  be  fo  prejudicial  to  the  right  Heirs, 
or  to  them  unto  whom  fuch  Advowfons  ought  to  re- 
vert after  the  Death  of  any  Perfons :    (4)  For  as  of- 
ten as  any,  having  no  Right,  doth  prefent  during  the 
Time  that  fuch  Heirs  are  in  Ward,  or  during  the 
Eftates  of  Tenants  in  Dower,  by  the  Courtefie,  or 
otherwife  for  Term  of  Life,  or  of  Years,  or  in  Tail; 
at  the  next  Avoidance,  when  the  Heir  is  come  to  full 
Age,  or  when  after  the  Death  of  the  Tenants  before 
named  the  Advowfon  {hall  revert  unto  the  Heir  be- 
ing of  full  Age,  he  fhali  have  fuch  A£don  by  Writ 
of  Advowfon  Poffefforie,  as  the.laft  Anceftorof  fuch 
an  Heir  fhould  have  had  at  the  laft  Avoidance  hap- 
pening in   his  Time,  being  of  full  Age   before  his 
Death,  or  before  the  Demife  was  made  for  Term  of 
Life,  or  in  Fee-tail,  as  before  is  faid.     (5)  The  fame 
{hall  beobferved  inPrefentments  made  unto  Churches, 
being  of  the  Inheritance  of  Wives,  what  Time  they 
fhall  be  under  the  Power  of  their  Hufbands,  which 
niuft  be  aided  by  this  Eftatute  by  the  Remedy  afore- 
faid.     (6)  Alfo  religious  Men,  as  Bifhops,  Archdea- 
cons, rarfons  of  Churches,  and  other  fpiritual  Men, 
fhall  be  aided  by  this  Eftatute,  in  cafe  any  having  no 
Right  to  prefent  do  prefent  unto  Churches  belonging 
to  Prelacies,  fpiritual   Dignities,  Parfonages,    or   to 
Houfes  of  Religion,  what  Time  fuch   Houfes,  Pre- 
lacies, fpiritual  Dignities,  or  Parfonages  be  vacant. 

'  II.  Neither  fhall  this  A£t  be  fo  largely  underftanden, 
that  fuch  Perfons,  for  whofe  Remedy  this  Statute  was 
ordained,  fhall  have  the  Recovery  aforefaid,  furmi- 
fing  that  Guardians  of  Heirs,  Tenants  in  Tail,  by 
4 


CUM  de  advocationibus  ecclefiarum . non  fint 
nifi  tria  brevia  originalia  videlicet  breve  de 
RecSto  &  duo  de  PolTeflione  fcilt.  Ultime  prefen- 
tationis  &  Quare  impedit  &  hucufque  ufitaturti  fue- 
rit  in  regno  quod  cum  aliquis  jus  non  habens  pre- 
fentandi  prefentaverit  ad  aliquam  ecclefiam  cujus 
prefentatus  fit  admiflus  ipfe  qui  verus  eft  patronus> 
per  nullum  aliud  breve  recuperare  poterit  advoca- 
tionem  fuam  quam  per  breve  de  Recvto  quod  habet 
terminari  per  duellum  vel  per  magnam  affifam  per 
quod  heredes  infra  etatem  exiftentes  per  fraudem  & 
negligentiam  cuftodum  heredes  etiam  five  majores 
five  minores  per  negligentiam  vel  fraudem  tenen- 
dum in  dotem  per  Legem  Anglie  vel  mulierum  te- 
nentkim  in  dotem  vel  alio  modo  ad  terminum  vite 
vel  annorum  vel  feodum  talliaturnmultotiens  exhe- 
redationem  patiebantur  de  advocationibus  fuis  vel 
ad  minus  quod  melius  eis  fuit  ponebantur  ad  breve 
deRedlo  &in  cafu  omnino  exheredati  fuerunt  hu- 
cufque ftatutum  eft  quod  hujufmodi  prefentationes 
non  fint  hujufmodi  reftis  heredibus  aut  illis  ad  quos 
poft  mortem  aliquorum  hujufmodi  advocationes  re- 
verti  debent  prejudiciales  quia  quotienfeumque  ali- 
quis jus  non  habens  tempore  hujufmodi  cuftodia- 
rum  prefentaverit  vel  tempore  tenendum  in  dotem 
per  Legem  Anglie  vel  aliomodo  ad  terminum  vite 
vel  annorum  vel  per  feodum  talliatum  in  proxima 
vacatione  poftquam  heres  ad  etatem  perven^rit.  vel 
advocatio  poft  mortem  in  forma  predi&a  tenendum 
ad  heredem  plene  etatis  exiftentem  revertitur  ha- 
beat  eandem  actionem  &  exceptionem  per  breve  de 
Advocatione  pofleiTorium  qualem  haberet  ultimus 
anteceffor  hujufmodi  heredis  plenam  habens  eta- 
tem in. ultima  vacatione  tempore  fuo  accidente  ante 
mortem  fuam  vel  antequam  dimiffio  fadta  fuerit  ad 
terminum  vel  ad  feodum  talliatum  ut  prediddim  eft. 
Hoc  idem  obfervetur  de  prefentatibnibus  factis  ad 
ecclefias  de  hereditateuxorum  tempore  quo  fuerunt 
fub  poteftate  virorum  fuorum  quibus  per  iftud  ftatu- 
tum fubveniatur  per  remedium  fupradi&um.  Viris 
edam  religiofis  Epifcopis  Archiepifcopis  Re£loribus 
ecclefiarum  &  aliis  perfonis  ecclefiafticis  per  iftud 
idem  ftatutum  fubveniatur  Si  quisjus  prefentandi  non 
habens  prefentaverit  ad  ecclefias  domibus  fuis  pre- 
latie  dignitati  aut  perfonatui  fpcrStantes  tempore  quo 
vacaverint  prelatie  dignitates  aut  perfonatus  hujuf- 
modi. 

Nee  tamen  ita  large  intelligatur  iftud  ftatutum 
quod  perfone  ad  quarum  remedium  iftud  ftatutum 
eft  editum  habeant  recuperare  fupradidtum  dicen- 
tes  quod  cuftodes  tenentes  in  dotem  per  Legem 

Anglie 


A.  D.  1285.  Anno  decimo  tertio  Edward*!. 


Stat.  1; 


«5 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Anglie  vel  aliter  ad  terminum  vite  vel  ahnorum  vel 
viri  fi&e  defertderunt  placitum  per  ipfos  vel  contra' 
ipfos  motum  Quia  judicia  in  curia  Regis  reddita  per 
lftud  ftatutum  rion  adnichilentur  fet  ftet  judicium 
in  fuo  rdbore  quoufque  per  judicium  curie  Regis 
tanquam  erroneum  fi  error  inveniatur  adnulletur 
vel  affifa  Ultime  prefentationis  vel  Inquifitio  per 
breve  Quare  impedit  fi  tranfierit  per  attinctam  vel 
per  certificationem  adnnulletur  que  gratis  conce- 
datur.  Et  de  cetero  una  forma  placitandi  in  bre- 
vibus  Ultime  prefentationis  &  Quare  impedit  inter 
Juftic'  obfervetur  quoad  hoc  fi  pars  rea  excipiat  de 
plenitudine  ecclefie  per  fuam  propriafn  prefentatio- 
nem  non  propter  plenitudinem  illam  remaneat  lo- 
quela  dummodo  breve  infra  tempus  femeftre  impe- 
tretur  quamquam  infra  tempus  femeftre  prefenta- 
tionem  fuam  recuperare  non  poffit.  Et  cum  ali- 
quandointer  plures  clamantes  advocationem  alicujus 
ecclefie  pax  fuerit  formata  inter  partes  &  irrotulata 
coram  Juftic'  in  rotulo  vel  in  fine  fub  hac  forma  quod 
unus  primo  prefentet  &  in  fequente  vacatione  alius 
&  in  tertia  tertius  et  fie  de  pluribus  fi  plures  fint  Et 
cum  unus  prefentaverit  &  habuerit  fuam  prefenta- 
tionem  quam  habere  debet  per  formam  illius  con- 
ventionis  &  in  proxima  vacatione  impediatur  ille 
ad  quern  fequens  fpeftat  prefentatio  per  aliquem 
qui  fuit  pars  illius  conventionis  vel  loco  ejus  ftatu" 
turn  eft  quod  decetero  non  habeant  hujufinodi  im- 
pediti  neceffe  perquirere  breve  Quare  impedit  fet 
habeat  recurfum  ad  rotulum  vel  ad  finem  Et  fiT'ih 
rotulo  vel  in  fine  comperta  fuerit  predi&a-  pax. vel 
conventio  mandetur  vicecomiti  quod  fcire  faciat 
parti  impedientl  quod  fit  ad  aliquem  hrevem  diem 
continentem  fpatium  quindecim  dierum  vel  trium 
feptimanarum  fecundum  quod  locuaeft  propinquus 
vel  remotus  oftenfurus  fi  quid  fciat  dicere  quare  fie 
impeditus  talem  prefentationem  fuam  habere  non 
debeat  Et  fi  non  venerit  vel  forte  venerit  &  nichil 
fciat  dicere  quare  fie  impeditus  prefentationem  fuam 
habere  non  debeat  ratione  alicujus  fadipoft  pa- 
cem  irrotulatam  vel  cirographatam  recuperet  pre- 
fentationem fuam  cum  dampnis  fuis.  -  Et  cum  con- 
tingat  quod  poft  mortem  antecefforis  fui  qui  ad  ec- 
clefiam  prefentaverit  affignata  fuerft  ilia  advocatio 
in  dotem  alicujus  mulieris  vel  teneatur  per  Legem 
Anglie  et  tenentes  in  dotem  [vel]  per  Legem  An- 
glie prefentaverint  &- verus  heres  poft  mortem  hu- 
jufmodi tenendum  per  Legem  Anglie  vel  in  dotem 
impediatur  prefentare  cum  ecclefia  vacaverit  pro- 
vifum  eft  quod  decetero  fit  in  eledtiohe  impediti 
utrum  perquirere  velit  per  breve  Quare  impedit  vel 
Ultime  prefentationis.  Hoc  etiam  obfervetur  de 
advocationibus  dimiffis  ad  terminum  vite  vel  anno- 
rum  vel  ad  feodum  talliatum. 


Et  decetero  in  brevibus  Ultime  prefentationis  & 
Quare  impedit  adjudicentur  dampna  videlicet  -fi. 
tempus  femeftre  tranfierit  per  impedimentum  ali- 
cujus ita  quod  fi  Epifcopus  ecclefiam  conferat  & 
verus  patronus  ea  vice  prefentationem  fuam  amittat 
adjudicentur  dampna  ad'valdrera  medietatis a  eccle- 


the  Couftefie,  Tenants  in  Dower,  for  Term  of  Life, 
or  for  Years,  or  Hufbands,  faintly  have  defended 
Pleas  moved  by  them,  .or  againft  them  ;  (2)  becaufe 
the  Judgements  given  in  the  King's  Courts  {hall  not 
be  adnulled  by  this  Statute,  the  Judgement  (hall  ftand 
in  his  Force,  until  it  be  reverfed  in  the  Court  of  the 
King  as  erroneous,  if  Errour  be  found;  (3)  or  by 
Aflife  of  Darrein  prefentment,  or  by  Enqueft  by  a 
Writ  of  £htare  impedit,  if  it  be  pafied,  or  be  adnulled 
by  Attaint,  or  Certification,  which  fhall  be  fredy. 
granted.  (4)  Arid  from  henceforth  one  Form  of 
Pleading  (hall  be  obferved  among  Juftices  in  Writs  of 
Darrein  Prefentment  and  tshtare  impedit,  in  this  Re- 
fpecl:,  if  the  Defendant  alledgeth  Plenarty '-of  the 
Church  of  his  own  Prefentation,  the  PFea  fhall  not 
fail  by  reafon  of  the  Plenarty ;  fo  that  the  Writ  be 
purchafed  within  fix  Months,  though  he  cannot  re- 
cover his  Prefentation  within  the  fix  Months.  •  (5), 
And  fometimes  when  an  Agreement  is  made  between- 
many  claiming  one  Advowfon,  and  inrolled  before 
the  Juftices  in  the  Roll,  or  by  Fine,  in  this  Form, 
that  one  fhall.  prefent  the  firfF  1  ime,  and  at  the  next 
Avoidance  another,  ,  and  the  third  Time  another; 
and  fo-of-  many;  in  cafe  there  be  many.  (6)  And 
when  onehath  prefented,  and  had  his  Prefentation, 
-which  He  ought  to  have  according  to  the  Form  of 

'their  Agreement  and  Fine,  and  at  the  next  Avoidance 
he  to  whom  the  fecond  Prefentation  belongeth,  is 
difturbed  by  any  that  was  Party  to  the  faid  Pine,  or 

'  by  fome  other  in  his  Stead  ;  (7)  it  is  provided,  That 
from  henceforth  they  that  be  fo  difturbed  fhall  have 
noneed'to  fue  a  §>uare  impedit,  but  fhall  refort  to  the 
Roll  or  Fine  ;  (8;  and  if  the  faid  Concord  or  Agree- 
ment be  found  in  the  Roll  or  Fine,  then  the  Sheriff 
fhall  be  commanded,  that  he  give  Knowledge  unto 
the  Difturber,  that  he  be  ready  at  fome  fhort  Day, 
containing  the  Space  of  Fifteen  Days,  or  three  Weeks 
(as  the  Place  happeneth  to  be  near  or  far)  for  to  (hew. 
if  he  can  alledge  any  Thing,  wherefore  the  Party 
that  is  difturbed  ought  not  to  prefent:  (9)  And  if 
he  come  not,  or  peradventure  doth. come,  and  can  al- 
ledge nothing  to  bar  the  Party  of  his  Prefentation,  by 
Reafon  of  any  Deed  made  or  written  *  fince  the  Fine 
was  made  or  inrolled,  he  fhall  recover  his  Prefenta- 
tion with  his  Damages.  (10)  And  where  it  chanceth 
that  after  the  Death  of  the  Anceftor  of  him  that  pre- 
fented his  Clerk  unto  a  Church,  the  fame  Advowfon 
is  affigned  in  Dower  to  any  Woman,  or  to-  Tenant 
by  the  Curtefie,  which  do  prefent,  and  after  the 
Death  of  fuch  Tenants  the  very  Heir  is  difturbed  to 
prefent  when  the  Church  is  void,  (11)  it  is  provided, 
That  from  henceforth  it  (hall  be  in  the  Election. of 
the  Party,  difturhed,  whether  he  will  fac  a  Writ  of 
Shiare  impedit,  or  of  Darrein  presentment,  The  fame 
fhall  be  obferved  in  Advowfons  demifed  for  Term  of 
Life,  or  Years,  or  in  Fee-tail. 

'  III.  And  from  henceforth  in  Writs  of  <3>iiare  Im- 
pedit.and  Darrein  Prefentment,  Damages  fhall  be  a- 
warded,  that  is  to  wit,  If  the  Time  of  Rx  Months 
pafs  by  the  Difturbance  of  any,  fo  that  the  Bifhop 
do  confer  to  the  Church,  and  the  very  Patron  lofeth 
his  Prefentation  for  that  Time,  Damages  fhall  bs 
awarded  for  two  Years  Value  of  the  Church.  (2) 
And  if  the  fix  Months  be  not  pafied,  but  the  Prefent- 
ment be  deraigned  within  the  faid  Time,  then  Da- 


The  Defendant ' 
pleadeth  Plenar- 
ty of  his  own 
Prefentation. 
Cro.  El.  207.' 
Cro.  Jac.  1 66* 
6  Co.  61.'- 
Frtz,  Ouare  irrt^ 
pedit,  19;  48,,- 
73,$3,.if6,i6o,. 
Fitz.  Encum- 
bent,   1,  2,  4. 
Bro.  Plenarty, 
I,  2,  7,  II,  12, 
x4»  15,  i6. 
Prefentation  s 
to  a  Church  by 
Compofition. 
Bro.  Piefentat. 
46,  58. 
Co.  Lit.  31)4.  bo 
5  Co.  102. 
13  Ed.  4.  3. 
Dyer  2.9. 
Fitz.  Quare  im« 

Pedit>  7.  49.  ■ 
62,  196. 
Fitz,-  Darrein 
prefent.  u. 
Co.  pi.  468,   . 
479. 


Hob.  244.'  . 
The  Remedy  for 
a  Difturbance 
after  a  particular 
Eftate  ended. 
*  Any  thing 
done  fince,  &c. 


Fitz.  Darreii 
prefent.  1 3, 


»  Ecclefie  dfe  duobusannis  Et  fi  tempus  femeftre  non  tranfierit  let  difrationetur  prefentatio  infra  tempus  prediclum  tunc  adjudicentur  damfn-. 
ad  valorem  medietatis  ecclefie  per  unum  annum, ■.  MS.  jtoitip, 

**jiiages 


Damages  m  - 
Q^are  impedit 
and  Darrein 
prefentment. 
Regift.jud.  50. 
V.N.B.25,26. 
In  Cafe  of  the  . 
King. 

Cro.E1.3j,i(Sz. 
Hot  242. 
Fitz.  Damage, 

4.  9..1.7*  ?9>  3s* 

93,   ic6, 


$5 


Stat,  i. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  1285. 


Fit!.  Q^are  im- 

pedit,  24,  45. 

Dyer,  135,  236, 

241. 

Kel.  57. 

6  Co.  48. 

2  Roll  us. 


Quare  impedit 
cf  Prebends, 
"Vicarages, 
Hofpitals,  &c. 

34  Ed.  3.  26. 
Fitz.  Quare  im- 
pedit, 4,  16,  1  8, 

27,  3°)  38.  7°, 
821  129,  140, 
357,  183. 
Difluibance  by 
Indicavit. 
Regift,  35. 
31  H.  6.13. 
Bro.  Droit,  8, 
7  Co.  25,  27. 
3$  H.  6.  60. 

35  H.  6.  9. 
22  Ed.  4'.  8. 
Usurpation  by 
one  Coparcener 
upon  another, 

c.  13.  for  Payment  of  Tithes,  &c. 
7  Ann.  c,  1 8. 


mages  fhall  be  awarded  to  the  Half  Year's  Value  of 
the  Church;  (3)  and  if  the  Difturber  have  not 
whereof  he  may  recompenfe  Damages*  in  cafe  where 
the  Bifhop  conferreth  by  Lapfe  of  Time,,  he  fliall  be. 
punifhed  by  two  Years  Imprifbnment:  (4)  And  if 
the  Advowfon  be  deraigned  within  the  half  Year, 
yet  the  Difturber  fhall  be  punifhed  by  the  Imprifon- 
ment of  half  a  Year. 

'  IV.  And  from  henceforth  Writs  fhall  be  granted 
for  Chapels,  Prebends,  Vicarages,  Hofpitals,  Ab- 
beys, Priories,  and  other  Houfes  which  be  of  the  Ad- 
vowfons  of  other  Men,  that  have  not  been  ufed  to  be 
granted  before,  (z)  And  when  the  Parfbn  of  any 
Church  is  difturbed  to  demand  Tythes  in  the  next 
Parifh  by  a  Writ  of  Indicavit,  the  Patron  of  the  Par- 
fen  fo  difturbed,  fhall  have  a  Writ  to  demand  the 
Advowfon  of  the  Tythes  being  in  demand ;  (.3)  and 
when  it  is  deraigned,  then  fhall  the  Flea  pais  in  the 
Court  Chriftian,  as  far  forth,  as  it  is  .deraigned -in  the 
King's  Court. 

'  V.  When  an  Advowfon  defcendeth  unto  Parceners, 
though  one  prefent  twice,  and  ufurpeth  upon  his 
Coheir,  yet  he  that  was  negligent  fhall.  not  be  clearly 
barred,  but  another  Time  fhall  have  his  Turn  to.  prer 
fent  when  it  falleth.' 

Fitz.  Quare  impedit,   is  3.,  7,  8,  20,  39,  4.0,  ;i,  58,  50,  64,  65,  69,  104,  148,  196. 
See  farther   concerning  Atfonufiia  17  Ed.  2.  c.S;     v.$Ed,  ^.Jiat.  ■$,  c 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
fie  per  annum.  Et  ft  impeditor  nichil-  habeat  uncle 
refti.tuere  poffit  dampna  in  cam  quando  Epifcopua 
confert  per  lapfum  temporis  puniatur  p  r  prifonam 
duorum  annorum  Et  fi  advocatio  difraticnetm  infra 
tempus  femeftre  puniatur  tamen  impeditor  per  pri- 
fonam dimidii  anni. 


Et  de  cetero  concedantur  brevia  de  Capellis  pre- 
bendis  vicariis  Hofpitalibus  Abbatiis  Prioratibus  & 
aliis  domibus  que  funt  de  advocationibus  altquo- 
rum  que  prius  concedi  non  confueverunt.  Et  cum 
per  breve Indicavitimpediatur  re£tor  ahcujus  eccle- 
fie'ad  petendum  decimas  in  vicina  parochiahabeat 
patronus  re£toris  fie  impediti  breve  ad  petendum 
advocationem  decimarum,  petitarum  Et  cum  difrar 
tionaverit  procedat  poftmodum  placitum  in.  curia 
Chriftianitatis  quatenus-difrationatum  fuerit  in  cu- 
ria Regis. 

Cum  advocatio  defcendit  participibus  licet  unu$ 
bis  prefentet  &  ufurpet  fuper  coheredem  non  prop- 
ter hoc  exclufus  fit  ilk  in  toto  qui  fuit  aegligens  fef. 
alias  habeat  turnum  fuum  pr.efentandi  cum  acci-r 
derit. 


Raft.  101,  J44,  496. 
3.  {3*7.     13  R.z.Jiat. 


Hob. 


238.     See  2 ■&  3  Ed.  6. 
c.  1.     4  H.  4,  c,  22.     And 


CA  P.,  'VI. 
The  Penalty  if  a  Tenant  impleaded  voucheth,  and  the  Vouchee  denieth  his. Warranty.. 


The  Penalty 
where  the 
Voucher  de- 
nieth his  War- 
ranty. 
2  Inft.  366. 
45  Ed.  3.  16. 


A  Venire  facias 
at  the  Deman- 
dant's Requeft. 

Raft.  352,687, 
&c. 


Procef:  in  a 
Writ  of  Ad- 
meafurement 
of  Dower  or 
Paftore. 

Fitz.  Admeafur, 
3i  4.  5.  9.  «°) 
>S>  J7« 


HEN  any  demandeth  Land  againft  another,! 
and  the  Party  that  is  impleaded  voucheth  to  ! 
"  Warranty,  and  the  Warrantor  denieth  his  War-r 
"  ranty,  and  the  Plea  hangeth  long-between  the  Te- 
"  nant  and  the  Warrantor  ;  (2)  and  at  length,  when 
"  it  is  tried,  that  the  Vouchee  is  bound  to  Warranty  : 
"  by  the  Law  and  Cuftom  of  the  R.ealnr  hitherto  ufed 
"  there  was  none  other  Punifhment  afiigned  for  the 
"  Vouchee  that  denieth  his  Warranty,  but  only  thai; 
"  he  fhould  warrantize,  and  fhould  be  amerced,  be- 
"  caufe  he  did  not  warrant  before,  ( 3 )  which  was  pre- 
"  judicial  unto  the  Demandant,  becaufe  he  fuffered 
"  oftentimes  great  Delays  by  Collufion  between  the 
"  Tenant  and  the  Warrantor."  (4)  '  Wherefore  our 
*  Lord  the  King  hath  ordained,  That  like  as  the  Te- 
'  nant  fhould  leefe  the  Land  being  in  Demand,  in  cafe 
'  where  he  vouched,  and  the  Vouchee  could  difcharge 
e  himfelf  of  the  Warranty,  in  the  fame  wife  fhall  the 
'  Warrantor  leefe  in  cafe  where  he  denieth  his  War- 
f  ranty,  and  it  be  tried  againft  him  that:he  is  bounden 
'  to  Warranty.  (5)  And  if  an  Inqueft  be  depending 
'  between  the  Tenant  and  the  Warrantor,  and  the  De- 
'  mandant  will  require  a  Writ  to  caufe  the  Jury  to 
'  come,  it  fhall  be  granted  him.' 

CAP.    VII. 

Admeafurement  of  Dower  for  the  Guardian  and  the  Heir,  and  the  Procefs  therein. 


CUM  quis  petat  tenementum  verfus  alium  & 
implacitatus  vocaverit'ad  warnrntum  &  war- 
rantus  dedicat  warrantiam.&  diu  pendeat  placitum 
inter  tenentem  &  warrantum  cum  ad  ultimurrr  con- 
vincatur  quod  vocatus  ad  warrantum  warrantizare 
tenetur  per  legem  &  confuetudinem  haitenus  ufi- 
tatam  non  fuit  aliqua  pena  inflifta  vocato  qui  war- 
rantizare dedixit  nifi  tantumquod  warrantizaret 
&efTet  in  mifericordia  quia  prius  non  warrantizavit 
quod  durum  fuit  petenti  qui  multotiens  per  collu- 
nonem  inter- tenentem  &  warrantum  magnas  fufti- 
nuit  dilationes.  Propter  quod  ftatuit  dominus  rex 
quod  ficut  tenens  amitteret  tenementum  petitum  fi 
vocaffet  ad  warrantum  &  warrantus  fe  poffet  de- 
vclvere  de  warantia  eodem  modo  amittat  waranrus 
fi  warantiatn  dedicat  &  convincatur  quod  warranti- 
zare debeat.  Et  fi  inquifitio  pendeat  inter  tenen- 
tem &  warrantum  &petens  petat  breve  ad  facien- 
dum venire  juratam  concedatur  ei. 


1  A  W^  °r  Admeafurement  of  bower  fhall  be  from 
'  il  henceforth  granted  to  a  Guardian  ;  {%)  neither 
'  fhall  the  Heir,  when  he  cometh  to  full  Age,  be  bar^ 
'  red  by  the  Suit  of  fuch  a  Guardian,  that  fueth  againft 
'  the  Tenant  in  Dower  feignedly,  and  by  Collufion, 
'  but  that  he  may  admeafure  the  Dower  after,  as  it 
3 


CUftodi  decetero  concedatur  breve  de  Amenfu- 
ratione  dotis  nee  per  fe&am  cuftodis  fi  ficte 
&  per  collufionem  fequatur  verfus  mulierem  tenen- 
tem in  dotem  precludatur  heres  cum  ad  etatem  per- 
venerit  ad  dotem  amenfurandam  fecundum  quod 
per  Legem  Anglie  fuerit  amenfuranda.    Et  tam  in 

brevi 


A.  D.  1285.  Anno  decimo  tettio  Edwardi  I. 


Stat. 


1, 


«7 


Ex  Rot.  /w.Tarr.Xond. 
brevi  ifto  quam  in  brevi  de  Amenfuratione  pafture 
celerior  quam  prius  decetero  fit  proceflus  Itatmod 
cum  perventum  :fuerit  ad  magnam  diftridtionem 
dentur  dies  infra  quos  duo  comitatus  teneanturad 
quos  publica  fiat  proclamatio  quod  defendens  veniat 
ad  diem  in  brevi  contentum  querenti  refponfurus 
ad  quern  diem  fi  venerit  procedat  placitum  inter  eos 
Et  fi  non  venerit  &  proclamatio  fupradieto  modo 
per  vicecomitem  teftificata  fuerit  procedatur  per 
defaltam  ad  amenfurationem  faciendam, 


'  ought  to  be  admeafured  by  the  Law  of  England.     (3) 

*  And  as  well  in  this  Writ,  as  in  a  Writ  of  Admeafure-  7„Ei j4,  M' 
lment  of  Pafture,  more  fpeedy  Procefs  {hall  be  awarded  3'  3°' 
'  than  hath  been  ufed  hitherto ;    (4.)  fo  that  when  it  is 

'  come  unto  the  great  Diftrefs,  Days  fhal!  be  given, 
'  within  which  two  Counties  may  be  holden,  at  the 
'  which  open  Proclamation  fhall  be  made,  that  the  De- 
'  fendant  {hall  come  in  at  the  Day  contained  in  the 

*  Writ,  to  anfwer  to  the  Plaintiff;  at  which  Day,  if. 
'  he  come  in*  the  Plea  {hall  pafs  between  them;  (5) 
'  and  if  he  do  not  come,  and  the  Proclamation  be  tef- 

'  tified  by  the  Sheriff  in  manner  abovefaid,  upon  his  RegJrt.^z^, 
'  Default  they  {hall  make  Admeasurement.'  -  Inft-  367- 


C  A  P.    VIII. 


In- what  Cafe  a  Secunda  fuperoneratione  Paftura  (hall  be  awarded. 


CUM  per  placitum  motum  per  breve  de  Amen- 
furatione pafture  paftura  fuerit  amenfurata  ali- 
quando  coram  J uftic'  aliquarrdo  in  comitatu  coram 
vicecomite  multotiens  contingit  quod  poft  hujuf- 
modi amenfurationem  faclram  iter.um  ponit  ille  qui 
primo  fuperoneravit  pafturam  plura  animalia  quam 
ad  ipfum  psrtinet  habenda  nee  hucufque  provifum 
effet  remedium  ftatutum  eft  quod  de  fecunda  fuper- 
oneratione  "fiat  remedium  querenti  fub  hac  forma 
quod  conquerens  habeat  breve  de  Judicio  fi  coram 
Juftic'  amenfurata  fuerit  paftura  quod  vicecomesin 
prefentia  partium  premunitarum  fi  intereffe  volue- 
rint  rnquirat  de  f.cunda  fuperoneratione  que  fi  in- 
venta  fuerit  mandetur  Juftic'  fub  figillo  vicecomitis 
&  figillis  juratorum&  Jufticiariiadjudicentdampna 
conquerenti  &  ponant  in  extractis  valorem  anima- 
lium  que  fupersnerans  poft  amenfurationem  fac- 
"tam/pofuit  in  pafturam  ultra  quod  debuit  &extrac- 
tas  iiberentBaronibus.de  Scaccario  ut  inde  refpon- 
deant  domino  regi.  Si  in  comitatu  fafta  fuerit  a- 
rnenfuratio  tunc  ad  inftantiam  querentis  exeat  bre- 
ve de  cancellaria  quod  vicecomes  inquirat  fuper 
hujufmodi  fuperoneratione  Et  de  averiis  pofitis  in 
paftura  ultra  debitum  numerum  vel  de  pretio  do- 
mino regi  ad  fcaccarium  fuum  refpondeant.  Et  ne 
vicecomites  fraudem  faciant  domino  Regi  in  ifto 
cafu  concordatum  eft  quod  omnia  hujufmodi  brevia 
de  fecunda  fuperoneratione  que  exeunt  de  cancel- 
laria irrotulentur  &  in  fine  anni  mittatur  tranferip- 
tum  ad  Scaccarium  fub  figillo  Cancellarii  ut  videant 
Thefaurarius  &Baronesde  Scaccario  qualiter  vice- 
comites refpondeant  de  exitibus  hujufmodi  brevium. 
Eodem  modo  irrotulentur  brevia  de  Rediffeifina  & 
mittantur  ad  Scaccarium  in  fine  anni, 


"  \^![7Hereas  by  a  Plea  moved  upon  a  Writ  of  Ad-  ilnft.  369, 

"    VV    meafurement  of  Pafture,  the  Pafture  was  fome-  Raft-  a2> 

**  time  admeafured  before  the  Juftices,  fometime  before 

"  the  Sheriff  in  the  County,    (2)  and  it  chanced  ma- 

'"  ny  times,  after  fuch  Admeafurement  made,  the  Pa- 

"  fture  to  be  overcharged  again  by  him  that  firft  did  it, 

"  with  more  Beafts  than  he  ought  to  keep,  whereupon 

"  no  Remedy  hath  been  yet  provided ;"  '  (3)  it  is  or- 

c  dained,  That  upon  the  fecond  Overcharge,  the  Plain- 

'*  tiff  fhall  have  Remedy  in  this  manner :    (4)  If  the 

'  Admeafurement  were  before  the  Juftices,  the  Plain- 

'  tiff  {hall  have  a  Writ  judicial,   that  the  Sheriff  in 

'  Prefence  of  the  Parties  being  fummoned    (if  they 

'  will  come)  {hall  inquire  upon  the  fecond  Overcharge  j 

*  which  if  it  be  found,  it  fhall  be  returned  before  the 
'  Juftices,  under  the  Seals  of  the  Sheriff,  and  the  Seals 

'  of  the  Jurors ;    ( ; )  and  the  Juftices  fhall  award  the  Admeafurement 
'  Plaintiff  Damages,  and  {hall  put  in  the  Extreats  the  before  Jufti«s. 
'  Value  of  the  Beafts  which  were  put  into  the  Pafture 

*  after  fuch  Admeafurement  more  than  he  ought,  and 

*  {hall  deliver  the  Extreats  unto  the  Barons  of  the  Ex- 

<  chequer,  whereof  they  fhall .  anfwer  unto  the  King.  Aime^retxseaf 
(o)  It  luch  Admeafurement  were  made  in  the  Coun-  in  the  County 
'  ty,  then,   at  the  Requeft  of  the  Plaintiff,  a  Writ 
'  fhall  go  out  of  the  Chancery,  that  the  Sheriff  fhall 

*  inquire  of  fuch  Overcharge  ;  .and  for  the  Beafts  put 

*  in  the  Pafture  above  the  due  Number,  or  for  the  Va- 
'  lue  of  them,  he  fhall  anfwer  to  the  King  at  the  Ex- 
'  chequer.  (7)  And  kft  the  Sheriff  might  defraud  the* 
'  King  in  this  Cafe,  it  is  agreed,  that  all 'fuch  Writs 
'  De  fecunda  fuperoneratione,  that  pafs  out  of  the  Chan- 
'  eery,  fhall  be  inrolled,  and  at  the  Year's  End  the 
'  Tranfcripts  fhall  be  fent  into  the  Exchequer  under 
'  the  Chancellor's  Seal,  that  the  Treafurer  and  Ba- 
'  rons  of  the  Exchequer  may  fee  how  the  Sheriff"  doth 
'  anfwer  of  the  Iffues  of  fuch  Writs'.     (8  j  In  the  fame 

'  wife  Writs  of  RedifTeifin  fhall  be  inrolled  and  fent  Reglft,  157,. 
'  into  the  Exchequer  at  the  Year's  End,-' 


C  A  P.     IX.      ; 
In  what:  Cafe  the  Writ  of  Mefne  is  to  be  purfued. 


CUM capitales domini  diftringant  feodum  fuum 
pro  ferviciis  &  confuetudinibus  fibi  debitis  & 
medius  fit  qui  tenentem  lacquietare  debet 'cum 
non  jaceat  in  oretenentis  poftquam  diftrictioncm 
replegiaverit  dedicere  demandam  capkalis  domini 
aui.adTOcat.in  curia-domini  regis  juiram  diltridtio- 


HEN  chief  Lords  diftrain  in  their  Fee  for 
Cuftoms  and 'Services  to.  themdue,  and  there 
is  a  Mean  which  ought  to  acq.uit  the  Tenant, 
fithence  it  lieth  not  in  the  Mouth  of  the  Tenant,- 
after  that  he  hath  replevied  the  Diftrefs,  todeny  the 
Demand  -  of  the  chief  Lord,  which  iwoweth  in  the: 

"  Kind's 


2  Tn/l.  370, 


88 


Stat.  i. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  128$. 


A  Writ  of 
Mefne,  and  the 
Procefs  therein. 
Regit*.  160. 
Fitz.  Mefne,  1, 
■3,  7,  11,  12,15, 
i6j  >7»  I0,  20, 
3-J}  S-J-j  S6>  S8< 


Fifz.  Proclamat. 
so   21. 

Co.  Lit.  100.  a. 
Fitz.  Mefne,  3, 
18,  47>  57»  66, 
«7,  70. 


The  Mean  fore- 
judged of  his 
Fee  and  Services, 


King's  Court,  that  the  Diftrefs  is  lawfully  taken 
upon  his  Tenant,  which  is  upon  the  Mean  ;  (2)  and 
many  have  been  heretofore  fore  grieved  by  fuch  Dif- 
treffes,    in  fo  much  as  the  Mean  (notwithstanding 
that  he  hath  whereby  he  may  be  diftrained)  doth 
make  long  Delays  before  he  will  come  into  the  Court 
to  anfwer  for  his  Tenant  unto  the  Writ  of  Mean  ; 
(3)    and  further,    the   Cafe  was   moft    hard  when 
the  Mean  had  nothing  :    (4)  In  cafe  alfo  when  the 
Tenant  was  ready  to  do  his  Services  and  Cuftoms 
unto  his  Lord,    and  the  chief  Lord  would  refufe  to 
take  fuch  Services  and  Cuftoms  by  the  Hands  of  any 
other  than  of  his  next  Tenant,  and  fo  fuch  Tenants 
in  Demean  loft  fomewhiles  the  Profits  of  their  Lands 
for  a  Time,  and  fomewhiles  for  their  whole  Time, 
and  hitherto  no  Remedy  hath  been  provided  in  this 
Cafe;"    (5)   'a  Remedy  is  provided  and  ordained 
hereafter  in  this  Form,  That  fo  foon  as  fuch  Tenant 
in  Demean  (having  a  Mean  -between  him  and  the 
chief  Lord)    is  diftrained,    incontinent  the  Tenant 
fhall  purchafe  his  Writ  of  Mean.     (6)  And  if  the 
Mean,  having  Land  in  the  fame  County,  abfent  him- 
felf  until  the  great  Diftrefs  awarded,  the  Plaintiff  fhall 
have  fuch  Day  given  him  in  his  Writ  of  great  Diftrefs, 
afore  the  coming  whereof  two   Counties'  may   be 
holden,   and  the  Sheriff  fhall  be  commanded  to  dif- 
train  the  Mean  by  the  great  Diftrefs,  like  as  it  is  con- 
tained in  the  Writ,   and  neverthelefs  the  Sheriff  in 
two  full  Counties  fhall  caufe  to  fee  proclaimed  fo- 
lernnly,  that  the  Mean  do  come  at  a  Day  contained 
in  the  Writ,   to  anfwer  his  Tenant;    (7)  at  which 
Day,  if  he  come,  the  Plea  fhall  pafs  between  them 
after  the  common  Ufage.;  ,(8)  and  if  he  do  not  come, 
then  fuch  Mefne  fhall  lofe  the  Services  of  his  Tenant, 
and  from  thenceforth  the  Tenant  fhall  not  anfwer 
him  in  any  Thing;    but  the  fame  Mean  being  ex- 
cluded, he  fhall  anfwer  unto  the  chief  Lord  for  fuch 
Services  and  Cuftoms  as  before  he  ought  to  have  done 
to  the  fame  Mean  ;    (oj  neither  fhall  the  chief  Lord 
have  Power  to  diftrain,  fo  long  as  the  aforefaid  Te- 
nant doth  offer  him  the  Services  and  Cuftoms  due. 
(10)  And  if  the  chief  Lord  exadt  more  than  the 
Mean  ought  to  do,  the  Tenant  in  fuch  Cafe  fhall  have 
fuch  Exceptions  as  the  Mean  fhould.     (11)  And  if 
the  Mean  have  nothing  within  the  King's  Dominion, 
the  Tenant  fhall  neverthelefs  purchafe  his  Writ  of 
Mean  to  the  Sheriff  of  the  fame  Shire  wherein  he  is 
diftrained.     (12)  And  if  the  Sheriff  return,  that  he 
hath  nothing  whereby  he  may  be  fummoned,  then 
fhall  the  Tenant  fue  his  Writ  of  Attachment.     (13) 
And  if  the  Sheriff  return,  that  he  hath  nothing  to  be 
attached  by,    he  fhall  neverthelefs  fue  his  Writ  of 
Great  Diftrefs,    and  Proclamation  fhall  be  made  in 
Form  abovefaid.      (14)  And  if  the  Mean  have  no 
Land  in  the  Shire  where  the  Diftrefs  is  taken,    but 
hath  Land  in  fome  other  Shire,  then  a  Writ  Origi- 
nal fhall  iffue  to  fummon  the  Mean  unto  the  Sheriff 
of  the  fame  Shire  where  the  Diftrefs  is  taken,  and 
when  it  is  returned  by  the  Sheriff  that  he  hath  no- 
thing in  his  Shire,  a  Writ  Judicial  fhall  iffue  to  fum- 
mon the  Mean  unto  the  Sheriff  of  the  fame  Shire, 
in  which  it  fhall  be  teftified  that  he  hath  Land,  and 
Suit  fhall  be  made  in  the  fame  Shire  until  they  have 
paffed  unto  the  Great  Diftrefs  and  Proclamation,  as 
above  is  faid  in  the  Mean  having  Land  in  the  fame 
Shire  in  which  the  Diftrefs  is  taken.     (i<;)  And  ne- 
verthelefs Suit  fhall  be  made  in  the  fame  Shire  where 
he  hath  nothing,  as  above  is  faid  of  the  Mean  that 


Ex  Rot.  in'Turr.  Lond. 
nem  fieri  fuper  tenentem  fuum  videlicet  fuper  me- 
dium multi  per  hujufmodi  diftrictiones  hucufque 
gr-avati  extiterunt  per  hoc  quod  medius  licet  habe- 
ret  per  quod -diftringi  poffet  magnas  fecerit  dilatio- 
nes  antequam  ad  curiam  venerit  ad  refpondendum 
hujufmodi  tenentibus  fuis  ad  breve  de  medio  per 
hoc  etiam  quod'  durius  fuit  in  cafu  quando  medius 
nichil  habuit  In  cafu  etiam  quando  fi  tenens  para- 
tus  effet  facere  capitali  domino  fervicia  &  confue- 
tudines  exadtas  &  capitalis  dominus  fervicia  &  con- 
fuetudines  fibi  debitas  renuebat  percipere  per  ma- 
nus  alterius  quam  proximi  tenentis  fui  &  fie  ami- 
ferunt  hujufmodi  tenentes  in  dominico  proficuum 
terrarum  fuarum  aliquando  ad  tempus  aliquando 
toto  tempore  fuo  nee  fuit  antea  aliquod  reme- 
dium  in  hoc  cafu  provifum  Ordinatum  eft  & 
provifum  in  hoc  cafu  remedium  impofterum  fub 
hac  forma  quod  quam  cito  hujufmodi  tenens  In 
dominico  habens  medium  inter  ipfum  &  eapitalem 
dominum  diftringitur  ftatim  perquirat  fibi  tenens 
breve  de  Medio  &  fi  medius  habens  terram  in  eo- 
dem  comitatu  diffugerit  ufque  ad  magnam  diftridti- 
onem  detur  querenti  in  brevi  fuo  de  magna  di- 
ftridtione  talis  dies  ante  cujus  adventum  duo  co- 
mitatus teneantur  &  precipiatur  vicecomiti  quod 
diftringat  medium  per  magnam  diftrictionem  prout 
in  brevi  continetur  Et  nichilominus  vicecomes  in 
duobus  plenis  comitatibus  folempniter  proclamari 
faciat  quod  hujufmodi  medius  veniat  ad  diem  in 
brevi  contentum  refponfurus  tenenti  fuo  ad  quern 
diem  fi  venerit  procedat  placitum  intor  eos  modo 
confueto  Et  fi  non  venerit  amittat  hujufmodi  medi- 
us fervicium  tenentis  fui  &  amodo  non  refpondeat 
ei  tenens  in  aliquo  fet  omiffo  illo  medio  refpondeat 
capitali  domino  de  eifdem  ferviciis  &  confuetudini- 
bus  que  prius  facere  debuit  predidto  medio  nee  ha- 
beat  capitalis  dominus  poteftatem  diftringendi  dum 
predidtus  tenens  offerat  ei  fervicia  debita  &  con- 
fueta.  Et  fi  capitalis  dominus  exegerit  plufquam 
medius  ei  facere  deberet  habeat  tenens  in  hoc  cafu 
exceptionem  quam  haberet  medius.  Si  vero  me- 
dius nichil  habuerit  in  poteftate  Regis  nichilomi- 
nus perquirat  tenens  breve  fuum  de  medio  ad  vice- 
comitem  illius  comitatus  in  quo  diftringitur.  Et 
fi  vicecomes  mandaverit  quod  nichil  habet  ubi  po- 
teft  fummoneri  nichilominus  fequatur  breve  de  at- 
tachiamento.  Et  fi  vicecomes  mandaverit  quod 
nichil  habet  per  quod  poteft  attachiari  nichilomi- 
nus fequatur  breve  de  magna  diftridtione  &  fiat 
prbclamatio  in  forma  predidta.  Si  vero  medius 
non  habet  terram  in  comitatu  in  quo  fit  diftridtio 
fet  habeat  terrain  in  alio  comitatu  tunc  exeat  breve 
originale  ad  fummonendum  medium  ad  vicecomi- 
tem  illius  comitatus  in  quo  fit  diftridtio  &  cum 
teftificatum  fuerit  per  ilium  vicecomi'tem  quod  ni- 
chil habeat  in  comitatu  fuo  exeat  breve  de  Judicio 
ad  fummonendum  medium  ad  vicecomitem  illius 
comitatus  in  quo  teftificatum  fuerit  quod  habet  te- 
nementa  &  fiat  fedta  in  illo  comitatu  quoufque 
perveniatur  ad  magnam  diftridtionem  &  procla- 
mationem  ficut  didtum  eft  fupra  de  medio  habente 
terram  in  eodem  comitatu  in  quo  fit  diftridtio  & 
nichilominus  fiat  fedta  in  comitatu  in  quo  nichil 
habet  ficut  didtum  eft  fupra  de  medio  nichil  ha- 
bente quoufque  perveniatur  ad  magnam  diftridtio- 
nem &  proclamationem  &  fie  poft  proclamationem 
in  utroque  comitatu  fadtam  abjudicetur  medius  a 
feodo  &  fervicio  fuo,    Et  cum  aliquando  contin- 

gat 


A.D.  1285.  Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


Stat.  1 


89 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
gat  quod  tenens  in  dominico  feoffatus  eft  ad  tenen- 
dum per  minus  fervicium  quam  medius  facere  de- 
buit  capitali  domino  cum  poft  hujufmodi  procla- 
mationem  attornatus  fit  tenens  capitali  domino 
medio  omiffo  neceffe  habet  tenens  refpondere  capi- 
tali domino  de  ferviciis  &  cohfuetudinibus  que  me- 
dius ei  prius  facere  debuit.  Et  poftquam  venerit 
medius  in  curia  &  cognoverit  quod  acquietare  de- 
beat  tenehtem  fuum  vel  adjudicetur  ad  acquietan- 
dum  fi  poft  hujufmodi  cognitionem  vel  judicium 
querimonia  perveniat  quod  medius  non  acquietavit 
tenentem  fuum  tunc  exeat  breve  de  Judicio  quod 
vicecomes  diftringat  medium  ad  acquietandum  te- 
nentem fuum  &  ad  elfendum  coram  Jufticiariis  ad 
certum  diem  ad  oftendendum  quare  prius  non  ac- 
quietavit Et  cum  per  diftrictionem  venerit  audiatur 
querens  &  fi  querens  verificare  poterit  quod  ipfum 
non  acquietavit  fatisfaciet  de  dampnis  &  per  judi- 
cium tenens  recedat  quietus  de  fuo  medio  &  attor- 
netur  capitali  domino.  Et  fi  ad  primam  diftricStio- 
nem  non  venerit  exeat  breve  de  alia  diftriclione  & 
fiat  proclamatio  Et  poftquam  teftificata  fuerit  pro- 
cedatur  ad  judicium  ficut  fuperius  dictum  eft.  Et 
fciendum  quod  per  hoc  ftatutum  non  excluduntur 
tenentes  quin  habeant  warrantiam  fi  de  tenemen- 
ts fuis  implacitentur  fuper  medios  fuos  &  eorum 
heredes  ficut  prius  habuerunt.  Nee  etiam  exclu- 
duntur tenentes  quin  fequi  poffint  verfus  medios 
fuos  fecundum  confuetudinem  prius  ufitatam  fi  vi- 
derint  quod  proceffus  eorum  plus  valeat  per  anti- 
quam  confuetudineni  quam  per  iftud  ftatutum. 
Et  fciendum  quod  per  iftud  ftatutum  non  provide- 
tur  remedium  quibufcumque  mediis  fet  folummodo 
in  cafu  cum  fit  unus  medius  tantum  inter  dominum 
diftringentem  &  tenentem  Et  in  cafu  quando  me- 
dius ille  eft  plene  etatis  &  in  cafu  quando  tenens 
fine  prejudicio  alterius  quam  medii  attornare  fe 
poteft  capitali  domino  quod  diftum  eft  pro  mulie- 
ribus  tenentibus  in  dotem  tenentibus  per  Legem 
Anglie  vel  aliter  ad  terminum  vite  vel  per  feodum 
talliatum  quibus  pro  aliquibus  cafibus  nondum  eft 
remedium  provifurn  fet  Deo  dante  alias  provide- 
bitur. 


hath  nothing,  until  the  Procefs  come  to  the  Great 
Diftrefs  and  Proclamation ;  {ib)  and  fo  after  Pro- 
clamation made  in  both  Counties,  the  Mean  (hall  be 
fore-judged  of  his  Fee  and  Service.  (17)  Andwhere 
it  happeneth  fometimes,  that  the  Tenant  in  Demean 
is  infeoffed  to  hold  by  lefs  Service  than  the  Mean 
ought  to  do  unto  the  chief  Lord,  when  after  fuch 
Proclamation  the  Tenant  hath  attorned  to  the  chief 
Lord,  and  the  Mean  being  excluded,  the  Tenant" 
muft  of  Neceffity  anfwer  unto  the  chief  Lord  for  all 
fuch  Services  and  Cuftoms  as  the  Mean  was  wont  to 
do  to  him.  (18)  And  after  that  the  Mean  is  come 
into  the  Court,  and  hath  confeffed  that  he  ought  to 
acquit  his  Tenant,  or  be  compelled  by  Judgement  to 
acquit,  if  after  fuch  Confeffion  or  Judgement  it  is 
complained  that  the  Mean  doth  not  acquit  his  Te- 
nant, then  fhall  iffue  a  Writ  Judicial;  that  the  She- 
riff (hall  diftrain  the  Mean  to  acquit  the  Tenant,  and 
to  be  at  a  certain  Day  before  the  Jufticers,  for  to 
fhew  why  he  hath  not  acquitted  him  before  -f  and 
when  they  have  proceeded  unto  the  Great  Diftrefs, 
the  Plaintiff  fhall  be  heard;  (19)  And  if  the  Plaintiff 
can  prove  that  he  hath  not  acquitted  him,  he  fhall 
yield  Damages,  and  by  Award  of  the  Court  the  Te- 
nant fhall  go  quit  from  the  Mean,  and  fhall  attorn 
unto  the  chief  Lord.  (20)  And  if  he  come  not  at  the 
firft  Diftrefs,  a  Writ  fhall  go  forth  to  diftrain  him- 
again,  and  Proclamation  fhall  be  made,  and  as  foon 
as  it  is  returned,  they  fhall  proceed  in  Judgement, 
as  before  is  faid.  (21)  And  it  is  to  be  underftanden, 
that  by  this  Statute  Tenants  are  not  excluded,  but 
they  fhall  have  a  Warranty  of  the  Means  and  their 
Heirs,  if  they  be  impleaded  of  their  Lands,  as  they 
have  had  before ;  (22)  nor  the  Tenants  fhall  be  ex- 
cluded, but  that  they  may  fue  againft  their  Means, 
as  they  ufed  heretofore,  if  they  fee  that  their  Procefs 
may  be  more  available  by  the  old  Cuftom,  than  by 
this  Statute.  (23)  And  it  is  to  wit,  that  by  this 
Statute  no  Remedy  is  provided  to  any  Means,  but 
only  in  cafe  where  there  is  but  one  only  Mean  be- 
tween the  Lord  that   diftraineth  and  the  Tenant ; 

(24)  and  in  cafe  where  that  Mean  is  of  full  Age; 

(25)  and  in  cafe  where  the  Tenant  may  attorn  unto 
the  chief  Lord  without  Prejudice  of  any  other  than 
of  the  Mean,  which  is  fpoken  for  Women  Tenants 
in  Dower,  and  Tenants  by  the  Courtefie,  or  other- 
wife  for  Term  of  Life,  or  in  Fee-tail,  unto  whom 
for  certain  Caufes  Remedy  is  not  yet  provided,  but 
(God  willing)  there  fhall  be  at  another  Time.' 


The  Tenant 
holding  by  lefs 
Service  than 
the  Mean  doth. 
Fitz.  Mefne,  i. 

S3- 

Fitz.  Avowry, 

146,  168. 


Fitz.  Mefne, 
23,  29. 


Damages  in  a 
Writ  of  Mefne. 
Fitz.  Procefs, 

J53- 

Fitz.  Mefne, 
-°>  2+,  38,  59, 
63,  70. 


The  Tenants 

Warranty  of 

the  Mefne. 

Fitz.  Mefne, 

63. 

Fitz.  Mefne, 

*5>,35>  79- 


For  which 
Means  only 
this  Statute 
is  ordained. 


■Raft.  .533,  &e. 


CAP.     X. 

At  what  Time  Writs  fhall  be  delivered  for  Suits  depending  before  Juftices  in  Eyre. 

Perfon  may  make  a  general  Attorney. 


Any 


CUM  in  itinere  Juftitiariorum  proclamatum 
fuerit  quod  omnes  qui  brevia  liberare  volue- 
rint  ea  liberent  infra  certum  terminum  poft  quern 
nullum  breve  recipiatur  multi  de  hoc  confidentes 
cum  moram  fecerint  ufque  ad  predictum  terminum 
&  nullum  breve  fuper  eos  fuerit  liberatum  de  licen- 
tia  Juftitiariorum  recedunt  poft  quorum  receffum 
adverfarii  fui  ipforum  abfentiam  percipientes  brevia 
fua  porrigunt  in  cera  que  aliquando  per  fraudem 
aliquando  per  vie'  pro  dono  recipiuntur  &  alii  qui 
fecurecredebant  receffiffe  tenementa  fua  amirtunt. 
Ut  hujufmodi  fraudi  fubveniatur  impofterum  ftatuit 
Dominus  Rex  quod  Juftitiarii  in  itineribus  fuis  fta- 
Voi.  I. 


Inft.  376. 


Hereas  in  the  Circuit  of  Juftices  it  was  pro- 

Crla'm,e!]',    ,That    a11     fuch     3S    WOuld    deliver  Delivering  of 

Writs,  mould  deliver  them  within  a  certain  Time,  Writs  for 
"  after  which  no  Writ  fhouldbe  received;  many  truft-  Suits  dependinj 
"  ing  upon  the  fame,  and  tarrying  until  the  faid  Time,  !"f|fe  J,,(li«' 
"  and  no  Writ  ferved  upon  them,  departed  by  Licence  '"    yre" 
"  of  the  faid  Juftices;    after  whole  Departure  their 
"  Adverfaries,  perceiving  their  Abfence,  delivered  their 
"  Writs  in  Wax,    which  fometimes   by  Fraud,  and 
"  fometimes  for  Rewards,  be  received   of  the  Sheriff, 
"  and  they,  that  thought  to  have  departed  quiet,  lofe 
"  their  Lands."    '  (2)  For  the  Remedy  of  fuch  Fraud 
'  from  henceforth,  the  King  hath  ordained,  That  the 

N  <  Juftices    .,, 


go 


Stat.  i. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edward i  I.  A.  D.  1285. 


•13  Ed 
I.  c,  4, 


ftat, '  Juftices  in  their  Circuits  mall  appoint  a  Time  of  fif- 
'  teen  Days,  or,  a  Month,  or  a  Time  more  or  lefs  (af- 
'  ter  as  the  County  fhall  happen  to  be  more  or  lefs) 
'  within  which  Time  it  fhall  be  openly  proclaimed, 

*  that  all  fuch  as  will  deliver  their  Writs,  fhall  deliver 
'  them  before  the  fame  Time;    (3)  and  when  the  Time 

*  cometh,  the  Sheriff  fhall  certine  the  Chief  Juftice  in 
1  Eyre  how  many  Writs  he  hath,  and  what,  and  that  no 
'  Writ  be  received  after  the  fame  Time ;    (4)  and  if  it 

*  be  received,  the  Procefs  ifluing  thereupon  fhall  be  of 
'  none  Effect ;  but  only  that  a  Writ  abated  any  Time 

*  during  the  Circuit  may  be  amended;  (;)  alfo  Writs 
6  of  Dower  of  Men  that  died  within  the  Summons  of 
'  the  Circuit,  Affiles   of  Darrain  prefentment,    Shtare 

*  impedit,  of  Churches  vacant  within  the  forefaid  Sum- 

*  mons,  fhall  be  received  at  any  Time  before  the  De- 
'  parture  of  the  Juftices  ;  (6)  alfo  Writs  of  Novel  dif- 
4  feijin,  at  what  Time  foever  the  DifTeifin  was  done, 

fhall  be  received  in  the  Circuit  of 'Juftices.  (7)  Our 
Lord  the  King  of  his  fpecial  Grace  granteth,  That 
fuch  as  have  Land  in  divers  Shires  where  the  Juftices 
make  their  Circuit,  and  that  have  Land  in  Shires 
'  where  the  Juftices  have  no  Circuit,  that  fear  to  be 
s  impleaded,  and  are  impleaded  of  other  Lands  in 
c  Shires  where  they  have  no  Circuit,  as  before  the  Ju- 

*  ftices  at  IVcfiminfter,  or  in  the  King's  Bench,  or  be- 
'  fore  Juftices  affigned  to  take  Affifes,  or  in  any  Coun- 

*  ty  before  Sheriffs,  or  in  any  Court  Baron,  may  make 

*  a  general  Attorney  to  fue  for  them  in  all  Pleas  in  the 
'  Circuit  of  Juftices  moved  or  to  be  moved  for  them, 
4  or  againft  them,  during  the  Circuit ;  (8)  which  At- 
'  torney  or  Attorneys  fhall  have  full  Power  in  all  Pleas 
'  moved  during  the  Circuit,  until  the  Plea  be  deter- 
4  mined,  or  that  his  Mafter  remove  him;  (9)  yet  fhall 
'  they  not  be  excufed  thereby,  but  they  fhall  be  put  in 

1    r  .2.     .      '  Juries  and  Affifes  before  the  fame  Juftices.' 

See  farther  con-        J  J 

cernir.g  Power  of  makirg  Attorney,   7  R.  2.  c.  14.     15  H.  6.  e.  7. 

*  Thisfeems  to  be  a  miflaken  Reference,,  then  being  no  fuch  Tear  of  the  King. 


Any  Perfonmay 
make  a  general 
Attorney.  ' 

c 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
tuant  terminum  quindecim  dierum  vel  menfis  mi- 
noris  vel  majoris  termini  fecundum  quod  comitatus 
fuerit  major  vel  minor  infra  quern  terminum  publice 
proclameturquodomnesquibrevialiberarevoluerint 
ea  liberent  citra  ilium  terminum  &  in  adventu  illius 
termini  certificet  vicecomes  capitalem  Juftitiarium 
itineris  quot  brevia  habet  &  que  &  quod  ultra  il- 
ium terminum  nullum  breve  recipiatur  quod  ft  re- 
ceptum  fuerit  proceflus  per  illud  factus  pro  nullo 
habeatur  excepto  quod  breve  cafTalum  durante  toto 
itinere  relevari  poterit  brevia  etiam  de  Dote  de  viris 
qui  obierint  infra  fummonitionem  itineris  affife  Ul- 
time  prefentationis  Quare  impedit  de  ecclefiis  va- 
cantibus  infra  fummonitionem  prediftam  quocum- 
que  tempore  ante  receffum  juftitiariorum  brevia 
etiam  Nove  diffeiiine  quocumque  tempore  facta 
fuerit  difTeifina  recipiantur.  In  itineribus  Juftitia- 
riorum concedit  Dominus  Rex  de  gratia  fpecial  i 
quod  ill I  qui  tenementa  habent  in  diverfis  comita- 
tibus  in  quibus  Juftic'  itinerant  vel  de  quibufdam 
tenementis  in  comitatu  in  quo  Juftitiarii  itinerant 
timent  implacitari  &  de  aliis  tenementis  in  comitatu 
in  quo  Juftitiarii  non  itinerant  implacitantur  coram 
Juftitiariis  apud  Weftm'  vel  in  Banco  Domini  Re- 
gis vel  coram  Juftitiariis  ad  affifas  capiendas  affig- 
natis  vel  in  aliquo  comitatu  coram  vie' vel  inaliqua 
curia  Baronum  facere  poffint  attornatum  genera- 
lem  ad  fequendum  pro  eis  in  omnibus  placitis  in 
itinere  Juftitiariorum  proipfis  vel  contra  ipfos  mo- 
ds vel  movendis  durante  itinere  qui  quidem  attor- 
natus  vel  attornati  habeant  poteftatem  in  placitis 
mods  in  itinere  quoufque  placitum  terminetur  vel 
dominus  fuus  ipfum  amoverit  nee  per  hoc  excu- 
fentur  fi  fuerint  in  juratis  vel  aflifis  coram  eifdem 
Juftitiariis. 


CAP.     XI. 

The  Matters  Remedy  againft  their  Servants,  and  other  Accomptants. 


In  what  Cafes 
Auditors  may 
comn-iit  Ac- 
cemptants  to 
Prifon. 

Co.  Lit.  295.  a. 
2  Inft.  378. 
Fiti.  Accompt, 
96,  109. 
Filz.  Avowry, 
220. 

Regift.  137. 
Raft.  1+,  &c. 


The  Accompt- 

ant'a  Relief. 

Fitz.  Accompt, 

23,  26,  47,  74j 

106. 

52  H.  3.  c.  23. 

19  Ed.  3.  f.  5. 


Concerning  Servants,  Bailliffs,  Chamberlains,  and 
all  Manner  of  Receivers,  which  are  bound  to 
yield   Accompt,    it    is  agreed   and  ordained,    That 
when  the  Mafters  of  fuch  Servants  do  affign  Auditors 
to  take  their  Accompt,  and  they  be  found  in  Arrear- 
'  ages  upon  the  Accompt,  all  Things   allowed  which 
ought  to  be  allowed,  their  Bodies  fhall  be  arrefted, 
1  and  by  the  Teftimony  of  the   Auditors  of  the  fame 
;  Accompt,  fnall  be  fent  or  delivered  unto  the  next 
;  Gaol  of  the  King's  in  thofe  Parts  ;    (z)  and  fhall  be 
1  received  of  the  Sheriff  or  Gaoler,  and  imprifoned  in 
;  Iron  under  fafe  Cuftody,    and  fhall   remain  in  the 
'•  fame  Prifon  at  their  own  Coft,  until  they  have  fatif- 
fied  their  Mafter  fully  of  the  Arrearages.     (3)  Ne- 
;  verthdefs  if  any  Perfon  being  fo  committed  to  Prifon, 
1  do  complain,  that  the  Auditors  of  his  Accompt  have 
1  grieved   him  unjuftly,  charging  him   with  Receipts 
;  that  he  hath  not  received,  or  not  allowing  him  Lx- 
:  pences,  or  reafonable  Difburfemcnts,  and   can  find 
;   Friends  that  v/ill  undertake  to  bring  him  before  the 
1  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  he  fhall  be  delivered  unto 
'  them  ;    (4)  and  the  Sheriff  (in  whofe  Prifon  he  is 
'  kept)  fhall  give  Knowledge  unto  his  Mafter,  that  he 
1  appear  before  the  Barons  of.  the  Exchequer  at  a  cer- 
*  tain  Day,  with  the  Rolls  and  Tallies   by  which  he 


E  fervientibus  ballivis  camerariis  &  quibufcum- 
que  receptoribus  qui  ad  compotum  redden- 
dum tenentur  concorditer  eft  ftatutum  &  ordina- 
tum  quod  cum  dominus  hujufmodi  fervientium  de- 
derit  eis  auditores  compoti  &  contingat  ipfos  efle 
in  arreragiis  fuper  compotum  fuum  areftentur  cor- 
pora ipforum  et  perteftimonium  auditorumejufdem 
compoti  mittantur  et  liberentur  proxime  gaole  do-> 
mini  Regis  in  partibus  illis  &  a  vicecomite  feu  cu- 
ftode  ejufdem  gaole  recipiantur  &  mancipentur 
carceri  in  ferris  fub  bona'cuftodia  &  in  ilia  prifona 
remaneant  de  fuo  proprio  viventes  quoufque  domi- 
nis  fuis  de  arreragiis  plenarie  fatisfecerint.  Atta- 
men  fi  quis  fie  gaole  liberatus  conqueratur  quod  au- 
ditores compoti  ipfum  injuftegravaveruntonerando 
de  receptis  que  non  recepit  vel  non  allocando  ex- 
penfas  aut  liberationes  rationabiles  &  inveniat  ami- 
cos  qui  cum  manucapere  voluerint  ad  ducendum 
coram  baronibus  de  fcaccario  liberetur  eis  &  fcire 
faciat  vicecomes  in  cujus  prifona  fuerit  domino 
quod  fit  coram  Baronibus  de  Scaccario  ad  aliquem 
3  certiiQi 


A.D.  12S5. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


Stat. 


9* 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
certum  diem  cum  rotulis  &  talliis  per  quos  compo- 
tum  reddiderit  &  in  prcfentia  Baronum  vel  audito- 
rum  quos  affignare  voluerint  recitetur  compotus  & 
fiat  partibus  juftitia  ita  quod  fi  fuerit  in  arreragiis 
committatur  gaole  de  Fleteut  fupradictum  eft.  Et 
fi  diffugerint  &  gratis  compotum  reddere  noluerint 
ficut  alibi  in  aliis  ftatutis  continetur  diftringantur 
ad  veniendum  coram  Juftic'  ad  compotum  fuum 
reddendum  ft  habeant  per  quod  diftringi  poffint. 
Et  fi  ad  curiam  venerint  dentur  auditores  compoti 
coram  quibus  fi  fuerint  in  arreragiis  fi  ftatim  arre- 
ragia  folvere  non  poffint  committantur  gaole  cufto- 
diendi  in  forma  predi&a.  Et  fi  diffugerint  & 
teftatum  fuerit  per  vicecomitem  quod  non  funt 
inventi  exigantur  de  comitatu  in  comitatum  quo- 
ufque  utlagentur  &  fint  hujufmodi  incarcerati 
irreplegiabiles.  Et  caveat  fibi  vicecomes  vel  cuf- 
tos  ejufdem  gaole  five  fit  in  libertate  five  non 
quod  per  commune  breve  quod  dicitur  Reple- 
giar'  vel  alio  modo  fine  affenfu  domini  ipfum  a 
prifona  exire  non  permittat  quod  fi  fecerit  &  fuper 
hoc  convincatur  refpondeat  domino  de  dampno  per 
hujufmodi  fervientem  fibi  illato  fecundum  quod  per 
patriam  verificare  poterit  &  habeat  fuum  recupe- 
rare  per  breve  de  Debito.  Et  fi  cuftos  gaole  non 
habeat  per  quod  jufticietur  vel  unde  folvat  refpon- 
deat fuperior  fuus  qui  cuftodiam  hujufmodi  gaole 
fibi  commifit  per  idem  breve. 


made  his  Accompt;  and  in  the  Prefence  of  the  Ba- 
rons, or  the  Auditors  that  they  fhall  affign  him,  the 
Accompt  fhall  be  rehearfed,  and  Juftice  fhall  be  done 
to  the  Parties,  fo  that  if  he  be  found  in  Arrearages, 
he  fhall  be  commuted  to  the  Fleet,  as  above  is  faidi 
(<;)  And  if  he  flee,  and  will  not  give  Accompt  wil- 
lingly, as  is  contained  elfewhere  in  other  Statutes, 
he  fhall  be  di (trained  to  come  before  the  Juftices  to. 
make  his  Account,  if  he  have  whereof  to  be  diftrain- 
ed.  (6)  And  when  he  cometh  to  the  Court,  Audi- 
tors fhall  be  affigned  to  take  his  Accompt,  before 
whom  if  he  be  found  in  Arrearages,  and  cannot  pay 
the  Arrearages  forthwith,  he  fhall  be  committed  to 
the  Gaol  to  be  kept  in  Manner  aforefaid.  (7)  And 
if  he  flee,  and  it  be  returned  to  the  Sheriff  that  he 
cannot  be  found,  Exigents  fhall  go  againft  him  from 
County  to  County,  until  he  be  outlawed,  and  fuch 
Prifoner  fhall  not  be  replevifable.  (8)  And  let  the 
Sheriff  or  Keeper  of  fuch  Gaol  take  Heed,  if  it  be 
within  a  Franchife,  or  without,  that  he  do  not  fuffer 
him  to  go  out  of  Prifon  by  the  common  Writ  called 
Rephgiare,  or  by  other  Means,  without  Aflent  c; 
his  Mafter;  (9)  and  if  he  do,  and  thereof  be  con- 
vict, he  fhall  be  anfwerable  to  his  Mafter  of  the 
Damages  done  to  him  by  fuch  his  Servant,  according 
as  it  may  be  found  by  the  Country,  and  fhall  have 
his  Recovery  by  Writ  of  Debt.  (10)  And  if  the 
Keeper  of  the  Gaol  have  not  wherewith  he  may  be 
juftified,  or  not  able  to  pay,  his  Superior  that  com- 
mitted the  Cuftody  of  the  Gaol  unto  him,  fhall  be 
anfwerable  by  the  fame  Writ.' 


An  Exigent »« 
gainft  an  Ac- 
comptant. 
17  Ed.  3.  f.  59. 

Efcape  of  an 
Accomptant. 

1  R.  2.  C.  II. 

7  H.  4.  c.  4. 

2  Leon.  9, 
Fitz.  Det.  17a. 
Fitz.  Iffu.  160. 
Bro.  Det.  103. 
a  Bulftr;  321. 


CAP.    XII. 

The  Appellant  being  acquitted,  the  Appellor  and  Abetters  fhall  be  punifhed. 

no  Effbin  for  the  Appellor. 


There  fhall  be 


QUIA  multi  per  malitiam  volentes  alios  gra- 
vare  procurant  falfa  appella  fieri  de  homici- 
o  6z  aliis  feloniis  per  appellators  nichil  habentes 
unde  domino  Regi  pro  falfo  appello  nee  appellatis 
de  dampnis  refpondere  poffunt  ftatutum  eft  quod 
cum  aliquis  fie  appellatus  de  felonia  fibi  impofita  fe 
acquitaverit  in  curia  Regis  modo  debito  vel  ad  fec- 
tam  appellators  vel  domini  Regis  Juftitiarii  coram 
quibus  auditum  erit  hujufmodi  appellum  &  termi- 
natum  puniant  appellatorem  per  prifonam  unius 
anni  &  nichilominus  reftituant  hujufmodi  appella- 
tors appellatis  dampna  fecundum  difcretionem 
Juftitiariorum  habito  refpectu  ad  prifonam  vel  ar- 
reftationem  quam  occafione  hujufmodi  appellorum 
fuftinuerunt  appellati  &  ad  infamiam  quam  per  im- 
prifonamentum  vel  alio  modo  incurrerunt  &  ni- 
chilominus verfus  dominum  Regem  gravius  redi- 
mantur.  Et  fi  forte  hujufmodi  appellatores  non 
habeant  unde  predicta  dampna  reftituere  poffint 
inquiratur  per  quorum  abbettum  formatum  fuerit 
hujufmodi  appellum  per  malitiam  fi  appellatus  hoc 
petat  &  fi  inveniatur  per  illam  inquifitionem  quod 
aliquis  fit  abettator  per  malitiam  per  breve  de  Judi- 
cio  ad  fectam  appellati  diftringatur  ad  veniendum 
coram  Juftic'  &  li  legitimo  modo  convictus  fuerit 
de  hujufmodi  abetto  per  malitiam  puniatur  per  pri- 
fonam &  ad  reftitutionem  dampnorum  ficut  fupe- 
rius  dictum  eft  de  appellatore.  Nee  jaceat  dece- 
tero  appellatori  in  appello  de  morte  hominis  effo- 
nium  in  quacumque  curia  appellum  fuerit  termi- 
nandum. 


FOrafmuch  as  many,  through  Malice  intending 
to  grieve  other,  do  procure  falfe  Appeals  to 
be  made  of  Homicides  and  other  Felonies  by  Appel- 
lors, having  nothing  to  fatisfy  the  King  for  their 
falfe  Appeal,  nor  to  the  Parties  appealed  for  their 
Damages;"  (z)  '  it  is  ordained,  That  when  any, 
being  appealed  of  Felony  furmifed  upon  him,  doth 
acquit  himfelf  in  the  King's  Court  in  due  Manner, 
either  at  the  Suit  of  the  Appellor,  or  of  our  Lord  the 
King,  the  Juftices,  before  whom  the  Appeal  fhall  be 
heard  and  determined,  fhall  punifh  the  Appellor  by  a 
Year's  Imprifonment,  and  the  Appellors  fhall  never- 
thelefs  reftore  to  the  Parties  appealed  their  Damages, 
according  to  the  Difcretion  of  the  Juftices,  having 
Refpect  to  the  Imprifonment  or  Arreftment  that  the 
Party  appealed  hath  fuftained  by  reafon  of  fuch  Ap- 
peals, and  to  the  Infamy  that  they  have  incurred  by 
the  Imprifonment  or  otherwife,  and  fhall  neverthe- 
less make  a  grievous  Fine  unto  the  King.  (3)  And 
if  peradventure  fuch  Appellor  be  not  able  to  recom- 
penfe  the  Damages,  it  fhall  be  inquired  by  whofe 
Abetment  or  Malice  the  Appeal  was  commenced,  if 
the  Party  appealed  defire  it ;  (4)  and  if  it  be  found 
by  the  fame  inqueft,  that  any  Man  is  Abettor  through 
Malice,  at  the  Suit  of  the  Party  appealed,  he  fhall 
be  diftrained  by  a  judicial  Writ  to  come  before  the 
Juftices;  (5)  and' if  he  be  lawfully  convict  of  fuch 
malicious  Abetment,  he  fhall  be  punifhed  by  Im- 
prifonment and  Reftitution  of  Damages,  as  before  is 
faid  of  the  Appellor.  (6)  And  from  henceforth  in 
Appeal  of  the  Death  of  a  Man  there  fhall  no  Effoin 
lie  for  the  Appellor,  in  whatfoever  Court  the  Appeal 
fhall  hap  to  be  determined.' 

N  2  CAP. 


ThePunifrment 
of  an  Appellor 
for  a  falfe  Ap- 
peal. 

12  Co.  i;6. 
Hob.  9S. 
Fitz.  Damage, 

Tl.- 

Fitz.  Coron.  12, 

77,  J8,  3S6.       . 

J I  Co.  77. 


See  1  Ed.  3.  flat, 
I.  c   7.  which    ■ 
directs  Inquiry  tt 
be  made  of  Gaol- 
ers <zul:o  compel 
Prifoners  to  ap- 
peal,  and I 4  Ed. 
3.  flat.  1.  c.  ro. 
nvhicb  wakes  it 
Felony  in  fuch 
Gaoler. 
Regifl.  56. 
Inquiry  of  A- 
bettors. 
12  Co.  12;. 
Cro.  El. 223. 71, 
14  H.  7.  2, 
26  H.  8.3. 
Dyer,  120,  131. 
8  H.  5.  6. 
8  EJ.4.  3. 
No  Eflbin  for 
the  Appellor. 
See  poftca  cb.  17^ 
zj,2i.fcrEJfth, 
Regifl.  134. 
a  Inft.  3S3. 


92 


Stat.  i. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edward i  I. 

CAP.    XIII. 

The  Order  of  the  Indi&ments  taken  in  the  Sheriffs  Turn. 


A.D.  1285. 


t  Inft.  3S7.  «<  T^Orafmuch  as  Sheriffs,  feigning  many  Times  cer- 
•  "J/  tain  Perfons  to  be  indicted  before  them  in  their . 
"  Turns  of  Felonies  and  other  Trefpaffes,  do  take 
**  Men  that  are  not  culpable  nor  lawfully  indicted,  and 
"  imprifon  them,  and  do  exact  Money  from  them, 
"  whereas  they  were  not  lawfully  indicted  by  twelve 
"  Jurors  ;"  (z)  '  it  is  ordained,  That  Sheriffs  in  their 
4  Turns,  and  in  other  Places  where  they  have  Power 
'  Co  enquire  of  Treipaffors  by  the  King's  Precept,  or 
'  by  Office,  fhall  caufe  their  Inquefts  of  fuch  Malefac- 
4  tors  to  be  taken  by  lawful  Men,  and  by  Twelve  at 
'  the  leaft,  which  fhall  put  their  Seals  to  fuch  Inquifi- 
'  tions  ;  (3)  and  thofe  that  fhall  be  found  culpable  by 
*  fuch  Inquefts,  they  fhall  take  and  imprifon,  as  they 
'  have  ufed  aforetimes  to  do.     (4)  And  if  they  do  im- 

•  AH  fid.  '  prifon  other  than  fuch  as  have  been  indicted  by  *  In- 
'  queft,  the  Parties  imprifbned  fhall  have  their  Action- 
'  by  a  Writ  of  Imprifonment  againft  the  Sheriffs,  as 
'  they  fhould  have  againft  any  other  Perfon  that  fhould 
imprifon  them  without  Warrant.  (5 J  And  as  it 
hath  been  faid  of  Sheriffs,  fo  fhall  it  be  obferved  of 
every  Bailiff  of  Franchife.' 


Enforced hy  I  Ed 
3.  ftat.  2.  c.  17 
sinds  Ed.  4.  c .2 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

OUIA  vicecomites  fingentes  multotiens  coram 
eis  aliquos  in  turnis  fuis  indidtatos  de  funis  & 
aliis  malefactis  capiunt  homines  non  culpabiles 
nee  legitimo  modo  indictatos  &  eos  imprifonant  & 
ab  eis  pecuniam  extorquent  cum  legitimo  modo  per 
duodecim  juratos  non  fuerunt  indictati  ftatutum 
eft  quod  vicecomites  in  turnis  fuis  &  alibi  cum  in- 
quirere  habeant  de  malefactoribus  per  preceptum 
Regis  vel  ex  officio  fuo  per  legales  homines  ad  mi- 
nus duodecim  faciant  inquifitiones  fuas  de  hujuf- 
modi malefactoribus  qui  inquifnionibus  fuis  figilla. 
fua  apponant  &  illos  quos  per  hujufmodi  inquifiti- 
ones invenerint  culpabiles  capiant  &  imprifonent 
fecundum  quod  alias  fieri  confuevit.  Et  fi  alios 
imprifonaverint  quam  per  hujufmodi  inquifitiones 
invenerint  indictatos  habeant  hujufmodi  imprifo- 
nati  actionem  fuam  per  breve  de  Imprifonamento 
verfus  vicecom'  ficut  haberent  verfus  quamcumque 
aliam  perfonam  que  eos  imprifonaret  fine  warran- 
to. Et  ficut  dictum  eft  de  vicecom'  obfervetur  de- 
quolibet  ballivo  libertatis. 


which  direBs  IndiE&iehts  taken  in  the.  Sheriffs  Turn  to  he  delivered  to  Jujlica  of  the  Peace  cf  the  fame  County  j  and  farther  1 1  H.  7.  c.  15. 

C  A  P.     XIV. 


The  Procefs  in  an  Action  of  Wafte.     A  Writ  to  enquire  of  Wafte. 


I  Inft.  3S9. 
Fitz.  Wafte, 
i»9,  J30,  131, 

J34»  I35<  336> 
'37- 


The  Procefs  'n 
an  Aftion  of 
V/afte. 

!Regift.  71,  &c. 
1  Brown'.  240. 
Dyer  204. 


A  Writ  to  en- 
qu're  of  Wafte. 
3  Cro.  18. 


3  Ed.  1, 
6  Ed.  1. 


e.  21. 

ftat.  1. 


20  Ed.  I.  ftat.  2.  ( 
concerning  , 

Wafte. 


Hereas  for  Wafte  done  in  the  Inheritance  of 
any  Perfon,  by  Guardians,  Tenants  in- 
Dower,  Tenants  by  the  Courtefie  of  England,  or 
otherwife  for  Term  of  Life,  or  Years,  a  Writ  of 
Prohibition  of  Wafte  hath  been  ufed  to  be  granted, 
by  which  Writs  many  were  deceived,  thinking  that 
fuch  as  had  done  the  Wafte  fhould  not  need  to  an- 
fwer  but  only  for  Wafte  done  after  the  Prohibition 
to  them  directed  ;"  (2)  '  our  Lord  the  King,  to  re- 
move from  henceforth  this  Error,  hath  ordained, 
That  of  all  Manner  of  W  afte  done  to  the  Damage  of 
any  Perfon,  there  fhall  from  henceforth  be  no  Writ 
of  Prohibition  awarded,  but  a  Writ  of  Summons,  fo 
that  he  of  whom  Complaint  is  fhall  anfwer  for  Wafte 
done  at  any  Time  ;  (3)  and  if  he  come  not  after  the 
Summons,  he  fhall  be  attached,  and  after  the  At- 
tachment he  fhall  be  diftrained  ;  (4)  and  if  he  come 
not  after  the  Diftrefs,  the  Sheriff  fhall  be  command- 
ed that  in  proper  Perfon  he  fhall  take  with  him  twelve, 
csV.  and  fhall  go  to  the  Place  wafted,  and  fhall  en- 
quire of  the  Wafte  done,  and  fhall  return  an  Inqueft, 
and  after  the  Inqueft  returned,  they  fhall  pafs  unto 
Judgement,  like  as  it  is  contained  in  the  Statute  of 
Gkucefter.' 


CUM  de  vafto  facto  in  hereditate  alicujus  per 
cuftodes  tenentes  in  dotem  per  Legem  Anglie 
vel  aliter  ad  terminum  vite  confueverit  fieri  breve 
de  Prohibitione  vafti  per  quod  breve  multi  fuerunt 
in  errore  credentes  quod  illi  qui  vaftum  fecerunt 
non  habuerunt  neceffe  refpondere  nifi  tantum  de 
vafto  facto  poft  prohibitionem  eis  directam  domi- 
nus  Rex  ut  hujufmodi  error  decetero  tollatur  fta- 
tuit  quod  de  vafto  quocumque  modo  ad  nocumen- 
tum  alicujus  facto  non  fiat  decetero  breve  de  Pro- 
hibitione fet  breve  de  Summonitione  ita  quod  ille 
de  quo  queritur  refpondeat  de  vafto  facto  quocum- 
que tempore  Et  fi  poft  fummonitionem  non  vene- 
nt  attachietur  &  poft  attachiamentum  diftringatur 
Et  poft  diftrictionem  fi  non  venerit  mandetur  vice- 
comiti  quod  in  propria  perfona  affumptis  fecum 
duodecim  &c.  accedat  ad  locum  vaftatum  &  inqui- 
rat  de  vafto  facto  &  retornet  inquifitionem  &  poft- 
quam  retornata  fuerit  inquifitio  procedatiir  ad  ju- 
dicium fecundum  quod  continetur  in  ftatuto  prius> 
edito  apud  Weftmon'.. 


Rift.  697.     And  fie  1 1  H.  6.  c.  5.  inhere  Wafie  is  maintainable  againft  a  Tenant  who  grants  over  his  Eftate  and  takes  the  Profits. 

CAP.     XV. 

An  Enfant  eloined  may  fue  by  Prochein  Amy. 


E»fant's  Suit, 
Dvtr  104. 
2  Ed.  3.  16. 
40  Ed.  3.  16. 
Bro.  Gardein. 
1^,22,24,  25, 
26,  27.     R.cgift.78 


'  TN  ever/  Cafe  whereas  fuch  as  be  within  Age  may 
'  A  fue,  it  is  ordained,  That  if  fuch  within  Age  be 
'  eloined,  fo  that  they  cannot  fue  perfonally,  their 
'  next  Friends  fhall  be  admitted  to  fue  for  them,' 

2  Inft.  350.     3  Ed.  i.e.  47, 


IN  omni  cafu  quo  minores  infra  etatem  implaci- 
tari  poffunt  conceffum  eft  quod  fi  hujufmodi 
minores  elongati  fint  quo  minus  perfonaliter  fequi 
poffint  propinquiores  amici  admittantur  ad  fequen- 
dum  pro  eis. 

.    CAP. 


A.  D.  1285.  Anno  decimo  tertio  Edward i  I. 


Stat. 


1. 


93. 


CAP.      XVI. 

Priority,  of  Feoffment  giveth  Title  of  Wardfhip. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

IN  cafu  quo  alicui  minori  defcendatur  hereditas 
ex  parte  patris  qui  tenuit  de  uno  domino  Sc  ex 
parte  matris  que  tenuit  de  alio  domino  dubitatio 
hucufque  exiterit  de  maritagio  hujufmodi  minoris 
ad  quern  de  duobus  dominis  pertineat  concordatum 
eft  decetero  quod  ille  dominus  habeat  maritagium 
de  quo  anteceffor  fuus  prius  fuit  feoffatus  non  ha- 
bito  refpectu  ad  fexum  nee  ad  quantitatem  tene- 
ment fet  folummodo  ad  antiquius  feoffamentum 
per  fervicium  militare. 


C  A 


fN  Cafe  where  Inheritance    defcendeth    to  one  44  Ed.  3. 


!J. 


X  within  Age  of  the  Father's  Side,  that  held  of  one  Dyer  1 
Lord,   and  the  Mother's  Side  that  held  of  another  ^q^  4- 
Lord,  there  hath  been  hitherto  Doubt,  for  the  Mar-  $1  j^.'  * 
riage  of  fuch  an  Heir,  to  which  of  the  two  Lords  it  Fin'.  Prer'og. 
fhould  belong;"   (2)  '  it  is  agreed,  That  the  fame  13.24- 
Lord  (hall   from   henceforth  have  the  Marriage  of Fitz'  Gard-  2< 
whom  the  Child's  Anceftor  was  firft  infeoffed,   not  h  'v9''^ 
having  Refpecl:  to  the  Sex,   nor  to  the  Quantity  of  %s',  115, 134. 
the  Land,    but  only  to  the  more  ancient  Feoffment  139. 
by  Knights  Service.'  2  Inft-  391- 

'  Obf.  by  Stat.  12- 

P.     XVIL  ear>2'c-i4- 


In  what  Cafe  Eflbin  De  malo  lefli  doth  lie;,  and  where  not. 


IN  itinera  Juftitiariorum  non  admittatur  dece- 
tero eflbnium  de  malo  lecti  de  tenemento  in 
eodem  comitatu  nifi  ille  qui  fe  facit  effoniari  vera- 
citer  fit  infirmus  quia  fi  excipiatur  a  petente  quod 
tenens  non  eft  infirmus  nee  in  illo  ftatu  quo  ve- 
nire non  potuit  coram  juftitiariis  admittatur  ejus 
calumpnia.  Et  fi  hoc  per  inquifitionem  convinci 
poterit  vertatur  illud  eflbnium  in  defaltam.  Nee 
jaceat  de  cetero  illud  eflbnium  in  brevi  de  Re£to 
inter  duos  clamantes  per  unum  defcenfum. 


IN  the  Circuit  of  the  Juftices  an  Eflbin  De  ?nalg Fits.  EiTbln, 
leBi  fhall  not  be  from  henceforth  allowed  for  Lands  176, 1S6, 187, 
in  the  fame  Shire,    unlefs  he  that  caufed  himfelf  to  ,S8>  lS9>  Wt 
be  eflbined  be  fick  indeed  ;  (1)  for  if  the  Demandant  J9**  \^'  '^' 
except,    that  the  Tenant  is  not  fick,    nor  in  fuch  ''  #.  * c%  , ,  y 
Plight  but  that  he  may  come  before  the  Juftices,  his  z0.  3  Ed.  1. 
Exception  fhall  be  admitted.     (3)  And  if  it  can  be  c.  4*>  43>®,44* 
fo  proved  by  Enqueft,  the  Eflbin  fhall  be  turned  to  a  f>Ed-  '•  '•  I0' 
Default.     (4)  And  from  henceforth  fuch  Eflbin  fhall  Regift;  g.. 
not  lie  in  a  Writ  of  Right  between  two  claiming  by 
one  Defcent.' 

See  12  Ed.  2.  fiat.  z.     5  Ed.  j.  c.  6.     And  9  Ed.  %.fiat.  I.e.  3.  for  farther  Regulations  of  EJeinu-- 

CAP.     XVII I. 


He  that  reeovereth  Debt  may  fue  Execution  by  Fieri  facias  or  Elegit. 


CU  M  debitum  fuerit  recuperatum  vel  in  curia 
Regis  recognitum  vel  dampna  adjudicata  fint 
decetero  in  eledtione  illius  qui  fequitur  pro  hujuf- 
modi debito  aut  dampnis  fequi  breve  quod  vice- 
comes  fieri  faciat  de  terris  &  catallis  vel  quod  vice- 
conies  liberet  ei  omnia  catalla  debitoris  exceptis 
bobus  &  affris  caruce  &  medietatem  terre  fue 
quoufque  debitum  fuerit  levatum  per  rationabile 
pretium  vel  extentam.  Et  fi  ejiciatur  de  illo  tene- 
mento habeat  recuperare  per  breve  Nove  difieifine 
&  poftea  per  breve  Reddifieifine  fi  necefle  fuerit. 


'  \i\/^^^  Debt  is  recovered  or  knowledged  in 
'  VV  the  King's  Court,  or  Damages  awarded,  it 
c  fhall  be  from  henceforth  in  the  Election  of  him  that 
'  fueth  for  fuch  Debt  or  Damages,  to  have  a  Writ 
'  of  Fieri  facias  unto  the  Sheriff'  for  to' levy  the  Debt 
'  of  the  Lands  and  Goods;  (2)  or  that  the  Sheriff 
'  fhall  deliver  to  him  all  the  Chattels  of  the  Debtor 
'  (faving  only  his  Oxen  and  Beafts  of  his  Plough)  and 
K  the  one  half  of  his  Land,  until  the  Debt  be  levied 
'  upon  a  reafonable  Price  or  Extent.  (3)  And  if  he  be 
'  put  out  of  that  Tenement,  he  fhall  recover  by  a 
'  Writ  of  Novel  dij/eijin,  and  after  by  a  Writ  of  Redif- 
e  [ei/in*  if  need  be.' 


tainable  by  Tenant  by  Elegit.     Raft.  71,  327.    Regift.  295.    2  Inft.  354.     Cro.  Oar,  44. 

C  A  P.     XIX. 
The  Ordinary  chargeable  to  pay  Debts  as  Executors-. 


Hob.  577 
The  Execution 
of  a  Debt  re- 
covered. 
3  Bulftr.  320. 
Dyer  306,  373, 
3  Co.  12. 
4C0.  65,  74. 
5  Co.  87,8s-;  90. 
Fitz.  Extent,  13, 
Fitz.Piocefs,  51, 
Fitz.  E*.ecut. 

,35)  37-4i,46>  ' 
66,  85,  &c. 
Co.  Lit.  289.  b. 
Aftrze  main- 
S.Leon.  84,  S3* . 


CUM  poft  mortem  alicujus  decedentis  inteftati 
&obligati  aliquibus  in  debito  bona  deveniant 
ad  ordinarios  difponenda  obligetur  decetero  ordina- 
rius  ad  refpondendum  de  debitra  quatenus  bona 
defuncti  fufficiunt  eodem  modo  quo  executores  hu- 
jufmodi refpondere  tenerentur  fi  teftamentum  fe- 
ciffet. 


By  31  Ed.  1.  fiat.  1.  c.  II.  the  Ordinary  Jball  commit  Admin'Jlration, 
ag  Car,  2,  c.  3.  §.  25.   end  1  Jac,  z,  c.  17. 


'  "f  T7Hereas  after  the  Death  of  a  Perfon  dying  in-  Dy">  232< 
'    VV    teftate,  which  is  bounden  to  fome  other  for5Co-^3- 
'  Debt,  the  Goods  come  to  the  Ordinary  to  be  difpo-  g^z;        ' 
'  fed;     (2)    the  Ordinary  from   henceforth   fhall  be  Fitz.  Execut, 
'  bound  to  anfwer  the  Debts  as  far  forth  as  the  Goods  77. 
1  ef  the  Dead  will  extend,  in  fuch  fort  as  the  Execu- 
'  tors  of  the  fame  Party  fhould  have  been  bounded,  if 
'  he  had  made  a  Teftament.'  2lnft_ 

And  for  the  Duty  of  Ordinary  and  Adm'mijirator,  fee  43  El.  c.  2 .  22 &  2 3  Car,  a.  c .  If, 


£-A.: 


94- 


StaL  i. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.D.  1285. 


C  A  P.     XX. 

The  Tenant's  Anfwer  in  a  Writ  of  Coflnsgc,  Aiel,  and  Be/aid. 


6Ed.  1.  flat.  1. 


Fitz.  Brief, 
449,  269. 
6  H.  7.  f.  7. 
F.!tz.  Ceffavit, 
1,  z,  3,4,  7,  8, 

17,21,  22,   30, 

3J>  33,  34.  35. 
4;,  46,  50,  51, 

54. 

8*Co.  iig. 

Fitz.  Ceffavit, 

41. 

Co.  Lit.  154. 

6  Ed.  1.  flat.  I. 

&2. 

Regift.  237. 


2lEd.  3.  f.  29. 
Filz.  Wafte, 
25,  96. 
2  J  rift.  403. 
Co.  Lit.  200. 
52  H.  3.  1,-23. 
6  Ed.  j.  [.5, 


WKereas  that  Juftices  in  a  Pka  of  Mortdauncef- 
tor,  have  ufed  to   admit  the  Anfwer  of  the 
Tenant,  that  the  Plaintiff  is  not  next  Heir  of  the 
fame  Anceftor,  by  whofe  Death  he  demanded  the 
Land,  and  is  ready  to  enquire  the  fame  by  Affife  ;" 
(z)  it  is  agreed,  That  in  Writs  of  Cofmage,  Aiel,  and 
Befaiel,  which  be  of  the  fame  Nature,  his  Anfwer 
fhall  be  admitted  and  enquired,  and  according  to  the 
fame  Inquifition  they  ihall  proceed  to  Judgement.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

CUM  Juftitiarii  in  placito  Mortis  antece/lbris 
admittere  confueverint  refponfionem  tenentis 
quod  petens  non  eft  propinquior  heres  antecefforis 
de  cujus  morte  tenementum  petitur  &  hoc  paratus 
eft  per  affifam  inquirere  concordatum  eft  quod  in 
brevibus  de  Confanguinitate  Avo  &  Proavo  que 
funt  ejufdem  nature  admittatur  ilia  refponfio  &  in- 
quiratur  &  fecundum  illam  inquifitionem  ad  judi- 
cium procedatur. 


C  A  P.    XXI. 
A  Ceffavit  by  the  chief  Lord  againft  his  Freehold  Tenant. 


WHereas  in  a  Statute  made  at  Glouce/ler,  cap.  4. 
it  is  contained,    That  if  any  leafe  his  Land 
to  another  to  pay  the  Value  of  the   fourth  Part  of 
the  Land,  or  more,  the  Leflbr,  or  his  Heir,  after 
the  Payment  hath  ceafed  by  two  Years,  fhall  have 
an  Action  to  demand  the  Land  fo  leafed  in  demean." 
(2)  In  like  manner  it  is  agreed,  that  if  any  with-hold 
from  his  Lord  his  due  and  accuftomed  Service  by  two 
Years,  the  Lord  fhall  have  an  Action  to  demand  the 
Land  in  demean  by  fuch  a  Writ:'   (3)  Praecipe  A. 
quod  jufte,  &c.  reddat  B.  tale  tenementum  quod  A. 
de  eo  tenuit  per  tale  fervitium,  &  quod   ad  praedjctum 
B.  reverti  debet,  eo  quod  predictus  A.  in  faciendo  pras- 
didtum  fervitium,  per  biennium  ceffavit,  ut  dicitur. 

'  II.  And  not  only  in  this  Cafe,  but  alfo  in  the  Cafe 
'  whereof  Mention  is  made  in  the  faid  Statute  of  Glou- 
'  ce/ler,  Writs  of  Entry  fhall  be  made  for  the  Heir  of 
'  the  Demandant  againft  the  Heir  of  the  Tenant,  and 
'  againft  them  to  whom  fuch  Land  fhall  be  aliened.' 


CUM  in  ftatuto  edito  apudGlouc'  contineatur 
quod  ft  quis  dimiferit  terram  alicui  ad  redden- 
dum valorem  quarte  partis  tenementi  vel  majoris 
habeat  ille  qui  dimifit  vel  ejus  heres  poftquam  fue- 
rit  a  folutione  ceffatum  per  biennium  actionem  pe- 
tendi  tenementum  fie  dimiffum  in  dominico.  Eo- 
dem  modo  concordatum  eft  quod  ft  quis  detineat 
domino  fuo  fervicium  debitum  vel  confuetud'  per 
biennium  habeat  dominus  actionem  petendi  tene- 
mentum in  dominico  per  tale  breve :  Precipe  A. 
quod  jujle  &c.  reddat  B.  tale  tenementum  quod  C.  de 
eo  tenuit  per  tale  fervicium  &  quod  ad  prediclum  B.- 
reverti  debet  eo  quod  prediHus  A.  in  faciendo  fervi- 
cium prediclum  per  biennium  ceffavit  ut  dicit. 

Et  non  folum  in  ifto  cafu  fet  in  cafu  de  quo  fit 
mentio  in  predicto  ftatuto  Glouc'  fiant  brevia  de 
Ingreffu  heredi  petenti  fuper  heredem  tenentis  & 
fuper  eos  quibus  alienatum  fuerit  hujufmodi  tene- 
mentum. 


CAP.     XXII. 
Wafte  maintainable  by  one  Tenant  in  common  againft  another. 


'  \X /Hereas  two  or  more  do  hold  Wood,  Turf-land, 
'  VV  or  Fifhing,  or  other  fuch  Things  in  common, 
'  wherein  none  knoweth  his  feveral,  and  fome  of  them 
'  do  Wafte  againft  the  Minds  of  the  other,  an  Action 
'  may  lie  by  a  Writ  of  Wafte ;  (2)  and  when  it  is 
'  come  unto  Judgement,  the  Defendant  fhall  choofe 
'  either  to  take  his  Part  in  a  Place  certain,  by  the  She- 
'  riff,  and  by  the  View,  Oath,  and  Alignment  of  his 
'  Neighbours  fwom  and  tried  for  the  fame  Intent,    or 

*  elfe  he  fhall  grant  to  take  nothing  from  henceforth  in 

*  the  fame  Wood,  Turf-land,  and  fuch  other,  but  as 
c  his  Partners  will  take.     (3)  And  if  he  do  choofe  to 

*  take  his  Part  in  a  Place  certain,  the  Part  wafted  fhull 
'  be  affigned  for  his  Part,  as  it  was  before  he  commit- 
'  ted  the  Wafte.  (4)  And  there  is  fuch  a  Writ  in  this 
c  Cafe,  that  is  to  fay,'  Cum  A.  &  B.  tenent  bofcum  pro 
indivifo,  B.  fecit  vaftum,  &c. 


CUM  duo  vel  plures  teneant  bofcum  turbariam 
piicariam  vel  alia  hujufmodi  in  communi  abf- 
que  hoc  quod  aliquis  fciat  fuum  feperale  &  aliquis' 
eorum  faciat  vaftum  contra  voluntatem  alterius  mo- 
veatur  actio  per  breve  de  Vafto  &  habeat  defendefts 
cum  ad  judicium  venerit  electionem  capiendi  par- 
tem fuam  in  certo  loco  per  vicecomitem  &  vifum  & 
facramentum  &  affignationem  vicinorum  ad  hoc 
eledtorum&  juratorum  vel  quod  concedatquod  ni- 
chil  capiet  decetero  in  hujufmodi  bofco  turbaria  & 
aliis  nifi  fecundum  quod  participes  fui  capere  vo- 
luerint.  Et  ft  rligat  capere  partem  fuam  in  certo 
loco  aflignetur  ei  in  fua  parte  locus  vaftatus  fecun- 
dum quod  fuit  antequam  vaftum  fecit.  Breve  in 
hoc  cafu  :  Cum  A.  &  B.  teneant  bofcum  pro  indivifo 
B.  fecit  vaftum,  &c. 


Regift.  76. 

Hit  20  Ea,  x.Jiat.  2,  concerning  rfafle;  and  11  H.  6.  c.  5.  -where  Wajle  U  maintainable  againft  a  Tenant  who  grants  c-ver  bit  Eftatc,  and  takes  the  Profit. 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1285.  Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


Stat. 


1.' 


95 


CAP.    XXIII. 

Executors  may  have  a  Writ  of  Aecompt. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

HAbeant  decetero  executores  breve  de  Compoto 
reddendo  &  eandem  actionem  &  proceilum 
per  illud  breve  qualem  habuit  mortuus  &  haberet 
fi  vixifTet. 


EXecutors  from  henceforth  fhall  have  a  Writ  of  2  Inft.  404. 
Aecompt,  and  the  fame  Adtion  and  Procefs  in  Fit*.  Execu- 
the  fame  Writ  as  the  Teftator  might  have  had  if  he  t0!l>  97- 
had  lived.'  *AV-C'V 

ivbtcb  gives  Exe- 
cutor! an  Aclion  of  Trefpafifor  Wrong  done  to  TeJIator,    And  15  Ed.  3.  flat.  5.  c.  5.  extendi  it  to  Executors  of  Exeaitirs, 


Quejlus  eft  nobis  A.  quod  B.  injufte,  &c.  levavit 
domum  murum  mercatum  £3'  alia  que  funt  ad  nocu- 
mentum. 

Si  hujufmodi  levata  transferantur  in  aliamperfo- 
nam  decetero  fiat  breve  fie  : 

Queftus  ejl  nobis  A.  quod  B.  C5'  C.  levaverunt,  &c. 

Eodem  modoficut  perfona  alicujusecclefie  recu- 
perare  poteft  communiam  pafture  per  breve  Nove 
difTeifine  eodem  modo  decetero  recuperet  fucceffor 
fuper  difieiiitorem  vel  ejus  heredem  per  breve  Quod 
permittat  licet  hujufmodi  breve  prius  a  Cancellaria 
non  fuit  concefTum.  Eodem  modoficutconceditur 
breve  utrum  aliquod  tenementum  fit  libera  elemo- 
iina  alicujus  ecclefie  vel  laicum  feodum  talis  dece- 
tero fiat  breve  utrum  fit  libera  elemofina  talis  ec- 
clefie vel  alterius  ecclefie  in  cafu  quo  libera  elemo- 
fina unius  ecclefie  transfertur  in  pofleffionem  alte- 
rius ecclefie.  Et  quotienfeumque  decetero  eve- 
nerit  in  Cancellaria  quod  in  uno  cafu  reperitur 
breve  &  in  confimili  cafu  cadente  fub  eodem  jure 
&  fimili  indigente  remedio  concordent  clerici  de 
Cancellaria  in  brevi  faciendo  vel  atterminent  que- 
rentes  in  proximo  parliamento  &  fcribant  cafus  in 
quibus  concordare  non  poffunt  &  referant  eos  ad 
proximum  parliamentum  &  de  confenfu  jurifperi- 
torum  fiat  breve  ne  contingat  decetero  quod  curia 
iiu  deficiat  querentibus  in  juftitia  perquirenda.. 


C  A 


CAP.      XXIV. 

A  Writ  of  Nufance  of  a  Houfe,  &c.  levied  and  aliened  to  another.     A  Quod  ■permittat  and 
Juris  utrum  for  a  Parfon  of  a  Church.     In  like  Cafes  like  Writs  be  grantable. 

IN  cafibus  quibus  conceditur  breve  in  Cancella- 
ria de  fafto  alicujus  decetero  non  recedant  que- 
rentes  a  curia  Regis  fine  remedio  pro  eo  quod  te- 
nementum transfertur  de  uno  in  alium  &  in  regi- 
ftro  de  Cancellaria  non  eft  inventum  aliquod  breve 
in  illo  cafu  fpeciale  ficuti  de  domo  muro  mercato 
conceditur  breve  fuper  eum  qui  levavit.  Et  fi 
transferatur  domus  murus  &  hiis  confimilia  in  ali- 
am  perfonam  breve  denegatur  fet  decetero  cum  in 
uno  cafu  conceditur  breve  &  in  confimili  cafu  fi- 
mili remedio  indigente  ficut  prius  fit  breve : 


N  Cafes  whereas  a  Writ  is  granted  out  of  the  A  Writ  of  Nu* 

_  Chancery  for  the  Fact  of  another,  the  Plaintiffs  fance- 
from  henceforth  fhall  not  depart  from  the  King's  !f  i^4"^. 
Court  without  Remedy,  becaufe  the  Land  is  tranf-  rJJ_  jt° 
ferred  from  one  to  another.     (z)  And  in  the  Regif- 
ter  of  the  Chancery  there  is  no  fpecial  Writ  found  in  6  R-  2.  fiat,  n 
this   Cafe,  as  of  a  Houfe,  a  Wall,  a  Market,  but  c-  3- 
the  Writ  is  granted  againft  him  that  levied  the  Nu-  '^ToTnT 
fance.     (3)  And  if  the  Houfe,   Wall,  or   fuch  like  fa"Ce  called  Vi- 
be aliened  to  another,  the  Writ  fhall  not  be  denied  ;  contUU  fhall '  be- 
but  from  henceforth,  where  in  one  Cafe  a  Writ  is  purfued. 
granted,  in  like  Cafe,  *  when  like  Remedy  falletb,  the  1C°'  55"     . 
Writ  fhall  be  made  as  hath  been  ufed  before :  *jj£  ^} 

(4)  Queftus  eft  nobis  A.  quod  D.  injufte,  &c.  le- 
vavit domum,  murum,  mercatum,  &  alia  quae  funt  ad 
nocumentum,  &c. 

'  (5)  And  if  fuch  Things  levied  be  aliened  from  one 
'  to  another,  the  Writ  fhall  be  thus  :' 

Queftus  eft  nobis  A.  quod  B.  &  C.  levaverunt,  &c. 

'  II.  In  like  manner  as  a  Parfon  of  a  Church  may  Quod  permittat. 
recover  Common  of  Pafture  by  Writ  of  Novel  dijfei-  ^ aft.>  53s- 
Jin,  likewife  from  henceforth  his  Succeflbr  fhall  have  Resift,'3*>- 
a  Quod  permittat  againft  the   Diffeifor  or  his  Heir, 
though  a  like  Writ  were  never  granted  out  of  the 
Chancery  before,     (z)  And  in  like  manner  as  a  Writ 
is  granted  to  try  whether  Land  be  the  free  Alms  of 
fuch  a  Church,  or  the  Lay  Fee  of  fuch  a  Man,  even 
fo  from  henceforth  a  Writ  fhall  be  made  to  try  whe- 
ther it  be  the  free  Alms  of  this  Church,  or  of  ano- 
ther Church,  in  Cafe  where   the   free  Alms  of  one 
Church   is  transferred   to   the   PofieiTion  of  another 
Church.      (3)    And  whenfoevsr  from  henceforth  it 
fhall  fortune  in  the  Chancery,   that  in  one  Cafe  a 
Writ  is  found,    and  in  like  Cafe  falling  under  like 
Law,  and  requiring  like  Remedy,  is  found  none,  the 
Clerks  of  the  Chancery  fhall  agree  in   making  the  *  ov  adjourn 
Writ ;    (4)  or  *  the  Plaintiffs  may  adjourn  it  until  the  Plaintiffs, 
the  next  Parliament,  and  let  the  Cafes  be  written  in  Raft-  419- 
which  they  cannot  agree,    and  let  them  refer  them- Co!j^PIa- 359* 
felves  until  the  next  Parliament,  by  Confent  of  Men  Itr1%u,'ii'J,l'rt 
learned  in  the  Law,    a  Writ  fhall  be  made,  left  it  f^'arfinl'vicw. 
might  happen  after  that  the  Court  fhould  long  time  Raft."  113. 
•  fail  to  minifter  Juftice  unto  Complainants.'  Fit?,  Entry,  jr 

7,  8,  10,  6 1,  64,. 

tj        vvir  6?'  ^  69'  7** 

Jr.       A.A.V.  Go.  Lit,  54.  b.- 


Of '  what  Things  an  Affife  fhall  lie.     Certificate  of  Aflife.     Attachment  in  an  Affife. 


OUia  non  eft  aliquod  breve  in  cancellaria  per 
quod  querentes  habent  tarn  feftinum  reme- 
emm  .ficut.  per  hreve.  Nove  difTeifine  dominus  Rex 


"  TTOrafmuch  as  there  is  no  Writ  in  the  Chancery  OfwhatTlirngs 
"  J?  whereby  Plaintiffs  cart  have  fo  fpeedy  Remedy,  aii  Affife  of  No- 
"•  as  by  a  Writ  of  Novel  diJTtifirrf   (2)  '  our  Lord  the  yd  diffeifin  w'"' 

King, 


96 


Stat.  1. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I.  A.  D.  1285. 


RegiS.  196,  &c 
a  I  nft,  40S. 
8  Co.  4.1;. 
Fitz.  Aft".  13?. 
Fitz.  Avowry, 
141; 


*   Not  in  ill 
Original. 


Raft.  %%,  Sec. 
Co.  pla.  6c. 
Affifo  of  Com- 
mon. 

Regift.  197. 
Fitz.  Aft  6 1, 
oa,  in,  134, 
167,210,  316, 

33°>439>  4  51- 
Fitz.  A IV..  395. 
Fitz.  Brief, 
790. 

Bio.  Elegit,  so. 
Bio,  Difl'eifin, 
86,  105. 
Raft-.  67. 
Lclfce  for  Years, 
or  Guardian 
aliens  in  Fee. 


King,  willing  that  Juftice  may  be  fpeedily  miniftred, 
and  that  Delays  in  Pleas  may  be  taken  away  or 
abridged,  granteth  that  a  Writ  of  Novel  dijjeifm  fhall 
hold  Place  in  more  Cafes  than.it  hath  done  hereto- 
fore ;  (3)  and  granteth,  that  for  Eftovers  of  Wood, 
Profit  to  be  taken  in  Woods  by  gathering  of  Nuts, 
Acorns,  and  other  Fruits,  for  a  Corody,  for  Delivery 
of  Corn  and  other  Victuals  and  NecelTaries  to  be  re- 
ceived yearly  (in  a  Place  certain)  Toll,  Tronage, 
Paffage,  Pontage,  *  Paivnage,  and  fuch  like,  to  be 
taken  in  Places  certain,  keeping  of  Parks,  Woods, 
Forefts,  Chafes,  Warrens,  Gates,  and  other  Baili- 
wicks, and  Offices  in  Fee,  from  henceforth  an  Affile 
of  Novel  Diflhifm  fhall  lie.  (4)  And  in  all  Cafes 
afore  rehearfed,  according -to  the  cuftomed  Manner, 
the  Writ  fhall  be  De  libera  tenemen'to  ;  (;)_  and  as  be- 
fore times  it  hath  lien  and  holden  Place  in  Common 
of  Paflure,  fo  fhall  it  from  henceforth  hold  Place  in 
Common  of  Turf -land,  Fifhing,  and  fuch  like  Com- 
mons, which  any  Man  hath  appendant  to  Freehold, 
or  without  Freehold  by  fpecial  Deed,  at  the  leaft  for 
Term  of  Life.  (6)  In  cafe  alfo  when  any  holding 
for  Term  of  Years,  or  in  Ward,  alieneth  the  fame 
in  Fee,  and  by  fuch  Alienation  the  Freehold  is  tranf- 
ferred  to  the  i  eoffee,  the  Remedy  fhall  be  by  a  Writ 
of  Novel  diffiifin,  and  as  well  the  Feoffor  as  the 
Feoffee  fhall  be  had  for  Diffeifors,  fo  that  during  the 
Life  of  any  of  them  the  faid  Writ  fhall  hold  Place  ; 
(7)  and  if  by  the  Death  of  the  Parties  Remedy  hap- 

*  pen  to  fail  by  that  Writ,  then  Remedy  fhall  be  ob- 

*  tained  by  a  Writ  of  Entry.  (8)  And  albeit  that 
4  above  Mention  is  made  of  fome  Cafes  wherein  a 
4  Writ  of  Novel  dijfeijin  held  no  Place  before,  let  no 
'  Man  think  therefore  that  this  Writ  lieth-not  now 

Am £:' where  one '  where  it  hath  lien  before.  (9)  And  though  fome 
doth  feed  in  ano-  <.  haye  doubted  whether  a  Remedy  be  had  by  this  Writ 
in  cafe  where  one  feedeth  in  the  Several  of  another, 
let  it  be  had  for  certain,  that  a  good  and  a  fure  Re- 
medy is  given  in  that  Cafe  by  the  faid  Writ.  (10) 
And  let  them  which  be  named  DifTeifors  beware  from 
henceforth  that  they  alledge  not  falfe  Exceptions, 
whereby  the  taking  of  the  Affife  may  be  deferred, 
faying,  that  another  Time  an  Affife  of  the  fame 
Land  palled  between  the  fame  Parties,  or  faying, 
and  falfly,  that  a  Writ  of  more  high  Nature  hangeth 
between  the  fame  Parties  for  the  fame  Land,  and 
upon  thefe  and  like  Matters  do  vouch  Rolls  or  Re- 
cords to  Warranty,  to  the  end  that  by  the  fame 
vouching  they  may  take  away  the  Vefture,  and  re- 
ceive the  Rents  and  other  Profits,  to  the  great  Damage 
of  the  Plaintiff,  (nj  And  where  before  none  other 
Pain  was  limited  againft  him  that  falfly  had  alledged 
fuch  untrue  Exceptions,  but  only  that  after  fuch  falie 
Surmifes  difproved  the  Affife  fhould  pafs ;  (12)  our 
Lord  the  King,  to  whom  fuch  falfe  Exceptions  be 
odious,  hath  ordained,  That  if  any  being  named  Dif- 


Fitz. R=corH,  31.  <■  feif0r  do  perfonally  alledge  the  Exception  at  the  Day 


iher's  Several. 
1 1  H.  4.  84. 


35- 


Hob, 

The  Penalty  for  ' 
failing  of  an  r.»-  < 
ceptjon  pleaded.  t 
11  H.  4.  f.49.  'f 
si  EH.  3.  f.  4. 
30  Ed.  3.  f.  1a 


Pleading  of  an 
Exception  by 
Bailiff, 

In  v  hat  Cafe  a 
Certificate  of 
Affife  dotb  lie. 


before  inquired  of,  or  to  be  inquired  after,  to  the 
Double,  and  fhall  neverthelefs  have  a  Year's  Im- 
prifonment  for  his  Falfhood.  (13)  And  if  that  Ex- 
ception be  alledged  by  a'  Bailiff,  the  taking  of  the 
Affife  fhall  not  be  delayed  therefore,  nor  the  Judge- 
ment upon  the  Reftitution  of  the  Lands  and  Da- 
mages, (ij)  Yet  neverthelefs,  that  if  the  M  after  of 
fuch  a  Bailiff  that  was  abfent,  come  after  before  the 
4 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
voluntatem  habens  ut  celeris  fiat  juftitia  &  dila- 
tiones  in  placitis  motis  amputentur  vel  abbrevien- 
tur  concedit  quod  breve  Nove  diffeifine  locum  ha- 
beat  in  pluribus  cafibus  quam  prius  habuit  Sc  con- 
cedit quod  de  eftoveriis  bofci  proficuo  capiendo  in 
bofco  cle  nucibus  &  glande  Sc  aliis  fruftibus  colli- 
gendis  de  corrodio  liberatione  bladi  aut  aliorum 
vidhialium  aut  neceffariorum  in  certo  loco  annua- 
tim  recipiendorum  tolneto  tronagio  paffagio  ponta- 
gio  &c  hiis  fimilibus  in  certis  locis  capiendis  cufto- 
diis    parcorum    bofcorum    foreftarum  chacearum 
warrenarutn  portarum  &  aliis  ballivis  &  officiis  in 
feodo  jaceat  decetero  affifa  Nove  diffeifine.     Et  in 
omnibus  fupradidtis  modo  confueto  fiat  breve  de 
Libero  tenemento  Sc  ficut  prius  jacuit  Sc  locum 
habuit   in  communia  pafture   ita  decetero  locum 
habeat  in  communia  turbarie  pifcarie  Sc  aliis  com- 
muniis  hiis  fimilibus  quas  quis  habet  pertinentes 
ad  liberum  tenementum  vel  etiam  fine  tenemento' 
per  fpeciale  factum  ad  minus .  ad  terminum  vite. 
In  cafu  etiam  quando  quis  tenens  tenementum  ad 
terminum  annorum  vel  in  cuftodia  illud  alienat  in 
feodum  Sc  per  illam  alienationem  transfert  liberum 
tenementum  in  feoftatum  fiat  remedium  per  breve 
Nove  diffeifine  Sc  habeantur  pro  diffeifitoribus  tarn 
ille  qui  feoffat  quam  feoffatus  ita  quod  vivente  al- 
tera eorum  locum  habeat  predi&um  breve  Et  fi 
per  mortem  Perfonarum  ceffet  remedium  per  pre- 
di<5t.um  breve  fiat  remedium  per  breve'  de  Ingreffu. 
Et  quamvis  fuperius  fiat  mentio  de  aliquibus  cafi- 
bus de  quibus  locum  non  habuit  prius  breve  Nove 
diffeifine  non  propter  hoc  credat  aliquis  illud  breve 
non  competere  ubi  prius  competebat.    Et  licet  du- 
bitaverint  quidam  utrum  in  cafu  quo  quis  pafcit 
alterius   feparale  fieri   poterit  remedium  per  pre- 
dkSlum  breve  teneatur  pro  certo  quod  in  cafu  illo 
per  predicSfum  breve  bonum  Sc  certum  eft  remedi- 
um.    Et  caveant  decetero  qui  nominati  fint  diffei- 
fitores  quod  non  proponant  falfas  exceptiones  per 
quas  captio   affife   differatur   dicendo   quod  affifa 
alias  tranfivit  inter  eafdem  partes  de  eodem  tene- 
mento vel  dicendo  &  mentiendo  quod  breve  de  al- 
tiori  natura  pendet  inter  eafdem  partes  de  eodem 
tenemento  Sc  fuper  hiis  Sc  confimilibus  vocent  ro- 
tulos  vel  recordum  ad  warrantum  ut  per  illam  vo- 
cationem  afportare  poffint  vefturam  levare  redditus 
Sc  alia  proficua  ad  magnum  detrimentum  queren- 
tis.     Et  quia  licet  prius  aliam  penam  non  habuit 
qui  hujufmodi  falfas  exceptiones  mendaciter  pro- 
pofuit  nifi  tantum    quod   poft  mendacium   fuum 
convictum  proceffum  fuit  ad  captionem  affife  Do- 
minus  Rex  cui  odiofe  funt  hujufmodi  falfe  excep- 
tiones ftatuit  quod  fi  quis  diffeifitor  nominatus  per- 
fonaliter  proponat  illam  exceptionem  ad  diem  fibi 
datum  fi  defecerit  de  warranto  quod  vocavit  habea- 
t,ur  pro  diffeifitore  abfque  recognitione  affife  &  refti- 
tuat  dampna  prius  inquifita  vel  poft  inquirenda  in 
duplo  Sc  nichilominus  pro  falntate  fua  puniatur 
per  prifonam  unius  anni.     Et  fi  ilia  exceptio  pro- 
ponatur  per  ballivum  non  propter  hoc  differatur 
captio  affife  Sc  judicium  fuper  reftkutionem  tene- 
ment Sc  dampnorum  ita  tamen  quod  fi  dominus 
illius  ballivi  qui  abfens  fuerit  poflmodum  veniat 

coram 


A.D.  1285.-  Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


Stat,  f , 


97 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
coram  Juftitiariis  qui  affifam  ceperint  &  offerat  ve- 
xificare  per  recordum  vel  per  rotulos  quod  affifa 
alias  tranfivit  de  eodem  tenemento  inter  eafdem 
partes  vel  quod  querens  alias  fe  retraxerit  de  con- 
fimili  brevi  vel  placit'um  pendeat  per  breve  de  al- 
tiori  natura  fiat  ei  breve  de  Facieiido  venire  fuper 
hoc  recordum  &  cum  illud  habuerit  fi  videat  Jufti- 
tiarius  quod  recordum  ita  ei  miffum  valeret  ante 
judicium  quod  per  illud  excluderetur  querens  ab 
aftione  fua  ftatim  faciat  Juftitiarius  fcire  parti  que 
prius  recuperavit  quod  fit  ad  certum  diem  ad  quern 
rehabeat  defendens  feifinam  fuam  &  dampna  fi  que 
prius  folvit  per  primum  judicium  fimul  cum  damp- 
nis  que  habuit  poft  primum  judicium  redditum  que 
ei  reftituantur  in  duplo  ut  fupradiclum  eft  &  ni- 
chilominus    puniatur    ille   qui  primo  recuperavit 
per  prifonam  fecundum  difcretionem  Juftic'.    Eo- 
dem modo  fi  defendens  contra  quem  tranfivit  affifa 
in  fua  abfentia  oftendat  cartas  vel  quietas  claman- 
tias  fuper  quarum  confectione  non  fuerunt  jurato- 
res  examinati  nee  examinari  poterunt  pro  eo  quod 
de  eis  non  fiebat  mentio  in  placitando  &  probabi- 
litei-   ignorare    poterunt    confe&iones    hujufmodi 
fcriptorum  Juftitiarii  vifis  fcriptis  illis  faciant-  fcire 
parti  que  prius  recuperavit   quod  fit  ad   certum 
diem  &  venire  faciant  jurat'  illius  affife  &  ft  per 
veredi&um  jurat'   vel   forte   per    irrotulamentum 
fcripta  ilia   verificaverit  puniatur  ille  qui  affifam 
impetravit  contra  factum  fuum  per  penam  fupra- 
dictam.     Et  non  capiat  decetero  vicecomes  bovem 
3  diffeifito  fet  a  diffeifttore  tantum  &  ft  plures  fint 
diffeifitores   in  uno  brevi  nominati   nichilominus 
de  uno  bove  fit  contentus  nee  exigat  bovem  nifi  de 
precio  quinque  folidorum  &  quatuor  denar'  vel 
precium. 


fame  Juftices  that  took  the  Affife,  and  offer  to  prove  Fitz.  Afl".  5. 
by  Record  or  Rolls,  that  another  Time   an  Affife  I23> 
pafled  between  the  fame  Parties  of  the  fame  Land,  * ltz'  ^"g""* 
or  that  the  Plaintiff  at  another  Time  did  withdraw  v.  u?B.' iii°° 
his  Suit  in  a  like  Writ,  or  that  a  Plea  hangeth  by  a  &c. 
Writ  of  more  high  Nature,  a  Writ  of  Venire  facias  Raft.  no. 
fhall  be  granted  unto  him  to  caufe  the  fame  Record  Reslft-  »:°- 
to  be  brought ;  and  when  he  hath  the  fame,  and  the 
Juftices  do  perceive,  that  the  Record  fo  fhewed  by 
him  would  have  been  fo  available  before  the  Judge- 
ment, that  the  Plaintiff  by  Force  of  the  fame  fhould 
have  been  barred  of  his  Action,    the  Juftices  (hall 
prefently  caufe  the  Party  to  be  warned  that  firft  re- 
covered,  that  he  appear  at  a  certain  Day,   at  the 
which  the  Defendant  fhall  have  again  his  Seifin  and 
Damages  (if  he  before  paid  any  by  the  firft  Judge- 
ment given)  *  which  {nail   be  reftored  him  to  the  *  Add  together 
Double,  as  before  is  faid  ;  (ic)  and  alfo  he  that  firft  ™w"*e  ffl; 

ter  tpejiijt  juag- 


recovered  fhall  be  punifhed  by  Imprifonment  accord 


ing  to  the  Difcretion  of  the  Juftices.     (16)  In  the 


ment  given, 


fame  Manner  if  the  Defendant,  againft  whom  the  which,  Wc, 
Affife  paffed  in  his  Abfence,  (hew  any  Deeds  or  Re-  J7  Ed-  3.^28. 
leafes,  upon  the  making  whereof  the  Jury  were  not 
examined,    nor  could   be  examined,    becaufe  there 
was  no  Mention  made  of  them  in  pleading,  and  by 
Probability  might  be  ignorant  of  the  making  of  thofe 
Writings  ;  the  Juftices  upon  the  Sight  of  thofe  Wri- 
tings fhall  caufe  the  Party  to  be  warned  that  recovered, 
that  he  appear  at  a  certain  Day,  and  fhall  caufe  the 
Jurors   of  the  fame  Affife  to  come;    (17)  and  if  he  12  H.  4.  f.  9. 
fhall  verifie  thofe  Writings  to  be  true  by  the  Verdict  7  H-  4-  f-  45- 
of  the  Jurors,  or  by  Inrollment,  he  that  purchafed  Fltz'  Aff>  41S' 
the  Affife  contrary  to  his  own  Deed,  fhall  be  punifhed 
by  the  Pain  aforefaid.     (iS)  And  the  Sheriff  from 
henceforth  fhall  not  take  an  Ox  of  the  Difeiffee,  but 
of  the  Diffeifor  only  ;  and  if  there  be  many  Difieifors 
named  in  one  Writ,  yet  fhall  he  be  contented  with 
one  Ox ;  nor  fhall  receive  any  Ox  but  of  v  s.  f  Price, 
I  ■  or  the  Value.' 

See  farther  concerning  JSJJifes  7  Rich.  2.  c.  10.     4  Hen.  4.  c.  S 


6  Hen.  6.  c,  2.     11  Hen.  6.  c.  i. 


f  Add  and  four 
Pence. 
Ar.dzT.H.%, 


3. 


CAP.     XXVI. 


Who  may  bring  a  Writ  of  Rediffeifin,  and  the  Punifhment  of  the  Offender  therein. 


IN  brevibus  de  Reddiffeifina  adjudicentur  decetero 
dampna  in  duplo  &  fint  reddiffeifttores  decetero 
irreplegiabiles  per  commune  breve.  Et-  ficut  in 
ftatuto  de  Merton  provifum  fuit  illud  breve  de  hiis 
qui  diffeifiti  fuerunt  poftquam  recuperaverunt  per 
affifas  Nove  diffeifme  Mortis  antecefforis  aut  per 
alias  juratas  ulterius  habeat  decetero  illud  breve  lo- 
cum illis  qui  recuperaverunt  per  Defaltam  Reddi- 
tionemvel  alio  modo  fine  recognitione  affifarum  vel 
juratarum. 


N  Writs  of  Rediffeifin  from  henceforth  double  Da-  a  inft.  416, 
mages  fhall  be  awarded,  and  the  Rediffeiibrs  fhall  15  H.  7.  f.  8. 
not  be  repJeviahle  hereafter   by  the  common  'Writ.  Co>  ***}  J54' 
(2)  And  like  as  in  the  Statute  of  Merton  the  fame 
Writ  was  provided  for  fuch  as  were  diffeifed  after  they 
had  recovered  by  Affife  of  Novel  dijjeifin,  of  Mart-    . 
dauncejior,  or  other  Jurates  ;    (3)  even  fo  from  hence- 
forth the  fame  Writ  fhall  further  hold  Place  for  them 
that  fhall  recover  by  Default,  Reddition,  or  other- 
wife,  without  Recognition  of  Affifes  or  Jurates/ 


20  H.  3.  0 

52  H.  3.  c. : 

Kaft.  548. 


C  A  P.     XXVII. 

Effoin  after  Inqueft,  but  none  after  Day  given  Prece  partium. 


POftquam  aliquis  pofuerit  fe  in  inquifttionem  ad 
proximum  diem  allocetur  ei  eflonium  fet  ad 
alios  dies  fequentes  per  eflonium  non  differatur 
captio  inquifitionis  five  prius  habuit  eflonium  five 
non  nee  admittatur  eflonium  poft  diem  datum  pre- 
ce partium  in  cafu  quo  partes  venire  confentiunt 
fine  effonio. 

Vol.  I, 


Fter  any  hath  puthimfelf  to  an  Inqueft,  an  Ef-  2  inft,  4,7. 

,  foin   fhall   be  allowed  him  at  the  next  Day ;  Fitz.  Eiibin, 

'  (2)  but  all  the  other  Days  following,  the  taking  of  15.  Si,  83, 130, 
'  the  Inqueft  fhall  not  be  delayed  by  the  Effoin,  whe-  rdy"nZ\'  >n' 
'  ther  he  were  effoined  before,  or  no;  (3)  neither  fliall    r0"    ar .'  5" 
'  any  Effoin  be  allowed  after  Day  given  Prece  partium, 
'  in  cafe  where  the  Parties  content  to  come  without  Raft.  297. 
c  Effoin.' 

O  CAP. 


93 


Stat.  i. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.D.  1285. 


CAP.    XXVIII. 

In  certain  Actions,  after  Appearance  there  ihall  be  no  Eflbin. 


Hereas  by  the  Statute  of  Wejlmbifter  the  Firft, 
it  was  provided,  That  after  the  Tenants  have 
"  once  appeared  in  the  Court,  no  Eflbin  fhould  be  al- 
"  lowed  them  in  Writs  of  Aflifes ;"  '  (2)  In  like 
'  Manner  it  fliall  be  from  henceforth  obferved  againft 
'  the  Demandants.' 

12 Ed.  1,  flat,  2.     5  iW.  3.  c.6. 


Eitz.  EfToin,  « 
65,  66,  68,  69,  cc 
7S,  149. 

2  lnft.  418. 
Slat.  Weltm.  I 

3  Ed.  I.  c.  42, 
43,  ^44- 
Raft.  316. 
See  farther  concerning  EJbins,  13  Ed.  I.  c,  17, 


i?*  ic«r.  /« jTam  Lond. 

CUM  per  ftatutum  Glouc'  ftatuatur  quod  poft- 
quam  tenens  femel  comparuerit  in  curia  non 
allocetur  ei  eflbnium  in  brevibus  affifarum  eodem 
modo  decetero  obfervetur  de  petentihus. 


C  A  P.     XXIX, 


To  whom  only  the  Writ  of  Trefpafs  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  fhall  be  granted. 

Writ  of  Odio  &  Atia  is  granted. 


In  what  Cafe  the 


2  Infh  aiS.  s 

4  lnft.  182.  ' 

See  Stat;  2.  Ed.  4 

3.   c.  2.  w£o  c 
[hall  be  Jufiices 
of  ^B/>  <W 

Caul  Delivery,  c 
C 

c 
c 
c 

A  Writ  of  Odio  ' 
&  Atia.  ' 

Regift.  123.         c 
Regift.  133.  t 

9  H.  3.  flat.  1. 
c,  26,     3  -Ei*.  I4  6 


Writ  of  Trefpafs  (ad  audiendjim  &  terminan- 
diim)  from  henceforth  fhall  not  be  granted  be- 
fore any  Juftices,  except  Juftices  of  either  Bench, 
and  Juftices  in  Eyre,  unlefs  it  be  for  an  heinous  Tref- 
pafs, where  it  is  neceflary  to  provide  fpeedy  Remedy, 
and  our  Lord  the  King  of  his  fpecial  Grace  hath 
thought  it  good  to  be  granted,  (z)  And  from  hence- 
forth a  Writ  to  hear  and  determine  Appeals  before 
Juftices  afligned  {hall  not  be  granted  but  in  a  fpecial 
Cafe,  and  for  a  Caufe  certain,  when  the  King  com- 
mandeth.  (3)  But  left  the  Partks  appealed  or  indicl- 
ed  be  kept  long  in  Prifon,  they  fliall  have  a  Writ  of 
Odio  &  Atia,  like  as  it  is  declared  in  Magna  Charta 
and  other  Statutes.' 


Reve  de  Tranfgreflione  ad  audiendum  &  ter— 
_J  minandum  decetero  non  concedatur  coram 
aliquibus  Juftitiariis  exceptis  Juftitiariis  de  utroque 
banco  &  exceptis  Juftitiariis  itinerantibus  nifi.  pro 
enormi  tranfgreflione  ubi  neceffe  eft  feftinum  ap- 
ponere  remedium  &  Dominus  Rex  de  fpeciali  gra- 
tia hoc  duxerit  concedendum.  Nee  etiam  conce- 
datur decetero  breve  ad  audiendum  &  terminan- 
dum  appella  coram  Juftitiariis  aflignatis  nifi.  in  ca- 
fu  fpeciali  &  certa  caufa  cum  Dominus  Rex  hoc 
preceperit.  Sed  ne  hujufmodi  appellati  vel  indictati 
diu  detineantur  in  prifona  habeant  breve  de  Odio 
&  Atya  ficut  in  Magna  Carta  &  aliis  ftatutis  dic- 
tum eft. 


11,    6  Ed.  l.fat.  1,  c,  9.     ArJfeezZEd.  3.  c.  9.  which  takes  away  the  Writ  deOdio  &  Atia. 

C  A  P.     XXX. 

The  Authority  of  Juftices  of  Nifi  prim.  Adjournment  of  Suits.  Certain  Writs  that  be  de- 
terminable in  their  proper  Counties.  A  Jury  may  give  their  Verdidt  at  large.  None  but 
•which  were  fummoned  fhall  be  put  in  Affiles  or  Juries. 


Who  fhall  be 
juftices  of  Nifi 
priiis. 

2  lnft.  422. 
2  Bulft.  160. 
12  Co.  31,  52- 
Kel.  109.  pi.  30. 
Afteredty  27  Ed. 
3.  fl-at.  I.  c.4. 
12  Ed.  2.  *fiat. 
2,  c.  4. 
Regift.  J 86. 
F.  N.  B.  240.  b. 
WbofiaUbtJuf- 
trees  of  d[JK'> 
and  their  Duly. 
See  l  Ed.  3.  c.  2. 
4  Ed.  3.  c-  2. 
ioEd.  3-f.3.&f 
6. 

Adjournment  of 
Aflifes. 


9  //.  3-jte.  x. 

C.   12. 

Bro.  Nifi  prius, 
3<. 


•  Rtad flat.  I. 


ROM  henceforth  two  Juftices  fworn  fhall  be  af- 
figned, before  whom,  and  none  other,  Aflifes  of 
Novel  diJJ'eifm,  Mcrtdaunseftor,  and  Attaints  fhall  be 
taken,  and  they  fhall  affociate  unto  them  one  or  two 
of  the  difcreeteft  Knights  of  the  Shire  into  which 
they  fhall  come  ;  (2)  and  fhall  take  the  forefaid  Afli- 
fes and  Attaints  but  thrice  in  the  Year  at  the  moft, 
that  is  to  fay,  firft  between  the  ghtinzime  of  Saint 
John  Baptiji,  and  the  Gule  of  Augujt;  and  the  fecond 
Time,  between  the  Feaft  of  the  Exaltation  of  the 
Holy  Crofs,  and  the  Utas  of  Saint  Michael;  and  the 
third  Time,  between  the  Feaft  of  the  Epiphany,  and 
the  Feaft  of  the  Purification  of  the  blefled  Mary. 
(3.)  And  in  every  Shire  at  every  taking  of  Aflifes  be- 
fore their  Departure,  they  fhall  appoint  the  Day  of 
their  Return,  fo  that  every  one  of  the  Shire  may 
know  of  their  coming,  and  fhall  adjourn  the  Aflifes 
from  Term  to  Term,  if  the  taking  of  them  be  de- 
ferred at  any  Day  by  vouching  to  Warranty,  by  Ef- 
foin,  or  by  Default  of  Jurors.  (4)  And  if  they  fee 
that  it  be  profitable  for  any  Caufe  that  Aflifes  of  Mort- 
daunce/lor,  being  refpited  by  Eflbin  or  Voucher,  ought 
to  be  adjourned  into  the  Bench ;  it  fliall  be  lawful 
for  them  to  do  it,  and  then  they  fhall  fend  the  Record 
with  the  original  Writ  before  the  Juftices  of  the 
Bench ;  and  when  the  Matter  is  come  to  the  taking 
of  the  Aflife,  the  Juftices  of  the  Bench  fhulj  remit 


Sfignentur  decetero  duo  Juftitiarii  jurati  co- 
ram quibus  &  non  aliis  capiantur  aflife  Nove 
difleifine  Mortis  antecefforis  &  Attincte  &  aflocient 
fibi  unum  vel  duos  de  difcretioribus  militibus  co- 
mitatus  in  quern  venerint  &   capiant  aflifas  pre- 
dicts &  attindlas  ad  plus  ter  per  annum  videlicet: 
femel  inter  quindenam  fanfti  Johannis  Baptifte  & 
gulam  Augufti  &  iterum  inter  feftum  ExaltationiV 
fancle  Crucis  &  oftabas  fancti  Michaelis  &  tertio. 
inter  feftum  Epiphanie  &, feftum  Purificationis  be— 
ate  Marie.     Et  in  quolibet  comitatu  ad  quamlibet, 
captionem   aflifarum  antequam  recedant  ftatuani? 
diem  de  reditu  fuo  ita  quod  omnes  de  comitatu, 
fcire  poflint  eorum  adventum  &  de  termino  in  ter- 
minum  adjornent  aflifas  fi  per  vocationem  warranti 
per  eflbnium  per  defectum  recognitorum  fi  ad  unum 
diemcaptio  earum  differatur.     Et  fi  aliquade  caufa 
viderint  quod  utile  fit  quod  aflife  Mortis  anteceffo- 
ris per  eflbnium  vel  vocationem  warranti  refpecTiuate 
adjornentur  in  Banco  liceat  eis  hoc  facere  &  tunc 
mittatur  Juftitiariis  de  Banco  recordum  cum  brevi 
originali  Et  cum  loquela  perveniatur  ad  captionem 
aflife  remittatur  loquela  cum  brevi  originali  per  Ju- 
ftitiarios  de  Banco  ad  priores  Juftitiarios  coram  qui- 
bus 


A.D.  1285. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I, 


Stat.  r. 


99 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
bus  capiatur  affifa.  Set  decetero  dent  Juftitiarii 
de  Banco  in  hujufmodi  affifis  ad  minus  quatuor 
dies  per  annum  coram  prefatis  Juftitiariis  affignatis 
ut  parcatur  laboribus  &  expeniis.  Atterminentur 
inquifitiones  capiende  de  tranfgreffionibus  placitatis 
coram  Juftitiariis  de  utroque  Banco  nifi  ita  enor- 
mis  fit  tranfgreffio  quod  magna  indigeat  examina- 
tione.  Atterminentur  etiam  coram  eis  inquifitiones 
de  aliis  placitis  placitatis  in  utroque  Banco  in  quibus 
facilis  eft  examinatio  ut  quando  dedicitur  ingreffus 
vel  feifina  alicujus  vel  in  cafu  cum  de  uno  articulo 
fit  inquirendum.  Set  inquifitiones  de  groffis  &z 
pluribus  articulis  que  magna  indigent  examinatione 
capiantur  coram  Juftitiariis  de  Bancis  nifi  ambe 
partes  petant  quod  inquifitio  capiatur  coram  ali- 
quibus de  focietate  cum  in  partes  illas  venerint 
quod  decetero  non  fiat  nifi  per  duos  Juftitiarios  vel 
unum  cum  aliquo  milite  de  comitatu  in  quern  par- 
tes confentiunt.  Nee  atterminentur  hujufmodi  in- 
quifitiones coram  aliquibus  Juftitiariis  de  Banco 
nifi  ftatuantur  certus  dies  &  locus  in  comitatu  in 
prefentia  parti  um  &  dies  &  locus  inferantur  in  brevi 
de  Judicio  per  hec  verba :  Precipimus  tibi  quod  ve- 
nire facias  coram  Juftitiariis  no/iris  apud  Weftm*  in 
OcJabis  Jancli  Michaelis  niji_  talis  &  talis  tali  die  & 
loco  ad  partes  illas  venerint  xii.  &c. 


the  Matter   to  the   former  Juflices  before  whom  the 
Affife  fhall  be  taken.     (5)  But  from  henceforth   the 
;  Juflices  of  the  Bench  in  fuch  Affiles  fhall  give  four 
;  Days  at  the  leaft  in  the  Year  before  the  faid  Juflices 
;  affigned,  for  to  fpare  Expence  and  Labour.     (6)  rn_  Inquifit'ions  of 
;  quifitions  of  Trefpafs  fhall  be  determined  before  th©Trej!Fafs' 
:  Juflices  of  both  Benches,  except  the  Trefpafs  be  fo  I3    °'  4"* 
:  hainous  that  it  fhall  require  great  Examination.     (7) 
:  Inquifitions  alfo  of  other  Pleas  pleaded  in  either  of 
:  the  Benches,  fhall  be  determined  before  them,  where- 
:  in  fmall  Examination  is   required,  as  when  the  En- 
;  try  or  Seifin  of  any  is  denied,  or  in  cafe  when  one 
'  Article  is  to  be  inquired.     (8)  But  Inquifitions  of 
'  many   and  great  Articles,  the  which  require  great 
'  Examination,  fhall  be  taken  before  the  Juflices  of  the 
'  Bench,  except  that  both  Parties  defire  that  the  In- 
'  quifition   may  be  taken  afore  fome  of  the  Affociates 
'  when  they  do  come  into  thofe  Parts;  fo  that  from 
'  henceforth  it  fhall  not  be  done  but  by  two  Juflices, 
'  or  one  with  fome  Knight  of  the  Shire,  upon  whom 
'  the  Parties   can  agree.      (9)  And  fuch  InquifitionsTheW.it  of 
'  fhall  not  be  determined  by  any  Juflices  of  the  Bench,  Nifi.prius. 
'  unlefs  a  Day  and  a  Place  certain  be  appointed  in  the  peSllg'nd-  7'-E 
'  Shire,  in  Prefence  of  the  Parties,  and  the  Day  and  R'a'ftj    '**0'   " 
'  Place  fhall  be  mentioned  in  a  Writ  judicial  by  thefe  2  Salic.  454.. 
'  Words:'  Prsecipimus  tibi   quod  venire  facias  coram  5^6 Rich.  2. 
Jufliciariis  noftris   apud  Weilmonafterium  in  o£tabisV?<«.  1.  c.  5.  or- 
fandli  Michaelis,  nifi  talis  &  talis  tali  die  &  loco  ad  fining  '*«' 
partes  illas  venerint,  duodecim,  &c.  iuJ!lT,f  f^ 

'  '  fljall  hold  their 

Country  ;  and  1 1  Rich,  2.  f.  II.  providing  that  the  Chancellor  and  Juflices  fhall  have 


Scffions  in principalTowns.     SR.  2.  c.  2.  that  none  pall  be  Jufice  in  hi 

Power  to  appoint  where  Affixes  jhall  be  held.     See  farther  concerning  Juflices  of  AJixe  20  R.  2.  c.  3.     33  H.  8.  c.  24.     1  Geo.  I.  c.  45.     And  21  Geo.  2.  c.  12. 


'  II.  And  when  fuch  Inquefts  be  taken,  they  fnall  Affizes  of  Dar- 
be  returned  into  the  Bench,  and  there  fhall  Judge-  rein  P«'"ent- 
ment  be  given,  and  there  they  fhall  be  inrolled.     (2)  j^f"^"' 
And  if  any  Inquifitions  be  taken  otherwife  than  after  ended'in  their 
this  Form,  they  fhall  be  of  no  Effecr,  except  that  proper  Counties. 
an  Affife  of  Darrein  prefenttnent,  and   Inquifitions  of  9H-  3.  fat.  1. 
Quare  impedit  fhall  be  determined  iri  their  own  Shire  '■  *3' 
before  one  Juftice  of  the  Bench  and  one  Knight,  at    y"  ,3S)     3' 
a  Day  and  Place  certain  in  the  Bench  affigned,  whe- 
ther the  Defendant  confent,  or   not,  and  there  the 
Judgement  fhall  be  given  immediately.     (3)  All  Ju- Clerks  of  Affife. 
flices  of  the  Benches  from  henceforth  fhall  have  inDverI75; 
their  Circuits  Clerks  to  inroll  all  Pleas  pleaded  be- 
fore them,  like  as  they  have  ufed  to  have  in  Time 
paffed.     (4)  And  alfo  it  is  ordained,  That  the  Ju-  A  Jury  may 
flices  affigned  to  take  Affifes  fhall  not  compel  the  Ju-  give  their  Ver- 
rors  to  fay  precifely  whether  it  be  DifTeifin,  or  not,^'*  at  ,arge' 
fo  that  they  do  fhew  the  Truth  of  the  Deed,  and  re-  Plow.9!'.3"" 
quire  Aid  of  the  Juflices.     (0  But  if  they  of  their  DyeW' 17 j. 
own  Head  will  fay,  that  it  is  Difleifin,  their  Verdicl  9  Co.  n. 
fhall  be  admitted  at  their  own  Peril.     (6)  And  from  None  fhall  be 
henceforth  the  Juflices  fhall  not  put  in  Affifes  or  Ju-  put  in  j"1''""5  but 
ries  any  other  than  thofe  that  were  fummoned  to  the  'uch  as  w"e 
fame  at  the  firft.'  fummoned. 

SeezEd.^.c.  16. 

Alfo  14  Ed-  3.  flat.  I.  c.  16.  by  which  Nifi  prius  may  he  granted  before  a  Jufiiceof  another  Court  than  where  the  Suit  dependcth,  and  "Juflices  of  Ajfixe  may  gi-vc 
Judgement  upon  Affize,  Quare  impedit,  and  Darrein  presentment.  And  fee  14H.  6.  c.  I,  357J.8.C6.  lg  Elix.  c.  12.  12  C»,  I,  f,  31,  24  Geo.  2.  c,  18.  §  5. 
containing  farther  R'-gulatieni  with  refpccJ  toTrials  by  Nifi  prius. 

CAP.     XXXI. 

An  Exception  to  a  Plea  fhall  be  fealed  by  the  Juflices. 

HEN  one  that  is  impleaded  before  any  of  the  5  Co.  rj. 
Juflices  doth  alledge  an  Exception,  praying  Kelyng  15. 
i  Juflices  will  allow  it,  which  if  they  will  not  2  tnfi-  4a6« 


Et  cum  hujufmodi  inquifitiones  capte  fuerint 
retornentur  in  Bancis  &  ibi  fiat  judicium  &  irro- 
tulentur.  Et  fi  omiffa  forma  predi£ta  alique  in- 
quifitiones capiantur  pro  nullis  habeantur  excepto 
quod  affifa  Ultime  prefentationis  &  inquifitiones  fu- 
per  Quare  impedit  atterminentur  in  proprio  co- 
mitatu coram  uno  Juftitiario  de  Banco  &  uno  mi- 
lite  ad  certos  tamen  diem  &  locum  in  Banco  fla- 
tutos  five  defendens  confentiat  five  non  &  ibi  ftatim 
reddatur  judicium.  Habeant  decetero  omnes  Ju- 
ftitiarii de  Bancis  in  itineribus  clericos  irrotulantes 
omnia  placita  coram  eis  placitata  ficut  antiquitus 
habere  confueverunt.  Item  ordinatum  eft  quod 
Juftitiarii  ad  affifas  capiendas  affignati  non  com- 
pellant  juratores  dicere  precife  fi  fit  diffeifina  vel 
non  dummodo  voluerint  dicere  veritatem  fa£ti  & 
petere  auxilium  Juftitiariorum.  Set  fi  fponte  ve- 
lint  dicere  quod  diffeifina  eft  vel  non  admittatur 
eorum  veredictum  fub  fuo  periculo.  Et  decetero 
non  ponant  Juftitiarii  in  affifis  aut  juratis  aliquos 
juratores  nifi  eos  qui  ad  hoc  primo  fuerunt  fum- 
moniti. 


CUM  aliquis  implacitatus  coram  aliquibus  Ju-  1 
flitiariis  proponat  exceptionem  &  petat  quod  | 
Juftitiarii  earn  allocent  quam  fi  allocare  noluerint  fi 
ille  qui  exceptionem  proponet  fcribat  illam  excep- 
tionem $i  petat  quod  Juftitiarii  apponant  figilla  in 


that  the  _ 

allow,  if  he  that  alledged  the  Exception  do  write  the 
fame  Exception,  and  require  that  the  Juflices  will 
O  2  'put 


ICO 


Stat,  i. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  1285. 


Regift.  182. 


put  to  their  Seals  for  a  Witnefs,  the  Juftices  fhall  fo 
do  ;  and  if  one  will  not,  another  of  the  Company 
fhall.  (2)  And  if  the  King,  upon  Complaint  made 
of  the  Juftices,  caufe  the  Record  to  come  before  him, 
and  the  fame  Exception  be  not  found  in  the  Roll, 
and  the  Plaintiff  fhew  the  Exception  written,  with 
the  Seal  of  a  Juftice  put  to,  the  Juftice  fhall  be  com- 
manded that  he  appear  at  a  certain  Day,  either  to 
confefs  or  deny  his  Seal.  (3)  And  if  the  Juftice  can- 
not deny  his  Seal,  they  fhall  proceed  "to  Judgement 
according  to  the  fame  Exception,  as  it  ought  to  be 
allowed  or  difallowed*5 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
teftimonium  Juftitiarii  figilla  fua  apponant  &  ft 
unus  apponere  noluerit  apponat  alius  de  focietate. 
Et  fi  forte  ad  querimoniam  de  fa£to  Juftitiariorum 
venire  faciat  Dominus  Rex  recordum  coram  eo  &  fi 
ilia  a  receptio  non  inveniatur  in  rotulo  &  querens 
oftendat  exceptionem  fcriptam  cumfigillo  Juftitiarii 
appenfo  mandetur  Juftitiario  quod  fit  ad  certum 
diem  ad  cognofcendum  figillum  fuum  vel  dedicen- 
dum.  Et  ft  Juftitiarius  figillum  fuum  dedicere  non 
poflit  procedatur  ad  judicium  fecundum  illam  ex- 
ceptionem prout  admittenda  eflet  vel  cafTanda. 


7  Ed.  1.  flat. : 

3  Ijlft.  42S. 


CAP.     XXXII. 

Mortmain  by  Recovery  of  Land  by  Default.' 


Fitz.  Coll.  1,  2, 

4>5>6>  7,9>  '°> 
it,  22,  24,  25, 

26,  27>  31.  4°; 
42,  46. 

10  H.  7.  f.  3. 

11  Ed.  5.  flat. 
3.  c.  3,  * 


Every  chiefLord 
may  challenge 
the  Jurors. 


flat.  3. 


HEN  Religious  Men  and  other  Ecclefiaftical 
Perfons  do  implead  any,  and  the  Party  im- 
'  pleaded  maketh  Default,  whereby  he  ought  to  leefe 
'  the  Land,  fprafmuch  as  the  Juftices  have  thought 
'  hitherto,  that  if  the  Party  impleaded  make  Default 

5  by  Collufion,  that  where  the  Demandant,  by  Oc- 
'  cafion  of  the  Statute,  could  not  obtain  Seifin  of  the 
'  Land  by  Title  of  Gift,  or  other  Alienation,  he  fhall 
£  now  by  reafon  of  the  Default,  and  fo  the  Statute  is 

6  defrauded;"  '  (z)  it  is  ordained  by  our  Lord  the 
King,  and  granted,  That  in  this  Cafe,  after  the  De- 
fault made,  it  fhall  be  inquired  by  the  Country,  whe- 
ther the  Demandant  had  Right  in  the  Thing  demand- 
ed, or  no.  And  if  it  be  found  that  the  Demandant 
had  Right  in  his  Demand,  the  Judgement  fhall  pafs 
with  him,  and  he  fhall  recover  Seifin;  and  if  he  hath 
no  Right,  the  Land  fhall  accrue  to  the  next  Lord  of 
the  Fee,  if  he  demand  it  within  a  Year  from  the 
Time  of  the  Inqueft  taken;  (3)  and  if  he  do  not 
demand  it  within  the  Year,  it  fhall  accrue  to  the 
next  Lord  above,  if  he  do  demand  it  within  half  a 
Year  after  the  fame  Year ;  (4)  and  fo  every  Lord  af- 
ter the  next  Lord  fhall  have  the  Space  of  half  a  Year 
to  demand  it  fuccefTively,  until  it  come  to  the  King, 
to  whom  at  length,  through  Default  of  other  Lords, 
the  Lands  fhall  accrue.  (5)  And  to  challenge  the 
Jurors  of  the  Inqueft,  every  of  the  chief  Lords  of 
the  Fees  fhall  be  admitted,  and  likewife  for  the  King, 
they  that  will  fhall  challenge;  (6)  and  after  the 
Judgement  given,  the  Land  fhall  remain  clear  in  the 
King's  Hairds,  until  it  be  dereigned  by  the  Demand- 
ant, or  fome  other  chief  Lord,  and  the  Sheriff  fhall 
be  charged  to  anfwer  therefore  at  the  Exchequer/ 


CUM  viri  religiofi  &  alie  perfone  ecclefiaftice 
implacitent  aliquem  &  implacitatus  fecerit 
defaltam  ob  quam  tenementum  amittere  debeat 
quia  Juftitiarii  hucufque  timuerunt  quod  fi  impla- 
citatus fecerit  defaltam  percollufionem  utcum  pe- 
tens  occafione  ftatuti  per  titulum  doni  aut  alterius 
alienationis  feifinam  de  tenemento  confequi  non 
poffet  per  illam  defaltam  confequeretur  &  fieret 
fraus  ftatuto  ordinatum  eft  per  Dominum  Regem& 
conceffum  quod  in  hoc  cafu  poftquam  defalta  fafSta 
fuerit  inquiratur  per  patriam  utrum  petens  habeat 
jus  in  fua  petitione  aut  non.  Et  fi  compertum  fue- 
rit quod  petens  jus  habet  in  fua  petitione  proceda- 
tur ad  judicium  pro  petente  &  recuperet  feifinam 
fuam  Et  fijus  non  habuerit  incurratur  tenementum. 
proximo  domino  feodi  fi  illud  petat  infra  annum  a. 
tempore  inquifitionis  capteEt  fi  infra  annum  non 
petat  fuperiori  domino  incurratur  fi  petat  infra  di~ 
mjdium  annum  poft  ilium  annum  Et  fie  habeat 
quilibet  dominus  poft  proximum  dominum  fpaciumv 
dimidii  anni  ad  petendum  fucceffive  quoufqueper- 
veniatur  ad  Regem  cui  ad  ultimum  pro  defeftu  ali- 
orum  dominorum  tenementum  incurratur.  Et  ad 
calumpniandum  juratores  inquifitionis  admittantur 
quicumque  capitales  domini  feodorum  &  fimiliter 
pro  Rege  quicalumpniare  voluerit  &  remaneat  ter- 
ra poftquam  judicium  clarum  fuerit  in  manu  Do- 
mini Regis  quoufque  tenementum  perpetentem  vel 
aliquem  capitalem  dominum  difrationetur  &  onere- 
tur  vicecomes  ad  refpondendum  inde  ad  Scacca- 
riuiru 


10.  retraining  alienations  in  Mortmain,      I  £f  a 
c.  12.  permitting  tbem  for  the  Benefit  of  the  Poor,  €?£» 


9H.3 

^Se} farther,  lS  Ed.  i.flat.i.c.3.       34  Ed.  1. flat .  3.     18  Ed.  3.  flat.  3.  c.  3.       15  R.  2.  c.  5.       23  H.  8 
P.  £?  M.  c.Z.  permitting  them  to  fpiritual  Corporations.     39.E/1Z;.  c.  5.      21  Jac.\.  c.  1.       i$&  l^Car.  2 

7  &  3  py.  3.  c.  37.  empowering  the  Crtmin  to  grant  Licences  to  alien  in  Mortmain  ;  and  9  Geo.  z.  c .  36.  refiraining  Gifts  in  Mortmain  by  WilU 
»  Ibis  Jems  to  be  a  miftahn  Reference. 

CAP.    XXXIII. 

Lands  where  Crofles  be  {et,  fhall  be  forfeited  as  Lands  aliened  in  Mortmain, 


Jr..':.  43?. 


0  B, 


"  T70rafmuch  as  many  Tenants  fet  up  Croffes,  or 
"  J)p  caufe  to  be  fet  up  in  their  Lands,  in  Prejudice 
"  of  their  Lords,  that  Tenants  fhould  defend  them- 
"  felves  againft  the  chief  Lords  of  the  Fee,  by  the 
"  Privileges  of  Templars  and  Hofpitalers  ;"  '  (z)  it  is 
'  ordained,  That  fuch  Lands  fhall  be  forfeit  to  the  chief 
*  Lords,  or  to  the  King,  in  the  fame  Manner  as  is  pro- 
'  vided  for  Lands  aliened  in  Mortmain.' 


OUIA  multi  tenentes  erigunt  cruces  in  tene- 
mentis  fuis  aut  erigi  permittunt  in  prejudi- 
cium  dominorum  fuorum  ut  tenentes  per  privile- 
gium  Templariorum  &  Hofpitelariorum  tueri  fe 
poffint  contra  capitales  dominos  feodorum  ftatutum 
eft  quod  hujufmodi  tenementa  capitalibus  dominis 
aut  Regi  incurrantur  eodem  modo  quo  ftatuitur  ali- 
bi de  tenementis  alienatis  ad  mortuam  manum. 


»  For  reccplk ,  read  exceptio, 

4 


C  A  Pi 


A.  D.  1285.  Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I, 


Stat. 


1. 


101 


GAP.    XXXIV. 

It  is  Felony  to  commit  Rape.     A  married  Woman  elopeth.  with  an  Advouterer. 

for  carrying  a  Nun  from  her  Houfe. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
^Urveu  eft  que  fi  homme  ravife  femme  efpoufe 
damoifelle  ou  autre  femme  deforemes  par  la 
ou  ele  ne  fe  eft  affentue  ne  avaunt  ne  apres  eit 
jugement  de  vie  &  de  membre.  E  enfement  par 
la  ou  home  ravift  femme  dame  efpoufe  damoifelle 
ou  autre  femme  a  force  tut  feit  ke  ele  fe  affente 
apres  eit  tel  jugement  come  avaunt  eft  dit  fi  il 
feit  ateint  a  la  fuite  le  Rei  e  la  eit  le  Rei  fa  fuite. 
De  mulieribus  abductis  cum  bonis  viri  habeat  Rex 
fectam  de  bonis  fie  afportatis.  Et  uxor  ft  fponte 
reliquerit  virum  fuum  &  abierit  &  moretur  cum 
adultero  fuo  amittat  imperpetuum  actionem  petendi 
dotem  fuam  que  ei  competere  poffet  de  tenemento 
viri  ii  fuper  hoc  convincatur  nift  vir  fuus  fponte 
&  abfque  cohertione  ecclefiaftica  earn  reconciliet  & 
fecum  cohabitare  permittat  in  quo  cafu  reftituatur 
ei  actio.  Qui  monialem  a  domo  fua  abducat  licet 
monialis  confentiat  puniatur  per  prifonam  trium 
annorum  &  fatisfaciat  domui  a  qua  abducta  fuerit 
competenter  &  nichilominus  xedimatur  ad  volun- 
tatem  Regis. 


The  Penalty 


IT  is  provided,  That  if  a  Man  from  henceforth  do 
ravilh  a  Woman  married,  Maid,  or  other,  where 
fhe  did  not  confent,  neither  before  nor  after,  he  fliall 
have  Judgement  of  Life  and  of  Member.  (2)  And 
likewife  where  a  Man  ravifheth  a  Woman  married, 
Lady,  Damofel,  or  other,  with  Force,  although  fhe 
confent  after,  he  fhall  have  fuch  Judgement  as  before 
is  faid,  if  he  be  attainted  at  the  King's  Suit,  and 
there  the  King  fhall  have  the  Suit.  (3)  And  of  Wo- 
men carried  away  with  the  Goods  of  their  Hufbands, 
the  King  fhall  have  the  Suit  for  the  Goods  fo  taken 
away.  (4)  And  if  a  Wife  willingly  leave  her  Huf- 
band,  and  go  away,  and  continue  with  her  Advou- 
terer, fhe  fhall  be  barred  for  ever  of  Action  to  de- 
mand her  Dower,  that  fhe  ought  to  have  of  her 
Hufband's  Lands,  if  fhe  be  convict  thereupon,  ex- 
cept that  her  Hufband  willingly,  and  without  Coer- 
tion  of  the  Church,  reconcile  her,  and  fuffer  her  to 
dwell  with  him  ;  in  which  Cafe  fhe  fhall  be  reftored 
to  her  Action.  ( 5 )  He  that  carrieth  a  Nun  from  her 
Houfe,  although  fhe  confent,  fhall  be  punifhed  by 
three  Years  Imprifonment,  and  fhall  make  conve- 
nient Satisfaction  to  the  Houfe  from  whence  fhe  was 
taken,  and  nevertheless  fhall  make  Fine  at  the  King's 
Will.' 

See  6  R.  2.  c.  6.  fir  the  Penalty  of  the  Man  and  Woman  -where  the  Woman  confents.  And  18  Elix.  c.  7.  -which  takes  a-way  Clergy  frem  Offence!  of 
the  q.th  Seel,  of  the  fame  flat,  -which  makes  it  Felony  -without  Clergy  to  ha-ue  carnal  Kno-wledgt  of  a  Woman  Child  under  the  Age  of  ten  Tear 
sRoll»47,    9Ed.4.f.26.     Bro.  Coron.  203.     Dyerz$6.    Fitz.  Dower,  41,  72,  94,  119,  153.      Fitz.  Ail.  fur  le  flat.  la,  37. 

CAP.     XXXV. 
In  what  Cafes  do  lie  a  Writ  of  Ravifhment  of  Ward,  Communi  Cujladia,  Ejeffione,  &c. 


It  is  Felony  to 
ravifha  Womana 
3  Ed.  I.e.  13. 


If  a  Wife  do 
elope  with  an 
Advouterer,  (he 
fhall  forfeit  her 
Dower. 
I    Inft.  32, 


Taking  away  of 
a  Nun. 

This  Chufe  is  oh- 
folete  by  the  31 H. 
8.  c.  13.  forths 
Dijjbluticn  of 
Monafleries. 
Rape.  Likewife 
1.       Regift.  57. 


±E  pueris  five  mafculis  five  femellis  quorum 
maritagium  ad  aliquem  pertineat  raptis  &  ab- 
ductis fi  ille  qui  rapuit  non  habens  jus  in  marita- 
gio  licet  poftmodum  reftituat  puerum  non  mari- 
tatum  vcl  de  maritagio  fatisfecerit  puniatur  tamen 

fro  tranfgreffione  per  prifonam  duorum  annorum 
X  fi  non  reftituerit  vel  heredem  poft  annos  nubiles 
maritaverit  Et  de  maritagio  fatisfacere  non  poterit 
abjuret  regnum  vel  habeat  perpetuam  prifonam  & 
fuper  hoc  habeat  querens  tale  breve  : 

Si  A.fecerit  ts  fecurum  de  clam'  fuo  pros'  tunc  pone 
per  vadium,  &c.  quod  fit  coram  Jujlic' '  13  c.  ojlenfu- 
rus  quare  talem  heredem  infra  etatem  exiftentem  cujus 
maritagium  ad  ipfurn  pertinet  tali  loco  inventum  rapuit 
ts1  abduxit  contra  voluntatem  ipfius  A,  &  contra  pa- 
cem  nojlram  tsV. 

Et  fi  heres  fit  in  eodem  comitatu  tunc  addatur 
ifta  claufula: 

Et  diligenter  inquiras  ubi_  ille  beres  fit  in  balliva  tua 
&  ipfurn  ubicumque  fuerit  inventus  capias  y  falvo  & 
fecure  cujlodias  ha  quod  eum  habeas  coram  prefatis 
Juftitiariis  ncjlris  ad  prefatum  terminum  ad  redden- 
dum cui  prediclorum  A.  vel  B.  redcli  debeat. 

Et  fiat  fecta  verfus  partem  de  qua  queritur  quo- 
ufque  per  diftrictionem  venerit  fi  habeat  per  quod 
poffit  diftringi  vel"  per  contumaciam  fi  non  fit  ju- 
ftitiabilis  exigatur  &  ultagetur.  Si  forte  hujufmodi 
heres  due;.': or  &  transferatur  in  alium  comitatum 


Concerning  Children  Males  or  Females  (whofe 
Marriage  belongeth  to  another)  taken  and  car- 
ried away,  if  the  Ravifher  have  no  Right  in  the  Mar- 
riage, though  after  he  reftore  the  Child  unmarried, 
or  elfe  pay  for  the  Marriage,  he  fhall  neverthelefs  be 
punifhed  for  his  Offence  by  two  Years  Imprifonment ; 
(2)  and  if  he  do  not  reftore,  or  do  marry  the  Child 
after  the  Years  of  Confent,  and  be  not  able  to  fatisfy 
for  the  Marriage,  he  fhall  abjure  the  Realm,  or  have 
perpetual  Imprifonment;  (3)  and  thereupon  thePlain- 
tiff  fhall  have  fuch  a  Writ :' 

Si  A.  fecerit  te  fecurum  de  clamore  fuo,  &c.  tunc 
pone  per  vadium,  &c.  B.  quod  fit  coram  jufticiariis, 
&c.  oftenfurus,  quare  talem  haeredem  infra  aetatem  ex- 
iftentem, cujus  maritagium  ad  ipfum  pertinet,  tali 
loco  inventum  rapuit  &  abduxit  contra  voluntatem  ip- 
fius A.  &  contra  pacem  noftram,  &c. 

'  (4)  And  if  the  Heir  be  in  the  fame  County,  then 
'  this  Claufe  muft  be  thereto  added  :' 

Et  diligenter  inquiras,  ubi  ille  hxres  fit  in  balliva 
tua;  &  ipfum  (ubicunque  fuerit  inventus)  capias,  & 
falvo  &  fecure  cuftodias,  ita  quod  eum  habeas  coram 
praefatis  jufticiariis  noftris  ad  praefatum  terminum,  ad 
reddendum  cui  praedictorum  A.  vel  B.  reddi  debeat. 

'  (5)  And  Suit  fhall  be  made  againft  the  Party  on 
'  whom  Complaint  is  made,  until  he  come  in  by  Dif- 
'  trefs,  if  he  have  whereby  he  may  be  diftrained;  or 
'  elfe  for  his  Contumacy,  in  cafe  he  be  not  juftifiable, 
'  he  fhall  be.  outlawed,     (6)  And  if  percafe  the  Heir 

"  be 


ThePunifhment 
of  him  that ta- 
keth  away  a 
Ward. 

2  Inft.  433. 

3  Inft.  171. 
Fitz.  Gard.  iS, 
25>29>3°.  3'y 

32,  Il3,  121. 
Fi'z.  Judgm. 
102,  116,  123, 

'5°;  >57,  >7»> 
204.  Bro.  Ra- 
vifhment, 33. 
Co.  Lit.  136.  b. 
Kob.  93. 

1  Roll  445. 

2  Roll  354. 

A  Writ  of  Ra- 
vifhment of 
Ward. 
Regift-.  163. 
9  Co.  71,  74. 
Fitz.  Brief,  823; 
Raft.  390. 

3  Bulft.  275, 
278,  2S1. 


Procefs  againft 
a:i  Offender, 


102 


Stat. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edward i  I.  A.  D.  1285. 


A  Writ  if  the 
Heir  be  carried 
into  another 
County. 
Djer.239. 


If  the  Heir  die 

before  the  Suit 

ended. 

Fitz.  Brief,  776. 


5^  Ed.  3.  f.  48. 
11  H.  4.  f.  54. 


Fitz,   Execu- 
tors, 52. 
Fitz.  Gard.  no, 
?4  Ed.  3.  f.  25. 

If  the  Defendant 
die. 


20  K.  3.  c.  6. 
3  Ed.  1.  c.  2Z. 

Refummons  in 

communi  cufto- 

dia. 

5-2  H.  3    c.  7. 

Fitz.  Proccs.  33. 


Fitz.  Card.  Sg. 
Dyer  369. 
Eieclione  cufto- 
dia:.  Regift. 
161,  &c. 
Oif.  ty  12  Car. 
2.  C.  2i. 


'  be  married,  or  carried  into  another  County,  then  a , 
'  Writ  lhall  be  directed  to  the  Sheriff  of  the  fame 
'  Shire  in  this  Form  :' 

Queftus  eft  nobis  A.  quod  B.  nuper  talem  haeredem 
infra  aetatem  &  in  cuftodia  fua  exiltentem  tali  loco  in 
comitatu  tali  rapuit,  &  de  comitatu  tali  ad  talem  locum 
in  com'  tuo  abduxit  contra  voluntatem  ipfius  A.  &  con- 
tra pacem  noftram,  &c.  Et  ideo  tibi  praecipimus,  quod 
praedictum  haeredem  (ubicunque  in  balliva  tua  invenire 
poteris)  capias,  &  falvo  &  fecure  eum  cuftodias,  ita 
quod  eum  habeas  coram  juftitiariis  noftris,  &c.  tali 
die,  quem  idem  A.  habet-verfus  prEedicStum  B.  ad  red- 
dendum cui  de  jure  reddi  debeat. 

'  (7)  And  if  the  Heir  do  die  afore  he  can  be  found, 
cr  before  he  can  be  reftored  to  the  Plaintiff,  the  Plea 
fhall  pais  between  them  neverthelefs,  until  it  be  tried 
unto  whom  he  ought  to  have  been  reftored  if  he  had 
been  living.  (8)  Neither  fhall  the  Ravifher  of  fuch 
a  one  be  excufed  or  eafed  of  the  Punifhment  afore- 
faid  by  the  Death  of  the  Heir,  whom  he  did  with- 
hold by  Wrong  during  his  Life.  (9)  And  if  the 
Plaintiff  die  before  the  Plea  determined,  if  the  Right 
belong  to  him  by  reafon  of  his  proper  Fee,  the  Plea 
fhall  be  refummoned  at  the  Suit  of  the  Heir  of  the 
Plaintiff,  and  the  Plea  fhall  pafs  in  due  Order.  (10) 
But  if  the  Right  belongeth  to  him  by  another  Title, 
as  by  a  Title  of  Gift,  Sale,,  or  other  fuch  like,  then 
the  Plea  fhall  be  refummoned  at  the  Suit  of  the  Exe- 
cutors of  the  Plaintiff,  and  the  Plea  fhall  pafs  as  be- 
fore is  faid.  (11)  In  the  fame  manner  if  the  Defen- 
dant die  before  the  Plea  be  tried,  or  the  Heir  be  re- 
ftored, the  Plea  fhall  pafs  by  Refummons  between  the 
Plaintiff,  his  Heirs  or  Executors,  and  the  Executors 
of  the  Defendant  or  his  Heirs,  if  the  Executors  be 
not  fufficient  to  fatisfy  for  the  Value  of  the  Marriage, 
after  as  it  is  contained  in  other  Statutes,  but  not  as  to 
the  Pain  of  Imprifonment;  for  none  ought  to  be  pu- 
nifhed  for  the  Offence  of  another.  ,( 1 1 )  In  the  fame 
manner  when  a  Plea  hangeth  between  Parties  for  the 
Ward  of  Land,  or  of  an  Heir,  or  of  both,  by  the 
common  Writ  that  beginneth  Pracipe  tali,  &c.  quod 
reddat,  &c.  Refummons  fhall  be  made  between  the 
Heirs  and  Executors  of  the  Plaintiff;  and  likewife 
the  Heirs  and  the  Executors  of  the  Defendant,  if 
Death  prevent  any  of  the  Parties  before  the  Plea  de- 
termined. (13)  And  when  they  have  paffed  to  the 
great  Diftrefs,  a  Day  fhall  be  given,  within  which 
three  County-Courts  may  be  holden  at  the  leaft,  in 
every  of  which  open  Proclamation  fhall  be  made, 
that  the  Deforcer  fhall  come  into  the  Bench  at  the 
Day  contained  in  the  Writ,  to  anfwer  the  Plaintiff; 

(14)  at  which  Day  if  he  come  not,  and  the  Procla- 
mation be  fo  returned  once,  twice,  or  thrice,  the 
Judgement  fhall  pafs  for  the  Plaintiff,  faving  the 
Right  of  the  Defendant,  if  after  he  will   claim  if. 

(15)  In  the  fame  manner  it  fhall  be  done  in  a  Writ 
of  Trefpafs,  when  any  complaineth  himfelf  to  be 
ejected  from  fuch  Wardships.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
•tunc  vicecomiti  illius  comitatus  fiat  breve  in  had 
forma : 

Queftus  ejl  nobis  A.  quod  B.  nuper  talem  heredem 
infra  etatem  &  in  cuftodia  fua  exijlentem  tali  loco  in 
comitatu  tali  rapuit  &  de  comitatu  tali  ad  talem  lo- 
cum in  comitatu  tuo  abduxit  contra  voluntatem  ipfius  A. 
&  contra  pacem  noflram  Et  ideo  tibi  precipimus  quod 
predict  u?n  heredem  ubicumque  in  balliva  tua  invenire, 
poteris  capias  £sf  falvo  &  fecure  eum  -cujlodias  ita  quod 
eum  habeas  coram  jii/litiariis  noflris  tali  loco  &  die 
quem  diem  idem  A.  habet  v  erf  us  prediclum  B.  ad  r*d.~ 
dendum  cui  de  jure  reddi  debeat. 

Et  fi  heres  antequam  inveniri  poterit  vel  ante- 
quam  reftituatur  querenti  obierit  nichilominus  pro- 
cedat  placitum  inter  eos  quoufque  terminetur  cui 
reftitui  deberet  fi  fuperftes  fuiffet.  Nee  excufabi- 
tur  ille  aut  alleviabitur  ille  qui  injufte  rapuit  hujuf- 
modi  heredem  de  pena  fupradicta  poft  mortem  he- 
redis  cujus  extitit  male  fidei  pofleffor  dum  vixit. 
Et  fi  querens  obierit  ante  placitum  terminatum  fi 
jus  ei  competebat  ratione  proprii  feodi  fui  refum- 
moneatur  loquela  ad  fecStam  heredis  querentis  & 
procedat  placitum  debito  ordine.  Si  vero  per  alium 
titulum  competatei  jus  ficut  titulo  donationis  ven- 
ditionis  vel  alio  hujufmodi  titulo  tunc  refummo- 
neatur  loquela  ad  fedtam  executorum  querentis  & 
procedat  placitum  ut  predidlum  eft.  Eodem  mo- 
do  fi  moriatur  pars  defendens  antequam  placitum 
terminetur  vel  heres  reftituatur  procedat  placitum 
per  refummonitionem  inter  querentem  vel  ejus  he- 
redem feu  executores  &  executores  defendentis  vel 
ejus  heredem  fi  executores  non  fufficiant  quoad  fa- 
tisfadHonem  de  valore  maritagii  fecundum  quod  in 
aliis  ftatutis  continetur  fet  non  quoad  penam  pri- 
fone  qua  quis  pro  alieno  fafto  non  eft  puniendus. 
Eodem  modo  cum  pendeat  placitum  inter  partes  de 
cuftodia  terre  &  heredis  vel  utriufque  per  commune 
breve  quod  incipit  Precipe  tali  quod  reddat  &c.  fiat 
refummonitio  inter  heredes  &  executores  querentis 
&  fimiliter  heredes  aut  executores  defendentis  fi. 
mors  alteram  partem  preveniat  ante  placitum  ter- 
minatum. Et  cum  perveniatur  ad  magnam  di- 
ftrictionem  detur  terminus  infra  quem  tres  comi- 
tatus teneantur  ad  minus  in  quorum  quolibet  co- 
mitatu fiat  publica  proclamatio  quod  deforciator 
veniat  ad  bancum  ad  diem  in  brevi  contentum  re- 
fponfurus  querenti  ad  quem  diem  fi  non  venerit  & 
proclamatio  fie  femel  fecundo  &  tertio  teftificata 
fuerit  procedatur  ad  judicium  pro  querente  falvo 
jure  defendentis  fi  poftmodum  inde  loqui  voluerit. 
Eodem  modo   fiat   in  brevi  de  tranfgreflione  cum 

uis  queritur  fe  ejecStum  fuiffe  de  hujufmodi  cufto- 

iis. 


CAP.     XXXVI. 

A  Diftrefs  taken  upon  a  Suit  commenced  by  others. 


The  Penalty  for  (C 

'.  rement  of 
Suits. 

22  Ed.  3.  f.  15.    " 
Fitz.  Avowry,      a 


FOrafmuch  as  Lords  of  Courts,  and  other  that 
keep  Courts,  and  Stewards,  intending  to  grieve 
their  Inferiors,  where  they  have  no  lawful  mean  fo 
to  do,  procure  other  to  move  Matters  againft  them, 
and  to  put  in  Surety  and  other  Pledges,  or  to  pur- 


ET  quia  domini  curiarum  &  alii  qui  curias  te- 
nent  &  fenefcalli  volentes  gtavare  fubditos  fuos 
cum  non  habeant  legalem  viam  eos  gravandi  pro- 
curant  alios  movere  querelas  verfus  eos  &  dare  va- 
dium &  offerre  plegios  vel  impetrare  hrevia  &  ad 

feiStas 


A.  D.  1285.  Anno  decimo  tertfo  Edward  1  I. 


Stat.  1.       103 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
fe&as  hujufmodi  querentium  compellunt  eos  fequi 
comitatum  hundredum  &  curiam  quoufque  finem 
fecerint  curn  ipfis  pro  voluntate  fua  ftatutum  eft 
quod  decetero  hoc  non  fiat.  Et  fi  quis  per  hujuf- 
modi falfas  querimonias  fuerit  attachiatus  reple- 
giat  diftriftionem  fuam  fie  captam  Sz  poni  faciat  lo- 
quelam  coram  Juftitiariis  coram  quibus  fi  vicecomes 
vel  alius  ballivus  vel  dominus  poftquam  fie  diftric- 
tus  formaverit  querimoniam  fuam  advocaverit  ju- 
ftam  diftricSionem  ratione  hujufmodi  querimonia- 
rum  coram  eis  fa&arum  &:  replicetur  quod  hujuf- 
modi querimonie  verfus  eos  movebantur  malitiofe 
ad  inftantiam  feu  procurationem  vicecomitis  aut 
aliorum  ballivorum  aut  dominorum  admittatur  ilia 
replicatio  Et  fi  fuper  hoc  convi£ri  fuerint  verfus  do- 
minum  regem  redimantur  &  nichilominus  hujuf- 
modi fie  gravatis  dampna  in  triplo  reftituant. 


"  chafe  Writs,  and  at  the  Suit  of  fuch  Plaintiffs  com-  9  H.  3.  c.  10. 

"  pel  them  to  follow  the  County,  Hundred,  Wapen-  5'  H- 1-  ,n"'-  4- 

"  take,  and  other  like  Courts,  until  they  have  made  PH' 3"  '£/   ■ 

"  Fine  with  them  at  their  Will ;"   '  (2)  it  is  ordained,  QiTk\3. 

'  that  it  fhall  not  be  fo  ufed  hereafter.     (3)  And  if  any  2  inft.  443. 

'  be  attached  upon  fuch  falfe  Complaints,  he  fhali  re- 

'  plevy  his  Diftrefs  fo  taken,  and  fhall  caufe  the  Mat- 

'  ter  to  be  brought  afore  the  Juftices,  before  whom  if> 

'  the  Sheriff,  Bailiff,   or  other  Lord    (after  that  the 

'  Party  diftrained  hath  framed  his  Plaint)  will  advow    . 

'  the  Diftrefs  lawful  by  reafon  of  fuch  Complaints 

'  made  unto  them,  and  it  be  replied  that  fuch  Plaints 

'  were  moved  malicioufly  againft  the  Party  by  the  So- 

'  licitation  or  Procurement  of  the   Sheriff,  or  other 

'  Bailiffs,  or  Lords,  the  fame  Replication  fhall  be  ad-  13  Hen.  4.  2. 

'  mitted ;    (4)  and  if  they  be  convift  hereupon,  they 

'  fhall  make  Fine  to  the  King,  and  neverthelefs  reftore5".0.  Ed-  2-j-9f 

'  treble  Damages  to  the  Parties  grieved.'  '  ®  2  pa  &^1, 

00  c,  12.     oee  far- 

ther 2  TV,  &  M.  Seffi  1.  c.  5.  §.  5.  giving  double  Damages  for  tvrongful  Diftrefs  j  and  II  Geo,  2.  c,  19..  §.  19.  providing  that  Difirefes  for  Rent  J, ball  not  be  deemed 
Treffafjes  on  Account  of  any  Irregularity  in  the.  Dijpofition  of  than. 


CAP.    XXXVII. 
No  Diftrefs  fhall  be  taken  but  by  Bailiffs  known  and  fworn. 


OUIAetiamballivi  ad  quos  ex  officio  pertinet 
diftriiSiones  facere  volentes  fubditos  fuos  gra- 
re  ut  ab  eis  pecuniam  extorqueant  mittunt  igno- 
tos  ad  faciend'  diftridfiones  ea  intentione  ut  fubdi- 
tos gravare  poffint  per  hoc  quod  fie  diftrifti  non 
habentes  notitiam  perfonarum  non  permittunt  hu- 
jufmodi diftriftiones  fuper  eos  fieri  ftatutum  eft 
quod  nulla  diftridtio  fiat  nifi  per  ballivos  juratos  & 
notos.  Et  diftringentes  fi  alio  modo  fecerint  &  de 
hoc  convi&i  fuerint  fi  gravati  breve  de  Tranfgreffi- 
one  impetraverint  reftituant  gravatis  dampna  &  ver-f 
fus  Regem  graviter  puniantur.  , 

C  A  P. 


"  T?Orafmuch  alfo  as  Bailiffs,  to  whofe  Office  it  be-aInft'445, 

"  Jt?    longeth  to"  take  Diftreffes,  intending  to  grieve  - 

"  their  Inferiors,  that  they  may  exa<£r.  Money  of  them, 

"  do  fend  Strangers  to  take  Diftreffes,  to  the  Intent  - 

"  that  they  might  grieve  their  Inferiors,  by  reafon  that 

"  the  Parties  fo  diftrained,.  not  knowing  fuch  Perfons,- 

"  will  not  fuffer  the  diftreffes  to  be  taken;    '  (2)  it  is 

'  provided,  That  no  Diftrefs  fhall  be  taken,  but  by 

'  Bailiffs' fworn  and  known.     (3)  And  if  they  which 

'"dodiftrain  do  otherwife,  and  thereof  be  convicT:  (if.3Co-"«- 

'  the  Parties  grieved  will  purchafe  a  Writ  of  Trefpafs) 

'  they  fhall  reftore  Damages  to  the  Parties  grieved,  and 

'  befides,  fhallbe grievoufly punifhed towards  theKing.' Sce tkjfofirato 

to  the  foregoing 

XXXVIII..  Cbat"r' 


How  many  fhall  be  returned  in  Juries  and  petit  Affifes,  and  of  what  Age  they  fhall  be. 

TTOrafmuch  alfo  as  Sheriffs,  Hundreders,  andBai- 


OUIA  etiam  vicecomites  hundredarii  &  ballivi 
libertatum  confueverunt  gravare  fubditos  fuos 
mendo  in  affifis  &  juratis  homines  languidos  de- 
crepitos  perpetua  vel  temporali  infirmitate  lan- 
guentes  homines  etiam  tempore  fummonitionis  fue 
in  patria  non  commorantes  fummonendo  etiam 
effrenatam  multitudinem  juratorum  ita  ut  a  qui- 
bufdam  eos  in  pace  dimittendo  pecuniam  extor- 
queant &  fie  fiunt  affife  &  jurate  multotiens  per 
pauperiores  divitibus  pro  fuo  dando  domi  commo- 
rantibus  ftatutum  eft  decetero  quod  non  fummo- 
neantur  in  una  affifa  plures  quam  viginti  &  quatuor 
Senes  etiam  videlicet  ultra  fexaginta  &  decern  an- 
nos  perpetuo  languidi  vel  tempore  fummonitionis 
infirmi  vel  in  patria  non  commorantes  non  po- 
nantur  in  juratis  vel  minoribus  affifis.  Nee  etiam 
ponantur  in  affifis  aut  juratis  licet  in  proprio  co- 
mitatu  capi  debeant  aliqui  qui  minus  habeant  tene- 
mentum  quam  ad  valentiam  viginti.  fohdorum  per 
annum.  Et  fi  hujufmodi  affife  &  jurate  extra  co- 
mitatum capi  debeant  non  ponatur  in  eis  aliquis 
qui  minus  tenementum  habeat  quam  ad  valentiam 
quadraginta  folidorum   per   annum  hiis   exceptis  I 


lifts  of  Liberties,  have  ufed  to  grieve  thofe  which 
be  in  Subjection  unto  them,  putting  in  Affifes  and 
"  Juries  Men  difeafed  and  decrepit,  and  having  con- 
"  tinual  or  hidden  Difeafe ;    (2)  and  Men  alfo  that 
"  dwelled  not  in  the  Country  at  the  Time  of  the  Sum- 
"  mons ;  (3)  and  fummon  alfo  an  unreafonable  Multi- 
"  tude  of  Jurors,  for  to  extort  Money  from  fome  of 
"  them  for  letting  them  go  in  Peace,    and  fo  the  Af- 
"  fifes  and  Juries  pafs  many  Times  by  Poor  Men,  and 
"  the  Rich  Men  abide  at  home  by  reafon  of  their 
"  Bribes:"  (4)  '  it  is  ordained,  That  from  henceforth  what  fort  of  ' 
'  in  one  Affife  no  more  fhall  be  fummoned  than  four  Perfons  rn2!l  ■°e  ■ 
'  and  twenty;    (5)  and  old  Men,    above  Threefcore.^™,^;^^ 
'  and  ten  Years,  being  continually  fick,  or  being  dif-Yifesj  and  of 
'  eafed  at  the  Time  of  the  Summons,  or  not  dwelling -what  Age  they  .- 
'..in  that  Country,    fhall  not  be  put  in  Juries  of  petit [lhM  bc-  ■ 
'  Affifes.     (6)  Nor  any  fhall  be  put-in  Affifes.  or  lu- vel/ng  "6- ' 

111  1  iri  •  ..-*.£  n  forced  by 

nes,    though  taey  ought  to  be  taken  in  their  own  2g  Ed.  i.iiat  r." 
'  Shire,   that  *  may  difpend  lefs- than  f  Twenty  Shil- c.  9. 
'  lings  yearly.     (7)  And  if  fuch  Affifes  and  Juries  be-'oH.  4.  f.  s. 
'  taken  out  of  the  Shire,    none  fhall  pafs  in  them  but*2  Ro"  ,63- 

fuch  as  %  may  difpend  Forty  Shillings  yearly  at  thep™^"0"^24. 


i53.' 

See  7.1  Ed.  1.  fiat.  1,  De  its  qui  ponendi  funt  in  rfffifas.     See  farther  for   the  Qualifications  of 'Jurors,  33  Ed.  I.  fiat.  4.       5  Ed.  3.  c.  10.  •    2.5  Ed,  3.  fiat.  5.  c. 
34.EW.  3.  c,  4fef  8.     $zEd.  3.  c.  II.     I.R.3.C.4.     11H.7.C.21.     4/7.8. c.3.     5if.8.f.5.     23  tf.  8.  r.  13.     3;i/.8.c.6.     27  El.  c.  6.       4.®  5  ^ 
6f  Mt  c.  24.  §.  15.     7  &  8  IV.  3.  c,  32.     i&qAnn.  c.  18.     3  Geo,  2.  c.  25.     4GW.  z.  c.  7.     6  Geo.  z.  c.  37.     24GV0.  2..  c,  it,  •   And  29  Geo.  2.  c.19. 


*  Holda.  Tenement  of.    f;  Add  the  Value  of,    J  .Read  hold  a  Tenement  of  lefs  than  the  Value  of, 


leaft. 


j  04       Stat*  i. 


Anno  decimo  tettio  Edwardi 


A.D.  1285. 


returned 

Amies. 

Kel.97. 


4  leaft,  except  fuch  as  be  Witneffes  in  Deeds  or  other 

'  Writings,  whofe  Prefence  is  neceflary,    fo  that  they 

■What  Sort  of     '  be  able  to  travel.     (8)  Neither  fhall  this  Statute  ex- 

Perfons  (hall  be  '  tend  to  great  Affifes,    in  which  it  behoveth  many 

great  c  Times  Knights  to  pais  not  refident  in  the  Country, 

c  for  the  Scarcity  of  Knights,  fo  that  they  have  Land 

'  in  the  Shire.     (9)  And  if  the  Sheriff,  or  his  Under- 

'  fheriffs,  or  Bailiffs  of  Liberties,  offend  in  any  Point 

of  this  Statute,  and  thereupon  be  convict,  Damages 

fhall  be  awarded  to  the  Parties   grieved,    and  they 

fhall  neverthelefs  be  amerced  to  the  King.     (10)  And 

Juftices   affigned    to  take  Affifes,   when  they  come 

into  the  Shire,    fhall  have  Power  to  hear  the  Plaints 

of  all  Complainants  as  to  the  Articles  contained  in 

this  Statute,  and  to  minifter  Juftice  in  Form  afore- 

faid.' 


8  Ed.  3.  f.  30. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
qui  teftes  funt  in  cartis  vel  aliis  fcriptis  quorum 
prefentia  neceffaria  eft  dum  tarrien  potentes  fint  ad 
laborandum.  Nee  debet  iftud  ftatutum  extendi 
ad  magnas  affifas  in  quibus  aliquando  oportet  ap- 
ponere  milites  in  patria  non  refidentes  propter  pau- 
citatem  militum  dum  tamen  in  corhitatu  habeant 
tenementum.  Et  ft  vicecomes  vel  fubballivi  fui 
vel  ballivi  libertatis  contra  iftud  ftatutum  in  aliquo 
articulo  venerint  &  fuper  hoc  convincantur  refti- 
tuant  dampna  gravatis  &  nichilominus  fint  in  mi- 
fericordia  Domini  Regis.  Et  habeant  juftitiarii  ad 
affifas  capiendas  affignati  cum  in  comitatum  vene- 
rint poteftatem  audiendi  querimonias  fingulorum 
conquerentium  quoad  articulos  in  ifto  ftatuto  con- 
tentos  &  juftitiam  in  forma  predicta  exhibendi. 


CAP.    XXXIX. 

The  Manner  to  deliver  Writs  to  the  Sheriff  to  be  executed.     The  Sheriff  returneth  a  Liberty 
where  none  is.     Returning  of  Iffues.     Refiftence  of  Execution  of  Procefs. 


How  Writs  /hall 
be  delivered  to 
Sheriffs  to  be 
executed. 
Enforced  by 
2  Ed.  3.  c.  5. 
Re.ift.  86. 
2  Inft.  400. 
1  Roll  440. 


j)  K&iRere. 
4  Co.^.b. 


3  Ed.  1.  c.  17. 

V.  N.  B.  f.  42. 
The  Sheriff 
returneth  a 
Liberty  where 
none  is. 


*  Not  in  the 
Qngir.il, 


FOrafmuch  as  Juftices,    to  whofe  Office  it  be- 
longeth  to  minifter  Juftice  to  all  that  fue  before 
them,  are  many  Times  difturbed  in  due  Execution 
of  their  Office,  for  that  Sheriffs  do  not  return  Writs 
original  and  judicial  ;    (2)   and  alfo  for  that  they 
make  falfe  Returns  unto  the  King's  Writs;"    (3) 
'  our  Lord  the  King  hath  provided  and  ordained,  That 
c'  fuch  as  do  fear  the  Malice  of  Sheriffs,  fhall  deliver 
'  their  Writs  original  and  judicial  in  the  open  County, 
'  or   in  the  ||  County   where   the   Collection  of  the 
'  King's  Money  is;    (4)  and  may  take  of-the  Sheriff 
'  or  Underfheriff,  being  prefent,  a  Bill,   wherein  the 
'  Names  of  the  Demandants  and  Tenants  mentioned 
'  in  the  Writ  fhall  be  contained  ;    (5)  and  at  the  Re- 
'*  queft  of  him  that  delivered  the  Writ,  the  Seal  of  the 

*  Sheriff  or  Underfheriff  fhall  be  put  to  the  Bill  for  a 

*  Teftimony,  and  Mention  fhall  be  made  of  the  Day 
'  of  the  Deliverance  of  the  Writ.  (6)  And  if  the  She- 
'  riff  or  Underfheriff  will  not  put  his  Seal  to  the  Bill, 

*  the  Witnefs  of  Knights  and  other  credible  Perfons 
'  being  in  Prefence  fhall  be  taken,   that  put  their  Seals 

*  to  fuch  Bill.  (7)  And  if  the  Sheriff  will  not  return 
'  Writs  delivered  unto  him,  and  Complaint  thereof  be 
c  made  to  the  Juftices,  a  Writ  judicial  fhall  go  unto 

*  the  Juftices  affigned  to  take  Affifes,  that  they  fhall 
'  inquire  by  fuch  as  were  prefent  at  the  Deliverance  of 
'  the  Writ  to  the  Sheriff,  if  they  knew  of  the  Deliver- 
'  ance,  and  an  Inqueft  fhall  be  returned,  (b')  And  if 
'  it  be  found  by  the  Inqueft,  that  the  Writ  was  de- 
'  livered  to  him,  Damages  fhall  be  awarded  to  the 
'  Plaintiff"  or  Demandant ;  having  refpecl  to  the  Qua- 
'  lity  and  Quantity  of  the  Action,  and  to  the  Peril  that 
'  might  have  come  to  him  by  reafon  of  the  Delay  that 
'  be  fuftained;  (9)  and  by  this  Mean  there  fhall  be 
'  Remedy  when  the  Sheriff  returneth  that  the  Writ 
'  came  too  late,  whereby  he  could  not  execute  the 
'  King's  Commandment.  (10)  Oftentimes  alfo  Pleas 
'  be  delayed  by  reafon  that  the  Sheriff  returneth  that  he 
'  hatli  commanded  the  Bailiffs  of  fome  Liberty  which 
'  did  nothing  therein,  and  nameth  Liberties  that  never 
'  had  the  Return  of  Writs ;  whereupon  our  Lord  the 
'  King  hath  ordained,  That  the  Treafurer  *  and  Ba- 
'  raw  of  the  Exchequer  fhall  deliver  to  the  Juftices  in 
'  a  Roll  all  the  Liberties  in  all  Shirr;  that  have  Return 
'  of  Writs.    (11)  And  if  the  Sheriff  anfwer  that  he 


OUia  Juftitiarii  ad  quorum  officium  fpe&at  uni- 
cuique  coram  eis  placitanti  juftitiam  exhibere 
n  tquentius  impediuntur  quo  minus  officium  fuum 
debfto  modo  exequi  poffent  per  hoc  quod  viceco- 
mites  brevia  originalia  &  judicialia  non  returnant 
per  hoc  etiam  quod  ad  brevia  Regis  falfum  retur- 
nant refponfum  providit  Dominus  Rex  &  ordina- 
vit  quod  illi  qui  timent  maliciam  vicecomitis  libe- 
rent  brevia  fua  originalia  &  judicialia  in  pleno  co- 
mitatu  vel  in  retro  comitatu  ubi  fit  collecStio  dena- 
riorum  Domini  Regis  &  capiatur  bilettum  de  vice- 
comite  prefente  vel  fubvicecomite  in  quo  biletto 
contineantur  nomina  petent'  &  tenent'  que  nomi- 
nantur  in  brevi  &  ad  requifitionem  illius  qui  breve 
liberabit  apponatur  figillum  vicecomitis  vel  fubvice- 
comitis  in  teftimonium  &   fiat  mentio  de  die  li- 
berationis  brevis.     Et  fi  vicecomes  vel  fubviceco- 
mes  hujufmodi  billetto  figilla  fua  apponere  nolue- 
rint  capiatur  teftimonium  militum  &  aliorum  fide 
dignorum  qui  prefentes  fuerint  qui  figilla  fua  hu- 
jufmodi biletto  apponant.     Et  fi  vicecomes  brevia 
fibi  liberata  non  returnaverit  &  fuper  hoc  Juftitiar' 
querimonia  perveniat  mandetur  per  breve  de  Judi- 
cio  Juftitiariis  ad  affifas  capiendas  affignatis  quod 
inquirant   per   eos   qui   prefentes   fuerint   quando 
breve  vicecomiti  liberatum  fuit  fi  fciverint  de  ilia 
liberatione  &  inquifitio  returnetur  Et  fi  compertum 
fuerit  per  inquifitionem  quod  breve  fuit  ei  libera- 
tum adjudicentur  petenti  vel  querenti  dampna  ha- 
bito  refpeftu  ad  quantitatem  &  qualitatem  aftionis 
&  ad  periculum  quod  ei  evenire  poffet  per  dilatio- 
nem  quam  patiebatur  Et  per  iftam  viam  fiat  reme- 
dium  quando  vicecomes  refpondet  quod  breve  adeo- 
tarde  venit  quod  preceptum  Regis  exequi  non  po- 
tuit.     Multociens  etiam  capiunt  placita  dilationem 
per  hoc  quod  vicecomites  refpondent  quod  prece- 
perint  ballivis   alicujus  libertatis  qui  nichil  inde 
fecerunt  &  nominant  libertates  que  nunquam  re- 
turnum  brevium  habuerunt  propter  quod  ordinavit 
Dominus  Rex  quod  Thefaurarius  de  Scaccario  li- 
beret  in  rotulo  omnes  libertates  in  quibufcumque 

comitatibus  que  habent  returnum  brevium.    Et  fi 

vicecomes 


A.  IX  1285. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edward  1  I. 


Stat.  r. 


105 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
vicecomes  refpondeat  quod  returnum  fecit  ballivis 
alterius  libertatis  quam  alicujus  contente  in  pre- 
didfo  rotulo  ftatim  puniatur  vicecomes  tanquam 
exheredator  Domini  Regis  &  Corone  fue.  Et  fi 
forte  refpondeat  quod  returnavit  ballivis  alicujus 
libertatis  que  veraciter  returnum  habet  mandetur 
vicecomiti  quod  non  omittat  propter  predirfttam  li- 
bertatem  quin  exequatur  preceptum  Domini  Regis 
&  quod  fcire  faciat  ballivis  quibus  fecit  returnum 
quod  fint  ad  diem  in  brevi  contentum  ad  refpon- 
dendum  quare  de  precepto  Domini  Regis  execu- 
tionem  non  fecerunt.  Et  fi  ad  diem  venerint  &  fe 
acquietent  quod  returnum  brevis  eis  non  fuit  fac- 
tum ftatim  condempnetur  vicecomes  domino  illius 
libertatis  &  fimiliter  parti  lefe  per  dilationem  in 
reftitutionem  dampnorum.  Et  fi  ballivi  ad  diem 
non  venerint  vel  venerint  &  fupradiito  modo  fe 
non  acquietaverint  in  quolibet  brevi  de  Judicio 
quam  diu  durat  placitum  precipiatur  vicecomiti 
quod  non  omittat  propter  libertatem,  &c.  Multo- 
tiens  etiam  falfum  dant  'refponfum  quoad  ilium 
articulum  Quod  de  exhibits,  izfc.  mandantes  ali- 
quando  &  mentientes  quod  nulli  funt  exitus  ali- 
quando  quod  parvi  funt  cum  de  majoribus  refpon- 
dere  poflunt  aliquando  non  facientes  mentionem 
de  exitibus  propter  quod  ordinatum  eft  &  concor- 
datum  quod  fi  querens  petat  auditum  refponfionis 
vicecomitis  concedatur  ei  &  fi  offerat  verificare 
■quod  vicecomes  de  majoribus  exitibus  refpondere 
potuit  fiat  ei  breve  de  Judicio  ad  JufHtiarios  ad  af- 
fifas  capiendas  aflignatos  quod  inquirant  in  prefen- 
tia  vicecomitis  fi  interefle  voluerit  de  quibus  & 
quantis  exitibus  vicecomes  refpondere  potuit  a  die 
receptionis  brevis  ufque  ad  diem  in  brevi  conten- 
tum. Et  cum  inquifitio  retornata  fuerit  fi  de  pie- 
no  prius  non  refpondit  oneretur  de  fuperplufagio 
per  extractas  liberatas  ad  fcaccarium  &c  nichilomi- 
nus  graviter  amercietur  pro  concelamento.  Et 
fciat  vicecomes  quod  redditus  blada  in  grangia  & 
omnia  mobilia  preter  equitaturam  indumenta  &  u- 
tenfilia  domus  continentur  fub  nomine  Exituum. 
Precipit  Dominus  Rex  quod  vicecomites  pro  hu- 
jufmodi  falfis  refponfis  femel  &  iterum  fi  fit  necefl'e 
per  Juftic'  caftigentur  Et  fi  tertio  deliquerint  alius 
non  apponat  manum  quam  Dominus  Rex.  Mul- 
totiens  etiam  dant  refponfum  mandando  quod  non 
potuerunt  profequi  preceptum  Regis  propter  re- 
•fiftentiam  poteftatis  alicujus  magnatis  de  quo  ca- 
veant  vicecomites  decetero  quia  hujufmodi  refpon- 
fio  multum  redundat  in  dedecus  Domini  Regis. 
Et  quam  cito  ballivi  fui  teftificantur  quod  invene- 
runt  hujufmodi  refiftentiam  ftatim  omnibus  omiffis 
afTumpto  fecum  poffe  comitatus  fui  eat  in  propria 
perfona  ad  faciendam  executionem  Et  fi  inveniat 
fubballivos  mendaces  puniat  eos  per  prifonam  ita 
quod  alii  per  eorum  penam  caftigentur  Et  fi  in- 
-veniat  eos  veraces  caftiget  refiftentes  per  prifonam 
a  qua  non  deliberentur  fine  fpeci  ali  precepto  Do- 
mini Regis.  Et  fi  forte  vicecomes  cum  venerit  re- 
fiftentiam invenerit  certificet  curiam  de  nominibus 
refiftentium  auxiliantium  confentientium  precipi- 
entium  &  fautorum  &  per  breve  de  Judicio  attachi- 
entur  per  corpora  ad  veniendum  ad  curiam  Et  fi  de 
Vol.  I, 


hath  made  Return  to  aBailiffof  another  Liberty  than 
is  contained  in  the  faid  Roll,  the  Sheriff  fliall  be 
forthwith  punifhed  as  a  Diftieritor  of  our  Lord  the 
King  and  his  Crown,  (iz)  And  if  peradventure  he 
return  that  he  hath  delivered  the  Writ  to  a  Bailiff  of 
fome  Liberty  that  indeed  hath  Return,  the  Sheriff 
fhall  be  commanded,  that  he  {hall  not  fpare  for  the 
forefaid  Liberty,  but  fhall  execute  the  King's  Pre- 
cept ;  and  that  he  f  do  the  Bailiffs  to  wit,  to  whom 
he  returned  the  Writ,  that  they  be  ready  at  a  Day 
contained  in  the  Writ,  to  anfwer  why  they  did  not 
execute  the  King's  Precept.  (13)  And  if  they  come 
at  the  Day,  and  acquit  themfelves,  that  no  Return 
was  made  to  them,  the  Sheriff  fliall  be  forthwith  con- 
demned to  the  Lord  of  the  fame  Liberty,  and  like- 
wife  to  the  Party  grieved  by  the  Delay,  for  to  render 
Damages.  ( 14)  And  if  the  Bailiffs  come  not  in  at 
the  Day,  or  do  come,  and  do  not  acquit  themfelves 
in  Manner  aforefaid  ;  in  every  judicial  Writ,  fo  long 
as  the  Plea  hangeth,  the  Sheriff  fliall  be  commanded 
that  he  fhall  not  fpare  for  the  Liberty,  C3°t\  (15) 
Many  Times  alio  Sheriffs  make  falfe  Returns  as 
touching  thefe  Articles,  Quod  de  exhibits,  &c.  re- 
turning fometime,  and  lying,  that  there  be  no  Iffues, 
fometime  that  there  are  fmall  Iffues,  when  they  may 
return  great,  and  fometime  do  make  mention  of  no 
Iffues  ;  (16)  wherefore  it  is  ordained  and  agreed, 
That  if  the  Plaintiff  demand  hearing  of  the  Sheriff's 
Return,  it  fhall  be  granted  him  ;  (17)  and  if  he  offer 
to  aver  that  the  Sheriff  might  have  returned  greater 
Iffues  unto  the  King,  he  fhall  have  a  Writ  judicial 
unto  the  Juftices  arfigned  to  take  Affifes,  that  they 
fhall  inquire  in  Prefence  of  the  Sheriff"  (if  he  will  be 
there)  of  what  and  how  great  Iffues  the  Sheriff  might 
have  made  Return  from  the  Day  of  the  W"nt  pur- 
chafed  unto  the  Day  contained  in  the  Writ.  (18) 
And  when  the  Inqueft  is  returned,  if  he  have  not 
afore  anfwered  for  the  Whole,  he  fhall  be  charged 
with  the  Overplus  by  the  Extreats  of  the  Juftices  de- 
livered in  the  Exchequer,  and  neverthelefs  fhall  be 
grievoufly  amerced  for  the  Concealment.  (19)  And 
let  the  Sheriff  know,  that  Rents,  Corn  in  the  Grange, 
and  all  Moveables  (except  Horfe,  Harnefs,  and  Houf- 
hold-ftuff)  be  contained  within  the  Name  of  IJJites. 
(20^  And  the  King  hath  commanded,  that  Sheriffs 
fhall  be  punifhed  by  the  Juftices  once  or  twice  if 
Need  be)  for  fuch  falfe  Returns;  (21)  and  if  they 
offend  the  third  Time,  none  fliall  have  to  do  there- 
with but  the  King.  {zi)  They  make  alfo  many 
Times  falfe  Anfwers,  returning  that  they  could  not 
execute  the  King's  Precept  for  the  Refiftance  of  fome 
great  Man  ;  wherefore  let  the  Sheriffs  beware  from 
henceforth,  for  fuch  Manner  of  Anfwers  redound 
much  to  the  Difhonour  of  the  King.  (23)  And  af- 
foon  as  his  Bailiffs  do  teftifie  that  they  found  fuch 
Refiftance,  forthwith  all  Things  fet  apart  (taking 
with  him  the  Power  of  the  Shire)  he  fliall  go  in  pro- 
per Perfon  to  do  Execution ;  and  if  he  find  his  Un- 
derbailiffs  falfe,  he  fhall  punifh  them  by  Imprifon- 
ment,  fo  that  other  by  their  Example  may  be  re- 
formed ;  and  if  he  do  find  them  true,  he  fliall  punifh 
the  Refifters  by  Imprifonment,  from  whence  they 
fliall  not  be  delivered  without  the  King's  fpecial 
Commandment.  (24)  And  if  percafe  the  Sheriff 
when  he  cometh  do  find  Refiftance,  he  fhall  certifie 
to  the  Court  the  Names  of  the  Refifters,  Aiders,  Con- 
fenters,  Commanders,  and  Favourers,  and  by  a  Writ 
judicial  they  fliall  be  attached  by  their  Bodies  to  ap- 
pear at  the  King's  Court  j  (25)  and  if  they  be  con - 
P  '  via 


Non  omittas 
propter  aliquam 
Jibertatem. 
11  Ed.  4.  f.  4. 

\  Makz  known 
U  the  Bailiffs. 


The  Sheriff** 

Defaults  in  re- 
turning of  Kibes. 


27  H.  8.  f.  3. 
10H.  7.  f.  ir. 
Fitz.  Averment, 
16,  26,  43,  45, 
47;  48,  49- 


What  ffiall  he 
accounted  Ilfues. 


The  Sheriff  re- 
turneth  that 
there  was  Di- 
sturbance of  Ex- 
ecution of  Pro- 
cefs. 
Regift.  83. 


no 6       Stat.  i. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  1285, 


K5»  j8  Ed.  1. 

c.  16. 

(t3*  Tf>:<  fams  ta 

be  a  niiftakin  i?e- 

feretice. 


v\&  of  fuch  P-efiftance,  they  fhall  be  punifhed  at  the 
King's  Pleafure.  Neither  fhall  any  Officer  of  the 
King's  meddle  in  affigning  the  Punimment,  for  our 
Lord  the  King  hath  referved  it  fpecially  to  himfelf, 
becaufe  that  Refifters  have  been  reputed  Difturbers  of 
his  Peace,  and  of  his  Realm.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
hujufmodi  refiftentia  convincantur  [puniantur]  fe- 
cundum  quod  Domino  Regi  placuerit.  N"c  in- 
tromittat  le  aliquis  minifter  Domini  Regis  d;  pena 
hujufmodi  infligenda  quia  Dominus  Rex  hoc  fpe- 
cialiter  fibi  refervat  pro  eo  quod  hujufmodi  reft- 
ftentes  cenfentur  pacisfue  &  regni  perturbatores. 


•Fit?.  Age 

765      17.6; 

Fitz.  Vou 
180,  183, 

P»aft.  139 

2  Infi.  4; 
i  J. eon. 


5- 
4«.. 


Oir.  hy^iH.  8. 
c.  13.  for  the 
Difj'o'ution  of 
Monafterhs  and 
Abbeys. 
22  Co.  72. 
2  Roli  166. 


Cont.  form, 
collar. 
Kegift,  238, 


Fitz.  Brief,  291 
r  itz.  CefTavir, 
?5>  l£;  24>  44- 


St.  6  Ei,r.t,4. 
J 1  Co,  63. 


GAP.     XL. 

A  Woman's  Suit  fhall  not  be  deferred  by  the  Minority  of  the  Heir. 


47, 

i}8.  . 

cher, 
226, 


Here  any  doth  aliene  the  Right  of  his  Wife, 
it  is  agreed,  That  from  henceforth  the  Suit 
of  the  Woman,  or  her  Heir,  after  the  Death  of  her 
Hufband,  fhall  not  be  delayed  by  the  Nonage  of  the 
Heir  that  ought  to  warrantife,  but  let  the  Purchafer 
tarry,  which  ought  not  to  have  been  ignorant  that  he 
bought  the  Right  of  another,  until  the  Age  of  his 
Warrantor,  to  have  his  Warranty.' 


CU  M  quis  alienat  jus  uxoris  fue  concordatum 
eft  quod  decetero  fefta  mulieris  vel  ejus  here- 
dis  non  differatur  poft  obitum  yiri  per  minorem  eta- 
tem  heredis  qui  warrantizare  debet  fed  expedret 
emptor  qui  ignorare  non  debuit  quod  jus  alienom 
emit  ufque  ad  etatem  warranti  fui  de  warrantia  fua 
habenda. 


CAP.     XLI. 

A  Contra  for  mam  Collatlonis ;  and  a  Ceffavit  to  recover  Lands  given  in  Alms. 


t  U  R  Lord  the  King  hath  ordained,  That  if  Ab- 
bots, Priors,  Keepers  of  Hofpitals,  and  other 
religious  Houfes  founded  by  him  or  by  his  Progeni- 
tors, do  from  henceforth  aliene  the  Lands  given  to 
their  Houfes  by  him  or  by  his  Progenitors  ;  the  Land 
'  fhall  be  taken  into  the  King's  Hands,  and  holden  at 
4  his  Will,  and  the  Purchafer  fhall  lofe  his  Recovery 
'  as  well  of  the  Lands,  as  of  the  Money  that  he  paid. 
'  (2)  And  if  the  Houfe  were  founded  by  an  Earl,  Ba- 
'  ron,  or  other  Perfons,  for  the  Lands  fo  aliened,  he 
'  from  whom,  or  from  whofe  Anceftor  the  Land  fo 
'  aliened  was  given,  fhall  have  a  Writ  to  recover  the 

*  fame  Land  in  Demefne,  which  is  thus  :' 

TI.  Praecipe  tali  abbati,  quod  jufte,  Sec.  reddat  G.  F. 
tale  tenementum  quod  eidem  domui  collatum  fuit  in 
liberam  eleemofynam  per  predi£bum  G.  vel  anteceffores 
fuos,  &  quod  ad  prediiSum  G.  revert!  debet  per  alie- 
nationem  quam  prsediiftus  abbas  fecit  de  prasdicSfo  te- 
nemento,  contra  formam  collationis  praedictae,  ut  dicit. 

'  III.  In  like  Manner  for  Lands  given  fortheMain- 
'  tenance  of  a  Chantery,  or  of  Light  in  a  Church  or 
'  Chapel,  or  other  Alms  to  be  maintained,  if  the  Land 
'  given  be  aliened.  (2)  But  if  the  Land  fo  given  for 
'  a  Chantery,  Light,  Suftenance  of  poor  People,  or 
'  other  Alms  to  be  maintained  or  done,  be  not  aliened, 

*  but  fuch  Alms  is  withdrawn  by  the  Space  of  two 
'  Years,  an  A£lion  fhall  lie  for  the  Donor  or  his  Heir 
'  to  demand  the  Land  fo  given  in  demean,  as  it  is  or- 
'  dained  in  the  Statute  of  Glouccfier  for  Lands  leafed  to 
'  do  or  to  render  the  fourth  Part  of  the  Value  of  the 
'  Land,  or  more.' 


STatuit  Dominus  Rex  quod  fi  Abbates  Priores 
Cuftodes  Hofpitalium  &  aliarum  domorum  re- 
ligiofarum  fundatarum  ab  ipfo  vel  a  progenitoribus 
fuis  alienaverint  decetero  tenementa  domibus  ipfis- 
ab  ipfo  vel  a  progenitoribus  fuis  collata  tenementa 
ilia  in  manum  Domini  Regis  capiantur  &  ad  vo- 
luntatem  fuam  teneantur  &  emptor  amittat  fuum 
recuperare  tarn  de  tenementis  quam  de  pecunia 
quam  pacavit.  Si  autem  domus  ilia  a  Comitibus 
Baronibus  vel  aliis  fundata  fuerit  de  tenementis  fie 
alienatis  habeat  ille  a  quo  vel  a  cujus  anteceflbre 
tenementum  fie  alienatum  collatum  fuerit  breve  ad 
recuperandum  tenementum  illud  in  dominico  quod 
tale  eft : 

Precipe  tali  Abbati  quod  jufte,  &c.  reddat  B.  tale 
tenementum  quod  eidem  domui  collatum  fuit  in  liberam 
elemofynam  per  prediclum  B.  vel  anteceffores  fuos  &f 
quod  ad  prediclum  B,  reverti  debet  per  alienationem 
quam  preditlus  Abbas  fecit  de  preditlo  tenementa  contra 
formam  collationis  predicle  ut  dicit. 

Eodem  modo  de  tenemento  dato  pro  Cantaria 
fuflentanda  vel  luminari  in  aliqua  ecclefsa  vel  Ca- 
pella  vel  aliis  elemofinis  fuftentandis  fi  tenementum 
fie  datum  alienatur.  Et  ll  forte  tenementum  fie 
datum  pro  Cantaria  luminari  potura  pauperum  vel 
aliis  elemofinis  fuftentandis  vel  faciendis  non  fuerit 
alienatum  fed  fubtra&a  fuerit  hujufmodi  elemofma. 
per  biennium  competat  actio  donatori  vel  ejus  he- 
redi  ad  petendum  tenementum  fie  datum  in  domi- 
nico ficut  ftatutum  eft  in  ftatuto  Glouc'  de  tene- 
mentis dimiffis  ad  faciendum  vel  ad  reddendum 
quartam  partem  valoris  tenementi  vel  majorts. 


CAP.     XLII. 


The  feveral  Fees  of  Marfnals,  Chamberlains,  Porters  of  Juftices  in  Eyre,  &c. 
fOncerning  the  King's  Marshals  of  Fee,  Cham- 


:'   \_>  berlains,  Porters  in  the  Circuit  of  Juftices  and 


jlntr.  461, 
The  feveral  Fee; 

of  Marfliais,       t  Serjeants  bearing  Vierge  before  Juftices  at  TVcJlmin- 

&^T;trCh1h'av=<y?er'  which  have  the  1;tme0ffice  »»  Fee'  and  th.at 

the  Office  in      '  a*k  more  by  Reafon  of  their  Fee  than  they  have  ufed 
Pec.  '  to.aflc,  whereupon  many  do  complain  on  them,  that 

*  have  known  and  feen  the  Order  of  the  Court  of 
3 


E  marefcallis  Domini  Regis  de  feodo  Camerar" 
_  '  Cuftod'  Hoftiorum  in  Itinere  Juftitiariorum= 
&  fervientibus  virgam  portantibus  coram  Juftitiariis 
apud  Weftm'  qui  ofEcium  illud  habent  de  feodo  &r 
qui  plus  exigunt  ratione  feodi  fui  quam  exigere  con- 
fueverunt  fecundum  quod  multi  queruntur  per  eos 
qui  {latum  Curie  amulto  tempore  viderunt  &  fci- 

Hfli 


A.  D.  1285. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edward  1  I. 


Stat. 


107 


Ex  Rat.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
•lint  Dominus  Rex  inquiri  fecit  quern  {latum  pre- 
dicli  miniftri  de  feodo  habere  confueverunt  tempo- 
ril.us  retroactis  U  per  inquifitionem  ftatuit  &  pre- 
cepit  quod  Marefcallus  de  feodo  qui  de  novo  exigit 
palefridum  de  Comitibus  Baronibus  &  aliis  per 
partem  Baronie  tenentibus  quando  homagium  fe- 
ccrunt  &  nichilominus  ad  militiam  eorum  alium 
palefridum  &  de  quibufdam  de  quibus  palefridum 
habere  non  debent  palefridum  de  novo  exigunt  or- 
dinavit  quod  prediitus  Marefcallus  de  quolibet 
Comit?  &  Barone  integram  Baroniam  tenente  de 
unico  palefrido  fit  contentus  vel  de  precio  quale 
antiquitus  percipere  confueverunt  ita  quod  fi  ad  ho- 
magium quod  fecit  palefridum  vel  precium  ceperit 
in  forma  predi6la  ad  militiam  fuam  nichil  capiat  Et 
fi  forte  ad  homagium  nichil  ceperit  ad  militiam  ca- 
piat. De  Abbatibus  &  Prioribus  integram  Baro- 
niam tenentibus  cum  homagium  aut  fidelitatem  fe- 
cerint  pro  Baroniis  fuis  capiat  palefridum  vel  pre- 
cium ut  prediclum  eft.  Hoc  idem  de  archiepifco- 
pis  &  epifcopis  eft  obfervandum.  De  hiis  autem 
qui  partem  baronie  tenent  five  fint  religiofi  five  fe- 
■culares  capiant  fecundum  portionem  partis  Baronie 
quam  tenent.  De  religiofis  tenentibus  in  liberam 
elemofynam  &  non  per  Baroniam  vel  partem  Ba- 
ronie nichil  decetero  exigat  marefchallus.  Etcon- 
ceffit  Dominus  Rex  quod  per  hoc  ftatutum  non 
■precludatur  marefcallus  fuus  de  feodo  in  plus  pe- 
tendo  fi  impofterum  oftendere  poterit  quod  jus  ha- 
beat  plus  petendi.  Camerarii  Domini  Regis  ha- 
beant  decetero  de  Archiepifcopis  Epifcopis  Abba- 
tibus Prioribus  &  aliis  perfonis  ecclefiafticis  Comi- 
tibus Baronibus  integram  Baroniam  tenentibus 
rationabilem  finem  cum  homagium  aut  fidelitatem 
pro  Baroniis  fuis  fecerint  Et  fi  per  partem  Baronie 
teneant  capiat  rationabilem  finem  fecundum  porti- 
onem ipfos  contingentem.  Alii  vero  Abbates  & 
Priores  &  alii  religiofi  6c  feculares  non  tenentes 
per  baroniam  vel  partem  baronie  non  diftringantur 
ad  finem  faciendum  fecundum  quod  de  tenentibus 
per  baroniam  vel  partem  baronie  diftum  eft  fet  fit 
camerarius  de  fuperiori  indumento  contentus  vel 
de  precio  indumenti  quod  plus  dictum  eft  pro  re- 
ligiofis quam  fecularibus  quia  honeftius  eft  quod  re- 
ligiofi finem  faciant  pro  fuperiori  indumento  quam 
exuantur. 


long  Time;    (2)  our  Lord  the  King  hath  caufed  to 
be  enquired  by   an  Inqueft  what  the  (aid  Officers  of 
Fee  have  ufed  to  have  in  Times  palled,  and  hath  or- 
dained and   commanded,    That  a  Marfhal   of  Fee, 
which   of  new   afketh  a   Palfray  of  Earls,   Barons, 
and  other  holding  by  a  Part  of  a  Barony  when  they 
have  done  Homage,  and  neverthelefs  another  Palfray 
when   they  are  made   Knights,    and   of   fome  that 
ought  not  to  give  any,  afk  a  Palfray:    (■?)  It  is  in  . 
like  Manner  ordained,  That  the  faid  Marfhal  of  eve- 
ry Earl   and  Baron,  holding  by  an  entire  Barony, 
fhall  be  contented  with  one  Palfray,  or  with  the  Price 
of  it,  fuch  as  he  hath  ufed  to  have  of  old;    (4.)  fo 
that  if  he  took  a  Palfray,  or  the  Price  of  one,  at  the 
doing  of  his  Homage  in  Form  aforefaid,    he  fhall 
take  nothing  when  he  is  made  Knight ;  and  if  he 
took  nothing  at  the  doing  of  his  Homage,  when  he 
is   made  Knight  he  fhall  take.     (5)  Of  Abbots  and 
Priors  holding  an  whole  Barony,  when  they  do  ho- 
mage or  Fealty  for  their  Baronies,  he  fhall   take  one 
Palfray,  or  the  Price,  as  afore  is  faid.     (6)  And  this 
fhall  alio  be  obferved  amongft  Archbifhops  and  Bi- 
fbops.     Of  fuch   as   hold  but  a  Part  of  a  Barony, 
whether  they  be  Religious  or  Secular,  he  fhall  take 
according  to  the  Portion  of  the  Part  of  the  Barony 
that  they  hold.     (7)  Of  religious  Men  that  hold  in  Religious^Mtrs. 
free  Alms,  and  not  by  a  Barony,  nor  Part  of  a  Ba- 
rony, the  Marfhal  from  henceforth  fhall  demand  no- 
thing.    (8)  And  our  Lord  the  King  hath  granted, 
that  by  this  Statute  a  Marfhal  of  Fee  fhall  not  be 
barred  hereafter  ■  to  demand  more,  if  he  can  fhew 
that  he  haih    Right  unto   more.     (9)  The  King's  The  King's 
Chamberlains  from  henceforth  fhall  have  of  Arch-  Chamberlain:, 
bifhops,  Bifhops,  Abbots,  Priors,  and  other  Perfons 
Spiritual,  of  Earls  and  Barons  holding  an  entire  Ba- 
rony, a  reafonable  Fine  when  they  do  their  Homage 
or  Fealty  ;   (10)  and  if  they  hold  by  a  Part  of  a  Ba- 
rony, they  fhall  take  a  reafonable  Fine  according  to 
the  Portion  to  them  belonging.     (11)  Other  Abbots, 
Priors,    and  other  Perfons  Spiritual  and  Temporal, 
that  hold  no  entire  Barony,    nor  Part  of  a  Barony, 
fhall  not  be  diftrained  to  make  Fine,  as  it  is  faid  by 
them  that  hold  by  a  Barony,    or  Part  of  a  Barony, 
but  the  Chamberlain  fhall  be  contented  with  his  up- 
per Garment,  or  with  the  Price  thereof;    which  is 
done  in  Favour  of  Perfons  religious  more  than  of  Lay 
Perfons  ;    for   it   is   more   convenient  that  religious 
Men  fhould  fine  for  their  upper  Garment,  than  to  01>J.  by  12  Car. 
be  ftripped.'  2.  c.  24.  and  31 

H.  8,  c.  13. 


CAP.     XLIII. 

Hofpitallers  and  Templars  fhall  draw  no  Man  into  Suit,  &c. 


PRohibetur  decetero  Hofpitelar'  &  Templar'  ne 
decetero  trahant  aliquem  in  placitum  coram 
confervatoribus  privilegiorum  fuorum  de  aliqua  re 
cujus  cognitio  ad  forum  Regium  pertineat  quod  fi 
fecerint  primo  reftitutis  dampnis  parti  gravate  & 
verfus  Regem  graviter  puniantur.  Prohibet  etiam 
Dominus  Rex  confervatoribus  privilegiorum  eorun- 
dem  ne  decetero  ad  inftantiam  Templariorum  Ho- 
fpitelariorum  aut  aliorum  privilegiatorum  conce- 
dant  citationes  quoufque  fciverint  fuper  qua  re  fieri 
debeat  citatio.  Et  fi  viderint  hujufmodi  confer- 
vatores  quod  petatur  citatio  de  aliqua  re  cujus 
cognitio  ad  forum  fpeftat  regium  hujufmodi  con- 
fcrvatoies  nee  citationem  faciant  nee  cognofcant. 


E  it  prohibited  from  henceforth  to  Hofpitallers 
1  and  Templars,  that  hereafter  they  bring  no  Man 
in  Plea  before  the  Keepers  of  their  Privileges  for  any 
Matter,  the  Knowledge  whereof  belongeth  to  the 
King's  Court ;  which  if  they  do,  firft,  they  fhall 
yield  Damages  to  the  Party  grieved,  and  be  grievoully 
punifhed  unto  the  King,  (z)  The  King  alfo  pro- 
hibiteth  to  the  Keepers  of  fuch  Privileges,  that  from 
henceforth  they  grant  no  Citations  at  the  Inftance  of 
Hofpitallers,  Templars,  or  other  Perfons  privileged, 
before  it  be  expreffed  upon  what  Matter  the  Citation 
ought  to  be  made.  (3)  And  if  the  Keepers  do  fee 
that  a  Citation  is  required  upon  any  Matter,  the 
Knowledge  whereof  belongeth  to  the  King's  Court, 
P  2  'the 


a  Inft.  464. 
Regift.  39„ 
The  liaffitalers 
ivere  an  Order  of 
religious  Knights 
infiituted  in  the 
Tear  luS.    Tie 
Lands  and  Goods 
of  thefc  Knights 
ivere  given  to 
the  King  by  32 
J7.8.  c.  34. 
"The  Templars 
"were  another  Or- 
der of  religious 
Knights  injiituted 
hi  the  Tear  II 19,, 


io8       Stat.  r. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  EdwardiI.  A.  D.  1 2 8 5. 


and  their  Order 
ivaz  fupprcJJ'cd  by 


'  the  Keepers  {hall  neither  make  nor  knowledge  the 
Citation.     (4)  And  if  the  Keepers  do  otherwife,  they 


CmZTr'ari'th  "  lhal!  yield  damages  to  the  Party  grieved,  and  never- 
c  thekfs-  fliall  be  grievoufly  punifhed  by  the  King. 
(5)  And  forafmuch  as  fuch  Perfons  privileged,  de- 
pute Keepers,  Sub-Priors,  Chantors,  Sextons,  which 
be  religious  Men,  and  which  have 'nothing  to  fatisfy 
the  Parties  grieved,  nor  the  King ;  which  be  more 
bold  to  offend  the  King's  Dignity  than  their  Superi- 
ors, to  whom  Punifhment  may  be  affigned  by  their 
Temporaries,  (6  J  Let  the  Prelates  or"  fuch  Obedi- 
ents  therefore  beware  from  henceforth,  that  they  do 
not  fuffer  their  Obedients  to  ufurp  any  Jurifdiction 
in  Prejudice  of  the  King  and  his  Crown  ;  and  if  they 
do,,  their  Superiors  (hall  be  charged  for  their  Fact,  as 
much  as  if  they  had  been  convict  upon  their  proper 
Act.' 


Obf.  The  above 
Orders  no  longer 
fubfijling. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Et  fi  aliter  fecerint  confervatores  refpondeant  parti 
lefe  de  dampnis  &c  nichilominus  verfus  Regem  gra- 
viter  puniantur.  Et  quia  hujufmodi  privilegiati 
impetrant  confervatores  Subpriores  Precentores  Sa- 
criftas  viros  religiofos  qui  nichil  habent  unde  lefis 
aut  Domino  Regi  fatisfacere  poffint  qui  audaciores 
funt  ad  ledendum  dignitatem  Domini  Regis  quam 
eorum  fuperiores  quibus  per  eorum  temporalia  pena 
poteft  infligi.  Caveant  decetero  prelati  hujufmodi 
obedientiariorum  ne  permittant  obedientiarios  fuos 
affumere  fibi  jurifdictionem  in  prejudicium  Domini 
Regis  &  Corone  fue  quod  fi  fecerint  pro  facto  ip- 
forum  refpondeant  fuperiores  fui  ac  fi  de  proprio 
facto  convicti  eflent. 


The  Fees  of 
Porters  carrying 
Verges  before 
the  Tutrices. 
*  For  x,  read  iv. 

2  Inft.  467. 

3  Ed.  1.  c,  27 
&  30. 


Snfjrced  by  2  H. 
4.  c.  8.  ivb'icb 
infiicis  Penaltiis- 
e.i  Cbirograpbers 
tending. 
Cierks  writing 
original  Writs. 


CAP.    XLIV. 
The  Fees  of  Porters  bearing  Verges  before  the  Ju dices  •  and  of  Cirographers,  Clerks,  &e. 


St  W.i.  c.  26, 
17.  29> 


COnceming  Porters  bearing  Verge  before  Juftices 
of  the  Bench  in  the  Circuit ;  it  is  provided, 
That,  of  every  Affife  and  Jury  that  they  keep  they 
fliall  take  *  xd.  only,  and  for  the  Bills  nothing.  (2) 
Of  fuch  as  recover  their  Demands  by  Default,  Con- 
feffion,  or  otherwife  by  Judgement  without  Affife  and 
Jury,,  they  fhall  take  nothing.  (3)  Of  fuch  as  go 
without  Day  by  Default  of  the  Demandant  or  Plain- 
tiff, they  fhall  take  nothing.  (4)  And  if  any  reco- 
ver his  Demand  againft  many  by  one  Writ,  and  by 
Recognizance  of  Affife  or  Jury,  they  fhall  be  con- 
tent with  ivd.  (5)  and  likewife  if  many  named  in 
one  Writ  do  recover  by  Recognizance  of  Affife  or 
Jury,  they  fliall  be  content  with  ivd.  (6)  Of  fuch 
as  do  Homage  in  the  Bench,  they  fhall  be  content 
with  their  upper  Garment.  (7)  Of  great  Affifes, 
Attaints,  Juries,  and  Battle  waged,  they  fhall  take 
xii  d.  only.  (8)  Of  fuch  as  be  called  before  Juftices 
to  fue  or  to  defend  their  Pleas,  they  fhall  take  nothing 
for  their  coming  in  or  forth.  (9)  At  the  Pleas  of  the 
Crown,  for  every  Dozen  xiid.  only  fhall  be  taken. 

(10)  Of  every  Prifoner  delivered  ivd.  fhall  be  taken. 

(11)  Of  every  one  whofe  Peace  is  proclaimed  xiid. 
only  fhall  be  taken.  (12)  Of  the  Finders  of  Men 
flain,  and  others  of  a  Town  attached,  ivd.  (13)  Of 
Tythingmen  nothing  fhall  be  taken.  (14)  OfCy- 
rographers,  for  making  a  Cyrografe,  it  is  ordained, 
that  they  fhall  be  contented  with  iv  s.  (15)  Of  Clerks 
writing  Writs  original  and  judicial,  it  is  ordained, 
That  for  one  Writ  they  fliall  take  but  id.  (16) 
And  the  King  chargeth  all  his  Juftices,  upon  their 
Faith  and  Oath  that  they  owe  him,  that  if  fuch  Man- 
ner of  Officers  offend  in  any  Article  againft  this  Sta- 
tute, and  Complaint  come  to  them  thereof,  they  fhall 
execute  on  them  reafonable  Punifhment ;  (17)  and  if 
they  offend  the  fecond  Time,  they  fhall  award  greater 
Punifhment,  that  they  may  be  duly  corrected  :  (18) 
and  if  they  offend  the  third  Time,  and  be  thereupon 
convicted,  if  they  be  Officers  of  the  Fee,  they 
fhall  leefe  their  Fee  ;  and  if  they  be  other,  they  fhall 
void  the  King's  Court,  and  fhall  not  be  received 
again,  without  the  fpecial  Grace  and  Licence  of  the 
King  himfclf.' 


E  cuftodibus  hoftiorum  in  Itinere  &  virgam 
portantibus  coram  Juftitiariis  de  Banco  ordi- 
natum  eft  quod  de  cjualibet  affifa  h  jurata  quam 
cuftodiunt  capiant  quatuor  denarios  tantum  de  ciro- 
graphis  nichil.  De  hiis  qui  recuperent  demandas 
fuas  per  defaltam  redditionem  vel  alio  modo  per 
judicium  fine  affifa  &  jurata  nich.  de  hiis  qui  rece— 
dunt  fine  die  per  defaltam  petentis  vel  querentis 
nichil  capiant.  Et  fi  quis  recuperaverit  demandam 
fuam  verfus  plures  per  unum  breve  Si  per  recogni- 
tionem  affife  aut  jurate  de  quatuor  denariis  fint  con- 
tend. Et  fimiliter  in  uno  brevi  nominati  per  re— 
cognitionem  affife  vel  jurate  de  quatuor  denariis  fint 
contend.  De  hiis  qui  faciunt  homagium  in  Banco 
de  fuperiori  panno  fint  contenti.  De  magnis  aflifis 
attinctis  juratis  &  de  duello  percuffo  xii.  denarii  tan- 
tum capiantur.  De  hiis  qui  vocati  funt  coram 
Juftitiariis  ad  fequendum  vel  defendendum  placi- 
tum  fuum  nichil  dent  pro  ingreffu  vel  egrefTu-, 
Ad  placita  Corone  de  qualibet  duodena  xii.  denar' 
tantum  capiantur.  De  quolibet  prifone  deliberate* 
quatuor  denarii  tantum  capiantur.  De  quolibet 
cujus  pax  proclamata  fuerit  xii.  denarii  tantum  ca- 
piantur. De  inventoribus  vicinis  &  aliis  villatis 
attach'  quatuor  hominibus  &  prepofito  decennar' 
nichil'  capiatur.  De  cirographariis  pro  cirographo 
faciendo  ftatutum  eft  quod  de  quatuor  folidis  fint 
contenti.  De  clericis  fcribentibus  brevia  originalia 
&  judkialia  ftatutum  eft  quod  pro  brevi  de  denario  ■ 
fint  contenti.  Et  injungit  Dominus  Rex  omnibus 
Juftitiariis  fuis  in  fide  &  facramento  quibus  ei  te- 
nentur  quod  fi  hujufmodi  miniftri  contra  predictum 
ftatutum  in  aliquo  venerint  &  querimonia  ad  eos 
perveniat  penam  eis  infligant  rationabilem  Et  fi 
iterum  deliquerint  majorem  penam  eis  infligant  qua 
caftigari  merito  debeant  Et  fi  tertio  deliquerint  & 
fuper  hoc  convicti  fuerint  fi  fint  miniftri  de  feodo 
amittant  feodum  fuum  fi  alii  fint  amittant  curiam . 
Regis  nee  redeant  fine  ipfius  Regis  fpeciali  gratia, 
feu  precepto.. 


€  A  P. 


A.  D.  1285. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edward  1  I. 


Stat,  i.3        109, 


CAP.    XLV. 

The  Procefs  of  Execution  of  Things  recorded  within  the  Year,  or  after. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

OUIA  de  hiis  que  recordata  funt  coram  Can- 
cellario  Domini  Regis  &  ejus  Juftitiariis  qui 
cordum  habent  &  in  rotulis  eorum  irrotulata  non 
debet  fieri  proceflus  placiti  per  fummonitionem  at- 
tachiamentum  eflbnium  vifus  terre  &  alias  folemp- 
nitates  Cur'  ficut  fieri  confuevit  de  contra&ibus  & 
conventionibus  fadtis  extra  curiam  obfervandum 
eft  decetero  quod  ea  que  inveniuntur  irrotulata  co- 
ram hiis  qui  recordum  habent  vel  in  finibus  con- 
tenta  five  fint  contractus  five  conventiones  five 
obligationes  five  fervicia  aut  confuetudines  recogni - 
tiones  vel  alia  quecumque  irrotulata  quibus  Curia 
Regis  fine  juris  &  confuetudinis  offenfa  au£fc>rita- 
tem  poteft  preftare  talem  decetero  habeant  vigorem 
quod  non  fit  necefle  de  hiis  impofterum  placitare. 
Set  cum  venerint  conquerentes  ad  Curiam  Domini 
Regis  fi  recens  fit  cognitio  vel  finis  videlicet  infra 
annum  in  brevi  levatus  ftatim  habeant  breve  de 
executione  illius  recognitionis  facSe.  Et  fi  forte  a 
majori  tempore  tranfa&o  fa&a  fuerit  ilia  recogni- 
tio  vel  finis  levatus  precipiatur  vicecomiti  quod 
fcire  faciat  parti  de  qua  fit  querimonia  quod  fit  ad 
certum  diem  oftenfura  fi  quid  fciat  dicere  quare 
hujufmodi  irrotulata  vel  in  fine  contenta  executio- 
nem  habere  non  debeant.  Et  fi  ad  diem  non  ve- 
nerit  vel  forte  venerit  &  nichil  fciat  dicere  quare 
executio  fieri  non  debeat  precipiatur  vicecomiti 
quod  rem  irrotulatam  vel  in  fine  contentam  exequi 
faciat.  Eodem  modo  mandetur  ordinario  in  fuo 
cafu  obfervato  nichilominus  quod  fupradi£tum  eft 
de  medio  qui  per  recognitionem  aut  judicium  obli- 
gates eft  ad  acquietandum,. 


'  "O  Ecaufe  that  of  fuch  Things  as  be  recorded  before 
'  J3  the  Chancellor  and  the  Juftices  of  the  King  that 
'  have  Record,  and  be  inrolled  in  their  Rolls,  Pro- 
'  cefs  of  Plea  ought  not  to  be  made  by  Summons,  At- 
'  tachments,  Effoin,  View  of  Land,  and  other  So- 
'  lemnities  of  the  Court,  as  hath  been  ufed  to  be  done 
'  of  Bargains  and  Covenants  made  out  of  the  Court ;" 

(2)  from  henceforth  it  is  to  be  obferved,  That  thofe 
Things  which  are  found  inrolled  before  them  that 
have  Record,  or  contained  in  Fines,  whether  they 
be  Contrails,  Covenants,  Obligations,  Services,  or 
Cuftoms  knowledged,  or  other  Things  whatfoever 
inrolled,  wherein  the  King's  Court,  without  Offence 
of  the  Law  and  Cuftom,  may  execute  their  Autho- 
rity, from  henceforth  they  fhall  have  fuch  Vigour, 
that  hereafter  it  fhall  not  need  to  plead  for  them. 

(3)  But  when  the  Plaintiff"  cometh  to  the  King's 
Court,  if  the  Recognifance  or  Fine  levied  be  frefh, 
that  is  to  fay,  levied  within  the  Year,  he  fhall  forth- 
with have  a  Writ  of  Execution  of  the  fame  Re- 
cognifance made.  (4)  And  if  the  Recognifance 
were  made,  or  the  Fine  levied  of  a  further  Time 
parTed,  the  Sheriff-  fhall  be  commanded,  that  he  give 
Knowledge  to  the  Party  of  whom  it  is  complained, 
that  he  be  afore  the  Juftices  at  a  certain  Day,  t<a 
fhew  if  he  have  any  Thing  to  fay  why  fuch  Matters 
inrolled  or  contained  in  the  Fine  ought  not  to  have 
Execution.  (5)  And  if  he  do  not  come  at  the  Day, 
or  peradventure  do  come,  and  can  fay  nothing  why 
Execution  ought  not  to  be  done,  the  Sheriff"  fhall  be 
commanded  to  caufe  the  Thing  inrolled  or  contained 
in  the  Fine  to  be  executed.  (6)  In  like  Manner,  an 
Ordinary  fhall  be  commanded  in  his  Cafe,  obferving 
neverthelefs.  as  before  is  faid  of  a  Mean,  which  by. 
Recognifance  or  Judgement  is  bound  to  acquit," 


F!eta2.  c  ry.-. 
p.  76.  feft.  9. 
Co.  Lit.  131.2,- 
2  Inft.  460,. 
B'ro.  Debt,  10. 
Bro.  Pari.  29. 
Fitz.  Scire  fac*f 
1,  2,  -x,  8,  12, 
&c.  Fitz.  Exe- 
cut.  18,  35,  57, 
0.5,  100. 
Cro.  El.  164. 
There  fhall  be 
rro  Delays   in 
thofe  Things 
that  be-recordedi, 


Execution    of- 
Things   re- 
corded. 


A  S:ife  facias  - 
after  the  Sfear, 


Ordinary. 

A  Mean, 
J3Ed,  I. flat,  t, 
e.g. 


CAP.    XLVI. 

Lords  may  approve  againft  their  Neighbours.     Ufurpation  of  Commons  during  the  Eftate  of 

particular:  Tenants; 

CUM  in  ftatuto  edito  apud  Merton  conceffum 
fuerit  quod  domini  bofcorum  vaftorum  &  pa- 
fturarum  appruare  fe  poffent  de  bofcis  vaftis  &  pa- 
fturis  illis  non  obftante  contradictione  tenendum 
fuorum  dummodo  tenentes  ipfi  haberent  fumcien- 
tem  pafturam  ad  tenementa  fua  cum  libero  ingreflu. 
&  egreflu  ad  eandem  &  pro  eo  quod  nulla  fiebat 
mentio  inter  \ricinum  &  vicinum  multi  domini  bo- 
fcorum vaftorum  &  pafturarum  hucufque  irnpediti 
extiterunt  per  contradi£tionem  vicinorum  fufficien- 
tem  pafturam  habendum  Et  quia  forinfeci  tenentes 
non  habent  majus  jus  communicandi  in  bofco 
vafto  aut  paftura  alicujus  domini.  quam  proprii  te- 
nentes ipfius  domini  ftatutum  eft  decetero  quod 
ftatutum  apud  Merton  provifum  inter  dotninum  & 
tenentes  fuos  locum  habeat  decetero  inter  dominos 
bofcorum  vaftorum  &  pafturarum  &  vicinos  Ita. 
quod  domini  hujufmodi  vaftorum  bofcorum  &  pa- 
fturarum falva  fufficienti  paftura  hominibus  fuis  & 
vicinis  appruare  fe  poffint  de  refiduo.  Et  hoc  ob- 
fervetur  de  hiis  qui  clamant  pafturam  tanquam  per- 
tinentem  ad  tenemerita  fua.    Sed  fi  quis  clamat. 


Hereas  in  a  Statute  made  at  Merton  it  was  i  Roll  365,-. 
granted  that  Lords  of  Waftes,  Woods,  and  -  Infi-  473- 
"  Paftures,  might  approve  the  faid  Waftes,   Woods,  ™H' *;*■?'  "' 
"  and  Paftures,   nctwithftanding  the  Contradiction  of  .'£  „S]    '  1°t" 
"  their  Tenants,   fo  that  the  Tenants  had  fufficient  i3-h.  7.  f.  13.. 
"'Pafture   to  their  Tenements  with"  free  EgreTs   and  Dyer  47,  316, 
"■  Regrefs  to  the  fame  :  (z)  And  fbrafmuch  as  no  Mea-  339' 
"  tion  was  made  between  Neighbours  and  Neighbours,     °'    i'"       ' ' 
"  many  Lords  of  Waftes,  Woods,  and  Paftures,  have       '  5 
"■•  been  hindered  heretofore   by  the  Contradiction  of 
"  Neighbours  having  fufHcient  Pafture:    (3)  And  be-  Lords  may  ap-- 
"■  caufe  foreign  Tenants  have  no  more  Right  to- Com-  P'°ve  asa'nft 
'«.  mon  in  the-  Waftes,    Woods,    or  Paftures  of;  any  ^,^1^"    . 
"  Lord  than  the  Lord's  own  Tenants  ;"  (4)  '  it"  is  or-  them-Vi-fEcienc 
4  dained,  That  the  Statute  of  Merton,    provided  be-  Cmw  on. 
'  tween  the  Lord  and  his  tenants,    from  henceforth  Enforced  by 
'  fhall  hold  Place  between  Lords  of  Waites,  Woods,  3&4Ed.6.-c.3, . 
'  and  Paftures,  and  their  Neighbours,  faving  fufficient 
'  Pafture  to  their  Tenants  and  Neighbours,  fo  that  the 
*  Lords  of  fuch  Waftes,  Woods,  and 'Paftures,  may 
'  make  Approvement  of  the  Refidud.     (5)   And  this - 
'  fhall  be  obferved  for  fuch  as  claim  Pafture  as  appur- 

4  tenans.t 


no       Stat,  i, 


Anno  decimo  tertio  EdwardiI.  A.  D.  i 2 8 


7H.  4.  f.  38. 
Skinner  93. 

For  what  Caufe 
one  may  ap- 
prove. 
A  Ditch  or 
Hedge  of  Ground 
approved  caft 
down. 

By  6  Geo.  1. 
c.  16.  feet.  1. 
the  Remedy  of 
the  Act.  is  ex- 
pended to  the 
Deflrroyers  of 
Trees,  &c.   by 
Night  or  Day, 
&c. 

Ufurpation  of 
Common  during 
the  Eftate  of 
particular  Te- 
nants. 
3  Lutw.  141, 

XS6. 


tenant  to  their  Tenements.  (6)  But  if  any  do  claim 
Common  by  fpecial  Feoffment  or  Grant  for  a  certain 
Number  of  Beafts,  or  otherwife  which  he  ought  to 
have  of  common  Right,  whereas  Covenant  barreth 
the  Law,  he  fhall  have  fuch  Recovery  as  he  ought 
to  have  had  by  Form  of  the  Grant  made  unto  him. 
(7)  By  occafion  of  a  Windmill,  Sheepcote,  Deyry, 
enlarging  of  a  Court  neceflary,  or  Courtelage,  from 
henceforth  no  Man  fhall  be  grieved  by  Affife  of  No- 
vel di/Jei/in  for  Common  of  Pafture.  (8)  And  where 
fometime  it  chanceth,  that  one  having  Right  to  ap- 
prove, doth  then  levy  a  Dyke  or  an  Hedge,  and 
fome  by  Night,  or  at  another  Seafon,  when  they 
fuppofe  not  to  be  efpied,  do  overthrow  the  Hedge  or 
Dyke,  and  it  cannot  be  known  by  Verdict  of  the 
Affife  or  Jury,  who  did  overthrow  the  Hedge  or 
Dyke,  and  Men  of  the  Towns  near  will  not  indidr. 
fuch  as  be  guilty  of  the  Fa£t,  (9)  the  Towns  near 
adjoyning  fhall  be  diftrained  to  levy  the  Hedge  or 
Dyke  at  their  own  Coft,  and  to  yield  Damages. 
(10)  And  where  one,  having  no  Right  to  Common, 
ufurpeth  Common  what  Time  an  Heir  is  within 
Age,  or  a  Woman  is  covert,  or  whilft  the  Pafture  is 
in  the  Hands  of  Tenants  in  Dower,  by  the  Courtefy, 
or  otherwife  for  Term  of  Life,  or  Years,  or  in  Fee- 
tail,  and  have  long  Time  ufed  the  Pafture,  many 
hold  Opinion,  that  fuch  Paftures  ought  to  be  faid  to 
belong  to  the  Freehold,  and  that  the  Poffeffor  ought 
to  have  Action  by  a  Writ  of  Novel  dijfeifm,  if  he  be 
deforced  of  fuch  Pafture  ;  (11)  but  from  henceforth 
this  muft  be  holden,  that  fuch  as  have  entered  with- 
in the  Time  that  an  Affife  of  Mortdaunceftor  hath 
lien,  if  they  had  no  Common  before,  fhall  have  no 
Recovery  by  a  Writ  of  Novel  dijfeifin,  if  they  be  de- 
forced.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
communam  per  fpeciale  feofrkmentum  vel  concef- 
fionem  ad  certum  numerum  averiorum  vel  alio 
modo  quam  de  jure  communi  habere  deberet  cum 
conventio  legi  deroget  habeat  fuum  recuperare 
quale  habere  deberet  per  formam  concefficnis  fibi 
fa£te  Occafiohe  molendini  ventritii  bercar'  vaccar' 
augmentations  cur'  neceffar'  aut  curtilag'  decetero 
non  gravetur  quis  per  affifam  Nove  difleifine  de 
communa  pafture.  Et  cum  contingat  aliquando 
quod  aliquis  jus  habens  appruare  fe  foflatum  aut 
fepem  levaverit  &  aliqui  norSbanter  vel  alio  tali 
tempore  quo  non  credant  factum  fuum  fciri  fofla- 
tum vel  fepem  proftraverint  nee  fciri  poterit  per  ve- 
redictum  affife  aut  jurate  qui  foflatum  aut  fepem 
proftraverint  nee  velint  homines  de  villatis  vicinis 
indiftare  de  hujufmodi  fa£to  culpabiles  diftringan- 
tur  propinque  villate  circumadjacentes  levare  fof- 
fatum  aut  fepem  ad  cuftum  proprium  &  dampna 
reftituere.  Et  cum  aliquis  jus  non  habens  commu- 
nicandi  ufurpet  communam  tempore  quo  heredes 
extiterint  infra  etatem  vel  uxores  fub  poteftate  vi- 
rorum  fuorum  exiftentes  vel  paftura  fit  in  manu 
tenendum  in  dotem  per  legem  Anglie  vel  aliter  ad 
terminum  vite  vel  annorurn  vel  per  feodum  tallia- 
tum  &  paftura  ilia  diu  ufi  fuerint  multi  funt  in 
opinione  quod  hujufmodi  pafture  debent  dici  per- 
tinere  ad  liberum  tenementum  &  quod  hujufmodi 
poffeflbri  competere  debet  actio  per  breve  Nove 
difleifine  fi  hujufmodi  paftura  deforcietur  fed  dece- 
tero tenendum  eft  quod  habentes  hujufmodi  in- 
greflum  a  tempore  quo  currit  breve  mortis  ante- 
ceflbres  fi  antea  communam  non  habuerunt  non 
habeant  recuperare  per  breve  nove  difleifine  fi  fue- 
rint deforciati. 


See  1  Geo.  1  • 

flat.  2.  c.  48.  fCred"'   "'    "  ' 

forthePreJerva-1    torcecl- 

tion  of  Timber.    Explained  and  amended  by  6  Geo.  I.  c.  16.  above  mentioned.      By  29  Geo.  2.  c.  36.  Commons  may  be  enclojed,  for  planting  Timber,  with  Consent  of 
Lords  and  Tenants, 


CAP.     XLVI1. 


A  Penalty  for  taking  of  Salmons  at  certain  Times  of  the  Year. 


2  Inft.  477. 

*  The  Words  1. 
Crotchets  arc  not 
in  Orig. 
•f  Add  ivitbin 
the  Kingdom. 


'  "I  T  is  provided,  That  the  Waters  of  Humber,  Otvfe, 
'  A  Trent,  Done,  Arre,  Derewent,  Wherfe,  Nid, 
Tore,  Swale,  Tefe,  [*  Tine,  Eden,]  and  all  other  Wa- 
ters (wherein  Salmons  be  taken)  f  fhall  be  in  De- 
fence for  taking  Salmons  from  the  Nativity  of  our 
Lady  unto  St.  Martins  Day  I  (2)  ar>d  that  likewife 
young  Salmons  fhall  not  be  taken  nor  deftroyed  by 
Nets,  nor  by  other  Engines  at  Milpools,  from  the 
midft  of  April  unto  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  Baptijl. 
(2,)  And  in  Places  %  whereas  frefh  Waters  be,  there 
fhall  be  affigned  Overfeers  of  this  Statute,  which  be- 
ing fworn,  fhall  oftentimes  fee  and  inquire  of  the 
Offenders  ;  (4)  and  for  the  flrft  Trefpafs,  they  fhall 
be  punifhed  by  burning  of  their  Nets  and  Engines  ; 
(5)  and  for  the  fecond  Time,  they  fhall  have  Im- 
prifonment  for  a  Quarter  of  a  Year  ;  and  for  the 
third  Trefpafs,  they  fhall  be  imprifoned  a  whole 
Year  ;  and  as  their  Trefpafs  increafeth,  fo  fhall  the 
Punifhment.' 


J  Where  fuch 
Rivers  be. 
CsnJ*  med  by 
13R.  2.  fiat.  1. 
c.  19.    And  17 
R.  2.  0  9.  ap- 
pointing Jujlices 
of  the  Peace  Con- 
servators. 
Se'.zxIL&.ei.  c.  2. 
and  1 1  H.  7.  c. 
23.  for packing  of 

Salmons,  23  H.  8.  c.  18.  for  pulling  down  Piles  in  tie  Rivers  Otfc  and  Humbcr.  25H.8.C.7.  I  El.  c.  '7.  for  tie Preservation  oj 'the  Spawn,  3  Jac.  I.  c.  12, 
30  Car.  2.  fiat.  1.  c.  9.  4  &  5  W.  &  M.  c.  23.  f.  5.  4  Ann,  c.21.  9  Ann.  c.  2-6.  1,  Geo.  I.  fiat,  2.  c.  18.  5  Geo.  1.  c.  iS.  23  Geo.  a,  c. 26./.  7.  z6Geo.i. 
c,  9,       30  Geo,  2,  c,n&  30,      And  33  Geo,  2,  c,  27.     The  lajl  mentioned  Statutes  containing  fa;  thcr  Provifwtis  for  the.  Preservation  and  Improvement  of  the.  Fijhery, 


Rovifum  eft  quod  aque  de  Humbre  Oufe  Trente 
Doon  Eyre  Derewent  Werf  Nid  Yore  Swale 
Tefe  &  omnes  alie  aque  in  quibus  falmones  capi- 
untur  in  Regno  ponantur  in  defenfo  quo  ad  falmo- 
nes capiendos  a  die  Nativitatis  beate  Marie  ufque 
ad  diem  fancli  Martini  et  fimiliter  quod  falmunculi 
non  capiantur  nee  deftruantur  per  retra  vel  per  ali- 
qua  ingenia  ad  ftagna  mclend'  a  medio  Aprilis 
ufque  ad  Nativitatem  beati  Johannis  Baptifte.  Et 
in  partibus  ubi  hujufmodi  riparie  fuerint  affignen- 
tur  confervatores  iftius  ftatuti  qui  ad  hoc  jurati 
fepius  videant  &  inquirant  de  tranfgreftbribus  Et 
in  prima  tranfgreffione  puniantur  per  combuftio- 
nem  retium  &  ingeniorum  fuorum  Et  fi  iterato 
deliquerint  puniantur  per  prifonam  quarterii  unius 
anni  Et  fi  tertio  deliquerint  puniantur  per  prifo- 
nam unius  anni  &  fie  multiplicata  tranfgreffione 
crefcet  pene  infli£tio. 


C  A 


A.  D.  1285.  Anno  declmo  tertioEDWARDi  I. 


Stat.  r.       in 


CAP.    XL  VIII. 

In  what  Cafes  the  View  of  Land  is  grantable,  and  what  not. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 

DE  vifu  terre  ordinatum  eft  &  ftatutum  quod 
decetero  non  concedatur  vifus  nifi  in  cafu 
quando  vifus  terre  eft  neceffarius  ficuti  fi  aliquis 
amittat  tenementum  per  defakam  &  ille  qui  amifit 
fufcitet  aliud  breve  ad  petendum  idem  tenemen- 
tum. Et  in  cafu  quando  quis  per  aliquam  ex- 
ceptionem  dilatoriam  caffat  breve  poft  vifum  terre 
ficut  per  non  tenuram  vel  male  nominando  villam 
vel  hujufmodi  fi  fufcitet  aliud  breve  in  hoc  cafu  & 
fuperiori  decetero  non  concedatur  vifus  terre  dum- 
modo  habuerit  in  prioribus  brevibus.  In  brevi  de 
dote  cum  petitur  dos  de  tenemento  quod  vir  uxor' 
alienavit  tenenti  vel  ejus  antecefTori  cum  ignorare 
non  debeat  tenens  quale  tenementum  vir  uxoris 
alienavit  fibi  vel  anteceffori  fuo  licet  vir  non  obi- 
erit  feifitus  nichilominus  tenenti  decetero  non  erit 
vifus  concedendus.  In  brevi  etiam  de  ingreffu 
cafTato  per  hoc  quod  petens  male  nominavit  in- 
greffum  fi  petens  fufcitet  aliud  breve  de  aliquo 
Ingreffu  ft  tenens  in  priori  brevi  habuit  vifum  in 
fecundo  non  habebit.  In  omnibus  etiam  brevibus 
per  que  tenementa  petuntur  ratione  dimiflionis 
quam  petens  vel  ejus  anteceffor  fecit  tenenti  &  non 
anteceffori  ficuti  quod  ei  dimifit  dum  fuit  infra 
etatem  non  compos  mentis  in  prifona  &  hmilibus 
non  jaceat  decetero  vifus  fed  ft  dimiffio  facia  fuerit 
anteceffori  jaceat  decetero  vifus  ficut  prius. 


FOR  View  of  Land  it  is  ordained  and  provided,  Fitz.  View,  5o> 
That  from  henceforth  View  ftiall  not  be  granted  5'-  57.  "9> 
but  in  cafe  when  View  of  Land  is  neceffary  :   As  if  IlS-  v. 
one  lofe  Land  by  Default,  and  he  that  lofeth,  mo-  t'  .'j.'T,'  /„ 
veth  a  Writ  to  demand  the  fame  Land.     And  in  cafe  67,  '102,  i'ig,r 
when  one  by  an  Exception  dilatory  abateth  a  Writ  119. 
after  the  View  of  the  Land,    as  by  Non-tenure,  or  loH-  7-  f>  8» 
mifnaming  of  the  Town,    or  fuch  like,   if  he  pur-         •479" 
chafe  another  Writ,  in  this  Cafe,    and  in  the  Cafe 
before  mentioned,    from  henceforth  the  View  fhall 
not  be  granted,    if  he  had  View  in  the  firft  Writs. 
(z)  In  a  Writ  of  Dower,   where  the  Dower  in  De- 
mand is  of  Land  that  the  Hufband  aliened  to  the  Te- 
nant or  his  Anceftors,   where  the  Tenant  ought  not 
to  be  ignorant  what  Land  the  Hufband  did  aliene  to 
him  or  his  Anceftor,    though  the  Hufband  died  not 
feifed,  yet  from  henceforth  View  fhall  not  be  grant- 
ed to  the  Tenant.     (3)  In  a  Writ  of  Entre  alfo,  that 
is  abated  becaufe  the  Demandant  mifnamed  the  Entre, 
if  the  Demandant  purchafe  another  Writ  of  Entre, 
if  the  Tenant  had  View  in  the  firft  Writ,  he  fhall 
not  have  it  in  the   fecond.     (4)   In  all  Writs   alfo 
where  Lands  be  demanded  by  reafon  of  a  Leafe  made 
by  the  Demandant,  or  his  Anceftor,    unto  the  Te- 
nant,   and  not  to  his  Anceftor,    as  that  which  he 
leafed  to  him,  being  within  Age,  not  whole  of  Mind, 
being  in  Prifon,    and  fuch  like,  View  fhall  not  be 
granted  hereafter;    (0  but  if  the  Demife  were  made 
to  his  Anceftor,    the  View  fhall  lie  as  it  hath  done 
before.' 


CAP.     XLIX. 

The  Penalty  for  buying  the  Title  of  Land  depending  in  Suit. 

Law  faileth. 


A  Remedy  for  Suits  where  the 


L 


Ex  Cotton  MS. 
E  Chaunceller 


Vcfpaf.  B.  7./*/.  39. 


Treforer  ne  Ju/lice  ne  mil  Counfeil 
le  Roy  ne  clerc  del  Efcheqier  ne  de  Juftice  ne  de 
autre  Miniflre  ne  nul  del  hofliel  le  Roy  clerc  ne  lay  ne 
puijfe  refceivere  efglife  ne  avow/on  de  efglife  ne  terre  ne 
tenement  nen  fee  ne  par  donn  ne  par  achat  ne  a  ferme 
ne  a  champert  ne  en  autre  manere  tant  come  la  cbofe 
ejl  en  plee  devant  le  Roy  ou  devant  mil  de  cez  Mini- 
ftrez  ne  nul  lower  nen  Jolt  pris  et  qe  contre  cejle%  cho- 
fez  face  ou  per  luy  ou  per  autre  ou  ?iul  bargain  face 
foit  puny  a  la  vohmtee  le  Roy  auxibien  celluy  qe  le  pur- 
thacera  come  celluy  qi  le  fra. 


HE  Chancellor,    Treafurer,  Juftices,  nor  any  Fits.  Cham- 
J.      of  the  King's  Council,  no  Clerk  of  the  Chan-  P"ty,  1,  5,  6,  g", 
eery,  nor  of  the  Exchequer,  nor  of  any  Juftice  or  „'  I4,  *S- 
other  Officer,  nor  any  of  the  King's   Houfe,  Clerk  "j£;  "7" 
ne  Lay,,  fhall  not  receive  any  Church,  nor  Advow-  Add  aS'Ws-?.* 
fon  of  a  Church,  Land,  nor  Tenement   in  Fee,  by  Enfbrifd  by  it- 
Gift,  nor  by  Purchafe,  nor  to  Farm,  nor  by  Cham-  Ed-  t-ftat.  3. 
perty,  nor  otherwife,  fo  long  as  the  Thing  is  in  Plea  £**« 
before  us,  or  before  any  of  our  Officers;    (2)  nor  jg?1  ''  *' 
fhall  take  no  Reward  thereof.     (3)  And  he  that  doth  Raft.  1 191 
contrary  to  this  Aft,  either  himfelf,  or  by  another, 
or  make  any  Bargain,  fhall  be  punifhed  at  the  King's 
Pleafure,  as  well  he  that  purchafeth,  as  he  that  doth  • 

r  u  >  See  farther  yj' 

Ed.  i.ftat.  2&  3, 

I  Ed.  %.jiat.  ».  c.  14.      4  Ed.  3.  c.  II.      so  Ed.  3.  c.  4.      1  S.  2.  c.  4.  agaitifi  Mamlemnci  cud  Champerty ;   and  32  H.  8.  c.  9.  againfl  Bracery  and  buying  of 
Tititi,  -which  farther  enforces  the  Statutes  againfl  Maintenance  and  Champerty. 

CAP.     L. 

No  Man  fhall  depart  from  the  King's  Court  without  Remedy. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 


OMnia  predicl;a  ftatuta  incipiant  confervarr  ad 
feftum  fancli  Michaelis  proximo  futurum  ita 
quod  occafione  deliftorum  contra  aliquod  predic- 
torum  ftatutorum  citra  predictum  feftum  perpetra- 
torum  pena  delinquentibus  de  quibus  mentio  fit  in 


LL  the  faid  Statutes  fhall  take  EfFecT:  at  the- 
Feaft  of  'Sit.  Michael  next  coming,  fo  that  by 
occafion  of  any  Offence  done  on  this  Side  the  faid 
Feaft,  contrary  to  any  of  thefe  Statutes,  no  Puniih- 
ment  (Mention  whereof  is  made1  within  thefe  Sta- 

'  tutes) 


ii2       Stat.  2.. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  1285. 


tutes)  fhall  'be  executed  upon  the  Offenders,  (z) 
Moreover,  concerning  the  Statutes  provided  where 
the  Law  faileth,  and  for  Remedies,  left  Suitors  com- 
ing to  the  King's  Court  ftiould  depart  from  thence 
without  Remedy,  they  {hall  have  Writs  provided  in 
their  Cafes,  but  they  fhall  not  be  pleaded  until  the 
Feaft  of  St.  Michael aforefaid.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ftatutis  non  infligatur.-  Super  vero  ftatutis  in  de- 
fectum legis  &  ad  remedia  editis  ne  diutius  queren- 
tes  cum  ad  curiam  venerint  recedant  de  remedio 
defperati  habeant  brevia  fua  in  fuo  cafu  provifa  fet 
non  placitentur  ufque  ad  predictum  feftum  fancti 
Michaelis. 


3  InH.  197. 
3  Ed.  1.  c.  9, 

&  Ventr.  11Z. 


STATUTUM  WYNTON,  A°i3Ed.L 

7%e  Statute  of  WINCHESTER,  made  8  Die  Oaobris,  Anno  13EDW.I. 

Stat.  2.  and  Anno  Dom.  1285. 

CAP.    I. 

Frefh  Suit  fhall  be  made  after  Felons  and  Robbers  from  Town  to  Town,  £sV.' 


Dyer  370. 


Co.  pla.  348, 
351.  Raft,  4c 6 


"  "f^Orafmuch  as  from  Day  to  Day,  Robberies, 
"  r\  Murthers,  Burnings,  and  Theft,  be  more  of- 
"  ■*"  ten  ufed  than  they  have  been  heretofore,  and 
**  Felons  cannot  be  attainted  by  the  Oath  of  Jurors, 
"*'  which  had  rather  fuffer  Strangers  to  be  robbed,  and 
'"  fo  pafs  without  Pain,  than  to  indite  the  Offenders, 
""  of  whom  great  Part  be  People  of  the  fame  Country, 
*c  or  at  the  leaft,  if  the  Offenders  be  of  another  Coun- 
**  try,  the  Receivers  be  of  Places  near;  (2)  and  they 
"  do  the  fame,  becaufe  an  Oath  is  not  given  unto  Ju- 
"  rors  of  the  fame  Country  where  fuch  Felonies  were 
"  done,  and  to  the  Reftitution  of  Damages  hitherto 
"  no  Pain  hath  been  limited  for  their  Concealment  and 
*'  Laches:"  '  (})  Our  Lord  the  King,  for  to  abate  the 

*  Power  of  Felons,    hath   eftablifhed    a   Pain  in   this 

*  Cafe,  fo  that  from  henceforth,  for  fear  of  the  Pain 

*  more  than  for  Fear  of  any  Oath,  they  fhall  not  fpare 
'  any,  nor  conceal  any  Felonies ;    (4)  and  doth  com- 

*  mand,   That  Cries  fhall    be   folemnly  made  in   all 

*  Counties,  Hundreds,  Markets,  Fairs,  and  all  other 
'  Places  where  great  Refort  of  People  is,  fo  that  none 
c  fhall  excufe  himfelf  by  Ignorance,  that  from  hence- 
'  forth  every  Country  be  fo  well  kept,  that  immediate- 
'  ly,  upon  fuch  Robberies  and  Felonies  committed, 
'  freih  Suit  fhall  be  made  from  Town  to  Town,  and 
'  from  Country  to  Country.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  41. 

PUR  ceo  qe  de  jour  en  jour  roberies  [felonies] 
homicides  arfines  plus  fovenerement  runt  fetes 
qe  avaunt  ne  foleyent  e  felones  ne  pounteftre 
ateintz  par  ferment  de  jururs  qi  plus  volunters  fuf- 
ferent  felonies  fetes  as  eftraunges  genz  paffer  faunz 
peynes  qe  enditer  meffeffours  dunt  graunt  parties 
funt  gent  de  mefmes  la  pais  ou  ameyns  ft  les  feffours 
font  doutre  pais  lour  recetturs  funt  del  vifne  e  ceo 
funt  ils  pur  taunt  qe  ferment  neft  mie  hore  ditte  as 
jururs  ne  au  pays  ou  les  felonies  furent  fetes  quant 
a  reftitucion  des  damages  payne  avant  ne  fu  purveu 
pur  lur  concelement  e  lur  lachefce  noftre  Seignur 
le  Rey  pur  abatre  le  poer  de  feluns  ft  eftablit  peyne 
en  ceu  cas  ifli  qe  par  paour  de  la  peyne  plus  qe  par 
paour  de  ferement  a  nuli  deforemes  ne  efparnient 
ne  nule  felonie  ne  concelent  E  comand  que  folemp- 
nement  feit  la  criee  fate  en  tuz  cuntees  hundrez 
marchez  feyres  e  tuz  autres  leues  ou  folempne  af- 
femble  des  gentz  fera  ifli  qe  nul  par  ignoraunce  fe 
puffe  efcufer  qe  chefcun  pays  ifli  deforemes  feit 
garde  qe  meintenant  apres  roherie%e  felonies  fetes 
feit  fete  fi  frefche  fute  de  ville  en  ville  &  de  pays  en 
pays. 


Enforced  by  28 

Ed.  3.  c.  II.  and-]  R.  2-  c.  6.      Amended  by  27  El.  c.  13.       And  39  El.  c.  2$.        See 8  Gee.  2.  c.  16.  giving  DtrcBiom  for   Hue  and  Cry,       And  12  Geo.  I. 

c.  24.  'wb'icb  amends  the  formsr. 

CAP.     II. 

Inquiry  of  Felons  and  Robbers,  and  the  County  fhall  anfwer  if  they  be  not  taken. 


The  Country 
fhall  anfwer  for 
Robbers  and 
>"e!ons,  if  they 
tc  not  appre- 
hended. 
Latch   127. 
Amcr.ded  by 
27  El.  c.  13. 
Rsft.  406. 
;g  EI.  c.  25. 
Cro.  El.  142, 

27°.  7S3- 
Bto.  Debt,  103. 
XJcldfb.  58,  16, 


Ikewife,  when  need  requires,  Inquefts  fhall  be 
_i  made  in  Towns,  by  him  that  is  Lord  of  the 
Town,  and  after  in  the  Hundred,  and  in  the  Fran- 
chlfe,  and  in  the  County,  and  fometime  in  two, 
three,  or  four  Counties,  in  cafe  when  Felonies  fhall 
be  committed  in  the  Marches  of  Shires,  fo  that  the 
Offenders  may  be  attainted.  (2)  And  if  the  Coun- 
try will  not  anfwer  for  the  Bodies  of  fuch  manner  of 
Offenders,  the  Pain  fhall  be  fuch,  that  every  Coun- 
try, that  is  to  wit,  the  People  dwelling  in  the  Coun- 
try, fhall  be  anfwerable  for  the  Robberies  done,  and 
alfo  the  Damages;    (3)  fo  that  the  whole  Hundred 


17  T  enqueftes  enfement  feient  fetes  fi  mefter  eft 
-<■  en  viles  par  celui  qi  foverein  eft  de  la  vile  e 
pus  en  hundrez  e  en  fraunchifes  e  en  cunteez  e  au- 
trefois en  deux  trois  ou  en  quatre  cunteez  en  cas 
quaunt  felonies  ferunt  fetes  en  marche  de  cuntez 
ifli  qe  meffefours  pufent  eftre  ateinz.  E  fi  le  pais 
de  tels  manere  de  mefefours  ne  refpoigne  la  payne 
ferra  tiel  qe  chefcun  pays  ceft  afaver  genz  en  pais 
demoraunz  refpoignent  de  roberies  fetes  e  de  dama- 
ges ifli  qe  tut  le  hundred  ou  la  roberie  ferra  fete 

©ve 


A.  D.  1285.  Anno  decimo  tertio  Edward  1  L 


Stat.  2.       itg 


Ex  Rot.  In  Tun:  Lond. 
ove  les  fraunchifes  qe  funt  dedeins  le  preceynt  de 
meifme  la  hundred  refpoignent  de  roberie  fete.  E 
ft  k  roberie  feit  fete  en  devifes  dedenz  hundrez  re- 
fpoignent ambedeu6  les  hundrez  enfemblement  ove 
les  fraunchifes  e  plus  long  terme  ne  avera  le  pais 
apres  la  roberie  e  felonie  fete  qe  xl.  jours  dedenz 
les  quels  il  covendra  qil  facent  gre  de  la  roberie  e 
du  mefet  ou  qil  refpoignent  de  cors  de  mefefurs. 


28  Ed.  3.  c.  n.    Cro.  Jac.  106,  187,  350,  4.96.    Cro.  Car.  37.      St. 

Mintniit  the  firmer. 


where  the  Robbery  fhall  be  done,  with  the  Fran- 
chifes  being  within  the  Precinct  of  the  fame  Hun1 
dred,  fhall  be  anfwerable  for  the  Robberies  done". 
(4)  And  if  the  Robbery  be  done  in  the  Divifion  of 
two  Hundreds,  both  the  Hundreds  and  the  Franchi- 
fes  within  them  fhall  be  anfwerable.  And  after  that 
the  Felony  or  Robbery  is  done,  the  Country  fhall 
have  no  longer  Space  than  forty  Days,  within  which 
forty  Days  it  fhall  behove  them  to  agree  for  the  Rob- 
bery or  Offence,  or  elfe  that  they  will  anfwer  for  the 
Bodies  of  the  Offenders.' 

8  G.  a,  c.  16.  giving  Directions  for  Purfuit  of  Hue  and  Cry.     And  2.1  G 


7  Co.  6. 
4  Inft.  569. 
By  27  El.  c.  13. 

f.  2.  the  Hun- 
dred where  frefh 
Suit  is  not  made 
fhall  anfwer  half 
the  Damages. 
A  Robbery  don* 
in  the  Divifion  of 
Shires. 
1  Sid.  11. 
Tile  Coun'ry 
fhall  have  but 
40  Days. 
.  2.  c.  24.  11/lkh 


CAP.    III. 

This  Act  fhall  be  refpited  until  Eajter  next. 


EPur  ceo  que  le  Rey  ne  voet  pas  qe  gent  fodein- 
nement  feient  efpoveri  de  cefte  peyne  qe  fem- 
blereit  dure  a  aucune  gent  graunte  qe  le  ne  feit  mie 
meintenaunt  encorue  mes  preigne  la  peyne  refpit 
deqes  a  la  Pafke  procheine  venaunt  e  dedenz  eel 
terme  verra  le  rey  coment  le  pais  fe  portera  e  ft  cef- 
ferunt  teles  roberies  e  felonies.  Apres  quel  terme 
tuz  feient  certeinz  qe  lavaundite  payne  curra  gene- 
raument  ceo  eft  afaver  qe  chefcun  vile  ceo  eft  afa- 
ver  genz  el  pais  demoraunz  refpoignent  des  roberies 
e  felonies  fetes  en  lur  pais. 


"  A  ^  ^  forafmuch  as  the  King  will  not  that  hk 
"  a\.  People  fhould  be  fuddenly  impoverished  by 
"  reafon  of  this  Penalty,  that  feemeth  very  hard  to 
"  many  j"  *  the  King  granteth,  That  they  fhall  not 
'  incur  immediately,  but  it  fhall  be  refpited  until  Ba~ 
'  Jier  next  following,  within  which  Time  the  King 
'  may  fee  how  the  Country  will  order  themfelves,  and 
'  whether  fuch  Felonies  and  Robberies  do  ceafe.  {2) 
'  After  which  Term  let  them  all  be  affured,  that  the 
'  forefaid  Penalty  fhall  run  generally,  that  is  to  fay, 
'  every  Country,  that  is  to  wit,  the  People  in  the 
'  Country,  .fhall  be  anfwerable  for  Felonies  and  Rob- 
'  beries  done  among  them.' 


CAP.    IV. 


'At  what  Times  the  Gates  of  great  Towns  fhall  be  fhut,and  when  the  Night- Watch  fhall 


begin  and  end. 


EA  plus  feurer  le  pais  ad  le  rey  comaunde  qe  en 
les  graunz  viles  qe  funt  clofes  les  portes  feient 
fermes  del  folail  refcufe  deqes  au  folail  levaunt  e  quel 
nul  home  ne  herberge  en  fuburbe  ne  enforein  chiefs 
-de  la  vile  fi  de  jour  noun  ne  uncore  de  jour  fi  le 
hofte  ne  voille  pur  lui  refpundre.  E  les  baillifs  de 
viles  chefcune  femeine  ou  ameins  quinzeime  facent 
enqueftes  de  genz  herbergez  en  fuburbes  ou  enfo- 
reines  chefs  de  viles.  E  ill  trovent  nul  herbergour 
qe  refceive  ou  herberge  en  autre  manere  gentdunt 
fufpeciun  feit  qil  foient  gent  countre  la  pes  fi  en 
facent  les  baillifs  dreiture.  E  deforemes  eft  co- 
maunde qe  veylles  foient  fetes  ifli  cum  aunciene- 
menz  foleyent  eftre  ceo  eft  afaver  del  jour  de  la 
Afcenciun  deqes  le  jour  feint  Michel  en  chefcun 
cite  fis  homes  en  chefcune  porte  en  chefcun  burgh 
par  xii.  homes  en  chefcune  vile  en  terre  par  vi. 
homes  ou  iiij.  folomnumbre  des  genz  qi  enhabitent 
e  facent  la  veille  continuelment  tute  la  nuit  del  fo- 
lail refcuffe  jeqes  al  folail  levaunt.  E  ft  nul  e-. 
ilraunge  paffe  par  eus  feit  areftu  jeqes  au  matin  e 
fi  nule  fufpeciun  ne  feit  trove  aille  quites.  E  fi 
cm  trove  fufpeciun  feit  livere  al  vifcunte  mainte- 
jiaunt  e  faunz  daunger  le  receive  e  fauvement  le 
garde  jeqes  ataunt  qe  en  due  manere  feit  delivre. 
E  ft  eus  ne  fe  foeffrent  pas  eftre  arefteuz  feit  heu 
e  cri  leve  fur  eus  e  ceus  qi  funt  la  veille  les  fiwent  0 
Vol,  I, 


AND  for  the  more  Surety  of  the  Country,  the 
King  hath  commanded,  that  in  great  Towns, 
being  walled,  the  Gates  fhall  be  clofed  from  the  Sun- 
fetting  until  the  Sun-rifing;  (2)  and  that  no  Man 
do  lodge  in  Suburbs,  nor  in  any  Place  out  of  the 
Town,  from  Nine  of  the  Clock  until  Day,  without 
his  Hoft  will  anfwer  for  him.  (3)  And  the  Bailfffs 
of  Towns  every  Week,  or  at  the  leaft  every  Fifteenth 
Day,  fhall  make  Inquiry  of  all  Perfons  being  lodged 
in  the  Suburbs,  or  in  foreign  Places  of  the  Towns. 
(4)  And  if  they  do  find  any  that  have  lodged  or  re- 
ceived any  Strangers  or  fufpicious  Perfon,  againft  the 
Peace,  the  Bailiffs  fhall  do  Right  therein.  (5)  And 
the  King  commandeth,  That  from  henceforth  *  all 
Towns  be  kept  as  it  hath  been  ufed  in  Times  paffed, 
that  is  to  wit,  from  the  Day  of  the  Afcenfion  unto 
the  Day  of  St.  Michael,  in  every  City  Six  Men  fhall 
keep  at  every  Gate,  in  every  Borough  Twelve  Men,, 
every  Town  Six  or  Four,  according  to  the  Number 
of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town,  and  fhall  watch  the 
Town  continually  all  Night,  from  the  Sun-fetting 
unto  the  Sun-rifing.  (6)  And  if  any  Stranger  do  gals 
by  them,  he  fhall  be  arrefted  until  Morning ;  and  if 
no  Sufpicion  be  found,  he  fhall  go  quit;  (7)  and  i£ 
they  find  Caufe  of  Sufpicion,  they  fhall  forthwith 
deliver  him  to  the  Sheriff,  and  the  Sheriff  may  re- 
ceive him  without  Damage,  and  fhall  keep  him  fafe» 
ly,  until  he  be  acquitted  in  due  Manner.  (8)  And 
if  they  will  not  obey  the  Arreft,  they  fhall  levy  Hue 
and  Cry  upon  them,  and  fuch  as  keep  the  f  Town 
fhall  follow  with  Hue  and  Cry  with  all  the  Tqwh, 
Q.  «  and 


At  what  Time 
great  Towns 
fhall  be  opened 
and  fhut. 
7  Co.  7. 


•  Watches  be 
kept. 

At  what  Time 
the  Night- 
watch  fhall  be- 
gin and  end. 
Enforced  and 
amended  by 
5  Ed.  3.  c.  14. 
Cro  El.  204. 
Savil  83. 


How  tbey  fhall 
be  ufed  who 
difobey  Arrefls. 
t  Read  Watch, 


H4       Stat.  2. 


Annodecimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.1  1285.. 


and  the  Towns  near,  and  fo  Hue  and  Cry  fhall  be 
made  from  Town  to  Town,  until  that  they  be  taken 
and  delivered  to  the  Sheriff,  as  before  is  faid ;  and  for 
the  Arreftments  of  fuch  Strangers  none  fhall  be  pu- 
nched.' 


Confirmed  by 
5  H.  4.  c.  3. 

•which  orders  farther  that  Watches  fhall  he  upon  the  Sea  Ceaft 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr,  Lond. 
tute  la  viles  ove  les  vifnees  viles  o  heu  e  cri  de  vile 
en  vile  jeqes  taunt  qil  ferra  pris  e  livrez  au  vifcunte 
cum  eft  avauntdit  e  pur  le  arefterment  de  tels  e- 
ftraunges  nul  ne  feit  enchefune.. 


CAP.    V. 


The  Breadth  of  Highways  leading  from  one  Market- Town  to  another. 


Highways  in 
Market  Towns 
fhall  be  inlarged. 
*  Read  'where. 
f  Read  Under- 
wood* 


%  So  as  it  be 
clear  iinder- 


:A 


N  D  further  it  is  commanded,  That  Highways 
leading  from  one  Market-Town  to  another 
fhall  be  enlarged,  *  ivhereas  Bufhes,  Woods,  or  Dykes 
s  be,  fo  that  there  be  neither  Dyke,  \Tree,  nor  Bufh, 
'  whereby  a  Man  may  lurk  to  do  hurt,  within  Two 
'  Hundred  Foot  of  the  one  Side,  and  Two  Hundred 
'  Foot  of  the  other  Side  of  the  Way,  fo  that  this  Sta.- 
'  tute  fhall  not  extend  unto  Afhes,  nor  unto  great 
'  Trees,  %  for  which  it  fhall  be  clearly  out  of  this, 

*  (2)  And  if  by  Default  of  the  Lord  that  will  not  abate 
4  the  Dyke,  Underwood,  or  Bufhes,  in  the  Manner 
'  aforefaid,  any  Robberies  be  done  therein,  the  Lord 
'  fhall  be  anfwerable  for  the  Felony  ;  and  if  Murther 
'  be  done,  the  Lord  fhall  make  a  Fine  at  the  King's 
4  Pleafure.     (3)  And   if  the  Lord  be  not  able  to  fell 

*  the  Underwoods,  the  Country  fhall  aid  him  therein. 
4  (4).  And  the  King  willeth,  that  in  his  demean  Lands 
'•  and  Woods  within  his  Foreft  and  without,  the  Ways 
'  fhall  be  enlarged,  as  before  is  faid.  (5)  And  if  per- 
'  cafe  a  Park  be  ||  taken  from  the  Highway,  it  is  requi- 
'  fite  that  the  Lord  fhall  fet  his  Park  the  Space  of  Two 
'  Hundred  Foot  from  the  Highways,  as  before  is  faid, 
c  or  that  he  make  fuch  a  Wall,  Dyke,  or  Hedge,  that 

c  8.  for*  Amend- {  Offenders  rsay  not  pafs,  ne  return  to  do  evil.' 

Kent  of  the  High- 
ways.     5  El.  c. 


A  Park  near 
unto  the  High- 
way. 

]£'  Be  near  the 
HiShway. 
2&3  P.  &M. 


c 


Omaunde  eft  enfement  qe  les  hauts  chemins 


chaundes  feient  enlargiz  la  ou  il  y  ad  bois  ou  haies 
ou  fofTez  iffi  qil  ne  eit  foiTe  futhboys  ou  buffuns  ou 
lem  peut  taper  pur  mal  fere  pres  del  chemin  de 
deus  centz  pez  de  une  part  e  de  deus  centz  pez  de: 
autre  part  ifli  qe  cet  eftatut  point  ne  eftende  as 
keynes  ne  as  gros  fufz  par  quei  ceo  feit  cler  defouz. 
E  fi  par  defaute  de  feignur  qi  ne  vodra  foffe  fubois 
ou  buffuns  en  la  furme  avaundite  abatre  e  roberies 
feient  fetes  fi  refpoygne  le  feignur  e  fil  y  eyt  mur- 
dre  fi  feit  le  feignur  reint  a  la  volunte  le  rey.  E 
fi  le  feignur  ne  fuffift  a  fuzbois  abatres  fi  lui  aide  le 
pais  a  ceo  fere.  E  le  rei  veut  qe  en  fes  demeines 
terres  e  boys  dedenz  forefte  e  dehors  feient  les  che- 
mins enlargiz  cum  avaunt  eft  dit.  E  fi  par  cas 
park  feit  pres  del  haut  chemin  fi  convendra  qe  le 
feignur  del  park  amenufe  fun  park  jeqes  ataunt  qil 
joyt  la  leefte  de  deus  centz  pez  pres  del  haut  che- 
min cum  avaunt  eft  dit  ou  qe  il  face  tel  mur  foffe 
ou  haye  qe  meffefurs  ne  puffent  paffer  ne  returner.- 
pur  mal  fere.. 


13.  continuing  the  foregoing.       18  El.  c.  10.  making  Addition  to  former  Afii, 
Car.  z.  e.~6.       22  Car.  z.  c.  iz.      3  W.  &  M.  c.  12-.  containing  farther  Regulations  for  repairing  and  enlarging  Highways. 
%awer  to^fuflices  '0  enlarge  Highways  eight  Yards  in  Breadth  ;    and'f  Geo.  2.  c.  9..  giving  Jufiices  Po<wer  to  order  Hedges   to 
See  farther  a.Geo.  Z-  c.r%.      1  5  -Geo.  2.  c .  z.      i6Geo.  a.  c.  29.     zxGto.z.  c.z%.     24.  Geo.  z.  c.  43 
iiom  with  re/pelf  to  High-ways,  Carriages,  &c. 


29EI.  c.  5.  making  the  5  El,  c.  13.  perpetual.      And  fee  1.3  &  14.. 
Likcwife  8  &f  9  TV.  3.  c.  16.-  giving 
he  cut  -which  annoy  the  Highways, 
and  31  Geo.  2.  c.  34.  for.  new  Regula* 


26  Geo,  z,  c.  28. 


CAP.    VI. 


That  View  of  Arms  be  made. 


Fairs  or  Markets  fhall  not 


4  AND  further  it  is  commanded,  That  every  Man 
'  _/"\  have  in  his  Houfe  Harnefs  for  to  keep  the  Peace 
*■  after  the  antient  Affife;,  that,  is  to  fay,    (2)  Every 

*  Man  between  Fifteen  Years  of  Age,  and  Sixty  Years, 

*  fhall  be  affeffed  and  fworn  to  Armor  according  to  the 
*■  Quantity  of  their  Lands  and  Goods;  (3)  that  is  to 
4  wit,  From  Fifteen  Pounds  Lands,  and'  Goods  Forty 
4  Marks,  an  Hauberke,  aBreaft-plate  of  Iron,  a  Sword, 
*■  a  Knife,  and  an  Horfe  ;    (4)  and  from  Ten  Pounds 

*  of  Lands,  and  Twenty  Marks  Goods,  an  Hauberke, 
4  a  Breaft-plate  of  Iron,  a  Sword,  and  a  Knife ;  (c) 
'  and  from  Five  Pound  Lands,  a  Doublet,  a  Breaft- 
4  plate  of  Iron,  a  Sword,  and  a  Knife;  (6)  and  from 
4  Forty  Shillings  Land,  and  more,  unto  One  Hundred 


*  Shillings  of  Land,,  a  Sword,  a  Bow  and  Arrows,  and 

*  a  Knife;.  (7)  and  he  that  hath  lefs  than  forty  Shil- 

*  lings  yearly,  fhall  be  fworn  to  keepGi^arms,  Knives, 

*  and  other  lefs  Weapons  ;    (8)  and  he  that  hath  lefs 
4  than  Twenty  Marks   in   Goods,  fhall  have  Swords, 

*  Knives,  and  other  lefs  Weapons ;    (9)  and  all  other 
4  that  may  fnall  have  Bows  and  Arrows  out  of  the  Fo- 

*  reft,  and  in  the  Foreft  Bows  and  Boults.     (10)  And 
4  that  View  of  Armor  be  made  every  Year  Two  Times. 


Hue  and  Cry  fhall  be  followed, 
be  kept  in  Church- yards. 

COmmaunde  eft  enfement  qe  chefcun  home  eit 
en  fa  mefun  armure  pur  la  pees  garder  folum 
la  aunciene  affife  ceo  eft  afaver  qe  chefcun  home 
entre  quinze  annz  5rfeifaunte  foit  affis  e  jure  as 
armes  folum  la  quantite  de  lur  terres  e  de  lur  cha- 
teus  ceo  eft  afaver  a  quinze  liveres  des  terres  e  chateus 
de  quaraunte  marcs  haubergeon  chapel  de  feer  efpe 
cutel  e  cheval  a  difz  liveres  de  terre  e  chateus  de 
vynt  marcs  haubergeon  chapel  efpe  e  cutel  a  cent, 
foudeefz  de  terre  parpoint  chapel  de  feer  efpe -e 
cutel  a  quaraunte  foudeefz  de  terre  e  de  plus  jeqes 
a  cent  fouz  efpe  ark  fetes  e  cutel  e  qe  meins  ad  de 
quaraunte  fouz  de.  terre  feit  jure  a  fauchons  gif- 
armes  e  cotaus  e  autres  menues  armes  qui  meins 
ad  de  chateus  vynt  marcs  efpees-  cuteus  e  autres 
menues  armes  E  tuz  les  autres  qui  averpount  eient' 
arcs  e  fetes  hors  de  foreftes  e  dedenz  foreftes  arcs 
e  pilets.  E  qe  veue  es-  armes  feit  fete  deus  foiz 
3;  P« 


A.  D.  1285.  Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I» 


Stat.  3 


uy 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
par  an.  E  en  chefcun  hundred  e  fraunchife  feyent 
eleus  deus  coneftables  a  fere  la  veu  des  armes  e  les 
coneftables  avauntdiz  prefentent  devaunt  les  ju- 
stices aflignez  quaunt  il  vendrunt  en  pays  les  de- 
fautez  qil  averount  trovez  de  armere  e  de  fuites  de 
veilles  e  de  cheminz  E  prefentent  aufl  de  genz  qi 
herbergent  genz  eftraunges  en  viles  de  uppelaund 
pur  queus  il  ne  volent  refpundre  e  les  Juftices  af- 
fignez en  chefcun  parlement  reprefentent  au  rey  e 
le  rey  fur  ceo  en  fra  remedie.  E  bien  fe  gardent 
deforemes  vifcuntes  baillifs  de  fraunchifes  e  de  hors 
greignurs  ou  maindres  qi  baillie  ou  forefterie  unt 
en  fee  ou  en  autre  manere  qil  fiwent  le  cri  ove  le 
pays  E  folum  ceo  qil  funt  eient  chevaus  e  armeure 
a  ceo  fere  E  fi  nul  feit  qi  ne  le  face  feient  les  de- 
fautes  prefentez  par  les  coneftables  as  Jufticez  af- 
fignez e  puis  apres  par  eus  au  rey  cum  avaunt  eft 
dit.  E  comaunde  le  rey  e  defend  qe  feire  ne  marche 
deforemes  ne  feient  tenuz  en  cimeter  pur  honur  de 
feint  eglife.  Done  a  Wynceftre  le  utifme  jour  de 
Octobr'  le  an  dii  regne  le  rey  trezime. 


(1 1 )  And  in  every  Hundred  and  Franchife  Two  Con* 
ftables  fhall  be  chofen  to  make  the  View  of  Armor: 

(12)  And  the  Conftables  aforefaid  fhall  prefent  be- 
fore Juftices  afligned  fuch  Defaults  as  they  do  fee  in 
the  Country  about  Armor,  and  of  the  Suits  of  Towns, 
and  of  Highways,  and  alfo  fhall  prefent  all  fuch  as  do 
lodge  Stangers  in  uplandifh  Towns,  for  whom  they 

will  not  anfwer ;    (13)  and  the  Juftices  afligned  fhall  S«  a  24  J.  e.  6» 
prefent  at  every  Parliament  unto  the  King  fuch  De-  SSSf.,  ITfL" 


DireBions  as  to  keeping  of  Horfe  and  Armour,     See  8  Ceo.  t. 


faults  as  they  fhall  find,  and  the  King  fhall  provide  peace  ,0pUmih 
Remedy  therein.     (14)  And  from  henceforth  let  She-  Difibeyers  and 
riffs  take  good  Heed,  and  Bailiffs,  within  their  Fran-  Rtfpru 
chifes  and  without,  be  they  higher  or  lower,  that 
have  any  Bailiwick  or  Foreftry  in  Fee,  or  otherwife, 
that  they  fhall  follow  the  Cry  with  the  Country,  and 
after,  as  they  are  bounden,  to  keep  Horfes  and  Ar- 
mor, or  fo  to  do  ;    ( 1 5 )  and   if  there  be  any  that  do 
'  not,  the  Defaults  fhall  be  prefented  by  the  Confta- 
'  bles  to  the  Juftices  afligned,  and  after,  by  them  to 
'  the  King,  and  the  King  will  provide  Remedy  as  afore 
'  is  faid.     (16)  And  the  King  commandeth  and  forbid-  Fairs  and  Mar- 
'  deth,  that  from  henceforth   neither  Fairs  nor  Mar-  kets  *»" ,not  j* 
'  kets  be  kept  in  Churchyards,  for  the  Honour  of  the  keptmCnurch- 
'  Church.     Given  at  Winch <eft 'er,  the  Eighth  of  Otlober,  y 
'  in  the  Thirteenth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  the  King.' 
So  much  of  this  Statute  as  concerns  the  having,  keeping, 
and  viewing  of  Harnefs  and  Arms  is  repealed  by  zi  Jac.  *$;  &  M  c  * 

I.  cap.  I.  ivbicb  gives  other 

16.  giving  DireBions  for  Purfuit  of  Hue  and  Cry.     And  2  j  Geo.  2.  c.  24.  -which  amends  the former-. 


'   *  Inftead  of  the  zi  yac.  t .  c.  1 .  it  is  probable  that  the  1  Jac,  1 
zijfac.i.  c.  I.  contains  nothing  relative  to  tbe  SubjeB. 


And  21  Geo.  2.  c.  24. 
c.  25.  is   here   intended,  as  that  Ac!  repeals  the  4  £f  J  F.  &  M.  referred  to  in  the  Margin  ; 


but 


The  Statute  ^MERCHANTS,  made  at  Weftminfter  Anno  1 3 
Edw.  I.  Stat.  3.  and  Anno  Dom.  1285. 


IF 


CAP.    I. 

The  Form  of  knowledging  a  Statute  Merchant.     The  Creditor's  Remedy  i£  his  Debt  be  not 
paid.     The  King's  Seals  fhall  be  fent  to  Keepers  of  Fairs.     Taking  of  Recognifance. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  41. 

PUR  ceo  qe  marchaunz  qi  avaunt  ces  hures 
unt  preft  lur  aver  a  divers  genz  funt  cheuz  en 
poverte  pur  ceo  qe  il  ni  avoit  pas  fi  redde  ley 
purvewe  par  la  quele  il  poeient  lur  dettes  hafteve- 
ment  recovrir  au  jour  aflis  de  paye  e  par  cele  en- 
chefon  funt  mult  des  marchaunz  fuftrez  de  venir  en 
cefte  terre  ove  lur  marchaundifes  a  damage  des  mar- 
chaunz e  de  tut  le  reaume  le  rey  par  luy  e  par  fun 
counfeil  a  fun  parlement  qe  il  tint  a  AcTron  Burnell 
apres  la  feint  Michell  le  an  de  fun  regne  uzime  fift  e 
ordina  eftabliffement  fur  ceo  a  remedie  des  mar- 
chaunz le  quel  ordeinement  e  eftabliffement  le  rey 
comaunda  qe  tenuz  fuiffent  e  fermement  gardez 
en  tut  fun  reaume  dunt  marchaunz  unt  eu  reme- 
die e  a  mains  mefchief  e  travail  unt  recovre  lur 
dettes  qe  avaunt  ne  foleient.  Mes  pur  ceo  qe 
marchaunz  puys  fe  pleindrent  al  rey  qe  Vifcuntes 
qui  malement  enterpreterent  fun  ftatut  e  aconefei 
par  malice  e  par  mal  enterpreteifon  delaerent  lexe- 
cucion  del  ftatut  a  graunt  damage  des  marchaunz 
Je  rey  a  fun  parlement  a  Weftm'  apres  Pafk  Ian 


Orafmuch  as  Merchants,  which  heretofore  have 
lent  their  Goods  to  divers  Perfons,  be  fallen  irt 
Poverty,  becaufe  there  is  no  fpeedy  Remedy 
"  provided,  whereby  they  may  fhortly  recover  their 
"  Debt  at  the  Day  of  Payment;  (2)  and  for  this  Caule, 
"  many  Merchants  do  refrain  to  come  into  the  Realm 
"  with  their  Merchandife,  to  the  Damage  of  fuch 
"  Merchants  and  of  all  the  Realm;  '  (3)  the  King 
'  and  his  Council  at  his  Parliament  holden  at  Alton 
'  Burnel,  after  the  Feaft  of  St.  Michael,  the  Eleventh 
'  "V  ear  of  his  Reign,  *  hath  ordained  +  thefe  Eftablifh- 
'  ments  thereupon  for  the  Remedy  of  fuch  Merchants  ; 
'  which  Ordinances  and  Eftablifhments,  the  King 
'  %  commandeth  that  they  fhall  be  firmly  kept  and  ob- 
'  ferved  throughout  this  Realm,  whereby  Merchants 
'  I  may  have  Remedy,  %  and  lefs  Trouble  and  Bufinefs  to 
'  recover  their  Debts,  than  they  have  had  heretofore.' 
"  (4)  But  forafmuch  as  Merchants  after  complained 
"  unto  the  King,  that  Sheriffs  mifinterpreted  his  Sta- 
"  tutes,  and  fometimes  by  Malice  and  falfe  Interpre- 
"  tation  delayed  the  Execution  of  the  Statute,  to  the 
"  great  Damage  of  Merchants;"  (5)  The  King  at  his 
'  Parliament  holden  at  JVeJlminfter  after  Eajler,  the 
0,2  «  thirteenth 


St.  Aflon  Bu»' 
nd,  II  Ed.  1. 

•  Omit  hath. 
f  Omit  tbeftk 

J  Commandeda 

II  Ham  had. 
ff  Read  have 
had  Remedy,  and 
have  recovered 
their  Debts  <w"ub 
lejs  Inconvenience 
and  Trouble. 


n6       Statvj, 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  1285. 


The  Form  of 
acknowledging 
of  a  Statute 
Merchant. 
Co.  Lit.  a! 


Djter  35. 


< 
c 

c 
c 
c 


Sealing  of  a 

Statute. 

Fitz.  Execut. 

131. 

Cro.  El.  519. 


The  Creditor's 
Remedy  if  the 
Debtbenotpaid 
iR.3.  f.?. 


Certificate  of  the  ? 
Statute  into  the  t 
Chancery.  4 

Fitz. Extent.  79. 
37H.6.  f.6.      ' 


s 
c 

c 

Within  what  ' 
Time  the  Debtor  « 
may  fell  his  1 
Land^  6 

Kegilr.  146. 
Fitz.Ezecut.49,  ' 
89,  118,  154.       ' 
4  Co.  67.  I 

Dyer  206.  t 

Fitz.  Rjfceit. 


27 Ed.  3.  flat,  2.  t 
c.  9.  fed*.  7.         { 
Wh2tEftate  the 
Merchant  (hall 
have  in  the 
Debtor's  Lanjf, 


thirteenth  Year  of  his  Reign,  caufed  the  faid  Sta- 
tute made  at  Atton  Burnel  to  be  rehearfed  ;  (6)  and 
for  the  Declaration  of  certain  Articles  in  the  Statute 
aforefaid  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  a  Mer- 
chant who  will  be  fure  of  his  Debt,  fhall  caufe  his 
Debtor  to  come  before  the  Mayor  of  London,  or'be- 
fore  fome  chief  Warden  of  a  City,  or  of  another 
good  Town,  where  the  King  fhall  appoint,  (7)  and 
before  the  Mayor  and  chief  vVarden,  or  other  fuffi- 
cient  Men  chofen  and  fworn  thereto,  when  the 
Mayor  or  chief  Warden  cannot  attend,  (8)  and  be- 
fore one  of  the  Clerks  that  the  King  mall  thereto 
aflign,  when  both  cannot  attend,  he  fhall  acknow- 
ledge the  Debt  and  the  Day  of  Payment ;  (9)  and 
the  Recognifance  fhall  be  inrolled  by  one  of  the 
Clerks  Hands  being  known,  and  the  Roll  fhall  be 
double,  whereof  one  Part  fhall  remain  with  the 
Mayor  or  chief  Warden,  and  the  other  with  the 
Clerks  that  thereto  fhall  be  firft  named ;  (10)  and 
further,  one  of  the  faid  Clerks  with  his  own  Hand 
fhall  write  an  Obligation,  to  which  Writing  the  Seal 
of  the  Debtor  fhall  be  put  with  the  King's  Seal  pro- 
vided for  the  fame  Intent;  which  Seal  mall  be  of  two 
Pieces,  whereof  the  greater  Piece  fhall  remain  in  the 
Cuftody  of  the  Mayor,  or  the  chief  Warden,  and 
'the  other  Piece  in  the  keeping  of  the  forefaid  Clerk. 
(11)  And  if  the  Debtor  do  not  pay  at  the  Day 
limited  unto  him,  then  fhall  the  Merchant  come  to 
the  Mayor  and  Clerk  with  his  Obligation  ;  (iz)  and 
if  it  be  found  by  the  Roll  or  Writing,  that  the  Debt 
was  knowledged,  and  the  Day  of  Payment  expired, 
the  Mayor  or  chief  Warden  fhall  caufe  the  Body  of 
the  Debtor  to  be  taken  (if  he  be  LayJ  whenfoever 
he  happeiieth  to  come  in  their  Power,  and  fhall  com- 
mit him  to  the  Prifon  of  the  Town,  if  there  be  any, 
and  he  fhall  remain  there  at  his  own  Cofts,  until  he 
hath  agreed  for  the  Debt.  (13)  And  it  is  com- 
manded that  the  Keeper  of  the  Town  Prifon  fhall 
retain  him  upon  the  Delivery  of  the  Mayor  or  War- 
den ;  and  if  the  Keeper  fhall  not  receive  him,  he 
fhall  be  anfwerable  for  the  Debt,  if  he  have  where- 
of; and  if  he  have  not  whereof,  he  that  committed 
the  Prifon  to  his  keeping  fhall  anfwer.  (14)  And 
if  the  Debtor  cannot  be  found  in  the  Power  of  the 
Mayor,  or  chief  Warden,  then  fhall  the  Mayor  or 
chief  Warden  fend  into  the  Chancery,  under  the 
King's  Seal,  the  Recognifance  of  the  Debt ;  and  the 
Chancellor  fhall  direct  a  Writ  unto  the  Sheriff,  in 
whofe  Shire  the  Debtor  fhall  be  found,'  for  to  take 
his  Body  (if  he  be  Lay)  and  fafely  to  keep  him  in 
Prifon  until  he  hath  agreed  for  the  Debt ;  (15)  and 
within  a  Quarter  of  a  Year  after  that  he  is-  taken, 
his  Chattels  fhall  be  delivered  him,  fo  that  by  his 
own.  he  may  levy  and  pay  the  Debt;  (16}  and  it 
fhall  be  lawful  unto  him,  during  the  fame  Quarter, 
to  fell  his  Lands  and  Tenements  for  the  Difcharge 
of  his  Debts,  and  his  Sale  fhall  be  good  and  effectual. 
(17)  And  if  he  do  not  agree  within  the  Quarter, 
next  after  the  Quarter  expired  all  the  Lands  and 
Goods  of  the  Debtor  fhall  be  delivered  unto  the 
Merchant  by  a  reafonable  Extent,  to  hold  them  until 
fuch  Time  as  the  Debt  is  wholly  levied  ;  and  never- 
thelefs  the  Body  fhall  remain  in  Prifon  as  before  is 
faid;  (i3)  and  the  Merchant  fhall  find  him  Bread 
and  Water,  (19)  and  the  Merchant  fhall  have  fuch 
Seifin  in  the  Lands  and  Tenements  delivered  unto 

»  Londres.    Gotten  MSt 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lend, 
de  fun  regne  troizime  fift  reciter  lavauntdit  ftatut 
fet  a  Acton  Burnell  e  pur  declarer  aquns  articles 
de  fun  ftatut  avauntdit  ad  ordine  e  eftabli  qe  mar- 
chaunt  qi  veut  eftre  feure  de  fa  dette  face  venir 
fun  dettur  devaunt  le  meyre  de  a  Appelby  ou  de- 
vaunte  autre  chief  gardeyn  de  vile  ou  de  autre 
bone  vile  ou  le  rey  ordinera  e  devaunt  le  meire, 
ou  chief  gardein  ou  autre  prodhome  a  ceo  efleu  e 
jure  quaunt  meire  ou  chief  gardeyn  ne  poet  en- 
tendre e  devaunt  un  des  clers  qi  le  rey  a  ceo  a- 
tornera  quaunt  ambodeus  ne  poent  entendre  co- 
nuffe  la  dette  e  jour  de  la  paie  e  feit  la  conoif- 
faunce  enroullee  de  la  main  del  un  des  clers  avaunt- 
diz  qi  ferra  conue  e  le  roule  duble  dun?  le  un> 
demorge  vers  le  meire  ou  chief  gardein  e  lautre 
vers  le  clerk  qi  a  ceo  primes  ferra  nome  e  oftre 
ceo  un  des  avauntdiz  clers  de  fa  main  face  le  ef-. 
crit  de  obligacion  a  quel  efcrit  feit  mis  le  feel  deli 
dettur  ove  le  feel  le  rey  qe  a  ceo  eft  purveu  le 
quel  feel  ferra  de  deus  pieces  dunt  la  greignour 
piece  demoera  en  la  garde  le  meire  ou  chief  gar- 
dein e  lautre  piece  en  la  main  le  clerk  avauntdit. 
E  fi  le  dettur  ne  rende  al  jour  qe  lui  eft  affis  ft 
veigne  le  marchaunt  al  meyre  e  al  clerk  ove  fa 
lettrs  de  obligacion  e  fi  trove  feit  par  roule  ou 
par  lettre  qe  la  dette  fuft  conue  e  le  jour  aflis 
feit  paffe  fi  face  le  meyre  ou  chief  gardeyn  pren- 
dre le  cors  al  dettur  fil  eft  lay  quel  heure  qe  il 
feit  trove  en  fon  poer  6  liverer  a  la  prifon  de  la 
vile  fi  prifon  y  feit  e  la  demoerge  a  fes  cuftages 
propres  defqe  ataunt  qil  eit  fet  gre  de  la  dette. 
E  comaunde  eft  qe  le  gardein  de  la  prifon  de  la 
vile  le  reteigne  par  la  livere  del  meyre  ou  le  gar- 
deyn e  fil  ne  le  voille  receivre  fi  refpoigne  mein- 
tenant  le  gardein  de  la  prifon  de  la  dette  fil  eit 
de  qei  e  £1  nad  de  qei  cy  refpoigne  celui  qi  la 
prifon  luy  bailla  a  garder.  E  fi  le  dettur  ne  poet 
eftre  trove  en  le  poer  del  meyre  ou  chief  gar- 
dein dunqe  maunde  le  meyre  ou  chief  gardein 
defuz  le  feel  le  rey  avauntdit  al  chaunceler  la  co- 
noiffaunce  fete  de  la  dette  e  le  chaunceler  envoie- 
bref  al  vifcunte  en  qi  baillie  le  dettur  ferra  trove 
qil  preigne  fon  cors  fil  eft  lay  e  en  fave  prifon- 
le  garde  defqe  ataunt  qil  eit  fet  gre  de  la  dette 
e  dedenz  un  quarter  del  an  apres  ceo  qe  il  ferra 
pris  eit  fes  chateus  e  fes  terres  delivres  ifJint  qe 
par  les  foens  puiffe  lever  e  paier  la  dette  e  biert 
luy  lift  dedenz  le  quarter  terre  &  tenement  ven- 
der pur  fes  dettes  aquifer  e  fa  vente  ferra  ferme 
&  eftable.  E  fil  ne  face  gre  dedenz  le  quarter 
pane  feient  liverez  au  marchaunt  tutz  les  biens 
del  detter  e  totes  fes  terres  par  refhable  eftent  a 
.  tenir  defqe  ataunt  qe  la  dette  pleinement  ferra  le- 
vee e  ja  le  plus  tart  le  cors  demoerge  en  prifon 
cum  avaunt  eft  dit  e  le  marchaunt  luy  truiffe  pain 
e  ewe  e  eit  le  marchaunt  en  ceuls  tenemenz  a 

hit 


A.  D.  1 2  S  5 .  Anno  decimo  tertio  E  d  w  a  r  d  i  I. 


Stat.  3. 


17 


Ex  Rot.  inTurr.  Lond. 
kv  liverez  ou  fon  affigne  tele  feifine  qil  puilie 
norter  bref  de  Novele  diffeifine  fil  fett  engete  e 
6e  redefeifine  auxi  fi  cum  de  frank  tenement  a  te- 
nir  a  lui  e   a  fes  affignez  taunt  qe  la  dette  fait 
paiee  e  apres  la  dette  levee  e  paee  feit  le  cors  al 
dettur  delivere  ove  fa  terre.     E  en  le  bref  qe  le 
chaunceler   enverra  feit    mencion  fet  qe  le  vii- 
cunte  certifie  les  juftices  del  un  baunc  ou  del  au- 
tre coment  il  avera  furni  le  comaundement  le  rey  a 
un  certein  jour  a  quel  jour  le  marchaunt  fi  fun  gre 
ne  foit  fet  fue  devaunt  les  Juftices  e  ft  le  Vifcunte 
ne  returne  nul  bref  ou  returne  qe  le  bref  vint  tro. 
tart  ou  qil  ad  maunde  al  baillifs  de  la  fraunchife  fi 
facent  les  juftices  folom  ceo  qil  eft  contenu  en  le 
drein  ftatut  de  Weftmr'.    E  fi  par  cas  le  Vifcunte 
maunde  qe  le  dettur  neft  pas  trove  ou  feit  clerk  fi 
e'tt  le  marchaunt  bref  a  tuz  les  Vifcuntes  ou  il  avera 
terre  qil  lui  liverent  tuz  les  chateus  e  les  tenemenz 
al  dettur  par  refnable  eftent  a  tenir  a  luy  e  a  fes 
affignez  en  la.  furme  qe  eft  avauntdite  e  ja  le  plus 
tart  eit  bref  a  quel  Vifcunte  qil  vodra  deprendre 
fon  cors  ill  eft  ley  e  tenir  en  la  furme  avauntdite. 
E  bien  fe  garde  le  gardein  de  la  prifun  qil  luy  co- 
vendra  refpundre  del  cors  ou  de  la  dette.     E  apres 
ceo  qe  les  terres  al  detter  ferrunt  livereez  al  mar- 
chaunt bien  lirra  au  dettur  fa  terre  vendre  iffint  qe 
le  marchaunt  neit  damage  de  fes  approvemenz  e 
fauvez  feient  touz  jours  al  marchaunt  damages  e 
chefcunz  cuftagez  neceffaires  e  refunnables  en  tra- 
vails futes  delaies  e  en  defpenfes.     E  fi  le  dettur 
truiffe  plegges  qi  fe  conoiffent  eftre  principals  det- 
turs  apres  le  jour  paffe  feit  fet  des  plegges  en  totes 
chofes  cum  eft  dit  del  principal  dettur  quant  a  cors 
prendre  e  terres  liverer  e  autres  chofes.    E  quant 
les  terres  al  detturs  ferrunt  liverez  as  marchauntz 
fi  eit  feifine  de  totes  les  terres  qe  furent  en  le  main 
le  dettur  le  jour  qe  la  conoiffaunce  fu  fete  en  qi 
mein  qe  eles  ferrunt  apres  devenuz  ou  par  feffe- 
ment  ou  per  autre  manere.     E  apres  la  dette  paie 
les  terres  iffuz  del  dettur  par  feffement  returnent 
auxibien  arere  al  feffe  cum  les  autres  terres  as  det- 
turs.    Eft  le  dettur  ou  plegge  moerge  point  neitle 
marchaunt  recoverir  a  prendre  le  cors  le  eir  mes  a 
fes  terres  cum  avaunt  eft  dit  fil  eft  de  age  ou  quant 
il  ferra  de  age.    E  feit  purveu  un  feel  qi  ferve  as 
feires  e  ceo  feel  ferra  envoie  a  chefcune  feire  defuz 
le  feel  le  rey  par  un  clerk  jure  e  par  le  gardein  de 
la  feire.     E  par  la  communaute  des  marchaunz 
feient  eflus  deus  leus  marchaunz  de  la  cite  de  Lun- 
dres  qil  facent  le  ferment  e  devaunt  eus  feit  le  feel 
overt  e  la  une  peece  feit  bailie  as  avauntdiz  mar- 
chaunz e  lautre  demoerge  vers  le  clerk  e  devaunt 
eux  ou  le  un  des  marchaunz  ft  amdeus  ni  poent 
eftre  feient  les  conoiffaunces  fetes  cum  devaunt  eft 
dit.  E  avaunt  ceo  qe  nul  reconoiflaunce  feitenroul- 
lee  feit  la  peine  del  ftatut  apertiement  leu  devaunt 
le  dettur  iffint  qil  ne  puiffe  autrefoiz  dire  qe  lorn  li 
met  autre  peine  qe  icele  au  quele  il  fe  obliga.     E  a 
fuftentr  les  cuftages  del  avauntdit  clerk  fi  prendra  le 
rey  de  chefcune  livre  un  den'  en  chefcune  vile  ou 


him  or  his  Affignee,  that  he  may  maintain  a  Writ  of 
Novel  diffeifm,  if  he  be  put  out,  and  Rediffeifin  alfo, 
as  of  Freehold,  to  hold  to  him  and  his  Affigns  until 
the  Debt  be  paid ;  (20)  and  affoon  as  the  Debt  is  le- 
vied, the  Body  of  the  Debtor  fhall  be  delivered  with 
his  Lands.  (21)  And  in  fuch  Writs  as  the  Chan- 
cellor doth  award,  Mention  fhall  be  made,  that  the 
Sheriff  fhall  certify  the  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench  or 
of  the  other,  how  he  hath  performed  the  King's- 
Commandment,  at  a  certain  Day,  at  which  Day  the  ' 
Merchant  fhall  fue. before  the  Juftices,  if  agreement  ..j 

be  not  made ;  (22)  and  if  the  Sheriffs  do  not  return 
the  Writ,  or  do  return  that  the  Writ  came  too  late,, 
or  that  he  hath  directed  it  to  the  Bailiffs  of  fome  Fran- 
chife,  the  Juftices  fhall  do  as  it  is  contained  in  the 
latter  Statute  of  Weftminfter.     (23)  And  if  in  cafe  the  13  Ed.  1,  ftltiw 
Sheriff  return,    that  the  Debtor  cannot  be  found,  c-  39> 
or  that  he  is  a  Clerk,  the  Merchant  fhall  have  Writs 
to  all  the  Sheriffs  where  he  fhall  have  Land,    and 
that  they  fhall  deliver  unto  him,  all  the  Goods  and 
Lands  of  the  Debtor  by  a  reafonable  Extent,  to  hold 
unto  him  and  his  Affigns  in  the  Form  aforefaid  ;  and 
at  the  laft  he  fhall  have  a  Writ  to  what  Sheriff  he 
will,  to  take  his  Body  (if  he  be  Lay)  and  to  retain  it 
in  Manner  aforefaid.     (24)  And  let  the  Keeper  of 
the  Prifon  take  Heed,  that  he  muft  anfwer  for  the 
Body,  or  for  the  Debt.     (25)  And  after  the  Debtor's 
Lands  be  delivered  to  the  Merchant,  the  Debtor  may,- 
lawfully  fell  his  Land,  fo  that  the  Merchant  have  no 
Damage  of  the 'Approvements ;    (26)  and  the  Mer-  FitziExecotgy,,- 
chants  fhall  always  be  allowed  for  their  Damages,  7  H.  4.  f.  10. 
and  all  Cofts,  Labours,  Suits,  Delays,  and  Expen-  Dyer  2°6- 
ces  reafonable.     (27)  And  if  the  Debtor  find  Sureties  ^J^^ 
which  do  acknowledge  themfelves  to  be  principal  or°sWsureties 
Debtors,  after  the  Day  pafl'ed  the  Sureties  fhall  be  fhall  be  ufed. 
1  ordered  in  all  Things  as  is  faid  of  the  principal  Debt- 
'  or,,  as  to  the  Arreft  of  Body,  Delivery  of  Lands,. 
;  and  other  Things.     (28)  And  when   the  Lands,  of  what  Land*  , 
;  the  Debtors  be  delivered  unto  the  Merchant,  he  fhall  fliail  be  ex-, 
■  have  Seifin  of  all  the  Lands  that  were  in  the  Hand  of  tended, 
;  the  Debtor,  the  Day  of  the  Recognifance  made,  in 
'•  whole  Hands  foever  that  they  come  after,  either  by 
'•  Feoffment,  or  otherwife.     (29)  And  after  the  Debt 
'■  paid,  the  Debtor's  Lands,  and  the  Iffues  of  Lands  of 
'  Debtors  by  P'eoffment  fhall  return  again,   as  well  to 
;  the  Feoffee,  as  the  other  Lands  unto  the  Debtors. 
'  (30)  And  if  the  Debtor  or  his  Sureties  die,  the  Mer-  The  Heir's' 
5  chant  fhall  have  no  Authority  to  take  the  Body  of  his  Lands,  but  nor 
'  Heir,  but  he  fhall  have  his  'Lands,  as  before  is  faid,  *"s  Eod>''  *aU 
'  if  he  be  of  Age,  or  when   he  fhall  be  of  full  Age, be  extended- 
'  *  until  he  hath  levied  of  the  Lands  the  Amountance  and  »  jjot  ;„  ^ 
'  Value  of  the  Debt.     (31)  And   a  Seal  fhall  be  provi-  Original. 
'  ded,  that  fhall  ferve  for  Fairs,  and  the  fame  fhall  be  ASealforFafrfc 
c  fentunto  every  Fair  under  the  King's  Seal  by  a  Clerk' 
'  fworn,  or  by  the  Keeper  of  the  Pair.     (32)  And  of 
'  the  f  Coinmonalty  of  the  Merchants  of  the  City  of  Lon-  f  Q^And  by: 
c  don,  Hvo  Merchants  jhall  be  chofen,  that  fhall  fwear,  tbt  Commonalty 
'  and  the  Seal  fhall  be  opened  before  them,  and  the  one  "f  ^'^""'h 
'  Piece  fhall  be  delivered  unto  the  forefaid  Merchants,  Z'fafeMtrf* 
'  and  the  other  fhall  remain  with  the  Clerk;  and  before  cbinisof  th'e'aty 
''  them,  or  one  of  the  Merchants  (if  both   cannot  at-  of  London. 
'  tend)  the  Recognifances  fhall  be  taken,  as  before  is  Bro.  Recog. 
'  faid.     (33)  And  before  that  any  Recognifance  be  in-  i,^'  17'  l8'»  2Ij 
'  rolled,  the  Pain  of  the  Statute  fhall  be  openly  read  ^Jj  be^read  to 
'  before  the  Debtor,  fo  that  after  he  cannot  fay  that  any  the  Debtor. 
'  did  put  another  Penalty  than  that  whereto  he  bouna 
'  himfelf.     (3+)  And  to  maintain  the  Cofts  of  the  faid  TheKing'sDuty 
<  Clerk,  the  King  fhall  take  of  every  Pound  a.  Penny,  "^J^ged! 

"in 


n8       Stat.  3. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  1285. 


Taking  of  Re- 

«ognifances. 
5  Read  of  thofe 
'who  are  wiling 
to  acknowledge 
them  iefore  them, 


in  every  Town  where  the  Seal  is,  except  Fairs,  where 
he  fhall  take  one  Penny  Halfpenny  of  the  Pound. 
(35)  This  Ordinance  and  Aft  the  King  willeth  to  be 
obferved  from  henceforth  throughout  his  Realm  of 
England  and  Ireland,  amongft  the  which  People  they 
that  will  may  make  fuch  Recognifances  (  except,  j^zw, 
to  whom  this  Ordinance  fhall  not  extend.)  (36)  And 
by  this  Statute  a  Writ  of  Debt  fhall  not  be  abated ; 
(37)  and  the  Chancellor,  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench 
and  the  other,  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  and 
Juftices  Errants,  fhall  not  be  eftopped  to  take  Re- 
cognifances of  Debts  %  before  them  knowledged  and 
made:  (38)  But  the  Execution  of  Recognifances 
made  before  them  fhall  not  be  done  in  the  Form 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
le  feel  ferra  horpris  faire  ou  il  prendra  treis  rhailles 
de  la  livre.  Ceft  ordeinement  e  eftablifement  veut 
le  rei  qe  deforemes  feit  tenu  par  tut  fun  reaume  de 
Engleterre  e  de  Irlaunde  entre  quelfz  genz  qi  ceo 
foient  qi  de  lour  endegre  vodrunttele  reconoiffaunce 
fere  forfpris  Jeus  as  queus  ceft  eftablifement  he  fe- 
ftent  pas.  Et  par  ceft  eftablifement  ne  feit  pas  bref 
de  dette  abatu  e  ne  feient  pas  le  Chaunceler  Baruns 
del  Efcheker  Juftices  del  un  baunc  e  del  autre  e 
Juftices  erraunz  forclos  deprendre  reconoiflaunces 
de  dettes  de  eus  qi  devaunt  eux  les  vodrunt  fere  mes 
les  execucions  des  conoifTaunces  devaunt  eus  fetes 
nen  feient  pas  fetes  par  la  furme  avauntdite  mes 
par  la  ley  e  le  ufage  e  la  manere  purveue  aillors  en 
autre  eftatut. 


aforefaid,  but  by  the  Law  and  Manner  before  ufed, 
'  and  otherwife  provided  in  other  Statutes  V 

Rex  vie'  falutem.  Quia  coram  tali  majore  vel  ciiftode  talis  ville,  vel  coram  cuftode  figilli  noftri  de  mer- 
catoribus  in  nundinis  in  tali  loco,  &  tali  clerico  noftro  A.  recognovit  debere  B.  tantum  quod  folvifle  debuit 
tali  die&  tali  anno,  quod  idem  A.  nondum  folvit,  ut  dicit:  Tibi  prascipimus,  quod  corpus  praedi&i  A.  fi 
laicus  fit,  capias,  &  in  prifona  noftra  falvo  cuftodiri  facias,  quoufque  de  prasdicl:'  debito  fatisfecerit.  Et  qua- 
liter  hoc  prasceptum  noftrum  fueris  executus,  fcire  facias  juftitiariis  noftrisapud  Weftmonafterium  perliteraj 
In  what  Manner tuas  figillatas,  &  habeas  ibi  hoc  breve.     Tefte,  &c. 

Execution  Jhall  be  made  of  the  Statute  Staple,  fee  27  Ed.  3.  flat.  2.  c.  9.  which  is  enforced  by  7<R.  2.  c.  9.     23  H.  8.  c.  6,  empowering  the  two  Chief  Juftices, 
the  Major  of  the  Staple,  &c,  totake  Obligations.     And  the  8  Geo,  1.  c.  25.  for  fupplying  fome  Defecls  in  the  23  H.  8.  c.  6. 


"The  Statute  of  Circumfpedle  agatis,  made  Anno  13  Edw.  I.  Stat.  4. 

and  Anno  Dom.  1285. 


CAP.    I. 

Certain  Cafes  wherein  the  King's  Prohibition  doth  not  lie. 


*  Not  in  Orig. 
Cafes  wherein 
the  King's  Pro- 
hibition doth 
riot  lie. 
a  Inft.  4S7. 
13  Co.  41. 
7  Co.  44. 
5  Co.  67. 


1  HE  King  to  his  "Judges  fendcth  Greeting.     Ufe 


Tithes  and  Of- 
ferings. 
•J-  The  Lines  in 
Italicks  are  not  in 
the  Original. 
8  Ed.  4.  13. 
Fitz.  Prohibi- 
tion, 18,  so. 
Mortuaries. 

Penfion. 
Defamation. 
J  Not  in  Orig. 


;  yourfelves  circurnfpeftly  in  all  Matters  con- 
■*■  cerning  the  Bifhop  of  Norvjich  and  his  Cler- 
gy, not  punifhing  them  if  they  hold  Plea  in  Court 
Chriftian  of  fuch  Things  as  be  meer  fpiritual,  that  is 
to  wit,  of  Penance  enjoined  by  Prelates  for  deadly 
;  Sin,  as  Fornication,  Adultery,  and  fuch  like,  for 
the  which  fometimes  Corporal  Penance,  and  fome- 
time  Pecuniary  is  enjoyned,  fpecially  if  a  Freeman 
be  convifr.  of  fuch  Things.  (2)  Alio  if  Prelates  do 
punifh  for  leaving  the  Church-yard  unclofed,  or  for 
that  the  Church  is  uncovered,  or  not  conveniently 
decked,  in  which  Cafes  none  other  Penance  can  be 
enjoined  but  Pecuiary. 

'  (3)  Item,  If  a  Parfon  demand  f  of  his  Parifhioners 
Oblations  or  Tithes  due  and  accuflomed,  (4  J  or  if  any 
Parfon  do  fue  againfl  another  Parfon  for  Tithes  grea- 
ter or  fmaller,  fo  that  the  fourth  Part  of  the  Value  of 
the  Benefice  be  not  demanded. 

'  (5)  Item,  If  a  Parfon  demand  Mortuaries  in  Pla- 
ces where  a  Mortuary  hath  been  ufed  to  be  given. 

*  (6)  Item,  If  a  Prelate  of  a  Church,  %  or  of  a  Pa- 
tron, demand  of  a  Parfon  a  Penfion  due  to  him,  all 


Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

Glrcumfpecte  agatis  de  negotio  tangente  domi- 
num  Epifcopum  Norwicen'  &  clerum  non 
puniendo  eos  fi  placita  tenuerint  de  hiis  que 
mere  iunt  fpiritualia  videlicet  de  correctionibus 
quos  Prelati  faciunt  pro  mortali  peccato  videlicet 
fornicatione  adulterio  &  hujufmodi  pro  quibus  ali- 
quando  infligitur  pena  corporalis  aliquando  pecu- 
niaria  maxime  fi  conviftus  fit  de  hiis  liber  homo. 

Item  ft  Prelatus  pro  cimiterio  non  claufo  ecclefia 
difcooperta  vel  non  decenter  ornata  in  quibus  cafi- 
bus  alia  pena  non  poteft  infligi  quam  pecuniaria  pe- 
nam  imponat. 


Item  fi  Rector  petat  decimam  majorem  vel  mi- 
norem  dummodo  non  peta'.ur  quarta  pars  alicujus 
ecclefie. 

Item  fi  Reftor  petat  mortuanum  in  partibus  ubi 
mortuar'  dari  confueverit. 

Item  fi  Prelatus  alicujus  ecclefie  petat  penfionem 
a  Rectore  fibi  debitam  omnes  hujus  penfiones  faci- 
ende  funt  in  foro  ecclefiaftico. 

De  violenta  rnanuum  injedtione  in  clericum  &  in 
caufa  diffamationis  concefium  fuit  alias  quod  placita 


*  The  following  Memorandum  being  found  on  the  Kofi,  it  was  thought  proper  to  infert  it  here  :  Confimite  flatutum  dc  verbo  ad  verbum  habent 
major'  &  cives  Exon'.  Memorand' quod  Itatutum  prediftum  conlign'  fuit  in  forma  fubferipta  &  liberatum  Will'o  de  Bodemynn'  deferens" 
per  ipfum  communitati  ville  de  Loftwythiel.  Edvvardus  rex,  &c.  omnibus  ad  quos,  &c.  falutem.  Infpeximus  Itatutum  Mercatorum  cditum 
tempore  domini  K.  quondam  regis  Angl' patris  noflri   in  hec  verba     Pur  ceo  qe  marcbanx,  &c.     Quod  quidem  flatutum  pro  recognitionibus 

villain  duximus  tranfmittend'.    In  cujus,  &c,  T,  R.  apud  Lendin4 


juxta  formam  ejufdem  flatuti  in  villa  de  Loftwythiel  accipiend'  ad  candem 
tertio  die  ScpterruV  anno  regni  fui  quinto, 


inde 


A.  D.  1285.  Anno  decimo  tertio  Edward  1  I. 


Stat.  4.       119 


Cotton  MS. 
inde  teneantur  in  Cur'  Chriftianitatis  dummodo 
non  petatur  pecunia  fed  agatur  ad  corre&ionem 

peccati. 

In  omnibus  iftis  cafibus  habet  judex  ecclefiaiticus 
cognofcere  regia  prohibitione  non  obftante  licet  por- 
rigatur  obquod  impetrantlaici  prohibitionemin  ge- 
nere  fuper  decima  oblationibus  mortuar'  redemptio- 
nibus  penitentiarum  violenta  manuum  injeftione  in 
clericum  &  converfum  &  in  caufa  diftamatiopis  in 
quibus  cafibus  agitur  ad  penam  canonicam  capiend'. 


fuch  Demands  -are  to  be  made  in  a  Spiritual  Court.  4C0.20.Kel.39, 
(7)  And  for  laying  violent  Hands  on  a  Clerk,  (8)  |2 Ed-  4"  f'?11'' 
and  in  Caufe  of  Defamation,  it  hath  been  granted  al-  J°'    1°  ' '" 

,  ,  •        (i      1 1     1  •     i     •  o    •   «     -    i '    r^  tion,  15,  21.- 

ready,  that  it  lhall   be  tried  in  a   spiritual  Court,  Breach  of  an 
when  Money  is  not  demanded,  but  a  Thing  done  Oath, 
for  Punifhment  of  Sin,  ||  and  likewife  for  breaking  an  II  Not  in  Orig. 
Oath.     (9)  In  all  Cafes  afore  rehearfed,  the  Spiritual  fr°;£a' /" 
Judge  fhall  have  Power  to  take  Knowledge,  notwith-  ,egCH.e6  ",«'. 
ftanding  the  King's  Prohibition.'  „  h.  4.  f.  88.' 


Regift.  36,  45, 

Refpondit  dominus   Rex  ad  iftos  articulos  quod  in  decimis  obventionibus  oblationibus  mortuar'  quando  5°>  51'  57.  &c» 
agitur  ut  predictum  eft  prohibitioni  non  eft  locus.     Et  ft  clericus  vel  Religiofus  decimas  fuas  in  horreo  con-  5e*  '  p/j  ,  3"' 
gregatas  vel  alibi  exiftentes  vendiderit  pro  pecunia  alicui  &  implacitetur  in  Cur'  Chriftianitatis  locum  habet  wbert d Canjul- 
regia  prohibitio  quia  per  venditiones  res  fpirituales  funt  temporales  &  fie  tranfeunt  decime  in  catallis.  tathn  u  grant- 

Item  ft  contentio  fit  de  jure  decimarum  originem  habens  de  jure  Patronatus  &earum  decimarum  quantitas  Me.  £y9 Ed  2. 
excedat  quartam  partem  ecclefie  locum  habet  regia  prohibitio.  _  ^r\bM,ll' th*ii 

Item  fi  Prelatus  imponat  penam  pecuniariam  alicui  pro  peccato  &  petat  lllam  pecuniam  locum  habet  regia  fc  gra„udJwhcre 
prohibitio  fi  coram  Prelatis  pecunia  exigatur.  ...  .  Tythes  are  de- 

Item  fi  quis  manus  violemas  injecerit  in  clericum  pro  pace  domkii  Regis  debent  emende  fieri  coram  Rege  manded. 
pro  excommunicatione  vero  coram  Epifcopo  &  fi  imponatur  pena  corporalis  quam  fi  reus  velit  redimere  dando  See  farther  9 Ed.- 
prelato  vel  lefo  pecuniam  poteft  nee  in  talibus  locus  eft  prohibitioni.  >  ,  iEd*i%&tt 

In diffamationibus liberorum  corrigant  Prelati  regia  prohibitione  nonobftante  licet  porrigatur.  r_ n;  \{^^ 

fiat.  3.  c.  5.     50  Ed.  3.  c.  4.     and  2  Hi  5.  fiat,  I>  c.  %* 


Statuta  Civitatis  LONDON'  edit  a  apud  Weftm'  Anno  13  Edw.  I.- 

Regis >  Stat. 5.       See  Appendix v 

Forma  Conceffionis-  et  exemplificationis  Cartarunu     Anno  13  Edw.  L 

Stat.  6.        See  Appendix. 

STATUTUM  EXONIE,    14  Edw.  I.      See  Appendix, 


ARTICULI   STATUTI  EXONIE,     See 


Of  dinatio,  pro  ftatu  H I  BE  R  N  I M,    made  Anno  1 7  Edw.  I:   and 

Anno  Dom.  1288.  a 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Londi 

ED  WARD  par  la  grace  de  Dieu  Roi  dEngle.- 
terre  feignur  dlrlaund  dues  dAquitaine  a  touz 
ceux  qi  ceftes  prefentes  lettres  verrount  ou 
orrount  falutz..  Sachez  qe  a  lamendement  du. 
gueyement  de  noftre  terre  dlrlaund-  a  plus  grant' 
pees  &  tranquillite  de  noftre  poeple  en  cele  terre  %.. 
Notyngham  as  oytaves  fel  feint  Martin  Ian  de  noftre 
regne  dis  feptifme  par  affent  de  noftre  counfeil  il- 
loeqs  font  les  pointz  foutzefcriz  aflentuz  &  accor- 
dez  a  fin  qe  eux  foient  tenuz  &  fermement  gardez 
.«n  meifme  la  terrec . 


"'  T?  D.WARD,.  by  the  Grace  of  God,  King  of' 
"    l^v  England,  Lord  of  Ireland,  Duke  of  Jauitain,. 
is.  J—J  j.0  ajj  thofg  whofliall  fee  or  hear  thefe Letters, 
"doth  fend  Salutation..    Know  you,  that  for  the  A- 
**'  mendment  of  the  Government  of  our  Realm  of  Ire~- 
"  land,,  and  for  the  Peace  and  Tranquillity  of  our  Peo.- 
"  pie  of  the  fame  Land,  at  Nottingham,  the  Octaves 
"  of  Saint  Martin,    in  the  Seventeenth  Year  of  our 
"'  Reign,  by  the  AfTent  of  our  Council  there  being,  the 
"  Points  hereafter  mentioned  be  made  and  agreed  upon, . 
"  to  the  Intent  that  they  may  be  firmly  obferved  in  the-' 
w  fame  Realm." 


» This  is  in-tbe  Secunda  pars  veterum  Statutorom,  fol.  7$.    It  is  in -the  Editions  of  Pulton-WKeble,  but  not  in  Raftal. 


g  A  K. 


120 


Gap. 


Anno  decimo  feptimo  E  d  w  a  r  d  i  I.  A.  D.  1 2  8  8. 


"CAP.    1. 

The  King's  Officers  in  Ireland  mail  purchafe  no  Land  there  without  the  King's  Licence. 


:  77*1  R ST,  That  the  Juftice  of  Ireland,  nor  any 
JP  other  Officer  of  ours  of  the  fame  Realm,  fo  long 
as  they  are  in  our  Service  there,  {hall  purchafe  any 
Land  or  Tenement  within  the  Lift  or  Bound  of  their 
Bailiwicks,  without  our  fpecial  Licence:  (2)  And  if 
any  do  the  contrary,  that  which  he  (hall  purchafe 
fhall  accrue  and  be  forfeit  to  us  and  our  Heirs ;  (3) 
laving  to  the  chief  Lord  of  the  Fee  the  Services  due 
and  accuftomed  for  the  Lands  and  Tenements  fo  ac- 
cruing and  forfeit  to  us.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

PRimerement  qe  la  Juftice  dlrlaund  ne  nul  autre 
noftre  miniftre  en  cele  terre  tancom  ils  fount 
en  nos  offices  illoeqs  ne  purchacent  terre  ne  tene- 
ment dedeinz  les  liftes  ou  boundes  de  lour  baillies 
faunz  noftre  congie  efpeciale  &  ft  nul  face  le  con- 
traire  ceo  qil  avera  purchace  foit  encoru  &  forfait  a 
nous  &  noz  heirs  fauve  as  chiefs  feignurages  de  fee 
fervices  dues  &  accuftumez  de  terres  &  tenementes 
iffint  encuruz  &  forfaitz  a  nouz. 


CAP.     II. 

In  what  Cafe  only  Purveyance  may  be  made  in  Ireland. 


L  SO,  That  neither  our  Juftice  of  Ireland,  nor 
any  other  of  our  Officers  there,  by  colout  of 

*  their  Offices,    fhall  take    Victuals,    or  any    other 

*  Things,  of  any  Perfon  againft  his  Will,  but  in  Time 

*  of  Neceffity,  for  the  common  Profit  of  the  Realm  ; 
'  and  that  then  he  fhall  do  it  by  the  Advice  and  Affent 

*  of  the  greateft  Part  of  our  Council  in  thofe  Parts, 
s  and  by  a  Writ  awarded  out  of  our  Chancery  of  Ire- 
'  land;  and  in  fuch  Cafe  as  we  or  our  Heirs  do  com- 

*  mand  by  a  Writ  awarded  out  of  our  Chancery  of 
-  England,  or  by  other  Warrants.' 


TEM  qe  noftre  Juftice  dlrlaund  ne  nul  de  noz 
_  autres  miniftres  iloeqs  par  colour  de  lour  offices 
ne  preignent  vitailles  ne  autres  chofes  de  nuli  contre 
fon  gre  horpris  en  cas  de  neceffite  pur  le  comun 
profit  de  la  terre  &  adunqs  qe  ceo  ce  face  par  lavis 
&  laffent  de  plus  grantz  de  noftre  counfeil  celes  par- 
ties &  par  bref  ne  noftre  Chancellerie  dlrlaund  & 
en  cas  qe  nous  ou  noz  heirs  les  commanderoms  par 
brief  de  noftre  Chauncellerie  dEngleterre  ou  par 
noz  autres  lettres. 


CAP.     III. 

Tranfporting  of  Merchandifes  out  of  Ireland. 


By  34 Ed.  3. 
c.  18.  They  -who  ' 
ba've  Lands  in  ' 
Jrelandmay  carry  t 
their  Goods  thi-  c 
ther  and  bring 

them  had,  &c.     ' 
< 


18  Car.  1.  c.  a.   « 

•which  is  made 
ftrpetual  by  3»  Car, 


MOreover,  That  none  of  our  Juftices,  nor  any 
of  our  other  Minifters,  by  colour  of  their  Of- 
fice, fhall  arreft  Ships,  nor  other  Goods  of  Strangers, 
or  of  our  own  People;  (2)  but  that  all  Merchants 
and  others  may  carry  their  Corn,  and  other  Victuals 
and  Merchandifes,  forth  of  our  Realm  of  Ireland  unto 
our  Realm  of  England,  and  unto  our  Land  of  Wales, 
(faving  in  the  Cafe  aforefaid)  paying  the  Cuftoms 
due  and  ufed,  fo  that  they  make  good  Security  that 
they  fhall  not  go  unto,  nor  commerce  with  our  Ene- 
mies of  Scotland,  nor  other  of  our  Enemies,  if  any 
fhall  be.  (3)  And  if  any  Juftice  or  other  Officer  do 
the  contrary  in  the  Things  aforefaid,  and  be  thereof 
attainted,  he  fhall  fatisne  the  Plaintiff  double  Da- 
mages, and  alfo  fhall  be  grievoufly  punifhed  by  us.' 

2,  (,  j,  §,  z.  repeals  the  34  Ed.  3.  c,  18.  as  to  hijh  Cattle, 


IT E  M  qe  noftre  dite  Juftice  ne  nul  de  noz  au- 
tres miniftres  iloeqs  par  colour  de  lour  office  ne 
areftent  nyefs  ne  autres  biens  des  eftraunges  ne  des 
privez  mez  qe  touz  marchaunz  &  autres  puifTent 
carier  bledz  &  autres  vitailles  &  marchandifes  hors 
de  noftre  terre  dlrlaund  jefqs  en  noftre  roialme 
dEngleterre  &  en  noftre  terre  de  Gales  horpris  en 
les  cas  fufditz  fefauntz  les  cuft'umes  dues  &  ufeez 
iffint  totes  voies  qil  facent  covenable  feurte  qil  ne 
irrount  ne  ne  communerent  od  noz  enemis  de  Scoce 
ne  noz  autres  enemis  fi  nul  fuiffent.  Et  ft  nul  Ju- 
ftice ou  autre  miniftre  face  le  contrair  des  chofes 
fufdites  &  de  ceo  foit  atteint  face  gre  au  pleintif  de 
fes  damages  a  double  &  jademeyns  foit  grevement 
puni  devers  nous.  * 


CAP.    IV. 
The  Fees  of  a  Bill  of  Grace  in  Ireland. 


«  TTEreafter  there  fhall   be  taken  and  paid  for  the 
«  X~J,  Seal  of  our  Juftice  of  Ireland,  for  every  Bill  of 

*  Grace,  ivd.  and  for  the  writing  of  every  Bill,  lid. 

*  and  no  more.' 


ITem  pur  le  feal  noftre  Juftice  dlrlaund  de  chefc- 
une  bille  de  grace  quater  deniers  &  pur  lefctip- 
ture  de  chefcune  bille  deux  deners  defore  foientpris 
&  paiez  &  nient  plus. 


CAP, 


A.D.  1288, 


Anno  decimo  feptimo  Edwardi  I. 


C.  5—8.        121 


car    v. 

The  Marlhal's  Fee  in  Ireland, 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 

ITEMde  celui  qeft  commaunde  a  laprifone  par 
auftorite.  de  noftre  Court  quant  il  ferra  delivres 
quater  deners  foient  pris  pur  le  fee  du  marefchal  & 
nient  plus.  Et  fi  par  cas  nul  veigne  encountre  les 
chofes  fufdites  &  deceo  foit  ateint  a  noftre  feute  ou 
a  feute  de  partie  face  gree  a  la  partie  &  fbit  greve- 
ment  puny  devers  nous. 


AND  there  fhall  be  taken  of  him  which  is  com- 
mitted to  Prifon  by  Authority  of  our  Court, 
when  he  fhall  be  delivered,  ivd.  for  the  Marshal's 
Fee,  and  no  more.  (2)  And  if  any  do  offend  the 
Ordinances  aforefaid,  and  thereof  be  attainted  at  our 
Suit,  or  the  Suit  of  the  Party,  he  fhall  make  Satis- 
faction to  the  Party,  and  be  grievoufly  punifhed  by 
us.' 


CAP.    VI. 

In  what  Cafes  the  Juftice  of  Ireland  may  grant  Pardon  of  Felony,  &V.  and  where  not. 


IT  E  M  qe  nul  pardoun  de  la  feute  de  noftre  pees 
pur  mort  de  homme  ne  a  autre  felonie  ne  tui- 
cion  pur  celui  qi  ferra  des  tieux  felonies  rette  ou 
endite  ne  foit  fait  ne  graunte  defore  par  notre  Juftice 
dlrlaund  fur  feales  de  noftre  feal  iloeqs  fantz  efpecial 
commaundment  de  nous  meifmes  defouz  afcuns  de 
noz  feals  dEngleterre  fauve  qe  noftre  dite  juftice  & 
noftre  Chaunceller  dlrlaund  ove  lavifement  de  noftre 
Counfeil  dlrlaund  puiffent  faire  pardon  des  felonies 
faites  devant  la  date  de  ceftes  folunc  ce  qe  pur  noftre 
honur  &c  profit  &  pees  &  tranquilite  de  noftre  poe- 
ple  illoeqs  veient  qe  fait  a  faire  &  folom  le  com- 
uiaundement  qils  evount  de  nous  Iffint  totes  voies 
qe  des  felonies  qe  fe  ferount  defore  nul  pardoun  fe 
face  ne  tuicion  foit  grauntie  fanz  efpecial  com- 
mandement  de  nous  meifmes  fi  com  defus  eft  dit. 


Al 
granted  by  our  Juftice  of  Ireland,  of  the  Suit 
'  of  our  Peace  for  the  Death  of  a  Man,  nor  for  other 
e  Felony,  nor  *  for  flying  for  the  fame,  to  them  which  «  ffot  in  Orig. 
'  fhall  be  accufed  or  indicted  of  fuch  Felonies;  (2)  Read  mr Pn- 
'  nor  fhall  be  fealed  with  our  Seal  there,  without  the  *!&'"•>  "  than> 
'  fpecial  Commandment  of  us  ourfelves  under  fome  of 
'  our  Seals  of  England;  faving  that  our  faid  Juftice  of 
'  Ireland,  and  our  Chancellor  of  Ireland,  with  the  Ad- 
'  vice  of  our  Council  of  Ireland,  may  grant  Pardon  of 
'  Felonies  committed  before  the  Date  hereof,  as  they 
'  fhall  perceive  it  may  ftand  with  our  Honour  and  Pro- 
'  fit,  and  Peace  and  Tranquillity  of  our  People  there, 
'  and  with  the  Commandment  which  they  have  re- 
'  ceived  from  us;  (3)  fo  always  that  there  be  no  Par- 
f  don  or  Protection  granted  of  thofe  Felonies  which 
'  fhall  be  hereafter  committed,  without  the  fpecial  Com- 
'  mandment  of  us  ourfelves,  as  is  aforefaid.' 


CAP.    VII.    v 

By  what  Seal  Writs  in  Ireland  fhall  be  fealed. 


ITE  M  qe  nul  brief  original  pledable  a  la  com- 
mune lei  ne  foit  rcfceu  par  nul  de  noz  miniftres 
forfqe  briefs  feale  defouz  noftre  grant  Seal  dlrlaund 
ne  nul  proces  fait  par  autre  brief  fauve  qe  par 
noftre  Seal  de  noftre  Efcheqer  dlrlaund  des  chofes 
tochantz  cele  place  foit  fait  auffi  come  doit  eftre 
fait  de  refon  &  folonc  ceo  qe  cea  en  arers  ad  efte 
acuftumee. 


'  A  ND  that  none  of  our  Officers  fhall  receive  an 
'  jt\  original  Writ  pleadable  at  the  Common  Law, 
'  but  fuch  as  be  fealed  by  the  Great  Seal  of  Ireland; 
'  (2)  nor  any  Procefs  fhall  be  made  by  any  other  Writ 
'  faving  that  by  our  Seal  of  our  Exchequer  of  Ireland, 
'  of  Things  touching  that  Court,  it  fhall  be  done  as  by 
'  Reafon  it  ought  to  be,  and  according  as  it  hath  been 
'  heretofore  accuftomed.' 


CAP.    VIII. 

Adjournment  of  Affifes  in  Ireland. 


ITEM  qe  noftre  Juftice  de  la  dite  terre  par  fes 
briefs  ou  lettres  ne  targe  ne  ajorne  aflife  de  No- 
Vele  diffeifine  devaunt  lui  forfqe  en  le  conte  ou  il 
ferra  prefent  &  tancome  il  demorra  en  meifme  le 
^onte.  En  tefmoignaunce  de  quele  chofe  nous 
avoms  fait  faire  ceftes  noz  lettres  overtes.  Don  a 
Notingham  le  xxiv.  jour  de  Novembr'  Ian  de  noftre 
regne  dis  feptifme. 


1  TEM,  That  our  Juftice  of  the  fame  Realm  fhall 
J.  not  by  his  Writs  or  Letters  delay  or  adjourn  any 
Affife  of  Novel  diffeifln  before  him,  but  in  the  County 
where  he  fhall  be  prefent,  and  during  that  Time  as 
he  fhall  remain  in  the  fame  County.  In  Witnefs 
whereof  we  have  caufed  thefe  our  Letters  Patents  to 
be  made.  Dated  at  Nottingham  the  four  and  twen- 
tieth Day  of  November,  the  feventeenth  Year  of  our 
Reign.' 


'•<• 


Vot.  I, 


& 


The 


122       Stat,  i. 


Anno  decimo  o&avo  Edward i  I.  A.  D.  1290. 


11  Car.  7..  c.24.  * 
take*  aiuayjeodal  * 

Services* 


The  Statute  of  WESTMINSTER  the  Third,  viz.  Quia  emptores  terra- 
rum,    made  Anno  i8Edw.  I.   Stat.  1.   and  Anno  Dom.  1290. 

CAP.     I. 
The  Feoffee  fhall  hold  his  Land  of  the  chief  Lord,  and  not  of  the  Feoffor. 

Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

OU I A  emptores  terrarum  &  tenementorum  de 
feodis  Magnatum  &  aliorum  in  prejudicium 
eorumdem  temporibus  retroaciis  multotiens 
in  feodis  fuis  fint  ingreffi  quibus  libere  tenentes  eo- 
rumdem Magnatum  &  aliorum  terras  &  tenementa 
fua  vendiderunt  tenenda  in  feodo  fibi  &  heredibus 
fuis  de  feoffatoribus  fuis  &  non  de  Capitalibus  do- 
minis  feodorum  per  quod  iidem  Capitales  domini 
efcaetas  maritagia  &  cuftodias  terrarum  &  tene- 
mentorum de  feodis  fuis  exiftentium  fepius  amife- 
runt  quod  eifdem  Magnatibus  &  aliis  dominis  quam 
plurimis  durum  &  difficile  videbatur  &  fimiliter  in 
hoc  cafu  exheredatio  manifefta  Dominus  Rex  in 
parliamento  fuo  apud  Weftm'  poft  Pafcha  Anno 
Regni  fui  decimo  ocfavo  videlicet  in  quindena  fancSti 
Johannis  Baptifte  ad  inftantiam  Magnatum  regni 
fuiconceffit  providit  &  ftatuit  quod  de  cetero  liceat 
unicuique  libero  homini  terram  fuam  feu  tenemen- 
tum  feu  partem  inde  pro  voluntate  fua  vendere. 
Ita  tamen  quod  feofFatus  teneat  terram  illam  feu  te- 
nementum  de  Capitali  domino  per  eadem  fervicia 
&.  confuetudines  per  que  feoffator  fuus  illa.prius,  te- 
nuit. 


7^0rafmuch  as  Purchafers  of  Lands  and  Tene- 
ments of  the  Fees  of  great  Men  and  other 
Lords,  have  many  Times  heretofore  entered 
"  into  their  Fees,  to  the  Prejudice  of  the  Lords,  to 
"  whom  the  Freeholders  of  fuch  great  Men  have  fold 
"  their  Lands  and  Tenements  to  be  holden  in  Fee  of 
"  their  Feoffors,  and  not  of  the  chief  Lords  of  the 
"  Fees,  whereby  the  fame  chief  Lords  have  many 
"  Times  loft  their  Efcheats,  Marriages,  and  Ward- 
"  fhips  of  Lands  and  Tenements  belonging  to  their 
"  Fees ;  which  Thing  feemed  very  hard  and  extream 
■"  unto  thofe  Lords  and  other  great  Men,  and  moreo- 
"  ver  in  this  Cafe  manifeft  Difheritance:"  '  (2)  Our 
'  Lord  the  King,  in  his  Parliament  at  Wejlminjler,  af- 
'  ter  Eqfter,  the  eighteenth  Year  of  his  Reign,  that  is 
'  to  wit,  in  the  Quinzime  of  Saint  "John  Bapti/l,  at  the 
-  Inftance  of  the  great  Men  of  the  Realm,  granted, 
FUz.  Avowry,,  '  provided,  and  ordained,  That  from  henceforth  it 
108, 185,  255.  '  fhall  be  lawful  to  every  Freeman  to  fell  at  his  own 
'  Pleafure  his  Lands  and  Tenements,  or  Part  of  them, 
'  fo  that  the  Feoffee  fhall  hold  the  fame  Lands  or  Te- 
nements of  the  chief  Lord  of  the  fame  Fee,  by  fuch 
Service  and  Cuftoms  as  his  Feoffor  held  before.' 


C  A  P.     II. 


If  Part  of  the  Land  be  fold,  the  Services  fhall  be  apportioned. 


Dyer  290/. 
Fitz.  Avowry, 
ioi,  108,  218. 
Fitz.  Herriot,  I, 
Br  >.  Tenures, 
2.  65. 
6  Co.  1. 
8  Co.  105. 
37  H.8.  t.  26. 
40  E^l.  3.  f.  40. 
s  Inft.  503. 


ND 


if  he  fell  any  Part  of  fuch  Lands,  or  Tene- 
ments to  any,  the  Feoffee  fhall  immediately 
hold  it  of  the  chief  Lord,  and  fhall  be  forthwith 
charged  with  the  Services,  for  fo  much  as  pertaineth, 
or  ought  to  pertain  to  the  faid  chief  Lord  for  the  fame 
Parcel,,  according  to  the  Quantity  of  the  Land  or 
Tenement  fo  fold.  (2)  And  fo  in  this  Cafe  the  fame 
Part  of  the  Service  fhall  remain  to  the  Lord,  to  be 
taken  by  the  Hands  of  the  Feoffee,  for  the  which  he 
ought  to  be  attendant  and  anfwerable  to  the  fame 
chief  Lord,  according  to  the  Quantity  of  the  Land 
or  Tenement  fold  for  the  Parcel  of  the  Service  fo  due.' 


T?T  fi  partem  aliquam  earumdem  terrarum  &  te- 
a\  nementorum  alicui  vendiderit  feoffatus  illam 
teneat  immediate  de  Capitali  domino  &  oneretur 
ftatim  de  fervicio  quantum  pertinet  five  pertinere 
debet  eidem  Capitaii  domino  pro  particula  ilia  fe- 
cundum  quantitatem  terre  feu  tenementi  venditi  Sc 
fie  in  hoc  cafu  decidat  Capitali  domino  ipfa  pars 
fervicii  per  manum  feoffati  capienda  ex  quo  feof-. 
fatus  debet  eidem  Capititi  domino  juxta  quantita- 
tem terre  feu  tenementi  venditi  de  particula  ilia 
fervicii  fie  debiti  efle  intendens  &  refpondens. 


C  A  P.     III. 

No- Feoffment  fhall  be  made  to  allure  Land  in  Mortmain. 


.•»,  Inft.  504. 


ftat.  1. 


*  A  N  D  it  is  to  be  underftood,  that  by  the  faid 
'  4\  Sales  or  Purchafes  of  Lands  or  Tenements,  or 
'  any  Parcels  of  them,  fuch  Lands  or  Tenements  fhall 
'  in  no  wife  come  into  Mortmain,  either  in  Part  or  in 
'■Whole,,  neither  by  Policy  ne  Craft,  contrary  to- the 
'  Form   of  the  Statute  made  thereupon  of  lajt'e.     (2) 

*  And  it  is  to  wit,  that  this  Statute  extendeth  but  only 

*  to  Lands  holden  in  Fee-fimple;    (3)  and  that  it  ex- 

*  tendeth  to  the  Time  coming,  and  it  fhall  begin  to 

*  take  Effect  at  the  Feaft  of  Saint  Andrew  the  Apoftle 
'  next  coming.     Given  the    eighteenth  Year  of   the 

*  Reign  of  King  Edivard,  Son  to  King  Henry.' 


,  H.  3 
c.  3». 

Add  7  Ed.  J.  flat.  2.       13&/.  i.fiat.  I,  c.  yi.  and  ^Ed.  i.fiat.  3.     And  fee  18  Ed.  3.  fiat 
in  Mortmain.      1  &  7.  P.  &  M.  c.  8.  permitting  them  tofpiritual  Corporation.      39  Eliz.  c.  5. 
Btntfii  of  lie  Poor,  &c.    7  &  8  W.  3.  c.  37 ,.  empowering  tie  Crown  to  grant  Licences  to  alien  in 
»  For  t,  1%.  ReaJ  t.  36. 


ET  fciendum  eft  quod  per  prediftas  venditiones 
feu  emptiones  terrarum  feu  tenementorum  feu 
partis  alicujus  eorumdem  nullo  modo  poffunt  terre 
feu  tenementa  ilia  in  parte  vel  in  toto  ad  manum 
mortuam  deveni-re  arte  vel  ingenio  contra  formarfv 
ftatuti  dudum  fuper  hoc  editi.  Et  fciendum  eft 
quod  iftud  ftatutum  tenet  locum.de  terris  venditis 
tenendis  in  feodo  fimpliciter  tantum  &  quod  fe  ex- 
tendit  ad  tempus.  futurum  Et  incipiet  locum  tenere 
ad  Fefturn  Sancti  Andree  Apoftoli  proxime  futu- 
rum. 


■  3.  <-■  --     15S.  2.  c.  ;.     23    W.  8.    e.   10.    refiraining  Alienal'itnt 

21  Jac.  I.  c.  I.      13^14  Car.  2.  c.  12.    permitting  •  tb&n  fur  the 

Mortmain.     Andy  Ceo.  c.  36.  refiraining  Gifts  in  Mortmain  by  Will. 


The 


A.  D.  1290. 


Anno  decimo  octavo  Edwardi  I. 


Stat. 


2. 


123 


The  Statute  of  Quo  Warranto,  made  Anno  18  Edw.  I.  Stat.  2. 

Anno  Dom.  1 2  90. 


and 


How   they  fhall  hold  their  Liberties  which   claim  them  by  Prefcription  or  Grant.     A  §>uo 
Warranto  fhall  be  pleaded  and  determined  before  Juftices  in  Eyre. 


Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

OUI A  brevia  de  quo  Warranto  &  etiam  ju- 
dicia  fuper  placitis  eorumdem  brevium  red- 
denda  diutinamceperuntdilationem  eo  quod 
Juftic'  in  judiciis  illis  reddend'  de  voluntate  domini 
Regis  non  fuerunt  hucufque  certiorati  idem  domi- 
nus  ad  Parliamentum  fuum  poftPafcha  apudWeftm| 
anno  regni  fui  decimo  odtavo  de  gratia  fua  fpeciali 
&  etiam  propter  affedtionem  quam  habet  erga  Pre- 
lates Comites  Barones  &  ceteros  de  regno  fuo  con- 
■ceflit  quod  omnes  de  regno  fuo  quicumque  fuerint 
tarn  viri  religiofi  quam  alii  qui  per  bonam  inquifi- 
tionem  patrie  autalio  modo  fufficienti  verificare  po- 
terint  quod  ipfi  &  eorum  antecefiores  vel  predecef- 
fores  ufi  fuerint  libertatibus  quibufcumque  de  qui- 
•bus  per  brevia  fuerint  implacitati  ante  tempus  Re- 
.gis  Ricardi  confanguinei  fui  aut  toto  tempore  fuo 
&  hucufque7S»<?  interruptione  continuarunt  &  ita 
quod  libertatibus  illis  non  fint  abufi  quod  partes  ad- 
jornentur  ulterius  coram  eifdem  juftic'  ufque  ad 
certum  diem  &  rationabilem  infra  quem  dominum 
Regem  adire  poffint  cum  recordo  Juftic'  fub  figillo 
fuo  &  redire  &  dominus  Rex  ftatum  eorum  affir- 
mabit  per  literas  fuas.  Et  ill x  qui  non  poterunt 
feifinam  antecefforum  feu  predeceflorum  fuorum 
verificare  modo  quo  predictum  eft  deducantur  & 
judicentur  fecundum  legem  communem.  Et  ill  I 
-qui  habent  cartas  regales  fecundum  cartas  illas  &c 
-earum  plenitudinem  judicentur. 

Preterea  dominus  Rex  de  gratia  fua  fpeciali  con- 
ceffit  quod  omnia  judicia  que  reddita  funt  in  pla- 
citis de  q  uo  Warranto  per  Juftic'  fuos  apud  Weftm' 
poft  Pafcha  predicxum  &  pro  ipfo  domino  Rege  ft 
partes  que  amiferunt  ad  ipfum  dominum  Regem  re- 
venire  voluerint  tale  babebunt  remedium  de  gratia 
domini  R.egis  ficut  fuperius  eft  conceflum.  Con- 
cefiit  etiam  idem  dominus  Rex  ad  parcand'  mifis  & 
expenfis  populi  de  regno  fuo  quod  placita  de  quo 
Warranto  de  cetero  placitentur  &  terminentur  in 
itineribus  Juftic'  &  quod  placita  adhuc  pendentia 
readjornentur  infingulis  fuis  Com'  ufque  adventum 
Juftic'  in  partibus  illis,  &  quod  interim  poft  adjor- 
nationem  fie  fa£tam  remaneant  fine  die. 


FOrafmuch  as  Writs  of  §hto  Warranto,  and  alfo 
Judgements  given  upon  Pleas  of  the  fame,  were 
greatly  delayed,  becaufe  the  Juftices  in  giving 
Judgement  were  not  certified  of  the  King's  Pleafure 
;  therein;"  '  (2)  our  Lord  the  King,  at  his  Parliament 
holden  at  Wejlminjler,  after  the  Eeaft  of  Eajler,  the 
eighteenth  Year  of  his  Reign,  of  his  fpecial  Grace, 
and  for  the  Affeftion  that  he  beareth  unto  his  Pre- 
lates, Earls,  and  Barons,  and  other  of  his  Realm, 
hath  granted,  That  all  under  his  Allegiance,  what- 
foever  they  be,  as  well  fpiritual  as  other,  which  can 
verify  by  good  Enqueft  of  the  Country,  or  otherwife, 
that  they  and  their  Anceftors  or  PredecefTors  have  ufed 
any  Manner  of  Liberties,  whereof  they  were  im- 
pleaded by  the  faid  Writs,  before  the  Time  of  King 
Richard  our  Coufin,  or  in  all  his  Time,  and  have 
continued  hitherto  (fo  that  they  have  not  mifufed 
fuch  Liberties)  that  the  Parties  {hall  be  adjourned 
further  unto  a  certain  Day  reafonable  before  the  fame 
Juftices,  within  the  which  they  may  go  to  our  Lord 
the  King  with  the  Record  of  the  Juftices,  figned  with 
their  Seal,  and  alfo  return  ;  and  our  Lord  the  King, 
by  his  Letters  Patents,  (hall  confirm  their  Eftate. 
(3)  And  they  that  cannot  prove  the  Seifin  of  their 
Anceftors  or  PredecefTors  in  fuc,h  Manner  as  is  before 
declared,  fhall  be  ordered  and  judged  after  the  *  Law 
and  Cujlom  of  the  Reabn;  (4)  and  fuch  as  have  the 
King's  Charter  fhall  be  judged  according  to  their 
Charters. 
*  II.  Moreover,  the  King  of  his  fpecial  Grace  hath 

f ranted,  that  all  Judgements  that  are  to  be  given  in 
leas  of  Quo  Wcaranto,  by  his  Juftices  at  Wejlmin- 
jler, after  the  forefaid  Eajier,  for  our  Lord  the  King 
himfelf,  if  the  Parties  grieved  will  come  again  before 
the  King,  he  of  his  Grace  fhall  give  them  fuch  Re- 
medy as  before  is  mentioned,  (z)  Alfo  our  faid  Lord 
the  King  hath  granted,  for  fparing  of  the  Cofts  and 
Expences  of  the  People  of  his  Realm,  that  Pleas  of 
Quo  Warranto  from  henceforth  fhall  be  pleaded  and 
determined  In  the  Circuit  of  the  Juftices,  and  that 
all  Pleas  now  depending  fhall  be  adjourned  into  then- 
own  Shires,  until  the  coming  of  the  Juftices  into 
thofe  Parts.' 


2  In  (I,  ^54, 
Fitz.  Brief,  886. 
Kel.  137,  &c. 
Bro.  Quo  War- 
ranto,  1,  2,  3, 
4,  6,  8,  11. 
Bro.  Prefcrip- 
tion, 10,  14,  iS, 
3*.  33.  34.  5*> 
54.  64.  65.  73. 
83,98,  107,108. 
Bro.  Franchise, 
4,  10,  14,  zz, 
26,  37. 
They  which 
have  Liberties 
by  Prefcription 
fhall  enjoy 
them. 


*  Read  after  the 
Common  Law. 


Liberties  by  the 
K  ng's  Grant. 
Fitz.  Connfance, 
16,  19,  21,  26, 
30,  31,  36,  30, 
46,  51,  54,  57, 
60,  61,  62,  63, 
64. 


Where  Pleas 
of  Quo  War- 
ranto fhall  be 
determined. 
Raft.  540 


Another  new  Statute  of  Quo  Warranto,  Stat.  3.  made  the  fame  Tear  to 

that  Effect.  a 


Cotton  MS.    Claudius,  D.  2. 

PUR  ceo  brief  qeft  dit  quo  Waranto  eftablift 
noftre  Seign'  le  Roi  le  jour  de  la  Pentecoft 
Ian  de  fon  regne  xviii.  qe  touz  ceux  qi  clei- 
ment  avoir  quite  pofteffion  des  fraunchifes  avant  le 
temps  le  Roi  Richard  faunz  interrupcion  &  ceo 


Concerning  the  Writ  that  is  called  Quo  War-  liberties  by 
ranio,  our  Lord  the  King,  at  the  Feaft  of  Pen-  Prefcription  o\ 
tecojl,  in  the  eighteeth  Year  of  his  Reign,  hath  the  King's 
eftablifhed,  That  all  thofe  which  claim  to  have  quiet  Grant' 
Pofteffion  of  any  Frnnchife  before  the  Time  of  King 


«  This  is  taken,  from  the  Seeunda fan  veterum  Slatutorum,  and  is  inferted  in  tie  Editions  of  Mr.  Juft::;  Rallal,  &c, 

R  2 


s  Richard 


124       Stat.  3, 


Anno  decimo  o&avo  Edwardi  I.  A.  D.  1290. 


Raft.  540. 


Richard,  without  Interruption,  and  can  fhew  the 
fame  by  a  lawful  Enqueft,  fliall  well  enjoy  their  Pof- 
fefllon;  (2)  and  in  cafe  that  fuch  Pofleflion  be  de- 
manded for  Caufe  reafonable,  our  Lord  the  King 
fhall  confirm  it  by  Title.  (3)  And  thofe  that  have 
old  Charters  of  Franchife,  mall  have  the  fame  Char- 
ters adjudged  according  to  the  Tenor  and  Form  of 
them.  (4)  And  thofe  that  have  loft  their  Liberties 
fith  Eafter  laft  parted  by  the  forefaid  Writ,  accord- 
ing to  the  Courfe  of  Pleading  in  the  fame  Writ  here- 
tofore ufed,  fhall  have  Reftitution  of  their  Franchife 
loft,  and  from  henceforth  they  fhall  have  according 
to  the  Nature  of  this  prefent  Constitution.' 


Cotton  MS. 
puifTent  monftrer  per  bone  enquefte  bien  fe  joient 
de  cele  pofleflion.  Et  fi  celle  pofleflion  foit  de- 
maunde  per  raifon  noftre  Seign'  le  Roi  le  confer- 
mera  per  title  Et  ceux  qi  ount  veuz  chartres  des 
fraunchifes  ferrount  les  chartres  ajuggez  felonc  la 
tenure  &  la  fourme  de  mefmes  celes  chartres.  Et 
ceux  qi  ount  perdu  lour  fraunchifes  puis  le  Pafqe 
darrein  &  per  lavantdit  brief  en  la  fourme  avant 
ufe  en  plee  del  avantdit  brief  eient  reftitucion  de 
lour  fraunchifes  perduz  &  derechief  pledent  felonc 
la  nature  de  la  prefente  conftitucion. 


2  Inft.  510. 

5  Co.  .9. 

The  Order  of 

levying  of  a 

Fine. 

*  Or  Who  will 

give  ?  Sir,  R. 

Raft.  349. 
The  Foim  of  a 
Fine, 


What  Things 

be  rcjuifite  to 

make  a  Fine 

good. 

27  Ed.  1.  flat.  I. 

c.  I- 

■)■  Eifewhere. 

What  Perfon 
ftwli  be  con- 
cluded by  a  Fine. 
iR.  3.  c7. 
4  H.  7.  c.  24. 
4O.  1 25. 
4  Ed.  3.  (46. 
I?  Ed.  2.  flat. 
ofCarlifle, 
rcquh  iffj  Conusor 
to  a't[ear  ferfo- 
natly,  if  able. 
Tor  tie  Dc£frir:e 
if  Finn  fee  far- 
ther, 34.  EJ.  3. 
Ct6v5tf.4-c.i4. 
32  //.  8.  c.  36. 
I  Mar.  fiat.  2. 
..  7- 

»3  EUz.,  c.  3. 
AniifAan.c.  16. 
415. 


Modus  levandi  Fines,  Anno  i8Edw.  I.  Stat.  4.  Anno  Dom.  1290. 

The  Manner  of  levying  of  Fines :    What  Things  be  requifite  to  make  them  good,  and  who  are 

bound  by  them. 

Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  z. 

OUANT  le  brief  original  foit  lieu  en  pre- 
fence  des  parties  devant  Juftices  Donqes 
dirra  un  countour  iflint  Sire  Juftice  conge 
daccorder  Le  Juftice  luy  dirra  Que  durra  Sire  Robt 
&nomera  uncles  parties  dount  quant  ils  ferrount 
une  gent  de  la  fomme  de  la  peccune  qeft  done  au 
Roi  donqes  dirra  la  Juftice  criez  la  pees  &  puis 
dirra  le  countour  iffint  Qe  la  pees  eft  ycele  a  voz 
congez  qe  William  &  Alice  fa  femme  qe  cy  fount 
reconiiTent  le  manoir  de  B.  ove  les  appertenantz 
contenuz  en  le  brief  eftre  droit  de  R.  come  eel  qil 
ad  de  le  doun  a  aver  &  tenir  a  luy  &  fes  heirs  de 
William  &  Alice  &  a  les  heirs  Alice  come  en  de- 
meigne  rentes  feigneries  countes  plees  purchaces 
gardes  mariages  reliefs  efchetes  molours  Avoefouns 
deglifes  &  toute  auters  fraunchifes  &  fraunks  cu- 
ftumes  a  lavantdit  manoir  appertenauntz  rendant 
per  an  a  Robt  &  A  fes  heirs  a  chief  feignerages  de 
fee  fervices  dues  &  cuftumee  pur  touts  fervices.  Et 
fait  aflavoir  qe  ordre  de  ley  ne  fuffre  mie  qe  finale 
accorde  foit  leve  en  la  courte  le  Roi  faunz  brief  ori- 
ginal &  ceo  a  tote  le  meins  devant  quatre  Juftices 
en  Baunk  ou  en  Eire  &  nounpas  aillours  et  en  pre- 
fence  des  parties  nomez  en  le  brief  qe  font  de 
pleine  age  &  de  bone  memorie  &  hors  du  prifone. 
Et  fi  femme  covert  de  Baroun  foit  une  des  parties 
donqe  covient  qele  foit  primerement  confefTe  des 
quatre  Juftices  avantditz  Et  fi  ele  ne  fent  la  fine 
ne  fe  levera  mye  Et  la  caufe  pur  quoi  tiele  fo- 
lempnite  doit  eftre  faite  en  cele  fine  qe  fine  eft  fi 
haute  bare  &  de  fi  graunt  force  &  de  fi  puiflaunt 


HEN  the  Writ  original  is  delivered  in  Pre- 
fence  of  the  Parties  before  Juftices,  a  Plea- 
der fhall  fay  this,  Sir  Juftice,  Conge,  de  ac- 
corder;  (z)  and  the  Juftice  fhall  fay  to  him,  *  What 
faith  Sir  R.  and  fhall  name  one  of  the  Parties.  (3) 
Then,  when  they  be  agreed  of  the  Sum  of  Money 
that  muft  be  given  to  the  King,  then  the  Juftice  fhall 
fay,  Cry  the  Peace.  (4)  And  after  the  Pleader  fhall 
fay,  In  fo  much  as  Peace  is  licenfed  thus  unto  you  W.  S. 
and  A.  his  Wife,  that  here  be,  do  acknowledge  the  Ma- 
nor of  B.  with  the  Appurtenances  contained  in  the  Writ, 
to  be  the  Right  of  our  Lord  the  King,  which  he  hath  of 
their  Gift,  (5)  to  have  and  to  hold  to  him  and  his  Heirs, 
of  the  faid  W.  and  A.  and  the  Heirs  of  A.  as  in  De- 
means, Rents,  Seigniories,  Courts,  Pleas,  Purchafes, 
Wards,  Marriages,  Reliefs,  Efcheats,  Mills,  Advow- 
fons  of  Churches,  and  all  other  Franchifes  and  free  Cu- 
Jloms  to  the  f aid  Manor  belonging,  paying  yearly  to  R. 
and  his  Heirs,  as  chief  Lords  of  the  Fee,  the  Services 
and  Cujloms  due  for  all  Services.  (6)  And  it  is  to  be 
noted,  That  the  Order  of  the  Law  will  not  fuffer  a 
finalAccord  to  belevied  in  theKing'sCourt  withouta 
Writ  original,  and  that  muft  be  at  the  leaft  before  Four 
Juftices  in  the  Bench,  or  in  Eyre,  and  not  f  other- 
wife,  and  in  Prefence  of  the  Parties  named  in  the 
Writ  which  muft  be  of  full  Age,  of  good  Memory, 
and  out  of  Prifon.  (7)  And  if  a  Woman  Covert  be 
one  of  the  Parties,  then  fhe  muft  be  firft  examined 
by  Four  of  the  faid  Juftices;  and  if  fhe  doth  not  af- 
fent  thereunto,  the  t  ine  fhall  not  be  levied.  (8)  And 
the  Caufe  wherefore  fuch  Solemnity  ought  to  be  done 
in  a  Fine,  is,  becaufe  a  Fine  is  fo  high  a  Bar,  of  fo 
great  Force,  and  of  foftrong  Nature  in  itfelf,  that  it 
concludeth  not  only  fuch  as  be  Parties  and  Privies 
thereto,  and  their  Heirs,  but  all  other  People  of  the 
World,  being  of  full  Age,  out  of  Prifon,  of  good 
Memory,  and  within  the  Four  Seas,  the  Dajr  of  the 
Fine  levied,  (9)  if  they  make  not  their  Claim  of 
their  Action  wUhin  a  Year  and  a  Day  by  the  Coun- 
try.' 


nature  en  foi  qel  forclos  nemye  foulement  ceux  qi 
fount  parties  &  prives  a  la  fine  &  lour  heirs  mes 
touz  auters  gentz  du  monde  qe  fount  de  plein  age 
hors  du  prifone  de  bone  memorie  &  dedeinz  les 
quaters  meers  le  jour  de  la  fine  leve  fils  ne  met- 
trount  lour  clayme  de  lour  accion  fur  la  pie  de- 
deinz Ian  &  le  jour. 


tbr 


A.  D.  1292. 


Anno  vicefimo  Edwardi  I. 


Stat.  1. 


25 


7'h  Statute  of  Vouchers,  made  Anno   20  Edw,  I.  Stat,  1.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1292. 

In  a  Plea  of  Land  the  Tenant  vouchech,  and  the  Demandant  counterpleadeth. 

Cotton  MS.     Vefpafian,  B.  7. 

CUM.  tenens  in  placito  terre  vel  ten'  tempo- 
ribus  retroaftis  vocaverit  aliquem  ad  War- 
rantum  &  petens  fuper  hoc  verificare  volu- 
erit  quod  nee  vocatus  nee  aliquis  anteceflorum  fuo- 
rum  a  tempore  feifine  "antecefl".  ipfius  petentis  fue- 
rit  in  feifiria  de  tenementis  predi&is  nee  in  domi- 
nico  nee  in  fervitio  fi  ille  vocatus  ad  Warrantum 
prefens  fuerit  &  gratis  tenenti  warrantizare  voluerit 
predidta  veriflcacio  petentis  admitti  non  confuevit 
nifi  vocatus  abfens  fuerit  &  hoc  ratione  cujufdam 
ftatuti  domini  Regis  nuper  editi  inter  cetera  prima 
ftatuta  Weftm'. 


Propter  quod  dominus  Rex  animadvertens  frau- 
dem  deceptionem  &  malitiam  &  etiam  dampnum 
fuum  &  exhereditationem  corone  fue  in  cafu  pre- 
didtp  in  Curia  fua  multotiens  po'fie  interveriire  & 
ifto  die  intervened!  cum  quidam  tenentes  de  ipfo 
domino  Rege  in  capite  per  baroniam  integram  in 
quodam  placito  pendente  coram  Juftic'  de  banco 
vocaverint  ad  Warrantum  de  demanda  particula- 
riter  quofdam  garcones  ignotos  &  extraneos  quos 
prefentes  duxerint  &  quorum  anteceffores  aut  ip- 
fimet  nunquam  in  terris  que  warrantizaverint  ali- 
quod  jus  habuerint  aut  in  aliquibus  terris  aut  te- 
nementis aliis  in  regno  fuo  neque  in  dominico  ne- 
que  in  fervicio  prout  a  diverfis  domini  Regis  fideli- 
bus  teftatur  ut  per  cautelam  illam  fraudem  &  ma- 
liciam  ipfi  per  baroniam  tenentes  auferre  pofTent 
domino  Regi  mifericordiam  fuam  in  quam  incide- 
rint  fi  petentes  demandam  fuam  recuperarent. 

Et  fimiliter  cum  garcones  warrantizaverint  vide- 
licet quilibet  de  portione  quam  warrantizaverit 
poflunt  fe  defendere  per  corpus  fervientis  provifi  & 
condu&i  per  ipfos  baroniam  tenentes  &  fie  fuper 
unobrevi  de  una  demanda  jam  fuerint  duo  vel  tria  du- 
ellavadiata  quod  durum  eflet  &exemplum  pernicio- 
fum  tempore  futuro  pro  pauperibus  petentibus  verfus 
magnates  &  divites  qui  fe  per  maliciam  predidtam 
defendere  voluerint  ncc  petens  contra  diflos  warran- 
tos  qui  vocati  fuerunt  verificationem  fuam  in  forma 
predidta  habere  pofiet  eo  quod  ipfi  vocati  prefen- 
tes fuerint  &  gratis  warrantizaverint ;  de  confilio 
fuo  communi  ftatuit  &  confirmavit,  quod  de  cetero 
videlicet  a  fefto  fancti  Hilarii  anno  regni  fui  xx°  & 
precepit  obfervari;  quod  quicumque  tenens  ali- 
quem vocaverit  ad  Warrantum  &  petens  in  forma 
predicta  verificare  voluerit,  admittatur  ejus  verifi- 
catio  five  vocatus  fuerit  abfens  five  prefens,  nullo 
habito  refpeftu  ad  ejus  prefentiam  vel  abfentiam. 


WHEREAS  the  Tenant  impleaded  in  a  Plea  Voucher. 
of  Land  *  heretofore  had  vouched  to  War-  *'  Add  «■  Tenc- 
ranty,  and  thereupon  the  Demandant  would  ment- 
aver,  that  neither  he  that  is  vouched,  nor  any  of 
his  Anceftors  (fince  the  Time  that  the  Anceftor  of 
the  Demandant  was  feifed)  was  in  Pofleflion  of  the 
faid' Lands,  neither  in  Demean  nor  in  Service,  (z) 
if  the  Party  vouched  were  prefent,  and  would  war-  Vouched. 
rantife  the  Land  freely  unto  the  Tenant,  fuch  Aver- 
ment of  the  Demandant  hath  not  been  ufed  to  be 
"  admitted,  unlefs  the  Party  vouched  had  been  abfent, 
"  and  that  by  Reafon  of  a  certain  Statute  of  the  King's 
"  lately  made  amongft  other  Statutes  of  Weft.  1 .  3  Ed.  1.  c.  40. 

"  II.  Wheteforeour  Lord  the  King,  confidering  the  in  Plea  of  Land 
"  Fraud,  Deceit,  and  Malice,  and  alfo  his  own  Da-  the  Tenant 
"  mage,  and  Difherifon  of  his  Crown,  that  in  the  faid  voucheth  one 
"  Cale  hath  many  Times  happened  in  this  Court,  and  Prefent'  and  ch<r 
«  daily  doth,  whereas  fome  holding  of  the  King  in  ^Z^h' 

chief  by  a  whole  Barony,  in  a  Plea  hanging  before  the  Voucher.. 
"  the  Juftices  of  the  Bench,  upon  their  Demand  do 
"  vouch  particularly,  bafe  Perfons  unknown  and  Stran- 
"  gers  (which  they  will  bring  forth)  and  of  whom  nei- 
"  ther  they  nor  their  Anceftors  had  ever  any  Thing  in 
the  Lands  that  they  warranted,  nor  in  any  other 
"  Lands  or  Tenements  within  this  Realm,  neither  in 
'•  Demean  nor  in  Service,  as  hath  been  teftified  by 
"•  divers  of  the  King's  faithful  Subjects  ;  (2)  fo  that  by 
"  fuch  Cautel,  Fraud,  and  Malice,  the  fame  Tenants,   , 
"  holding  by  an  entire  Barony,  do  defraud  the  King  of 
"  the  Amerciament  that  they  fhould  incur,  if  the  De- 
"  mandant  fliould  recover  againft  them. 
"  III.   And  likewife  when  fuch  bafe  Perfons  have 
warranted,  that  is  to  wit,  every  one  for  his  Portion 
that  he  ought  to  warrant,  he  may  defend  himfelf  by 
the  Body  of  his  Servant  procured  and  hired  by  them 
that  hold  Baronies,  and  fo  upon  one  Writ  and  one 
Demand  there  were  two  or  three  Wagers  of  BattaiJ, . 
the  which  was  a  hard  and  perilous  Example  for  poor 
Men  in  Time  coming,  that  fhall  be  Demandant's 
againft  great  and  rich  Men,  which  will  defend  them- 
felves  by  the  Malice  aforefaid;  (2)  and  the  Demand-  Averment- 
ant  cannot  have  his  Averment  againft  fuch  Warran- 
tors, when  they  be  vouched  in  Form  aforefaid,  be- 
caufe  they  be  prefent,  and  will  warrantife  freely :"" 
(3)  By   his  Common  Council  hath  ordained,   and Fitz-  Voucher, 
from  henceforth,  that  is  to  fay,  from  the  Feaft  of  St.  a?6" 
Hilary,  the  Twentieth  Year  of  his  Reign,  he  hath 
commanded  to  be  obferved,  that  when  the  Tenant 
doth  vouch  any  to  Warranty,  and  the  Demandant 
will  aver  in  Form  before  rehearfed,    his  Averment 
fhall  be  admitted,  whether  the  Party  vouched  be  ab-  Bi  ,».&/,■/?&• 
lent  or  prefent,  without  any.  Refpedt  had  unto  his  xic .8.  Zer° 

ment  Jhall  be  r#* 
ce'-ved  that 
Vouchee  ii  data, 


Abfence  or  Prefence.' 


A  Statute 

■ 


126       Scat.  2. 


Anno  vicdimo  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  1292, 


Npt  1  Statute. 
Maynard 
Ed,  2.  231. 


13  Ed.  1.  flat. 


A  Statute  of  Wafte,  zzztfafe  Anno  20  Edw.  I.  <SW.  2.  WAnno  Dom. 

1 292. 

Tenant  for  Life  committeth  Wafte,  he   in  the  Reverfion  brought  an  Action  of  Wafte,  and 
dieth  before  Judgment,  his  Heir  brought  an  Action  for  the  fame  Wafte. 

Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

WILL  ELM  US  le  Botiller  qui  infra  etatem 
eft  &  in  cuftodia  domini  Regis  monilravit 
domino  Regi  quod  cum  Gawynus  le  Bo- 
tiller frater  ejus  cujus  heres  ipfe  eft  implacitaffet 
Walterum  de  Hopton'  per  breve  domini  Regis  de 
vafto  &  deftruccione  faftis  per  ipfum  in  quibufdam 
terris  &  ten'  fuis  que  idem  Walterus  tenuit  ad  ter- 
minum  vite  fue  de  hereditate  predi£ti  Gawyni  in 
W.  &  Tirlegh'  Et  Gawynus  antequam  judicium 
executus  fuiifet  oblit  poft  cujus  mortem  predictus 
Willelmus  per  coniimile  breve  predi&um  Willel- 
inum  de  predicts  vafto  &  deftruccione  fadtis  per 
multum  tempus  implacitaverit  idem  Willelmus  co- 
ram Gilberto  de  Thornton'  &  foci  is  fuis  ad  Placita 
ejufdem  domini  Regis  affignatis  venit  &  dixit  quod 
non  debet  ipfo  Willelrno  de  vafto  &  deftruccione 
factis  tempore  alieno  refpondere  deficut  nichil  de 
hereditate  predicia  ei  defendebat  &  fuper  hoc  petiit 
judicium  Et  quia  quidem  Juftic'  de  reddicione 
predicYi  judiciinon  concordarunt  prout  quibufdam 
videbatur  quod  non  eflet  juri  confonum  n  per  pre- 
di£tum  breve  quod  eft  quoddam  breve  de  tranfgref- 
fione  certe  perfone  facia  fi  altera  perfona  commo- 
dum  aut  emendasconfequaturquam  eadem  perfona 
cui  &  in  cujus  tempore  tranfgreffio  facia  fuerit 
Aliis  autem  Juftic'  &  majori  parte  totius  Anglie  de 
confilio  domini  Regis  in  contraria  opinione  exi- 
ftentibus  &  per  diverfas  rationes  aflerentibus  quod 
predicfus  Willelmus  inde  audiri  deberet  &  refpon- 
deri  &  aliis  quandocumque  in  cafibus  confimilibus 
&  in  cafu  conlimili  res  permanferunt  non  emen- 
date &  tranfgreffores  impuniti  quod  effet  inconve- 
niens. 


2  Roll  Abr. 
-£24,  pt.  g.  8*5. 


ILLIAM  BUTLER,  which  is  within 
Age,  and  in  Ward  of  our  Lord  the  King, 
hath  fhewed  unto  his  Highnefs,  that  where 
"  Gawin  Butler  his  Brother  (whole  Heir  he  is)  had 
"  impleaded  one  Walter  de  Hapeton  by  the  King's 
"  Writ,  for  Wafte  and  Deftrudtion  made  by  him  the 
"  faid  Walter  in  certain  his  Lands  and  Tenements, 
"  which  the  fame  Walter  held  for  Term  of  his  Life, 
"  of  the  Inheritance  of  the  forefaid  Gawin  in  Wimme 
"  and  Thirke;  and  the  forefaid  Gawin,  before  he  had 
"  obtained  Judgement,  died,  after  whofe  Death  the 
"  forefaid  JVilliam  by  like  Writ  impleaded  the  forefaid 
"  Walter  for  the  Wafte  and  Deftru&ion  made  by  him 
"  of  long  Time.  The  fame  Walter,  before  Gilbert 
"  Thornton  and  his  Companions  afRgned  to  hear  the 
"  King's  Pleas,  came  in,  and  faid,  that  he  ought  not  to 
"  anfwer  to  the  fame  JVilliam  for  the  Wafte  and  De- 
"  ftruiflion  made  in  the  Time  of  another,  before  the 
"  Right  of  the  faid  Inheritance  defcended  unto  him, 
"  and  thereupon  demanded  Judgement.  (2)  And  for- 
*'  afmuch  as  certain  juftices  did  not  agree  in  giving  of 
"  the  faid  Judgement,  becaufe  it  feemed  to  fome  that 
"  it  fbould  not  be  agreeable  to  the  Law,  that  any  Per- 
"  fon  fhould  obtain  Advantage  and  Recompence  by  the 
•"  forefaid  Writ,  which  is  a  Writ  of  Trefpafs  done  to 
"  a  Perfon  certain,  but  only  the  feme  Perfon  to  whom 
"  and  in  whofe  Time  the  Trefpafs  was  done;  (3) 
"  other  Juftices,  with  the  more  Part  of  the  King^s 
"  Council,  were  in  the  contrary  Opinion,  alledging 
*'  by  divers  Reafons,  that  the  faid  Wiliiam  ought  to  be 
"  heard  and  anfwered  unto,  and  all  other  whatfoever 
"  they  be,  in  like  Cafes  or  in  like  Trefpafles:  And  be- 
"  caufe  like  Matters  have  remained  not  amended,  and 
"  Trefpafles  unpunifhed,,  which  was  inconvenient :" 
'  II..  Wherefore  our  Lord  the  King,  in  his  full  Pa- 

*  liament  holden  the  Day  after  the  Feaft  of  the  Puri- 

*  f  cation,  in  the  Twentieth  Year   of  his  Reign,  by  a 

*  general  Council  hath  ordained,  and  from  henceforth 

*  hath  commanded  to  be  ftraitly  obferved,  That  every 

*  Heir  (in  whofe  Ward  foever  he  be,  and  as  well  with- 

*  in  Age  as  of  full  Age)  fliall  have  his  Recovery  by  a 

*  Writ  of  Wafte  in  the  forefaid  Cafe,  and  alfo  in  other 
'  where  the  fame  Writ  ought  to  hold  Place  ;  (z)  and 
'  Jt  fhall  hold  Place  as  well  for  Wafte  and  Deftru£tion 
■'  made  in  Lands  and  Tenements  of  his  own  Inheri- 

*  tance,  and  as  well  in  the  Times  of  his  Anceftors,  as 
'  at  any  other  Time  that  the  Fee  and  Inheritance  de- 

*  fcended  unto  him,  and  fhall  be  anfv/ered  unto  there- 

*  fore;  (3)  and  that  he  fhall  recover  the  Tenements 

*  waftid,  and  Damages,  as  it  is  ordained  in  the  Second 
, '  Statute  of  Wejlmhifter,  of  Damages  to  be  recovered 
' '  in  a  Writ  of  Wafte,  if  the  Tenant  be  convift  of 

'  Wafte.  (4)  And  it  is  commanded  by  the  Kinghim- 
'  felf  unto  the  fame  Gilbert  Thornton  and  his  Compa- 
'  nions,  that  they  do  proceed  in  the  forefaid  Matter, 
'  and   in  otherlike   from  henceforth,   and   Judgement 

*  fhall  be  given  according  as  the  Matter  is  found.  (5) 
•'  And  likewifc  it  is  commanded  unto  the  Juftices,  that 

*  they  fhall  caufe  all  the  forefaid  Things  to  be  ftraitly 
'  obferved  before  them  from  henceforth. 


Dominus  Rex  habito  trafiatu  diligent!  in  pleno 
parliamento  fuo  in  Craftino  Pur'  beate  Marie  Anno 
regni  fui  vicefimo  de  communi  confilio  ftatuit  & 
extunc  juffit  firmiter  obfervari,  quod  heres  in  cu- 
jufcumque  cuftodia  fuerit  &  tarn  pleneetatis  quam 
infra  etatem  habeat  fuum  recuperare  per  breve  de 
vafto  in  cafu  predicTro  &  aliis  cafibus  ubi  breve  il- 
lud  locum  habeat  tam  de  vafto  &  deftruccione  fadlis 
in  terris  &  ten.  de  hereditate  fua  temporibus  Ante- 
cefforum  quam  a  tempore  quo  jus  &  feodum  here<- 
ditatis  ei  defcendebant  &  ei  refpondeatur  &  quod 
recuperet  ten'  vaftata  &  dampna  prout  ftatuitur  in 
ultimo  ftatuto  Weftm'  de  dampnis  recuperandis  fi 
tenens  de  vafto  convincatur  Et  preceptum  eft  per 
ipfum  dominum  Regem  Gilberto  de  Thornton'  & 
fociis  fuis  quod  in  loquela  predi£r.a  &  confimilibus 
procedant  h  fecundum  quod  inveniri  contigerit  ju- 
dicium reddant.  Et  fimiliter  preceptum  eft  aliis 
Juftic'  quod  hoc  idem  coram  eis  de  cetero  faciant 
firmiter  obfervari. 


See  11  H.  6,  (•  $■  -where  Wajle  h  maintainable  »%a\nfl  «  Tenant  v/bo  grants  over  bis  EJiate  and  takes  the  Profit. 


Tbt 


A.D.  1292. 


Anno  vicefimo  Edwardi  I. 


Stat.  3.        127 


W 


HERE  one  by  the  King's  Writ  doth  de- 
mand any  Tenements  againft  Tenant  by 
the  Courtefie,  in  Tail,  in  Dower,  or  for 


The  Statute  De  Defenfione  Juris,  made  20  Edw.  I.  Stat.  3.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1292. 

Where  a  Stranger  coming  in  by  a  collateral  Title,  not  Party  to  the  Suit,  fhall  be  received. 

Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

GU  M  quis  per  breve  domini  Regis  petat  tene- 
menta  verfus  tenentem  per  legem  Anglie 
per  feodum  talliatum  nomine  dotis  vel  alio 
modo  ad  terminum  vite'vel  annomm  &  petens  tan- 
tum  fuerit  profecutus  quod  tenementa  fint  quafi 
admittenda  &  fibi  adjudicanda  &  fuper  hoc  vene- 
rit  ante  judicium  redditum  aliquis  a  latere  dicens  fe 
habere  feodum  &  jus  in  tenementis  illis  &  Curie 
fupplicaverit  quod  ex  quo  ante  judicium  venerit 
tenementum  fuum  defenfurus  &  paratus  inde  pe- 
tenti  refponfurus  quod  ad  hoc  admittatur  racione 
cujufdam  ftatuti  domini  Regis  nunc  inter  cetera  ul- 
tima ftatuta  Weftm'  editi  per  quod  ftatutum  tam 
nullum  jus  habentes  quam  £11  i  qui  jus  habuerunt 
multotiens  in  cafu  predidto  falfo  Si  in  deceptionem 
Curie  fupervenerunt  &  petierunt  fe  admitti  re- 
fponfuros  ut  per  admiffionem  fuam  poflent  peten- 
tes  de  novo  implacitare  &  fie  petentes  in  Curia 
Regis  in  cafu  predifto  fepius  elongantur  jure  fuo 
per  maliciam  fupradiftam  de  ftatuto  predifto  fu- 
pervenientem  quam  ex  jufta  caufa  aut  rationabili 
prout  coram  Juftic'  multotiens  contingit  &  inveni- 
tur  propter  quod  dominus  Rex  ad  malitiam  pre- 
di£tam  in  cafu  predifto  deftruendam,  remedium 
volens  apponere,  in  pleno  parliamento  fuo,  &  de 
communi  confilio  fuo,  ftatuit  &  firmiter  de  cetero 
videlicet  a  die  lune  proxima  poft  Purificationem 
beate  Virginis  anno  regni  fui  vicefimo  precepit  ob- 
fervari,  quod  cum  aliquis  a  latere  ante  judicium  in 
cafu  predicto  fupervenerit  &  petierit  fe  admitti  in- 
veniet  fumcientem  fecuritatem  prout  vifum  fuerit 
curie  ad  refpondendum  petenti  de  valore  exituum 
tenementi  fie  admittendi  a  die  quo  recipitur  refpon- 
furus ufque  diem  quo  judicium  finale  fiet  fuper  pe- 
titione  petentis  &  fi  ille  petens  demandam  fuam 
recuperet  graviter  amercietur  fi  habeat  unde  &  fi 
non  habeat  committatur  gaole  ad  voluntatem  Re- 
gis Et  fi  verificare  poterit  jus  fuum  effe  tale  quale 
illud  aiTeruit  quando  petiit  ipfum  admitti  eat  quie- 
tus, Sec. 


Term  of  Life,  or  of  Years,    and   the  Demandant 
fueth  fo  far  that  the  Lands  be  in  Manner  recovered, 
whereupon  another,  not  Party  to  the  Suit,  cometh 
in  before  Judgement  given,  and  faith,  That  he  hath 
Fee   and   Right    in  thofe  Lands,   and  prayeth  the 
Court,  that  in.  as  much  as  he  is  come  before  Judge- 
ment, ready  to  defend  his  Tenement,  and  to  make 
Anfwer  unto  the  Demandant,  that  he  may  be  ad- 
mitted thereunto  by  Force  of  a  Statute  made  by  the 
King  that  now  is,  amongft  other  the  lafiv  Statutes 
made  at  Weftminjler ;    (z)  by  which  Statute  as  well 
fuch   as   had  no  Right,  as  they  which  had  Right,, 
oftentimes  in  the  Cafe  before  mentioned,  falfly,  and 
in  Deceit  of  the  Court  did  come  in,  and  pray  to  be 
received  to  make  Anfwer,  that  by  their  Admifiion 
they  might  prolong  the  Demandant  from  the  Judge- 
ment and  Seifin  of  his  Land,  and   to  caufe  thofe 
Demandants  to  plead  of  new;  and  fo  the  Demand- 
ants are  greatly  deferred  in' the  Cafe  aforefaid  to  re- 
cover their   Right  in  the  King's  Court,  by  reafon 
of  fuch   Malice,  as  well  by  miftaking  of  the  faid 
Statute,  as  for  any  other  Caufe  juft  and  reafonable; 
and  this  is  ufed  and  found  oftertbefore  our  Juftices  :" 
Q.)  Wh"efore  our  Lord  the  King,  for  to  withftand  5y  r3R'.  r.fta?.- 
all  fuch  Malice  in  the  aforefaid  Cafe,  and  intending  '-^17.  aRner- 
to  provide  a  Remedy  therein,  in  his  full  Parliament*  ^°ner  may  he  "~ 
and  by  his  Common  Council,  hath  ordained,   and'  ">™d/)"',a Suit 
from  henceforth  commanded  ftraitly  to  be  obferved,  TultZ!T 
that  is  to  wir 
of  the  Purif, 
Year  of  his  __. 

it  the  forefaid  Cafe  cometh  in  by  a  collateral" Title 
and  defireth  to  be  received,  before  his  Receipt  he 
fhall  find  fufRcient  Surety  (as  the  Court  will  award) 
to  fatisfie  the  Demandant  of  the  Value  of  the  Lands 
fo  to  be  recovered,  from  the  Day  that  he  is  received 
to  make  Anfwer  until  the  Time  that  final  Judgement 
be  given  upon  the  Petition  of  the  Demandant.  (4) 
And  if  the  Demandant  recover  his  Demand,  the  De- 
fendor  fhall  be  grievoufly  amerced,  if  he  have  where- 
of; and  if  he  have  not,  he  fhafl  be  imprifonedat  the 
King's  Pleafure.  (5)  And  if  he  can  prove  his  Right 
to  be  as  good  as  he  affirmed  at  fuch. Time  as  he  was 
received,  he  (hell  go  quit.' 


ST A TUTU M    DE    MO  NET  A,   20  Edw.  I.  Stat. 


4, 


«^_  Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  z.  * 

\A     M„™     rtTR,E  les  d™"ps-  &  ]es  Peri!f  <le  fount  avenuz  cea  en  ariere  &  purrount  aven'  de  la. 
J^  Monoye  Dengleterre  eft  iffint  ordenez  q.l  ?oit  crie  &  defendu  per  le  Roi  en  toute  le  Roialme  en. 
toutes  les  villes  marchaundes  qe  nul  homme  fur  grief  forfaiture  ne  foit  fi  hardy  defpendre'mettre  ou 
Kfcerv.  autre  monoie  dautre  coigne  qe  del  coigne  le  Roi  Dengleterre  Dirland'  &  Defcoce. 


»  Thefe  three  Statutes  are  taken  from  the Vturmn  StatuttrUm  jenndo  fan. 


Unrqore 


128       Stat.  4.  Anno  vicefimo  Edwardi  I.  A. D.  1292, 

Coeton  MS. 

Unqore  qil  defendu  de  par  le  Roi  qe  nul  apporte  deniers  en  ceo  pais  fi  ceo  ne  foit  pur  fes  defpences  ne  foit 
fi  hardy  de  ariveren  Engleterre  li  force  de  tournement  ne  lui  chace  per  bone  teftmoignance  forfpris  a  Do- 
vorr'  &  a  Sandewyz  a  Loundres  &  a  feint  Botolf  a  Southampton  &  as  autres  de  cynic  portes  quant  il  vendra 
as  afcuns  de  ceux  lieux  qil  bien  &  loialment  monftre  fes  deniers  a  celui  qi  ferra  affigne  depar  le  Roi  fanz  nul 
concelement  fur  forfaiture  du  corps  &  des  averes. 

Et  qi  dilloeqes  ne  apporte  ne  alloigne  le  av'  per  lui  ne  per  autre  jefqes  a  taunt  qe  la  monoye  foit  vewe  & 
examine  per  celui  qe  le  Roi  aflignera. 

Derechief  qil  foit  crie  &  defendu  depar  le  Roi  fur  forfaiture  du  corps  &  de  avoir  qe  nulle  homme  foit  fi 
hardy  de  mettre  nulle  monoye  entre  draps  &  fardeux  hen  hales  ou  en  afcune  manere  dount  fufpecion  puiffe 
eftre  de  nul  concelement  Et  fi  null  tiel  foit  trove  celui  qe  lui  trovera  eit  quatre  deniers  de  la  livre  &  tout  le 
remenaunt  foit  au  Roi. 

Unqore  qil  foit  crie  &  comaunde  per  le  Roi  qi  qe  trove  denier  feru  dautri  coigne  qe  del  coigne  le  Roi 
Dengleterre  ou  Defcoce  ou  Dirland  ou  denier  retoundu  qe  il  le  perde  Et  qe  null'  ne  foit  fi  hardy  de  coun- 
tredire  le  fure  forfaiture  &ceo  qil  trovera  faux  qil  foit  defpefce  faunz  rendre  Et  le  corps  celui  en  qi  main  le 
faux  denier  ou  retoundu  appiert  trove  foit  pris  &  refceu  jefqes  a  taunt  qil  eit  trove  fon  garaunt  fi  tiel  foit 
homme  fufpecionous. 

Et  purceo  qe  nuls  des  gentz  poures  ou  riches  ne  favent  conuftre  les  legier  deniers  &  les  retounduz  fi  eft 
ordene  que  qui  deforemes  devera  refceiv'  oii  deliverer  deniers  les  refceive  ou  livre  per  pois  de  v.  s.  enamunt 
&  de  v.  s.  enavale  per  toumbrell  livere  per  gardein  del  eichaunge  merche  del  merche  le  Roi  ficome  fount  les 
mefures. 

Et  bien  lift  a  chefcun  de  percer  le  denier  qe  de  riens  pafTera  le  Toumbrell'  &  le  denier  dautre  coigne  qe  del 
coigne  le  Roi  Dengleterre  Dirland'  &  Defcoce  les  pois  ferrount  auxibien  liverez  &  merchez  per  le  gardein  del 
chaunge  come  le  Toumbrell'. 

De  veours  &  gardours  de  la  monoie  qe  vendra  de  la  outre  quant  qil  avera  regarde  al  oiel  il  poifera  &  fil 
trove  de  novelx  deniers  qe  la  livre  ne  poife  mye  xx.  s.  per  noumbre  de  quatre  deniers  donqes  regarde  il  per 
le  Toumbrell'  la  ou  le  defaute  ferra  Et  fil  foit  devers  deniers  qe  molt  fount  ufez  fi  toft  entrerent  la  liv'  xx.  s. 
..&  al  meins  foient  liverez  a  celui  qe  les  avera  porte  faunz  countredit  mes  fi  pluis  y  entrant  face  auxi  de  ceux 
come  des  autres  &  le  gardour  avantdit  fi  preigne  bone  garde  qii  ne  preigne  doun  ou  louer  pur  faire  nulle  ma- 
nere de  defport  ne  extortion  ne  face  noundue  auxint  come  ils  voillent  fauver  foi  &  fes  biens. 

Statutum  de  Monet  a  parvutn>   20  Edw.  %■  Stat.  5. 

Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

EDWARDUS  Dei  Gratia  Rex  Anglie  Dominus  Hibernie  &  Dux  Aquitanie  Vic.  Lincoln  falutem. 
Quia  mercatores  alienigene  &  etiam  quidam  indigene  regni  noftri  de  die  in  diem  deferunt  in  idem 
regnum  de  partibus  tranfmarinis  monetam  noftram  retonfam  &  aliam  de  diverfis  cuneis  contrafa£tam 
tnonete  noftre  commixtam  negotiantes  &  mercantes  de  eadem  moneta  in  noftri  damnum  &  totius  populi 
noftri  non  modicum  acetiam  in  fubverfionem  totius  monete  noftre  Nos  fuper  hoc  ne  fortaflis  per  tolerantiam 
longiorem  periculum  majus  immineat  remedium  adhibere  volentes  tibi  precipimus  ficut  alias  quod  in  pleno 
comitatu  tuo  &  in  fingulis  civitatibus  &  villis  mercatoriis  ejufdem  comitatus  hrmiter  inhiberi  &  publice  pro- 
clamari  facias  Ne  quis  mercator  alienigena  vel  quicunque  alius  hujufmodi  monetam  noftram  retonfam  feu 
etiam  aliam  de  alienis  cuneis  controfaftam  de  cetero  in  regnum  deferat  vel  etiam  eain  mercandizando  vel  ne-' 
gotiando  utatur  Quod  fi  fecerint  prima  vice  qua  fuper  hoc  deprehenfi  fuerint  monetam  illam  retonfam  vel 
etiam  aliam  controfa£tam  amittant  Et  fi  iidem  iterum  in  confimili  delicto  deprehenfi  fuerint  monetam  illam 
&  etiam  alia  bona  fua  fecum  inventa  amittant  Et  fi  tertia  vice  idem  delictum  commiferint  &  deprehenfi 
fuerint  de  corporibus  fuis  &  etiam  de  omnibus  bonis  &  catallis  fuis  nobis  totaliter  incurratur.  Alii  autem 
qui  mercatores  non  fuerint  &  monetam  noftram  retonfam  vel  aliam  controfactam  habuerint  ftatim  earn 
perforent  &  ad  exca,mbium  noftrum  ttanfmittant  de.novo  fub  cuneo  noftro  cudendam  Alioquin  in  quorum 
manibus  hujufmodi  moneta  reperta  fuerit  Nobis  fit  penitus  forisfac"ta.  Et  nifi  hoc  mandatum  noftrum 
plene  exequaris  Nos  ad  te  &  tua  graviter  capiemus  T.  W.  de  Marchia  Thef.  noftro  xxi  die  Jun.  Anno 
regni  noftri  xx. 

ARTICULI    DE    MONETA,    20  Edw.  I.  Stat.  6. 

Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

GES  fount  les  articles  qe  fount  dcla  la  meer  &  de  cea  a  graunt  damage  noftre  Signur  le  Roi  &  de  to» 
poeple  &  a  graunt  corrupcion  de  fa  monoye  Dengleterre. 
Primcremerit  homme  fait  la  outre  une  manere  de  monoie  dargent  ove  une  mitre  les  xxs.  de  la  quele 
monoie  ne  poife  mefque  xvi  s.  iiij.d.  Dengleterre.  _ 

Derechief  lem  fait  autres  deux  maneres  de  monoie  ove  liouns  dount  il  y  ad  bendes  en  la  une  monoie  &  en 
lautre  nient  mes  qils  fount  auxi  legiers  come  la  monoie  de  mytre. 

Unqore  lem  fait  auxibien  de  cea  come  de  la  une  manere  de  faux  monoie  qe  eft  pure  dequiver  &  eft 
blaunche  &  quant  ele  eft  novele  ele  refemble  la  monoye  Dengleterre. 

3  II 


A.  D.  1 293.         Anno  vicefimo  primo  Edwardi  I. 


Stat.  r.        129 


Cotton  MS. 

II  y  ad  unqore  une  manere  de  moneye  qefl:  fait  en  Avynein  defouz  Ie  noun  Edward  Roi  Dengleterre  qe 
pois  auxi  poi  ou  meins  qe  la  monoie  de  la  mitre  &  ceo  ne  poet  eftre  conue  fi  ceo  ne  foit  per  pois. 

Lautre  faufin  qe  lem  faite  en  la  monoie  fi  eft  qil  ad  afcuns  qi  portent  plates  de  peutre  ou  de  plonibe  a 
la  fourme  dun  denier  fi  les  mettent  entre  deux  foilles  dargent  &  puis  les  ferrount  ou  en  coigne  ou  en  quire 
ou  autre  denier  bien  forge  ad  efte  feru. 

Les  autres  auxibien  de  cea  come  de  la  retoundent  la  bone  &  loial  monoie  au  damage  de  toute  la  co- 
munalte. 

Ceftes  monoyes  qe  fount  faites  ou  retounduz  hors  Dengleterre  fount  apportez  per  trefpaffourz  &  nome- 
ment  per  marchauntz  Et  purceo  qils  favent  bien  qe  homme  les  ferche  a  Dovorr'  il  les  mettent  entre 
draps  en  bales  fi  ne  viegnent  nient  a  Dovorr'  ne  a  Sandewiz  mes  ils  viegnent  a  Loundres  ou  en  Effex'  ou 
en  Suffex'  ou  en  Lyndefey  les  queux  chofes  fi  eles  fuiflent  longement  fuffertz  celes  metteront  la  monoye 
Dengleterre  toute  a  nient. 


Stat.  De  iis  qui  ponendi  funt  in  Affifis,  made  21  Edw.  I.  Stat.  1.  and 

AnnoDom.  1293. 


What  Freehold  Lands  Jurors  muft  have,  which  fhall  pafs  in  Trial  within  the  fame  County,  or 

without. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  4.1. 
kUIA  Dominus  Rex  per  publicam  &  fre- 
quentem  querimoniam  mediocris  populi  fui 
attendens  quod  quamplures  de  regno  fuo 
minus  fufficientes  ad  recognitiones  juratarum  in- 
quifitionum  affifarum  &attinc~tarum  extra  comitatus 
proprios  faciend'  per  vicecomites  ballivos  fuos  & 
baliivos  libertatum  ditioribus  &  magis  fufficienti- 
bus  per  quos  rei  Veritas  melius  fciri  poffet  parcen- 
tes  fepius  &  intolerabiliter  fatigantur  per  quod 
multa  difpendia  &  incomoda  quoad  depauperatio- 
nem  populi  predidti  &  exheredationem  multorum 
fimiliter  de  die  in  diem,  imminent  manifefte  Idem 
Dominus  Rex  indempnitati  ejufdem  populi  profpi- 
ciens  ac  falubre  remedium  in  premiflis  defiderans 
adhiberi  ad  communem  utilitatem  in  parliamento 
de  termino  fandti  Michaelis  anno  regni  fui  vicefi- 
mo primo  incipiente  anno  fecundo  ftatuit  in  hac 
parte  quod  null  us  vicecomes  fubvicecomes  vel  eo- 
rum  ballivi  fenefcalli  five  ballivi  libertatum  de  ce- 
tero  ponant  in  aliquibus  recognitionibus  fupra- 
diflis  aliquem  de  ballivis  fuis  extra  comitatus  fuos 
proprios  faciendis  nifi  habeat  terras  aut  ten'  ad 
valentiam  centum  folidorum  per  annum  ad  minus. 
Nee  intendit  Dominus  Rex  per  ftatutum  iftud  in- 
fringere  ultimum  ftatutum  Weftm'  in  quo  fit  men- 
tio  de  recognitoribus  ponendis  in  juratis  &  in  affi- 
fis  nifi  de  hiis  tantummodo  qui  extra  com'  propri- 
um  ire  debeant  ad  recognitiones  aliquas  faciend' 
Ita  tamen  quod  infra  com'  coram  Jufticiar'  affigna- 
tis  vel  aliis  miniftris  Domini  Reg'  ad  juratas  inqui- 
fitiones  feu  alias  recognitiones  capiendas  non  po- 
natur  aliquis  nifi  habeat  terras  vel  ten'  ad  valen- 
tiam quadraginta  folidorum  per  annum  ad  minus 
Et  falvo  fimiliter  quod  coram  Jufticiar'  itineran- 
,  tibus  ad  communia  placita  in  Itineribus  fuis  & 
etiam  in  Civitatibus  Burgis  &  aliis  villis  mercato- 
riis  in  quibus  recognitiones  affife  jurate  feu  inqui- 
fitiones  emerferint  faciende  fuper  quibufcumque 
Civitates  Burgos  feu  villas  illas  tangentibus  fiat 
"prout  temporibus  preteritis  fieri  confuevit,  Tefte 
Vol.  I. 


"  XTOrafmuch  as  our  Lord  the  King,  by^  the  con-  2  r0u  4j5t 
"    \\    tinual  and  grievous  Complaint  of  his  inferior 
"  •*-      People,  doth  perceive  that  divers  Perfons,  be- 
"  ing  of  leaft  Ability  of  his  Realm,  are  many  Times 
"  intolerably  troubled  by  Sheriffs  and  their  Bailiffs, 
"  Bailiffs  of  Liberties,    which  impanel  them  to  the 
"  Recognifances  of  Affifes,  Juries,  Inquefts,  and  At- 
"  taints,  triable  out  of  the  Shires  where  they  be  dwel- 
"  ling  ;  and  do  fpare  the  Rich  People,  and  fuch  as  be 
"  more  able,  by  whom  the  Truth  of  the  Matter  might 
"  be  better  known,    whereby    great   Expences    and 
"  Trouble  doth  daily  manifeftly  enfue,  to  the  Impo- 
''  verifliment  and  utter  Diftieriting  of  many  :"    (2) 
'  Our  (aid  Lord  the  King,  providing  for  the  Indemp-  what  Freehold 
'  nity  of  his  People,    and  defiring  to  fet  convenient  Land  thofe  ju- 
'  Remedy  in  the  Premiffes  for  the  public  Weal  of  his  rors  mu(i  have 
'  Realm,   in  his  Parliament  holden  in  the  Term  of  ^'^  Pafs  in 
'  Saint  Michael,    the  one  and  twentieth  Year  of  his  KJj"  *' 
'  Reign,  hath  ordained  in  this  Behalf,  That  no  She-  ijEd.Y.irat.'t. 
'  riff,    Under-fheriff,    or  their  Bailiffs,    Stewards,   or  c.  38.  Safar- 
'  Bailiffs  of  Liberties,  fhall  from  henceforth  put  in  any  tier  fir  the  Qua* 
'  Recognifance  abovefaid,  that  fhall  pafs  out  of  their  '£"'£"£  ?"' 
'  proper  Counties,  any  of  their  Bailiffs,  except  he  have  c  „_  ,.  Ed.?. 
'  Lands  and  Tenements  to  the  yearly  Value  of  an  c.  4.  42  Ed.  3". 
'hundred  Shillings  at  the  leaft.     (3)  And  the  King*--"-  z  H.  5. 
'  intendeth  not  by  this  Statute  to  reftrain  the  laft  Sta-/12'-2-  c-3-  x  R- 
'  itute of  Weftminjter,  wherein  Mention  is  made  of  Re-''^*'  y  "'7' 
'  cognifors  to  be  put  in  Juries  and  Affifes,  but  of  fuch  ,.]3#  \h.&.  c'.c. 
'  only  as  ought  to  pafs  in  Afiifes,  Juries,  and  Recog-  23  h.  8.  e.  13. 
'  nifances  triable  out  of  their  proper  Counties ;  (4)  fo35H-8-c-6- 
'  that  within  the  County  before  Juftices  of  our  Lord.  *  &  3  Ed- 1- 
'  the  King,    or  other  Minifters  affigned  to  the  taking  ]\l]'S&  .%', 
'  of  any  fuch  Inquefts,  Juries,   or  other  Recognifan-  &  m.  c.  24.?  7  of 
'  ces,  none  fhall  be  impanelled,  except  he  have  Lands  %W.  3.  c.  32. 
'  or  Tenements  to  the  yearly  Value  of  forty  Shillings  ;  3  G- z-  c-  *%* 
'  (5)  and  likewife  faving  that  before  Juftices  Errant,  And *  G"  2* 
'  that  hold  Common  Pleas  in  their  Circuit,    and  alfo  "juries  ;„  c;t;e5 
'  in   Cities,    Boroughs,    and    other  Market  Towns,  or  Boroughi. 
'  where  Recognifances,  Affifes,  and  Juries  or  Inquefts 
'  do  pafs  upon  any  Matter  touching  the  faid  Cities, 
'  Boroughs,  and  other  Towns,  it  fhall  be  done  like  as 
'  hath  been  accuftomed  in  Times  paffed,    T.  R.  at  the 
S  « Tower 


130       Stat.  2.' 


Anno  vicefimo  primo  Edwardi  I.         A.  D.  1293. 


28  EJ.  i.  flat.  3. 

e.g. 

a?  El.  c.  6. 

A  Writ  to  the 
Sheriff*  to  pro- 
claim this  Sta- 
tute, 


Sft  farther  con- 
cerning "Jurors  6 


'  Tower  of  London,  the  xiii  Day  of  December,   in  the 
'  xxii  Year  of  his  Reign.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
R.  apud  Turrim  London  xiij.  die  Decembr'  anno 
regni  fui  vicefimo  fecundo  a. 


(6)  Rex,  &C.  Quia  ad  communem  utilitatem  populi  noftri  &  regni,  de  communi  concilio  ejufdem  regni 
ftatuerimus,  ne  aliquis  ponatur  in  juratis,  affifis,  feu  recognitionibus  aliquibus  extra  eomitatum  fuum  pro- 
prium  faciendis,  nifi  habeat  terras  aut  tenementa  ad  valentiam  centum  folidorum  per  annum  ad  minus,  nee 
infra  eomitatum  fuum,  nifi  habeat  terras  aut  tenementa  ad  valentiam  xl  s.  per  annum  ad  minas,  prout  in 
ftatuto  il!o  quod  tibi  mittimus  fub  figillo  noftro,  &  quod  in  omnibus  &  fingulis  articulis  fuis  de  caetero  ob- 
fervari volumus,  &  firmiter  teneri,  plenius  continetur :  Tibi  praecipimus,  &  firmiter  injungimus,  quod 
ftatutum  illud  in  pleno  comitatu  tuo,  &  in  civitatibus,  burgis,  &  villis  mercatoriis,  &  aliis  Iocis  publicis  & 
folemnibus'  in  balliva  tua,  ubi  neceffe  fuerit,  &  in  expedire  videris,  legi  &  publice  proclamari,  &  illud  in 
omnibus  &  fingulis  fuis  articulis  (quantum  in  te  eft)  obfervari  facias  &  firmiter  teneri.  Et  hoc  ficut  grave 
darnpnum  tuum  vitare  volueris,  nullo  modo  omittas.    Tefte,  &c. 

Geo.z.  c.  37.     24  Geo,  i.  c,  tS.    And  29  Geo,  2.  c.  19. 


Stat.  De  Malefactoribus  in  Parcis,  made  Anno  21  Edw.  I.  Stat.  2.  and 

Anno  Dom.  1293. 

In  what  Cafes  the  Killing  of  OfFencJers  in  Forefts,   Chafes,  or  Warrens,   is  punifhable,  in* 

what  not. 


Co.  Lit.  433. 
Co.  Ent,  643. 
20  U.  3.  c.  II, 
3  Ed.  1.  c.  20, 


Dyer  }27« 
8  Co.  138. 
1  H.J-  cj.  males 
it  Felony  to  bunt 
difguijedin  Parks, 
(&c.     See  farther 
■^W.&M.c.  10. 

& ' M.  c.  23.  §.4. 
extending  the 
Lanv  to  enclosed 
Grounds  ivhere 
Deer  are  kept, 
ttnd  to  Lords  of 
Manors  and 
Gcmekeepers. 
*  Reader. 


f  Adicr  Hatred. 


J  Add  or  intend- 
ing to  tre  pafs. 


TO  the  Intent  that  TrefpaiTers  in  Forefts, 
Chafes,  Parks,  and  Warrens,  may  more  wa- 
rily fear  hereafter  to  enter  and  trefpafs  in  the 
fame,  than  they  have  heretofore,  Our  Lord  the 
King,  at  his  Parliament  after  Eajier,  the  xxi  Year 
of  his  Reign,  at  the  Inftance  of  the  Nobles  of  his 
Realm,  hath  granted  and  commanded  to  be  from 
henceforth  firmly  obferved,  That  if  any  Forefter, 
Parker,  or  Warrener  fhall  find  any  Trefpaflers  wan- 
dring  within  his  Liberty,  intending  to  do  Damage 
therein,  and  that  will  not  yield  themfelves  to  the  Fo- 
refters,  Warreners,  or  Parkers,  after  Hue  and  Cry 
made  to  ftand  unto  the  Peace,  but  do  continue  their 
Malice,  and,  difobeying  the  King's  Peace,  do  flee, 
or  defend  themfelves  with  Force  and  Arms  ;  although 
fuch  Forefters,  Parkers,  and  Warreners,  or  any 
other  coming  in  their  Company,  and  aiding  fuch 
Forefters,  Parkers,  and  Warreners  in  the  King's 
Peace,  do  kill  any  Offender  or  Offenders  being  fo 
found,  either  in  arrefting  or  "taking  them,  or  any  of 
them,  they  fhall  not  be  troubled  upon  the  fame  be- 
fore the  King  *  and  his  Juftices,  or  before  any  other 
the  King's  Bailiffs,  or  any  other  within  any  Fran- 
chife  or  without,  nor  fhall  leefe  for  fo  doing  either 
Life  or  Limb,  or  fuffer  any  other  Pun ifhment,  but 
fhall  enjoy  the  King's  Peace  as  they  did  before. 
'  II.  Notwithftanding,  let  all  fuch  Forefters,  Park- 
ers, Warreners,  and  all  other  beware,  that  by  rea- 
fon  of  any  Malice,  Difcord,  Debate,  or  other  evil 
Will  f  had  before  time,  they  do  not  malicioufly  pre- 
tend againft  any  Perfon  paffing  through  their  Liber- 
ties, that  they  came  thither  for  to  trefpafs  or  mifdo, 
when  of  truth  they  did  nothing,  nor  were  not  found 
as  Trefpaffers  %,  and  fo  kill  them  ;  for  if  they  do, 
and  be  convidt  thereupon,  the  Death  of  fuch  Perfons 
fhall  be  inquired,  and  Execution  fhall  be  done,  in 
like  manner  as  is  done  for  other  of  the  King's  Sub- 
jects ftanding  in  his  Peace,  and  like  as  it  ought  to  be 
done  of  Right,  and  according  to  the  Law  and  Cuftom 
of  the  Realm.' 


Cotton  MS.  Claudius,  D.  2. 
T  malefaftores  in  foreftis  chaceis  parcis  & 
Warennis  de  cetero  plus  timeant  in  eifdem 
intrare  &  malefacere  quam  confueverunt, 
Dominus  Rex  ad  parliamentum  fuum  poft  Pafcha 
Anno  regni  fui  vicefimo  primo  ad  inffanciam  Mag- 
natum  regni  fui  conceffit  et  firmiter  extunc  prece- 
pit  obfervari  quod  fi  quis  foreftarius  parcarius  aut 
warennarius  in  balliva  fua  malefaftores  aliquos  in- 
venerit  in  balliva  fua  vacantes  ad  darnpnum  ibidem 
faeiend'  &  qui  fe  fcreftariis  parcariis  aut  waren- 
nariis  illis  poft  clamorem  &  utefium  levatum  ad 
pacem  Regis  adftand'  recto  reddere  noluerint  im- 
mo  maliciam  fuam  profequendo  &  continuando 
&  pacem  Regis  diffugiendo  fugam  fecerint  &  vi  Sc 
armis  fe  defenderint  licet  foreftarii  parcarii  &  wa- 
rennarii  illi  feu  alii  quicumque  ad  pacem  Domini 
Regis  exiftentes  &  in  comitiva  foreftariorum  par- 
cariorum  aut  warennariorum  illorum  venientes  ad 
tales  malefaftores  fie  inventos  areftandos  feu  capi- 
endos  aliquemfeu  aliquos  hujufmodi  rnalefactorum 
interfecerint  non  propter  hoc  occafionentur  coram 
Domino  Rege  vel  Juftic'  fuis  quibufcumque  aut' 
aliis  ballivis  Domini  Regis  feu  aliorum  quorum- 
cumque  infra  libertatem  aut  extra  nee  propter  hoe 
amittant  vitam  vel  membrum  aut  aliam  penam 
fubeant  immo  firmam  pacem  Domini  Regis  inde 
habeant. 

Sed  bene  caveant  foreftarii  parcarii  warennarii  oc 
alii  quicumque  ne  occafione  contencionis  difcordie 
contumelie  aut  alicujus  m.livolencie  feu  odii  pre- 
habitorum  aliquibus  per  ballivas  fuas  tranfeunti- 
bus  maliciofe  imponant  quod  caufa  malefaciendi  in 
ballivis  fuis  intrant  cum  hoc  non  fecerint  nee  ipfos 
vagantes  ut  malefaciant  nee  malefacientes  invene- 
rint  nee  caufam  malefaciendi  querentes  &  fie  eos 
occidant  quod  fi  fecerint  &  de  hoc  fuerint  con- 
vifti  fiat  de  morte  fie  interfeftorum  prout  aliorum 
ad  pacem  Domini  Regis  exiftencium  &  prout  de 
jure  &  fecundum  confuetudinem  regni  fuerit  fa- 
ciendum. 


4  77  is  Note  is  on  the  Roil,  viz.  Et  memorand*  quod  irtud  ftatutum  rle  verbo  ad  vcrbum  m'tom  fuit  in  Hibcrn*.  T.  R.  apud  Kenynton  xiiij 
die  Augufii  ar.no  repii  fui  vicefimo  fepfimo.  Et  mandatum  fuit  Johanni  Wogan  juftic'  Hibern'  quod  prcdiftum  ftatutum  per  tptam  Hibern*. 
t^locis  qutbiK  expedirt  vidcrit  legi  &  pablice  proclamari  ac  firmiter  teneri  faciat.     T.R.  ut  fupra. 

Tilt 


A.  D.  1297.         Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edward  1  I, 


Stat. 


1. 


*3i 


The  Statute  of  the  Writ  of  Confultation,  made  24  Edw.  I.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1296. 

In  what  Cafe  a  Confultation  is  grantable. 


Cotton  MS.  Claudius,  D.  2. 
jUM  Judices  ecclefiaftici  ad  profequend'  in 
caufis  coram  ipfis  agitatis  per  prohibic'  Do- 
mini Regis  fepius  fuperfedeant  in  cafibus 
ubi  remedium  conquerentibus  ad  Cur'  Domini  per 
breve  de  Cancellar'  fua  fieri  non  poflit  propter  quod 
querentes  ill i  in  utraque  Cur'  tarn  Regia  quam  ec- 
clefiaftica  jure  fuo  &  remedio  funt  elongati  ad  grave 
dampnum  ipforum  prout  Dominus  Rex  ex  gravi 
querela  quorundam  intellexit. 

Dominus  Rex  vult  &  precepit  quod  cum  Judices 
ecclefiaftici  per  prohibicionem  Regiam  fibi  porrec- 
tam  fuperfedeant  in  cnfibus  predicts  quod  Cancel- 
lar' vel  Capitalis  Juftic'  ipfius  Domini  Regis  qui 
pro  tempore  fuerit  vifo  libello  illiuscaufe  ad  inftan- 
ciam  querentis  fi  viderint  quod  per  breve  de  Can- 
cellar'  querenti  remedium  in  fuo  cafu  fieri  non 
poflit  fet  quod  ad  Cur'  ecclefiafticam  pertineat  cau- 
iam  illam  determinare  fcribant  Judicibus  coram 
quibus  caufa  ilia  prius  fuit  agitata  quod  in  caufa 
ilia  pfocedant  non  obftante  prohibicione  Regia  fibi 
prius  inde  dire&a,  &c.    Dat.  anno  xviii". 


HEREAS  Ecclefiaftical  Judges  have  often  i-s H. 7.  f. 2I. 
furceafed  to  proceed  in  Caufes  moved  be-  lH-4-  f-9- 
_  fore  them,  by  Force  of  the  King's  Writ  of  ^  -P^fa? 
Prohibition,  in  Cafes  whereas  *  Remedy  could  not  ^/fcw'lfar""' 
be  given  to  Complainants  in  the  King's  Court,  by  Confutation  duly 
any  Writ  out  of  the  Chancery,  becaufe  that  f  fuch  granted. 
Plaintiffs  were  deferred  of  their  Right  and  Remedy  *  Read  ■**«•««, 
in  both  Courts,  as  well  Temporal  as  Spiritual,  to  +  R"dwW-V 
their  great  Damage,  like  as  the  King  hath  been  ad- 
veptifed  by  the  grievous  Complaint  of  his  Subjects :" 
(z)  Our  Lord  the  King  willeth  and  commandeth, 
That  where  Ecclefiaftical  Judges  do  furceafe  in  the 
aforefaid  Cafes,  by  the  King's  Prohibition  directed 
unto  them,  that  the  Chancellor,  or  the  Chief  Juftice 
of  our  Lord  the  King  for  the  Time  being,  upon 
Sight  of  the  Libel  of  the  fame  Matter,  at  the  Inftance 
of  the  Plaintiff"  (if  they  can  fee  that  the  Cafe  cannot 
be  redrefled  by  any  Writ  out  of  the  Chancery,  but 
that  the  Spiritual  Court  ought  to  determine  the  Mat- 
ters) fhall  write  to  the  Ecclefiaftical  Judges,  before 
whom  the  Caufe  was  firft  moved,  that  they  proceed  Ref;ft,  ^ 
therein,  notwithstanding  the  King's  Prohibition  di-  Raft.  483/ 
reeled  to  them  before  f.'  t  ah  given  in 

the  \%tb  Year, 


Statutes  made  at  LONDON   the  'Tenth  Day   of  O&ober,    Anno 

25  Edw.  I.  *  and  Anno  Dom.  1297  a*  *ahsm.x> 

CAP.    I. 
A  Confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft:. 

Ex  Rot.  in  ■T«rr. Lond.  m.  38. 

EDWARD  par  le  grace  de  Dieu  roy  dEngle- 
terre  feignur  dlrland  e  Dues  dAquitaine  a 
toutz  ceus  qui  ceftes  prefentes  lettres  verront 
ou  orront  faluz.  Sachiez  nous  al  honeur  de  Dieu 
€  de  feinte  eglife  e  au  profit  de  tut  noftre  Roiaume 
aver  grante  pur  nous  e  pur  nos  heirs  qe  la  Grand 
Chartre  des  Franchifes  e  la  Chartre  de  la  Foreft  les 
queles  furent  faites  par  commun  affent  de  tut  le 
Roiaume  en  tens  le  rey  Henry  noftre  pere  feient 
tenuz  en  toutz  lour  pointz  fanz  nul  blemifement. 
E  voloms  qe  meifmes  celes  chartres  de  futh  noftre 
feal  feient  envoiez  a  nos  Juftices  aufibien  de  la  fo- 
reft come  as  autres  e  a  toutz  les  vifcontes  des  con- 
tez  e  a  toutz  nos  autres  miniftres  e  a  totes  nos  ci- 
tees  parmi  la  terre  enfemblement  ove  nos  briefs  en 
les  queux  ferra  contenu  qil  facent  les  avantdites 
chartres  pupplier  e  qil  facent  dire  au  poeple  qe 
nous  les  avoms  grauntees  de  tenir  les  en  toutz  leur 
pointz  E  a  nos  Juftices  vifcontes  maires  e  autres 
miniftres  qi  la  ley  de  la  terre  de  fouth  nous  e  par 
nous  ountaguier  meifmes  les  chartres  en  toutz  leur 


EDWARD,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  King  of 
England,  Lord  of  Ireland,  and  Duke  of  Guian, 
to  all  thofe  that  thefe  prelent  Letters  fhall  hear 
or  fee,  Greeting."  Know  ye  that  we,  to  the  Ho- 
nour of  God,  and  of  Holy  Church,  and  to  the  Profit 
of  our  Realm,  have  granted  for  us  and  our  Heirs, 
that  the  Charter  of  Liberties,  and  the  Charter  of  the 
Foreft,  which  were  made  by  common  AfTent  of  all 
the  Realm,  in  the  Time  of  King  Henry  our  Father, 
fhall  be  kept  in  every  Point  without  Breach.  (2) 
And  we  will  that  the  fame  Charters  fhall  be  fent  un-  Farther  confirmed 
der  our  Seal,  as  well  to  our  Tuftices  of  the  Foreft,  by  28  Ed.  1  itat, 
as  to  others,  and  to  all  Sheriffs  of  Shires,  and  to  all  3- c'  '• 
our  other  Officers,  and  to  all  our  Cities  throughout 
the  Realm,  together  with  our  Writs,  in  the  which 
it  fhall  be  contained,  that  they  caufe  the  forefaid 
Charters  to  be  publifhed,  and  to  declare  to  the  People 
that  we  have  confirmed  them  in  all  Points;  (3)  and 
that  our  Juftices,  Sheriffs,  Mayors,  and  other  Mini- 
fters,  which  under  us  have  the  Laws  of  our  Land 
to  guide,  fhall  allow  the  faid  Charters  pleaded  before 


»  This  is  taken  from  the  Setunda  fan  velerum  Statutorum,  and  is  in  all  the  Englifli  Editions :  It  is  called  Gmfirmath  Carlarum. 

S  a  «  tjjiem 


132       Stat.  i. 


Anno  vicefimo  quinto  E  d  w  a  r  d  i  I,         A.  D.  1 2  9  7. 


The  Great  , 

Charter  the         , 
Common  Liw. 
*  Add  a.  co  ding 
to  tbeAJJife  of  the 

Foreft. 


a  fafl.  526. 


Farther  confirmed 
by  42  Ed.  3.  c.  I. 


them  in  Judgment  in  all  their  Points,  that  is  to  wit, 
the  great  Charter  as  the  Common  Law,  and  the  Char- 
ter of  the  Foreft  *,  for  the  Wealth  of  our  Realm.' 


,Inft.  547. 


a-Inrh.527-, 


*•  Add  Bi/hofs, 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
pointz  en  plez  devaunt  eus  e  en  Jugementz  les  fa- 
cent  alower  ceft  afavoir  la  Grand  Chartre  des  Fran- 
chifes  come  ley  commune  e  la  Chartre  dela  Foreft  fo- 
lomlaffifedelaforeftalamendernentdenoftrepoeple. 


CAP.    II. 

Judgments  given  againft  the  faid  Charters  fhall  be  void. 


AND  we  will,  that  if  any  Judgement  be  given 
from  henceforth  contrary  to  the  Points  of  the 
Charters  aforefaid  by  the  Juftices,  or  by  any  other  our 
Minifters  that  hold  Plea  before  them  againft  the  Points 
of  the  Charters,  it  fhall  be  undone,  and  holden  for 
nought.' 


E 


Voloms  qe  fi  nuls  jugementz  feient  donez 
deforemes  encontre  les  pointz  des  chartres 
avantdites  par  Juftices  e  par  autres  nos  miniftres 
qui  contre  les  pointz  des  chartres  tenent  plez  de- 
vant  eus  feient  defaitz  e  pur  nient  tenuz. 


CAP.     III. 

The  faid  Charters  fhall  be  read  in  Cathedral  Churches  twice  in  the  Year. 


ND  we  will,  that  the  fame  Charters  fhall  be 
lent,  under  our  Seal,  to  Cathedral  Churches 
'  throughout  our  Realm,  thereto  remain,  and  fhall  be 
4  read  before  the  People  two  Times  by  the  Year. 


Voloms  qe  mefmes  celes  chartres  de  futh  noftre 
feal  feient  envoies  as  eglifes  cathedrales  parmt 

noftre  Roiaume  e  la  demorgent  E  feient  deufoitz 

par  an  lues  devant  le  poeple. 


CAP.    IV. 
Excommunication  fhall  be  pronounced  againft  the  Breakers  of  the  faid  Charters. 


AND  that  all  Archbifhops  and  Bifhops  fhall  pro- 
nounce the  Sentence  of  Excommunication  a- 
gainft  all  thofe  that  by  Word,  Deed,  or  Council  do 
contrary  to  the  forefaid  Charters,  or  that  in  any 
Point  break  or  undo  them.  (2)  And  that  the  faid 
Curfes  be  twice  a  Year  denounced  and  publifhed  by 
the  Prelates  aforefaid.  (3)  And  if  the  fame  Prelates, 
*  or  any  of  them,  be  remifs  in  the  Denunciation  of 
the  faid  Sentences,  the  Archbifhops  of  Canterbury  and 
York  for  the  time  being  fhall  compel  and  diftrein  them 
to  the  Execution  of  their  Duties  in  Form  aforefaid.' 


EQE  Ercevefques  e  Evefques  doignent  fen+ 
tences  du  grant  efcomeng'  contre  toutz  ceus 
qui  contre  les  avantdites  chartres  vendront  en  fait 
ou  en  ayde  ou  en  confeil  ou  nul  point  enfreindront 
ou  encontre  vendront.  E  qe  celes  fentences  feient 
denuncies  e  pupplies  deufoitz  par  an  par  les  avant- 
ditz  prelatz.  E  fi  mefmes  les  prelatz  evefques  ou 
nul  de  eus  feient  negligentz  en  la  denunciacion 
fufdite  faire  par  les  Ercevefques  de  Canterbire  e  de . 
Everwyk  qui  per  tens  ferront  ficome  covient  foi- 
ent  repris  e  diftreinz  a  mefme  cele  denunciacion. 
faire  en  la  fourme  avauntdite*. 


ilnft,  527. 


*  Add  in  cur 
Name, 


2  lull.  529. 


CAP.    V. 

Aids,  Talks,  and  Prifes.  granted  to  the  King  fhall  not  be  taken  for  a  Cuftom. 


ND  for  fo  much  as  divers  People  of  our  Realm 

are  in  Fear,  that  the  Aids  and  Talks  which 

they  have  given  to  us  beforetime  towards  our  Wars 

;  and  other  Bufmefs,  of  their  own  Grant  and  good 

'  Will  (howfoever  they  were  made)  might  turn  to  a 

:  Bondage  to  them  and  their  Heirs,  becaufe  they  might 

;  be  at  another  Time  found  in  the  Rolls,  and  lilcewife 

;  for  the  Prifes  taken  throughout  the  Realm  by  our 

;  Minifters  *  :"    (z)  We  have  granted  for  us  and  our 

Heirs,  that  we  fhall  not  draw  fuch  Aids,  Talks,  nor 

Prifes  into  a  Cuftom,  for  any  Thing  that  hath  been 

done  heretofore,  be  it  by  Roll  or  any  other  Precedent 

that  may  be  founden.' 


EPur  ceo  qe  aucunes  gentz  de  noftre  Roiaume 
fe  doutent  qe  les  aides  e  les  mifes  les  queles  il 
nous  ount  fait  avarrt  ces  oures  pur  nos  guerres  e 
autres  bofoignes  de  leur  grant  e  leur  bone  volunte 
en  quele  manere  qe  faits  feient  puffent  turner  en 
fervage  a  eus  e  a  leur  heirs  par  ce  qil  ferroient  au- 
trefoitz  trovez  en  roule  e  aufi  prifes  qe  ont  efter 
faites  par  my  le  Roiaume  par  nos  miniftres  en 
noftre  noun  avoms  grante  pur  nous  &  pur  nos  heir& 
qe  mes  tieles  aides  mifes  ne  prifes  ne  treroms  a 
cuftume  pur  nule  chofe  qe  foit  fait  ou  qe  par  roula 
ou  en  autre  maniere  peuft  eftre  trove. . 


CAP.    VI. 

The  King  or  his  Heirs  will  take  no  Aids  or  Prifes,  but  by  the  Confent  of  the  Realm,  and  for 

the  common  Profit  thereof. 


ors, 


Oreover  we  have  granted  for  us  and  our  Heirs, 

as  well  to  Archbifhops,  Bifhops,  Abbots,  Pi  i- 

and  other  Folk  of  holy  Church,  as  alfo  to  Earls, 


EAufi  avoms  grante  pur  nous  e  pur  nos  heirs  as 
Ercevefques  Evefques  Abbes  e  Priurs  e  as  au- 
tres gentz  de  feinte  eglife  e  as  Contes  e  Barons  e  a 

tote 


A. D.  1 297.  Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edwardi  L 


Stat.  1,       133 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
tote  ta  communaute  de  la  terre  qe  mes  pur  nule 
bufoigne  tieu  manere  des  aides  mifes  ne  prifes  de 
noftre  Roiaume  ne  prendroms  fors  qe  par  commun 
affent  de  twt  le  Roiaume  e  a  commun  profit  de 
meifmele  Roiaume  fauve  les  auncienes  aides  e  prifes 
dues  e  cuftume.es. 


Barons,   and  to  all  the  Communalty  of  the  Land, 

that  for  no  Bufinefs  from  henceforth  we  (hall  take 

fuch  Manner  of  Aids,  Tafks,  nor  Prifes,  but  by  the- 

common  Affent  of  the  Realm,  and  for  the  common 

Profit  thereof,  faving  the  ancient  Aids  and  Prifes  due  Enforced  by 

and  accuftomed.'  34  Ed.  1.  ftat.4, 


CAP.     VII. 

A  Releafe  of  ToW  taken  by  the  King  for  Wooll ;  and  a  Grant  that  he  will  not  take  the  like 

without  common  Confent  and  good  Will. 


EPur  ceo  qe  tut  le  plus  de  la  communaute  del 
.  Roiaume  fe  fentent  durement  grevez  de  la 
male  toute  des  leines  ceft  afavoir  de  chefcun  fak  de 
leine  quarante  foudz  e  nous  ont  prie  que  nous  les 
voufifToms  relefTer  nous  a  leur  priere  les  avoms 
pleinement  releffe  e  avoms  grante  qe  cele  ne  autre 
mes  ne  prendroms  fanz  lour  commun  affent  e  leur 
bone  volunte  fauve  a  nous  e  a  nos  heirs  la  cuftume 
des  leines  peaus  e  quirs  avaunt  grantez  par  la  com- 
munaute du  Roiaume  avauntdit.  Entefmoignance 
de  queux  chofes  nous  avoms  fait  faire  ceftes  nos 
lettres  overtes.  Tefmoigne  Edward  noftre  fitz 
a  Londres  le  difme  jour  de  Qdtobr'  Ian  de  noftre 
regne  vintifme  quynta. 


"  AND  for  fo  much  as  the  more  Part  of  the  Com-. 
"  /l  munalty  of  the  Realm  find  themfelves  fore 
"  grieved  with  the  Maletent  of  Woolls,  that  is  to  wit, 
"  a  Toll  of  Forty  Shillings  for  every  Sack  of  Wooll, 
"  and  have  made  Petition  to  us  to  releafe  the  fame ;" 
'  We  at  their  Requefts  have  clearly  releafed  it,  and 
'  have  granted  *  for  us  and  our  Heirs,  that  wefhall  not 
'  take  ffuch  Things  without  their  common  Affent  and 
'  good  Will,  faving  to  us  and  our  Heirs  the  Cuftorn 
'  of  Woolls,  Skins,  and  Leather,  granted  before  by 
'  the  Communalty  aforefaid.  In  Witnefs  of  which 
'  Things  we  have  caufed  thefe  our  Letters  to  be  made- 
'  Patents.  Witnefs  Edward  our  Soir-at  London  the 
'  tenth  Day  of  Oflober,  the  five  and  twentieth  Year 
'  of  our  Reign.' 

Enforced  by  34  Ed.  I.  ftat.  4.  c.  3,  See  farther  Provifwns  concerning  Wool  18  Ed.  ^.Jiat.z.  c.  3.'  31  Ed.  %.  flat.  I.C.Z.  34  Ed.  3.  e.  19.' 
4<{Ed.  3.  c.4.  8  H.6.  c.2z.  23  if.  8.  c.  17.  (which  laft  is  made  perpetual  by'i^E/iz.  c.  25.)  39/Efo,  c,  14.  7  Jac.  I.  c.f.  12  Car.  2.  c.  31. 
£.18,19.  J  rV.  &  M.Jiat.  1.  c.  32.  7  &%iV.  3.  c.  28.  9  &  10  W.  3.  c.  40.  10  Sf  II  W.\.,  c.  10,  3  G»,  1,  t,  11.  4C«.  i.f.ir, 
izGec.  1,  it.  34.     izGeo.z.  c.2.1.     l^Geo.z.  c.  zj.     25  Geo.  2»  c.  14.     zd  Geo.  z,  c.%,  11.     29  Geo.  2.  c.  33,     30  Geo.  2,  e.  is. 


*  Aror  in  Ongi 
\  Read  that  er 
any  other. 


1  Inft.  76.'  • 
36  Ed.  3.  (.if. 
13  &  nCar.  zt: 
,$Geo.  1.  c.  ii. 


Sententia  Domini  R.  Archiepifcopi  fuper  premiflisj  Anno   25  Edw.  I* 

Stat,  2o. 

Eperantiquo  MS^ 

EN  noun  du  Pere  &  deFFifz  &  du  Seint  Efperit  Amen.     Cum  noftre  Seignur  le  Rei  alhbnur  de  Dieu  Excommenge* 
&  al  commun  profift  de  fon  Realme  ad  grante  pur  li  &  pur  fes  heirs  a  tenir  en    fon  Reaume  a  tuz  meat, 
jours  les  chofes  futhdites  Robert  Ercevefk  de  Canturb.  Primat  de  tut  Engleterre  ambneftoms  une 
foiz.  ii.  foiz.  &  la  tierce  foiz.  pur  ceo  kele  brefte  du  temps  plus  long  delai  ne  fuffre,  touz  ceus  de  Reaume 
de  Engleterre  &  chefcun  de  eus  de  quel  eftat  ou  de  quel  condition  il  feientke  touz  &  chefcun  de  eus  tant  cum 
en  eus  eft  ceftes  chofes  grantees  per  noftre  Seignur  le  Rei  avantdit  tiegnent  &  meintenent  entierement  en  - 
touz  lour  points  E  ke  eus  ne  nul  de  eus  encontrevenent  ne  enfreinent  en  mil  point  ne  en  nul  temps  procurent 
ou  confeilerunt  ou  en  nule  manere  affenteront  de.  encontravener  de  fet  ou  de  dit  apertement  ou  covertement 
per  nule  manere  de  colour.     Nous  avantdit  Robert  Ercevefk  de  Canturbur.  per  noftre  autorite  en  ceft  efcrift 
efcomengeoms  &  del  corps  Noftre  Seignur  Jefu  Chrift  &  de  tote  la  compaynie  de  Giel  &  de  touz  les  facra-  - 
mentz  de  Seintz  Efglife  defeverurns.-    Fiat  Fiat. .  Amen. . 


Stat.  De  Finibus  levatis,  made  Anno  27  Ernv.  I.   Stat.  i»  and  Anno'1 

Dom;  1299. 

_.  T_  .  _  -p.TTC  ~  .  E'x  KM-  'in  Tiirr.  Lond.  nti  37.  - 

jTJV  DWARDUS  Dei  gracia  Rex  Angl'  Dominus   Hibernie  &  Dux  Aquitanie  Vicecomiti  Lancaftr" 

T^  Salutem.     Cum  nuper  ante  transfretacionem  noffirarn  in  Flandr'  apud  Weftm' nos  habentes  refpec- 

turn  ad  graves  mifas  &  expenfas  que  populus  regni  noftri  fecerat  &  fuftimierat  diverfis  modis  pro  > 

nobis  tam. tempore  pacis  quam  guerre  habuiffemus  non  modicam  Voluntatem  &  defiderium  poptilum  iplum ■-» 

v     j-lre  VI0n}  .tunc  temP°ris  potuimus  conceffimus  eidem  populo  danoftra  propria  voluntate  pro  nobis  Sc  : 

Jleredibus  noftris  quod  magna  carta  de  libertatibus  obfervetur  in  omnibus  pundis  fuis  &  fimiliter  carta  de  - 

*  fl]f  f°^'u'''"S  Mimorsnium  i' f>""d  upon  the  RoU,  viz.  E  fet  a  remembrer  qe  meifme  cefle  chartre  futh  meifmes  les  paroles  de  mot  en  • 
mot  fuft  fele  en  Flaundres  de  futh  le  grant  feal  le  rey  ceft  afaver  a  .Gaunt  le  quint  jowr  de  Novembr'  Ian  del  reene  layantdit  noftre  fei»nur  W  ' 
rey  vintifine  quint  e  enveeaen  Engleterre^  ■ 

fdrefta- 


134       Stat.  i. 


Anno  vicefimo  feptimo  Edwardi  I.         A.  D.  1299. 


1  Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Load. 

forefta  feivetur  falvis  tamen  juramento  noftro  jure  corone  nbftre  &  racionibus  noftris  ac  eciam  aliorum  que 
quidem  per  Venerabilem  Patrem  R.  Archiepifcopum  Cantuar'  ex  parte  noftra  &  in  noftr?  prefencia  tunc 
pronunciari  fecimus  et  deinde  apud  Odimere  in  ipfo  paffagio  noftro  in  Flandr'  eandem  conceffionem  fub 
figillo  noftro  obfervari  precipiendo  mandavimus  &  teneri  per  totum  regnum  noftrum  in  quolibetComitatu. 
Et  quia  a  tempore  illo  c'itra  per  artacionem  &  diftricionem  guerrarum  eramus  occupati  muitipliciter  &  di- 
ftra&'i  in  diverfis  Patriis  &  longinqnis  propter  quod  fcire  nequivimus  ftatum  regni  noftri  Nos  diebus  iftis 
quatenus  nobis  vacat  noftram  continuantes  primariam  voluntatem  habuimus  deiiberacionem  luper  conceflione 
noftra  predicla  et  ad  honorem  Dei  &  fanfte  Matris  ecclefie  ac  commodum  tocius  populi  regni  noftri  Volu- 
mus quod  predicla  magna  carta  de  libertatibus  obfervetur  in  omnibus  punctis  fuis  et  carta  eciam  de  Forefta 
fecundum  fubferiptos  articulos  qui  funt  tales  Inquificio  vel  Vifus,  &c.  _  \Trout  in  Cart,  de  Foreft.  c.  6.  et 
deinde  ad  coram  eo  terminentur.]  Quos  autem  Articulos  fupradictos  firmiter  &  inviolabiliter  obfervari  Vo- 
lumus &  teneri  volentes  nichilominus  quod  perambulacio  fiat  Salvis  Temper  juramento  noftro  jure  Corone 
noftre  &  racionibus  noftris  atque  calumpniis  Ac  omnium  aliorum  ita  quod  perambulacio  ilia  nobis  reportetur 
antequam  aliqua  Execucio  vel  aliquid  aliud  inde  fiat  quam  quidem  perambulacionem  Volumus  quod  fiat  ficut 
predicitur  adcicius  quod  fieri  poterit  poft  negocia  que  habemus  expedienda  cum  nunciis  qui  de  Romana  Cu- 
ria funt  venturi  que  vero  ita  funt  ardua  quod  non  folum  nos  &  regnum  noftrum  fet  totam  Chriftianitatem 
contingunt  &  ad  ea  fanius  pertraclanda  totum  confilium  noftrum  habere  plenarie  indigemus  Et  poft  concef- 
fionem noftram  facram  ficut  fuperius  exprimitur  de  premiffis  diligenti  Meditacionepenfavimus  quofdam  juris 
Defectus  multimoda  gravamina  &c  opprefliones  que  pluribus  aliis  modis  prefato  populo  funt  illata  temporibus 
retroactis  &  Volumus  fuper  ill  is  que  nobis  occurebant  adpfefehs  ad  alleviacionem  Sc  commoditatenr  ejufdem 
•populi  pro  legis  certitudine  ftabilire  &  remedium  apponere  in  hunc  modum. 

CAP,      I. 

No  Exception  to  a  Fine  that  the  Demandant  was  feifed.     Fines  fhall  be  openly  read. 


2  Init.  tit. 


•  Read  Father.. 

•}-  Add  and 
Cuft&ns, 


No  Exception  to 
a  Fine,  that  the 
Demandant  was 
always  feilcd. 
Raft.  349,  Sec. 
3  Co.  So-. 
Fitz-  Replic. 
6z,  63,  66. 
42 Ed.  3.  f.  19. 

Fines  fhall  be 
openly  read,  and 
then  all  Picas 
fhall  ceafe. 
l3Ed.  1.  flat. 4. 
of  Fines. 
IzEd.  1.  Conit- 
fors  fhall  be  f}Cr~ 
fon  illy  prejent.     I  R 
bar  Entails.     31  El 


,  Orafmuch  as  Fines  levied  in  our  Court  ought  and 
...    -domakean  End  all  Matters,  anci  therefore 
called  Fines  principally,  where  after  waging  cf  Bar- 
tail  or  the  great  Aflife  in  their  Cnies  e     i    '•' 
the  laft  and  final  Place,     (z)  Arid  ri        by  i  :        in 
Time  paffed,  as  well  in  the  Tim  ing  Henry 

of  famous  Memory,    our  *  G'rai  in  our 


G'rat  /■'. .  '  ■  hfi  our 
Time,  the  Parties  of  fuch  Fines  and  their  Heirs, 
contrary  to  the  Laws  f  of  our  Time 

ufed,  were  admitted  to  adnu!  and   den  ine, 

alledging,  that  before  the  Fine  levied,  and  at  the 
levying  thereof,  ;;nd  fince,  the  Demandants  or  Plain- 
tiff's, or  their  Anceftors,  were  alway  feifed  of  the 
Lands  contained  in  the  Fine,  or  of  fo.me  Parcel 
thereof;  and  fo  Fines  lawfully  levied  wierc  many 
Times  unjuftly  defeated  and  adnulled  by  jurors  of 
the  Country  falfly  and  malicioufly  procured ;"  ( % ) '  we 
therefore,  intending  to  provide  a  Remedy  in  the 
PremifTes,  in  our  Parliament  at  Wejiminjier  have  or- 
dained, that  fuch  Exceptions,  Anfwers,  or  inquifi- 
tions  of  the  Country,  fhall  from  henceforth  in  no 
wife  be  admitted  contrary  to  fuch  Kecognifances  or 
Fines.  And  further  we  will,  That  this  Statute  fhall 
as  well  extend  unto  Fines  heretofore  levied,  as  to 
them  that  fhall  be  levied'  hereafter.  And  let  the 
Juftices  fee  that  fuch  Notes  and  Fines,  as  hereafter 
fhall  be  levied  in  our  Court,  be  read  openly  and  fo- 
lemnly,  and  that  in  the  mean  Time  all  Pleas  fhall 
ceafe;  and  this  muft  be  at  two  certain  Days  in  the 
Week,  according  to  the  Difcretion  of  the  Juftices.' 

a.  c.  7.  who  are  hound  hy  Fines.     4  H.  7.  c.  24.  hotv  often  Fines  to  be  proclaimed. 
.  c.  2.  abridging  Proclamation  j  and  fee  farther  1  Mar.  flat.  1.  c.  7.     23  Etix,  c.  3. 

CAP.     II. 


UiA  fines  in  Curia  noftra  levati  finem  litibus 
debent  imponere  &  imponunt&  ideo  fines  vo- 
:  "fitur  maxime  cum  poft  duellum  &  magnam  af- 
fihm  in  luo  cafu  ultimum  locum  &  finalem  te- 
;  neant  &  perpetuum.  Jamque  per  aliquod  tempus 
;  preteritum  tarn  tempore  clare  memorie  domini 
Henrici  regis  patris  noftri  quam  noftro  partes  eo- 
rundem  finium  &  earum  partium  heredes  contra 
leges  &  confuetudines  regni  antiquitus  ufitatas  fu- 
per hujufmodi  finibus  evacuandis  &  adnullandis 
admittebantur  proponentes  quod  ante  finem  leva- 
turn  &  tempore  levationis  ejufdem  &  poftea  peten- 
tes  feu  querentes  aut  eorum  anteceflbres  de  tene- 
mentis  in  finibus  contends  aut  de  aliqua  parte  eo- 
rum femper  fuerunt  feifiti  &  fie  fines  hujufmodi  rite 
levati  per  juratores  patrie  falfo  fubornatos  &  ma- 
liciofe  procuratos  multotiens  evacuabantur  &  ad- 
nullabantur  minus  jufte  volentes  fuper  premiffis 
remedium  adhibere  in  parliamento  noftro  apud 
Weftm'  ftatuimus  quod  difte  exceptiones  feu  re- 
fponfiones  vel  inquifitiones -patrie  fuper  hujufmodi 
exceptionibus  feu  refponfionibus  nullo  modo  con- 
tra hujufmodi  recognitiones  &  fines  decetero  ad- 
mittantur.  Et  volumus  quod  ftatutum  iftud  tarn 
locum  habeat  ad  fines  priits  levatos  quam  impof- 
teri'm  levandos.  Et  videant  Jufticiarii  quod  note 
&  fines  in  Curia  impofterum  levandi  publice  &  fo- 
lempniter  legantur  &  quod  placita  interim  cefient 
omnino  &  hoc  fiat  per  duos  dies  in  feptimana  fe- 
cundum difcretionem  Jufticiar'. 

31  H.  S.  c.  36.  inhere  Fines  levied  according  to  Statute  fhall 
And  4  Ann.  c.  16. 


A  Sheriff  fhall  levy  no  more  liTues  than  he  hath  Warrant  for.     His  Tallies. 


A  -Sheriff  fna'l 
ex-cute  his  War- 
rant in  levying 
t,i  Iflues,  and 
no  more. 


'E  have  alfo  ordained,  by  the  Advice  of  our 
Council,  That  from  henceforth  Sheriffs  fhall 
not  be  charged  of  any  IlTues  to  be  levied,  nor  fhall 
levy  any  before  they  pafs  out  of  the  Exchequer,  there 

to  be  delivered  by  the  Extreats  of  the  Juftices  j   (2)  \  randas  &  q.uod  in  extractis  Juftic'  fingula  capita 

onerentur 


ITEM  ordinavimusdeconcilio noftro  quod  vice- 
comites  decetero  non  onerentur  de  aliquibus 
exitibus  levandis  nee  aliquos  levent  antequam  ex- 
eant  de  fcaccario  per  extra£tas  Juftic'  ibiaem  libe- 


A.  E>.  1299.         Anno  vicefimo  feptimo  Edward i  I. 


Stat. 


i.« 


*3S 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond.  1 

onerentur  de  exitibus  fuis  forisfactis  ficut  &  de  j 
amerciamentis.  Et  fi  forfitan  aliquis  vicecomes 
refponderit  de  exitibus  alicujus  recognitors  vel  ; 
plegii  feu  manucaptoris  per  fpfum  appofiti  &  in 
Cur'  noftra  retornati  qui  ad  folutionem  eorumdem  ! 
exituum  feu  amerciamentorum  tempore  returni  non 
iufficiat  idem  vicecomes  ad  fcaccarium  noftrum 
inde  oneretur  &  refpondeat.  Et  caveant  fibi  vice- 
comites  fub  gravi  forisfaclura  quod  decetero  fa- 
ciant  fingulis  tallias  de  denariis  quibufcumque  per 
preceptum  noftrum  per  ip'fos  vicecomites  &  fubdi- 
tos  fuos  receptis.  Et  quod  non  retornent  alicubi 
nomina  manucaptorum  juratorum  feu  aliorum  nifi 
ipfi  manucaptores  juratcres  feu  alii  fecundum  te- 
norem  brevium  noftrorum  vicecomitibus  inde  di- 
reclorum  ad  hoc  legaliter  manifefte  premuniantur. 
Nee  retornent  aliqua  nomina  plegiorum  liberorum 
hominum  nifi  ipfi  manifefte  pleg'  fe  concefferunt. 
Et  fuper  hoc  ftatuimus  quod  quolibet  anno  femel 
per  annum  mittantur  unus  Baronum  &  unus  cleri- 
cus  de  dicfo  Scaccario  noftro  per  fingulos  com' 
Angl'  ad  imbreviandum  nomina  omnium  qui  anno 
illo  debita  per  viridem  ceram  ab  eis  exadvta  folve- 
runt.  Et  iidetn  Baro  &  clericus  tallias  illas  vide- 
ant  &  imbrevient  &;  aiidiant  &  terminent  querelas 
fuper  vicecomites  &  ballivos  contra  premiffa  veni- 
entes  &  graviter  puniantur  tranfgreflbres. 


and  that  in  the  Extreats  of  Juftices  every  Head  fhall 
be  charged  for  Iffues  forfeited,    like  as  of  Amercia- 
ments.    (3)    And  if  peradventure    any  Sheriff  will 
anfwer  for  the  Iffues  of  any  Recognifor,   Pledge,  or 
Mainpernor,  by  him  undertaken  and  returned  into 
our  Court,    which  at  the  Time  of  the  Return  is  not 
able  to  pay  fuch  Iffues  or  Amerciaments,  the  Sheriff" 
fhall  be  charged,    and  fhall  anfwer  therefore  in  our 
Exchequer.     (4)  And  let  the  Sheriffs  beware  under  what  Tallies  a 
Pain  of  great  Forfeiture,  that  from  henceforth  they-^llflft  fta11 
do  make  Tallies  of  all  fuch  Money  as  they  or  their 
Officers  have  received  by  our  Commandment;  (;) 
and  that  they  do  not  return  any  where  the  Names  of  The  SheriffV 
any  Mainpernors,  Jurors,  or  any  other,  except  fuch  Return  of  Main-" 
Mainpernors,   Jurors,    or  others,    according  to  the  p^"10"' Jurors'' 
Tenour  of  our  Writs  being  directed  to  the  Sheriffs 
for  the  fame  Caufe,    be  lawfully  and  manifeftly  im- 
panelled thereupon.     (6)  And  they  fhall  not  return 
the  Names  of  any  Freemen  as  Pledges,    *  without  ,  R"d       '' . 

,  ,  •!}       1    •    1  r  7  j        r  they  have  mani* 

that  they  will  plainly   conjent   and  agree  to  the  Jarne.  rJi  a„reej  l0 
(7)  And  hereupon  we  nave  enacted,   That  at  one  become  Pledges. 
Time  certain  every  Year,  one  Baron  and  one  Clerk  A  Baron  and 
of  our  faid  Exchequer  fhall  be  fent  through  every  clerk  of  the 
Shire  of  England,  to  inroll  the  Names  of  all  fuch  as  ^^^fet?" 
have   paid  that  Year's  Debts   exacted  on  them  by  every  County, 
Green  Wax.     (8)  And  the  fame  Baron  and  Clerk 
fhall   view  all  (uch  Tallies,    and  inroll   them,    and 
fhall  hear  and  determine  Complaints   made  againft 
Sheriffs  and  their  Clerks  and  Bailiffs  that  have  done 
contrary  to  the  Premiffes,  and  the  Offenders  fhall  be- 
grievoufly  punifhed.' 


CAP.     III. 

Juftices  of  Affife  fhall  be  of  Gaol -delivery.     Who  fhall  punifh  Officers  bailing  fuch  as  are  not 

bailable. 


QUIA  vicecomites  &  alii  temporibus  retro- 
aevtis  latrones  notorios  &  manifeftos  h  pro 
orte  hominis  &  aliis  feloniis  captos  &  imprifona- 
tos  &  qui  non  funt  repleg'  per  plevinam  dimiferunt 
contra  formam  ftatuti  noftri  de  hiis  qui  funt  irre- 
plegiabiles  &  qui  non  nuper  editi  per  quod  ipfi 
malefactores  irrepleg'  fie  replegiati*  ad  eorum  deli- 
berationem  falfo  faciendam  j uratores  patrie  per  fe 
&  amicos  fuos  ante  adventum  Juftic'  itinerantium 
aut  aliorum  ad  eorum  deliberationem  affignatorum 
procurant  h  fubornant  aliifque  minantur  per  quod 
tarn  propter  metum  vicecomitum  &  aliorum  per 
talem  plevinam  illos  dimittentium  quam  timorem 
eorundem  latronum  feu  felonum  fie  liberatcrum 
coram  Juftic'  ad  gaolas  deliberandas  affignatis  ho- 
micidia  &  latrocinia  fuffocantur  &  ipfa  lie  conce- 
lata  penitus  remanent  impunita  Nos  pro  utilitate 
regni  noftri  &  pace  noftra  firmius  obfervanda  fta- 
tuimus &  ordinavimus  quod  Juftic'  ad  affifas  capi- 
end'  affignati  in  fingulis  com'  ubi  capiunt  affifas 
prout  ordinantur  ftatim  poft  affifas  captas  in  elf- 
clem  com'  remaneant  ambo  fi  laicifuerint  &  fi  unus 
ipforum  fuerit  clericus  tunc  affbeiato  i  11  i  Juftic' 
qui  laicus  eft  uno  de  difcretioribus  militibus  comi- 
tatus  illius  per  breve  noftrum  deliberent  gaolas  in 
com'  illis  tam  infra  libertates  quam  extra  de  prifo- 
nibus  quibufcumque  fecundum  formam  delibera- 
tionis  gaole  com'  illorum  haclenus  ufitatam.  Et 
iidem  juftic'  tunc  inquirant  qui  vicecomites  &  alii 
prifones  aliquos  irreplegiabiles  per  plevinam  dimi- 
ferunt vel  in  aliquo  contra  formam  ftatuti  predict! 
53 


Orafmuch  as  Sheriffs  and  others  heretofore  have  3  Ed,  if  c.  rj . 
let  out  by  Replevin  common  Felons,  and  open- 
'  ly  defamed,    being  taken  and  imprifoned  for  Mur- 
'  ther  and  f  Felony,    and  fuch  as  be  not  replevifable,  f  RaiarJ  other 
'  contrary  to  the  Form  of  our  Statute  of  Perfons  re-  Fehnhs.; 
4  plevifable  and  not  replevifable,  lately  made,  where- 
*  by-  fuch  Tranfgreffbrs  not  replevifable  %-  be  let  out,  %  Read  being  fi 
'   (2)  and  to  deliver  them  deceitfully  before  the  coming  replevied,  do, 
'  of  the  Juftices  Errant,    or  other  affigned  for  their ''""'^f"!'-' 
'  Deliverance,   II  they  -procure  by  ihemfelvcs  and  by  their-'",  ■?  'L °f"n 

c     t-i   •       1     cv  "       r     7      r-.  1    r  1  7  '"e,r  Delivery.  ■ 

rrtends    furors  of  the  Country,   and  Jome  they  threat,  u  pracure  a„j 
'  whereby  as  well  for  fear  of  the  Sheriff",  ahd'other'^orn,  by.  them-- 
'  that  let  them  at  large  by  Plevin,    as  for  fear  of  the /elves  and  their 
'  Thieves  being  fo  delivered,   before  the  Juftices  af-  "-'«*  lhe  J"- 
'  figned  for  Gaol-deliveries,  fuch  Felonies  and  Mm--  ™'5  of '.hc,,  Cm"~'- 

,     .9  ,     ,  ,     '   ,     .  .  ,     ,  .      try,  and  threaten  ■ 

'  triers  are  concealed,  and  io  being  concealed,  remain  others. 

'  ftill  unpunifhed  ;"   (3)  'We,  for  the  Utility  of  our  yufl;Cesof  Affife- 
R.ealm,  and  for  the  more  affured  Confervation  of  our  ih.,11  be  alfo 
Peace,    have  provided  and  ordained,    That  Juftices  '"ftices  of  Gaoli 
affigned  to  take  Affiles  in  every  County  where  they  ^llv"!'' 
do  take  Affifes,  as  they  be  appointed,  incontinent  af-  ^  a2'  *     '  3* 
ter  the  Affifes  taken  in  the  Shirts,  fhall  remain  both  ice i.6 Ed •;.<-. 3. ■ 
together  if  they  be  Lay;    and  if  one  of  them  be  a  concerning  their 
Clerk,  then  one  of  the  moft  difcreet  Knights  of  the  °J'h;  W  ks- 
Shire  being  affbeiate  to  him  that  is  a  Layman,  by  our  Gi0-  z:  c:  27;     • 
Writ  fhall  deliver  the  Gaols  of  the  Shires,  as  well  ^'a^jcLldi'- 
within  Liberties  as  without,  of  all  Manner  of  Pri-  n-very  to  a&  in 
foners,  after  the  Form  of  the  Gaol-deliveries  of  fhofe  their  own  Coun*- 
Shires  beforetime  ufed.     (4)  And  the  fame  Juftices""-     . 
mail   inquire  then,  if  Sheriffs  or  any  other  have  let  Pum*nl,ent  cf 

i        t!       1       •      t-» T  i       -  r  1  i  1  Sheriffs  for 

out  by.  Replevin  Pnfoners  not  replevifable,    or  have  their  oftences,1- 

'  offend  ed-- 


*36 


Stat.  i. 


Anno  vicefimo  feptimo  E  d  w  a  r  d  i  I.  A.  D.  1299, 


1  &  %  P.  &  M. 
c.  13. 

B8  Ed.  I.  flat.  I 
for  Perlbns  ap- 
pealed. 


offended  in  any  Thing  contrary  to  the  Form  of  the 

forefaid   Statute   lately    made  at   Weftminjler  ;    and 

whom  they  fhall  find  guilty,  they  fhall  chaften  and 

punifh  in  all  Things  according  to  the  Form  of  the 

c  -  a  -  ,  ,     *  Statute  aforefaid.' 
o«  3  /i.  7.  c.  3. 

giving  Power  to  Jitfiices  of  Peace  to  let  Prifoners  to  Bail.    i6fi?.SfB.(.i  3.  giving  farther  DireBions  tofucb  jfuftices.   Likewife  31  Car.  2.  c.  2 

igertmi  commuted  for  Treafon  or  Felony,  and  not  indiBed  the  next  Term  ;  and  A.W.&  M.  c.  4.  ordering  that  Bail  may  be  taken  by  "Judge  of  Affile. 

CAP.    IV. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
nuper  apud  Weftm'  editi  deliquerunt  et  quos  inde 
culpabiles  invenerint  ipfos  in  omnibus  fecundum 
formam  ftatuti  predidti  puniant  &  exigent. 


§.  7.  for  hailing 


Nifi  Prius  fhall  be  granted  before  one  of  the  Juftices  of  the  Court  where  the  Suit  is  com- 
menced. 


**  Not  in  Orig. 
•f-  Read  'whereby 
as  well  they  as 
ethers  who  have 
nore  hands. 
3y  12  Ed.  2. 
flat,  1.  c.  3. 
Pleas  of  Land 
.Jhall  be  taken  by 
Nifi  Prius. 
By  14  Ed.  3. 
flat.  1.  c.  16, 
i^if  Prius  may  be 
granted  before 
jfujlice  of  ano- 
ther Court  than 
Habere  the  Suit 
dependetb.    And 
fee  dR.z. fiat. 1. 
c.  5.  11  R.  2, 
c.  11.  14  H.  6. 
r.s.  35  #.  S. 
c.  6.  18  Elix. 
e,  12.   II  Geo.  1. 
c.  31.  24  Geo.  2. 
c.  18.  §.  5.   con- 
taining various^ 
Regulations  'with 
regard  to  Trials 
<xt  Nifi  Prius. 
J3  Ed.  1.  flat.  I. 
c.30, 


"  ALSO  where  we  have  provided,  that  none  fhall 
"  J~\.  be  impanelled  any  where  out  of  the  Shire 
"  where  he  is  dwelling,  in  Recognifances,  Enquefts, 
"  and  Juries,  that  have  lefs  than  an  hundred  Shillings 
"  of  Land  *  or  Rent,  whereby  t  they  that  have  more 
"  Lands-,  by  too  often  appearing  as  well  in  our  Ex- 
"  chequer,  as  before  our  Juftices  of  either  Bench,  are 
"  much  impoverifhed :'" 

'  II.  We  therefore,  confidering  the  intolerable  Da- 

*  mage  of  our  People,   not  only  for  the  Difcharge  of 

*  fuch  Jurors,  but  alfo  for  the  more  fpeedy  Miniftra- 

*  tion  of  Juftice  to  all  Parties  fuing  in  our  Court, 
'  have  provided  and  ordained,  that  Enquefts  and  Re- 
'  cognifances  determinable  before  Juftices  of  either 
'  Bench,  from  henceforth  fhall  be  taken  in  Time  of 
'  Vacation  before  any  of  the  Juftices  before  whom  the 
'  Plea  is  brought,  being  aflbciate  with  one  Knight  of 
'  the  fame  Shire  where  fuch  Enquefts  fhall  pafs,  unlefs 
1  it  be  an  Enqueft  that  requireth  great  Examination. 
I  (2)  And  fo  from  henceforth  in  taking  fuch  Enquefts, 
'  the  Juftices  fhall  do  as  to  them  fhall  feem  moft  ex- 
'  pedient  for  the  common  Utility  of  our  Realm,  not- 
'  withftanding  the  Statute  lately  made  at  Wejlminjler 
'  upon  the  taking  of  fuch  Enquefts,  containing,  that 
'  if  any  Enquefts  be  taken  contrary  to  the  Form  of  the 
'  faid  Statute,  they  fhould  be  of  none  EffecV 


I  Tern  cum  ftatuerimus  quod  nullus  ponatur  ali- 
cubi  extra  com'  in  inquifitionibus  recognitioni- 
bus  &  juratis  aliquibus  qui  minus  quam  centum 
folidatas  terre  habeat  per  quod  tarn  ipfi  quam  plus 
terre  habentes  propter  frequentes  tam  ad  Scacca- 
rium  quam  coram  Juftic'  de  utroque  Banco  fum- 
monitiones  depauperantur. 

Nos  tantam  intolerabilem  populi  noftri  ja&uram 
advertentes  non  folum  ad  eorumdem  juratorum 
exonerationem  fet  etiam  ad  celerem  partibus  in 
cur'  noftra  placitantibus  juftitiam  exhibendam  fta- 
tuimus  &  ordinavimus  quod  inquifitiones  &  re- 
cognitiones  coram  Juftic'  de  utroque  Banco  dece- 
tero  adjudicande  capiantur  tempore  vacationis  co- 
ram aliquo  Juftic'  eorumdem  coram  quibus  placi- 
tum  dedudtum  fuerit  affociato  ill i  uno  milite  com' 
illiusjubi  tales  inquifitiones  emerferint  nifi  fuerit 
inquiiitio  magna  indigens  examinatione.  Et  fie 
in  hujufmodi  inquifitionibus  capiendis  decetero 
fiat  prout  Juftic'  ad  utilitatem  regni  noftri  potius 
effe  viderint  faciendum  non  obftante  ftatuto  nuper 
apud  Weftm'  fuper  inquifitionibus  capiendis  edito 
continente  quod  fi  omiffa  forma  in  ftatuto  illo  or- 
dinata  alique  inquifitiones  capiantur  pro  nullis 
penitus  habeantur.  Et  ideo  tibi  precipimus  fir- 
quod    ftatim   &   fine 


miter  mjungentes  quod  itatim  &  line  dilatione 
aliqua  fac'  legi  &  publicari  in  civitatibus  burgis  villis  mercatoriis  &  locis  aliis  folempnibus  per  totam  balli- 
vam  tuam  ubi  videris  expedire  omnes  articulos  fupradidtos  ut  illos  quos  conceffimus  ac  teneri  volumus  &  fir- 
miter  obfervari  in  forma  predicta  integre  &  inconcufle  ac  omnia  &  fingula  fuprafcripta  omnibus  fcire  fac'  in- 
dilate.     T.  R.  apud  Weftm'  fecundo  die  April  \ 


Ordinatio  de  Libertatibus  perquirendis,  made  27  Edw.  I.   Stat.  2.  and 

Anno  Dom.  1299. 


In  what  Cafes  the  Writ  of  Ad  quod  dampnum  is  to  be  fued.     A  Commiffion 

receive  Atturneys  for  fuch  as  be  impleaded. 


may  be  granted  to 


In  what  Cafej 
the  Writ  ad 
quod  dampnum    ' 
is  to  be  fued. 
•  Read  twentieth. 


I 


T  is  to  be  known,  That  the  King  ordained  at 
Wejlminfter,  the  firft  Day  of  April,  *  the  Seven 
and  twentieth  Year  of  his  Reign,  that  fuch  as 
would  purchafe  a  new  Park,  and  Men  of  Religion 
that  would  amortife  Lands  or  Tenements,  fhould 
have  Writs   out  of  the  Chancery  to  enquire  upon 


Cotton  MS.     Vefpaftan,  B.  7. 

IJ^AIT  aflaver  qe  le  Roy  ordeina  a  Weftm'  le 
i  primer  jour  DaverelP  Ian  de  fon  regne  xx°  qe 
ceux  qe  voudreient  purchacer  novel  emparke- 
ment  &  gentz  de  Religion  qe  vodreient  terrez  ou  te- 
nementz  amortir  eient  briefe  en  la  Chaunc'  pur 
enquere  folom  lez  pointz  acuftumez  en  tiels  chofez 


a  This  Note  is  on  the  Roll,  Conlimlle  flarutum  ulquc  ibi  Et  ideo  tibi  precipimus,  &c.  milium  fuit  fubferiptis  v;delicct  Thefaurario  Sc  Baro- 
nibus  de  Scaccario  Rogero  de  Brabanzoun  &  fociis  fuis  Juftic'  ad  placita  R.  audienda  &  terminanda  aflignatis  Johanni  de  Metinrbam  Sc  fncits 
fuis  Juftic'  de  Banco  Regis  cum  claufula  ifta  Et  ideo  vobis  mandamus  quod  cartam  prediBam  coram  vobis  in  Banco prcdiBo  legi  &  omnes  &  fingulos 
er'icules  jupradiBet  ut  illos  quos  conceffimus  &  teneri  volumus  qualenui  vtt  &  panel  coram  vtbil  placitantcs  contingunt  integre  &  inconcuffe  obfervari 
facialis.     T.  R.  apud  rY'Jim'  fecundo  die  April', 

Et 


A.  D.  1299.  Anno  vicefimo 

Cotton  MS. 
£t  qe  kz  cn.queftez  rkx  >erres  &  tenementz  qe 
vailknt  per  an  au  pU'is  de  xxs.  foient  mandez  al 
ETcheqier  &  la  facent  la  fm  pur  le  amortizefment 
o.u  pur  lemparkement  ?,uxi  corne  kz  enqueftez 
ayerrent  pur  eux  qe  Icz  purchacent  Et  dilknqs  foit 
mande  au  Chaunc'  ou  a  fon  lieu  tenant  ceo  qil 
deuera  false  Et  dez  enqueftez  faitz  pur  terre  amor- 
tir  dez  tenementz  qe  namont  per  an  outre  xx.  s. 
per  eftente  &  de  xx.  s.  en  aval  voct  le  Roy  qe  cel- 
fez  foient  envoiez  au  Chaunceller  ou  a  fon  lieu  te- 
nant k  quil  preignent  refonabk  fin  folom  la  quan- 
tite  de  la  chafe  &  puis  kz  dclivere. 

En  mefme  la  roancre  foit  fait  de  ceux  qe  vou- 
drent  purchacer  terre  ou  tenementz  qe  font  tenuz 
du  Roy  en  chief. 

Item  les  gentz  demurantz  la  outre  qe  voillent 
purchac'  briefe  de  protection  ou  general  attourne 
faire  foient  envoiez  al  Efcheqier  &  la  facent  lour 
fin. 


feptlmo  Edwardi  I. 


Stat.  2. 


37 


Item  gentz  de  non  poer  de  travailler  &  gentz  de 
lointeins  Countrez  qe  pkdent  ou  qe  font  emple- 
dez  eient  brief  de  la  Chaunc'  a  afcun  fuffifant 
homme  qe  refceivelour  attournez  qant  meftre  ferra. 

Et  pur  remembrance  de  cefte  chofe  eft  cefte  en- 
denture  fait  en  treys  parties  dont  lune  demurge  en 
la  Chaunc'  lautre  en  lefcheqier  &  la  tierce  partie 
en  la  garderobe. 


the  Points  accuftomed  in  *  all  Things ;  (2)  and  that  *  Rcad/«r6. 
Enquefts  of  Lands  or  Tenements  that  be  worth 
yearly  more  than  Twenty  Shillings,  f  that  is  to  wit,  -j-  Not  in  Orlg* 
by  Extent,  be  returned  into  the  Exchequer,  and  there 
to  make  Fine  for  the  Amortifements,  or  for  the  Park 
having,  if  the  Enquefts  do  pafs  for  him  that  pur- 
chafed  them;  (3)  and  after  it  fhall  be  certified  unta 
the  Chancellor  or  his  Deputy,  that  he  take  a  reafona- 
ble  Fine  therefore,  and  after  make  Delivery. 


'  II.  In  like  Manner  they  fhall  do,  that  will  purchafe  Purchafe  ai 
Lands  or  Tenements  holden  of  the  King  in  chief.        Lan?s. holden 

in  chief. 

'  III.  Alfo  People  dwelling  beyond  the  Sea,   that  Purchafing  of 
have  Lands,  Tenements,   or  Rents   in  England,  if  Protections, 


or  will  Making  general 
Atturnevs. 


they   will   purchafe  Letters   of  Protection 
make  general  Atturneys,  they  fhall 
Exchequer,  and  there  fhall  make  their  Fines,  and  jfaW.'""' 
from  thence  fhall  be  fent  unto  the  Chancellor  or  his 
Deputy,  for  that  which  he  ought  to  do  therein. 
'  IV.  In  like  Manner  they  fhall  do,  that  will  pur-  Purchafing  of 
chafe  any  Fair,  Market,  Warren,  or  any  other  Li-  Liberties, 
berty.     (2)  Alfo  fuch  as  will  purchafe attermining of 
their  Debts  fhall  be  fent  into  the  Exchequer. 
'  V.  Alfo,  fuch  as  be  not  able  to  travel,  and  People  Attumey. 
that  dwell  in  far  Countries  from  the  Chancery,  which  10  H.  3.  c.  10, 
plead  or  be  impleaded,  fhall  have  a  Writ  out  of  the  Raft'96' 
Chancery  to  fome  fufficient  Man,  that  fhall  receive 
their  Atturneys  when  Need  is. 

'  VI.  And    for  a  Remembrance  of  thefe  Things, 
there  is  an  Indenture  made,  divided  into  Three  Parts, 
whereof  One  Part  remaineth  in  the  Chancery,  ano- 
ther in  the  Exchequer,  and  the  Third  in  the  Ward-  Regift.  147,  &c, 
robe.'  Raft.  t-y 


Stat.  De  falfa  Moneta,  made  Anno  27  Edw.  I.  a 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Load.  m.  p. 
,DWARD  par  la  grace^de' Dieu  roi  dEngleterre  feignur  dlrland  c  Dues  dAquitaine  a  vifcunte  de 
Sumerfete  e  Dorlete  faluz.  Pur  ceo  qe  noftre  Roiaume  e  les  autres  terres  de  noftre  feignurie  funt 
repknis  de  diverfe  tnauveifes  monees  que  funt  appellez  Pollardz  e  Croka:dz  e  par  autres  nons  les 
queles  font  portees  e  mys  en  dit  Roiaume  e  aillours  en  noftre  poer  par  diverfe  gentz  de  la  outre  e  la  eins 
d'efpendues  diverfement  a  grant  dammage  de  nous  e  de  tout  noftre  poeple  nous  par  commun  affentement 
des  Prelatz  des  Countes  e  des  Barouns  de  meifme  le  roiaume  avoms  fur  ceo  ordene  e  eftable  remedie  folonc 
les  articles  que  fenfuyent.  Primerement  qe  nul  deformes  teles  moneies  ne  porte  en  le  dit  noftre  Roiaume 
ne  aillours  en  noftre  poer  fur  forfeture  de  vie  e  des  bkns  e  de  quant  qil  porra  forfaire  iffint  tote  voies  qe 
totes  gentz  de  queq'  terre  ou  de  queq?  pais  qil  foient  puiflent  fauvement  porter  a  noftre  chaunge  totes  ma- 
nercs  des  moneies  debon  argent  de  queq'  coign  de  la  outre  ou  de  queque  value  qe  eles  foient  faunz  ceo  qe 
eles  foient  forfa'tes.  E  pur  ceo  qe  ccft  eitabiifement  valer  ne  porra  fi  bien  ne  foit  mayntenu  ordene  eft  qe 
bone  garde  eftraite  fe  face  en  touz  les  lieux  fur  la  coftere  de  la  mer  es  portz  e  aillours  ou  nule  manere  de 
arivail  eft  par  bons  e  loiaux  juretz  qe  ceux  qi  teles  ou  autres  mauveifes  monees  porteront  arrefteint  ove  meif- 
mes  les  moneiss  e  ove  tout  ceo  qil  averont  e  qe  meifmes  ceux  envoient  a  cely  ou  a  ceux  qi  de  par  nous  poer 
avera  ou  averont  pur  myfe  de  eux  Mes  eefti  poer  pur  ceo  qe  nous  ne  fumes  pas  uncore  avifes  quele  manere  de 
myfe  nous  envoderoms  faire  avoms  nous  retenutz  a  nous  meifrnes.  E  voloms  quant  al  areft  avandit  qil  ce 
face  en  cete  manere  ceft  afavcir  qe  la  communaute  de  chefcun  port  ellife  deux  bons  e  loials  hpmmes  de 
meifmes  le  ports  pur  les  queux  les  ellifours  vouderont  refpondre  qi  ove  les  baillifs  de  meifmes  le  ports  arre- 
ftent  e  ferchent  loiaument  e  faunz  defports  touz  ceux  qui  ariveront  deinz  kur  gardes  e  tout  ceo  qil  porteront 
e  les  cors  de  ceux  qil  troveront  qi  teles  ou  autres  mauveifes  moneies  averont  portetz  envoient  faunz  delay  a 
noftre  chef  prifon  du  counte  en  quel  il  ferront  arrivetz.  E  voloms  e  comaundoms  qe  le  gardeyn  de  meifme 
la  prifon  les  reteyne  e  fauvement  les  garde  taunt  qe  nous  facchoms  la  manere  du  fait  e  qe  nous  eoms  fur  ceo 
maunde  noftre  volunte.  E  la  moneye  e  autre  argent  fi  lui  eit  deyvent  meifmes  les  gardeyns  envoier  e  liverer 
a  noftre  grant  chaunge  e  des  autres  biens  eux  meifmes  charger  e  refpoundre  a  noftre  efcheker.     Dautre  part 


Vol,  I. 


This  was  firft  inserted  by  Mr.  Serjeant  Hawkins. 


T 


put 


138       Stat.  i.  Anno  vicefimo  o&avo  Edwardi  I.         A.  D.  1300. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
pur  ceo  qe  nous  avoms  entendu  qe  len  contrefait  par  de  la  Ie  bon  efterling  de  mauvais  e  de  faus  metal  pur  plus 
grant  dammage  faire  a  noftre  Roiaume  avantdit  nous  avoms  enfement  ordene  qe  touz  ceux  qi  efterlings  por- 
teront  de  la  outre  en  meifme  le  Roiaume  ou  aillours  en  noftre  poer  deivent  bailler  e  baillent  meifmes  ceux 
efterlings  a  ditz  gardeins  des  portz  ou  il  arriveront  e  qe  meifmes  ceux  gardeins  fouz  leur  feaux  e  fouz  les  feaux 
de  ceux  qi  les  porteront  e  par  bon  tefmoignage  des  bones  gentz  de  meifmes  les  portz  les  envoyent tauntoft 
a  procbeyns  affaiours  qi  affignetz  ferrount  depar  nous  pur  le  afay  faire  de  moneye.  E  deyvent  meifmes  les 
gardeyns  envoier  les  cors  ove  les  diners  fauvement  e  en  curteife  manere.  E  ft  les  affaiours  trouffent  les  de- 
ners  bons  e  loiaux  en  pois  e  en  argent  e  en  totes  autres  chofes  folonc  la  veil  eftandard  dEngleterre  maynte- 
naunt  defarreftent  les  cors  e  leur  deliverent  les  deners  qil  averont  enfuit  portetz  e  fi  faufes  foient  troves  for- 
faitz  foient  e  les  cors  a  noftre  volunte.  Derechef  ordene  eft  qe  nuls  deformes  de  noftre  Roiaume  nede  noftre 
poer  ne  vende  ne  leffe  laines  ne  quirs  ne  peaux  ne  plum  ne  eftaim  forke  pur  bons  e  loiaux  efterlings  ou  pur 
plate  de  argent  affaie.  e  merche  a  noftre  grant  chaunge  ou  en  efchaunge  de  bone  de  loiale  e  de  fuffifant  mar- 
chaundife  e  fi  nul  le  fait  autrement  e  de  ceo  foit  atteynt  par  les  ditz  gardeyns  ou  par  autres  de  nos  miniftres 
qe  les  chofes  iffint  vendues  ou  leffees  nous  foient  forfaites.  Uncore  eft  ordene  qe  nule  bone  moneye  de 
argent  de  noftre  coign  nedeatitri  ne  nul  argent  en  plate  ne  en  autre  manere  ne  iffe  ne  porte  ne  foit  hors  de 
noftre  Roiaume  ne  hors  de  noftre  poer  en  les  parties  de  la  outre  faunz  efpeciale  conge  de  nous  fur  la  peyne 
defufdite.  E  a 'cete  chofe  garder  enfemblement  ove  les  autres  pointz  avantditz  devent  meifmes  gardeyns- 
mettre  diligence  e  peine  en  toutes  les  bones  maneres  qil  porront.  E  ceux  meifmes  gardeyns  avant  qe  il 
receivent  la  garde  avantdite  deyvent  jurerdevant  les  vifcuntes  ou  devant  leur  chefs  gardeyns  la  ou  il  ne  funt 
a  vifcuntes  refponantz  qe  il  feront  e  tenderont  loiaument  e  faunz  nule  lafchefte  tant  com  en  eux  eft  tut  ce  qe 
a  cete  garde  apartient  felonqe  la  forme  avandite.  E  fil  facent  releis  ou  defportz  a  nuly  pur  doen  ou  pur 
favour  ou  en  aucune  autre  manere  e  de  ceo  foient  atteynt  qil  foient  en  forfaiture  de  vie  e  de  quant  qil  ount. 
Derechef  come  ordene  foit  qil  y  eit  table  a  Dovre  e  aliours  ou  nous  ordeneroms  paffages  certeyns  pur  chaunger 
defpens  neceffeires  as  alantz  e  as  venantz  fi  avoms  ja  affigne  Johan  Bellard  Johan  Galeys  e  leur  compaignons 
a  tenir  table  a  Dovre  de  par  nous  de  totes  maneres  de  moneies.  E  voloms  qe  il  facent  iloeques  chaunge  pur 
defpens  neceffeires  as  alauntz  la  outre  e  as  venaunz  de  dela  par  vewe  e  tefmoignaunce  de  countrerolleour  qe 
nous  y  metteroms  e  qe  totes  gentz  qe  venderontde  la  outre  portaunzmoneieqe  curt  en  poer  leroideFraunce 
portent  meifme  la  moneie  a  la  dite  table  e  illoeques  receyvent  al  aveignaunt  de  la  moneie  qe  curt  en  noftre 
Roiaume.  E  111  foient  trove  nule  part  ailours  ove  tiele  moneie  qe  meifme  la  moneie  nous  foit  forfaite  e  le 
forfait  tourne  a  la  dite  table  a  noftre  oeps.  Pur  quoi  nous  vous  mandoms  fermement  enjoignantz  qe  mayn- 
tenaunt  vewes  cetes  lettres'touz  les  articles  e  pointz  avantditz  facent  crier  e  publier  en  cites  e  burghs  viles 
marchaundes  portz  e  touz  autres  lieux  parmy  voftre  bailie  la  ou  vous  verretz  qe  foit  afaire  E  gardeyns  efta- 
blir  e  jurer  e  cete  noftre  ordenaunce  tenir  e  garder  en  la  forme  defufdite  fur  les  peynes  en  meifme  cete  forme 
countenues.    Don'  a  Stebenheth  le  quintime  jour  de  May  Ian  de  noftre  regne  vint  feptiftne. 

Statuium  deWardis  et  Re/eviis,  fa&um  Anno  28  Edw.  I.  Stat,  1.  A.  D« 

1300. 

Cotton  MS.  _  Claudius,  D.  2. 

<tz  H.  9.  c.  17.    \  TO  US  devez  favoir  qe  la  ou  relief  eft  done  qe  illeoqes  appent  garde  &  econtre  &  ceux  qi  tiegnent  en 

\/     ferjauntie  Daler  ove  le  Roi  en  fon  hoft  qe  illeoqes  appent  garde  &  relief  Mes  ceux  qi  tiegnent  en  petit 

*       ferjauntie  come  de  porter  efcu  ou  launce  en  loft  le  Roi  ou  decarier  la  ne  gift  garde  ne  relief  ne  fraunk 

fokeman  durra  garde  ne  relief  mes  ils  doublerount  fa  ferme  apres  la  mort  lour  Aunceftres  felonc  ceo  qils  pur- 

rount  paierlour  Seignur  Si  il  neint  outre  mefure  greve. 

Ore  oiez  la  nature  de  garde  avoir  deux  maneres  des  briefs  font  de  garde  avoir, 

Ceft  affavoir  la  ou  homme  tient  dun  autre  un  ten.  en  focage  la  garde  de  la  terre  qeft  tenu  per  ferviee  de 

Chivaler  appent  au  chief  Seignur  &  la  mariage  &  doit  iffint  eftre  marie  qele  ne  foit  defparage  come  la  graunt 

■Garden  eo         Chartre  voet  Cap.  iii.     Et  fi  eft  lage  &  la  garde  de  eel  Heire  xxi.  an  La  garde  del  Heire  qe  tient  en  focage  ft 

focage.  la  terre  ou  leritage  defcend  de  part  fa  miere  donqes  appent  au  pluis  profchein  parent  de  part  fon  piere  autre 

per  fee  de  Haubergh  &  le  tenant  fe  leffe  morer  donqes  poet  le  chief  Seignur  fil  foit  deforce  demaundre  la 

garde  de  la  terre  &  del  heire  celui  &  iiavera  la  garde  &  le  mariage. 

Lautre  eft  quaunt  une  homme  eft  feffe  dune  verge  de  terre  &  dun  autre  de  un  carve  du  terre  le  lecond  Seig- 
nur ne  poet  mie  port  brief  de  garde  avoir  de  la  terre  &  del  heire  qar  la  garde  appent  a  celui  de  qi  fon  Aun- 
ceftre  fuift  primes  feffe  la  terre  la  ou  il  y  ad  terre  en  fa  main  en  noun  du  garde  &  il  neft  mye  heir  donqes  purra 
fin  n Car.  1.      p0rter  brief  a  demaundre  le  Heir  fanz  fa  terre,  &c. 

rivng  Power  u  Fe:ter  la  tfifjiofc  of  the  Warijh'tf  of  his  Child  by  Will,  and  -which  abol'ifha  Wardfhip  by  Reafon  of  Tenure  by  Knight't  Service,. 


A  Statuti 


A.D. 


1300. 


Anno  vicefimo  octavo  Edwardi  I. 


Stat.  2.        139 


A  Statute  for  Perfons  Appealed,  made  Anno  28  Edw.  I.  Stat.  2.  and 

Anno  Dom.   1300. 

What  Procefs  fhall  be  awarded  againft  thofe  that  be  appealed  by  Approvers. 


Cotton  MS.    Claudius,  D.  2. 

CUM  certi  Juftic'  in  fingulis  Comitatibus 
regni  ad  Affifas  in  eifdem  capiend'  de  novo 
fint  affignati  fimulque  ad  liberationem  gaola- 
rum  eorundem  Comitatuum  in  fingulis  adventibus 
fuis  faciend'  poft  captionem  earundem  Affifarum 
prout  in  ftatuto  domini  Regis  inde  confe&o  ple- 
nius  continetur. 

Dominus  Rex  ad  Parliamentum  fuum  apud 
Weftm'  anno  regni  fui  vicefimo  o£tavo  pro  pace 
firmius  obfervanda  feloniifque  celerius  convincend' 
&  prifonibus  citius  deliberandis  conceffit  ordinavit 
&  ftatuit  quod  quicumque  fuerint  appellati  per 
probatores  exiftentes  in  gaolis  quas  ipfi  Juftic'  de- 
liberant  &  ubicumque  in  regno  ipfi  appellati  com- 
morantes  fuerint  aut  latitantes  quod  ftatim  man- 
detur  Vic'  in  quorum  balliva  taliter  appellati  fue- 
rint commorantes  aut  poterint  inveniri  per  breve 
domini  Regis  fub  teftimonio  eorumdem  Juftic' 
quod  taliter  appellatos  capiant  &  ducere  faciant  ad 
gaolas  ubi  appellatores  per  quos  appellantur  fuerint 
detenti  &  ibidem  coram  ipfis  Juftic'  refpondeant. 
Et  ft  ipfi  appellati  fe  fuper  patriam  pofuerint  fimi- 
liter  mandetur  per  breve  de  judicio  per  eofdem 
Juftic'  Vic'  in  cujus  balliva  felonie  facie  fuerint  de 

?uibus  appellantur  quod  venire  fac'  coram  eifdem 
uftic'  inquifitionem  patrie  ad  eundem  locum  ubi 
appellatores  fint  detenti  &  ad  certum  diem.  Et 
Vicecomites  &  alii  in  quorum  cuftodia  appellato- 
res detinentur  admittant  fine  contradittione  appel- 
latos per  eofdem  probatores  cum  iidem  appellati 
capti  fuerint  in  forma  predi<5ta  &  ad  appellatores 
addu&i. 


Hereas  certain  Juftices  of  late  were  afligned  27  Ed.  r.  flat.  x. 
to  take  Affifes  in  all  Shires  of  the  Realm,  c-  3- 
and  alfo  to  deliver  the  Gaols  of  the  fame 
Shires  at  every  of  their  Comings  after  the  taking  of 
fuch  Affifes,   as  more  plainly  is  contained  in  a  Sta- 
tute made  by  the  King  thereupon  ;"    (2)  '  our  Lord 
the  King,  at  his  Parliament  holden  at  Wejlniinjler, 
the  eight  and  twentieth  Year  of  his  Reign,  for  more 
fure  Obfervation  of  his  Peace,    and  Felonies  to  be 
more  quickly  puniftied,    and  Prifoners  to  be  fooner  2  H.  7.  f.  j. 
delivered,  hath  granted,  ordained,  and  provided,  That  Fit*.  Coron. 
whofoever  be  appealed  by  Provors,   being  in  Prifons  azl>  3a2>  38-r» 
which  the  fame  Juftices  do  deliver  (and  wherefoever  *+g*  *g^*  44'3* 
in  our  Realm  that  fuch  Appealees  be  dwelling*)  that  *  AAA  or  lurking, 
immediately  it  fhall  be  commanded   to  the  Sheriff, 
in  whofe  Bailiwick  the  Parties  fo  appealed  be  com- 
morant  or  may  be  found,   by  the  King's  Writ,  un- 
der the  Teftimony  of  the  fame  Juftices,  that  he  do 
take  fuch  Perfons  appealed,    and  caufe  them  to  be 
brought  unto  the  Gaols  where  the  Appealors  be  kept 
that  appealed  them,    and  they  fhall  anfwer  there  be- 
fore the  fame  Juftices.     (3)  And  if  they  that  be  ap- 
pealed will  put  themfelves  upon  the  Country,  it  fhall 
be  commanded  in  like  manner  by  a  Judicial  Writ, 
from  the  fame  Juftices  to  the  Sheriff,  in  whofe  Li- 
berty the  Felonies  were  done,    of  which  they  were 
appealed,    that   he   fhall   caufe  an   Enquefc   of  the 
Country  to  come  before  the  fame  Juftices,  unto  the 
fame  Place  where  the  Appealors  be  kept,  at  a  certain 
Day.     (4)    And  the   Sheriffs   and  other    (in  whofe 
keeping    fuch   A.ppealors   be  detained)  fhail   receive 
without  Contradidtion  thofe  that  be  appealed  by  fuch 
Provors,  when  the  Parties  appealed  be  taken  in  the 
Form   abovefaid,    and  brought  unto   the  fame  Ap- 
pealors.' &**:  **• 

ore  farther  cQn- 
Appeah,  1  H.  4.  c.  14.     S  11.  6.  c.  IP.     ioH.  6.  c  6.     3  11.  7.  c.  1.     2  £f  $Ed.  6.  c.  24. 


ArticuH  fuper  Chartas,  made  atfWeftminfter,  Anno  28  Edw.  I.  Stat.  3. 

and  Anno  Dom.  1300. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  35. 

PUR  ceo  qe  les  poyntz  de  la  grant  Chartre 
des  Franchifes  e  la  Chartre  de  la  Foreft  les 
quieus  le  Roy  Henri  pere  le  Roi  q_e  ore  eft 
granta  a  foen  poeple  pur  le  pru  de  foen  Roiaume  ne 
eunt  pas  efte  tenuz  ne  gardez  avant  ces  heures  pur 
ceo  qe  peyne  ne  fuft  avant  eftablie  en  les  trefpaf- 
fours  contre  les  poyntz  des  chartres  avantdites 
noftre  feigneur  le  Rrii  les  ad  de  novel  grante  reno- 
vele  e  conferme  &  a  la  requefte  des  Prelats  Contes 
e  Barouns  en  foen  parlement  a  Weftmonfter  en 
quaremme  Ian  de  foen  Regne  vynt  &  utifme  ad 
certeine  fourme  e  pcyne  ordene  e  eftabli  encontre 
tuz  iceaus  qe  contre  le  poyntz  des  avantdites  char- 
tres ou  nul  poynt  de  eles  en  nule  manere  vendront 
en  la  fourme  qe  fenfuit. 


"  1CT  Orafmuch_  as  the  Articles  of  the  Great  Charter 
"  jH  of  Liberties,  and  of  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft, 
"  ■*-  the  which  King  Henry,  Father  of  the  Kinj 
"  that  now  is,  granted  to  his  People  for  the  Weal  cf 
"  his  Realm,  have  not  been  heretofore  obfened  no 
"  kept,  becaufe  there  was  no  Punifhment  executed 
"  upon  them  which  offended  againft  the  Points  of  the 
"  Charters  before  mentioned  ;  our  Lord  the  King  hath 
"  again  granted,  renewed,  and  confirmed  them,  at  the 
"  Requeft  of  his  Prelates,  Earls,  and  Barons,  afierrw 
"  bled  in  his  Parliament  hclden  at  JVtflmiv  ler,  the 
"  eight  and  twentieth  Year  of  his  Reign,  anahaih  or- 
"  dained,  enacted,  and  eftablifhcd  certain  Articles 
"  againft  all  them  that  offend  contrary  to  the  Points 
"  of  the  faid  Charters,  or  any  Part  of  them,  cr  that  in 
"  any  wife  tranfgrefs  them,  in  the  Form  that  enfueth.'' 
T  2  C  A  P. 


140       Stat.  3. 


Anno  vicefimo  o£tavo  Edward  1  I.         A.  D.  1300. 


cap.   1. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft. 


1  Infr.  537. 
A  Confirmation 
of  the  Great 
Charter,  and  the 
Charter  of  the 
foreft. 


CommiiTioners 
to  enquite  of 
Oirences  done 
contrary  to  the 
Charters. 


Other  Officers 
(hill  be  attend- 
ant upon  the 
<:ommiflioncrs. 


THAT  is  to  fay,  That  from  henceforth  the  great 
Charter  of  the  Liberties  of  England,  granted  to 
all  the  Commonalty  of  the  Realm,  and  the  Charter 
of  the  Foreft,  in  like  Manner  granted,  fhall  be  ob- 
ferved,  kept,  and  maintained  in  every  Point,  in  as 
ample  wife  as  the  King  hath  granted,  renewed,  and 
confirmed  them  by  his  Charter.  (2)  And  that  the 
Charters  be  delivered  to  every  Sheriff  of  England  un- 
der the  King's  Seal,  to  be  read  four  Times  in  the 
Year  before  the  People  in  the  full  County,  that  is  to 
wit,  the  next  County-day  after  the  Feaft  of  Saint 
Michael,  and  the  next  County-day  after  Gbrijlmas, 
and  at  the  next  County  after  Eq/ler,  and  at  the  next 
County  after  the  Feaft  of  Saint  John.  (3)  And  for 
thefe  two  Charters  to  be  firmly  obferved  in  every 
Point  and  Article  (where  before  no  Remedy  was  at 
the  Common  Law)  there  fhall  be  chofen  in  every 
Shire-Court,  by  the  Commonalty  of  the  fame  Shire, 
three  fubftantial  Men,  Knights,  or  other  lawful, 
wife,  and  well-difpofed  Perfons,  which  fhall  be  Juf- 
tices  fworn  and  affigned  by  the  King's  Letters  Pa- 
tents under  the  Great  Seal,  to  hear  and  determine 
(without  any  other  Writ,  but  only  their  Commif- 
lion)  fuch  Plaints  as  fhall  be  made  upon  all  thofe 
that  commit  or  offend  againft  any  Point  contained  in 
the  forefaid  Charters,  in  the  Shires  where  they  be 
affigned,  as  well  within  Franchifes  as  without,  and 
as  well  for  the  King's  Officers  out  of  their  Places,  as 
for  other,  and  to  hear  the  Plaints  from  Day  to  Day 
without  any  Delay,  and  to  determine  them,  without 
allowing  the  Delays  which  be  allowed  by  the  Com- 
mon Law.  (4)  And  the  fame  Knights  fhall  have 
Power  to  punifh  all  fuch  as  fhall  be  attainted  of  any 
Trefpafs  done  contrary  to  any  Point  of  the  forefaid 
Charters  (where  no  Remedy  was  before  by  the  Com- 
mon Law)  as  before  is  faid,  by  Imprisonment,  or  by 
Ranfom,  or  by  Amerciament,  according  to  the  Tref- 
pafs. (;)  Neverthelefs  the  King,  nor  none  of  thofe 
that  made  this  Ordinance,  intend,  that  by  virtue 
hereof  any  of  the  forefaid  Knights  fhall  hold  any  Plea 
by  the  Power  which  fhall  be  given  them  in  fuch  Cafe, 
where  there  hath  been  Remedy  provided  in  Times 
parTed,  after  the  Courfe  of  the  Common  Law  by 
Writ,  nor  alfo  that  any  Prejudice  fhould  be  done  to 
the  Common  Law,  nor  to  the  Charters  aforefaid  in 
any  Point.  (6)  And  the  King  ivilleth,  That  if  all 
three  be  not  prefent,  or  cannot  at  all  Times  attend 
to  do  their  Office  in  Fo:m  aforefaid,  that  two  of  them 
fhall  do  it.  (7)  And  it  is  ordained,  That 'the  King's 
Sheriffs  and  Bailiffs  fnall  be  attendant  to  do  the  Com- 
mandments of  the  forefaid  Julfices,  as  far  forth  as 
appertaineth  unto  their  Offices.  (8)  And  belides 
thefe  Things  granted  upon  the  Articles  of  tie  Char- 
ters aforefaid,  the  King  of  his  fpecial  Grace,  for 
Redrefs  of  the  Grievances  that  his  People  hath  fuf- 
tained  by  reafon  of  his  Wars,  and  for  the  Amend- 
ment of  their  Eftate,  and  to  the  Intent  that  they  may 
be  the  more  ready  to  do  him  Service,  and  the  more 
willing  to  affiil  and  aid  him  in  Time  of  Need,  hath 
granted  certain  Articles,  the  which  he  fuppofeth 
fhall  not  only  be  obferved  of  his  liege  People,  but 
alfo  (hall  be  as  much  profitable,  or  more,  than  the 
Artick-3  heretofore  granted.' 
3 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

CE  S  T  afavoir  qe  de  ci  en  avant  la  Grant  Char- 
tre  des  Franchifes  dEngleterre  grantee  a  tote 
la  commune  dEngleterre  e  la  Chartre  de  laForefte 
en  meifme  la  manere  grantee  foient  tenues  gardees 
e  meyntenues  en  chefcun  article  e  chefcun  poynt 
aufi  pleinement  come  le  Roi  ad  grante  renovele  e 
par  fa  chartre  conferme.  E  qe  celes  chartres  foient 
baillees  a  chefcun  vifcont  dEngleterre  defoutz  le 
feal  le  Roi  a  lire  quatre  foiz  par  un  devant  le  poeple 
en  plein  conte  ceft  afavoir  a  prochein  conte  apres 
la  feint  Michel  al  prochein  conte  apres  le  Noel  al 
prochein  conte  apres  la  Pafqe  &  al  prochein  conte 
apres  la  feint  Johan.  Et  a  celes  deus  chartres  en 
chefcun  poynt  e  en  chefcun  article  de  eles  ferme- 
rhent  tenir  ou  remedie  ne  fuft  avant  par  la  com. 
mune  ley  foient  eflus  en  chefcun  conte  par  la  com- 
mune de  meifme  le  conte  trois  prodes  hommes 
chivaliers  ou  autres  loiaux  fages  e  avifes  qui  foient 
Juftices  jures  e  affignes  par  les  lettres  le  Roi  overtes 
de  foen  grant  feal  de  oyr  e  determiner  faiitz  autre 
bref  qe  leur  commun  garant  les  pleintes  qe  le  fer- 
ront  de  touz  iceaus  qe  vendront  ou  mefprendront 
en  nul  des  ditz  poyntz  des  avantdites  chartres  les 
contetz  ou  il  font  affignes  aufi  bien  dedenz  fran- 
chifes come  dehors  e  aufi  bien  des  miniftres  le  Roi 
hors  de  leur  places  come  des  autres.  Et  les  pleintes 
oyes  de  jour  en  jour  fantz  delay  les  terminent  fanz 
alluer  les  delais  qe  font  allues  par  commune  ley. 
E  qe  meifmes  ceaus  chevaliers  eint  poer  de  punir 
touz  ceaus  qe  ferront  atteintz  de  trefpas  fait  en- 
contre  nul  point  des  chartres  avantdites  ou  reme- 
die ne  fufl  avant  par  commune  ley  aufi  come  avant 
eft  dit  par  enprifonement  ou  par  ranceoun  ou  par 
amerciement  felonc  ceo  qe  le  trefpafs  le  demande.. 
Et  par  ceo  nentent  pas  le  Roi  ne  nul  de  ceaux  qe 
fuft  a  ceft  ordenement  fere  qe  les  chivaliers  avant- 
ditz  tiegnent  nul  play  par  le  poer  qe  done  leur  ferra 
encas  ou  avant  ces  houres  fuft  remedie  purveu 
folonc  la  commune  ley  par  href  ne  qe  prejudice  en- 
foit  fet  a  la  commune  ley  ne  a  les  chartres  avant- 
dites en  nul  de  leur  pointz.  E  voet  le  Roi  qe  fi 
touz  treis  ne  foient  prefentz  ou  ne  purront  as  totes 
les  foiz  entendre  a  faire  leur  office  en  la  fourth's 
avantdite  qe  deus  des  trois  le  facent.  E  ordehe 
eft  qe  les  vifconte's  e  les  baillifs  le  roi  foient  enten- 
dantz  as  les  comandementz  des  avantdites  juftices- 
en  quant  qe  apent  a  leur  office.  E  eftre  ceftes- 
chofes  grantees  fur  les  poiiitz  des  chartres  avant- 
dites le  Roi  de  fa  grace  efpeciale  en  aleggeance- 
des  grevances  qe  foen  poeple  ad  eti  par  les  guerrcs 
qe  unt  eft  e  en  amendement  de  leur  eftat  c  pur 
taunt  qil  foient  plus  preftz  a  fon  fervice  e  plus  vo- 
luntiers  aidantz  quaunt  il  enavora  aferc  ad  grante 
afcuns  articles  les  quieus  il  ententqi  tendront  aufi. 
grant  lieu  a  fan  poeple  tk  aufi  grant  profift  ferront 
ou  plus  qe  les  points  avant  grantcs. 

C  A  r  • 


A.  D.  1300.         Anno  vicefimo  odtavo  Edwardi  I. 


Stat.  3.       141 


CAP.     II. 


None  fhall  take  Prifes,  but  the  King's  Purveyors  and  their  Deputies. 


Ex  Rot.  inTurr.  Lond. 

EMprimechief  pur  ceo  qe  une  grant  grevance 
eft  en  ceft  Roiaume  e  damage  fanz  noumbre 
de  ceo  que  le  Roi  e  fes  miniftres  de  fa  meignee  au- 
fibieir  les  aliens  come  les  denzeyns  fount  leur  prifes 
la  ou  il  paffenr.  par  mi  le  Roiaume  e  pernent  les 
biens  de  gentz  des  clers  e  des  lays  fanz  rien  paer 
ou  bien  meins  qe  la  value  : 

Ordene  eft  qe  de  ci  en  avant  nul  ne  preigne 
prifes  par  mi  le  Roiaume  fors  qe  les  parnours  le 
Roi  e  fes  purveours  pur  loftel  le  Roi.  E  qe  ceus 
parnours  le  Roi  e  purveours  pur  foen  Hoftel  ne 
preignent  riens  fors  qe  pur  meifme  loftel.  E  des 
prifes  quil  ferront  par  mi  les  pais  de  manger  ou  de 
boyure  e  autres  menuz  neceffaires  pur  loftel  qil  fa- 
cent  la  paye  ou  gre  a  ceus  des  queus  les  chofes  fer- 
ront prifes. 

E  qe  touz  tieus  parnours  le  Roi  purveours  ou 
achatours  eient  de  ci  en  avant  leur  garant  ovefqes 
eus  du  grant  feal  ou  de  petit  feal  le  Roi  contenant 
leur  poer  e  les  chofes  dount  il  frount  prifes  ou  pur- 
veance  le  quel  garant  il  munftreront  as  ceus  des 
quieus  il  frount  la  prife  avant  ceo  qil  enpreignent 
rien. 

E  qe  ceus  parnours  purveours  ou  achatours  le 
Roi  ne  preignent  plus  qe  bufoigne  e  mefter  ne  feit 
pur  leRoi  e  foen  hoftel  e  de  fes  enfantz. 

E  qe  riens  ne  preignent  pur  ceus  qe  font  a  gages 
ne  purnul  autre. 

E  qil  refpoignent  en  loftel  e  en  la  garderobe 
pleinement  des  totes  leur  prifes  fans  fere  ailleours 
leur  largefces  ou  liverees  de  chofe  qe  pur  le  Roi  foit 
prife. 

E  fi  nul  parnour  de  loftel  le  Roi  par  garant  qil 
eit  face  prifes  ou  liverees  en  autre  manere  qe  defus 
neft  dit  par  pleinte  fete  al  Senefchal  e  el  Trefourer 
del  hoftel  le  Roi  foit  la  verite  enquife.  E  fi  de  ceo 
feit  atteint  foit  g:e  meintenant  fait  au  pleintif  efoit 
hofte  du  fervife  le  Roi  pur  touz  jours  e  demoerge 
en  prifon  a  la  volente  le  Roi. 


E  fi  nul  face  prifes  fantz  garant  e  lemport  en- 
countre  la  volunte  de  celui  a  qi  les  biens  font  foit 
meintenant  areftu  par  la  villeou  la  prife  ferra  fete 
e  mene  a  la  procheine  gaole  e  fi  de  ceo  foit  atteint 
foit  la  fait  de  lui  come  de  larroun  fi  la  quantite  des 
biens  le  demande. 

E  quant  as  prifes  fere  en  feires  e  en  bones  villes 
e  portz  pur  la  grant  garderobe  le  Roi  eient  les  par- 
nours leur  commun  garant  par  le  grant  feal. 

E  des  chofes  qil  prendront  eient  la  tefmoi:  nance 
du  feal  du  gardcin  de  la  garderobe  e  des  chofes  iriint 
par  eus  prifes  de  noumbre  de  quantite  e  de  la  value 
foit  faite  dividende  entre  les  parnours  e  les  gardeins 
des  feires  Meire  ou  chiefs  baillifs  des  villes  e  portz 
par  la  veue  des  marcharrtz  des  quieus  les  biens  fer- 
roiitiflint  pris.     E  riens  ne  lui  fert  fuSFeftxte  plus 


"  QEcondarily,  Forafmuch  as  there  is  a  great  Griev- 
"  i3  ance  in  this  Realm,  and  Damage  without  Mea- 
"  fure,  for  that  the  King  and  the  Minifters  of  his 
"  Houfe,  as  well  of  Aliens  as  Denizens,  do  make 
"  great  Prifes  where  they  pafs  through  the  Realm, 
"  and  take  the  Goods  as  well  of  Clerks  as  of  Lay- 
"  people,  without  paying  therefore  any  thing,  or  elfe 
"  much  lefs  than  the  Value:" 

'  II.  It  is  ordained,  That  from  henceforth  none  do  No  Purveyor* 

*  take  any  fuch  Prifes  within  the  Realm,  but  only  the  (hall  take  any 
'  King's  Takers,  and  the  Purveyors   for  his  Houfe;  Prifes  but  the 

1  (2)  and  that  the  King's  Takers  and  Purveyors  of  his  Ki,ns's>  a«dth<7 
'  Houfe  mail  take  nothing,  but  only  for  his  Houfe.  l?0yJ°r  h,s 
'  (3)  And  touching  fuch  Things  as  they  (hall  take  in  Confirmed  by 
'  the  Country,  of  Meat  and  Drink,  ;  nd  fuch  other  4  Ed.  3.  c.  4. 
'  mean  Things  neceflary  for  the  Houfe,  they  fhall  pay  ■<&'&&  b  5  Ed« 
'  or  make  Agreement  with  them  of  whom  the  Things  3- c- 2- 
'  fhall  be  taken.  _  10 Ed. s.  fat... 

'  III.  And  that  all  the  King's  Takers,  Purveyors,  25  Ed.  3.  c.  1. 
'  or  Catours,  from  henceforth  fhall  have  their  War- 
'  rant  with  them,  under  the  King's  great  or  petty  Seal, 

•  declaring  their  Authority,  and  the  Things   whereof 

'  they  have  Power  to  make  Prife  or  Purveyance  ;    (2)  Payors  flail 
'  the  which  Warrant  they  fhall  fhew  unto  them  whole  ^  ^^*" 
4  Goods  they  take,  before  they  take  any  Thing.  ;r,  ' 

'  IV.  And  that  thofe  Takers,  Purveyors,  or  Catours  36  Ed.  3.  c.  t. 
'  for  the  King,  fhall  take  no  more  than  is  needful  or  Purveyors  fhall 
'  meet  to  be  ufed  for  the  King,  his  Houfhold,  and  his  tauke  "°  mTe, 
'  Children.      ^  iz%ZT*™' 

'  V.  And  that  they  fhall  not  take  any  Thing   for  ah  Purveyance 
'  them  that  be  in  Wages,  nor  for  any  other.  taken  away. 

'  VI.  And  that  they  fhall  make  full  Anfwer  in  the  B"'fec '  3  c»-  2. 
'  King's  Houfe,  or  in   the  Wardrobe,  for  all  Things-^1, /•  *:/w 
'  taken  by  them,  without  making  their  Largeffes  any  f.3zo-  !^i;^,'  *" 
'  other  where,  or   Liveries,  of  fuch  Things  as   they  fuffe'nd  ihejaid 
'  have  taken  for  the  King.  ii  Car.  2.  in 

'  VII.  And  if  any  Taker  for  the  King's  Houfe,  by  favmr  <f tkc 
'  reafon  of  his  Warrant,  make  any  Prife  or  Livery,  2d'o7?btNav 
'  otherwife  than  before  is  mentioned,  upon  Complaint  ^dordnltic™* 
'  made  to   the  Steward,  and  to  the  Treafurer  of  the  And  fihwifefse 
'  King's  Houfe,  the  Truth  fhall  be  enquired.     (2)  And  tbeyedrly Mutiny 
'  if  he  be  attainted  thereof,  he  {hall   forthwith  make  ■"**'■ 
'  Agreement  with  the  Party,  and  {hall  be  put  out  of 
'  the  King's  Service  for  ever,  and  fhall  remain  in  Pri- 
'  fon  at  the  King's  Pleafure. 

'  VIII.  And   if  any  make  Prife  without  Warrant,  Taking  without 
'  and  carry  it  away  againft  the  Will  of  the  Owner,  he  Warrant  Fe- 
'  fhall  immediately  be  arrefted  by  the  Town  where  the  ion!f- 
'  Prife  was  made,  and  fhall  be  committed  to  the  next 
'  Gaol;    (2)  and  if  he  be  attainted  thereupon,  it  fhall 
'  be  done  unto  him  as  unto  a  Felon,  if  the  Quantity  of 
'  the  Goods  do  fo  require. 

'  IX.  And  concerning   Prifes    made   in    Fairs,    and  Purveyances 
'  good  Towns,    and    in    Ports,  for  the   King's  great  mada  ,or  the 
'  Wardrobe,  the  Takers  fhall  have  their  common  War- 
'  rant  under  the  Great  Seal. 

'  X.  And  for  the  Things  that  they  fhall  take,  it 
'  fhall  be  teftified  under  the  Seal  of  the  Keeper  of  the 
'  Wardrobe;  (2)  -md  of  thofe  Things  that  they  have 
'  taken,  the  Number  of  the  Things,  the  (Quantity, 
'  and  the  Value,  fhall  be  fpecifted  in  a  Divkient  made 
'  between  th.2  Takers  and  the  Keepers  of  Fairs,  May- 
'  ors.,  or  chief  Bailiffs  of  Towns' and  Ports,   by  the 

1  View 


robe. 


142 


Stat. 


j' 


Anno  vicefimo  o£tavo  Edward i  I. 


A.  D. 


1300. 


Repealed  by 
12  Car.  2.  c.  2A. 


The  King's 
Prerogative 
.fav.ed. 


View  of  Merchants,  whofe  Goods  (hall  be  fo  taken  ; 
(3)  and  they  (hall  not  be  fuffered  to  take  any  more 
than  is  contained  in  their  Divident;  (4)  and  the 
faid  Divident  fhall  be  taken  into  the  Wardrobe  under 
the  Seal  of  the  Warden,  Mayor,  or  chief  Bailiff 
aforefaid,  and  there  fhall  remain  until  theAccompt 
of  the  Keeper  of  the  King's  Wardrobe;  (5)  and 
if  it  be  found,  that  any  hath  taken  otherwife  than  he 
ought  to  do  upon  his  Accompt,  he  fhall  be  punifhed 
by  the  Keeper  of  the  King's  Wardrobe  after  his  De- 
fert ;  (6)  and  if  any  make  fuch  Prifes  without  War- 
rant, and  be  attainted  thereupon,  he  fhall  incur  the 
fame  Pain  as  they  which  take  Prifes  for  the  King's 
Houfe  without  Warrant,  as  before  is  faid. 
'  XI.  Neverthelefs  the  King  and  his  Council  do  not 
intend,  by  reafon  of  this  Eftatute,  to  diminifh  the 
King's  Right,  for  the  ancient  Prifes  due  and  accu- 
ftomed,  as  of  Wines  and  other  Goods,  but  that  his 
Right  fhall  be  faved  unto  him  whole  in  all  Points.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lend, 
prendre  qil  ne  mette  en  dividende  e  cele  dividende 
foit  porte  en  garderobe  defutz  le  feal  le  gardein 
Meire  ou  chief  baillif  avantditz  &  lenz  demoerge 
tantqe  fur  la  conte  du  garderober  le  Roi.  E  ill  foit 
trove  qe  nul  eit  autrement  pris  qe  fere  ne  deveroit 
foit  puny  fur  la  conte  par  le  gardein  de  la  garderobe 
le  Roi  folom  fa  deferte  e  fi  nul  face  tieus  prifes  fanz 
garant  e  fur  ceo  foit  atteint  foit  fait  de  lui  come  de 
ceus  qe  fount  prifes  pur  loftel  le  Roi  fanz  garant 
come  defus  eft  dit. 


E  ne  entent  mie  le  Roi  ne  foen  confail  qe  par  ceft 
eftatut  rien  deftreffe  au  Roi  de  foen  droit  des  aun- 
cienes  prifes  dues  e  acuftumes  .come  des  vyns  &  au- 
tres  biens  mes  qe  en  touz  pointz  pleinement  lui 
foit  fauve. 


Of  what  Tilings 
only  the  Mar- 
fnal  of  the' 
King's  Houfe 
fhall  hold  Plea. 
Farther  prctt'idei 
by  loEd.  3.  fiat. 
5.c.  2.  *  Si!.  2. 
c.  ;.  13  R.  2. 
flat.  1.  c.  2. 
15  H.  6.  c.  1. 
j  Buiftr.  208.   ' 
2  Inft.  547. 
4H.  6.  f.  S. 
10  H.  6.  f.  13. 
Bro.  Aclion  fur 
le  flat.  3S,  44. 
4)  Co.  12.  20. 
10  Co.  71. 


4  Co.  46. 


Which  Coroners 
/hall  inquire  of 
the  D  ith  of  a 
man  fi  101  with- 
in the  Ver»e. 

*  Read  c.  3. 


CAP.     III. 

Of  what  Things  only  the  Marfhal  of  the  King's  Houfe  fhall  hold  Plea.     "Which  Coroners  fhall 
enquire  of  the  Death  of  a  Man  flain  within  the  Verge. 

Concerning  the  Authority  of  Stewards  and  Mar-  J~^E  leftat  du  fenefchals  e  des  marchals  e  des  plez 
fhals,  and  of  fuch  Pleas  as  they  may  hold,  and 
in  what  Manner,  it  is  ordained,  That  from  hence- 
forth they  fhall  not  hold  Plea  of  Freehold,  neither  of 
Debt,  nor  of  Covenant,  nor  of  any  Contract  made 
between  the  King's  People,  (z)  but  only  of  Tref- 
pafs  done  within  the  Houfe,  and  of  other  TrepafTes 
done  within  the  Verge,  and  of  Contracts  and  Cove- 
nants that  one  of  the  King's  Houfe  fhall  have  made 
with  another  of  the  fame  Houfe,  and  in  the  fame 
Houfe,  and  none  other  where.  (3)  And  they  fhall 
plead  no  Plea  of  Trefpafs,  other  than  that  which 
fhall  be  attached  by  them  before  the  King  depart 
from  the  Verge  where  the  Trefpafs  fhall  be  com- 
mitted ;  (4)  and  fhall  plead  them  fpeedily  from  Day 
to  Day,  fo  that  they  may  be  pleaded  and  determined 
before  that  the  King  depart  out  of  the  Limits  of  the 
fame  Verge  where  the  Trefpafs  was  done.  (5)  And 
if  it  fo  be  that  they  cannot  be  determined  within  the 
Limits  of  the  fame  Verge,  then  fhall  the  fame  Pleas 
ceafe  before  the  Steward,  and  the  Plaintiffs  fhall  have 
R.ecourfe  to  the  Common  Law.  (6)  And  from 
henceforth  the  Steward  fhall  not  take  Cognifance  of 
Debts  nor  of  other  Things,  but  of  People  of  the 
fame  Houfe,  nor  fhall  hold  none  other  Plea  by  Ob- 
ligation made  at  the  Diftrefs  of  the  Steward  and  of 
the  Marfhals.  (7)  And  if  the  Steward  or  Marfhals 
do  any  Thing  contrary  to  this  Ordinance,  it  fhall 
be  hoiden  as  void.  (8)  And  forafmuch  as  heretofore 
m?ny  Felonies  committed  within  the  Verge  have  been 
unpunished,  becaufe  the  Coroners  of  the  Country 
have  not  been  authorized  to  enquire  of  fuch  manner 
of  Felonies  done  within  the  Verge,  but  the  Coroner 
of  the  King's  Houfe,  which  never  continueth  in  one 
Place,  by  leafon  whereof  there  can  be  no  Trial  made 
in  due  Manner,  nor  the  Felons  put  in  Exigent,  nor 
out-lawed,  nor  any  Thing  prefented  in  the  Circuit, 
the  which  hath  been  to  the  great  Damage  of  the 
Kin^,  and  nothing  to  the  good  Prefervation  of  his 
Peace;  (9)  it  is  ordained,  That  from  henceforth  in 
Cafes  of  the  Death  of  Men,  whereof  the  Coroner's 
Office  is  to  make  View  and  Enqueft,  it  fhall  be  com- 
manded  to  the  Coroner  of  the  Country,  that  he, 


qe  eus  devient  tenir  e  coment  ordene  eft  qe 
deforemes  ne  tiegnent  plai  de  frank  tenement  ne 
de  dette  ne  de  covenant  ne  de  contrail  des  gentzdu 
pueple  fors  tantfulement  des  trefpas  de  loftel  & 
autres  trefpas  faitz  dedenz  la  verge  e  de  contraclz 
e  covenantz  qe  afcun  de  loftel  le  Roi  avera  fait  a 
autre  de  meifme  loftel  e  en  meifme' loftel  e  ne  mie 
aillours.  E  nul  plai  de  trefpas  ne  pledront  autre 
qe  ne  foit  attache  par  eus  avant  ceo  qe  le  Roi  ifle 
hors  de  la  verge  ou  le  trefpas  ferra  fait  e  les  pledera 
haftivement  de  jour  en  jour  iffintqil  foient  parple- 
dez  e  termines  avant  ceo  qe  le  Roi  ifle  hors  des 
bundes  de  cele  verge  ou  le  trefpas  fut  fait.  E  fi 
par  cas  dedenz  les  bundes  de  cele  verge  ne  poent 
eftre  termines  cefient  ceus  plais  devant  le  fenefchal 
&  foient  les  pleintifs  a  la  commune  lei.  Ne  defore- 
mes ne  preigne  le  Senefchal  conifances  des  dettes 
ne  dautre  chofe  fors  qe  des  gentz  del  loftel  avanr- 
dit.  Ne  nul  autre  plai  ne  teignent  par  obligacion 
faite  a  la  deftrefce  du  Senefchal  e  des  Marefchaus. 
E  fi  le  Senefchal  ou  les  Marefchaus  rien  facent 
countre  ceft  ordenement  foit  leur  fet  tenu  pur  nul. 
E  pur  ceo  qe  devant  ces  houres  moutz  des  felonies 
fetes  dedenz  la  verge  unt  efte  defpunies  pur  ceo 
qe  les  Coroners  des  pais  ne  fe  font  pas  entremis 
denquerre  de  tieus  maneres  des  felonies  dedenz  la 
verge  mes  le  Coroner  de  loftel  le  Roy  qui  eft  paflant 
de  qui  ifiue  ne  ad  mie  efte  fete  en  due  manere  ne 
les  felons  mis  en  exigendes  ne  utlaghes  ne  rien  de 
ceo  prefente  en  Eire  qe  ad  efte  a' grant  damage,  du 
Roi  e  a  meins  bone  garde  de  fa  pees  ordene  eft 
qe  deforemes  en  cas  de  mort  de  home  ou  office  de 
Coroner  appent  as  vevves  &  enqueftes  de  ceo  fere 
foit  mande  le  Coroner  du  pais  qi  enfemblement 
ove  le  Coroner  del  Hoftel  face  loffice  qi  appent  & 

le 


A.D.  1300.         Anno  vicefimo  odtavo  Edwardi  I. 


Stat.  3, 


J43 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tttrr.  Lond. 
lemetteen  roulle.  E  ceo  qe  ne  porra  mie  de- 
vant  le  Senefchal  eftre  termine  par  ceo  qe  les  felons 
nei  porront  eftre  attachetz  ou  par  autre  enchefon 
demoerge  a  la  commune  lei  iflint  qe  les  exigendes 
utlagheries  e  prefentementz  en  Eire  foient  de  ceo 
fetz  parle  Coroner  du  pais  aufint  come  des  autres 
felonies  fetes  dehors  la  verge.  Mes  pur  ceo  nefoit 
lefl'e  qe  les  attachementz  ne  foient  fetz  frefchement 
fur  les  felonies  fakes. 


'  with  the  Coroner  of  the  King's  Houfe,  fhall  do  as  S«33H.8.c.js 
'  belongeth    to  his  Office,   and  inroll   it.     (10)  And  l$r.'mbm 

V?-.,  .  .  »  t  »        1    1*   r  ^1       Murdtn  cam' 

'  that  Ihing    that  cannot  be  determined  before  the  „;„«/,„  ,it 
'  Steward,  where  the  Felons  cannot  be  attached,  or  Kings  11  ufe 
*  for  other  like  Caufe,  fhall  be  remitted  to  the  Com-  Jkall  be  tried. 
'  mon  Lav/,    (u)  fo  that  Exigents,  Outlawries,  and  2  Leon-  i6d- 
'  Prefentments,  fhall   be  made  thereupon  in  Eyre  by 
'  the  Coroner  of  the  Country,  as  well  as  of  other  Fe- 
'  lonies  done  out  of  the  Verge  ;    (12)  neverthelefs  they     . 
'  fhall  not  omit,  by   reafon  hereof,  to  make  Attach-  Earned  by 
'  ments  frefhly  upon  the  Felonies  done.'  J&  Ed- 3'  f;"t- : 


CAP.     IV. 

Common  Pleas  fhall  not  be  holden  in  the  Exchequer. 


ESTRE  ceo  nul  commun  plai  ne  feit  defore- 
mes  tenu  al  Efcheqer  countre  la  fourme  de  la 
Grant  Chartre. 


Oreover  no  Common  Pleas  fhall  be  from  hence-  Dy"  *S°- 
forth  holden  in  the  Exchequer,  contrary  to  the  9    ?3-Ji*t-V 
'  Form  of  the  Great  Charter.'  Regi'ft.  187. 


CAP.     V. 

The  Chancellor  and  the  Juftices  of  the  King's  Eench  fhall  follow  the  King. 


D Autre  part  le  Roi  voet  qe  le  Chauncelerie  e  les 
Juftices  de  foen  banc  lui  fuivent  iflint  qil  eit 
touz  jours  pres  de  lui  afcuns  Sages  de  la  lei  qui  fa- 
chent  les  bufoignes  qe  viegnent  a  la  curt  duement 
deliverer  a  tote  les  foiz  qe  mefter  ferra. 


ND  on  the  other  Party,  the  King  will,  that  21.1ft.  551. 
the  Chancellor  and  the  Juftices  of  his  Bench 
'  fhall  follow  him,  fo  that  he  may  have  at  al!  Tirr.es 
'  near  unto  him  fome  Sages  of  the  Law,  which  be  able 
'  duly  to  order  all  fuch  Matters  as  fhall  come  unto  the 
'  Court  at  all  Times,  when  Need  fhall  require.' 


CAP.    VI. 


D 


No  Writ  concerning  the  Common  Law  fhall  be  awarded  under  any  petit  Seal. 
Efutz  le  petit  Seal  ne  iffe  deforemes  nul  bref  I  '  '"jpHere  fhall  no  Writ  from  henceforth,  that  touch- 2  Inft.  554. 

np  tmirhe  la  mmiraine  lei.  I  '       j[       Pth   the.  Common    Law.    ori  fnrrb  under   am;  nf 


qe  touche  la  commune  lei. 


eth  the  Common  Law,  go  forth  under  any  of 
'  the  petty  Seals.' 


CAP.     VII. 


The  Authority  of  the  Conftable  of  the  Caftle  of  Dover,  touching  holding  Plea  and  Diftreffes. 


LE  Coneftable  du  chaftel  de  Dovere  ne  plede 
deforemes  a  la  porte  du  chaftel  nul  plai  forein 
du  Conte  qe  ne  tuche  la  garde  du  chaftel.  Le  dit 
Coneftable  ne  deftreigne  les  gentz  de  cink  portz  a 
pleder  aillours  ne  en  autre  manere  qil  ne  deyvent 
folonc  la  fourme  des  chartres  qil  unt  des  Rois  de 
leur  franchifes  aunciens  afermees  par  la  Grant 
Chartre. 


THE  Conftable  of  the  Caftle  of  Dover  {ha\\  not 
from  henceforth  hold  any  Plea  of  a  foreign 
County  within  the  Caftle  Gate,  except  it  touch  the 
keeping  of  the  Caftle.  (2)  Nor  fhall  the  faid  Con- 
ftable diftrain  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Cinque  Ports  to 
plead  any  otherwhere,  nor  otherwife,  than  they 
ought  after  the  Form  of  their  Charter  obtained  cf  the 
King  for  their  old  Franchifes  confirmed  by  the  Great  Reg;ft,  iS;. 
;  Charter.'  2  inft,  556, 


CAP.    VIII. 
The  Inhabitants  of  every  County  fhall  make  Choice  of  their  Sheriffs,  being  not  of  Fee. 


LE  Roi  ad  grante  a  foen  poeple  qil  eient  eflection 
de  leur  vifcontes  en  chefcun  Conte  ou  vif- 
conte  ne  eft  mie  de  fee  fil  voelent, 


'  '~T"4HE  King  hath  granted  unto  his  People,  that  Altered  li 
'      &.      they  fhall  have  Election  of  their  Sheriff  in  every  9  Ed.  2.  int.  2. 
'  Shire  (where  the  Shrivalty  is  not  of  Fee)   if  they  mE^-  fiat'  i. 

« lift,'  v~ 

2  Inft.  559. 


CAP. 


144*       Stat.  3. 


Anno  vicefimo  o&avo  Edwardi  I.  A<  D.  1300. 


c  A  P.    IX. 

What  Sort  of  People  (hall  be  returned  upon  every  Jury. 


Co.  Lit.  15?.  a. 


See  13  Ed-  I. 
fat.  I.  c.  38. 
2 1  Ed.  1  .flat .  I 
34.  Ed.  3.  c.4. 
42  Ed.  3.  c.  11 
7  fif  8  W.  3.  c. 
©V.  e/"  Jurort. 


2  Trtft.  561. 
Kel.  81. 


HE  King  wiUeth  and  commandeth,  That  no 
Sheriff  nor  Bailiff  fhaU  impanel  in  Inquefts 
'  nor  in  Juries  over  many  Perfons,  nor  otherwife  than 
'  it  is  ordained  by  Statute  ;  (2)  and  that  they  fliall  put 
'  in  thofe  Inquefts  and  Juries  fuch  as  be  next  Neigh- 
'  bours,  moft  fufficient,  and  leaft  fufpicious.  (3)  And 
'  he  that  otherwife  doth,  and  is  attainted  thereupon, 
'  fliall  pay  unto  the  Plaintiff  his  Damages  double,  and 
'  fliall  be  grievoufly  amerced  unto  the 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
E  Roi  voet  e  comande  q-e  nul  vifconte  ne  bail- 
lif  ne  naette  en  enqueic:s  ne  en  jurees  plus 
des  gentz  ne  autres  ne  en  autre  manere  qil  neft  or- 
dene  par  eftatut  e  qil  mettent  en  teles  enqueftes. 
e  jurees  les  plus  procheins  plus  fuffifantz  e  meins 
fufpecenpus.  E  qi  autrement  le  fra  &  de  ceo  foit 
atteint  rende  au  pleintif  fes  damages  au  duble  & 
foit  en  la  greve  merci  le  Roi. 


mg.    . 

1  R.  3.  c.  4.     11  ff.7.  c.21.     4i/.8.<r.3.     5H.8.C.5.     23H8.C13.     35H.8.C.6.      27  Elix.  c.  6  &  7.       4  fef  5  W.&  M.  e.  14. 

31.     3  G.  2.  c.  25.     4  Geo.  2.  c.  7.     6  Geo.  2.  c.  37.     24  Geo.  2.  e.  IS.  and  29  Geo.  2.  c.  19.  'which  Statutes  provide farther  for  the  Sualif cations, 
Regift.  178,  179,  i8:>. 

CAP.     X. 

The  Remedy  againft  Confpirators,  falfe  Informers,  and  Embracers  of  Juries. 


Regift.  188. 
Raft.  123,  &c. 


3 Ed.  I.e. 25*.  " 
13  Ed.  I.  flat.  I.  'I 

C    49,  < 

13H.  4.  f.  17.     t; 
Fitz,  Cham- 
perty, 3,  4,  6, 

12,   14,   15.  ' 

a  Inft. 118.  I 

Enforced  by  4 

y.Ed.i  flat.  1.  t 
I  Ed.  3.  flat.  2. 

c.,4. 

4-Ed.  3.  c.  11.  « 
»o£<y.  3.  c.  4.  i 
1  R.  t.  c.4.  a»<J  c 
32  H.  8.  eg.  { 
againft  buying  cf 
Tklet,  &c.  ' 

21  Ed.  3.   f.  52.  « 
Bro.  Champerty,  c 

II.  t 

Raft.  119,  427, 


N  Right  of  Confpirators,  falfe  Informers,  and  evil 
Procurers  of  Dozens,  Affifes,  Inquefts  and  Juries, 
the  King  hath  provided  Remedy  for  the  Plaintiffs  by 
a  Writ  out  of  the  Chancery.  (2)  And  notwith- 
standing, he  willeth  that  his  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench 
and  of  the  other,  and  Juftices  affigned  to  take  Af- 
fifes, when  they  come  into  the  Country  to  do  their 
Office,  (hall,  upon  every  Plaint  made  unto  them, 
award  Inquefts  thereupon  without  Writ,  and  fliall  do 
Right  unto  the  Plaintiffs  without  Delay.' 


EN  droit  des  confpiratours  faus  enfourmours  e 
mauveis  procureours  des  duzeines  enquefts- 
aflifes  e  jurees  le  Roi  ad  ordene  remedie  as  plein- 
tifs  par  bref  de  Chancelerie.  E  ja  dumeins  voet 
qe  fes  Juftices  de  lun  banc  e  de  lautre  e  Juftices  as 
affifes  prendre  affignes  quaunt  il  viegnent  en  pais 
a  fere  leur  office  de  ceo  facent  leur  enqueftes  a 
chefcuny  pleinte  fantz  bref  e  fantz  delai  e  facent 
droit  as  pleintifs. 


C  A  P.    XL 

Nothing  fliall  be  taken  to  maintain  any  Matter  in  Suit. 


ND  further,  becaufe  the  King  hath  heretofore 
ordained  by  Statute,  that  none  of  his  Mini- 
fters  fliall  take  no  Plea  for  Maintenance,  by  which 
Statute  other  Officers  were  not  bounden  before  this 
Time;"  (2)  '  The  King  will,  that  no  Officer  nor 
any  other  (for  to  have  Part  of  the  Thing  in  Plea) 
fliall  not  take  upon  him  the  Buftnefs  that  is  in  fuit ; 
(3)  nor  none  upon  any  fuch  Covenant  fnall  give  up 
his  Right  to  another  ;  (4)  and  if  any  do,  and  he  be 
attainted  thereof,  the  Taker  fliall  forfeit  unto  the 
King  fo  much  of  his  Lands  and  Goods  as  doth 
amount  to  the  Value  of  the  Part  that  he  hath  pur- 
chafed  for  fuch  Maintenance.  (<;)  And  for  this  At- 
teindre,  whofoever  will,  fliall  be  received  to  fue  for 
the  King  before  the  Juftices,  before  whom  the  1  lea 
hangeth,  and  the  Judgment  fhall  be  given  by  them. 
(6)  But  it  may  not  be  underftood  hereby,  that  any 
Perfon  fliall  be  prohibit  to  have  Counfcl  of  Pleaders, 
or  of  learned  Men  in  the  Law  for  his  Fee,  or  of  his 
Parents  and  next  Friends.' 


Erechief  pur  ceo  qe  le  P„oi  avoit  avarit  ordene 
par  eftatut  qe  nul  de  fes  Miniftres  ne  preift 
nul  plai  a  champart  e  par  eel  eftatut  autres  qe 
Miniftres  ne  eftoient  pas  avant  ces  houres  a  ceo 
lieez  voet  le  Roi  qe  nul  Miniftre  ne  nul  autre  pur 
part  aver  de  chofe  qe  eft  en  plai  enpreigne  les  bu- 
ibignes  qe  "font  en  plai.  Ne  nul  fur  thu  cove- 
naunt  foen  droit  ne  leffe  a  autri.  E  fi  nul  le  fet  e 
de  ceo  foit  atteint  foit  forfet  e  encoru  devers  le  Roi 
des  biens  ou  de  terres  lempernour  la  value  dau- 
tantcome  fa  partie  de  foil  purchaz  par  tele  enprife 
amontera.  E  a  ceo  atteindre  foit  refceu  celui  qui 
fuire  vodra  pur  le  Roi  devant  ks  Juftices  devant 
quieus  le  plai  avera  efte  e  par  eus  foit  le  ngard  fet. 
Mes  en  ceo  cas  ne  eft  mie  a  entendre  qe  home  ne 
puet  aver  confail  de  contours  e  des  fages  gentz  pur 
du  foen  donant  ne  des  fes  parentz  e  fes  procheins. 


4  H.  7.  f.  3. 

2lnft    565. 

51  H.  3.  ftat.4, 

52  H.  3.  c.4. 


CAP.     XII. 

What  Diftrers  fhall  be  taken  for  the  King's  Debt,  and  how  it  fhall  be  ufed. 


'  T7ROM  henceforth  the  King  will,  that  fuch  Dif- 
'  ±}  treffes  as  are  to  be  taken  tor  his  Debts  fliall  not 
'  be  made  upon  Beafts  of  the  Plough,  Co  long  as  a  Man 
'  may  find  any  other,  upon  the  fame  Pain  that  is  elfe- 
*  where  ordained  by  Statute,  &c.  (2)  And  he  will 
'  not  that  over-great  Diftreffes  fliall  be  taken  for  his 


•  AdJ<-,23tif  33. 


D Erechief  voet  le  Roi  qe  deftrefces  qe  font  a 
fere  pur  fa  dette  ne  foient  fetz  par  beftes  des 
carues  tant  come  home  puet  autre  trover  folunc 
ceo  qe  ordene  eft  aillours  par  eftatut  ove  la  peine 
&c.  E  ne  voet  qe  trop  grive  deftrefce  foit  prife 
pur  fa  dette  ne  trop  loinz  mtnc  e  fi  le  dettour 

pufle 


A.  D.  1300.  Anno  vicefimo  o&avo  Edwardi  I. 


Stat.  3. 


J45 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
pufle  trover  fuffiffaunte  e  covenable  feurte  jefques 
a  un  jour  deinz  Ie  jour  le  vifconte  dedenz  le  quel 
home  en  pufl'e  purchafer  remedie  ou  fere  gre  de  la- 
demande  foit  la  deftrefce  releffee  endementers.  E 
qui  autrement  fra  foit  grevement  puny. 


Debts,  nor  driven  too  far ;   (-3)  and  if  the  Debtor  can 

find  able  and  convenient  Surety  until  a  Day  before 

the  Day  limited  to  the  Sheriff,  within  which  a  Man 

may  purchafe  Remedy  *  to  agree  for  the  Demand,  *  Read  or. 

the  Diftrefs   fhall  be  releafed   in  the  mean  Time  ; 

(4)  and  he  that  otherwife  doth,   (hall  be  grievoufly  Regift.  97, 1S5. 

punifhed.'  Raft-  pl».  "6- 


CAP.     XIII. 
"What  Sort  of  Perfons  the  Commons  of  Shires  fhall  chufe  for  their  Sheriffs. 


EPur  ceo  qe  le  Roi  ad  grante  la  eflection  de 
vifconte  a  eus  des  corttez  voet  le  Roi  qil  efli- 
fent  tieu  vifconte  qe  ne  les  charge  mie  ne  mette  nul 
miniftre  en  bailie  pur  lower  ne  pur  donn  e  tieus  qe 
ne  fe  herbergent  mie  trop  fovent  en  un  lieu  ne 
fur  les  poveres  ne  fur  les  religious. 


N  D  forafmuch  as  the  King  hath  granted  the  2  Infl-.  566. 
Election  of  Sheriffs  to  the  Commons  of  the  See  9  Ed.  1. 
"  Shire;"    (2)  '  the  King  will,  that  they  fhall  chuk M- \f'h?/"'" 
'  fuch  Sheriffs  that  fhall  not  charge  them,    and  that  W  Sln!r'*'' 
'  they  fhall  not  put  any  Officer  in  Authority  for  Re- 
'  wards  or  Bribes  ;    and  fuch  as  fhall  not  lodge  too  oft 
'  in  one  Place,  nor  with  poor  Perfons,  or  Men  of  Rc- 
'  ligion.' 


CAP.     XIV. 
Bailiwicks  and  Hundreds  fhall  not  be  letten  too  dear,  to  charge  the  People  with  Contribution. 


DErechief  qe  les  baillifs  e  les  hundredz  du  Roi 
ne  des  autres  grantz  feignurs  de  la  terre  ne 
foient  leffes  a  trop  grant  fumme  aferme  par  quei 
le  poeple  foit  greve  ne  charge  par  contribution 
fake  a  teles  fermes. 


ROM  henceforth  the  King  will,  That  the  Bai-  %  Inft      6# 
liwicks  and  Hundreds  of  the  King,  nor  of  other  Enforced  and 
great  Lords  of  the  Land,  be  not  let  to  Ferm  at  over  amended  by 
great  Sums,  whereby  the  People  are  over-charged  by  4  Ed-  3- r-  '5- 
making;  Contribution  to  fuch  Perms.'  '.   '4  ^f  3-  f;  9- 

b  ;.    „  ,    1  ■    ■  sindfce  a.  H.  4. 

C.  $.'  and  23  H.  6.  c.  9.  prohibiting  Sheriffs  from  letting  any  Part  of  their  Hundreds  or  Baih-uiuks. 


CAP.    XV. 
In  Summons  and  Attachments  irt  Plea  of  Land  the  Writ  fhall  contain  Fifteen  Days. 


If  N  fomonfes  e  en  attachementz  en  plai  de  terre 
!>  deforemes  contiegnela  fomonfe  e  latache- 
ment  le  terme  de  xv.  jours  a  tot  le  meins  folonc  la 
commune  lei  fil  ne  feit  en  attachement  des  affifes 
prendre  en  prefence  le  Roi  ou  des  pies  devant  Juf- 
tices  en  eire  durant  leire. 


N  Summons  and  Attachments  in  Plea  of  Land,  j. 
the  Summons  and  Attachments  from  henceforth  ^'t%|°ur'     ' 
'  fhall  contain  the  Term  of  Fifteen  Days  full  at  the  Bro.  Attach,  j. 
'  lead:  according  to  the  common  Law,  if  it  be  not  in  4,  f>,  7, 8,  9,  io, 
'  Attachment  of  Affifes  taken  in  the  King's  Prefence,  x3>  'S>  l6>  '7- 
'  or  of  Pleas  before  Juftices  in  Eyre  during  the  Eyre.' 


cap.    xvi. , ; 

"What  fhall  be  done  with  them  that  make  falfe  Returns  of  Writs. 


SOIT  fet  de  ceus  qe  font  faus  retourns  au  man- 
dement  le  R.oi  par  quei  dreiture  eft  delaie  aufi 
come  ordene  eft  en  le  fecund  eftatut  de  Weftm' 
ove  la  peine. 


c  »-|-*HAT  fhall  be  done  with  them  that  make  falfe  lTnft_   r8_ 
'     .1      Returns  (whereby  Right  is  deferred)  as  it  is 
'  ordained  in  the  fecdnd  Statute  of  TVeJlmhylier.,  with  13  Ed.  1,  flat,  t, 
'  like  Pain.'  '■  39> 


C  A  P.    XVII. 


The  Statute  of  Wrtichefter  fhall  be  read  four 

EPur  ceo  qe  moutz  des  meffefours  font  en  la 
terre  plus  qe  mes  ne  foleient  e  roberies  arfuns 
e  homicides  fetes  fanz  norribre  e  la  pees  mefns  bien 
gardee  par  ceo  qe  leftatut  qe  le  Roi  fift  faire  nad- 
gueres  a  Wynceftre  nad  pas  efte  tenu  voet  le  Roi 
qe  eel  eftatut  foit  de  novel  envbie  en  chefcun  conte 
e  leu  e  pupplie  quatre  fojz  par  an  aufi  come  les 
deUs  Grant  i,  Chartres  e  fermement  garde  en  chef- 
cuh  point  fur  les  peines  qe  lenz  font  affifes.  Et  a 
Vot»l, 


Times  in  the  Year,  and  put  in  Execution,. 

AND  forafmuch  as  there  be  more  Malefactors,    ,T  »    ► 
in  the  Realm,  than  had  wont  to  be,  and  that         ' 
Robberies,  Burnings,  and  Mah-flaughters  are  com- 
mitted  out  of  Meafure,    and  the  Peace  little  obfer- 
ved,  by  Reafon  that  the  Statute  which  the  King  not 
long  paft  caufed  tolte  made  at   Winchejler  is  not 
obferved;"  (2)  *  the  Kingwillj  That  the  fame-Sta- 
tute  be  feht  again  into  every  County,  to  be  read  and    , 
publifhed  four  Times  in  the  Year,  and  kept  in  every 
Point  as  ftraitly  as  the  two  Great  Charters,  upon  the    , 
Pains  therein  limited.    (3 )  And  for  the  obfervingand 
tl  '  Maintenanc* 


146       Stat.  3. 


Anno  vlcefimo  o&avo  EdwardiI. 


A.  D.  1300. 


i3Ed.  1.  flat,  i 
c.  1. 


Maintenance  of  this  Stafute,.  the  three  Knights  that 
be  affigned  in  the  Shires  for  to  redrefs  Things  done 
againft  the  faid  Great  Charters,  (hall  be  charged, 
and  {hall  have  their  Warrant  therefore.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond, 
eel  eftatut  garder  e  meintenir  foient  charge  les  .trots, 
chivalers  qui  font  aflignez  par  mi  les  contez:pur 
adrefter  les  chofes  fetes  contre  les  GrantzChartres- 
e  de  ceo  eient  garant,. 


C  A  P.     XVIII. 

Efcheators  (hall  commit  no  Wafte.  in  Wards  Lands. 


2  Inft.  571. 

9  Hen.  1.  flat.  I. 

C  4,  5i 


3  Ei!.  I.  c.  2i.     < 
6  Ed.  1.  flat.  1.    c 
c.  5. 
Er.fcrad  by  14  Ed. 


1  O  R  Redrefs  of  Waftes,  and  Deftruclions  done 
by  Efcheators  or  Subefcheators  in  the  Lands  of 
Wards,  as  of  Houfes,- Woods,  Parks,  Warrens,  and 
of  all  other  Things  that  fall  into  the  King's  Hands  ; 
(2)  the  King  will,  .That  he  which  hath  fuftained 
Damage,  fhall  have  a  Writ  of  Wafte  out  of  the 
Chancery  againft  the ,  Efcheator  .for  his  Act,  or  the 
Subefcheator  for  his  Act  (if  he  have  whereof  to  an- 
fvver)  (V)  and  if  he  have  not,  his  Majefty  fhall' an- 
fwer  by  like  Pain  concerning  the  Damages,  as  is  or- 
dained by  the  Statute  for  them  that  do  Wafte  in 
Wardships.' 

yflat.  1.  c.  13.     56.ZW.  s.Jljt.  I.  c.  13.      See  II  Car.  2.  c.24.  -which  takes  atony  WarJJhip  by  Rcajon  ofTenure.       Regift.  72.      Raft.  693 


EN  dreit  des  waftz  e  deftruclions  fetz  en  gardes 
par  efchetour  e  futhefehetour  des  mafons  parks 
bois  e  vivers  e  totes  autres  chofes  qe  efchient  en  la 
mein  le  Roi  voet  le  Roi  qe  celui  qe  aveca.le  da- 
mage receu  eit  bref  de  waft  en  chauncelerje  vers 
lefchetour  de  foen  fet  ou  le  futhefehetour  de  fon 
fet  fil  eit  de  quei  refpoupdre.  E  ill  nad  de  queiii 
refpoigne  fon  fOvereign  par  autele  peine  quant  a 
damages  come  derrein  fuft  ordene  pax  eftatut  fur. 
ceus  qui  fount  waftz  en  gardes. 


C  A  P.     XIX. 

In  what  Cafe,  the  Owner  fhall  have  his  Lands  delivered  out  of,  the  King's  Hands- with  the. 

Ifluesv 


a  Lift.  57a. 


Regift.  314. 
Raft.  604, 


FROM  henceforth,  where  the  Efcheator  or  the 
Sheriff  fhall  feife  other  Mens  Lands  into  the 
King's  Hands  (where  there  is  no  Caufe  of  Seifer) 
and  after,  when  it  is  found  no  Caufe,  the  Profits 
taken  in  the  mean  Time  have  been  ftill  retained,  and 
not  reftored,  when  the  King  hath  removed  his  Hand  ; 
(2)  the  King  will,  That  if  hereafter  any  Lands  be. 
fo  feifed,.  and  after  it  be  removed  out  of  his  Hands  by 
Reafon  that  he  hath  no  Caufe  to  feife  nor  to  hold  it, 
the  1  flues  fhall  be  fully  reftored  to  him  to  whom  the 
Land  ought  to  remain,  and  which  hath  fuftained  the 
Damage.' 


DErecbief  la ,  ou  lefehetour. ou  le  vifconte  feifift 
en  la  mein  le  Roi  autri  terres  la  ou  il  nad  re- 
fon  de  feifir  e  puis  quant  trove  eft  la  non  refon  les 
iffues  du  meen  temps  unt  efte  cea  en  arere  retenuz 
e  ne  mie  renduz  quant  le  Roi  ad  la  mein  ofte  voet 
le  Roi  qe  deforemes  la  ou  terres  font  iffint  feifies  e 
puis  le  mein  ofte  par  ceo  qil  nad  refon  de  feifir  ne 
detenir  foient  les  iffues  pleinement  rendues  a  celui 
a  qui  la.  tenre  demoert  e  avera  le  damage  xeceur  - 


C  A  P.     XX. 


a 1nft.  574. 
VeiTels  of  Cold 
and  Silver  /hall 
be  elTayed  and 
?0'jche4. 


VeiTels  marked 
with  the  Leo- 
pard's Head. 
Altered  by  8 
k  9  W.  3.  c.  8. 
{.9.  and6  G.  1. 
c.  it.  (.  41.. 

•  None  fhall 
make  annealed 
CrofTes,  r.or 
vermilioned 
Oofiai. 


VeiTels  of  Gold  fhall  be  efiayed,  touched,-  and 

laved 

T  is  ordained,  That  no  Goldfrniih  of  England, 
nor  none,  otherwhere  within  the  King's  Domi- 
nion, fhall  from  henceforth  make,  or  caufe  to  be 
made,  any  Manner  of  Veffel,  Jewel,,  or  any  other 
Thing  of  Gold  or  Silver,  except  it  be  of  good  and 
true  Allay,  that  is  to  fay,  Gold  of  a  certain  Touch, 
and  Silver  of  the  Sterling  Allay,  or  of  better,  at  the 
Pleafure  of  him  to  whom  the  Work  belongeth  ;  and" 
that  none  work  worfe  Silver  than  Money.  (2)  And 
that  no  Manner  of  Veflel  of  Silver  depart  out  of  the 
Hands  of  the  Workers,  until  it  be  effayed  by  the 
Wardens  of  the  Craft ;  and  further,  that  it  be  mark- 
ed with  the  Leopard's  Head  ;  {%)  and  that  they  work 
no  worfe  Gold  than  of  the  Touch  oi "Paris.  (4) 
And  that  the  Wardens  of  the  Craft  fhall  go  from 
Shop  to  Shop  among  the  Goldfmiths,  to  effay  if  their 
Gold  be  of  the  fame  Touch  that  is  fpoken  of  before  ; 
[0  and  if  they  find  any  other  than  of  the  Touch 
aforefaid,  the  Gold  fhall  be  forfeit  to  the  King. 
(6).  And  that  none  fhall  make*  Rings,  CrOffes,  nor 
Locks,  (7)  and  that  none  fhall  fet  any  Stone  in  Gold,, 


marked-.     The  King's  Prerogative  fhall  be 


Rd'ene  eft  qe  mil  oufeure  dEngleterre  ne  dail- 
Iours  de  la  feignurie  le  Roi  ne  overe-  ne  face 
de.  ci>  en:-avant  nule  manere.de  veflele.de  jbiaus. 
nautre  chofe  dor  ne  dargent  qe  ne  feit  de  ban  e 
de  verrai  alai  ceft  afavoir  or  de  certeine  tuche  e.- 
argent  del  alay  de  le  efterling  ou  de  meilur  alay 
folunc  la  volente  de  celui  a  qui  les  ovres  font.  E 
qe  nul  ne  overe  pir  argent  qe  moneie.  E  qe  nut 
manere  de  veffele  de  argent  ne  parte  hors  des  mein& 
as  overers  tant  qe  ele  foit.affaie  par  les  gardeins  du: 
mefter  e  qe  ele  foit  fignee  de  une  tefte  de  leopart* 
qe  nul  ne  overe  pir  or  qe  tuche  de  Parys.  E:  qe 
les  gardeins  du  mefter  aillent  de  fhope  en  fhope 
entre  les  overers  affaiaht  qe(  lor  foit  ticle  come  le 
tuche  avantdite  e  fil  trovent  nul  pir  qe  la  tuche  qe 
lovere  foit  forfet  au  Roi..,  Qe  nul. ne  face  anels, 


A.  D.  1300. 


Anno  vicefimo  octavo  Bdwarih  I. 


Stat. 


47 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tuir.  Lond. 
croys  ne  fcrmail  crois  qe  nu!  ne  mette  pere  en  or 
-ft  ii  ne  Ml  natufele.  Qe  taillurs  de  amans  e  de 
feals  qe  il  reridcnt  a  chelcuny  fon  poys  dargent  e 
dor  aufi  avant  come  il  le  poent  faver  fur  leur  leaute 
e  les  jueus  dor  qii  tint  entre  meins  de  viele  overe, 
qil  fen  deliverent  a  pluftdft  qil  poent  e  fil  acha- 
tent  defore  en  avant  de  meifme  cele  overe  qil  le 
achatent'pur  depefcer  e  ne  mie  pur  revendre  e  en 
totes  les  bones  viles  dEngleterre  ou  y  a  orfeures 
qil  facent  meifmes  les  eftatutz  qe  ceus  de  Loundres 
fount  e  qe  un  viegne  de  chefcune  vile  pur  touz  a! 
Loundres  de  querre  lour  certain  turhe.  E  fi  nul 
©rfeure  foit  atteint  qe  autrement  le  face  qe  defus  He 
eft  ordene  foit  puny  par  prifon  e  par  ranceon  a  la 
volunte  le  Roi.  En  totes  les  choies  defufdites  e 
chefcune  de  eles  voei  le  Roi  e  entent  il  &  foen  con- 
fail  e  tcuz  ceus  qui  a  ceft  ordenement  furentqe  le 
droit  e  la  Seignurie  de  fa  Goroune  favez  lui  foient 
par  tout. 


17  Ed.  4. c  1. 

■and  12  Geo.  2, 


4  H.  7.  c.  2. 
.26. 


18EI.C,  15.     See  farther  5  H.  4.  c.1% 


'  except-it  be  natural.     (8)  And  that  Gravers  or  Cut-  Repealed  by 
'  ters  of  Stones  and  of  Seals  (hall  give  to  each  their  ?!llc'''  c-  *'' 
'Weight  of  Silver  and  Gold    (as  near  as  they  can)  m„\E  f™-, 
'  upon  their  Fidelity;    (9)  and  the  f  Jewels  of  bafe  Gold. 

*  Gold  which  they  have  in  their  Hands,  they  (hall  ut-  +  Jewels  of 
'  ter  as  faft  as  they  can  ;  (10)  and  from  henceforth,  if  Gold  of  old 
'  they  buy  any  of  the  fame  Work,  they  fhall  buy  it  to  Work' 

'  work  upon,  and  not  to  fell  again  ;    (n)  and  that  all 

'  the  good  Towns  of  England,  where  any  Gold  fmiths 

'  be  dwelling,    fhall  J  be  ordered   according  to  this  t  Ma!t;e  the 

'  Eftatute  as  they  of  London  be;    (iz)  and  that  one  fame  Statutes* 

'  fhall  come  from  every  good  Town  for  all  the  Refi- 

'  due  that  be  dwelling  in  the  fame,  unto  London,  for 

'  to  be  afcertained  of  their  Touch.     (13)  And  if  any 

'  Goldfmith   be  attainted  hereafter,   becaufe  that  he 

'  hath  done  otherwife  than  before  is  ordained,  he  fhall 

'  be  punifhed  by  Imprifonment,  and  by  Ranfom  at  the 

'  King's  Pleafure.     (14)  And  notwithftanding  all  thefe  The  prer0„,t;ve 

*  Things   before-mentioned,    or  _  any  Point  of  them,  0f  the  Crown 
'  both  the  King  and  his  Council,   and  all  they  that  (hall  be  faved. 
'  were  prefent  at  the  making  of  this  Ordinance,  will  Enforced  and 
'  and   intend  that  the   Right  and  Prerogative  of  \i\s  am™d«> h 
'  Crown  fhall  be  faved  to  him  in  all  Things.'  *  H.'^'cfili 

2  II.  s-ftat,  2.  c.  4.       tifef  13  W.  J.  c.  4.      Farther  provided for  by  6  Geo.  I.  c.  II.. 


Stat.    De    Ercheatoribus,    made   at    Lincoln,    OSiabis  Hilarii,    Anno 

29  Edw.  I.  W  Anno  Dom,  1301. 


In  what  Cafe  an  Amoveas  manum  fhall  be  granted,  and  in  what  a  Refeifer. 


Ex  Rot.  in  lurr.  Lond.  m.  35.  D. 

AD  parliamentum  domini  Regis  apud  Lincoln 
in  oclabis  Sancti  Hilarii  anno  regni  fui  vi- 
cefimo nono  per  confilium  Regis  concorda- 
tum  eft  coram  domino  Rege  ipfo  Rege  confentiente 
&  illod  extunc  fieri  &  obferva'ri  precipiente  de  con-| 
filio  venerabilis  patris  Walteri  de  Langeton  Co-: 
ventr'  &  Lich'  Epifcopi  tunc  ejufdem  domini  Reg;is 
Thefaurarii  Johannis  de  Langeton  tuncCancellarii' 
Rogeri  le  Brahazon  Johannis  de  Mettingham  Ra- 
dulphi  de  Hengham  Willielmi  de  Bereford  Rogeri 
de Hengham  Gilberti  de  Roubury  Willielmi  Ha- 
ward  Willielmi  de  Carleton  Willielmi  Inge  Jo- 
hannis de  Lythegreyns  Ade  de  Crokedayk  Wil- 
lielmi de  Brompton  Johannis  de  Drokenesford 
Johannis  de  Benfted  Willielmi  de  Mortuo  Mari 
Walteri  de  Glouc'  tunc  Efcaetore  citra  Trentam 
videlicet  quod  cum  inquis'  per  Efcaetores  fuos 
capte  per  quecumque  brevia  regis  in  Cane'  ipfius 
domini  Regis  fuerint  retornate  &  per  eafdem  in- 
quis' compertum  fueritquod  nichil  teneaturde  ipfo 
domino  Rege  per  quod  cuftodia  ten-arum  &  tene- 
mentorum  ratione  hujufmodi  inquis'  in  manii  do- 
mini Regis  peripfos  Efcaetores  capte  ad  ipfum  do- 
mihum  Ke'gem  ullo  modo  periineat  quod  ftatim  & 
abfque  dilatione  aliqua  mandetur  per  breve  domini 
Regis  per  Cane'  precipiend'  quod  Efcaetores  de 
tetris  &  ten'  in  manum  Regis  per  ipfos  captis  ma- 
num fuam  amoveant  omnino  &  exitus  fi  quos  leva- 
verint  de  ipfis' terris  &  ten"  fie  in  manum  Regis  per: 
ipfos  captis  de  tempore  quo  terre  &  ten'  in  manu 
Regis  extiterint  integre  reddant  ipfi  vel  ipfis  cui  vel 
quibus  per  inquis'  prius  per  eofdem  Efcaetores  cap- 


AT  the  Parliament  of  our  Lord  the  King  at  Lin- 
coln, in  the  Utas  of  St.  Hilary,  the  twenty 
ninth  Year  of  his  Reign,  by  his  Council  it  was 
agreed,  *  and  alfo  commanded  by  the  King  himfelf,  That 
from  thence  it  mould  be  obferved  and  done  according 
to  the  Advice  of  the  Reverend  Father  TV.  Langton, 
the  Bifhop  of  Coventree  and  Litchfield,  and  Treasurer 
to  the  King,  John  Langton  then  being  Chancellor, 
and  other  of  the  Council  there  prefent  before  the 
King;  That  where  Inquefts  taken  by  his  Efcheators, 
by  any  of  the  King's  Writs  purchafed  out  of  the 
Chancery  being  returned,  and  it  be  found  by  fuch 
Inquefts,  that  nothing  is  holden  of  the  King  where- 
by the  King  ought  to  have  the  Cuftody  of  fuch 
Lands  and  Tenements  by  Reafon  of  the  Inquefts 
taken  by  his  Efcheators,  that  immediately  and  with- 
out any  Delay  the  Efcheators  fhall  be  commanded  by 
the  King's  Writ  had  out  of  the  Chancery,  to  put 
from  their  Hands  all  the  Lands  and  Tenements  fo 
taken  into  the  King',?  Poffeffion;  (2)  and  if  they 
have'  taken  any  Profits  of  fuch  Lands  and  Tenements 
fo  taken  into  the  King's  Hands  by  them,  from  the 
Time  that  fuch  Lands  and  Tenements  fell  into  the 
King's  Hands,  they  fhall  make  full  Reftitution  to 
him  or  them,  for  whom  it  was  found  by  Inquefts 
taken  by  the  fame  Efcheators.,  that  fuch  Lands  ought 
to  remain;  (3),  Saving  alway  to  the  King  (in  cafe 
that  after  fuch  Time  as  his  Efcheators  have  difcharg- 
ed  their  Hands  by  Force  of  the  King's  Writ,  as  be- 
fore is  faid)  if  any  Thing  happen  to  be  found  in  the 
Chancery  or  the  Exchequer,  or  in  any  other  of  the 
King's  Courts,  "whereby  the  Cuftody  of  fuch  Lands, 
U  2  '  whereof 


feel.  177. 

Fitz.  Livery; 
ii,  15. 
Dyer  j6S. 
*  Before  our  Lord 
the  King,  the    . 
King  himjelf  can* 
Jcnting  and  corn- 
nmndingf  that, 
&c. 

In  what  Cafe 
an  Amoveas 
manum  cum 
exitibus  fhall 
be  granted. 


148 


Anno  vicefimo  nono  Edwardi  I.  A.  D.  1301, 


A  ftefeifor  of 
the  Lan.l  info 
the  King's 
Hand. 


SCc 

5H 

Fitz 

,  1-69. 

5.  f.  2. 

Traverfe, 

Bio. 

Refelfer, 

32> 
Firz 

36, 37. 3s 

Livery, 

5  s- 

34- 

■f  Not  in  Orig, 
Keg  ft.  514.. 

Raa.  548. 


•whereof  the  Efcheators  have  dlfcharged  their  Hands 
in  Form  aforefaid,  fhould  belong  unto  the  King, 
that  immediately  he  in  whofe  Poffeffion  fuch  Lands 
happen  to  be,  mall  be  fummoned  by  a  Writ  out  of 
the  Chancery,  to  be  before  the  King  at  a  certain  Day 
wherefoever,  &c.  to  fbew  if  he  can  fay  any  Thing, 
wherefore  the  King  ought  not  to  have  the  Cuftody  of 
fuch  Lands,  according  to  the  Form  of  the  Evidences 
or  Remembrances  found  for  the  King;  (4)  and  if 
he  come  in,  and  fhew  why  the  Cuftody  of  fuch  Lands 
do  not  belong,  or  ought  not  to  belong  unto  the  King, 
but. that  it  ought  to  remain  to  himfelf,  he  fhall  go 
quit,  and  retain  the  Cuftody;  (5)  but  if  the  Party 
warned  doth  not  come,  or  if  that  he  come,  and  can 
fliew  nothing  to  put  the  King  from  the  Cuftody,  the 
Lands  and  Tenements  {hall  be  forthwith  refeifed  into 
the  King's  Hands,,  to  be  kept  in  Name  of  Wardfhip 
until  the  lawful  Age  of  fuch  Heirs,  as  before  is  faid. 

(6)  And  as  it,  is  (aid  before,  if  it  be  found  by  In- 
quefts  taken  by  the  Efcheators,  and  returned,  that 
the  Cuftody  of  the  fame  Lands  and  Tenements  con- 
tained in  the  Inqueft,  and  feifed  into  the  King's 
Hands,  ought  not  to  remain  unto  the  King,  then  the 
Efcheator  mall  be  commanded  forthwith  to  difcharge 
his  Hands  thereof,  and  to  reftore  the  Iflues  wholly. 

(7)  In  like  Manner,  if  it  be  found  afterward  by  Evi- 
dences and  Remembrances  in  the  Chancery,  Exche- 
quer, or  otherwife,  as  before  is  faid,  that  our  Lord. 
the  King  ought  to  have  the  Wardfhip  thereof,  the 
King  mall  be  anfwered  . for  the  whole  Iflues  and  Pro- 
fits, by  the  Hands  of  fuch  as  held  the  fame  Lands 
and  Tenements,  from  the  Time  they  were  firft  taken 
into-  the  King's  Hands  by  his  Efcheators  by  the  Writs 
abovefaid.  (8)  And  this  Order  fhall  be  held  from 
henceforth  in  the  Chancery,  notwithftanding  a  cer- 
tain Ordinance  lately  made  by  our  Lord  the  King, 
concerning  Lands  and  Tenements  taken-  into  his 
Hands  by  his  Officers,  and  not  to  be  delivered  but 
by  the'King  himfelf,  and  as  it  is;  contained  in  a  cer- 
tain Dividenda,  f  or  Indenture,  made  between  the 
King  himfelf  and  his  Chancellor,  whereof  one.  Part 
remained!  in  the  Cuftody  of  the  Chancellor  J 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
tas  compertu:r>:  fuerit  quod  terre  &  ten'  ilia  debeant 
remanere  falvo  femper  domino  Regi  quod  fi  poft- 
quam  Efcaetores  fui  manus  fuas  amoverint  per 
breve  ipfius  dcmirii  Regis  ut  predictum  eft  aliquid 
contigerit  inveniri  in  Cane'  vel  ad  Scaccarium  feu 
alibi  in  Curia  Regis  per  quod  cuftodia  terrarum  & 
ten'  eorundem  de  quibus  Efcaetores  manus  fuas 
amoverint  in  forma  predicfa  domino  Regi  pertineat 
quod  ftatim  premuniatur  ille  in  cujus  feifin'  ten' 
predi£ta  fuerint  per  breve  de  Cane'  quod  fit  ad  cer- 
tum  diem  coram  domino  Rege  ubicumque  fuerit 
&c.  oftens'  fi  quid  pro  fe  habeat  vel  dicere  fciat 
quare  dominus  Rex  cuftodiam  eorundem  ten'  ha- 
bere non  debeat  juxta  formam  evidentiarum  feu 
memorandorum  pro  ipfo  Rege  compertorum.  Et 
fi  venerit  &  pro  fe  oftendat  quare  eadem  cuftodia 
ad  dominum  Regem  non  pertineat  aut  pertinere 
non  debeat  \jinmo  quod  Jibi  remanere  debeat  recedat 
quietus  y  cuftodiam  Mam  retineat  fi  autem  premuni- 
tus  non  venerit  vel  fi  venerit  &  nicbil  dicit  quare  Rex 
cuftodiam  illam  habere  non  debeat\  ftatim  refeifientur 
terre  &  ten'  ilia  in  manum  domini  Regis  nomine: 
cuftodie  tenend'  ufque  ad  legitimam  etatem  here- 
dum  eorumdem.  Et  ficut  fuperius  dictum  eft  quod 
ft  compertum  fuerit .  per  inquis'  per  Efc*  fa&as  & 
retornatas  quod  cuftodia  eorundem  terrarum  &  ten* 
in  inquis'  contentorum  &  in  manum  Regis  feifito- 
rum  domino  Regi  remanere  non  debeat  quod  fta- 
tim mandetur  Elc'  quod  manus  fuas- amoveant-& 
exitus  integre  reddant  &c.  Eodem  modo  ft  poft- 
quam  compertum  fuerit  per  evjdentias  &  memo- 
randa in  Cane'  ad  Scaccarium  aut  alibi  ut  predic- 
tum eft  quod  dominus  Rex  cuftodiam  eorundem 
habere  debeat  refpondeatm-  ipft  domino  Regi  de 
exitibus  integre  per  manus  illorum  qui  terras  & 
tenementa  ilia  tenuerunt  a  tote  tempore  poftquam 
ten'  iJla  pri'mo  in  manum' ipfius  domini  Regis  per 
Efcaetores  fuas  capta  fuerun't  per  brevia  fupradicta. 
Et  ifte  modus  obfervetur  decetero  in  Cane'  non 
obftante  quadam.  ordinatione  nuper  per  dominum. 
Regem  fadla  de  terris  &  ten'  in  manum  fuam  per 
miniftros  fuos  captjs  &  non  liberandis  nift  per  ip- 
,'fiim  dbminum  Regem  &  prout  continetur  in  qua- 
dam  dividenda  inter  ipfum  Regem  &  CancTacta  be 
cujus  una  pars  penes  Cane*  remanet.     . 


1-..  H.  7.  c.  5. 
$U  farther   1 6 

for.  i.  c.  19. 

Crid  zz  Cjt.  2  . 
..8. 

1  Arm.  flat.  1. 
1.  15. 

*  trim 

S   nfti  Paja  eft 
ftemoAna  Re- 
gi 3  et  orrines 
^  11  habe^nt 
xxx  denar.  vive 
pecunie  in  do- 
ino  fua  dabunt 
LlUm  dtnarium 


TraSiatus  de  Ponderibus  at  Menfuris\  Anno  31  Edw.  I. 


Cotton  MS.  Claudius,  D.  2.. 
ER  Ordinacionem  tocius  regni  Anglie  fuit  menfura  Donaini  Regis  compoftta  videlicet  quod  denarius; 
qui  vocatur  fterlingus  rotundus  &  fine  to'nfura  ponderabit  triginta  duo  grana  frumenti  in  medio  Spice- 
Et  uncia  ponderabit  viginti  denarios.  Et  duodecim  uncie  faciunt  libram  London-  Et  duodecim  libre 
Zi  dimid'  faciunt  petram  London.  Et  oclro  libre  frumenti  faciunt  galonem  Libra  continet  viginti  fblidos- 
Et  oeto  galones  faciunt  bufTelhim  London  a.  Saccus  lane  debet  ponderare  viginti  &  odto  petras  &  folebat 
ponderare  urfam  fummam  frumenti  &  ponderat  fextam  partem  unius  carri  de  plumbo  fexies  viginti  petre 
faciunt  carrum  plumbi  fcilicet  magnum  carrum  London'  fet  carrus  del  Peek  eft  multo  minus  *. 

Item  carrus  plumbi  conftat  ex  triginta  fotmallis  &  quodlibet  fotmal  continet  fex  petras  duabus  libris  mi- 
nus. Et  quelibet  petra  habet  duodecim  libras  &  quehbet  libra  conftat  ex  viginti  quinque  (blidis  in  pondere 
ftimma  librarum  in  le  fotma!  Ixx.  fumma  petrarum  in  le  Carre  viii.  xx.  &  xv.  petre  &  probetur  per  fexies  tri- 
ginta que  funt  n-ovies  viginti  fet  in  quolibet  fotmal  fubtrahuntur  due  libre  a  prediclia  multiplicacione  qe  funt 
lx.  libre  conftituentes  quinque  petras.  Ita  funt  in  le  Carre  viii.  xx.  xv.  petre  fecundum  veroquofdam  alios, 
le  Carre  confiftit  ex  xii.  Weyes  &  hoc  fecundum  troni  ponderacionem  Weya  enim  tarn  plumbi  quam.  lane  lint 

in  ftflo  Apoftoloium  Petri  et  Pauli,     ALMS. 


»  The  Tranflation  of  the  Beginning  of  thU  Ordinance,  thus  far,  is  yrinted  before,  in  the  Ajpfiipams,  &c*fol.  at, 
Sscunda  Pari  Vtttrum  Statutorum, 


The  reft  fiom  the 
fepj 


A.  D.  1303, 


Anno  tricefimo  primo  Edwardi   I. 


149 


Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2 


fepi  cafei  ponderabunt  xiiii.  petras  Et  duo  Weye  lane  faciunt  faccum.    Et  xii.  facci  faciunt  le  laft  f.     Laft  t  V«t_ina  eft 
vero  allecis  continet  decern  miliaria.     Et  quodlibet  miliare  continet  x.  c.  Et  quodlibet  c.  continet  vi.  xx.        Sb°«  fcribitw 

Item  laft  coriorum  conftat  ex  viginti  dacris  &  quodlibet  dacre  conftat  ex  decern  corns.  _  fecundumPhy- 

Item  dacre  Cirotecarum  conftat  ex  decern  paribus  dacre  vero  ferrorum  equorum  conftat  ex  viginti  ferris.       ficos  r. 
"     Item  duodena cirotecarum  pergameni  &alute  continet  in  fuo  genere  xii.  pelles1  vel  xii.  paria  cirotecarum.    Alio  MS, 

Item  centena  cere  zucari:  piperis  cumini  amiglalarum  &  alome  continet  xiii.  petras  &  dimid'  &  quelibet 
petra  continet  viii.  li.  fumma  librarum  in  centena  cviii.  libre.  Et  conftat  centena  ex  v.  xx.  Et  quelibet  libra 
ex  viginti  quinque  folidis.  Et  fciend'quod  quelibet  libra  dedenariis  &  fpeciebus  utpote  in  electuariis  confiftk. 
folummodo  ex  pondere  xx.  s.  Libra  vero  omnium  aliarum  rerum  confiftit  ex  viginti  quinque  folidis  Uncia 
vero  in  electuariis  confiftit  ex  viginti  denariis.  Et  libra  continet  xii.  uncias.  In  aliis  vero  rebus  libra  con^ 
tinet  quindecim  uncias  uncia  eft  hinc  inde  in  pondere  viginti  denariorum  Centena  lini  &  Canabi  &linee  tele 
confiftit  ex  cent' ulnis.  Et  quelibet  Centena  confiftit  ex  vi.  xx.  Centena  vero  ferri  &  folidorum  conftat  ex 
v.  xx.  Garba  J  aiferis  conftat  ex  triginta  peciis  Duodena  ferri  ex  fex  peciis  Item  feem  vitri  conftat  ex  xxiiii.  t*ChalyKa  Al, 
petris  &  quelibet  petra  conftat  ex  quinque  libris.     Et  ita  continet  le  feem  vi.  xx.  libras. 

Item  binda  anguillarum  conftat  ex  decern  ftiks  Et  quelibet  ftik  ex  viginti  quinque  anguillis  Binda  pellium 
continet  xxxii.  timbr'  fenelliocuniculorum&  grifi  continet  quadraginta  pelles  Cheef  de  fuftiano  conftat  ex 
trefdecim  ulnis  Caput  findonis  ex  decern  ulnis  Le  rees  allecium  contirtet  quindecim  glenes  Et  quodlibet  glene. 
continet  viginti  quinque  capita. 

Item  centene  Mulvellorum  &  durorum  pifcium  conftat  ex  viii.  xx.. 


Stat.  De  Protedionibus,  made  at  Weftmihfter  1 8  die  Novembris,  Anno-- 
33  Edw.  I.  Stat.  i,.  W  Anno  Dom.  1304.. 

A  Claufe  to  repeal  a  Prote&ion  of  the;  King's  Serviee. 


Cotton  MS.     Claudius-,  D.  2~ 

PUrceo  qe  moltz  des  gentz  purchacent  la  pro- 
tection le  Roi  en  affermant  qils  furent  hors 
du  terre  en  le  fervice  le  Roi  faufement  purveu 
eft  qe  fi  lour  adverfaires  le  voille  chalenger  la  pro- 
tection maintenaunt  quant  il  eft  mife  en  Courte  & 
voille  averrer  per  quauntqe  le  Courte  agardera  q'il. 
fuift  dedeinz  les  quatre  mieres  &  hors  du  fervice  lb: 
Roi  &  en  certein  lieu  iflint  qils  purrount  bien  aver 
venuz  foit  lour  chalenge  eiitre  mes  foitla  protection 
faunz  jour  felonc  fa  nature  Et  quaunt.  la  partie 
fuera  refomons  &  il  viegne  en  Courte  &  demaunde 
jugement  &  dirra  la  proces  &  tendra  daverer  fil  lui 
voille  atteindre  Et  fi  la  pais  die.  encountre  lui  qi 
port  la  protection  il  ferra  tourne  en  une  defaute  fil 
foit  tenaunt. 

Et  fil  foit  demandaunt  perdera  fon  brief  &  ferra 
en  la  greve  mercie  le  Roi  Dat'  apud  Weftm'  xviii. 
die  Nov'  Anno  regrii  Regis  Edwardi  tricefimo 
quarto. 


fat.  5.  c.  19.      1  R.  2.  c,  a,      13  R.  3,  flat,  x;  c.  z6.     7  H.  4.  c. .4, 


DWARD  by  the  Grace  of  "God,  &i.  to  all  24^.  3.- f.'rjj. 

his  true  and  faithful  Subjects,  Greeting.     For-  4-7  Ed.  3.  f.  6. 

afmuch  as  many  do  purchafe  the  Protection  of27     ' ''■'  "'"** 
our  Lord  the  King,  affirming  *  that  they  were  out  of  *"  Adi fe'fclj, . 
"the  Realm  in  the  King's  Service;"  '(2)  it  is  provi- 
ded, That  if  their  Adverfary  will  challenge  the  Pro- 
tection, and  immediately,  when  it  is  fhewed  in  the 
Court,  will  aver  that  they  were  within  the  four  Seas; 
and  out  of  the  King's  Service  in  a  Place  certain,  lb 
that  they  might   have  well  come,   their  Challenge 
fhall  be  entered,  and  the  Matter  fhall  remain  with- 
out Day,  according  to  the  Nature  of  the  Protection; 
(3)  And  when  it  mall  be  refummoned,  and  he  com- 
eth  into  the  Court,  he  fhall  demand  Judgement  and ' 
Hearing  of  the  Procefs,    and  offer  to  aver  his  ChaU 
lenge,  if  his  Adverfary  will  attend;    (4)  and  if  the: 
Country  do  pafs  againft  him  that  caft  the  Protection; . 
it  fhall  return  to  a  Default,  if  he  be  Tenant ;    (5)' 
and  if  he  be  Demandant,    he  fhall  leefe  his  Writ,  Regia.24,  aSai. 
and  fhall  be  amerced  unto  the  King.     Given  at  Wejl-  Raft.  .-92,. 
minfter  the  Eighteenth  Day  of  November,  the   i  hirty  Secffufk'r  ««- 
*tbirdYzzr  of  King  Edward,  j  Son  of  King  He.nr.y,'  "Z%eTZ 

.   9  H.  $.flat.  1.;  c»  3;     4 if.  6.  c.  2.     8//.  6.  c.  13.     33  H.-6.  c.  16.      14  £V,  4.  c,  z.  . 


*  Read  fourth,  "f-  Not  In  the' Original, 


A  Definition,  of  ConfpiratorSj   made  Anno 

Anno  Dom.  1304 


*3  Edw.  I. 


Stat. 


2 .    an< 


d. 


"Who  be  Confpirators,  and  who  be  Champer!:or3; 


c 


Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 
Onfpiratours  fount  ceux  qi  fe  entrelient  per 
ferement  covenant  ou  per  autre  alliaunce  qe 
chefcun  eidera  &  fuftendra  autri  empriie  de 
4 


Gnfpirators  be  they  that  do  confeder  or  bind  aaHt- 7ifrI7> 
themfelves  by  Oath,  Covenant,  or  other  Al-  Fitz.'Ea'rre,^ 
liance,  that  every  of  them  fhall  aid  and  bear  K.el.8'1. 

4  the 


150        Stat.  2. 


Anno  tricefimo  tertio.EDWARDi  I. 


Fitst.  Confp.  2,    ' 

4.5>  1°;  J3.  '4>  c 
J  5,  16,  19,  si,  t. 

8  Co.  37. 

V.  N.B.  56.  ' 
F.N.B.117.  H.'< 
Raft.  132.  c 

*  Inft.  562.  4 

3 Inft.  143. 


Whole  Cham-    c 
pertors.  x 

•  iV«  in  Grig.      t 


the  other  falfly  and  malicioufly  to  indite,  or  caufe  to 
indite,  (z)  or  falfly  to  move  or  maintain  Pleas  ;  £2) 
and  alio  fuch  as  caufe  Children  within  Age  to  appeal 
Men  of  Felony,  whereby  they  are  imprifonecLand 
fore  grieved  ;  (4)  and  fuch  as  retain  Men  in  the 
Country  with  Liveries  or  Fees  for  to  maintain  their 
malicious  Enterprifes  ;  and  this  extendeth  as  well  to 
the  Takers,  as  to  the  Givers.  '  5  And  Stewards 
and  Bailiffs  of  great  Lords,  which  by  their  Seignory, 
Office,  or  Power,  undertake  to  . bear  or  maintain 
Quarrels,  Pleas,  or  Debates,  that  concern  other  Par- 
ties than  fuch  as  touch  the  Eftate  of  their  Lords  or 
themfelves.  (6)  This  Ordinance  and  final  Defini- 
tion of  Confpirators  was  made  and  accorded  by  the 
King  and  his  Council  in  his  Parliament  the  Thirty 
third  Year  of  his  Reign..  (7)  And  it  was  further  or- 
dained, That  Juftices  affigned  to  the  hearing  and  de- 
termining of  Felonies  and  Trefpaffes,  fhould  have 
the  Tranfcript  hereof.  (8)  *  Champerlors  be  they  that 
move  Pleas  and  Suits,  or  caufe  to  be  moved  either  by 
their  oivn  Procurement,  or  by  others,  and  fue  them  at 
their  proper  Co/Is  for  to  have  Part  of  the  Land  in  Va- 
riance, or  Part  of  the  Gains' 


A.  .D.  1 3 04, 

Cotton  MS. 
faufement  ■&  malicioufement  endker  ov.  ,'.:•:;  cn_ 
-dker  ou  faufement  mover  plees  ou  mait  r  r  & 
auxi  ceux  qi  fount  enfauntz  deinz  age  npp  kr  les 
gentz  des  felonies  per  quoi  ils  fount  emprii  nez  h 
moult  grevez  &  ceux  qi  retiegnont  gentz  1  i  jr 
robes  &  a  lour  fees  pur  maintenir  lour  malveis  em- 
prifes  &  pur  verite  efteinJre  auxibien  les  pernours 
come  les  donours  &  Senefchalx  ■&  Baillifs  des 
grauntz  Seignurs  qi  per  lour  feignarie  office  ou 
poer  emprenent  a  meintenir  ou  a  fuftenir  plees  ou 
barettez  pur  autres  parties  que  eels  qe  touchent 
leftat  lour  feignur  ou  eux  mefmes. 

Ifta  ordinacio  &  finalis  diffinicio  Confpiratorum 
facta  fuit  &  finaliter  concordata  per  Regem  &  con- 
filium  fuum  in  parliamen-o  fuo  anno  tricefimo  ter- 
cio  &  ordinatum  eft  quod  Juftic'  affignati  ad  diver- 
fas  felonias  &  tranfgreffiones  audiend'  &  terminand' 
habeant  tranferiptmn. 


'The  Statute  ^Champerty,    made    18  Septembris,    Anno   33  Edw.  I, 

Stat.  3.  and  Anno  Dom.  1305. 


The  Puniihment  of  fuch  as  commit  Champerty. 


3  Ed.  I.  c.  25*. 
13  Ed.  1.  flat.  J. 
c.  49.  zS  Ed.  1. 
flat.  3.  c.  II. 
Raft.  119. 

20  H.  6.  f.  13. 
9  H.  7.  f.  18. 
15  H.  7.  f.  2. 
Regift.  1S3. 
Enforcedby  I  Ed. 
3.  fiat.  z.  c.  14. 

4  Ed.  3.  c.  )i. 
ao  Ed.  3.  c.  4. 
I  Rich.  z.  c.  4. 
•JR.  2.  c.  15. 
and^zH.S.c.g. 
againfi  buying  of 
Titles,  &c.  "which 
farther  enforces 
the  Statutes 
againfi  Mainte- 
nance, &c. 


Writ  of  Con- 
fpiracy. 


Add2S£f33. 


W1 


'HERE  it  is  contained  in  our  Statute,  that 

none  of  our  Court  fhall  take  any  Plea  to 

Champerty  by  Craft  nor  by  Engine ;    (2) 

:  and  that  no  Pleaders,  Apprentifes,  Atturnies,  Stew- 

:  ards  of  great  Men,  Bailiffs,    nor  any  other  of  the 

'  Realm,  fhall  take  for  Maintenance,  or  the  likeBar- 

'  gain,    any  Manner  of  Suit   or  Plea  againft  other, 

s  whereby  all  the  Realm  is  much  grieved,    and  both 

'  Rich  and  Poor  troubled  in  divers  Manners;"    (2) 

it  is  provided  by  a  common  Accord,  That  all  fuch  as 

from  henceforth  fhall  be  attainted  of  fuch  Emprifes, 

Suits,  or  Bargains,    and  fuch  as  confent  thereunto, 

fliall  have  Imprifonment  of  Three  Years,    and  fhall 

make  Fine  at  the  King's  Pleafure.     Given  at  Berwick 

Ttveed  the  Twentieth  Year 


Cotton  MS.  Claudius,  D.  2. 
OME  contenu  foit  en  noftre  eftatut  qenulle 
homme  en  noftre  Courte  nempreigne  plai 
en  Champart  ne  per  arte  ne  per  engine  & 
Countours  Attournees  Apprentis  Senefchaix  Bail- 
lifs a  hautes  hommes  &  autres  de  la  terreja  em- 
pernent  a  champart  &  per  autres  bars  touz  ma- 
neres  de  plees  encotrntre  toutemanere  de  gent  pe- 
rount  toute  la  terre  eft  tropgreve  &  riches  &  povres 
font  travaillez  en  moltz  maneres. 

Purveu  eft  per  commune  Acorde  "qe  touz  ceux 
qe  deforemes  ferrontatteintz  de  tiels  emprifes  feutes 
&  barg-uncs  &  ceux  qe  a  tiel  chofe  fe  affenteront 
etent  la  prifone  le  Roi  de  trois  annz  &  nepur- 
qaunt  ferront  reint  a  la  volume  le  Roy. 


upon   *lweed  tne    1  wentreth    Year  of  the  Reign  of  I 

King  Edward.  (4)  Our  Lord  the  Kiin,  at  the  Information  of  Gilbert  Rowbery,  Clerk  of  his  Council, 
'  hath  commanded,  That  whofoever  will  complain  himfelf  of  Confpirators,  Inventors,  and  Maintainors 
'  of  falfe  Quarrels,  and  Partakers  thereof,-  and  Brokers  of  Debates,  that  Gilbert  Thornton  fhall  caufe  them 
1  to  be  attached  by  his  Writ,  that  they  be  before  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King,  to  anfwer  unto  the  Plain- 
'  tiffs  by  this  Writ  following  : 

II.  Rex  vie'  falutem.  Praecipimus  tibi,  quod  fi  A.  de  G.  fecerit  te  fecurum  de  clamore  fuo  profequendo, 
tunc  pone  per  vadium  &  falvos  plegios  G.  de  C.  quod  fit  coram  nobis  in  oclabis  fancti  Joh'  Baptiftae,  ubi- 
cunque  tunc  fuerimus  in  Anglia,  ad  refpondendum  praedidto  A.  de  placito  confpirationis  &  tranfgreffionis, 
fecundum  ordinationem  noftram  nuper  inde  provifam,  ficut  idem  A.  rationabiliter  monftrare  poterit,  quod 
ei  inde  refpondere  debeat,  &  habeas  ibi  nomina  •plegiorum  &  hoc  breve.    Tefte,  ■  &c. 


An 


A.  D.  1305.         Anno  tricefimo  tertio  Edward  i  I. 


Stat.  4*.       151 


An   Ordinance for  Inquefts,  made   18  Septembris,   Anno   33  Edw.  I. 

Stat.  4.  and  Anno  Dom.  1  305. 

He  that  challengeth  a  Jury  or  Juror  for  the  King  fhall  fhew  his  Caufe. 


Cotton  MS.  Clditd'mss  D.  z. 
E  inquificionibus  -  coram  Juftio'  quibufcum- 
que  capiend'  &"inquibus  dominus  Rex  eft 
pars  qualitercumque  concordatum  eft  per 
dominum  Regem  &  totum  confilium  ordinatum 
quod  de  cetera  licet  per  ipfos  qui  pro  domino  Rege 
fequuntur  dicatur  quod  juratores  inquifitionum  il- 
laftmrfeu  -aliqui  illorunr  non  Tunt  boni  pro  Rege 
non  propter  hoc  remaneant  inquifitiones  ille  capi- 
endo let  fi  illi  qui  fequuntur  pro  Rege  aliquos  jura- 
tonim  illorum  calumpniati  fiierint  affignent  certam 
caufam  calumpnie  fue  he  inquiratur  Veritas  illi  us 
calumpnie  fecundum  confuetudinem  Cur'  &  pro- 
cedatur  ad  captionem.illarum  inquifitionum  prout 
compertum  fuerit  fi  calumpnie  vere^fint  nee  ne 
juxta  difcretionem  Jtlftic'  Ifta  ordinatio  precedens 
&  ordinatio  de  forefta  fafte  fiierunt  in  Parliament' 
apud  Weftm'  die  dominica  prox' ppft  feftiim  iancti 
Michaelis  Anno  regni  Regis  E'fil'  Regis  H.  trice- 
fimo tertio. 


OF  Inquefts  to  be  taken  before  any  of  the  Juf-  Raft.  nj. 
tices,  and  wherein  our  Lord  the  King  is  Party  F'tz-.Chall.  17, 
hbwfoever  it  be  ;    it  is  agreed  and  ordained  by  ^'  6qL*^7'  t 
the  Kingand  all  his  Council,  That  from  henceforth,  I5?"        '  **' 
notwithftanding  it  be  alledged  by  them  that  fue  for 
the  King,  that  the  Jurors  of  thofe  Inquefts,  or  fome 
of  them,  be  not  indifferent  for  the  King,  yet  fuch 
Inquefts  fhall  not  remain  untalcen  for  that  Caufe ; 
(2)  but  if  they  that  fue  for  the  King  will  challenge 
any  of  thofe  Jurors,  they  fhall  afiign  of  their  Chal- 
lenge a  Caufe' certain,    and  the  Truth  of  the  fame 
Challenge  fhall  be  enquired  of  according  to  the  Cuf- 
tom  of  the  Court ;    and  let  it  be  proceeded  to  the 
Taking  of  the  fame  Inquifitions,  as  it  fhall  be  found,, 
if  the  Challenges  be  true,   or  not,  after  the  Discre- 
tion of  the  Juftices. 

'  II.  This  Ordinance  precedent,   and  the  Ordinance 
following  of  the  Eoreft,  were  made  in  the  Parliament 
at  Wejlminflcr,  the  Sunday  next  before  the  Feaft  of  *  Read  Michael. 
Saint  *  Matthew  theJpoflle,  .the  three  and  thirtieth  Sse  farther  *$ 
Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Edward,  Son  of  King  Ed-  l-fi*--  5- 

TT  3  c.  ?.    7  H,  7. 

HENRY.'  4- ^  33 IB. 

.„  .:.' 8.  c.  aj.- 


Ordinatio  Foreftzs,  made  Anno   33  Edw.  I.   Stat.  5.   and  Anno  Dora*. 

They  whofe  Woods  are -difaforefted,  fhall  not  have  Common  or  other  Eafement  in*  the  Foreflp.. 

Cotton  MS.     Vefpafian,  B.  j.. 
UIE  .afcuns  gentz  de  font  mys  hors  de  Fo- 

refte  per  la  puraille  &  per  le  grauntnoftre 

Seignur  le  Roy  eient  requis  a  cefte  parlei- 
ment  qil  foient  quitz  de  la  pafture  &  des  chofez  qe 
lez  forcfters  -lour  demandont  ficom,  ils  foleient 
avant  faire  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  refp.ont  puis  qil 
ad  graunte  la  puraille  qil  luy  pleft:  bien  qele  eftoit 
auxicome  il  ad  graunte  Ja  foit  ceo  qe  la  bufoigne 
eftoit  fuy  &  mande  en  maveys  point  Mes  au  meyns 
entent  il  &  voet  il  qe  touz.  cez  demeyns  terre  qele 
part  qil  foient  qont  eftee  de  la  coroune  aunciene- 
ment  ou  qa;  la  Coroune  foient  retournez  per  voye 
defchete  ou  en  autre  manere  eient  eftee  de  franche 
chace  &  de  franche  gareyn  et  en  tiel  manere  foient 
tenuz  h  gardez  a  fon  oepa  pur  toutz  manerezxlez 
beftez  &  pur  tout  manere  des  duytz  qe  luy  plerra 


Et  en  droit  de  celes  qe  terrez  &  tenementz  font  de- 
foreftes  per  la  dite  puraille  &  qe  demandent  daver 
comune  dedeinz  Itz  bondez  dez  foreftes  lentencion 
&  la  voluntee  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  eft  puis  qe  per 
lez  puraillez  ils  cleyment  eftre  quitez  de  pafture 
dez  foreftez  &  qe  lez  beftes  le  Roy  ne  poent  avoir 
lour  haunt  ne  lour  repeire  fur  lez  terrez  dteafo^ 
reftez  ficom  ils  avoient  tanqe  come  mefmes  lez 
terrez  eftoient  deinz  fcrefte  qe  tiels  gentz  ne  dey- 
vent  avoir  commune  nautre  eyfement  deinz  lez 
bondez  dez  boys  ne  dez  terrez  qe  demurent  en  fo- 
reft  mes  fLafcun.de  teux  qe  font  dezafforeftees  per 


HERE  AS  certain  People  that  be  put  out 
of  the  Foreft  for  the  Purliew,  and  by  the 
great  Men  have  made  Requeft  to  our  Lord 
the  King  at  this  Parliament,  that  they  might  be  ac- 
quitted of  their  Charge,  and  of  Things  that  the  Fo- 
refters  demand  of  them,,  as  they  were  wont  to  be  ■" 
(2)  our.Lord  the  King  anfwered,  firft,  That  where 
he  had  ^granted  Purliew,  that  he  was  pleafed  that  it 
fhould'  ftand  in  like  manner  as  it  was  granted,  albeit 
that  the  Thing  was  fued  and  demanded  in  an  evil 
Point;  (3)  neverthelefs  he  willeth  and  intendeth, 
that  all  his  demean  Lands  wherefoever  they  be,  that 
have  been  of  the  Crown,  being  returned  by  way  of 
Efcheat,  or  otherwife,  fhall  have  Eftate  of  Free-chafe 
and  Free -warren,  and  in  fuch  manner  fhall  be  faved 
and  kept  to  his  life  for  all  manner  of  *  Efibeais; .  and 
"for  all  manner  of  Things  that  pleafeth  him,.  (4) 
And  in  Right  of  them  that  have  Lands  and  Tene- 
ments, difaforefted  for  the  faid  Purliew,  and  fuch  as- 
demand  to  have  Common  within  the  Bounds  of  Fo- 
refts,  the  Intent  and  Will  of  our  Lord  the  King  is,. 
1  hat  from  henceforth  (where  Purliew  is)  they  may 
claim  to  be  quit  of  Charge  of  the  Forefts.  (c)  And 
whereas  the  King's  Beafts  cannot  have  their  Haunt 
and  Repair  unto -the  f  Foreji-groitnd,  as  they  had  fa 
long  as  they  were  within  the  .forefts,  that  fuch  Folk 
fhall  not  have  Common,  nor  other  Eafement  within 
the  Bounds  of  the  Woods,   nor  of  the  Lands,  the 

'"which 


a  Inft.  303, 


Read  Btsjls 


They  which  will  I 
return,  their 
Woods  into  the  ' 
Foreft,  fhail  have 
Common  as  they 
had  before.". 
t  Read  Gr'aund-' 
dijaffoKjledt  • 


1 52       Stat.  5, 


Anno  triceiimo  tertio  Edwardi  I. 


A.  D. 


12°S< 


See  16  Car. 
c.  16.  f.  9. 


which  remain  in  Foreft:  But  if  any  of  them  that  be 
difaforefted  by  {he  Purliew,  would  rather  be  within 
the  Foreft  as  they  were  before,  than  to  be  out  of  the 
Foreft  as  they  be  now ;  it  pleafeth  the  King  very 
well  that  they  fhall  be  received  thereunto,  fo  that 
they  may  remain  in  their  antient  Eftate,  and  fhall 
have  Common  and  other  Eafement  as  well  as  they 
had  before.  (6)  Whereupon  our  Lord  the  King 
willeth  and  commandeth,  That  his  Juftices  of  the 
Foreft  on  this  Side  Trent,  and  beyond  Trent,  in  like 
manner  fhall  keep  and  hold,  and  caufe  to  be  kept  and 
holden  ftraitly  the  forefaid  Points  within  their  Liber- 
ties in  the  Form  above  mentioned.' 


Cotton  MS. 
la  puraille  voillent  eftre  mieux  dedeinz  forefte 
come  avant  furent  qe  de  hors  ficom  font  ore  il  pleflr 
bienal  Roy  qils  foient  a  ceo  refceux  iflirit  qils  puif- 
fent  demurer  en  lour  eftat  aunciene  &  commune 
&  autre  efement  aver  dedeinz  cez  foreftez  auxicom 
il  avoient  devant  Pur  quei  noftfe  Seignur  le  Roy 
voe't  &  cOmande  qe  fez  Jufticez  de  fez  foreftez  de 
ca  Trente  &  de  la  Trente  enfement  tiegnent  & 
gardent  &  tenir  &  garder  facent  fermement  lez 
ditz  pointz  en  lour  bailliez  en  la  forefte  avantdite. 
Irrotulatur  in  banco. 


An  Ordinance  for Meafuring  of  Land,  made  Anno  33  Edw.  I.  S,tat.  6. 

and  Anno  Dom.  1305. 


HE  N  an  Acre  of  Land  containeth  *•  Perches 
in  Length,  then  it  fhall  be  in  Breadth  xvi 
Perches;  (z)  when  it  containeth  xi  Perches 
in  Length,  then  it  fhall  be  in  Breadth  xiv  di.  and 
three  Quarter  of  one  Foot ;  (3)  when  it  is  xi'i,  then 
xiii,  v  toot,  and  di.  (4)  when  it  is  xiii,  then  xiii,  v 
Foot,  and  almoft  an  Inch  ;  ( 5 )  when  xiv,  then  xi. 
vii  Foot,  and  almoft  an  Inch;  (6)  when  ct,  then 
*•  and'  di.  ii-  Foot,  and  Hi  Quarter  of  a  Foot;  (7) 
when  xvi,  then  x.  (8)  when  wii,  then /x,  vi  Foot, 
Hi  q.  of  a  Foot,  and  almoft  half  an  Inch  ;  (9)  when 
xviii,  then  viii,  xiv  Foot,  and  viii  Inches;  (10) 
v/hen  xix,  then  viii,  vi  Foot  and  xi  Inches,  and  di. 
(11)  when  xx,  then  viii  Perches;  (12)  when  xxi, 
then  vii  Perches,  x  Foot,  ii  Inches,  and  Hi  q.  of  an 
Inch;  (13)  when  xxii,  then  vii,  iv  Foot  and  a 
Half;  (14)  when  xxiii,  then  vi,  Hi  q.  ii  Foot,  and 
xi  Inches  and  di.  (15)  when  xxiv,  then  w  and  <#. 
//Foot,  and  winches;  (16)  when  xxv,  then  vi,  vi 
Foot,  and  almoft  ii  Inches;  (ij)  when  xxvi,  then 
vi,  ii  Foot,  and  almoft  di.  ( 1 8 )  when  xxvii,  thenw, 
Hi  Quarter,  v  Inches,  and  di.  (19)  when  xxviii, 
then  v,  xi  Foot,  a- Inches  and  di.  (20)  when  xxix, 
then  v,  viii  Foot,  v  Inches  and  di.  (zi)_  when  xxx, 
then  v,  v  Foot  and  di.  (zz)  when  xxxi,  then  v,  ii 
Foot,  and  viii  Inches;  (23^  when  xxxii,  then  v. 
( 24)  when  xxxiii,  then  iv,  xiv  Foot,  and  iv  Inches  ; 
(Z5)  when  xxxiv,  then  iv  and  di.  Hi  Foot  and  iv 
Inches  ;  (z6)  when  xxxv,  then  iv  and  di.  /Foot,  Hi 
Inches  and  di.  (27)  when  xxxvi,  then  iv,  vii  Foot 
and /winches;  (z8)  when  xxxvii,  then  iv,  v  Foot 
and  iv  Inches;  (29)  when xxxviii,  then  iv,  ///Foot, 
and  almoft  di.  (30)  when  xxxix,  then  iv,  i  Foot, 
and  almoft  ix  Inches;  (31)  when  xl,  then  iv,  (32) 
when  xli,  then  ///,  ///  q.  /  Foot,  and  x  Inches ;  (33) 
when  xiii,  then  ///,  //'/  q.  and  vii  Inches  ;  (34)  when 
xliii,  then  in  and  di.  Hi  Foot,  and  an  Inch  and  di. 
(35)  when  xliv,  then  Hi  and  di.  ii  Foot,  and  Hi 
Inches;  (36)  when  xiv,  then  Hi  and  di.  di.  a  Foot, 
and  ///  Inches.' 

»  Read  nvi'iU 


Cotton  MS.    VeJ^afian,  B.  7. 

OU  ANDO  acra  continet  decern  perticas  in< 
longitudine  tunc  continebit  in  latitudine. 
xvi.  Qu.  xi.  tunc  xiv.  dim.  &  j.  pedem. 
Qu.  xij.  tunc  xiij.  dimid.  ped.  Qu.  xiij.  tuncxiij. 
j  ped.  &  di.  Qu.  xiiij.  xj.  j  ped.  &  j  pollicem.  Qu. 
xv.  x.  &  di.  ij.  ped.  &  dimid. .  Qu.  xyj.  x. 


Qu.  xvij. 
Qu.  xviiij.  3 
Qu.  xix. 
Quando  xx. 
Quando  xxj.  ■ 
Quando  xxij. 
Quando  xxiij. 
Quando  xxiiij. 
Quando  xxv. 
Quando  xxvj. 
Quando  xxvij. 
Quando  xxviij. 
Quando  xxix. 
Quando  xxx. 
Quando  xxxj. 
Quando  xxxij. 
Quando  xxxiij. 
Quando  xxxiiij. 
Quando  xxxv. 
Quando  xxxvj. 
Quando  xxxvij. 
Quando  xxx viij. 
Quando  xl. 
Quando  xlj. 
Quando  xiij. 
Quando  xliij. 
Quando  xliij.  b 
Quando  xiv. 


ix.  iij.  pedes  iij.  pollices  &  di. 

tunc  viij.  xiiij.  ped.  di. 

tunc  viij.  vi.  pedes. 

tunc. viij.  pertic, 

tunc  vij.  &  demyij.  ped. 

tunc  vij.  iiij.  ped.  &di. 

tunc  vj.  &  di.  iij.  pedes. 

tunc  v.  di.  ij.  ped.  &  j.  pollic'. 

tuncv.  viij.  ped.  &  iij.  pollic'. 

tunc  v.  iij.  ped. 

tuncv.  j.  ped. 

tunc  v.  di.  ped. 

tunc.  v.  iiij.  pollic'. 

tunc  v.  v.  ped.  pollic'. 

tuncv. 

tunc  iiij.  di.  iij.  pedes. 

tunc  iiij.  j.ped. 

tunc  iiij.  &  di.  iij.  ped. 

tunc  iiij.  viij.  pedes. 

tunc  iiij.  qrt'  iiij.  pedes. 

tunc  iiij.  iiij.  ped.  &  di. 

tunc  iiij.  ij.  &  j.  pollic'.. 

tunc  iiij. 

tunc  iij.  di.  j.  qrt'  ij.  ped. 

tunc  iij.  ij.  ped.  &  di.  ped. 

tunc  iij.  ij. 

tunc  iij.  d.  ped.  &  v.  pollic*. 

tunc  iij.  &  di.  ped. 


b  Read  xllv, 


n» 


A,  D.  1306,         Anno  tricefmio  quarto  Edwardi  I. 


Stat. 


1. 


SZ 


The  Statute  De  conjun&im  Feoffatis,  made  27  Maii,  Anno  34  Edw.  I. 

Stat.  1.  and  Anno  Dom.  1306. 

Jointenancy  pleaded  in  Abatement  of  a  Writ,  &c. 

Ex  Rot.  inTurr.  Lond.  m.  34. 

REX  omnibus  ad  quos  &c,  falutem.     Non  eft 
novum  quod   nos  inter  ceteras  legum  edi- 
tiones  quas  temporibus  noftris  adinvenimus 
pro  nimia  enormi  tranfgreflione  que  in  brevibus 
Nove  diffeifine  contingit  pre  ceteris  in  illis  brevibus 
celerius   apponi   decrevimus   remedium.     Et  quia 
quampluries  contingit  quod  in  aflifis  Nove  diffeifine 
tenens  excipit  contra  querentem  quod  tenet  tene- 
menta  petita  conjun&im  feofFatus  cum  uxore  fua 
non  nominata  in  brevi  aliquando  cum  aliquo  extra- 
neo  qui  fimiliter  non  nominatur  in  brevi  &  profert 
cartam  que  hoc  teftatur  &  petit  judicium  de  brevi 
concordatum  eft  &  ftatutum  quod  fi  pars  querens 
offerat  verificare  per  aflifam  quod  die  impetratio- 
nis  brevis  fui  ille  qui  talem  exceptionem  propofuit 
fuerat  folus  tenens  ita  quod  uxor  fua  nee  alius  ali- 
quid  habuit  in  predictis  tenementis  tunc  Jufticiarii 
coram  quibus  predi&a  aflifa  arrainiata  eft  retineant 
predidtam  cartam  falvo  in  cuftodia  eorumdem  quo- 
ufque  aflifa  inde  inter  eos  tranfierit  ut  illam  que 
quaii  dedi&a  eft.     Et  fcire   faciant  per  breve  no- 
ftrum  fub  eorum  teftimonio  parti  abfenti  quam  carta 
teftatur  fimul  cum  tenente  qui  prefens  eft  conjunc- 
tim  feofFatos  quod  fit  ad  certum  diem  refponfura 
fimul  cum  alio  tenente  parti  querenti  tarn  de  ex- 
ceptione  propofita  quam  de  tenementis  petitis  & 
pofitis   in  vifu  fi  fibi  viderit  expedire.     Ad  quam 
diem  fi  ambo  qui  dicuntur  tenentes  venerint  &  fe- 
offamentum  illud  advocaverint  refpondeant  &  ma- 
nuteneant  exceptionem  per  unum  eorum  propofi- 
tam .&  fimiliter  ulterius  ad  aflifam  ac  fi  breve  ori- 
ginale    fuper  eos   conjunctim  fuiffet  impetratum. 
Et  fi  convincatur  per  aflifam  quod  exceptio  ilia  in 
retardationem   juris  querentis  malitiofe  fuit  p-o- 
pofita  eo  quod  ipfi  non  fuerunt  conjundlim  feoffati 
■de  tenementis  illis  die  impetrationis  predifti  brevis 
tunc  licet  aflifa  ilia  tranfierit  pro  tenentibus  &  con- 
tra querentem  nichilominus  puniantur  talcm  ex- 
ceptionem proponentes  per  prifonam  unius  anni  a 
qua  non  exeant  abfque  gravi   redemptione.     Et 
caveant  decetero  Jufticiarii  quod  talem  exceptio- 
nem fie  propofitam  per  ballivos  aliquorum  tenen- 
dum non  admittant.     Si  autem  ille  qui  exceptio- 
nem propofuit  fe  ad  diem  ilium  abfentaverit  &  alter 
qui   dicitur  conjundtim  feofFatus  comparuerit  licet 
ipfe  comparens  predi&am  cartam  difadvocaverit  & 
dixerit  fe  nicbil  habere  in  predidtis  tenementis  ni- 
chilominus adjudicetur  aflifa  verfus  tenentem  ab- 
fentem  per  ejus  defaltam.     Et  fi  convincatur  per 
aflifam  quod  ipfi  non  fuerant  conjunclim  feoffati 
die  impetrationis  brevis  predidti  &  fimiliter  convin- 
catur quod  tenens  fuper  quern  breve  fuit  impetra- 
tum vel  alius  no'minatus  in  brevi  difTeifierit  que- 
rentem tunc  habita  confideratione  ad  exceptionem 
in  lefionem  partis  falfo  &  malitiofe  propofitam  & 
ad  diffeifinam  per  eos  fadtam  pars  querens  recupe- 
Vcu-.  I. 


THE  King  unto  all  to  whom  thefe,  &c,  Greet-  ,,  jj, ,,  flst.  ,s 
ing.     It  is  no  new  Thing,  that  among  divers  c;  15. 
Eftablifhrnents  of  Laws,  which  we  have  or-  Fitz-  Brief>  757- 
dained  in  our  own  Time  upon  the  great  and  heinous  2  Inft>  5*4- 
Mifchiefs  that  happen  in  Writs  of  Novel  diJJ'eifm 
chiefly  above  other,  we   have  devifed  more  fpeedy 
Remedy  in  thofe  Writs  than  was  before.     (2)  And 
'  forafmuch  as  it  chanceth  many  Times  in  Aflifes  of 
'  Novel  diffeifin,  that  the  Tenant  doth  except  againft 
'  the  Plaintiff,  that  he  holdeth  the  Tenements  in  De- 
'  mand  jointly  with  his  Wife,  not  named  in  the  Writ, 
'  and  fometime  with   a   Stranger  not  named  in  the 
'  Writ*  and  fheweth  forth  a  Deed  teftifying  the  fame, 
'  and  demandeth  Judgement  of  the  Writ ;"  '  (?)  it  is  Hob.  55. 
agreed  and  ordained,  That  if  the  Plaintiff  will  offer  What  ftaI1  °e 
to  aver  by  Aflife,  that  the  Day  of  his  Writ  purchaf-  ^?ne  when  thi 
ed,  he  that  alledged  the  Exception  was  fole  Tenant,  Ga£*Z£[ 
lo  that  neither   his    Wife,  nor  any  other   had    any  jointenancy. 
Thing   in  the  faid  Lands,  then   the  Juftices,  before 
whom  the  Aflize  is  arraigned,  fhall  retain  the  fame 
Deed  fafely  in  their  Keeping    (until   the   Aflize  be 
tried  between  them  thereupon)  as  that  which  is  in  a 
fort  denied.     (4)  And  they  fhall  let  the  Party  abfent  a  Scire  facia* 
to  underftand  by  *  their  Writ  under  their  Teftimony,  awarded  to  the 
and  alfo  to  the  Jointenant  that  is  prefent,  of  whom  Jointenant. 
the  Deed  maketh  mention,  that  he  be  prefent  at  a  Fitz"  Procefst 
certain  Day  with  the  other  Tenant,  to  anfwer  unto  t9'^e^ ' ,ur> 
the  Party  Plaintiff,  as  well  upon  the  Exception  al- 
ledged, as  of  the  Lands  demanded  and  put  in  View, 
if  it  feem  expedient  for  himj    (5)  at  which  Day  if 
both  that  are  named  Tenants  do  come  in,  and  do  ju- 
ftify  the  fame  Feoffment,  they  fhall  anfwer  and  main- 
tain the  Exception  alledged  by  one  of  them,   and 
further  fhall  anfwer  unto  the  Aflize  as  though  the 
original  _  Writ  had   been  purchafed   againft  both  of 
them  jointly.'    (6)    And  if  it  be  proved   by  Aflize, 
that  the  Exception  was  alledged  malicioufly,  to  delay 
the  Plaintiff;"  of  his  Right,  fo  that  they  held  not  the 
fame  Land  jointly  the  Day  of  the  Writ  purchafed, 
then  albeit  the  fame  Aflize  do  pafs  for  the  Tenants, 
and  againft  the  Plaintiff,  yet  they  that  alledge  the  Ex- 
ception, fhall  be  punifhed  by  one  Year's  Imprifon- 
ment,  whence  they  fhall  not  be  delivered  without  a 
grievous  Fine.     (?)  And  let"  the  Juftices  be  well  ad-  Jointenancy ia 
vifed,  That  from  henceforth  they  do  not  allow  an  Affifes  iha!1  ndt 
Exception  alledged  by  the  Bailiffs  of  any  fuch  Te-  Bailiffs'^  by 
nants.     (8)  f  And  it  he  that  alledgeth  the  Exception  -f  Read  hut, 
abfent  himfelf  at  his  Day,  and  the  other  that  is  named 
Jointenant  do  appear,  although  he  that  doth  appear 
doth_  difavow  the  fame  Deed,  and  fay  that  he  hath 
nothing  in  the  forefaid  Tenements;  neverthelefs  the 
Aflife  fhall  pafs  againft  the  Tenant  that  is  abfent  by 
his  Default.     (9)  And  if  it  be  found  by  Aflife,  that 
they  were  not  jointly,  enfeoffed  the  Day  of  the  Writ 
purchafed.,  and  likewife  that  the  Tenant  againft  whom 
the  Writ  Was"  purchafed,  or  another  named  in  the 
Writ,  did  diffeife  the  Plaintiff,  then  having  regard  to 
the  Exception  that  was  falfly  and  malicioufly  alledged 
to  the  Hurt  of  the   Party,  and  to  the  Diffeifin  that 
they  made,  the  Party  Plaintiff  fhall  recover  his  Seifin 
X  '  and 


154       Stat,  r .  Anno  tricefimo  quarto Edwardi  I. 


A.  D.  1306, 


Jointenancy 
pleaded  in  IVJol't- 
dauncefior  and 
Juris  utrum. 


Jointenancy 
pleaded  in  other 
real  Actions. 


and  double  Damages,  and  they  that  alledge  the  falfe 
Exception  fhall  have  the  Punifhment  aforefaid.  (10J 
But  if  neither  of  the  Tenants  do  come  at  the  Day, 
then  upon  their  Default  the  Affife  {hall  pafs  againft 
them.  (11)  And  if  it  be  found  thereby,  that  the 
fame  Exception  was  lawfully  and  truly  alledged,  and 
that  they  which  alledged  it  were  jointly  feifed  before 
the  Plaintiff  purchafed  his  Writ  againft  them,  the 
Affife  fhall  pafs  no  further,  but  the  Writ  fhall  be 
abated.  (12)  The  fame  fhall  be  obferved,  if  both  or 
one  only  do  appear,  if  it  be  found  by  Affife  that  the 
Exception  aforefaid  was  truly  alledged,  as  before  is 
faid.  (13")  In  the  fame  Order  it  is  eftablifhed  and 
agreed,  That  in  Affifes  of  Mortdauncejlor,  and  J.uris 
utrum,  at  the  firft  Day  that  the  Parties  appear  in 
Court,  if  the  Tenant  alledge  the  forefaid  Exception 

*  againft  the  Demandant,  fhewing  a  Deed  thereupon, 
1  and  the  Demandant  will  offer  to  aver  by  the  Affife  or 
'  Jury,  that  at  the  Day  of  his  Writ  purchafed,  he  that 
'  alledged  the  Exception  was  fole  Tenant,  from  thence 
'  the  fame  Procefs  and  Manner  of  Proceeding  fhall  be 

Fita.  Brief,  762. '  ufed  in  Affifes  of  Mortdauncejlor  and  Writs  of  Juris 
'  utrum,  as  before  is  ordained  in  Affifes  of  Novel  aiJJ'ei- 
'  Jin,  and  like  Punifhment  fhall  be  inflicted  upon  the 
'  Offenders  and  thofe  that  be  convict.  (14)  In  other 
'  Writs  whereby  Tenements  are  demanded,  fuch  Pro- 
'l  cefs  fhall  be  made,  that  if  at  the  firft  Day  that  the 
'  Parties  appear  in  Court,  the  Tenant  doth  alledge  the 
'*  forefaid  Exception  of  a  joint  Feoffment,  and  theDe- 
'  mandant  will  offer  to  aver  by  the  Country,  that  the 
'  Day  of  the  Writ  purchafed,  he  that  alledged  the  Ex- 

*  ception  was  fole  Tenant,  then  the  fame  Procefs  and 
4  Manner  of  Proceeding  fhall  be  obferved  betwixt  the 

4  Parties  until  a  Jury  have  paffed  between  them  there- 

5  upon.  (15)  And  if  it  be  found  by  the  Jury,  that  the 
''  fame  Exception  was  truly  alledged,  then  the  Writ  of 
'  the  Demandant  fhall  abate  ;  (16)  and  if  it  be  found- 
'  en  by  the  Jury,  that  the  fame  Exception  was  falfly 
'  alledged,  and  to  the  Hindrance  of  the  Party,  then 
'  the  Demandant  fhall  recover  his  Seifin  of  the  Tene- 
'  ments  in  Demand,  and  the  Tenant  fhall  be  punifhed 
'  by  the  Pain  above  limited  in  Affifes  of  Novel  dijpifm 
'  as  to  the  Irnpiifonrnent,  and  as  to  the  Damages,  ac- 
'  cording  to  the  Difcretion  of  the  Juftices.  (17)  And 
'  we  will  and  grant,  That  this  Statute  fhall  take  his 
'  Effect:  the  Morrow  after  the  Feaft  of  Saint  Peter  ad 

vincula  next  coming.  (18)  Forafmuch  alfo  as  Pleas 
in  Court  Spiritual  heretofore  had  many  Times  un- 
meet Delays,  for  that  our  Writ  that  is  called  Indica- 
vit  was  many  Times  brought  before  the  Judges  of 
fuch  Matters  when  they  were  begun,  and  thereupon 
our  chief  Juftices  could  not  proceed  lawfully,  nor  in 
due  Manner,  to  award  a  Writ  of  Confultation  upon 
fuch  manner  of  Procefs  ;  (19)  it  is  agreed,  That  fuch 
a  Writ  of  Lidicavit  fhall  not  be  granted  from  hence- 
forth to  any  before  the  Matter  hanging  in  the  Spiri- 
tual Court  between  the  Parties  be  recorded,  and  that 
our  Chancellor  fhall  be  certified  thereof  by  the  Sight 
and  Infpection  of  the  Libel.  (20)  In  Witnefs  of 
which  Thing  we  have  caufed  thefe  our  Letters  to  be 
Patent,  I  myfelf  being  Witnefs  at  TVeJlminJler.  Given 
the  kven  and  twentieth  Day  of  the  Month  of  May, 
the  four  and  thirtieth  Year  of  our  Reign.' 


ilnir.  364,  365. 


Wh-n  the  Writ  i 
of  Indicavit  is  to  t 
te  granted. 
Rcgift.  35. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ret  feifinam  fuam  &  dampna  fua  in  duplo  et  pro- 
ponents exceptionem  illam  habeant  penam  fupra- 
dictam.     Si  autem  neuter  tenendum  ad  diem  ilium 
venerit  tunc  per  eorum  defaltam  verfus  eos  capia- 
tur  affifa.    Et  fi  compertum  fit  per  eandem  aflifam 
quod  exceptio  ilia  vere  &  rite  fuit  propofita  quod 
ipfi  qui  earn  proponunt  fuerant  conjunctim  feoffati 
antequam  querens  breve  fuum  verfus  ipfos  impe- 
travit  non  procedatur  ulterius  ad  affifam  fet  caffetiir 
breve  querentis.     Hoc  idem  obfervetur  fi  ambo  vel 
unus  tantum  venerit  fi  comperiatur  per  affifam  quod 
exceptio  predicla   ut  prediclum  eft  veraciter   fuit 
propofita.     Eodem  modo  ftatutum  &  concordatum 
eft  quod  in  affifis  Mortis  antecefforis  &  Juratis  de 
utrum  ad  primum  diem  quo  partes  comparuerint  in 
Curia  fi  tenens  proponat  predlctam  exceptionem 
contra  petentem  &  de  hoc  pretendat  cartam  &  pe- 
tens  offerat  verificare  per  affifam  vel  juratam  quod 
die   impetrationis  brevis  fui  i!le  qui  talem  excep- 
tionem  propofuit  fuit   folus  tenens   extunc   idem 
proceffus  &  modus  procedendi  fervetur  in  hujuf- 
modi  affifis  Mortis  antecefforis  &  Juratis  de  utrum 
qui  preordinatus  eft  &  ftatutus  in  affifis  Nove  dif- 
feifine  et  eadem  pena  delinquentibus  &  convictis 
infligatur.     In  aliis  vero  brevibus  per  que  ten'  pe- 
tuntur  talis  fiat  proceffus  quod  fi  primo  die  quo 
partes  comparuerint  in  Cur'  tenens  proponat  ex- 
ceptionem prediftam  de  conjundto  feoffamento  & 
petens  offerat  verificare  per  juratam  patrie  quod 
die  impetrationis  brevis  fui  ille  qui  exceptionem 
illam  propofuit  fuit  folus  tenens  tunc  idem  pro- 
ceffus &  modus  procedendi  fervetur  inter  partes 
quoufque  jurata  inde  inter  eas  tranfierit.     Et  fi 
convincatur  per  juratam  quod  exceptio  ilia  veraci- 
ter fuit  propofita  tunc  caffetur  breve  petentis  &  ft 
comperiatur  per  juratam  quod  exceptio  ilia  falfo 
&  in  lefionem  partis  propofita  fuit  tunc  petens  re- 
cuperet feifinam  fuam  de  tenementis  petitis  &  te- 
nens puniatur  per  penam  ftatutam  fupra  in  affifis 
Nove  diffeifine  quoad  prifonam  &  quoad  dampna 
fecundum   difcretionem   Juftic'.     Et  volumus   &' 
concedimus   quod   iftud  ftatutum  incipiat  tenere 
locum  in  craftino  fefti  Sanfti  Petri  ad  vincula  pro- 
ximo futur'.     Quia  etiam  lites  in  Curia  Chriftiani- 
tatis  hactenus  indebitas  dilationes  multotiens  fof- 
tiebantur  per  hoc  quod  breve  noltrum  quod  v6~ 
catur  Indicavit  Judicibus  talium  litium  in  initio 
earum  delatum  fuit  &  fuper  hoc  capitalis  Juftici- 
arius  nofter  ad  confultationem  fuper  tali  proceffii 
faciendam  rite  feu  debito  modo  nequivit  proce- 
dere  concordatum   eft   quod   tale  breve  Indicavit 
alicui   decetero  non  concedatur  antequam  lis   in 
Curia  Chriftianitatis  inter  partes  fuerit  conteftata 
&  quod  per  infpeftionem  libelif  Cancellarius  nofter 
fuper  hoc  certioretur.    In  cujus  rei   teftimonium 
&c.  T.  R.  apud  Weftm'  xxvii  die  Maii  \ 


*  The  Notes  following  an  on  the  Roll,  viz.  Ilrud  ftatutum  milium  fuit  Juflic'  de  banco  &  in  fingulis  comitaiibus  per  Angliarn.  Ft  mandariihj 
t!i  prefatis  juftic'  quod  ftatutum  illdd  in  difto  banco  publice  faciant  prcclamari  &  quantum  ad  ipfos  pertinct  firmiter  obfervaii.  Eodem  modo 
mandatum  tfl  fingulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam,  , 


Aftuki. 


A.  D.  1306*         Anno  tricefimo  quarto  Edwardi  I. 


Stat.  3,       1 5.5 


Articles  of  Inquifition  upoit  the  Statute  of  Winchefter,  viz.  An  Inquiry 
how  the  particular  Branches  of  that  Statute  be  performed,  and  by 
whom  broken,  made  34  Edw.  I.  Stat.  2.  Anno  Dom..  1306. 


E  perantiquo  MS*. 
O  D  U  S  inquirendi  de  ftatuto  Winton' 
Quomodo  obfervetur.  Et  qui  ea  que  con- 
ftituuntur  in  ftatuto  ex  ftatuto  edito  obfer- 
vaverint  aut  non  permiferint  obfervari.  De  robe- 
riis  &  feloniis  fa£tis  poft  pafcha  anno  regni  Regis 
Edwardi  XIIII.  &  qualiter  de  roberiis  fecte  fue- 
rint  fadte  &  ubi  &  per  quos  di£te  robberie  fa&e 
funt. .  Et  fi  de  corporibus  hujufmodi  malefactorum 
■vicecomites  hucufque  refponderunt  fecundum  fta- 
tutum.  Et  fi  porte  civitatum  &  magnorum  bur- 
gbrum  claufe  fint  ab  occafu  folis  ufque  ad  ortum. 
Et  fi  aliqui  extranei  hofpitati  fint  in  fuburbiis  vel 
in  forinfeca  parte  ville  nifi  de  die  &  tunc  fint  tales 
pro  quibus  hofpes  voluerit  refpondere.  Et  qualiter 
ballivi  &  miniftri  villarum  fecerint  inquifitiones. 
Et  fi  vigilie  facie  fuerint  fecundum  ftatutum.  Et 
fi"  vigilatores  debito  modo  fecerint  vigilias.  Et  fi 
regales  vie  a  villis  mercatoriis  elargate  fint,  &  qui 
eas  elargiafle  debuerat,  &  qui  elargiationem  impe- 
diunt.  Et  fi  omnes  inter  xv  annos  &  Ix  fint  ju- 
rati  ad  confervationem  pacis.  Et  fi  habeant  arma 
in  domibus  fuis  prout  ftatuitur.  .Et-fi  cqnftabula- 
rii  fecerint  vifum  armorum.  Et  fi  ballivi  liberta- 
tum  &  alii  venerunt  ad  hutefium  levatum  prout 
ftatuitur. 


THE  Manner  of  inquiring  upon  the  Statute  of 
Winche/ier :   when  it  is  obferved,   and  when.    - 
not,  (z)  and  of  fuch  as  have  obferved  the  faid 
Statute,  and  of  fuch  as  have  not  fuffered  the  Con- 
tents thereof  to  be  obferved.     (3)  Of  Felonies  and 
Robberies  committed  after  Eafler,    the  *  thirteenth  *  ^ead  /""- 
Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Edward,  f  and  in  what  'T'S'  A     d  ■ 
Manner  fuch  Felonies  were  done,    where  and  by  whom  nvhat  Manner 
done  ;    (4)  J  and  the  Suits  by  Inquefis,  according,  to  the  Suits  -were  made 
Tenor  of  the  Statutes  made  thereupon  after  j    (  ej  and  if  after  Robberies, 
the  Sheriffs-have  anfwered  for  the  Bodies  of  fuch  Of-  andtvbecand 
fenders,  II  or.  not.     (6)  And  if  the  Gates  of  the  Cities  %  ^"ff"ch 

'  AU  v     '  n  r  ,        — .  r    ,        o  Robberies  -were 

or  great  1  owns  were  ihut  from  the  1  ime  of  the  bun  committed. 
going  down  until  the  Sun-rifing.     (7)  And  if  any  J  Not  in  Orig. 
Strangers  or  their  Chatties  were  lodged  in  the  Sub-  ||  Read  m-Mr- 
urbs,  or  in  the  Out-parts  of  the  City,  except  it  were  d'"£f"^"  Sta- 
in  the  Day,  *\  for  whom  their  Hojis  zvouid  not  anfiver  ;  '^Read  mct  ti„ 
(3)  and  alfo  how  Bailiffs  and  other  Officers  of  Towns  //,  thembe  fucb 
have  made  Inquiry  thereof.      (9)  And  if  Watches  fir  -wbom'their 
have  been  kept  in  fuch  Sort  as  is  contained  in  the  faid  H°fi «"'//  an. 
Statute,  or  not,    and  how  the  Watchmen  have  kept 'wer' 
their  Watch.  "(10)    And  if  the   King's   Highways 
from   one  Market  Town   to.  another  be  enlarged, 
4-  as  well  in  our  Lord  the  King's  own  Woods,   as  elfe-  +  Not '"  0r'£' 
zvhere,  according  to.  the  Statute  ;  and  if.  they  be  -not  en- 
larged, to  enquire  what  Ways,    and  where  they  be,  and 
<who  ought  to  have  enlarged  them,    and  of  fuch  as 
do'  hinder  fuch  Enlargements,  **  as  ivell  in  Parks  as  **  NothOrig. 
in  other  Woods.     ( 1 1)  Alfo  if  all  between  the  Age  of 
Fifteen  and  Sixty  be  fworn  to  keep  the  Peace  :  (iz) 
Alfo  if  they  have  Weapons  in  their  Houfes,'.  \\ac-  ff  Not  U  Orig. 
cording  to  the  Quantity  of  their  Lands  and  Goods,  for 
Maintenance  of  the  Peace   according  to  the   Statute, 
(13)  And  alfo  if  Conftables  do  make  View  of  Armour 
in  due  Manner,  %%-and  of  other  Things  belonging  to  their  XX  N°t  In  Orig. 


Office,  or  not.     (-14)  Alfo  if 


ill 


Sheri 

orefiers 


ijfs,  Hundreders,  ||  ||  Not  in  Orig. 


Bailiffs  of  Liberties,  and  qf^T  Forefters,  have  come  at  tfltf  Re3d0ti.cn. 
Huy  and  Cry  levied,  +4-  and.  if  they-  have  made  Pur-  44  Nat  tndrig. 
fuit for  keeping  the  Kings  Peace  according  to  the  Sta- 
tute, or  noi;.' 


A  Statute  of  Amortifing   Lands,    made  Anno   34  Edw.  I;    Stat.  3  a. 
That  Lands  fhall  not  be  aliened  in  Mortmain,  where-there-beMefn.es,  without  their  Confent. 


DE  conceflione  Domini  Regjs  faciertda  fuper 


*»  t  a  ^Ouching  the  King's  Grant  to  be  made  upon  9H.3.  flat.  r. 
'  Inquefts  returned  into  the  Chancery  for  Lands  ^  Z$-  1  E^ 


inquifitionibus  returnatis  in  Cancellaria  de 

terris  ad   manum  mortuam  .ponendis  Rex  c     -*•      to  be  aliened  into  Mortmain,    the  King  com-  J?at-2,  ,3Ed- 

precepit  quod  nihil  fiat  ubi  medii  funt  nifi  religiofi  '  mandeth  that  nothing  fhall  be  done  (where  there  be  q^'  Jjei?ber. 

oftendant  eorum  affenfum  Domino  Regi  per  literas  '  any  Lords  mean)  except  the  Religious  Perfons  eanstat.  perquir, 

patentes  eorundem  mediorum  figillis  fignatas  Et  '  fhew  to  our  Lord  the  King  their  Affent  under  their*?  Ed.  1. 

stiam  quod  nihil  fiat  ubi  donator  penes  fe  nihil  re-  '■  Patents  fealed  with  their  Seals  ;  (2)  and  that  nothing.. s«  35  R-  2- 

tinet  Et  fimiliter  ubi  inquifitiones  fade  funt  et  re-  c  fhall  pafs  in  Cafe  where  the  Donor  refervcth  nothing!'" 5"  23  f" ?\ 

r  ai c,  10.  it'i'raimn? 

Alienations  in  Mortmain,  i  & iP.  &  M.  c.%.  permitting  them  to  ffiritttal  Corporations.  %t)Eliz.c.<.  zi  Jac.  1.  c.  i.  13  &f  ,4  Can.  2.  c.  12.  hemming  ibtnt 
for  the  Benefit  of  the  Poor,  &c,  1&%W.  3.  c.  37.  empowering  the  Croien  to  grant  Licences  to  alien  "in  Mortn-.air. ;  andaGeo.  2.  c.  i6>  rejtrahin?  Gifts  in  Mort- 
main by  With  ' 


This  13  taken  from  the  SecunJa  part  vettrumftatiitcntm  into  the  Englifli  Editions. . 

X  a 


"to-, 


156       Stat.  4. 


Anno  tricefimo  quarto  Edwardi  I.        A.  D.  1306. 


*  to  himfelf.     (?)  And  likewife  where  Inquifitions  be 

*  made  and  returned  without  Warrant,   that  is  to  wit, 

*  the  Writ  Original  returned  with  the  Inqueft,  (4) 
'  and  likewife  unlefs  the  Writ  Original  make  Mention 
4  of  every  Thing,  according  to  the  new  Ordinance  de- 

*  vifed  by  the  King.' 


turnate  fine  warranto  videlicet  brevi  original!  re- 
turnato  cum  inquifitione  Et  fimiliter  nifi  breve 
originate  mentionem  faciat  de  fingulis  fecundum 
novam  formam  per  ipfum  Regem  adjedtis,  &c. 


Statutum  de  Tallagio  non  concedendo,  fadum  Anno  34  Edw.I.  Stat.  4. 
whereby  the  King  granted  Liberties ,  &c  a. 

CAP.     I. 

The  King  or  his  Heirs  fhall  have  no  Tallage  or  Aid  without  Confent  of  Parliament. 


35  Ed.  1,  flat.  i. 
c.  6. 


NO  Tallage  or  Aid  fhall  be  taken  or  levied  by  us 
or  our  Heirs  in  our  Realm,  without  the  good 
Will  and  Aflent  of  Archbifliops,  Bifhops, 
Earls,  Barons,  Knights,  Burgefles,  and  other  Free- 
men of  the  Land.' 


NUllum  tallagium  vel  auxilium  per  nos  ve2 
heredes  noftros  in  regno  noftro  ponatur  feu 
levetur  fine  voluntate  et  aflenfu  Archiepif- 
coporum  Epifcoporum  Comitum  Baronum  Mili- 
tum  Burgenfium  &  aliorum  liberorum  communi- 
um  de  regno  noftro. 


CAP.    IL 

Nothing  (hall  be  purveyed  to  the  King's  Ufe  without  the  Owner's  Confent. 


*  "^JO  Officer  of  ours,  or  of  our  Heirs,  fhall  take 
jzCo.  19.         '  J[>(    Corn,  Leather,  Cattle,   or  any  other  Goods, 

*  of  any  Manner  of  Perfon,  without  the  good  Will  and 
s  A/Tent  of  the  Party  to  whom  the  Goods  belonged.' 


NUllus  minifter  nofter  vel  heredum  noftroram, 
capiat  blada  coria  aut  alique  alia  bona  cujuf- 
cunque  fine  voluntate  et  aflenfu  illius  cujus  fuerint 
bona. 


CAP.    HI. 

Nothing  fhall  be  taken  of  Sacks  of  Wooll  by  Colour  of  Male-tolt. 


*  ^^fOthihg  from  henceforth  fhall  be  taken  of  Sacks 

*  JL\   of  Wooll  by  Colour  or  Occafion  of  Male-tent.' 


"VTIhil  capiatur  de  cetero  nomine  vel  occafione. 


maletoute  de  facco  lane. 


CAP.    IV. 


All  Laws,  Liberties,  and  Cuftoms  confirmed. 


*  "\X/E  w'h"  an<*  grant  for  us  and  our  Heirs,  That 

*  W  all  Clerks  and  Laymen  of  our  Land  fhall  have 
'  their  Laws,  Liberties,   and  free  Cuftoms,  as  largely 

*  and  wholly  as  they  have  ufed  to  have  the  fame  at  any 
'  Time  when  they  had  them  beft  ;  (2)  and  if  any  Sta- 
'  tutes  have  been  made  by  us  or  our  Anceftors,  or  any 

*  Cuftoms  brought  in  contrary  to  them,  or  any  Man- 

*  ner  of  Article  contained  in  this  prefent  Charter,  we 
1  will  and  grant,  that  fuch  Manner  of  Statutes  and 
'  Cuftoms  {hall  be  void  and  fruftrate  for  evermore.' 


VOlumus  et  concedtmus  pro  nobis  et  heredibus 
noftris  quod  omnes  clerici  et  laici  de  regno 
noftro  habeant  omnes  leges  libertates  et  liberas 
confuetudines  fuas  ita  libere  et  integre  ficut  eas  alir- 
quo  tempore  melius  et  plenius  habere  confueve~ 
runt.  Et  fi  contra  illas  quocunque  articulo  in  pre- 
fenti  carta  contento  ftatuta  fuerint  edita  per  nos  et 
anteceflbres  noftros  vel  confuetudines  introduce 
Volumus  et  concedimus  quod  hujufmodi  confuetu- 
dines et  ftatuta  vacua  et  nulla  fint  in  perpetuum. 


CAP.    V. 

Pardon  granted  to  .certain  Offenders. 


*  ]i  /TOreover,  we  have  pardoned  Humfrey  Bobun 
'  J.VJL  Earl  of  Hereford  and  EJfex,  Conftable  of  Eng- 

*  land,  Roger  Earl  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk,  Marfhal  of 
■  England,  and  other  Earls,  Barons,  Knights,  Efquires, 
'  and  namely  jfohn  de  Ferrariis,  with  all  other  being  of 

*  their  Fellowship,  Confederacy,  and  Bond,    and  alfo 


R 


Emiffimus  etiam  Humfredo  de  Boun  Comiti 
Hereford  et  Effex  Conftabulario  Anglie  et 
Rogero  Bigot  Comiti  Norf.  et  SufF.  Marefcallo 
Anglie  et  aliis  Comitibus  Baronibus  Militibus  Ar^ 
migeris  et  J.  de  Ferreres  ac  omnibus  aliis  de  eo- 
rum  focietate  confederation?  et  concordia  exiftenti- 


■  This  ia  taktn  into  the  Enjlifli  Editions  from  the  Secunda  pars  vetenm ftatuterum, 


bus 


A.  D.  1306.         Anno  tricefimo  quarto  Edward  1  I. 


Stat.  4.'       157 


bus  necnon  et  omnibus  viginti  libratas  terre  tenen- 
tibus  in  regno  noftro  five  de  nobis  teneant  in  capite 
five  de  alio  quocunque  ad  transfretandum  nobif- 
cum  in  Flandriam  certo  die  vocatis  rancorem  et 
malam  voiuntatem  ergo  nos  habitam  ac  etiam 
tranfgrefliones  fi  quas  nobis  fecerint  uique  ad  pre- 
fentis carte  confectionem. 


to  all  other  that  hold  xx  Pound  Land  in  our  Realm, 
whether  they  hold  of  us  in  chief,  or  of  other,  that 
were  appointed  at  a  Day  certain  to  pafs  over  with  us 
into  Flanders,  the  Rancour  and  Lvil-will  born  a- 
gainft  us,  and  all  other  Offences  that  they  have  done 
againfl:  us,  unto  the  making  of  this  prefent  Charter.' 


CAP.    VI. 

The  Curfe  of  the  Church  fhall  be  pronounced  againfl  the  Breakers  of  this  Charter. 


ET  ad  majorem  hujufmodi  rei  fecuritatem  yolu- 
mus  et  concedimus  quod  omnes  Archiepifcopi 
et  Epifcopi  in  perpetuum  habeant  in  fuis  Cathedra- 
libus  ecclefiis  habita  ante  prefentis  carte  le&ione 
excommunicare  et  publice  in  fingulisParochialibus 
ecclefiis  fuarum  diocefium  excommunicatos  denun- 
ciare  bis  in  anno  omnes  illos  qui  contra  tenorem 
prefentis  carte  vim  et  effe£him  quoquo  modo  vel 
articulo  fcienter  fecerint  aut  fieri  procuraverint  In 
cujus  rei  teftimonium  prefenti  carte  figillum  no- 
ftrum  eft  appenfum  una  cum  figillis  Archiepifco- 
porum  Epifcoporum,  &c.  qui  fponte  juraverunt 
quod  tenorem  prefentis  carte  quantum  in  eis  eft  in 
omnibus  caufis  et  fingulis  articulis  fervabunt  et  ad 
obfervationem  fidele  auxilium  preftabunt,  &c. 


ND  for  the  more  AfTurance  of  this  Thing,  we 
.  will  and  grant,  That  all  Archbifhops  and  Bi- 
fhops  for  ever  fhall  read  this  prefent  Charter  in  their 
Cathedral  Churches  twice  in  the  Year,  and  upon  the 
reading  thereof  in  every  of  their  Parifti  Churches, 
fhall  openly  denounce  accurfed  all  thofe  that  willingly 
do  procure  to  be  done  any  Thing  contrary  to  the 
Tenor,  Force,  and  EffecT:  of  this  prefent  Charter  in 
any  Point  and  Article.  (2)  In  Witnefs  of  which 
Thing  we  have  fet  our  Seal  to  this  prefent  Charter, 
together  with  the  Seals  of  the  Archbifhops,  Bifhops, 
C3V.  which  voluntarily  have  fworn  that,  as  much  as 
in  them  is,  tbey  fhall  obferve  the  Tenor  of  this  pre- 
fent Charter  in  all  Caufes  and  Articles,  and  fhall  ex- 
tend their  faithful  Aid  to  the  keeping  thereof,  cifc' 


Ordinatio  Forefta?,  made  Anno  34  Edw.  I.  Stat*  5.  and  Anno  Dorru 

1306  K 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  34. 

REX  omnibus  ad  quos  &c.  falutem.  Dum  imbecillitatis  humane  confpicimus  imperfeclum  ac  onera- 
longe  lateque  dift'ufa  noftris  humeris  incumbentia  attenta  confiqeratione  penfamus  intus  nimirum 
pundturis  diverfis  torquemur  diverforum  cogitatuum  fludtibus  agitati  &  vexamur  frequenter  no£f.es 
ducendo  infompnes  quid  agendum  quid  tenendum  quidve  exequenduni  exiftat  inter  precordia  hefitantes  in 
eo  tamen  qui  fupra  cuncla  tenens  in  excelfis  imperium  qui  dat  efle  rebus  &  difpenfat  prout  vult  munera 
gratiarum  cum  fapientie  fue  magnitudinem  humani  non  capiant  intellects  virtutes  refumimus  fperantes  quod 
in  ferviciis  fuis  perficiat  a£tus  noftros  &  fue  bonitatis  dementia  noftram  mifericordiam  videat  &  fuppleat 
imperfe&um  ut  ipfius  fulti  prefidio  per  vkm  mandatorum  Domini  dirigamur.  Profecto  inter  omnia  foli- 
citudini  noftre  &  cure  inherentia  circa  illud  precipue  noftra  non  intermiffive  verfatur  intentio  ut  fubditis 
noftris  regni  noftri  incolis  quietis  &  tranquillitatis  dulcedinem  preparemus  in  quorum  quiete  quiefcimus  & 
in  eoium  tranquillitate  non  fine  fuavitatis  odore  in  floribus  pacis  deiiderate  interius  confoveamur.  Sane  ex 
fidelium  noftrorum  relatibus  &  oppreflbrum  crebris  clamoribus  de  quibus  nimia  mentis  commotione  turba-  ' 
rnur  didicimus  quod  per  miniftros  foreftarum  noftrarum  populus  ejufdem  regni  miferabiliter  opprimitur  de- 
pauperatur  &  diverfis  afficitur  injuriis  undique  moleftatus.  Nonnunquam  etenim  frunt  accufatores  de  Forefta 
&  indi<Etationes  vulgariter  fie  appellate  non  per  legitimas  inquifitiones  proborum  &  legalium  hominum  patrie 
precedentes  ut  juftitia  requirit  fet  ad  didtum  unius  vel  forfan  duorum  de  foreftariis  aut  ad  dictum  unius  vel 
forfan  duorum  de  viridariis  qui  ex  odio  aut  alias  maliciofe  ut  ab  aliquo  pecuniam  extorqueant  quenquam 
accufant  vel  indi£tant  &  exinde  fequuntur  attachiamenta  gravia  &  punitur  innocens  quem  nulla  omnino- 
culpa  feu  delictum  conftringit.  Opprimitur  etiam  populus  pre  multitudine  foreftariorum  &  aliorum  mini- 
ftrorum  quos  cum  non  habeant  unde  aliunde  vivant  per  patriam  forefte  adjacentem  vivere  oportebit  eofdem  • 
et  quod  eft  deterius  pro  jure  officii  fui  vendicant  ut  fie  vivant  ifti  nichilominus  pro  fuis  viftualibus  quibus 
egent  bofcum  fue  cuftodie  aut  fub  fuis  cuftodiis  deputatum  &  feras  in  eifdem  exiftentes  vendendo  donando 
&  multipliciter  minuendo  ac  minui  permittendo  fufceffivis  dierum  proceflibus  deftruunt  &  adnichilant  ad 
noftrum  &  heredum  noftrorum  intolerabile  detrimentum.  Quid  plura  ?  dampna  &  gravamina  que  circa  hec 
proveniunt  ut  accepimus  difficile  foret  per  fingula  enarrare.  Cupientes  itaque  oppreffionibus  &  gravamini- 
bus  hujufmodi  que  abfquegravi  fcandalo  diutius  fub  diffimulatione  preterire  nequimus  modis  Sz  viis  omnibus; 
quibus  poftumus  obviare  ac  regni  noftri  incolarum  paci  &  tranquillitati  pervigili  ftudio  providere, 

a  This  is  taken  from  the  Secmda  fan  veterumjlawtirum  by  Mr,  Pultoni 


C  A-  P, 


1 5  '8       Stat.  $< 


Anno  tricefimo  quarto  Edwardi  I.         A,  D.  1306, 


cap.    L 

How  Offences  done  in  the  Foreft  fhall  be  prefented. 


FIRST,  We  have  ordained  for  our  felves  and  our 
Heirs,  that  all  TrefpafTes  hereafter  to  be  done  in 
our  Forefts  of  Green-hugh,  and  of  Hunting,  the 
Forefters  within  whofe  Bailiwicks  fuch  Trefpaffes 
fhall  happen  to  be  committed,  fhall  prefent  the  fame 
at  the  next  Swanhnote  before  the  Forefters,  Verdors, 
Regardors,  Agiftors,  and  other  Minifters  of  the  fame 
Foreft  ;  and  upon  fuch  Prefentations  there  before  the 
Forefters,  Verdors,  and  all  other  Minifters  afore- 
faid,  by  the  Oath  as  well  of  Knights  as  of  other 
lawful  and  honeft  Men  of  the  nearer!  Parts  where  the 
Trefpafs  fo  prefented  fhall  be  done,  not  fufpected, 
the  Truth  of  the  Matter  fhall  be  lawfully  enquired 
of;  and  the  Truth  fo  enquired  of,  the  fame  Prefen- 
tations by  the  common  Accord  and  Aflent  of  all  the 
Minifters  aforefaid,  fhall  be  folemnly  confirmed  and 
fealed  with  their  Seals.  And  if  an  Indictment  be  in 
any  other  Manner,  it  fhall  be  adjudged  void.' 


Ex  Rot.  In  Turr.  Lond. 

VOlumus  imprimis  &  ordinamus  pro  nobis  & 
heredibus  noftris  quod  de  tranfgreilionibus  in 
foreftis  noftris  de  viridi  &  venatione  decetero  facien- 
dis  foreftarii  infra  quorum  ballivas  hujufmodi  tranf- 
greffiones  fieri  contigerit  prefentent  eafdem  ad 
proxima  fwanimota  coram  foreftariis  viridariis  re- 
gardatoribus  agiftatoribus  &  aliis  earundem  fore-, 
ftarum  miniftris  et  fuper  prefentationibus  hujuf- 
modi ibidem  coram  foreftariis  viridariis  &  omnibus 
aliis  miniftris  fupradiclis  per  facramentum  tam  mi- 
litum  quam  aliorum  proborum  &  legalium  homi- 
num  de  partibus  vicinioribus  ubi  tranfgrefliones  fie 
prefentate  facte  fuerlnt  non  fufpectorum  Veritas 
plenius  inquiratur  &  fie  inquifita  veritate  prefenta- 
tiones  ille  per  communem  concordiam  &  aflenfum 
omnium  miniftrorum  predictorum  folempniter  ro- 
borentur  &  figillis  fuis  figillentur.  Et  fi  alio  modo 
fiat  indictamentum  pro  nullo  penitus  habeatur. 


CAP.    II, 

An  Officer  dying,  or  being  abfent,  another  fhall  be  put  in  his  Place. 


ND  if  it  happen  any  of  the  faid  Forefters,  Re- 
X  gardors,  or  other  Minifters  of  the  fame  Forefts 
do  die,  or  by  Sicknefs  or  other  Means  to  be  hindred, 
whereby  he  cannot  be  prefent  at  the  fame  Swanhnote, 
prefently  the  Juftice  of  the  fame  Foreft,  or  his  Lieu- 
tenant, fhall  put  another  in  his  Place,  fo  that  the  In- 
dictment may  be  made  by  alLin  Form  aforefaid  ;  (z) 
and  that  the  Officers  which  are  to  be  pLced,  fhall  be 
put  in  as  heretofore  it  hath  been  ufed  to  be,  except 
the  Verderors,  who  fhall  be  ordained  by  Election, 
and  by  our  Writ.' 


T  fi  aliquem  predictorum  foreftariorum  regar- 
datorum  aut  aliorum  miniftrorum  foreftarum 
ipfarum  obire  contingat  feu  per~egrjtudinem  yel, 
alio  modo  impediri  quo  minus  interefte  valeat  hu- 
jufmodi fwanimotis  incontinenti  Jufticiarius  forefte 
feu  locum  ejus  tenens  ponat  alium  loco  fuo  ita  vi- 
delicet quod  indictamentum  fiat  per  omnes  in  forma 
predicta  quodque  mjniftri  qui  ponendi  funt  ponan-. 
tur  ficut  hactcnus  fieri  confuevit  exceptis  viridariis 
qui  per  electionem  &  per  breve  noftrum  deputa-. 
buntur. 


CAP.    III. 
No  Forefler  fhall  be  put  in  Affiles  or  Juries. 


nes, 


ND  we  will,  That  none  of  the  forefaid  Mini- 
fters fhall  hereafter  be  put  in  any  Affifes,  Ju- 
or  tnquefts  to  be  taken  without  the  Foreft.' 


ET  volumus  quod  nullus  miniftrorum  predicto- 
rum in  affifis  juratis  feu  inquifitionibus  extra 
foreftam  capiendis  decetero  ponatur. 


CAP.     IV. 

The  Punifhment  of  Officers  furcharging  the  Foreft. 


AND  if  there  be  any  Surcharge  found  of  the 
Forefters,  or  by  fuch  other  as  take  upon  them 
to  be  Officers  of  the  P'orefts,  fuch  Surchargers  fhall 
be  removed  and  imprifoned  according  to  the  Difcre- 
tion  of  the  Juftice  of  the  Foreft,  or  his  Lieutenant; 
(2)  and  they  by  whom  they  were  placed  fhall  be  alfo 
punifhed  at  our Pleafure.  (j)  And  at  every  Swani- 
mote  Inquifition  fhall  be  made  of  Surcharges  of  Fo- 
refters, and  other  Minifters  of  the  Foreft,  and  of 
their  Oppreffions  done  to  our  People;  and  Reforma- 
tion and  Punifhment  fhall  be  done  as  it  is  ordained 
before.' 


ET  fi  fuperoneratio  foreftariorum  aut  aliorum  qui 
fe  gerunt  ut  miniftros  forefte  inveniatur  amo- 
veantur  hujufmodi  fuperonerantes  &  imprifonen- 
tur  fecundum  difcretionem  Jufticiarii  forefte  vel 
ejus  locum  tenentis  nee  non  &  II li  per  quos  pofiti 
fuerant  ad  voluntatem  noftram  fimiliter  puniantur. 
Et  ad  quodlibet  fwanimotum  inquiratur  folempni- 
ter de  fuperoneratione  foreftariorum  &  aliorum  mi- 
niftrorum forefte  &  de  eorum  oppreffionibus  populo 
noftro  illatis  &  fiant  inde  emende  &  punitiones, 
prout  fuperius  eft  exprefTum. 


CAR 


A.  D.  1306.        Anno  tricefimo  quarto  Edward  1 1. 


Stat.  5.       159 


CAP.    V. 

Grounds  difafforefted. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

OUoad  illos  vero  qui  tempore  quo  forefta  deaffb- 
reftata  fuit  tranfgreiEones  de  viridi  aut  venati- 
one  in  forefta  fecerunt  quia  deaffbreftationem  ean- 
dem  &  ut  fententia  excommunicationis  in  contra- 
venientes  fulminaretur  quamquam  de  noftra  bona 
voluntate  minime  proceffifiet  conceffiinus  quam 
quidem  fententiam  dominus  fummus  pontifex  poft- 
modum  revocavit  &  quas  conceffionem  &  deaffb- 
reftationem ex  certis  caufis  revocamus  &  etiam  ad- 
nullamus  volumus  quod  tranfgreiEones  hujufmodi 
pardonentur  tranfgreffionibus  illis  exceptis  que  in 
ea  parte  que  forefta  remanfit  commiffe  fuerunt  Ita 
tamen  quod  haye  &  foflata  facta  medio  tempore 
profternantur  &  penitus  amoveantur  &  adnichilen- 
tur  Sal  vis  arentationibus  noftris  quas  fecund  um 
affifam  forefte  volumus  remanere.  Bofcus  autem 
cefus  &  proftratus  amoveatur  &  bofcus  ftans  rema- 
neat  in  forefta.  Et  ft  forte  aliquis  talis  bofcus  ad- 
huc  ftans  fit  venditus  in  forefta  remaneat  &  vendi- 
tor fatisfaciat  emptori  juxta  quantitatem  portionis 
bofci  ftantis  in  forefta  &  taliter  medio  tempore  ven- 
diti  &  prout  ceperit  de  eodem,. 


'     A  S  touching  them  that  *  commit  Trefpafles  of V  j&a(j  4^. 

'  jt\.  Green-hugh,    or   Hunting,  at  fuch  Times  as  committed.. 

'  the  Foreft  was  difafforefted ;  we  will  that  thofe  Of- 

'  fences  ftiall  be  pardoned,  faving  fuch  Trefpafles  which 

'  were  committed  in  that  Part  which  doth  remain  Fo-     . 

'  reft ;    (2)  yet  fo,    as   that  the   Hedges  and   Ditches 

'  made  in  the  mean  Time  fhall  be  wholly  caft  down,. 

'  removed,  and  avoided;    (3)  faving  our  Arrentatioris, 

'  which  we  will  have  remain  according,  to  the  Affile  or 

'  the  Foreft.     (4)  The  Wood  which  is  felled  and  cut 

'  down  fhall   be  removed,    and  the  Wood  which   is 

'  ftanding  fhall  remain  in  the  Foreft.     (;)  And  if  any 

'  fuch  Wood  yet  ftanding  be  fold,  it  fhall  remain  in  the- 

'  Foreft,  and  the  Seller  iliall  fatisfy  the  Buyer  accord— 

'  ing  to  the  Quantity  of  the  Wood  ftanding  in  the  Fo- 

'  reft,  and  fo  fold,  in  the  mean  Time,  as-  he  received! 

'  of  him.' 


cap.  vr. 

Common  in  the  Foreft. 


VOTumus  etiam  quod  Jufticiarius  forefte  noftre 
vel  ejus  locum  tenens  inprefentia  Thefaurarii 
hoftri  &  per  aflenfum  ejufdem  habeat  poteftatem 
capiendi  fines  &  redemptiones  illorum  qui  funt  in- 
didtati  de  tranfgreffionibus  ufque  nunc  in  forefta 
commiffis  itinere  Jufticiarii'minime  expectato.  Vo-- 
lumus  infuperquod  111 i  qui  communem  pafturamin. 
forefta  ante  perambulationem  factam  habebant  et 
qui  funt  poftea  repoftti  in  forefta  quique  de  dicta: 
communa  per  perambulationem  predidtam  fuerant 
impediti  habeant  communem  pafturam  deceteroin 
foreftis  adeo  large  &  libere  ficut  ante  perambula- 
tionem factam  habere  folebant  Salvis  arentationi- 
bus noftris  in  forma  predicta.  In  cujus  &c.  T..R. 
apud  Weftm'  xxvli  die  Maij.-a 


E  will  alfo,   Thaf  our  Juftice  of  the  Foreft,. 

or  his  Lieutenant,  in  the  Prefence  of  our  Trea- 
'  furer,,  and  by  his  Affent,  fhall  have  Auchority  to  take- 
'  Fines  and  Amerciaments  of  thofe  which  be  indicted- 
fr  for  Trefpafles  committed  in  our  Forefts,  and  not  tar- 
6  ry  for  the  Eyre  of  the  Juftice.  (2)  And  moreover 
'  we  will,  that  they  which  had  Common  of  Pafture  in 
'  the  Foreft  before  the  Perambulation  was  made,  and- 
'  which  were  after  returned  into  the  Foreft,  and  that: 
'u  were  reftrained  of  Common  by  the  faid  Perambula- 
'  tion,  fhall  have  their  Common  of  Pafture  hereafter 
c  in  the  Foreft,.  as  freely  and  largely  as  they  were  wont 
'to  have  before  the  Perambulation  made,  (3)  faving; 
'our  Arrentations  in  Form  aforefaid.  In  witfieis. 
'  whereof,  &c.  at  JVe/lminJler,,  28.  die  Maii,  anno  '34  n  .„  ~ 
'-  Edwardi  primi.'  K.egut.xs. 


Le  Serement  du  Vifcontei 

VOUS  jurrezqebien  &  loiaument  ferviretzle  roien  loffice  de  vifconte  &  a  le  preu  lerorfreetz' en  totes  - 
chofes  qe  a  vous  apendent  a  faire  felonc  voftre  fen  &  voftre  poair  &  fes  droittures  .&  quant  que  a  la  cp- 
ronne  apent  loiaument  garderetz  ne  ne  affenturetz  au  defcres  ne  au  concelement  des  droitz  ne  dcs  franchifes 
le  roi.     Et  par  la  ou  yous  faveretz  les  droitz  le  roi  ou  de  la  coronne  foit  en  terres  ou  en  rentes  ou  en  franchifes 
ou  en  fuites  concelees  ou  fuftretes  voftre  loiale  peine  mettrezde  ceo  repeler  et  ft  vous  ne  le  poetz  faire  vous  le- 
dirretz  au  Roi  ou  a  ceux  de  fon.confeil  de  qi  vous  foietz  certein  queuz  le  dirrount  au  Roi  et  les  dettes  le  Roi 
por  donn  ne  por  favour  refpiretz  par  la  ou  vous  les  porretz  fauntz  trefgraunte  grevance  de  dettours  lever  e  qe 
loiaument  &  a  droiture  tretteretz  le  people  de  voftre  baillie  &  a  chefcuni  freetz  droit  auxibien  a  povre  come  a . 
nche  en  ce  ne  a  yous  apent  afaire  &  qe  por  donn  ne  por  promefle  ne  por  favour  ne  por  haiour  tort  ne  freetz  a 
nuh  ne  autri  droiture  ne  ne  defturberetz  &  qe  loiaument  acquiteretz  al  afchekier  la  gent  de  qi  vous  averetz: 

»  Thefclk-wing  Paragraphs  are  upov  the  Rolt,  viz.  Confimiles  littere  miffe  fuernnt  ad  fingulos  comitatus  per  AngtV- 
Etrrandatum  eft  fingu  is  vicccomitibus  per  Angl'  quod  litteras  illas  in  plenis  comitadbus  fuis  legi  &  ordinadonem  regis  in  eifdem  contentam 

pun)  ce  frciant  proclatriari. 
Rex  jtrfticiario  foreft.  luarum  ultra  Tfenta'vi  vel  ejus  locum  rener.ti  falutem.     Dum  imbecillitatis  &c;  falvis  arentationibus   in  forma  predifta. 

Et  ideo   vobis  p.andamus  cuod  ordmationem  noftram  predictam  in  balliva  veftra  faciatn  publice  proclamari  &  earn  decetero  in  omnibus  &- 

fingubs  fuis  amculis  obferve'.is  &  per  totam  ballivam  veftrar.i  faciatis  firmiter  &  inviolabiliter  obfervari,     Tefte  ulfupra, 
Eodem  modo  fcribitur  jufticiario  foreftarum  regis  citra,  Trentarn  vel  ejus  locum  tsnenti, 

4  rien- 


r6o       Stat.  i. 


Anno  tricefimo  quinto  Edwardi  I.  A.  D.  1307. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
fien  receu  des  defies  le  Roi  &  qe  riens  ne  prendretz  par  quoi  le  Roi  perde  ou  par  quoi  droiture  foit  defturbe 
ou  la  dette  le  Roi  delae  e  qe  loiaument  freez  retourner  &  loiaument  fuire  les  brefs  le  Roi  a  voftre  fen  &  a 
voftre  poair  &  qe  vous  ne  prendretz  nul  ballif  en  voftre  fervice  por  qi  vous  ne  voletz  refpoundre  et  qe  vous 
freez  voz  ballifs  faire  autiel  ferment  come  a  eux  apent  et  que  nul  brief  ne  receivretz,  par  vous  ne  par  les  voz 
fouz  feal  des  Juftices  forfqe  en  eyre  ou  autres  juftices  aflignetz  en  meifme  la  counte  ou  Juftiee  de  Neugate  & 
qe  vous  mettretz  voz  ballifs  de  plus  loiaux  du  pais  &  qe  nul  ballif  ne  miniftre  qi  ad  efte  od  lautre  vifcounte 
fc/fti* »»-    rctendretz  en  voftre  fervice. 

cerning  Fore/:,  iW,  3.  flat.  I.  c.  8.      x  Ed.  j.fiat..*.  c.l&z.     25  Ed.  %.  flat.  5.  c.  7.     7  Rich.  1.  c.  3  &  4.     zzEd.$.  c.  7.       31  H.  8.  c.  5.       32/f.  8.  c.  35. 
tiCar.  I.  c.  16,     2~> Car.  z.  c,  3.     28  Geo.  2.  c.  19. 


%  Inft.  580'. 
95  Ed.  3.  flat.  6. 
giving  King  and   ' 
Lords  Tower  to 
prefent  to  Bene- 
fices of  their  civn 
a'  d  Anctfiors 
Foundation.  ' 


Hob.  148. 


Statuium  De  Apportis  Religioforum,  made  Anno   35  Edw.  I.  Stat,  1. 

and  Anno  Dom.  1307  a. 

CAP.     I. 

The  Caufes  of  Erection  of  Abbies.     Impoficions  fet  by  Priors  Aliens. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  33. 

NUPER.  ad  notitiam  domini  Regis  ex  gravi 
querela  Magnatum  Procerum  &  aliorum 
nobilium  regni  fui  pervenit  quod  cum  Mo- 
nafteria  Prioratus  &  domus  religiofe  ad  laudem  & 
honorem  Dei  &  ad  exaltationem  fanfte  ecclefie  per 
Regem  &  progenitores  fuos  &  per  diftos  Magnates 
&  nobiles  &  eorum  anteceffores  fundata  fuiflent  & 
terre  &  tenementa  quamplurima  effent  data  per 
ipios  didis  Monafteriis  Prioratibus  &  domibus  ac 
yiris  religiofis  in  eifdem  Deo  fervientibus  ut  in  hu- 
jufmodi  Monafteriis  &  domibus  religiofis  tam  cle- 
rici  quam  laici  admitterentur  fecundum  fuarum 
fufHcientiam  facultatum  &  infirmi  ac  debiles  fuften- 
tarentur  hofpitalitates  elemofinarum  largitiones  & 
alia  pietatis  opera  exercerentur  &  pro  animabus 
predidtorum  fundatorum  &  heredum  fuorum  fierent 
in  eifdem  Abbates  Priores  &  Cuftodes  earumdeni 
domorum  &  quidam  eorum  fuperiores  alienigene 
utpote  Abbates  &  Priores  Cluniaeen'  Ciftertien'  & 
Premonftra'  &  San£torum  Auguftini  &  Benediiti 
ordinum  &  ceteri  quamplures  alterius  religionis  & 
ordinis  noviter  per  iingula  Monafteria  &  domos  eis 
fubjedta  in  Angl'  Hibern'  Scotia  &  Wallia  diverfa 
tallagia  cenfus  &  impofitiones  mfolitas  graves  & 
importabiles  domino  Rege  Magnatibufque  fuis  in- 
confultis  fieri  ftatuerunt  &  pro  fuo  libito  ordinarunt 
contra  leges  &  confuetudines  di£ti  regni  ex  quo  fit 
utriumerus  religioforum  &  aliorum  fervitorum  in 
hujufmodi  domibus  &  locis  religiofis  per  tallagia 
hujufmodi  cenfus  &  impofitiones  oppreffis  minuitur 
cultus  divinus  &  alimonie  pauperibus  infirmis  & 
debilibus  fubtrahantur  &  falutes  vivorum  &  anime 
mortuorum  miferabi liter  defraudantur  hofpitalitates 
elemofinarum  largitiones  ac  cetera  cefTant  opera 
caritatis  ficque  quod  olim  in  ufus  pios  &  ad  divini 
cultus  augmentum  caritative  fuerat  erogatum  jam 
in  cenfum  reprobum  eft  converfum  unde  preter  ea 
que  premittuntur  fcandalum  non  modicum  crefcit 
in  populo  &  dampna  innumera  in  exheredationem 
predidlorum  fundatorum  ac  heredum  fuorum  pro- 
cul  dubio  provenifle  nofcuntur  &  adhuc  verifimiliter 
prefumftur  provenire  nifi  tantis  &  tam  gravibus  de- 
trimentis  celeri  &  falubri  remedio  obvietur. 


OF  late  it  came  to  the  Knowledge  of  our  Lord 
the  King,  by  the  grievous  Complaint  of  the 
honourable  Perfons,  Lords,  and  other  Noble- 
men of  his  Realm,  that  whereas' Monafteries,  Pri- 
ories, and  other  Religious  Houfes  were  founded  to 
the  Honour  and  Glory  of  God,  and  the  Advance- 
ment of  the  Holy  Church,  by  the  King  and  his 
Progenitors,  and  by  the  faid  Noblemen  and  their 
Anceftors,  (2)  and  a  very  great  Portion  of  Lands 
and  Tenements  have  been  given  by  them  to  the  faid 
Monafteries,  Priories,  and  Houfes,  and  the  Religi- 
ous Men  ferving  God  in  them,  to  the  Intent  that 
Clerks  and  Laymen  might  be  admitted  in  fuch  Mo- 
nafteries, Priories,  and  Religious  Houfes,  according 
to  their  fufficient  Ability,  and  that  fick  and  feeble 
Men  might  be  maintained,  Hofpitality,  Almfgiving, 
and  other  charitable  Deeds  might  be  done,  and  that 
in  them  Prayers  might  be  faid  for  the  Souls  of  the 
faid  Founders  and  their  Heirs;  (3)  the  Abbots, 
Priors,  and  Governours  of  the  faid  Houfes,  and 
certain  Aliens  their  Superiours,  as  the  Abbots  and 
Priors  of  Cejiercienfes,  and  Prernon/lratenfes,  and  of 
the  Order  of  St.  Auguftine,  and  St.  BenediSl,  and 
many  more  of  other  Religion  and  Order,  have  at 
their  own  Pleafures  fet  divers  unwonted,  heavy  and 
importable  Tallages,  Payments,  and  Impofitions 
upon  every  of  the  faid  Monafteries  and  Houfes  in 
Subjection  unto  them  in  England,  Ireland,  Scotland, 
and  IVales,  without  the  Privity  of  our  Lord  the  King 
and  his  Nobility,  contrary  to  the  Laws  and  Cuftoms 
of  the  faid  Realm  ;  (4)  and  thereby  the  Number  of 
Religious  Perfons,  and  other  Servants  in  the  faid 
Houfes  and  Religious  Places  being  oppreffed  by  fuch 
Tallages,  Payments,  and  Impofitions,  the  Service 
of  God  is  diminifhed,  Alms  being  not  given  to  the 
Poor,  the  Sick,  and  Feeble,  the  Healths  of  the  Li- 
ving and  the  Souls  of  the  Dead  be  miferably  defraud- 
ed, Hofpitality,  Almfgiving,  and  other  godly  Deeds 
do  ceafe  ;  (5)  and  fo  that  which  in  Times  paft  was 
charitably  given  to  godly  Ufes,  and  to  the  Increafe 
of  the  Service  of  God,  is  now  converted  to  an  evil 
End  ;  by  Permiffion  whereof  there  groweth  great 
Scandal  to  the  People,  and  infinite  LoiTes  and  Dif- 
heritances  are  like  to  enfue  to  the  Founders  of  the 
faid  Houfes  and  their  Heirs,  unlefs  fpeedy  and  fuffi- 
cient  Remedy  be  provided  to  redrefs  fo  many  and 
grievous  Detriments." 

»  This  is  taken  from  the  Secundd pars  vetcrumftatutonm  by  Pulton. 

3 


Coiifideram 


A,D.  1307. 


Anno  tricefimo  quinto  Edwardi  I. 


Stat. 


1. 


161 


Etc  Rot.  in  Tmr.  Lond. 
Confiderans  igitur  prefatus  dominus  Rex  fibi  & 
populo  fuo  valde  fore  dampnofum  fi  tam  grandes 
jacturas  &  infolentias  fuftineret  diutius  fub  diffimi- 
latione  tranfire  volenfque  idcirco  Monafteria  Prio- 
ratus  &  alias  religioforum  domos  &  loca  in  regno 
&  terris  dominio  iuo  fubjectis  conftituta  fecundum 
voluntatem  &  pia  vota  fundatorum  ipforum  manu- 
tenere  &  defendere  &  contra  hujufmodi  oppreffio- 
nes  de  congruo  remedio  providere  decetero  ut  tene- 
tur  de  confilio  Comitum  Baronum  Magnatum  Pro- 
cerum  &  aliorum  nobilium  &  regni  fui  communi- 
tatis  in  parliamento  fuo  apnd  Weftm'  die  Domini- 
ca proxima  poft  feftum  fancti  Mathie  apoftoli  an- 
no regni  fui  tricefimo  tertio  habito  ordinavit  &  fta- 
tuit. 


"  II.  Wherefore  our  forefaid  Lord  the  King,  con-  3  Eul(tr-  45« 
;  fidering  that  it  would  be  very  prejudicial  to  him  and 
;  his  People  if  he  fhould  any  longer  fuffer  fo  great 

•  Loffes  and  Injuries  to  be  winked  at,    and  therefore 

•  being  willing  to  maintain  and  defend  the  Mbnafte- 
:  ries,  Priories,  and  other  Religious  Houfes  erected  in 
:  his  Kingdom,  and  in  all  Lands  fubject  to  his  Domi- 
:  nion,    *  and  from  henceforth  to  provide  fufficient 

;  Remedy  to  reform  fuch  Oppreffions,  as  he  is  bound,"  *  Add  "eoriing 
by  the  Counfel  of  his  Earls,  Barons,    Great  Men,''1*"™"""1  , 

1         1  \t    1  1  r  1   ■      T7--  I  •        1   •     t-i      !•  pious  Intentions  of 

and  other  Nobles  of  his  Kingdom  in  his  .Parliament  their  Founders. 
holden  at  We/iminfter,  f  in  the  \five  and  thirtieth  f  Add  on  the 
Year  of  his  Reign,  hath  ordained  and  enacted,  Lord's  Day  next 

after  the  Feafl 
of  St-  Mai  hew 
the  AfefUc. 
\  Read  three.         Confirmed  by  5  Ed.  3.  c,  3. 


CAP.     II. 

Religious  Perfons  {hall  fend  nothing  to  their  Superiors  beyond  the  Sea. 


NEquis  Abbas  Prior  Magifter  Cuftos  feu  quivis 
alius  religiofus  cujufcumque  conditionis  feu 
ftatus  aut  religionis  exiftat  fub  poteftate  &  ditione 
fua  conftitutus  cenfum  aliquem  per  fuperiores  fuos 
Abbates  Priores  Magifiros  Cuftodes  Religiofarum 
domorum  vel  locorum  impofterum  vel  inter  feipfos 
aliqualiter  ordinatum  extra  regnum  &  dominium 
Ilium  fub  nomine  redditus  tallagii  apporti  feu  im- 
pofitionis  cujufcumque  vel  alias  nomine  efcambii 
venditionis  mutui  vel  alterius  contractus  quocum- 
que  nomine  cenfeatur  per  fe  vel  per  mercatores  aut 
alios  clam  vel  palam  arte  vel  ingenio  deferat  vel 
tranfmittat  feu  deferri  faciat  quoquomodo  nee  eti- 
am  ad  partes  exteras  fe  divertat  caufa  vifitationis 
aut  alio  colore  quefito  ut  fie  bona  monafteriorum 
&  domorum  fuarum  extra  regnum  &  dominium 
predictum  adducat.  Et  fi  quis  contra  prefens  fta- 
tutum  venire  prefumpferit  confiderata  qualitate  de- 
licti &  regie  prohibitionis  penfato  contemptu  gra- 
viter  puniatur. 


THAT  no  Abbot,  Prior,  Matter,  Warden,  or 
other  Religious  Perfon,  of  whatfoever  Condi- 
tion, State,  or  Religion  he  be,  being  under  the  King's 
Power  or  Jurifdiction,  fhall  by  himfelf,  or  by  Mer- 
chants or  others,  fecretly  or  openly,  by  any  Device 
or  Means,  carry  or  fend,  or  by  any  Means  caufe  to 
be  fent,  any  Tax  impofed  by  the  Abbots,  Priors, 
Matters  or  Wardens  of  Religious  Houfes  their  Supe- 
riors,, or  affefled  amongft  themfelves,  out  of  his  King- 
dom and  his  Dominion,  under  the  Name  of  a  Rent, 
Tallage,  or  any  kind  of  Impofition,  or  otherwife  by 
the  way  of  Exchange,  mutual  Sale,  or  other  Con- 
tract howfoever  it  may  be  termed  ;  (2)  neither  fhall 
depart  into  any  other  Country  for  Vifitation,  or  upon 
any  other  Colour,  by  that  Means  to  carry  the  Goods 
of  their  Monafteries  and  Houfes  out  of  the  Kingdom 
and  Dominion  aforefaid.  (3)  And  if  any  will  pre- 
fume  to  offend  this  prefent  Statute,  he  fhall  be  grie- 
voufly  punifhed  according  to  the  Quality  of  his  Of-  Confirmed by 
fence,  and  according  to  his  Contempt  of  the  King's  4E<J.  3-  c.  6. 

P.„I,;i,:.-:„„  >  And  farther  by 

5  Ed.  3.  c.  3. 


Prohibition.' 


CAP.     III. 

No  Impofitions  fhall  be  taxed  by  Priors  Aliens. 


PReterea  inhibet  prefatus  dominus  Rex  omnibus 
&fingulis  AbbatibusPrioribusMagiftrisCufto- 
<3ibus  religiofarum  domorum  &  locorum  alienige- 
nis  quorum  poteftati  fubjectioni  &  obedientie  de- 
rmis eorundem  ordinum  in  regno  Sz  dominio  fuo 
exiftentes  fubduntur  ne  decetero  tallagia  cenfus 
impofitiones  apporta  feu  alia  quecumque  onera  ali- 
quibus  monafteriis  prioratibus  feu  aliis  domibus  re- 
ligions eis  ut  predicitur  fie  fubjectis  imponant  vel 
faciant  aliqualiter  aflidere  &  hoc  fub  forisfactura 
omnium  que  in  poteftate  fua  optinent  &  forisfacere 
poterunt  in  futurum. 


Oreover,  our  forefaid  Lord  the  King  doth  in- 
ji  -  s  hibit  all  and  fingular  Abbots,  Priors,  Matters, 
and  Governors  of  Religious  Houfes  and  Places,  being 
Aliens,  to  whole  Authority,  Subjection,  and  Obe- 
dience the  Houfes  of  the  fame  Orders  in  his  King- 
dom and  Dominion  be  fubject,  that  they  do  not  at 
any  Time  hereafter  impofe,  or  by  any  Means  affefs 
any  Tallages,  Payments,  Charges,  or  other  Burdens 
whatfoever,  upon  the  Monafteries,  Priories,  or  other 
Religious  Houfes  in  Subjection  unto  them  (as  is  afore- 
faid) and  that  upon  Pain  of  all  that  they  have  or  may 
forfeit.' 


CAP.     IV. 

By  whom  the  common  Seal  of  an  Abbey  fhall  be  kept,  and  how  ufed. 


ET  infuper  ordinavit  dominus  Rex  &  ftatuit 
quod  Abbates  Ciftercien'  &  Premonttraten' 
ordinum  &  aliorum  religioforum  quorum  figillum 
in  cuftodia  Abbatis  &  non  Conventus  prius  refi- 
V01. 1. 


ND  further,  our  Lord  the  King  hath  ordained  The  Comiron 
_  andeftablifhed,  That  the  Abbots  of  the  Orders  Seals  of  Abbeys 
'  of  Cejiercienfes  and  Premonftratenfes,  and  other  Reli-  8  Co'  II8, 
'  gious  Orders,  whofe  Seal  hath  heretofore  been  ufed 

y  '  to    . 


1 6s       Stat.  r. 


Anno  tricefimo  quinto  Edwardi  I.  A.  D.  1307. 


Abbots  Aliens 
may  vifit  their 
inferiors  in 
EiglanJ. 


4  Ed.  3.  c.  6. 
dnd  far'ber  by 

5  Ed.  3,  c.  3, 


to  remain  only  in  the  Cuftody  of  the  Abbot,  and  not 
of  the  Covent,  fhall  hereafter  have  a  Common  Seal, 
and  that  fhall  remain  in  the  Cuftody  of  the  Prior  of 
the  Mo-naftery  or  Houfe,  and  four  of  the  moft  worthy 
and  difcreet  Men  of  the  Covent  of  the  fame  Houfe, 
to  be  laid  up  in  fafe  Keeping  under  the  private  Seal 
of  the  Abbot  of  the  fame  Houfe  ;  (zj  fo  that  the 
Abbot  or  Prior,  which  doth  govern  the  Houfe,  fhall 
be  able  of  himfelf  to  eftablifh  nothing,  though  here- 
tofore it  hath  been  otherwife  ufed.  (3)  And  if  it  for- 
tune hereafter,  that  Writings  of  Obligations,  Dona- 
tions, Purchases,  Sales,  Alienations,^  or  of  any  other 
Contrails,  be  fealed  with  any  other  Seal  than  fuch  a 
common  Seal,  kept  as  is  aforefaid,  they  {ball  be  ad- 
judged void  and  of  no  Force  in  Law.  (4)  But  it  is 
not  the  Meaning  of  our  Lord  the  King  to  exclude 
the  Abbots,  Priors,  and  other  Religious  Aliens,  by 
the  Ordinances  and  Statutes  aforefaid,  from  execu- 
ting their  Office  of  Vifitation  in  his  Kingdom  and 
Dominion  ;  but  they  may  vifit  at  their  Pleafures,  by 
themfelves  or  others,  the  Monafteries  and  other 
Places  in  his  Kingdom  and  Dominion  in  Subjection 
unto  them,  according  to  the  Duty  of  their  Office,  in 
thofe  Things  only  that  belong  to  regular  Obfervation, 
and  the  Discipline  of  their  Order.' 
'  II.  Provided,  That  they  which  fhall  execute  this 
Office  of  Vifitation,  fhall  carry,  or  caufe  to  be  car- 
ried out  of  his  Kingdom  and  Dominion,  none  of  the 
Goods  or  Things  of  fuch  Monefteries,  Priories,  and 
Houfes,  faving  only  their  reafonable  and  competent 
Charges. 

"  III.  And  though  the  Publication  and  open  Notice 
of  the  Ordinances  and  Statutes  aforefaid  was  flayed  in 
Sufpence  for  certain  Caufes  fithence  the  laft  Parlia- 
ment, until  this  prefent  Parliament  holden  at  Carlijle 
in  the  Odtaves.  of  Saint  Hilary,  in  the  five  and  thir- 
tieth Year  of  the  Reign  of  the  fame  King  Edward, 
to  the  Intent  they  might  proceed  with  greater  Deli- 
beration   and  Advice;"   '  (2)  our  Lord  the  King, 
after  full  Conference  and  Debate  had  with  his  Earls, 
Barons,  Nobles,  and  other  great  Men  of  his  King- 
dom, touching  the  Premiffes,  by  their  whole  Con- 
fent  and  Agreement  hath  ordained  and  enafted,  That 
the   Ordinances   and   Statutes   aforefaid,    under   the 
Manner,  Form,  and  Conditions  aforefaid,  from  the 
firft  Day  of  May  next  enfuing,  fhall  be  inviolably  ob- 
ferved  for  ever,  and  the  Offenders  of  them  fhall  be 
pun-ifhed  as  is  aforefaid.' 


Provifo  quod  ill i  qui  officium  hujufmodi  vifita- 
tionis  exercuerint  nichil  de  bonis  aut  rebus  hujuf- 
modi monafteriorum  prioratuum  &domorum  extra 
prefatum  regnum  &  dominium  preter  rationabiles 
&  moderatas  eorum  expenfas  deferant  vel  deferri 
procurent. 

Et  licet  ordinationum  &  ftatutorum  prefcripto- 
rum  pronunciatio  &  publicatio  a  parliamento  proxi- 
mo preterito  ufque  ad  prefens  parliamentum  apud 
Karliolum  in  o£tabis  San<5ti  Hillarii  anno  regni  e- 
jufdem  domini  Regis  Edwardi  tricefimo  quinto 
certis  ex  caufis  &  ut  cum  majori  deliberatione  ic 
maturitate  procederent  remanferint  in  fufpenfo  do- 
minus  Rex  poft  deliberationem  plenariam  &  trac- 
tatum  cum  Comitibus  Baronibus  Proceribus  &  aliis 
nobilibus  ac  communitatibus  regni  fui  habitum  in 
premiffis  de  confenfu  eorum  unanimi  &  concordi 
ordinavit  &  ftatuit  ut  ordinationes  &  ftatuta  pre- 
di£t,a  fub  forma  modis  &  conditionibus  fupra  con- 
tends a  primo  die  Mali  proximo  futuro  in  antea 
inviolabiliter  obferventur  perpetuis  temporibus  va- 
litura  quodque  tranfgreffores  ipforum  penis  extunc  ' 
fubjaceant  annotatis. 

Confimile  Jlatutum  de  verba  adverbum  mhtittir  in  fingulis  comitatibus  per  Angliam. 

EX  vie'  Salop'  falutem.  Quia  ad  communem  populi  regni  noftri  utilitatem  &  totius  dominii  noftri 
ftatus  meliorationem  in  inftanti  parliamento  noftro  apud  Karliolum  de  confilio  magnatum  &  procerum 
noftrorum  quedam  edidimus  ftatuta  que  tibi  fignata  mittimus  obfervanda  tibi  precipimus  firmiter  injungentes. 
quod  ea  in  duobus  comitatibus  tuis  publice  legere  &  recitare  facias  &  ea  in  fingulis  fuis  articulis  inviolabiliter 
obfervari  &  hoc  nullatenus  omittas.    T.  R.  apud  Karliolum  xx  die  Martii. 

Corjimilia  brevia  mhtuntur  fingulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam. 

EX  di]e<fk>  fibi  in  Chrifto  abbatide  Waverle  falutem.     Quia  ad  communem  populi  regni  noftri  utilita- 
tem &c.  (ut  fupra)  vobis  mandamus  firmiter  injungentes  quod  ea  quolibet  anno  bis  in  pleno  capitulo 
domus  veftre  publice  legere  &  recitare  faciatis  &  in  fingulis  fuis  articulis  fub  pena  in  prediftis  fratutis  contenta. 
inviolabiliter  obfervari.     Tefteut  fupra. 

Supradiclum  Jlatutum  mijjitm  fuit  cum  litieris  regis  patentibus  in  forma  predicla  abbatibus  locorum  fubferiptorum. 

videlicet 
De  Egli/lon  De  Jerovall  De  Fontibus  De  Wcllebek  De  Gerivedon 

De  Sancla  Agat'a        De  Bella  Landa  De  Rupe  De  Rughford  Priori  de  Spahlyng.. 

Shiatuor  paria  litter  arum  adinjlantiamprincipis  dirigenda  quibufdam  abbatilus  in  IP'allia* 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
dere  tantummodo  confuevit  decetero  habeant  figil- 
lum  commune  &  illud  in  cuftodia  Prioris  monafte- 
rii  five  domus  &  quatuor  de  dignioribus  h  difcreti- 
oribus  ejufdem  loci  Conventus  fub  privato  figillo 
Abbatis  ipfius  loci  cuftodiend'  deponant.  Ita  quod 
Abbas  feu  Superior  domus  cui  preeft  per  fe  con- 
tractum  aliquem  feu  obligationem  nullatenus  poffit 
firmare  ficut  haftenus  facere  confuevit.  Et  fi  for- 
fan  aliqua  fcripta  obligatoria  donation  urn  emptio- 
num  venditionum  alienationurh  feu  aliorum  con- 
tractuuni  quorumcumque  alio  figillo  quam  tali 
figillo  communi  ficut  premittitur  cuftodito  inveni- 
antur  amodo  figillata  pro  nullis  penitus  habeantur 
omnique  careant  firmitate.  Ceteriim  intentionis 
domini  Regis  non  exiftit  Abbates  Priores  &  alios 
religiofos  alienigenas  per  ordinationes  &  ftatuta  ex- 
preiTa  fuperius  ab  officio  vifitationis  in  regno  &  do- 
minio  fuis  exercendo  excludere  quin  per  fe  ipfos 
vel  alios  monafteria&  alia  loca  eis  in  regno  &  do- 
minio  fuis  prediftis  fubjecta  juxta  officii  fui  debi- 
tum  in  hiis  dumtaxat  quead  obfervantiam'  regula- 
rem  &  ordinis  fui  difciplinam  pertinent  libere  va- 
leant  vifitare. 


Slat: 


A.  D. 


1307. 


Anno  tricefimo  quinto  Ed  ward  i  I. 


Stat  2. 


163 


Stat,  Ne  redlor  proftarnat  arbores  in  cemiterio,  made  Anno  35  Edw,  I. 

Stat.  2.  ^W  Anno  Dora.  1307^ 

In  what  Cafes  and  by  whom  Trees  may  be  felled  in  Church-yards. 


OUONIAM  inter  restores  ecclefiarum  et 
fuos  parochianos  iuper  arboribus  creicentibus 
in  cemiterio  altercationes  oriri  fepius  intel- 
leximus,  utrifque  ad  fe  pertinere .  contendentibus  : 
Hujufmodi  altercationis  dubium  declarare,  juris 
facri  potius  quam  ftatuti  juris  eftimamus.  Nam 
cum  cemiterium  maxime  dedicatum  folum  fit  ec- 
clefie,  et  quicquid  plantatur  folo  cedat ;  fequitur 
neceffario,  arbores  ipfas  debere  inter  facultates  ec- 
clefiafticas  numerari,  de  quibus  laicis  nulla  eft  at- 
tributa  facultas  difponendi,  fed  ficut  facra  fcriptura 
teftatur  folis  facerdotibus  difpofitio  et  cura  indif- 
cuffa  a  Deo  commiffa  decet. 


Verum  cum  arbores  ipfe  propter  ventorum  im- 
petus, ne  ecclefiis  noceant,  fepe  plantantur ;  pro- 
hibemus  ne  ecclefiarum  restores  ipfas  prefumant 
profternere  indiftincSe,  nifi  cum  cancellus  ecclefie 
neceffaria  indigeat  refedtione.  Nee  in  alios  ufus 
aliqualiter  convertantur;  preterquam  fi  navis  ec- 
clefie indiguerit  fimiliter  refeiStione,  et  re&ores  pa- 
rochiarum  indigentium  eis  caritative  de  arboribus 
ipfis  duxerint  largiendum :  quod  fieri  non  precipi- 
mus,  fed  cum  factum  fuerit  commendabimus. 


tECAUSE  we   do  underftand,  that  Contro- 
verfies  do  oft-times  grow  between  Parfons  of 
Churches   and     their    Parifhioners,    touching 
:  Trees   growing  in  the  Church-yard,  both  of  them 
:  pretending   that  they   do   belong   unto  themfelves, 
\  (z)  *  we.  have  thought  it  good  rather  to  decide  this  Con- 
'•  tr overly  by  Writing  than  by  Statute.     (3)  Forafmuch 
:  as  a  Church-yard  that  is  dedicated  is   the  Soil  of  a 
:  Church,  and  whatfoever  is  planted  belongeth  to  the 
'  Soil,"   '  it  muft  needs  follow,    That   thofe  Trees 
which  be  growing  in  the  Church-yard  are  to  be  reck- 
oned amongft  the  Goods  of  the  Church,  the  which 
Laymen  have  no  Authority  to  difpofe,  but,  as  the 
Holy  Scripture  doth  teftify,  The  Charge  of  them  is 
committed  only  to  Priefrs  to  be  difpofed  of.' 
"  II.  And  yet  feeing  thofe  Trees  be  often  planted 
'  to  defend  the  Force  of  the  Wind  from  hurting  of  the 
'  Church  j"    '  we   do    prohibit  the    Parfons   of   the 
Church,  That  they  do  not  prefume  to  fell  them  down 
unadvifedly,  but  when   the  Chancel  of  the  Church 
doth  want  neceffary  Reparations;    (2)  neither  fhall 
they  be  converted  to  any  other  Ufe,  except  the  Body 
of  the  Church  doth  need  like  Repair :    (3)  In  which 
Cafe  the  f  Parfons  of  their  Charity  {hall  do  well  to 
relieve  the  Parifhioners  with  bellowing  upon  them  the 
fame  Trees  ;  which  we  will  not  command  to  be  done, 
but  we  will  commend  it  when  it  is  done.' 


1  Ro'l  25$. 


•  Read  tve  think 
it  belongs  rather 
to  the  fa  ci  ed  LatO 
than  to  tbejia- 
tute  Law,  to  dt* 
Urmine  this 
Doubt. 


II  Co.  49. 


f  Read  the  Hec- 
tors of  poor  Pet' 
rifoes. 


Anno    primo    E  D  W  A  R  D  I 


Statututn  de  Militibus,  made   i  Edwardi  IL  Stat.,  i.  and  Anno  Dom, 

1307. 


Cotton  MS.    Claudius,  D.  z. 

DOMINUS  Rex  conceffit  quod  omnes  qui  Milites  efl'e  debent  &  noh  funt  &  diftrifli  fuerint  ad  arma  2  jnft 
militaria  fufcipienda   infra  Feftum  Nat'  domini  habeant  refpeftum  ad  predicSa  arma  militaria  fufci-  Caufes  to  e'xcufe 
pienda  ufque  in  OcTtabas  fancli  Hillar'  fine  occafione  &  extunc  diftringantur  nifi  interim,  &c.     Item  a  Man  from  un- 
conceffit  quod  fi  aliquis  quefitus  fuerit  in  Cancellaria  eo  quod  diftridtus  fuerit  &c.  h  ncn  habeat  quadraginta  dwtaking 
libratas  terre  in  feodo  vel  ad  terminum  vitefue  &  hoc  velit  verificare  per  patriam  tunc  difcretis  &  legalibu: 


Militibus  de  Comitatu  ad  predictam  inquifitionem  capiendam  fcribatur  tt  fi  per  illam  inquifitionem  ita  fuiffe 
conftiterit  fiet  ci-  remedium  &  cefiet  diftric"tio  Item  fi  aliquis  implacitatus  fuerit-  de  tota  terra  fua  vel  etiam  de 
parte  ejufdem  ita  quod  refiduum  non  fufficiat  ad  valentiam  quadraginta  librarum  &  hoc  poffit  verificare  tunc 
cefiet  diftriiSlio  donee  placitum  illud  terminetur  Item  fi  aliquis  eorum  tetieatur  in  certis  debitis  atterminatis  ad 
fcaccarium  ad  certam  fummam  inde  capiend'  per  annum  &  refiduum  terrarum  fuarum  ultra  prediclam  fum- 
mam  valorem  quadraginta  librarum  annuarum  non  excedat  cefiet  diftridtio  donee  predictum  debitum  fuerit 
folutum  &  nullus  diftringatur  ad  arma  militaria  fufcipienda  antequam  venerit  ad  etatem  viginti  &  unius 
anni, 


Knighthood. 
Amended  by  St. 
i6Car.  j.  c.  20. 


*  This  is  taken  fiom  the  Secur.da  fan  •veterum  Statutorum  by  Pulton, 


Y 


Item 


164       Stat.  1^ 


Anno  primoEDWARDi  II.  A.  D.  1307. 

I  Cotton  MS. 

Item  nullus  ratione  terre  fue  quam  tenet  in  maneriis  que  nunc  funt  in  antiquo  dominico  corone  tanquam 
fokemannus  &  que  terra  dabit  tallagium  quando  dominica  Regis  talliantur  diftringatur  ad  arma  militaria  fuf- 
cipiendaltem  de  il lis  qui  terras  fuas  tenent  in  focagio  de  aliis  maneris  corone  nullum  facientibus  fervitium 
forinfecum  fcrutentur  rotuli  de  Cancellaria  de  tempore  predeceflbrum  domini  Regis  &  fiat  fecundum  quod 
fieri  confuevit. 

Eodem  modo  fiat  de  clericis  infra  facros  exiftentibus  laicum  feodum  tenentibus  qui  Milites  efTe  deberentfi 
laici  fuiffent  Item  nullus  diftringatur  pro  Burgagiis  fuis  licet  valorem  quadraginta  librarum  aftingant. 

Item  qui  Milites  efTe  debent  &  non  funt  qui  per  modicum  tempus  terras  tenuerunt.     Et  fimiliter  qui  ni- 
miam  fene£tutem  vel  defectum  membrorum  vel  morbum  incurabilem  vel  onus  liberorum  placitorum  vel  plu-. 
rium  allegantvel  certas  caufas  votivas  pretendunt  adeant  ad  Robertum  de  Tiptot  &  Antonium  deBeke  &  co- 
ram eis  finem  faciant  quibus  eft  injunclum  quod  fecundum  difcretionem  eorum  rationabiles  fines  admittant. 


Statute  De  frangentibus  Prifonam,  made  Anno  1  Edw.  II.  Stat.  2.  a?id 

Anno  Dom.  1  307. 


In  what  Cafe  it  is  Felony  to  break  Prifon,  in  what  not. 


3  Tnft.  69,  70. 
KH.  87. 
Firz.  Colon. 
J  34. 


2  Inft.  589. 


Oncerning  Prifoners  which  break7  Prifon,  our 
Lord  the  King  willeth  and  commandeth,  That 
none  from  henceforth  that  breaketh  Prifon  fhall 
have  Judgement  of  Life  or  Member  for  breaking  of 
Prifon  only,  except  the  Caufe  for  which  he  was  taken 
and  imprisoned  did  require  fuch  Judgement,  if  he 
had  been  convict  thereupon  according  to  the  Law 
and  Cuftom  of  the  Realm,  albeit  in  Times  paft  it 
hath  been  ufed  otherwife.' 


Cotton  MS.  Claudius,  D.  2. 
E  prifonibus  prifonam  frangentibus  dominus 
Rex  vult  &  precepit  quod  nullus  de  cetero 
qui  prifonam  fregerit  fubeat  judicium  vite 
&  membrorum  pro  fraStione  prifone  tantum  nifi 
caufa  pro  qua  captus  &  imprifonatus  fuerit  tale  ju- 
dicium requireret  ft  de  ilia  juxta  legem  &  confuetu- 
dinem  terre  fuiffet  convi&us  licet  temporibus  prete- 
ritis  aliter  fieri  confuevit. 


STATUTUM  2  Edw.  II.  <*/W  Staunford  a. 


28  Ed.  1.  flat. 


c 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  33.  in  Schedula. 
(ES  fount  Ies  Articles  qe  le  Roi  Edward  Piere  le  Roi  qe  ore  eft  a  fon  parlement  a  Weftmuftr  en 
quarefme  Ian  de  fon  regne  vint  &  oitifme  entre  les  autres  chofes  qil  adonqe  ordena  en  alle- 
gance  des  grevances  qe  foen  poeple  avoit  eu  par  les  guerres  qe  avoient  efte  &  en  amendement  de 
lour  eftat  e  purtantqil  fuiffent  plus  preftez,  a  fon  fervice  e  plus  volentiers  eidantz  qant  il  en  averoit  afere 
ordene  e  eftabli  en  la  forme  qe  fenfuyt.  En  primes  chief  purceo,  &c.  [TJien  is  entered  on  the  Record  the 
Statute  Artie,  fuper  Chart.  28  E.  1.  ft.  3.  c.  2  &  3.  to  fe£f.  8.  andc.  6.  to  qe  touche  la  commune  ley.  Then 
the  Record  goes  on  thus :]  Les  queux  articles  le  Roi  qe  ore  eft  a  la  requefte  de  fes  bones  gentz  de  fon  Roiaume 
eant  regard  a  les  acheifons  defufdites  voet  &  commande  qe  deformes  foient  pleinement  tenuz  &  gardez  en 
toutz  lour  pointz.  Et  quant  a  la  requefte  des  dites  bones  gentz  endroit  des  pleds  trere  &  tenir  a  les  portes 
des  chafteux  le  Roi  veut  le  Roi  qe  les  Coneftables  de  fes  chafteaux  ne  diftreignent  gentz  a  pleider  devant  eux 
nul  plai  de  forein  conte  ne  deinz  conte  autrement  qe  auncienement  foleit  eftre  fait.  E  quant  a  les  cuftumes  qe 
le  Roi  prent  par  fes  miniftres  ceft  afavoirde  chefcun  tonel  de  vin  ii.  s.  de  chefcun  drap  qe  marchaundz  aliens 
font  venir  en  fa  terre  ii.  s.  &  de  chefcun  livre  de  aver  de  poys  iii.  d.  Voet  le  Roi  a  la  requefte  de  fes  dites 
bones  gentz  qe  les  dites  cuftumes  de  vins  draps  &  aver  de  poys  ceffent  a  fa  volunte  par  faver  &  eftre  avife  quel 
profit  &  quel  avantage  acreftera  a  lui  h  a  fon  poeple  par  ceffer  de  la  prife  de  celes  cuftumes  &  puis  avera  le 
Roi  confeil  folonc  lavantage  qil  y  verra  fauveez  totevoies  au  Roi  les  auncienes  prifes  &  cuftumes  aunciene- 
ment dues  &  approvees.  E  quant  a  les  autres  requeftes  qe  les  dites  bones  gentz  fefoient  au  Roi  le  Roi  les 
ad  grante  bonement  &  ad  charge  fon  Chauncellier  &  fes  autres  miniftres  qe  eux  les  facent  garder  fermement. 
Et  voet  le  Roi  qe  fi  nul  fefente  greve  en  nul  point  contre  ledit  ordenement  &  les  ditz  articles  iffint  par  lui 
granteez  &  pleindre  fe  voill  qe  le  Chauncellier  luy  face  remedie  par  breef  folonc  fon  cas  &  folonc  ceo  cril 
verra  qe  mieutz  foit  a  fere. 

»  Firft  printed  in  Mr.  Serjeant  Hawkins's  Edition. 


Liters 


A.D.  1309*  Anno  tertio  E  d  w  a  r  d  1  II.  165 

Litere  fatentes  fupsr  prijis  bonorum  Cleri  de  Statuto  pro  Clero  inviola- 
biliter  objervando.     FaSi.  A?mo  tertio  Edw.  II a. 

Ex  Rot.  inTurr.  Lor.d.  m.  33.  D. 

REX  omnibus  ad  quos  &c.  falutem.  Sciatis  quod  cum  Celebris  memorie  dominus  Edwardus  quondam 
Rex  Anglie  Pater  nofter  in  primo  parliament©  fuo  apud  Weftm'  anno  regni  fui  tertio  inter  cetera  que 
ibidem  pro  emendatione  ftatus  populi  regni  fui  &  pro  tranquillitate  &  quiete  prelatorum  &  cleri  didti 
regni  ordinavit  ftatuifTet  quod  nullus  blada  aliqua  triturare  &  ea  vel  vidtualia  aut  aliqua  alia  bona  prelatorum  - 
religioforum  redtorum  ecclefiarum  aut  aliorum  de  clero  fub  colore  emptionis  vel  alio  modo  quocumque  infra 
villam  mercatoriam  vel  extra  nee  etiam  equos  boves  plauftra  caredtas  naves  aut  batellos  fuos  ad  cariagia 
aliqua  inde  facienda  capere  afportare  vel  abducere  prefumeret  contra  voluntatem  illorum  quorum  forer.t  vei 
cuftodum  eorundem  et  quod  fi  quis  de  voluntate  illorum  aliquod  hujufmodi  faceret  ftatim  inde  fatisfaceret  illis 
fecundum  quod  conveniri  contingeret  inter  eos  et  fimiliter  quod  omnes  qui  contra  premifTa  vel  aliquod  illo- 
rum venirent  &  inde  convidti  fuiflent  prifone  regie  adjudicarentur  &  exinde  fecundum  qualitatem  &c  modum  • 
delicti  &  prout  curie  regie  expediens  vifum  fuifiet  redimerentur  et  quod  fi  illi  quibus  in  aliquo  premifforum 
tranfgrefTum  foret  verfus  tranfgrefTores  hujufmodi  fequi  vellcnt  dampna  que  eos  fuftinere  contingeret  eis  ill 
duplum  adjudicarentur  &  reftituerentur  et  tranfgrefTores  in  forma  predidta  nichilominus  punirentur  quod-  ■ 
que  &  forfitan  aliquis  cui  contra  formam  ftatuti  predidti  tranfgredi  contingeret  contra  tranfgreiTores  hujuf- 
modi fequi  nollet  nichilominus  didtus  pater  nofter  contra  tranfgreiTores  predidtos  fedtam  fuam  tanquam  de  re  - 
contra  prohibitionem  &  pacem  fuam  fadta  haberet  et  quod  idem  pater  nofter  de  anno  in  annum  inquiri  faceret 
prout  expedire  videret  qui  aliquam  tranfgreffionem  hujufmodi  commififTent  et  infuper  quod  omnes  illi  qui 
per  tales  inquifitiones  indievtati  eiTent  attachiarentur  &  poftmodum  ad  veniendum  in  curia  didti  patris  noftri 
ad  certum  diem  unius  menfis  fpatium  continentem  per  magnam  diftridtionem  diftringerentur  et  quod  fi  tunc 
non  venirent  iterato  diftringerentur  per  confimilem  diftridHonem  ad  veniendum  in  curia  regia  ad  terminum 
fex  feptimanarum  fpatium  continentem  et  quod  fi  tunc  non  venirent  tanquam  convidti  judicarentur  &  damp- 
na in  duplum  illis  qui  dampna  ilia  receperant  ad  fedtam  didti  patris  noftri  reddere  tenerentur  &  quod  nichi- 
lominus fecundum  modum  et  quantitatem  tranfgreffionis  ipforum  ad  voluntatem  regiam  graviter  redime- 
rentur prout  in  ftatuto  predidto  plenius  continetur  ac  fubfequenter  tempore  didti  genitoris  noftri  et  fimiliter 
tempore  noftro  poltquam  fufcepimus  regimen  regni  noftri  in  diverfis  parliamentis  ipfius  patris  noftri  et  noftris 
ex  parte  prelatorum  et  cleri  regni  predidti  graves  propofite  fuiffent  querimonie  continentes  quod  vicecomites 
et  alii  miniftri  didti  patris  noftri  dum  vixit  nee  non  miniftri  tempore  noftro  ftatutum  predidtum  nullatenus 
obfervarunt  et  quod  ipft  penas  predidtas  in  diclo  ftatuto  ut  premittitur  expreftas  non  ponderantes  in  aliquo 
feu  timentes  blada  vidtualia  et  alia  bonaet  fimiliter  equos  boves  plauftra  caredtas  naves  et  batellos  prelatorum 
et  aliorum  de  clero  tarn  infra  fandtuarium  quam  extra  fub  colore  ofEciorum  fuorum  et  alias  pro  eorum  libito 
voluntatis  contra  didtorum  prelatorum  et  cleri  ac  cuftodum  rerum  et  bonorum  hujufmodi  voluntatem  cepe- 
runt  et  abduxerunt  fuper  quibus  didti  prelati  et  clerus  remedium  fibi  fieri  fepius  cum  inftantia  fupplicarunt. 
Nos  ad  honorem  Dei  et  pro  pace  et  tranquillitate  ecclefie  Anglicane  futuris  temporibus  obfervand'  volentes 
quod  ftatutum  predidtum  quod  perdidtum  patrem  noftrum  et  totum  commune  confilium  regni  fui  editum  ex- 
titit  ut  eft  didtum  quamvis  in  aliquibus  vel  aliquo  articulorum  in  ipfo  contentorum  hadtenus  minus  plene  fuerit 
obfervatum  nichilominus  impofterum  perpetuis  temporibus  inviolabiliter  in  omnibus  obfervetur  concedimus  et 
firmiter  precipimus  pro  nobis  et  heredibus  noftris  quod  nulli  vicecomites  aut  alii  miniftri  noftri  vel  heredum 
noftrorum  feu  alius  quicumque  blada  aliqua  triturare  et  ea  vel  aliqua  alia  vidtualia  vel  bona  aut  etiam  equos 
boves  plauftra  caredtas  naves  feu  batellos  prelatorum  religioforum  redtorum  ecclefiarum  vel  aliorum  de 
clero  fub  colore  emptionis  vel  alio  modo  in  villis  mercatoriis  aut  alibi  contra  voluntatem  illorum  quorum 
fuerint  vel  cuftodum  eorundem  capere  afportare  vel  abducere  aut  etiam  occafione  ilia  extorfionem  ali- 
quam ab  aliquo  facere  prefumant  fub  omnibus  et  fingulis  penis  fupradidtis  et  quod  omnes  et  finguli  ■ 
contra  premifia  venientes  abfque  excufatione  quacumque  penis  fubjaceant  antedictis  quodque  omnes  et  fin- 
guli miniftri  noftri  et  heredum  noftrorum  quilibet  videlicet  ipforum  quatenus  ad  ipfum  ratione  officii  fui 
poterit  pertinere  in  hujufmodi  contravenientes  penas  exerceant  antedidtas  et  quod  illi  quibus  prifone  ea  oc- 
cafione committi  contigerit  ab  eadem  non  deliberentur  fine  noftro  et  heredum  noftrorum  mandato  fpecialL 
In  cujus  &c.     T.  R.  ut  fupra.  » 

Per  ipfum  Regemet  confilium. 

Statutum  ne  quis  occajionetur  pro  reditu  Petri  de  Gavejioti.   Faff.  Anno 

7  Edw.  II. 

Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

EDWARD  per  la  grace  de  Dieu  &c.  as  touz  ceux  qi  ceftes  lettres  verrount  ou  orrount  faluz. 
Sachez  qen  noftre  Parkment  comence  a  Weftm'  le  dymain  prefchein  apres  le  fefte  de  feint  Matheu 
lapoftoil  en  Ian   du  noftre  regne  feptifme  pur  certeins  et  covenables  enchefons  purveu  eft  et  graunte 
per  nous  &  per  Ercevefqes  Evefqes  Abbees  Priours  Countes   et  Barouns  &  toute  la  comunalte  de   noftre 
roialme  illoeqes  a  noftre  maundement  afiemblez  unement  afTentuz  &  acorde  qe  nul  de  quele  eftat  ou  con- 

a  This  is  taken  from  the  Veterum  Statuttrum  Jccunda  pars,  and  inferted  in  Mr.  Serjeant  Hawkins's  Edition, 

4  dicion 


t  66       Stat,  i, 


Anno  nono  Edwardi  II. 


A.  D.  1315. 


Cotton  MS. 
dicion  qi"l  foit  en  nulle  temps  avenir  foit  chalenge  pris  nenprifone  empefche  molcfte  ne  greve  nen  jugement 
nu-fne  per  nous  ns  perautres  a  noftre  feute  ne  a  feute  dautri  qi  qil  foit  en  noftre  Courte  ne  nul  part  aillotirs 
pur  enchefon  de  revenir  de  Monfieur  Piers  de  Gavefton  en  Engleterre  ne  deide  maintenaunce  aerdaunce  ne 
du  counfeil  ne  de  refceite  de  lui  ne  dalliaunce  faite  a  lui  ou  pur  lui  per  efcrit  ou  autremeri't  ne  pur  enchefon 
de  demoerer  en  fa  compaignie  nen  fervice  en  nul  temps  paffe  cea  en  ariere.  Et  voions  qe  ceo  graunt  e 
acorde  foit  ferme  &  eftablie  en  touz  ces  pointz  &  chefcun  de  eux  foit  tenuz  &  gardez  a  perpetuite.  En 
lefmoignance  de  quele  chofe  nous  avons  faite  faire  ceftes  noz  letrcs  patentz.  Don'  a  Weftm'  le  feptifme  jour 
de  Novembre  Ian  de  noftre  Regne  feptifme. 

Statutum  fie  quis  occafionetur  pro  captione  &  Morte  Petri  de  Gavefton. 

FaEl.  Anno  7  Edw.  II.   Stat,  2. 

Cotton -.MS.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

EDWARD  par  le  grace  de  Dieu  &c.  A  fes  Juftices  du  Baunk  faluz  Sachent  touz  qe  pur  certeines 
&  covenables  enchefons  en  noftre  parlement  a  Weftm'  le  lundy  prefchein  apres  le  fefte  de  feint 
Edward  le  Confeffour  ceft  affavoir  le  quinze  jour  Dodtobre  Ian  de  noftre  regne  feptifme  purveu  eft 
&  graunte  per  nous  &  per  Ercevefqes  Evefqes  Abbees  Priours  Countes  Barouns  &  la  cominalte  de  noftre 
roialme  illoeqes  a  noftre  maundement  affemblez  unement  affentuz  &  acordez  qe  nul  de  quele  eftate  ou  con- 
dicion  qil  foit  en  temps  avenir  ne  foit  appellez  ou  chalengez  pur  lenchefon  de  la  pris  la  detenue  ne  de  la 
morte  Piers  de  Gavefton  ne  pur  mefme  la  morte  ne  foit  pris  nemprifonez  empefchcz  moleftez  ne  grevez 
nen  jugement  mefhez  per  nous  ne  per  autres  a  noftre  feute  ne  a  feute  dautri  qi  qil  foit  en  noftre  Courte  ne 
nulle  part  aillours  et  voions  qe  ce  graunt  &  concord  foit  ferme  &  eftablie  en  touz  ks  pointes  &  chefcun  de 
eux  foit  tenuz  &  gardez  aperpetuite  Et  puree  nous  maundons  qe  ceo  graunt  &  concord  facez  en  le  Baunk 
avantdit  lire  enrouler  &  fermement  garder  aperpetuite  ficome  deiuis  eft  dit. 
Done  a  Weftm'  le  xvj.  jour  Doftobr'  Ian  de  noftre  regne  avantdit. 


De  diverfis  Libertatibus  Clero  conceffis. 


Articuli  Cleri,  made  at  Lincoln,   Anno  9  Edw.  II.   Stat.  1.  a nd  Anno 

Dom.  1 3 15. 


THE   King 
Greeung. 


to    all    to  whom,    &c.    fendeth 
Underftand  ye,  That  whereas  of 
late   Times   of    our    Progenitors   fometimes 
"■  Kings  of  England,  in  divers  their  Parliaments,  and 
"  likewife  after  that  we  had  undertaken  the  Governance 
"  of  the  Realm,  in  our  Parliaments  many  Articles  con- 
*  AAA  as  therein  "  taining  divers  Grievances  (committed  *  againft  the 
was/aid.  "  Church  of  England,  the  Prelates  and  Clergy)  were 

"  propounded  by  the  Prelates  and  Clerks  of  our  Realm; 
"  and  further,  great  Inftance  was  made  that  convenient 
"  Remedy  might  be  provided  therein  :  (2)  And  of  late 
"  in  our  Parliament  holden  at  Lincoln,  the  ninth  Year 
"  of  our  Reign,  we  caufed  the  Articles  underwitten, 
"  with  certain  Anfwers  made  to  fome  of  them  hereto- 
"  fore,  to  be  rehearfed  before  our  Council,  and  made 
"  certain  Anfwers  to  be  corrected  ;  and  to  the  Refidue 
"  of  the  Articles  underwritten,  Anfwers  were  made  by 
"  Us  and  our  Council  ;  of  which  faid  Articles,  with 
"  the  Anfwers  of  the  fame,  the  Tenors  here  enfue." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Titrr.  Lond.  m.  34.  D. 

REX  omnibus  ad  quos  &c.  falutem.     Sciatis 
quod  cum  dudum  temporibus    progenitorum 
noftrorum  quondam  Regum  Anglie  in  diver- 
fis parliamentis  fuis  et  fimiliter  poftquam  regni  no- 
ftri  gubernacula  fufcepimus  in  parliamentis  noftris 
per  prelatos  &  clerum  regni  noftri  plures  articuli 
continentes  gravamina  aliqua  ecclefie  Anglicane  5c 
ipfis  prelatis  &  clero  illata  ut  in  eifdem  afferebatur 
porreifti  fuiffent   &  cum  inftantia  fupplicatum  ut 
inde  apponereturremediumopportunum  ac  nuper  in 
parliamento  noftro  a  pud  Lincoln'  anno  regni  noftri 
,  nono  articulos  fubferiptos  &  quafdam  refponfiones 
!  ad  aliquos  eorum  prius  facias  coram  confilio  noftro 
;  recitari  ac  quafdam  refponfiones  corrigi  &  ceteris 
:  articulis  fubferiptis  per   noS  &  diftum  confilium 
;  noftrum  fecerimus  refponderi  quorum  quidem  ar- 
ticulorum  h  refponilonum  tenores  fubfequuntur  in 
I  hunc  modum. 


8  E4.  4.  13. 
Cro.El.  753- 

12  Co.  19. 

13  Co.  41. 


C  A  P.     I. 

No  Prohibition  fhall  be  granted  where  Tythes  be  demanded,  where  Money  is  paid  for  them. 

IN  primis  laici  impetrant  prohibitionem  in  genere 
fupcr  decimis  ob/entionibus  oblationibus  mor- 
tuariis  redemptionibus  penitentiarum  violenta  ma- 
3  nuum 


"  T?IRST,  whereas  Lay-men  do  purchaie  Prohibi- 
"  JP  tions  generally  upon  Tythes,  (Jbventions,  Ob- 
"  iations,  Mortuaries,  Redemption  of  Penance,   vio- 


A.  D.  1315. 


Anno  nonoEDWARDi  II. 


Stat. 


1. 


167 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
nuum  injectione  in  clericum  vel  converfum  &  in 
caufis  diffamationis  in  quibus  agitur  ad  penam  ca- 
nonicam  imponendam  Rex  ad  iftum  articulum  re- 
fpondet  quod  in  decimis  oblationibus  obventioni- 
bus  mortuariis  quando  fuper  iftis  nominibus  pro- 
ponuntur  prohibitioni  regie  non  eft  locus  etiam  ii 
propter  detentionem  iftorum  diuturnam  ad  eftima- 
tionem  earundem  pecuniariam  veniatur.  Set  fi 
clericus  vel  religiofus  decimas  fuas  in  orreo  fuo  con- 
gregatas  vel  alibi  exiftentes  vendiderit  alicui  pro 
pecunia  fi  petatur  pecunia  coram  Judice  ecclefia- 
lHco  locum  habet  prohibitio  quia  per  venditionem 
res  fpirituales  fiunt  temporales  &  tranfeunt  decime 
in  catalla. 

By  18  Ed.  i.Jiat.  3.  c.  5.  no  Prohi 


•  lent  laying  Hands  on  Clerks  or  Converts,  and  in 
;  Cafes  of  Defamation,  in  which  Cafes  Spiritual  Pe- 
;  nance  ought  to  be  enjoined;"  (z)  '  the  King  doth 
anfwer  to  this  Article,  That  in  Tythes,  Oblations, 
Obventions,  Mortuaries  (when  they  are  propounded 
under  thefe  Names)  the  King's  Prohibition  {hall  hold 
no  Place,  although  for  the  long  withholding  of  the 
fame  the  Money  may  be  eftcemed  at  a  Sum  certain. 
(2)  But  if  a  Clerk  or  a  religious  Man  do  fell  his 
Tythes  being  gathered  in  his  Barn,  or  otherwife,  to 
any  Man  for  Money,  if  the  Money  be  demanded  be- 
fore a  fpiritual  Judge,  the  King's  Prohibition  fhall 
lie  ;  for  by  the  Sale  the  fpiritual  Goods  are  made  Rj^4g*'  &c" 
temporal,  and  the  Tythes  turned  into  Chatties.'         S«™.  "».■{?'«• 

Uon  but  <wbere  the  King  hath  Cogmxance.     See  farther  50  Ed.  3.  c,  4.     2  H.  $.Jlat>  1.  c.  3. 


CAP.     II. 

Debate  upon  the  Right  of  Tythes  exceeding  the  Fourth  Part. 

or  Pecuniary. 


Enjoining  Penance  Corporal 


ITEM  fi  fit  contentio  de  jure  decimarum  origi- 
nem  habens  ex  jure  patronatus  &  earundem  de- 
cimarum quantitas  afcendat  ad  quartam  partem  bo- 
norum  ecclefie  locum  habet  regia  prohibitio  fi  hec 
caufa  coram  ecclefiaftico  Judice  ventiletur.  Item 
fi  prelatus  imponat  penam  pecuniariam  alicui  pro 
peccato  &  repetat  illam  regia  prohibitio  locum  ha- 
bet verumptamen  fi  prelati  imponant  penitentias 
corporales  Si  fie  puniti  velint  hujufmodi  peniten- 
tias per  pecuniam  fponte  redimere  non  habet  locum 
regia  prohibitio  fi  coram  prelatis  pecunia  ab  eis 
exigatur. 


L  S  O  if  Debate  do  arife  upon  the  Right  of  2  IiA  &19 
.  Tythes,  having  his  Original  from  the  Right  of 
the  Patronage,  and  the  Quantity  of  the  fame  Tythes 
do  come  unto  the  fourth  Part  of  the  Goods  of  the 
Church,  the  King's  Prohibition  fhall  hold  Place,  if 
the  Caufe  come  before  a  Judge  Spiritual.  (2)  Alfo 
if  a  Prelate  enjoin  a  Penance  Pecuniary  to  a  Man  for 
his  Offence,  and  it  be  demanded,  the  King's  Prohi- 
bition fhall  hold  Place.  (3)  But  if  Prelates  enjoin  a 
Penance  Corporal,  and  they  which  be  fo  punifhed 
will  redeem  upon  their  own  Accord  fuch  Penances  by 
Money,  if  Money  be  demanded  before  a  Judge  Spi- 
ritual, the  King's  Prohibition  fhall  hold  no  Place.' 


Co.  465. 
Regift.  3  J. 


CAP.     III. 

Laying  violent  Hands  upon  a  Clerk.     Excommunication  for  Penance  Corporal. 


INfuper  fi  aliquis  violentas  manus  injecerit  in  cle- 
ricum pro  violata  pace  debet  emenda  fieri  co- 
ram rege  pro  excommunicatione  vero  coram  prela- 
to  ut  imponatur  penitentia  corporalis  quamfireus 
velit  fponte  per  pecuniam  redimere  dandam  prelato 
vel  leib  poteft  repeti.  coram  prelato  nee  in  talibus 
regia  prohibitio  locum  habet.. 


Oreover,  if  any  lay  violent  Hands  on  a  Clerk,  Re^ift 
the  Amends  for  the  Peace  broken  fhall  be  be-  57- 
fore  the  King,  and  for  the  Excommunication  before 
a  Prelate,  that  Penance  Corporal  may  be  enjoined  ; 
which  if  the  Offender  will  redeem  of  his  own  good 
Will,  by  giving  Money  to  the  Prelate,  or  to  the 
Party  grieved,  it  fhall  be  required  before  the  Prelate, 
and  the  King's  Prohibition  fhall  not  lie.' 


S1)  5?» 


Inft.  Sao, 


CAP.     IV. 
Prelates  may  correal:  for  Defamation. 


I 


N  difFamationibus  etiam  corrigant  prelati  fupra- 
di£to  modo  regia  prohibitione  non  obftante. 


N  Defamations  alfo  Prelates  fhall  correct  in  Man-  4  Co.  20. 

•  ner  abovefaid,   the  King's  Prohibition   notwith-  | lnt^  6?0i 
'  ftanding;    *  firji  injoyning  a  Penance  corporal,  which  *eJL'-'!0  ■ 
'  if  the  Offender  will  redeem,  the  Prelate  may  freely  re-  R3a._lsT,'ic. 
6  ceive  the  Money,  though  ths  King's  Prohibitionie  J}mued,r 


CAP.     V. 
No  Prohibition  where  Tithe  is  demanded  of  a  new  Mill. 


ITEM  fi  aliquis  in  fundo  fuo  molendinum  e- 
rexerit  de  novo  &  poilea  a  Reclore  loci  exigatur 
d'ecima  de  eodem  exhibetur  prohibitio  regia  fub  hac 
forma  3uia  de  molendino  tali  haclenus  decime  non 
fuerunt  Jolute  prohibemus  &c.  et  fententiam  excommu- 


L  S  O  if  any  do  erect  in  his  Ground  a  Mill  of  2  Infh  621. 
new,    and  after  the  Parfon  of  the  fame  Place  *  Ro"  4°5- 
"  demandeth  Tithe  for  the  fame,  the  King's  Prohibi-  z  RoU  s4- 
"  tion  doth  iffue  in  this  Form  :  Quia  de  tali  molendino 
"  haftenus  decimae  non  fuerunt  folutas,  prohibemus,. 


1 68       Stat.  i. 


Anno  nono  Edward i  IL 


A-  D.  1315. 


"-  &c,  &  fententiam  excommunicationis,  fi  quam  hac 
"  occafione  promulgaveritis,  revocetis  omnino.  (2) 
"  The  Anfwer."  '  In  fuchCafe  the  King's  Prohibition 
'  was  never  granted  by  the  King's  Affent,  nor  never 
'  fhall,  which  hath  decreed  that  it  fhall  not  hereafter 
'  lie  in  fuch  Cafes.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  *Turr.  Lond. 

nicationis  f  quam  hac  occafione  promulgaveritis  revo- 
cetis omnino.  Refponfo.  In  tali  cafu  nunquam  exi- 
vit  prohibitio  de  principis  voluntate  qui  &  decernit 
talem  perpetuo  non  exire. 


CAP.    VI. 


2  Inft.  622. 


"Where  a  Suit  for  one  Offence  may  be  profecuted  both  in  Court  Spiritual  and  Temporal 


Read  and. 


f  At  it  /hall 
deem  expedient. 
.4  Co.  .16,  2Q. 


fee  fcfltae.  12. 
-alfo  13  Rich.  2. 
fat.  1.  c.  3.  fir 
the  Penalty   of 
bringing  Excom- 
munication for 
executing  the  Sta- 
tute of  Provifon. 
See  farther  5  EL 
r.  23.  for  the  due 
Execution  of  tie 
Writ  if  Excom- 
municato capiend. 
Rc-gift.  65. 
%  Inft.  622. 


L  S  O  if  any  Caufe  or  Matter,  the  Knowledge 
whereof  belongeth  to  a  Court  Spiritual,  and 
'  (hall  be  definitively  determined   before  a  Spiritual 
'  Judge,  and  doth  pafs  into  a  Judgement,  and  mall  not 
'  be  fufpended  by  an  Appeal  ;    and  after,  if  upon  the 
'  fame  Thing  a  Qyeftion  is  moved  before  a  Temporal 
'  Judge  between  the  fame  Parties,  and  it  be  proved  by 
'  Witnefs  or  Inftruments,  fuch  an  Exception  is  not 
'  to  be  admitted  in  a  Temporal  Court.     (2)  The  An- 
L  fwer."     '  When  anyone  Cafe  is  debated  before  Jud- 
ges Spiritual  *  or  Temporal  (as  above  appeareth  up- 
on the  Cafe  of  laying  violent  Hands  on  a  Clerk)  it  is 
thought,    that  notwithftanding  the  Spiritual  Judge- 
ment, the  King's  Court  fhall  difcufs  the  fame  Matter 
as  I  the  Party  Jhall  think  expedient  for  himfelf 


ITEM  fi  aliqua caufa  vel  negotium  cujus  cogni- 
tio  fpeftat  ad  forum  ecclefiafticum  &  coram  ec- 
clefiaftico Judice  fuerit  fententialiter  terminata  & 
tranfierit  in  rem  judicatam  nee  per  appellationem 
fuerit  fufpenfa  et  poftmodum  coram  judice  feculari 
fuper  eadem  re  inter  eafdem  perfonas  queftio  mo- 
veatur  &  probetur  per  teftes  vel  inftrumenta  talis 
exceptio  in  foro  feculari  non  admittetur.  Refponfo. 
Quando  eadem  caufa  diverfis  rationibus  coram  Ju- 
dicibus  ecclefiafticis  &  fecularibus  ventilatur  ut  fu- 
pra  patet  de  inje£Hone  violenta  manuum  in  cle- 
ricum  dicunt  quod  non  obftante  ecclefiaftico  judi- 
cio  Cur'  Regis  ipfum  tradtat  negotium  ut  fibi  ex- 
pedire  videtur  ecclefiaftico  judicio  non  obftante. 


CAP.    VII. 


In  what  only  Cafe  the  King's  Letters  fhall  be  fent  to  difcharge  an  Excommunicate. 


L  S  O  the  King's  Letter  directed  unto  Ordina- 
ries, that  have  wrapped  thofe  that  be  in  Sub- 
jection unto  them  in  the  Sentence  of  Excommunica- 
"  tion,  that  they  fhould  aflbil  them  by  a  certain  Day, 
"  or  elfe  that  they  do  appear,  and  fhew  wherefore  they 
"  have  excommunicated  them.  (2)  The  Anfwer." 
'  The  King  decreeth,  That  hereafter  no  fuch  Letters 
'  fhall  be  fuffered  to  go  r:  rth,  but  in  cafe  where  it  is 
'  found  that  the  King's  Liberty  is  prejudiced  by  the 
'  Excommunication.' 


ITEM  littera  regia  ordinariis  dirigitur  qui  ali- 
quos  fuos  fubditos  excommunicationis  vinculo 
innodarunt  quod  eos  abfolvant  infra  certum  diem 
alioquin  quod  compareant  refponfuri  quare  eos  ex- 
communicaverunt.  Refponfo.  Rex  decernit  quod 
talis  littera  nunquam  exire  impofterum  permittatur 
nifi  in  cafu  quo  pofiet  inveniri  ledi  per  excommu- 
nicationem  regiam  libertatem. 


CAP.     VIII. 

Clerks  in  the  King's  Service  mail  be  difcharged  of  their  Refidence,  but  fhall  be  corrected  by 

the  Ordinary. 


1  Tnfh  623. 
Privilege  of  the 

Exchequer, 


Reglft.  58. 


■*'  A  ISO  Barons  of  the  King's  Exchequer  claiming 
*'  Jr V.  by  their  Privilege,  that  they  ought  to  make 
■"  Anfwer  to  no  Complainant  out  of  the  fame  Place, 
**  extend  the  fame  Privilege  unto  Clerks  abiding  there, 
"  called  to  Orders  or  unto  Refidence,  and  inhibit  Or- 
"  dinaries  that  by  no  Means,  or  for  any  Caufe,  fo  long 
"  as  they  be  in  the  Exchequer,  or  in  the  King's  Ser- 
"  vice,  they  fhall  not  call  them  to  Judgment.  (2)  The 
•"  Anfwer/'  '  It  pleafeth  our  Lord  the  King,  That 
'  fuch  Clerks  as  attend  in  his  Service,  if  they  offend, 
'  fhall  be  correct  by  their  Ordinaries,  like  as  other  j 
'  but  fo  long  as  they  are  occupied  about  the  Exchequer, 

*  they  fhall  not  be  bound  to  keep  Refidence  in  their 

*  Churches."  (})  "  This  is  added  of  new  by  the 
*'  King's  Council."     '  The  King   and  his  Anceftors 

*  fince  Time  out  of  Mind  have  ufed,  That  Clerks, 
4  which  are  employed  in  his  Service,  during  fuch  Time 
'  as  they  are  in  Service,  fhall  not  be  compelled  to  keep 
'  Refidence  at  their  Benefices.  (4)  And  fuch  Things 
'  as  be  thought  neceflary  for  the  King  and  the  Com- 
c  monwealth,  ought  not  to  be  faid  to  be  prejudicial  to 
'•  the  Liberty  of  the  Church.' 


TEM  Barones  de  Scaccario  domini  Regis  ven- 
dicantes  fibi  ex  privilegio  quod  non  debent  ex- 
tra ilium  locum  conquerenti  cuiquam  refpondere 
extendunt  illud  privilegium  ad  clericos  commo- 
rantes  ibidem  vocatos  ad  ordines  feu  ad  refidentiam 
et  diocefanis  inhibent  ne  aliquo  modo  aliquave  ex 
caufa  dum  funt  in  Scaccario  &  in  fervitio  domini 
Regis  trahant  ad  judicium  quovis  modo.  Refpon- 
fo. Placet  domino  Regi  ut  clerici  fuis  obfequiis 
intendentes  fi  delinquant  per  ordinarios  ut  ceteri 
corrigantur  fet  tempore  quo  occupantur  circa  Scac- 
carium  ad  refidentiam  in  fuis  faciend'  ecclefiis  non 
tenentur.  Hie  additur  fc  d?  novo  per  conflium 
domini  Regis.  Rex  et  antecefibres  fui  a  tempore  cu- 
jus contrarii  memoria  non  exiftit  ufi  funt  quod  cle- 
rici fuis  immorantes  obfequiis  dum  obfequiis  illis 
intendunt  ad  refidentiam  in  fuis  benefices  faciend' 
minime  compellantur  nee  debet  dici  tendere  in  pre- 
judicium  ecclefiaftice  libertatis  quod  pro  Rege  & 
republica  neceflarium  invenitur. 


CAP. 


A.D.  1315* 


Arino  nono Edwardi  II. 


Stat.  t.       169 


c  A  P.    IX. 


Diftrefles  fhalhnot be  taken  in  the  Highways,  nor  in  the  ancient  Fees  of  the  Church; 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 

ITEM  miniftri  domini  Regis  ut  vicecomites  & 
alii  ingrediuntur  feodum  ecclefie  ad  diftridtiones 
faciend'  &  aliquando  capiunt  animalia  Rec~torum  in 
via  regia  quando  non  habent  nifi  terram  pertinen- 
tem  ad  ecclefiam.  Refponfio.  Placet  domino  regi 
ne  decetero  diftricliones  fiant  hujufmodi  nee  in  via1 
regia  nee  in  feodis  quibus  olim.  ecclefie  funt  dotate 
vult  tamen  diftricliones  fieri  in  poffeflionibus  de  no- 
vo a  perfonis  ecclefiafticis  adquifitis. 


"     A  LSO  the  King's  Officers,  as  Sheriffs  and  other,  2inft,6-- 

"  x\.  do  enter  into  the  Fees  of  the  Church  to  take 

"  Diftrefles,  and  fometime  they  take  the  Parfon's  Beafts 

"  in  the  King's  Highway,  where  they  have  nothing    • 

"  but  the  Land  belonging   to  the  Church."     (2)  The 

Anfvjer.  '  The  King's  Pleafure  is,  That  from  hence- 

'  forth  fiieh  Diftrefles  fhall  neither   be  taken  in  the 

\  King's  Highway,  nor  in  the  Fees  wherewith  Churches 

'  in  Times  paft  have  been  indowed ;  nevertheless  he 

'  willeth  Diftrefles  to  be  taken  in  Poffeflions  of  the 

c  -Church-newly  purchafed  by  Ecclefiaftical  Perfons.'      ^*J?j  v\'  \ 3', 


CAP.     X. 


They  that  abjure  the  Realm  fhall  be  in-Peaee,  fb  long-as  they  be  in  the  Church  or  Highway. 


ITEM  quandoqtle  aliqiti  corifugientes  'ad'-'eccle- 
fiam  abjurant  terram  fecundum  regni  qonfuetu- 
dinem  &  profequuntur  laici  eos  vel  inimici  eorum 
&  a  publica  ftrata  abftrahuntur  &  fufpenduntur  vel 
ftatim  decapitantur  &  dum  funt  in  ecclefia  cufto- 
diuntur  per  armatos  infra  cimiterium  !&  quandoque 
infra  ecclefiam  ita  arffe  quod  non  poffunt  ex'ire  1'0'H 
cum  facrum  caufa  fuperflui  ponderis  deponendi  nee 
permittitur  eis  neceflaria  vi£tui  miriiftrari.  Refpon/io. 
Qui  terram  abjurarunt  dum  funt  in  ftrata  publica 
funt  in  pace  regis  n,ec  decent  ab  al.iquo  mpleftari  et 
dum  funt  in  ecclefia  cuftodes  eorum  non  debent 
morari  infra  cimiterium  nifi  neceflitas  vel  evafionis 
periculum  hoc  requirat.  '  Nee  arcentur  eonfugi 
dum  funt  ineeclefia  quin  poflint  habere  vite  necef- 
faria  &  exire  libere  pro  obfeeno  pondere  deponendo. 
Placet  etiam  domino  Regi  ut  latrones  appellators 
quandocumque  voluerint  poflint  faqerdotibus  fua 
facinora  confiteri  fet  caveant  confefibres  ne  erronee 
hujufinodi  appellatores  informent, 


A L  S  O  where  fome  flying  unto  the  Church,  ab-zlnft.  62S. 
jure  the  Realm,  according  to  the  Cuftom  of 
'  the  Realm,  and  Lay-men  or  their  Enemies  do  pur- 
;  fue  them,  and  pluck  them  from  the  King's  Highway, 
■  and  they  are  hanged  or  "headed ;  and  whilft  they  be 
;  in.  the  "Church,  are  kept  in  the  Church-yard  with 
1  armed  Men,. and  fometime  in  the  Church,  fo  ftrait- 
:  ly,    that  they,  cannot   "depart    from,   the   hallowed 
Grou'nd  to  empty  their  Belly,  and  cannot  be  fuffered 
;  to  have  Neceflafies  brought  unto  them  for  their  Li- 
;  ving."     (z)    The  Anfiver.     '  They  that   abjure   the 
Realm,   fo  long  as  they  be  in  the  Common  Way, 
fhall  be  in  the  King's  Peace,  nor  ought  to  be  difturb- 
ed  of  any  Man;  a'rid  when' they  "be  "in  the  Church, 
their  Keepers  ought  not  to  abide  in  the  Church-yard, 
except  Neceffity  or  Peril  of  Efcape  do  require  fo. 
(-3)  And  fo  long  as  they  be  in  the  Church,  they  fhall  Repealed  h 
not  be  compelled  to  flee  away,  but  they  fhall  have 
Neceffaries  -  for  their  Living,  and   may  go  forth  to 
empty  their  Belly.     (4)  And  the  King's  Pleafure  is, 
that  Thieves  or  Appellors  (whenfoever  they  will) 
may  confers  their  Offences  unto  Priefts;  but  let  the 
ConfefloFs  beware  that  they  do  not  erroneoufly  inform 
fuch  Appellors.' 


c  25. 


21  JaCi  1.  c.  2$. 

rak:s  azuay  all 
Sanctuaries 
ivt.  aimer* 


CAP.     XI. 

Religious  Houfes  fhall  not  be  charged  by  Compuifion  with  Corodies,  Penfions,  Refort,  or 

taking  of  their  Horfes  or  Carts. 


ITEM  petitur  quod  dominusRex  &  regni  Mag- 
nates non  onerent  domos  religiofas  vel  ecclefi- 
afticas  perfonas  pro  corrodiis  penfionibus  vel  pre- 
hendinationibus  faciendis  in  domibus  religiofis  & 
aliis  locis  ecclefiafticis  carecHs  &  equis  fibi  mitten- 
dis  cum  per  hoc  predifte  domus  depauperentur  cul- 
tufque  divinus  in  hac  parte  diminuatur  et  propter 
hujufmodi  onera  compelluntur  fepiffime  prefbyteri 
&  alii  miniftri  ecclefiaftici  divinis  officiis  deputati  a 
locis  recedere  fupradictis.  Refponfio.  Placet  do- 
mino Regi  quod  fuper  contends  in  petitione  decete- 
ro indebite  non  onerentur.  Et  fi  per  magnates  aut 
alios  contra  fiat  habeantinde  remedium  juxta  for- 

roam  ftatutorum  tempore  domini  E,  Regis  patris 
Vol,  I. 


LS  O  it  is  defired  that  our  Lord  the  King,  and  2  ina,  C25, 
_,_the  Great  Men  of  the  Realm  do  not  charge 
Religious  Houfes,  or  Spiritual  Perfons,  for  Corodies, 
"  Penfions,  or  fojourning  in  Religious  Houfes,  and 
"  other  Places  of  the  Church,  or  with  taking  up  Horfe 
"  or  Carts,  whereby  fuch  Houfes  are  impoverished, 
"  and  God's  Service  diminifhed,  and,  by  reafon  of 
"  fuch  Charges,  Priefts,  and  other  Minifters  of  the 
"  Church  deputed  unto  Divine  Service,  are  oftentimes 
"  compelled  to  depart  from  the  Places  aforefaid."  .(z) 
The  Anfvjer.  '  The'King's  Pleafure  is, That  upon  the 
'  Contents  in  their  Petition,  from  henceforth  they 
c  fhall  not  be  unduly  charged.  {\)  And  if  the  con- 3 Ed.  1. 
'  trary  be  done  by  great  Men  or  other,  they  fhall  have 
'  Remedy  after  the  Form  of  the  Statutes  made  in  the  . 
5  Time  of  King  Edward,  Father  to  the  King  that 
25  '  now 


170 


2  Inft.  630. 


Slnft.  631. 


4 Mod.  335. 


Regift.  53. 


slnft.  632. 
3  Ed.  i.e.*. 


Stat  t 


Anno  nono.EDw  audi  II.' 


A.D. 


*3*5> 


1  now  is.    And  like  Remedy  fhall  be  done  for  Coro- 
'  dies  and  Penfions  exacted  by  Compuliion,  whereof 


no  Mention  is  made  in  the  Statutes. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Regis  nunc  editorum.     Et  fiat  confimile  remedium 
de  iorrodiis  &  penfionibus  per  coertionem  exa£tis 
de  quibus  non  fit  mentio  in-ftatutis.   ' 


cap.   xn. 


A  Clerk  excommunicate  may  be  taken  out  of  the  Parifh  where  he  dwelleth. 


"  \  LSO  if  any  of  the  King's  Tenure  be  called 
"  f\  before  their  Ordinaries  out  of  the  Parifh  where 
"  they  continue,  if  they  be  excommunicate  for  their 
"  manifeft  Contumacy,  and  after  Forty  Days  a  Writ 
"  goeth  out  to  take  them,  they  pretend  their  Privilege, 
"  that  they  ought  not  to  be  cited  out  of  the  Town  and 
"  Parifh  where  their  Dwelling  is ;  and  fothe  King's 
"  Writ  that  went  out  for  to  take  them  is  .denied." 
(2)  The  Anfwer.  '  It  was  never  yet  denied,  nor  fhall 
'  be  hereafter.' 


ITEM  fi  aliqui  de  tenura  domini  Regis  vocatt 
coram  ordinariis  extra  parochiam  in  qua  degunt 
fi  propter  fuam  manifeftam  contumaciam  excorn- 
municentur  ac  poft  quadraginta  dies  pro  eorum  cap- 
done  fcribatur  pretendunt  fe  privilegiatps  quod  ex~ 
tra  villam  feu  parochiam  fuam  non  d.ebent  vocari  ec 
fie  denegatur  breve  regium  pro  captione  eorundem. 
Refponfio.  Numquam  fuit  negatum  nee  negabkur 
in  futurum. 


C  A  P.     XIII. 


The  Examination  of  a  Parfon  prefented  to  a  Benefice  .belongeth  to  a  Spiritual  Judge. 


L  S  O  it  is  defired  that.Spiritual  Perfons,  whom 
our  Lord  the  Kingdoth  prefent  unto  Benefices 
\  of  the  Church  (if  the  Bifhop  will  not  admit  them 
'  either  for  lack  of  Learning,  ,or  for  other  Caufe  rea- 
;  fonable)  may  not  be  under  the  Examination  of  Lay 
'•  Perfons  in  the  Cafes  aforefaid,  as  it  is  now  attempt- 
1  ed,  contrary  to  the  Decrees  Canonical,  but  that  they 
:  may  fue  unto  a  Spiritual  Judge  for  Remedy,  as  Right 
;  fhall  require,"     (2)  The  Anfwer.     '  Of  the  Ability 
of  a  Parfon  prefented  unto  a  Benefice  of  the  Church 
the  Examination  belongeth  to  a  Spiritual  Judge  ;  and 
fo  it  hath  been  ufed  heretofore,  and  fhall  be  hereaf- 
ter/ 


ITEM  petitur  quod  perfone  ecclefiaftice  quas 
do'minus  Rex  ad  benefic'ia  prefentat  ecclefiaftica 
fi  Epifcopus  eas  non  admittat  ut  puta  propter  de- 
fectum fcientie  vel  aliam  caufarn  rationibi'em  nan 
fubeant  exarninationem  laicarum  per  foil  a  rum  in  ca- 
fibus  antedi£tis  prout  hiis  tempoiibus'  attemptatur 
de  facto  contra  canonicas  fanctiones  fet  adeant  Ju- 
dicem  ecclefiaflicum  ad  quern  de  jure  pertinet  pro 
remedio  prout  juftum  fuerit  confequendo.  Re- 
fponfio. De  idoneitate  perfone  prefentate  ad  bene- 
ficium  ecclefiaflicum  pertinet  examinatio  ad  Judi- 
cem  ecclefiaflicum  &-ita  eft  haftenus  ufitatum  & 
fietin  futurum. 


C  A  P.     XIV. 
There  fhall  be  free  Election  of  Dignities  of  the  Church. 


LSO  if  any  Dignity  be  vacant,  where Eleftion 
jL  is  to  be  made,  it  is  moved  that  the  Electors 
may  freely  make  their  Ele&ion  without  Fear  of  any 
"  Power  Temporal,  and  that  all  Prayers  and  Oppref- 
"  fions  fnall  in  this  Behalf  ceafe."  (2)  The  Anfiver. 
1  They  fhall  be  made  free  according  to  the  Form  of 
*  Statutes  and  Ordinances/ 


TEM  fi  vacet  aliqua  dfgnitas  ubi  ele£rio  eft  fa- 
_  cienda  petitur  quod  elettores  libere  poffint  eli- 
gere  abfque  incuflione  timoris  a  quacumque  pote-  . 
irate  feculari  &  quod  cedent  preces  &  oppreffiones. 
in  hac  parte.  Refponfio.  Fiant  libere  juxta  for- 
mam  ftatutorum  &  ordinationum. 


CAP.     XV. 


A  Clerk  fleeing  into  the  Church  for  Felony,  fhall  not  be  compelled  to  abjure. 


MOreover, 
judged  before   a  Temporal 


though  a  Clerk  ought  not  to  be 
Judge,  nor  any 
*'  Thing  may  be  done  againft  him  that  concerneth 
"  Life  or  Member;  neverthelefs  Temporal  Judges 
"  caufe  that  Clerks  fleeing  unto  the  Church,  and  par- 
"  adventure  confeffing  their  Offences,  do  abjure  the 
■*  Realm,  and  for  the  fame  Caufe  admit  their  Abjura- 
"  tions,  although  hereupon  they  cannot  be  their  Judges, 
"  and  fo  Power  is  wrongfully  given  to  Lay  Perfons  to 
"  put  to  Death  fuch  Clerks,  if  fuch  Perfons  chance  to 
"  be  found  within  the  Realm  after  their  Abjuration; 
"  the  Prelates  and  Clergy  defire  fuch  Remedy  to  be 
*c  provided  herein,  that  the  Immunity  or  Privilege  of 
*'  the  Church  and  Spiritual  Perfons  may  be  laved  and 


TTEM  licet  clericus  coram  feculari  Judicejudi- 
J.  cari  non  debeat  nee  aliquid  contra  ipfum  fieri, 
per  quod  ad  periculum  mortis  vel  rautilationem 
membri  valeat  proveniri  feculares  tamen  judices 
clericos  ad  ccclefiam  confugientes  &  reatus  fuos forte 
confltentes  faciunt  abjurare  regnum  &  eorum  abju- 
rationem  admittunt  ex  ilia  caufa  quamquam  eorum 
judices  fuper  hiis  non  exiftant  ficque  datur  laicis 
indirefte  potefias  hujufmodi  clericos  trucidandi  ft 
ipfos  poft  hujufmodi  abjurationem  in  regno  conti- 
gerit  inveniri  fuper  quo  pctunt  prelr.ti  &  clerus  tale 
remedium  adhiberi  ut  immuniias  ecclefie  &  ecclcfi- 
afticarum  perfbnarum  confervetur  illefa.  Refponfo 
Clericus  pro  felonia  fugiens  ad  ecclefiam  pro  im- 

mm>itat3 


A.D.  1 315. 


Anno  nono  Edwardi  II. 


Stat  r.        171' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
m^initate  ecclefiaftica  optinend' fi  afTeritfe  effe  cle- 
ric urn  regntim  non    compellitur'  abjurare   fet  legi 
regni  fe  reddens  gaudebit  ecclefiaftica  libertate  juxta 
laudabilem  confuetudinem  regni  hadtenus  ufitatam. 


"  unbroken."  (2)  The  Anfwer.  _  '  A  Clerk  fleeing  to 
'  the  Church  for  Felony,  to  obtain  the  Privilege  of  the 
'-  Church,  if  he  affirm  himfelf  to  be  a  Clerk,  he  fhall 
'  not  .be  compelled  to  abjure  the  Realm  ;  but  yielding 
'  himfelf  to  the  Law  of  the  Realm,  fhall  enjoy  the 
'  Privilege  of  the  Church,  according  to  the  laudable 
'  Cuftom  of  the  Realm  heretofore  ufed.' 

'Treafon  Jhall  not  have  Clergy,     See  l  Jac.  i.  c 


By  28  H.  8.  c.  1. 

Abjurers  hi  petty 
and  21  Jac.  I.  c.  28.  tvbicb  takes  aiuay  all  Saniluaries* 


CAP.     XVI. 


The  Privilege  of  the  Church  being  demanded  by  the  Ordinary,  fhall  not  be  denied  to  a  Clerk 

that  hath  confeffed  Felony. 

TEM  quamquam  confeffio  coram  illo  qui  non 
eft  judex  confitentis  non  teneat  nee  fufficiat  ad 
faciendum  proceffum  vel  fententiam  proferendam 
quidam  tamen  feculares  judices  clericos  quide  foro 
kio  in  hac  parte  non  exiftunt  reatus  proprios  & 
enormes  ut  puta  furta  roberias  &  homicidia  coram 
eis  cojifiientes  admittunt  ad  accufationem  aliorum 
quam  ipficommuniter  vocant  appellum  ipfofque  fie 
confitentes  accufantes  feu  appellum  facientes  non 
liberant  prelatis  eorum  poft  premifla  quanquam 
fuper  hiis  fuerint  fufHcienter  requifiti  licet  coram 
eis  etiam  per  confeflionem  propriam  judicari  vel 
condempnari  nequeant  abfque  violatione  ecclefi- 
aftice  libertatis.  Refponjio.  Appellator!  in  forma1 
debita  tanquam  clenco  per  ordinarium  petite  liber- 
tatis eccleiiaftice  beneficium  non  negatur.  '  Nos 
defiderantes  ftatui  ecclefie  Anglicane  &  tranquil- 
litati    &  quieti    prelatorum  &  cleri    prediclorum 

Suatenus  de  jure  poterimus  providere  ad  honorem 
>ei&  emend  ationemftatus  di£te  ecclefie  &  prelato- 
rum &  cleri  predidtorum  omnes  &  fingulas  refpon- 
iiones  prediftas  ac  omnia  &  fingula  in  eifdem  re- 
fponfionibus  contenta  ratificantes  &  approbantes  ea 
pro  nobis  &  heredibus  noftris  concedimus  &  pre- 
cipimus  imperpetuum  inviolabiliter  obfervari  vio- 
lentes  &  concedentes  pro  nobis  &  heredibus  noftris 
quod  predi£ti  prelati  &  clerus  &  eorum  fucceflbres 
imperpetuum  in  premiffis  jurifdiftionem  ecclefiafti- 
cam  exerceant  juxta  tenorem  refponfionum  predic- 
tarum  abfque  occafione  inquietatione  vel  impedi- 
mento  noftri  vel  heredum  noftrorum  feu  miniftro- 
noftrorum   quorumcumque.      In   cujus    &c. 


rum 


anno  regni 


T.  R.  apud  Ebor'  xxiiij.  die  Novemhr' 
Regis  E.-fil;.- Regis  E.  decimo. 

Per  ipfum  Regem  &  confilium. 


ALSO  notwithftanding  that  a  Confefllon  made  2  Iott.  637. 
before  him  that  is  not  lawful  Judge  thereof,  is 
;  notfufKcient  whereon  Procefs  may  be  awarded,  or 
1  Sentence  given  ;  yet  fome  Temporal  Judges  (though 
;  they  have  been  inftantly  defired  thereto)  do  not  deli- 
•  ver  to  their  Ordinaries,  according  to  the  Premiffes, 
;  fuch  Clerks  as  confefs  before  them  their  heinous  Of- 
;  fehces,  as  Theft,  Robbery,  and  Murther,  but  ad- 
:  mit  their  Accufation,  which  commonly  they  call  an 
;  Appeal,  albeit  to  this  Refpedl:  they  be  not  of  their 
'  Court,  nor  can  be  judged  or  condemned  before  them 
■  upon  their  own  Confeflion.,  without  breaking  of  the 
:  Church's  Privilege."     (2)  The •  Anfiver.    '  The  Privi- 
lege of  the  Church,  being1  demanded  in  due  Form 
by  the  Ordinary,  fhall  not.  be  denied  unto  the  Ap- 
pealour,  as  to  a  Clerk,     (t,)  We  defiririg  to  provide 
for  the  State  of  holy  Church  of  England,  and  for  the 
Tranquillity  and  Quiet  of  the  Prelates  and  Clergy 
aforefaid,  as  far  forth  as  we  may  lawfully  do,  to  the 
Honour  of  God,   and  Emendation  of  the  Church, 
Prelates  and  Clergy  of  the  fame;  ratifying,  confirm- 
ing,   and    approving  all   and   every  of  the  Articles 
aforefaid,  with   all  and- every  of  the  Anfwers  made 
and  contained  in  the  fame,  do  grant  and  command 
them  to  be  kept  firmly,  and  obferved  for  ever ;    (4  ) 
willing  and  granting  for  us  and  our  Heirs,  that  the  * 

forefaid  Prelates  and  Clergy,  and  their  Succeflbrs, 
fhall  ufe,  execute,  and  pra6tife  for  ever  the  Jurifdic- 
tion  of  the  Church  in  the  Premiftes,  after  the  Tenour 
of- the  Anfwers  aforefaid,  without  Quarrel,  Inquiet- 
ing,  or  Vexation  of  us  or  of  our  Heirs,  or  any  of 
our  Officers  whatfoever  they  be.  T.  R.  at  York,  the 
xx'tv.  Day  of  November,  in  the  Tenth  Year  of  the  See  z%H.  8.  c.  1. 
Reign  of  King  Edward',  the  Son  of  King  Ed-  ty  m-bub  Pcrfim 

WARD.'  \n  boly  Order i  are 

- '  -  to  be  pun'ijbed  at 

1   ~L\  others. 


The  Statute  of 'Sheriffs,  made  ;^?. Lincoln  Ajino  9EDW.  II.  Stat,  2.  and 

Anno  Dom.   1315. 

Sheriffs  fhall  be  affigned  by  the  Chancellor,  ciJV.  A  Sheriff  muft  have  fufficient  in  the  fame 
County,  and  not  be  Bailiff,  &c.  to  any.  Bailiffs  of  Hundreds  mall  have  fufficient  in  the 
fame  Shire. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  32. 

POR  ce  qe  noftre  fei^nur  le  Roi  Edward 
fiz  le  Roi  Ed  ward. a  fon  parlement  a  Ni- 
cole a  la  quinzeme  de  la  feint  Hiller  Ian  de 
fon  regne  neuf  par  demonftraunce  des  Prelatz 
Contes  Barons  &  autres  grantz  du  Roiaurae  fomuns 


'  Orafmuch  as  our  Lord  King  Edward,  Son  to  c     c 

King  Edward,  at  his  Parliament  holden  at  I3' 

Lincoln  in  quindena  Hilarii,  in  the  Ninth  Year 

of  his   Reign,  by   the  Information  of  his  Prelates, 

Earls,  Barons,  and  other  great  Men  of  the  Realm, 

Z  2  "  being 


172-      Stat,  2. 


Annonono  EdwardtII. 


A.  D.  1 


3iS« 


Who  fhall  ifiign 
Skenft's. 
2$  Erf.  1.  fiat.  3. 
c.-S  &  13. 
By  34.  Ed.  3. 
flat.  1.  c.  7. 
Sheriff  pall  con- 
tinue in  his  Office 
hut  otic  Year. 
Who  fhall  be 
Sheriffs,   and 
of  what  Eftate, 
fhey  dial!  be. 

4  Ed.  3.  0.  9. 

5  Ed.  3.  c.4. 
33  &  i^Car.  2. 
c.  J 1. 

Who  fha1!  have 
the  keeping  of 
Hundreds. 
Regifr.  178. 
2  Ed.  3.  c.  4. 
•which  conjirmi 
this  Statute, 


Hy  whom  Exe- 
cution of  Writs 
iball  be  done. 
33  Ed.  I.  fiat,  1. 
c.39, 


being  furhmone'd  to  the  fame  Parliament,  and  alfo  by 
the  grievous  Complaint  of  the  People,  did  perceive 
great 'Damage  to  be  done  to  him,  and  great  Oppref- 
lions  and  Difherifances  to  his  People,  by  reafdn  un- 
fufficient :  Sheriffs  and  Hundreders  have  been  before' 
this  Time,  and. yet  be  in  the  Realm  ;"  (2)  our  Lord' 
the  King,  intending  to  efchew  fuch  evil  Oppreffions 
and'Difneritanees-.hy  the  Affent  of  the  Prelates,  Earls, 
Barons,  and  other  great  Eftates  aforefaid,  hath  or- 
dained and  eftablifhed  in  the  faid  Parliament,,  That; 
the  Sheriffs  from  henceforth  fhall  be  affigned  by  the 
Chancellor,.  Treafu.rer,j  ^Barons',  of  the '  Exchequer, ' 
andby  the  Juftices  ;    (3)  and  in  the  Abjence  of  the 
Chancellor,  by  the  Treafurer,  Barons^  and  Juftices. 
{4)  And- that  none  fhall  be  Sheriff,  except  he  have 
fufficient  Land~  within  the  fame  Shire  where  he  fliall  ■ 
be  Sheriff,  to;  anfwer*  the  King  and, his  People.     (s)J 
And'that  none  that  is,  Steward  or  Bailiff  to-  a  great1 
Lord  fhall  be  made  Sheriff,  excep.t  he-,be  out  of  Ser-' 
vice,  fo  that  he  may  attend  to  execute  the  Office  of  a  1 
Sheriff. for  the  King,  and  his  People.      (6)  And/  in- 
like  Manner  it  is  agreed  and  eftabliihed,  that  Hun- 
dreds, whether  they  belong  to  the  King,  or  to  other, 
fhall  be  kept  by  convenient  and  able  Perfpns,  that 
have  fufficient  Land,witbjn  the  fame  Hundred  or  Shire 
where   the  Hundred :  is ;    arid   that  the.  Chancellor, 
Treafurer,- Barons'*,  and, Juftices  fhall  do.  and  affign 
in  Manner.,  aforefaid,  without  having  other  Regard.  ■ 
(7)  And  if  any  Sheriffs  or  Hundreders  be  infufficient  - 
at  this  Time,-  they  fhallibe,  removed,  and  other  more 
convenient  put  in  their  Rooms.     (8)  And  that  fuch 
Hundreds  be  leafed  and  bailed  to  fuch  Penfons  for  a 
reafonable  Rent,  fo  that  they  need  not  to  ufe  Ex- 
tortion upon  the  People  by  reafon  of  too  outragious 
Ferm ;    (9)  and  that  no  Sheriff  nor  Hundreder  fhall 
Ieafe  his  Office,  to  any.other  in  Perm  or  otherwise.   ( ip)  - 
And  that  the  Execution  of  Writs  that  come  to  the- 
Sheriffs,  fhaU  be  done  by  the  Hundreders'  fworn  and 
known  in  the  full  County,  and  not  by  other,  if  it  be 
not  the  open  Default  or  notorious  Difturbance  of  the 
Hundreders ;    and  then  Execution  fhall  be  done  by 
other  Perfons  meet  and  fworn,  fo  that  the  People  may 
know  to,  whom  to  fue  fuch  Executions;  faving  al- 
ways the  Returns  of  Writs  to/,  them  that  have  them, 
or  ought  to  have  theni,' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turf.  Lond. 
a  eel  parlement  &  par  greveufes  pleintes  del  poeple1 
entendi  grantz  damages  eftre  faitz  a  lui  &  trop" 
griefs'  oppreflions  &  defheritaunces  a  fon  poeple* 
par  larefon  qe  meins  fuffifant-z  vifebntes  &  gardeirw 
des  hundreds  ont  efte  avant  ces  houres  &  uncore 
font  en  dit  roiaume  noftre  feignur  le  Roi  voillant 
efcheure  ceux  maux  oppreffions  &  defheritances  del 
affent  des  Prelatz  Contes  Barons  &  les  grantz  avant- 
ditz  en  fon  dit  parlement  purvit  &  eftabli  qe  Vif- 
contes  deforemes  foient  mis  par  le  Chancellier  le 
Treforer  &  les  Barons  del  lefcheqer  &  par  les  Juf- 
tices /&  en.  abfence  .del Cha-uncellier  p2r- le-Trefbrer 
Barons  &  Juftices.  Et  qe  nul  ne  foitvifconte  fil 
neit  terre  fuffifaument  en  meifme  la  contee  ou  il 
ferra  vifconte rj>or r,efgrondre_  aiirRpi  &  au  poeple. 
Et  qe  nul  qe  foit  fenefchal  ou  baillif  de  grant  feig- 
nur' feit  fait  vifconte  fil  ne  oftede  autre- fervifeMes 
tiel  le  feitqe  de  tut  puife  entendre  ahoffi.ee  de  vif- 
conte faire  pur  le  Roi  &  pur.le  poeple  &  qe  Chaun- 
cellier  Treforer  Barons(&  Juftices  facent  &  mettent 
en  la  manere  avantdite  fanz  autre  regard  aver.  En? 
meifme  la  manere  eft  accorde  &  eftabli  qe  les  hun- 
dredz  lequel  qil  foient  au  Roi  ou  as  autres  foient 
gardez  par  gentz  covenables  eantz  terre  fuffifau- 
ment en  meifme  le  hundred  ou  en  le  Countee  on 
le  hundr'  ferra.  '  Et  fi  afcuns  vifcountes  ou  hun- 
dxeders.foient  a  ceo  meins-  fuffifantz  foint  tantoffc 
remuetZr  &  ^utres  covenables  mis  en  la  forme  avant- 
dite. Et  qe  les,  hundredz  foient  leffez  Sc  bailletz  a 
tieux  gentz  a  renable  poer  iiimt  qil  ne  coveigne  pas 
qil'  facent  extorfion  fur  le  poeple  pur  trop  utrage- 
oufe  ferme  &  qe  nul  Vifconte  ne  Hundredor  ne 
bailie  a  autre  fon  office  agarder  a  ferme  ne  en  autre 
manere,  Et  qe  les  execucions  des  briefs  qe  ven- 
droint  as  vifcontes  foient  faites.  par  les  hundredors 
conus  &  juret,z  en  plein  contee  &  nemie  par  autres 
fil  ne  foit  en  grant  defaute  ou  notoire  deftorbance 
des  hundredors  et  adonqes  foient  faites;  par  autres 
covenables  &  juretz  iffint  qe  le  people  puiile  faver 
a  qi  feure  tieles  execuciones  fauve  touzjours  retOTCl 
des: brefs  a;ceus qe  les  ont &avexdevient» 


EX  vic'Ebor' falutem.  Mittimus  tibi  quoddam  ftatutum  in  parliaments  noftro  apud.Lincoln'  editum 
_  i  de  forma  conftituendi  vicecorriites  &  ballivos  hundredorum  &  de  aliis  articulis  in  eodem  ftatuto  con- 
tentis  figillo  noftro  confignatum  precipientes  quod  ftatutum  illud  in  pleno  comitatu  tuo  legi  publicari  &  in. 
omnibus  articulis  fuis  quantum  ad  te  pertinet  firmiter  &  inviolabiliter  facias  obfervari.  T.  Rege  apud  LiiK 
coin'  xx.  die  Febr'  anno  &c.  nono. 

Conjimiles  litere  diriguntur  fmgulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam. 

.  Et  fait  a  rememhrer  que  meifme  lejtatutfu  fealfoiiz  le  grant' feal  &  maunde  as  treforer  ■&  barons  del  efebekier  & 
■  euxint  as  juftices  de  hm  bank  &  de  lautre  de  fermement  garder  en  tuzfespointz. 


The 


■ 


A.  D.  13 1 6. 


Anno  decimo  Ed  ward  i  II, 


173 


The  Statute  ^Gavelet,  made  at  London,  Anno  10  Edw.  II.  atid  Anno 

Dom.  13 1 6. 


The  Lords  of  Rents  In  Land, 


on 


may  recover  them  by  a  Writ  of  Gavelet,  and  in  Default  thereof 
the  Lands  in  Demefne. 


Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  z. 

PRO V ISUM  eft  per  dominum,Regem.&  Ju- 
fticiarios  fuos  &  Civibus  London'  conceflum 
eft  quod  fi  Archiepifcopi  Epifcopi  ■  Abbates 
Priores  Comites  Barones  &  Alii  qui  habent  redditus 
in  Civitate  London'  in  aliquibus  tenementis  &  red- 
ditus ill i  aretro  fueiint  nee  redditus  illos  poffunt  re- 
cuperare  quod  bene  liceat  eis  diftringere  tenentes 
fuos  pro  arreragiis  fuis  quamdiu  aliquid  inveniatur 
in  feodo  per  quod  diftringere  pofiunt*  Cum  ipfi  te- 
nentes implacitentur  de  Gavelet  per  quoddambreve 
deconfuetudinibus  &  ferviciisquod  bene  poteft  fieri 
per  Sokereuns  eorundem  in  huftengo  prefentatos  ad 
cuftodiend'  Sok'  fue  ad  redditus  fuos  colligend'  ita 
quod  tenentes  fui  cognoverunt  fervicia  fua  ftatim  & 
fine  difficultatefatisfaciant  dominis  fuis  de  arreragiis 
fuis  Si  autem  fervitia  fua  denegaverint  petentes  no- 
minabunt  ftatim  feftam  fuam  fcilt'  duos  teftes  & 
abreviabuntur  &  habebunt  diem  ad  producendum 
eos  ad  proximum  Huftingum  ad  quern  diem  ft  ipfos 
teftes  produxerint  &  per  eos  in  plena  Curia  often- 
datur  ut  de  pleno  vifu  et. audita  quod  ipft  conque- 
rentes  aliquando  perceperint  redditus-quos  pe.tunt 
de  tenementis  tunc  ipft  tenentes  amittant  feoda  per 
judicia  Curie  &  querentes  recuperabunt  tenementa 
fua  in  dominico  ft  autem  ut  predidtum  eft  cognove- 
rint  dominis  fuis  fervitia  &  fuper  arreragiis  tunc  ad 
judicium  di<£te  Curie  duplicabunt  arreragia  &  dabunt 
vie'  pro  injufta  detentione  ft  ad  hoc  fufficiant  abfque 
gravamine  C.  s.  ft  autem  poft  debitam  fummoni- 
tionem  ad  Huftengum  non  venerint  tunc  feoda  ilia 
in  pleno  Huftengo  liberabuntur  conquerenti  tenen- 
da  in  manibus  fuis  per  unum  annum  &  unum  diem 
ad  quern  terminum  fi  tenentes  venerint  ad  eos  & 
optulerint  eis  fatisfacere  de  arreragiis  fuis  duplican- 
dis  et  vie'  de  miffa  fua  ut  predict  urn  eft  tunc  reha- 
bebunt  tenementa  fua  fin  autem  poft  annum  & 
diem  completum  remanebunt  tenementa  ilia  domi- 
nis feodorum  illorum  per  judicium  ejufdem  Curie 
in  dominico  fuo  imperpetuum. 

Ettunc  vocantur  tenementa  ilia  forfeelet  eo  quod 
imperpetuum  remanebunt  in  dominico  dominis  feo- 
dorum illorum  pro  defedhi. 

Idem  tamen  eft  obfervand'  ft  tenentes  cognofcant 
arreragia  fua  &  non  poffunt  inde  fatisfacere  ficut 
predi&um  eft. 


IT  is, provided  by. our  Lord  the  King  and  his  Juf- 
tices,  and  alfo  granted  unto  the  Citizens  cf  Lin- 
den, That  Arcbiihops,  Biihops,  Abbots,  Priors, 
Earls,  Barons,  and  other  that  have  Rents  in  London, 
,and  for  fome  Tenements  the  Ren^s  are  behind,  und- 
cannot  recover  thofe  Rents,  that  it  fhall  he  lawful 
for  them  todiftrain  their  Tenants  for,  their  Arrerages, 
fo  long  as  any  Thing  is  found  in  the  Fee,  whereby 
they  may  be  diftrained  ;  (2)  and  if  they  have  nothing 
in  the  Fee,  whereby  they  may  be  diftrained,  then  the 
Tenants  fhall  be  impleaded  by  a  Writ  of  Gavelet  of 
Cuftoms  and  Services;  which  may  be  well  done  by 
the  Freemen  of  their  City  prefented  in  their  Huttings, 
for  the  keeping  of  their  Suit,  to  gather  their  Rents  ; 
fo  that  if  the  Tenants  do  acknowledge  their  Ser- 
vices, they  fhall  prefently  and  "without  Delay  fatisfy 
their  Lords  of  their  Arrerages.  (3)  And  if  they  de- 
ny them  their  Services,  the  Demandants  {hall  im- 
mediately name  two  Witneffes,.  whofe.  Names  fhall 
be  inrolled,  and  fhall  have  Day  to'  bring  them  forth 
at  the  next  Huftings;  (4)  at  which  Day  if  they  bring 
forth  Witneffes,  and  it  is  fhewed  by  them  in  the  full 
Courtof  their  own  Sight  and  Hearing,  that  the  fame 
Plaintiffs -have  any  Time  received  the  Rents  which- 
they  demand  of  the  Tenements,  then  the  Tenants- 
fhall  leefe  their  Fees  by  award  of  the  Court,  and  the 
Plaintiffs  fhall  recover  their  Tenements  in  Demean. 
(?).  If  they  will  not  acknowledge  the  Services  unto 
their  Lords,  as.  before  is  faid,  and  likewife  the  Ar- 
rerages, then  the  Arrerages  by  Judgement  of  the 
Court _ fhall  be  doubled,  and  they  fhall  give  to  the- 
Sheriff  for  the  wrongful  withholding  (if  they  be- 
worth  fo  much)  C.s.  without  any  Difficulty;  (6)- 
and  if  they  do  not  come  in  after  due  Summons  in  the 
Huftings,  then  the  fame  Fees  fhall  be  delivered  unto 
the  Plaintiffs  in  the  full  Huftings,  to  be  holden  in 
their  own  Hands  for  one  Year  and  a  Day  •  (7)  within 
which  Time  if  the  Tenants  do  come  unto  them,  and 
do  offer  to  fatisfy  them  of  the  Arrerages  double,  and 
to  the  Sheriff  for  his  Amerciament,  as  before  is  faid,- 
then  they  fhall  have  their  Tenements  again.  (8) 
But  if  it  be  after  one  Year  and  a  Day  accomplifhed-- 
fuch  Tenements  fhall  remain  unto  the  Lords  of  thofe 
Fees  by  Judgement  of  the  Court  in  their  Demean  for 
ever;  (9)  and  then  fuch  Lands  fhall  be  called  Fcrf- 
choke,  becaufe  fuch  Tenements  fhall  remain  for.  ever. 
in  demean  to  the  Lords  of  the  Fees  for  Default  of  the. 
Service.  (10)  The  fame  Ordinance  fhall  be  kept 
and  obferved  if  the  Tenants  do  knowledge  the  Ar- 
rerages, and  be  not  able  to  make  Satisfaction  there- 
fore, as  it  is  faid  before.' 


»  Si  autem  nichil  inveniatur  in  feodo  per  quod  pofiint  diflringi  Tunc  ipfi  tenentes  implacitentur,  «c.    h  alh  MS, 


The 


174       Stat,  r, 


Anno  duodecimo  Edwardi  II. 


A.  D.  1 31 8. 


The  Statute  of  York,   made  the  Twentieth  of  O&ober,  Anno  12  Ed  w.  II. 

Stat.  1.  and  Anno  Dom.  1 318. 


"  "SpORASMUCH  as  divers  People  of  the  Realm 
"  \K  of  England  and  Ireland  have  heretofore  many 
"  *-  Times  fuffered  great  Mifchiefs,  Damages,  and 
"  Difherifons,  by  Reafon  that  in  fome  Cafes  where  the 
"  Law  failed,  no  Remedy  was  ordained ;  (2)  and  alfo 
"  forafmuch  as  fome  Points  of  the  Statutes  heretofore 
"  made  had  Need  of  Expofition  :  (3)  Our  Lord  King 
"  Edward,  Son  to  King  Edward,  denting  that  full 
"  Right  be  done  to  his  People,  at  his  Parliament  holden 
"  at  York,  the  third  Week  after  the  Feaft  of  Saint  Mi- 
"  cbael,  the  Twelfth  Year  of  his  Reign,  by  the  Allen  t 
"  of  the,Prelates,  Earls,  Barcns,  and  the  Commonalty 
"  of  his  Realm  there  affembled,  hath  made,  thefe  Acts 
"  and  Statutes  here  following,  the  which  he  willeth  to 
"  be  ftraitly  obfervedin  his  faid  Realm  and  Land." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  32. 
UR  ceo  qe  plufurs  gentz  du  Roialme  dEn- 
gleterre  &  de  la  terre  dlrlaunde  unt  einz  ces 
houres  foventefeth  foffert  mefchefs  &  defhe- 
ritefons  par  encheifon  de  ceo  qe  en  afcun  cas  ou 
defaute  de  lei  fuft  remedie  ne  fuft  ordene  &  auffint 
pur  ceo  qe  afcuns  pointz  des  eftatutz  avant  faitz 
avoient  meftier  defclariffement  Noftre  Seignour  Is 
R.oi  Edward  fiz  au  Roi  Edward  defiraunt  ple- 
nere  dreit  eftre  faite  a  foil  poeple  a  fon  parlement  a 
Everewyk  as  tres  fimeignes  de  feint  Michel  Ian  de 
fon  regne  dufzifme  par  affent  des  Prelatz  Countes 
Barons  &  la  communaute  de  fon  reaume  illoeqs  af- 
femblez  fift  les  eftabliffementz  &  les  eftatutz  qe 
fenfuent  les  queus  il  veut  qe  en  le  dit  roialme  &  en 
la  dite  terre  foient  fermement  tenutz. 


CAP.     I. 

Tenants  in  Affife  of  Novel  dijfeijin  may  make  Atturnies. 


Pleading  by 
Bailiffs. 


'IRST,  for  divers  Mifchiefs  that  have  been  be- 
V  caufe  Tenants  in  Affife  of  Novel  dijjcijin  might 
"  not  make  Atturnies  heretofore:"  '  (2)  it  is  agreed 
'  that  the  Tenants  in  Affife  of  Novel  dijjeifm  from 
'  henceforth  may  make  Atturnies.  "(3)  Yet  the  King 
'  intendeth  not  hereby  that  the  Tenants  and  Defen- 
'  dants  in  Affifes  of  Novel  Dijfeijin  fhould  not  plead  by 
4  Bailiffs,  if  they  will,  as  they  have  ufcd  to  do  hereto- 
'  fore.' 


FN  primes  pur  diverfes  mefchefs  qe  unt  eftez  de: 
.  j  ceo.  qe  les  tenantz  enaffifes.de  Novele  diffeifine 
ne  poeint  avant  ces  houres  fere  attorne  Accorde  eft 
qe  les  tenantz  en  brefs  de  Novele  diffeifine  defore 
puiflent  fere  attornez.  Et  nentent  mie  le  Roi  par 
tant  qe  les  tenantz  &  les  defendants  en  affifes  de 
Novele  diffeifine  ne  puiflent  pleder  par  baillif  com 
avant  foleient  fil  voillent. 


5H.7.f.S. 

Fitz.  Verdift, 

39- 

Fitz.  ProceTs, 
15,  17,  14,  126, 
141,  hi,  181, 
181,  1S5. 
Co.  Lit.  6. 
Raft.  252. 


C  A  P.     II, 

Procefs  againft  the  Witneffes  to  prove  a  Deed  denied. 


L  S  O  it  is  agreed,  That  when  a  Deed,  Releafe, 
Acquittance,  or  other  Writing  is  denied  in  the 
King's  Court,  wherein  Witneffes  be  named,  Procefs 
fhall  be  awarded  to  caufe  fuch  Witneffes  to  appear, 
as  before  hath  been  ufed;  fo  that  if  none  of  them 
come  at  the  great  Diftrefs  returned,  or  if  ithe  return- 
ed that  they  have  nothing,  or  that  they  cannot  be 
found,  yet  the  taking  of  the  Inqueft  fhall  not  be  de- 
ferred by  the  Abfence  of  fuch  Witneffes.  (2)  And 
if  the  Witneffes  do  come  in  at' the  great  Diftrefs, 
and  the  Inqueft  for  fome  Caufe  remaineth  untaken, 
the  Witneffes  that  come  in  fhall  have  like  Day  given 
them  as  is  afiigned  for  the  taking  of  the  Inqueft  ;  (3) 
at  which  Day,  if  the  Witneffes  do  not  appear,  the 
Iftues  that  were  firft  returned  upon  them  fhall  be  for- 
feit ;  (4)  and  the  taking  of  the  Inqueft  fhall  not  be 
deferred  becaufe  of  their  Abfence.  (5)  And  for  Ab- 
fence ofWitneftes  dwelling  within  Franchifes,  where 


the  King's  Writ  original  doth  not 
an  Inqueft  fhall  not  be  omitted.' 


lie,  the  taking  of 


T  enfement  acorde  eft  qe  qant  Cnarte  quite 
clamaunce  aquitaunce  ou  autre  efcrit  feit  de- 
dit  en  la  Court  le  Roi  en  queus  foient  tefmoignes 
nomez  feit  proces  fait  de.fere  venir  les  tefmoignes 
com- avant  ad  efte  ufee  iffint  qe  fll  ne  veignent  a  la 
grant  deftrefce  fur  eus  retourne  ou  qeretourne  feit 
qi!  nc  unt  rien  ou  ne  font  trovez  qe  adonk  ne  feit 
leffee  la  prife  de  lenquefte  par  abfence  de  tieux  tef- 
moignes. Et  fi  les  tefmoignes  veignent  par  la  grant 
deftrefce  &  lenquefte  parafcune  enchefon  remaigue 
a  prendre  feit  mefmele  jour  done  a  ecus  tefmoignes 
qe  iffint  vendront  qeft  done  a  lenquefte  prendre  A 
queux  jour  fi  tieux  tefmoignes  ne  veignent  foient 
lour  iffues  fur  eus  primes  retournetz  forfeetz  & 
la  prife  de  lenquefte  ne  remaigne  par  lour  ab- 
fence. -Et  pur  abfence  des  tefmoignes  qe- font 
des  franchifes  ou  brief  le  Roi  original  rie  court  mie 
ne  feit  la  prife  de  tiele  enquefte  leffe. . 


C  A  P.     III. 

Inqueds  and  Juries  touching  Piea  of  Land  fhall  be  taken  by  Nifi  Prius. 


13  Ed.  1.  flat.  1 
c.  30 


AND  where  it  is  contained  in  a  Statute  made  at 
Wejlminfler  the  Second  Day  of  April,  in  the 
»7JSd.  1.  Bat.  1.  «  j^i  year  Qf  thc  Reign  of  the  K;ng^s  £ather  tha(. 


ET  com  il  feit  contenu  en  leftatut  fait  a  Weftm' 
le  fecund  jour  dAverill  Ian  du  regne  Edward 
pere  noftre  feignur  le  Roi  qore  eft  vint  feptime  qe 

les 


A.  D.  13 1 8. 


Anno  duodecimo  Edwardi  II. 


Stat.  1.        175 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun.  Lond. 
les  enqueues  &  les  reconifaunces  devant  Juftices 
del  un  Bank  &  del  autre  ajugez  fuiftent  prifes  de- 
vant afcun  des  Juftices  des  places  aflocie  a  li  un 
Chivaler  du  Counte  em  les  enqueftes  ferreient  a 
prendre  ft  les  enquefts  ne  fuiflent  de  grant  exami - 
nement  &  qe  en  tieles  enqueftes  prendre  fuft  fait 
ficom  les  Juftices  verroient  qe  feift  a  fere  au  profit 
du  Roialme  le  quel  eftatut  ad  befoigne  deftre  meuz 
declare  Acorde  eft  qe  les  enqueftes  &juretz  qe  font 
&  ferront  a  prendre  en  plee  de  terre  qe  ne  font  mie 
de  grant  examinement  foient  prifes  en  pays  devant 
un  Juftice  de  la  place  ou  le  pie  eft  aflocie  a  li  un 
prodhome  du  pays  Chevaler  ou  autre  Iflint  qe  cer- 
tain jour  feit  done  en  Bank  &  certein  jour  &  leu 
en  pays  en  prefence  des  parties  ft  demaundaunt  le 
prie.  Et  auft  les  enqueftes  &  jurez  en  plai  de  terre 
qe  demaundent  grant  examinement  foient  prifes 
en  pays  en  la  fourme  fufdite  devant  deus  Juftices 
du  Bank. 


now  is,  that  Inquefts  and  Recognifances  taken  before 
Juftices  of  the  one  Bench  and  of  the  other,  fhould 
be  taken  before  any  Juftice  of  the  Places  accom- 
panied with  fome  Knight   of  the  Shire  where  fuch 
Inqirdts   hap   to  be   taken,    if  they  have  not  Need 
of  great  Examination;     (2)  and  that  in  fuch    In- 
quefts the  Juftices  fhall  do  as  they  think  moft  expedi- 
ent for  the  Wealth  of  the  Realm,  the  which  Statute 
needeth  to  be  better  declared;"    '  (3)  it  is  agreed,  Co.Lit.  6. 
That  Inquefts  and  Juries  that  be  and  fhall  be  taken  *f  '4  Ed- "' 
in   Pleas  of  Land,  that  require  not  great  Examina-  ^/•'„'^fl'r  per. 
tion,  fliall  be  taken   in  the  Country  before  a  Juftice  (i„s  tnjiPiiut 
of  the  Place  where  the  Plea  is,  accompanied  with  a  nay  be  granted. 
fubftantial  Man  of  the  Country,  Knight,  or  other, 
fo  that  a  certain  Day  be  given  in  the  Bench,  and  a 
certain  Day  and  Place  in  the  Country,  in  the  Pre- 
fence of  the  Parties,   if  the  Demandant  requeft  it. 
(4)  And  alfo  the  Inquefts  and  Juries,  in  Pleas  of 
Land  that  require  great  Examination,  fhall  be  taken 
in  the  Country  (in   the  Manner  abovefaidj    before  Raft-  4$7« 
two  Juftices  of  the  Bench.' 


C  A  P.    IV. 


TuRices  of  Niji  Prim  fhall  record  Nonfuits,  Defaults,  We. 


ET  eit  la  Juftice  ou  les  Juftices  poer  a  recorder 
nonfutes  &  defautes  en  pays  as  jour  Sz  lieus 
qe  ferront  afilgriez  com  defuz  eft  dit.  Et  ceo  qil 
averont  fait  en  les  chofes  fufdites  feit  reporte  en 
Bank  a  jour  done  &  illoeqs  enroule  h  de  ceo  juge- 
ment  rendu.  Et  nentent  mie  le  Roi  qe  les  dites 
enqueftes  &  jurez  ne  puiflent  eftre  prifes  en  Bank 
ft  ele  veignent  ne  qe  ceft  eftatut  feftent  a  grant  affi- 
fes.-  Et  aufi  une  Juftice  del  un  Bank  &  de  lautre 
aflocie  a  ltii  un  prddhornme  du  pays  Chevaler  ou 
autre  al  requeftedu  pleintif  preigne  les  enqueftes 
des  pledz  pledez  &  a  pleder  qe  font  movez  par  at- 
tachementz  &  deftrefces  Et  eyt  poer  de  recorder  les 
nonfutes  com  defus  eft  dift  &  prendre  les  enqueftes 
par  defautes  illoeq-s  faites.  -  Et  qant  a  les  affiles  de 
Dreiin  prefent  &  les  enqueftes  fur  bref  de  Qiiare 
impedit  prendre  feit  fait  com'  il  efticontenutz  en  le 
fecund  eftatut  de  Weftm'  Et  eyt  la  Juftice  poer  de 
recorder  nonfutes  &  defautes  en  pays  &  fur  ceo 
jugement.  doner  com  en  Bank  &  foit  reporte  en 
Bank  ceo  qe  il  avera  fait  Si  illoeqs  feit  enroule.  Et 
ft  iflint  aveigne  qe  les  Juftices  ou  la  Juftice  qe  fer- 
ront ou  ferra  affigne  de  prendre  tieles  enqueftes  en 
pays  ne  veignent  pas  ou  ne  veigne  en  pays  au  jour 
affigne  jadumeyns  les  parties  &  les  gentz  del  en- 
quefte  gardent  lour  jour  en  Bank. 


AND  the  Juftices  or  Juftice  fhall  have  Power  to  Dyer  ,5^ 
record  "N onfuits  and  Defaults  in  the  Country, 
at  the  Days  and  Places  affigned,  as  afore  is  faid.  (zj 
And  that  which  they  fhall  have  done  in  the  Things 
above  mentioned,  fhall  be  reported  in  the  Bench  at  a 
Day  certain,  there  to  be  inrolled,  and  thereupon 
Judgement  fhall  be  given.  (3)  And  the  King  in- 
tendeth  not,  that  the  faid  Inquefts  and  Juries  fhould 
not  be  taken  in  the  Bench  if  they  come,  nor  that 
this  Statute  fhould  extend  unto  great  Affifes.  (4.)  And 
alfo  one  Juftice  of  the  one  Place  and  of  the  other, 
being  aflocrate  with  a  difcreet  Man  of  the  Country, 
Knight,  or  other,  at  the  Requeft  of  the  Plaintiff, 
fhall  take  Inquefts  upon  Pleas  pleaded  and  to  be  plead- 
ed, that  be  moved  by  Attatchment  and  Diftrefs,  and- 
fhall  have  Power  to  record  Nonfuits  as  above  is  faid, 
and  to  take  Inquefts  upon  Defaults  there  made.  (5) 
And  as  to  the  Inquefts  to  be  taken  upon  Writs  of  i3.l?d.  1.  flat.  t. 
Shiare  impedit^  it  fhall  be  done  as  is  contained  in  the  c-  3°- 
Statute  of  Wejlmi-nfter  the  Second  ;  and  the  Juftices-  B3  '4^.j.ft3t. 
fhall  have  Power  to  record  Nonfuits  and  Defaults  in  V^  ■'" 

the  Country,  and  to  give  Judgement  thereupon,  as  judgement  in 
they  do  in  the  Bench,  and  there  to  report  that  which  Suare  impedit,. 
they  have  done,  and  there  to  be  inrolled.     (6)  And  &c- 
if  it  happen,  that  the  Juftice  or  Juftices  that  fhall  be 
afligned  to  take  fuch  Inquefts  iiT  the" Country,  do  not 
come,  or  if  they  come  into  the  Country  at  the  Day 
afligned,  yet  the  Parties  and  Perfons  of  fuch  Inquefts- 
fhall  keep  their  Day  in  the  Bench.' 


CAP.     V. 


An  Indenture  fhall  be  made  between  the  Sheriff  and  Bailiff  of  Liberty  of  every  Return'. 

ND  becaufe  it  is  many  Times  complained  in"    Co 
the  King's  Court  upon  Returns,  that  BsilifFs  2  Roi 


ET  pur  ceo  qe  fovenere  pleintead  efte  fait  en  la 
Court  le  Roi  qe  les  retourns  qe  baillifs  des 
fraunchifes  qe  unt  pleyn  retourn  des  briefs  le  Roi 
unt  liverez  as  vifcontes  apres  unt  efte  chaungez  & 
en  autre  manere  retournez  en  la  Court  le  Roi  a 
grant  damage  des  afcuns  des  parties  &  en  delayance 
de  droiture  Acorde  eft  qe  des  retourns  qe  defore  fe 
ferront  as  vifcontes  par  baillifs.  des  tieles  fraunchi- 
3 


41; 
'  m, 
'  of  Franchifes  (having  full  Power  to  return  the  King's  a  9, 110. 
'  Writs)  have  delivered-  to  Sheriffs,  that  have  been 
:  after  changed,  and  otherwife  returned  into  the  King's 
:  Court,  to  the  great  Damage  of  fome  of  the  Parti  sr 
;  and  the  Delay  of  Right;"    '  (-2)  it  is  agreed,  That 
of  Returns  which  hereafter  fhall  be  delivered  to  the-' 

"  Sheriffs- 


176       Stat,  & 


Anno  duodecimo  E.DWARfPiH. 


A.  D.  1318. 


'Sro.  El,  310, 

5°9>  7°3>  767- 
Cro.  Car.  1&9. 

3  Bulftr.  73. 


'Sro.  Return  de 
Brief,  Si. 
Bro.  Scire  fac'/ 

l™' „■        , 
Sheriffs   and 

Bailiffs  (hall  6t 
-their  Names  to 

thair  Returns. 
tCarthsw,  56. 


'  S"hefifFs  'by  Bailiffs  of  fuch  Fra"nchifes,  an  Indenture 

'  ihall  be  made  between  the  Bailiff  of  the  Franchife 

'  by   his  proper  Name,  and  the  Sheriff  by  his  proper 

'  Name.     (3/  And  if  any  Sheriff  change  the  Return 

'  fo  delivered  to  him  by  Indenture,  and  be  thereof  con- 
I  vicl  at  the   Suit  of  the  Lord  of  the  Franchife,  of 

'  whom  he  received  the  Return,  if  the  Lord  have  had 

'  any  Damage,  or  if  his  Franchife  be   imblemifhed, 

'  and  at  the  Suit  of  the  Party  that  hath  fuftained  Lofs 

4  through  that  Occafion,  he  fhall  be  punifhed  by  the 

'  King  for  his  falfe  Return,  and  fhall  yield  unto  the 

'  Lord  and  to  the  Party  double  Damages.     (4)  Alfo  it 

'  is  agreed,  That  from  henceforth  Sheriffs,  and  other 

'  Bailiffs   that  receive  the  King's  Writs  returnable  in 

'  his  Court,  fhall  put  their  own  Names  with  the  Re- 

'  turns,  fo  that  the  Court  may  know  of  whom  they 

'  took  fuch  Returns,    if  need   be.     (5)    And  if  any 

'  Sheriff  or  other  Bailiff  leave  out  his  Name  in  his 

'  Returns,  he  fhall  be  grievoufly  amerced  to  the  King's 

'  U-fe.' 


.Ex  Rot.  in  Tun.  Lond. 
fes  foit  fake  endenture  plenere  entre  Ie  bailiif  de  la 
fraunchife  nome  par  fon  propre  noun  Sc  le  vifcoun- 
te  nome  par  fon  propre.  noun.  Et  fi  nul  vifcounte 
chaunge  retourn  iffint  livere  a  li  par  endenture  & 
de  ceo  feit  atteint  a  la  fute  le  Seignur  de  la  fraun- 
chife dont  il  avera  tiel  retourn  refceu  ill  le  Seig- 
nur avera  damage  encoru  ou  fa  fraunchife  feit  en- 
blemie  &  a  la  fute  de  la  partie  qe  avera  damage  en- 
corue  par  eel  encheifon  feit  puni  de  vers  le  Roi 
com  de  faus  return  &  rende  au  Seignur  &  a  la  par- 
tie  damage  a  double.  Auffint  eft  acorde  qe  defore 
Vifcontes  &  autr'es  Baillifs  qe  refceivent  brefs  le  Roi 
returnables  en  fa  court  mettent  leur  propres  noum 
ove  leur  returnes  iffint  qe  le  court  puiffe-favoir  a  qi 
prendre  des  tieux  returns  fi  meftier  feit.  Et  fi  nul 
vifconte  ou  autre  bailiif  en  fes  returns  entreleffe  fon 
noun-  feit  grevement  amercie  al  oeps  le  Roi. 


jByGR. i.,/?.;r.  1.  ' 
c,  9. mViH uallcr  < 
^fhall cxcKife  a  ju-  > 
dicialPfhce,  ©V.  , 
Altered  by 
^R.a.c.ix,  ami ' 
3H.&.C.8. 


Reglft.  <?4. 
Rail,  6S5. 


C  A  P.    VI. 

No  Officer  of  a  City  or  Borough  fhall  fell  Wine  or  Vicluals  during  his  Office. 


LSO  to  the  common  Profit  of  the  People,  it  is 
agreed,  That  no  Officer  in  City  or  in  Borough, 
that  by  Reafon  of  his  Office  ought  to  keep  Affifes  of 
Wines  and  Vicluals,  fo  long  as  he  is  Attendant  to 
that  Office,  fliall  not  merchandife  for  Wines  nor 
Vicluals,  neither  in  Grofs,  nor  by  Retale;  (2)  and 
if  any  do,  and  be  thereof  convidl,  the  Merchandife 
-whereof  he  is  convicl  fhall  be  forfeit  to  the  King, 
and  the  third  Part  thereof  fhall  be  delivered  to  the 
Party  that  fued  the  Offender,  as  the  King's  Gift. 
(3)  And  in  fuch  Cafe  he  that  will  fue  for  a  Thing 
fo  forfeited,  fhall  be  received  ;  (4)  and  the  Chan- 
cellor, Treafurer,  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  Jufti- 
ces of  either  Bench,  and  Juftices  affigned  to  take 
Affifes,  fhall  admit  fuch  Plaints  by  Writs,  and  with- 
out Writs,  and  fhall  determine  them,  and  fhall  per- 
form all  Things  contained  in   thefe  Articles  in  Form 


lid. 


(5)  And  neverthelefs  the  King  may  a 
tices  to  execute  this  Thing  in  C 
Boroughs,  when  and  where  it  pleafeth  him.' 


f- 


fign  his  Juftices  to  execute  this  Thing  in  Cities  and 


ENfement  por  comun  profit  du  poeple  acorde  eft 
qe  nul  miniftre  en  crte  ne  en  burgh  qi  par 
refon  de  fon  office  deit  garder  affife  des  vins  &  des 
vitailles  tant  com  il  ferra  entendaunt  a  tiel  office 
ne  marchaunde  des  vins  ne  des  vitailles  en  gros  ne 
a  retail  Et  fi  nul  face  &  de  ceo  foit  atteint  la  mar- 
chaundie  dunt  il  ferra  atteint  foit  forfake  au  Roi  & 
la  tierce  partie  feit  livere  come  de  donn  le  Roi  a 
celi  a  qi  fute  le  trefpailbur  ferra  iffint  ateint.  Et 
en  tieu  cas  feit  refceu  celi  qe  vodra  fure  por  tieu 
chofe  ateindre  &  Chauncellej  Treaforer  Barons  del 
Efcheker  Juftices  delun  Bank  &de  lautre  &  Juftices 
affignetz  as  affifes  prendre  refceivent  tieux  pleintes 
par  brief  &  fans  bref  &  Ies  terminent  &  perfacent 
totes  les  chofes  contenues  en  ceft  article  en  la  four- 
me  avantdite.  Et  jadimeyns  put  le  Roi  affigner  fes 
Juftices  a  cefte  chofe  perfere  en  cites  &  en  burghs 
qant  &  la  ou  il  plerra. 


EX  dileclis  &  fidelibus  fuis  Henrico  le  Scrop  &  fociisfuis  Juftic'  noftris  ad  placita  coram  nobis  tenenda' 
affignatis  falutem.  Quedam  ftatuta  per  nos  in  prefenti  parliamento  noftro  apud  Ebor'um  convocato  de 
affenfu  prelatorum  comitum  baronum  &  totius  communitatis  regni  noftri  ibidem  exiftentium  adcornmunem 
utilitatem  populi  ejufdem  regni  edita  vobis  mittimus  fub  figillo  noftro  confignata  mandantes  quatenus  ftatuta 
ilia  coram  vobis  publicari  Sc  ea  in  omnibus  &  fingulis  fuis  articulis  quantum  ad  vos  pertinet  firmiter  teneri 
faciatis.     T.  R.  apud  Ebor'um  primo  die  Decembr'. 

Per  ipfum  Regem.  ' 

E  Rci  au  Vifcountez  dEverwyk  faluz.  Come  nadgeres  entre  autre  e  ftatutz  faitz  a  noflre  drein  parlement 
_>  a  Everwyk  feuffe  accordeez  &  faitz  les  eftabliffementz  qe  fenfuent  Por  ceo  qe  fovenere  pleinte  ad  ejle  fahe 
en  la  court  le  Roi  &c.  ut  fupra  ufque  in  finem  vos  comandons  qe  les  ditz  pointz  enfi  eftabliz  facetz  publier  en 
voftre  plein  countee  e  en  cites  e  en  burghs  &  aillors  en  voftre  baillie  ou  vous  verretz  qil  foit  afaire  &  les  teig- 
netz  &  gardez  tant  qe  come  a  vous  apent  fur  les  peines  fufecrites.  Donez  a  Everwyk  le  oytifme  jour  de  Ja- 
nevoif. 

Eodem  rnodo  mandatum  ejl  fmpulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam. 

Diiiia  ftatuta  pojimodum  miJJ'afuerunt  in  Hiberniam  lit  in  brevi  fuljeripto  continetur  &  liber ata  fuerunt  Godcfrido 
filio  Rogeri  una  cum  difto  brevi  deferend'. 

EX  Cancellario  fuo  Hibernie  falutem.     Quedam  ftatuta  per  nos  in  parliamento  noftro  apud  Ebor'  con- 

V  vocato  de  affenfu  Prelatorum  Comitum  Baronum  &  totius  communitatis  regni  noftri  ibidem  exiftentium 

ad  communem  utilitatem  populi  ejufdem  regni  acterre  noftre  Hibernie  edita  vobis  fub  figillo  noftro  mittimus 

confignata  mandantes  quod  ftatuta  ilia  in  dicla  cancellaria  noftra  cuftodiri  ac  in  rotulis  ejufdem  cancellarie 

irrotulari  &  fub  figillo  noftro  quo  utimur  in  Hibernia.  in  forma  patenti  exemplincari  &  ad  fingulas  placeas  no-> 

4-  ftras 


A-  D-  *3*8«.         ,VAnno  duodecimo.  Er>  ward  ill. 


Stat.  2.       177 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ftras  in  terra  predi£ta.&  fingulos,comitatus  ejufdem  tcrre  mitt,i  faciatis  per  brevia  noftra  fub  diclo  figillo  mini- 
ftris  noftris  placearum  illarum  &  vicecomitibus  didlorum  comitatuum  mandantes  quod  ftatuta  ilia  coram  ipfis 
publicari  &ea  in  omnibus  &fingulis  fuis  articulis  quantum  ad  eonim  fingulos  pertinet  firmiter  faciant  obfervari. 
T,  R.  apud  Clarindon  x  die  Septembr'  anno  &c.  quartodecimo. 

•    ■  Per  ipfum  Regem. 

RE  X  Cancellario  fuo  Hibernie  falutem.  Quedam  ftatuta  per  nos  de  affenfu  Prelatorum  Comitum  Baro- 
num  &  Communitatis  regni  noftri  nuper  apud  Lincpln  &  quedam  alia  ftatuta  poftmodum  apud  Eborum 
fa&a  que  indicia  terra  noftra  Hiberniead  communem  utilitatem  populinoftri  ejufdem  terre  obfervari  volumus 
Vobis  mittimus  fub  figillo  noftro  mandantes  quod  ftatuta  ilia  in  didla  cancellaria  noftra  cuftodiri  ac  in  rotulis 
ejufdem  cancellarie  irrotulari  &  fub  figillo  noftro  quo  utimur  in  Hibernia  in  forma  patenti  exemplificari  &  ad 
fingulas  placeas  noftras  in  terra  predic~ta  &  fingulos  comitatus  ejufdem  terre  mitti  faciatis  per  brevia  noftra  fub 
di£to  figillo  miniftris  noftris  placearum  illarum  &  vicecomitibus  diiSorum  comitatuum  mandantes  quod  ftatuta 
ilia  coram  ipfis  publicari  &  ea  in  omnibus  &  fingulis  fuis  articulis  quantum  ad  eorum  fingulos  pertinet  firmiter 
faciatis  obfervari.    T.  R.  apud  Notyngh'  xx  die  Novembr'. 

Per  ipfum  Regem. 


The  Statute  of  attorns,  made  Anno  12  Edw.  II.  Stat.  2.-  and  Anno 

Dom.  13 1 8. 

Several  Cafes  wherein  Effoins  do  not  lie. 


Cotton./^?.     Claudius,  D.  2. 

DEmonftratur  quot  modis  effonia  funt  calump- 
nianda  &  in  quibus  effonia  jacent  &  in  qui- 
bus  non.  Non  jacet  quia  terra  capta  eft  in 
manum  domini  Regis.  Non  jacet  quando  aliquis 
diftriftus  eft  per  terras  &  catalla.  Non  jacet  quia 
conceffum  eft  hinc  inde  judicium  '.  Nee  jacet  de 
ultra  mare  quia  alias  fe  effoniavit  de  malo  veniendi. 
Nee  jacet  quia  fe  effoniavit  tali  die.  Nee  jacet  quia 
preceptum  fuit  vicecomiti  quod  faceret  ipfum  ve- 
nire. Non  jacet  de  fervitio  domini  Regis  pro  fe- 
mina  nifi.  quia  nutrix  aut  obftetrix  aiit  mittatur  per 
breve  ad  ventrem  infpiciendum.  Non  jacet  quia 
querens  non  invenit  plegios  de  profequendo.  Non 
jacet  quia  effoniatus  teftatur  quod  non  eft  in  fervitio 
domini  Regis.  Non  jacet  quia  nulla  fummonitio 
teftificatavel  attachiata  eft  vel  quia  vicecomes  man- 
davit  quod  non  eft  inventus.  Non  jacet  quia  alias 
fe  effoniavit  de  fervitio  domini  Regis  fcilicet  tali  die 
&  modo  &  non  mifit  Warrantum  fuum.  Non  ja- 
cet quia  mandatum  fuit  Epifcopo  quod  faceret  eum 
venire.  Non  jacet  quia  non  nominatur  in  brevi. 
Jslon  jacet  quia  refummonitio  fuit  de  ultima  prefen- 
tatione  vel  morte  antecefforis.  Non  jacet  quia  pre- 
ceptum eft  vicecomiti  quod  attachiet  eum.  Non 
jacet  quia  nondum  dies  preteriit. 
*  Et  fciendum  quod  effonium  de  fervitio  domini 
Regis  fcilicet  poll  magnum  cape  &  poft  parvum 
cape  &  poft  diftri&ionem  per  terras  &  catalla  ja- 
cet. 


ERE  is  declared  how  many  Ways  Effoins  may  52^.3.  c.  13  6? 
be  challenged,  and  in  what  Gafes  Effoins  do20-  lEd.^z.  c. 
lie,  and  in  what  not;  that  is  to  fay,  an  Effoin  4a>  «  &  44. 
'  lieth   not   where  the  Land  is  taken  into  the  King's  t,£'//z .VzV 
'  Hands.     (2)  Effoin  lieth  not  where  the  Party  is  dif-  sf  28.' 
6  trained  by  his  Land*.     (3)  Effoin  lieth  not  where  Fits.  Effoin,  3,  ' 
'  any  Judgement  is  given  thereupon,  f  If  the  furors  do  ?9>  '35- 
'  mne.     f4 )  EJfoin  lieth  not  where  the  Party  was  feen  In  "^^  andcbat- 
'  the  Court.     (5)  Effoin  of  Ultra  mare  lieth  not  where  1  NotinOrw. 
'  another  Time  the  Party  hath  been  effoined  De  mdld.Titz.  E.Toin,'* 
'  veniendi.     (6)  It  lieth  not  where  the  Party  hath  ef-  n,4=>  v-,  153. 
'  foined  himfelf  another  Day.     (7)  It  lieth  not  where 
-'  the   Sheriff  was   commanded  to    make  the  Party  to 
'  appear.     (8)  Effoin  De  fervitio  regis  lieth  not  where'F't3' 'E(r°in>  5. 
'  the  Party  is  a  Woman,-  unlefs  becaufe  fhe  be  Nude,  7>  3s' 
'  a  Midwife,  or  commanded  by  Writ  ad  ventrem  infpi-    '     -«•  341- 
'  ciendum      (9)+'  It  lieth  not  in  a  Writ  of  Dower,  be-  t  N   .   0H 
'  caufeitfeemetbtobebutaDeceitandaDelayofRight.        °''"    ''s' 
'  ( ro)  It  lieth  not  for  that  the  Plaintiff  hath" not  found 
■  Pledges   to  profecute  the  Suit,      (n J   II  It  lieth  no£\\  NotinOrig. 
'  where  the  Attorney   was  effoined.      (12)"   It  lieth  not  F!tz-Efioin>  J<> 
'  where  the  Party  hath  an  Attorney"  in  his  Suit.     (13)  *?>>°ilbl 


Fi;z.  Eflbin,  9, 
Fitz.  Ei- 


V01.  L 


»  Sijuratoresvenianti.  AlhMS* 


It  lieth  not  where  the  Effoignor  confeffeth  that  he  is  Zl 
not  in  our  Lord  the  King's  Service.     (14)  It  Heth/oin,"  1, 
not  where  the  Summonses  hot  returned,  or  the  Par-  F:tz.  Efibin,  2, 
ty  not .  attached,  for  that,  the  Sheriff  hath  returned  6l>  8^ 
non  eft  inventus.     (15).  It  lieth  not  where  the  Party  F^j'El?i ':'i°; 
another  Time  was  effoined  de  fervitio  Regis,  that  is  ~  1 '  I'eci!3'. 
to  wit,  fuch  a  Day,  and  now  he  hath  not  put  in  his  c.dz,  4*5.  6  Ed. 
Warrant.     (16)  ^  It  lieth  not  where  he  was  refum-  i.ftat.  1.  c  10. 
moned  in  Affife  offVlortdauncefior,  or  Darrein  Prefsnt-  *3Ed-  I/RzC-'-- 
ment.     (17)  It  lieth  not  becaufe   fuch  a  one  is  notp'^1"?-'"7     °l 
named  in  the  Writ.     (r8)   It  lieth  not  where  thecal.  1,6,  i-c. 
Sheriff  hath  a  Precept  to    dif  rain  the  Party  to  come  if.  Note,  V/e    . 
by  his  Lands  and  Goods**,     (ig)  It  lieth  not  where  Order  istraxfptfed 
the  Bifhop  was  commanded  to  caufe  the  Partv  to  ap-  W'«3V«*/!afi»«rS 
pear.     (20)  It  lieth  not  for  that  the  Term  is  paffed.  **cbMm.  "  "' 
(21)  And  it  is  to  be  noted,  that  an  Effoin  de  fervitio.  See  9  Ed t.Stat. 
domini  Reps  is  allowed  after  the.  Grand  Cape,  Pety  i.e. -$.h Debt 
Cape,  and  after  Diftreffes  taken  upon  the  Lands  and  asa"'ft  *«" 
Goods.'  - 1*''1"0"'  '*"?, 

EJJhln. 


Aa 


,_,  •- 


Statutum  +  REad  c-  *°- 


i;3 


Anno  decimo  quarto  Edward i  II.        A.  D.  13 21* 


Statutum  de  vicecomitibus  et  aliis  de  viridi  cera. 


Made  Anno  14  Edw.  II.  and  Anno  Dom.  13  21.  a 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  33.  D. 

PUR  ceo  qe  entre  autres  oppreffions  &  grevaunces  qe  le  poeple  ad  fentu  par  vifcontes  &  autres  Mini- 
ftres countre  fourme  des  ftatutz  Sc  autres  remedies  de  ceo  purveus  il  fe  fent  mult  greive  de  ceo  qe 
afcuns  vifcountes  &  autres  miniftres  ne  aquitent  mie  al  Efcheker  noftre  feign*  le  Roi  ceux  des  queux 
il  ourrt  Ieve  deners  al  oeps  le  Roi  par  fomons  del  Efcheker  e  dount  il  ount  fait  taille  al  dettour  ou  autre  ac- 
quitaunce  &  de  ceo  qe  en  jurez  de  vint  &  quatre  ie  proces  ad  efte  long  ficome  monftre  fuft  a  noftre  SeignJ  le 
Roi  Edward  fitzle  Roi  Edward  a  fon  parlementt  a  Weftmonfter  as  utaves  de  la  Seint  Michel  Ian  defofi 
regne  quatorzifme  par  pleinte  de  la  commune  de  fon  roialme  noftre  Seign'  le  Roi  defiraunt  purVeer 
&  mettre  remedie  au  pronftde  fon  poeple  paraflentdes  Prelatz  Countes  &  Barouns  &  tote  la  commune  de 
fon  roialme  en  dit  parlement  fift  &  eftablift  les  eftatuz  qe  fenfuent.  A  deprimes  des  vifconts  &  autres  mi- 
niftres qe  ount  leve  la  dette  le  Roi  &  fount  taille  ou  autre  acquitaunce  au  dettour  &  ne  laquitent  pas  al 
Efcheker  &  de  ceo  font  empledez  al  Efcheker  &  par  favour  fount  mys  as  petites  iffues  queux  il  voillem  plus 
voillentiers   perdre  qe  venir  a  refpons  &  iffint  font  les  pleintifs  totes  voies  chargez  a  mult  grant  damage  & 

Sherlai.  oppreffion  de  eux  ordme  eft  &  eftabli  que  vifconte  ou  autre  miniftre  quant  il  eft  de  ceo  enplede  al  Efche- 

ker &  foit  adavaunt  ale  en  le  pie  qe  la  grant  deftrefce  foit  retourne  fur  lui  &  il  ne  veigne  pas  a  refpons 
adonqes  ifTe  autre  brief  de  deftrefce  retournable  a  certein  jour  en  queu  bref  foit  maunde  qe  proclamacion 
foit  faite  en  plein  countee  qe  le  defendaunt  veigne  a  ceu  jour  &  aquite  le  dettour  de  la  fumme  dount  il  fift; 
taille  ou  aquitaunce  a  queu  jour  fi  le  defendaunt  ne  veigne  pas  &  bref  foit  retourne  &  proclamacion  tef- 
moigne  foit  tenu  pur  convidl:  &  la  dette  leve  de  lui  auxi  come  dette  recoveri  en  la  Court  le  Roi  &  damages 
agardez  au  pleintif  folom  defcretion  des  Barons.  Et  doit  ceft  eftatut  eftendre  auxi  bien  a  ceux  qe  ount 
eftiez  vifcountes  &  autres  miniftres  tut  leffent  il  lour  baillies  come  a  vifcontes  &  autres  miniftres  taunt 
come  il  tenent  lour  baillies.  Et  neft  mie  lentention  de  noftre  Seign'  le  Roi  ne  de  fon  counfeil  qe  par  ceft 
eftatut  feit  nul  home  forclofe  qil  ne  fe  puifTe  pleindre  fur  vifcounte  &  autre  miniftre  quant  il  ferra  trove  al 

^AtfruEtSt  Efcheker  &  qil  refpoignent  illoeqs  auxi  come  ad  efte  ufe  renablement  devant  ceo  temps.     Des  proces  efcour- 

cer  en  jurez  de  vint  &  quatre  pur  ceo  qe  par  la  ley  cea  enarere  ufe  Juftices  nalerent  point  as  tieles  jurez 
prendre  avant  ceo  qe  touz  les  primers  jurours  qe  furent  en  vie  euffent  apparu  devant  eux  en  Court  et  tieux 
jurours  doia'untz  eftre  ateintz  voleint  miels  perdre  lour  iffues  qe  apparer  en  court  par  quei  les  pleintifs 
furent  trop  delaiez  &  faux  ferement  rerement  puny  ordene  eft  &  eftabli  qe  fi  les  primers  jurours  qe  ferront 
en  vie  ne  apiergent  pas  en  Court  devant  les  Juftices  qe  ferront  affignez  as  tieux  jurez  prendre  a  la  primere 
grant  deftrefce  fur  eux  retourne  ou  qe  retourne  foit  qil  ne  ount  rien  par  quei  il  pufTent  eftre  deftreint  qe 
adonqs  pur  lour  abfence  ne  foit  pas  delaie  la  prife  de  la  jure  fauvee  &  gardee  en  totes  autres  chofes  le  proces 
en  tieles  jurez  ufe  cea  en  arere. 

E  X  dllecHs  &  fidelibus  fuis  Henrico  le  Scrop  &  fociis  fuis  Juftitiari is  noftris  ad  placita  coram  nobis  te- 
_v  nenda  affignatis  falutem.  Quedam  ftatuta  per  nos  in  parliamento  noftro  apud  Weftm'  in  octabis  San£H 
Michaelis  proximo  preteritis  convocato  de  aflenfu  Prdatorum  Comitum  Baronum  &  totius  Communitatis 
regni  noftri  ibidem  exiftentium  ad  communem  utilitatem  populi  ejufdem  regni  edita  vobis  mittimus  fub  figillo 
noftro  confignata  Mandantes  quatenus  ftatuta  ilia  coram  vobis  publicari  &  ea  in  omnibus  &  fingulis  fuisarti- 
culis  quantum  ad  vos  pertinet  firmiter  teneri  faciatis.  T.  R.  apud  Weftm'  iiij.  die  Junii. 
Eodem  modo  mandatutn  eft  jubfaipth  videlicet  JH^'lc'  ^e  ^anco 

Toes'  tif  Baron'  de  Seaccaria, 


Vet.  Magna 
Char;.  94.  b. 


1?Id,  1.  flit, 4. 


Statutum  de  Carleol.  de  Finibus,    made  Anno  15  Edw.  II.   and  Anno 

Dom.  1322. 

The  Conufbr  of  a  Fine  fhall  come  perfonally  before  the  Juftices.     Where  a  Commiffion  mall 
be  awarded  to  take  a  Fine.     Who  may  admit  Attorneys: 

Cotton  MS.    Claudius,  D.  2. 

EX  Juftrciariis  furs  de  Banco  falutem;    Cum 

nuper  ordinaverimus  quod  Fines  in  Curia  no- 

ftra  levandi  rite  leventur  quos  nolumus  in- 

aliqua  fui  parte  confringi  infirmari  feu  detotopofle 

adnullari  voluntatem    noftram  fubfcriptam  vobis 

mittimus  obfervandam  videlicet  quod  tarn  partes 

querentes  quam  tenentes  &  defendentes  qui  jus  vel 


5  t  I  AHE  King  unto  the  Juftices  of  his  Bench  Greet- 
ing. Whereas  of  late  we  have  ordained  that 
'  -*■  all  fuch  Fines  as  are  to  be  levied  in  our  Court 
'  be  lawfully  levied,  which  we  will  in  no  wife  to  be 
'  infringed  or  to  be  adnulled  of  their  whole  Power, 
4  (2)  we  have  fent  unto  you  our  Mind  in  Writing 
*  iirmly  to  be  obferved :  that  is  to  wit,  That  as  well 


a  This  U  la  tbt  Suundopan  ■vtterumjlgtutorux,  and  in  Mr.  Serjeant  Hawkins's  Edition. 


tenement* 


A.D,  I332«         Anno  deciimo  quinto  Edward i  It 


179 


Cotton  MS. 
<enementa  fua  aliis  cognofcere  vel  reddere  debeant 
*n  placitis  Warrantie  carte  conventionis  vel  aliis 
de  quibus  fint  levandi  .coram  quihus  antequam  Fines 
illi  leventur  perfonaliter  veniant  ut  earum  partium 
etas  fatuitas  feu  quicunque  alii  defe&us  fi  qui  fue- 
rint  per  vos  adjudicari  poterunt  &  decerni  provifo 
tamen  quod  fi  quis  fenio  an  etate  decrepita  aut  de- 
bilitate cafualiter  fuperveniente  fie  fuerit  detentus 
&  opprefTus  quod  coram  vobis  ad  Curiam  noftram 
aliqualiter  non  poflit  accedere  In  tali  cafu  Volu- 
mus  quod  duo  vel  unus  veftrum  de  affenfu  veftro  de 
Banco  talem  fie  oppreffum  adeant  vel  adeat  Sc  fuam 
recognitionem  fuper  placito  &  forma  placiti  quod 
habetur  in  Curia  noftradequo  finis  in  eadem  Curia 
levari  debet  afiumpto  fecum  fi  Unus  adeat  uno  Ab- 
bate  Priore  vel  Milite  uno  fide  digno  et  bone  fame 
recipiant  vel  recipiat  &  inde  vos  per  Recordum  fuum 
reddant  vel  reddat  certiores  ut  per  ipfos  vel  ipfum 
Omnibus  que  ad  finem  levandam  pertinent  exami- 
natis  fines  illi  ut  predi&um  eft  rite  leventur.  No- 
lumus  etiamquod  aliquis  Baronum  noftrorum  Scac- 
carii  noftri  feu  Jufticiariorum  noftrorum  aliquos 
capiant  Attornatos  nifi  tantum  in  placitis  que  co- 
ram eis  &  fociis  fuis  in  locis  &  placeis  ubi  per  nos 
aflignantur  &  eandem  de  Attornato  recipiendo  Po- 
teftatem  clericis  &  Miniftris  prediflorum  Baronum 
&  Jufticiariorum  denegamus  ordinantes  quod  fi 
aliqui  attornati  per  aliquem  predicrorum  aliquo  mo- 
do  admittantur  pro  non  admiflis  habeantur  &  te- 
neantur  Poteftate  tamen  Cancellarii  noftri  qui  pro 
tempore  fuerit  cui  juxta  difcretionem  fuam  expe- 
dire  viderit  admittendi  et  etiam  Capitalis  Jufticiarii 
noftri  utha&enus  in  Attornatis  recipiendis  femper 
obfervata.  Volumus  etiam  quod  hec  donacio  no- 
ftra  in  Oftabis  fanrSte  Trinitatis  proxime  futuris 
incipiat  obfervari.  T.  me  ipfo  apud  Karliolum 
viij°  die  Aprilis  Anno  regni  noftri  vicefimo  quinto. 


the  Parties  Demandant  or  Plaintiff,  as  the  Tenants  The  ConuCor  of 
or  Defendants,  that  will  yield  or  acknowledge  their  aFinc(llal,com<: 
Right  of  Lands  or  Tenements  unto  other  in  Pleas  of  ^f"^^ 
JVarrantia  Chart  a,  Covenant,  and  other,  whereupon  his  Defeft's  may 
Fines  are  to  be  levied  afore  you  before  fuch  Fines  do  be  difcerned. 
pafs,  the  Parties  fhall  appear  perfonally,  fo  that  their  Rafl.  349,  &c. 
Age,  Idiocy,  or  any  other  Default  (if  any  be)  may  Bro-  Fin"  ,evX» 
be  judged  and  difcerned  by  you.     (3)  Provided  not-  x"' 
withftanding,  That  if  any  Perfon  be  by  Age  or  Im-    . 
potence  decrepit,  or  by  Cafualty  fo  oppreffed  and 
with-holden,  that  by  no  Mean  he  is  able  to  come  be- 
fore you  in  our  Court,  then  in  fuch  Cafe  we  will 
that  two  or  one  of  you,  by  AfTent  of  the  Refidue  of 
the  Bench,  fhall  go  unto  the  Party  fo  difeafed,  and 
fhall  receive  his  Cognifance  upon  that  Plea  and  Form 
of  Plea  that  he  hath  in  our  Court,  whereupon  the 
fame  Fine  ought  to  be  levied.     (4)  And  if  there  go  A  Commiffion 
but  one,  he  fhall  take  with  him  an  Abbot,  a  Prior, t0  take  a  ¥we' 
or  a  Knight,  a  Man  of  good  Fame  and  Credit,  and 
fhall  certify  you  thereof  by  the  Record;  fo  that  all 
Things  incident  to  the  fame  Fine  being  examined  by 
him   or  them,  the  fame  Fines  according  to  our  for- 
mer Ordinance  may  be  lawfully  levied.     ($}  And  we  Who  may  iHow 
will  not  that  any  of  our  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  Attorneys  in 
or  our  Juftices,  fhall  admit  any  Attorneys,  but  only  "^  c°urt' 
in  Pleas  that  pafs  afore  them  in  the  Benches  and  in        '  9 
Places  where  they  be  affigned  by  us.     (6)  And  the 
fame  Power  of  admitting  Attorneys  we  prohibit  and 
deny  to  the  Clerks  and    Servants  of  the  faid  Barons 
and  Juftices;    (7)  and  do  ordain,  That  if  any  At- 
torneys be  admitted  hereafter  by  any  of  the  Perfons 
aforefaid,  their  Admiflion  fhall  be  of  none  Effect. 
(8)  Referved  alway  to   the  Chancellor  for  the  time  The  Lord  Chan- 
being  his  Authority  in  admitting  Attorneys,  accord-  cellar  and  Chief 
ing  to  whofe  Difcretion  they  fhall  be  admitted;    "(9)  Juices  may  ad- 
and  to  our  Chief  Juftices,  as  heretofore   hath   been  ra,t    ttorre>'s- 
obferved  in  the  Admiflion  of  Attorneys.     (10)  We  For  the  Do&rine 
will  alio  that  this  our  Ordinance  fhall  take  Effeft  and  e/ Fines,  fee-far' 
begin  at  the  Utas  of  the  Trinity  next  enfuing.     Given  tier  ^Ed.  3. 
at  our  Parliament  at  CarliJIe,  the  Fifteenth  Year  off-,6>  SH-*- 
our  Reign.'  c.H.iRM.j. 

c.  14.     32  H.  S.  c.  36.     13  EUss,  c.  3.  and  4  Am.  c,  16.- 


Exilium  Hugonis  le  Defpenfer  Patris  et  Filii.     See  Appendix. 


JVe  quis  occafionetur  pro  feloniisfeu  tranfgrejfionihus  faBis  in  profecutione 
Hugonis  le  Defpenfer  patris  et  filii.     See  Appendix. 


Forma  Chart  arum  profequentibus  Hugh  le  Defpenfer  pair  em  et  filium 

concejfarum.     See  Appendix. 


A  Statute  revoking  the  Pardon  granted  to  the  Purfuers  of  the  Befpenfersj 
\^mad$  Anno  15  E&w»  It  and  Anno  Dom.  1322*     See  appendix. 


A  &  & 


J  Statutt 


1 8©       Stat.  i«  Anno  decimo  feptimo  Edwardi  II.         A.  D.  1324; 

A  Statute  revoking  an  Eflablifhment  of  the  Houfehold,  made  Anno  1 6 
Edw.  II.  Anno  Dom.  1323.     See  Appendix. 

■■'■■■'■  ■■  ■"  '  I     I  ...      —I    I    I       I  .11  I     —I     —I  ■—  .     .  ,  ......  ■        -     ■       ■  ...  ■— — —     I  ^ 

A  Statute  of  Eftreats,  made  Anno    16  Edw.  II.    and  Anno  Donw 

1323.     See  Appendix. 


Prerogatiya  Regis,  made  Anno  1  7  Edw.  II.  Stat.  1.  and  Anno  Dom, 

1324. 

CAP.     I. 

Cotton  MS.     Claudius,  D.  z. 
The feven Chap-  "|  "\OMINUS  Rex  habebit  cuftodiam  omnium  terrarum  eorum  qui  tie  ipfo  tenent  in  capite  per  fervid 
ters  following  I  cium  militare  de  quibus  ipfi  tenentes  fuerunt  feifiti  in  dominico  fuo  ut  de  feodo  die  quo  obierunt  de 

are  taken  away    jfr^f    qUOCurnque  tenuerunt  per  hujufmodi  fervicium  dum  tamen  ipfi  tenuerunt  de  Regs  aliquod  tenemen- 
c.zL    v*  "      turn  ab  antiquo  de  corona  ufque  ad  Iegitimam  etatem  Heredum  exceptis  feodis  Archiepifcopi  Cantuarienfis 
Epifcopi  Dunolmenfis  inter  Tyne  et  Thefe  &  feodis  Comitum  &  Baronum  de  marchia  in  marchia  ubi  brevia 
Regis  non  currunt  et  unde  predldti  Archiepifcopus  Epifcopus  Comites  etBarones  habent  hujufmodi  cuftodias 
aS  Ed.  1.  flat- 1.  ]icet  alibi  tenuerunt  de  Rege. 


C  A  P.    IL 

E  X  babebit  maritagium  heredum  infra  etatem  &  in  cuftodia  fua  exiftentium  five  terre  heredum  pre- 
^  diclorum  fint  ab  antiquo  de  corona  five  de  efcaetis  que  funt  in  manu  domini  Regis  five  habuerit  marita- 
gium ratione  cuftodie  terrarum  dominorum  eorundem  heredum  nullo  habito  refpeclu  quoad  prioritatem  feof- 
98  Ed.  1,  flat.  1.  famenti  licet  de  aliis  tenuerint. 

C  A  P.     III. 

JTEM  habet  primam  feifinam  poft  mortem  eorum  qui  de  eo  tenent  in  capite  de  omnibus  terris  &  tene- 
ments de  quibus  ipfi  fuerint  feifiti  in  dominico  fuo  ut  de  feodo  cujufcumque  etatis  heredes  ipforum  fuerint 
capiendo  omnes  exitus  eorumdem  terrarum  &  tenementorum  donee  facia  fuerit  inquifitio  prout  moris  eft  &: 
i4  H,  3.  c  16.   ceperit  homagium  hujufmodi  heredis. 

CAP.     IV. 

'TEM  aflignabit  viduis  poft  mortem  yirorum  fuorum  qui  de  eo  tenent  in  capite  dotem  fuam  queeas  con- 

1.  tingit  licet  heredes  fuerint  plene  etatis  fi  vidue  voluerint  &  vidue  ille  ante  predictam  aflignationem  dotis 

five  predi£t,i  heredes  fuerint  plene  etatis  vel  infra  etatem  jurabunt  quod  non  maritabunt  fe  fine  licentia  Regis 

Et  fi  fe  maritaverint  fine  licentia  Regis  tunc  Rex  capiet  in  manum  fuam  diftri£tionis  loco  omnes  terras  &  te- 

nementa  que  de  eo  tenent  in  dotem  donee  fatisfecerint  ad  voluntatem  Regis  Ita  quod  Rex  vel  ipfa  mulier 

^•N'Bf-^..   nichil  capiat  de  exitibus  &c.  quoufque  hujufmodi  mulieres  per  hujufmodi  diftriitiones  feu  viri  earum  finem 

dowVoadi.    1_  faciant  Regi  ad  voluntatem  Regis  &  ilia  voluntas  tempore  R.  H.  patris  R.  E.  eftimari  csnfuevit  ad  valen- 

gH. 3.  flat. i.e.  ciam  prediclre  dotis  perunum  annum  ad  plus  nifi  uberiorem  gratiam  habuerint  mulieres  Etiam  que  de  Rege 

7.  See$z  h.  s.  tenent  in  capite  hereditatem  aliquam  jurabunt  fimiliter  cujufcumque  fuerint  etatis-  quod  non  maritabunt  fe 

c.  46.  forErec.  fme  licencia  Regis  &  fi  fecerint  terre  &  tenementa  ipfarum  eodem  modo  capiantur  in  manum  domini  Regis 

'wafd-  ^Zlib    quou/nue  fatisfecerint  ad  voluntatem  domini  Regis.  ■ 

was  taken  away  by  12  Car,  a.  c.  24. 

C  "A  P.    V. 

Coparcen«Ts  that  QI  una  hereditas  quetenetur  de  Rege  in  capite  defcendat  participibus  tunc  omnes  ilfi  heredes  faciunthoma- 
lioid  in  chief.  ,3  gium  Regi  &  ilia  hereditas  que  tenetur  de  Rege  participabitur  inter  heredes  illos.  Ita  quod  quilibet  eorum 
B'beiiau2''     extunc  partem  fuam  tenebit  ex  Rege. 

CAP. 


A. D;  1 3 24J         Anno  decimo  feptimo  Edwardi  II. 


Stat.  1.        1 8.1 


CAP.    VI: 

Cotton  MS, 

SI  mulier  ante  mortem  Anteceflbris  fui  qui  de  Rege  tenet  in  capite  ante  annos  nubiles  maritata  fuerit  tunc  rye„  w°™"  """" 
Rex  habebit  cuftodiam  corporis  ipfius  mulieris  ufque  ad  etatem  quod  confentiri  poffit  et  tunc  eligat  ipfa  during  he"  An* 
utrum  maluerit  habere  in  virum  ilium  cui  primo  maritata  fuerit  vel  alium  quern  Rex  ei  optulerit  Null  us  qui  ceftor's  Life. 
tenet  de  Rege  in  capite  per  fervicium  militare  poterit  alienare  majorem  partem  terrarum  fuarum  ita  quod  re-  The  King's  Te- 
fiduum  non  fufficiat  ad  faciendum  inde  fervicium  fine  licentia  Regis  fet  hoc  non  confuevit  intelligi  de  mem-  "al3f ,n  ch'cf 

,     .  .       ,.    .  1  °  °  Inn!!  not  alien 

bns  et  particulis  terrarum  earundem. 


CAP.     Vll. 


whhoutLicence, 
1  Ed.  3.  flat.  2. 
c.  ra. 


D 


E  ferjantiis  alienatis  fine  licentia  Regis  confuevit  Rex  arentare  hujufmodi  ferjantias  per  rationabilem  KeJ-  $2>  53»- 
extentaminde  faciendam.  I  liKo For-'' 

feiture,  but   Fi;jt 
C    A    P.       VIIL  formation,. 

His  Prerogative,  that  Lapfe  of  Six  Months  fhall  not  prejudice  his  Prefentation. 


DE  ecclefns  vacantibus  quarum  advocationes 
fpe&ant  ad  Regem  et  alii  prefentaverint  ad 
eafdem  ita  quod  contentio  inter  dominum  Regem  et 
alios  oriatur  Si  Rex  per  confiderationem  prefenta- 
tionem  fuam  recuperaverit  licet  poft  lapfum  tem- 
poris  fexmenfium  a  tempore  vacationis  nullum  cur- 
rit  ei  tempus  dum  tamen  Rex  prefentaverit  infra 
predictum  tempus  fex  menfium. 


;F  Churches  being  vacant,  the  Advowfons  where-  Bro.  Pari.  <J,?. 
_ '  of  belong  to  the  King,  and  other  prefent  to  the  Hob-  2I4» 
fame,  whereupon  Debate  arifeth  between  the  King 
and  other ;  if  the  King  by  Award  of  the  Court  do 
recover  his  Prefentation,  though  it  be  after  the  Lapfe 
of  Six  Months  from  the  Time  of  the  Avoidance,'  no 
Time  fhall  prejudice  him,  fo  that  he  prefent  within 
the  Space  of  Six  Months.' 


CAP.     IX. 

His  Prerogative  in  the  Cuftody  of  Lands  of  Idiots. 


REX  habet  cuftodiam  terrarum  fatuorum  natu- 
ralium  capiendo  exitus  earundem  finevafto  et 
deftru&ione  et  inveniet  eis  neceffaria  fua  de  cujuf- 
cumque  feodo  terre  ille  fuerint  et  poft  mortem  eo- 
rum  reddat  eas  reftis  heredibus  ita  quod  nullatenus 
per  eofdem  fatuos  alienentur  vel  eorum  heredes  ex- 
heredentur. 


'  'TpH  E  King  fhall  have  the  Cuftody  of  the  Lands  Bro.  idiot,  4,  5,  - 
'       a       nf  nstiirsl    Fnnls.  rakinp-  the   Profits   of  them  7- 


of  natural   Fools,  taking  the  Profits  of  them 


'  without  Wafte  or  Deftruclion,  and  fhall  find  therh*  &Jjz$ 
'  their  NecefTaries,  of  whofe  Fee  foever  the  Lands  be  g  c0i  170. 
'  holden.     (z)  And  after  the  Death  of  fuch  Idiots  he  iH.  7.  f.  24. 
'  fhall  render  it  to  the  right  Heirs,  fo  that  fuch  Idiots  Dyer  302. 
'  fhall  not  aliene,  nor  their  Heirs  fhall  be  difinherited.'  Resifl'  a66, " 


C  A  P.     X. 
His  Prerogative  in  the  Prefervation  of  the  Lands  of  Lunaticks. 


ITEM  habet  providere  quando  aliquis  quiprius 
habuit  memoriam  et  intelle£tum  non  fuerit  com- 
pos mentis  fue  ficut  quidam  funt  per  lucida  inter- 
valla  quod  terre  et  tenementa  eorundem  falvo  cuf- 
todiantur  fme  vafto  et  deftru&ione  et  quod  ipfe  et 
familia  fua  de  exitibus  earundem  vivant  et  fufti- 
neantur  competenter  et  refiduum  ultra  fuftentatio- 
hem  eorundem  rationabilem  cuftodiatur  ad  opus 
ipforum  liberandum  eis  quando  memoriam  recupe- 
raverint,  Ita  quod  predicate  terre  et  tenementa  in- 
fra predi£tum  tempus  non  alienentur  Nee  Rex  de 
exitibus  aliquid  percipiat  ad  opus  fuum  et  fi  obierit 
in  tali  ftatu  tunc  illud  refiduum  diftribuatur  pro 
anima.  ejufdem  per  confilium  ordniariorum. 


'     A   LSO  the  King  .fhall  provide,  when  any  (that  4  Co",  127;- 

'   _/"\.  beforetime   hath    had  his  Wit  and  Memory) 

'  happen  to  fail  of  his  Wit,  as  there  are  many  per  laci- 

'  da  intervalla,  that  their  Lands  and  Tenements  fhall 

'  be  fafely  kept  without  Wafte  and  Deftruclion,  and 

'  that  they  and  their  Houfhold  fhall  live  and  be  rnain- 

'  tained  competently  with  the  Profits  of  the  fame,  and 

'  the  Refidue  befides  their  Suftentaticn  fhall  be  kept  to 

'  their  Ufe,  to  be  delivered  unto  them  when  they  come 

'to  right  Mind;    (2)  fo  that  fuch  Lands  and  Tene- 

'  ments  fhall  in    no  wife  be  aliened*;    (3)  and   the  *  AAA  within  the : 

'  King  fhall  take  nothing  to  his  own  Ufe.     (4)  And  if  Tims  afirefaid. 

'  the  Party  die  in  fuch  Eftate,  then  the  Refidue  fhzll 

'  be  diftributed  for  his  Soul  by  the  Advice  of  the  Or- 

*   flinarv  '  S  Regift.  766, 

amary-  /  -      ■■  See  32  H.  S.   Cj 

46.  fir  the  EreiTmn  tf  Court  of  Wards  J  which  was  taken  away  by  12  Car.  2.  e,  24, 


CAP. 


1 82       Stat,  .i,1 


Anno  decimo  feptimo  Edwaudi  II.         A,  D.  1324* 


GAP.    XL 

His  Prerogative  in  having  the  Wreck  of  the  Sea,  Whales,  and  Sturgeons. 


•5  Co.  106,  yoS.  £ 
sH.  7.  f.  23.  c 
SiH.  4.  f.  16.     t 

9  H.  7.  f.  20. 

J.5H..6.  f.27. 


ALSO  the  King  fhall  have  Wreck  of  the  Sea 
throughout  the  Realm,  (z)  Whales  and  great 
Sturgeons  taken  in  the  Sea  or  elfewhere  within  the 
Realm,  (3)  except  in  certain  Places  privileged  by 
the  King.' 


Cotton  MS. 
TEM  habet  Warectum  maris  pertotumregnum 
Ballenas  et  fturgiones  captos  in  man  vef  alibi 
infra  regnum  exceptis  quibufdam  locis  privilegiatis 
per  Reges. 


CAP.    XII. 


His  Prerogative  in  enjoying  the  Lands  of  Normans. 


.4?  Ed.  3.  f.ai. 


:A" 


LSO  the  King  fhall  have  Efcneats  of  the 
Lands  of  Normans,  to  whofe  Fee  foever  they 
belong,  faving  the  Service  appertaining  to  the  chief 
Lords  of  the  fame  Fee.  And  this  alfo  is  to  be  un- 
derstood where  any  Inheritance  defcendeth  to  any  that 
is  born  in  the  Parts  beyond  the  Sea,  whofe  Anceftors 
were  from  the  Time  of  King  John  under  the  Alle- 
giance of  the  Kings  of  France.,  and  not  of  the  Kings 
of  England,  as  late  it  happened  by  the  Barony  of 
Monmouth,  after  the  Death  of  'John  de  Monmouth, 
whofe  Heirs  were  of  Britain  and  other  Places,  King 
Henry  by  the  forefaid  Occafion  recovered  many  Ef- 
cheats of  Normans  Lands  out  of  the  Fees  of  other 
Men,  and  gave  them  to  be  holden  of  the  chief  Lords 
of  the  Fee,  by  Services  due  and  accuftomed  there- 
unto.' 


ITEM  habet  efcaetas  de  tern's  Normannorum 
de  cujufcumque  feodo  fuerint  falvo  fervitio 
quod  pertinet  ad  Capitales  dominos  feodi  illius  et 
hoc  limiliter  intelligendum  eft  fi  aliqua  hereditas 
defcendat  alicui  nato  in  partibus  tranfmarinis  cujus 
anteceflbres  fuerint  ad  fidem  Regis  Francie  ut  tem- 
pore Regis  Johannis  et  non  ad  hdem  Regis  Anglie 
ficut  contingit  de  baronia  Monemuth  poll:  mortem 
Johannis  de  Monemuta  cujus  heredes  fuerint  in 
Britannia  et  alibi  de  feodis  aliorum  recuperavit  Rex 
Henricus  plures  efcaetas  de  terris  Normannorum 
occafione  predicta  et  eas  contulit  tenendum  de  ca- 
pitaLbus  dominis  per  fervitia  inde  debita  et  con- 
fueta. 


»Sd. 


I.  c. 4. 


CAP.    XIII. 

OUANDO  aliquis  qui  tenet  de  Rege  in  capite  in  fata  decedit  et  heres  ejus  ingrediatur  tenemenrum 
quod  anteceffor  ejus  tenuit  de  Rege  die  quo  obiit  antequam  fecerit  homagium  Regi  et  feifinam  fuam  re- 
ceperit  per  Regem  tunc  nullum  ei  accrefcit  liberum  tenementum  et  fi  obierit  feifitus  per  idem  tempus  uxor 
ejus  non  habebit  dotem  de  tenemento  illo  ficut  contigit  de  Matilda  filia  Comitis  Hereford  uxore  Anfelmi 
Marefcalli  qui  port  Mortem  Willielmi  Comitis  Marefcalli  Anglie  Fratris  fui  cepit  feifinam  Caftri  et  manerii 
de  Strogill  et  obiit  in  eodem  Caftro  antequam  intraffet  per  Regem  et  fecilTet  ei  Homagium  et  unde  confi- 
deratum  fuit  quod  ipfa  non  haberet  dotem  eo  quod  vir  ejus  non  intravit  per  Regem  imo  per  intrufionem  fet 
hoc  non  intelligitur  de  efcaetis  et  parvis  tenuris. 


•  Read.Wag.  His  Prerogative  in  * 


CAP.    XIV. 

have  the  Efcheat  of  Bilhops  Freehold  Tenants  attainted  of  Felony  during 
the  Vacation. 


ALSO  the  King  fhall  have  Efcheats  of  Lands  of 
the  Freeholders  of  Archbifhops  and  Bifhops, 
when  fuch  Tenants  be  attainted  for  Felony  in  Time 
of  Vacation,  whiles  their  Temporalities  were  in  the 
King's  Hands,  to  give  at  his  Pleafure,  faving  to  fuch 
Prelates  the  Service  that  thereto  is  due  and  accuf- 
t;omed.' 


TEM  habet  efcaetas  de  terris  libere  tenentium 
Archiepifcoporum  et  Epifc.oporum  quando  ipli 
tenentes  dampnati  funt  pro  felonia  fa<Sta  tempore 
vacationis  dum  temporalia  eorundem  fuerunt  in 
manu  domini  Regis  conferendas  qui  voluerit  im- 
perpetuum  falvo  fervitio  quod  ad  Prelates  inde' per- 
tinet. 


CAP.    XV. 

His  Prerogative,  that  Knights  Fees,  Advowfons,  and  Dowers  do  not  pafs  from  him  without 

fpecial  Words. 


16  Co.  63*. 

Dyer  350. 

2R.3.  f.4. 

41  E.l.  3.  f.  5. 
43  Ed.  3.  {.  zz 
F.tz.  Quare  ' 

impedit,  3T,  40,  < 
Ttil.  Card.  4^.  i 


*  \T7HEN  our  Lord  the  King  giveth  or  granteth 
'  V  V  Land  or  a  Manor  with  the  Appurtenances, 
'  without  he  make  exprefs  Mention  in  his  Deed  or 
'  Writing  of  Knights  Fees,  Advowfons  of  Churches, 
'  and  Dowers  when  they  fall,  belonging  to  fuch  Ma- 
nor or  Land,  then  at  this  Day  the  King  referveth  to 


9' 

nifi  i 


1UANDO  domlnus  Rex  dat  Vel  conceditali* 

quod  manerium  vel  terram  cum  pertinentiis 

faciat  in  carta  fua  vel  fcripto  expreflam  men- 

tionem  de  feodis  Militum  advocationibus  ecclefia- 

rum  &  dotibus  cum  acciderint  ad  predicta  mane* 

riwm  vel  terram  pertinentibus  tunc  hiis  diebus  Rex 

4  yefervat 


A.  D.  ¥324^  Anno  decimo  feptimo  Edward  1  II. 


Stat.  1.        18  j 


Cotton  MS. 
refervat  fibi  eadem  feoda  et  advocationes  cum  do- 
tibus  licet  inter  alias  perfonas  aliter  fuerit  obferva- 
tum. 


c  himfelf  fuch  Fees,  Advowfons,  and  Dowers,  albeit  F'tz- *■'«*.  7, 9- 
8  that  among  other  Perfons  it  hath  been  obferved  other-  2  Ro11  'S1' 
'  wife.' 


CAP.      XVI. 
His  Prerogative  in  having  the  Lands  -of  Felons  attainted. 


ITEM  Rex  habebit  omnia  catalla  dampnatorum 
felonum  &  fugitivorum  ubicunque  invema  fue- 
fint  Et  fi  ipfi  habeant  liberum  tenementum  tunc 
illud  ftatim  capiatur  in  manum  Regis  et  Rex  ha- 
bebit omnes  exitus  ejufdem  per  unum  annum  et 
unum  diem  &  tenementum  illud  vaftabitur  &  de- 
ftruetur  de  domibus  &  gardinis  bofcis  &  aliis  qui- 
bufcunque  ad  predi£tum  tenementum  pertinenti- 
bus  exceptis  hominibus  quorurtdam  privilegiato- 
rum  inde  per  Regem  Sc  poftquam  Rex  habuerit  an- 
num &  diem  &  vaftum  tunc  reddatur  tenementum 
illud  Capitalibus  dominis  feodi  rllius  nifi  prius  fa- 
ciant  finem  pro  anno  die  et  vafto  De  confuetudine 
tamen  dicitur  quod  poft  annum  &  diem  terre  &  te- 
nementa  felonum  Glouceftr'  redduntur  &  rever- 
tentur  proximo  Heredi  cui  debuerant  defcendiffe  fi 
fafla  non  fuiffet  felonia  &  in  Kane'  in  Gavelkynde 
the  Fader  to  the  Bough  and  the  Sone  to  the  Plough 
&  ibidem  omnes  heredes  mafculi  participant  here- 
ditatem  fimiliter  omnes  femine  fet  femine  non  par- 
ticipant cum  mafculis  Et  mulier  poft  mortem  viri 
fui  habet  medietatem  pro  dote  fua  et  fi  fornicetur  in 
viduitate  perdit  totum  vel  ft  fit  defponfata  viro. 


flat, 


ALSO  the  King  fliall  have  the  Goods  of  all  Fe-      ' 
Ions  attainted,  and  Fugitives,  wherefoever  they 
be  found.     (2)  And  if  they  have  Freehold,  then  it 
fhall  be  forthwith  taken  into  the  King's  Hands,  and 
the  King  fhall  have  all  Profits  of  the  fame  by  one 
Year  and  one  Day,  and  the  Land  fhall  be  wafted  and 
deftroyed  in  the  Houfes,  Woods,  and  Gardens,  and 
in  all  Manner  of  Things  belonging  to  the  fame  Land, 
excepting  Men  of  certain  Places   privileged  by_  the 
King  therefore.     (3)  A-nd  after  our  Lord  the  King9fj. 
hath  had  the  Year,  Day,  and  Wafte,  then  the  Land  c.  n 
fhall  be  reftored  to  the  chief  Lord  of  the  fame  Fee, 
unlefs  that  he  fine  before  with  the  King  for  the  Year, 
the  Day,  and  the  Wafte.     (4)  Neverthelefs  it  is  ufed  Cuftoms  of 
in  the  County  of  Gioucefler  by  Cuftom,  that  after  one  Gloucester  and 
Year  and  one  Day  the  Lands  and  Tenements  of  Fe-     ent' 
Ions  fhall  revert  and  be  reftored  to  the  next  Heir,  to 
whom   it  ought  to  have  defcended  if  the  Felony  had 
not  been  done.     And  in  Kent,  in  Gavelkind,  (The' 
Father  to  the  Bough,  the  Son  to  the  Plough)    ( 5 )  there  Stamf.  Prerog. 
all  Heirs  Males  fhall   divide  their  Inheritance,  and  z°-  *>• 
likewife  Women  ;  but  Women  fhall  not  make  Par- 
tition  with   Men.      (6)   And   a  Woman  after  the  By  27  U.  8.  c. 
Death  of  her  Hufband  fhall  be  endowed  of  the  Moie-  24-  *»«  <""  <l>* 
ty ;    (7)  and  if  fhe  commit  Fornication  in  her  Wi-  ^m^T/fZ* 
dowhood,  or  take  an  Hufband  after,  fhe  fhall  lofe  her  jupcli,  """ 
Dower.' 


Modus  faciendi  Homagium  &  Fidelitatem,  Anno  17  Edw.  II.  Stat.  2. 

and  Anno  Dom.  1324. 


How  a  Freeman  fhall  do  his  Homage,  how  his  Fealty  ;  and  a  "Villain's  Fealty. 


Q 


Cotton  MS.  Claudius,  D.  2. 
U  A  N  T  fraunk  homme  fra  hommage  a  fon 
feignur  de  qi  il  tient  fon  chief  mefuage  il 
tendra  fes  mains  jointes  perentre  les  mains 
fon  Seignur  &  dirra  iflint.  Jeo  deveigne  voftre 
homme  de  ceo  jour  en  avaunt  de  vie  &  de  membre 
&  de  terren  honor  &  foi  vous  porterei  del  tenement 
qe  jeo  clayme.tenir  de  vous  fauve  le  foi  qe  jeo  doi 
a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi. 

Et  quant  fraunk  homme  fra  hommage  a  autre  qe 
a  fon  chief  Seignur  &  pur  fimple  tenement  il  tendra 
fes  mains  jointes  perentre  les  mains  fon  Seignur  & 
dirra  iffint.  Jeo  deveigne  voftre  homme  de  ceo  jour 
en  avaunt  &  foi  vous  porterei  del  tenement  qe  jeo 
clayme  tenir  de  vous  fauve  le  foi  qe  jeo  doy  a  no- 
ftre Seignur  le  Roi  &a  mesautres  Seignurages. 

Quant  fraunk  homme  frafeaute  il  tendra  fa  main 
outre  le  livre  et  dirra  iffint.  Ceo  oiez  vous  mon- 
fieur  R.  qe  jeo  vous  ferrei  foial  et  loial  et  foy  vous 
jporterei  des  tenementz  qe  jeo  clayme  de  vous  et 
loialment  vousr  conufter-ei  et  loialment  vous  ferrei 
les  cuftumes  et  les  fervices  qe  faire  doie  as  termes 
afiignez  fi  moy  eide  Dieux  et  les  Seintz.. 


,  Conuf.  ?I. 


'  TX7^"^^  a  Freeman  fhall   do  Homage  to  hia Fltz. Grant,  9, 

'     wV      Lord  of  whom  he  holdeth  in  chief,  he  fhall  So,  83. 

'      "    ■       hold  his  Hands  together  between  the  Hands  Fit: 

'  of  his  Lord,  and    fhall  fay  thus:  I  beco;?ie  you?- Man 

'  from  this  Day  forth  for  Life,  for  Member,  and  for 

'  worldly  Honour,  and  /hall  owe  you  Faith  for  the  Lands 

'  that  I  hold  of  you,  favrng  the  Faith  that  I  owe  unto  oar' 

1  Lord  the  King,  and  to  mine  otlur  Lords, 


1  IT.  When  a  Freeman  fhall  do  Fealty  to  his  Lord,  F.;tZi  Avowry, 
'  he  fhall  hold  his  Right  Hand  upon  a  Book,  and  fhall  109. 
'  fay  thus  :  Hear  you  my  Lord  R.  that  I  P.  Jhall  be  to  you 
'  both  faithful  and  fr  ue,  and  Jhall  owe  my  Fidelity  unto 
i  you  for  the  Land  that  I  hold  of  you,  and  lawfully  Jl>all' 
'  do  fuch  Cuftoms  and  Services  as  my  Duty  is  to  you  at  the 
1  Terms  aflkned.    So  help  me  God  and  all  his  Saints.- 

4  nr. 


184       Stat.  2. 


St.  12  Car,  a. 

-C.-24. 


Anno  decimo  feptimo  E  d  W  A  r  d  i  H.  A.  D.  1 32 $ 


'  III.  When  a  Villain  fhall  do  Fealty  unto  his  Lord, 
he  fhall  hold  his  Right  Hand  over  the  Book,  and  fhall 
fay  thus  :  Hear  you  my  Lord  A.  that  IB.  from  this  Day 
forth  unto  you  fliall  be  true  and  faithful ',  and  Jhall  ovje 
you  Fealty  for  the  Land  that  I  hold  of  you  in  Vittenage^ 
and  /hall  be  juftificd  by  you  in  Body  and  Goods.  So  help 
me  God  and  all  his  Saints.' 


Cotton  MS. 
Quant  villein  fra  feaute  a  fon  Seignur  il  tendra, 
fa  main  deftre  outre  le  liver  et  dirra  iffint.  Ceo 
oiez  vous  mon  feignur  R.  qe  je  W.  vous  ferrei  foial 
'et  loial  et  foi  vous  porterei  del  tenement  qe  jeo  de" 
vous  tien  en  villenage  et  qe  jeo  vous  ferrei  jufticia- 
ble'du  corps  et  de  chateux  fi  moy  eide  Dieux  et  les 
Seints. 


Statutum  De  terris  Tempi  a  riorum,  made  Anno  17  Edw.  II.  Stat.  3.  and 

Anno  Dom.  1324.     See  Appendix. 


Titz.  Leer,  6. 
Jitz.  Avowry, 
J  7,  So. 
Dyer  in. 
33  ro.  Leer,  39, 
10  H.  6.  7. 
.4T  Ed.  3.  26, 

45Ed3-  9- 
J2  H.  7.  15. 

*  Nat  in  Orig, 


f  Not  in  Orig. 

%  Not  in  Orig, 
4  H.  6.  10, 


22  EJ.  4.  22. 
II  Not  in  Orir, 


The  Statute  for  View  of  Frankpledge,  made   the.  Eighteenth  Tear  of 
King  Edward  the  Second,  Anno  Dom.  1325. 


Dyer  233. 


€  H.  7.  4. 
11  H  7.  22. 
Ero.  Leet,  43. 
Brii.toron.  175. 
Fitz.  Avowry, 


IRST,  you  fhall  fay  unto  us  by  the  Oath  that 
you  have  made,  If  all  the  Jurors  that  owe  Suit 
to  this  Court  be  come,  and  which  not. 


*  2.  And  if 'all  the  chief  Pledges  or  *  their  Dozeins 
be  come,  as  they  ought  to  come,  and  which  not. 

'  3.  And  if  all  the  Dozeins  be  in  the  Afiife  of  our 
Lord  the  King,  and  which  not,  and  who  received 
them. 

'  4.  And  if  there  be  any  of  the  King's  Villains  fugi- 
tive dwelling  otherwhere  than  in  the  King's  Demeans, 
and  of  fuch  as  be  within  the  King's  Demeans,  and 
have  not  abiden  a  Year  and  a  Day. 
'  f  5.  And  if  there  he  any  of  the  Lords  Villains  in 
Frankpledge  otherwhere  than  in  this  Court. 

*  6.  Of  Cuftoms  and  Services  due  to  this  Court 
withdrawn,  how,  and  by  whom,  and  in  what  Bailiffs 
Times. 

'  7.  Of  Purpreftures  made  in  Lands,  %  Woods,  and 
Waters  to  Annoyance. 

'  8.  Of  Walls,  Houfes,  Dikes,  and  Hedges  fet  up 
or  beaten  down  to  Annoyance. 

'  9.  Of  Bounds  withdrawn  and  taken  away. 

'   io.  Of  Ways  and  Paths  opened  or  flopped. 

'  ir.  Of  Waters  turned  or  flopped,  or  brought  from 
their  right  Courfe. 

'  12.  Of  Breakers  of  Houfes,  and  of  their  Recei- 
vers. 

'   II  '  3  •  Of  common  Thieves,  and  of  their  Receivers. 

'  14.  Of  Petty  Larons,  as  of  Gs.fe,  Hens,  or  Sheafs. 

*  1  j.  Of  Thieves  that  fteal  Clothes,  or  of  Thieves 
that  do  pilfer  Clothes  through  Windows  and  Walls. 

'  16.  Of  fuch  as  go  in  Meffage  for  Thieves. 

'   17.  Of  Cries  levied  and  not  purfued. 

'  18.  Of  Bloodfhed,  and  of  Frays  made. 

'  ig.  Of  Efcapes  of  Thieves  or  Felons. 

'  20.  Of  Perfons  outlawed  returned,  not  having  the 
King's  Warrant. 
.'  21.  Of  Women  ravifhed  not  prefented  before  the 

Coroners. 

'  22.  Of  Clippers  and  Forgers  of  Money. 

*  23.  Of  Treafure  found. 

'  24.  Of  the  Affife  of  Bread  and  Ale  broken. 

'  2;.  Of  falfe  Meafures,  as  of  Bufhels,  Gallons, 

Yards,  and  Ells. 


Cotton  MS.    Claudius,  D.  2. 

PRIMES  vous  nous  dirrez  per  le  ferement  qe 
vous  nous  avez  fait  fi  touz  les  feutours  qi  de- 
vent  fuite  a  cefte  Courte  foient  venuz  come 
venir  deivent  &  queux  ne  fount  mie. 

2.  Etfi  touz  les  chiefs  plegges  foient  venuz  come 
venir  deivent  &:  queux  nemye. 

3.  Et  fi  touz  de  xii.  annz  foient  en  laffife  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  et  queux  ne  fount  mie  &  qi  les  re- 
ceite. 

4..Et  fil  neit  nul  des  villeins  le  Seignur  futif 
aillours  menaunt  qen  le  demeigne  le  Roi. 


5.  De  ceux  qi  fount  en  les  demeignes  le  Roi  & 
nount  mye  demurre  un  an  &  un  jour. 

6.  Des  cuflumes-  &  des  -fervices  duez  au  cefte 
Courte  fuflretes  comment  &  per  qi  &  en  temps  de 
quel  baillif. 

7.  De  purpreftures  faites  en  terres  &  en  ewes  a 
nufance. 

8.  Des  mures  maifons  haez  foffes  levez  ou  abatuz 
a  nufance. 

9.  Des  boundes  tretz  &  emportez. 

10.  Des  voies  &des  Sentes  eftopez  ou  amenufez, 

1 1 .  Des  ewes  deftournez  ou  amenufez  hors  de 
lour  droit  cours. 

12.  Des  Brufours  des  mefons  &  de  lour  receit- 
tcurs. 


14.  Des  petitz  Larouns  come  des  howes  galines 
&  garbes. 

15.  Des  Larons  qi  fakent  draps  ou  autres  chofes 
parmi  feneftres  on  parraies. 

16.  De  ceux  qi  vount  en  meffage  des  larouns. 

17.  De  huteis  leve  &  nemie  purfue. 

18.  De  faunk  efpandu  &  plaie  faite. 

19.  De  efchap  de  laroun  &  de  feloun. 

20.  Des  utlagez  repeirez  faunz  garaunt. 

21.  De  rape  de  femme  qe  neft  mye  prefente  de- 
vaunt  Coroners. 

22.  De  retoundours  &  de  faufours  de  la  monoye, 

23.  De  trefor  trove. 

24.  Daffife  de  pain  &  de  fervois  enfreinte. 

25.  Des  faux  mefures  come  des  buflelx  galouns 
verges  aun.es. 

16.De 


A.  D>  1325, 


Anno  decimo  odlavo  Edward  1  II. 


185 


Cotton  MS. 

26.  De  faux  balaunces  &  de  faux  pois. 

«7  V.  ceux.  qi  ount  double  mefure  h  achatent 
per  le  greindour  &  vendent  per  le  meindre. 

2^.  De  ceux  qi  affiduelment  hauntent  les  taver- 
nes  &  homme  ne  foit  dount  ils  vivent. 

zg.  De  ceux  qi  dorment  les  jours  &  veillent  les 
nuiz  et  mangent  bien  et  beivent  bien  et  nount  nul 
bien. 

30.  Des  dobbours  des  draps  et  des  curreours  des 
quirs  aillours  qen  ville  marchaunde. 

3 1 .  De  ceux  qi  fuent  a  leglifes  et  per  eux  fen 
vount  faunz  faire  qappent  Sil  ny  eit  nulle  feinme 
putiene  per  quoi  le  Seignur  purra  perdre. 

32.  Et  des  gentz  emprifonez  et  puis  lefTez  faunz 
garant. 

33.  De  ceux  qi  prenent  columbes  en  iveer  per 
laces  ou  per  autre  engine. 

34.  De  touz  ceux  nous  faites  aflavoir  per  le  fere- 
tnent  qe  vous  nous  avez  fait. 


'  z6.  Of  falfe  Balances  and  Weights. 

*  27.  Of  fuch  as  have  double  Meafure,  and  buy  by 
the  great,  and  fell  by  the  lefs. 

'  28.  Of  fuch  as  continually  haunt  Taverns,  and  no 
Man  knoweth  whereon  they  do  live. 
'  29.  Of  fuch  as  deep  by  Day  and  watch  by  Night  *, 
and  have  nothing. 

'  30.  Of  Cloth-fellers  and  Curriers  of  Leather  dwel- 
ling out  of  Merchant  Towns, 
'31.  Of  fuch  as  flie  into  Church  or  Church-yard, 
and  after  depart  without  doing  that  which  belongeth 
thereunto. 

'  32.  Of  Perfons  imprifoned,  and  after  let  go  with- 
out Mainprize. 

'  33.  Of  fuch  as  take  Doves  in  Winter  by  Door 
falls  or  Engines. 

*  34.  And  of  all  thefe  Things  you  fhall  do  us  to 
wit,  by  the  Oath  you  have  taken.' 


*   Add  and  eat 
and  drink  luell. ' 


The  Statute  of  Prifes  made  Anno  28  Ed.  t. 
the  fecond  Chapter  of  Articuli  fuper  Cbartas. 


is  here  omitted,  for  that  it  is  Word  for  Word  contained  in 
Vet.  Magn.  Chart.  90.  2  Inflr.  606. 


1  Roll  zoi. 
Raft.  390,  423. 
8  Co.  38,  4-1. 
45  Ed.  3.  f.  8. 
38  H.  6.  f.  7. 
3H.7.  f.4. 


21  H.  7.  f.  40. 
Fitz.  Avowry, 
105,  in,  15;, 
161,  194,  211,  212.      Fitz.  Bare  271.     Bro.  Leet,  35,  36,  37,  38,  ^6, 


Certain  Statutes  made  during  the  Reigns  of  King  Henry  III.  King 
Edw.  I.  or  King  Edw.  II.  but  uncertain  when,  cr  in  which  of  their 
'Times. 

Articles  againft  the  King's  Prohibitions  \ 


iU 


In  what  Cafes  the  King's  Prohibition  fhall  lie,  and  in  what  not. 

NDER  what  Form  (hall  Lay-men  purchafe  Prohibitions  generally  upon  Tithes,  Oblations,  Ob- 
ventions,  redeeming  of  Penances,  Mortuaries,  violent  Hands  laying  on  a  Clerk  or  Lay-brother, 
and  in  Cafes  of  Defamation,  in  which  Cafes  Spiritual  Penance  muft  be  enjoined  ?  The  King 
anfwered  to  thefe  Articles,  That  in  Tithes,  Oblations,  Obventions,  and  Mortuaries,  when  they  be 
pleaded  as  before  is  faid,  the  King's  Prohibition  doth  not  lie. 

*'.  II.  And  if  a  Clerk  or  a  Perfon  Religious  do  fell  his  Corn  being  in  his  Barn,  or  other  where,  to 
any  Man  for  Money,  if  the  Price  thereof  be  demanded  before  a  Spiritual  Judge,  the  King's  Prohibition 
doth  lie  ;  for  by  the  Sale  the  Spiritual  are  become  Temporal,  and  fo  Tithes  pais  into  Chatties. 
'  III.  And  if  Debate  hang  in  a  Spiritual  Court  for  the  Right  of  Tithes,  having  his  Original  from  the 
Right  of  the  Patronage,  and  the  Quantity  of  the  fame  Tithes  do  pafs  the  fourth  Part  of  the  Value  of 
the  Benefice,  a  Prohibition  mail  lie. 

'  IV.  Alfo  if  a  Prelate  enjoin  Penance  pecuniary  to  any  Man  for  his  Sin,  if  the  Money  be  demanded  be- 
fore Prelates,  a  Prohibition  fhall  lie. 

'  V.  And  if  any  lay  violent  Hands  on  a  Clerk  or  Lay-brother,  for  the  Peace  broken  Amends  fhall  be 
made  before  the  King,  and  for  the  Excommunication  before  a  Bifhop  or  Prelate. 

'  VI.  And  if  a  corporal  Penance  be  enjoined,  which  the  Offender  will  redeem  by  giving  Money  to  the 
Prelate,  or  to  the  Party  grieved,  a  Prohibition  fhall  not  lie. 

*  VII.  In  Caufes  of  Defamation,  Prelates  may  freely  corre£t,  the  King's  Prohibition  notwithstanding, 
firft  enjoining  a  corporal  Penance,  which  if  the  Party  will  redeem,  the  Prelate  may  lawfully  receive  the 
Money,  though  the  Prohibition  be  fhewed.' 

50  Ed.  3.  c.  4.  and  2  II 


9  Ed.  2.  flat.  : , 
c.  1. 

See  farther 
5.  fat.  1.  c.%. 


»  This  is  a  Tranflation  of  the  latter  Part  of  the  Statute  CircumffeSe  agati:.    See  before,  Fol.  J19. 


Vol.  1. 


Bb 


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i86 


Regift.  orig. 
leg. 


Temporibus  HenriciIII.  EDWARDique  I.  &  II;       C*  1—52 

An  Ordinance  for  Bakers,  Brewers,  and  for  other  Vi&uallers  y^1  for 

Ells,  Bufhels,  and  Foreftallers*. 

C  A  P.    I. 

Upon  what  only  Caufe  Affile  of  Bread  fhall  be  changed. 


«  rrt  HE  -Affife  of  Bread  fhall  be  kept  according  as 
'  -|  it  is  contained  ih  the  Writing  of  the  Mar- 
'  -*-  {halfey  of  our  Lord  the  King  delivered  unto 
1  them  after  :the  Sale  of  Wheat,  that  is  to  wit,  the 
'  better,  .the  worfe,  and  the  worft.  '  (2)  And  as  well 
'  WaftelBread,  as  other  of  what  Sort  foever  they  be, 

*  fhall  be  weighed  according  as  it  is  faid  of  the  Sale  of 
'  the  meaner  Wheat :  (3)  Neither  fhall  the  Affife  or 
'  Weight  of  Wheat  be  changed  more  than  Six  Pence 
'  increafing  or  decreafing,  as  it  is  in  the  Sale  of  the 

*  Quarter.' 


E  perantiquo  MS. 

AS  SIS  A  panis  fecundum  quod  continetur  in 
fcripto  Marefcalcie  Domini  Regis  teneatur 
fecundum  venditionem  frumenti  fcilicetme- 
lioris  fecundi  et  tertii  Et  tarn  wafteili  quern  alii 
panes  ponderent  cujufcunque  generis  funt  ficut 
diftum  eft  fupra  in  venditione  frumenti  et  tunc 
non  mutetur  affifa  five  pondus  nifi  per  fex  denarios 
crefcentes  vel  decrefcentes  in  quarterio  frumenti. 


CAP.     II. 


For  what  Offence  a  Baker  fhall  be  amerced,  and  for  what  fet  on  the  Pillory. 


Baker,  if  his  Bread  be  founden  a  Farthing 
Weight  lacking  Th  Two  {hillings 'fix  pence, 
-or  under,  fhall  be  amerced  ;  (z)  and  if  it  pafs  the 
fame  Number,  he  {hall  fuffer  Punifhment  6f  the  Pil- 
lory, which  fhall  not  be  remitted  to  the  Offender 
either  for  Gold  or  Silver.  (3)  And  every  Baker  {hall 
have  a  Mark  of  his  own  for  his  Bread.' 


Iftor  fi  inveniatur  panis  fuus  de  quadrante  -in 
defe&u  ponderis  ii.s.  vi.d.  aut  infra  amercie- 
tur  Et  fi  numerum  ilium  excedat  iubeat  judicium 
pillorie'  et  non  remittetur  judicium  delinquent!  pro 
auro  neque"  pro  argento  Et  quilibet  piftor  habeat 
proprium  fignum  fuper  quodlibet  genus  panum  fu- 
orum. 


C  A  P.     III. 

Every  Pillory  fhall  be  of  convenient  Strength. 


*  IT  Very  Pillory  or  Stretch-neck  muft  be  made  of 
'  ±2j<  convenient  Strength,  fo  that  Execution  maybe 
'  done  upon  Offenders  without  Peril  of  their  Bodies.' 


Pllloria  five  colliftrigium  et  tumberellum  con- 
tinue habeantur  debite  fortitudinis  ita  quod 
delinquentes  exequi  poffint  judicium  fine  corporiim 
peiiculo. 


CAP.     IV. 

How  Toll  at  a  Mill  fhall  be  taken. 


THE  Toll  of  a  Mill  fhall  be  taken  according  to 
the  Cuftom  of  the  Land,  and  according  to  the 
Strength  of  the  Water-courfe,  either  to  the  twentieth 
or  four  and  twentieth  Corn.  (2)  And  the  Meafure 
whereby  th?  Toll. muft- be  taken  fhall  be  agreeable  to 
the'King's  Meafure,  and  Toll  fhall  be  taken  by  the 
Rafe,  and  not  by  the  Heap  or  Cantel.  (3)  And  in 
cafe  that  the  Termors  find  the  Millers  their  Necefla- 
ries,  they  fhall  take  nothing  befides  their  due  Toll ; 
and  if  they  do  otherwife,  they  fhall  be  grievoufly 
punifhed.' 


TOlnetum  ad  molendinum  fecundum  commu- 
nem  confuetudinem  regni  et  fecundum  for- 
titudinem  curfus  aque  capiatur  vel  ad  vicefimum 
granum  vel  ad  vicefimum  quarterium  grani.  Et 
menfura  per  quam  tolnetum  debet  capi  lit  concor- 
dans  menfure1  Domini  Regis  et  capiatur  tolnetum 
per  rafum  et  nichil  cum  cumulo  feu  cantello  Etfi 
furriarii  inveniant  molendinariis  necefiaria  fua  ni- 
chil capiatur  preter  debitum  tolnetum  Et  fi  aliter 
fecerint  gravitcr  puniantur. 


CAP.     V. 


Unforced  by  $T.i. 
3.  C.  1». 

Kep.a'eJ  by 
ai  Jic.  1,  c.  22. 


"  npHE  Affife  of  Wine  fhall  be  kept,  that  is  a 
"  JL  Sextertium  at  Twelve  Pence  ;  and  if  the  Ta- 
"  verners  exceed  the  fame  Aflife,  their  Doors  fhall  be 
"  fhut  up  *." 


AS  S I S  A  vini  fecundum  aflifam  Domini  Regis 
obfervetur  fcilicet  fextertium  ad  xii.'d.  Et  fi 
tabernarii  excefTerint  per  majorem  et  ballivos  hoflia 
claudantur  et  non  permittantur  vinum  vendere 
donee  a  Domino  Rege  licentiam  obtinuerint. 

*  Add  and  tbcyjball  ml  be  permitted  to  Jell  Wme  till  they  have  obtained  the  King's  Licence. 


*  This  is  in  the  Sccunda  pars  vtterum  Jlatutorum,  and  in  all  the  Engli/h  Editions, 


CAP. 


C.  6—9.      TemporibusHsNRici  III,  EowARDique  I.  &  II. 


187 


CAP.    VI. 

The  Aflife  of  Ale  fhall  be  according  to  the  Price  of  Corn. 


E  perant'iquo  MS. 

ASS  ISA  cervifie  fecundum  venditionem  bladi 
ftatuatur  proclametur  et  obfervetur  Et  bracia- 
trix  non  accrefcat  quadrantam  in  galone  nifi  pro 
xii.  denarios  crefcentibus  in  quarterio  brafei  nee 
minuet  quadrantem  in  galone  nifi  pro  xii.  denariis 
decrefcentibus  in  quarterio  brafei  Et  que  aflifam 
cervine  Fregerint  primo  fecundo  et  tertio  amerci- 
entur  quarto  fine  redemptione  habeant  judicium 
tomberelli. 


*  '""pHE  Afllfe  of  Ale  ftiall  be  aflefled,  proclaimed, 

*  A  and  kept  according  to  the  Price  of  the  Corn 
'  whereof  the  Malt  is  made.  (2)  And  the  Brewer  {hall 
'  not  increafe  more  in  a  Gallon,  but  according  to  the 
'  Rate  of  Six  Pence  riling  in  a  Quarter  of  Malt.  (3) 
'  And  if  he  break  the  Ailife,  the  firft,  fecond,    and 

'  third  Time,  he  mall  be  amerced  ;  (4)  but  the  fourth  23  H-  *•  <"•  +• 

*  Time  he  ftiall  fuffer  Judgment  of  the  Pillory  without  ThePuniihment 

<  T>„J=~.,..: •  jo  1  of  Brewers  of- 

Redemption.  fcndingi 


C  A  P.    VII. 

The  Punifhment  of  a  Batcher  felling  unwholefome  Flefh. 


CArnifex  qui  vendit  carnes  porcinas  fuperfen- 
natas  vel  carnes  mortitas  de  morina  poftquam 
primo  convi&us  fuerit  graviter  amercietur  fecundo 
convi&us  patiatur  judicium  pillorie  tertio  incarce- 
retur  et  redimatur  quarto  abjuret  villam  et  hoc  idem 
fiat  de  cocis  tranfgredientibus. 


'     A    Butcher  that  felleth  Swines  Flefti  rneazled^  or 


' 


Flefti  dead  of  the  Murrain,  *  or  that  buyeih  Flejh 
of  Jevjs,  and  felleth  the  fame  unto  Chrifiiaiis,  after  he 
ftiall  be  convict  thereof,  for  the  firft  Time  he  fhall 
be  grievoufly  amerced,  (2)  the  fecond  Time  he  fhall 
fuffer  Judgement  of  the  Pillory,  (3)  and  the  third 
Time  he  fhall  be  imprifoned  and  maks  Fine,  and  the 
fourth  Time  he  fhall  forfwear  the  Town.  And  in 
this  Manner  fhall  it  be  done  f  of  all  that  offend  in  like 
Cafe.' 


Nil  ir.  Orig. 


f  Of  Cooks 

ofler.dir>£. 


CAP.    VIII. 

Bufhels,  Gallons,  and-  Ells  fhall  be  figned  with  the  King's  Seal,  and  he  that  buyeth  or  felleth 

with  other  fhall  be  amerced. 


STandardum  buffelli  galonis  et  ulne  figillo  Do- 
mini Regis  ferreo  fignentur  diligenter  et  falvo 
cuftodiantur  fub  pena  centum  librarum  Et  nulla 
menfura  fit  in  villa  nifi  menfure  Domini  Regis  con- 
cordat fignoque  communitatis  ville  fit  fignata.  Si- 
quis  emat  vel  .yendat  per  menfuram  non  -fignatam 
et  per  majorem  et  ballivos  non  examinatam  graviter 
amercietur  etomnes  menfure  ville  majores  vel  mi- 
hores  bis  in  anno  videantur  et  diligenter  exami'nen- 
tur.  Si  quis  autem  convidfus  fuerit  cum  duplici 
menfura  majore  fcilicet  ad  emendum  et  minore  ad 
vendendum  tanquam  falfarius  incarceretur  et  gra- 
viter puriiatur. 


11  H.  7.  c,  4,    13  H.  7,  c  5. 


THE  Standard  of  Bufhels,  Gallons,  and  Ells, 
fhall  be  fealed  with  an  Iron  Seal  of  our  Lord 
the  King,  and  fafe  kept,  under  the  Pain  of  a  Hun- 
dred Pound.  (2)  And  no  Meafure  fhall  be  in  any 
Town  unlefs  it  do  agree  with  the  King's  Meafure, 
and  marked  wkh  the-Seal  of  the  Shire  Town.  ■  (3)  If 
any  do  fell  or  buy  by  Meafures  unfealed,  and  not  ex- 
amined by  the  Mayor  or  Bailiffs,  he  ftiall  be  grie- 
voufly amerced.  (4.)  And  all  the  Meafures  of  every 
Town,  both  great  and  fmall,  fhall  be  viewed  and 
examined  twice  in  the  Year.  (5)  If  any  be  convict 
for  a  double  Meafure,  that  is  to  wit,  a  greater  for  to 
buy  with,  and  a. fmall  to  fell  with,  he  fhall  be  im- 
prifoned for  his  Falfhood,  and  ftiall  be  grievoufly  pu-  ErfoneJ  arJ 
nifhed.'  "^       h 

7  K.  7.  c.  4. 
Sec  farther  i^EUx.  CM,     zzCar.  a.  £■.  8.     22  &  i^Car,  z.  c.  u.     1.  Ann. fiat.  I.  c.\i 


C  A  P.     IX. 

The  Bufhel  Standard,  and  Ells,  fhall  be  kept  by  Mayors,  Bailiffs,  tSc.     No  Grain  fhall 
fold  by  the  Heap  or  Cantle,  but  Oats,  Malt,  and  Meal. 


be 


STandardum  buffelli  galonis  et  ulne  et  figna  qui- 
bus  menfure  funt  fignande  fintfub  cuftodia  ma- 
joris  et  ballivorum  et  fex  legal  ium  de  villa  jurato- 
rum  coram  quibus  omnes  menfure  fignentur.  Nul- 
lum genus  bladi  vendatur  per  cumulum  feu  cantel- 
lurn  prefer  avenam  brafeum  feu  farinam, 


THE  Standard  Bufhels  and  Ells,  fhall  be  in  the 
Cuftody  of  the  Mayor  and  Bailiffs,  and  of  fix 
lawful  Perfons  of  the  fame  Town  being  fworn,  he- 
fore  whom  all  Meafures  fhall  be  fealed.  (t)  No 
Manner  of  Grain  ftiall  be  fold  by  the  Heap  or  Can- 
tie,  except  it  be  Oats,  Malt,  and  Meal.' 


Bb 


CAP. 


x88 


Temporibus  Henrici  III.  EDWARDique  I.  &  II.  C.  10. 


CAP.     X. 

No  Foreftaller  fhall  be  fuflfered  to  dwell  in  any  Town. 


|UT  efpecially  be  it  commanded  on  the  Behalf 
I  of  our  Lord  the  King,  that  no  Foreftaller  be  fuf- 
fered  to  dwell  in  any  Town,  which  is  an  open  Op- 
prefTor  of  poor  People3  and  of  all  the  Commonalty, 
and  an  Enemy  of  the  whole  Shire  and  Country,  which 
for  Greedinefs  of  his  private  Gain  doth  prevent 
others  in  buying  Grain,  Fifh,  Herring,  or  any  other 
Thing  to  be  fold  coming  by  Land  or  Water,  op- 
prefling  the  Poor,  and  deceiving  the  Rich,  which 
carrieth  away  fuch  Things,  intending  to  fell  them 
more  dear ;  (2)  the  which  come  to  Merchants  Stran- 
gers that  bring  Merchandife,  offering  them  to  buy, 
and  informing  them  that  their  Goods  might  be  dearer 
fold  than  they  intended  to  fell,  and  an  whole  Town 
or  a  Country  is  deceived  by  fuch  Craft  and  Subtilty. 
( ; )  He  that  is  convict  thereof,  the  firft  Time  fhall  be 
amerced,  and  fhall  lofe  the  Thing  fo  bought,  and 
that  according  to  the  Cuftom  and  Ordinance  of  the 
Town  ;  (4)  he  that  is  convict  the  fecond  Time  fhall 
have  Judgement  of  the  Pillory;  (;)  at  the  third 
Time  he  fhall  be  imprifoned  and  make  Fine;  (6)  the 
fourth  Time  he  fhall  abjure  the  Town.  And  this 
Judgement  fhall  be  given  upon  all  Manner  of  Fore- 
ftallers,  and  lilcewife  upon  them  that  have  given  them 
Counfel,  Help,  or  Favour.' 


£  perantiquo  MS. 
Q  Recipue  ex  parte  Domini  Regis  prectpiatur 
1  quod  nullus  foreftallarius  patiatur  in  villa  com- 
morari  qui  pauperum  eft  depreffor  manifefte  et  to- 
tius  communitatis  et  patrie  publicus  inimicus  qui 
bladum  pifces  allec  vel  res  quafcunque  venales  per 
terram  vel  per  aquam  venientes  obviando  pre  ceteris 
feftinant  lucrum  fitientes  vitiofum  pauperes  op- 
primentes  et  divitiores  decipintes  qui  fie  minus 
jufte  illo  qui  eas  portaverat  multo  carius  vehdere 
machinant  qui  mercatores  extraneos  cum  rebus  ve- 
nalibus  venientes  circumeunt  offerentes  fe  vendi- 
tioni rerum  fuarum  et  fuggerentes  eis  quod  bona 
fua  carius  vendere  poterunt  quam  vendere  propo- 
nebant  et  ficarte  vel  ingenio  villam  feducunt  et 
patriam  Unde  primo  convidlus  graviter  amercietur 
Secundo  conviftus  patiatur  judicium  pillorie  Ter- 
tio  incarceretur  et  redimatur  Quarto  abjuret  villam 
Et  hoc  idem  fiat  de  forftallariis  univerfis  et  fimiliter 
de  hiis  qui  confilium  auxilium  vel  favorem  prefta- 
verint. 


See  farther  nuhv 
lire  Forefiallcrs, 
&c.  avd  nvbat 
their  Punijhment  is,  z$Ed.  3.  fiat,  4.  c.  3.     27  Ed.  3;  fiat.  a.  c.  II.     5  &f  6  £</.  6.  r.  14.  and  13  Eliz.  c.  2$. 

•  Forte  avene.       Si  quis  autem  prefumat  vendere  farinam  *  ante  fophifticatam  vel  aliquo  alio  modo  fallacem  primo  graviter 
puniatur  Secundo  convidrus  amittat  totam  farinam  Tertio  fubeat  judicium  pillorie  Quarto  abjuret  villam. 

Omnia  predi&a  ftatuta  firmiter  ex  parte  Regis  obferventur  ita  quod  fi  aliquis  major  vel  minor  contra  pre- 
dicta  ftatuta  verbo  confilio  auxilio  vel  favore  in  aliquo  venire  prefumpferit  tanquam  mandatorum  Domini 
Regis  contemptor  capiatur  et  imprifonetur  nee  a  pnfona  deliberetur  donee  per  mandatum  Domini  Regis  et 
ejus  breve  exprefium  deliberetur  Et  iftud  ftatutum  tradatur  majori  et  ballivis  et  fex  legalibus  de  villa  juratis 
unacum  ftandardis  bufiellis  ulnis  et  petris  Et  cum  necefle  fuerit  per  illud  poffint  certiorari. 


Statutum  quod  vocatur  de  Ragman  de  yuftitiariis  ajjignatis.     See  Ap- 
pendix. 

Confuetudines  et  djjifa  de  Forefta  Jive  Articuli  de  Attachiamentis  Fo- 

refte.     See  Appendix. 

Statutum  Armorum  ad  Tomiamenta.     See  Appendix. 


Statutum  de  vifu  terre^  et  ejfomo  defervitio  Domini  Regis.     See  Appendix* 
Statutum  de  jfujliciariis  Ajjignatis,     See  Appendix. 

Compofith 


Temporibus  Henrici  III.  EDWARDique  I.  &  II.  189 

Compofiio  ufaarum  et  per  tic  arum.     See  Appendix. 


Statutum  de  brevi  de  inquijitionibus  concedendo  de  terns  ad  manum  mor- 
tuam  ponendis.     Anno   20  Edw.  I.      See  Appendix* 

Statutum  de  jfudeifmo.     See  Appendix. 

Statutum  de  CatalC  Felonum.     See  Appendix. 

Statutum  pro  tenentibus  per  legem  Anglie.     See  Appendix. 

Prohibitio  formata  de  Statuto  Articulorum  Cleri.     See  Appendix. 

Artkuli  et  Sacrament  a  Minifrorum  Regis  in  itinere  Jujliciariorum. 

See  Appendix. 

De  Magnis  ajjijis  &  duel/is.     See  Appendix. 

De  dimijjione  [feu  divifione~\  denariorum.      See  Appendix. 


NOVA      STATUTA. 

Anno    primo    E    D    W    A    R    D    I      III. 

Statutes  made  at  Weftminfler,  the  Seventh  of  March,  in  the  Firfi  Tear 
of  the  Reign  of  the  Noble  King  Edward  the  Third,  Stat.  1.  in  the 
Tear  of  our  Lord  1327. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Banifhment  of  Hugh  Spencer  the  Father,  and  Hugh  Spencer  the  Son. 

See  Appendix, 

CAR     L 
None  fhall  be  impeached  which  took  Part  with  the  King  againft  his  Father.     See  Jprendix. 

$  C  A  P; 


i  go       Stat,  i, 


Anno  primo  Edwardi  III.  A.  D.  1327. 


:  CAP.    II. 

The  Repeal  of  the  Exile  made  void.     See  Appendix. 

CAP.    III. 

The  Executors  of  thofe  that  were  wrongfully  (lain  mall  have  Action  to  'recover  their  Teftators 
Goods.     (2)  All  Affurances  made  to  the  Rebels  by  Durefs  fhall  be  void.     See  Appendix. 

C  A  P.     IV. 

Trial  of  an  Averment  in  a  Writ  of  falfe  Judgement. 


Dyer  2'6i« 
34.  H.  6.  f.  41. 
Fitz.  Droit,  42, 
Fitz.  Faux 
Judgment,  t, 
13,  14,  19. 


■Rcgifl.  r^. 

Co.  305. 

52  H.3.C.20. 


ITEM,  It  is  accorded,  ordained,  and  eftablifhed 
in  Amendment  of  the  Law,  That  when  a  Record 
cometh  into  the  King's  Court  by  Writ  of  falfe  Judge- 
ment, in  cafe  where  the  Party  alledgeth  that  the  Re- 
cord is  otherwife  than  the  Court  doth  record  the 
fame,  the  Averment  fhall  be  received  of  the  good 
Country,  and  of  them  which  were  prefent  in  the 
Court  when  the  Record  was  made,  if  they  do  come 
with  others  of  the  Country  by  the  Sheriffs  Return  ; 
(z)  and  if  they  come  not,  the  Inqueft  fhall  be  taken 
by  the  good  Country.' 


-•Read 


19. 


13  Ed.  1.  flat.  1. 
*•  39- 


3-'Er5.  1.  c.  3S. 

j  Ed.  3.C.  *7. 
*8£d.  3.C.  8. 
34  Ed.o,.  c.  7. 
9  R.  z.  c.  3. 
And  fee  11  H.  7. 
c.  2  1  &  24.    19 
H   7.  ft  3.  23 
H-  %■  c    3;  and 
37  H  8.  c.  5. 
for  farther  Regtt- 
tatiomofAuamtst 


*  Add  6  £?. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

AUxint  eft  acorde  orch'ne  &  eftabli  en  amende- 
ment  de  la  lei  qe  countre  record  de  Court  le 
quel  record  vient  en  la  Court  le  Roi  par  bref  de  faux 
juggement  en  cas  ou  la  partie  dift  qe  le  record  eft 
autre  qe  la  Court  ne  recorde  foit  receu  averement 
de  bone  pais  &  de  ceux  qe  furent  prefentz  en  la 
Court  quant  le  record  fe  fift  fi  tieux  veignent  ove 
les  autres  du  pais  par  return  de  vifc'  &  fils  ne  veig- 
nent foit  lenquefte  pxife  par  bone  pays. 


C  A  P.    V- ... 
An  Averment  may  be  made  againft  falfe  Returns  of  Bailiffs  of  Liberties. 


T  TEM,  It  is  provided  and  eftablifhed,  That  from 
i.  henceforth  againft  the  falfe  Returns  of  Bailiffs  of 
Franchifes,  which  have  full  Return  of  Writs,  a  Man 
fhall  have  Averment,  and  recover  as  well  againft 
them  as  againft  the  King's  Sheriff,  as  well  of  too 
little  Iffues  returned  as  in  other  Cafes,  fo  that  it  fall- 
eth  not  in  Prejudice  of  the  Lords,  nor  in  the  Blemifh 
of  their  Franchife  ;  (z)  and  that  the  Eftate  of  holy 
Church  be  always  faved.  And  that  all  the  Punifh- 
ment  fall  only  upon  the  Bailiffs,  by  Punifhment  of 
their  Bodies,  if  they  have  not  whereof  to  anfwer.' 


AUxint  eft  purveu  &  eftabli  qe  defore  enavant 
countre  faux  return  des  bailliffs  des  fraun- 
chifes  qe  unt.  plein  .relojurn.des  brefs  eit  homme 
averement  &  recoverer  auxicome  devers  le  vifc'  le 
Roi  auxibien  de  trop  petit  iffues  retournez  come 
en  autre  cas  ifli  qil  ne  chiete  en  prejudice  des  Seig- 
nours  en  emblemiffement  de  lour  fraunchifes  &  qe 
leftat  de  feinte  Eglife  Toit  touz  jours Taiive.  Et  qe" 
tot  le  puniffement  foulement  chiete  fur, les  baillifs 
par  puniffement  de  lour  corps  fil  neierit  de  quoi  re- 
fpoundre. 


CAP.    VI. 

An  Attaint  will  lie  as  well  upon  the  Principal,  as  upon  the  Damages. 


5  TEM,  It  is  provided,  That  for  the  great  Mis- 
chiefs, Damage,  and  Deftruftion  that  hath  hap- 
pened to  divers  Perfons,  as  well  of  holy  Church,  as 
of  other,  by  the  falfe  Oaths  of  Jurors  in  Writs  of 
Trefpafs  ;  (2)  from  henceforth  a  Writ  of  Attaint 
fhall  be  granted  as  well  upon  the  Principal  as  upon 
the  Damages  in. a  Writ  of  Trefpafs.  (3)  And  that 
the  Chancellor  which  (hall  be  for  the  Time  fhall  have 
Power  to  grant  fuch  Writs  of  Attaints,  without  fpeak- 
ing  therefore- to  the  King.  (4)  And  in  fuch  and  all 
other  Cafes  of  Attaints,  the  Juftices  fh;.ll  not  let  to 
take  the  Attaints  for  the  Damages  not  paid.' 


PUrveu  eft  enfement  &  eftabli  qe  pur  les  grauntz 
mefchefs  damages  &  deflrudtions  de  divers  per- 
fons auxibien  des  gentz  de  feint  Eglife  come  dau- 
tres  qe  fount  avenuz  par  faux  ferment  des  jurours 
en  brefs  de  trefpafs  qe  defore  bref  de  atteint  foit 
graunte  auxibien  fur  le  principal  come  fur  les  da- 
mages en  brefs  de  Trefpafs.  Et  qe  le  Chaunceller 
qi  pur  temps  ferra  eit  poair  de  graunter  dels  brefs 
datteintes  faunz  parler  au  Roi.  Et  qe  en  tieu  cas 
&  en  touz  autres  de  atteinz  les  Juftices  ne  leffent 
pas  de  prendre  les  atteinz  pur  les  damages  nient 
paiez. 


CAP.    VII. 

Inquiry  fnall  be  made  of  Gaolers,  which  by  Durefs  compel  Pfifoners  to  appeal. 


22  &  23  dr.  2.  «  T  TEM,  To  efchew  the  Damage  and  Deftrucftiort 
/■>";  lail'n  '  *  that  of"terl  doth  haPPen  by  Sheriffs,  Gadlers,  and 
(omr'tfirDibtan*  Kecp-rs  °f  Prifons,  within  Franchife  and  without, 
»«<  10  is  lodgd    *  which  have  pained  their  Prifoners,   and  by  fuch  evil 

to  gel  her. 


ET  qe  pur  efchure  malx  damages  &  deftru&ionS 
qe  fount  avenuz  par  vifc'  gaolers  gardeins  de9 
prifons  deinz  fraunchiie  &  dehors  qe  unt  peine  pri- 
fons &  par  autre  male  voie  deftreint  u  procure 

adsyenu' 


A.  D.  1327.  Anno  primo  E  d w  a  r  d  i  III. 


Stat. 


191 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
adevenir  appellours  &  appeller  gents  nient  coupa- 
lles  pur  aver  raunceouns  des  tieux  appellez  pur 
feute  de  prifone  ou  par  autre  caufe  Juftic'  del  un 
"Baunk  &  del  autre  Jufticez  affignez  aprendre  af- 
'fifes  &  gaoles  delivrer  enquergent  par  force  de  cefte 
eftatut  des  tieux  deftreffes  peines  et  procurementz 
et  olent  les  pleintes  de  touz  ceux  qe  pleindre  fe 
voudront  en  tieu  cas  par  bille  et  oient  et  terminent 
tieux  pleintes  auxibien  a  fuyte  de  partie  come  a  la 
Jute  le  Roi. 


'  Means  compel  and  procure  them  to  become  Appeal- 

'  ers,  and  to  appeal  harmlefs  and  guiltlefs  People,  to 

'  the  Intent  to  have  Ranfom  of  fuch  appealed  Perfons, 

'  forfear  of  Imprifonment  or  cther'Caule  ;  (?.)  thejuf- 

*  tices  of  the  one  Bench  and  of  the  other,  and  Juftices 

'  of  Affifs  and  Gaol  -delivery,    fhall  by  Force  of  this 

'  Statute  enquire  of  fuch  Compulfions,  Punifhments, 

'  and  Procurements,    and  hear  the  Complaints  of  all  il^A. 

'  them  that  will  complain  in  fuch  Cafes  by  Bill,  and  '"  ',^,/j'  '*  , 

'  fhall  hear  and  determine  fuch  Plaints,  as  well  at  the  ,i u  rikny  fir 

'  Suit  of  the  Party,  as  at  the  King's  Suit.'  GaoUrto  canfi 


I.  flat. 
By  1 4  Ed. 


C  A  P.    VIII. 

How  he  fhall  be  ufed  that  is  taken  for  any  Offence  in  the  Foreft.     Bailment  of  him. 


GaoLr  to  cauft 
Piifoncr  to  be- 
come siffirvutr. 


T  pur  ceo  qe  plufours  gentz  fount  defheritez 
reintz  et  deftruz  par  les  fovereins  gardeins  de 
foreftes  de  cea  Trente  et  de  la  et  par  les  autres 
'miniftres  encountre  la  fourme  de  la  chartre  de  la 
Forefte  et  encountre  la  declaration  qe  le  Roi  Ed- 
ward fiuz  '-  Roi  Henry  fift  en  la  fourme  fenfuift 
ceft  afavoir .  .ous  voillioms  et  grantoms  pur  nous  et 
pur  noz  heirs  qe  des  trefpas  faites  en  noz  foreftes 
de  vert  et  de  venefon  qe  le  forefters  en  qi  baillifs 
tieux  trefpas  ferrount  faites  prefentent  mefmes  les 
trefpas  a  profchein  Swainmot  devant  forefters-ver- 
ders  regardours  et  agiftours  et  autres  miniftres  de 
■mefme  la  forefte  et  fur  tieux  prefentemenz  devant 
les  forefters  verders  regardours  agiftours  et  autres 
miniftres  avantditz  par  ferment  auxibien  des  chiva- 
lers  come  dautres  prodes  homes  et  loiaux  et  nemy 
fufpecionous  des  parties  veifinales  et  plus  profcheins 
ou  tieux  trefpaffez  ferrount  ifiint  prefentez  et  ou  la 
verite  purra  meux  et  plus  pleinement  eftre  enquife 
et  tiele  verite  iffint  enquiffe  foient  tieles  prefente- 
mentz  par  commun  affent  et  acord  de  touz  les  mi- 
niftres avauntditz  folempnement  efforces  et  de  lour 
feals  enfeales.    Et  fi  en  altre  maner  foit  nul  endite- 
ment  fait  foit  deforemes  pur  nul  tenu.    Et  pur  ceo 
qe  les  Chiefs  gardeins  des  foreftes  nont  mye  la  dite 
fourme  tenue  jefqes  en  cea  acorde  eft  ordene  et 
eftabli  qe  deformes  nul  ne  foit  pris  ne  en  prifone 
pur  vert  ne  pur  venefon  fil  ne  foit  trove  en  mein- 
oure  ou  en  la  fourme  avauntdite  endite  et  adonqe 
luy  leffe  le  foverein  gardein  de  la  forefte  a  mein- 
prife  jefqes  al  Eire  de  forefte  faunz  ren  prendre  pur 
la  deliveraunce  et  ft  le  dit  gardein  faire  ne  voille 
eit  bref  en  la  Chauncellerie  qe  auncienment  fuft 
ordene  pur  tieux  enditez  deftre  a  meinprife' jefqes 
en  eir.     Et  fi  le  dit  gardein  apres  le  dit  bref  refceu 
ne  face  tieux  enditez  faunz  delai  deliverer  a  mein- 
prife faunz  rien  prendre  donqes  eit  le  pleintif  bref 
en  la  Chauncellerie  a  vifcount  datacher  le 'die  gar- 
dein deftre  devaunt  le  Roi  a  certein  jour  a  refpon- 
dre  pur  quei  il  nad  replevi  celui  qeft  enfi  pris  et  le 
vifcount  appellez  les  verders  face  deliverer  celui  qeft 
pris  par  bone  meinprife  en  ia  prefence  des  verders 
et  le  nouns  cles  mainparnours  face  liverer  a  mefmeSj 
les  verders  a  refpoundre  en  eir  devant  juftices.    Et  ft 
le  Chief  gardein  de  ceo  foit  atteint  foient  agardez  as 
pleintifs  lour  damages  au  treble  &  le  dit  gardein  a 


TEM,   Whereas  divers  People  be  difinherited,  9  H:3- ftaf-»- 
ranfomed,  and  undone,    by  the  chief  Keepers  of  ^£d'1"c'  l^ 
V  the  Forefts  on  this  fide  Trent,    and  beyond,   and  by 
"  other  Minifters,    againft    the   Form    of    the   great 
"  Charter  of  the  Foreft,    and  againft  the  Declaration 
"  made  by  King  Edward,  Son  of  King  Henry,  in 
"  Form  following  :  That  is  to  fay,  We  will  and  grant 
"  for  us  and  our  Heirs,  that  for  any  Trefpafs  done  in 
"  our  Foreft  of  Vert  and  Venifon,   that  the  Forefters 
"  in  whofe  Bailiwick  fuch  Trefpafs  fhall  be  committed, 
"  fhall  prefent  the  fame  Trefpaffes  at  the  next  Sivani- 
"  mote  before  the  Forefters,  Verders,  R.egarders,  Agi- 
"  fters,  and  other  Minifters  of  the  fame  Foreft ;    (2) 
"  and  upon  fuch  Prefentment   made  before  the  (aid 
"  Forefters,    Verders,    Regarders,    and  Agifters,   and 
"  other  Minifters  aforefaid,    as  well  by  the  Oaths  of 
"  Knights,  as  by  other  difcreet  and  lawful  Men,   and 
"  not  fufpicious,    of  the   Parties   adjoining  or   near, 
"  where  fuch  Offences  fhall  be  fo  prefented,  and  wheEe 
"  the  Truth  may  beft  and  moft  fully  be  enquired,  and 
"  the  Truth  p.rfecSly  known,  then  fuch  Prefentments 
"  by  the  common  Affent  and  Confent  of  all  the  faid 
"  Minifters  fhall  be  folemnly  written,   and  with  their 
"  Seals  enfealed.     (3)  And  if  any  Indidtment  be  inany 
"  other  Manner  made,  the  fame  fhall  bs  void.     (4) 
"  And  therefore  becaufe  the  chief  Wardens  of  the  Fo- 
"  refts  have  not  obferved  the  fame  Form  s hitherto," 
'  it  is  agreed  and  ordained,  That  from  henceforth  no 
'  Man  fhall  be  taken  nor  imprifoned  for  Vert  or  Veni- 
'  fon,  unlefs  he  be  taken  with  the  Maner,    or  elfe  in- 
'  dieted  after  the  Form  before  fpecified  ;    (<;)  and  then  Cartle.v  7S. 
'  the  chief  Warden  of  the  Foreft  fhall  let  him  toMain- 
'  prife  till  the  Eyre  of  the  Foreft,  without  any  thing 
'  taking  for  his  Deliverance  ;  (6)  and  if  the  faid  War-  A  Remedy  for 
'  den  will  not  fo  do,   he  fhall  have  a  Writ  out  of  the  the  P.fifoner,  if 
'  Chancery,  which  hath  been  in  old  time  ordained  for  l£e  Warden^of 
'  fuch  Perfons  indicated,  to  be  at  Mainprife  till  the  Eyre.  ^  t^i'him. 
'  (7)  And  if  fuch  Warden,  after  he  hath  received  the  /;v'7r.2.  c." 4. 
'  Writ,  do  not  incontinently  deliver  fuch  Persons  in-  nmejkallbem- 
'  dicled  to  Mainprife,  v^ithout  taking  anything,  then  fU^'^h  °J- 
'  the  Plaintiff  fhall  have  a  Writ  out  of  the  Chancery  ^^lott'tla?' 
4  the  Sheriff,   to  attach  the  faid  Warden  to  be  before  m'ent °" 
''the  King  at  a  certain  Day,    to  anfwer  wherefore  he  Rtgift.  80. 
'  hath  not  replevied  him  that  is  fo  taken  ;    (8).  and  the 
'  Sheriff  (the  Verders  being  called  to  him)  fhall  de- 
'  'liver  him  that  is  fo  taken,  by  good  Mainprife,  in  the 
'  Prefence  of  the  Verders,  and  mail  deliver  the  Names 
'  of  the  Mainpernors  to  the  fame  Verders. to  anfwer  :iji 
'  the  Eyre;  before  the.  Juftices.     '.9)  And   if  the  chief 
'  Warden  be  thereof  attainted,  the  Plaintiffs  fhall  have 
'  their  treble  Damages  awarded  them,    and  the   faid  '   ■      " 

'  Warden  fhall  be  committed  to  Prifon,  and  ranfomed 

4  at 


192        Stat.  1. 


Anno  prima  Ed wardi  III, 


A.  D.  1327. 


at  the  King's  Will.  (10)  And  from  henceforth  it 
fhall  be  written  to  them  as  to  the  chief  Wardens  of 
the  Foreft,  becaufe  they  may  not  be  Juftices,  nor 
have  any  Record  but  in  the  Eyre.  Dated  at  Wefl- 
minjler  the  Seventh  Day  of  Mrcb,  in  the  firft  Year 
of  the  Reign  of  the  faid  King  Edward  that  now  is.' 


Bx  Ret.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
la  prifone  &  reint  a  la  volunte  le  Roi.  Et  defore- 
mes  foit  efcrit  a  eux  .^ame  a  les  chiefs  gardeins  de  la 
forefte  pur  ceo  qe  Juftices  ne  devient  il  eftre  ne 
record  avoir  forfqe  en  Eir.  Don  a  Weftm'  le  vii. 
jour  de  Marz  Ian  du  iegne  le  dit  Roi  Edward 
qore  eft  primer. 


•  Knjiat.z.   0^^  Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter  the  fame  Firft  Tear  of  Edw.  III.  * 

and  Anno  Dom.  1327. 


TO  the  Honour  of  God  and  of  holy  Church, 
and  to  the  Redrefs  of  the  Oppreffions  of  the 
People,  King  Edward  the  Third,  at  his 
Parliament  holden  at  Wejlminfter  after  the  Purifica- 
tion of  our  Lady,  in  the  firft  Year  of  his  Reign,  at 
the  Requeft  of  the  Commonalty  of  his  Realm,  by 
their  Petition  made  before  him  and  his  Council  in 
the  Parliament,  by  Aflent  of  the  Prelates,  Earls, 
Barons,  and  other  great  Men  afTembled  at  the  faid 
Parliament,  hath  granted  for  him  and  his  Heirs  for 
ever  thefe  Articles  underwritten." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  20. 
L  honeur  de  Dieu  &  de  feint  Eglife  &  en 
amendement  des  oppreffions  du  poeple  le 
Roi  Edward  fiuz  le  Roi  Edward  filz  au 
Roi  Edward  filz  le  Roi  Henri  a  fon  parlement 
qil  tynt  a  Weftmonfter  apres  la  fefte  de  la  Purifica- 
cion  de  noftre  Dame  Ian  de  fon  regne  primer  a  la 
requefte  de  la  -commune  de  fon  Roialme  par  lor 
petitions  mys  devant  luy  &  fon  confeil  en  le  dit 
parlement  par  afTent  des  Prelatz  Countes  Barons  & 
autres  grantz  au  dit  parlement  afTemblez  ad  graunte 
pur  luy  &  fes  heires  a  toutz  jours  les  articles  fout- 
zefcritz. 


CAP.     I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter  of  the  Forefl. 

Forefts. 


Perambulations  of 


See  16  Car.  I.  c.  c 

iS.fir  afrertain-  c 
ing  the  Boundl  if 
Forejit. 


FIRST,  That  the  Great  Charter  of  the  Liber- 
ties, and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft  be  obferved 
and  kept  in  every  Article.  (2)  And  that  the  Peram- 
bulations of  the  Foreft  in  time  of  King  Edward, 
Grandfather  to  the  King  that  now  is,  be  from  hence- 
forth holden  in  the  like  Form  as  it  was  then  riden 
and  bounded;  {■>.)  and  thereupon  a  Charter  to  be 
made  to  every  Shire  where  it  was  riden  and  bounded. 
(4)  And  in  fuch  Places  where  it  was  not  bounded, 
the  King  will  that  it  fhall  be  bounded  by  good  Men 
and  lawful,  and  that  a  Charter  be  thereupon  made  as 
afore  is  faid.' 


jj  N  primes  qe  la  grande  chartre  des  Fraunchifes 
IL  &  la  chartre  de  la  Forefte  foient  gardes  en 
toutz  les  pointz.  Et  qe  la  puralee  qe  eftoit  chi- 
vauche  en  temps  le  Roi  Edward  ael  le  Roi  qor 
eft  fe  tiegne  en  la  forme  qele  eftoit  chivachee  & 
bundee  e  qe  fur  ceo  foit  chartre  fait  a  chefcun 
countee  ou  ele  fuft  chi /ache.  Et  par  la  ou  ele  ne 
feuft  my  chivschee  le  Roi  voet  qe  ele  foit  chivauche 
par  bons  &  loialx  &  qe  chartre  fur  ce  foit  faite 
come  defus  eft  dit. 


CAP.     II. 


^  n  r,     11. 
How  every  Perfon  may  ufe  his  Woods  within  the  Foreft.     Seifing  of  Bilhops  Temporalties. 


ITEM,  Every  Man  that  hath  any  Wood  within 
the  Foreft  may  take  Houfeboot  and  Heyboot  in 
*  his  faid  Wood,  without  being  attached  for  the  fame 
'  by  any  Minifters  of  the  Foreft,  fo  that  he  do  the  fame 
4  by  the  View  of  the  Forefters.'  "  (2)  And  becaufe 
"  before  this  Time,  in  the  Time  of  King  Edward, 
"  Father  to  the  King  that  now  is,  the  King  by  evil 
"  Counfellors  caufed  to  be  feifed  into  his  Hands  the 
"  Temporalties  of  divers  Bifhops,  with  all  their  Goods 
"  and  Chatties  therein  found,  without  any  Caufe,  and 
"  the  fame  held  in  his  Hands  by  a  long  Seafon,  and 
"  continually  thereof  took  the  Profits,  to  the  great 
"  Damage  of  the  fame  Bilhops,  Walks  and  Deftruc- 
"  tions  of   all    their  Caftles,    Manors,    Parks,    and 

Enforced  bs  14    <<  Woods,"  (  the  King  will  and  granteth,  That  from 

Ed.  i-ft''-*-     «  henceforth  it  fhall  not  be  done.' 

t.  3.   25  to.  3. 

Sit.  5.  c   6.  f.-ibiiin  Purveyor! /rem  taking  Timber  in  or  about  any  Perfon's  Houfi. 


TEM  qe  chefcun  homme  qe  eit  boys  deinz 
I.  forefte  poet  prendre  en  fon  boys  demeigne 
houfbote  &  heybote  fanz  eftre  attache  par  miniftres 
de  la  forefte  iffint  qils  le  face  par  veue  de  forefters. 
Et  pur  ce  qe  avant  ces  houres  en  temps  le  Roi  pier 
au  Roi  qore  eft  le  Roy  par  malveys  confeillers  fanz 
caufe  &  areynement  fift  prendre  en  fa  meyn  les 
temporalites  des  divers  Evefqes  od  toutz  les  biens 
&  chateux  en  les  dites  temporalitees  troveez  & 
mefmes  les  temporalitees  tynt  en  fa  meyn  par  long 
temps  &  prift  toutz  les  ifTues  en  mefmes  le  temps  a 
grant  damages  des  ditz  Evefqes  vallz  &  deftruftions 
de  lour  chafteux  manoirs  parks  &  boys  le  Roi 
graunt  &  voet  qe  (Jeforemes  ne  foit  fait. 


CAP. 


A,  0*  1327, 


Anno  primo  Edwardi  III, 


Stat.  2.       193 


. 


CAP.    III. 

King  Edward  the  Second's  Pardon  confirmed  to  the  Jews  and  all  others.- 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  come  le  Roi  piere  le  Roi  qore  eft  avant  ces  houres  avoit  pardone  a  fon  poeple  ifliies  et  amerci-  E  X  P, 
mentz  tanqe  al  an  du  regne  fon  piere  vintifme  et  puis  tieux  iflues  et  amerciementz  nient  eyant  regard  a 
eel  pardon  ount  efte  levez  a  graunt  damage  de  poeple  Le  Roi  voet  qe  des  iffues  et  amerciementz  foit  fait  ce 
qe  par  fon  dit  piere  feuft  autre  foitz  grante  et  qe  les  dettes  des  Jues  foient  pardonez. 

CAP.     IV. 

The  King's  Debts  fhall  be  flailed  according  to  the  Debtor's  Eftate. 

ITEM  pur  eefe  du  poeple  qi  ad  efte  greve  avant  ces  houres  par  outrage  lever  des  dettes  le  Roi  voet  le  Roi  e  x  P. 
et  grant  qe  le  Treforer  et  Barouns  de  Lefcheker  puiffent  terminer  et  eftaller  chefcuny  dette  due  au  Roi 
tanqe  al  fum  de  trois  centz  livres  folonc  leftate  de  les  dettours  fauve  lour  contenaunce.  Et  qils  ne  charge 
mye  les  vifcountes  baillifs  des  fraunchifes  ne  autres  qe  ount  aconter  a  Lefcheker  de  nulle  fumme  lever  de 
nuly  ill  fe  charge  de  tant  come  il  poet  lever  par  fon  ferment  fanz  abatement  de  la  contenance  del  dettour  mes 
feient  les  refpons  des  vifcontes  et  autres  tieux  miniftres  acceptez  folonc  les  pointz  de  lor  ferment. 

CAP.    V. 

None  fhall  be  compelled  to  go  to  War  out  of  the  Shire  where  he  dwelleth,  but,  &c. 


ITEM  le  Roi  voet  qe  deformes  nul  foit  charge 
de  foi  armer  autrement  qil  ne  foleit  en  temps  de 
fes  aunceftres  Roys  dEngleterre  Et  qe  nuls  foient 
diftreintz  daler  hors  de  lour  Countez  fi  non  par 
caufe  de  neceflite  de  fodeyne  venue  des  eftraunges 
enemys  en  Roialme  &  adonqes  foit  Fait  come  ad  efte 
fait  avant  ces  houres  pur  defens  du  Roialme. 

Soldiers  Wages  Jhall  begin.  Enforced  by  25  Ed.  3..  flat.  5.  c.  8. 
1 5  Car.  z.  c.  4.  1  Ann.  fiat.  2.  c.  23.  1  Ceo,  i.jlat.  z,  c.  14.  7 
&  44.  containing  new  Regulations  of  the  Militia. 


ITEM,  The  King  will  that  no  Man  from  hence- 
forth  fhall  be  charged  to  arm  hrnifelf,  othcrwife 
than  he  was  wont  in  the  Time  of  his  Progenitors 
Kings  of  England ;  (2)  and  that  no  Man  be  com- 
pelled to  go  out  of  his  Shire,  but  where  Neef  ffity  re- 
quireth,  and  fuddain  coming  of  ftrange  Enerr, :'  s  into 
the  Realm  ;  and  then  it  fliall  be  done  as  hath  been 
ufed  in  Times  paft  for  the  Defence  of  the  Realm.'       V 

Confirmed  by  4  H.  4.  c.  13.        But  fee  farther  l^Car.  2.  fat.  I.  c.  6,        13  6?  14  Car.  1.  c.  3 
Geo.  2.  c.  23.       30  Geo,  2,  c,  25.       31  Geo,  2.  c.  26,       32  Geo.  2.  c.  20.  and  33  Geo,  2.  c.  22 


i3  Ed.  3. 
z.  c.  7.  iub?n 


C  A  P.     VI. 

How  Aid  granted  to.  the  King  fhall  be  taxed. 


ET  pur  ceo  qe  la  commune  de  poeple  ad  fentu 
graunt  e  grevaunce  de  ceo  qe  quant  ils  gran- 
terent  au  Roi  eyde  de  lour  biens  &  certeins  gentz 
ount  efte  affignez  de  lour  biens  taxer  et  ceux  tax- 
ours  ount  leve  le  taxe  et  de  ceo  renduz  lor  ac- 
counte  a  Lefchekier  et  les  deneers  paiez  illoeqes 
certeins  Juftices  ount  efte  aflignez  apres  denquere 
fur  lour  faitz  les  queux  Juftices  ount  pris  raunceons 
et  fyns  des  taxours  et  autres  par  colour  de  lour  com- 
miffions en  grant  oppreflion  et  empoveriflement  de 
eux  Le  Roi  voet  qe  defore  foient  taxez  folonc  lan- 
ciene  nunere  et  ne  mye  autrement. 


CAP, 


ITEM,  Becaufe  the  Commons  have  felt  great 
Grief,  whereas  they  granted  any  Aid  to  the  King 
of  their  Goods,  and  certain  were  affigned  to  tax 
their  Goods,  and  the  Taxers  have  levied  the  fame 
Tax,  anl  yielded  their  Accompt  for  the  fame  at  the 
Exchequer,  and  there  psid  the  Money  ;  (z)  Juftices 
have  been  affigned  after  to  inquire  of  their  Doings, 
which  Juftices  have  taken  Ranfoms  and  Fines  of  the 
Taxers  and  other,  by  colour  of  their  Commiffions, 
to  the  great  Oppreffion  and  Impoverifhing  of  them  ;" 
(3)  the  King  will,  That  from  henceforth  they  fliall  By  9  FT.  4,  c.  7, 
be  taxed  after  the  old  Manner,  and  not  otherwife.'     nomjhalbemaia 

charged  for  bit 

VII. 


Who  fliall  pay  the  Wages  to  Conductors  of  Soldiers. 


ENfement  qe  quant  commiffions  ount  efte 
maundez  as  certeynes  gentz  des  counteez 
darraier  gentz  darmes  et  de  eux  mener  au  Roi  en 
Efcoz  en  Gafcoigne  bu  aillours  a  les  courtages  des 
Countees  le  Roi  nad  my  ordene  avant  ces  houres 
des  gages  des  ditz  arraiours  et  mefnours  ne  des 
gentz  darmes  queles  ils  ount  mefne  par  quoi  la 
commune  des  Countees  ad  efte  grantement  charge 
et  enpoverie  Le  Roi  voet  qe  mes  ne  foit  faits 

Vot.  I, 


"  T  TEM,  Whereas  Commiffions  have  been  awarded 
"  J.  to  certain  People  of  Shires  to  prepare  Men  of 
"  Arms,  and  convey  them  to  the  King  into  Scotland  or 
"  Gafcoign^  or  elfewhere*  at  the  Charge  of  the  Shires  ; 
"  (z)  the  King  hath  not  before  this  Time  given  any 
"  Wages  to  the  faid  Preparers  and  Conveyors,  nor 
"  Soldiers  whom  they  have  brought,  whereby  the 
"  Commons  of  the  Counties  have  been  at  great  Charge, 
"  and  much  impoverifhed  ;"  '  (3)  the  King  will  that Sn  >8  Ea.  -. 
'  it  fhall  be  done  fo  no  more.'  J>«-  *■ r?  7;  «*«• 

Ge  CAP.**"**"-     . 


194-       Stat.  2. 


Anno  prirao  Edwardi  III. 


A.  D. 


1327. 


51 H.  3.  c.  11. 
3  Ed.  1.  c.  Z. 


JRegift,  454. 


Regit*.  39,  4:. 
Raft.  487. 


2  Co.  81. 
Kitz.  Quare  im- 
peril, 54. 
Bro.AUcoat.34, 


CAP.     VIII. 

Nothing  fhall  be  taken  for  Beaupleader. 


"  |TE M,  Whereas  fome.  of  the  Realm  have  griev- 
"  J  oufly  complained,  that  they  be  grieved  by  She- 
"  riffs,  naming  themfelves  the  King's  Approvers, 
"  which  take  Money  by  Extortion  for  Beaupleader  ;" 
'  the-  King  will,  That  the  Statute  of  Marlebridge  fhall 
'  be  obferved  and  kept  in  this  Point.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
UR  ceo  qe  afcuns  du  Roialme  fount  greve-  • 
ment  pleintz  qils  fount  grevez  par  vifcountes 
qe  fe  fount  nomer  approvours  le  Roi  qi  pernent  de- 
ners  de  eux  par  extorfion  pur  ce  qils  ne  deyvent 
eftre  achefonez  de  bel  pleder  devant  eux  Le  Roi 
voet  qe  leftatut  de  Marleberge  en  eel  poynt  fok 
garde  et  tenutz. 


CAP.     IX. 
A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  Cities  and  Boroughs. 


ITEM,  The  King  will,  That  Cities,  Boroughs, 
and  franchifed  Towns,  fhall  enjoy  their  Fran- 
chifes,  Cuftoms,  and  Ufages,  as  they  ought  and  were 
wont  to  do.' 


AUxint  voet  le  Roi  qe  les  citee3  burghs  et  villes 
de  franchifes  eient  leur  franchifes  ufages  et 
franches  cuftumes  folonc  ce  qils  deyvent  avoir  et 
foleyent. 


CAP.     X. 

There  fhall  be  no  more  Grants  of  Corodies  at  the  King's  Requeft  by  Bifhops,  Abbots,  &h 


"  TTEM,  Whereas  Archbifhops,  Bifhops,  Abbots, 
"  1  Priors,  Abbefies,  and  Priorefles  have  been  before 
"  this  Time  fore  grieved  by  the  King's  Requefts  and 
"  his  Progenitors,  which  have  defired  them  by  great 
"  Threats,  for  their  Clerks  and  other  Servants,  for 
"  great  Pennons,  Prebends,  Churches,  and  Corodies, 
"  io  that  they  might  nothing  give  nor  do  to  fuch  as  had 
"  done  them  Service,  nor  to  their  Friends,  to  their 
"  great  Charge  and  Damage;"  '  (2)  the  King  grant- 
'  eth,  That  from  henceforth  he  will  no  more  fuch 
*  Things  defire,  but  where  he  ought.' 


T  pur  ce  qe  Ercevefqes  Evefqes  Abbees-  Pri- 
ours  Dames  de  religion  et  autres  ount  efte 
avant  ces  houres  grandement  grevez  par  priers  des 
Royes  qe  lor  ont  prie  par  grandes  menaces  pur  lour 
Clerks  et  autres  lor  fervantz  pur  grofles  empen- 
fions  provendes  Eglifes  et  Corodies  Mint  qils  ne 
poeient  rien  doner  ne  faire  a  ceux  qe  lours  avoient 
fervi  ne  a  lor  amys  a  grant  charge  et  damage  de 
eux  Le  Roi  ne  voet  defore  prier  mes  la  ou  il  devera,. 


CAP.     XL 

No  Suit  mail  be  made  in  the  Spiritual  Court  againft.  Indictors. 


"  TTEM,  The  Commons  do  grievoufly  complain, 
"  A.  that  when  divers  Perfons,  as  well  Clerks  as  Lay 
"  People,  have  been  indifted  before  Sheriffs  in  their 
"  Turns,  and  after  by  Inquefts  procured,  be  delivered 
"  before  the  Juftices ;  (2)  after  their  Deliverance  they 
"  do  fue  in  the  Spiritual  Court  againft  fuch  Indicators, 
"  fiirmifmg  againft  them  that  they  have  defamed  them, 
"  to  the  great  Damage  of  the  Indictors,  wherefore  ma- 
"  ny  People  of  the  Shire  be  in  Fear  to  indicvt  fuch  Of- 
,  "  fenders  ,"    '  (3)  the  King  will,  That  in  fuch  Cafe 

*  every  Man  that  feeleth  himfelf  grieved  thereby,  fhall 

*  have  a  Prohibition  formed  in  the  Chancery  upon  his 
«  Cafe.' 


Uxint  plufours  gentz  font  grevement  pleyntz 
qe  quant  diverfes  gentz  auxibien  clerks  come 
lays  ount  efte  enditez  devant  vifcontes  en  lour 
tours  et  puis  par  enquefte  procure  font  deliverer 
devant  Juftices  et  apres  lor  deliverance'  fuient  en 
court  Creftiene  devers  les  enditours  enfurmettaunt 
eux  qe  eux  lor  ount  diffame  a  graunt  damage  des 
ditz  enditours  par  quoi  plufours  gentz  des  countees 
fe  doutent  plus  denditer  les  malveys  Le  Roi  voet 
qe  en  tieux  cas  chefcun  qe  fe  fent  greve  eyt  fur  ce 
prohibition  en  Chauncellerie  fourme  en  fon  cas. 


CAP.     XII. 
No  Forfeiture,  but  a  Fine  fhall  be  made  for  Alienation  of  Lands  holden  of  the  King. 


17  Erf. 
e.  6. 


flat.  I. 


"  1  TEM,  Whereas  divers  People  of  the  Realm 
"  1  complain  themfelves  to  be  grieved,  becaufe  that 
"  Lands  and  Tenements  which  be  holden  of  the  King 
"  in  chief,  and  aliened  without  Licence,  have  been 
"  feifed  heretofore  into  the  King's  Hands,  and  holden 
"  as  forfeit;"  '  (2)  the  King  fhall  not  hold  them  as 
•  forfeit  in  fuch  Cafe,  but  will  and  grant  from  hence- 
■  forth  of  fuch  Lands  and  Tenements  fo  aliened  there 
«  fhall  be  reafonable  r  ine  taken  in  the  Chancery  by  due 
'  Proccfs.' 


FOR  ceo  qe  plufours  gentz  du  roiafme  fe  pley- 
nent  eftre  grevez  de  ce  qe  terres  et  tenementz 
qe  font  tenutz  en  chief  du  Roi  et  alienez  fanz  fon 
conge  ont  efte  pris  avant  ces  houres  en  la  meyn  le 
Roi  et  tenutz  come  fotfaitz  Le  Roi  ne  les  tient 
mye  come  forfaitz  en  tieux  cas  Mes  voet  et  grant 
qe  deforemes  des  tieux  terres  et  tenementz  alienez 
foit  reliable  fin  pris  en  Chauncellerie  par  due  pro- 
ces. 

CAP. 


A.  D.  1327.  Anno  primoEDWARDi  III. 


Stat.  2.       195 


CAP.    XIII. 
Purchafing  of  Lands  holden  of  the  King  as  of  forae  Honour. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ET  auxint  come  plufours  gentz  de  people  fe 
pleynent  eftre  grevez  par  refon  des  purchatz 
des  terres  et  tenementz  qe  ount  efte  tenutz  des 
aunceftres  le  Roi  qore  elt  come  des  honurs  et 
mefmes  tieux  tenementz  ount  efte  pris  en  la  meyn 
"le  Roi  auxint  come  ils  euflent  efte  tenutz  en  chief 
du  Roi  come  de  fa  corone  Le  Roi  voet  qe  mes  ne 
foit  homme  enchefone  pur  nul  tiel  purchace. 


C  A 


TTEM,   Whereas  divers  have  complained,  that  18  H.  6.  f.  i# 


99> 


they  be  grieved  by  Reafon  of  purchafing  of  Lands  zS  H-  8.  f.  9. 
and  Tenements   whicn   have  been  holden  of  the  B,r°' ^";e3s4 
King's  Progenitors  that  now  is,  as  of  Honours,  and  6If'6j,  94, 
the  fame  Lands  and  Tenements  have  been  taken  in-  ico. 
to  the  King's  Hands,  as  though  they  had  been  holden 
in  chief  of  the  King,  as  of  his  Crown  ;"    '  (2)  the  9  H.  3.  flat.  1. 
King  will,  That  from  henceforth  no  Man  be  grieved  %Xfirmed  by 
by  any  fuch  Purchafe.'  T  Ed.  6.  c.  '4. 

end  made  ob).  by 

p      XIV  lz  Car'  *' c' a* 


None  fhall  commit  Maintenance. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  le  Roi  defire  qe  commun  droit 
foit  fait  as  toutz  auxibien  a  povres  come  a 
.riches  il  comaund  '&  defend  qe  nul  defescon- 
feillors  ne  nul  du  fon  Hoftel  ne  de  fes  autres  mini- 
itres  ne  nul  grant  de  la  terre  par  lui  ne  par  autre 
par  maundement  des  lettres  nen  autre  manere  ne 
nul  autre  de  roialme  petit  ne  graunte  nenparnent 
de  meyntener  querels  ne  parties  en  pays  en  deftur- 
baunt  la  commune  lei. 

Ed.  1.  ftat.  3.  c.  11.      33  Ed.  I.  flat.  3.     Enforced  by  4  Ed.  3.  c.  II. 

&c.  which  farther  enforces  the  Statutes  againji  Maintenance, 


"   TTEM,  Becaufe  the  King  defireth  that  common  Fitz.  B*f.  15. 

"    I    Right  be  adminiftered  to   all  Perfons,    as   well  Raft.  119,  42;, 

"  Poor  as  Rich  ;"    '  he  commandeth  and  defendeth,  &c- 

'  That  none  of  his  Counfellors,  nor  of  his  Houfe,  nor 

'  none  other  of   his  Minifters,  nor  no  great  Man  of 

'  the  Realm  by  himfelf,  nor  by  other,  by  fending  of 

'  Letters,  nor  ctherwife,  nor  none  other  in  this  Land, 

'  great  nor  final!,  fhall   take  upon   them  to  maintain  Regi/h  iS*,  ig3. 

'  Quarrels  nor  Parties  in  the  Country,  to  the  Let  and  p  ^  '■£** 

'  Difturbance  of  the  Common  Law.'  jiat'X.  '?~o.'s3 

20  Ed.  3.  c.  4.      I  R,  2.  c.  4.       7  R.  2.  c.  15.  and  32  H.  8.  c.  9.  again/!  buying  of  Titles, 


CAP.    XV. 

None  mall  be  bound  by  Writing  to  come  armed  to  the  King,  for  that  every  SubjecT:  is  at  his 

Commandment. 


ITEM  come  plufours gentz  du  roialme  en  temps 
le  Roi  piere  le  Roi  qore  eft  par  fes  falx  &  mal- 
veys  confeillors  ount  efte  mefne  par  durefce  de  eux 
lier  par  efcritz  de  venir  au  Roi  a  force  &  armes  en 
chefcun  temps  qils  furentmaundez  fur  peine  de  vie 
&  de  membre  &  de  quant  qil  purroient  forfaire  par 
force  des  queux  efcritz  plufours  de  la  terre  ount  efte 
diverfement  deftrutz  Le  Roi  eyaunt  regard  qe  tieux 
efcritz  furent  faits  a  defhonour  du  Roi  deficome 
chefcun  ne  feuft  tenu  du  faire  au  Roi  come  a  Seig- 
nur  lige  ceo  qe  a  luy  appendoit  fanz  efcrit  voet  qe 
tieuz  efcritz  deformes  ne  foient  faitz  &  qe  ceux  qe 
font  faitz  par  la  veue  de  Chanceller  &  Treforer 
foient  monftrez  au  Roi  &  le  Roi  fra  dampner  ceux 
qe  font  faitz  contre  droit  &  refon. 


TEM,  Whereas  many  in  this  Realm  in  the  Time  EXP. 
of  the  King's  Father  that  now  is,   by  Means  of 
his   falfe  and  evil  Counfellors,  have  been  excited  by 
:  Dures,  to  bind  themfelves  by  Writing,  to  come  to 
:  the  King  with   Force  arid  Arms,  whenfoever  they 
;  fhould   be  fent  for,  upon   Pain   of  Life  and  Limb, 
;  and   to  forfeit  all   that  ever  they  might  forfeit ;  by 
;  virtue  of  which  Writings  divers  of  this  Land  have 
:  been  often  deftroyed:"    '  The  King  confidering  that 
fuch  Writings  were  made  to  the  King's  Difhonour, 
fithence  that  every  Man  is  bound  to  do  to  the  King, 
as  to  his  Liege  Lord,    all  that  pertaineth   to   him 
without  any  Manner   of  Writing;    Willeth5   That 
from  henceforth  no  fuch  Writing  be  made  :  And  that 
fuch  as  be  made,  by  the  Sight  of  the  Chancellor  and 
Trc  afurer,  (hall  be  fhewed  to  the  King  ;  and  the  King 
fnail  c.:ufe  all  fuch  as  be  made  againft  Right  and  Rea- 
fon, to  be  cancelled.' 


CAP.     XVI. 
Who  fhall  be  affigned  Juftices  and  Keepers  of  the  Peace. 


ITEM  pur  la  pees  meultz  garder  &  meyntener 
le  Roi  voetqen  chefcun  Counteeqe bones  gentz 
&  loialx  queux  ne  font  mye  meyntenours  de  mal- 
veis  baretz  en  pays  foient  affignez  a  la  garde  de  la 
pees. 

34Ed.3.c.i.     12  Rich.i.  c.  10.     13  Rich.  2.  flat.  1.  c.  7.     afi.e 
Peace  i  Ed.  4.  c.  2.     1^.3    c.  3. 
I.  c,  12.      6  Geo.  I.  c.  XI.  fee.  10. 
24  Geo.  2.  c.  44  &  55.      26 Geo.  2 


'  TTEM,  For  the  better  keeping  and  Maintenance  2  Infl.  174,55s. 

'  a.  cf  the  Peace,  the  King  will,  That  in  every  Co-in- 

'  ty  good  Men  and  lawful,  which  be  no  Maintainers  Enforced  and 

'  of  Evil,  or  Barretors  in  the  Country,  fhall'be  afljgn-  «^^bf-^ 

,        ,  r      ,.  1       r>  '  ^         3    c   z.    IS  Ed. 

'  ed  to  keep  the  Peace.  ?./?.«  2  c.  a. 

fiat.  1.  c.  4.  iSH.  6.  c.  II.  Fee  farther  for  the  Qitnl 'fratisn's  and  Duty  of  ~Jitf,\,ci  of 
iH.f.'ni:  4H.7.C.1Z.  1  M.  flat.  1.  c.  8.  1  &  2  P.  &  M.  <.  "13.  z'&  3  P.  £f  M.  c.  10:  7  '}'••<•.  1.  .-/  5,  zijac 
gGeo.i.cj.  5  Geo,  2.  c.  18  Sf  19.  1  5  Geo.  2.  c.  24.  16  Geo.  2,  c.  ,iS.  I'iGjo, 2.  c.  20.  2j  Geo.  2.  c.  ;6  (ft.  31, 
c,  14  &  27,      27  Geo.  2.  c,  16  £f  20.  andio  Geo.  2.  c.  24. 

C  c  2  C  A  P. 


196       Stat.  2. 


J2C0. 4.3. 


Anno  primoEDWARDi  III.  A.D.  1327; 


j^Ed.  1.  ilat.  I. 
c.  13.   1  Ed.  4. 
C.  %.  direfts  In- 
d't&ments  taken  in 
the  Sheriff"** 
¥urns  to  be  del'ive} 


CAP.    XVII. 

Indictments  in  the  Sheriffs  Turn  fhall  be  by  Roll  indented. 


TEM  the  King  commandeth,  That  the  Sheriffs 
and  Bailiffs  of  Franckrifes,  and  all  other  that  do 
'  take  Indictments  in  their  Turns,  orelfewhere,  where 
'  Indictments  ought  to  be  made,  fhall  take  fuch  In- 
'  dictrnent  by  Roll  indented,  whereof  the  one  Part 
'  ftiall  remain  with  the  Indicators,  and  the  other  Part 
'  with  him  that  taketh  the  Inqueft;  (2)  fo  that  the 
'  Indictments  fhall  not  be  irnbezilled  as  they  have  been 
'  in  Times  paft,  and  fo  that  one  of  the  Inqueft  may 
'  fhew  the  one  Part  of  the  Indenture  to  the  Juflices, 
'  when  they  come  to  make  Deliverance.' 

Memorandum  quod  ifta  duo  ftatuta  precedentia  miffa  fuerunt  in  Hiberniam  in  forma  patenti  cum  quodam, 
brevi  inferius  fequenti  a. 

»d  la  Jujllces  of  the  Pence  of  the  fame  County  ;  and  fee  farther  XI  H,  7.  c.  15. 


Est  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  le  Roi  comaunde  qe  les  vifcontes  &  bail— 
lifs  des  franchifes  &  toutz  autres  qe  parnent  en- 
ditementz  a  lor  tourns  ou  aillours  ou  enditementz 
ferrount  faitz  preignent  tieux  enditementz  par  roule 
endente  dount  lune  partie  demoerge  vers  les  endi- 
tours  &  lautre  partie  devers  cely  qi  prendra  len- 
quefte  iffint  qe  les  enditementz  ne  foient  befeleez 
come  avant  ces  houres  ount  efte  &  iffint  qe  un  de 
lenquefte  peut  monflrer  lune  partie  de  lendenture  a 
la  Juftice  quant  il  vendra  pur  la  deliverance  faire. 


Statutes   made  at  Northampton    in   tribus  feptimanis  Pafchte,   Anno 

2  Edw.  III.  and  Anno  Dom.  1328. 


kUR  Lord  King  Edward  the  Third  after 
the  Conqueft,  at  his  Parliament  holden  at 
Northampton,  at  the  Three  Weeks  of  Eajler, 
"  in  the  Second  Year  of  his  Reign,  defiring  that  the 
"  Peace  of  his  Land,  and  his  Laws  and  Statutes  or- 
'*'  dained  and  ufed  before  this  Time  may  be  kept  and 
"  maintained  in  all  Points  (z)  to  the  Honour  of  God 
"  and  of  Holy  Church,  and  to  the  common  Profit  of 
"  the  People,  (3)  by  Affent  of  the  Prelates,  Earls, 
*'  Barons,  and  other  great  Men,  and  all  the  Com- 
"  monalty  fummoned  to  the  fame  Parliament,  hath 
"  ordained  and  eftablifhed  in  the  faid  Parliament  thefe 
"  Things  underwritten,  in  Form  following."  | 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  28.- 
OSTRE  Seign'  le  Roi  Edward  le  tiera; 
apres  le  conquefte  a  fon  parlernent  tenuz  a 
Northampton  as  trois  femeins  de  Pafch  lari 
de  fon  regne  fecund  defiraunt  qe  la  pees  de  fa  terre 
5c  les  leis  &  eftatuz  avant  ces  heures  ordenez  & 
ufez  foient  gardez  et  meinter.uz  en  touz  poyntz  al 
honour  de  Dieu  et  de  feinte  eglife  et  a  commune 
profit  du  poeple  par  affent  des  Prelatz  Countes  et 
Barons  et  autres  grantz  et  tote  la  communalte  da 
Roialme  au  dit  parlernent  fomons  ordena  et  eftablit 
en  meifme  le  parlernent  les  chofes  fouthefcrites  en 
la  forme  qe  fenfuit. 


CAP.    I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft. 


IRST,  That  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Char- 
ter of  the  Foreft,  be  obferved  in  all  Points.' 


N  primes  qe  la  Grante  Chartre  &  la  Chartrede 
la  Forefte  foient  tenuz  en  touz  pointz. 


CAP.     II. 


If,  what  Cafes 
wily  the  King's 
Pardon  fhall  be 
granted. 
Chart,  de  Pjid. 
Br.  v>, 
x  Salk.  4991 
6  Ed.  i.ftat.  1. 
c.9.  27  Ed   1. 
c.  4.    Confirmed 
by  10  Ed.  3. 
fiat.  I.  c.  2. 
Enforced  by  14 
Ed.  3.  flat.  1. 
t.  ij. 
K«gift,  309. 


In  what  Cafes  only  Pardon  of  Felony  fhall  be  granted.     Who  fhall  be  Juftices  of  Affife,  &V. 

ENfement  pur  ceo  qe  meffefours  ont  efte  efbau- 
ditz  de  ceo  qe  chartres  de  pardon  ont  efte  it 
jegerment  grantees  avant  ces  heures  des  homicides 
roberies  felonies  &  autres  trefpas  countre  la  pees 
acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  tiels  chartres  ne  foient  mes 
grantees  forfqen  cas  ou  le  Roi  le  poet  faire  par  fon 
ferment  ceft  affavoir  en  cas  ou  home  tue  autre  foi 
defendant  ou  par  infortune.  Et  auxint  ont  efte 
efbauditz  de  ceo  qe  Jufticeries  as  deliverances  des 


"  f  TEM,  Whereas  Offenders  have  been  greatly  en- 
M  X  couraged,  becaufe  the  Charters  of  Pardon  have 
"  been  fo  eafily  granted  in  Times  paft,  of  Manflaugh- 
"  ters,  Robberies,  Felonies,  and  other  T,refpaffes 
"  againft  the  Peace  ;"  '  (z)  it  is  ordained  and'  enadted, 
'  That  fuch  Charter  .fhall  not  be  granted,  but  only 
'  where  the  King  may  do  it  by  his  Oath,  that  is  to 
'  fay,  where  a  Man  flayeth  another  in  his  own  De- 
'  fence,  or  by  Misfortune.  (3)  And  alfo  they  have 
'  been  encouraged,  becaufe  that  the  Juftices  of  Gaol- 
*  delivery,  and  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  have  been  pro- 


»  Nsie-,  The  Writ  here  fpoken  of  is  not  to  be  found  upon  the  Roll. 
4 


gaoles 


A.  D.  1328. 


Anno  fecundo  Edwardi  III. 


C.  3,~4',       i97 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
^aoles  procurez  countre  forme  de  leftatut  fait  en 
temps  le  Roi  Edward  Ael  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
qore  eft  en  quele  eft  contenuz  qe  les  Juftices  as  af- 
fifes  prendre  affignez  fils  foient  lais  facent  ks  deli- 
verances et  ft  lun  foit  clerc  &  lautre  lais  qe  le  dit 
lais  aflbcie  a  lui  un  autre  du  pays  facent  la  delive- 
rance des  gaols  par  quei  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  tiels 
Jufticeries  ne  foient  mes  grantees  countre  la  forme 
du  dit  eftatut  &  qe  les  affiles  atteintes  &  certifica- 
cions  foient  prifes  devant  les  Juftices  communement 
affignez  qe  foient  bones  gentz  &  loialx  &  coniffantz 
de  la  lei  &  nemie  autres  folonc  la  forme  dun  autre 
eftatut  fait  en  temps  meifme  le  Ael  Et  qe  les  oiers 
et  terminers  ne  foient  grantees  forfque  devant  les 
Juftices  de  lun  Baunk  &  de  lautre  ou  les  juftices 
errantz  &  ce  pur  led  &  orrible  trefpas  &  de  lefpe- 
ciale  grace  le  Roi  folonc  forme  de  ftatut  de  ce  or- 
dene  en  temps  meifme  le  Ael  &  nemie  autrement. 

6R.2 


amng  Juftica  cf  Jljife  4,  EJ.  3.  c.  2.      20  Ed.  3.  c.  3  &  6. 
iGu.  1.  f.  4.5.     21  Ceo.  2.  c.  It.  fell.  I. 


cured  by  great  Men  againft  the  Form  of  the  Statute 
made  in  the  xxvii  Tear  of  the  Reign  of  King  Ed- 
WARD,  Grandfather  to  our  Lord  the  King  that  now 
is,  wherein  is  contained,  that  Juftices  affigned  to 
take  Affifes,  if  they  be  Laymen,  {hall  make  Delive- 
rance; and  if  the  one  be  a  Clerk,  and  the  other  a 
Layman,  that  the  Lay -judge,  with  another  of  the 
Country  aflbciate  to  him,  {hall  deliver  the  Gaols: 
(4.)  Wherefore  it  is  enacted,  That  fuch  Juftices  {hall  Who  ">="  *>«' 
not  be  made. againft  the  Form  of  the  faid  Statute ;  ( \)  >n,^s °{ £v 

.      .  .         a^,-  a        ■  1/-1       t        *  1'    and  Oaol-deu- 

and  that  the  Affiles,  Attaints,  and  Certifications  be  vety_ . 
taken  before  the  Juftices  commonly  affigned,  which  i3  Ed.  j,  flat,  i.- 
{hould  be  good  Men  and  lawful,  having  Knowledge  c.  30. 
'  of  the  Law,  and  none  other,  after  the  Form  of  ano-  ,2Bd'»'  fl*'-1- 
'  ther  Statute  made  in  the  Time  of  the  faid  King  Ed-  c'  3'  4' 
'  ward  the  firft.     (6)  And  that  the  Overs  and  Ter-  To  whomOjws 
'  miners  {hall  not  be  granted  but  before  Juftices- of  the  ^nal,  beJ Tinted, 
'  one  Bench  or  the  other,  or  the  Juftices  Errants,  and  an(j  for  v°nat 
'  that  for  great  Hurt,  or  horrible  TrefpafTes,  and  of  caufe. 
'  the  Kind's  fpecial  Grace,  after  the  Form  of  the  Sta-  Regift.  124,206.' 
'  tute  thereof  ordained  in  Time  of  the  faid  Grandfa-  ^3  Ed.  i.tot.  1. 
'  ther,  and  none  otherwife.'  %k  fattier  un- 

c  5.     8.R.2.<\2.-    iiR.acul.    2oR.2.c.%.    14H.6.C.3.     33  II.  8.  C.  2fr,fc3\l, 


C  A  p;    III. 


No  Man  fhall  come  before  the  Juftices  or  go  or  ride  armed; 


ENfement  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  nul  grant  ne 
petit  de  quele  condition  qil  foit  fauve  les  Ser-  I 
jantz  le  Roi  en  la  prefence  le  Roi  &  les  Miniftres  le  ; 
Roi  enfefantz  execution  des  mandementz  leRoi  ou  j 
de  lour  office  &  ceux  qi  font  en  lour  compaignies 
eidantz  as  ditz  miniftres  &  auxint  autri  de  fait 
darmes  de  pees  &  ce  en  lieux  ou  tielx  faitz  fe  fer- 
ront  foit  fi  hardi  de  venir  devant  les  Juftices  le  Roi 
ou  autres  Miniftres  le  Roi  enfefant  lour  office  a 
force  &  armes  ne  force  mefner  en  affrai  de  la  pees 
ne  de  chivaucher  ne  daler  arme  ne  de  nuit  ne  de 
jour  en  faires  marchees  nerf  prefence  des  Juftices 
ne  dautres  Miniftres  ne  nule  part  aillours  fur  peins 
de  perdre  lour  armures  au  Roi  &  de  lour  corps  a  la 
prifone  a  la  volunte  le  Roi.  Et  qe  Juftices  le  Roi 
en  lour  prefences  vifcountes  &  autres  Miniftres  le 
Roi  en  lour  baillies  feignours  des  fraunchifes  et  lour 
baillifs  en  yceles  et  Meire  et  Baillifs  des  Citees  et 
Burgs  deinzmeifmes  les  Citees  et  Burghs  Btirghal- 
dres  coneftables  et  gardeins  de  la  pees  deinz  lour 
gardes  eient  poair  affaire  execution  de  ceft  acorde. 
Et  qe  les  Juftices  affignez  a  lour  venu  en  pais  eient 
poair  denquere  coment  tielx  Miniftres  et  feignurs 
ont  ufe  lour  office  en  ce  et  de  punir  ceux  qils  trove- 
ront  qi  nount  mie  fait  ce  qe  a  lour  office  appent. 


T  EM  it  is  enacted,  That  no  Man  great  nor  {mall,  3  V*-  &<& 
of  what  Condition  foever  he  be,  except  the  King's  ^??'d71'  „- 
Servants  in  his  Prefence,  and  his  Minifters  in  exe-  3 
cuting  of  the  King's  Precepts,  or  of  their  Office,  and 
fuch  as  be  in  their  Company  affifting  them,  and  alfo 
*upon  a  Cry  made  for  Arms  to  keep  the  Peace,  and  «Thofeof  Featj 
the  fame  in  fuch  Places  where  fuch  Acts  happen,  be  of  Arms  of 
fo  hardy  to  come  before  the  King's  Juftice?,  or  other  Pea-ce' 
of  the  King's  Minifters  doing  their  Office  with  Force 
and  Arms,  (2)  nor  bring  no  Force  in  affray  of  the 
Peace,    (3)  nor  to  go  nor  ride  armed   by  Night  nor 
by  Day,  in  Fairs,  Markets,  nor  in  the  Prefence  of 
the  Juftices  or  other  Minifters,  nor  in  no  Part  elfe- 
where,  upon  Pain  to  forfeit  their  Armour  to  the  King,  • 
and  their  Bodies  to  Prilbn  at  the  King's  Pleafure.     (4) 
And  that  the  King's  Juftices  in  their  Prefence,  She-' 
riffs,  and   other  Minifters  in  their  Bailiwicks,  Lords 
of  Franchifes,    and  their  Bailiffs  in  the  fame,    and - 
Mayors  and  Bailiffs  of  Cities  and  Boroughs,  within 
the  fame  Cities  and  Boroughs,  and  Borough-holders, 
Conftables,  and  Wardens  of  the  Peace  v/ithin  their 
Wards,  {hall   have  Power  to  execute  this  Act.     (5) 

'  And  that  the  Juftices  affigned,  at  their  coming  down 
into  the  Country,  {hall  have  Power  to  enquire  how 

;  fuch  Officers  and  Lords  have  exercifed  their  Offices 

;'in  this  Cafe,  and  to  punifh  them  whom   they  find  7  F.d.  1.  flat.  1. 

;  that  have  not  done  that  which  pertained  to  their  Of-  ^forced  by  7  R. 

;  lice.'  2.C.13.  zoR. 


CAP.     IV. 


A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  Lincoln,  concerning  the  Sufficiency  of  Sheriffs,  &c. 


ET  pur  ce  qe  la  pees  ne  poet  mie  eftre  bien 
garde  fauntz  bons  miniftres  come  vifcountes 
baillifs  &  hvndreders  qi   deivent  faire  execution 
1  auxibien  des  privetez  le  Roi  come  dautres  chofes 
tochantes  le  Roi  &  -fon  poeple  acorde  eft  &  eftabli 
qe  leftatut  fait  en  temps  le  Roi  Edward  piere  le 


"  TTEM,  Becaufe  the  Peace  cannot  be  well  kept 
"  1  without  good  Minifters,  as  Sheriffs,  Bailiffs,  and 
"  Hundreders,  which  ought  to  do  Execution  as  well' of 
"'  the  King's  Privities  as  of  other  Things  touching  our 
"  Lord  the  King  and  his  People;"  '*  (2J  it  is  ordained 
'  and  eftabliflied;,  That  the  Statute  made  in  the  Time 

'  of 


i9$       C.  5 — 7. 


Anno  fecundo  Ej>wardi  HI. 


A.  D.  1328. 


(VEd.  2.  ftat.  z. 
Stat.  Lincoln. 
•who  foall  be 
Shcnffit  and  of 


1  of  King  Edward,  Father  to  the  King  that  now  is, 

**  at  Lincoln,    containing    that   Sheriffs,    Hundreders, 

*  and  Bailiffs  (hall  be  of  fuch  People  as  have  Lands  in 
'  the  fame  Shires  or  Bailiwicks,  fhall  be  obferved  in  all 
'  Points  after  the  Form  thereof  ^  (j-)  and  that  Sheriffs 
'  and  Bailiffs  of  Fee  fhall  caufe  their  Counties  and 

*  Bailiwicks  to  be  kept  by  fuch  as  have  Lands  therein.' 

•what  Efatethey  fkall  be.     See  farther  6,Ed.  3.  c.  9.      5  Ed.  3.  c.  4.     13  &  14  tar.  2.  c,  41 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Roi  qore  eft  a  Nicole  contenant  qe  vifcontes  hun- 
dreders &  baillifs  foient  des  gentz  eantz  terres  en 
meifmes  les  countez  ou  baillies  foit  garde  en  touz 
pointz  folonc  la  forme  dycel  &  auxint  qe  les  vif- 
countes  &  baillifs  de  fee  facent  garder  meifmes  lour 
countez  &  baillies  par  gentz  eantz  terres  en  yceles. 


CAP.     V. 

The  Manner  how  Writs  fhall  be  delivered  to  the  Sheriff  to  be  executed. 


1 3  Ed. 
c-  39- 


aat.j." 


ITEM,  Where  it  was  ordained  by  the  Statute  of 
Wejlminfter  the  Second,  that  they  which  will  de- 
'  liver  their  Writs  to  the  Sheriff,   fhall  deliver  them 
'  in  the  full  County,  or  in  the  Rere  County,  and  that 
'  the  Sheriff  or  Under  Sheriff  fhall  thereupon  make  a 
'  Bill ;"    '  (z)  it  is  accorded   and  effablifhed,   That 
at  what  Time  or  Place  in  the  County  a  Man  doth 
deliver  any  Writ  to  the  Sheriff  or  to  the  Under  She- 
riff,   that   they  fhall    receive  the   fame  Writs,    and 
make  a  Bill  after  the  Form  contained  in  the  fame  Sta- 
tute, without  taking  any  thing  therefore.     (3)  And 
if  they  refufe  to  make  a  Bill,   others  that  be  prefent 
fhall  fet  to  their  Seals  ;    (4)  and  if  the  Sheriff  or  Un- 
der Sheriff  do  not  return  the  faid  Writs,   they  fhall 
be  punifhed  after  the  Form  contained  in  the  fame 
Statute.     (5)  And  alfo  the  Juftices  of  Affifes  fhall 
have  Power  to  enquire  thereof  at  every  Man's  Com- 
plaint, and  to  award  Damages,    as  having  refpedr.  to 
the  Delay,  and  to  the  Lofs  and  Peril  that  might  hap- 
pen.' 


ENfement  la  ou  ordeine  eft  par  ftatut  de  Weft- 
monftre  le  fecund  qe  ceux  qe  liverer  volent 
lour  briefs  as  vifcountes  les  liverent  en  plein  counte 
ou  en  rerecounte  &  qe  vifconte  ou  fouthvifconte 
facent  fur  ce  bille  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  a  quele 
heure  ou  a  queu  lieu  deinz  le  counte  home  livre  a 
vifcountes  ou  a  fouthvifcontes  briefs  qils  les  refcei- 
vent  &  facent  bille  en  la  forme  contenue  en  le  dit 
eftatut  &  ce  fanz  rien  prendre.  Et  ills  refufent  de 
faire  bille  mettent  autres  lour  fealx  qi  ferront  pre- 
fentz  &  fi  le  vifcounte  ou  le  fouthvifcounte  ne  re- 
torne  mie  les  briefs  foient  puniz  folonc  la  forme 
contenue  en  le  dit  eftatut.  Et  jademeins  eient  les 
Juftices  as  affifes  prendre  affignez  poair  denquer  de 
ce  a  chefcuny  pleinte  &  de  agarder  damages  eant 
regard  au  delai  Si  a  les  pertes  &  perils  qi  purrount 
avenir. 


CAP.     VI. 

Juftices  fhall  have  Authority  to  punifh  Breakers  of  the  Peace. 


1-3 Ed.  T.  flat.  2. 
c.  6.   1  F.J.  3. 
fat.  z.  c.  16 
Sec  farther  4  Ed. 
3-c.z.      i%Ed 
■}.ftat.  2-    c.  z. 
IxF.d.  3.  c.i. 
I'.R.  2-  c.  10. 
13  R.  2.  flat.  1. 
c.  7.  iU.  c./>at. 
1.  f.4.    jS/7.  6, 
c.  it.    1  Ed.  4. 
c.  2.  1  R.  3.  c.  3, 

3  H.  7.  c.  1. 

4  //.  7    c.   12. 

5  Geo.  2.  e.  18  '- 
37  Gee.  2,  e.  16 


TEM,  As  to  the  keeping  of  the  Peace  in  Time 
to  come,  it  is  ordained  and  enadfed,  That  the 
'  Statutes  made  in  Time  paft,  with  the  Statute  of 
'  Wincbejler,  fhall  be  obferved  and  kept  in  every 
'  Point :  (z)  And  where  it  is  contained  in  the  End  of 
'  the  faid  Statute  of  IVinchefter,  that  the  Juftices  af- 
'  figned  fhall  have  Power  to  enquire  of  Defaults,  and 
'  to  report  to  the  King  in  his  Parliament,  *  and  the 
'  King  to  remedy  it,  which  no  Man  hath  yet  feen,  the 
'  fame  Juftices  fhall  have  Power  to  punifh  the  Dif- 
*  obeyers  and  Refifters.' 

1  M.fat.z.  c.Z.  1  &zP.  &  M.  c.  73.  2  &  3  P.  & M.  c.  13.  T  Jac. 
7  10.  ic'Gco.  2.  c.  24.  i6Geo.  2.  c.  18.  18  Geo.  2.  c.  20.  23  Geo, 
&  20.  and  30  Gee,  2.  c.  24.  containingfarther  Provifioiis  concerning  the  Autl. 


ET  quant  a  la  garde  de  la  pees  en  temps  avenir 
acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  les  eftatutz  faites  en 
temps  paffez  ovefqe  leftatut  de  Wynceftre  foient 
tenuz  &  gardez  en  touz  pointz  ajoufte  au  dit  efta- 
tut de  Winceftre  la  ou  contenue  eft  en  la  fin  qe 
Juftices  affignez  eient  poair  denquere  des  defautes 
&  des  reporter  au  Roi  en  parlement  dont  home 
nad  pas  veu  ifTue  qe  les  ditz  Juftices  affignez  eient 
poair  de  punir  les  defobeiffantz  Sc  contrevenantz 


1.  c.  5.     21  Jac.  I.  e.  12.      6  Geo.  1.  c.  zi.  fee.  7o.    gG«.  1.  f.  7. 
z.  c.z6.  fee.  11.      24  Geo.  z .  c.  44 &  5 5.      26  Geo.  2,  c.  14  £f  27. 
c-rity  and  QuaWficauoni  of  Juficcs  of  the  Peace, 


*  Not  m  the  Original, 


EX 


CAP.     VII. 

Commiffions  fhall  be  granted  to  certain  Perfons  to  hear  and  determine  Offences  before  com- 
mitted, and  to  punifh  the  Offenders. 

|7  T  quant  au  puniftement  de  felonies  roberies  homicides  trefpas  &  oppreffions  du  poeple  faitz  en  temps 
B~V  paffe  acorde  eft  qe  noftre  Scignur  le  Roi  affigne  Juftices  en  divers  lieux  de  fa  terre  ove  le  Baunk  le 
Roi  par  aillours  come  cftoit  faite  en  temps  de  fon  dit  Ael  des  grantz  de  la  terre  qi  font  de  prant  poair 
ovefqs  afcuns  des  Juftices  de  lun  Baunk  ou  de  lautre  ou  autres  fages  de  la  lei  denquere  auxibien  a  flute 
de  partie  come  a  la  feute  le  Roi  et  doier  he  terminer  totes  maneres  des  felonies  roberies  homicides  larcins 
oppreffions  confpiracies  &  grevances  faitz  au  poeple  countre  la  lei  les  eftatutz  h  la  cuftume  de  la  terre 
aaxib.icn  par  miniftres  le  Roi  come  j,ar  autres  qi  qils  foient  &  ce  auxibien  dedeinz  fraunchifes  come  dehors. 
Et  ausfciut  denquere  des  vifcountes  coroners  .foulhefdietours  hundreders  baillifs  coneftables  h  touz  autres 

miniftres 


A.  D.  1328. 


Anno  fecundo  Ed  ward  i  III. 


C.  8—12. 


J99 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
miniftres  deinz  franchife  &  dehors  &  lour  fouthminiftres  &  doier-  &  terminer  a  la  feute  le  Roi  &  de  partie. 
Et  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  touz  les  grantz  du  Roialme  en  plein  parlement  ont  empris  de  meintenir  la  pees 
carder  &  fauver  les  Juftices  le  Roi  par  la  ou  ils  veignent  &  deider  par  eux  &  les  leurs  qe  les  juggementz  & 
fes  executions  ne  foient  pas  areftuz  mes  executz  &  qe  le  meffefours  ne  ferront  p.»r  eux  covertz  ne  mein-- 
tenuz  en  prive  nen  apert.  Mes  neft  pas  lentention  du  Roi  ne  de  fon  confeil  qe  par  cefte  acord  prejudice 
aveio-ne  a  les  grantz  de  la  terre  eantz  franchifes  ne  a  la  Citee  de  Loundres  ne  as  autres  Citees  ne  Burghs  ne  a 
Cynkportz  en  droit  de  lour  fiaunchifes. 

C  A  P.    VIII. 

No  Commandment  under  the  King's  Seal  fhall  difturb  or  delay  Juftice; 


ITEM  it  is  accorded  and  eftablifhed,  That  it  {hall  R^Vse.'57'' 
not  be  commanded  by  the  great  Seal  nor  the  little  9  H.  3.  flat.  1. 
Seal  to  difturb  or  delay  common  Right;    (2)    and  c- 29- 
though  fuch  Commandments  do  come,  the  Juftices  E"f°''ce<i  hS 
fhall  not  therefore  leave  to  do  Right  in  any  Point/      14. Ed. 3i. "to".  1. 

c.  14.  i$Ed.  3.  fiat.  5.  c.  4.     42  Ed.  3.  c.  3.     11  R,  2.  c.  10.  and  idCar,  i.  c.  10,  tuhicb  regulates  the  Privy  Council,  and  lakes  away  the  Star  Chamber . 

CAP.     IX. 

All  Staples  fhall  ceafe,  and  all  Merchants  may  come  in  and  go  out  with  their  Merchandifes. 


ENfement  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  mande  ne  foit 
par  le  grant  feal  ne  par  le  petit  feal  a  deftour- 
ber  ou  delayer  commune  droit  &  mefqe  tielx  man- 
dementz  veignent  qe  pur  tant  les  Juftices  ne  fur- 
feflent  pas  de  faire  droit  en  nul  point. 


ENfement  eft  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  les  eftaples 
par  decea  &  par  d-ela  ordeinez  par  les  Rois  en 
temps  paffe  &  les  peines  fur  ce  ordeinees  ceffent  & 
qe  touz  marchantz  aliens  et  priveez  peuffent  aler 
et  venir  od  lour  marchandifes  en  Engleterre  folone 
la  tenour  de  la  Grante  Chartre  et  qe  fur  ceo  briefs 
foient  mandez  a  touz  les  vifcontes  dEngl'eterre  et 
as  meires  et  baillifs  des  bones  villes  ou  meftier 
,  ferra. 


ITEM  it  is  enafted,  That  the  Staples  beyond  the 
Sea  and  on  this  Side,  ordained  by  Kings  in  Times 
paft,  and  the  Pains  thereupon  provided,  fhall  ceafe ; 
(2)  and  that  all  Merchant  Strangers  and  privy  may 
go  and  come  with  their  Merchandifes  into  England,  -  jj_  ,_  (iat- . 
after  the  Tenor  of  the  Great  Charter,    (3)  and  that  c.  39. 
Writs  thereupon  fhall  be  fent  to  all  Sheriffs  of  Eng-  Enforced  by 
land,   and  to  Mayors  and  Bailiffs  of  good  Towns,  9  Ed-  3-  ftat- 
where  Need  fhall  require.' 


1/i.Ed.  3 
Jiat.  2.  c.  2. 

25  Ed.  3.  ftat.  4.  c.  2.     iR.  2.  ftat.  t.  c.  I.     11R.2.  c.  y.     Altered  by  16  R.  2.  c.  I.  which  refrains  Merchant  Strangers  from  felling  any  Merchandizes  to 
■  another  by  Retail,  butVtBiiah.     And  fee  12  H,  7.  c.  6.  concerning  Merchant  Adventurers, 

CAP.    X. 


The  King's  Pardon  of  Fines  forfeited! 

F?Nfement  come  le  Roi  Edward  piere  le  Roi  qore  eft  pardona  a  fon  poeple  amerciementz  etiffues  for-  E  x-p, 
Ij  faitz  jefqes  al  vintifme  an  du  regne  fon  piere  Ael  le  Roi  quore  eft  le  Roi  pur  ees  de  fon  poeple  ad  par- 
done  touz  les  fins  qe  ont  efte  faitz  en  Chauncellerie  pur  briefs  avoir  tanqe  al  vintifme  an  avantdit. 

CAP.     XL 

The  common  Bench  fhall  not  be  removed  without  Warning  by  Ajonrnment. 


pur  ce  qe   par  remuement   du  commune 


ICj  Bank  les  pleez  bien  fovent  ont  demore  faunz 
jour  a  grant  damage  et  en  peril  de  defheritance  des 

Slufeurs  acorde  eft  et  eftabli  qe  deforenavant  les 
uftices  avant  ce  qe  le  Bank  fs  remuera  foient  gar- 
niz  par  temps  iffint  queux  peuffent  ajorner  les  par- 
ties fi  par  temps  qeles  ne  perdent  mie  lour  proces. 


ITEM,    Whereas  by  removing  of  the  common  lz  H.  4.  e.g.* 
Bench,  the  Pleas  have  oftentimes  abiden  without  Dyer  225. 


"  Day,  to  the  great  Hurt  and  Peril  of  Difnerifon  of Er0-  A<iourn- 

"  Divers;"    '  (2)  it  is  enafted,    That  from  hence-  j^''  2S,26'*7' 

'  forth  the  Juftices  before  that  the  common  Bench  be .  a  '  "' 

'  removed,  fhall  be  warned  by  a  Time,    fo  that  they 

'  may  adjourn  the  Parties  by,  fuch  Time  that  they  fhall . 

'  not  lofe  their  Procefs.'  *  Tbii  feems  to 

be  a  mifluken  R:~ 
A      p  XII'  ference,    there  be- 


Hundreds  and  Wapentakes  fhall  be  annexed  to  Counties,  and  not  let  to  Ferm. 


ing  no  Statutes  in 
this  Year  of  the 
King. 


ET  come  touz  les  countez  dEngleterre  furent 
auncienement  affis  a  certeine  ferme  et  adonqes 
furent  touz  les  hundredz  et  les  wapentakes  en  les 
meins  des  vifcounf.es  aportionez  a  cele  ferme  et 
puis  ruront  approwours  mandez  en  divers  contez 
les  queux  encruftrent  les  fermes  dafcuns  hundredz 
ist  wapentakes  et  puis  les  Rois  en  divers  temps  ont 


TEM,  Whereas  all  the  Counties  in  England  were  p;tz-  pel;; 
in  old  Time  afiefied  to  a  certain  Ferm,  and  then 
were  all  the.  Hundreds  and  Wapentakes  in  the  She- 
riffs Hands  rated  to  this  Ferm  ;  (2)  and  after  were 
Approvers  fent  into  divers  Counties,  which  did  In- 
creafe  the  Ferms  of  fome  Hundreds  and  Wapentakes; 
(3)  and  after,  the  Kings  at  divers  Times  havegrant- 

"  td 


200 


Skinner  41, 


C.I3—I5. 


Anno  fecundo  Edwardi  III. 


A.  D.  1328. 


"  ed  to  many  Men  Part  of  the  fame  Hundreds  and 
"  Wapentakes  for  the  old  Ferms  only  ;  (4)  and  now 
"  late  the  Sheriffs  be  wholly  charged  of  the  Increafe, 
"  which  amounteth  to  a  great  Sum,  to  the  great  Hurt 
"  of  the  People,  and  Diiherifon  of  the  Sheriffs  and 
4  their  Heirs :"  '  (5)  It  is  ordained,  That  the  Hun- 
"*  dreds  and  Wapentakes  let  to  Ferm  by  the  King  that 

*  now  is,  be  it  for  Term  of  Life  or  otherwife,  which 
"*  were  fometimes  annexed  to  the  Ferms  of  the  Coun- 

'  ties  where  the  Sheriffs  be  charged,    fhall  be  joined 

*  again  to  the  Counties  ;    (6)  and  that  the  Sheriffs  and 

*  their  Heirs  have  Allowance  for  the  Time  that  is  paft  ; 
•'  (7)  and  that  from  henceforth  fuch  Hundreds  and 
'  Wapentakes  fhall  not  be  given  nor  fevered  from  the 
-'Counties/ 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun.  Lond. 
grantez  as  divers  gentz  parties  des  hundredz  et 
wapentakes  pur  les  auncienes  fermes  tantfoulement 
et  jatardeis  les  vifcountes  font  chargez  entierment 
del  encrees  qe  amount  a  grante  fumme  a  grant 
damage  du  poeple  et  defhentance  de  vifcountes  et 
de  lour  heirs  acorde  eft  et  eftabli  qe  des  hundredz 
et  wapentakes  baillez  a  ferme  par  le  Roi  qore  eft. 
foit  il  a  terme  de  vie  ou  autrement  qe  aunciene- 
ment  furent  annex  as  fermes  des  countez  ou  les 
vifcontes  font  chargez  foient  rejointz  as  countez  et 
qe  de  temps  pafle  eient.les  vifcountes  ou  lour  heires 
alowance  et  qe  defore  en  avant  teux  wapentakes 
ne  hundredz  ne  foient  donez  ne  feverez  des  coun-? 
tez. 


E'XP. 


E 


Jsl  &  12  Will.  3. 

c.  %o.  takcsaivay 


■Mh 


'<%'• 


Aherri  by  $  &  6 
Ed.  6.  c.  6.  40 
5  P.  (S  M.  c.  5. 
43  EI.  c.  10. 
4jac.  1,  c.z. 


CAP.    XIII. 

Procefs  of  Trefpafe  committed  in  the  Time  of  King  Edward  the  Second. 

Nfement  eft  acorde  et  eftabli  qe  autiel  proces  foit  fait  des  trefpas  fait  en  temps  le  Roi  Edward  piere  le 
Roi  qore  eft  come  de  trefpas  fait  en  temps  le  Roi  qore  eft. 

CAP.     XIV. 
The  Meafure  and  Affife  of  Clothes  of  Ray  and  of  Colour. 

E Nfement  eft  acorde  et  eftabli  par  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  et  fon  confeil  qe  de  la  feint  Michel  profchein  ave- 
nir  en  avant  touz  les  draps  es  lieux  ou  ils  ferront  mis  a  terre  foient  aunez  par  le  auneour  le  Roi  en  pre- 
fence  des  meire  et  baillifs  ou  meire  y  eft  ou  des  baillifs  ou  meire  ny  eft  de  meifme  les  lieux  ceft  affavoir  la 
longure  de  chefcun  drap  de  raye  par  un  cord  de  fept  aunes  quatreroitz  mefure  par  le  lift  et  la  lature  de  chef- 
cun drap  de  raye  fis  quarters  et  demi  mefure  par  laune  et  de  draps  de  colour  la  longure  foit  mefure  par  le  dos 
par  un  cord  de  fis  aunes  et  demy  quatrefoitz  mefure  et  la  lature  fis  quarters  et  demy  mefure  par  laune  fanz 
■defoler  les  draps.  Et  qe  meire  et  baillifs  ou  imeke  y  eft  ou  baillifs  ou  meire  neft  pas  des  viiles  ou  lieux  ou 
les  draps  vendront  foient  preftz  a  lafTai  faire  quele  heure  qils  foient  requis  par  launeour  faunz  rien  prendre  des  • 
marchauntz  et  qe  touz  les  draps  qe  ferront  trovez  de  la  dite  affife  foient  merchez  auxibien  par  meire  et  bail- 
lifs ou  meire  y  eft  ou  par  baillifs  ou  meire  neft  pas  come  par  launeour  et  les  draps  qe  ne  ferront  pas  trovez  de 
laffife  avantdite  foient  forfaitz  au  Roi  et  prifez  a  la  verreie  value  en  prefence  des  ditz  meire  et  baillifs  et  de- 
tnoergent  devers  launeour  par  endcnture  entre  eux  faite  a  refpondre  des  ditz  draps  iffint  forfaitz  au  Roi  et  qe 
les  ditz  meire  et  baillifs  les  endentures  iffint  faites  de  tieux  draps  forfaitz  facent  liverer  chefcun  an  a  Lefche- 
qer  a  lendemeyn  de  Seint  Michel  pur  charger  le  dit  auneour  et  a  meifme  le  temps  foit  le  dit  auneour  a  Lef- 
cheqer  a  refpondre  des  dites  forfaitures.  Et  eft  lentention  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  et  de  fon  confeil  qe  ceft 
acord  fe  tiegne  des  draps  qe  vendront  en  la  terre  apres  la  dite  fefte  de  Seint  Michel  et  qe  ceft  acord  foit 
publie  et  crie  par  tout  le  Roialme  iffint  qe  les  marchauntz  ne  privez  neftraungez  foient  fuppris  par  meifme 
1  acord, 

CAP.     XV. 

No  Perfon  fhall  keep  a  Fair  longer  than  he  ought  to  do. 


ITEM  it  is  eftablifhed,  That  it  fhall  be  command- 
ed to  all  the  Sheriffs  of  England  and  elfewhere, 
where  Need  fhall  require,  to  cry  and  publifh  within 
Liberties  and  without,  that  all  the  Lords  which  have 
Fairs,  be  it  for  yielding  certain  Ferm  for  the  fame  to 
the  King,  or  othcrv.-ife,  fhall  hold  the  fame  for  the 
Time  that  they  ought  to  hold  it,  an3  no  longer ;  that 
is  to  fay,  fuch  as  have  them  by  the  King's  Charter 
granted  them,  for  the  Time  limited  by  the  faid  Char- 
ters :  (2)  and  alfo  they  that  have  them  without  Char- 
ter, for  the  Time  that  they  ought  to  hold  them  of 
Right.  (3)  And  that  every  Lord  at  the  Beginning 
of  his  Fair  fhall  there  do  cry  and  publifh  how  long 
the  Fair  fhall  endure,  to  the  Intent  that  Merchants 
fhall  not  be  at  the  fame  Fairs  over  the  Time  fo  pub- 
liftied,  upon  Pain  to  be  gricvoufly  punifhed  towards 
the  King.  (4)  Nor  the  faid  Lords  (hall  not  hold 
them  over  the  due  Time  upon  Pain  to  fuife  the  Fairs 


E Nfement  eft  acorde  et  eftabli  qe  maunde  foit  a 
touz  les  vifcountes  dEngleterre  et  par  aillours 
ou  mcftier  ferra  a  crier  et  publier  deinz  fraunchifes 
et  dehors  qe  touz  les  Seignurs  qe  feires  ount  foit 
il  pur  certeine  ferme  ent  rendant  au  Roi  ou  autre- 
ment les  tiegnent  pur  le  temps  qils  deveront  et  ne 
mie  outre  ceft  affavoir  ceux  qi  les  ount  par  chartres 
des  Rois  pur  les  temps  a  eux  grauntez  par  les  dites 
chartres  et  ceux  qi  les  ount  fanz  chartre  pur  temps 
qucux  ils  Jes  devent  tenir  de  droit.  Et  qe  chefcun 
Seignur  au  comencement  de  fa  feire  face  crier  et 
publier  en  ycele  come  longement  fa  feire  fe  tendra 
iffint  qe  les  marchantz  ne  feeffent  es  dites  feires 
outre  le  temps  iffint  publiez  fur  peine  deftre  greve- 
ment  puniz  devers  le  Roi.  Ne  qe  les  ditz  Seig- 
nurs outre  le  droitz  temps  les  tiegnent  fur  peine 
aprendre  les  feires  en  la  meyn  le  Roi  a  demoret 
tanqils  eicnt  fait  fin  au  Roi  pur  le  trefpas  aprcs  ceo 


A.  D.  1328. 


Anno  fecundo  Edward  1  III. 


C.  16,  17.       201 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
qe  trove  ferra  duement  qe  les  Seignurs  les  ount  te- 
nuz  plus  longemcnt  qils  deveront  ou  qe  les  mar- 
chauntz  ount  fts  outre  le  temps  iffint  publiez  et 
criez. 


into  the  King's  Hands,  there  to  remain  till  they  have 

made  a  Fine  to  the  King  for  the  Offence,  after  it  be 

duly  found,  that  the  Lords  held  the  fame  Fairs  longer 

than  they  ought,  or  that  the  Merchants  have  fitten  Enfceedby  3  Ed, 

above  the  Time  fo  cried  and  published.'  3- c  S- 


CAP.    XVI. 
Nifi  Prim  may  be  granted  as  well  at  the  Tenants  Suit  as  the  Demandants: 


ET  come  en  un  eftatut  fait  a  Everwyk  en  temps 
le  piere  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qore  eft  foit  cOn- 
tenuz  qe  les  enqueftes  &  jurees  qe  font  &  ferront 
aprendre  qe  ne  font  rhie  de  grant  exarhinement 
foient  prifes  devantun  Juftice  de  la  place  ou  la  plee 
eft  aflbcie  a  lui  un  prodhome  du  pais  chivaler  ou 
autre  iffint  qe  certein  jour  foit  done  en  Bank  &  cer- 
tein  jour  &  lieu  en  pais  en  prefence  de  parties  fi  le 
demandant  le  prie  &  auxint  les  enqueftes  &  jurees 
en  plee  de  terre  qe  demandent  grant  examinement 
foient  prifes  en  pais  en  la  forme  fufditedevant  deux 
Juftices  du  Bank  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  totes  tiels 
enqueftes  qe  font  ou  en  temps  avenir  a  prendre  fer- 
ront en  plee  de  terre  foient  prifes  auxibien  a  la 
priere  le  tenant  come  le  demandant  toutlautre  pro- 
ces  .acorde  en  le  dit  ftatut  en  tieu  cas  fauve&  garde. 


See  14 Ed.  3.  flat.  I.  c.  16. 
Jefl.  S. 


Fcrferl&er  Regulations  concerning  NiJI  Prim 


TEM,  Whereas  in  a  Statute  made  at  York,  in 

the  Time  of  the  Father  of  our  Lord  the  King 

that  now. is,  it  is  contained  that  Inquefts  and  Juries, 

which  be  and  fhall  be  hereafter  taken,  requiring  no 

great  Examination,  fhall  be  taken  before  one  Juftice 

Of  the  Place  where  the  Plea  is,  adjoining  to  him  one 

difcreet  Man  of  the  Country,  Knight  or  other,  fo 

that  a  certain  Day  be  given  in  the  Bench,  and  a  cer-      ♦ 

tain  Day  and  Place  in  the  Country,  in  the  Prefence 

of  the  Parties,    if  the  Demandant  pray  the  fame  ; 

(2)  and  alfo  the  Inquefts  and  Juries  in  Plea  of  Land, 

which  require  great  Examination,  (hall  be  taken  in 

the  Country  in  the  faid  Form  before  two  Juftices  of 

the  Bench:"   '  (3)  It  is  acorded  and  enacted,  That 

all   fuch  Inquefts  which  are,  or  in  Time  to   come 

fhall  be  taken,  in  Plea  of  Land,  fhall  be  taken  as 

well  at  the  Requeftofthe  Tenant  as  the  Demandant; 

(4.)  all  other  Procefs  according  to  the  faid  Statufcrin  l£%%pa'*?' 

fuch  Cafe  faved  and  kept'  J™Jy  h'J%grJ2%d, 

fee  14  H,  6.  c.  1.    35#.8.f,6.    lSElix.c.tz.    is  Geo,  1.  c.  31.  end  t^  Geo,  z.  c.  lS« 


CAP.    XVII. 


A  Writ  of  Deceit  fhall  be  maintainable  in  Cafe  of  Garnilhment  in  Plea  of  Land. 


AUxint  eft  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  brief  de  Deceit 
foit  meintenu  &  lieu  tiegne  auxibien  en  cas 
de  garniffement  qe  touche  plee  de  terre  ou  tieu 
garniflement  eft  done  come  en  cas  de  fomons  en 
plee  de  terre. 


'  T  TEM  it  is  enaded,  That  a  Writ  of  Deceit  fhall 
'  JL  be  maintainable,  and  hold  Place,  as  well  in  the 
'  Cafe  of  Garnishment  touching  Plea  of  Land,  where 
'  fuch  Garnifhment  is  given,  as  in  cafe  of  Summons 
'  in  Plea  of  Land.     Dated  at  Northampton.' 


REX  vicecomiti  Northamptonie  falutem.  Quoddam  ftatutum  per  nos  et  confilium  noftrum  in  pleno 
parliaments  noftro  apud  Northampton  convocato  ad  emendationem  ftatus  populi  regni  noftri  editum 
flgillo  noftro  confignatum  tibi  mittimus  mandantes  quod  ftatutum  illud  et  omnes  articulos  in  eo  contentos 
in  pleno  comitatu  tuoet  in  civitatibus  burgis  villis  mercatoriis  et  aliis  lofcis  in  ballivatua  ubi  expedire  videris 
tarn  infra  libertates  quam  extra  legi  et  publice  proclamari  et  obfervari  facias.  T.  R.  apud  Northampton  xxii. 
■die  Junii. 


Memorandum  quod 


Eodem  modo  mandatum  eji ' Jingulis  vlcecomitibus  per  Angliam. 
Iflud  Jiatututn  mijfum  fult  in  Hiberniam  in  forma  patent!  cum  quodam 


brevi  inferius  fequcnti* 


Statutes  made  at ^  Weflminfter,   27  Novemb%  Anno  4EDW.  III.  &  Anno 

Dom.  1330. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  tj. 

AU  parlement  fomons  a  Weftmonftierle  Lun- 
dy  profcheyn  apres  le  fefte  de  Seinte  Kate- 
rine  Ian  du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  Ed- 
ward tierz  apres  le  conqueft  quart  Si  font  les  cho- 
fes  foutzefcriptez  a  la  requefte  de  la  communalte 
affentuz  &  acordez  par  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  Pre- 
latz  Countes  Barons  &  autres  grantz  de  mefme  le 
parlement  les  queux  chofes  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
voet  qen  touz  les  counteez  de  Engleterre  foient 
n&ndez  a  publier  &  fermement  garder. 
Vol.  I, 


Hath 


"  t\  T  the  Parliament  fummoned  at  TVeJi 
"  f\  Monday  next  after  the  Feaft  of  St. 
"  *■  ■*•  in  the  Fourth  Year  of  the  Reigr 
"  Edward  the  Third  after  the  Conqueft,  thefe  Things 
"  underwritten,  at  the  Requeft  of  the  Commons,  be 
"  eftablifhed  and  enacfted  by  our  Lord  the  King,  his 
"  Prelates,  Earls,  and  Barons,  and  other  of  the  fame 
"  Parliament;  which  Things  our  Lord  the  King  will 
"  to  be  published,  and  furely  obferved  in  all  his  Coun- 
"  ties  of  England," 

D  d  CAR 


202 


C.  1-3. 


Anno  quarto  Edwardi  III. 


A.D. 


x33°. 


CAP.    I. 

A  Confirmation  of  Statutes. 


^IRST  it  is  accorded,  That  the  Great  Charter, 
and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and  all  other  Sta- 
tutes made  as  well  in  the  Time  of  the  King's  Pro- 
genitors, as  in  the  King's  Time  that  now  is,  be  kept 
and  maintained  in  all  Points.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Deprimes  acorde  eft  qe  la  Grande  Chartre  & 
la  Chartre  de  la  Forefte  &  les  eftatuz  faitz  en 
temps  des  progenitours  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  au- 
xint  en  fon  temps  demeigne  foient  gardez  &  meyn- 
tenuz  en  touz  pointz. 


CAP.     II. 

The  Authority  of  Juftices  of  Affife,  Gaol-delivery,  and  of  the  Peaee. 


4  Inft.  168. 
Enforced  by 
20 Ed.  3.  c.  6. 


3  Ed.  j.  flat.  2. 
c.  16. 

Enforced  by 
1%  Ed.  3.  flat. 
3.  *  c.  2.  34  Ed. 
3*  C.  I.   13  R.2. 
flat.  I,  c.  7. 
Concerning  Juf~ 
ticei  of  Affife, 
fee  farther 
6  X.  2.  c.  5. 
S  S.i.  c.  2. 

31  R.  2.  c.  it. 
17  R.  2.  c.  10. 
so  R.  2.  c.  3. 
34  H.  6.  c.  3. 
33  H  S.  c.  24. 
3  Geo.  I.  c-  45. 

32  Ceo.  2.  c.  27. 
and  21  Ceo.  2. 
c.  iz.fefi.  I. 
See  likeimfe  for 
the  Qualification* 
end  Duty  of  Jus- 
tices of  the  Peace, 

32   K.2.  C.  IO. 

2  &  3  P.fef  M.  c 
)8  Gva.  2.  r.  20. 

*  Readyfaj.  2. 


TEM  it  is  ordained,  That  good  and  difcreet  Per- 
fons,  other  than  of  the  Places,  if  they  may  be 
found  fufficient,  fhall  be  affigned  in  all  the  Shires  of 
England,  to  take  Affifes,  Juries,  and  Certifications, 
and  to  deliver  the  Gaols;  (2)  and  that  the  faid  Ju- 
ftices fhalltake  the  Affifes,  Juries,  and  Certifications, 
and  deliver  the  Gaols,  at  the  leaft  three  Times  a 
Year,  and  more  often,  if  need  be.  (3)  Alfo  there 
fhall  be  affigned  good  and  lawful  Men  in  every  Coun- 
ty to  keep  the  Peace.  (4)  And  at  the  Time  of  the 
Alignments,  Mention  fhall  be  made  that  fuch  as 
fhall  be  indi<£ted  or  taken  by  the  faid  Keepers  of  the 
Peace,  {hall  not  be  let  to  Mainprife  by  the  Sheriffs, 
nor  by  none  other  Minifters,  if  they  be  not  main- 
pernable by  the  Law;  (5)  nor  that  fuch  as  fhall  be 
indicted,  mall  not  be  delivered  but  at  the  common 
Law.  (6)  And  the  Juftices  affigned  to  deliver  the 
Gaols  fhall  have  Power  to  deliver  the  fame  Gaols  of 
thofe  that  fhall  be  indicted  before  the  Keepers  of  the 
Peace  ;  (7)  and  that  the  faid  Keepers  fnall  fend  their 
Indictments  before  the  Juftices,  and  they  fhall  have 
Power  to  enquire  of  Sheriffs,  Gaolers,  and  other, 
in  whofeWard  fuch  indicted  Perfons  fhall  be,  if  they 
make  Deliverance,  or  let  to  Mainprize  any  fo  in- 
dicated, which  be  not  mainpernable,  and  to  punifh  the 
faid  Sheriffs,  Gaolers,  and  others,  if  they  do  any 
Thing  againftthis  Acl.' 

iE;.j!«(.l.(,4,  i%H.  6.  c.  11.  1  Ed.  4.  c.  1.  1  R.  3.  c.  3.  3H. 
10.  7  Jac.  1.  c.  5.  23  Jac.  1,  c.  12.  iCeo.  I.  c.  21.  fee.  30.  9  Co,  1 
33  Geo.  z,  c.  zd.fec,  II,     24  Geo.  2.  c.  44  Sf  55,     26  Geo.  2,  c,  34  &  27, 


ENfement  eft  acorde  qe  bones  gentz  &  fage.4 
autres  qe  des  places  n  homes  les  puifte  trover 
fuffifantz  foient  affignez  en  touz  les  countees  dEn- 
gleterre  a  prendre  les  affifes  jureez  &  certifications 
&  a  deliverer  les  gaoles  et  qe  les  ditz  Juftices  prei- 
gnent  les  affifes  jureez  et  certifications  et  deliverent 
les  gaoles  au  meyns  troiz  foitz  par  an  et  plus  fo-> 
vent  ft  meftier  ferra.  Et  foient  auxint  affignez 
bones  gentz  et  loialx  en  chefcun  countee  a  garder 
la  pees.  Et  foit  fait  mention  es  ditz  affignementz 
qe  ceux  qi  ferront  enditez  ou  pris  par  les  ditz  gar- 
deins  ne  foient  pas  leffez  au  meynprife  pas  les  vif- 
countes  ne  par  nul  autre  fils  ne  foyent  meynperna- 
bles  par  la  lei  ne  qe  tieux  enditez  ne  foient  delive- 
rez  forqe  a  la  commune  lei.  Et  eient  les  juftices 
affignez  a  la  deliverance  des  gaoles  poair  a  deliverer- 
les  gaoles  de  ceux  qi  ferront  enditez  devant  les 
gardeins  de  la  pees  et  qe  les  ditz  gardeins  mandent' 
devant  les  ditz  Juftices  lour  enditementz  et  eient 
les  ditz  Juftices  poair  denquere  fur  vifcountes  gao- 
lers et  autres  en  qi  garde  tieux  enditez  ferront  fils 
facent  deliverance  ou  leffent  a  meynprife  nulles 
iffint  enditez  qi  ne  font  mie  meynpernables  et  de- 
punir  les  ditz  vifcountes  gaolers  et  autres  fils  facent 
riens  contre  ceft  acord. 


7.  c.  1.     4 17.  7.c.  12.     iM.ftat.z.c.%.     j£f  z  P.  &  M.  c.  13.. 
•  c.-j.     5  Geo.  2.  c.  18  &  19.       35  Cm.  2.  c.  44,     16  Gee.  z.  c.  ijj„ 

27  Geo.-Zt  ct  16  £?  20,  and  30  Geo*  2.  c.  24. 


1  Bulft.  38. 


Enfoned  ly 
25  Ed.  3.  flat.  5. 
t,  1.  36  Ed.  3. 
0  2.  12  Car.  2. 
e.  24-  tales atvay 
Purveyance* 


CAP.    III. 

Purveyors  for  the  King,  Queen,  and  their  Children,  and  what  they  may  do*. 

TE  M  pur  ceo  qe  le  poeple  ad  efte  moult  greve  de  ceo  qe  les  bleds  feyn  heftaill  &  autre  manere  J* 
,  vitailles  &  biens  des  gentz  de  mefme  le  poeple  ont  efte  pris  einz  ces  houres  auxibien  par  les  par- 
nours  &  purveours  del  Hoftiel  le  Roi  come  par  autres  dont  nul  paiement  ad  efte  fait  de  ceo  auxint  qe 
les  parveours  &  parnours  des  bledz  par  loftiel  le  Roi  la  Reigne  &  de  lour  enfantz  ont  pris  les  bledz  a 
rneyndre  value  oils  ont  valuz  &  auxint  ont  pris  xxv.  quarters  des  bledz  pur  xx.  quarters  pur  ceo  qils  ont 
mefure  chefcun  bufhell  a  coumble  &  auxint  les  purveours  &  parnours  de  feyn  &  de  litere  pur  mefmes  les 
Hoftiels  ont  fait  einz  ces  houres  lour  gettez  de  feyn  &  de  litere  a  lour  voluntez  affeant  chefcun  gette  a  un 
maile  par  la  ou  le  gette  ad  valu  deux  deners  ou  trois  &  auxint  on  affis  les  charettes  de  feyn  &  de  litere 
a  rneyndre  pris  qeles  ont  valu  Si  eft  acorde  qe  nul  grant  ne  petit  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit  forpris 
les  parnours  &  purveours  pur  les  Hoftiels  du  Roi  la  Roigne  fa  compaigne  &  de  lour  enfantz  ne  preigne 
bledz  feyn  littere  beftaill  ne  vitailles  ne  autres  biens  ne  chateux  de  nully  ne  cariage  face  contre  la  volunte 
de  ceux  as  queux  tieux  biens  ou  cariages  ferront  et  qe  les  parnours  &  purveours  des  bledz  pur  les  ditz  Ho- 
ftiels les  preignent  par  mefure  rafe  felonc  ceo  qe  home  ufe  parmy  le  roialme  et  qe  touz  les  bledz  feyn 
littere  beftaill  &  totes  autres  vitailles  &  chofes  quecunqes  qe  font  aprendre  pur  mefmes  les  Hoftiels  foient 
defore  prifes  a  la  verroie  value  par  coneftables  &  autres  bones  gentz  des  villes  ou  tieles  prifes  fe  feirount 
fanz  ceo  qe  par  manace  ou  dureice  foient  le  prifours  chaces  amettre  autre  pris  qe  lour  ferement  ne  voet  et 
4  qe 


C.  4—8.       203 


A.D.  1330.  Aano  quarto  Edwardi  III. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
qe  des  totes  chofes  qe  ferront  prifes  pur  mefines  les  Hoftiels  du  Roi  la  Roigne  fa  compaigne  et  de  lour  en-  **'-'" I3fa"'  £ 
fantz  paiement  foit  fait  avant  ceo  qe  le  Roi  pane  hors  de  la  verge.  il  c'r.'a.  c!  \o. 

Thcfe  Pzvo  lajl  Statutes  fuftcnd  the  11  Car.  2.  in  favour  of  the  King's  royal  Progrejfes,  and  of  his  Navy  and  Ordnance,     See  like-wife  the  yearly  Mutiny  Alls. 

CAP.     IV. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  28  Edw.  1.  Stat.  3.  c.  2.  touching  Purveyors. 

ET  auxint  eft  acorde  qe  le  article  contenu  en  un  eftatut  fait  en  temps  le  Roi  Edward  Ael  noftre  Seig-  12  Car.  2.  c.*4. 
nur  le  Roi  qore  eft  ceft  affavoir  Ian  de  fon  regne  vynt  &  oitifme  tochant  tieles  prifes  foit  garde  &  meyn-  '**"  mvay  Pu'- 
tenu  en  touz  pointz  la  fourme  de  quel  article  fenfuyt  en  les  paroles  foutzefcriptes  :  [Then  follows  the  Statute  ^  v™?^s « 7/« e 

28  Edw.  I.  ft.  3-  C.  2.  to  k&.  9.]  fctgoingCha'/tlr. 

CAP.    V. 

The  King's  Pardon  of  certain  Fines,  and  alfo  of  fome  Money  granted  to  him, 

ITEM  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  de  fa  bone  grace  ad  pardone  as  Chivalers  &  as  touz  autres  de  fon  Roialme  E  x  p» 
touz  les  fynes  nadgairs  faites  a  Jui  par  caufe  deftre  defporte  de  lour  aler  eri  Gafcoigne  &  auxint  le 
graunt  qe  eftoit  fait  par  les  chivalers  des  counteez  de  chefcune  ville  un  homme  arme  &  le  graunt  par  les 
citefeyns  &  burgeis  pur  les  citeez  &  burghs  au  parlement  de  Wynceftr'.  Et  voet  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qe 
les  reconifances  faites  par  cele  enchefun  foient  anientiz  &  dampnez  et  qe  les  ditz  chivalers  ne  les  gentz  des 
villes  citees  ne  burghs  ne  foient  defore  par  caufe  des  ditz  grauntz  chargez  einz  de  tout  quites  iffint  tote- 
foitz  qe  par  enchefon  du  dite  pardon  ils  foient  les  plus  preftes  &  de  meillour  volunte  a  faire  covenable  eide 
au  Roi  qant  il  le  demandera  ou  en  avera  afaire. 

CAP.    VI. 

The  Statute  made  at  Carlijle,   Anno  35  Edw.  r.  Stat.  1.  touching  Religious  Perfons,    con- 
firmed. 


ITEM  eft  acorde  qe  leftatut  nadgairs  fait  et  af- 
ferme  a  Kardoil  ceft  affaver  qe  les  religioufes  ne 
facent  apport  outre  meer  foit  meyntenu  garde  et  te- 
nu  en  touz  pointz. 


TEM  it  is  accorded,  that  the  Statute  late  made 
and  affirmed   at  Carlijle,    that  Religious  Perfons 
fhould  *  make  no  Carriage  beyond  the  Sea,  (hall  be  *  Pay  no  Tax. 
maintained,  kept,  and  obferved  in  all  Points.' 


C  A  P.     VII. 

Executors  fhall  have  an  Action  of  Trefpafs  for  a  Wrong  done  to  their  Teftator. 


TEM  come  avant  ces  houres  executors  nont  pas 
L  eu  action  des  trefpas  faites  as  teftatours  come 
des  biens  et  chateux  des  ditz  teftatours  emportez  en 
lour  vie  et  iffint  tieux  trefpas  ont  efte  depunitz 
tanqe  encea  fi  eft  acorde  qe  les  executours  en  tieu 
cas  eient  action  devers  les  trefpaffours  pur  damage 
en  tieu  cas  recoverer  en  manere  come  ceux  qi  exe- 
cutours ils  fount  avereint  fils  fuifient  en  vie. 


TEM,  Whereas  in  Times  paft  Executors  have  rl,(k  (,:q, 
not  had  Actions  for  a  Trefpafs  done  to  their  Tef-  13  td.   .  flat. 
tators,  as  of  the  Goods   and  Chattels  of  the  fame  c-2> 


"  Teftators  carried  away  in  their  Life,  and  fo  fuch  '  entr'  7" 
"  Trefpafies  have  hitherto  remained  unpunished;"  ,,  h ,' ' _' 
c  it  is  enafted,  That  the  Executors  in  fuch  Cafes  fhall  Fitz.  liar.  217 
'  have  an  Action  againft  the  TrefpafTers,  and  recover  F>'z-  Execui. 
'  their  Damages  in  like  Mariner  as  they,  whofe  Exe-  5a-  io>.  cro. 
*'  cutors  they  be,  (hould  have  had  if  they  were  in  Life.'  L  '  |  ?j      " 


Savill  ng,  133.      1  Leon.  193,  194.      Regift.  9?.      25  Ed.  3.  flat.  5.  c.  5.  extends  the  Remedy  to  Executors  of  Executors  j   and  fee  farther  21  H.  8.  c,  q.j.fl.  1, 
43EHZ.  c,  S.feff.  a.     soCar.z./iat,  1.  c.y.feB,  i.  and  4  &  5  W.  &  M.  c.  z^.  fee.  12, 

CAP.     VIII. 

At  all  Paffages  Men  fhall  pay  no  more  for  their  Fare  than  they  had  wont  to  do. 

ITEM  come  avant  ces  houres  home  a  chival  foleit  aver  fon  pafTage  de  la  meer  a  port  de  Dovre  pur  ii  s.  .Repealed  by 
X  &  home  apee  pur  vid.  &  ore  de  novel  ont  les   gardeins   de  paflage  &  pafiagers  pris  plus  a  grunde  21  Jac.  1.  c.  28. 
damage  de  poeple  fi  eft  acorde  qe  en  dit  port  &  touz  autres  &  auxint  en  touz  les  autres  paflages  de  la  terre 
auxibien  en  ewes  douces  .come  en  braz  de  meer  les  pafiauntz  paient  defore  come  auncienement  foleient  et 
de  plus  ne  foient  charges  ne  les  pafiagers  ne  gardeins  des  paflages  nient  plus  ne  preignent.     Et  foit  mande. 
a  Coneftable  de  Dovre  qil   face  garder  ceft  article  en  fa  baillie  au  penl  qe  appent  &  fil  trOefle  jiul  fefaunt 
a)  encontre  qil  lui  face  punir  a  chefcuny  fuyte  qui  ent  fe  vodra  pleindre  &  face  droit.     Et  auxint  foit  mande 
as  baillifs  des  lieus  ou  tieux  paflages  font  qe  eux  facent  en  mefme  la  manere  &  eient  les  Juftices  affignez  as 
affifes  prendre  es  counteez  poair  denquere  finals  facent  al  encontre  &  a  punir  &  a  faire  droit  ent  auxi- 
bien a  la  feute  le  Roi  come  a  la  feute  departie. 


Dd  2 


CAP. 


204.       C.  9— 11 


Anno  quarto  Edward  1  III. 


A.  D.  1330. 


CAP.    IX. 

Sheriffs,  Bailiffs  of  Hundreds,  and  Efcheators,  fhall  have  fufficient  in  the  County. 


q.Ti.  2.  flat  2. 
3  Ed.  3.  c.  4. 
13  &    14  Car.  a. 
c.  21.    noho  pall 
be  Sheriffs;  and 
of  ivhat  Eflate 
they  pall  it. 


TEM  it  is  accorded,  That  no  Sheriff,  Bailiff  of 
Hundred,  Wapentake,  nor  of  Franchife,  nor 
Under-Efcheators,  fhall  be  from  henceforth,  except 
he- have  Lands  fufficient  in  the  Place  where  they  be 
Minifters,  whereof  to  anfwer  the  King  and  his  Peo- 
ple, in  cafe  that  any  Man  complain  againft  them,  as 
it  was  ordained  at  another  Time  at  the  Parliament 
holdcn  at  Lincoln,  in  the  Time  of  the  King's  P'ather 
that  now  is,  that  is  to  fay,  in  the  Ninth  Year  of  his 
Reign.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  eft  acorde  qe  nul  vifcountbaillif  de  hun- 
dred wapentak  ne  de  fraunchife  ne  foutzefche- 
tours  ne  foit  defore  fil  neit  terre  fuffifaument  es 
lieus  ou  ils  font  miniftres  dont  refpoundre  au  Roi 
&  au  poeple  en  cas  fi  home  vodra  pleindre  devers 
eux  come  autrefoitz  fut  ordene  au  parlement  de 
Nicole  en  temps  le  piere  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qore 
eft  ceft  affavoir  Ian  de  fon  regne  noefifme. 


C  A  P.    X. 

Sheriffs  and  Gaolers  fhall'  receive  Offenders  without  taking  any  thing,' 


TEM,  Whereas  in  Times  paft,  Sheriffs  and 
Gaolers  of  Gaols  would  not  receive  Thieves, 
Perfons  appealed,  indicated,  or  found  with  the  Mi- 
ner, taken  and  attached  by  the  Conftables.  and  Town- 
fhips,  without  taking  great  Fines  and  Ranforas  of 
them  for  their  Receit,  whereby  the  faid  Conftables 
and  Townfhips  have  been  unwilling  to  take  Thieves 
and  Felons,  becaufe  of  fuch  extream  Charges,  and 
the  Thieves  and  the  Felons  the  more  encouraged  to 
offend;"  *  (2)  it  is  enacted.,  That  the  Sheriffs  and 
Gaolers  fhall  receive  and  fafely  keep  in  Prifon  from 
4  henceforth  fuch  Thieves  and  Felons,  by  the  Deli- 
1  very  of  the  Conftables  and  Townfhips,  without  ta- 
"  king  any  thing  for  the  Receit.  And  the  Juftices  af- 
*  figned  to  deliver  the  Gaol,  fhall  have  Power  to  hear 
'  their  Complaints  that  will  complain  upon  the  She- 
4  riffs  and  Gaolers  in  fuch  Cafe,  and  moreover  to  pu- 
«.  nifh  the  Sheriffs  and  Gaolers  if  they  be  found  guilty.' 


TEM  par  la  ou  avant  ces  houres  vifcountes  ft 
gaolers  de  gaoles  nount  pas  volu  receyvre  les- 
larons  appellez  enditez  ou  trovez  ove  meyn  oevre- 
pris  &  attachez  par  les  coneftables  &  villeez  fanz. 
grevoufe  fyns  &  raunceons  aprendre  de  eux  pur  la 
receite  par  quel  les  ditz  coneftables  &  villeez  ont 
efte  plus  efchuz  aprendre  les  larouns  &  felons  pur 
tieles  outrageoufes  charges  &  les  larouns  &  felouns 
plus  efbaudiz  a  meffaire  fi  eft  acorde  qe  les  vifcoun- 
tes &  gaolers  receyvent  &  falvement  gardent  en 
prifone  defore  tieux  larouns  &  felouns  par  le  livere 
des  ditz  coneftables  &  villeez  fanz  riens  prendre 
pur  la  receite.  Et  qe  les  Juftices  affignez  a  deli- 
verer les  gaoles  eient  poair  doier  les  pleintes  de  ceux 
qi  fe  vodront  pleindre  fur  les  vifcountes  &  gaolers- 
en  tieu  cas  &  outre  a  punir  les  vifcountes  &  gaoler* 
fils  foient  trovez  coupables. 


CAP.    XI. 

Juftices  of  Affifes,  &c.  fhall  enquire  of  Maintainers,  Confpirators,  and  Champertors." 


yEi.  I.  c.  28  &?  " 

33:   13  Ed.  1.  " 

flat.  I.  c.  49.  " 

it  Ed.  I.  ftaf.  3.  a 

c.   II.    33  Ed.  I>  c 
flat.  3.    1  Ed.. 3, 
flat.  2.  c.  14. 

Enforced  by  20  * 

Ed.  3.  04.   iR.  t 

2.  c.  4..  7  R.  2.  c 
e.  15.     And  fee 
iz  H.  8.  c.  9. 
•which  farther 

eefircei  the  .Sta-  i 

tulti  againfl  6 

Maintenance,  < 
Adjournment  of 
Suits. 

Reg.ft.  lgS;  « 

F.  N.B;ns.H.  « 

Rtgifl,  J83.  1 

RdH.  11.9,  t 


ITEM,  Where  in  Times  paft  divers  People  of  the 
Realm,  as  well  great  Men  as  other,   have  made 
Alliances,  Confederacies,  and  Confpiracies,.  to  main- 
tain Parties,  Pleas,    and  Quarrels,    whereby  divers 
have  been  wrongfully  difinherited,    and  fome  ran- 
fomed  and  deftroyed,  and  fome  for  fear  to  be  maim- 
ed and  beaten,   durft  not  fue  for  their  Right,    nor 
complain,  nor  the  Jurors  of  Inquefts  give  their  Ver- 
dicts, to  the  great  Hurt  of  the  People,    and  Slander 
of  the  Law,   and  common  Right;"    l  (2)  it  is.,  ac- 
corded, That  the  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench  and  of 
the  other,   and  the  Juftices  of  Affifes,    whensoever 
they  come  to  hold  their  Seffions,    or  to  take  Inquefts 
upon  Nifi  prius,  fhall  enquire,  hear,  and  determine, 
as  well  at  the  King's  Suit,  as  at  the  Suit  of  the  Par- 
ty, of  fuch  Maintainers,  Bearers  and  Confpirators, 
and  alfo  ofthem  that  commit  Champerty,  and  of  all 
other  Things  contained  in  the  forefaid  Article,    as 
well' as  Juftices  in  Eyre  fhould  do  if  they  were  in  the 
fame  County.     (3)  And  that  which  cannot  be  deter- 
mined before  the  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench  or   the 
other  upon  the  Ni/i  prius,    for  Shortnefs  of  Time, 
fhall   be  adjournecl   into  the  Place  whereof  they  "be 
Juftices,  and  there  be  determined  as  Right  and  Rea- 
fc-n  fhall  require*.' 


ITEM   pur  ceo  qe  avant  ces  houres  plufours? 
gentz  du  Roialme  auxibien  grantz  come  autres. 
ount  fait  alliaunces  confederacies  &  confpiracies  a. 
meyntenir  parties  pleez  &  quereles  par  ount  plu- 
fours  gentz  ount   efte   atort  defheritez   &  afcuns. 
rientz  &  deftruz  &  afcuns  pur  doute  deftre  mahei- 
mez  &  batuz  noferent  pas  feuyr  lour  droit  ne  plein- 
dre ne  les  jurours  des  enqueftes  lour  verditz  dire  a. 
grant  damage  du  poeple  &  areriffement  de  la  Iei'ft 
de  commune  droit  fi  eft  acorde  qe  les  Juftices  del 
un-Baunk  &  del  autre  &  les  Juftices  as  affifes  pren- 
dre affignez  a  totes  les  foitz  qil  vendront  a  faire 
lour  feffions  ou  a  prendre  enqueftes  fur  Nifi  prius 
enquergent  oient  &  terminent  auxibien  a  la  feute-: 
le  Roi  come  a  la  feute  de  partie  fur  tieux  meynte- 
nours  emparnours  &  confpiratours   &   auxint  de 
champartours  &  des  totes  autres  chofes  contenuz 
en  le  dit  article  auxiavant  come  Juftices  de  eyre 
ferroient  fils  fuiffent  en  rneifme  le  countee.    Et  ceo 
qe  ne  poet  eftre  termine  devant  les  Juftices  del  un 
Baunk  ou  de  lautre  fur  le  Nifi  prius  pur  brefte  de. 
lour  demoer  en  pais  feit  ajournee  en  les  places  dont 
ils  font  Juftices  &  illoeqes  terminee  felonc  droit  & 
refon. 

C  AK. 


A.D.  1330. 


Anno  quarto  Ed wardi  III. 


C.  12—15. 


205 


CAP.     XII. 

Wines  fhall  be  affayed,  and  fold  at  reafonable  Prices. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qil  y  font  plufours  taverners  el 
Roialme  qeftre  ne  foleient  vendantz  vyns  auxi- 
bien  purrez  come  feyns  &  ont  vendu  le  galon  a 
tiel  pris  come  i!s  mefmes  ont  volu  pur  ceo  qe  cha- 
ftiement  nad  pas  efte  ofdene  fur  eux  come  fur  eux 
qe  ount  venduz  payn  &  cerveife  a  grant  damage 
du  poeple  fi  eft  acorde  qe  crie  fe  face  qe  nul  foit 
fi  hardy  de  vendre  vyns  forque  a  refonable  feer 
eaunt  regard  au  pris  qeft  en  les  portz  dont  les  vyns 
veignent  &  auxint  as  defpenfes  come  en  cariage  a 
faire  des  ditz  portz  tanque-as  lieus  ou  ils  font  ven- 
duz &  qe  en  chefcune  ville  aflai  fe  face  des  vyns 
deux  foitz  par  an  un  foitz  a  la  Pafch  &  autre  foitz 
a  la  Seint  Michel  &  plus  fovent  fi  meftier  foit  par 
les  Seignurs  des  villes  &  lour  baillifs  &  auxint  par 
les  mairs  &  baillifs  des  mefmes  les  villes  &  touz  les 
vyns  qe  ferront  trovez  purrez  ou  corrumpuz  foient 
enfouncez  &  oftez  de  tut  &  les  toneiles  debrufez. 
Et  eient  les  Chaunceller  Treforer  Juftices  del  un 
Baunk  &  del  autre  &  Juftices  affignez  as  affifes 
prendre  poair  denquere  fur  mairs  baillifs  &  mini- 
ftres  de  villes  fils  ne  facent  ceo  qeft  acorde  &  outre 
a  faire  punifTement  folonc  ceo  qe  refon  demand. 

felt.  6.  1  Jae.n.  c.  i.fe3.  2.  1  IV.  &  M.  feff.  I.  c.34.  2  W.  & 
fiS.  2.  8  Geo.  1,  c.  18.  feci.  19.  12  Geo.  1.  c.  1%.  feB.  20.  1  Geo. 
«6  Geo.  2.  c,  12-  feci.  I.     $oGeo.  2.  c.  ig.fetl.z.,  and  ^zGco.z^c, 


"  TTEM,  Becaufe  there  be  more  Taverners  in  the  28 H.  8.  c.  14, 

"  X  Realm  than  were  wont  to  be,  felling  as  well  cor-/"-  Frk"  "f 

"  rupt  Wines  as  wholfome,  and  have  fold  the  Gallon  ^'""' 

"  at   fuch  Price  as   they    themfelves  would,    becaufe 

"  there  was  no  Punifbment  ordained  for  them,  as  hath 

"  been  for  them  that  have  fold  Bread  and  Ale,    to  the 

"great  Hurt  of  the  People;"    '  (2)    it  is  accorded, 

'  That  a  Cry  fliall  be  made,  that  none  be  fo  hardy  to 

'  fell  Wines  but  at  a  reafonable  Price,  regarding  the 

'  Price  that  is  at  the  Ports  from  whence  the  Wines 

'  came,  and  the  Expences,  as  in  Carriage  of  the  fame 

'  from  the  faid  Ports  to  the  Places  where  they  be  fold  ; 

'  (3)  and  that  Allay  fliall  be  made  of  fuch  Wines  two 

'  Times  every  Year,  once  at  Eafter,  and  another  Time 

e  at  Michaelmas,    and  more  often,  if  need  be,  by  the 

'  Lords  of  the  Towns  and  their  Bailiffs,    and  alfo  by 

'  the  Mayor  and  Bailiffs  of  the  fame  Towns  ;    (4)  and  Corrupt  Winsi 

'  all  the  Wines  that  fhall  be  found  corrupt,    fhall  be  *aI1  be  P°ureiJ 

'  poured  out,   and  the  Veffels  broken.     (5)  And  the  venyffareke n, 

'  Chancellor  and  Treafurer,  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench  sYciSff.  6.<-.  i~. 

'  and  the  other,  and  Juftices  of  Affife,  fhall  have  Power  1  R.3.  c.  ij. 

'  to  enquire  upon  the  Mayors,  Bailiffs,  and  Minifters  7  Ed.  6.  c.  5. 

'  of  Towns,  if  they  do  not  according  to  this  Statute;  5£/'*-<"-5\/"'',f" 

'  and  befides  that,  to  punifh  as  Reafon  fhall  require.'     jg  Jf  p  **  *  Z5' 

M.  flat.  2.  c.  14.  lAnn.flat.  x.'c.  n.fcB.  112.  5  Ann.  c.  z-j.feB.  17.  6  Gra.  1.  c.  n. 
.'*.  c.  ij.feB.J.  loGeo.  2.  c.  lej.feB.T..  17  Geo.  2.  c.  40. feS,  u.  j8  Geo.  x.  c.  §.fc3.  I» 
19.  feB.  1.  containing  farther  Provt/ioni  with  refyeclto  TVines, 


C  A  P.     XIII. 


A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  2  Edward  3. 


cap.  2.  touching  granting  of  Pardons; 


ENfement  pur  ceo  qe  plufours  chartres  ont  efte 
grauntes  de  pardons  des  felonies  roberies  & 
homicides  centre  la  fourme  de  Ieftatut  nadgairs  fait 
a  Northampton  contenant  qe  nul  homenavereit  ti- 
des chartres  hors  du  parlement  parount  les  meffe- 
fours  ont  efte  plus  efbaudiz  de  meffaire  fi  eft  acorde 
qe  mefme  Ieftatut  foit  defore  garde  &  meyntenu  en 
touz  pointz.. 


"  TTEM,  Becaufe  divers^  Charters  of  Pardon  have  Kr-  c5»rt-  *= 
"  A  been  granted  of  Felonies,  Robberies,,  and  Man-  Pard'  10* 
"  Daughters,  againft  the  Form  of  the  Statute  lately 
"  made  at  Northampton,  containing  that  no  Man  fhould 
"  have  fuch  Charters  out  of  the  Parliament,  whereby 
"  fuch  Mifdoers  have  been  the  more  bold  to  offend  ;" 
'  (2)  it  is  enafted,  That  from  henceforth  the  fame  St&- 
'  tute  fhall  be  kept  and  maintained  in  all  Points.' 


CAP.    XIV. 
A  Parliament  fhall  be  holden  once  every  Year. 


ENfement  eft  acorde  qe  parlement  foit  tenu 
chefcun  an  unefoitz  ou  plus  fi  meftier  foit. 


T  EM  ft  is  accorded,  That  a  Parliament  fliall  be 
holden   every  Year   once,    and  more  often,    if 


c  need  be.' 


Confirmed  by 


Altered  by  16  Car.  2.  c.  I.  anddrV.  &  M.  c.  2.  which  dinB  triennial  Parliaments^  and  further  by,  iGm.  uflat.z.c.  38.  which  direils  ftfter.mal  Pafliamclul 

C  A  P,     XV. 
Sheriffs  fhall  let  their  Hundreds  and  Wapentakes  for  the  old  Ferm. 

TTEM  pur  ceo  qe  les  vffcountes  ount  avant  ces 
houres  lefTez  les  nundredz  &  wapentaks  en  lour 
baillies  a  ft  haute  ferme  qe  les  baillifs  ne  poient  cele 
ferme  lever  forfque  par  extorfion  &  durefce  faire  an 
poeple  ft  eft  acorde  qe  les  vifcountes  leffent  defore 
les  nundredz  &  wapentaks  a  launciene  ferme  &  ne 
mye  outre  &  qe  les  juftices  affignez  eient  poair  den- 
3- 


TEM,.  Becaufe  Sheriffs  have  before  this  Time 
let  Hundreds  and  Wapentakes  in  their  Bailiwicks 
"  to  fo  high  Ferm,  that  the  Bailiffs  cannot  levy  the 
"  faid  Ferm,.  without  doing  Extortion  and  Dureis  to/ 
"•the  People;"'  '  (z)  it  is  ordained,  That  the  She- 
6  riffs  fliall  from  henceforth  let  their  Hundreds  and 
'  Wapentakes  for  the  old  Ferm,  and  not  above  ;■  amf 

v  thatf 


2o6       C.  r,  2t 


Anno  quinto  Ed  wardi  III. 


A.  D.  F33i. 


Enforced  hy 

14  Ed.  3.  flat.  I. 

e.g. 

-£74/7.4.  c.  5. 

anJz^H.  6.  e.g. 
Sheriffs,  &c.  are 
prohibited  from 
letting  their  Ba'l- 
liioicks,  Hun- 
dreds, Wapen- 
takes, Me. 


4  that  the  Juftices  afligned  fhall  have  Power  to  enquire 
'  of  the  faid  Sheriffs,    and  p-unifh  them  that  .fhall  be 


found  offending  againft  this  Statute.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
quere  fur  les  vifcountes  Sc  de  punir  ceux  qils  trove- 
ront  fefauniz  le  contraire. 


EX  vicecomiti  Ebor'  falutem.  Quedam  per  nos  &  confilium  noftrum  ad  requifitionem  communitatis 
regni  noftri  in  parliamento  noftro  apud  Weftm'  die  Lune  proximo  poft  feftum  fandte  Katerine  proxime 
preteritum  convocato  concordata  &  ordinata  tibi  mittimus  in  forma  patente  mandantes  quod  in  fingulis  locis 
in  balliva  tua  tam  infra  libertates  quam  extra  ubi  expedire  videris  ea  publice  proclamari  &  firmiter  teneri  fa- 
cias et  hoc  nullatenus  omittas.    T.  R.  apud  Langele  tertio  die  Februarii  anno  regni  noftri  quinto. 

Per  ipfum  Regem. 
Eoclem  modo  mandaium  efljingulis  vicecomiiibus  per  Angliam. 
Me7norandum  quod  iflud  Jfaiutum  tnijfum  fuit  in  Hiberniam  in  forma  patenti  mm  quodam  Irevi  inferius  fequenti. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  crajlino  Michaelis,  Anno   5  Edw.  III. 

a?id  Anno  Dom.  1 3  3 1 a. 


T  the  Parliament  holden  at  Wefhninjler  the 
morrow  after  St.  Michael,  in  the  Fifth  Year 
of  the  Reign  of  King  Edward  the  Third 
"-  after  the  Conqueft,  our  Lord  the  King,  by  the  Af- 
"  fent  ef  the  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and  other  great 
"  Men  of  the  Realm  there  affembled,  to  the  Honour 
"  of  God  and  of  holy  Church,  and  at  the  Requeft  of 
"  his  People,  hath  granted  and  eftablifhed  thefe  Things 
"  underwritten,  which  he  will  to  be  kept  and  main- 
'"  tained  for  ever." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  z6. 

AU  parlement  fomons  a  Weftm'  lendemeyn 
de  Seint  Michel  Ian  du  regne  le  Roi  Ed- 
ward tierz  apres  le  conqueft  quint  fi  ad 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  par  affent  des  Prelatz  Countes 
Barons  et  autres  grantz  duRoialme  illoeqes  affem- 
blez  a  loneur  de  Dieu  et  de  feinte  eglife  et  a  la  re- 
quefte  de  fon  poeple  grante  et  eftabli  les  chofes  fu- 
thefcrites  les  queles  il  voet  qe  tenuz  foient  gardez 
et  meyntenuz  a  touz  jours. 


CAP.    I. 

The  Great  Charter  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft  confirmed. 


'Irft  it  is  accorded  and  eftablifhed,  That  the  Great 
Charter  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft  fhall  be 
kept  and  firmly  maintained.' 


N  primes  fi  eft  acorde  et  eftabli.  qe  la  Grande 
Chartre  et  la  Chartre  de  la  Forefte  foient  te- 
nuz gardez  et  fermement  meyntenuz. 


CAP.     II. 

Things  purveyed  for  the  King's  Houfe  fhall   be  praifed,  and  Tallies  made  thereof.     Of  what 
People  Inquefts  in  the  Marfhal's  Court  fhall  be  taken. 


4Ed.  3.  c.  3.  «  J  TEM,  Where  in  the  Statute  made  at  Weftmin- 
"  I.  Jler,  at  the  Parliament  there  fummoned  after  the 
"  Feaft  of  Saint  Katharine,  in  the  Fourth  Year  of  the 
"  Reign  of  the  King  that  now  is,  amongft  other  Things 
"  there  enacted,  It  is  contained,  upon  the  Grievances 
"  which  the  Purveyors  for  the  King's  Houfe,  the 
"  Queen's,  and  of  their  Children,  did  to  the  People  in 
*c  outragious-Meafures  of  Corn,  and  voluntary  taking 
'•'  of  Hay,  Litter,  and  other  Things  provided  by  the 
"  faid  Purveyors,  that  the  Takers  and  Purveyors  of 
"  Corn  for  the  faid  Houfes  fhould  take  them  by  Mea- 
"  fure  ftricken,  according  as  hath  been  ufed  through 
"  the  Realm  ;  (z)  and  that  all  the  Corn,  Hay,  Litter, 
"  Beftail,  and  all  other  Victuals  and  Things  to  he  taken 
"  for  the  fame  Koufes,  fhould  be  praifed  at  the  true 
'  Value  by  the  Conftables  and  other  good  People  of  the 
Towns  where  fuch  Prifes  be  ;  (3)  and  that  th.'Prai- 
fors  be  not  enforced  by  Threats  and  Durefs  to  affefs 
*S Ed. i.fat.' j.  **  9Dy  other  Price  than  their  Oath  will.  (4)  And  in 
c  2.  "  the  fame  Statute  is  one  Article  rehearfed,  which  was 

"  mad§  in  the, Time  of  King  Edward,  Grandfather 

>  Statutum  <'e  Roberdefmen. 


Redreffing  of  Error  th^re. 

5  TEM  come  en  leftatut  fait  a  Weftm' au  parle- 
ment fomons  illoeqes  apres  la  fefte  de  Seint 
Katerine  Ian  du  regne  le  Roi  qore  eft  quart  entre 
autres  chofes  illoeqes  acordez  et  eftabliz  foit  conte- 
nuz  fur  les  grevances  qe  les  purveours  pur  les  Ho- 
ftelx  le  Roi  la  Roigne  fa  compaigne  et  de  lour  en- 
fantz  fefoient  au  poeple  en  outrajoufe  mefure  des 
bledz  et  auxint  en  voluntrive  taille  de  fein  littere 
et  autres  chofes  purveus  par  les  ditz  purveours 
eftabli  foit  qe  les  parnours  et  purveours  des  bledz 
pur  les  ditz  Hoftelx  les  preignent  par  mefure  refe 
felonc  ce  qe  home  ufe  parmy  le  Roialme  et  qe 
touz  les  bledz  fein  littere  beftaill  et  totes  autres 
vitailles  ct  chofes  quecunqes  qe  font  aprendre  pur 
m.'ifmes  les  Hoftelx  foient  prifes  a  la  verroie  value 
par  coneftables  et  autres  bones  gentz  des  villes  ou 
tieles  prifes  fe  ferront  fantz  ce  qe  par  manace  ou 
durefce  foient  1  s  prifours  chacez  a  mettre  autre 
p!  is  qe  lour  ferment  ne  voet.  Et  en  meifir^  eel 
eftatut  foit  rehercez  un  article  qe  fut  fait  en 
du  bone  memoire  le  Roi  Ael  le  Roi  qore  eft  ou  cer- 


tems 


A.  D.  1331. 


Anno  quinto  Edwardi  III. 


C. 


207- 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
teins  peines  font  contenues  contre  ceux  qi  nondue- 
ment  fefoient  purveances  pur  tielx  Hoftelx  pur  ]es 
queles  peines  les  purveours  des  ditz  Hoftelx  ne  ont 
pas  lefTez  a  faire  outrajoufe  &  nondues  prifes  con- 
tre la  tenour  des  ditz  eftatutz.  Al  honeur  &  profit 
de  noftre  Seigrrur  le  Roi  &  pur  pees  &  quiete  de 
fon  poeple  &  pur  refrenir  &  punir  la  malveifte  de 
ceux  qi  tielx  outrages  ont  faitz,  en  efclaundre  du 
Roi  la  Roignc  fa  compaigne  &  de  lour  enfantz  acor- 
de  eft  &  eftabli  qe  les  prifes  &  purveances  fe  fa- 
cent  pur  les  ditz  Hoftelx  parpris  fait  par  coneftable 
&  quatre  prodefhommes  des  villes  ou  tieles  prifes 
&  purveances  fe  ferront  jurrez  &  fantz  manace  fi- 
come  en  les  ditz  eftatutz  eft  contenuz.  Et  qe  entre 
les  purveours  &  ceux  des  queux  les  biens  ferront 
prifes  en  la  prefence  des  coneftables  &  prifours  foi- 
ent  taillez  faites  enfealez  de  fealx  des  parnours  des 
chofes  iflint  prifez  par  les  queles  taillesgree  foit  fait 
a  ceux  des  queux  les  chofes  ferront  iffint  prifes.  Et 
fi  nul  parnour  ou  purveour  pur  les  ditz  Hoftelx  les 
face  par  autre  manere  foit  meintenant  areftuz  par  la 
ville  ou  la  prife  Terra  faite  &  mefne  a  la  procheine 
gaole  &  ft  de  ce  foit  atteint  foit  la  fait  de  lui  come 
de  laroun  ft  la  quantite  des  biens  le  demande  & 
defore  foit  contenu  en  les  commiffions  des  tielx 
parnours  &  purveours  foient  eles  foutz  le  petit  feal 
ou  foutz  le  grant  feal  la  fourme  &  la  peine  conte- 
nuz en  ceft  eftatut.  Et  qen  chefcun  cas  ou  enque- 
ues font  aprendre  devant  Senefchalx  &  Marefchalx 
del  Hoftel  le  Roi  qe  les  enqueftes  foient  prifes  par 
gentz  du  pais  enviroun  &  ne  mie  par  gentz  de  lo- 
ftel fil  ne  fcit  des  contradlz  covenantz  ou  trefpas 
faitz  par  gentz  de  meifme  loftel  dune  part  &  dau- 
tre  &  ce  en  meifme  loftel  felonc  un  autre  eftatut 
ent  autrefoitz  fait  en  temps  meifme  le  Roi  Ael.  Et 
qe  en  cas  ou  home  fe  voudra  pleindre  de  errour 
fait  devant  les  ditz  Senefchalx  &  Marefchalx  eit 
le  pleintif  bref  de  faire  venir  le  record  &  proces 
devant  le  Roi  en  fa  place  &  illoeqes  foit  le  errour 
I  redrefce.  Et  auxint  foit  fait  en  chefcun  autre  cas 
'ou  homme  fe  voudra  pleindre  de  errour  fait  devant 
meifmes  les  Senefchalx  &  Marefchalx  de  loftel  le 
Roi. 


to  the  King  that  now  is,  where  certain  Pains  be  li- 
mited againft  thofe  that  late  made  Purveyance  for  the 
faid  Houfes;  which  Pains  not  regarded,  the  faid 
Purveyors  have  not  let  to  make  outragious  and  un- 
lawful Prifes  againft  the  Tenor  of  the  faid  Statutes. 
( 5 )  To  the  Honour  and  Profit  of  our  faid  Lord  the 
King,  and  for  the  Peace  and  Quietnefs  of  his  Peo- 
ple, and  to  refrain  and  punifh  the  Enormities  of  thofe 
that  have  committed  fuch  Outrages,  to  the  King's, 
the  Queen's,  and  their  Childrens  great  Slander ;" 
(6)  it  is  accorded  and  enafted,  That  the  taking  and 
Purveyance  for  the  faid  Houfes  fhall  be  by  Price  made 
by  the  Conftables  and  four  difcreetMen  of  the  Towns 
where  fhall  be  fuch  Prifes  and  Purveyances  thereto 
fworn,  and  without  * Meance,  as  in  the  faid  Statutes 
is  contained.  (7)  And  that  alfo  betwixt  the  Pur- 
veyors and  them  whofe  Goods  fhall  be  taken  in  the 
Prefence  of  the  Conftables  and  Prifors,  Tallies  fhall 
be  made-  and  fealed  with  the  Purveyors  Seals  of  the 
Things  fo  taken,  by  which  Tallies  Satisfaction  (hall 
be  made  to  them  from  whom  fuch  Goods  be  taken, 
(8)  And  if  any  Taker  or  Purveyor  for  the  faid  Hou- 
fes do  take  in  any  other  Manner,  he  fhall  be  incon- 
tinently arrefted  by  the  I  own  where  fuch  Taking 
was  made,  and  brought  to  the  next  Gaol;  (9)  and 
if  he  be  thereof  attainted,  it  fhall  be  done  of  him  as 
of  a  Thief,  if  the  Quantity  of  the  Goods  the  fame 
require  ;  ( 10)  and  from  thenceforth  it  fhall  be  con- 
tained in  the  Commiffions  of  fuch  Takers  and  Pur- 
veyors, be  they  under  the  fmall  Seal  or  the  great, 
the  Form  and  the  Pain  contained  in  this  Statute. 
(11)  And  that  in  every  Cafe  where  Inquefts  be  to  be 
taken  before  the  Steward  and  the  Marfhal  of  the 
King's  Houfe,  that  Inquefts  be  taken  by  Men  of  the 
Country  thereabout,  and  not  by  Men  of  the  King's 
Houfe,  except  it  be  of  Contracts,  Covenants,  or  Tref- 
pafTes  made  by  Men  of  the  King's  Houfe  of  the  one 
Part  and  of  the  other,  and  that  in  the  fame  Houfe., 
according  to  another  Statute  thereof  made  in  the 
Time  of  the  faid  Edward  the  Grandfather,  (r-2) 
And  in  cafe  where  any  will  complain  of  Error  made 
before  the  faid  Steward  and  Marfhal,  the  Plaintiff 
fhall  have  a  Writ  to  remove  the  Record  and  the  Pro- 
cefs  before  the  King  in  his  Place,  and  there  the  Error 
fhall  be  redreffed.  (13)  And  likewife  fhall  it  be  done 
in  every  other  Cafe  where  any  Man  will  complain 
him  of  Error  done  before  the  fame  Steward  and  Mar- 
fhal of  the  King's  Houfe.' 


*  Mtr.pcea 
Enforced  by 
25  Ed.  3.  flat.  5; 
c.i.   36  Ed.  3. 
c.  2.  and  2  &  3 
P.  &M.  c.  6. 
12  Car.  2.  c.  24;. 
takes  aiv.iy  Pur- 
veyance.   13  Car.. 
I.fiat.  1.  c.  S. 
and  I3c=f  14. 
Car.  2.  c.  20. 
fufpend  the  1Z1 
Car.  2.  in  favour 
of  the  King's 
royal  Progre/Jes, 
and  of  his  Navy,- 
and  Ordnance. 
See  like^vife  the 
yearly  Mutiny 
A3s. 

Inquefts  taken 
in  the  MarfhalV 
Court. 

Stat,  10  Ed.  5,. 
c,  2. 


Error  in  the- 
Marfhal's  Court, 
IoEd.3.  flat.  S^ 
c.3- 


CAP.    III. 

A.  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  Carlijle,    made  35  Edw.  1. 

Houfes. 


Stat.  1.  touching  Religious ■■■ 


F?  Nfement  eft  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  un  eftatut  fait 
It  a  Kardoil  en  temps  meifme  le  Roi  lael  en  quel 
eft  contenuz  qe  gentz  de  religion  ne  facent  apport 
fiors  du  Roialme  foit  tenuz  gardez.  &  meintenuz 
en  touz  pointz. 


ITEM  it  is  agreed,    That  the  Statute  made  at: 
Carlijle  in  the  Time  of  King  Edward,  the  King's 
Grandfather  that  now  is,  wherein  is  contained,  That 
Religious  Men  fhall  *  make  no  Carriage  out  of  the  *  Pay  no  Tax, 
Realm,  fhall  be  holden,  kept,  and  maintained  in  all  4  Ed.  3,  c.  6, - 
Points,' 


CAP, 


2o8       C.  4 — 7, 


Antn  quinto  Edwardi  III. 


A.  D.  133L 


Pvegift.  177. 
4  £d.  3.  c.  9. 
See  13  &  14  Car 

2.  c.  Zl.  for  pre- 
venting the  un- 
r.ecejjary  Charge 
ef  Sheriffs,  &e. 


CAP.     IV. 

None  fhall  be  Sheriff,  Efcheator,  or  Bailiff  of  Franchife,    unlefs  he  hath  fufficient  in  the 

County. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

AUxint  eft  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  nul  vifcounte 
fouthefchetour  baillif  de  fraunchife  wapentak 
hundred  ne  trithing  foit  defore  fil  neit  terre  fuffifau- 
ment  en  meifme  le  counte  dont  refpondre  au  Roi 
be  au  people  fi  homme  fe  voudra  pleindre. 


c  TTEM  it  is  accorded  and  enacted,  That  no  She- 
'  X  riff,  Under  Efcheator,  Bailiff  of  Franchifes,  Wa- 
'  pentakes,  Hundreds,  nor  Tithings,  fhall  from  hence- 
'  forth  be,  except  he  have  Lands  fufficient  in  the  fame 
'  County,  whereof  to  anfwer  the  King  and  his  People, 
*  if  any  will  complain.' 


CAP.    V. 
The  Penalty  if  any  do  fell  Ware  at  a  Fair  after  it  is  ended. 


sEd. 


"  TTEM,  Where  it  is  contained  in  the  Statute 
"  X  made  at  Northampton,  in  the  fecond  Year  of  the 
"  Reign  of  the  King  that  now  is,  that  the  Lords,  which 
"  have  Fairs  by  Charters  or  otherwife,  fhall  hold  them 
"  during  the  Time  that  they  ought  to  do,  and  no 
"  longer,  upon  Pain  to  feife  fuch  Fairs  into  the  King's 
"  Hands ;  (2)  and  that  every  Lord  at  the  Beginning 
"  of  his  Fair  do  cry  and  proclaim  therein  how  long 
"  the  Fair  fhall  endure;  (3)  and  in  the  fame  Statute 
"  is  no  certain  Punifhment  ordained  againft  the  Mer- 
"  chants  if  they  fell  after  the  Time  :"    '  (4)  It  is  ac- 

*  corded,  That  the  faid  Merchants  after  the  faid  Time 

*  fhall  clofe  their  Booths  and  Stalls  without  putting 

*  any  Manner  of  Ware  or  Merchandife  to  fell  there. 

*  (5;   And  if  it  be  found,    that  any  Merchant  from 

*  henceforth  fell  any  Ware  or  Merchandife  at  the  faid 

*  Fairs  after  the  faid  Time,  fuch  Merchant  fhall  forfeit 
'  to  our  Lord  the  King  the  double  Value  of  that  which 

*  is  fold  ;  (6)  and  every  Man  that  will  fue  for  our 
'  Lord  the  King,  fhall  be  received,  and  alfo  have  the 
'  fourth  Part  of  that  which  fhall  be  loft  at  his  Suit.' 


ITEM  comecontenuz  foit  en  leftatut  fait  a  Nor- 
thampton Ian  du  regne  le  Roi  qore  eft  fecund 
qe  lesSeignurs  qi  feires  ont  par  chartres  ou  en  autre 
manere  les  tiegnent  pur  le  temps  qils  deveront  & 
ne  mie  outre  fur  la  peine  aprendre  les  feires  en  la 
meine  le  Roi  &  qe  chefcun  Seignuf  au  comence- 
ment  de  fa  feire  face  crier  &  publier  en  ycele  come 
longement  fa  feire  fe  tendra  &  en  meifme  leftatut 
neft  mie  ordeine  certein  puniffement  centre  les 
marchantz  fil  vendent  apres  le  temps  fi  eft  acorde 
&:  eftabli  qe  les  ditz  marchantz  apres  le  dit  temps 
facent  clofe  lour  feudes  &  eftaux  fantz  mettre  nulle 
manere  de  merce  ou  marchandife  a  vente  illoeqes. 
Et  fi  trove  foit  defore  qe  nul  marchant  vende  es 
dites  feires  merce  ou  marchandife  apres  le  dit  temps 
perde  le  dit  marchant  vers  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  le 
double  de  ce  qil  iffint  avera  vendu  et  a  ce  atteindre 
foit  chefcun  home  refceu  qi  voudra  fure  pur  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  &  eit  celui  qi  iffint  fuera  la  quarte 
partie  de  ce  qe  ferra  a  fa  feute  iffint  perdu. 


CAP.     VI. 


Niji  prius  fhall  be  granted  in  Attaint,  but  no  EfToin  or  Protection.     Days  given. 


$Bd.L  c.  38. 
I  Ed.  ^.Jiat.  1  ■ 
c.  6.    See  23  Ed 
3.  c.  %.   34  Ed. 
3.  c.  7.  9  Rich. 

s.  c  3.   11  a.  7.  f.21  &  24 


"  T  TEM,  Becaufe  the  Jurors  have  the  lefs  doubted 
"  X  to  be  perjured  by  Reafon  of  the  long  Delays  that 
"  have  been  in  Attaints,  before  the  Juftices  of  the  one 
"  Bench  and  of  the  other,  and  before  other  Juftices  ;" 
'  (2)  it  is  enacted,  That  no  Effoin  of  the  King's  Ser- 
'  vice  nor  Protection  fhall  be  from  henceforth  allowed 
'  in  fuch  Juries,  no  more  than  in  Affifes  of  Novel  dif- 
'  feiftn  ;  (•?)  and  that  five  Days  by  the  Year  be  given 
'  before  the  Juftices  of  the  common  Bench  in  the  faid 
'  Juries  at  the  leaft ;  (4)  and  that  a  Nift  prius  be  as 
'  well  given  in  fuch  Writs  as  in  other.' 

19  H.j.  c.  3.     23  H.  8.  c.  3.  and  37  H.  8.  c.  5.  far  farther 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  les  jurours  ont  dote  la  meins 
eftre  perjours  pur  les  longes  delaies  qe  out  efte 
en  atteints  devant  les  Juftices  de  lull  Baunk  &  de 
lautre  &  devant  autres  Juftices  fi  eft  acorde  &  efta- 
bli qe  effoigne  du  fervice  le  Roi  ne  protection  ne 
foient  defore  enavant  allowez  en  tieles  jurez  nient 
plus  qen  affife  de  Novele  difteifme  &  qe  cink  jours 
par  an  foient  donez  devant  les  Juftices  du  com- 
mune Baunk  en  les  dites  jurez  au  meinz  &  qe  le 
nifi  prius  foit  auxibien  done  en  tielx  Brefs  come  en 
autres. 

Regulations  and  Exttnfwns  of  Attaints. 


CAP.     VII. 

Attaint  fhall  be  granted  in  Trefpafs,  if  the  Damage  pafs  xl  s. 


u  T  TEM,  Whereas  it  is  contained  in  a  Statute  late 
"  X  made  at  Wejlm'^fter,  in  the  firft  Year  of  the  Reign 
"  of  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  after  his  Corona- 
"  tion,  that  Attaints  fnould  be  granted  in  Writs  of 
"  Trefpafs  ;"     '   (2)    it  is   accorded   and   eftablifhed, 

*  That  Writs   of  Attaint   fhall    be    from   henceforth 

*  granted  as  well  in  Pleas  of  Trefpafs  moved  without 


E 


T  come  il  foit  contenuz  en  un  eftatut  nadgairs 
1  fait  a  Weftm'  Ian  du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  qi  ore  eft  primer  apres  fon  coronement  qe  at- 
teintez  foient  grauntez  en  brefs  de  trefpas  fi  eft  ac- 
corde  &  eftabli  qe  brefs  datteintes  defore  foient 
grantez  auxibien  en  pledz  de  trefpas  meutz  fantz 
brefs  com  par  brefs  devant  Juftices  qi  font  de  re- 
cord 


A- D.  1331. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Tuir.  Lond. 
cord  files  damages  ajugges  patient  quarant  foldz. 
Et  ceft  eftatut  eit  lieu  auxibien  des  enqueftes  prifes 
en  temps  paffe  come  aprendre  en  temps  avenir. 


Anno  quinto  Edwardi  III. 


C.  8,  9„       209 


Writ,  as  by  Writ,  before  Juftices  of  Record,  if  the 
Damages  judged  do  pafs  xls.     1 


Attaint  fhall  be  gr 


i^tuimg^o  jUUS^  u^^a.o^.j.     And  this  Statute  (hall 

hold  Place  as  well  of  Inqucfts  taken  in  Times  part,  '  ^d-  3-  ftat-  '• 

as  to  be  taken  in  Time  to  come.' ,  ^  p  ,"g  Ed     c  g 

'ted  upon  a  Bill  as  well  as  upon  a  Writ  of  Trcfpafs.     And  fee  the  References  to  the  preceding  Chapter. 


CAP.     VIII. 
The  Marfhals  of  the  King's  Bench  fhall  not  bail  Felons. 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  les  gent?,  enditez  des  felonies 
roberies  &  larcins  ejnz  ces  heures  ont  fait  venir 
lour  enditementz  devant  le  Roi  &  illoeqes  fefont 
renduz  &  par  les  Marefchalx  du  Baunk  le  Roi  ont 
efte  mcintenant  leflez  en  bail  &  puis  ont  fait  plu- 
fours  malx  &  agaitz  de  tuer  ou  malfaire  lour  endi- 
tours  &  auxint  les  appellez  des  felonies  apres  lexi- 
gende  iflue  fur  eux  le  font  renduz  devant  le  Roi  & 
ont  efte  par  les  ditz  Marefchalx  leflez  en  bail  fi  eft 
acorde  &  eftabli  qe  les  ditz  enditez  &  appelletz 
foient  feurement  &  fauvement  gardez  en  prifone 
come  y  appent  felonc  la  charge  qe  les  ditz  Maref- 
chalx averont  des  Juftices.  Et  ft  nul  Marefchal  face 
autrement  a  la  pleinte  de  chefcun  qi  pleindre  fe 
voudra  le  Juftice  lui  ferra  droit  durant  le  terme.  Et 
qen  la  fin  des  termes  fur  lour  lever  elifent  les  ditz 
Marefchalx  devant  meifmes  les  Juftices  avant  lour 
departir  des  places  en  quele  ville  ils  voudront  gar- 
der  tielx  prifons  a  lour  peril.  Et  en  meifme  la  ville 
aliowent'mefons  pur  la  garde  des  prifons  a  lour  cu- 
ftages  demeigne  &  illoeqes  les  gardent  en  prifone 
&  ne  les  foefFrent  nulle  part  aler  wafkerantz  ne 
par  bail  ne  fantz  bail.  Et  fi  nul  tie!  prifon  foit 
trove  par  bail  ou  fantz  bail  walkerant  hors  de  pri- 
fone &  ce  foit  trove  a  la  feute  le  Roi  ou  a  la  feute 
de  partie  eient  les  Marefchalx  qi  de  ce  ferront  tro- 
vez  coupables  la  prifone  dun  demy  an  &  outre 
foient  reintz  a  la  volente  le  Roi  &  facent  les  Jufti- 
ces de  ce  enquere  quant  ils  verront  temps.  Et 
.quant  au  Marefchal  foit  faitde  la  verge  ceo  qe  re- 
fone  voudra.  Et  en  cas  qe  les  Marefchalx  foefFrent 
par  lour  aflent  tielx  prifons  efchaper  foient  a  la  lei 
come  avant  ces  heures  ont  eftez.  Et  nentend  pas 
le  Roi  par  ceft  eftatut  de  perdre  lefchape  ou  il  le 
devera  avoir. 


Inheritance  of  thofe  Prifons,  or  their  Deputies,  &c.     By  27  Geo.  2 


TEM,    Becaufe  that  Perfons  .indi&ed  of  Felo- 
nies, Robberies,  and  Theft,  in  Times  paft  have 
removed  the  fame  Indictment  before  the  King,  and 
there  yielded  themfelves,  and  by  the  Marfhals  of  the 
King's  Bench  have  been  incontinently  let  to  Bail, 
and  after  have  done  many  evil  Deeds,    and  lien  in 
wait  to  flay  and  evil  intreat  their  Enditors  ;    (  *)  and 
alfo  Perfons  appealed  of  Felony,    after  the  Exigent 
awarded,  have  yielded  themfelves  before  the  King, 
and  have  been  let  to  Bail  by  the  faid  Marfhals  :'.' 
(3)  It  is  accorded  and  eftablifhed,  That  fuch  Enditees 
and  Appellees  fhall  be  fafely  and  furely  kept  in  Prifon, 
as  belongeth  to  them  according  to  the  Charge  which 
the  faid  Marfhals  fhall  have  of  the  Juftices.     (4)  And 
if  any  Marlhal  do  otherwife,    at  the  Complaint  of 
every  Man  that  will  complain,  the  Juftices  fhall  do 
him  Right  during  the  Terms ;  (5)  and  in  the  End  of 
the  Terms,  upon  their  rifing,  the  faid  Marfhals  fhall 
choofe  before  the  faid  Juftices,  before  they  depart  the 
Places,  in  what  Town  they  will  keep  fuch  Prifoners, 
at  their  Peril.     (6)   And  in  the  fame  Town  they 
fhall  *  allow  to  them  Houfes  to  keep  fuch  Prifoners  #  Hire  them 
at  their  own  Cofts  and  Charges  ;  and  there  they  fhall  Houfes. 
keep  them  in  Prifon,  and  fhall  not  fufFer  them  to  go 
wandering  Abroad,  neither  by  Bail  nor  without  Bail. 
(7)  And  if  any  fuch  Prifoner  be  found  wandering  The  Penalty  of 
out  of  Prifon  by  Bail  or  without  Bail,    and  that  be  the  Marflial 
found  at  the  King's  Suit,  or  at  the  Suit  of  the  Party,  which  fuffe'eth 
the  Marfhals  which  fhall  be  found  thereof  guilty,  *ffari,;oner  t0 
fhall  have  half  a  Year's  Imprifonment,   and  be  ran-  e  cape" 
fomed  at  the  King's  Will;  (8i  and  the  Juftices  fhall 
thereof  make  Enquiry  when  they  fee  Time.    lg\  And 
as  to  the  Marfhals,  it  fhall  be  done  within  the  Verge 
that  which  Reafon  will.     (10)  And  in  cafe  that  the^Sf  ">w-%' 
Marfhals  fuffer  by  their  Aflent  fuch  Prifoners  to  i-o'fWrfidiW 
fcape,  they  fhall  be  at  the  Law,  as  before  this  Time  Warden  of  tie 
they  have  been,     (n)  And  the  King  intendeth  nothing's  Bench 
by  this  Statute  to  lofe  the  Efcape,  where  he  ought  to  and  F!iil  "  he 
have  the  fame.'  fc^¥  h  '{'fi 

ivho  have  the 
17.  the  Power  of  appointing  the  Marshal  of  the  King' 's  Bench  is  rcucjied  in  the  Crowrta 


CAP.    IX. 

None  fhall  be  attached  or  forejudged  contrary  to  the  Great  Charter,  or  the  Law. 


ITEM  eft  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  nul  homme  foit 
defore  attache  par  nul  accufement  ne  forjugge 
de  vie  ne  de  membre  nes  fes  terres  tenernenz  biens 
ne  chateux  feiftz  en  la  mein  le  Roi  contre  la  fourme 
de  la  Grante  Chartfe  &  la  lei  de  la  terre. 


37  Ed.  3,  c,  iS.    qzEd.  3.  c.  3,     11  Rich,  z,  c,  ip.  end  lb  Car,  1 


ITEM  it  is  enacted,  That  no  Man  from  hence- 
forth   fhall  be   attached  by  any  Accufation,  nor  •?  ,13  YEd  l° 
forejudged  of  Life  or  Limb,  nor  his  Lands,  Tene-  c.'  %.' Enforced' 
ments,  Goods,  nor  Chattels  feifed  into  the  King's  by  14. Ed.  3.  flat. 
Hands,  againft  the  Form  of  the  Great  Charter,  and  '/  c-  '4-  25  Ed. 
the  Law  of  the  Land.'  i-fi"-  5- c-  «• 

28  Ed.  3.  c.  ?.■ 
c.  IO.  "which  regulates  the  Privy  Csuncil  and  talcs  away  the  Star  Chamber.     3  Bulftr.  47, 


Vol.  I, 


Ee'    :  ■    C  A  P, 

'-  .      ■ 

1      I      1  11  ■ 


2IO         C.  10 — 12. 


Anno  quinto  Edward i  III. 


A.D. 


*3Zi 


CAP.    X. 

The  Punilhment  of  a  Juror  that  is  Ambidexter,  and  taketh  Money. 


44  Ed.  3.  f.  39. 

Fitz.  Decies 
tan.  12. 

Raft.  145. 
Regirt.  1!" 


*  TTEM  it  is  accorded,  That  if  any  Juror  in  Affi- 
'  1  fes,  Juries,  or  Enquefts,  take  of  the  one  Party  or 
«  of  the  other,  and  be  thereof  duly   attainted,  that 

<  hereafter  he  fhall  not  be  put  in  any  Affifes,  Juries,  or 
c  Enquefts,  arid  neverthelefs  he  fhall  be  commanded  to 
f  Prifon,  and  further  ranfomed  at  the  King's  Will. 

*  (2)  And  the  Juftices  before  whom  fuch  Affifes,  Ju- 

<  ries,  and  Enquefts  fhall   pafs,  fhall  have  Power  to 

<  enquire  and  determine  according  to  this  Statute/ 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

AUXIN T  eft  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  fi  mil  ju- 
rour  en  affifes  jurez  ou  enqueues  preigne 
dune  part  &  dautre  &  de  ce  foit  duement  atteint 
qe  mes  ne  foit  mis  en  affifes  jurez  nen  enqueftes 
&  nient  miens  foit  comande  a  la.  prifone  &  outre 
reint  a  la  volente  le  Roi.  Et  a  ce  atteindre  eient 
les  Juftices  devant  queux  tieles  affifes  jurez  et  en- 
queftes pafferont  poair  denquere  &  terminer  felonc 
ceft  eftatut. 


Enforced  and  amended  by  34  Ed.  3*  c.  8.     38  Ed.  3.  flat.  1.  c.  la.  the  latter  emRing  that  Jurlr  taking  Money  pall  forfeit  ten  times  the  Sum  taken, 

CAP.     XI. 

Procefs  againft  thofe  that  be  appealed,  indicted,  or  outlawed  in  one  County,  and  remain  in 

another. 


'  T  TEM,  Where  in  Times  paft  fome  Perfons  ap- 
'    ?    pealed   or   indicted   of   divers  Felonies    in    one 
'  County,  or  outlawed   in   the  fame  County,    have 
'  been  dwelling  or  received  in  another  County,  where- 
'  by  fuch  Felonious  Perfons  indicted  and  outlawed  have 
'  been  encouraged  in  their  Mifchief,  becaufe  they  may 
'  not  be  attached  in  another  County;"   '  (2)  it  is  en- 
acted, That  the  Juftices  affigned  to  hear  and  deter- 
mine fuch  Felonies,  fhall  direct  their  Writs  to  all  the 
Counties  of  England,  where  need  fhall  be,  to  take 
fuch  Perfons  indicted.' 


ITEM  come  avant  ces  heures  afcuns  appellez  ou 
enditez  de  diverfes  felonies  en  un  counte  ou  ut- 
lagez  en  meifme  le  counte  ont  efte  demorantz  ou 
receitez  en  autres  countez  paront  les  felons  enditez 
&  utlagez  ont  efte  covertz  en  lour  malveiftez  de 
ce  qils  ne  poeint  eftre  attachez  en  autre  counte  fi 
eft  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  les  Juftices  affignez  doier  & 
terminer  tieles  felonies  facent  lour  brefs  par  toui 
les  countez  dEngleterre  ou  meftre  ferra  a  prendre 
tielx  enditez. 


Pardon  of  him 
that  is  outlawed 
upon  a  Judg- 
ment. 
Fitz.  Chart, 

Fitz.  Scire  fac*, 
J5o. 

Outlawry  upon 
an  Original  be- 
fore Appearance, 
Fitz.  Utlagar.  4. 
3  H.7,  f.  12,  so. 
Dyer  172. 


A  Scire,  facias 
awarded  againft 
the  Plaintiff.. 


CAP.    XII. 

"What  is  requifite  to  be  done  to  have  their  Pardons  allowed  which  be  outlawed. 


*tv&.z%l,y.% 


ITEM  it  is  eftablifhed  and  ordained.  That  in  cafe 
where  the  Plaintiff  fhall  recover  Damages,  and 
he  againft  whom  the  Damages  be  recovered  be  out- 
lawed at  the  King's  Suit,  that  no  Charter  of  Pardon 
fhall  be  granted  of  his  Outlawry,  except  the  Chan- 
cellor be  certified  that  the  Plaintiff  is  fatisfied  of  his 
Damages.  (2)  And  in  cafe  that  a  Man  be  outlawed 
by  Procefs  before  his  Appearance,  no  fuch  Charter 
fhall  be  granted,  except  the  Chancellor  be  certified 
that  fuch  Perfon  outlawed  hath  yielded  himfelf  to 
Prifon  before  the  Juftices  of  the  Place,  from  whence 
the  Writ  of  Exigent  iffued;  that  is  to  fay,  if  from 
the  King's  Bench,  then  he  fhall  yield  him  in  the 
fame  Place ;  and  if  from  the  Common  Bench,  then 
he  fhall  yield  himfelf  there;  (3)  and  if  from  the 
Juftices  of  Oyer  Terminer,  whiles  the  fame  Juftices 
do  fit,  he  fhall  yield  him  before  them ;  (4J  and  if 
they  be  rifen,  then  he  fhall  yield  him  in  the  King's 
Bench  before  the  Juftices,  and  the  Record  with  the 
Procefs  fhall  be  removed  before  them  by  Writ.  (5) 
And  the  faid  Juftices  before  whom  they  fhall  fo  yield 
them,  fhall  caufe  the  Party  Plaintiff  to  be  warned  to 
appear  before  them  at  a  certain  Day,  at  which  Day 
if  the  Warning  be  duly  witneffed,  and  the  Plaintiff 
appear  upon  his  Warning,  then  they  fhall  plead  upon 
the  firft  original  Writ,  as  though  no  Outlawry  had 
been  pronounced  ;  (6)  and  if  the  Plaintiff  come  not, 
he  that  is  outlawed  fhall. be  delivered  by  virtue  of  his 
Charter,  (y)  And  it  is  to  be  underftood,  that  all 
fuch  Charters  be  of  the  Grace  of  the  King,  as  before 
they  have  been.' 

4 


UXINT  eft  acorde  &  eftabli  qen  cas  ou  le 
pleintif  recovre  damages  &  a  la  feute  le  Roi 
celui  devers  qi  les  damages  font  recoveriz  feit  utlage 
qe  nul!e  chartre  de  pardoun  foit  grante  de  cele  ut- 
lagarie  fi  le  Chaunceller  ne  foit  appris  qe  gree  foit 
fait  a  meifme  le  pleintif  des  damages.     Et  en  ca,s 
ou  hom'me  foit  utlage  par  proces  devant  ce  qil 
apierge  qe  nulle  tiele  chartre  foit  grante  ft  le  Chaun- 
celler ne  foit  appris  qe  tiel  utlage  fe  eit  renduz  a  la 
prifone  devant  les  juftices  en  place  dont  le  bref 
dexigend  iffift  ceft  affaver  fi  de  la  place  le  Roi  qe 
adonqes   il  fe  rende  en   meifme  la  place  &  fi  du 
commune  Baunk  adonqes  fe  rend  illoeqes  et  fi  des 
Juftices  affignez  doier  &  terminer  feantz  meifmes 
les  Juftices  fe  rend  devant  eux  &  fils  foient  levez 
adonqes  fe  rend  en  la  place  le  Roi  devant  les  Ju- 
ftices &  devant  eux  foit  fait  venir  le  record  &  pro- 
ces par  bref.    Et  les  Juftices  fufditz  devant  queux  ils 
ferront  iffint  renduz  facent  garnir  la  partie  pleintif 
deftre  a  certein  jour  devant  eux  a  quel  jour  fi  le 
garniffement  foit  duement  tefmoigne  adonqes  pie- 
dent  fur  le  primer  bref  original  auxicome  nulle  ut- 
lagarie  neuft  efte  pronuncie  fi  le  pleintif  viegne  ail 
garniffement  et  fil  ne  viegne  mie  foit  lutlage  deli- 
vers par  vertue  de  fa  chartre.     Et  eft  a  entendre  qe 
totes  tieles  chartres  font  de  la  grace  le  Roi  come 
avant  ont  efte. 


m ', 


CAP, 


A. D.  1 3 3 i«  Anno  quinto  Edwardi  III. 


C.  13,  14;       nt 


CAP.     XIII. 


"What  Is  requlfite  where  any  Perfon  will  avoid  an  Outlawry  by  Imprisonment. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

IT  EM  pur  ce  qe  moltzde  gentz  duement  utla- 
gez  ont  deftait  les  utlageries  pronunciez  fur  eux 
par  caufe  denprifonement  tefmoigne  nient  verita- 
hlement  par  vifcountes  &  autres  qi  nont  pas  record 
fi  eft  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  ft  nul  defore  enavant  voille 
defaire  lutlagerie  pronuncie  fur  lui  par  tiele  tef- 
moignance  qil  fe  rend  a  la  prifone  &  adonqes  les 
Juftices  du  Baunk  le  Roi  facent  garnir  la  partie  a  qi 
ieute  lutlagerie  eftoit  pronuncie  deftre  devant  eux  a 
certein  jour  a  queu  jour  ft  la  partie  voille  averrer 
qe  la  tefmoignance  ne  foit  pas  veritable  foit  refceu 
a  laverrement.  En  rnefme  la  manere  foit  le  Ser- 
vant le  Roi  ou  fon  attourne  out  autre  qi  voudra  fure 
pur  le  Roi  refceu  a  laverrement  contre  tiele  tef- 
moignance en  cas  ou  lutlagerie  foit  pronuncie  a  la 
feute  le  Roi. 


ITE  M,  Becaufe  divers  People  being  duly  outlaw- 
ed, have  avoided  the  Outlawries  pronounced 
;  againft  them,  by  reafon  of  Imprifonments  untruly 
'•  teftified  by  Sheriffs  and  others  which  have  no  Re- 
'  cord;"  '  (2)  it  is  enacted,  That  if  any  from  hence- F»^- Error,  ij, 
forth  will  defeat  any  Outlawry  pronounced  upon  him 
by  fuch  Teftimony,  that  he  fhall  yield  himfelf  to  the 
Prifon,  (3)  and  then  the  Juftices  of  the  King's  Bench 
fhall  caufe  the  Party  at  whofe  Suit  the  Outlawry  was 
pronounced,  to  be  warned  to  be  before  them  at  a 
certain  Day ;  (4)  at  which  Day,  if  the  Party  will 
verify  that  the  Teftimony  is  untrue,  his  Averment 
fhall  be  received.  (5)  And  in  like  Manner  the  King's 
Serjeant,  or  his  Attorney,  or  other  that  will  fue  for 
the  King,  fhall  be  received  to  have  the  fame  Aver- 
ment againft  fuch  Teftimony,  in  cafe  where  fuch 
Outlawry  is  pronounced  at  the  King's  Suit.' 


C  A  P.     XIV. 
Night- Walkers  and  fufpected  Perfons  fhall  be  fafely  kept. 


ITEM  come  en  leftatut  fait  a  Wynceftre  en 
temps  meifme  le  Roi  lael  foit  contenuz  qe  fi  nul 
(eftraunge  paffe  par  pais  de  nuyt  de  qi  homme  eit 
fufpecion  foit  meintenant  areftu  &  livere  au  vif- 
counte  &  demoerge  en  garde  tant  qil  foit  duement 
delivers.  Et  diverfes  roberies  homicides  &  felonies 
pnt  efte  faitz  einz  ces  heures  par  gentz  qi  font  ap- 
pellez  Roberdefmen  Waftours  &  Draghlatche  fi  eft 
acorde  &  eftabli  qe  fi  homme  eit  fufpecion  de  mal 
de  nuls  tielx  foit  il  de  jour  foit  il  de  nuyt  qe  mein- 
tenant foient  areftu z  par  les  cone'ftables  des  villes. 
Et  fills  foient  areftuz  en  fraunchifes  foient  liverez 
as  baillifs  des  fraunchifes  &  ft  en  gildable  foient  li- 
verez as  vifcountes  &  gardez  en  prifone  tant  qe  a  la 
venue  des  Juftices  affiguez  a  deliverer  les  gaoles. 
Et  endementiers  facent  les  vifcountes  ou  baillifs 
des  franchifes  enquere  des  tielx  areftuz  &  a  la  ve- 
nue des  Juftices  retournent  devant  eux  de  ce  lour 
enqueftes  &  ce  qils  averont  trovez  et  les  caufes  des 
prifes  od  les  corps  et  outre  aillent  les  Juftices  a  la 
deliverance  de  tielx  areftuz  felojic  la  lei.  Et  en  cas 
qe  les  vifcountes  ou  baillifs  des  fraunchifes  nave- 
ront  pas  enquis  de  tielx  areftuz  foient  amerciez  et 
nient  meins  facent  les  Juftices  enquere  et  outre  ail- 
Jent  a  la  deliverance  come  fus  eft  dit. 


:   TTEM,  Whereas  in  the. Statute  made  at  Winchefier  Stat.  WIncheft. 
'   1   in  the  Time  of  King  Edward,  Grandfather  to  '3 Ed>  '•/<"■ «» 
!  the  King  that  now  is,  it  is  contained.  That  if  any  c,4* 
'  Stronger  pafs  by  the  Country  in  the  Night,  of  whom 
1  any  have  Sufpicion,  he  fhall   prefently  be -arrefted 
'  B    ,;  delivered  to  the  Sheriff,  and  remain  in  Ward  till 
'  he  be  duly  delivered.     (2)  And  becaufe  there  have 
'  been  divers  Man-flaughters,  Felonies,  and  Robbe- 
'  ries  done  in  Times  paft,  by  People  that  be  called. 
1  Roberdefmen,.  Waftors,  and  Draw-latches ;"    '  (3) 
it  is  accorded,  That  if  any  may  have  any  evil  Suf- 
picion of  fuch,  be  it  by  Day  or  by  Night,  they  fhall 
be  incontinently  arretted  by  the  Conftables   of  the 
Towns.     (4)  And  if  they  be  arrefted  within  Fran- 
chifes, they  fhall  be  delivered  to  the  Bailiffs  of  the 
Franchife,  and   if  in  Guildable,  they  fhall  be  deli- 
vered to  the  Sheriffs,  and  kept  in  Prifon  till  the  com- 
ing down  of  the  Juftices  affigned  to  deliver  the  Gaol. 
(5 )  And  in  the  mean  Time  the  Sheriff's  or  Bailiffs  of  ,  inft,  ,9t. 
the  Franchifes  fhall  enquire  of  fuch  Arrefts,  and  at 
the  coming  of  the  Juftices  return  their  Enquefts  be- 
fore them,  with  that  which  they  have  found,  and  the 
Caufe  of  the  Takings,  with  the  Bodies,  and  the  Ju- 
ftices fhall  proceed  to  the  Deliverance  of  fuch  Per- 
fons arrefted    according  to   the  Law.     (6)  And   in 
cafe  that  the  Sheriffs   or  Bailiffs   of  the.  Franchifes 
have  not  enquired   of  fuch  Arrefts,    they  fhall  be 
amerced,    and   neverthelefs  the  Juftices  fhall  make  By  5  H.  4.  c.  j. 
Enquiry,  and  further  proceed  to  the  Deliverance,  as  Watches Jhali be 
before  is  faid.'  **«faJ*0* 

REX  vicecomiti  Ebor.  falutem.  Quedam  ffatuta  pernos  &  magnatas  &  proceres  regni  noftri  in  parlia- 
ment© noftro  apud  Weftm'  ultimo  cenvocato  pro  communi  utilitate  populi  regni  noftri  edita  fub  figillo 
noftro  tibi  mittimus  in  forma  patenti  manaantes  quod  ftatuta  ilia  in  fingulis  locis  in  balliva  tua  tarn  infra 
libertates  quam  extra  ubi  expedire  videris  legi  &  ea  in  omnibus  &  fingulis  fuis  articulis  publice  proclamari  &c 
teneri  facias.    T.  R.  apud  Weftm'  xvi  die  Oftobris. 

Eodem  modo  niandatum  eft  fingulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam.     Tefie  utfupra. 

Memorandum  quod  ijiud  ftatutum  ftmul  cum  fiatutis  precedentibus  tempore  Regis  Edixiardi  tertii  poft  conqueftum 
faclis  nfijjiim ftfit  in  Hiberniam  in  forma  patenti  cum  brevi  fequenli : 

REX  dilecfo  &  fideli   fuo  Antonio  de  Lucy  Jufticiario  fuo  Hibernie  falutem.     Quedam  ftatuta  per  nos 
prelatos  comites  barones  &  alios  magnates  de  regno  noftro  edita  in  diverfis  parljc  mentis  noitris  poft- 

E  e  2  quam 


212 


Stat.  i. 


Anno  nono  Edwardi  III. 


A«D.  1335. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tv.rr.  Lond. 
quam  gubernacula  regni  noftri  fufcepimus  vobis  mittimus  in  forma  patent!  mandantes  quod  ftatuta  predifia 
&  omnes  articulos  in  eis  contentos  in  predida  terra  noftra  Hibernie  tam   infra  libertates  quam  extra  publice 
proclamari  &  quantum  ad  vos  &  populum  noftrum  partium  illarum  attinet  firmiter  teneri  &  obfervari  facias. 
T.  R.  apud  Norhampton  xi.  die  Aprilis  anno  predi&i  Regis  fexto. 


Statutes  made  at  York  craflino  Afcenfionis,   Anno  9  Edw.  III.  Stat.  r. 

and  Anno  Dom.  1335. 


HERE  AS  before  this  Time  in  many  Par- 
liaments, and  now  at  this  prefent  Parlia- 
ment fummoned  at  York  on  the  Morrow 
after  the  Afcenfion,  in  the  Ninth  Year  of  the  P«.eign 
of  King  Edward  the  Third  after  the  Conqueft,  it 
was  ftiewed  to  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  by  the  Knights 
of  the  Shires,  Citizens  of  the  Cities,  and  Burgefles 
of  the  Boroughs,  which  come  for  the  Commons  of 
the  faid  Shires,  Cities,  and  Boroughs,  that  in  divers 
Cities,  Boroughs,  and  other  Places  of  his  Realm, 
great  Durefs  and  grievous  Damage  have  been  done  to 
him  and  his  People  by  fome  People  of  Cities,  Bo- 
roughs, Ports  of  the  Sea,  and  other  Places  of  the 
faid  Realm,  which  in  long  Time  part  have  not  fuf- 
fered,  nor  yet  will  fuffer  Merchant  Strangers,  nor 
other,  which  do  carry  and  bring  in  by  Sea  or  Land, 
Wines,  Aver  de  pais,  and  other  Livings  and  Victuals, 
with  divers  other  Things  to  be  fold,  neceflary  and 
profitable  for  the  King,  his  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons, 
and  other  Noblemen,  and  the  Commons  of  this 
Realm,  to  fell  or  deliver  fuch  Wines,  Livings,  Vic- 
tuals, nor  other  Things  to  any  other  than  to  them- 
felves,  of  the  Cities,  Boroughs,  Ports  of  the  Sea, 
or  other  Places  where  fuch  Wines,  Livings,  Victuals, 
and  other  Things  to  be  fold,  fhall  be  brought  or  car- 
ried ;  (2)  by  reafon  whereof  fuch  StufF  aforefaid  is 
fold  to  the  King  and  to  his  People,  in  the  Hands  of 
the  faid  Citizens,  Burgeffes,  and  other  People,  De- 
nizens, more  dear  than  they  fliould  be,  if  fuch 
Merchant  Strangers,  and  others,  which  bring  fuch 
1  hings  into  the  Realm,  might  freely  fell  them  to 
whom  they  would,  to  the  great  Damage  of  our  Lord 
the  King,  and  of  his  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and 
other  Nobles  of  this  Realm,  and  grievous  Oppreflion 
of  his  Commons  ;  (3)  whereupon  the  faid  Knights, 
Citizens,  and  Burgeffes,  for  them  and  the  Com- 
mons, defired  our  (aid  Lord  the  King  in  his  faid  Par- 
liament, by  their  Petition,  that  for  the  Profit  and 
Commodity  of  his  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and 
other  Nobles  of  this  Realm,  ft  may  pleafe  him  with- 
out further  Delay  upon  the  faid  Grievances  and 
Outrage  to  provide  Remedy."' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  25. 
OME  avant  ces  heures  en  plufurs  par'e- 
mentz  et  ore  darrainement  en  parlement  fo- 
mons  a  Everwyk  a  lendemayn  de  1  Afcenfion 
Ian  du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  Edward  tierz 
apres  le  conqueft  noefifme  par  les  chivalers  des 
countez  citeins  des  citeez  et  burgeis  des  burghs 
queux  y  vindrunt  pur  les  communaltez  des  aitz 
countez  citez  et  burghs  monftre  fuft  a  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  qe  en  plufours  citez  burghs  et  au- 
tres lieux  de  fon  Roialme  grantz  durefces  et  out- 
rages damageous  eftoient  faitz  a  lui  et  a  poeple 
de  fon  Roialme  par  afcunes  gentz  des  citez  burghs 
portz  de  meer  et  autres  lisus  du  dit  Roialme  qi 
nount  pas  fufFert  grant  temps  ne  uncore  ne  fcef- 
frent  marchantz  eftranges  ne  autres  qi  mefnent  ca- 
rient  ou  portent  par  meer  et  par  terre  vins  aver  du 
pois  et  autres  vivres  vitailles  et  autres  chofes  ven- 
dables  pur  le  Roi  Prelatz  Countes  Barons  nobles  et 
le  poeple  de  fon  Roialme  neceffairs  et  profitables  les 
ditz  vins  vivres  vitailles  ne  autres  chofes  vendahles 
vendre  ne  bailler  as  autres  qe  a  ceux  de  meifmes 
les  citez  burghs  portz  de  meer  ou  autres  lieux  on 
les  ditz  vins  vivres  vitailles  ou  autres  chofes  venda- 
bles  ferront  mefnez  cariez  ou  portez  et  par  ce  fi 
font  les  chofes  fufnomes  mifes  et  vendues  au  Roi 
&  a  fon  poeple  en  les  meins  des  ditz  citeins  bur- 
geis &  autres  gentz  denzeines  a  trop  grande  cherte 
outre  ceo  qe  eles  eufient  eftez  fi  les  marchantz  e- 
ftranges  &  autres  qi  font  venir  tieles  chofes  deinz 
le  Roialme  les  peuffent  franchement  vendre  a  qi 
qils  voufiflent  a  grant  damage  de  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  &  des  Prelatz  Countes  t'arons  &  autres  nobles 
de  fon  Roialme  &  opprefiion  de  fon  poeple  Sur 
quei  les  ditz  chivalers  citeina  &  burgeis  pur  eux  & 
pur  le  communes  prierunt  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
en  dit  parlement  par  le  peticfon  qe  pur  fon  profit 
&  pur  le  profit  des  ditz  Prelatz  Countes  Barons  no- 
bles &  de  poeple  de  fon  Roialme  lui  pluft  faunz 
plus  delay  fur  les  ditz  durefces  &  outrages  mett;e. 
remede  covenable.. 


CAP.    I. 

Merchant  Strangers  may  buy  and  fell  within  this  Realm  without  Disturbance. 
UR  Lord  the  King,  defiring  the  Profit  of  hi9 


•  Vpm  Advizi  '  \y  People,  *  by  the  Ajfent  of  his  Prelates,  Earls, 
badiuitb.  '  Barons,  and  other  Nobles  of  his  Realm,  fummoned 

•J-  And  w\tb thoft  '  at  his  Parliament,  f  and  hy  the  Advice  of  his  Council 
tf  bis,  (3c.  <•  being  there,  upon  the  faid  Things  difclofed  to  him, 
■  Add  ibc  King  '  and  found  true,  to  the  great  Hurt  of  ||  the  faid  Pre- 
0nd'f>&c,     "  '  lates,  Earls,  and  Barons,  and  other  Nobles  of  his 


Oftre  Seignur  le  Roi  defirant  le  profit  de  fon. 
poeple  en  avifement  ove  les  Prelatz  Countej 
Barons  &  autres  nobles  de  fon  Roialme  a  fon  dit 
parlement  fomons  &  ove  ceux  de  fon  confeil  illocqes 
eftcantz  des  dites  chofes  a  lui  monftrees  trova  qe 
meifmes  les  chofes  furunt  veritables  a  grant  damage 
de  Jul  &  des  Prelatz  Countes  Barons  &  autres  no- 
bles- 


A.  D. 


*335> 


Anno  nono  Edwardi  HI. 


Stat. 


i. 


213 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
b!es  de  fon  Roialme  &  oppreffion  de  fon  poeple  par 
quei  par  le  die  noflxe  Seignur  le  Roi  de  laffentdes 
ditz  Prelatz  Countes  Barons  h  autres  nobles  de  fon 
Roialme  &  les  communes  avantdites  ordine  ell  & 
eftabli  qe  touz  marchantz  alienz  &  denzeins  &  touz 
autres  «  chefcuns  de  eux  de  quel  eftatou  condition 
qils  foient  qi  achatre  ou  vendre  voillent  blez  vins 
avoir  de  pois  chares  pefTon  &  touz  autres  vivres  & 
vitaiiles  laines  drapz  mercez  marchandifes  &  tote 
manere  dautres  chofes  vendables  de  queu  part  qils 
veignent  par  foreins  ou  par  denzeins  a  quel  lieu  qe 
ceo  foit  cite  burgh  ville  porte  de  meer  feire  marche 
ou  autre  lieu  deinz  meifme  le  Roialme  deinz  fran- 
chife ou  dehors  les  peuffent  franchement  &  faunz 
deftourber  vendre  a  qi  qe  lor  pleft  auxibien  as  fo- 
reins come  as  denzeins  forlbris  les  enemys  de  nollre 
Seignur  le  Roi  &  de  fon  Roialme.  Et  fi  pur  cas 
deftourbance  foit  faite  a  nul  marchant  alien  ou  den- 
zein  ou  a  autre  fur  la  vente  des  tiels  chofes  en  citee 
burgh  ville  port  de  meer  ou  autre  lieu  qe  franchife 
eit  &  les  maire  baillifs  ou  autres  qe  unt  garde  de  la 
dite  franchife  requis  paries  ditz  marchantz  ou  autre 
de  ent  faire  remedie  &  il  ne  le  face  &  de  ceo  foit 
atteint  foit  la  franchife  prife  en  la  mein  !e  Roi.  Et 
nient  meinz  foit  tenuz  lui  &  les  autres  qi  auront 
faite  cele  deftourbance  contre  ceft  eftatut  de  render 
&  reftorer  au  dit  marchant  fes  damages  qil  avera 
foeffert  par  cele  enchefon  au  double.  Et  fi  tiele 
deftourbance  foit  faite  as  tiels  marchantz  ou  as  au- 
tres es  villes  ou  lieux  cu  franchife  neft  &le  Seignur 
fil  foit  prefent  ou  fon  baillif  coneftable  ou  autre 
gardein  des  dites  villes  &  lieus  en  abfence  des  Seig- 
nurs  ent  requis  de  faire  droit  ne  le  facent  &  de  ceo 
foient  attetntz  rendent  le  damage  au  pleintif  au 
double  auxi  come  defus  eft  dit  &  les  deftourheours 
en  lun  cas  &  en  lautre  auxibien  deinz  franchifes 
come  dehors  fils  foient  atteintz  eient  la  prifone  dun 
an  &  jadumeins  foient  reintz  a  la  volunte  le  Roi. 
Auxint  eft  ordine  &  eftabli  qe  nul  alien  ne  denzein 
fur  meifmes  les  peines  ne  foit  deftourbez  qil  ne 
peufle  franchement  achatre  les  chofes  fufnomes  es 
lieux  fufditz  &  carier  la  ou  lui  plerra  a  fon  oeps 
demeigne  ou  al  profit  du  Roi  et  des  grantz  et  du 
poeple  du  dit  Roialme  forfpris  qe  les  marchants 
aliens  ne  amefnent  vins  horsde  meifme  le  Royal  me 
come  eft  contenu  en  lor  chartre.  Et  eft  ordene  et 
eftabli  qe  les  dites  chofes  foient  tenues  gardez  et 
fournies  en  chefcune  cite  burgh  ville  port  de  mer 
et  autre  lieu  deinz  le  dit  Roialme  nient  contre- 
ftante  chartre  de  franchife  a  eux  grante  a  contrair 
ne  ufage  ne  cuttume  ou  jugementz  renduz  fur  lor 
chartres  ufages  ou  cuftumes  qi  eux  purront  aileger 
les  queles  chartres  ufages  et  cuftumes  fi  nulles  foient 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  Prelatz  Countes  Barons  et 
grantz  et  communaltz  avantditz  tienent  de  nulle 
force  comes  chofes  grantes  ufes  ou  acuftumes  au 
damage  du  Roi  Prelatz  Countes  Earons  et  grantz 
de  fon  Roialme  et  oppreffion  de  fon  poeple  fauve 
totefoitz  auRoi  &  as  autres  lea  cuftumes  dues  des 
dites  marchandifes.  Auxint  ordine  eft  et  eftabli  qe 
le  Chanceller  Treforer  et  juftices  affignez  a  tenir 
les  plez  le  Roi  es  lieus  ou  il  viegnent  enquergent 
des  ti'eles  deftourbances  et  grevances  et  facent  gu- 
3>~ 


Realm,  and  Oppreffion  of  his  Commons,  %hathor-%  Add  mSr«- 
da'med  and  e/iab/ijbed,    That  all   Merchants,    Stran-  "/">"  if  "  °r- 
gers  and  Denizens,  and  all  other  and  every  of  them,  iV'led,1"a '^T  . 
of  what  Eftate  or  Condition  foever  they  be,  that  will  ^f^itb 
buy  or  fell  Corn,  Wines,  Aver  de  pois,  Flefh,  Fifh,  thiAJJint  'of'bf 
and  all  other  Livings  and  Victuals,  Woolls,  Clothes,  faid  Prelates, 
Wares,  Merchandifes,  and  all  other  Things  veridi-  Earls^arfnt, 
ble,  from  whence  foever  they  come  by  Foreigners  or      , c"t£r, ^i!"> 
Denizens,  at  what  place  foever  it  be,  Citv,  Borough,  "JL,?JL. 'rJ?~ 
I  own,  Port  of  the  Sea,  r/air,  Market,  or  ellewhere  Altered  by  16  r» 
within  the  Realm,  within  Franchife  or  without,  may  ».  c.  1.  9  H.  3„ 
freely  without  Interruption  fell  them  to  what  Per-  ftat-  *■  c-  3°« 
fons   it  fhall  pleafe  them,   as  well  to   Foreigners  as 
Denizens;  except  always  the  Enemies  of  our  Lord 
the  King,  and  of  his  Realm.     (2)  And  if  haply  any  What  Punifh- 
Difturbance  be  done  to  any  Merchant,  Stranger,  or  ment  A™11  be !n- 
Denizen,  or  any  other  for  the  Sale  of  fuch  Things  fl'fled  "P™. 

A.      -     iV7  i        ^r»  l-i  r     i         o  them  that  dl- 

in   any  City,  Borough,    Town,  Port  of  the  Sea,  or  fturb  Merchants 

other  Place  which   hath  Franchile,  and  the  Mayors  to  fell  their 

and  Bailiffs,  or  other  which  hath  the  Rule  of  fuch  Commodities* 

Franchife,  being  required  by  the  faid  Merchants,  or 

other,  thereof  to  provide   Remedy,  and  do  not,  and 

be  thereof  attainted,  the  Franchife  fhall  be  feifed  into 

the  King's  Hands.     (3)  And  neverthelefs  he  and  the 

other  which  hath  done  this  Difturbance  againft  this 

Staiute,  fhall   be  bound  to  yield  and  reftore  to  the 

faid   Merchant  his  double  Damages  which  he  hath. 

thereby  fuftained.     (4)  And  if  fuch  Difturbance  or 

Interruption  be  done  to  fuch  Merchants,  or  to  other 

in  fuch  Towns  or  Places  where  no  Franchife  is  ;  and 

the  Lord,  if  he  be  prefent,  or  his  Bailiff",  Conftable,' 

or  other  Ruler  of  the  faid  Towns  and  Places,  in  the 

Abfence  of  the  Lords,  being  therein  required  to  do 

Right,  and  do  not,   and   thereof  be  attainted  ;  they 

fhall  yield  to  the  Party  Plaintiff  his  double  Damages, 

as  afore  is  faid ;    (5)  and  the  Difturbers   in   the   one 

Cafe   and  the  other,    as   well  within  Franchifes  as 

without,  if  they  be  attainted,  fhall  have  one  Year's 

Imprifonment,  and  neverthelefs  be  rar.fomed   at  the 

King's  Willi     (6)  And  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed. 

That  no  Alien  or  Denizen  upon  the  fame  Pain  fhall 

be  troubled,  but  that  he  may  freely  buy  fuch  Things 

aforefaid  in  the  faid  Places,  and  carry  them  where  it 

pleafeth  him,  to  his  own  Ufe,  or  to  the  Profit  of  the 

King,  or  of  the  great  Men,  or  the  Commons  of  the 

Realm  ;    (7)  faving  that  fuch  Merchants  Aliens  fhall  Alicr,s  ffi,aJ 

tit-  r  .       r  it      r  r»      1  ■  carry  no  Wine 

carry  no  Wine  out  of  tne  lame  Realm,  as  is  con-  mit  Jof  lhe 
tained  in  their  Charter.  (8)  And  it  is  enacted  and  Realm, 
eftablifhed,  That  the  Things  aforefaid  fhall  be  ob- 
ferved,  performed,  and  kept  in  even/City,  Borough, 
Town,  Port  of  the  Sea,  and  other  Places  within  the 
Realm,  hofwfthftanding  Charters  of  Franchife  grant- 
ed to  them  to  the  contrary,  nor  Ufage,  nor  Cuftom,. 
nor  Judgement  given  upon  their  Charters,  Ufages, 
or  Cuftoms  that  they  can  alledgej  (9)  whi-:h  Char- 
ters, Ufages,  and  Cuftoms  (if  any  be)  bur  Lord  the- 
King  and  the  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  Great  Men,. 
and  the  Commons  aforefaid,  hold  them  of  no  Force,, 
as  Things  granted,  ufed,  or  accuftomed,  to  the  Da- 
mage of  the  King  and  his  Prelates,  Earl's,  Barons, 
and  Great  Men  of  his  Realm,  and  to  the  Oppreffion 
of  the  Commons  ;  faved  alway  to  the  King,  and  to' 
other,  the  Cuftoms  due  of  the  faid  Merchandises. 
(jo)  It  is  alfo  ordained  and  provided',  That  the  Chart-  who  may  en- 
cellor,  Treafurer,  and  the  Juftices  affigned  to  hold  qu""«  of,  -'j* 
the  King's  Pleas,  in  Places  where  they  come,  fhall  ?"" 


enquire  of  fuch   Difturbances   and  Grievances  and 
the  fame  fhall  puniih  according  as  is  before  ordained. 


ftv  the  Of- 
'encc3  .tfcrciUidv 


214       Stat,  i^ 


Anno  nono  Edward i  III; 


A.  D.  1335. 


Enforced  by 

15  Ed.  3. _/?«(.  4. 

c.  z. 

The  Statute  of 

Clothes. 

3  R.  z.  flat.  t. 

c.i.       11R.2, 

divemurcrt. 


(n)  And  neverthelefs  the  King  fhall  aflign  by  Com- 
miffion  of  his  Great  Seal  certain  Perfons,  where  and 
when  it  fhall  pleafe  him,  to  enquire  of  fuch  Difturb- 
ances  and  Grievances,  and  the  fame  to  punifh,  as  be- 
fore is  faid.' 


c.  7.      See  5  H.  4-  c .  g,^     6  B.  4.  e,  4.  putting  Merchant  Strangers  under  fome  Rejlriclkm, 

CAP.    II. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
niffement  folorrc  ceo  qeft  avant  ordine.  Et  nient- 
meins  qe  le  Roi  face  affigner  par  commiflion  de  fori 
grant  feal  certeines  gentz  ou  et  quant  lui  plerra 
denquere  de  tieles  deftourbances  et  grevances  et  de 
faire  puniffement  come  defus  eft  dit. 

See  liketvife  12 H.  7.  c,  6.  concerning  Merchant 


No  Man  fhall  lofe  Land  becaufe  of  Nonplevin. 


*  TTEM,  At  the  Requeft  of  the  Commons  aforefaid, 

*  X  made  to  our  Lord  the  King  at  the  faid  Parliament, 
c  our  Lord  the  King,  for  the  Eafe  of  his  People,  by 

*  the  Affent  of  the  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and  other 

*  great  Men,  and  the  Commons  aforefaid,  hath  put 
'  out  Nonplevin  of  Land,  which  hath  been  accuftomed 
'  in  the  Time  of  his  Progenitors  and  his  own  Time, 
c  and  the  Pain  alfo  that  was  wont  to  enfue,  in  cafe  the 
'  Land  was  not  replevied  in  due  Time.     (2)  Alfo  it  is 

*  enacted,  That  none  fhall  lofe  his  Land  from  hence- 

*  forth  becaufe  of  Nonplevin;  and  that  this  Statute  hold 

*  Place  as  well  in  Pleas  yet  hanging,  wherein  no  Judge- 

*  ment  is  given,  as  in  Time  to  come.' 


T  auxint  a  la  requefte  des  ditz  communaltez 
faite  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  a  fon  dit  par- 
lement  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  pur  le  eife  de  fon  poe- 
ple  par  affent  des  Prelatz  Countes  Barons  et  autres 
grantz  et  communes  avantditz  ad  ofte  Nonplevine 
de  terre  qad  eft  acuftume  en  temps  de  fes  aunce- 
ftres  et  fon  temps  et  les  peines  qe  foleient  fuire  en 
cas  qe  terre  ne  fuft  mie  plevie  en  du  temps.  Et 
auxint  eft  ordine  et  eftabli  qe  nul  ne  perde  fa  terre 
defore  par  caufe  de  Nonplevine  et  qe  ceft  eftatut  eit 
lieu  auxibien  en  plez  pendantz  ou  jugement  neft 
mie  rendu  come  en  temps  avenir. 


CAP.     III. 


In  A  Writ  of  Debt  againft  divers  Executors,  they  fhall  not  fourch  by  Effoin. 


Bro.  Pari.  24. 


5  H.  6.  f.  14. 
7  H.  4.  f.  1.0. 


In  an  Aftion  of 
Debt  brought 
2sa  nft  divers 
Kxiciitcr^j  lie 
■which  firft  ap- 
jitarcth  (hall 
aiifv.-er. 


ITEM,  At  the  Requeft  of  the  faid  Commons  made 
to  our  Lord  the  King  in  his  faid  Parliament,  it  is 
ordained  and  eftablifhed  by  our  Lord  the  King,  by 
the  Affent  of  the  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and  other 
great  Men,   and  the  Commons  aforefaid,  That  in  a 
Writ  of  Debt  brought  againft  divers  Executors,  the 
fame  Executors,  nor  any  of  them,  fhall  have  but  one 
Effoin  before  Appearance,  that  is  to  fay,  at  the  Sum- 
mons or  Attachment,  nor  after  Appearance  they  fhall 
have  but  one  Effoin,  as  the  Teftator  fhould  have  had, 
fo  that  all  the  Executors  do  prefent  the  Perfon  of  the 
Teftator  as  one  Perfon.     (2)  It  is  alfo  enacted,  That 
though  the  Sheriff  do  anfwer  at  the  Summons,  that 
fome  of  them  have  nothing  whereby  he  may  be  fum- 
moned,  yet  there  fhall  an  Attachment  be  awarded 
upon  them.     (3)  And  if  the  Sheriff  anfwer,  that  he 
hath  nothing  whereby  he  may  be  attached,  the  great 
Diftrefs  fhall  be  awarded,  fo  that  at  the  great  Diftrefs 
returned  upon  them,   he  or  they  that  do  firft  appear 
in  the  Court  fhall  anfwer  to  the  Plaintiff.     (4)  And 
although  fome  of  them  have  appeared  in  the  Court, 
and  make  Default  at  the  Day  that  the  great  Diftrefs 
is  returned  upon  the  other,    yet  neverthelefs  he  or 
they  fhall  be  put  to  anfwer,  that  firft  appeared  at  the 
:  great  Diftrefs  returned,     (i)  And  in  cafe  the  Judge- 
1  ment  pafs  for  the  Plaintiff,  he  fhall  have  his  judge- 
;  ment  and  Execution  againft  them  that  have  pleaded, 
:  according  to  the  Law  heretofore  ufed,  and  againft  all 
;  other  named  in  the  Writ,  of  the  Goods  of  the  Tef- 
:  tator,  as  well  as  if  they  had  all  pleaded.     (6)  And  it 
'  is  to  be  underftood,  that  if  any  in  fuch  Cafe  will  fue 
'  according  to  the  Law  that  hath  been  ufed  heretofore, 
'  he  may  freely  do  it  notwithstanding  this  Statute,' 


H7  Nfement  a  la  requefte  des  dites  communaltez 
£L  faite  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  a  fon  dit  parle- 
ment  ordine  eft  &  eftabli  par  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
del  affent  des  Prelatz  Countes  Barons  &  autre 
grantz  &  communes  avantdites  qe  ou  brief  de  dette 
eft  porte  vers  plufurs  executours  qe  les  ditz  execu- 
tours  ne  nul  de  eux  ne  eit  forfque  un  effoigne  avant 
apparance  ceft  affavoir  a  la  fomonfe  ou  a  latta- 
chement  ne  apres  apparance  ne  eint  qe  un  effoigne 
come  le  teftatour  avereit  iffint  qe  mes  ne  pueflent 
foercher  par  effoigne  ne  avant  apparance  ne  apres 
apparance  &  pur  ceo  qe  touz  les  executours  repre- 
fentent  la  perfone  le  teftatour  come  une  perfone  fi 
eft  auxint  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  tout  foit  ceo  qe  vif- 
conte  refpoigne  a  le  fomonfe  qe  afcun  de  eux  neit 
riens  ou  il  poet  eftre  fomons  jadumeins  foit  agarde 
latachement  fur  lui.  Et  ft  le  vifconte  refpoigne  qil 
nad  riens  par  quei  il  poet  eftre  attache  foit  agarde 
le  grande  deftrefce  iffint  qe  a  la  grande  deftrefce 
retourne  fur  eux  refpoigne  al  pleintif  celui  ou  ceux 
qi  pi  imerment  apparra  ou  apparrunt  en  court.  Et 
tout  foit  ceo  qe  afcun  de  eux  eit  apparu  en  court 
&  face  defaute  au  jour  qe  la  grande  deftrefce  foit 
retourne  fur  les  autres  jadumeins  refpoigne  celui 
ou  ceux  qi  primes  appara  ou  apparrunt  a  la  grande 
deftrefce  retourne.  Et  en  cas  qe  jugement  paffe 
pur  le  pleintif  fe  face  le  jugement  &  execution  de- 
vers  ceux  qi  unt  pledez  folonc  la  lei  avant  ufe  & 
devers  touz  les  autres  nomez  en  le  breif  des  biens 
le  teftatour  auxicome  ils  euffent  treftouz  pledez. 
Et  eft  a  entendre  qe  fi  nul  en  tieu  cas  voudra  fuire 
felonc  la  lei  qe  cea  enarere  ad  efte  ufe  qe  franche- 
ment  le  peuffe  faire  nient  contreftant  ceil  eftatut. 


CAP. 


A.  D. 


*33. 


Anno  nono  Edwardi  III. 


Stat.  i. 


215 


CAP.    IV. 
Trial  of  a  Deed  dated  where  the  King's  Writ  runneth  not. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ET  auxint  pur  ceo  qe  avant  ces  houres  plufures 
gentz  unt  efte  fovent  delaiez  de  lor  actions 
auxibien  en  aflifes  &  autres  plez  de  terre  come  en 
contraftz  covenantez  &  trefpaffes  par  enchefon  qe 
les  tenantz  ou  defendantz  unt  mys  en  barre  releffes 
quiteclamances  ou  autre  fait  efpecial  faitz  deinz 
franchifes  dedeinz  des  bondes  du  roialme  ou  brief 
le  Roi  ne  court  mie  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  quant 
tieux  faitez  font  mis  avant  en  barre  dadtion  por- 
tantz  date  de  lieu  deinz  meifme  la  franchife  tout 
foit  il  qe  tefmoignes  de  meifme  la  franchife  foient 
nomez  en  mefmes  les  faitz  &  meifmes  les  faitz  foi- 
ent deditz  foit  proces  fait  en  meifme  le  counte  ou 
le  plee  ferra  mu  de  faire  venir  bon  pais  et  les  tef- 
moignes &  fi  les  tefmoignes  ne  viegnent  mie  a  la 
grande  deftrefce  retourne  adonqes  pur  labfence  des 
ditz  tefmoignes  ne  leffent  les  juftices  qils  naillent  a 
la  prife  de  lenquefte  auxi  come  le  fait  portaft  date 
de  meifme  le  counte  ou  le  pie  fuft  meu  &  qe  les 
tefmoignes  feuffent  de  meifme  le  counte. 


c     AND  becaufe  in  Times  pail  many  have  beea 

'  M\.  oftentimes  delayed  of  their  Action,  as  well  in 

1  Aflifes  and  other  Pleas  of  Land,  as  in  Contrails, 

!  Covenants,  and  Trefpaffes,  by  reafon  that  the  Te- 

:  nants  or  Defendants  have  pleaded  in  Bar  a  Releafe, 

:  Quit- claim,  or  other  fpecial  Deed,    made  within  a 

;  Franchife  within  the  Bounds  of  the  Realm,  where 

the  King's  Writ  runneth  not;"    '  (2)  it  is  enacted'igH.  6.  f.  iu 

and  eftabliflied,  That  when  fuch  Deeds  be  ftiewed 

forth  in  Bar  of  an  Action,    bearing  Date  in  a  Place 

within  the  fame  Franchife,    although   there  be  Wit- 

neffes  of  the   fame  Franchife    named   in   the  fame 

Deeds,  if  the  fame  Deeds  be  denied,  Procefs  fhall  be 

awarded  into  the  fame  County  where  the  Plea  fhall 

be  moved,    to  have  the  Inqueft  of  the  Country  and 

the  Witneffes  to  appear;     (3)  and  if  the  Witneffes- 

come  not  at  the  great  Diftrefs  returned,  then  for  the 

Abfence  of  the  faid  Witneffes,  the  Juftices  fhall  not 

let  to  proceed  to  the  taking  of  the  Inqueft,  as  well  as 

if  fuch  Deed  did  bear  Date  in  the  fame  Shire  where 

the  Plea  was  moved,  and  the  Witneffes  were  of  the- 

fame  County.' 


CAP.     V. 
Which  Juftices  fhall  fend  their  Records  and  Procefs  determined  into  the  Exchequer. 


ET  enfement  a  la  requefte  des  dites  communal- 
tez  ad  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  de  meifme  laffent 
ordine  &  eftabli  qe  Juftices  as  aflifes  prendre  gaoles 
deliverer  &  doier  &  terminer  aflignez  touz  le  re- 
cordes  &  proceffes  terminez  &  maundez  en  execu- 
tion mandent  a  lefcheqier  a  la  Seint  Michel  chefcun 
an  unefoitz  a  liverer  illoeqes  &  qe  le  Treforer  & 
les  chaumbreleins  qi  pur  temps  ferront  vewes  les 
commiflions  des  ditz  Juftices  meifmes  les  recordes 
&  proceffes  refceivent  des  ditz  Juftices  ou  defouz 
lor  feals  &  les  gardent  en  treforie  come  manere  eft 
iflint  totes  foitz  qe  les  ditz  Juftices  primes  preig- 
nent  hors  les  eftretes  des  ditz  recordes  &  procefies 
devers  eux  pur  mander  a  lefcheqier  come  avant  fo- 
Jeient. 


ITEM,  At  the  Requeft  of  the  Commons,  our 
Lord  the  King  by  the  faid  Affent  hath  ordained 
and  eftabiifhed,  That  Juftices  of  Aflifes,  Gaol-de- 
livery, and  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  fhall  fend  all  their 
Records  and  Proceffes  determined  and  put  in  Execu- 
tion, to  the  Exchequer  at  Michaelmas,  every  Year 
once  to  be  delivered  there  ;  (2)  and  the  Treafurer 
and  Chamberlains,  which  for  the  Time  fhall  be, 
having  the  Sight  of  the  Commiflions  of  fuch  Juftices, 
fhall  receive  the  fame  Records  and  Proceffes  of  the 
faid  Juftices  under  their  Seals,  and  keep  them  in  the 
Treafury,  as  the  Manner  is  ;  (3)  fo  that  the  Juftices 
always  do  firft  take  out  the  Eftreats  of  the  faid  Re- 
cords and  Proceffes  againft  them,  to  fend  to  the  Ex- 
chequer, as  they  were  wont  before.' 


RE  X  majori  &  ballivis  ville  Suthampton  falutem.  Quedam  ftatuta  per  nos  in  parliamento  noftro  apud 
.  Eborum  in  craftino  Afcenfionis  Domini  proximo  preterito  convocato  de  affenfu  prelatorum  comitum 
baronum  &  totius  comunitatis  regni  noftri  ibidem  exiftentium  ad  communem  utilitatem  populi  ejufdem  regni 
edita  vobis  mittimus  figillo  noftro  confignata  mandantes  quod  ftatuta  ilia  &  omnes  articulos  in  eis  contentos 
in  villa  predicta  legi  &  publice  proclamari  &  quantum  ad  vos  pertinet  firmiter  obfervari  faciatis.  T.  R.  apud 
Novum  Caftrum  fuper  Tynam  xxx.  die  Junii. 

Eodem  mo  do  mandatum  eft  fubfcripti  s  (mutatis  mutandis)  videlicet 
Majori  C5f '  vicecomitibus  London'.  Majori  &  ballivis  ville  Suthampton. 

Majori  &  ballivis  ville  Brijiol'.  Jujliciariis  ad  placita  coram  regc  tenenda>ajjignatis. 

Ballivis  ville  Magne  Jerne?nuth,  Jufliciariis  de  Banco. 

Ballivis  civitatis  Lincoln  .  Thefaurario  iff  baronibus  de  Scaccar.io, 

Ballivis  ville  de  Sandwico.  Singulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam. 

Ballivis  ville  de  Lenne  Epifcopi. 


11H.4.  c.  3. 

Records  /hall  not 
be  impaired  or 
amended  after 
Judgment  in*     j 
railed. 


ttf 


216       Stat.  2. 


Anno  nono  Edward i  III. 


A.  D.  1335. 


The  Statute  of  Money,  made  at  York  craftino  Affeniionls,  Anno  o,Edw. 
III.  Stat.  2.  and  Anno  Dom.   1335. 


DWARD  by  the  Grace  of  God,  King  of 
England,  Esfc.  to  the  Sheriff  of  N.  Greeting. 
Becaufe  we  have  perceived  that  divers  People 
"  beyond  the  Sea  do  endeavour  themfelves  to  counter- 
"  feit  our  Sterling  Money  of  England,  and_  to  fend 
"  into  England  their  weak  Money,  in  Deceit  of  us, 
"  and  Damage  and  Oppreflion  of  our  People,  if  Re- 
"  medy  be  not  provided  ;  we,  willing  to  prevent  and 
"  let  all  fuch  Deceits,  Damages,  and  Oppreffions, 
*'  and  that  our  good  Money  be  increafed  in  our  Realm, 
"  and  other  Countries  within  our  Power,  to  the  Profit 
"  of  us  and  our  Subjects,  by  the  Affent  of  the  Prelates, 
."  Earls,  Barons,  and  other  great  Men  of  our  Realm, 
"  at  our  Parliament  holden  at  York,  the  Morrow  of  the 
*'  Afcenfion  laft  paft,  there  affembled,  have  ordained 
"  and  eftablifhed  thefe  Things  enfuing  in  the  Manner 
"  under-written." 


Cotton  MS.     Nero,  C.  r. 

EDWARD  per  la  grace  de  Dieu  Roy  Dengl' 
&c.  as  toutz  gentz  &c.  falutz  Pur  ceo  qe 
nous  avoms  entenduz  qe  plufours  gentz  par 
dela  le  mear  fafforcent  a  countrefaire  noffre  bon 
monoie  denvoirer  en  noftre  Roialm  en  defceit  de 
nous  damage  &c  oppreflion  de  noftre  poeple  fi  re- 
medie  ne  y  foit  mys  Nous  voillantz  as  tieux  da- 
mages &  oppreffions  areftier  &  fur  ceo  qe  noftre 
dit  bone  monoie  foit  multiplie  deinz  noftre  Roi- 
alme  &  lez  terrez  de  noftre  pouer  au  profit  de  nous 
&  de  noz  fubmys  purveier  remedie  covenable  per 
affent  des  Prelatz  Countz  Barouns  de  noftre  dit 
Roialme  a  noftre  parlement  tenuz  a  Everwik  len- 
demayn  del  aflumption  profcheyn  paffe  afiemblez 
avoms  ordeigne  &  eftablie  lez  chofez  qenfuent  en 
le  maner  fouthefcripte. 


CAP.     I. 


None  fhall  convey  Gold  or  Silver  forth  of  the  Realm  without  the  King's  Licence. 
IRST  it  is  provided,  That  from  henceforth  no  j   Sp^Rimerement  purvieu  eft  qe  null  hornme  defor- 


m/Km/£y  38  Ed, 

%.ftat.  I.  c.  2. 

5  R,  2.  flat.  1. 

c.  2.  2  H.  4. 

c.  5.  2//.  6.  c.  6 

19  H.  7.  c.  5. 

See  farther  can- 

cerning  the  Exportation  of  Gold  and  Silver,  4  H,  4.  c.  15  fef  16. 

I  j  Car.  2.  c.  T-fec.  12.     9  £f  1°  W.  3.  c.  28.     10  Ann.  c.  26 


Religious  Man,  nor  other,  fhall  cany  an 
ling  out  of  the  Realm  of  England,  nor  Silver  in  Plate, 
nor  Veffel  of  Gold,  nor  of  Silver,  upon  Pain  of  For- 
feiture of  the  Money,  Plate,  or  Veffel  that  he  fhall 
fo  carry,  without  our  efpecial  Licence.' 


5H.  4.  c.  9.    57  H.  6.  c.  3 
6  Geo.  1.  c.  11.  andiz  Geo. 


rrez  de  religion  nautre  ne  porte  lefterling  hors 
)\i  Roiaime  DqngV  nargent  en  plate  ne  veffel  dor 
::e  datgeht  fur  fqrfaiture  de  la  monoie  plate  ou  vef- 
fel dor  r.e  durgent  qii  portera  faunz  efpecial  coun^ 
gie  de  nous. 

17  Ed.  4.  c.i.      3ff.  7.  it,  8,      19  H.  7.  c.  5.     j  Ed.  6.  c.  6» 
2,  c.  26. 


CAP.     II. 


No  falfe  Money  or  counterfeit  Sterling  fhall  be  brought  into  the  Realm. 


Enforced    by 

1  &  2  Ph.  &  M. 

c.  11. 

14  El.  c.  3. 

13  &  14  Car.  2. 

c.  31.  and jee 

the  References  to 

the  foregoing 

Chapter. 


ITEM,  That  no  falfe  Money  or  counterfeit  Ster- 
ling be  brought  into  the  Realm,  nor  elfewhere 
within  our  Power,  upon  Forfeiture  of  fuch  Money ; 
(2)  fo  always  that  all  People,  of  what  Realm  or  Do- 
minion they  be,  may  fafely  bring  to  the  Exchanges, 
and  to  no  Place  elfe,  Bullion  Silver  in  Plate,  Veffel 
of  Silver,  and  all  Manner  of  Money  of  Silver,  of 
what  Value  foever  it  be  (faving  falfe  Money,  and 
Sterling  counterfeit)  and  there  receive  good  and  con- 
venient Exchange.' 


J  TEM  qe  null'  faux  monoie  ne  counterfet  de- 
i  fterling  ne  foit  porte  el  Roialme  ne  aillours  en 
noftre  pouer  fur  forfaiture  de  la  monoie  Mint  toutz 
viez  qe  toutz  gentz  de  qeconqe  Roialme  ou  pouer. 
qils  foient  puiffent  fauvement  porter  as  lez  efchaun- 
gez  ou  bullion  &  ne  mye  aillours  argent  en  plate 
veffel  dargent  &  toutz  maners  des  monoiez  dargent 
de  qeconqe  value  qils  foient  fauve  faux  monoie  & 
lefterling  counterfait  &  illoeqs  refceivent  bone  & 
covenable  efchaunge. 


CAP.     III. 

No  Sterling  Farthing  or  Halfpeny  fhall  be  molten  to  make  Veffel. 


Enforced  by 
17  R.  2.  c.  I. 
17  Ed.  4.  c.  i, 
19  H.  7.  c.  5. 
13  &  14  Car.  2. 
C  31. 


ITEM,  Tlwt  no  Sterling  Halfpeny  nor  Farthing 
be  molten  for  to  make  Veffel,  or  any  other  Thing 
by  G'oldfmiths,  nor  other,  upon  Forfeiture  of  the 
Money  fo  molten;  (2)  and  that  the  Goldfmith,  or 
other,  which  hath  fo  molten  fuch  Money,  fhall  be 
committed  to  Prifon,  there  to  remain  till  he  hath 
yielded  unto  us  the  one  half  of  that  that  he  hath  fo 
molten,  notvvithftanding  any  Charter  or  Franchife 
granted  or  ufed  to  the  contrary.' 


T  qe  null'  efterling  mall  ne  ferling  ne  foit 
foundue  pur  vefleli'  ne  autre  chofe  faire  per 
orpheours  nautres  fur  forfaiture  de  la  monoie  foun- 
du  &  qe  lorpheour  ou  autre  qe  lavera  iffint  foundii 
foit  mys  a  la  prifon'  &  illoeques  demurge  tanqz  il 
avera  rendtie  a  nous  la  moke  qil  avera  iffint  foundu 
nient  contrifteant  Chartre  ou  Fraunchife  ou  ufee  a 
contrarie. 


CAP. 


A.'t>i  !$$$>  Anno  nono  Edwardi  III.  Stat,  2.       217 


CAP.    IV. 

Black  Money  fliall  not  be  current  in  this  Realm, 


Cotton  MS. 

ET  qe  tout  manere  de  noir  monoie  qe  current  ja  communement  en  noz  Roialme  &  pouer  foient  tout   o  8, 
ouftrement  ouftez  iffint  qe  null'  courge  apres  le  mois  profchein  apres  la  crie  fait  fur  forfeiture  de  mefme 
la  monoie. 

CAP.     V. 

The  Reward  of  thofe  that  will  fue  againft  the  Offenders  of  this  Statute. 

T  qe  chefcune  homme  qe  voudra  fuer  pur  nous  countre  celt  ordeignaunce  foit  a  ceo  refceu  &  de  ceo  qe   o  B. 
ferra  iflint  dereine  a  fa  fuite  a  profit  de  nous  eit  la  quart  denier. 

C  A  P.     VI. 

There  fhall  be  no  defrauding  of  this  Statute. 


E 


ET  qe  Mair  ou  Baillifs  en  chefcune  port  ou  Marchauntz  ou  neifs  fount  priegnent  ferement  dez  Mar-   O  B, 
chauntz  &  meftrez  dez  niefs  aillantz  &  retournantz  qils  ne  ferrount  null'  Fraude  countre  ceft  ordeig- 
naunce en  null'  point. 

CAP.     VII. 

Exchanges  fhall  be  where  it  fhall  pleafe  the  King  and  his  Council. 

ET  qe  tablez  dez  efchaungez  foit  a  Dovorr'  et  aillours  ou  &  quaunt  il  femblera  a  nous  &  a  noftre  coun-   o  B. 
*  feill  pur  faire  efchaunges  et  qe  lez  Gardeinz  dez  ditz  tablez  facent  efchaungez  per  tefmoignance  de 
Countrollours  queux  nous  y  mettroms. 

CAP.    VIII. 

Pilgrims  fhall  pafs  at  Dover  only. 


E 


T  qe  null  pilrine  pafTe  hors  de  noftre  Roialme  vers  lez  partiez  de  la  forfqe  a  Dovorr'  fur  peyne  dempri-  Repealed  by 
fonement  dun  an.  2>  jac.  i.  c.  tS. 

4  Ed. 4.  c.  io. 

CAP.     IX.  ijR.».yfoM. 


Search  fhall  be  made  for  Money  carried  out,  and  falfe  Money  brought  in. 


c,  zo. 


ET  qe  bon  garde  eftroite  &  ferche  fe  face  en  touz  lieux  fur  la  coftier  de  la  mear  es  portz  &  aillours  ou 
null  manere  darrival  eft  per  bon  &  loialx  Jurrez  qe  en  noun  de  nous  facent  diligealment  fercher  qe  null 
de  quele  condition  ou  eftate  qil  foit  ne  porte  monoie  defterlinge  argent  en  plate  ou  en  veffell  dor  ne  dargent 
hors  de  noftre  Roialme  faunz  coungie  de  nous  ne  ne  port  es  ditz  Roialme  ou  pouer  monoie  faux  ne  countre- 
fait  lefterling  come  avaunt  eft  ditz  fur  les  peynez  &  forfaiturez  fuis  ditz  Et  la  monoie  vefTel  ou  plate  enfy 
forfait  foit  livere  a  noz  efchaungez  per  endenture  dont  lune  partie  demura  vers  les  fercheours  &  foit  liveree 
al  efchequer  &  per  icell  foit  le  Gardein  dez  efchaungez  charge  de  ceo  qil  avera  refceu. 

CAP.     X. 

The  Searchers  fhall  have  the  Fourth  Part  of  the  Forfeiture. 

ET  qe  lezSercheours  eient  de  noftre  don'le  iiij  denier  pur  lour  travaille  de  quaunt  qils  troefTent  iffint  for- 
fait &  fi  lez  fercheours  facent  reles  ou  defport  a  nulluy  &  de  ceo  foient  atteintz  foient  a  la  forfaiture  de 
quaunt  ils  averount  en  biens. 

CAP.    XI. 

:  Hoftlers  fhall  be  fworn  to  fearch  their  Guefi3. 

ET  qe  lez  Hoftillers  en  chefcune  Port  ou  paffage  eft  foient  fermentez  de  faire  le  ferche  fur  lour  Hoftez 
/  en  la  manere  qe  lez  Sercheours  ferront  &  eient  le  quart  denier  de  ceo  qils  trovent  forfait  iflint  a  nous 
come  averount  lez  ditz  Sercheours  &  eft  noftre  entention  qe  lez  ditz  Sercheours  aient  poiar  de  fercher  lez 
hqftez  h  de  foy  enfourmer  dez  faitz  des  Hoftillers  &  qe  lez  Hoftillers  en  cas  qils  foient  trovez  en  fraude 
countre  lez  ditz  chofez  qils  foient  punitz  &  encourgent  la  forfaiture  fuifefcript  purquoy  nous  vous  man- 
vol.  I.  F  f  doms 


2 18       Star,  2. 


Anno  nono  Edward i  III. 


A.D. 


*33$< 


Cotton  MS. 
doms  fermement  enjoignauntz  qc  maintenaunt  vewez  ceftz  letrez  toutz  lez  articlez  &  pointz  fuifditz  facez 
crier  h  publier  en  iceftz  Citeez  &  Burghs  Villez  Marchantz  Ponz  &  toutz  autres  lieux  permye  voftre 
baillie  auxibien  dedeinz  fraunchifez  come  dehors  lou  vous  vorrez  qe  foit  affaire  &  en  toutz  lez  lieux  dedeinz 
voftre  baillie  ou  meftier  ferra  forfpris  lez  lieux  ou  tielz  Gardeinz  &  Sercheours  ferrount  deputez  per  nous 
facez  tieux  Sercheours  h  Gardeinz  eftablier  &  jurrer  de  ceft  noftre  ordeignaunce  tenir&  garder  en  la  fourme 
fuifdit  fur  lez  peynez  en  ceft  fourme  contenuz  &  de  nouns  de  ceux  qe  iflint  ferrount  aflignez  Sercheours  & 
Gardeinz  de  par  nous  faunz  delay  certifiez  iez  Treforer  et  Barons  de  noftre  Eichequer  Don'  &c- 


Statutes  made  at  WePaninfter  Anno  ioEdw.III.  Stat. u  and  Anno 

Dom.  1336. 


(ECAUSE  our  Lord  the  King,  Edward  the 
Third  after  the  Conqueft  (which  fovereignly 
defireth  the  Maintenance  of  his  Peace,  and 
"  Safeguard  of  his  People)  hath  perceived  at  the  Com- 
"  plaint  of  the  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and  alfo  at  the 
"  fhewing  of  the  Knights  of  the  Shires  and  his  Com- 
"  mons,  by  their  Petition  put  in  his  Parliament  holden 
"  at  We/lminjier  the  Monday  next  after  Midlent,  in  the 
"  Tenth  Year  of  his  Reign,  divers  OpprefTions  and 
"  Grievances  done  to  his  faid  People,  and  namely  by 
*'  Murderers,  Robbers,  Thieves,  Raviftiers  of  Women, 
"  and  other  Felons;  coveting  to  obvent  the  Malice  of 
*'  fuch  Felons,  and  to  fee  a  conveniable  Remedy,  hath 
"  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  by  the  Affent  of  the  faid 
"  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and  other  Nobles  of  this 
"  Realm,  and  at  the  Requeft  of  the  faid  Knights  and 
"  Commons,  for  the  Quietnefs  and  Peace  of  his  Peo- 
"  pie,  that  the  Articles  underneath  written  be  kept  and 
'*'  maintained  in  all  Points." 


3.  C.  2. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  24. 

PUR  ce  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  Edwako 
tierce  apres  le  conqueft  qe  defire  fovereine-- 
ment  la  meintenance  de  fa  pees  &  falvation 
de  fon  poeple  ad  entendu  a  la  pleinte  des  Prelatz- 
Countez  &  Barouns  &  auxint  a  la  demonftrance 
des  chivalers  des  countez  &  gentz  de  commune  par 
lor  petition  mife  en  fon  parlement  tenuaWeft- 
monftier  le  Lundy  procheine  apres  my  Quarefme- 
lan  de  fon  regne  difme  diverfes  opprefiicns  &  gre- 
vances  faites  a  fon  dit  poeple  &  nomement  par 
murdrours  robeours  larouns  ravifours  des  femmes 
&  autres  felons  coveitant  pur  refreindre  la  malice 
des  tielx  felons  &  purveer  de  remede  covenable  fi 
ad  ordine  &  eftabli  del  affent  des  ditz  Prelatz  Coun- 
tes  Barouns  &  autres  Nobles  de  fon  Roialme  &  a 
la  requefte  des  ditz  chivalers  &  gentz  de  commune, 
pur  quiete  &  pees  de  fon  dit  poeple  qe  les  articles 
fouthefcritz  foient  gardez  &  meintenuz  en  touz 
pointz.. 


CAP.    I. 

A  Confirmation  of  former  Statutes. 


«  Tplrft  it  is  accorded  and  eftabliihed,  That  the  Great 

«  J^    Charter,  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and  alfo 

*  the  Statutes  made  in  the  Time  of  the  King's  Proge- 

*  nitors,  and  alfo  in  his  own  Time,  be  kept,  holden, 
'  and  firmly  maintained,  as  well  by  the  great  Men  as 

*  by  the  fmall,  and  the  rich  Men  as  the  poor.' 


EN  primes  ft  eft  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  la  Grande 
Chartre  &  la  Chartre  de  la  Forefte  et  auxint 
les  eftatutz  faitz  en  temps  des  progenitours  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  et  en  fon  temps  demeigne  foient 
tenuz  gardez  et  fermement  meintenuz  auxibien  de- 
vers  les  grantz  come  devers  les  petitz  et  les  riches 
come  les  povres. 


CAP.     II. 

Pardons  mall  not  be  granted  contrary  to  the  Statute  of  2  Edw.  3.  cap.  2. 


Chait.  dc  Par- 
ion,  Er.  10. 
Enforced  by 
i4Ed.  3.  ttajr.i. 


TEM,  Whereas  Murderers,  Robbers,  and  other 
__  Felons,  be  greatly  encouraged  to  offend,  by  rea- 
fon  that  Charters  of  Pardon  of  Man -{laughter,  Rob- 
;  bery,    Felonies,   and  other   Trefpaffes   againft  the 
:  Peace,    have  been    fo    lightly    granted   before  this 
;  Time;"    '  (2)  it  is  accorded  and  eftabliihed  by  our 
Lord  the  King,  by  the  Affent  of  his  Prelates,  Earls, 
Barons,  and  at  the  Requeft  of  the  faid  Knights  and 
Commons,  That  no  fuch  Charters,  from  henceforth 
fhall  be  granted  by  our  Lord  the  King,  againft  the 
Form  of  a  Statute  late  made  at  Northampton  the  Se- 
cond Year  of  his  Reign.' 


ENfement  pur  ce  qe  murdrours  robeours  larons 
et  autres  felons  font  grandement  efbaudiz  de 
meffaire  de  ce  qe  chartres  de  pardoun  des  homi- 
cides roberies  felonies  et  autres  trefpas  contre  la 
pees  ont  efte  fi  legerment  grantez  avant  ces  heures 
fi  eft  acorde  et  eftabli  par  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  del 
affent  des  Prelatz  Contes  et  Barons  et  a  la  requefte 
des  ditz  chivalers  et  gentz  de  commune  qe  nulles 
tieles  chartres  defore  foient  grantez  par  noftre  Sei- 
gnur le  Roi  contre  la  forme  del  eftatut  fait  nadgaires, 
a  Northampton  landu  regne  le  Roi  qore  eft  fecond. 


CAP. 


A.D.  1336. 


Anno  decimo  Edwardi  III. 


Stat.  1.        219 


CAP.    III. 

He  that  hath  a  Pardon  of  Felony  fhall  find  Sureties  for  his  good  abearing. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ET  quant  as  chartres  gran' ez  en  temps  paffe  ii  eft  acorde  &  eftabli  par  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  de  meifme  Repealed  by 
laitent  &  a  la  dite  requeft  qe  touz  ceux  qi  tieles  chartres  ont  vignent  devant  les  vifcontes  &  coroners  des  sw.  ScM.t.i^ 
countez  ou  les  felonies  font  faites  entre  cy  &  la  Natitive  de  Seint  Johan  prochein  avenir  &  chefcun  de  eux  f-2- 
troeffe  devant  les  ditz  vifcontes  &  coroners  des  countez  ou  les  felonies  font  faites  fys  bons  &  fuffifantz  mein- 
pernours  pur  queux  les  ditz  vifcontes  &  coroners  voudrent  refpoundre  qe  bien  &  loialment  fe  portent  defore. 
Et  foient  les  meinprifes  enfeales  de  lor  feals  &  returnes  en  Chauncellerie  a  la  quinzeine  de  la  dite  fefte  de 
Seint  Johan.    Et  ceux  qi  fe  voillent  eider  par  tieles  chartres   &  neient  trove  meinprife  come  fus  eft  dit  ou 
apres  la  meinprife  trove  fe  portent  autrement  contre  la  pees  qe  faire  deveront  foient  les  chartres  tenues  pur 
nulles.     Et  en  cas  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  grante  nulles  tieles  chartres  en  temps  avenir  qe  deinz  le  treis  mois 
apres  les  confe dtiones  dicelles  vignent  ceux  qi  averont  les  dites  chartres  &  troeffent  devant  les  ditz  vifcontes 
&  coroners  des  countez  ou  les  felonies  font  faites  autiele  meinprife  &  en  manere  come  devant  de  lor  bon  port 
&  foient  les  meinprifes  enfealez  Si  returnes  en  Chancellerie  deinz  les  tres  femeignes  apres  la  fin  des  ditz  treis 
mots  Et  ft  ceux  qi  tieles  chartres  averont  pur  temps  avenir  fe  voillent  eider  par  icelles  &  neient  trove  tiele 
meinprife  ou  apres  la  meinprife  trove  fe  portent  autrement  contre  la  pees  qe  faire  deveront  foient  les  chartres 
tenues  pur  nulles  come  fus  eft  dit. 

Statutes  of  Purveyors,  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  ioEdw.  III.  Stat.  2.. 

W  Anno  Dom.  1336. 


Ex  Ret.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  24. 

CES  font  les  chofes  acordes  en  parlement  no- 
ftre Seignur  le  Roi  Edward  tierce  apres  le 
conqueft  tenu  a  Weftmonftier  le  Lundi  pro- 
chein apres  my  Oiuirefme  Ian  de  fon  regne  difme 
fiar  le  dit  noftre  Seignur  le  Rci  del  affent  des  Pre- 
atz  Countcs  et  Barons  et  auxint  a  la  reqefte  des 
chivalers  des  countez  et  gentz  de  commune  par  lor 
petition  mife  en  dit  parlement. 


*HESE  be  the  Articles  accorded  in  the  Par- 
liament of  our  Lord  King  Edward  the 
Third  after  the  Conqueft,  holden  at  Weft- 
minfter,  the.  Monday  next  after  the  half  of -Lent,  in 
the  Tenth  Year  of  his  Reign,  by  our  faid  Lord  the 
King,  with  the  Affent  of  the  Prelates,  Earls,  Ba- 
rons, and  alfo  at  the  Requeft  of  the  Knights  of  the 
Shires,  and  the  Commons,  by  their  Petitions  put  in 
the  faid  Parliament." 


CAP.     I. 

Things  purveyed  for  the  King's  Houfe  fhall  be  praifed,  and  Tallies  made  thereof. 

EN  primes  eft  acorde  pur  la  malice  refreindre  des  purveiours  des  Hoftels  le  Roi  la  Reyne  &  de  lor  en-  ,,  c*r. z.  c.24. 
/  faniz  &  dautres  des  durefces  par  eux  faitz  au  dit  poeple  par  lour  outrajoufes  prifes  pur  meifmes  les  ho-  takei  aiuuy  Fir- 
ftielx  &  en  autre  manere  qe  larticle  contenu  en  un  eftatut  fait  a  Weftm'  Ian  du  regne  le  Roi  qore  eft  quint  en  »grfl««.   b„i  13 
la  forme  qe  fenfuit  foit  derechief  publie  garde  &  tenu  en  touz  point.     [Then  follows  the  Statute  5  Edw.  3.  c'"0-  z-  /"'  '■ 
cap.  z.J  i4ra?.VLo. 

fufjbetid  the  II  Car.  2«  in  favour  of  the  King's  royal  ProgreJJh)  and  of  Ms  Navy  and  Ordnance.     See  likeivife  the  yearly  Mutiny  Acls% 

CAP.    II. 

The  Sheriff  fhall  make  Purveyance  for  the  King's  Horfes: 

ITEM  eft  acorde  pur  les  grandes  grevances  qe  les  gardeins  des  grantz  chivals  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  unt  OB. 
.  fait  au  poeple  come  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  ad  entendu  a  la  dite  demonftrance  qe  purveiances  defore  affaire 
pur  les  ditz  chivals  tant  come  ils  fojournent  nule  part  fe  facent  defore  par  vifcontes  des  countez  ou  les  ditz 
chivals  deveront  iffint  fojourner  &  nemie  par  autres  et  qe  les  commiftions  avant  ces  heures  faites  as  tieux  gar- 
deins foient  defore  de  nulle  value  et  del  tout  repelez.  Et  qe  les  purveiances  affaire  par  les  ditz  vifcontes  en 
ce  cas  foient  liverez  as  ditz  gardeins  par  endenture, 

CAP.     III. 
Certain  Perfons  fhall  be  appointed  to  hear  the  Offences  of  the  Keepers  of  the  King's  Horfcs. 

ET  eft  auxint  acorde  qe  certeines  gentz  foient  affignez  doier  et  terminer  touz  les  trefpas  faitz  par  les  ii  i  tz  o  R, 
gardeips  auxibien  ala  feute  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  come  a  la  feute  de  partie. 


F  f  2 


22Q       Stat.  2.  Anno  decimo  Edwardi  III,  A.D.  1336; 

Articles  fent  to  the  fever al  Sheriffs  for  prefer ving  the  Peace  of  the  Kingdom  till  the  Meeting  of  the 
■    next  Parliament ;  annexed  to  the  preceding  Statute, 

ART.    I. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
TEM  eft  acorde  par  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  Prelatz  Countes  Barons  &  autres  du  cohfeil  le  Roi  &  auxint 
par  la  commune  pur  les  grantz  mefcbiefs  qe  font  avenuz  en  Roialme  par  larons  felons  &  autres  malveis 
qe  touz  ceux  des  queux  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  a  ore  poet  eftre  enfourme  par  bones  gentz  as  queux  il  devera 
foi  doner  qi  font  notoirs  meffefours  ou  meinteinours  des  meffefours  foit  maunde  de  cy  par  briefs  as  vifcontes 
des  pais  ou  les  ditz  meffefours  &  meintenours  font  converfantz  ou  purront  eftre  trovez  ou  as  autres  as  queux 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  acordera  de  les  prendre  auxibien  deinz  fraunchifes  come  dehors  &  demprifoner  &  fauve- 
ment  garder.  Et  a  ce  en  chefcun  pais  foient  aflignez  bones  gentz  H  fiables  &  de  poer  denquere  oier  &  ter- 
miner fur  les  faitz  des  ditz  meffefours  &  meintenours  folonc  lei  de  terre  &  jatardeis  denquere  des  autres  Sc 
doier  &  terminer.  Et  eftre  ce  qils  eient  poer  de  prendere  &  comander  a  prendre  touz  ceux  queux  notoire- 
ment  font  defamezdes  tiels  malveiftez  auxibien  deinz  franchifes  come  dehors  Sc  demprifoner  &  nient  meins 
denquere  &  doier  &  terminer  de  lor  faitz.  Et  qe  dece  cours  fe  tiegnefaunz  eftre  chaunge  tanque  al  procheia- 
parlement  deinz  queu  temps  homme  purra  affaier  le  bien  &  quiete  qe  purra  avenir  per  la  bone  garde  de  la. 
pees  par  ceft  acord. 

ART.    II. 

ITEM  eft  acorde  qe  les  eftatutz  einz  ces  heures  faitz  contenantz  qe  vifcontes  hundreders  et  baillifs  foi- 
ent des  gentz  eantz  terres  en  meifmes  les  countez  ou  baillies  et  auxint  qe  les  hundredz  &  wapentaks 
baillez  a  ferme  qe  auncienement  furunt  annex  as  fermes  des  countez  &  feverez  des  vifcountez  foient  rejointez 
as  countez  foient  gardez  en  touz  pointz. 

ART.    III. 

T  eft  auxint  acorde  qe  les  gaoles  qe  font  appendantz  as  vifcountez  qeles  foient  gardez  come  aunciene- 
ment foleient  eftre  en  temps  des  aunceftres  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi.     Et  fi  les  gardes  des  dites  gaoles.  foi- 
ent aillours  liverez  qeles  foient  reprifes  par  briefs  &  baillez  a  ceux  qi  les  deivent  avoir  de  refon. 

ART.    IV. 

TEM  eft  acorde  qe  nul  brief  de  neif  ce  defore  foit  grante  en  Chauricellerie  fil  ne  foit  a  la  feute  de  ceux 
en  qi  nouns  les  briefs  ferront  purchacez  ou  qe  le  Chaunceller  ou  lesclercsde  la  Chauncellerie  foient  apris. 
qe  les  ditz  briefs  foient  demaundez  de  la  volunte  de  meifmes  ceux  pur  queux  les  briefs  ferront  iflint  affaire. 

ART.    V. 

TEM  come  afcunes  dEngleterre  nadgairs  aflignez  pur  arraier  hobelours  &  archers  a  certein  noumbre 
pur  la  guerre  dEfcoce  eient  levez  diverfes  fummes  des  deners  pur  armures  chivaux  &  auxint  defpenfes  & 
autres  cuftages  des  ditz  hobelours  &  archers  des  queux  deners  iflint  levez  grande  partie  uncore  demoert  es. 
meyns  des  ditz  arraiours  come  mbnftre  eft  par  les  ditz  chivalers  &  gentz  de  commune  par  la  dite  petition  ci 
eft  acorde  qe  touz  les  deners  iflint  levez  qe  uncore  font  es  meyns  des  arraiours  foient  reftituz  a  ceuxdes-- 
queux  ils  furunt  iflint  levez. 

Et  memorandum  quod  in  parliamento  predict o  concor -datum  fuit  quod  articuli  prediSii  non  tenerentur  pro  Statuto. , 

EX  vicecomiti  Ebor'  &  coronatoribus  fuis  in  eodem  comitatu  falutem.  Quedam  ftatuta  pro  conferva-,. 
,.  tione  pacis  noftre  et  quiete  et  tranquillitate  populi  regni  noftri  in  parliamento  noftro  apud  Weftm'  die 
Lune  proximo  poft  diem  Dominicam  in  medio  Quadragefime  proximo  preterito  convocato  de  affenfu  prela- 
torum  comitum  baronum  et  totius  communitatis  regni  noftri  ibidem  exiftentiam  ,edita  vobis  mittimus  in 
forma  patenti  figillo  noftro  confignata  necnon  quendam  articulum  per  nos  et  concilium  noftrum  in  parlia- 
mento noftro  apud  locum  predidtum  in  craftino  fancT:i  Michaelis  anno  regni  noftri  quinto  fummonito  fuper 
providentiis  pro  hofpitio  noftro  et  hofpitiis  confortis  noftre  ac  liberorum  noftrorum  per  provifores  eorundem 
fub  certa  forma  faciendis  factum  prefentibus  interclufum  mandantes  tibi  prefato  vicecomiti  quod  tarn  ftatuta 
predi&a  quam  dictum  articulum  in  pleno  comitatu  tuo  ac  in  fingulis  locis  in  balliva  tua  tarn  infra  libertates 
quam  extra  ubi  expedire  videris  legi  et  publice  proclamari  ac  quantum  ad  te  pertinet  firmiter  facias  obfervari. 
Precipimus  etiam  tarn  tib:  predidto  vicecomiti  quam  vobis  prefatis  coronatoribus  quod  manucaptiones  de 
quibus  fit  mentio  in  ftatutis  illis  fub  forma  in  eis  contenta  recipiatis  et  eas  nobis  in  cancellariam  noftram  mit- 
tatis  juxtatenorem  ftatutorum  eorundem  et  hoc  nullatenus  omittatis.     T.  R.  apudEltham  primo  die  Aprilis. . 

Per  ipfura  Regem.. 
Eodem  modo  mandutum  eft  fmgulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam, 


Statutum 


A.D.  1337. 


Announdecimo  Edwardi  IIL 


C  1^5. 


221 


Statutum  de  Cibariis  utendis,  editum  apud  Nottingham,  Awio  10  Edw. 
III.  Stat.  3.  £§P  Anno  1336.     See  Appendix. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,   27  Septembris,  Anno  it  Edw.  III.  and 

Anno  Dom.  1337. 

cap.   r. 

It  fhall  be  Felony  to  carry  any  Wooll  out  of  the  Realm,  until  it  be  otherwife  ordained. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  24.  D. 

ACORDE  eft  par  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  Prelatz  Cduntes  Barons  del  affent  dez  gentz  de  commune  EXP. 
en  parlementfomons  a  Weftmonftrele  Lundi  prochein  apres  la  fefte  de.  Seint  Mathy  lapoftle  Ian  dti 
regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  unzifme  qe  nul  marchant  forein  ne  denzein  nautre  de  quel  eftat  ou  con- 
dition qil  foit  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  de  vie  et  de  membre  et  de  quant  que  il  purra  forfaire  devers  noftre  Sei- 
■gnur  le  Roi  ne-mefoe  ne  face  mefner  par  lui  ne  par  autre  en  prive  nen  apert  defore  leines  nule  part  hors  du 
Eoialme  taunque  par  noftre  Seignur  leRoi  et  fonconfeil  ent  autrement  foit  ordeine. 

C  A  P.     II. 

None  fhall  wear  any  Cloth,  but  fuch  as  is  made  in  England. 


E 


ST  auxint  acorde  qe  nul  homme  ne  femme  grant  ne  petit  dEngleterre  Irlaund  Gales  ne  du  poair  noftre,  Repealed  in  Part-. 
.   Seignur  le  Roi  en  Efcoce  de   quel  eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit  Rois  Royne  &  lor  enfantz  tantfoulement  by24H.'8.c  13. 
fbrfpris  ne  ufe  drap  qe  ferra  achate  apres  la  fefte  de  Seint  Michelprochein  avenir  autre  qe  ne  foit  fait  en  and  byl  Jac- *' 
Engleterre  Irlaunde  Gales  ou  Efcoce  deinz  le  poer  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  fur  la  forfaiture  du  dit  drap  &  outre  ™lnl'A.  y  &ener5 


Engle 

deftre  puny  a  la  volume  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  et  qe  es  dites  terres  dEngleterre  Irlaund  Gales  &  Efcoce  deinz, 

le  poer  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  homme  peuffe  faire  les  draps  auxi  longs  &.auxi  courtz  come  homme  voudra.- 


Words,  ■ 


CAP.     III. 

No  Clothes  made  beyond  the  Seas  fhall  be  brought  into  the  King's  Dominions* 


AUxint  eft  acorde  qe  nul  marchant  foreign  ne 
denzein  ne  autre  apres  la  fefte  de  Seint  Mi- 
chel mefne  ne  face  mefner  en  prive  nen  apert  par 
lui  ne  par  autre  es  dites  terres  dEngleterre  Irlaund 
Gales  ou  Efcoce  deinz  le  poair  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  draps  aillors  faitz  qe  en  yceles  fur  la  forfaiture 
des  ditz  draps  et  outre  deftre  puny  a  la  vol urite  no- 
ftre Seignur  le  Roi  come  defus  eft  dit. 


TEM  it  is  accorded    and   eftablifhed,    That  no" 
Merchant,  Foreign  nor  Denizen,  nor  none  other,., 
after  the  faid  Feaft  of  St.  Michael,  fhall  bring  or  caufe 
to  be  brought  privily  nor  apertly,  by  himfelf  nor  by 
other,  into  the  faid  Lands  of  England,  Ireland,  Wales, 
and  Scotland,  within  the  King's  Power,  any  Clothes>- 
made  in  any  other  Places  than  in  the  fame,  upon  the 
Forfeiture  of  the  faid  Clothes,  and  further  to  be  pu-  Confirmed  lyt 
nifhed  at  the  King's  'Will.'.  ,  4 Ed.  4.  c,  s, 


CAP.     IV. 

Who  only  may  wear  Furs: 

ET  auxint  eft  acorde  qe  nul  homme  ne  femme  des  dites  terres  dEngleterre  Irlaund  Gales  &  Efcoce  deinz  Re  ea]ed  b 
-  le  poair  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit  Rois  Roynes  &  lor  enfantz  Prelatz  1  ja<* ,,  c.  «„ 
Countes  Barons  Chivalers  dames  &  gentz   de  feinte  eglife  qi  poent  defpendre  par  an  cent  Hvres  au  meins 
a  la  verroie  value  delor  benefices  tantfoulement  forpris  ne  ufe  peleure  en  fes  draps'qe  ferra  achate  apres  la 
dite  fefte  de  Seint  Michel  fur  la  forfaiture  du  pite  peleure  &  outre  deftre  puny  a  la  volunte  noftre  Seignur  le  ' 
Roi. 

C  A  P.     V. 
Cloth-workers  may  come  into  the  King's  Dominions,  and  have  fufficient  Liberties; 


ET  auxint  eft  acorde  qe  touz  les  oevrours  des 
_  _  1  draps  deftraunges  terres  de  queles  terres  qils 
foient  qi  voudrent  venir  en  Engleterre  Irlaund  Gales 
&  Efeoce  deinz  le  poair  noftre-  Seignur  le  Roi  vie- 
3. 


J  TEM  it  is  accorded,  That  all  the  Cloth-workers 
of  ftrange  Lands,  of  whatfoever Country  they  be,- 
which   will  come  into  England,  Ireland,  Wales,  and 
Scotland,  within-  the  King's  Power,   fhall  come  ftfely 

5 'and 


£22        C. ■■  $] 


Anno  undecimo  Edwardi  III. 


A.  D.  i 


237- 


*„andfurely,  and  {hall  be  in  the  King's  Prote&ion  and 
c  fafe  Conduct,  to  dwell  in  the  fame  Lands,  chufing 
'  where  they  will.  (z)  And  to  the  Intent  the  faid 
'  Cloth-workers  {hall  have  the  greater  Will  to  come 

*  and  dwell  here,  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King  will 

*  grant  them  Franchifes  as  many  and  fuch  as  may  fuf- 
e  fice  them.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
gnont  falvement  &  feurement  en  la  protection  & 
fauf  conduyt  de  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  a  demorer 
en  icelles  terres  es  lieux  ou  ils  vodront.  Et  qe  les 
ditz  oevrours  eient  plus  grante  volunte  de  y  venir 
&  demorer  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  lor  voet  granter 
franchifes  tantes  &  tieles  qe  les  fufiiront. 


E  X  vicecomiti  Ebor'  falutem.  Quendam  articulum  per  nos  de  affenfu  prelatorum  comitum  baronum 
k  ac  totius  communitatis  regni  noftri  in  parliamento  noftro  apud  Weflm'  die  Lune  proximo  poft  feftum 
fancti  Mathie  apoftoli  proximo  preterito  tento  exiftentium  fuper  lanis  extra  regnum  noftrum  ducendis  &■ 
pannis  ac  pelura  in  regno  noftro  Anglie  &  terris  noftris  Hibernie  &  Wallie  ac  infra  dominium  noftrum  in 
terra  Scotie  poft  feftum  fandli  Michaelis  proximo  futurum  utendis  fub  certa  forma  nee  non  de  modo  fa&ure 
■pannorum  in  eifdem  regno  &  terris  ac  etiam  de  pannis  tranfmarinis  infra  regnum  terras  &  dominium  noftrum 
fupradafta  poft  idem  feftum  quoquo  modo  non  ducendis  ordinatum  tibi  mittimus  in  forrna  patenti  figillq 
noftro  confignatum  mandantes  quod  articulum  predidtum  in  pleno  comitatu  tuo  ac  in  fingulis  locis  in  bal- 
liva  tua  tarn  infra  libertates  quam  extra  ubi  expedire  videris  legi  &  ex  parte  noftra  publice  proclamari  & 
quantum  ad  de  pertinet  firmiter  facias  obfervari  &  hoc  nullatenus  omittas,  T.  R.  apud  Wyndefor  xxviii. 
die  MartiL  ;  Per  ipfum  Regem. 

Eodem  ?nodo  mandatum  eftjingulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam. 


Statutes  -made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  14  Edw.  III.  Stat,  i:  and  Anno 
primo  of  his  Reign  of  France,   and  Anno  Dom.  1340. 


K  t  ft  \0  the  Honour  of  God  and  of  holy  Church, 
"  .by  .the  Affent  of  the  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons, 

"  -*1-  and  other  afTembled  at  the  Parliament  holden 
"  at  Wejlminjler  the  Wednefday  next  after  Midknt,  in 
**  the  Fourteenth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Lord  King 
"  Edward  the  Third  of  England,  and  die  Firft  Year 
*'  o'f  his  Reign  of  France  ;  the  King,  for  the  Peace  and 
"  'Quietnefs  of  his  People,  as  well  great  as  fmall,  doth 
"  grant  and  eftabliih  the  Things  .under-wr.itten,  which 
*'  he  will  to  be  holden  and  kept  in  all  Points  perpe- 
A£  tually  to  endure." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  zz  iff  23. 
L  honeur  de  Dieu  &  de  feinte  eglife  par  a£ 
fent  dez  Preiatz  Contes  Barons  &  autres  af- 
femblez  au  parlement  tenuz  au  Weymon- 
ftier  le  Mefkerdy  procheine  apres  my  Quarrefme 
Ian  du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  Edward 
dEngleterre  quatorzifme  &  de  France  primer  ft  ad 
le  Roi  pur  eefe  &  quiete  de  fon  poeple  aufibien  de 
grantz  come  de  petitz  grante  &  eftabli  les  chofes 
defoutz  efcriptes  les  queux  il  voet  qe  foient  tenus 
&  gardez  en  tutz  poyntz  perpetuelment  adurer. 


CAP.      I. 

A  Confirmation  of  Liberties. 


"Irft,  That  holy  Church  have  her  Liberties  in 
Quietnefs,  without  Interruption  or  Difturbance ; 
(z)  and  that  the  .Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter  of 
the  Foreft,  be  holden  in  all  Points  ;  (3)  and  that  the 
City  ot  London,  and  all  other  Cities  and  Boroughs  of 
the  Realm  of  England,  have  all  their  Franchifes  and 
Cuftoms,  which  they  have  reafonably  had  and  ufed 
in  Time  paft.' 


PRimerement  qe  feinte  eglife  eit  fes  franchifes  ert 
quiete  faunz  empechement  ou  diftourbance  & 
qe  la  Grande  Chartre  &  la  Chartre  de  la  Forefte 
foient  tenuz  en  touz  pointz  &  qe  la  Citee  de  Lon- 
dres  &  touz  les  autres  citees  &  burghs  du  roialme 
dEngleterre  eient  toutes  lour  franchifes  &  ufages 
queles  ils  ont  refonablement  eu  &  ufez  cea  ea 
arere. 


CAP.     II. 

The  King  in  refpedl  of  his  Wars  in  Scotland,  France^  and  Gafcoin,  &c.  doth  pardon  feveral 

Offences. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  le  Roi  ad  grant  compaflion  de  ce  qe  le  poeple  de  fon  Roialme  par  caufe  de  maveis 
anns  de  guerres  dEfcoce  de  France  &  de  Gafcoigne  &  des  grantz  mifes  &  eides  qe  ils  ont  fait  a  lui  en 
divers  manere  par  les  caufes  fufdites  &  autres  &  voillant  a  fon  dit  poeple  faire  grace  par  quoi  ils  fe  peuf- 
fcnt  le  meutz  aider  &  le  plus  toft  de  lour  mefchiefs  eftre  relevez  &  recomfortez  a  la  requefte  de  fon  poeple 
dEngkterre  fi  ad  relefte  &  pardone  a  fon  dit  poeple  aufibien  as  grantz  come  as  peiirz  de  quel  cftat  ou 
condition  qil  foient  toutes  maneres  des  chateux  des  felons  &  des  futifs  efchaps  des  larons  fins  amerck-mentz 
iflu.s  forfaitz  &  amerciementz  des  murdres  toutes  maners  des  trefpas  le  la  forefte  aufibien  de  embloioure 
come  de  vert  h  de  venifon  waft  &  quecunqes  autres  trefpas  faites  dedeinz  les  foreftes  ajuggez  ou  ajuggef 
reliefs  h  efcuages  tanqe  a  temps  qe  le  Roi  qore  eft  pafl'a  devers  Brabant. 

CAP. 


A.  D.  1 3  40.         Anno  decimo  quarto  E  d  w  a  r  r>  1  III. 


Stat.  r. 


223. 


CAP.    III. 

The  King's  Pardon  to  his  People  of  divers  Debt?,  Accompts,  Arrearages,  &c.   untill  the' ex  p. 

Tenth  Year  of  his  Reiain. 

o 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  ceft  affentu  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  totes  maneres  des  dettes  acomptes  &  arerages  des  fermes  Zc 
dacomptes  dues  au  Roi  en  quecunqe  manere  auflibien  des  temps  de  fes  progenitours  come  de  fon  temps 
demefne  tanqe  au  comencement  de  Ian  de  fon  regne  dEngleterre  difme  foient  pardonez  &  releffez  a  touts 
grantz  &  petitz  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  &  a  chefcun  de  eux  &  de  tut  anientitz.  Et  qe  Ies  dettes 
atterminez  a  Lefcheqer  avant  le  temps  le  Roi  qore  eft  &  auxi  les  dettes  atte.minez  a  mefme  Lefcheqer  en 
fon  temps  des  aunciens  dettes  dues  avant  fon  temps  foient  anientiz  &  pardonez  &  releffez  pur  touz  jours 
enfi  totes  foith  qe  les  atterminementz  faitz  des  dettes  dues  au  Roi  &  fourdantz  de  fon  temps  demefne 
eftoifent  en  lour  force.  Et  qe  les  viicontes  efchetours  fermers  des  manoirs  taxours  cuftumers  vittaillers  & 
autres  receyvours  des  biens  ou  des  deniers  le  Roi  en  temps  le  Roi  qore  eft  &  unqore  font  en  vie  refpoignent 
des  biens  &  deniers  queux  ils  ont  levez  &  receuz  al  oeps  le  Roi  fanz  eeo  qils  foient  en  autre  manere  char- 
gez  fors  foulment  de  ceo  qils  ont  receu  mais  les  heirs  executors  &  terres  tenantz  des  tieux  manere  des  mi- 
niftres  &  receyvours  qe  font  mortz  foient  quitement  difchargez  de  tote  manere  des  acountes  &  des  dettes 
les  queux  le  Roi  poet  demander  par  caufe  des  levees  &  refceites  avant  dites  tanqe  au  comencement  de  Ian 
difme  fufdit.  Et  eft  lentention  le  Roi  qe  ceux  qe  lui  deivent  dettes  de  preft  h  voillent  acounter  ove  le  Roi 
qe  mefme  la  fomme  de  preft  feit  allowe  au  Roi  en  lour  acounte  &  fur  eux  charge  come  chofe  receu  par  la1 
main  le  Roi  nient  countrefteant  ceft.eftabliffement. 

C  A  P.    IV. 

Prefentment  of  Englefchrie  fhall  be  clearly  extirpate;     . 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  moultz  des  mefchefs  font  ave- 
nuz  en  divers  pays  dEngleterre  qils  navoient 
mye  conifance  de  prefentement  dEnglefcherie  par 
quoi  les  communes  des  countes  eftoient  fovent  de- 
vant  les  Juftices  errantz  amerceez  a  grant  mefchief 
du  poeple  ft  eft  affentu  qe  defore  en  avant  nul  Juf- 
tice  errant  ne  mette  en  article  nen  oppofition  pre- 
l  fentement  dEnglefcherie  devers  les  communes  des 
Scountees  ne  devers  nul  de  eux  mes  de  tut  foit  lEn- 
iglefcherie  &  le  prefentement  dycel  pur  touz  jours 
I  pufte  &  qe  nul  par  celle  caufe  foit  defore  empeche. 


TEM,  Becaufe  many  Mifchiefs  have  happened- 
in    divers  Counties  of  England,    which  had  no 
"  Knowledge  of  Prefentment  of  Englefchrie,   whereby 
"  the  Commons  of  the  Counties  were  often  amerued 
"  before  the  Juftices  in  Eyre,  to  the  great  Mifchief  of 
"  the  People  ;"    '  it  is  affented,  That  from  henceforth 
'  no  Juftice  Errant  fhall  put  in  any  Article,  Oppofi- 
'  tion,   Prefentment  of  Englefchrie   againft  the  Com-  ' 
'  mons  of  the  Counties,  nor  againft  any  of  them,  but 
'  that  Englefchrie  and  Prefentment  of  the   fame,    be 
'  wholly  out  and  void  for  ever,  fo  that  no  Perfon  by! 
'  thk  Caufe  may  be  from  henceforth  impeached.' 


CAP.    V. 
Delays  of  Judgments  in  other  Courts  fhall  be  redreffed  in  Parliament. 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  moultz  des  mefchiefs  font  ave- 
nuz  de  ceo  qe  en  diverfes  places  auffibien  en  la 
tChauncellerie  en  le  Bank  le  Roi  le  commune  Bank 
l&  Lefcheqer  les  Juftices  affignez  &  autres  Juftices 
la  oyer  &  terminer  deputez  les  jugementz  ft  ount 
efte  delaiez  a  la  foitz  par  difficulte  &  afcune  foitz 
par  divers  oppinions  des  Jugges  &  a  la  foitz  par 
iautre  caufe  ft  eft  affentuz  eftabliz  &  acordez  qe  de- 
fore en  avant  a  chefcun  parlement  foient  efluz  un 
Prelat  deux  Countes  ti  deux  Barons  qe  eient  com- 
imiffion  &  poair  du  Roi  doier  par  petition  a  eux  li- 
vereeles  pleintes  de  touz  ceux  qe  pleindre  fe  Ver- 
mont de  tieux  de-iaies  ou  yevances  faites  a  eux  & 
:ient  poair  a  faire  venir  devant  eux  a  Weftm'  ou 
iillours  ou  ies  nlaces  ferront  ou  afcun  des   places 
Terra  les  ten  . .  irs  des   recosdz   &  prores  de  tieux 
ugememz  :-nfi  delaiez  &  facent  venir  devant  eux 
neifmes  les  juftices  qe  ferront  adonqes  prefentz  pur 
Dyer  lour  caufe  &c  lour  refons  des  tieux  delaies  queux 
:aule  &  refon  enfi  oiez  par  bon  avis  de  eux  meifmes 
les  Chancellier  Treforer  juftices  del  un  Bank  & 
lei  autre  &  autres  de  counfeil  le  Roi  taunz  &  tieux 

4 


TEM,  Becaufe  divers  Mifchiefs  have  happened'' 
for  that  in  divers  Places,  as  well  in  the  Chancery, 
as  in  the  King's  Bench,   the  Common  Bench,    and 
in  the  Exchequer  before  the  Juftices  afligned,  and 
other  Juftices  to  hear  and  determine  deputed,    the 
Judgements  have  been  delayed,  fometime  by  Diffi- 
culty, andfometime  by  divers  Opinions  of  the  Judges, 
and  fometime  for  fame  other  Caufe  ;"    '  (2)  ,it  is  af-  Co.  L!f.  71.  b. 
fented,  eftablifiied,  and  accorded,  That  from  hence- 21  Ed.  3.  f,  3! 
forth  at  every  Parliament  fhall  be  chofen  a  Prelate, 
two  Earls,  and  two  Barons,   which  fhall  have  Com- 
miffion  and  Power  of  the  King  to  hsar  by  Petition  "■ 
delivered  to  them,  the  Complaints  of  all  thofe  t  tat 
will  complain   them  of  i'uch  Delays  or  Grievances  - 
done  to  them;    (3)  and  they  fhall  have  Power   to  - 
caufe  to  come  before  them  at   JVejhn;  i/ier,    or  elfe 
where  the  Places  of  any  of  them  fhall  be,  the  Tenor' 
of  Records  and  Proceffes  of  fuch  Judgements  fo  de-  ' 
layed,  and  to  c.;ufe  the  fame  Juftices  to  come  before 
them,   which  fh.t;l  be   then  prefent,    to  h~ar   their ' 
Caufe  and  Reafons  of  fuch  Delays  ;    (4)  v/hich  Caufe 
and  Reafon  fo  heard,  by  good  Advice  of  themfelves,. 
the  Chancellor,  Treafurer,  the  Juftices  of  the  one  ' 
Bench  and  of  the  other,  and  other  of  the  King's  ■ 

'  Council, 


224       Stat.'i. 


Anno  decimo  quarto  Edwardi  III.         A.  D.  1340-. 


The  Officers 
Oath  to  l'erve 
the  King  and 
his  People. 


3.7  tl.  c.t.fir 
Redrefs  of  erro- 
neous Judgments 
in  B.  R.       ~ 
Regift.  17. 
Raft.  302. 


Council,  as  many  and  fuch  as  they  fhall  think  con- 
venient, fhall  proceed  to  take  a  good  Accord,  and 
make  a  good  judgement ;  (5.)  and  according  to  the 
fame  Accord  fo  taken,  the  Tenor  of  the  faid  Record, 
together  with  the  Judgement  which  fhall  be  accord- 
ed, fhall  be  remanded  ^before  the  Juftices,  before 
whom  the  Plea  did  depend,  and  that  they  haftily  go 
to  give  Judgement  according  to  the  fame  Record  ; 
(6)  and  in  cafe  it  feemeth  to  them,  that  the  Difficulty 
be  fo  great,  that  it  may  not  well  be  determined  with- 
out A  fieri  t  of  the  Parliament,,  that  the  faid  Tenor  or 
Tenors  fhall  be  brought  by  the  faid  Prelate,  Earls, 
and  Barons,  unto  the  next  Parliament,  and  there 
fhall  be  a  final  Accord  taken  what  Judgement  ought 
to  be  given  in  this  Cafe  ;  (7)  and  according  to  this 
Accord  it  fhall  be  commanded  to  the  Judges,  before 
whom  the  Plea  did  depend,  that  they  fhall  proceed  to 
give  Judgement  without  Delay.  (8)  And  to  begin 
to  do  Remedy  upon  this  Ordinance,  it  is  aflented, 
that  a  Commiflion  and  a  Power  fhall  be  granted 
to  the  Archbifhop  of  Canterbury,  the  Earls  of  Arun- 
del and  Huntington,  the  Lord  of  TFake,  and  the 
Lord  Ralfe  Bajfel,  to  endure  till  the  next  Parliament. 
(9)  And  though  the  Minifters  have  made  an  Oath 
before  this  Time,  yet  neverthelefs  to  remember  them 
of  the  fame  Oath,  it  is  aflented,  that-'  as;  well  the 
Chancellor,  Treasurer,  Keeper  of  the  Privy  Seal, 
the  juftices  of  the  one  Bench  and  of  the" other,  the' 
Chancellor,  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  as  the  Juftices 
affigned,  and  all  they  that  do  meddle  in  the  faid 
Places  under  them,  by  the  Advice  of  the  fame  Arch- 
bifhop, Earls,  and  Barons,  fhall  make  an  Oath  well 
and  lawfully  to  ferve  the  King  and  his  People.  (10) 
And  by  the  Advice  of  the  faid  Prelate,  Earls  and  Ba- 
rons, be  it  ordained  to  increafe  the  Number  of  the 
Minifters  when  need  fhall  be,  and  them  to  diminifh 
in  the  fame  Manner;  (n)  and  fo  from  Time  to 
Time,  when  Officers  fhall  be  newly  put  in  the  faid 
Offices,  they  fhall  be  fworn  in  the  fame  Manner.' 

CAP.     VI. 

A  Record  which  is  defective  by  Mifprifion  of  a  Clerk,  fhall  be  amended. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
come  ils  verront  qe  bufoignables  ferront  aillent  a- 
vant  a  prendre  bon  acorde  &  bon  juggement  faire 
&  felonc  meifme  laccord  enfi  pris  foit-  remahde  as 
Juftices  devant  queux  le  plee  pent  le  tenur  du  dit 
record  enfemblement  ove  tieu  juggement  qe  ferra 
acorde  &  qe  eux  aillent  haftivement  a  juggement 
rendre  folonc  meifme  laccord.     Et  en  cas  qe  lour 
femble  qe  la  difficulte  foit  ft  grande  qele  ne  poet 
pas  bonement  eftre  termine  fanz  affent  du  parle- 
ment  foit  la  dit  tenour  ou  tenours  portez  par  les 
ditz  Prelat  Contes  &  Barons  a  profchein  parlement. 
&  illoeqes  foit  pris  final  acord  queu  juggement  fe. 
devera  faire  en  tiel  cas   &  felonc  eel  acord  foit. 
mande  a  Juftices  devant  quieux  le  plee  pent  qils 
aillent   a  juggement  rendre  fanz  delay.     Et  pur 
comencier  a  faire  remedie  fur  ceft  eitabliflement 
ft  eft  afl'entuz  qe  commiflion  &  poair  foit  fait  a 
Lercevefqe  de  Canterbirs  les  Contes  dArundell  & 
de  Huntingdon  le  Seignur  Wake  &  monfieur  Rauf 
Baffet  adurer  tanqea  prochein  parlement.    Et  co- 
merit  qc  les  miniftres  eient  fait  ferement  avant  ces- 
heures  ne  pur  q.uant.pur  eux  rernentiner  de  mafme' 
le  ferement  fi  afl'entuz  qe  auffi  bien  Chancellier 
Treforer  Gardein  du  Privee  Seal  Juftices  del  un 
Bank  &  del  autre  Chancellier  &  Barons  del  Efche- 
qer  come  Juftices  affinez  &  touz  ceux  qe  fe  med- 
dlent  es  dites  places  defoutz  eux  felonc  lavifement 
des  ditz  Ercevefque  Contes  &  Barons  facen.t  fer- 
ment de  bien  &  loialment  fervir  au  Roi  &,au  poe- 
ple.     Et  par  avifement  des  avantditz  Prelat  Contes 
&  Barons  foit  ordene  dencreftre  le  nombre  des  mi-. 
niftres  par  la  ou  il  bufoigne  &  de  le  amenufer  en< 
mefme  la  manere  &  iffint  de  temps  en  temps  quant 
officers  ferront  novelement  mys  en  les  ditz  offices, 
foient  en  la  manere  avantdite  ferementez. . 


5  Co.  i.%. 

8  Co.  157.. 
Ero.  Amend.  9 
I?,  18,  10,243 

27,  32>  "3- 
Explained  by 

9  H.  s.Jla:.  1,  c 


«  T  TEM  it  is  aflented,  That  by  the  Mifprifion  of  a 

'  X  Clerk  in  any  Place  wherefoever  it  be,    no  Procefs 

'  fhall  be  adnulled,  or  difcontinued,  by  miftaking  in 

<  Writing  one  Syllable,  or  one  Letter  too  much  or  too 

'  little  ;  (2)  but  as  foon  as  the  Thing  is  perceived,  by 

'  Challenge  of  the  Party,  or  in  other  Manner,  it  fhall 

'  be  haftily  amended  in  due  Form,  without  giving  Ad- 

'  vantage  to  the  Party  that  challengeth  the  fame  be-- 

'  caufe  of  fuch  Mifprifion.' 

See  farther  8  R.  z.  c.  4.      1  H.  5.  c.  5.     4H.  6.  c,  3.     8H.  6.  c.  12,  15.      ioi/.  6.  c.  4,      18//.6 


TEM  eft  affentu  &eftabli  qe  par  mefprifio'n  du 
clerc  en  quecunque  place  qe  ce  foit  ne  ne  foit 
proces  anientiz  ne  difcontinues  par  mefprendre  en 
efcrivant  un  letre,ou  un  fdable  tropp  ou  trop  poi 
mes  fi  tot  qe  la  chofe  foit  aparceu  par  chalenge  du 
partie  ou  en  autre  manere  foit  haftivement  amende 
en  due  forme  fanz  doner  avantage  a  partie  qe  ce 
chalange  par  caufe  de  tieu  mefprifion. 


4  Anr.,  c.  16,  to-«<  Defeils  may  be  amended,  and  wbjt  not. 


5  El,  c,  23.       27  El,  c,  5.  and 


CAP.     VII. 


Plow  long  a  Sheriff  fhall  tarry  in  his  Office. 


«  TTEM,  Becaufe  that  fome  Sheriffs  have  their  Bai- 
"  X  liwicks  for  Term  of  Years  of  the  King's  Grant, 
"  and  fome  do  fo  much  truft  to  tarry  in  their  Office  by 
"  Procurement,  that  they  be  encouraged  to  do  many 
"  Oppreffions  to  the  People,  and  evil  Service  to  the 
"  King  and  his  People  ;"  '  (2)  it  is  aflented  and  efta- 
{  blifhed,  That  no  Sheriff  fhall  tarry  in  his  Bailiwick 
*  over  one  Year,  and  then  another  convenient  fhall  be 


TEM  pur  ce  qe  afcuns  vifcontes  ont  lour  bail- 
lies  a  terme  des  ans  du  grant  le  Roi  &  afcuns  fe 
fient  tant  de  lour  long  demoere  en  lour  baillie  par 
procurement  qils  font  efbaudiz  de  faire  moultz  des 
oppreffions  au  poeple  &  de  mal  fervire  au  Roi  &  a 
fon  poeple  fi  eft  afl'entuz  &  eftabli  qe  nul  vifcount 
demoerge  en  fa  baillie  outre  un  an  k  adonqes  foit 
autre  covenable  ordene  en  fon  lieu  qad  terre  fuf- 

fifante 


A.  D.  1340.  Anno  decimo  quarto  Edward  1  III. 


Stat.  1.        225 


Ex  F.ot.  in  Ttirr.  Lond. 
fifante  eii  fa  baillie  par  les  Chauncellier  Trcforer 
t&  chief  Baron  cle  Lefcheqer  pris  a  eux  les  chiefs 
Juftices  del  un  Bank  &  del  autre  ills  foient  prefentz 
&  ce  foic  fait  chifcun  an  lendemein  des  Almes  a 
Lefcheqer. 


I 

,  11. 


'  ordained  in  his  Place,  that  hath  Land  fufficient  in  his 

'  Bailiwick,  by  the  Chancellor,  Treafurer,  and  chief 

'  Baron  of  the  Exchequer,    taking  to  them  the  chief 

'  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench  and  of  the  other,  if  they  be 

'  prefent;    (3)  and  that  fhall  be  done  yearly  in  the  *8Ed.  *•  flat. 3* 

'  Morrow  of  All  Souls,  at  the  Exchequer.' 


c.  8. 

Enforced  by 
.4$  Ed.  3.  c.  7.     42  Ed.  3.  c.  9.     23  H,  6.  c.  8,  *     See  I  R.  2.  c.  n.  declaring  that  none  tvho  bai/e  been  Sheriffs  jkall  ferae  again  ivitbln  three  Tears.      Aid  fee 
farther  u  Ed.  4.  c.  1,  and  17  Ed.  4.  c.  7.  empowering  Sheriff:  to  occupy  their  Offices  during  Michaelmas  and  Hillary  Terms,  unlefs  difcharged  before  that  Time, 

*  Read  c.  7. 


C  A  P.     VIII. 

How  many  Efcheators  may  be  in  the  Realm,  and  how  long  they  fhall  continue  in  Office. 


ET  come  en  afcuns  temps  avant  ces  heures  il 
navoit  forfque  deux  efchetours  en  Engleterre 
csft  affavoir  un  efchetour  de  cea  Trente  &  un  autre 
de  dela  pur  quoi  le  Roi  et  le  poeple  furent  meins 
bien  ferviz  qe  avant  ces  houres  neftoient  quant  il  y 
aveit  plus  des  efchetours  &  de  meindre  eftat  fi  eft 
affentuz  &  acorde  qe  defore  en  avant  foient  tauntz 
des  efchetours  affignez  come  eftoient  en  le  temps 
quant  le  Roi  qe  ore  eft  prift  le  governement  de  fon 
Roialme  dEngleterre  &  qe  mefmes  les  efchetours 
foient  efluz  par  les  Chauncellier  Treforer  &  chief 
Baron  de  LEfcheqer  pris  a  eux  les  chiefs  Juftices 
del  un  Bank  &  del  autre  fils  foient  prefentz  en  ma- 
nere  come  eft  fufdit  des  vifcountes  &  qe  nul  efche- 
tour demoerge  en  fon  office  outre  un  an  &  qe  nul 
coroner  foit  efluz  fil  neit  terre  en  fee  fuffifauntment 
en  mefme  le  contee  dont  il  purra  refpondre  a  tote 
manere  des  gentz. 


TEM,  Whereas  fometime  there  were  no  more 
but  two  Efcheators  in  England,  that  is  to  fay,  one 
Efcheator  on  this  Side  Trent,  and  another  beyond, 
"  whereby  the  King  and  the  People  were  worfe  ferved 
"  than  in  the  Time  when  there  were  divers  Efcheators, 
"  and  of  lefs  Eftate;"  '    (2)  it  is  affented  and  accord- 
'  ed,  That  from  henceforth  there  fhall  be  as  many 
'  Efcheators  affigned,    as  were  in  the  Time  when  the 
'  King  that  now  is  did  take  the  Governance  of  this 
'  Realm  upon  him  ;    (3)  and  that  the  fame  Efcheators 
'  be  chofen  by  the  Chancellor,   Treafurer,    and   the 
'  chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  taking  to  them  the 
'  chief  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench  and  the  other,  if  they 
'  be  prefent,   in  Manner  as  is  aforefaid  of  Sheriffs  ;  4!  Ed-  3-  c-  S« 
'  (4)  and  that  no  Efcheator  tarry  in  his  Office  above  a  l*fetl'£'c  cjl', 
'  Year;    (5)  and  that  no  Coroner  be  chofen  unlefs  he  amendeTby  "" 
'  have  Land   in  Fee   fufficient  in  the  fame  County,  iH.g.  c.  8. 
'  whereof  he  may  anfwer  to  all  Manner  of  People.'       which  dirca  _ 

what  Efiate  in 
Land  Efcheators 
Jhall  have. 


CAP.    IX. 

Sheriffs  fhall  keep  Hundreds  in  their  own  Hands,  or  let  them  upon  the  old  Rent. 

be  but  one  Bailiff  errant  in  one  County. 


There  fhall 


ET  pur  ce  qe  moultz  de  mefchiefs  font  avenuz 
par  my  le  Roialme  de  ce  qe  les  vifcountes  ount 
leffez  les  hundreds  &  les  wapentaks  a  plus  haut 
ferme  qils  ne  rendent  au  Roi  &  mefmes  les  fermors 
les  leflent  as  autres  plus  chier  des  grandes  fomes  en 
tieu  manere  par  fi  haute  lees  &  enhanfier  des  fermes 
&  plus  grant  nombre  des  baillifs  errantz  outriders 
&  autres  qe  les  vifcontes  baillifs  et  hundreders  y 
mettent  fi  eft  le  poeple  en  diverfe  manere  charge 
et  greve  ft  eft  affentuz  et  acorde  qe  defore  en 
avant  touz  les  wapentaks  et  hundreds  qe  font 
feveriz  des  countees  foient  rejointz  a  mefmes  les 
countees  auffi  come  avant  ces  hures  eftoit  acorde 
par  autre  eftabliffement  et  qe  les  vifcountes  les 
tiegnent  en  lour  main  demeigne  et  y  mettent  tieux 
baillifs  et  hundreders  eiantz  terresdeinz_mefmes  les 
baillies  et  hundredz  pur  queux  ils  voillent  refpoun- 
dre.  Et  fils  voillent  afcuns  hundredz  baillies  ou 
wapentaks  leffer  a  ferme  fi  les  leffent  al  auncien 
ferme  fanz  rien  encreftre.  Et  qe  par  tieux  baillifs 
et  hundreders  et  lour  foutzbaillifs  le  Roi  et  le  poe- 
ple foient  ferviz  en  ouftant  pur  touz  jours  touz  les 
outriders  et  autres  qe  en  divers  countees  avant  ces 
heures  notoriement  ont  deftruit  le  poeple.  Et  qe 
nul  baillif  errant  ne  ne  foit  forfque  en  les  countees 
ou  baillif  errant  ad  efte  avant  ces  hures  en  temps 
le  Roi'  lael  et  en  nulie  manere  ne  foient  plus  des 
baillifs  errantz  forfque  un  foule  en  un  contee.  Et 
en  mefme  la  manere  eft  affentuz  qe  touz  autres  de 
quel  eftat  ou  condition  qils  foient  qe  ont  baillies 
Vot.  I. 


TEM,   Whereas  many  Mifchiefs  be  happened 
through  the  Realm,  for  that  the  Sheriffs  have  let 
:  the  Hundreds  and  Wapentakes  to  an  higher  Ferm 
;  than  they  yield  to  the  King,    and  the  Fermors  do 
let  the  fame  to  other  at  more  higher  and  greater 
Sums,  in  fuch  Manner  that  by  the  high  letting  and 
enhanfing  of  the  Ferms,  and  by  the  great  Number 
of  Bailiffs  Errants,  Out-riders,  and  other  whom  the 
Sheriffs,  Bailiffs,    and  Hundreders  do  put  in,    the 
People  be  in  divers  Manners  charged  and  grieved  ;" 
(2)  it  is  affented  and  accorded,  That  from  henceforth  Hundreds  and 
all  the  Wapentakes  and  Hundreds  which  be  fevered  Wapentakes 
from  the  Counties,    fhall  be  rejoyned  to  the  fame  ^ '"/"'a ' 
Counties,  as  before  this  Time  hath  been  eftablifhed 
by  another  Statute;    (3)  and  that  the  Sheriffs  hold  4  Ed.  3.  c.  ij, 
the  fame  in  their  own  Hands,  and  put  in  fuch  Bailiffs 
and   Hundreders,    having  Lands  within   the   Bail i- Skinner  41, 
wicks  and  Hundreds,    for  whom  they  will  anfwer. 
(4)  And  if  they  will  let  any  Hundreds,  Bailiwicks, 
or  Wapentakes  to  Ferm,  they  fhall  let  the  fame  at 
the  ancient  Ferm  without  any  thing  increafing.     (;) 
And  that  the  King  and  his  People  be  ferved  by  fuch 
Bailiffs  and  Hundreders,  and  their  Under-Bailiffs,  in 
avoiding  for  ever  the  Out-riders  and  other,  which  in 
divers  Counties  beforetime  have  notorioufly  grieved 
the  People.     (6)  And  that  no  Bailiff  Errant  be  but 
in  the  Counties  where -Bailiffs  Errants  have  been  in 
Times  paft,  in  the  Time  of  the  King's  Grandfather  „,       «., . 
that  now  is  ;    (7)  and  that  tliere  be  no  more  but  one  butane  Bailiff 
Bailiff  Errant  in  one  County.     (8)  And  in  the  fame  errant  in  one 
G  g  *  Manner  County, 


226       Stat.  i. 


Anno  dccimo  quarto  Edwardi  III.         A.  D.  1340. 


V/bo  (hall  have 
Au'  hority  to 
puniiri  ihe  Of- 
fenders. 


The  PunVhment 
•f  the  Offenders. 


c.  ;. 


4W.4. 

2:  H  6-  c   1-.* 

f  \l  b.t  She  Ifs 
from  letting  ihc'ir 
lluvdi  ejs,  C3V. 


*  Read  c. 


■  9- 


4  Co.  34. 
3  i  11  ft  *  ni. 

Rnfcrcrd  ly 
19  H.  7.  c.  10. 


Marnier  it  is  afTcnted,  That  all  other,  of  what  Eftate 
or  -Condition  they  be,  which  have  Bailiwicks  or 
Hundreds  in  Fee,  if  they  the  fame  wil!  hold  in  their 
own  Hands,  then  they  fhall  put  in  fuch  Bailiffs  for 
whom  they  will  anfwer;  (9)  and  if  they  will  let  the 
fame  in  Ferm  to  other,  then  they  fhall  let  the  fame 
at  the  ancient  Ferm  without  any  Thing  increafing, 
as  afore  is  faid.  (10)  And  the  Juftices  of  the  one 
Bench  and  the  other,  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer, 
and  the  Juftices  affigned,  fhaH  have  Power  to  inquire 
of  all  thofe  that  offend  againft  this  Ordinance,  at  all 
Times  that  they  come  into  the  Country,  and  to  exe- 
cute fuch  Puniihrnent  as  to  them  fhall  feem  conve- 
nient to  be  done  according  to  the  Law  and  Reafon. 
(j  1 )  And  if  the  Sheriffs  or  their  Fermors  be  found  in 
Default  in  any  Point  againft  this  Ordinance,  and 
thereof  be  attainted,  the  Hundreds  and  Wapentakes 
where  fuch  Default  fhall  be  found,  fhall  be  taken  in- 
to the  King's  Hands,  and  let  to  other  by  the  fame 
Juftices,  and  to  commit  them  to  Prifon,  there  to  re- 
main till  they  have  made  Fine  and  Ranfom  to  the 
King  according  to  the  Quantity  of  the  Trefpafs  ;  and 
nevertheless  they  fhall  anfwer  to  the  King  of  the 
whole  Ftrm.  (12)  And  that  the  Lords  which  hold 
Hundreds  or  Wapentakes  in  Fee,  fhall  fet  fuch  Bai- 
liffs which  be  fufficient  to  anfwer  the  King  and  his 
People ;  ( n)  and  if  their  Bailiffs  do  againft  this  Or- 
dinance, they  fhall  be  called  to  anfwer  ;  (14)  and  if 
they  be  attainted,  they  fhall  have  fuch  Punifhment 
as  the  Law  of  the  Land  requireth  in  fuch  Cafe,  and 
they  fhall  be  out  of  their  Bailiwicks  for  ever,  and 
other  fufficient  put  in  their  Places  by  the  fame  Lords.' 

CAP.       X. 

Sheriffs  -fhall  have  the  keeping  of  Gaols.     A  Prifoner  by  Durefs  becometh  an  Approver. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ou  hundredz  en  fee  fils  les  voillent  tenir  en  lour 
main  demeigne  adonqes  y  mettent  teux  baillifs  pur 
queux  ils  voillent  refpoundre  fa  fils  les  voillent  lef- 
fer  a  ferme  as  autres  qils  les  leffent  al  auncien  ferme 
fanz  riens  encreftre  come  eft  fufdit.  Et  denquere  fur 
touz  ceux  qe  veignent  al  encountre  de  ceft  efta- 
bliffement  fi  eient  les  Juftices  del  un  Bank  et  del 
autre  Barons  de  Lefcheqer  et  Juftices  affignez  poair 
a  toutes  les  foitz  qils  veignent  en  pays  et  affaire 
tieu  puniffement  felonc  ceo  qe  lour  femble  qe  foit 
affaire  felonc  lei  et  refon.  Et  fi  vifcountes  ou  lour 
fermers  foient  trovez  en  defaute  en  nulle  point 
countre  ceft  eftabliffement  et  de  ceo  foient  atteintz 
foient  les  hundredz  et  les  wapentaks  dedeinz  queux 
tieles  defautes  ferront  trovez  pris  en  la  main  le  Roi 
et  leffez  as  autres  par  les  ditz  Juftices  et  eux  com- 
mandez  a  la  prifone  a  y  demorer  tantqe  ils  eient 
fait  fin  et  raunceon  au  Roi  felonc  la  quantite  du 
trefpas  et  nient  meins  refpoignent  au  Roi  de  len- 
der de  la  ferme.  Et  qe  les  Seignurs  qe  tienent 
hundredz  ou  wapentaks  en  fee  mettent  tieux  bail- 
lifs qe  foient  fuffifantz  a  refpondre  au  Roi  et  au: 
poeple  et  fi  lour  baillifs  facent  countre  ceft  efta- 
bliffement foient  appellez  en  refpouns  et  fils  foient 
atteintz  foient  puniz  et  eient  tieu  juggement  come 
la  ley  de  la  terre  le  demande  en  tieu  cas  et  foi- 
ent ouftez  de  lour  baillies  pur  touz  jours  et  au- 
tres fuffifantz  mys  en  lour  lieus  par  mefmes  les 
Seignurs. 


It  (hall  be  Fe- 
lony for  a 
G?oter  to  cau'fe 
a  Prifoner  to 
become  an  Ap- 
prover. 

1  Ed.  3.  flat.  1. 
«.  7. 


TEM,  in  the  Right  of  the  Gaols,  which  were 
wont  to  be  in  ward  of  the  Sheriffs,  and  annexed 
to  their  Bailiwicks  ;"  '  (2)  it  is  affented  and  ac- 
corded, That  they  {hall  be  rejoined  to  the  Sheriffs, 
and  the  Sheriffs  fhall  have  the  Cuftody  of  the  fame 
Gaols,  as  before  this  Time  they  were  wont  to  have ; 
(;)  and  that  they  fhall  put  in  fuch  Keepers  for  whom 
they  will  anfwer.  (4)  And  if  it  happen  that  the 
Keeper  of  the  Prifon,  or  Under-Keeper,  by  too  great 
Durefs  of  Impnfonment,  and  by  Pain,  make  any 
Prifoner  that  he  hath  in  his  Ward  to  become  an  Ap- 
pellor againft  his  Will,  and  thereof  be  attainted,  he 
fhall  have  Judgement  of  Life  and  of  Member.  (5) 
And  that  the  King's  Juftices,  before  whom  fuch 
Cafes  fhall  happen,  fhall  enquire  the  Truth  thereof; 
(6)  and  if  they  find  by  Inqueft  thereupon  taken 
that  any  Keeper  or  Under  Keeper  hath  done  the 
fame,  he  fhall  be  thereof  arraigned  ;  and  if  he  be 
found  guilty,  he  fhall  have  Judgement  of  Life  and 
Member  as  afore  is  faid.' 


ITEM  en  droit  des  gaoles  qe  foleient  eftre  ea 
garde  des  vifcontes  fa  annexez  a  lour  baillies 
affentuz  eft  &  acordez  qils  foient  rejointz  a  les 
vifcontes  &  eient  les  vifcountes  la  garde  des  dites 
gaoles  come  avant  ces  houres  foleient  avoir  &  y 
mettent  tieux  gardeins  pur  queux  ils  voillent  re- 
fpondre. Et  111  aveigne  qe  gardeyn  du  prifone 
ou  foutz  gardein  par  trop  grande  durete  de  pri- 
fone fa  par  peine  face  nul  prifon  qil  eit  en  fa  garde 
devenir  appellour  countre  fon  gree  &  de  ceo  foit  at- 
teint  eit  mife  de  vie  &  de  membre.  Et  qe  Juftices 
le  Roi  devant  queux  tieu  cas  avendra  enquergent 
fur  ce  la  verite  fa  fiis'troeffent  par  enquefte  fur  ce 
prife  qe  nul  gardein  ou  fouthgardein  leit  fait  foit 
de  ceo  arefne  fa  fil  foit  trove  coupable  eit  mife  de 
vie  Si  de  membre  come  defus  eft  dit. 


13 16. 1.  fiat.  1. 
r.45. 

Acron  3orneI. 
II  Ed.  1. 


CAP.     XL 

A  Clerk  of  the  Statutes  fhall  have  fufficient,  and  be  refident  upon  his  Office. 

ITEM  it  is  affented  and  cftablifhed,    That  every  I  T  TEM  eft  affentuz  fa  eftabli  qechefcun  clerc  qe 
Clerk  which  fhall  be  deputed  to  receive  Recogni-  |   JL  ferra  depute  a  receivre  les  reconifances  en  citees 
zances^  in  Cities  and  Boroughs,  according  to  the  Sta-  1  fa  en  burghs  felonc  leftatut  marchant  demoerge  en 


tute  Merchant,  fhall  abide  in  proper  Perfon  to  do  his 
Office,  according  as  is  contained  in  the  Statute  of 
AP.on  Eunulj    and  that  he  have  Lands  fufficient  in 


prcpre  perfone  pur  faire  loffice  felonc  ce  qe  eft  con- 
tenu  en  leftatut  de  A£k>n  Burnel  fa  qe  il  eit  tcrres 
fuffifantes  en  meifme  le  contee  dont  if  purra  re- 
fpoundre 


A.D.  1340.         Anno  decimo  quarto  Edward  1  III. 


Stat. 


1. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
fpoundre  a  touz  fil  mefpreigne.     £t  fi  nul  autre 
foit  en  tiel  office  foit  remue  &  autre  covenable  mys 
en  fon  lieu. 


'  the  fame  County,  whereof  he  nlay  anfwer  to  all  Per- 
'  fons  if  he  offend.  And  if  any  other  be  in  the  fame 
'  Office,  he  fhall  be  removed,  and  another  convenient 
'  fet  in  his  Place.' 


227 


CAP.     XII. 

Bufhels  and  Weights  fhall  be  made  and  fent  into  every  County. 


ITEM  come  il  foit  contenuz  en  la  Grande  Char- 
tre  qe  une  mefure  &  un  poys  foit  par  my  toute 
Engleterre  &  auxint  contenuz  foit  en  un  effatut 
fait  el  temps  le  Roi  Edward  aiel  le  Roi  qoreft  qe 
nul  ne  vende  par  buffel  fil  ne  foit  merche  du  leal 
le  Roi  &  qil  foit  acordant  a  leftandard  le  Roi  et 
auxint  y  eft  contenuz  qe  celui  qe  ferra  atteint  qil 
eit  double  mefure  ceft  aflaver  un  plus  grande  pur 
achater  &  un  autre  meindre  pur  vendre  foit  em- 
prifone  come  faufour  &  grevement  puny  queles 
chofes  nent  my  efte  tenuz  ne  ufez  puis  les  ditz  efta- 
bliffementz  a  grant  grevance  du  poeple  fi  eft  affen- 
tuz  &  acorde  qe  defore  en  avant  un  mefure  &  un 
pois  foit  parmy  toute  Engleterre  &  qe  le  Treforer 
face  faire  certaines  eftandardz  de  buflel  de  galon  de 
poys  darreifne  &  les  face  mander  en  chefcune  coun- 
tee  par  la  ou  tielx  eftandardz  ne  font  pas  avant  ces 
hures  mandez  &  fur  cei  foient  affignez  deux  bons 
&  fuffifantz  en  chefcun  counte  &  plus  folonc  ceo 
qe  la  countee  eft  graun1.  de  furveer  auffibien  deinz 
franchife  come  dehors  qe  les  mefures  &  les  poys 
foient  acordantz  a  les  eftandardz  &  qils  eient  poair 
denquere  oyer  &  terminer  &  de  punir  touz  ceux  qe 
ferront  trovez  en  coupe  et  qe  les  vifcountes  a  lour 
mandement  les  receivent  &les  reteinent  en  prifone 
tanqe  ils  eint  fait  fin  au  Roi.  Et  foit  oy  chefcun 
qe  pleindre  fe  voudra  de  tieux  qe  mefparnent  en 
vendant  ou  en  achatant  auffibien  pur  le  Roi  come 
pur  lui  mefmes. 


Et  qe  les  ditz  affignez  liverent  lour  eftretes  chefc- 
un an  a  lendemeyn  Seint  Michel  a  Lefcheqer  & 
priegnent  pur  lour  defpens  la  quarte  partie  de  ce 
qils  pount  lever  &  refpoigncnt  au  Roi  de  les  trois 
parties  &  de  ce  qe  ne  poet  eftre  leve  avant  lour  pro- 
fre  foit  la  quart  partie  allowe  a  eux  a  Lefcheqer  & 
les  trois  parties  levez  al  oeps  le  Roi.  Et  neft  pas 
lentention  le  Roi  qe  le  clerc  du  marchee  ne  face 
fon  office  par  la  ou  il  vendra  felonc  ce  qil  foleit 
faire  avant  ces  hures  ne  qe'Ies  Seignurs  des  fraun- 
chifes  ne  foient  ouftkz  de  lour  franchifes  par  caufe 
de  ceft  eftabliffement. 


flat.  1.  c.  2.    i$Ed.  3.  c.  5  &  6. 

flat.  1.  <:.  1  J.  fee.  I. 


FEM,  Where  it  is  contained  in  the  Great  Char-  9  h.  3.  ih±.  1. 
ter,    that    one  Meafure    and   one   Weight    bee.  it. 
throughout  England;    (2)  and  alfo  it  is  contained  in  51  f'-i-J1"1- »■ 
a  Statute   made  in  the   Time  of  King  Edward,  s'      '  1' 
Grandfather   to   the   King  that  now  is,  that  none 
fhall  fell  by  the  Bufhel,  if  it  be  not  marked  with  the 
King's  Seal,  and  that  it  be  according  to  the  King's 
Standard;     (3)    and   alfo   it  is  contained,   that   he 
which  fhall  be  attainted  for  having  double  Meafure, 
that  is  to  fay,  one  greater  to  buy,  and  another  lefs  27Ed.  3.  flat.  2. 
to  fell,  fhall  be  imprifoned  as   falfe,  and  grievoufly  c.  10.  inflieis 
punifhed  ;  which  Things  have  not  been  hold.en  nor  P"yl'y  m  Qf- 
ufed  after  the  faid  Eftablifhment,  to  the  great  Grief "g"-j;n*"     ' 
of  the  People;"    '  (4)  it  is  afTented  and  accorded,  piftor.  c 8,' 
That  from  henceforth  one  Meafure  and  one  Weight  ante  187. 
fhall  be  throughout  the  Realm  of  England;    (5)  and 
that  the  Treasurer   caufe  to  be  made   certain  Stan- 
dards of  Buftiels,  Gallons,  of  Weights  of  *Auncel,  *  Erafs. 
and  fend   the  fame  into  every   County  where   fuch 
Standards   be  not  fent  before  this   Time;    (6)    and 
thereupon  fhall  be  affigned  two  good  and  fufficient 
Perfons  in  every  County,  and  more,  according  as  the 
County   in  Greatnefs   requireth,  to   furvey  as  well 
within  Franchife  as  without,  that  the  Meafures  and 
the  Weights  be  according  to  the  Standard,  and  that 
they  have  Power  to  inquire,  hear,  and  determine, 
and  to  punifh  all   thofe  that  fhall  be  found  thereof 
guilty;    (7)  and  that  the  Sheriffs  at  their  Command- 
ments receive  and  detain  them  in  Prifon  till  they  have 
made  Fine  to  the-King.     (S)  And  every  Perfon  that 
will  complain  of  fuch  as  co  offend  m  Buying  or  Sel- 
ling fhall  be  heard,  as  well  for  the  King,  as  for  him- 
felf.' 

'  II.  And  that  the  faid  Afngnes  fhall   deliver  their 
Eftreates  every  Year  in  the  Morrow  of  Saint  Michael} 
at  the  Exchequer,  and  take   for  their  Expene.es  the 
fourth  Part  of  that  which  they  may  levy,  and  anfwer 
to  the  King  the  three  Parts  ;    (2)  and  of  that  which 
may  not  be  levied  before  their  Profer,  the  fourth  Part 
fhall  be  allowed  to  them  at  the  Exchequer,  and.  the 
three  Parts  levied  to  the  King's  Ufe,     (3)  And  it  is  ^  cje3rk7o£ 
not  the  King's  Mind,  but   that  the  Clerk   of  the  the  Market.  ' 
Market  fhall  do  his  Office  where  he  will,  according  See  fan  ter  am- 
as  he  was  wont   to  do   in  Times  paft;    (4)  nor  the  "rm»g  ifc'gbt 
Lords  of  Franchifes  fhall  not  be  oufted  of  their  Fran-  Xjid^w£\ 
chifes  by  the  Occafion  of  this  Ordinance.'  V.10.  '\i  is/:*'. 

13  R,  a,  c.  9.     15.K,  2.  f.4.     8  H.  6.  e.  3.     11H.7.C.4.     12  H.  7.  c.  5,     16  Car.  i,  c.  19,      zz'Car.  a,.{.  8_.«a«f  lil««> 


C  A  P.    XIII. 


Efcheators  fhall  make  no  Wafte  in  the  Lands  of  the  King's  Wards.     A  Ward  fhall  have  an 

Aftion  of  Wafte  againft  his  Guardian. 

7TEM  come  en  la  Grande  Chartre  foit  contenuz  qe  apres  la  mort  des  aunceftres  qe  tiegnent  du  Roi  en  9  H.  3.  Pat.  1. 
A  chief  &  des  queux  les  heirs  font  deinz  age  qe  leRoi  face  garder  les  terres  fanz  waft  &  deftruftion  &  c-4.  5-  6  Ed.  1. 
les  rend  entierement  a  les  heirs  quant  ils  vendront  a  la  plein  age  &  encountre  Dieu  &  droit  &  les  ditz  efta-^'j^  £  £,t  . 
bliiTementz  les  efchetours  &  autres  as  queux  les  terres  de  tieux  heirs  ount  efte  commis  out  fait  waft  &  dc-  c   lg_'  3'6Ei '^ 
ftruclion  a  grant  mefchief  auffibien  des  heirs  des  Countes  Barons  &  autres  grantz  come  dautrei  qe  tiegnent  c. , }, 
■    ■  G  g  2  du 


228       Stat.  i'. 


Anno  decimo  quarto  Edwardi  III.        A.  D.  1 340. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
du  Roi  en  chief  &  nient  miens  les  efchetours  nount  en  confciencie  de  faire  tieux  deftru£tions  &  cheytive- 
,  f„.   ment  ont  refponduz  au  Roi  par  quei  eft  affentuz  &c  eftabli  qe  defore  enavant  apres  la  mort  de  chefcun  qe 

to  the  King's '  tient  du  Roi  en  chief  qe  efchetour  face  feiftr  en  la  mein  le  Roi  les  terres  come  appent  fanz  waft  faire  en  mei- 
Ward  may  take  fons  boys  pares  viveres  ou  autres  extorfions  qe  peuffent  efcheer  au  damage  del  heir  &  haftivement  apres  le 
in  Fcrm  his  Diem  claufit  extremum  a  lui  liveree  le  face  retournir  par  bone  &  veritable  extente  en  Chancellerie  apres 
Land,  queu  retourn  fi  trove  feit  qe  leir  (bit  deinz  age  &  les  profcheines  amys  le  dit  heir  as  queux  leritage  n:  poet 

FPz  Wafle*  6  defcendre  viegnent  &  fe  offrent  a  prendre  les  'dites  terres  rendant  la  value  au  Roi  tantqe  al  age  leir  fi  avant 
7~  So,  97  'o3  'come  autres  voillent  rcndre  fanz  fraude  par  acorde  entre  les  Chahceller  &  Treforer  eient  cornmiflion  a  gar- 
ji7,  ij6,  136,'  der  les  dites  terres  par  bone  &  fuffifant  feurte  tanqe  al  age  les  ditz  heirs  &  a  refpoundre  au  Roi  de  la  value. 
>37>  '3?>  '41-  Et  neft  pas  lentention  le  Roy  qe  par  ceft  efiatut  il  foit  forclos  daver  fa  action  de  waft  devers  tieux  gardeins 
The  Heir  may  ^  formers  fi  come  lui  &  fes  aunceftres  ont  eu  avant  ces  houres  &  qe  les  heirs  quant  ils  vendront  a  lour  age 
"f  Waftc    10n  aient  lour  action  par  brief  de  Waft  devers  tieux  gardeins  &  Termers. 

Raft.  693.     Regift.  77..     OI>J.  by  12  Car.  2,  c.  2.4.  -which  takes  aivay  Ward/hip  by  Reafcn  of  lenure. 


CAP.     XIV. 

There  (hall  be  but  four  Writs  of  Search  for  the  King. 

Juftice. 


R-.ft.  462. 

9  Ed.  4.  f.  51. 

Kel.  178. 
Eitz.  Petit.  9. 


The  Great  or 
Privy  Seal  (hall 
not  hinder  the 
Execution  of 
Juftice. 
a  Ed.  3.  c.  8. 
5  Ed.  3.  r.  9. 
Rfgift.  1S6. 
9H.  3.  ftat.  I.  c 


6E,t.  1.  c.  9. 
Z  Ed.  3.  c.  2. 


Nothing  (hall  hinder  the  Execution  of 


TEM,  Whereas  before  this  Time,  in  cafe  that 
a  Man  hath  demanded  by  Petition  in  the  Par- 
"  liament  certain  Lands  and  Tenements  which  be  in 
"  the  King's  Hands,  and  to  the  fame  Petitions  hath 
*"'  been  anfwered  in  the  fame  Parliament,  Chancery,  or 
'*'  the  King's  Bench,  that  the  King  will  that  a  Writ  be 
*'  fued  to  the  Treafurer  and  Chamberlains  of  the  Ex- 
"  chequer,  to  fearch  Charters,  Miniments,  and  other 
''  Remembrances,  which  may  him  avail,  whereby  he 
"  may  be  advifed  to  make  Anfwer;  (2)  to  which 
"  Writs  commonly  the  Treafurer  and  Chamberlains 
*-  have  anfwered,  that  they  have  fearched  but  not  by- 
*'  fearched,  and  would  not  anfwer  that  they  have  fully 
"  fearched,  and  nothing  found,  nor  that  they  can  no 
"  more  find,  but  that  which  they  have  fent,  whereby 
"  according  to  the  Law  afore  this  Time  ufed,  a  Man 
''  hath  not  had  caufe  to  put  them  which  be  for  the 
"  King  to  anfwer,  and  in  fuch  Manner  the  Demand- 
"  ants  have  been  greatly  delayed  to  their  Mifchief ;" 
'  (3)  Wherefore  it  is  affented,  That  after  that  the 
1  four  Writs  be  returned,  whether  the  Miniment  or 
'  Remembrance  be  found  for  the  King,  or  not,  that 
'  then  in  the  Parliament,  Chancery,  or  in  the  King's 
'  Bench,  or  in  the  Common  Bench,  they  which  fhail 
'  fue  for  the  King  fhall  be  put  to  anfwer,  and  to  defend 
'  the  Lands  and  Tenements  fo  demanded  againft  the 
'  King,  to  the  beft  that  they  can  or  may  according  to 
'  the  Law,  fo  always  that  every  of  the  four  Writs  be 
*  delivered  to  the  Treafurer  and  to  the  Chamberlains 
'  forty  Days  before  the  Day  of  the  Return;  (4)  and 
'  that  by  Commandment  of  the  Great  Seal,  or  Privy 
l-  Seal,  no  Point  of  this  Statute  fliall  be  put  in  Delay; 
'  nor  that  the  Juftices  of  whatfoever  Place  it  be,  fhall 
1  let  to  do  the  Common  Law  by  Commandment,  which 
4  fhall  come  to  them  under  the  Great  Seal  or  Privy 
'  Seal.' 


tTEM  come  avant  ces  houres  en-  cas  homme  at} 
demaunde  par  petition  du  parlement  certeines 
terres  &  tenementz  qe  font  en  la  mein  le  Roi  &  a 
les  dites  petitions  eit  efte  refpondu  en  dit  parlement 
Chancellerie  ou  en  Bank  le  Roi  qe  le  Roi  voet  qe 
brief  foit  fwy  as  Treforer  Si  Chaumbreleins  pur 
ferchier  chartres  momimentz  St  autres  remem-? 
brances  qe  lui  pount  valer  par  quoi  il  puiffe  eftre 
avife  a  faire  refpouns  as  queux  briefs  comunement 
le  Treforer  &  Chaumbreleins  ont  refpondu  qils 
ount  ferche  mes  nemy  parferche  &  nount  pas  volu 
refpoundre  qils  ount  pleinement  ferche  &  riens  ne 
troevent  ne  qils  poent  plus  trover  fors- ce  qils  ont 
mande  par  quoi  per  la  ley  avant  cefte  hure  ufee 
homme  nad  my  eu  caufe  a  mettre  ceux  qe  font  pur 
le  Roi  a  refpouns  &en  tieu  manereles  demandantz 
ont  efte  grantement  delaiez  a  mefchief  de  eux  par 
quoi  eft  affentuz  qe  apres  qe  lesquatre  briefs  foient 
retournez  le  quel  qe  monyment  ou  remembrance 
foit  trove  pur  le  Roi  ou  nemy  qe  adonqes  en  parle- 
ment Chancellerie  ou  en  Bank  le  Roi  ou  en  com- 
mune Bank  foient  ceux  qe  font  pur  le  Roi  mys.  a. 
refpouns  &  a  defendre  les  terres  &  tenementz  enfi 
demandez  devers  le  Roi  a  meutz  qils  faveront  oit 
purront  felonc  la  lei  enfi  totes  foitz  qe  chefcun  des" 
quatre  briefs  foit  liveree  as  Treforer  &  Chaum-- 
breleins  quarante  jours  devant  le  jour  de  retourn. 
&  qe  par  mandement  de  grant  feal  ne  de  priv.e  feal 
nul  point  de  ceft  eftatut  ne  ne  foit  mys  en  delay. ' 
ne  qe  Juftices  de  quec'umque  place  qe  fe  foit  leffent. 
a  faire  commune  lei  pur  maundement  qe  les  vendra. 
defoutz  le  grant  fe'a]  ou  privee  feal.. 


20.     Enforced  by  u  Rich,  2.  f.  10.  and  16  Car.  I*  c.  10.  ivhicb  regulates  the  Privy  Council,  and  takes  atvay  the  Star  Chamber, 

CAP.    XV. 
No  Pardon  for  Felony,  but  where  the  King  may  do  it  faving  his  Oath. 


TEM,  Becaufe  by  divers  Statutes  made  before 
this  Time  in  divers  Parliaments  it  was  affented, 
"  That  no  Charter  of  Pardon  of  the  Death  of  a  Man 
"  fhould  be  granted  by  the  King,  but  in  cafe  where  he 
tt  may  do  it  keeping  the  Oath  of  his  Crown;  which 
"  Statutes  have  not  been  holden,  but  Charters  have 
">  been  granted  without  Number  to  divers  Felons  and 

3 


TEM  pur  ce  qe  par  divers  eftatutz  avant  ces 
houres  faites  en  divers  parlcmentz  fi  fut  ailentuz 
qe  nul  chartre  de  pardoun  de  mort  de  homme  ne 
ferroit  fait  par  le  Roi  mes  en  cas  qil  le  poet  faire 
gardant  le  ferement  de  fa  Coroune  les- queux  efta- 
tutz ne  ount  pas  eftj  tenuz  einz  ount  efte  chartres 
fanz  nombrc  grantez  as  divers  larons  &  homicide* 

a  mal 


A.  D.  134.0.         Anno  decimo  quarto  Edwardi  IU. 


Stat.  1.       229 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
a  mal  enfample  &  affrai  des  bones  gentz  &  loialx 
par  quoi  les  larons  &  meffefours  font  comfortez  af- 
faire lour  roberies  &  homicides  &  les  fount  de  jour 
en  autre  &  plus  font  efbaudiz  a  le  faire  par  caufe 
de  efpoir  davoir  lour  chartres  de  pardoun  legere- 
ment  fi  eft  affentuz  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  nul  chartre 
de  pardon  de  mort  de  homme  ne  dautre  felonie  ne 
ne  foit  defore  enavant  grante  a  nul  forfqe  en  cas  ou 
le  Roi  poet  faire  fauvant  le  ferement  de  (a  corone  fi 
come  eft  contenuz  en  les  eftatutz  avant  ces  houres 
faitz  et  ii  nulla  chartre  foit  defore  grante  conti'e  les 
ditz  eftatutz  qele  foit  tenu  pur  nulle. 


"  Manflayers,  to  the  evil  Example  and  Fear  of  good 

M  People  and  lawful,  whereby  Thieves,  Felons,  and  6  Co.  13. 

"  Offenders  be  comforted  to  do  their  Robberies  and  ioEd.  3.  ftat.z. 

"  Man-flaughter,  and  the  fame  do  from  Day  to  Day,  c'  2l 

"  and  the  more  be  encouraged  to  do  the  fame,  becaufe 

"  of  Hope  eafily  to  have  their  Charters  of  Pardon  ;" 

'  (2)  it   is   aftented,  eftablifhed,    and  accorded,  That 

'  no  Charter  of  Pardon  of  the  Death  of  a  Man,  nor 

'  of  other  Felony,  fhall  be  from  henceforth  granted  to 

'  any  Man,  but  in  cafe  where  the  King  may  the  fame 

'  do  faving  the  Oath  of  his  Crown,  as  it  is  contained 

'  in  the  Statutes  made  before  this  Time;    (3}  and  if 

'  any  Charter  be  from  henceforth  granted  againft  the 

'  faid  Statutes,  the  fame  fhall  be  holden  for  none.' 


CAP.     XVI. 
Before  what  Perfons  Nifi  Prius  may  be  granted. 


■ITEM  come  avant  ces  houres  foit  eftabli  qe  les 
A  enqueftes  &  jurrez  qe  font  aprendre  auffibien  de 
Bank  le  Roi  come  de  commune  Bank  fuiffent  pris 
devant  un  ou  deux  Juftices  de  meifmes  les  place? 
ficome  eft  contenuz  en  meifme  les  eftabliffementz 
&  ja  fi  eft  notoriement  veu  &  conu  qe  diverfes  en- 
queftes &  jurrees  ont  efte  aprendre  &  encore  font 
en  divers  contees  Engleterre  ou  nul  Juftice  neft 
venu  a  grant  meichief  des  parties  qe  fuent  &  auffi 
des  bones  gentz  du  pays  qe  ibnt  mys  en  panel  par 
quoi  eft  affentuz  &  eftabli  qe  qi  qe  ce  foit  qe  de- 
manded e  Nifi  prius  en  Bank  le  R.oi  auffibien  a  la 
feute  le  defendant  come  de  pleintifF  come  avant  ces 
hures  ad  efte  fait  par  forme  deftatut  qe  lui  foit  le 
Nifi  prius  grante  devant  afcun  Juftice  de  la  place 
ou  le  plee  pent  fi  afcun  de  la  place  peuffe  bone- 
ment  aler  en  celles  parties  &  fi  nemy  adonqes  foit 
grante  le  Nifi  prius  devant  afcun  Juftice  du  com- 
mune Bank  au  certein  jour  qe  poet  eftre  acorde  & 
tenor  du  record  a  lui  liveree  ou  mande  defoutz  le 
feal  de  chief  de  la  Place  a  queu  jour  il  preigne  len- 
quefte  &  retourne  le  verdit  defoutz  fon  feal  ovefqe 
le  brief  la  tenour  &  le  panell  lequel  foit  receu  en. 
B^nk  le  Roi  &  illoeqes  enroule  &  fur  ce  jugjement 
rendu  folonc  le  verdit  de  mefme  lenquefte  Et  eit 
le  dit  Juftice. du  commune  Bank  poair  de  recorder 
defautes  5c  nounfeutes  auxi  avant  come  le  Nifi  prius 
euft  efte  grante  devant  afcun  Juftice  du  Bank  le  Roi 
apres  queux  defautes  iffint  recordez  &  retournez  en 
Bank  le  Roi  aillent  les  Juftices  a  juggement  rendre 
de  mefme  le  Record.  En  mefme  la  manere  foit  fait 
de  toutz  les  plees  qe  font  ou  ferront  en  commune 
Bank  dont  les  enqueftes  &  jureez  font  ou  ferront 
aprendre  en  pays  parle  Nifi  prius.  Si  nul  des  Ju- 
ftices de  meifme  la  place  ne  y  aille  foit  le  Nifi  prius 
grante  devant  afcun  Juftice  du  Bank  le  Roi  affaire 
come  devant  eft  dit  des  Juftices  de  commune  Bank 
&  la  tenour  du  record  a  meifme  celui  Juftice  maun- 
de  qi  eit  autiel  poair  come  devant  eft  dit  de  Juftice 
du  commune  Bank  qeft  ailigne  aprendre  les  en- 
queftes &  jurrees  du  Bank  le  Roi.  Et  ill  aveigne 
qe  nul  des  Juftices  del  un  Bank  ne  del  autre  ne 
puifle  venir  en  pais  la  ou  enqueftes  &  jurrees  font 
aprendre.  adonqes  foit  le  Nifi  prius  grante  devant 


TEM,  Whereas  before  this  Time  it  was  efta- 
blifned,  That  the  inquefts  and  Juries  which  be- 
to  be  taken,  as  well  of  the  King's  Bench  as  of  the 
'  Common  Bench,  fhould  be  taken  before  one  or  more 
:  Juftices  of  the  fame  Place,  as  it  is  contained  in  the 
:  faid  Eftablifhment;  and  now  it  is  notorioufly  feen 
;  and  known,    that  divers  Inquefts  and   Juries  have 
:  been*  taken,  and  yet  be  in  divers  Counties  of  Eng- 
;  land,  where  no  Juftice  did  come,  to  the  great  Mif- 
'  chief  of  the  Parties  that  do  fue,    and   alfo  of  the 
:  good  People  of  the  Country  which  be  impanelled:" 
(2)    Wherefore  it  is  aflented  and  ftablifhed,    That 
whofo  demandeth  the  Nifi  prius  in  the  King's  Bench, 
as  well  at  the  Suit  of  the  Defendant,  as  of  the  Plain- 
tiff (as  before  this  Time  hath  been  done  by  the  Form 
of  the  Statute)  the  Nifi  prius  fhall  be  granted  before 
any  Juftice  of  the  Place  where  the  Plea  dependeth, 
if  any  of  the  fame   Place  may  well  go  into  thofe 
Parts;    (3)  and  if  not,  then  the  Nifi  prius  fhall  be 
granted  before  any  Juftice  of  the  Common  Bench, 
at  a  certain  Day,  which  may  be  accorded,  and  to  de- 
liver or  fend  the  Tenor  of  the  Record  to  him  under 
the  Seal  of  the  chief  Juftice  of  the  Place,  at  which 
Day  he  fhall  take  the  lnqueft,  and  return  the  Verdicl 
under  his  Seal  with  the  Writ,  the  Tenor,  and  the 
Panel,  which  fhall  be  received  in  the  King's  Bench, 
and  there  enrolled,  and  thereupon  Judgement  given 
according  to  the  Verdict   of  the  fame  inqueft.     (4) 
And  the  faid  Juftice  of  the  Common  Bench  fhall 
have  Power  to  record  Defaults  and  Nonfuits,  as  far 
forth  as  if  the  Nifi  prius  had  been  granted  before  any 
Juftice  of  the  King's  Bench  ;    after  which  Defaults 
fo  recorded   and  returned  in  the  King's  Bench,  the 
Juftices  fhall  go  to  give  Judgement  upon  the  fame 
Record.     (5)  And  in  the  fame  Manner  be  it  done  of 
all  the  Pleas  which  be  or  fhall  be  in  the  Common 
Bench,  whereof  the  Inquefts  and  Juries  be  or  fhall 
be  taken  in  the  Country  by  Nif  prius.     (6)  And  if 
none  of  the  Juftices  of  the  fame  Place  go,  the  Nifi 
prius  fhall  be  granted  before  any  Juftice  of  the  King's 
Bench,  to  do  as  afore  is  faid  of  the  Juftices  of  the 
Common  Bench  ;    (7)  and  the  Tenor  of  the  Record- 
fhall  be  fent  to  the  fame  Juftice,  that  he  may   have 
like  Power  as  afore  is  faid  of  the  Juftices  of  the  Com- 
mon Bench,  which  he  affigned  to  take  Inquefts  and 
Juries  of  the  King's  Bench.     (8)  And  if  it  happen 
that  none  of  the  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench  nor  the 
other  may  come  into  the  Country  where  Inquefts  or 
Juries  be  to  be  taken,  then  the  Nifi  prius  fhall  be 

'  granted-' 


i3"Ed.  l.flat.  1. 

c.  30. 

12EJ.  2.  flat.  1, 

c.  3,4. 

a  Inir,  42s, 


•'  To  be  takea, 


33  H.  6.  £'14., 
16  H.  7.  f.  14, 


Dyer  163; 

z  Ed.  3.  c,  16, 


Nifi  prius  may 
be  granted  be- 
fore a  Juftice   of' 
another  Court, 
than  where  the 
Suitdependeth. 
27  Ed.  1.  flat,  ii. 
c.4. 


230       Stat.  i. 


Anno  decimo  quarto  Edwardi  III.         A.  D.  1340. 


s  granted  before  the  chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  if 
4  he  be  a  Man  of  the  Law,  and  he  fhall  have  fuch 
'  Power  as  the  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench  and  the  other 
'  have  by  this  Statute.  (9)  And  in  cafe  that  none  of 
'  the  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench  nor  the  other,  nor  the 
'  chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  being  a  Man  of  the 

*  Law,  do  not  come  into  the  Country  where  the  In- 

*  quefts  and  Juries  be  or  fhall  be  taken  by  the  Nifi 
1  prius,  then  the  Nifi prius  fhall  be  granted  before  the 
'  Juftices  affigned  to  take  Affifes  in  thofe  Parts;  (10) 
'  lb  always  that  one  of  the  faid  Juftices  affigned  be 
'  Juftice  of  the  one  Bench  or  the  other,  or  the  King's 
1  Serjeant  fworn:    And  the   fame  Juftices  fhall  have 

*  fuch  Power  as  afore  is  faid  of  the  Juftices  of  the  one 
*■  Bench  and  of  the  other.  (1 1 )  And  if  the  one  Party 
'  demand  the  Tenor  of  the  Record  to  have  with  him, 
'  to  deliver  to  the  Juftices  before  whom  the  Niji  prius 

*  is  granted,  for  to  efchue  that  no  Fraud  or  Damage 
'  be  done  to  the  other  Party,  nor  to  the  People  of  the 
'  Inquefts,  another  Tenor  of  the  fame  Record  fhall 
'  be  delivered  to  the  other  Party,  if  he  the  fame  re- 
'  quire.  (12)  And  whereas  it  hath  been  another  Time 
'  eftablilhed,  that  the  Juftices  before  whom  the  Nifi 
"■  prius  hath  been  granted  in  Pleas  of  Affiles,  of  Dar- 
'  rain  prefentment,  and  £hiare  impedit,  fhould  have 
'  Power  to  give  the  Judgements  in  the  Country  upon 
'  the  Verditts  of  Affife,  and  of  Inquefts,  and  upon 
'  Nonfuits  and  Defaults;  (13)  it  is  afTented,  That 
'  the  Tuftices  of  the  one  Bench  and  of  the  other,  the 
'  chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  and  the  Juftices  af- 
'  figned,  before  whom  the  Nifi  prius  is  granted  by  this 
'  Statute,  fhall  have  Power  to  give  Judgements  in  the 
'  Country,  and  return  the  fame  according  as  it  is  con- 
'  tained  in  the  Statute  of  York  thereupon  made.' 


12  Ed.  2.  flat.  1. 
c.4. 

Juftices  of  Af- 
fife may  give 
Judgement  upon 
-Affife,  Quare 
impedit  and 
Darrain  prefent- 
ment. 

(iR.z.fiat.  r. 
c.  5.  Juftices  of 
Ajffjkallbold 
their  Sefions  in 
principal  Tcwns, 
11  R.  2.  c.  11. 
Chancellor  and 

JuJHces' Jball  have  .Power  to  appoint  ivbere  Affifes  Jhall  be  held, 
containing  various  Regulations  concerning  Trials  at  Niji  prius. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
le  chief  Baron  del  Efchequer  fil  foit  homme  de  ley 
&  eit  autieu  poair  come  les  Juftices  del  un  Bank 
ou  del  autre  ont  par  ceft  eftatut.  Et  en  cas  qe  nul 
des  Juftices  del  un  Bank  ne  del  autre  ne  le  chief 
Baron  del  Efcheqer  qi  foit  homme  de  lei  ne  viegne 
en  pais  ou  les  enqueftes  &  jurrees  font  ou  ferront 
aprendre  par  le  Nifi  prius  adonqes  foit  le  Nifi  prius 
grante  devant  Juftices  affignez  a  les  affifes  prendre 
en  celles  parties  iffint  toutes  foitz  qe  un  des  ditz 
Juftices  affignez  foit  Juftice  del  un  Bank  ou  del 
autre  ou  Serjant  le  Roi  jurree  &  eient  mefmes  ces 
Juftices  autieu  poair  come  devant  eft  dit  des  Ju- 
ftices del  un  Bank  &  del  autre.  Et  fi  lune  partie 
demaunde  la  tenour  du  record  devers  lui  avoir  pur 
liverer  a  le  Juftice  devant  qi  le  Nifi  prius  eft  grante 
pur  efchure  qe  fraude  ne  damage  ne  foit  fait  al  au- 
tre partie  ne  as  gentz  del  enquefte  foit  un  autre  te- 
nour de  mefme  le  record  bailie  a  lautre  partie  fil  le 
demande.  Et  come  foit  autre  foitz  eftabli  qe  les 
Juftices  devant  queux  le  Nifi  prius  ad  efte  grante 
es  plees  daffifes  de  darrein  prefentment  et  quare 
impedit  eient  poair  de  rendre  les  juggementz  en 
pais  fur  verditz  daffife  &  denquefte  &  fur  nonfeutes 
&  defautes  fi  eft  aflentuz  qe  les  Juftices  del  un 
Bank  &  del  autre  chief  Baron  del  Efcheqer  &  Ju- 
ftices affignez  devant  queux  le  Nifi  prius  eft  grante 
par  ceft  eftatut  eient  poair  de  rendre  les  juggementz 
en  pais  &  ce  retournir  felonc  ce  qeft  contenuz  en 
leftatut  dEverwyk  fur  ce  fait. 


Andfec  14.H.6.  c.l.     35H.S.C.6.     iZElins.  c,  12.      llGeo.  i.  c.  31,     zqGeo,  2.  c.  18.  fee,  $'t 


CAP.     XVII. 


A  Juris  ulrum  maintainable  for  a  Parfon  or  Vicar. 


iaH.  8.  f.  7. 
S  Ed.  3.  f.  5. 
40  Ed.  3.  f.  28. 
Fitz.  Juris  utr. 
1,4,  Fifz.Biief, 
785.    Bro.  Dean 
andChapt.&c.2. 
2  Roll  88. 
1 3  Ed.  1.  flat.  1. 
c.  24.  Co.  399. 
Begift.  32. 
,Kj(1.  419. 


TEM  it  is  afTented  and  ftablifhed,  ThatParfons, 
Vicars,  Wardens  of  Chapelsy  and  Provofts,  War- 
dens and  Priefts  of  perpetual  Chaunteries,  fhall  have 
their  Writs  of  juris  utrum  of  Lands  and  Tenements, 
Rents,  and  Pofieffions  annexed,  or  given  perpetually 
in  Alms  to  Vicarages,  Chapels,  or  Chaunteries,  and 
recover  by  other  Writs  in  their  Cafe  as  far  forth  as 
Parl'ons  of  Churches  or  Prebends.' 


ITEM  ceft  aflentuz  &  eftabli  qe  vikeres  parfones 
&  gardeijss  de  chapeies  &  provofts  gardeins  &. 
chapelleins  des  chaunteries  perpetueles  eient  lour, 
brief  de  Utrum  des  terres  tenementz  rentes  &  pof- 
feffiones  annexes  ou  donez  perpetuelement  en  al- 
moigne  as  vikeries  chapeies  ou  chaunteries  &  reco- 
verir  par  autres  briefs  en  lour  cas  auxi  avant  come 
parfones  des  eglifes  ou  provendres.     , 


CAP.     XVIII. 
If  the  Tenant  will  vouch  to  Warranty  a  dead  Man,  the  Demandant  may  aver  that  he  is  dead. 


'  TEM,  Becaufe  the  Demandants  in  Plea  of  Land 
have  been  often   delayed,  for  that  the  Tenants 
;  have  vouched  to  Warranty  a  dead  Man,  a^ainft  which 
•  Voucher  the  Demandants  before  this   Time  might 
'  not  be  received  to  aver  that  the  Vouchee  is  dead,  to 
;  thsir  great  Delay  and  Mifchief;"    '  (2)  it  is  accord- 
ed and  eftablifhed,  That  from  henceforth  if  .the  Te- 
nant vouch  to  Warranty  a  dead  Man,  and   the  De- 
mandants  will  aver  that  the  Vouchee  is  dead,*  or  that 
there  is  none,  fuch,  their  Averment  flioll  be  received 
without  Delay.' 


TTEM  pur  ceo  qe  les  demandantz  en  plee  de 
JL  terre  ount  efte  fovent  delaiez  de  ce  qe  les  te- 
nantz  ount  vouche  a  garrant  un  homme  mort  en- 
contre  queu  vouchier  les  demand'antz  ne  poaient 
my  avant  ces  heures  aver  efte  receux  daverir  qe  le 
vouchier  eft  mort  a  grant  delay  &  mefchief  de  eux 
acorde  eft  et  eftabli  qe  defore  en  avant  fi  le  tenant 
vouche  a  garrant  un  homme  mort  &  le  demandant 
voille  averer  qe  le  vouche  eft  mort  ou  qil  neit  nul 
tiel  foit  laverement  de  lui  receu  fanz  plus  delay. 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1340.        Anno  decimo  quarto  Edward i  III.  Stat.  1.        231 

CAP.     XIX. 
How  Purveyors  for  the  King's  Houfe  and  Wars  fhall  make  their  Purveyance. 

Ex  Rot.  inTurr.  Lond. 

ITEM  eft  affentuz  qe  les  purveances  qe  fe  ferront  pur  les  Hoftiels  Ie  Roi  &  la  Roigne  par  la  ou  ils  de-  o  B  S.  by 
murront  &  pafient  par  pays  foient  faites  par  garrant  &  poair  donez  as  ceux  qe  ferront  ks  purveances  12  Car.  a.  c  zq$, 
en  quele  foit  expreffement  contenuz  qils  ne  purvoient  ne  achatent  riens  fi  ce  ne  foit  par  fcer  fait  entrs 
les  acatours  &  les  vendours  &  par  le  bone  gree  des  vendours.  Et  fi  afcun  voille  riens  prendre  par  colour 
de  fa  commiffion  contre  ceft  eftabliffement  ne  ne  foit  nul  tenuz  de  obeier  a  lui  plus  avant  qe  fil  neuft 
nulle  commiffion  et  de  ce  qe  ferra  enfi  achate  &  purveu  foit  paiement  fait  au  vendour  avanb  ce  qe  le 
Roi  pafle  hors  de  la  verge.  Et  des  grantz  purveances  a  faire  come  des  chars  pefshons  &  autres  vittailles 
pur  les  guerres  le  Roi  &  pur  fes  chaftielx  &  vilies  vittailler  en  Efcoce  Engleterre  &  aillours  foient  certeins 
marchants  ou  bones  ,gentz  deputez  par  le  Treforer  a  faire  les  dites  purveances  fanz  commiffion  &  fans 
poair  du  Roi  ou  dautre  enfi  qe  le  poeple  ou  afcun  de  eux  ne  ne  foit  mys  a  vendre  riens  contre  lour  gree 
&  volente.  Et  qe  nul  commiffion  foit  faite  au  garde  in  des  chivals  le  Roi  par  le  Roi  ne  par  le  vifcount 
ne  par  autres  de  faire  purveance' pur  les  chivals  le  Roi  mes  foulement  foit  mande  au  vifcount  qil  face  les 
purveances  par  lui  &  par  les  feons  des  iffues  de  fa  bailie  et  qe  le  nombre  des  chivals  pur  queux  il  ferra 
tieu  purveance  foit  contenu  en  fon  dit  mandement  et  qe  nulle'  purveance  foit  faite  outre'  eel  nombre  fauve 
qe  le  chief  gardein  eit  un  hakeney  et  qil  preigne  garde  qe  le  pais  ne  foit  my  charge  des  plus  qe  gardent 
les  chivals  forfqe  pur  chefcun  chival  un  garceon  fanz  menir  femmes  pages  ou  chiens  ovefqe  eux  et  fi  plus 
foient  trovez  demorantz  en  charge  du  pays  foient  menez  a  la  prifone  a  dejnorir  illoeqes  tanqe  le  Roi  mande 
fa  volente.  En  mefme  la  manere  foit  mande  a  vifcounte  qil  face  les  purveances  pur  les  chiens  le  Roi  des 
iffues  de  fa  baillie  par  la  ou  ils  demurrant  et  qe  tieles  purveances  fe  facent  par  null  autre  forfqe  par  vif- 
cont  et  foit  contenu  en  fon  mandement  le  nombre  des  chiens  pur  queux  il  ferra  purveance  outre  queu  nombre 
null  purveance  foit.  fait  iffint  qils  vivent  de  lour  certein  fanz  chargier  le  pais.  Et  fi  nul  fe  fent  greve  contre 
ceft  eftabliffement  qil  eit  fon  recoverir  devers  le  vifcount  de  tieu  grevance  a  luy  faite. 

CAP.    XX. 
A  Subfidy  granted  to  the  King  of  the  Ninth  Lamb,  the  Ninth  Fleece,  &c.  in  Regard  of 
Grants,  &c.  made  to  the  Lords  and  Commons,  and  for  the  King's  Wars. 

ET  pur  les  grantz  relees  et  pardons  des  dettes  chateux  des  felons  et  de  futifs  et  moultz  des  autres  E  X  R,  ~ 
chofes  et  bons  eftabliffementz  defus  efcriptz  qe  le  Roi  ad  grante  as  Prelatz  Contes  Barons  et  a  toutz 
les  communes  de  fon  Roialme  pur  leefe  de  eux  perpetuelement  adurer  les  ditz  Prelatz  Contes  Barons  et 
touz  les  communes  du  Roialme  unement  et  de  un  affent  et  de  un  bone  volente  eiantz  regard  a  la  bone 
volonte  qe'le  Roi  lour  Seignur  lige  ad  devers  eux  et  a  les  grantz  travalx  qil  ad-  fait  et  fuftenu  auffibien  en 
fes  guerres  dEfcoce  come  devers  les  parties  de  France  et  aillours  et  a  la  bone  volente  qil  ad  a  travailler  pur_ 
fon  Roialme  garder  fes  guerres  meintenir  et  fes  droitures  purchacer  fi  ont  ils  grantez  a  lui  le  noefifme  aignel 
le  noefifme  toyfon  et  la  noefifme  garbe  a  prendre  par  deux  ans  profchein  avenir.  Et  descitees  et  burghs 
le  verrai  noefifme  de  toutz  lour  biens  et  chatelx  aprendre  et  lever  par  loial  et  refonable  tax  par  mefme  les 
deux  ans  eneide  de  la  bone  garde  de  fon  Roialme  auffibien  par  terre  come  par  meer  et  de  fes  guerres  auffi- 
bien devers  les  parties  dEfcoce  come  devers  les  parties  de  Erance  Gafcoigne  et  aillours.  Et  en  droit  des 
marchantz  foreins  qe  ne  demoerent  poynt  en  citees  nen  burghes  et  auxint  des  autres  gentz  qe  demoerent 
pn  foreftes  gaftines  et  touz  autres  qe  poynt  ne  vivent  de  lour  gaynerie  ou  de  lour  eftor  des  berbiz  par  bon 
avis  de  ceux  qe  font  deputez  taxours  foient  mys  loialment  a  la  value  au  quinzifme  fanz  eftre  defrefonable- 
inent  plus  avant  chargez.  Et  neft  pas  lentent  le  Roi  ne  des  autres  grantz  et  communes  qe  par  my  cele 
grant  fait  au  Roi  du  quinzifme  les  poures  coders  ne  autres  qe  vivent  de  travaill  de  lour  corps  foient  compris 
dedeinz  le  tax  de  dite  quinzifme  einz  foint  defchargez  par  lavis  de  ceux  qe  font  deputez  taxours  et  des 
grantz  qe  font  deputez  furveours., 

CAP.    XXL 

A  Subfidy  granted  to  the  King  of  Wool!,  Wooll-fells,  and  other  Merchandife  exported  from' 
Eaficr  next  until  the  Feaft  of  Pentecoft  Twelvemonth  following.. 

ET  coment  qe  les  communes  de  Roialme  prierent  au  Roi  qil  voufift  par  affent  de  parlement  gra'nter  et.EXP. 
eftablir  qe  james  ne  feuft  pris  plus  de  cuftume  dun  fak  de  leine  qe  un  demy  mark  ne  de  plum  efteyin 
quirs  ne  pealx  lanutz  forfqe  launciene  cuftume  ne  pur  quant  le  Roi  pria  as  Prelatz  Contes  Barons  et  as 
tpuzles  communes  qe  pur  groffes  bufoignes  qil  avoit  ore  entre  meins  come  ils  bien  favoient  qils  lui  vou- 
fuTent  grander  afcun  eide  fur  les  leines  quirs  pealx  lanutz  et  autres  marchandifes  adurer  un  piece  fur  quoi 
eu  deliberation  les  Jitz  Prelatz  Contes  Barons  et  communes  de  fon  Roialme  lui  ont  grante  quarante  fouldz,. 
aprendre  de  chefcun  fak  de  leine  et  quarante  fouldz  de  chefcun  Cross  centz  pealx  lanutz  et  de  chefcun  laft . 
de  quirs  quarant  foldz  et  dautres  marchandifes  a  1st  ferant  qe  pafferont  outre  meer  et  a  comencier  a  la  fefte 
du  Pafch'  en  Ian  du  regne  le  Roi  qoreft  quatorifme  et  adurer  tanqe  a  la  fefte  de  Pentecoft  profchein  feuant 
et  de  eel  feft  tanqe  al  feft  de  Pentecoft  profchein  feuant  en  un  an.  Et  pur  eel  grant  le  Roi  par  affent  des 
Prelatz  Contes  Barons_  et  touz  autres  affemblez  a  fon  parlement  fi  ad  grante  qe  de  la  fefte  de  Pentecoft 
qe  vient  en  un  an  lui  ne  fes  heirs  ne  demanderont  ne  aiteronfc  ne  prendront  ne  ne  foeffront  eftre  pris 

plus 


232       Stat.  1* 


Anno  decimo  quarto  E  d       *di  III.         A.  D.  134.0. 


1  Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond 

plus  de  cuftume  de  un  fak  de  leine  de  null  Engleys  forfqc  mi  Amy  marc  de  cuftume  tantfoulement  et  fur 
pealx  et  quirs  launcien  cuftume  et  deit  le  fak  contenir  vynt  et  fys  pieres  et  chefcun  piere  quatorze  livres. 
Et  qe  chefcun  qe  paflera  leynes  as  parties  de  dela  Engleys  ou  autre  refeant  habitant  ou  repeirant  en  Engle- 
terre  troeffe  bone  et  fufhfant  feurte  as  cuftumers  devant  fon  paffer  de  reporter  de  chefcune  fak  de  leine  plate 
dargent  a  la  value  de  deux  marcs  a  fon  primer  retournir  ou  repeirir  et  mefme  la  plate  porter  a  lefchange  le  Roi 
et  ilioeqes  receive  fes  deniers.  Et  qe  nul  ne  cokette  leines  forfqe  en  le  noun  de  cekii  a  qi  celies  leines  ferront 
et  fi  nulles  leines  foient  trovez  autrement  cokettez  foient  pris  en  la  main  le  Roi  come  forfaitz.  Et  a  ceft 
eftabliffement  lealment  tenir  et  garder  fi  ad  le  Roi  promys  en  la  prefence  des  ditz  Prelatz  Contes  Barons  et 
autres  en  fon  plein  parlement  fanz  plus  de  charge  mettre  ou  affeer  fur  la  couftume  forfqe  en  manere  come  eft 
fufdit.  Et  en  mefme  la  manere  les  Prelatz  Contes  Barons  ont  lealment  promys  tant  come  en  eux  eft  qils  pro- 
cureront  le  Roi  tant  come  ils  pount  a  le  tenir  et  qe  en  null  manere  ils  ne  affenteront  au  contraire  fi  ce  ne  foit 
par  affent  des  Prelatz  Contes  Barons  et  communes  de  fon  Roialme  et  ce  en  plein  parlement.  Et  pur  plus 
grande  feurte  et  a  doner  caufe  a  touz  de  efchuire  a  Confeiller  au  contrarie  de  ce  point  deftabliffement  fi  ount 
les  Prelatz  promys  a  doner  fentencefur  touz  ceux  qe  viegnental  encountre  en  nul  poynt. 


12  Car.  1.  c.  14, 
How  the  Sub- 
fidy  granted  to 
the  King  liall 
te  fpent. 


Other  Statutes  made  Anno  14  Edward  III.   Stat.  2.  fl^  Anno  Dom, 

1340. 

The  King's  Grant,  that  the  forefaid  Subfidy  of  the  Ninth  Lamb,  6rV.  fhall  be  no  Example, 
nor  prejudicial  to  his  Subjects :  All  fhall  be  fpent  in  his  Wars. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  21. 

EDWARD  par  la  grace  deDieu  RoidEngle- 
terre  &  de  France  &  Seignur  dlrlaunde  a 
touz  ceux  as  queux  ceftes  lettres  vendront 
falutz.  Sachiez  qe  come  Prelatz  Contes  Barons  & 
communes  de  noftre  Roialme  dEngleterre  en  noftre 
prefent  parlement  fomons  a  Weftmonftier  le  Mef- 
kerdy  profchein  apres  le  demenge  en  my  Quaref- 
me  Ian  de  noftre  regne  dEngleterre  quatorzifme 
&  de  France  primer  nous  aient  grantez  de  lour  bone 
gree  &  de  bone  volonte  en  eide  del  exploit  de  noz 
groffes  bufoignes  queles  nous  avons  afaire  auxi  bien 
de  cea  la  meer  come  par  dela  la  noefifme  garbe 
le  noefifme  tuyfon  &  le  noefifme  aignel  aprendre 
pur  deux  ans  profcheins  avenir  apres  la  feifance  de 
ceftes  &  les  citeyns  des  citees  &  burgeys  de  burghs 
la  verrei  noefifme  de  toutz  lour  biens  &  les  mar- 
chantz  foreyns  &  autres  qe  ne  vivent  poynt  de  gay- 
nerie  ne  deftore  des  berbiz  le  quinzifme  de  lour 
biens  loialment  a  la  value  Nous  voillantz  purvoier. 
al  endemnite  des  ditz  Prelatz  Contes  Barons  &  au- 
tres de  la  dite  communnlte  &  auxint  des  citeyns 
burgeys  &  marchantz  fufditz  voilloms  &  grantoms 
pur  nous  &  pur  noz  heirs  as  meifmes  les  Prelatz 
Contes  Barons  &  communes  citeyns  burgeys  & 
marchantz  qe  ce  grant  qe  eft  fi  chargeant  ne  foit 
autre  foitz  trefte  en  enfample  ne  ne  trete  a  eux  en 
prejudice  en  temps  avenir  ne  qe  eux  foient  defore 
chargiez  ne  grevez  de  commune  eide  faire  ou  charge 
fuftenir  fi  ce  ne  foit  par  commune  affent  des  Pre- 
latz Contes  Barons  et  autres  grantz  et  communes 
de  noftre  dit  Roialme  dEngleterre  et  ce  en  parle- 
ment et  qe  touz  1  s  profitz  fourdantz  du  dit  eide 
et  des  gardes  mariages  cuftumes  efchetes  et  autres 
profitz  fourdantz  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  foient 
mys  et  defpenduz  fur  la  meintenance  de  la  fauve 
garde  de  noftre  dit  Roialme  dPmgleterre  et  de  noz 
guerres  dEfcoce  France  et  Gafcoigne  et  null  part 
aillours  durantz  les  dites  guerres, 


'  Y~\  DWARD  by  the  Grace  of  God,    &c.    to  all 
'    Vl     /  them,  &c.  Greeting.     Know  ye,  that  whereas 
'  ■*-*■   the  Prelates,    Earls,  Barons,    and  Commons 
'  of  our  Realm  of  England,  in  our  prefent  Parliament 
'  holden  at  TVeJlminJler  the  Wednesday  next  after  the 
'  Sunday  of  middle  Lent,  the  Fourteenth  Year  of  our 
'  Reign  of  England,    and  the  Fiift  of  France,  have 
'  granted  to  us  of  their  good  Gree  and  good  Will,  in 
'  Aid  of  the  Speed  of  our  great  Bufinefs  which  we 
'  have  to  do,   as  well  on  this  Side  the  Sea  as  beyond, 
'  the  Ninth  Sheaf,  the  Ninth  Fleece,    and  the  Ninth 
'  Lamb,  to  be  taken  by  two  Years  next  coming  after 
'  the  making  of  the  fame,  and  the  Cities  and  the  Bur- 
'  geffes  of  Boroughs  the  very  Ninth  Part  of  all  their 
'  Goods  ;    and   the  foreign  Merchants,    and   other, 
'  which  live  not  of  Gain,  nor  of  Store  of  Sheep,  the 
'  Fifteenth  of  their  Goods  lawfully  to  the  Value :" 
(2)  We  willing  to  provide  for  the  Indemnity  of  the 
faid  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,   and  other  of  the  Com- 
munalty,  and  alfo  of  Citizens,  Burgeffes,  and  Mer- 
chants aforefaid,  will  and  grant  for  us  and  our  Heirs, 
to  the  fame  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,   and  Commons, 
Citizens,    Burgeffes  and  Merchants,   that  the  fame 
Grant  which  is  fo  chargeable,  fhall  not  another  Time 
be  had  in  example,  nor  fall  to  their  Prejudice  in  Time 
to  come,   nor  that  they  be  from  henceforth  charged 
nor  grieved  to  make  any  Aid,    or  to  fuftairi  Charge, 
if  it  be  not  by  the  common  Affent  of  the  Prelates, 
Earls,  Barons,  and  other  great  Men,  and  Commons 
of  our  faid  Realm  of  England,  and  that  in  the  Parlia- 
ment;   (3)  and  that  all  the  Profits  rifing  of  the  faid 
Aid,  and  of  Wards  and  Marriages,  Cuftoms  and  Ef- 
cheats,  and  other  Profits  rifing  of  the  faid  Realm  of 
England,  fhall  be  put  and  fpent  upon  the  Maintenance 
and  the  Safeguard  of  our  faid  Realm  of  England,  and 
of  our  Wars  in  Scotland,  France,  and  Gafcoin,  and  in 
no  Places  elfewhere  during  the  laid  Wars.' 


CAP. 


A.  D.  J  3  40.  Anno  decimo  quarto  Edwardi  I  If. 


Stat.  3^ 


1 1 1 


CAP.     II. 


All  Merchants,  being  no  Enemies,  fhall  come  into  the  Realm,  and  depart  quietly. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
T";  T  come  y  foit  contenuz  en  la  Grande  Chartre 
J£,  qe  toutz  marchantz  eient  fauve  et  feure  con- 
duyt  daler.  hois  do  noftre  Roialme  dEngleterre  et  de 
y  venir  et  demorer  et  aler  par  my  le  Roialme  dEn- 
gleterre auxibien  par  terre  come  par  ewe  a  achater 
et  vendre  paiantz  lour  dreits  cuftumes  forfpris  en 
temps  de  guerre  Nous  a  la  requeft  des  ditz  Prelatz 
Countes  Barons  &  communes  voloms  &  grantoms 
pur  nous  &  pur  noz  heirs  &  fucceflures  qe  touz 
marchantz  denzeins  &  foreins  forfpris  ceux  qe  font 
de  noftre  enemite  puiffent  fanz  eftre  deftourbe  fau- 
vement  venir  en  le  dit  Roialme  dEngleterre  od  lour 
biens  &  marchandiks  &  fauvement  demorer  &  fau- 
vement  retourner  paiantz  les  cuftumes  fubfidz  & 
autres  proficz  refonablement  ent  dues  iffint  toutes 
foitz  qe  les  fraunchifes  &  franches  cuftumes  refon- 
ablement grantez  par  nous  6i  par  noz  aunceftres  a 
la  Citee  de  Loundres  &  autres  citees  burghs  &  bo- 
nes villes  de  noftre  dit  Roialme  dEngleterre  lour 
foient  fauveez. 


TEM,  Where  it  is  contained  in  the  Great  Char-  Raft.  5. 
_  ter,  That  all  Merchants  fhall  have  fate  and  fure  9  H  3-  (fa('-  *• 
Conduct  to  go  out  of  our  Realm  of  England,  and  to  C-J°'  9Ed'  3- 
-  come  and  abide,  and  go  through  the  Realm  of  Eng-  £„'?&„/ ty'  s* 
"  land,  as  well  by  Water  as  by  Land,  and  to  buy  and  Ed.^.ftai  \.c.z. 
"  fell,    paying  their  Rights  and  Cuftoms,    but  in  the  fee  16  R.  1.  c  1. 
"  Time  of  War;"    '  (2)  we  at  the  Requeft  of  the  |^4-  c-  9- 
'  Prelates,    Earls,    Barons,    and  Commons,    will   an(l,„,j„4'^M 
'  grant  for  us  and  for  our  Heirs  and  Succeflbrs,  That  strangers  unacr 
'  all   Merchants,    Denizens    and   Foreigners    (except  feme  Reftr  simss 
'  thole  which  be  of  our  Enmity)    may  without  Let  *'«  Hktnifi  ix 
'  lately  come  into  the  faid  Realm  of  England  with  their  H.t.^6.  concern- 
'  Goods  and  Merchandifes,  and  fafelv  tarry,  and  lately  '"J,    \"r  ""' 

e       «  •  »u       (^    n.  C    ur  r  J       .u       Ad-jenturert. 

return,    paying  the  l^ultoms,    oublidies,    and  other 
'  Profits  reafonably  thereof  due  ;    (3)  fo  always,  that  Franchifes 
'  Franchifes  and  free  Cuftoms  reafonably  granted  by  us  granted  to  Cities. 
?  and  our  Anceftors  to  the  City  of  London,  and  other  and  Boroughs 
'  Cities,  Boroughs,  and  good  Towns  of  our  Realm  of  av    ' 
'  England,  be  to  them  faved.' 


A  Statute  made  at  Weftminfter  April  16th,  Anno  14EDW.  III.  Stat.  3. 
and  Anno  Dora.  1340,  reciting  fome  former  Grants^  and  limiting 
the  Cujlom  on  Woolly   Plate^  &c.      See  Appendix. 


I A  Statute  for  the Clergy ',  made  at  Weftminfter  April  16,  Anno  14  Edw. 

III.  Stat.  4.  and  Anno  Dom.  1340. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  20. 

EDWARD  par  le  grace  de  Dieu  Roi  dEn- 
gleterre &  de  France  &  Seignur  dlrlaunde 
as  toutz  ceux  as  queux  ceftes  lettres  ven- 
dront  faluz.     Sachiez  qe  come  en  le  primer  article 
de  la  Grante  Chartre  foit  contenu  qe  Lelglife  dEn- 
gleterre (oit  fraunke  &  eit  totes  fes  droitures  en- 
tiers  &  fes  franchifes  nient  blemis  et  aufli  en  tut 
Iplein  des  eftabliflementz  faitz  auxibien  en  temps  de 
jnoz  progenitours  com  en  noftre  temps  ft  eft  mefme 
[[article  (ovent  ratine  &  afterme  ne  pur  quant  en 
noftre  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  Mefkerdy  en 
imy  Quarefme  ft  nous  eft  monftre  parLonurable 
Piere  en  Dieu  J.  Ercevefqe  de  Canterbirs  Primat 
de  tote  Engleterre  les  autres  Prelatz  et  le  Clerge  de 
iioftre  roialme  coment  afcuns  oppreflions  et  grevan- 
:es  font  faites  en  divers  maneres  par  afcuns  noz  mi- 
liftres  as  gentz  de  feinte  Eglife  countre  lour  fran- 
rhifes  la  Grant  Chartre  et  les  eftabliflementz  avant- 
iitz  les  quelles  oppreflions  ils  miftrent  en  petition 
>n  priant  fur  ceo  remedie.     Pur  quoi  nous  veue  et 
egarde  lour  dite  petition  et  fur  ceo  eu  deliberation 
)vefqe  les  pieres  de  noftre  roialme  et  autres  de 
loftre  confeil  et  du  roialme  fomons  a  noftre  dit 
jarlement  et  eant  regarde  a  la  Grant  Chartre  et 
tutres  eftabliflementz  fufditz  et  a  la  requefte  des 
litz  Prelatz  et  Clerge  qi  molt  nous  ount  eide  et  de 
Vol.1. 


EDWARD  by  the  Grace  of  God,  &a  Greet- 
ing. Know  ye,  That  whereas  in  the  firft  Ar- 
ticle of  the  Great  Charter  it  is  contained,  that 
the  Church  of  England  be  free,  and  have  all  her 
Rights  entirely,  and  Franchifes  not  blemifhed  ;  (2) 
and  alfo  in  all  the  whole  Eftablifhments  made  as  well 
in  Times  of  our  Progenitors,  as  in  our  own  Time, 
the  fame  Article  is  often  ratified  and  confirmed  : 
(3)  Neverthelefs  in  our  Parliament  holden  at  Weft- 
viinjler  the  Wcdncfday  next  after  the  Sunday  of  middle 
Lent,  it  is  {hewed  unto  us  by  the  Reverend  Father  in, 
God,  John  Archbifbop  of  Canterbury,  Frimate  of 
England,  and  the  other  Prelates  and  Clergy  of  our 
Realm,  how  fome  Oppreflions  and  Grievances  be 
done  in  divers  Manners  by  fome  of  our  Servants  to 
People  of  holy  Church,  againft  the  Franchife  of  the 
Great  Charter  and  the  Eftablifhments  aforefaid, 
whxh  Oppreflions  they  fhew  in  Petition,  praying 
upon  the  fame  Remedy,  (j)  Wherefore  we,  their 
Petition  feen  and  regarded,  and  thereupon  Delibera- 
tion had  with  the  Peers  of  our  Realm,  and  other  of 
our  Council  and  of  the  Realm,  fummoned  to  our  faid 
Parliament,  and  having  Regard  to  the  Great  Charter, 
and  to  other  Statutes  aforefaid,  and  at  the  Requeft 
of  the  faid  Prelates  and  Clergy,  which  have  much 
aided  us,  and  da  ly  do,  by  the  Affent  and  Accord  of 
Hh       .  "the 


9  H.  J,  ftat.sfc 


2j4       Stat.  4.  Anno  decirao  quarto  Edwardi  III.         A.  D.  1340, 


"  the  faid  Peers,  and  of  all  other  fummoned  and  being 
"  in  our  faid  Parliament,  have  granted  and  do  grant 
"  for  us  and  our  Heirs  and  Suceeflbrs,  to  the  faid  Pre- 
"  lates  and  Clergy,  the  Things  underwritten  perpe- 
"  tually  to  endure." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
jour  en  autre  le  fount  par  acord  et  affent  des  ditz 
peres  et  de  toutz  autres  fpmons  et  efteantz  en  noftre 
dit  parlernent  fi  avoms  grante  et  grantons  pur  nous 
et  pur  noz  heirs  et  fucceflburs  as  ditz  Prelatz  et 
Clerge  les  chofes  defouth  efcriptes  perpetuelement 
adurer. 


»Ed.  I,  c.  1. 
ILnfcrced  by 


CAP.     I. 

Spiritual  Perfons  Goods  fhall  not  be  taken  by  Purveyances  without  the  Owners  Confent. 

CEST  pfiavoir  qe  nul  depaf  nous  ne  depar  autre  par  commiffion  de  grant  feal  ne  du  petit  ne  fanz 
.commiffion  ne  prendre  liens  dels  bledz  feyns  beftes  cafiages  nautres  biens  des  Ereevefqes  Evefqes 
Abbees  Priours  Abbeffes  Prioureffes  parfons  vikers  ou  dautres  gentz  de  Seinte  Eglife  dedeins  lour  manfi- 
ons  manoirs  granges  ou  dautres  lieux  dedeinz  le  fee  de  feinte  Eglife  ne  dehors  contre  le  gree  et  la  volente 
de  ceux  as  qttenx  les  biens  ferront.  Et  defendbns  qe  defore  nulle  tiele  commiffion  defouthe  le  grant  feal 
ne  le  petit  en  nulle  manere  ne  iffe  a  nulle  tiele  prife  faire  qar  nous  parnons  les  ditz  Prelatz  et  Clerge  lour 
pcfiefiions  biens  et  chatelx  en  efpeciale  protection  'et  defenfe  de  nous  et  de  noz  heirs.  Et  auffi  grantons 
par  nous  et  pur  noz  heirs  qe  nous  ne  chargerons  defore  en  avant  null  des  ditz  Prelatz  ne  du  Clerge  ne  lour 
maifons' de'retenirbftages  ne  fojor'nantzciEfcbce  ne  dautrepais  ne  noz  chivalx  ne  chiens  faucons  ne  autres 
oyfealx  de  noz  ne  dautri  contre  lour  gree  et  volente  fauvant  a  nous  totes  fokz  les  fervices  qe  nous  font  dues 

dc  droit  de  ceux  qe  nous  deivent  le  fervice  de  fuftenir  et  retenir  chiens  chivalx  et  ovfealx. 
jS  Ed. 3.  c..'4.  ;  ' 

I.R.  2.  c.  3.  gives  an  Titian  of  'Trcfpafi  againjl  Purveyors  offending.      12  Car.  2.  c.  24.   takes  aivay  Purveyance.      Hut  fee  13  Car.  i.ftat.  1.  c.  8,  and  13  6?  14  Car* 
3     c.  20,  tvhicb  fvfpend  the  11  Car.  2,  fa \javour  of  the  royal ProgreJJh,  and  of  the  Navy  and  Ordnance.     See  UkcvJiJi the yearly 'Mutiny  A&s. 

C  A  P.     II. 

Preferment  to  Churches  made  by  the  King  in  another's  Right. 

U~  T  pur  ceo  qe  par  caufe  des  temporaltez  efteantz  en  noftre  main  ou  en  le  main  de  noz  aunceftres  par 
•  f"\  refon  des  t.rcevefcheesEvefchees  ou  autres  Prelacies  void-es  et  auffi  par  caufe  des  autres  terres  tene- 
me'ntz  fees  et  avoefons  efteantz  en  noftre  main  ou  en  le  main  de  noz  aunceftres  par  nonnage  des  heirs  ft  ad 
efte  ufe  avant  cefte  houre  qe  exception  de  Plenertee  ne  ne  tientpas  lieu  devers  nous  ne  devers  aufcun  de  noz 
aunceftres  nient  plus  en  cas  la  ou  tieux  piefentementz  nous  furent  deyolutz  en  autri  droit  qe  ftls  neuflent 
efte  en  noftre  droit  demefhe  ou  en  le  droit  de  noftre  corbune  par  qiioi  molt  des  paHouhs  et  provendres  ft 
furent  ouftez  de  lour  eglifes  proyendes  et  benefices  les  queux  lis-  avoient  tenuzde  grant  temps  a  grant  mef- 
chief  et  empoveriffement  cle-  eux  fi  voloms  et'grahtoms  pur  nous  et  pur  no&  heirs  pur  tieux  mefchiefs  oufter 
qe  deforenavant  nous  ne  noz  heirs  he  ne  ferroms  collation  cu  prefenterrrerit  a  eglife  prove'ndre  chapelle  ou 
autre  benefice  par  caufe  de  tieux  voidances  des  Prelacies  ott'des  terres  des  enfauntz  deinz  age  ou  autres  ve- 
nuz  ou  a  venir  en  noftre  main  ou  en  la  main  de  noz  heires  fi  nous  ou  noz  heirs  ne  faceoms  noz  collations 
cu  prefentementz  dedeinz  1  s  trois  annz  apres  qe  tieux  benefices  en-fi  fe  vbideront  de  fait  et  qe  des  tieux 
eolifes"  et  autres  benefices  des  queux  clercs  font  en  pofieffion' et  b'nt  eu  pofteffion  par  un  an  avant  la  fei- 
ftTnce  deceit  eftatut  nous  ne  noz  heirs  ne  eipms  action  ne  refon  a  prefenrer  as  tielx  benefices  enfi  pleins.  Et 
ne  volcns  qe  nul  home  foit  tenuz  a  refpoundre  a  brief  'de  Quare  impedit  pris  en  noftre  noun  en  tieu  cas  ft 
la  collation  ou  prefentement  ne  ne  foit  fait  deinz  les  trois  anns  apres  la  voidance  come  eft  fufdit.  Et  des  ceux 
voidances  avenuz  en  temps  de  noz  aunceftres  ne  ne  foit  defore  nulle  collation  ouprefentement  fait  par  nous 
ne  par  noz  heirs  einz  de  Aftion  prendre  de  tieux  voidances  ft  en  foioms  de  tut  quitement  forclos. 

C  A  P.     III. 
No  Bifbop's  Temporalties  fhall  be  feifed  without  good  Caufe. 


Repealed  by 
25  Ed.  3.  flat. 
c.  2. 
1  (Jo.  356, 


/  Ed.  3.  Hat;  2. 
c.  2. 

Regift.  32. 
Enforced  by 
45  Ed.  3.  flat, 
4.  *  c.  6. 

*  Rcad_/?«;,  J. 


ITEM,  We  will  and  grant  for  us  and  for  our 
Heirs,  That  from  henceforth  we  nor  our  Heirs 
fhall  not  take,  nor  caufe  to  be  taken  into  our  Hands, 
the  Temporalties  of  Archbifhops,  Bifhops,  Abbots, 
Priors,  or  other  People  of  holy  Church,  of  what  E- 
ftate  or  Condition  they  be,  without  a  true  and.juft 
Caufe,  according  to  the  Law  of  the  Land,  and  Judge- 
ment thereupon  given.' 


T  volons  et  grantons  pur  nous  et  pur  noz  heirs 
qe  deforenavant  nous  ne  noz  heirs  ne  pren- 
drons  ne  ne  ferroms  prendre  en  noftre  main  les 
temporaltez  des  Ereevefqes  Evefqes  Abbees  Priours 
ou  dautres  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qils  foient  fanz 
verroie  et  joufte  caufe  felonc  ley  de  terre  et  jugge- 
ment  fur  ceo  la  done. 


C  A  P.     IV. 


How  the  Temporalties  of  Bifhops  fhall  be  ufed  in  Time  of  Vacation. 


ITEM,    Becaufe  that  in  the  Petition  of  the  faid 
Prelates  and  Clergy  it  is  contained,  ThatEfchea- 
tor3  and  other  Keepers,  fri  the  Time  of  Vacation  of 
4 


T  pur  ceo  qe  en  la  petition  des  ditz  Prelatz'et 
r  Clerge  fi  eft  contenu  qe  efchetours  et  autres 
gardeins  en  temps  des  voidances  des  Ercevefchets 

Evefchee' 


A.  D.  1340.        Anno  decimo  quarto  Edwa-rdi  III. 


Stat.  4.       235 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
Ev-efchees  et  autres  Prelacies  fi  ont  fait  grant  waft 
et  deftructio'n  cea  en  arere  fi  volons  et  grantons  pur 
nous  et  pur  noz  heirs  qe  a  totes  les  foith  qe  tieux 
voidances  deforenavant  avendront  qe  noz  efche- 
tours  et  les  efchetours  de  noz  heirs  qe  pur  temps 
ferront  entrent  et  facent  bien  garder  les  dites  void- 
ances fairz  faire  waft  ou  deftru&ion  en  manoirs 
parks  vivers  ou  boys  et  qils  ne  vendont  futhbois 
nenchacent  en  parks  nen  warennes  nen  pefchent 
vivers  ne  franches  pefcheries  ne  ne  gerfonent  ne 
parnount  fins  des  tenauntz  fraunks  ne  bondes  einz 
facent  garder  et  falver  quantqe  appent  a  les  dites 
voidances  faunz  y  faire  damage  ou  aufcun  manere 
des  oppreflions.  Et  ft  dean  et  chapitre  des  eglifes 
cathedrales  priours  fuppriours  prioreffes  iupprio- 
reffes  et  coventz  des  prelacies  abbeies  ou  priouries 
des  queux  la  voidance  atient  a  nous  et  a  noz  heirs 
voillent  rendre  a  nous  et  a  noz  heirs  la  value  des 
dites  voidances  auffi  come  autres  nous  voillient  ren- 
dre refonablement  adonqes  eient  Chanceller  et  Tre- 
forer  poair  de  leffer  as  ditz  dean  et  chapitre  pripur 
ou  fuppriour  prioreffes  fuppriorefies  et  covent  les 
dites  voidances  par  bone  et  fuffifaunt  feurtie  enfi 
qils  les  eient  devant  toutz  autres  rendant  a  nous 
la  value  felonc  ceo  qe  ferra  trove  par  remcmbraunce 
de  Lefcheqer  ou  par  enqueft  fur  ceo  a  prendre  fi 
meftier  foit  faunz  fin  faire.  Et  en  cas  qils  ne  voil- 
lent acorder  a  rendre  la  value  ne  a  trover  dele  feur- 
tie adonqes  Chanceller  et-Treforer  facent  ordiner 
la  bone  garde  de  tieux  voidances  par  efchetours  ou 
autres  gardeins  fuffifantz  pur  refpondre  au  Roi  de 
ceo  qe  a  lui  attient  refonablement  faunz  faire  waft 
ou  deft.ruc~f.ion  ou  autre  chofe  qe  purra  tourner.  a 
defheritance  des  eglifes  dont  tieux  voidances  avert- 
tdjront. 


Archbifhopricks,  Biftiopricks,    and'  other  Prelacies,. 
have  done  great  Watte  and  Deftrudtion.  in  the  fame 
in  Time  palt  ;'s    '  (2)  we  will  and  grant  for. us  arid 
for  our  Heirs,  That  at  all  Times  from  henceforth, 
when  fuch  Voidances  {hall  happen,  that  ourEfchea- 
tors  and  the  Efcheators  of  our  Heirs,    which  for  the 
Time  ftiall  be,  fhall  .enter,  and  caufe  to 'be  well  kept 
the  laid  Voidances,  without  doing  Wafte  or  Deftruc- 
tio.n  in  the  Manors,    Warrens,    Parks,,    Ponds,    or 
Woods  ;    (3)  and  that  they  fell  no  Under- wood,  nor 
hunt  in  the  Parks  or  Warrens,  nor  fall  in  Ponds,  nor 
free  Fiftungs,    nor  ftiall  rack  nor  take  Fines  of  the 
Tenants,  free  nor  bond  ;    but  fhall  keep  and  fave  as 
much  as  pertaineth  to  the  faid  Voidances,  without 
doing  Harm,    or  any  Manner  of  Oppreflion.     (4.) 
And  if  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Churches  Cathedral, 
Priors,  Subpriors,  Prioreffes,  Subprioreffes,  and  Co- 
vents  of  Prelacies,  Abbies,  or  Priories,  whole  Void- 
ance pertaineth  to  us  and  our  Heirs,    will  render  to 
us  and  our  Heirs  the  Value  of  the  faid  Voidance,  as 
Other  will  reafonahly  yield,  then  the  Chancellor  and 
Tr.eafurer  ftiall  have  Power  to  let  the  faid  Dean  and  Tlie  Dean  3ni 
Chapter,  Prior  or  Subprior,  Priorefs  or  Subpriorefs,  CIJ.;lptur  m*y 
and  Covent,  the  faid  Voidances  by  good  and  fufficient  ^STem   jfthey 
Surety,    fo  that  they  fhall  have  the  fame  before  all  will.' 
other,  yielding  to  us  the  Value  of  them,  according 
as  fhall  be  found  by  Remembrances  of  the  Exchequer, 
or  by Inqueft  to  be  taken  upon  the  fame,  if  need  be, 
without  making  Fine.     (5)  And  in  cafe  they  will  not 
accord  to  yield  to  the  Value,   nor  find  fuch  Surety, 
then  the  Chancellor  and  Treafurer  fhall  caufe  to  be 
ordained  the  good  Prefervation  of  fuch  Voidances  by 
Efcheators,    or  other  fufticient  Keepers,    to  anfwer 
the  King  of  that  to  him  pertaineth  reafonably,  with- 
out  doing  Wafte   or  Deftruction,    or  other  Thing- 
which  may  turn  in  Difherifon  of  the  Churches  where- 
of fuch  Voidances  ftiall  happen.' 


C  A  P.     V. 
"Who  fhall  demife  Bifhops  Temporakies  during  the  Time  of  Vacation. 


ET  pur  entierement  monftrer  lafFecvtion  et  vo- 
lente  qe  nous  avons  qe  ceo  qe  .appartient  a 
Dieu  et  a  feinte  eglife  foit  fauvement  garde  fanz 
waft  deftruftion  ou  empechement  de  nous  ou  de 
noz  miniftres  ft  voloms  et  par  ceftes  noz  prefentes 
lettres  grantoms  plein  poair  a  noftre  Chanceller  et- 
Treforer  qe  pris  a  eux  autres  de  noftre  confeil  tieux 
come  ils  verront  qe  fount  aprendre  par  bone  infor- 
mation des  remembrances  del  Efcheqer  et  autres  in- 
formations tieux  come  mieultz  lour  femblera  ft  lef- 
fent  les  vacations  des  Ercevefchees  Evefchees  Ab- 
|  b'eies  Priories  et  autres  maifons  dont  la  voidance  a 
nous  appartient  as  dean  et  chapitres  priours  ou  fup- 
priours prioureffes  ou  fupprioureffes  et  coventz  a 
certein  a  rendre  de  chefcun  voidance  par  Ian  quartre 
i  ou  moys  durantes  les  vacations  felonc  ceo  qe  mie- 
ultz lour  femblera  fanz  fin  faire  fi  qe  mil  efchetour 
ou  autre  miniftre  en  temps  de  vacation  neit  caufe 
ne  matire  dentrer  ou  de  fe  meddler  a  faire  rien  qe 
foit  en  prejudice  des  eglifes  dont  tieux  voidances 
avendront  Sauvez  a  nous  et  a  noz  heirs  fees  des 
chivalers  avoefons  des  efglifes  efchetes  warclcs  ma- 
nages et  relefes  et  fervices  des  ditz  fedz.     En  tef- 
moignance  de  quele  chofe  a  ceftes  prefentes  lettres 
avons  mys  noftre  feal.    Don'  a  Weftm'  le  xvi  jour 


I  TEM,  Wholly  to  {hew  the  AfFeoTion  and  good 
JL  Will  which  he  have,  that  that  pertaineth  to  God 
and  holy  Church  be  fafely  kept  without  Wafte  or 
Deftruftion,  or  Impeachment  to  be  made  thereof  by 
us  or  our  Minifters,  (z)  we' will,  and  by  thefe  pre- 
fent  Letters  dp  grant  full  Power  to  our  faid  Chancel- 
lor and  Treafurer,  which  taking  to  them  other  of  our 
Council,  fuch  as  to  them  fhall  leerri  beft  to  be  taken, 
by  good  Information  of  Remembrances  of  the  Ex-* 
chequer,  and  other  Informations,  as  to  them  ftiall 
fe  em  beft,  ftiall  let  the  Vacations  of  Archbifnopricks, 
Bifhopricks,  Abbacies,  Priories,  and  other  Houfes, 
whofe  Voidances  pertaineth  unto  us,  to  the  Dean 
and  Chapter,  Prior  or  Subprior,  Priorefs  or  Sub- 
priorefs, and  Covent,  to  yield  a  certain  of  every 
Voidance  by  the  Year,  Quarter,  or  Mont'',  during 
the  Vacations,  according  as  to  them  ftiall  feim  beft, 
without  making  any  Fine  ;  (3)  fo'tliat  no  Lfcheator 
nor  other  Minifter,  in  the  Time  of  Vacations  fhall 
have  Caufe  to  enter,  or  meddle  to  do  any  thing  which 
ftiall  be  in  Prejudice  of  the  Churches  whereof  fuch 
Voidances  fhall  happen  ;  (4)  faving  to  us  and  to  our 
Heirs  the  Knights  Fees,  Advowfons  of  Churches, 
Efcheats,  Wards,  Mairiagcs,  Reliefs,  and  Services 
of  the  faid  Fees.    In  Witnefs  whereof  we  have 

Hh  a  '  thefe 


236       Stat.  5. 


Anno  decimo  quarto  Ed  ward  1  III.  A.  D.  1340. 


*  thefe  our  Letters  Patents,  dated  at  Weftminfter  the 
'  Sixteenth  of  April,  the  Fourteenth  Year  of  our  Reign 
4  of  England,  and  the  Firft  of  France.'' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
dAveril  Ian  de  noftre  regne  dEngleterre  quatorzifme 
et  de  noftre  regne  de  francs  primer. 


Anno    14EDWARD1   III.   Stat.  5.  and  Anno  Dom.  1340. 

The  Realm  and  People  of  England  fhall  not  be  fu eject  to  the  King  or  Kingdom  of  Frame* 


*  freedom. 


"  ip  DWARD,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  King  of 
"  |H  England  and  France,  and  Lord  of  Ireland,  to 
"  '**—'  all  thofe  which  thefe  Letters  fhall  hear  or  fee 
44  Greeting.  Know  ye,  That  whereas  fome  People  do 
"  think,  that  by  reafon  that  the  Realm  of  France  is 
"  devolved  to  us  as  right  Heir  of  the  fame,  and  for- 
"  afmuch  as  we  be  King  of  France,  our  Realm  of  Eng- 
"  land  fliould  be  put  in  Subjection  of  the  King  and  of 
"  the  Realm  of  France  in  Time  to  come;  (zjweha- 
"  ving  regard  to  the  Eftate  of  our  Realm  of  England, 
"  and  namely,  that  it  never  was  nor  ought  to  be  in 
"  Subjection,  nor  in  the  Obeifance  of  the  Kings  of 
44  France,  which  for  the  Time  have  been,  nor  of  the 
"  Realm  of  France,  (t,)  and  willing  to  provide  for  the 
"  Surety  and  Defence  *  of  the  Realm  of  England,  and 
"  of  our  liege  People  of  the  fame  ;"  '  willand  grant 
'  and  ftablifh  for  us  and  for  our  Heirs  and  Succeffors, 
'  by  Affent  of  the  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and  Com- 
'  mons  of  our  Realm  of  England,  in  this  our  prefent 
'  Parliament  fummoned  at  IVeJlminJler  the  Wednefday 
4  next  after  the  Sunday  in  Middle  Lent,  the  Fourteenth 

*  Year  of  our  faid  Reign  of  our  Realm  of  England,  and 
'  the  Firft  of  France,    that  by  the  Caufe  or  Colour  of 

*  that,  that  we  be  King  of  France,  and  that  the  faid 
'  Realm  to  us  pertaineth,  as  afore  is  faid,  or  that  we 

*  caufe  us  to  be  named  King  of  France  in  our  Style,  or 
4  that  we  have  changed  our  Seal  or  our  Arms,  nor  for 

*  the  Commandments  which  we  have  made,    or  from 

*  henceforth  fhall  make  as  King  of  France,  our  faid 
'  Realm  of  England,  nor  the  People  of  the  fame,    of 

*  what  Eftate  or  Condition  they  be,   fhall  not  in  any 

*  Time  to  come  be  put  in  Subjedtion  nor  in  Obeifance 
'  of  us,  nor  of  our  Heirs  nor  Succeffors  as  Kings  of 
4  France,  as  afore  is  faid,  nor  be  fubjedt  nor  obedient, 
4  but  fhall  be  free  and  quit  of  all  Manner  of  Subjection 
4  and  Obeifance  aforefaid,  as  they  were  wont  to  be  in 
4  the  Time  of  our  Progenitors  Kings  of  England,  for 
4  ever.  In  Witnefs  of  which  Things,  &c.  Dated  at 
4  TVeJlminJler,  &c.  the  Fourteenth  Year  of  our  Reign 
4  of  England,  and  the  Firft  of  France.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  zi. 
E  Roi  a  toutz  ceux  as  queux  ceftes  prefentez 
lettres  vendront  faluz.  Sachietz  'qe  come 
afcuns  gentz  entendont  qe  par  refon  qe  le 
Roialme  de  France  eft  devolut  a  nous  come  droit 
heriter  dycell  et  par  tant  qe  nous  fumes  Roi  de 
France  noftre  Roialme  dEngleterre  ferroit  mys  en 
fubjedtion  du  Roi  et  du  Roialme  de  France  en  temps 
avenir  nous  eiantz  regard  a  leftat  de  noftre  ait 
Roialme  dEngleterre  et  meement  a  ce  qele  neftoit 
unqes  ne  deveroit  eftre  en  fubjedtion  nen  obeiffance 
des  Roys  de  France  qi  pur  temps  ont  efte  ne  du 
Roialme  de  France  et  voillantz  purveer  a  la  fcurte 
et  immunite  du  dit  Roialme  dEngleterre  et  de  noz 
liges  gentz  dycell  voloms  et  grantoms  et  eftablif- 
foms  pur  nous  et  pur  noz  heirs  et  fucceffours  par 
affent  des  Prelatz  Countes  Barouns  et  communes  de 
noftre  dit  Roialme  dEngleterre  en  ceft  noftre  pre- 
fent parlement  fomons  a  Weftmonfter  le  Mefkerdy 
profchein  apres  le  Dymeinge  en  my  Quarefme  Ian 
de  noftre  regne  dEngleterre  quatorzifme  etdeFrance 
primer  qe  par  caufe  ou  colour  de  ceo  qe  nous  foi- 
oms  Roi  de  France  &  qe  le  dit  Roialme  nous  ap- 
partient  come  defus  eft  dit  ou  qe  nous  nous  fefoms 
nomer  Roi  de  France  en  noftre  eftile  ou  qe  nous 
avoms  change  noz  fealx  ou  noz  armes  ne  pur  man- 
dementz  qe  nous  avoms  fait  ou  ferroms  defore  ena- 
vant  come  Roi  de  France  noftre  dit  Roialme  dEn- 
gleterre ne  les  gentz  dycell  de  quel  eftat  ou  condi- 
tion qils  foient  ne  foient  en  nul  temps  avenir  mys 
en  la  fubjedtion  ne  obeiffance  de  nous  noz  heirs  ne 
fucceffours  come  Roys  de  France  ne  a  nous  noa- 
heirs  ne  fucceffours  come  Roys  de  France  come  de- 
fus eft  dit  foient  fuggitz  ne  obeifantz  einz  foient 
fraunches  et  quites  des  totes  maners  de  fubjedtion 
et  obeiffance  defus  dites  come  ils  foleint  eftre  en 
temps  de  nos  progenitours  Rois  dEngleterre  a  toutz 
jours.  En  tefmoignance  de  quele  chofe  a  ceftes  pre- 
fentes  lettres  avoms  mys  noftre  feal.  Don'  a  Weftm' 
le  xvijour  dAverillles  auns  de  noftre  regne  dEng- 
leterre et  de  France  fufditz. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter  Anno  15  Edw.  III.  and  Anno  Dom. 
1 341.  Thefe  are  repealed  by  the  fubfequefit  AEi^  and  may  be  found: 
in  the  Appendix. 


, 


A.  D.  1 341.  Annodecimo  quinto  Edwardi  Ifl. 


2  37 


By  another  Statute   made  alfo  Anno  15  Edw.  III.    the  laft  mentioned 
Statute  of  Anno    15  Edw.  III.  was   repealed,    becaufe  it  was  made 


without  the  Kings  Confent. 

Ex  Rot.  Stat.  in  Turr.  Lone!,  m.  19.  dorfo. 

REX  vicecomiti  Lincoln'  falutem.  Cum  in 
parliamento  noftro  apud  Weftm'  in  quindena 
Pafche  proximo  preterita  convocato  quidam 
articuli  legibus  &  confuetudinibus  regni  noftri  An- 
glie  k  juvibus  &  prerogative  noftre  regiis  exprefle 
contrarii  pretendantur  per  modum  ftatutorum  per 
nos  fuifl'e  conceffi  Nos  confiderantes  qualiter  ad  ob- 
fervationem  &  defenfionem  legum  confuetudinum 
jurium&  prerogativarum  hujufmodi  aftricfi  fumus 
vinculo  juramenti  et  proinde  volentes  ea  que  fie  fi- 
unt  improvide  ad  ftatum  debitum  revocare  fuper 
hoc  cum  Comitibus  et  Barcnibus  ac  peritis  aliis 
dicti  regni  noftri  confilium  habuimus  et  tractatum 
Et  quia  editioni  di&i  ftatuti  pretenfi  nunquam  con- 
fenumus  fet  premiffis  proteftationibus  de  revocando 
dictum  ftatutum  fi  de  fa£k>  procederet  ad  evitan- 
dum  pericula  que  ex  ipfms  denegatione  tunc  time- 
bantur  provenire  cum  dictum  parliamentum  alias 
fuiffet  fine  expeditione  aliqua  in  difcordia  diflblu- 
tum  et  fie  ardua  noftra  negotia  fuiflent  quod  abfit 
verifimiliter  in  ruina  difiimulavimus  ficut  oportuit  et 
diiStum  pretenfum  ftatutum  figillari  permifimus  ilia 
vice  videbatur  di&is  Comitibus  Baronibus  et  p:ritis 
quod  ex  quo  dictum  ftatutum  de  voluntate  noftra 
gratuita  non  proceflit  nullum  erat  et  quod  nomen 
vel  vim  ftatuti  habere  non  deberet.  Et  ideo  dic- 
tum ftatutum  de  ipforum  confilio  et  affenfu  decre- 
vimus  efle  nullum  et  illud  quatenus  de  facto  pro- 
ceflit duximus  adnullandum  volentes  tamen  quod, 
articuli  in  dicto  ftatuto  pretenfo  contend  qui  per 
alia  ftatuta  noftra  vel  progenitorum  noftrorum  Re- 
gum.  Anglie  funt  prius  approbati  juxta  formam 
dictorum  ftatutorum  in  omnibus  prout  convenitob- 
ferventur.  Et  hoc  fol'um  ad  confervationem  et 
redintegrationem  jurium  corone  noftre  facimus  ut 
tenemur  non  autem  ut  fubditos  noftros  quos  in 
manfuetudine  regere  cupimus  opprimamus  aliqua- 
liter  vel  gravemus.  Et  ideo  tibi  precipimus  quod 
hec  omnia  in  Jocis  infra  ballivam  tuam  ubi  expe- 
dire  videris  publice  facias  proclamari.  T.  R.  apud 
Weftm'  primo  die  Octobris  anno  quintodecimo. 

Per  ipfum  Regem  et  confilium. 


D  W  A  R  D  by  the  Grace  of  God,  &c.  to  the  She-  i»  Co.  75. 
riff  of  Lincoln,  Greeting.     Whereas  at   our 
Parliament   fummoned   at    JVeJlminfter  in  the 
ghcinzime  of  Eajhr  laft  paft,  certain  Articles  exprefly 
contrary  to  the  Laws  and  Cuftoms  of  our  Realm  of 
England,  and  to  our  Prerogatives  and  Rights  Royal, 
were  pretended  to  be  granted  by  us  by  the  Manner  of 
a  Statute;     (2)  we,  confidering  how   that   by  the 
Bond  of  our  Oath  we  be  tied  to  the  Obfervarice  and 
Defence  of  fuch  Laws,  Cuftoms,  Rights,  and  Pre- 
rogatives, and  providently  wihing   to  revoke   fuch 
Things  to  their  own  State,  which   be  fo   improvi- 
dently  done,  upon  Conference  and  Treatife  there- 
upon had   with   the  Earls,  Barons,  and  other  wife 
Men  of  our  faid  Realm,  and  becaufe  we  never  con- 
fented  to  the  making  of  the  faid  Statute,  but  as  then 
it  behoved  us,  we  diflimuled  in  thePremiffes  by  Pro- 
teftations  of  Revocation  of  the  faid  Statute,  if  in- 
deed it  fhould  proceed,  to  efchew  the  Dangers  which 
by  the  denying  of  the  fame  we  feared  to  come,  for- 
afmuch   as   the  faid  Parliament  otherwife  had  been 
without  difpatching  any  Thing  in  Difcord  diflblved, 
and  fo  cur  earneft  Bufmefs  had  likely  been  ruinated 
(which  God  prohibit)  and  the  faid  pretenfed  Statute 
we  permitted  then  to  be  fealed  :    (3)  It  feemed'to  the 
faid   Earls,  Barons,  and    other  wife  Men,  that  ii- 
thence  the  faid  Statute  did  not  of  our  free  Will  pro- 
ceed, the.  fame  be  void,  and  ought  not  to  have  the 
Name  nor  Strength  of  a  Statute;"   '  and  therefore 
by  their  Counfel  and  Aflent  we  have  decreed  the  faid. 
Statute  to  be  void,  and  the  fame  in  as  much  as  it  pro- 
ceeded of  *  Dread,  we  have  agreed  to  be  adnulled;  »  ReadFaf?.- 
(4)  willing  neverthelefs,  That  the  Articles  contained 
in  the  faid  pretenfed  Statute,  which  by  other  of  our' 
Statutes,    or  of  our  Progenitors  Kings   of  England 
have  been  approved,  fhall,  according  to  the  Form  of 
the  faid  Statute  in  every  Point,  as  convenient  is,  be- 
obferved.     (5)  And  the  fame  we  do  only  to  the  Con-, 
fervation  and   Reintegration  of   the   Rights   of  our 
Crown,  as  we  be  bound,  and   not  that  we  fhould  in 
any  wife  grieve  or  opprefs  our  Subjects,  whom  we 
defireto  rule  by  Lenity  and  Gentlenefs.     And  there- 
fore we  do  command  thee,  That   all  thefe   Things 
thou  caufe   to  be  openly  proclaimed  in  fuch  Places  Not«»  5*ii  A3 
within  thy  Bailiwick  where  thou  {halt  fee  expedient.  "fttidl° k*™ 
Witnefs  myfelf  at   Weflminjier  the  Firft  Day  of  Oc-  ' 
tober,  the  Fifteenth  Year  of  our  Reign.' 


j  7  Ed.  3 .  See 
Cake,  4  hjl,  ■ 
P.  52. 


A  Third  Statute  made  Anno  15  Edw.  III.   exprejfmg  certain  Conditions 
or  Covenants  whereupon  the  Subftdy  granted  Anno  14.  was  given  him*. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  19.   D. 

FAIT  a  remembrer  de  les  conditions  qe  les  grantz  &  la  communalte  demandent  pur  le  grante  qilsferront 
a.noftre  Seignurle  Roi  pur  la  noefifme  aignel  toifon  &  garbe  del  anfeconde. 


C  A  K- 


238  Anno  decimo  quinto  EdWardi  III.  A.  D.  1341 

CAP.    1. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
RIMES  ceo  qe  eft  quilli  &  levee  de  les  xx.  mill'  facs  de  leine  autrefoitz  grantez  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
en  manere  davoire  recompenfation  deycele  de  la  noefifme  del  an  feconde  foit  recoupe  &  allowe  es  coan- 
tees  ou  les  leines  font  leveez  &  les  perfons  paiez  &  les  commiffions  de  vynt  mill'  facs  repellez. 

C  A  P.     II. 

TEM  qe  les  toyfons  &  aignels  de  ceft  fecond  an  leveez  foient  acomptez  devant  ceux  qe  ferront  deputez 

a  les  dites   leines  quiller  qe  foient  bones   gentz   &  loiaux  du   pais.     Et  qe  la  value  des  dites  agnels  & 

toifons  levees  foit  recoupe  &  allowe  en  le  noumbre  des  facs  ore  grantez.     Et  qe  le  remenant  de  trois  chofes 

a  quiller  de  ceft  fecond  an  ne  foit  rienz  leveez  einz  de  tout  releflez  &  fur  ceo  foient  lettres  patentes  fouz  le 

grant  feal  liverez  as  chivalers  des  counteez  fanz  rien  paier. 

CAP.     III. 

TEM  qe  les  leines  en  chefcun  countee  foient  quilliez  par  bones  gentz  du  pais  et  foient  liverez  as  re- 
fceivours  le  Roi  par  facs  des  countees  ou  ils  ferront  quilliez  folonc  le  pois  ordeinie  par  eftatut  ceft  afla- 
voir  xiv.  livres  pur  la  piere  et  xxvi.  pieres  pur  la  fac  fans  autre  encres.  Et  qe  nul  ne  foit  chargee  de  rendre 
fur  ceo  acompte  al  Roi  mes  foulement  les  refceivours  le  Roi.  Et  qen  chefcun  pais  foient  affignez  deux 
grants  et  bones  gentz  doier  et  terminer  les  pleintes  de  ceux  qe  fe  voudront  pleindre  des  dites  quillours  et  re- 
fceivours et  ce  as  jours  et  lieux  des  countees. 

CAP.     IV. 

ITEM  qe  les  Prelatz  Countes  et  Barons  chivalers  et  autres  grantz  de  chefcun  pais  queux  ferront  tenuz 
de  paier  la  noefifme  folonc  le  grante  fur  ce  faite  foient  apportionez  folonc  lour  afferant  a  la  charge  grante 
des  dites  leines.  Et  en  cas  qe  afcun  des  Prelatz  ou  grantz  avantditz  ou  autre  ne  voille  paier  folonc  ce  qil 
ferra  apportione  foient  les  nouns  des  tieux  et  lour  portionz  liverez  as  dites  refceivours  et  par  eux  a  la  Chaun- 
cellerie  et  tant  foit  allowe  al  countees  et  celui  qe  ferra  trove  defobeifant  foit  deftreint  de  paler  la  treble  de  la 
portion  a  quele  il  fuft  mys. 

CAP.     V. 

TEM  qe  nul  ql  qil  foit  marcbant  ne  autre  achate  ne  aviegne  leines  hors  de  la  terre  entre  cy  et  la  Seint 
Michel  profchein  avenir  en  eide  qe  le  Roi  foit  fervi  de  ce  qe  luy  eft  graunte  et  qe  apres  la  dite  feft  de 
Seint  Michel  chefcun  du  roialme  marcbant  et  autre  fraunchement  puiffe  vendre  et  achater  et  paffer  la  mier 
ovefqe  lour  marchandifes  des  leines  &  de  toutes  autres  chofes  paianz  les  cuftumes  auncienernent  ufees  folonc 
les  eftatuz  eintz  ces  houres  faites  al  darrain  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  a  my  Quarefme.  Et  ceux  qe  ont 
leines  foient  tenuz  de  les  vendre  folonc  le  fort  &  pris  du  pais  pur  acomplir  les  leines  grantez  ou  Roi.  Et 
ceux  qe  ferrount  quillours  des  dites  leines  foient  gentz  fumfaunz  de  meiime  les  counteez  eflutz  ore  en  parle- 
ment &  qils  ne  foient  chaungez  par  nul  maundement. 

C  A  P.     VI. 

TEM  qe  leoorla  Reine  ne  courge  en  demande  par  refon  de  eel  grant.  Et  qe  citees  &  burghs  &  touz 
les  religioufes  qe  tienent  par  baronie  &  font  tenuz  de  venir  al  parlement  &  ceux  qe  ount  chateux  fanz 
gainerie  foient  chargees  od  la  commune  &  qe  religious  &  autres  gentz  de  feint  efgliie  pur  terres  &  pof- 
feffions  purchacez  &  apprcpriez  nient  taxes  ove  le  tax  ufee  des  difmes  foient  chargeez  en  ceft  contribution 
ove  la  commune.  Et  celui  qe  ferra  trove  coupable  de  paffage  foit  a  la  forfeture  de  la  double  value  des  leines. 
Et  qe  les  .parnours  poeflent  prendre  les  leines  quel  part  qe  eles  ferront  trovez  hors  de  faintuarie  folonc  le 
fort  &  le  pris  de  Notingham  quant  a  ce  qeft  arere  de  la  noefifme  del  an  palfe  Le  Roi  fra  affigner  afcunes  des 
foens  ove  bones  gentz  des  counteez  de  prendre  informations  par  totes  les  voies  qils  faveront  ou  purront  de  la 
verrei  value  des  noefifmes  en  chefcun  paroche  &  folonc  ceftes  informations  foient  les  noefifmes  leveez. 

CAP.     VII. 

ITEM  qe  les  petitions  par  les  grantz  &  la  commune  monftreez  foient  afFermez  felonc  ce  qils  ont  grantee 
parle  Roi  ceft  aria  voir  les  pointz  adurer  par  eftatut  &  les  autres  par  chartre  ou  patente  &  liveres  a9 
chivalers  des  counteez  faunz  rienz  payer  &  qe  plcife  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  de  performir  la  grante  qel  il  ad 
prOmy.  as  grantz  en  droit  des  attachez  et  emprifonez  ore  en  ce  parlement  et  ceux  qe  ount  fait  fines  eftoifent 
a  lour  fines  ou  a  la  commune  ley  a  lour  cheys. 


Lt 


A.  D.  1343.  Anno  decimo  feptimo  Edwardi  III. 

Le  Parliament  tenus  a  Wejlm.  a  la  ^uihzeme  de  Pafch.  du  raign  noftre 
Seignior  U  Roi  Edward  Tiers  apres  le  Conquejl  Dys  &  feptifme. 


239 


ITEM  accorde  eft  de  faire  une  Monoie  des  bones 
Efterlings  en  Engleterre  du  pois  et  del  Alay  del 
auncient  Efterling,  que  avera  fon  cours  en  En- 
gleterre entre  les  Grandz  ec  la  Comune  de  la  terre, 
et  la  quele  ne  ferra  portes  hors  du  royalme  d'  En- 
gleterre en  nulle  manere;  ne  purquecunque  caufe 
que  ceo  foit.  Et  en  cafe  que  les  Flemings  voillent 
faire  bone  monoie  dargent  groffes  ou  autres  accor- 
dant en  alay  es  bones  Efterlings;  que  tiel  monoie 
eit  cours  en  Engleterre  entre  Merchand  et  Mer- 
chand et  autres  qui  la  vodroient  refcevire  de  lour 
bone  gree  j  iffint  que  nul  argent  foit  portes  hors  du 
Roialme. 

Item  eft  accordes  et  alTentus,  que  bones  gents  et 
loialx  foient  affignes  es  Ports  de  miere,  et  ailours, 
bu  mkfter  ferra,  de  faire  la  ferche,  que  nul  argent 
ibit  portes  hors  du  Roialme  en  monie  n'autrement, 
forspris  que  les  Grandz  quant  ils  vont  per  dela  qils 
peufent  aver  veffeals  dargent  pur  fervir  lour  hoftels  : 
Et  qu;  nul  foit  cy  hardy  de  porter  fauiTe  et  malvois 
monoie  en  Roialme,  fur  paine  de  forfeiture  de  vie  et 
de  membre :  Et  a  faire  exchanges  a  ceux  qi  paf- 
feront  la  miere  d'or  pur  lour  bones  Efterlings  a  la 
value. 

Item  afientus  eft  et  accordes,  que  les  dits  Ser- 
cheours,  per  caufe  qils  ferront  lour  offices  plus  di- 
liagement  et  plus  loialment,  ils  eient  la  tierce  partie 
de  tote  la  fauxe  monoie,  qils  purront  trover  portee 
deins  le  Roialm  a  lour  profit  demeen  :  Et  en  mefme 
la  manere  eient  la  tierce  partie  de  la  bone  monoie 
quele  ilz  troveront  en  la  miere  pafiant  hors  de  la 
terre :  Et  en  cafe  qils  foient  troves  negligents  ou 
rebealx  a  tieux  ferches  faire,  que  lourterres  et  te- 
nements, biens  et  chateux  foient  feifes  en  la  main 
le  Roy,  et  lour  corps  pris,  et  detenus  tanque  ils 
eient  fait  fine  au  Roy  pur  lour  difobeifance  :  Et  en 
cafe  quils  foient  affentants  de  porter  tiels  fauxe  mo- 
noie, et  de  fufFrire  fachantement  largent  ou  monoie 
autrement  (forfpris  que  les  Grandz  quant  ilz  vont 
per  dela  qils  peufent  aver  velTeals  dargent  pur  fervir 
lour  hoftels  come  de  fuis  eft  dit)  eftre  mefnes  hors 
du  Roialm,  eient  judgement  de  vie  &  de  membre. 


:'   "I  TEM,  It  is  accorded  to  make  Money  of  good  3  In():-  93- 

"     [    Sterling  in  England  of  the  Weight  and  Allay  of 

u  j*L  tne  ancjent;  Sterling  ;  which  fhall  be  current  in 

"  England  between  the  Great  Men  and  Commons  of 

:c  the  Land;  and  the   which  fhall  not  be  carried  out 

"  of  the  Realm  of  England  in   any  Manner,  nor  for 

"  any  Caufe  whatfoever.     And  in  cafe  that  the  Flem- 

"  mings  will  make  good  Money  of  Silver  grofs  or  other, 

"  according  in  Allay  of  good  SterJing,  that  fuch  Mo- 

"  ney  fhall  be  current  in  England  between  Merchant 

"  and  Merchant,  an-d  others;  who  of  their  own  Ac- 

"  cord  will  receive  the  fame;  fo  that  no  Silver  be  car-' 

"  ried  out  of  the  Realm. 

"  Item,  It  is  accorded  and  afiented,  That  good  and 
"  lawful  Men  be  afiigned  in  the  Ports  of  the  Sea,  and 
"  elfewhere,  where  Need  fhall  be,  to  make  Search, 
"  that  no  Silver  be  carried  out  of  the  Realm  in  Money 
"  or  otherwife  (except  that  the  Great  Men  may,  when 
"  they  go  out  of  the  Realm,  have  Silver  Vefills  to 
"  ferve  their  Houfes.)  And  that  none  be  fo  hardy  to 
"  bring  falfe  .and  ill  Money  into  the  Realm,  upon  Pain 
"  of  Forfeiture  of  Life  and  Member:  And  to  make 
"  Exchanges  with  them  that  fhall  pafs  the  Sea,  of  Gold 
"  for  their  good  Sterling  to  the  Value. 

"  Item,  it  is  affented  and  accorded,  That  the  faid 
"  Searchers,  becaufe  they  may  do  their  Offices  more 
"  diligently  and  more  lawfully,  fhall  have  the  third 
"  Part  of  all  the  falfe  Money  that  they  can  find  to  be 
"  brought  into  the  Realm  for  their  own  Benefit:  And 
"  in  the  fame  Manner  they  fhall  have  the  third  Part  of 
"  the  good  Money  which  they  fhall  find  upon  the  Sea 
"-  paffing  out  of  the  Realm  :  And  in  cafe  they  fhall  be 
"  found  negligent  or  difobedient  in  making  fuch 
"  Searches,  that  their  Lands  and  Tenements,  Goods 
"  and  Chatties  fhall  be  feifed  into  the  King's  Hands, 
"  and  their  Bodies  taken  and  detained  until  they  have 
"  made  Fine  to  the  King  for  their  Difobedience:  And 
"  in  cafe  they  fhall  be  allenting  to  the  bringing  in  of 
"  fuch  falfe  Money,  or  wittingly  fhall  fufFer  Silver  or 
"  Money  (except  VefTels  of  Silver  for  the  Great  Men 
"  when  they  go  out  of  the  Kingdom  to  ferve  in  their 
"  Houfes,  as  before  is  faid)  to  be  tranfported  out  of 
"  the  Realm,  they  fhall  have  Judgement  of  Life  and 
"  Member." 


Statute  ?nade  Anno  18  Edw.  III.  Stat.  i.  Anno  Dom.  1344..  declaring 
in  what  Cafes  and  for  what  Offences  Exigents  fhall  be  awarded. 

Cotton  MS.  Nero,  C.  i. 
C  C  O  R  D  E  eft  et  eftabli  qe  defore  de  ceux  qe  ferrount  ou  ount  eftee  Refceivours  dez  deniers  le  R.oy 
ou  de  fez  leyns  queux  ils  pernent  du  poepie  e  les  alloignent  et  deteignent  iffint  qe  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  ne  poet  ent  eftre  fuy  De  ceux  qe  ameignent  lez  leynz  per  dela  faunz  eftre  cokettez  ou  faunz 
paier  cuftume  et  fubfidie  as  queux  ils  fount  affis  et  dez  cuftumers  et  tronours  queux  lez  fuffrent  as  damage 
le  Roy  Et  de  lez  Miniftrez  qe  refceivent  lez  deniers  le  Roy  et  lez  reteignent  confnir.-tours  confederatours 
et  maintenours  dez  faux  querelz  et  de  ceux  qe  mefnent  routes  en  prefence  dez  juftices  ou  dautres  Mini- 
ftrez le  Roy  ou  aillours  es  Counteez  en  affray  de  poepie  iffint  qe  la  ley  ne  fe  poet  pas  ent  faire  et  auxibien  de 
ceux  qe  portent  ou  veignent  en  lour  compaigniez  come  de  ceux  qe  portent  le  faux  monee  en  defceit  de  poepie 
toutz  ceux  en  cas  qe  ils  ne  -purrount  eftre  trovez  ou  mefhez  en  refponce  per  attachement  ou  diftrefs  pur  le 
profit  le  Roi  qe texigend  foit  den  et  fuy  et  nemye  dez  autres. 

Or  dlnat 'tones 


!4o       Stat.  2. 


Anno  decirao  octavo  Edwardi  III. 


A.  D.  1344.. 


Qrdinationes  in  Parliamento  apud  Weftm'  Anno  Regni  Domini  E.  Regis 
Angl'  &  Franc'  videlicet  Anglie  decimo  otlavo  &  Francie  quinto 
tejito  fable. 

Another  Statute  made  Anno  iS  Edw.  III.  Stat.  2.  and  Anno  Dom.  1344. 

txt.  Two  Quinzimes  granted  to  the  King  by  the  Commonalty,  and  two  Difmes  by  Cities  and  Bo- 

roughs,  to  be  paid  in  two  Years,  towards  his  Wars  in  France  and  Scotland. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  19.  D. 
AIT  a  remembrer  qe  au  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  Lundy  profchein  apres  les  outaves  de  la  Tri- 
nite  Ian  du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  dEngleterre  difoitifme  et  de  France  quint  furunt  monftrez 
entre  autres  chofes  en  plein  parlement  plufours  chofes  qe  furont  attemptez  par  la  partie  adverfaire 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  de  Fraunce  encontre  la  trewe  prife  nadgairs  en  Bretaigne  entre  noftre  dit  Seignur  le 
Roi  et  ion  dit  adverfaire  et  coment  fon  dit  adverfaire  faftbree  tant  come  il  poet  a  deffruir  noftre  dit  Seignur 
le  Roi  fes  alliez  et  fubgitz  terres  et  lieux  et  la  lange  dEngleterre  et  fur  ceo  fu  priez  depar  noftre  dit  Sei- 
gnur le  Roi  as  Prelatz  grauntz  et  communez  qils  lui  donaffent  tieu  confeil  et  eide  come  befoigneroit  en  ft 
grande  neceffite  et  les  ditz  Prelatz  grantz  et  communes  eu  ent  bon  deliberation  et  avys  et  vyantz  aperte- 
ment  la  fubverfion  de  la  terre  dEngleterre  et  des  groffes  bufoignes  le  Roi  qe  Dieu  defeiide  fi  haftive  remedie 
ne  y  foit  mys  ft  confeillerent  jointement  et  feveraiment  et  fupplierent  ove  grande  inftance  a  noftre  dit  Sei- 
gnur le  Roi  qil  fe  feift  ft  fort  come  il  plus  purroit  .pur  pafier  la  mieer  en  affeurance  del  eide  de  Dieu  et  de 
(a  bone  querele  affbrcement  pur  faire  fyn  a  cefte  foitz  de  fa  guerre  ou  par  vye  de  pees  ou  par  force  et  qe 
pur  lettres  ne  paroles  ne  beaux  premefies  il  ne  leffat  fon  paffage  fil  ne  veit  effect  de  la  bufoigne  et  pur 
cefte  caufe  les  ditz  grauntz  graunterunt  de  paffer  et  lour  aventurer  ovefqes  lui.  Et  la  dites  communes  lui 
granta  pur  mefme  la  caufe  fur  certeine  fourme  deux  quinzifmes  de  la  communalte  et  deux  difmes  des  citees  et 
burghs  de  lever  en  la  manere  come  la  derreine  quinzifme  a  luy  graunte  fuft  leve  et  nemye  en  autre  manere  et 
a  paier  par  deux  anz  ceft  affaver  a  les  feftz  des  touz  Seintz  et  de  la  Pafche  profchein  fuantz  pur  le  primer  an 
et  en  cas  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  paffe  la  meer  de  paier  a  mefmes  les  termes  les  quinzifme  et  difme  del  fe- 
cond  an  et  nemye  en  autre  manere  iffint  qe  les  deniers  dece  levez  foient  defpenduz  en  les  bufoignes  a  eux 
monftrez  a  ceft  parlement  par  avis  des  grauntz  a  ceo  affignez  et  qe  les  eides  de  la  Trente  foient  mys  en  defens 
de  North.  Et  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  par  ceft  caufe  et  en  eefe  de  la  dice  communalte  et  de  touz  fes  foialx 
dEngleterre  par  affent  des  Prelatz  grauntz  et  des  communes  ft  granta  de  fa  bone  grace  les  chofes  fouthefcriptz 
ceft  aflavoir. 

CAP.     I. 

Commiffions  of  new  Inquiries  fhall  ceafe,  faving  Indictments  of  Felonies,  and  Trelpafles  of 
Woolls  carried  out  without  Subfidies,  Cuftoms,  &c. 


£-X  P.  &i^  ^es  commiffions  des  novelles  enquerrez  ceffent  et  de  tout  foient  anientiz  et  fur  ceo  briefs  foient  faitz 

\gf  a  les  ditz  Juftices  de  furfeer  fauvez  qe  les  enditementz  des  felonies  et  trefpas  faites  contre  la  pees  des 
leines  mefnez  hors  du  Roialme  fanz  paier  cuftume  ou  fubfide  et  dautres  biens  le  Roi  ou  deniers  refceuz 
ou  detenuz  par  ceux  qont  eu  commiffions  fouz  le  Seal  le  Roi  et  auffint  de  faufe  monoye  porfe  dedeinz  le 
Roialme  inchoatz  devant  mefmes  les  Juftices  nomez  es  dites  commiffions  foient  terminez  en  Bank  le  Roi  ou 
devant  autres  Juftices  a  ceo  affignez.  Et  qe  les  exigendes  iffues  et  utlagaries  pronuncies  pur  autre  caufe  qe 
pur  les  caufes  fauvez  ceffent  et  foient  anientiz  de  tout.  Et  fur  ceo  foient  faitz  briefs  tantz  et  tieux  come  il 
bufoignera. 


CAP.     II. 

Juftices  of  Peace  fhall  be  appointed,  and  their  Authority. 


1  Ed.  3.  flat.  2. 
c.  16. 

4  Ed.  3.  r.  t, 
34  Ed!  3.  c.  1. 
lb'  Peace   3  H  7. 
feflj).       l6Gel, 


«  ITEM,  That  Two  or  Three  of  the  beft  of  Repu- 
'  I  tntion  in  the  Counties  fhall  be  affigned  Keepers  of 
'  the  Peace  by  the  King's  Comniiffion,  (2)  and  at 
'  what  Time  Need  fhall  be,  the  fame,  with  other  wife 
'  and  learned  in  the  Law,  fhall  be  affigned  by  the 
'  King's  Commiffion  to  hear  and  determine  Felonies 
'  and  TrefpafTes  done  againft  the  Peace  in  the  fame 
'  Counties,  and  to  inflict  Punifhment  reafonably  ac- 
'  cording  to  Law  and  Reafon,  and  the  Manner  of  the 
'  Deed.' 

12  R.  z  r.  jo.  13  R.  z.Jlat.  1.  c.  7.  18H.  6.  c.  11.  t  Eil.  4.  c.  i.  I 
e.  i,  1  M.jiai.  1.  c.  8.  1  &  2  P.  &  M.  1. 1 3.  z  &  3  P.  &  M.  c.  10. 
2.  c.  18.     *3  Gcj,  i.  c.  z6.fec,  11.     24  Geo.  2.  c.  44  £?  55.     26  Gw.  2.  c, 


Y?  T  auffint  qe  deux  ou  trois  des  mieultz  vauetz 
jjy  des  countees  foient  affignez  gardeins  de  la  pees 
par  commiffions  le  Roi  &  quele  heure  qe  meftier 
ferra  mefmes  ceux  ovefqes  autres  fages  &apris  dela 
leye  foient  affignez  par  commiffion  le  Roi  doier  & 
terminer  felonies  &  trefpas  faites  contre  la  pees  en 
mefmes  les  countees  &  punifiement  faire  refonable- 
ment  (olonc  la  manere  du  fait. 


R.  3.  c.  3.      See  farther  for  the  Qualifications  and  Duty  of  JuffkA  of 
7  fac.  1.  c.  5.     21  Jac.  1,  c.  12.     CfGeo.  1 .  c .  7.       5  Geo.  2.  c.  18 
1 4.  iS  27.     27  Geo.  2.  c.  16  (if  20.  and  30  Gee.  2.  c.  24. 

3  CAP. 


A.  D.  1 344.         Anno  decimo  o<ftavo  Edwardi  III. 


Stat.  2.       241 


CAP.     III. 

All  Perfons  may  buy  Woolls.     The  Sea  fhall  be  open. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  qe  les  ordenances  devant  cesheures  faites 
fur  leprisdes  fortz  des  leines  en  chefcunecoun- 
tee  foient  de  tout  anientiz  &  defaitz  &  qe  chefcun 
homme  auflibien  eftrange  come  prive  puifTe  defor- 
mes  achater  leines  folonc  ceo  qil  purra  acorder  ove 
le  vendour  auffi  come  ils  foleient  faire  devant  les 
ordinances  avantdites.  Et  qe  nul  homme  ne  foit 
empeche  ne  greve  pur  caufe  de  nul  acate  faite  en 
temps  paffe  encontre  les  ordinances  avantdites  et 
<je  la  mieer  foit  overte  a  tout  manere  des  marchantz 
depafler  ove  lour  marchandifes. 

contrary  to  the 


ITEM,    That  the  Ordinances  made  before  this 
Time,  *  upon  taking  of  Sorts  of  Woolls  in  every  *  of  ^E  Price 
County,  be  wholly  annulled  and  defeated;    (2)  and  u{  Soits>  &c' 
that  every  Man,  as   well   Stranger   as  Privy,  from 
henceforth  may  buy  Woolls,  according  as  they  may 
agree  with  the    Seller,  as  they  were  wont  to  do  be- 
fore the  laid  Ordinances;  f  (3)  and  that  the  Sea  be  .j.  ah  and 'Bat 
open  to  all  Manner  of  Merchants  to  pais  with  their  no  Man  foal!  bo 
Merchandize  where  it  fhall  pleale  them.'  hindered orgriev 

ed  on  Account  of 
any  Pi/rchafe 
heretofore  made 
aforesaid  Ordinances,     3  Mod.  126.     5  &  6  E.  6.  c.  7.  •mbich  h  repealed  by  21  Jac,  I,  c.  z%. 


CAP.     IV. 
Commiffions  to  afTay  Weights  and  Meafures  fhall  be  repealed,  and  none  fuch  granted. 


ITEM  qe  les  commiffions  dafTaier  mefures  aunes 
&  pois  foient  repellez  &  anientiz  de  tout  & 
qe  defore  nul  tiel  commiffion  ifle  et  qe  mande  foit 
a  Treforer  &  as  Barons  de  Lefcheker  de  faire  ve- 
nir  devant  eux  tieux  commifiioners  de  rendre  acompt 
au  Roi  nient  contrefteant  qils  alleggent  qils  font 
Juftices  et  ne  deivent  nul  acompte  rendre  et  fi  nul 
fe  voudra  pleindre  fur  eux  foit  oy  et  fur  ceo  foient 
faites  briefs  as  vifcontes  de  faire  proclamation  qe 
ceux  qe  fe  voudront  pleindre  fur  tieux  commifiion- 
ers veignent  a  Lefcheqer  et  illoeqes  fe  pleinent  et 
amendes  lour  ferront  faites. 


TEM,  That  the  Commiffions  to  aflaie  Meafures  EXP. 
and  Weights  be  repealed  and  wholly  adnulled. 
And  that  from  henceforth  no  fuch  Commiffion  fhall 
go  out.  And  that  it  be  demanded  to  the  Treafurer 
and  Barons  of  the  Efchequer,  to  do  come  before 
them  fuch  Commiffioners,  to  yield  account  to  the 
King,  notwithstanding  that  they  allege,  that  they  be 
Juftices,  and  ought  not  to  yield  account.  And  if  any 
will  upon  them  complain,  he  fhall  be  heard.  And 
thereupon  Writs  fhall  be  made  to  the  Sheriff",  to  make 
Proclamation,  that  they  which  will  complain  upon 
fuch  Commiffioners,  fhall  come  to  the  Efchequer,  and 
there  to  complain,  and  amends  (hall  be  to  them 
made.' 


CAP.     V. 

No  Exigent  fhall  be  granted  in  Trefpals,  but  where  it  is  againft  the  Peace. 


ITEM  qe  nul  exigende  ifle  deformes  en  cas  ou 
.homme  eft  enditez  de  trefpas  qe  ne  foit  encon- 
tre la  pees  ne  des  chofes  qe  ne  font  contenues  en  la 
declaration  fait  de  ce  cas  en  derrein  parlement  te- 
nuz  a  Weftm'. 


'  T  TEM,  That  no  Exigent  fhall  from  henceforth  go 

'  J.  out,   in  cafe  where  a  Man  is  indifled  of  Trefpafs, 

'  unlefs  it  be  againft  the  Peace,  or  of  Things  which  be 

'  contained  in  the  Declaration  made  in  this  Cafe  at  the  Star.  ?8  Ed. 

'  laft  Parliament  holden  at  Wejiminjlcr.' 


flat.  1. 


CAR     VI. 

Money  fhall  be  made  and  Exchanges  ordained  where  the  King  fhall  pleafe. 

ITEM  qe  nul  homme  foit  anSe  a  prendre  la  novelle  monoie  dor  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  ad  ordeignez  EXP. 
daler  en  paiement  a  certein  pris  dedeinz  la  fomme  dexxs.  Et  auffint  qe  monoies  dor  &  dargent  foient 
faites  en  la  cittee  dEverwyk  &  aillours  ou  le  Roi  voudra  ordeigner  en  la  manere  qe  homme  fait  a  la  Tourde 
Loundres  &  qe  efchaunges  foient  ordeignez  en  les  bones  vilies  folonc  ce  qil  femblera  a  noftre  Seigntirle  Roi 
mieultz  pur  le  profit  &  eefe  de  lui  &  de  fon  poeple.  Et  qe  ordeignez  foit  en  certein  quele  chofe  ferra  done 
pur  efchaunge  de  chefcune  piece  dor. 

CAP.     VII. 
When  the  King's  Wages  to  Soldiers  fhall  begi.i  and  end. 


ITEM  qe  les  eftatuz  faitz  fur  les  purveances 
affaire  fur  loftel  le  Roi  la  Roigne  et  lour  enfantz 
eh  les  queux  eft  contenuz  qils  ne  achatent  ne 
preignent  riens  fil  ne  foit  par  le  bone  gree  des  ven- 
dours  et  par  feer  fait  entre  les  achatours  et  les  ven- 


Vol 


E 


TEM,  That  the  Statutes  for  the  Purveyances,  to  Mirror  15. 

be  made  for  the  Homes  of  the  King,  the  Queen,  5  Ed.  3  c.z. 
and  their  Children,   wherein  it  is  contained,  That  JoEd.  j.  (tat.  2. 
they  fhall  not  buy  nor  take  any  Thing,  unlefs  it  be  c"  '•  *• 
by  Agreement  of  the  Sellers,    and  by  Promife  made 
I  i  '  betwixt 


242       Stat.  2. 


Anno  decimo  odlavoEDWARDi  III.         A.  D.  1344. 


1  ti.  3.  fiat.  2.    c 
c  7-  t 

Confirmed  by 
4H.  4.  c.  13. 


betwixt  the  Buyers  and  the  Sellers,  (z)  and  that  the 
Statutes  made  of  the  Steward  and  Marfhal  of  the 
King's  Houfe,  and  what  Pleas  they  fhall  hold  and 
determine  before  them  in  the  Marihalfey,  fhall  be 
holdenand  kept  in  all  their  Points  ;  (3)  which  Sta- 
tutes our  Lord  the  King  hath  caufed  to  be  tranfcribed, 
and  fent  to  the  Steward  and  Marfhal  of  his  Houfe, 
and  to  the  Treafurer  of  the  Wardrobe,  and  Writs 
with  them,  to  keep  and  maintain  the  fame  in  all 
Points.  (4)  And  that  Men  of  Arms,  Hoblers,  and 
Archers,  chofen  to  go  in  the  King's  Service  out  of 
England,  fhall  be  at  the  King's  Wages  from  the  Day 
that  they  depart  out  of  the  Counties  where  they  were 
chofen,  till  their  Return.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
dours  et  auflint  les  eftatutz  faitz  del  eflat  le  Senef- 
chal  &  Marefchal  del  hoftel  le  Roi  &  queux  pleedz 
ils  tendront  &  determineront  devant  eux  en  la  Ma- 
refchalcie  foient  tenuz  &  gardez  en  touz  lour  pointz 
les  queux  eftatutz  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  ad  fait 
tranfefcrivre  &  mander  as  Senefchal  &  Marefchal 
de  fon  hoftel  &  a  Treforer  de  la  garderobe  &  briefs 
ovefque  eux  de  les  garder  &  meintenir  en  touz 
pointz.  Et  qe  gentz  darmes  hobelers  &  archers 
efluz  pur  aler  en  le  fervice  le  Roi  hors  dEngleterre 
foient  as  gages  le  Roi  du  jour  qils  departiront  hors 
des  countees  ou  ils  ferront  eflutz. 

Exemplificatur  de  affenfu  parliamenti. 


A  Statute  of  the  Clergy,  made  Anno  18  Edw.  III.  Stat.  3.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1344. 


"  T^  DWARD  by  the  Grace  of  God,  fcfc.  Greet- 
"  |H  ing.  Know  ye  that  at  our  Parliament  holden 
"  -•— '  at  Weftminjler  the  Monday  next  after  the  Utas 
"  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  the  Year  of  our  Reign  of  Eng- 
"  land  the  Eighteenth,  and  of  France  the  Fifth,  a- 
"  mongft  other  Things  fhewed,  affented,  and  accorded 
"  in  the  faid  Parliament,  there  were  fhewed,  affented, 
"  and  accorded  thefe  Things  under-written." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  19. 

EDWARD  par  la  grace  de  Dieu  Roi  dEngle- 
terre &  de  Fraunce  et  Seignur  dlrland  as 
tous  ceux  qe  ceftes  lettres  verrount  oil  or- 
rount  falutz.  Sachez  qe  a  noftre  parlement  tenus 
a  Weftm'  le  Lundy  profchein  apres  les  oytaves  de 
la  Trinite  profchein  paffez  entre  autres  chofes 
monftrez  affentuz  et  accordez  en  le  dit  parlement 
fi  furent  monftrez  affentuz  et  accordez  les  chofes 
fouthefcritz. 


CAP.    I. 

A  Triennial  Difme  granted  to  the  King  by  the  Clergy  towards  the  Maintenance  of  his  War  in 

France. 

EXP.  T)  Rimerement  coment  plufours  chofes  furent  attemptez  par  la  partie  noftre  adverfarie  de  France  countre- 

Jl  la  true  prife  nadgairs  en  Bretaigne  entre  nous  &  lui  &  coment  il  fafforce  tant  come  il  poet  a  deftruire- 
nous  noz  allies  &  fuggiftez  terres  &  lieux  &  la  lange  dEngleterre  &  fur  ceo  fuft  priez  de  par  nous  as 
Prelatz  Grantz  &  Communes  qils  nous  donaffent  tieu  confeil  &  eide  come  bufoigneroit  en  fi  grant  neceffite 
&  les  ditz  Prelatz  grantz  &  Communes  eu  ent  bone  deliberatioun  &  avis  &  veiantz  apertement  la  fubver- 
fion  de  la  terre  dEngleterre  &  de  noz  groffes  bufoignes  qe  Dieu  defende  fi  haftive  remedie  ne  foit  mys  f\ 
confeillerent  jointement  &  feveralment  &  fupplierent  ove  grant  inftance  a  nous  qe  en  affurance  del  eide  de 
Dieu  &  de  noftre  bone  querele  nous  nous  afforceons  par  totes  les  bones  voies  qe  nous  purroms  de  faire  fyn 
a  ceft  foitz  de  noftre  guerre  &  qe  pur  lettres  ne  paroles  ne  beaux  promeffes  nous  ne  leffons  noftre  paffage 
fi  nous  ne  veons  effeft  de  la  bufoigne.  Et  pur  cefte  caufe  les  ditz  grantz  granteront  de  paffer  &  lour  aven- 
turer  ovefqe  nous  et  les  ditz  Prelatz  et  procuratours  de  la  clerge  nous  granterent  pur  mefme  la  caufe  une 
difme  triennale  a  paier  as  certeins  jour  ceft  affavoir  de  la  province  de  Canterbirs  as  feftes  de  la  Purification 
de  noftre  Dame  et  de  Seint  Barnabe  lApoftoil  et  de  la  province  dEverwyk  as  feftes  de  Seint  Luce  et  de 
la  Nativite  de  Seint  Johan  le  Baptiftre.  Et  nous  pur  cefte  caufe  en  meintenance  del  eftat  de  feint  eglife 
et  en  eefe  des  ditz  Prelatz  et  de  tote  la  clergie  dEngleterre  par  affent  des  grantz  et  des  communes  fi  gran- 
tafmes  de  noftre  bone  grace  les  chofes  fouzefcrites  ceft  affavoir  qe  nul  ne  Ercevefqe  ne  Evefqe  ne  foit  em- 
pefchez  devant  noz  Juftices  pur  caufe  de  crime  fi  nous  ne  les  comandons  efpecialment  tanqe  autre  remedie 
en  foit  ordeignez. 

CAP.     II. 

Bigamy  fhall  be  tried  by  the  Ordinary,  and  not  by  Inqueft. 


ITEM,  If  any  Clerk  be  arraigned  before  our  Juf- 
tices at  our  Suit,  or  at  the  Suit  of  the  Party,  and 
the  Clerk  holdeth  him  to  his  Clergy,  alledging  that 
he  ought  not  before  them  thereupon  to  anfwer;  (z) 
and  if  any  Man  for  us,  or  for  the  fame  Party,  will 
fuggeft,  that  he  hath  married  two  Wives,  or  one 
Widow,  that  upon  the  fame  the  Juftices  fhall  not 
3 


I 


TEM  qe  fi  nul  clerk  foit  areinez  devant  noz 
Juftices  a  noftre  fuyte  ou  a  la  fiiite  de  partie  et 
le  clerk  fe  tiegne  a  fa  clergie  allegeant  qil  ne  doit 
devant  eux  fur  ce  refpoundre  et  fi  homme  lui  fur- 
mette  pur  nous  ou  pur  la  partie  qil  eit  efpoufe  deux 
femmes  ou  une  veue  qe  fur  ceo  les  Jufticez  neient 
conifance  ne  poer  de  trier  par  enqueftes  ou  en  autre 

manere 


A.D.  1344. 


Anno  decimo  o&avo  Edwardi  III. 


Stat.  3. 


H3 


Ex  RoU  in  Tun:  Lond. 
manere  la  bygamie  einz  foit  mandez  a  la  Court 
Chriftiene  come  adefte  fait  en  cas  de  baftardie.  Et 
tanqe  la  certification  foit  mande  par  lordinarie  de- 
moerge  la  perfone  en  quele  bigamie  eft  alegge  par 
les  paroles  fufditz  ou  en  autre  manere  en  garde  fil 
ne  foit  meinparnable. 


have  the  Cognifance  or  Power  to  try  the  Bigamy  by 
Inqueft,  or  in  other  Manner  ;  but  it  ftiall  be  fent  to 
the  Spiritual  Court,  as  hath  been  done  in  Times  paft 
in  cafe  of  Baftardy.  (3)  And  till  the  Certificate  be 
made  by  the  Ordinary,  the  Party  in  whom  the  Bi- 
gamy is  alledged,  by  the  Words  aforefaid,  or  in 
other  Manner,  fhall  abide  in  Prifon,  if  he  be  not 
mainpernable. 


CAP.     III. 

Prelates  impeached  for  purchafing  Lands  in  Mortmain. 


ITEM  qe  ft  Prelatz  clers  beneficez  ou  gentz  de 
religion  qount  purchacez  terres  et  les  ount  mys 
a  mort  meyn  foient  empefchez  ou  arefonez  fur  ceo 
devant  noz  Juftices  et  ils  monftront  noz  chartres  de 
licence  et  proceffe  fur  ceo  fait  par  enquefte  Ad  quod 
dampnum  ou  de  noftre  grace  ou  par  fin  qils  foient 
lefTez  franchement  en  pees  faunz  eftre  outre  empef- 
chez pur  la  dite  purchace.  Et  en  cas  qils  ne  pur- 
ront  fufficialment  monftrer  qils  ne  foient  entrez 
par  due  proceffe  apres  la  licence  a  eux  grante  en 
general  ou  efpecial  qils  foient  bonement  refceuz  a 
faire  covenable  fyn  et  qe  lenquerrie  de  ceft  article 
ceffe  de  tout  folonc  lacordement  pris  en  ceft  parle- 
ment. 


TTEM,  If  Prelates,  Clerks  beneficed,  or  Religious 
People,  which  have  purchafed  Lands,  and  the 
fame  have  put  to  Mortmain,  be  impeached  upon  the 
fame  before  our  Juftices,  and  they  fhew  our  Charter 
of  Licence,  and  Procefs  thereupon  made  by  an  In- 
queft of  Ad  quod  damnum,  or  of  our  Grace,-  or  by 
Fine,  they  fhall  be  freely  let  in  Peace,  without  being 
further  impeached  for  the  fame  Purchafe.  (2)  And 
in  cafe  they  cannot  fufRciently  fhew,  that  they  have 
entered  by  due  Procefs  after  Licence  to  them  granted 
in  general  or  in  fpecial,  that  they  fhall  be  well  receiv- 
ed to  make  a  convenient  Fine  for  the  fame  ;  and  that 
the  Enquiry  of  this  Article  fhall  wholly  ceafe  accord-  J^'1'  "**•  *• 
ing  to  the  Accord  comprifed  in  this  Parliament.' 


c.  3.  1  Ed.  3. 

flat.  z.  c.  12.     And  fee  15  R.  2.  c.  5.     23  H.  8.  c.  10.  prohibiting  Corporations.      1  Sf  2  P.  &?  M.  c.  8.  permitting  Mortmain.      7  £f  8  Tif.  3.  c.  37.  empowering  the 
King  to  grant  Licences  to  alien  in  Mortmain,   and  9  Geo.  2.  c,  36.  retraining  Gifts  in  Mortmain  by  Will. 

CAP.     IV. 
In  Commiffions  to  be  made  for  Purveyance,  the  Fees  of  the  Church  fhall  be  excepted. 

ITEM  qe  leftatutz  touchantz  les  purviances  de  nous  et  de  noz  fitz  en  temps  paffez  pur  nous  et  pur  noz  3  Ed.  1.  c.  t. 
progenitours  pur  gentz  de  feint  eglife  foient  tenuz  en  touz  pointz  et  qen  les  commiffions  a  faire  fur  tieux  »4j4  3.  fat. 
purveances  foient  forfpris  les  fees  de  feint  eglife  et  biens  des  gentz  de  feint  eglife  en  quecunque  lieu  qils  foient  \'R  ^  'j 
trovez. 

*  For flat.  3. 
CAP.       V.  readyto.4. 

No  Prohibition  fhall  be  awarded  but  where  the  King  hath  Cognifance. 


ITEM  qe  nule  prohibition  ne  iffe  dehors  de  la 
Chauncellerie  fi  noun  en  cas  qe  nous  averoms 
la  conifaunce  et  devons  avoir  de  droit. 


ITEM,  That  no  Prohibition  (hall  be  awarded  out  ,2h. 7.  . 
of  the  Chancery,  but  in  cafe  where  we  have  the  4  Co.  123.  5 


f.*2. 


Cognifance,  and  of  Right  ought  to  have.' 


CAP.     VI. 
Temporal  Juftices  fhall  not  inquire  of  Procefs  awarded  by  Spiritual  Judges. 


73.  6  Co.  23. 
9  Ed.  2.  ft.it.  It 
c.  1. 


ITEM  qe  par  la  ou  commiffions  font  faites  de 
novel  as  diverfes  Jufticez  qils  facent  enqueftes 
fur  Juges  de  feint  eglife  le  quel  qils  facent  jouft 
proceffe  ou  exceffe  en  caufe  du  teftament  et  autres 
les  queux  notoriement  apartiegnent  a  la  conifaunce 
de  feint  eglife  les  ditz  Juftices  ount  enquis  et  fount 
enditer  juges  de  feint  eglife  en  blemiffement  de  la 
franchife  de  feint  eglife  qe  tieles  commiffions  foient 
repellez  et  deforemes  defenduz  fave  Iarticle  de  Eyre 
•tiele  come  il  doit  eftre. 


ITEM,  Whereas  Commiffions  be  newly  made  to 
divers  Juftices,  that  they  fhall  make  Inquiries 
upon  Judges  of  holy  Church  whether  they  made 
juft  Procefs  or  exceffive  in  Caufes  Teftamentary, 
and  other,  which  notorioufly  pertaineth  to  the  Cog- 
nifance of  holy  Church,  the  faid  Juftices  have  en- 
quired, and  caufed  to  be  indicted,  Judges  of  holy 
Church,  in  blemifhing  of  the  Franchife  of  holy 
Church;"   '  (2)  that  fuch  Commiffions  be  repealed, 

and  from  henceforth  defended,   faving  the  Article  in 

Eyre,  fuch  as  ought  to  be.' 


Ii 


1  a 


CAP. 


24-4        Stat.  3. 


Anno  decimo  o&avoEDWARDi  III.         A.  D.  1344. 


CAP.     VII. 

No  Scire  facias  fhall  be  awarded  againft  a  Clerk  for  Tithes. 


a  Jnft.  633.  "  TTEM,  Whereas  Writs  of  Scire  facias  have  been 
"  1  granted  to  warn  Prelates,  Religious  and  other 
"  Clerks,  to  anfwer  Difmes  in  our  Chancery,  and  to 
"  {hew  if  they  have  any  thine,  or  can  any  thing  fay, 
"  wherefore  fuch  Difmes  ought  not  to  be  reftored  to 
"  the  faid  Demandants,  and  of  anfwer  as  well  to  us, 
"  as  to  the  Party  of  fuch  Difmes  ;"  '  (z)  that  fuch 
'  Writs  from  henceforth  be  not  granted,  and  that  the 
'  Procefs  hanging  upon  fuch  Writs  be  adnulled  and  re- 
'  pealed,  and  that  the  Parties  be  difmiffed  from  the  fe- 
'  cular  Judges  of  fuch  Manner  of  Pleas  ;  (3)  faving  to 
'  us  our  Right,  fuch  as  we  and  our  Anceftors  have  had, 
'  and  were  wont  to  have  of  Reafon.  In  Witnefs 
'  whereof,  at  the  Requeft  of  the  faid  Prelates,  to  thefe 
'  prefent  Letters  we  have  fet  our  Seal.     Dated  at  Lon- 

*  don  the  Eighth  Day  of  July,    the  Year  of  our  Reign 

*  oi  England  the  Eighteenth,  and  of  France  the  Fifth.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  qe  par  ou  briefs  de  Scire  facias  oient 
efte  grauntez  a  garner  Prelatz  religious  et  au- 
tres  clers  a  refpoundre  des  difmes  en  noftre  Chaun- 
cellerie  &  a  monftrer  fils  eient  liens  pur  eux  ou 
fachent  riens  dire  pur  quoi  tieux  difmes  a  les  de- 
mandauntz  ne  devient  eftre  reftitutes  &  a  refpoun- 
dre auxibien  a  nous  come  a  partie  des  tieux  difmes 
qe  tieux  briefs  defore  enavant  ne  foient  grauntez  & 
qe  les  procefles  pendantz  fur  tieux  briefs  foient  ani- 
entiz  et  repellez  &  qe  les  parties  foient  dimifes  de- 
vant  feculers  juges  de  tieux  maners  de  pledz  favez 
a  nous  noftre  droit  tiel  come  nous  &  noz  aunceftres 
avons  eu  &  foleions  avoir  de  refoun.  En  tefmoi- 
gnaunce  de  queux  chofes  a  la  requeft  des  ditz  Pre- 
latz a  ceftes  prefentes  lettres  avons  faitz  mettre 
noz  fealx.  Don'  a  Londres  le  viii.  jour  de  Juyl  Ian 
de  noftre  regne  dEngleterre  difoitifme  &  de  France 
quint. 


The  Oath  of  the  jfujltces,  being  made  Anno  i  8  Edw.  III.  Stat,  4.  and 

Anno  Dom.  1  344. 


Juftices  of  both 
Benches  fhall 
ierve  the  King 
5n  their  Office. 
Dalt.  13. 


To  warn  the 
King  of  any 
Damage. 
To  do  Juftice. 


To  take  no  Re- 
■ward  of  any 
having  a  Suit. 


To  g^ve  no 

Counfel  where 

the  King  is  a 

Party. 

7.  Ed.  3.  c.  3. 

Enforced  by 

20  Ed.  3.  c.  I. 


To  maintain 
no  Suit. 

Not  to  deny 
Right,  for  L«t- 
U.-c. 


'  '\7'E  (hall  fwear,  That  well  and  lawfully  ye  {hall 
ferve  our  Lord  the  King  and  his  People  in  the 
'     -*-      Office  of  Juftice,    and  that   lawfully  ye  {hall 
'  counfel  the  King  in  his  Bufinefs,    and  that  ye  {hall 
'  not  counfel  nor  aflent  to  any  thing  which  may  turn 
'  him  in  Damage  or  Diftierifon  by  any  Manner,  Way, 
*  or  Colour.     (2)  And  that  ye  fnall  not  know  the  Da- 
'  mage  or  Diftierifon  of  him,  whereof  ye  {hall  not  caufe 
'  him  to  be  warned  by  yourfelf,  or  by  other  ;  and  that 
'  ye  mall  do  equal  Law,  and  Execution  of  Right,  to 
'  all  his  Subjects,  Rich  and  Poor,  without  having  Re- 
'  gard  to  any  Perfon.     (3)    And  that  ye  take  not  by 
'  yourfelf,  or  by  other,    privily  nor  apertly,  Gift  nor 
'  Reward  of  Gold  nor  Silver,  nor  of  any  other  Thing 
'  which  may  turn  to  your  Profit,  unlefs  it  be  Meat  or 
'  Drink,    and  that  of  fmall  Value,    of  any  Man  that 
'  {hall  have  any  Plea  or  Procefs  hanging  before  you,  as 
1  long  as  the  fame  Procefs  fhall  be  fo  hanging,  nor  af- 
'  ter  for  the  fame  Caufe.     (4)    And  that  ye  take  no 
as  long  as  ye  {hall  be  Juftice,  nor  Robes  of  any 
Man  great  or  fmall,    but  of  the  King  himfelf.     (5) 
And  that  ye  give  none  Advice  or  Counfel  to  no  Man 
great  nor  fm;'i!,   in  no  Cafe  where  the  King  is  Party. 
(6)  And  in  c.sfe  that  any  of  what  Eftate  or  Condition 
they  be,  come  before  you  in  your  Seffions  with  Force 
and  Arms,  or  otherwife  againft  the  Peace,  or  againft 
the  Form  of  the   Statute  thereof  made,    to  difturb 
Execution  of  the  Common  Law,   or  to  menace  the 
People  that  they  may  not  purfue  the  Law,  that  ye 
'  fhall  caufe  their  Bodies  to  be  arrefted  and  put  in  Pri- 
'  fon  ;  (7)  and  in  cafe  they  be  fuch  that  ye  cannot  ar- 
'  reft  them,  that  ye  certify  the  King  of  their  Names, 
'  ar.d  of  their  Mifprifion  haftily,  fo  that  he  may  thereof 
'  ordain  a  convenable  Remedy.     (8)  And  that   ye  by 
1  your  felf  nor  by  other,  privily  nor  apertly,  maintain 
'  any  Plea  or  Quarrel  hanging  in  the  King's  Court,  or 
8  elfewhere  in  the  Country.     (9)  And  that  ye  deny  to 
8  no  Man  common  Right  by  the  King's  Letters,  nor 
4 


'   Fp 


VOUS  jurez,  que  bien  &  loialment  fervires 
a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  et  fon  poeple  en 
loffice  de  Juftice,  et  que  loialment  confeil- 
leres  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  en  fez  befoignes.    Et 
que  vous  ne  confeilleres  ne  affentires  a  chofe  que 
luy  purra  tourner  en  damage  ou  defheritefon  per 
queconque  voye  ou   colour.     Et  que  vous  ne  fa- 
veres  le  damage  ou  diftieritefon  de  luy,  que  vous  ne 
luy  ferrez  garnir  per  vous  ou  per  autre.     Et  que 
vous  ferrez  owel  ley  et  execution  de  droit  as  toutez 
fes  fubgettez  riches  &  povrez  fauns  avoir  regard  a 
quelconque  perfon.     Et  que  vous  ne  prendrez  per 
vous  ne  per  autre  en  prive  nen  apert  don  ne  reward 
dor  ne  dargent  ne  dautre  chofe  queconque,  que  a 
voftre  profit  pourra  tournir,    fil  ne  foit  manger  ou 
boire  &  ceo  de  petit  value,   de  nul  home  qui  avera 
plee  ou  proces  pendaunt  devaunt  vous,  taunt  come 
eel  proces  ferra  iffint  pendant,    ne  apres  pur  eel 
caufe.     Et  que  vous  ne  prendres  fee,  tanque  come 
vous  ferres  Juftice,  ne  robes  de  nul  home  graunde 
ne  petit,  fi  non  de  Roy  mefmes.     Et  qe  vous  ne 
dirrez  counfeil  ne  avyz  a  nulle  graunde  ne  petit,  en 
nul  cas  ou  le  Roy  eft  partie.    Et  en  cas  que  afcuns, 
de  quel  eftate  ou  condition  quils  foient,  veignent 
devant  vous  en  vos  feflions  a  force  &  armes  ou  au- 
trement  contre  la  peas,  ou  contre  la  forme  del  efta- 
tut  ent  fait,  pur  diftourber  execution  del  commune 
ley,  ou  pur  manafcer  lez  gentz  que  ils  ne  purroient 
purfuir  la  ley,  qe  vous  ferrez  arrefter  lour  corps,  & 
mettre  en  prifon.     Et  en  cas  quils  foient  tielx  que 
vous  ne  lez  poez  arrefter,  qe  vous  certifies  le  Roy 
de  lour  nouns  &  de  lour  mifprifion  haftivement,  if- 
fint qe  il  puifle  ent  ordeigner  remedie  covenable. 
Et  que  vous  ne  maintiendres,  per  vous  ne  per  autre 
en  prive  nen  apert,   nul  plee  ne  nul  querele  pen- 
dant en  le  court  le  Roy  naillours  en  paiis.     Et  qe 
vous  ne  declarez  a  nully  come  droit  per  lettres  du 
Roy  ne  de  nully  autre  ne  per  autre  caufe  quecon- 
que. 


A.  D.  1344.        Anno  decimo  o<5tavo  Edwardi  III. 


Stat. 


245' 


que.  Et  en  cas  que  afcuns  lettres  vous  veignent 
contrariez  a  la  ley,  que  vous  ne  ferres  riens  per 
tielx  lettres,  evens  certifies  le  Roy  deceo,  &  irrez 
avaunt,  pur  faire  la  ley,  nient  contrefteantz  mef- 
mes  les  lettres.  Et  que  vous  ferres  &  procures  le 
profit  du  Roy  &  de  (a  Corone  ove  toutes  les  cho- 
fes  ou  vous  le  purres  faire  refonablement  Et  en 
cas  que  vous  foies  trove  en  defaute  deforenavant  en 
nul  des  pointes  avantditz,  vous  ferres  en  la  volunte 
du  Roi  du  corpz  terres  &  davoir,  de  faire  ent  que 
luy  plerra.     Si  Dieu  vous  eide  &  toutes  feyntes. 


none  other  Man's,  nor  for  none  other  Caufe  ;  and  in 
cafe  any  Letters  come  to  you  contrary  to  the  Law, 
that  ye  do  nothing  by  fuch  Letters,    but  certify  the 
King  thereof,  and  proceed  to  execute  the  Law,  not- 
withftanding   the  fame  Letters.      (10)   .^nd  that  ye  To  procure  the 
fhall  do  and  procure  the  Profit  of  the  King  and  of  his  King's  Profit. 
Crown,  with  all  Things  where  ye  may  reafonably  do  The  Penalty  of 
the  fame,     (1 1)  And  in  cafe  ye  be  from  henceforth  an  0ften,lei" 
found  in  Default  in  any  of  the  Points  aforefaid,  ye 
fhall  be  at  the  King's  Will  of  Body,   Lands,    and 
Goods,  thereof  to  be  done  as  {hall  pleafe  him,  as 
God  you  help  and  all  Saints.' 


3  Inft.  124. 


The  Oaths  of  the  Clerks  of  the  Chancery,  and  of  the  Clerks  of  Courfey. 
made  Anno  18  Edw.  III.  Stat.  5.  and  Anno  Dom.  1344. 


VOUS  jurez,  que  bien  &  loialment  fervirez  a 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  &  a  foun  poeple  en 
le  office  de  la  Chauncellarie,  a  quele  vous 
eftes  attitle  ;  &  naffentirez  ne  procurez  defheritance 
ne  perpetual  damage  du  Roy  a  voftre  poair  ;  ne 
fraude  ferres,  ne  procurez  eftre  fait,  a  tortdafcuns 
du  poeple,  nen  chofe  que  touche  la  garde  de  feal : 
&  loialement  counfeilerez  les  chofes  que  touchent 
le  Roy,  quant  ferrez  ent  requis  ;  &  le  counfeil  que 
vous  faves  touchant  luy,  conceleres.  Et  fi  vous 
faches  defheritance  ou  perpetuel  damage  le  Roy, 
ou  fraude  eftre  fait  fur  chofes  queux  touchent  la 
garde  du  dit  feale,  vous  metterez  voftre  loiale  po- 
air de  ceo  redreffer  &  amender.  Et  ft  de  ceo  ne 
poiez  faire,  vous  aviferez  le  chanceller,  ou  auters 
que  le  poent  faire  amender  a  voftre  entention.  Et 
addatur  pro  clench  de  curfu.  Et  vous  ne  porterez, 
ne  foeffres  eftre  porte  a  voftre  efcient,  brieves  que 
vous  ferrez,  hors  du  court  nient  enfealez  dent  faire 
execution.  Ne  nul  attourne  ne  recorderez,  ne  per 
brieves  ne  fauns  brief,  fauns  efpecial  counge,  &  fi 
vous  neiez  loialement  examines  la  partie  et  lat- 
tourne  en  propre  perfone,  ou  a  meyns  celluy  que 
fra  lattourne  en  propre  perfone.  Ne  nul  brieve 
que  foit  de  commandement  ne  liverez  a  les  exa- 
minours  ne  au  feale,  avaunt  que  mefme  le  brieve 
foit  ccmmaunde  a  vous  per  commandour  que  poair 
en  eit,  fil  ne  foit  a  Chancellour,  ou  a  un  des 
meifters  que  vous  commandera  de  faire  lez  brieves. 
Et  toutz  lez  brieves  queux  vous  ferrez,  liverez  a 
les  examinours  per  voftre  mayn  demefne,  ou  par 
une  compaignon  qui  eft  jurez  au  Roy,  fi  vous 
nefme  foies  hors  du  court  per  caufe  de  maladie,  ou 
autre  caufe  neceflarie,  ne  les  poez  faire.  Et  que 
nul  brieve  efcript  dautri  mayn  liveres  a  les  exami- 
nours foutz  voftre  noun  come  le  voftre,  ne  nul 
noun  forfque  le  voftre  mettres  fur  vos  briefs.  Si 
vous  eide  Dieu  et  fes  Seintes. 


XT  E  fhall  fwear,  that  well  and  lawfully  ye  fhall 
ferve  our  Lord  the  King  and  his  People  in  the 

-*"  Office  of  Clerk  of  the  Chancery,  to  which  ye 
be  attitled  ;  (2)  and  ye  fhall  not  aflent  nor  procure 
the  King's  Difherifon  nor  perpetual  Damage  to  your 
Power  ;  (3)  nor  ye  fhall  do,  nor  procure  to  be  done, 
any  Fraud  to  any  Man's  Wrong,  nor  Thing  that 
toucheth  the  Keeping  of  the  Seal.  (4)  And  ye  fhall 
lawfully  give  Counfel  in  the  Thing  that  toucheth  the 
King,  when  ye  fhall  be  thereto  required ;  and  the 
Counfel  which  you  know  touching  him,  ye  fhall 
conceal.  (5)  And  if  you  know  the  King's  Difheri- 
fon, or  perpetual  Damage  or  Fraud  to  be  done  upon  . 
the  Things  which  touch  the  keeping  of  the  Seal,  ye 
fhall  put  your  lawful  Power  to  reprefs  and  amend  it ; 
and  if  ye  cannot  do  it,  then  ye  fhall  certify  the  Chan- 
cellor, or  other,  which  may  do  the  fame,  to  be 
amended  to  your  Intent.  (6)  And  for  the  Clerks  of  cierksofCuurfa,- 
Courfe  fhall  be  added  :  And  ye  fhall  not  bring,  nor 
to  your  Knowledge  fuffer  to  be  brought,  any  Writs 
which  ye  make  out  of  the  Court  not  fealed,  thereof 
to  do  Execution  ;  (7)  nor  fhall  record  any  Attorney 
by  Writs,  nor  without  Writs,  without  efpecial  Li- 
cence, if  ye  have  not  lawfully  examined  the  Party 
and  the  Attorney  in  proper  Perfon,  or  at  the  leaft 
him  that  fhall  make  Attorney  in  proper  Perfon.  (8) 
Nor  ye  fhall  deliver  any  Writ  which  (hall  be  of  Com- 
mandment to  the  Examiners,  nor  to  the  Seal,  before 
that  the  fame  Writ  be  fent  to  you  by  the  Command- 
er, which  thereof  hath  Power,  unlefs  it  be  to  the 
Chancellor,  or  to  one  of  the  Mafters,  which  com- 
mandeth  you  to  make  the  Writs,  (y)  And  all  the 
Writs  which  ye  fhall  make,  ye  fhall  deliver  to  the 
Examiners  by  your  own  Hand,  or  by  one  Compa- 
nion which  is  (worn  to  the  King,  if  ye  yourfelf  be 
out  of  the  Court  becaufe  of  Sicknefs,  or  other  Caufe 
neceffary,  fo  that  ye  cannot  do  it.  (10)  And  no 
Writ  written  of  another  Man's  Hand  fhall  be  deli- 
vered to  the  Examiners  under  your  Name,  as  yours,, 
nor  no  Name  fhall  ye  put  under  your  Writs,    but 

your  own,  as  God  you  help,  and  all  Saints.' 


Statutes 


24-6 


G  r. 


Anno  vicefimo  Edwardi  III. 


A.  D.  1346. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,   7  Maii,  Anno  20  Edw.  III.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1346. 


EDWARD  by  the  Grace  of  God,  &c.  to  the 
Sheriff  of  Stafford,  Greeting.  Becaufe  that 
by  divers  Complaints  made  to  us  we  have 
perceived  that  the  Law  of  the  Land,  which  we  by 
our  Oath  are  bound  to  maintain,  is  the  lefs  well 
kept  and  the  Execution  of  the  fame  difturbed  many 
Times  by  Maintenance  and  Procurement,  as  well  in 
the  Court  as  in  the  Country ;  (z)  we  greatly  moved 
of  Confcience  in  this  Matter,  and  for  this  Caufe  de- 
firing  as  much  for  the  Pleafure  of  God,  and  Eafe 
and  Qyietnefs  of  our  Subjects,  as  to  fave  our  Con- 
fcience, and  for  to  fave  and  keep  our  faid  Oath,  by 
the  Aflent  of  the  Great  Men  and  other  Wife  Men  of 
our  Council,  we  have  ordained  thefe  Things  fol- 
lowing." 


Cotton  MS.    Nero,  C.  1. 

EDWARD  &c.  Salutz  pur  ceo  qe  per  plu- 
fours  pleintz  ent  faitz  a  nous.  Nous  avoms 
entenduz  qe  la  ley  de  noftre  terre  quele  nous 
fumus  tenuz  per  ferement  de  meintenir  eft  meyns 
bien  garde  &  lexecution  dicelle  deftourbe  plufours 
foitz  per  maintenaunce  &  procurement  abien  en 
Court  come  en  pays  per  plufours  maners  Nouz 
moeves  graundement  de  confcience  de  cefte  matiere 
&  per  celle  caufe  defirantz  tant  pur  plefaunce  de 
Dieu  &  eafe  &  quiete  de  noz  fubgitz  come  pur 
fauver  noftre  confcience  &  pur  fauver  &  garder 
noftre  ferement  avauntdit  per  laffent  dez  graundz 
&  autres  fagez  de  noftre  counfeil. 


3  Inft.  146. 
Juftices  fliall  Jo 
Right  to  all 
Perfons  without 
Regard  of  Let- 
ters, 


Shall  certify  all 
illegal   Com- 
mandments : 


Shall  take  no 
Fee  of  any,  but 
of  the  King ; 


jior  give  Coun- 
fel  where  the 
King  is  Party  : 
Their  Fees  in- 
creaftH. 
Regift.  186. 
a  Ed.  3.  c.  8. 
Enforced  by 
11  R.a.  c.  10. 


C  A  P.     I. 

The  Juftices  of  both  Benches,  AlTife,  &c.  fhall  do  Right  to  all  Men,  take  no  Fee  but  of  the 
King,  nor  give  Counfel  where  the  King  is  Party. 

SI  avoms  ordeigne  &  commaunde  expreflement 
as  toutz  nouz  Juftices  qils  facent  defore  owel 
ley  Sc  execution  de  droit  as  toutz  noz  fubjetz 
richez  &  povrez  faunz  aver  regard  de  null  perfon 
&  faunz  lefler  de  faire  droit  pur  null  letrez  ou 
maundementz  qe  lour  purrount  venir  de  nous  ou 
de  null  autre  ou  pur  autre  caufe  qeconqz  &  en  cas 
qe  afcuris  letrez  briefs  ou  maundementz  viegnent 
as  lez  Juftices  ou  as  autres  deputeez  de  faire  ley  & 
droit  folonqez  lez  ufagez  de  noftre  Roialme  en 
deftourbaunce  de  la  ley  ou  de  execution  dicelle  ou 
de  droit  faire  as  partiez  lez  ditz  Juftices  &  autres 
fuifditz  aillent  avaunt  &  tiegnent  lour  courts  &  lour 
precede  &  ou  lour  plees  &  bufoignez  font  pendantz 
devaunt  eux  come  ft  nuls  tielx  letrez  briefs  ou 
maundementz  ne  fuiffent  venus  &  certifient  nous  e 
noftre  confeil  de  tielx  maundements  qe  fount  con- 
trariez  a  la  ley  come  defuis  eft  dit.  Et  au  fyn  qe 
noz  ditz  Juftices  facent  owell  droit  as  toutz  gentz 
en  manere  defuis  dit  faunz  pluis  de  favour  faire  a 
lune  partie  qe  al  autre  Si  avoms  ordeigne  &  faire 
jurrer  noz  Juftices  qils  ne  prendront  defore  tant 
come  ils  ferrount  en  Office  de  Juftice  fee  ne  robe 
de  nulluy  finoun  de  nous  mefmez  &  qils  ne  pren- 
drount  don  ne  regard  per  eux  ne  per  autres  en 
prive  nen  appiert  de  null  homme  qe  avera  affaire 
devaunt  eux  perqueconqe  voie  fil  ne  fpit  mangier  ou 
boier  &  ceo  de  petit  value  &  qils  ne  dorront  coun- 
feill  a  null  graund  ou  petit  en  cas  ou  nous  fumus 
partiez  ou  qe  nous  touche  ou  purra  toucher  en  null 
manere  fur  peyn  deftre  a  noftre  volunte  du  corps 
terrez  &  avoir  pur  faire  ent  ceo  qe  nous  plerra  en 
cas  qils  facent  la  contrarie  Et  pur  ceft  caufe  fi  a- 
voms  fait  encrefcer  lez  feez  de  noz  Juftices  per 
tiel  manere  qe  lour  doit  refonablement  fuffire. 


FIrft,  We  have  commanded  all  our  Juftices,  That 
they  fhall  from  henceforth  do  equal  Law  and 
Execution  of  Right  to  all  our  Subjects,  Rich  and 
Poor,  without  having  Regard  to  any  Perfon,  and 
without  omitting  to  do  Right  for  any  Letters  or  Com- 
mandment which  may  come  to  them  from  us,  or 
from  any  other,  or  by  any  other  Caufe.  (z)  And  if 
that  any  Letters,  Writs,  or  Commandments  come  to 
the  Juftices,  or  to  other  deputed  to  do  Law  and 
Right  according  to  the  Ufage  of  the  Realm,  in  Dif- 
turbance  of  the  Law,  or  of  the  Execution  of  the 
fame,  or  of  Right  to  the  Parties,  the  Juftices  and 
other  aforefaid  fhall  proceed  and  hold  their  Courts 
and  Proceffes  where  the  Pleas  and  Matters  be  de- 
pending before  them,  as  if  no  fuch  Letters,  Writs, 
or  Commandments  were  come  to  them  ;  and  they 
fhall  certify  us  and  our  Council  of  fuch  Command- 
ments which  be  contrary  to  the  Law,  as  afore  is  faid. 
(3 )  And  to  the  Intent  that  our  Juftices  fhould  do  even 
Right  to  all  People  in  the  Manner  aforefaid,  without 
more  Favour  fhewing  to  one  than  to  another,  we  have 
ordained  and  caufed  our  faid  Juftices  to  be  fworn, 
That  they  fhall  not  from  henceforth,  as  long  as  they 
fhall  be  in  the  Office  of  Juftice,  take  Fee  nor  Robe 
of  any  Man,  but  of  ourfelf,  and  that  they  fhall  take 
no  Gift  nor  Reward  by  themfelves,  nor  by  other, 
privily  nor  apertly,  of  any  Man  that  hath  to  do  be- 
fore them  by  any  Way,  except  Meat  and  Drink,  and 
that  of  fniall  Value  ;  (4)  and  that  they  fhall  give  no 
Counfel  to  great  Man  or  final],  in  cafe  where  we  be 
Party,  or  which  do  or  may  touch  us  in  any  Point, 
upon  Pain  to  be  at  our  Will,  Body,  Lands,  and 
Goods,  to  do  thereof  as  fhall  pleafe  us,  in  cafe  they 
do  contrary.  (5)  And  for  this  Caufe  we  have  in- 
creafed  the  Fees  of  the  fame  our  Juftices  in  fuch  Man- 
ner, as  it  ought  reafonably  to  fuffice  them.' 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1346. 


Anno  vicefimo  Edwardi  III. 


CAP.    11. 


C.  2—5.       247 


Barons  of  the  Exchequer  fhall  do  Right  to  all  Men  without  Delay. 


Cotton  MS. 

EN  mefme  la  manere  avoms  ordeigne  en  droit 
dez  Banning  de  noftre  Efchequer  et  les  avoms 
fait  expreffement  charger  en  noftre  prefence  qils  fa- 
cent  droit  et  reafon  as  toutz  gentz  graundz  et  pe- 
titz  et  qils  facent  deliverer  le  poeple  reafonablement 
et  faunz  delay  dez  bufoignez  qils  averount  affaire 
devaunt  eux  faunz  eftre  tariez  nounduement  ficome 
ad  efte  fait  en  temps  parte. 


IN  the  fame  Manner  we  have  ordained  in  the  Right 
of  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  and  we  have 
exprefly  charged  them  in  our  Prefence,  That  they 
(hall  do  Right  and  Reafon  to  all  our  Subjects  great 
andfmall;  (2)  and  that  they  fhall  deliver  the  Peo- 
ple reafonably  and  without  delay  of  the  Bufinefs 
which  they  have  to  do  before  them,  without  undue 
tarrying  as  hath  been  done  in  Times  paft.'  4inft.  uj. 


C  A  P.     III. 

Juftices  of  Gaol- delivery, .  &c.  and  their  Affociates,  fhall  take  an  Oath. 


ITEM  nous  avoms  ordeigne  qe  toutz  qe  fer- 
rount  aflignez  Juftices  daffifes  prendre  en  pays 
$c  Gaolez  deliverer  &  ceux  qe  ferrount  affociez  a 
:ux  facent  primerement  autiel  ferement  en  noftre 
Chauncellerie  devaunt  qe  commiflion  lour  foit  de- 
ivere. 


'  TTEM,  We  have  ordained,  That  all*  they  which 

'  X  fhall  be  Juftices  affigned  by  Commiflion  to  hear 

*  and  determine,    and   fuch  as  fhall   be  affociated  to 

'  them,  and  alfo  Juftices  of  Affifes  to  be  taken  in  the 

'  Country,  and  of  Gaol-delivery,  and  fuch  as  fhall  be 

'  afligned  and  affociated  to  them,  fhall  make  firft  an 

'  Oath  in  certain  Points,  according  as  to  them  fhall  be 

'  enjoined  by.  our  Council  in  our  Chancery,  before  that 

'  any  Commiflion  be  to  them  delivered.' 


CAP.     IV. 
None  fhall  maintain  any  Quarrels  but  their  own. 


27 Ed.  1-C..31 


See  8  R.  i.  c,  2i. 
Vzn^j3if.8.<:.24o. 

•ByilOra.i.  r.27.. 
Jvjiiccs  of  Gaol- 
Delivery  may  a3' 
in  their  oivn 
Counties* 


ITEM  nous  avoms  commaiindez  &  defenduz 
1 1  tout  ouftrement  qe  null  de  noftre  hoftiel  ne  de 

eux  qe  fount  devers  nous  &  noftre  trefchiere  com- 
>aigne  la  Roigne  ou  noftre  fitz  le  Prince  de  Gales 
iu  devers  noz  Courtz  ou  Prelatz  Countz  Barouns 

autres  graundz  ne  petiz  dela  terre  de  quele  eftate 
>u  condition  qils  foient  ne  preignent  querels  en 
nayns  autres  qe  lour  proprez  ne  lez  mainteignent 
ler  eux  ne  per  autres  en  privee  nen  appiert  pur  don 

rorneffe  arnifte  favour  ou  hayne  ne  pur  null  autre 
:aufe  en  deftourbance  de  la  ley  ou  arreriffement  de 
Iroit  fur  payne  fuifdit  einz.  qe  chefcune  hornme 
mrra  eftre  frank  de  fon  droit  mere  &  defendre  en 
ioz  Courtz  &  aillours  folonqe  la  ley.  Et  ft  avoms 
ntierment  commaunde  a  noftre  dit  fitz  le  Prince 
«  as  diverfez  Counteez.&  autres  graundez  efteantz 

evers  nous  qils  facent  gardier  de  lour  partie  ceft 

rdeignaunce  faunz  defaulte  &  qils  ne  fuffrent  null 
[e  fount  devers  eux  riens  faire  ou  attempter  coun- 
re  mefme  lordeignaunce  per  qeconqe  voie. 

tat.3.c.n.      ZlEd,  t-fiat,  3.      1  Ud.  3.  flat.  2,  c.  14.      4  Ed.  3 


ITEM,  We  have  commanded  and  utterly  defended,  15  H.  7.  f.  2. 
That  none  of  our  Houfe,  nor  of  them  that  be  Regift.  iH,iS^t,- 
about  us,  nor  other,  which  be  towards  our  dear  be- 
loved Companion  the  Queen,  or  our  Son  Prince  of 
Walesa  or  towards  our  Courts,  nor  Prelates,  Earls, 
Barons,  nor  other  great  nor  fmall  of  the  Land,  of 
what. Eftate  or  Condition  they  be,,  fhall  not  take  in 
Hand  Quarrels  other  than  their  own,  nor  the  fame 
maintain  by  them  nor  by  other,  privily  nor  apertly, 
for  Gift,vPromife,  Amity,  Favour,  Doubt,  nor  Fear,.- 
nor  for  hone  other  Caufe,  in  Difturbance  of  Law  and 
Hindrance  of  Right,  upon  the  Pains  aforefaid  j  but 
that  every  Man  may  be  free  to.  fue  for  and  defend  his. 
Right  in  our  Courts  and  ejfewhere,  according  to  the 
Law.     (z)  And  we  have  ftraitly  commanded  our  faid- 
Son,  and  divers  Earls  and  other  great  Men,  being- 
before  us,  that  they  on' their  Behalf  fhall  do  to  bep.aft.119  427 
kept  this  Ordinance  without  Default,  and  that  they  &c 
fufFer  none  which  be  towards  them  to.  attempt  againft  3  Ed-  1-  «■  28£f- 
this  Ordinance  by  any  Way.'  a.i^Ed.j.jiet.. 

1.  f.49.  28Jfd.i. 
11.      Enforcedly  i.R.  2.  c.  4.  and  32 H.. 8.  c.  9,  -which  infiiR  Penalties  on  Maintenance, 


C  A  P.     V.. 


Lords  and  Great  Men  fhall  put  thofe  out  of  their  Services,  which  be  Maintainers  of  Quarrels. 

?TEM,  Becaufe  we  be  informed,  that  many  Bear- 
ers and  Maintainers  of  Quarrels  and  Parties  in 
the  Country,  be  maintained  and  borne  by  Lords-,, 
whereby  they  be  the  more  encouraged  to. offend,  and 
by  Procurement  covine  and  maintenance  of  fuch 
Bearers  in  the  Country  many  People  be  dilherited,. 
and  fome  delayed  and  difturbed  of  their  Right,  and 
fome  not.  guilty  convict  and  condemned  or  otherwife 
oppr.effed,  in  the  undoing  of  their  Ejftate,  ;;nd  in 
the  notorious  Deftrudtion  of  our.  People:"    '  We' 

'•  have 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  nous  fumus  enformez  qc  plu- 
fours  mefnours  &  maintenours  dez  querelx  & 
>artiez  en  pays  fount  maintenuz  &  covertz  pur 
lieignurs  per  ont  ils  fount  le  pluis  efbaudez  de  me- 
prendre&  per  procurement  covine  et  maintenaunce 
jlez  tielx  menours  en  pays  foient  plufours  gentz 
ilefheritez  &  afcuns  delaiez  &  deftourbez  en-  lour 
jlroit  &  afcuns.  nient  coupablez  conviftz  &  conr 
empnez  ou  autrement.  -oppreffez  en  defefaunce  de 
bur  eftate  et  en  notorie  deitruftion  &  oppreflion  de 


248       C.  6. 


Anno  viccfimo  Edward i  III. 


A.  D.  1346. 


Sic  the  References, 
to  the  foregoing 

Chapter, 


have  commanded  and  do  command,  That  all  the 
Great  Men  from  henceforth  fhall  void  from  their  Re- 
tinue Fees  and  Robes  all  fuch  Bearers  and  Maintain- 
ed in  the  Country,  without  fhewing  to  them  any 
Aid,  Favour,  or  Comfort  in  any  Manner.  And 
moreover  we  have  ordained  to  do  come  before  Us  at 
a  certain  Day,  or  before  them  whom  we  fhall  depute 
of  our  Counfel,  fuch  Bearers  and  Maintainers  of  di- 
vers Counties,  and  them  do  to  be  diligently  examined 
and  charged,  that  they  from  henceforth  void  them  of 
fuch  Maintenances  or  other  Procurements  making  in 
the  Country  in  Damage  of  our  People  ;  and  that 
upon  grievous  Pains,  which  to  them  fhall  be  fhewed.' 


Cotton  MS. 
noftre  poeple  fi  avoms  commaunde  &  commaun- 
doms  qe  toutz  lez  graundez  ouftent  defore  en  a- 
vaunt  de  lour  retenuz  feez  &  robez  toutz  tielx 
mefnours  &  maintenours  en  pays  faunz  null  fa- 
vour eide  ou  comfort  faire  a  eux  defore  en  qeconqe 
manere  Et  ouftre  ceo  nous  avoms  or_deigne  de  faire 
venir  a  certein  jour  devaunt  nous  pu  ceux  qe  nous 
dep'uterons  de  noftre  Counfeil  tielx  menours  &  main- 
tenours dez  diverfez  Counteez  &  de  lez  faire  exa- 
miner et  charger  affiduelment  qils  fe  ouftent  de- 
fore dez  tielx  maintenauncez  et  procurementz  faire 
en  pays  en  damage  de  noftre  poeple  et  ceo  fur  gre- 
voufez  peynez  qe  lour  ferrount  monftrez. 


-Not  in  Orig. 


Rcgift.  1S8. 

4  Ed.  3.  c.  2. 

S«34EJ.3.  c.  4. 
ivbat  Perfons 
fball  be  returned 
en  Juries. 

The  firft  five 
^Chapters  are 
repealed  by 

5  Eliz.  c  4. 

£^  7'ii<  Sta'ulc, 
7:  it  faiJ,  could 
■not  be  made  in 
this  Tear, 


CAP.     VI. 

Juilices  of  Affile  fhall  enquire  of  and  punifti  the  Mifdemeanour  of  Officers  and  other  Offenders. 

ITEM,  We  will  and  have  ordained,  That  the  Ju-  "|  T  EM  voloms  et  avoms  ordeigne  qe  lez  Juftices 
ftices  afligned  to  take  Affifes  fhall  have  Com- 
miffions  fufficient  to  inquire  in  their  Seflions  of  She- 
riffs, Efcheators,  Bailiff's  of  Franchifes,  and  their 
Under  Minifters,  and  alfo  of  Maintainors,  common 
Embraceors,  and  Jurors  in  the  Country,  and  of  the 
Gifts,  Rewards,  and  other  Profits,  which  the  faid 
Minifters  do  take  of  the  People  to  execute  their  Of- 
fice, and  that  which  pertaineth  to  their  Office,  and 
for  making  the  Array  of  Pannels,  putting  in  the 
fame  fufpecl  Jurors,  and  of  evil  Fame,  and  of-  that 
Maintainors,  Embraceors,  and  Jurors  do  take  Gifts 
and  Rewards  of  the  Parties,  whereby  Lofles  and  Da- 
mages do  very  grievoufly  come  daily  to  the  People,  in 
Subverfion  of  the  Law,  and  Difturbance  of  common 
Right,  and  to  punifti  all  them  which  thereof  fhall  be 
found  guilty,  according  as  Law  and  Reafon  requi- 
red!, as  well  at  our  Suit  as  at  the  Parties.  (2)  And 
thereupon  we  have  charged  our  Chancellor  and  Trea- 
furer  to  hear  the  Complaints  of  all  them  which  will 
complain,  and  to  ordain  that  fpeedy  Remedy  be -there- 
of made.  (3)  Wherefore  we  do  command,  That 
thou  do  caufe  the  faid  Points  and  Ordinances  afore- 
faid  openly  to  be  publifhed  *  and  fhewed  at,  fuch  Pla- 
ces within  thy  Bailiwick  as  thou  fhalt  think  good,  to  the 
end  that  they  which  feel  them  grieved  in  the  Form  afore- 
faid,  may  purfue  for  Remedy  according^  to  the  faid  Or- 
dinance, and  that  our  People  may  perceive  our  Intent  and 
TJrlll  in  this  Behalf  and  the  Dejire  that  we  have,  that 
even  Right  may  be  done  to  all  our  Subjects,  as  well  Poor 
as  Rich,  and  that  the  Offenders  be  reftrained  and  pu- 
niflied.  Dated  at  IVeJbninjler  the  Seventh  Day  of 
March,  the  Year  of  our  Reign  of  England  the  Twen- 
tieth, aiid  of  France  the  Seventh.' 


as  aflifez  prendre  aflignez  eient  fufficeant  Com- 
miffion  denquere  en  lour  Officez  dez  Vifc'  Efche- 
tours  Baillifs  dez  Fraunchifez  et  leur  South-Mini- 
ftrez  et  auxint  dez  maintenours  comunes  aflifours 
et  Jurrours  en  paiis  fur  dez  douns  regardez  et  au- 
tres  profitz  qe  lez  ditz  Miniftrez  pernent  du  poe- 
ple pur  lour  officez  et  de  ceo  qe  atteint  a  lour  office 
et  pur  larraie  dez  panelles  mettantz  en  icelles  Jur- 
rours fufpeelz  et  de  male  fame  et  de  ceo  qe  lez 
maintenours  aflifours  et  Jurrours  pernent  douns  re- 
gardes  et  lowers  dez  partiez  dount  perdez  et  da- 
mages trop  grevoufez  avieignent  a  poeple  de  jour 
en  autre  en  fubverfion  de  la  ley  et  deftourbance  de 
commune  droit  et  de  punir  toutz  ceux  qe  ent  fer- 
rount trovez  coupablez  folonqe  ceo  qe  la  reafon  de- 
mande  a  la  fuite  fibien  de  Roi  come  de  partie  Et 
fur  ceo  avoms  charge  noz  Chaunceller  et  Treforer 
doier  lez  pleintz  dez  toutz  ceux  qe  pleindre  fe  vou- 
dront  et  de  ordiner  qe  haftive  droit  et  remedie  ent 
foit  fait  pur  quoy  vous  mandoms  qe  lez  pointz  et 
ordeignauncez  fuilditz  facez  overtement  monftrer 
et  publier  &c.  Don  &c. 


The  Statute  of  Labourers,  made  23  Ed  w.  III.   and  Anno  Dorn.  1349. 


FD  WARD  by  the  Grace  of  God,  &c.  to  the 
Reverend  Father  in  Chrift,  JVUliam,  by  the 
'  lame  Grace  Archbifhop  of  Canterbury,  Pri- 
mate of  all  England,  Greeting.  Becaufe  a  great  Part 
of  the  People,  and  efpecially  of  Workmen  and  Ser- 
vants, late  died  of  the  Peltilence,  many  feeing  the 
Neceflity  of  Mafters,  and  great  Scarcity  of  Servants, 
will  not  krvt  unlefs  they  may  receive  exceflive  Wa- 


o 


MS.  Reg.  19  A.  XIV. 
n  UIA  magna  pars  populi  et  maxime  opera- 
riorum  et  fervientium  nuper  in  peftilentia 
moriebaiur,  nonnulli  videntes  neceflitatem 
Dominorum  et  paucitattm  fervientium,  fervire  no- 
luerunt,  nifi  falaria  recipient  exceffiva,  et  alii 
memiicare  malentes  in  otio  quam  per  laborem  peF- 
quirere  vi£tum  fuum  :  DominusRex  attendens  qu< 
gravia  exigentia  prefertim  cultorum  et  operariorurr 

hujufraod 


A.  D. 


1349. 


Anno  vicdimo  tertio  Edwardi  IN. 


C.  1 — 5.        249. 


MS.  Reg, 
hujufmodi  provenire  poftent  incomoda,  fuper  hoc 
cum  Pielatis  nohilibus  et  pcritis  et  aliis  fibi  affiften- 
tibus  Dcliberationem  habuit  et  tractatum;  de  quo- 
rum Unanimi  coiifilio  ordinavit. 


ges,  (2)  and  fome  rather  willing  to  beg  in  Idlenefs, 
than  by  Labour  to  get  their  Living;  we,  confideiing 
the  grievous  Incommoditiesj  which  of  the  lack  efpe- 
cially  of  Ploughmen  and  fuch  Labourers  may  here- 
after come,  have  upon  Deliberation  and  Treaty  with 
the  Prelates  and  the  Nobles,  and  Learned  Men  aflift- 
ingus,  of  their  mutual  Counfel  ordained:" 


CAP.     I. 

Every  Perfon  able  in  Body  under  the  Age  of  fixty  Years,  not  having  to  live  on,  being  re- 
quired, mail  be  bound  to  ferve  him  that  doth  require  him,  or  elfe  committed  to  the  Gaol, 
until  he  find  Surety  to  ferve. 

OUOD  quilibet  homo  &  femina  regni  fui  Anglie,  cujufcunque  conditionis  fuerit,  liberalis  vel  fervilis,  po- 
tens  in  corpore  &  infra  etatem  fexaginta  Annorum,  non  vivens  de  mercatura,  nee  certum  habens  arti- 
ficium,  nee  habens  de  fuo  proprio  unde  vivere  poffit,  vel  terrain  propriam,  circa  cujus  culturam  fe  poterit 
occupare,  &  alteri  non  ferviens,  fi  de  ferviendo  in  fervitio  congruo  ftatui  fuo  fuerit  requifitus,  fervire  tenea- 
tur  iiii  qui  ipfum  fie  duxerit  requirendum;  ecpercipiat  dumtaxat  vadia  liberationes  mercedes  feu  falaria,  que 
in  locis  ubi  fervire  debeat  confueta  funt  preftari  anno  ditti  regni  Anglie  vicefimo,  vel  annis  communibus 
quinque  vel  fex  proxime  precedentibus.  Provifo  tamen  quod  Domini  preferantur  aliis  in  nativis  fuis  fea 
terram  fuam  nativam  tenentibus  fie  in  fervitio  fuo  retinendis  ;  ita  tamen  quod  hujufmodi  Domini  fie  retineant 
tot  quot  fibi  fuerint  neceflarii,  &  non  plures.  Et  fi  talis  vir  vel  mulier  de  fie  ferviendo  requifitus  vel  requifita 
hoc  facere  noluerint,  hoc  probato  per  duos  fideles  homines  coram  Vicecomite  Ballivo  Domino  aut  Confta- 
bulario  Ville  tibi  hoc  fieri  contigerit,  ftatim  per  eos  vel  eorum  aliquem  capiatur  &  mittatur  proxime  Gaole, 
&  ibi  fub  certa  cuftodia  moretur  quoufque  fecuritatem  invenerit,  de  ferviendo  in  forma  predidta. 

CAP.     II. 

If  a  Workman  or  Servant  depart  from  Service  before  the  Time  agreed  upon,  he  fhall  be  im- 

prifoned. 

T  fi  mefibr  falcator  aut  alius  operarius  vel  Serviens,  cujufcunque  flatus  vel  conditionis  fuerit,  in  fer- 
vitio alicujus  retentus,  ante  finem  termini  concordati  a  di&o  fervitio  fine  caufa  rationabili  vel  licen- 
tia  recefferit ;  penam  imprifonamenti  fubeat,  &  nullus  fub  eadem  pena  talem  in  fervitio  fuo  recipere  vel  re- 
tinere  prefumat. 

CAP.     III. 

The  old  Wages,  and  no  more,  fhall  be  given  to  Servants. 

^^  ULLUS  etiam  vadia  liberationes  mercedes  feu  falaria  majora  folito  ficut  predifhum  eft  alicui  fervi- 
■'  enti  folvat  vel -folvere  promittat,  aut  capiat,  nee  aliquis  alio  modo  ea  exigat  velrecipiat;  fub  pena 
duplicis  illius  quod  fie  folutum  vel  promifTum  fuerit,  aut  exaclrum  vel  receptum,  illi  qui  ex  hoc  fe  fenferit 
gravatum,  &  nullo  tali  volente  profequi,  tunc  cuicumque  de  populo  qui  hoc  profecutus  fuerit  applicando,  &C 
fiat  hujufmodi  profecutio  in  Curia  Domini  loci  ubi  talis  cafus  accident. 

CAP.     IV. 

If  the  Lord  of  a  Town  or  Manor  do  offend  againft  this  Statute  in  any  Point,  he  fhall  forfeit 

the  treble  Value. 

FT  fi  Domini  villarum  vel  Maneriorum  contra  prefentes  ordinationes  per  fe  vel  Miniftros  fuos  in  aliquo 
_t  venire  prefumpferint,  tunc  in  Comitatibus  Wapentachiis  &Trithingis,  vel  aliquibus  aliis  Curiis  iphus 
Regis  hujufmodi,  ad  penam  tripli  per  eos  vel  Miniftros  fuos  fie  foluti  vel  promifli  in  forma  predicta  fiat 
profecutio  contra  eos  vel  Miniftros  fuos  in  forma  predi&a.  Et  fi  aliquis  forfan  ante  prefentem  ordinatio- 
nem  cum  aliquo  de  fie  ferviendo  pro  majori  falario  convenerit,  non  teneatur  ipfe  ratione  dicte  conventio- 
riis  ad  folvendum  ultra  id  quod  alias  tali  confuetum  eft  folvere,  imo  folvere  plus  fub  pena  predida  non  pre- 
fumat. 

CAP.     V. 

If  any  Artificer  or  Workman  take  more  Wages  than  were  wont  to  be  paid,  he  fhall  be  com- 
mitted to  the  Gaol. 


I 


TEM  fellarii  peljutarii  Allutarii   Sutores  SciflbresTabri  Carpentarii  Cementarii  Tegularii  BatelJarii  & 

Careftarii  &  quicumque  alii  artifices  &  operaiii  non  capiant  pro  labore  h  artificio  fuo  ultra  id  quod  didto 

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C.  6-8.  Anno  vicefimo  tertio  Edward i  III.         A.  D.  1349. 

MS.  Reg. 
Anno  Vicefimo  &  aliis  Ann:s  communibus  precedentibus  ut  premittitur,  in  locis  quibus  eos  operari  conti- 
gerit,  talibus  folvi  confuevit.     Et  fi  quis  plus  receperit  gaole  proxime  modo  quo  premittitur committatur. 

CAP.     VI. 

Victuals  (hall  be  fold  at  reafonable  Prices. 


c  TTEM,  That  Butchers,  Fifhmongers,  Regrators, 
c  X  Hoftelers,  Brewers,  Bakers,  Pulters,  and  all  other 

*  Sellers  of  all  Manner  of  Victual,  {hall  be  bound  to 
'  fell  the  fame  Victual  for  a  reafonable  Price,  having 
'  Refpe6t  to  the  Price  that  fuch  Victual  be  fold  at  in 
'  the  Places   adjoining,  fo  that  the  fame  Sellers  have 

*  moderate  Gains,  and  not  exceffive,  reafonably  to  be 
'  required  according  to  the  Diftance  of  the  Place  from 
'  whence  the  faid  Victuals  be  carried.  (2)  And  if  any 
'  fell  fuch  Victuals  in  any  other  Manner,  and  thereof 

*  be  convict  in  the  Manner  and  Form  aforefaid,  he 
'  fhall  pay  the  Double  of  the  fame  that  he  fo  received, 
'  to  the  Party  damnified,  or,  in  Default  of  him,  to 
'  any  other  that  will  purfue  in  this  Behalf.  (3)  And 
'  the  Mayors  and  Bailiffs  of  Cities,  Boroughs,  Mer- 
'  chant-Towns,  and  others,  and  of  the  Ports  of  the 
'  Sea,  and  other  Places,  fhall  have  Power  to  inquire 
'  of  all  and  fingular  which  fhall  in  any'Thing  offend- 
'  the  fame,  and  to  levy  the  faid  Pain  to  the  Ufe  of 
'  them  at  whofe  Suit  fuch  Offenders  {hall  be  convict. 
'  (4)  And  in  cafe  that  the  fame  Mayors  and  Bailiffs  be 
'  negligent  in  doing  Execution  of  the  Premiffes,  and 

*  thereof  be  convict  before   our   Juftices,  by  us  to   be 
"*  affigned,  then  the  fame  Mayors  and  Bailiffs  {hall  be 

*  compelled  by  the  fame  Juftices  to  pay  the  Treble  of 
'  theThingfo  fold  to  the  Party  damnified,  or  to  any 

13  R.  2.  flat.  1.  '  other  in  Default  of  him  that  will  purfue;  and  never- 

c' 8-  „     '  thelefs  towards  us  they  fhall  be  grievouily  puniftied.' 

12  Ed.  4.  c.  8.  J  b  j  f 

25  U.S.  c.  2. 

contain  farther  Regulations  -with  RcfpeS  to  Viclualleri  and  Viciuah. 


Mayors  and 
Bailiffs  of  Ci- 
ties ar.d  Bo- 
roughs ihall 
inquire  of  Of- 
fenders, and 
punilh  them. 


TEM  Carnifices  PifcenariiHoftellarii  Erafiato- 
res  Piftores  Pulletarii  et  omnes  alii  Venditores 
I  Victualium   quorumcunque    teneantur  hujufmodi 
j  Victualia   vendere   pro  pretio  rationabili,    habita 
I  confideratione  ad  pretium  quo  hujufmodi  Victualia 
j  in  locis  propinquis  venduntur,  ita  quod  habeant 
;  hujufmodi  Venditores  Moderatum  lucrum  et  non 
exceffivum,  prout  diftantia  locorum  a  quibus  Vic- 
i  tualia  hujufmodi   carriantur  duxerint  rationabiiiter 
requirendum.     Et  fi  quis  hujufmodi  Victualia  alio 
modo  vendiderit,  et  inde  in  forma  predi eta  convic- 
tus  fuerit,  folvat  Duplum   illius  quod  fie  recepit 
dampnificato,  et  in  delectu  illius  alteri  qui  profe- 
qui  voluerit  in  hac  parte;    et   habeant  poteftat  m 
Majores   et  Ballivi  Civitatum  et  Burgorum  Villa- 
rum  Mercatoriarum  et  aliarum  ac  portuum  et  loco- 
rum  maritimorum,  ad  inquirendum  de  omnibus  et 
fingulis  qui  contra  hoc   in   aliquo  deliquerint,  et 
ad   penam  predictam  ad  opus  illorum  ad  quorum 
fectam   hujufmodi   Delinquentes    convicti  fuerint 
levandam.     Et  in  cafu  quo   iidem  Major  et  Bal- 
livi   executionem    premifforum    facere    neglexe- 
rint,  et  de  hoc  coram  Juftitiariis  per  ipfum  Re- 
gem  aflignatis  convicti  fuerint,  tunc  iidem  Major 
et  Ballivi   ad   triplum    rei  fie   vendite   hujufmodi 
dampnificato,    vel   alteri   in    defectu    illius   profe- 
quenti,  folvendum,  per  eofdem  Juftitiarios    com- 
pellantur,  et  nichilominus  quod  verfus  ipfum  Re? 
gem  punjantur. 


jlerealed  fcy 
j  Ed.  6.  c.  3. 
&  21  Jac.  I. 
c.28. 


CAP.     VII. 
No  Perfon  fhall  give  any  Thing  to  a  Beggar,  that  is  able  to  labour. 


jT  T  quiamulti  validi.mendicantes,  qui  diu  poffint  ex  mendicatis  elemofinis  vivere,  laborare  renuunt,  va- 
™J  cando  otiis  &  peccatis,  quandoquc  latrociniis  &  aliis  flagitiis  ;  nullus  fub  pena  imprifonamenti  pre- 
dicta  talibus  qui  commode  laborare  poterunt  fub  colore  pietatis  vel  elemofine  quicquam  dare  feu  eos  in  defidia 
fua  confovere  prefumat,  ut  lie  compellantur  pro  vite  neceffariis  laborare.  Per  quod  idem  Rex  xviii  die  Julii 
Armo  Regni  fui  vicefimo  lertio  fingulis  Vicecomitibus  Anglie  per  brevia  fua  precepit,  quod  premiffa  omnia 
&  fingula  in  Civitatibus  Burgis  &  Villis  mercatoriis  Portubus  maris  &  aliis  locis  in  ballivis  fuis  Ubi  expediri 
viderint  publice  proclamari  &  teneri,  6c  executionem  inde  debitam  fieri  facerent,  ficut  predictum  eft. 


EXP. 

Regift.  189. 


CAP.      VIII. 

He  that  taketh  more  Wages  than  is  accuftomably  given,  fhall  pay  the  Surplufage  to  the  Town 
where  he  dwclleth,  towards  a  Payment  to  the  King  of  a  Tenth  and  Fifteenth  granted  to  him. 

SUbfequentia  idem  Dominus  Rex  ex  populari  conqueftione  accipiens  ipfum  populum  propter  hujufmodi 
excefliva  ftipendia  liberationes  &  pretia,  que  Servitoribus  operariis  &  artificibus  coacte  folvebantur, 
taliter  deprimi  quod  decima  &  quintadecima  ipfum  populum  contingentes  folvi  non  poterant,  nifi  aliud  re- 
Uiedium  providerettir  advertenfque  coactiones  hujufmodi  et  extortiones  fore  manifeftas,  &  quod  non  fuit 
5  houis  qui  contra  tales  delinquentes  profequebatur ;  ad  dictum  commodum  fie  ordinatum  obtinendum,  per 
quod  equaliter  confonebat,  ut  quod  ufibus  fingularibus  fie  ordinatum  fuerit  applicandum,  ipfis  non  profe- 
quentibus  nee  profequi  volentibus,  in  publicum  commodum  verteretur,  ex  deliberatione  coniilii  fui  adjicien- 
dum  duxit  ordinando,  quod  omnes  &  finguli  opcrarii  fervitores  et  artifices  tarn  viri  quam  femine,  cujufcunaue 
vidcljcet  ftatus  aut  conditionis  fuerint,  plus  pro  laboribus  fervitiis  &  artificiis  fuis  quam  Anno  xx"  &  aliis 
Annis  fupradictis  folcbant  percipere  capicntes,  ad  totam  illam  fummam  quam  ultra  receperint  cum  aliis 
fummis,  tarn  pro  tempore  tunc  preterito  quo  ftipendia  liberationes  Salaria  Si  pretia  augmentata  fuerint  quam 
pro  tempore  futuro  affidcrentur,  que  tota  ipfa  fumma  ultra  fie  recepta  a  fingulis  eorundem  levaretur  et  col- 
4  ligeretur 


A.  D.  1349.         Anno  vicdimo  tertio  Edwardi  III.  C.  8. 

Reg.  MS. 
ligeretur  ad  opus  Regis,  in  alleviatione  fingularum  Villarum  unde  dicti  artifices  Servitores  &  operarii  fuerint 
et  in  auxilium  folutionis  fummarum  ad  quas  eedem  Ville  feu  homines  earum  ad  decimam  &  quintodeci- 
mam  tunc  adhuc  currentes  fuerint  affeffi.  Ita  femper  quod  finitis  decima  &  quintodecima  tota  ilia  pecunia 
pretia  &  liherationes  five  valores  liberationum  earundem  que  ultra  ut  premittitur  ex  tunc  perciperent  &  reci- 
perent  ab  eis  et  eorum  fingulis  ad  opus  Regis,  in  fubventionem  &  fubportationem  omnis  Kegni  Anglie, 
per  illos  quos  ad  hoc  duceret  Rex  affignandos  levarentur  &  colligerentur  :  et  illi  qui  forfan  propter  hoc 
renuerint  defervire,  vel  fummas  per  eos  fie  ultra  receptas  &  fuper  eos  afTefTas  folvere  &  artificia  fua  &  opera 
fua  exercere,  ftatim  per  taxatores  &  collecftores  decime  &  quintodecime  prediclarum,  vel  eorum  aliqutm, 
feu  alios  per  illos  vel  eorum  aliquem  in  fingulis  Villis  ad  premiiTa  exequenda  deputandos,  vel  per  Ballivos 
locorum  feu  Conftabularios  Villarum,  cum  de  hoc  conftare  contigerit,  areftati  carceri  committentur,  in  eo- 
dem  detinendi,  quoufque  ad  ferviendum  fecuritatem  preftiterint,  &  folverint  hoc  quod  fie  ultra  reciperint 
juxta  eafdem  ordinationes,  vel  donee  Rex  aliud  inde  duxerit  demandandum. 

Et  femper  intentionis  extitit  Regis  &  confilii  fui,  quod  fecundum  dictam  primam  ordinationem  Iiceret  & 
liceat  cuilibet  contra  excedentes  eandem  vel  ei  non  parentes  profequi,  et  applicare  fuo  ufui  quod  per  ipfam 
conceditur  profequenti.     Et  idea  mandat  Dominus  Rex  Archiepifcopis  et  Epifcopis,  quod  prerniffa  in  fingulis  locis 

fubdioeefanis,  quod  parocbianosfuos 

'fanos  Jiipendiarios  diile  fue  diocefis, 

cantur,  ad  ferviendum  pro  confueto 

,  fscut  Nos  ct  communem  utilitatetn 


mandantes  recloribus  et  aliis 
ter  injv.ngant ;  acetiam  capeh 


diocefuim  fuarutn  quibnfcur.que  faciant  publicari  : 
ad  laborandum  juxta   temporis  neceffitatein  foleri 

qui  jam  diu  exceffive  capiuni,  et  nolunt  ut  dicitur  pro  falario   competenti  compefcantur,  ad  ferviendum  pro  confueto 
Jhlario  prout  expedit  fub  pena  fufpenfionis  et   interdicli  compellentes.     Et  hoc, 
Regni  nojlri  diligitis,  nulfatenus  omittatis,  T.  &c.  die  et  anno  fupradiclis. 


25I 


Statuta  in  Parliament©  tento  apud  Weflm'  mOdabisPurihcationis  beate 
Marie  Virginis  Anno  Regni  Domini  Edwardi  Regis  Anglie  & 
Francie  Anglie  videlicet  vicefimo  quinto  Regni  vero  fui  Francie 
duodecimo. 

A  Statute  of  Labourers,  made  Anno  25  Edw.  III.  Stat.  1.  and  K.  D.  1350. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  18. 

COME  nadgairs  contre  la  malice  de  fervantz 
queux  furent  pareiffoufes  et  nient  voillantz 
lervir  apres  la  peltilence  fanz  trop  outrage- 
oufes  lowers  prendre  feut  ordine  par  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roi  et  par  affent  des  Prelatz  Nobles  et  autres  de 
fon  confeil  qe  tieux  maners  de  fervantz  fibien 
hommes  come  femmes  fuffent  tenuz  de  fervir-re- 
ceyvantz  falaries  et  gages  accuftumez  es  lieus  ou  ils 
deveront  fervir  Ian  du  regne  le  dit  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roi  vintifrne  ou  cynk  ou  fis  annz  devant  et  qe 
mefmes  les  fervantz  refufantz  fervir  par  autiele  ma- 
nere  fuiffent  punys  par  emprifonement  de  lour  corps 
llcome  en  mefme  lordenance  eft  contenuz  plus  au 
playn  fur  quoi  commiflions  furent  faites  as  diverfes 
gentz  en  chefcun  counte  denquere  et  punir  touz 
ceux  qi  veniffent  au  contraire.  Et  ja  par  tant  qe 
done  eft  entendre  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  en 
ceft  prefent  parlement  par  la  petition  de  la  com- 
mune qe  les  ditz  fervantz  nient  eiantz  regard  a  la 
dite  ordenance  mes  a  lour  efes  et  fmguleres  cove- 
tifes  fe  retreent  de  fervir  as  grantz  ou  as  autres  fils 
neyent  liverefons  et  lowers  au  duble  ou  treble  de 
■ceo  qi!s  foloient  prendre  le  dit  an  vintifrne  et  devant 
a  grant  damage  des  grantz  et  empoverifement  des 
touz  ceux  de  la  dite  communalte  dont  il  eftoit  prie 
par  mefme  la  communalte  de  remedie  par  quoi  en 
mefme  le  parlement  par  affent  des  Prelatz  Countes 
Barons  et  autres  grantz  et  de  la  dite  communalte-, 
illoqes  aflemblez  pur  refreyndre  la  malice  des  ditz 
fervaiKz  font  ordenes  et  eftables  les  chofes  fuze- 
fcriptz  ceft  affavoir. 


HERE  AS  late  againft  the  Malice  of  Ser- 
vants, which  were  idle,  and  not  willing  to 
ferve  after  the  Peftilence,  without  taking 
exceffive  Wages,  it  was  ordained  by  our  Lord  the 
King,  and  by  Affent  of  the  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons, 
and  other  of  his  Council,  That  fuch  Manner  of  Ser- 
vants, as  well  Men  as  Women,  fhould  be  bound  to 
ferve,  receiving  Salary  and  Wages,  accuftomed  in 
Places  where  they  ought  to  ferve  in  the  Twentieth 
Year  of  the  Reign  of  the  King  that  now  is,  or  five 
or  fix  Years  before ;  and  that  the  fame  Servants  re- 
fufmg  to  ferve  in  fuch  Manner  fhould  be  puniihed 
by  Imprifonment  of  their  Bodies,  as  in  the  faid  Sta- 
tute is  more  plainly  contained  ;  (z)  whereupon 
Commiflions  were  made  to  divers  People  in  every 
County  to  enquire  and  punifti  all  them  which  offend 
againft  the  fame.  (3)  And  now  forafmuch  as  it  is 
given  the  King  to  underftand  in  this'prefent  Parlia- 
ment, by  the  Petition  of  the  Commonalty,  that  the 
faid  Servants  having  no  Regard  to  the  faid  Ordi- 
nance, but  to  their  Eafe  and  fingular  Covetife,  do 
withdraw  themfelves  to  ferve  Great  Men  and  other, 
unlcfs  they  have  Livery  and  Wages  to  the  double  or 
treble  of  that  they  were  wont  to  take  the  faid 
Twentieth  Year,  and  before,  to  the  great  Damage 
of  the  Great  Men,  and  impovevifhing  of  all  the 
faid  Commonalty,  whereof  the  faid  Commonalty 
prayeth  Remedy:  (4)  Wherefore  in  the  fame  Par- 
liament, by  the  Affent  of  the  faid  Prelates,  Earls, 
Barons,  and  other  Great  Men  of  the  fame  Com- 
monalty there  affembled,  to  refrain  the  Malice  of 
the  faid  Servants,  be  ordained  and  eftabliftied  the 
Things  under-written." 


Ik 


C 


252       Stat.  r.  Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edw.ar.di  HI.       A.  D.  1350, 

c  A  P.    I. 

RfpraiH  hy  «pj1<e  year  ancj  Day's  Wages  of  Servants  and  Labourers  in  Hufbandry. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

OE  chefcun  charetter  caruer  chaceour  des  carues  bercher  porcher  deye  &  touz  autres  fervantz  preignent 
liverefons  &  lowers  accuftumez  le  dit  an  vintifme  &  quatre  annz  devant  iffint  qen  pays  ou  furment 
foleit  eftre  done  preignent  pur  le  builel  xd.  ou  furment  a  la  volunte  le  doneur  tanqe  autrement  foit  ordeigne 
et  qils  foient  allowes  de  fervir  par  Ian  entier  ou  autres  termes  ufuels  &  nemye  par  journes.  Et  qe  nul 
preigne  en  temps  de  farcler  ou  feyns  faire  forqe  id.  le  jour  &  fauchours  des  preez  purlacre  vd.  ou  par  la 
journe  v  d.  &  fciours  des  blees  en  la  primere  fymaigne  dAuft  iid.  &  en  la  feconde  iii  d.  &  iffint  tanqe  au  fin 
dAuft  &  meyns  en  pays  ou  meyns  foleit  eftre  done  faunz  mangier  ou  autre  cuttoyfie  demander  doner  ou 
prendre  &  qe  tieux  overours  portent  overtement  en  lour  meyns  as  villes  marchantz  lour  inftrumentz  &  il- 
loeqes  foient  alowes  en  lieu  commune  ic  nemye  prive. 

CAP.     II. 

Rep.  5K.C.4.  Flow  much  fhall  be  given  for  threfhing  all  Sorts  of  Corn  by  the  Quarter.     None  fhall  depart 
Re^ft.  ig9.  from  the  Town  in  Summer  where  he  dwelt  in  Winter. 

ITEM  qe  nul  preigne  pur  le  batre  de  un  quarter  de  furment  ou  fegle  outre  iid.  ob.  &  pur  le  quarter 
X  dorge  feves  poys  &  aveynes  id.  ob.  fi  tant  foleit  eftre  done.  Et  en  pays  ou  Tiomme  foleit  fcier  pur 
certeyns  garbes  &  batre  pur  certeyns  bufleux  ne  preigne  plus  nen  autre  manere  qil  foleit  le  dit  an  vintifme 
&  devant.  Et  qe  mefmes  les  fervantz  foient  fermentez  deuxfcitz  par  an  devant  feignurs  fenefchals 
baillifs  &  coneftables  de  chefcune  ville  a  cefte  chofe  tenir  &  faire  et  qe  nul  de  eux  irra  hors  de  la  ville  on 
il  demorte  en  yver  pur  fervir  en  eftee  fil  puifTe  avoir  fervice  en  mefme  la  ville  parnant  come  devant  eft 
dit.  Sauve  qe  les  gentz  des  countez  de  Stafford  Lancaftre  &  Derby  &  gentz  de  Craven  &  de  la  marche 
de  Gales  &  dEfcoceN  autres  lieux  puifl'ent  venir  en  temps  dAuft  de  laborer  en  autres  countes  &  falvement 
retournir  come  ils  foloient  faire  avant  fes  heurs.  Et  qe  ceux  qe  refufent  de  faire  tiel  ferement  ou  par- 
fourner  ceo  qils  ount  jures  ou  empris  foient  mys  en  ceppes  par  les  ditz  feignurs  fenefchaux  baillifs  &  co- 
neftables des  villes  par  trois  jours  ou  pluis  ou  mandez  a  la  profcheyn  gaole  a  demorer  illoeques  tanque  ils  fe- 
voillent  jufticer  &  qe  ceppes  foient  faitz  en  chefcune  ville  pur  celle  enchefon  entre  cy  &la  Pentecoft. 

CAP.     III. 

The  Wages  of  feveral  Sorts  of  Artificers  and  Labourers. 

Rep.  cEl.  c.  4.  T  TEM  qe  carpenters  mafons  teglers  &  autres  coverours  des  mefons  ne  preignent  le  jour  pur  lour  ove- 
J[  reygiie  forfqe  en  manere  come  ils  foloient  ceft  aflaver  meftre  carpenter  iii  d.  &  autre  ii  d.  meftre  rna- 
fon  de  tranche  peer  ivd.  &  autre  mafon  iiid.  &  lour  fervantz  id.  ob.  teguler  iii  d.  &  fon  garceon  i  d.ob. 
be  autre  coverour  de  ros  &  eftreyin  iii  d.  &  fon  garceon  i  d.  ob.  Item  plaftrers  &  autres  overours  des 
mures  darzill  &  lour  garceons  par  mefme  la  maner  faunz  mangier  ou  boire  ceft  afiavoir  de  la  Pafcb  tanqe 
a  la  Seynt  Michel  &  de  eel  temps  meyns  folonc  lafFerant  &  discretion  des  Juftices  qi  ferront  a  ce  affignez. 
Et  qe  ceux  qe  fount  cariaga  par  terre  ou  par  ewe  ne  preignent  pluis  pur  tiel  cartage  faire  qils  ne  foloient. 
le  dit  an  vintifme  &  quatre  annz  devant. 


Ren.  5  EI/c, 

I  Uc.  I.  C.22 


CAP.     IV. 

Shoes,  &c.  mall  be  fold  as  in  the  20th  Year  of  K.  Edward  the  3d.     Artificers  fworn  to  ufe 
their  Crafrs  as  they  did  in  the  20th  Year  of  the  fame  King. 

TEM  qe  cornoifers  ne  fuours  ne  vendent  botes  foulers  nautre  chofe  touchant  lour  mifterpar  autre  ma- 
nere qils  ne  fokint  le  dit  an  vintifme.     Et  qe  orfeures  fellers  ferrours  des  chivaux  efpernovers  tannours 
O  B.  correours  pelletres  taillours  &  touz  autres  overours  artificiers  &  laborers  &  touz  autres  fervantz  nient  efpeci- 

fiez  foient  fermentez  devant  les  dites  Juftices  de  faire  &  ufer  lour  artes  &  offices  en  manere  come  ils  feibient 
le  dit  an  vintifme  &  en  temps  devant  fanz  les  refufer  pur  caufe  de  cefte  ordinance.  Et  ii  nul  des  ditz  fer- 
vantz laborers  oeverours  ou  artificers  apres  tiel  ferment  fait  viegne  encontre  celle  ordinance  foit  puny  par 
fyn  ranceon  &  emprifonement  felonc  la  difcretion  des  dites  Juftices. 

CAP.     V. 

The  feveral  Punifhments  of  Perfons  offending  againft  this  Statute. 

Rep  (Pi  T  TEM  qe  les  ditz  fenefchalx  baillifs  &  coneftables  des  dites  villes  foient  fermentez  devant  meifmes  les 

J  Juftices  denquerc  diligeaument  par  totes  les  bones  voies  qils  purront  de  touz  ceux  qi  vendront  contre 
cefte  ordinance  Si  de  certifier  meifmes  les  Juftices  de  lour  nouns  a  totes  les  foitz  qils  vendront  en  pays  pur 
faire  lour  fi-flions  iffint  qe  les  dites  Juftices  ewe  certification  de  meifme  les  fenefchalx  baillifs  &  coneftables 
des  nouns  de  rebeaux  les  facent  attacher  par  lour  corps  deftre  devant  meifmes  les  Juftices  a  refpondre  des 
tielx  contemptz  iffint  qils  facent  fyn  &  ranceon  au  Roi  en  cas  qils  foient  atteintz  6c  outre  foient  commanded 

3  aIa 


A.  D.  1350.        Ani>o  vieefimo  quinto  Ed  wardi  1H.-  Stat,,  1.       25$ 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
a  la  prifone  a  y  demorer  tanqils  averont  trove  fe-urete  de  fervir  &  prendre  &  lour  overeignes  faire  &  chofes 
vendables  vencfre  en  la  manere  avantdite.  Et  en  cas  qe  nul  de  eux  viegne  contre  fon  ferement  &  de  ceo 
foit  atteint  eit  la  prifone  de  xl  jours  &  fi  autrefoitz  il  (bit  convict  eit  la  prifone  dun  quarter  del  an  iffint 
qe  a  chefcun  foitz  qil  trefpas  &  foit  convicT:  eit  la  penance  au  double.  Et  qe  meifmes  les  Juftices  enquer- 
gent  a  chefcune  foitz  qils  vendront  des  ditz  fenefchalx  baillifs  &  coneftables  fils  eient  fait  bone  &  loiale  cer- 
tification ou  nule  concele  pur  doun  procurement  ou  affini'te  &  ies  -punir  par  fyn  &  ranceoun  fils  foierit  tro- 
vez  coupables.  Et  qe  meifmes  les  Juftices  eient  poair  denquere  &  faire  due  punifTement  des  ditz  miniflxes 
overours  laborers  &  autres  fervantz  queconques  &  auxint  des  hoftelers  herbergers  &  ceux  qi  vendont  vi- 
tailles  en  retaille  &  autres  chofes  nient  efpecifiez  fi  bien  a  la  fuite  de  partie  come  par  prefentment  &  doier 
&  terminer  &  mettre  la  chofe  en  execution  par  Exigend  apres  le  primer  Capias  fi  meftier  foit  &  de  deputer 
autres  foutz  eux  tantz  &  tielx  come  ils  verront  qe  miejtz  foit  pur  la  garde  de  meifme  cefte  ordinance.  Et 
qe  ceux  qi  vorrent  fuir  vers  tielx  fervantz  overours  &  laborers  pur  exceffe  pris  deux  &  ils  foient  de  ce  at- 
teintz  a  lour  fuite  qils  puiflent  reavoir  eel  exceffe  &  en  cas  qe  nul  voudra  fuir  pur  tiel  exceffe  reavoir  adonqes 
foit  leve  des  ditz  fervantz  overours  laborers  et  artificers  et  livere  as  coillours  de  la  quinzifme  en  alleggeance 
des  villes  ou  tiel  exceffe  fut  pris. 

CAP.     VI. 

Sheriffs,  Conftables,  Bailiffs,  Gaolers,  nor  other  Officers,  fhall  exact  any  thing  of  the  fame  Ser- 
vants. The  Forfeitures  of  Servants  fhall  be  employed  to  the  Aid  of  Difmes  and  Quinzimes 
granted  to  the  King  by  the  Commons. 

ITEM  qe  vifcontes  coneftables  baillifs  gaolers  clercs  des  Juftices  ou  des  vifcontes  nautres  miniftres  que-  o  E. 
conqes  rienz  ne  preignent  par  caufe  de  lour  offices  de  meifmes  les  fervantz  pur  fees  fuete  de  prifone  »  Bulftr.  3.3$. 
nen  autre  manere.  Et  fils  eient  rienz  pris  en  tiele  manere  qils  les  facent  deliverer  as  coillours  des  difme  et 
quinzifme  en  eide  de  la  communalte  pur  temps  qe  les  difme  et  quinzifme  courgent  auxibien  pur  tout  le 
temps  paffe  come  pur  le  temps  avenir.  Et  qe  les  dites  Juftices  enquergent  en  lour  feffions  fi  les  ditz  mi- 
nifrres  eient  rienz  receuz  de  meifmes  les  fervantz  et  ce  qils  troveront  par  tiels  enqueftes  qe  les  ditz  miniftres 
averont  receuz  facent  meifmes  les  Juftices  lever  de  chefcun  des  ditz  miniftres  et  liverer  as  ditz  coillours  en- 
femblement  od  lexceffes  fins  et  ranceons  faitz  et  auxint  les  amerciementz  de  toux  ceux  qi  ferront  amerciez 
devaiit  les  ditz  Juftices  en  allegeance  des  villes  come  defus  eft  dit.  Et  en  cas  qe  lexcefle  trove  en  une  ville 
paffe  la  quantite  de  la  quinzifme  de  meifme  la  ville  foit  le  remenant  de  tiel  exceffe  leve  et  paie  par  les  ditz 
coillours  a  les  plus  profcheines  villes  povres  en  eide  de  lour  quinzifme  par  avifement  des  ditz  Juftices  et  qe 
les  fins  raunceons  exceffes  et  amerciementz  des  ditz  fervantz  et  laborers  pur  temps  avenir  currante  la  dite 

3uinzifme  foient  liverez  as  ditz 'coillours  en  la  forme  fufdite  par  endenture  affaire  entre  eux  et.  les  ditz 
uftices  iffint  qe  meifmes  les  coillours  puiffent  eftre  chargez  fur  lour  accompt  par  meifmes  les  endentures 
en  cas  qe  les  ditz  fins  raunceons  amerciementz  et  exceffes  ne  foient  paiez  en  eide  de  la  quinzifme  avantdite 
et  ceffante  meifme  la  quinzifme  foit  leve  al  oeps  le  Roi  et  refpondu  a  lui  par  le  vifcont  du  countee.. 

CAP.     VII. 

The  Juftices  fnall  hold  their  Seffions  four  Times  a  Year,  and  at  all  Times  needful.     Servants 
which  flee  from  one  Country  to  another,   fhall  be  committed  to  Prifon. 

ITEM  qe  les  ditz  Juftices  facent  lour  feffions  en  touz  les  countees  dEngleterre  au  meins  quatre  foitz  par  Altered  zH.  5; 
?n  ceft  affaver  a  les  feftes  dtl  Anunciation  de  noftre  Dame  Seinte  Margarete  Seint  Michel  et  Seint  Ni-  c.  4. 
cholas  et  auxint  totes  les  foitz  qil  bufoignera  felonc  la  difcretion  des  Juftices.     Et  qe  ceux  qi  par-lent  en  pre-  ReP-  5  EI-  c-  4. 
fence  des  dites  Juftices  ou  autres  chofes  facent  en  lour  abfence  ou  prefence  en  abaudiffement  ou  meintenance 
des  ditz  fervantz  &  laborers  au  contraire  de  cefte  ordinance  foient  grevement  punys  felonc  la  difcretion  des 
dites  Juftices.     Et  fi  nul  des  ditz  laborers  artificers  ou  fervantz  fenfue  dun  countee  tanqe  en  autre  par  caufe 
de  cefte  ordinance  qe  les  vifcontes  des  eountes  ou  tiels  futives  ferront  trovez  les  facent  prendre  au  mande- 
ment  des  Juftices  des  eountes  dont  ils  fenfuerent  &  le  mefnent  a  la  chief  gaole  de  meifme  eel  counte  illoeqes 
a  demorer  tanqz  a  la  profcheine  feflion  des  meifmes  les  Juftices  &  qe  les  ditz  vifcontz  retornent  tielx  mande- 
ir.entz  devant  meifmes  les  Juftices  a  lour  profcheines  feffions  &  qe  cefte  ordinance  foit  tenue  &  garde  ftbierr 
ceinz  la  Citee  de  Londres  come  en  autres  citees  &  burghs  k  aillours  parmy  la  terre  fibien  deinz  franchise, 
come  dehors. 


A  Statute 


254       §tat«  2* 


Anno  vicefimo  quinto  E'dwardi  III.         A.  D.  1350. 


Jl  Statute  made  Anno  25  Edw.  III.  Stat.  2.   and  Anno  Dom.  1350. 

of  thoje  that  be  born  beyond  Sea. 

In  what  Place  Baftardy  pleaded  againft  him  that  is  born  out  of  the  Realm  fhall  be  tried. 


The  King's 
•Children  be 
inheritable  in 
England,  where- 
soever they  be 
born. 


The  Children 
of  ohers  born 
beyond  the  Sea. 
42' Ed.  3.  c.  10 
Denizen;  Br,  14 


IK.  1-  M- 
Dyer  224. 
Co.  Lit.  3. 
jiGo.  2.  c.  21 


UR  Lord  the  King,  at  his  Parliament  holden 
at  Wejlminjler,  at  the  Utas  of  the  Purifi- 
cation of  our  Lady,  the  Year  of  his  Reign 
"  of  England  the  Five  and  twentieth,  and  of  France 
•"  the  Twelfth,  confidering  the  great  Mifchiefs  and 
-"  Damages  which  have  happened  to  the  People  of  his 
"  Realm  of  England,  as  well  becaufe  that  the  Statutes 
"  ordained  before  this  Time  have  not  been  holden 
*e  and  kept  as  they  ought  to  be,  as  becaufe  of  the 
"  mortal  Peftilence  that  late  reigned,  and  willing  to 
"  provide  for  the  Quietnefs  and  common  Profit  of  his 
"  laid  People  convenient  Remedy ; "  '  therefore  by 
'  the  AfTent  of  the  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and-  other 

*  great  Men,  and   all  the  Commons  of  his  faid  Realm 

*  iummoned  to  the  Parliament,  hath  ordained  and 
'  eftablifhed  the  i  hings  under-written,  videlicet,    (2) 

*  Becaufe  that  fome  People  be  in  Doubt,  if  the  Chil- 

*  dren  born  in  the  Parts  beyond  the  Sea,  out  of  the 
'"  Ligeance  of  England,  fhould  be  able  to  demand  any 
'  Inheritance  within  the  fame  Ligeance,  or  not,  where^ 
1  of  a  Petition  was  put  in  the  Parliament  late  holden 

"'  at  Weftminjler,  the  Seventeenth  Year  of  the  Reign  of 
'  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  and  was  not  at  the 
'  fame  Time  wholly  affented  ;  (3)  our  Lord  the  King, 
'  willing  that  all  Doubts  and  Ambiguities  fhould  be 
'  put  away,  and  the  Law  in  this  Cafe  declared  and  put 
'  in  a  Certainty,  hath  charged  the  faid  Prelates,  Earls, 
'  Barons,  and  other  wife  Men  of  his  Council,  affem- 
"'  bled  in  this  Parliament,  to  deliberate  upon  this  Point; 

*  all  which  of  one  AfTent  have  faid,  That  the  Law  of 
'  the  Crown  of  England  is,  and  always  hath  been  fuch, 

*  that  the  Children  of  the  Kings  of  England,  in  what- 
'  foever  Parts  they  be  born,  in  England  or  elfewhere, 
'  be  able  and  ought  to  bear  the  Inheritance  after  the 
'  Death  of  their  Anceffors  ;  which  Law  our  faid  Lord 
'  the  King,  the  faid  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and  other 
'  great  Men,  and  all  the  Commons  aflembled  in  this 

*  Parliament,  do  approve  and  affirm  for  ever.  (4) 
'  And  in  the  Right  of  other  Children  born  out  of  the 
'  Ligeance  of  England  in  the  Time  of  our  Lord  the 
'  King,  they  be  of  one  Mind  accorded,  that  Henry 
'  Son  of  John  de  Beaumond;  Elizabeth  Daughter  of 
'  Guy  de  Bryan,  and  Giles  Son  of  Ralph  Davjbcny,  and 
'  other  which  the  King  will  name,  which  were  born 
'  beyond  the  Sea,  out  of  the  Ligeance  of  England, 
'  fhall  be  from  henceforth  able  to  have  and  enjoy  their 
'  Inheritance  after  the  Death  of  their  .Anceftors,  in  all 
'  Parts  within  the  Ligeance  of  England,  as  well  as  thofe 
'  that  fhould  be  born  within  the  fame  Ligeance.  (<;) 
'  And  that  all  Children  Inheritors,  which  from  hence- 
'  forth  fhall  be  born  without  the  Ligeance  of  the  King, 
'  whofe  Fathers  and  Mothers  at  the  Time  of  their 
'  Birth  be  and  fhall  be  at  the  Faith-and  Ligeance  of  the 
'  King  of  England,  fhall  have  and  enjoy  the  fame  Be- 
*  nefits  and  Advantages,  to  have  and  bear  the  Inhe- 
'  ritance  within  the  fame  Ligeance,  as  the  other  Inhc- 
'  ritors  aforefaid  in  Time  to  come  ;  fo  always,  that  the 
'  Mothers  of  fuch  Children  do  pais  the  Sea  by  the  Li- 
'  cence  and  Wills  of  their  Hufbanus.  (6)  And  if  it 
'  be  alledged  againft  any  fuch  born  beyond  the  Sea, 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  19, 
OSTRE  Seignur  le  Roi  a  foh  parlement 
tenuz  a  Weftm'  a  les  Oetaves  de  la  Puri- 
fication de  noftre  Dame  Ian  de  fon  regne 
dEngleterre  vintifme  quint  &  de  France  doufzifme 
coniiderant  les  grantz  mefchiefs  &  damages  qe  font 
avenuz  au  poeple  de  fon  Roialme  dEngleterre  fi- 
bien  pur  ce  qe  les  eftatutz  devant  ces  heures  orde- 
nez  nount  mie  efte  tenuz  &  gardez  come  ils  deve- 
roient  come  par  caufe  de  la  peftilence  mortiele  qe 
nadgairs  dura  &  veullant  purvoier  au  quiete  & 
commune  profit  de  fon  poeple  fur  ce  remedie  co- 
venable  par  afTent  de  Prelatz  Countz  Barons  &  au- 
tres  grantz  &  tote  la  Communalte  de  fon  dit  Roi- 
alme au  dit  parlement  fomons  ad  ordene  &  eftabli 
les  chofes  fouzefcriptes  ceft  aflavoir  pur  ce  qe  af- 
cunes  gentz  eftoient  en  awere  ft  les  enfantz  neez 
es  parties  de  dela  dehors  la  ligeance  dEngleterre 
ferroient  ables  a  demander  heritage  deinz  meifme. 
la  ligeance  ou  nemie  de  quoi  petition  feuft  mis  au- 
trefoitz  en  parlement  tenuz  a  Weymonfter  Ian 
noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  dys  &  feptifme  &  ne  feuft 
mie  a  tieu  temps  en  tout  affentu  noftre  dit  Seignur 
le  Roi  veulliant  qe  totes  doutes  &  awers  feuffent 
ouftez  &  la  lei  en  ce  cas  declaree  &  mis  en  cer- 
tein  fift  charger  les  Prelatz  Countes  Barons  &  au- 
tres  fages  de  fon  confeil  afTemblez  a  ce  parlement 
a  faire  deliberation  fur  eel  point  Les  queux  dun 
aflent  ount  dit  qe  la  lei  de  la  Corone  dEngleterre 
eft  et  ad  efte  touz  jours  tiele  qe  les  enfantz  des  Rois 
dEngleterre  queu  part  qils  foient  neez  en  Engle- 
terre  ou  aillours  font  ables  &  deivent  porter  heri- 
tage apres  la  mort  lour  aunceftres  la  quele  lei  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  les  ditz  Prelatz  Countz  Barons  & 
autres  grantz  &  tote  la  Communalte  afTemblez  el 
dit  parlement  approevent  &  afferment  pur  toutz 
jours.  Eten  droit  des  autres  enfantz  neez  hors  de 
laJigeance  dEngleterre  en  temps  noftre  dit  Seignur 
le  Roi  ft  font  ils  uniement  acordez  qe  Henri  fkz 
Johan  de  Beaumound  Elizabeth  fill  Guy  de  Bryan 
&  Giles  fitz  Rauf  Daubeneye  &  autres  queux  le 
Roi  vorra  nomer  qi  nafquirent  par  dela  hors  de  la 
ligeance  dEngleterre  foient  defore  ables  davoir  & 
enjoier  leur  heritages  apres  la  mort  lour  aunceftres 
totepartz  deinz  la  ligeance  dEngleterre  ft  avant 
come  ceux  qi  nafquirent  deinz  meifme  la  ligeance. 
Et  qe  touz  les  enfantz  heriters  qi  ferront  ■neete 
defore  dehors  la  ligeance  le  Roi  des  queux  enfantz 
les  piere  &  miere  au  temps  du  neftre  font  &  ferront 
a  la  foi  &  de  la  ligeance  du  Roi  dEngleterre  eient 
&  enjoicnt  meifmes  les  benefice  &  avantage  tlaver 
&  porter  heritage  deinz  la  dite  ligeance  come  . 
autres  heriters  avantditz  en  temps  avenir  Iflint  tote.' 
foitz.  qe  les  mieres  de  tieux  enfantz  pafTcnt  la  mcci 
p.ir  conge  &  volunte  dc  lour  barons.     Et  fi  allcg- 

gee  foit  contre  nul  tiel  nee  par  dela  qil  eft  baflanl 

er 


A. D.  1350.       Anno  vicefimo  quintb  EdwarDi  III. 


Stat.  2.        255 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
en  cas  ou  Levefqe  doit  avoir  coniffance  de  baftar- 
die  foit  maunde  a  Levefqe  du  lieu  ou  la  demande 
eft  de  certifier  la  Court  le  Roi  ou  le  pie  ent  pende 
fi  come  auncienement  ad  efte  ufee  en  cas  de  baftar- 
die  alegge  contre  ceux  qi  nafquirent  en  Engleterre. 


'  that  he  is  a  Baftard,  in  cafe  where  the  Bifhop  ought  Tr;al  of  Ba- 
'  to  have  Cognifance  of  Baftardy,    it  ftiall  be  com-  ft"dny{ip^cd 
'  manded  to  the  Bifhop  of  the  Place  where  the  De-  ^-"h  is™rn 
*  mand  is,  to  certify  the  King's  Court  where  the  Plea  out  0f  England, 
'  thereof  hangeth,  as  of  old  Times  hath  been  ufed  in  Raft.  105. 
'  the  Cafe  of  Baftardy  alledged  againft.  them  which 
'  were  born  in  England.' 


A  Statute  for  the  Clergy^  made  Anno  25  Edw.  III.  Stat.  3.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1350. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  16.  D. 

NOSTRE  Seignur  leRoi  veues  &  examinez 
par  bone  deliberation  les  petitions  h  arti- 
cles a  lui  bailliez  en  fon  parlement  tenuz 
a  Weftmonfter  en  la  fefte  de  feint  Hillar'  Ian  de 
fon  regne  dEngleterre  vintifme  quint  et  de  France 
dufzifme  par  Lonourable  piere  en  Dieu  Simon  Er- 
cevefqe  de  Canterbirs  et  autres  Evefqes  de  ia  pro- 
vince fur  et  pur  certeines  grevances  queles  ils  di- 
foient  eftre  faites  a  feinte  eglife  et  a  la  clergie  en- 
contre  les  privileges  de  feinte  eglife  et  dunk,  ils  pri- 
erent  qe  covenable  remedie  ent  fuift  ordene  al  re- 
ference de  Dieu  et  de  feinte  eglife  et  de  laffent  de 
!bn  dit  parlement  pur  lui  et  fes  heirs  voet  et  grant 
es  pointz  fouthefcriptz. 


OUR  Lord  the  King,  feeing  and  examining  by: 
good  Deliberation  the  Petitions  and  Articles: 
delivered  to  him  in  his  Parliament  holden  at 
TVeJlminJler  in  the  Feaft  of  St.  Hilary,  the  Year  of 
his  Reign-  of  England  the  Five  and  twentieth,  and  o£ 
France  the  Twelfth,    by  the  Honourable  Father  in,. 
God,    Simon  Archbifhop  of  Canterbury,    and  ofhec 
Bifhops  of  his  Province,  upon  and  for  certain  Griev- 
ances,   which   they  alledged   to    be  done   to  holy 
Church,  and  to  the  Clergy,  againft  the  Privileges  of. 
holy  Church  ;  and  then  they  prayed,  that  a  conve- 
niable  Remedy  might  be  thereof  ordained,    to  the. 
Reverence  of  God  and  of  holy  Church  ;  by  the  Af- 
fent  of  his  Parliament,  for  him  and  his  Heirs,  will- 
eth  and  granteth  the  Points  under-written." 


GAP.       I. 

All  Privileges  granted  to  the  Clergy  confirmed.     The  King  nor  his  Pleirs  fhall  prefent  to  a  Be- 
nefice of  another's  Right  of  any  Time  of  his  Progenitors. 


PRimerement  qe  toutz  les  franchifes  et  privileges 
grantez  par  devant  a  la  dite  clergie  foient  con- 
ermez  et  tenuz  en  toutz  pointz.  Et  quant  as  pre- 
entementz  affaire  par  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  ou 
lul  de  fes  heirs  as  benefices  de  feinte  eglife  en  autri 
Iroit  par  auncien  title  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  al  ho- 
lur  de  Dieu  et  de  feinte  eglife  voet  et  grant  de 
neifme  laffent  de  fon  dit  parlement  qe  defore  il  ne 
lul  de  fes  heirs  ne  prendra  title  de  prefenter  a  nul 
jenefice  en  autri  droit  de  nul  temps  de  fes  pro0eni- 
:ours  ne  qe  nul  Prelat  de  fon  Roialme  foit  tenuz  de 
•eceivre  nul  tiel  prefentement  afaire  ne  ent  faire 
xecution  ne  nule  Juftice  del  une  place  ne  del  autre 
3ufTe  ne  deive  fur  nul  tie]  prefentement  affaire  plee 
:enir  ou  juggement  doner  mes  qe  le  dit  Roi  et  fes 
heirs  foient  de  touz  tieux  prefentementz  forbarrez 
as  touz  jours  fauvant  au  dit  Roi  et  a  fes  heirs  toutz 
;ielx  prefentementz  en  autri  droit  de  tout  fon  temps 
it  de  temps  avenir. 


'Irft,  That  all  the  Privileges  and  Franchifes  grant- 
ed heretofore  to  the  faid  Clergy  be  confirmed  and  ■ 
holden  in  all  Points.     (z)  And  as  touching  Prefer- 
ments' to  be  made  by  our  Lord  the  King,  or  any  of- 
his  Heirs,  to  a  Benefice  of  holy  Church  in  another's  ■ 
Right  by  old  Title,    our  faid  Lord  the  King,  to  the  ■ 
Honour  of  God  and  Holy  Church,  willeth  and  grant-  > 
eth,  of  the  Affent  of  the  faid  Parliament,  that  from  > 
henceforth  he  nor  any  of  his  Heirs  fhall  not  take- 
Title  to  prefent  to  any  Benefice  in  any  other's  Right, 
of  any  Time  of  his  Progenitors;    (3)  nor  that  any  > 
Prelate  of  his  Realm  be  bound  to  receive  any  fuch-. 
Prefentment  to  be  made,  nor  to  do  thereof  any  Exe- 
cution ;    (4)  nor  that  any  Juftice  of  the.  one  Place, >. 
or  the  other,  may  not  nor  ought  not  to  hold  Plea,  on 
give  Judgement  upon   any  fuch  Prefentment  to  be- 
made;    (5)  but  that  the  faid  King  and  his  Heirs  be  uH/fW. 
for  ever  hereafter  clearly  barred  of  all  fuch  P-refen.t--.vi|3e.par<*.  8 
ments  ;    (6)  laving  always  to  him  and  his  Pleirs  alLCar-  '"  Scacc- 
fuch  Preferments  in  another's  Right  fallen,    or  t^m&pTufh*" 
fall,  of  all  his  Time,  and  of  the  Time  to  come.'  3  o.  354. 

Jones  334, 


CAP.     II. 

A  Repeal  of  the  Statute  of  Amo  14  Ed.  3.  Stat.  4.  cap.  2.  touching  the  King's  Prefentment  to , 

a  Church  of  another's  Right. 


ET  pur  ce  qe  en  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftmon- 
ftier  Ian  du  regne  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi 
quatorzifme  entre  autres  chofes  adonqes  grantez 
as  Prelatz  &  a  feinte  eglife  cftoit  osderie  qe  le  Roi 


N  D  becaufe  in  the  Parliament  holden  at  Wejl- 
,.  minfter  the  Fourteenth  Year  of  the  Reign  of 
our   Lord  the   King   that  now    is,    amongft  other 
Things  then  granted  to  the  Prelates  of  holy  Church, 

"  it 


256       Stat.  3, 


Anno  vicelimd  qulnto  Edwardi  III.        A.  D.  1350; 


"it  was  ordained,  That  the  King  fhould  not  take 
"  Title  to  prefent  to  any  benefice  in  another's  Plight, 
"  but  of  the  V.oidandes  which  ftiaJl:  happen  of  fuch  Be- 
"  hefices  within  three  Yeats 'next  before  his  Prefent - 
**  meiit,  which  Ihing  feemeth  very  prejudicial  to  the 


King  and. his  Hei 


rs 


(2)  it  is  accorded  in  this 
prefent  Parliament,  That  the  faid  Ordinance,  as  to 
this  Point,  fhall  be  holden  for  none ;  but  neverthe- 
lefs,  that  all  the  other  Articles  contained  in  the  faid 
Ordinance  and  Grant  then  made  to  holy  Church, 
fhall  ftarid  in  their  Force.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond, 
he  preridrbit  title  de  presenter  a  nul  benefice  en 
autri  droit  forCqe  de  vacations  qe  aviendretent  dea 
tielx  benefices  detnz  trois  annz  profcheins  devartt 
fon  prefentement  quele  chofe  femblaft  trop  preju- 
diciele  au  Roi.&  a  fes  heir6  Acorde  eft  en  ceft  par- 
lement  qe  la  dite  ordinance  quant  a  ce  point  foit 
tenu  par  nule  &  qe  toutz  les  autres  articles  conte- 
nuz  en  meifme  lordenance  &  grantes  adonqes 
fakz  a  feinte  eglife  eftoifent  en  lour  force. 


CAP.     III. 


When  the  King  prefenteth  to  a  Benefice  in  another's  Right,  his  Title  fhall  be  examined. 


TEM,  Whereas  before  this  Time  our  Lord  the 
King  hath  taken  Title  to  prefent  to  Benefices  at 
"  the  Suggeftion  of  many  Clefks,  where  the  Title  hath 
"  not  been  true,  and  by  fuch  Prcfentments  and  Judge- 
"  ments  thereupon  given,  the  Clerks  have  beenre- 
4«Ed.  3.  f.  ic,  "  ceived  by  the  Ordinaries  of  the  Places,  againfr  God 
"  and  good  Faith,  aiid  in  Depreffion  of  them  which 
"  had  good  and  true  Title  to  the  faid  Benefices ;" 
*  (2)  now  the  King  will  and  granteth,  That  at  what 
'  Time  he  fhall  take  Collation  or  Prefentment  from 
'  henceforth  to  any  Benefice  in  another's  Right,  that 
'  the  Title  whereupon  he  groundeth  himfelf  fliall  be 
'  well  examined  that  it  be  true  ;  [%)  and  at  what  Time 
'  before  Judgement  the  Title  be  found  by  good  Infor- 
1  mation  untrue  or  unjuft,  the  Collation  or  Pre  fen  t- 
'  ment  thereof  made,  fhall  be  repealed  ;  (4)  and  the 
Patron,  or  the  PofTefTor,  which  fhall  fliew  and  prove 
the  falfe  Title,  fhall  have  thereupon  Writs  out  of  the 
Chancery  as  many  as  to  him  fhall  be  needful.' 


Confirmed  by 
13  R.  1.  ftat.  1. 
c.  I.  and  en- 
forced by  4  H.  4, 

C.   22. 


Uxint  come  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  eit  avant 
ces  heures  pris  title  de  prefenter  a  fuggeftion 
des  plufours  clercs  la  ou  le  title  nad  efte  verroi  & 
parmi  tielx  prefentementz  &  juggementz  fur  ce 
renduz  les  dercs  ount  efte  receuz  par  ordinaries 
des  lieux  contre  Dieu  &  bone  foi  '&  en  depreffion 
de  ceux  qe  avoient  bone  &  verrei  title  es  ditz  bene- 
fices fi  voet  le  Roi  &  grant  qe  a  quele  heure  qil 
ferra  collation  ou  prefentement  defofe  a  nul  bene- 
fice enfi  en  autri  droit  qe  le  title  fur  quel  il  fe  fon- 
dra  foit  bien  examinee  qil  foit  verrei  &  a  quele 
heure  qe  avant  le  juggement  rendu  le  title  foit  tro- 
vee  par  bone  information  nient  verrei  ne  juft  foit 
la  collation  ou  prefentement' en  fait  repelle  &  eit  le 
patron  ou  le  pofTefTour  qe  monftra  &  prova  le  faux 
title  fur  ce  briefs  de  la  Chancellerie  quanqe  a  lui 
ferront  bufoignables. 


CAP.     IV. 

Clerks  convicted  of  Felony  or  Treafon  fhall  be  delivered  to  their  Ordinaries. 


Hob.  2SS. 


Bro.  Cltre.  2;. 
18  F.l.  c.  7.  er- 
ders  that  none 
clhtoed  their 
Clergy,  be  de- 
}  vered  to  the  Or- 
dinary. 


Set  28  H.  8.  c. 
I .  /re.  7     by 
•which  Ferjont  in 


TEM,  Whereas  the  faid  Prelates  have  grievoufly 
complained,  praying  thereof  Remedy,  for  that 
"  fecular  Clerks,  as  well  Chaplains  as  other  Monks, 
"  and  other  People  of  Religion,  have  been  drawn  and 
"  hanged  by  Award  of  the  fecular  Juftices,  in  Prejii- 
"  dice  of  the  Franchifes  of  holy  Church,  and  in  Op- 
"  preffion  of  the  Jurifdiftion  thereof;"  '  (2)  it  is  ac- 
'  corded  and  granted  by  the  faid  King  in  his  Parlia- 
'  ment,  That  all  Manner  of  Clerks,  as  well"  fecular  as 
'  religious,  which  fliall  be  from  henceforth  convict  be- 
'  fore  the  fecular  Juftices  aforefaid,  for  any  Treafons 
'  or  Felonies  touching  other  Perfons  than  the  King 
' '  himfelf,  or  his  Royal  Majefty,  fliall  from  henceforth 
'  freely  have  and  enjoy  the  Privilege  of  holy  Church, 
'  and  fhall  be,  without  any  Impeachment  or  Delay, 
'  delivered  to  the  Ordinaries  demanding  them.  (3) 
'  And  for  this  Grant  the  faid  Archbifhop  promifeth  to 
'  our  Lord  the  King,  that  upon  the  Punifhment  and 
'  fafe  keeping  of  fuch  Clerks  Offenders,  which  fo  fhall 
*  be  delivered  to  the  Ordinaries,  he  fliall  thereof  make 
«  a  convenient  Ordinance,  whereby  they  fhall  be  fafely 
1  kept  and  duly  punifhed,  fo  that  no  Clerk  fhall  take 
i  Courage  to  offend  for  Default  of  Correction.' 

holy  Order:  arc  modcjubjeB  to  the  fame  Pains  as  others. 


TEM  come  les  ditz  Prelatz  eient  grevoufement 
pleint  empreiant  ent  remedie  de  ce  qe  clercs 
feculers  auxi  bien  chapelleins  come  autres  moignes 
&  autres  gentz  de  religion  eient  efte  treinez  &  pen- 
duz  par  agard  des  Juftices  feculers  en  prejudice  des 
franchifes  &  depreffion  de  jurifdiction  de  feinte 
egjife  ft  eft  acorde  &  grante  par  le  Roi  en  (on  dit 
parlement  qe  touz  maneres  des  clercs  auxibien  fe- 
culers come  religioufes  qi  ferront  defore  convi£h; 
devant  les  Juftices  feculers  pur  quecomqes  felonies 
ou  trefoils  touchantes  autres  perfones  qe  le  Roi 
meifmes  ou  fa  roiale  majefte  eient  &  enjoient  fran- 
chement  defore  privilege  de  feinte  eglife  &  foient 
faunz  nule  empefchement  ou  delai  liverez  a  les 
Ordinaries  tux  demandantz.  •  Et  puree  grant  le 
dit  Ercevefqe  promift  au  Roi  qe  fur  le  puniiTement 
&  fauve  gard  de  tieux  clercs  meftefours  qe  ferront 
enfy  as  Ordenares  liverez  il  ent  ferroit  ordenance 
covenable  par  la  quelle  tieux  clercs  ent  ferroient 
falvement  gardez  &  duement  punitz  enfi  qe  nul 
clerc  emprendreit  mes  baudure  de  enfi  mefFaire  par 
defaute  de  chaftifement. 


CAP. 


AD-  1350.        Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edwardi  III, 


Stat. 


3- 


257 


CAP.     V. 
,  A  Clerk  fliall  be  arraigned  of  all  his  Offences  at  once.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 

ITEM  coment  qe  clercs  arefnes  de  felonie  devant 
Juftices  feculers  qe  chalengeient  leur  clergie  et 
feurent  demandez  par  le  Ordinaire  del  lieu  eient 
eftee  fovent  avant  ces  heures  remandez  a  la  gaole 
par  les  ditz  Juftices  furmettant  a  eux  qe  homme  ad 
autre  chofe  a  dire  devers  eux  nient  meins  pur  ce  qe 
commune  lei  eft  qe  clerc  en  tieu  cas  ne  doit  eftre 
remande  a  la  gaole  mes  doit  rneintenant  eftre  arenee 
de  tout  ou  autremehtdelivres  al  Ordenairie  Acorde 
eft  qe  ceft  point  foit  garde  par  toutes  maneres  des 
Juftices  &Jugges  feculers  par  toute  noftre  roialme. 


"TEM,  Although  that  Clerks  arraigned  of  Fe- 
lony before  fecular  Juftices,  which  challenged 
their  Clergy,  and  were  demanded  by  the  Ordinary 
of  the  Place,  have  been  often  before  this  Time  re- 
:  manded  to  the  Gaol  by  the  faid  Juftices,  furmifing  to 
them,  that  other  Things  be  to  be  faid  againft  them  j 
(2)  neverthelefs  becaufe  the  common  Law  is,  That 
a  Clerk  in  fuch  Cafe  ought  not  to  be  remanded  to  the 
Gaol,  but  ought  to  be  prefently  arraigned  of  all,  or 
'  otherwife  delivered  to  th 3  Ordinary  ;"  '  it  is  accord- 
ed, That  this  Point  be  kept  by  all  Manner  of  Jufti- 
ces and  Judges  fecular  throughout  our  Realm.' 


Dyer  214.  B  o» 
Clerg.  24,  30. 
Kelyng  41,  41, 
Altered  by  8  El . 
c  4.  and  iS  E!. 
c.  7.  which  or- 
dains that  ?;::ic 
a/lowed  their 
Clergy,  lie  deli- 
vered to  the  Ordi- 
nary, 

See  the  fircgo'wg 
Chapter, 


CAP.     VI. 

A  Bifhop's  Temporakies  fhall  not  be  feifed  for  a  Contempt. 


TEM  puree  qe'les  temporaltees  des  Ercevefqes 

&  Evefqes  ount  efte  fovent  foitz  pris  en  la  main 

le  Roi  pur  contempt  fait  a  lui  fur  le  brief  Quare 

non  admifit  &  enfement  par  plufures  autres  caufes 

fount  les  ditz  Prelatz  ount  priez  au  Roi  qe  nule 

:iele  prife  fe  face  defore  deficorne  ils  font  pieres  de 

a  terre  ft  voet  le  Roi  &  grant  en  meifme  ceft  dit 

jarlement  qe  tquz  les  Juftices  qe  rendront  defore 

es  juggementz  contre  nul   Prelat   de  la  terre. en 

ieu    cas    ou   femblable  qils  en   tieu  cas   pu-flent 

ranchement  receivre  &  defore  receivent    pur    le 

:ontempt  enfi  ajugge  fyn  refonable  de  la  partie  ervfy 

i-ondempnee  folonc  la  quantise  du  trefpas  &  folonc 

a  qualite  du  contempt  rneintenant  au  temps  de jug- 

jement  fi  la  partie  lofFre  ou  autrement  apres,  le  jug- 

jement  a  quelle  heure  qe  la  partie  le  voet  offrer  et 

il  bufoigne  le  chanceller  &  Treforer  foient  a  la  re- 

■eite  de  dit  fyn  appellez. 


3.  flJC.  s, 


"  ITEM,    Becaufe   the   Temporakies   of  Archbi- 1  Ed. 

*'   A.  fhops  and  Bifhops  have  been  oftentimes  taken  in-  c.  2. 

"  to  the  King's  Rands  for  Contempts  done  to  him  up-  i4Ed.3-  ft*t-4» 

"  on  Writs  of  £}&are  non  admifit,  and  likewife  for  di- c' 3" 

"  vers  other  Caufes,  whereof  the  faid   Prelates   have 

"  prayed  the  King,    that  no  fuch  taking  fhall   from 

"  henceforth  be  made,  fith  they  be  Peers  of  the  Land  ;" 

'  (z)  the  King  will  and  granteth  in  the  fame  Pari i a-  9  Ed.  4.  f.  2?. 

'  ment,  That  all  the  Juftices  which  from  henceforth  Br°-  0'd-  ". 

'  fliall  give  Judgement  againft  any  Prelate  of  the  Land 

'  in  fuch  Cafe,  or  the  like,  that  they,  in  fuch  Cafe  may 

'  freely  receive,,  and.  from,  henceforth  fhall  receive  for 

'-the  Contempt,  fo  judged,    a  reafonable  Fine  of  the 

'  Party  fo  condemned,  .according,  to  the'  Quantity  of 

'  the  Trefpafs,  and  after  the  Quality  of  the  Contempt, 

1  incontinently  at  the  Time  of  the  Judgement,  if  the 

'-.Pasty  offer  -the  fame,  or  otherwife  after   the  Judge- 

'  ment,.  at  what   i  hue  the. Party  will  offer  himfelf; 

'  (3)  and  if  it  need,  the  Chancellor  and  the  Treafurer 

'  fhall  be  called  to  the  Receipt  of  the  faid  Fines.' 


CAP.     VII. 


The  Ordinary  may  counterplead  the  King's  Title  for  a  Benefice  fallen  by  Lapfe. 

"  ITEM,  Becaufe  that  many  Prefentmenfs  to  di-  ^Ed. 
"    1  vers  Benefices  of  holy  Church,  as  well  of  thec-5- 


TEM  pur  ce  qe  plufurs  prefentementz  as  di- 
verles  benefices  de  feinte  eglife  fibien  de  patro- 
lage  de  laiez  gentz  come  de  gentz  de  feinte  eglife 
leftoient  voides  par  fys  mois-  dount  les  collations  de 
ieux  benefices  par  laps  de  temps  eftoient  devolutz 
'%  de  droit  appurtenantz  a  les  Ordinaries  des  lieux 
ftoient  recoverez  par  le  Roi  par  juggement  ent 
endude  laffent  des  ditz  patrons  en  deceit  de  les 
ollations  enfi  faites  refonablement  par  les  ditz  Or- 
linaries  en  queux  plees  a  eux  defendre  &  contre- 
ileder  le  droit  le  Roi  enfi  clamee  les  Ordinaries  ne 
ours  clercs  as  queux  ils  donoient  tieux  benefices 
leftoient  receuz  a  monftrer  ou  defendre  lour  droit 
:n  celle  partie  la  quele  chofe  neftoit  mie  refonable 
>ar  quoi  le  Roi  de  laffent  de  fon  dit  parlement  voet 
J  grant  pur  lui  &  pur  fes  heirs  qe  quant  Ercevefqe 
i-vefqe  ou  autre  Ordinarie  ad  done  un  benefice  de 
iroit  a  lui  devolut  par  laps  de  temps  &  apres  le  Roi 
irefente  &  preigne  fa  feute  devers  lun  patron  qi  par 
as  voet  foefrir  qe  le  Roi  recouvre  faunz  action  trie 
n  deceit  de  Lordinair  ou  le  poffeffour  des  ditz  bene- 

VOL.  I. 


t.  flat,  h 

4  Patronage  of   Lay  People,    as  of  People  of  holy  ^' '|If 
"■  Church,  which  were  void  by  fix, Months,  whereof  lR, ,'n. '.-,  ,.g 
"  the  Collation  of  fuch   Benefices  by  Lapfe  of  Time  4e6;  47V' 
"  was  devolute,  and;  of  Right  pertaining  to  the  Ordi-  2  Roll  45:. 
"  naries  of  the  Places,  were  recovered  by  the  King  by 
"  Judgements  thereof  given  of  the  Alien t  of  the  faid 
"  Patrons,  in  Deceit  ofthe  faid  Collations  fo  made  rea- 
"  fonably  by  the  faid  Ordinaries  ;  in  which  Pleas  the 
"  Ordinaries  nor  their  Clerks,  to  whom  they  did  give 
"  fuch  Benefices,  were  not  received  to  fliew  nor  de- 
"  fend  their  Right  in  this  Behalf,  nor  to  counterplead 
"  the  King's  Right  fo  claimed,  which  is  not  reafona- 
"  ble:"    '  Wherefore  the  King,  by  the  Allen t  of  the  1  Leonard,  4;. 
'  faid  Parliament,  will  and  granteth  for  him  and  his  Kitz-  c^a,e  :,n- 
'  Heirs,  That  when  Archbifhops,  Bifhops,   or  other  ltz!h^'2 
'  Ordinaries,  have  given  a  Benefice  of  Right  devolute  Hob.  -iS. 
'  to  him  by  Lapfe  of  Time,  and  after  the  King  pre- Savill  "ios. 
'  fenteth  and  taketh  the  Suit  againft  the  Patron,  which  1  MoJ.  =79- 
'  percafe  will  fuffer  that  the  King  ftrall  reco\rer  without 
L  1  A£tion 


258       Stat.  3 , 


Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edward  1  III.       A.  D.  1350. 


'  Action  tried,  in  deceit  of  the  Ordinary,  or  the  Pof- 
'  fefTor  of  the  faid  Benefices,  that  in  fuch  Cafe,  and  all 
'  other  Cafes  like,  where  the  King's  Right  is  not  tried, 
'  the  Archbifhop  or  Bilhop,  Ordinary  or  PofTefTor, 
'  lhall  be  received  to  counterplead  the  Title  taken  fpr 
'  the  King,  and  to  have  his  Anfwer,  and  to  Ihew  and 
'  defend  his  Right  upon  the  Matter,  although  that  he 
'  claim  nothing  in  the  Patronage  in  the  Cafe  aforefaid.' 

Prefentee. fhall.  not  be  received  to  a  Church  full  of  an  Incumbent,  till  be  hath  recovered  it  by  Law. 


Br.  Petition,  5. 
13  R.  2.  ftat.  1, 
the  King's 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
fices  qe  en  tieu  cas  &  en  toutes  autres  cafes  fembla- 
bles  ou  le  droit  le  Roi  neft  pas  trie  Lercevefqe  E- 
vefqe  Ordinar  ou  le  poffefTour  foient  receuz  a  con- 
trepleder  le  title  pris  pur  le  Roi  &  davoir  fon  re- 
fpons  &  a  monftrer  &  defendre  fon  droit  fur  la  ma- 
tire  tout  foit  il  qe  il  riens  cleime  el  patronage  en  cas 
fufdit. 


»^>  Note,  Tbefe 
Statutes  in  gene- 
ral are  confirmed 
by  $H.  4.  f.  X, 


cap.   viir. 

Cognifance  of  Avoidance  of  Benefices  appertaineth  to  the  Ecclefiaftical  Judge. 


'TEM,  Whereas  the  faid  Prelates  have  fhewed 
and  prayed  Remedy,  for  that  the  fecular  Juftices 
"  do  accroch  to  them  Cognifance  of  Voidance  of  Be- 
"  nefices  of  Right,  which  Cognifance  and  the  difcuf- 
"  ling  thereof  pertaineth  to  the  Judges  of  holy  Church, 
"  and  not  to  the  Lay-Judge;"  '  (2)  the  King  will 
'  and  granteth,  That  the  faid  Juftices  lhall  from  hence- 
'  forth  receive  fuch  Challenges  made  or  to  be  made  by 
'  any  Prelate  of  holy  Church  in  this  Behalf,  and  more- 
'  over  thereof  lhall  do  Right  and  Reafon.' 


ITEM  come  les  ditz  Prelatz  eient  monftrez  &.' 
priez  remedie  fur  ceqe  les  J  uftice-s  fee-tilers  aero- 
chent  a  eux  coniffance  de  voidance  des  benefices de 
droit  quelle  coniffance  &  difcuffion  attient  a  jugge 
de  feinte  eglife  &  nient  a  lai  jugge  fi  voet  le  Roi  &' 
grante  qe  les  dites  Juftices  defore  receivent  tieles- 
chalenges  faites  ou-afFaire  par-  quecumqes  Prelatz: 
de  feinte  eglife  en  celle  partie  .&  outre-  ent.  facent; 
droit  &  refon. 


CAP.     IX. 

Indictments  of  Ordinaries  for  Extortion  fhall  be  put  in  Certainty. 


"  TTEM,  Becaufe  that  the  King's  Juftices  do  take 
"  J.  Indictments  of  Ordinaries,  and  of  their  Mini- 
*'  fters,  of  Extortions  and  Oppreflions,  and  impeach 
"  them,  without  putting  in  certain,  wherein  or  where- 
"  of,  or  in  what  Manner  they  have  done  Extortion;" 
c  (z)  the  King  will,  That  his  Juftices  lhall  not  from 
4  henceforth  impeach  the  Ordinaries,  not  their  Mini- 
'  fters,  becaufe  of  fuch  Indictments  of  general  Extor- 
1  tions  or  Oppreflions,   unlefs  they  fay,    and  put  in 

*  certain,  in  what  Thing,  and  of  what,  and  in  what 
'  Manner  the  faid  Ordinaries  or  their  Minifters  have 

*  done  Extortions  or  Oppreflions.' 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  les  Juftices  le  Roi  parnent  en- 
ditementz  des  Ordinaries  &  de  lours  miniftres  de' 
extorfions  &  oppreflions  &  les  empefchent  faunz  ce' 
qils  mettent  en  certein  en  quoi  ou  de  qi  ou  en  quelle 
manere  ils  ount  fait  extortion  ft  voet  le  Roi  qe  les; 
Juftices  le  Roi  ne  empefchent  defore  les  Ordinaries 
ne  lour  miniftres  par  caufe  de  tieux  enditementz 
des  generals  extorfions  ou  oppreflions  fils  ne  met- 
tent ou  dient  en  certein  en  quelle  chofe  &  de  qi  & 
en  quelle  manere  les  ditz  Ordinaries  ou  lours  mi- 
niftres ount  fait  extorfions  ou  oppreflions. 


Le  Roi  a  touz  ceux  as  queux  ceftes  lettres  vendront  faluz.  Come  en  noftre  darrein  parlement  tenuz  a- 
Weftm'  en  la  fefte  de  feint  Hiller  darrein  paffe  entre  autres  petitions  &  articles  miles  avant  en  meifme 
le  parlement  par  lonurable  piere  en  Dieu  Simon  ercevefqe  de  Canterbirs  pur  lui  &  fes  confrers  evefqes 
de  fa  province  des  certeines  grevances  queles  ils  difoient  eftre  faites  a  feinte  eglife  rencontre  les  privileges 
dycelle  feuft  chalenge  depar  la  dite  clergie  qe  quecumqes  clercs  convi£tz  de  ce  qe  ils  avoient  fauxe  ou 
contrefait  noftre  monoie  ou  noftre  grant  ou  privee  feals  deaffent  enjoier  privilege  de  feinte  eglife  &  qe 
leglife  avoit  efte  en  poffeflion  de  tieux.  Nous  pur  caufe  qe  nous  ne  poons  mie  pur  autres  groffes  bufoignes 
entendre  a  la  difcuffion  de  ce  point  voillantz  auxibien  fauver  leftat  de  feinte  eglife  come  le  noftre  volons 
&  grantons  qe  cell  article  foit  mis  en  fufpens  tanqe  a  noftre  profchein  parlement  en  le  quel  ce  point  purra* 
plus  pleinement  eftre  difcuffe  &  la  verite  ent  trie  et  qe  fi  en  le  meen  temps  mil  clerc  foit  convicT:  qil  eit 
iauxe  ou  contrefait  la  monoie  de  la  terre  ou  afcun  de  noz Tealx  avantditz  qil  ne  foit  pur  le  temps  mis  a  la 
mort  par  agarde  de  jugge  feculer  mes  remys  a  prifone  a  y  demorer  en  fauvegard  faunz  nulle  liverance  faire' 
al  ordenair  tanqe  autrement  en  feit  ordene.  En  tefmoignance  de  quelle  chofe  nous  avoms  fait  faire  ceftes 
noz  lettres  patentes.  Don'  a  Weftm'  le  xx.  jour  de  Feverer  Ian  ae  noftre  regne  dEngleterre  vintifme  fifme 
&  de  France  trefzifme, 


Statutt 


A.  D. 


*35°' 


Anno  viceiimo  qmnto  Edwardi  III. 


Stat.  4. 


259 


Statute  of  Cloths^  made  Anno   25  Edw.  III.  Stat.  4.  and  Anno  Dom. 

i35°- 


CAP.     I. 

The  Aulneger  fhall  be  fworn  to  do  his  Duty.     The  Penalty  if  he  offend  *. 

C  A  P.     II. 

Merchant  Strangers  may  buy  and  fell  without  Difturbance. 


takes'  aivay  AuU 
iiage  Duties* 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turf.  Lond. 

ITEM  come  contenu  foit  en  un  eftatut  fait  a 
Everwyk  Ian  du  regne  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi 
noefifme  qe  touz  marchantz   aliens  &  denzeins  & 
touz  autres  et  chefcun  deux  de  quel  eftat  ou  con- 
dition qils  foient  qi  achater  ou  vendre  voillent  bledz 
vins  avoir  du  pois  chars  peffons   &   toutes  autres 
vivres  &  vitailles  leines  draps  merces  marchandifes 
&  totes  maneres  dautres  chofes  vendables  de  quele 
part  qils  viegnent  par  foreins  ou   par  denzeins  a 
quel  lieu  qe  ce  foit  foit  il  burgh  ville  port  du  meer 
faire  marche  ou  autre  lieu  deinz  raeifme  le  Roialme 
deinz  franchife  ou  dehors  les  puiffent  franchement 
&  fanz  deftourber  vendre  a  qi  qe  lour  pleft  auxibien 
as  foreins  come  as  denzeins  forfpris  les  enemys  de 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  de  fon  Roialme  Accorde  eft 
par  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  Prelatz  Countes  Ba- 
rons &   touz   autres  grantz  &  communes  en  cell 
prefent  parlement  qe  le  dit  eftatut  en  touz  pointz 
&  articles    contenuz  en   ycel  foit  tenu  garde  & 
meintenu.     Et  qe  fi  nul  eftatut  chartre  lettre  pa- 
tente  proclamation  ou  mandement  ufage  allouance 
ou  jugement  foit  fait  au  contraire  foit  overtement 
repelle  anienty  &  tenu  pur  nul.     Et  outre  ce  qe 
chefcun  marchant  ou  autre  de  quele  condition  qil 
foit  auxibien  alien   come  denzein  qi   amene  vins 
chars  peffbn  ou  autre  manere  des  vittailles  draps 
peaux  ou  avoir  du  pois  ou  quecomqes  autres  mer- 
ces ou  marchandifes  a  la  Citee  de  Londres  ou  as 
autres  citees  burghs  &  bones  villes  dEngleterre  ou 
portz  de  meer  les  poet  franchement  &  fanz  cha- 
lange  ou  empefchement  de  nuli  vendre  en  gros  ou 
a  retaill  ou  par  parcelles  a  fa  volunte  a  queconqes 
gentz  qi  les  vodront  achater  nient  contrefteant  que- 
cumqe  franchife  grante  ou  cuftume  ufe  ou  que-- 
comqe  autre  chofe  faite  au  contraire  deficome  qe 
tielx  franchifes  &  ufages  font  en  commune  preju- 
dice du  Roi  &  de  tut  fon  poeple.     Et  qe  nul  mair 
baillif  catchepole  miniftre  ne  nule  autre  fe  melle  de 
la  vente  de  nule  manere  des  vitailles  vendables  me- 
nez  ou  portez  as  citees  burghs  ne  autres  villes  ne 
faire  ne  marche  fors  foulement  celi  a  qi  les  vitail- 
les font  et  qe  proclamation  ent  foit  faite  de  novel 
en  touz  les  countez  dEngleterre  et  en  la"  Citee  de 
Londres  et  en  touz  autres  citees  burghs  bones  villes 
portz  du  meer  et  aillours  deinz  le  Roialme  dEn- 
gleterre ou  meftire  ferra  et  qe  noftre  dit  Seignur  le 
Roi  fur  ce  face  affigner  fes  Juftices  totes  les  foitz 
qe  lui  plerra  et  mefter  foit  denquere  de  touz  ceux 
qi  vendront  ou  riens  facent  alencontre  et  de  les 
punir  felonc  la  peine  contenue  en  meifme  leffatut 
fait  Ian  noefifme.     Et  qe  chefcun  qi  vprra  fuir  de- 


TEM,  Whereas  ft  is  contained  in  a  Statute  made 
at  York  the  Ninth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our 
Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  that  all  Merchants,  Ali- 
ens, and  Denizens,  and  all  other,  and  every  of  them, 
of  what  Eftate  or  Condition  they  were,  which  would 
buy  or  fell  Corn,  Wine,  Avoir  de  pois,  Flefh,  Fifh, 
and  all  other  Livings  and  Victual,  Cloths,  Chaffer, 
Woolls,  Merchandifes,  or  any  other  Things  vendi- 
ble, from  what  Party  they  come,  by  Foreigners  or 
by  Denizens,  to  what  Place  foever  it  be,  Borough, 
Town,  Port  of  the  Sea,  Fair,  Market,  or  other 
Place  within  this  Realm,  within  Franchifes  or  with- 
out, may  freely  and  without  Difturbance  fell  the 
fame  to  whom  pleafe  them,  as  well  to  Foreigners  as 
to  Denizens,  except  *  the  Kings  Enemies :'.'  '  (2)  it 
is  accorded  by  our  Lord  the  King,  the  Prelates, 
Earls,  Barons,  and  other  great  Men,  and  the  Com- 
mons in  this  prefent  Parliament,  That  the  faid  Sta- 
tute, in  all  Points  and  Articles  contained  in  the  fame, 
be  hclden,  kept,  and  maintained.  (3)  And  if  that 
any  Statute,  Charter,  Letters  Patents,  Proclamation, 
or  Commandment,  Ufage,  Allowance,  or  Judgement 
be  made  to  the  contrary,  the  fame  fhall  be  openly 
repealed,  void,  and  holden  for  none.  (4)  And  more- 
over, that  every  Merchant,  or  other,  of  what  Con- 
dition he  be,  as  well  Alien  as  Denizen,  that  bring 
Wines,  Flefh,  Fifh,  or  other  Victuals,  Cloths, 
Woolfels,  Avoir  de  pois,  or  any  other  Manner  of 
Merchandifes,  or  Chaffer,  to  the  City  of  London,  or 
other  Cities,  Boroughs,  and  good  Towns  of  Eng- 
land, or  Ports  of  the  Sea,  may  freely,  and  without 
Challenge  or  Impeachment  of  anv,  fell  in  grofs  or  at 
Retail,  or  by  Parcels,  at  his  Will,  to  all  Manner  of 
People  that  will  buy  the  fame,  notwithstanding  any 
Franchifes,  Grants,  or  Cuftom  ufed,  or  any  other 
Thing  done  to  the  contrary ;  fithence  that  fuch  Ufa- 
ges and  Franchifes  be  to  the  common  Prejudice  of  the 
King  and  his  People.  (;)  And  that  no  Mayor,  Bai- 
liff, Catchpole,  Minifter,  nor  other,  fhall  meddle 
with  the  Sale  of  any  Manner  of  Viftual  vendible, 
brought  to  Cities,  Boroughs,  or  other  Towns,  nor 
Fair  nor  Market,  but  only  he  to  whom  the  Victuals 
be;  (6)  and  Proclamation  be  thereof  made  of  new 
in  all  Counties  of  England,  and  in  the  City  of  Lon- 
don, and  in  all  other  Cities,  Boroughs,  good  Towns, 
Ports  of  the  Sea,  and  other  Places  within  the  Realm 
of  England,  where  Need  fhall  be;  (7)  and  that  the 
King  thereupon  caufe  to  be  afligned  his  Juftices  at  all 
Times  that  fhall  pleafe  him,  and  if  Need  be,  to  en- 
quire of  all  thofe  that  fnall  offend  againft  this  Ordi- 
nance, or  do  any  Thing  againft  the  fame,  and  to  pu- 
nifh  them  according  to  the  Pain  contained  in  the  fame 
Statute  made  in  the  faid  Ninth  Year.  (3)  And  that 
every  Perfon  that  will  fue  againft  any  fuch,  fhall 
LI  2  '  have 


9  Ed.  3.  flat.  r. 
c.  1.  9H.3.  flat, 
1.  c.  30.   I<J;£i„ 
%.Jiat.  z.  c.z. 


*  To  the  Em- 
mies of  our  Lord 
the  King  and  bis 
Realm. 


Altered   by 
16  R.  2.  c.  1. 
No  Officer  (hall 
meddle  with  the 
Sale  of  a  Stran- 
ger's Goods* 


260       Stat.  4. 


Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edward  1  III.       A.  D.  1350* 


c  have  a  Writ  in  the  Chancery  to  attach  him  by  his 
'  Body  as  a  Difturber  of  the  common  Profit,  to  caufe 
'  him  to  come  thereof  to  make  Anfwer  in  the  King's 
'  Court.' 


Enforted  by  zR 

2.  Ilat.  1.  c.  1. 

11  R.a.  c.  7. 

But  fee  5  H.  4. 

c.  9.     6  fi.  4.  c.  4»  putting  Merchant  Strangers  under  feme  RejlriBions. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
vers  nul  tiel  eit  brief  de  la  Chancellerie  de  lui  at- 
tacher  par  fon  corps  come  deftourbeour  de  com- 
mune profit  de  lui  faire  ent  venir  a  refpons  en  la 
Court  le  Roi. 


See  liketvife  i%  H.  J.  c.  6.  concerning  Merchant  Adver.turtrs. 


Enforced  by 
z-jEd.^.fat.z. 
t.  ii.'  28  Ed.  3. 
c.  13.  fee'.  3. 
5  &  6  Ed.  6. 
c.  14.  declares 
the  Vunifkment  ef 
Forefiallers. 


CAP.    III. 

The  Penalty  of  him  that  doth  foreftall  Wares,  Merchandife,  or  Victual. 


Confirmed Z>y 2  5.' 
2.  flat.  1.  c.  2.     ' 


TEM  it  is  accorded  and  eftablifhed,  That  the 
Foreftallers  of  Wines,  and  all  other  Victuals, 
Wares,  and  Merchandifes  that  come  to  the  good 
Towns  of  England  by  Land  or  by  .Water,  in  Da- 
mage of  our  Lord  the  King  and  of  his  People,  if 
they  be  thereof  attainted  at  the  Suit  of  the  King,  or 
of  the  Party,  before  Mayor,  Bailiff,  or  Juftices 
thereto  affigned,  or  elfewhere  in  the  King's  Court; 
and  if  they  be  attainted  at  the  King's  Suit  by  Indict- 
ment, or  in  other  Manner,  the  Things  foreftalled 
fhall  be  forfeited  to  the  King,  if  the  Buyer  thereof 
hath  made  Gree  to  the  Seller  :  (z)  And  if  he  have 
not  made  Gree  of  all,  but  by  Earneft,  the  Buyer 
fhall  incur  the  Forfeiture  of  as  much  as  the  foreftalled 
Goods  forfeited  do  amount  to,  after  the  Value  as  he 
bought  them,  if  he  have  whereof;  (3)  and  if  he 
have  not  whereof,  then  he  fhall  have  two  Years  Im- 
prifonment,  and  more,  at  the  King's  Will,  without 
being  let  to  Mainprife,  or  delivered  in  other  Man- 
ner. (4)  And'  if  he  be  attainted  at  the  Suit  of  the 
Party,  the  Party  mail  have  the  one  half  of  fuch 
Things  foreftalled  and  forfeit,  or  the  Price,  of  the 
King's  Gift3  and  the  King  the  other  half.' 


ACorde  eft  auxint  et  eftabli  qe  les  forftallours 
des  vins  et  des  autres  vitailles  et  de  toutes 
autres  merces  &  marchandifes  qe  viegnont  a  les 
bones  villes  par  terre  ou  par  eav/e  en  damage  de  no- 
ftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  de  fon  poeple  fi  de  ceo  foient 
atteintz  a  la  fuite  le  Roi  ou  de  partie  devant  mair 
baillifs  ou  Juftices  a  ce  affignes  ou  aillours  en  la 
court  le  Roi  &  fil  foit  atteint  a  la  fuite  le  Roi  par 
enditement  ou  en  autre  manere  foient  les  chofes 
forftalles  forfaitz  au  Roi  fi  lachatour  ent  eit  fait 
gree  au  vendour  &  fil  neit.fait  gree  de  tut  mes  par 
arres  encourge  lachatour  la  forfaiture  de  tant  come 
les  biens  forftalles  amountent  felonc  la  value  qil 
les  avera  achate  fil  eit  de  quoi  &  fil  neit  adonqe? 
eit  la  prifone  de  deux'annz  &  plus  a  la  volunte  le 
Roi  fanz  eftre  leffe  a, mainprife  ou  delivresen  autre 
manere.  Et  fil  foit  atteint  a  fuite  de  partie  eit  la 
partie  la  moite  de  tielx  chofes  forftalles  &  forfaiti 
ou  la  pris  du  doun  le  Roi  &  leRoi  lautre  moite, 


*  Add  in  fuch 
JRivsrs. 


Confirmed  by 
it  Ed.  3.  c.  2, 
I  H.  4.  c.  12. 
4  /;.  4.  c.  11. 
\Gu.  I.  fiat.  Z 


CAP.     IV. 

New  Wears  fhall  be  pulled  down,  and  not  repaired. 


'TEM,  Whereas  the  common  PafTage  of  Boats 
and  Ships  in  the  great  Rivers  of  England  be  of- 
tentimes annoyed  by  the  inhanfing  of  Gorces,  Mills, 
"  Wears,  Sfan'ks,  Stakes,  and  Kiddles,  in  great  Da- 
"  mage  of  the  People;"  '  (2)  it  is  accorded  and  efta- 
'  blifhed,  That  all  fuch  Gorces,  Mills,  Wears,  Stanks, 
'  Stakes,  and  Kiddles,  which  be  levied  and  fet  up  in  the 
'  Time  of  King  Edward  the  King's  Grandfather,  and 
'  after,  *  whereby  the  faid  Ships  and  Boats  be  difturbed, 
4  that  they  cannot  pafs  in  fuch  River  as  they  were  wont, 
'  fhall  be  out  and  utterly  pulled  down,  without  being 
'  renewed;  (3)  and  thereupon  Writs  fhall  be  fent  to 
'  the  Sheriffs  of  the  Places  where  Need  fhall  be,  to 
'  furvey  and  inquire,  and  to  do  thereof  Execution ; 
'  and  alfo  the  Juftices  fhall  be  thereupon  affigned  at  all 
'  Times  that  fhall  be  needful.' 

9  H.  6.  c.  9.     Enforced  by  12  E.  4.  c.  7.  which  injlitls  Penalty  on  Offenders, 
c.  18.  containing  farther  Regulations  concerning  Wears. 


TEM  pur  ce  qe  communes  pafTages  de  neefs  h 
batelx  en  les  grantz  rivers  dEngleterre  fi  font 
fovent  foitz  deftourbez  par  le  lever  de  gortz  molins 
eftanks  eftackes  &  kideux  en  grant  damage  du  poe- 
ple Acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  touz  tiels  gortz  molins' 
eftanks  eftackes  &  kideux  qe  font  leves  &  mys  etl 
temps  le  Roi  Lael  &  puis  encea  en  tielx  rivers  par 
queux  les  niefs  &  batelx  font,  deftourbes  qils  ne 
poent  paffer  come  ils  foloient  foient  ouftes  &  nette- 
ment  abatuz  fanz  eftre  relevez  et  foient  fur  ce  briefs 
mandez  as  vifcontz  de  lieux  ou  mefter  ferra  de  fur- 
veer  &  denquere  &  de  faire  ent  execution  &  auxint 
qe  Juftices  foient  fur  ce  aflignez  a  totes  les  foitz  qii 
befoignera. 


See  farther  3  Jac.  I.  c.  12.      7  Jac,  1.  c.  19.      6  £f  7  W.  3.  c.  16, 


A  Statute  cf  Purveyors^  made  Anno  25  Edw.  III.  Stat.  5.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1350. 


AT  the  Parliament  fummoned  at  Weftminfter  in 
the  Fcaft  of  St  Hilary,  the  Year  of  the  Reign 
of  our  Lord  King  Edward  the  Third  after 

4 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  16. 

AU  parlement  fomonz  a  Weftm'  en  la  fclfe 
de  Seinte  Miller'  Ian  du  rcgne  noftre  Seig- 
nur le  Roi  Edward  dEngleterre  vintifme' 

quint 


A.D. 


*35°- 


Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edwardi  III. 


Stat, 


261 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
quint  &  de  France  douzifme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
del  aflent  des  Prelau  Dues  Countes  Barons  &  de 
tout  la  comunalte  de  fori  Roialme  dEngleterre  au 
dit  parlement  fomons  al  honurde  Dieu  &  de  Seinte 
Eglife  &  en  amendement  de  fon  dit  Roialme  ad  or- 
deine  &  eftabli  les  chofes  foutzefcriptes. 


the  Conqueft  of  England  the  Five  and  twentieth, 
and  of  France  the  Twelfth  ;  our  faid  Lord  the  King, 
by  the  AfTent  of  the  Prelates,  *  Earls,  Barons,  and  *  Add  Dutei* 
of  all  the  Commonalty  of  his  Realm  of  England 
fummoned  to  the  Parliament,  to  the  Honour  of  God 
.  and  holy  Church,  and  in  Amendment  of  his  faid 
Realm,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed  the  Things 
under-written." 


CAP.     I. 

By  what  Meafures  the  -King's  Purveyors  (hall  take  Corn.     Things  purveyed  fhall  be  praifed, 

and  Tallies  made  thereof. 

EN  primes  pur  ce  qe  tres  grauntz  Sc  tres  outrageoufes  damages  &  grevances  font  faites  au  poeple  par  les 
(  parnours  &  purveours  des  vitailles  pur  les  hofteux  noftre  Seignur  !e  Roi  ma  dame  la  Roigne  &  de  lour 
en  ntz  fi  eft  acorde  &  affentuz  en  le  dit  parlement  qe  les  parnours  cz  purveiours  des  bledz  pur  les  ditz  hofteux 
les  preignent  par  mefure  rafen  felonc  ceo  qe  homme  ufe  parmy  le  Roialme.  Et  qe  tcuz  bledz  feyns  litere  & 
Ufeftaill  ii  touz  autres  vitailles  &  chofes  quecumqes  queles  font  aprendre  pur  meifmes  les  hofteux  foient  prifez 
a  la  verroie  value  par  les  coneftables  &  autres  bons  gentz  des  villes  ou  tieles  prifes  fe  feront  fanz  ce  qe  par 
manaces  ou  durefces  foient  les  preifours  chacez  a  mettre  autre  pris  qe  lour  ferement  ne  voet  &  come  curt 
co  nunement  en  les  profcheins  marchees.  Et  qe  entre  les  purveours  et  ceux  des  queux  les  biens  ferront 
prifes  en  la  prefence  des  coneftables  &  preifours  foient  tallies  tantoft  faites  faunz  ceo  qe  les  gentz  des 
queux  les  biens  ferront  prifes  foient  aillours  traitz  ou  travaillez  et  meifmes  les  tailles  enfealez  des 
feals  les  parnours  des  chofes,.  iffint  prifes  par  les  queles  tailles  gre  foit  fait  as- ceux  des  queux  les  chofes 
ferront  iffint  prifes.  Et  fi  nul  parnour  ou  purveour  pur  les  ditz  hofteux  face  par  autre  manere  foit  meinte- 
nant  areftu  par  la  villee  ou  la  prife  ferra  faite  et  mefne  a  la  profcheine  gaole  et  fi  de  ceo  foit  atteint  foit  la  fait 
de  lui  co  ~e  de  laron  fi  laquantite  des  biens  le  demand  felonc  ceo  qen  ufi  eftatut  fait  en  temps'meifme  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  Ian  de  fon  regne  quint  et  en  un  autre  eftatut  fait  en  temps  lael  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  fur  tieles 
prifes  eft  contenuz  plus  au  plein.  Et  qe  defore  foit  contenuz  es  commiffions  des  tieux  purveours  et  par- 
nours lentent  et  ;la  peine  contenuz  en  ceft  eftatut.  Et  qe  nule  commiffion  foit  faite  forfqe  foulement  fcuz 
les  grant  ou  prive  fealx-  le  Roi  ne  qe  nul  homme  foit  tenuz  de  obeier  a  autre  commiffion  nen  autre  manere 
qe  neft  dit  en  avant  et  qe  meifme  leftatut  tiegne  lieu  eri  toutz  pointz  devers  chefcun  parnour  et  purveour  de 
Chefcune  manere  des  vitailles  en  chefcune  partie  du  Roialme  de  quele  condition  qil  foit.- 

C  A  P.    II. 
A  Declaration  which  Offences  fhall  be  adjudged  Treafon. 

AUxint  pur  ceo  qe  diverfes  opinions  ount  efte 
einz  ces  heures  qen  cas  quant  il  avient  doit 
eftre  dit  trefon  &  en  quel  cas  noun  le  Roi  a  la  re~ 
quefte  des  Seignurs  &  de  la  Communalte  ad  fait 
declariftement  qe  enfuit  ceft  aflavoir  Quant  homme 
fait  compafTer  ou  imaginer  la  mort  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roi  ma  dame  fa  compaigne  ou  de  lour  fitz  pri- 
mer &  heir  ou  ft  homme  violaft  la  compaigne  le 
Roi  ou  leifnefce  fill  le  Roi  nient  rnarie  ou  la  com- 
paigne leifne  fitz  &  heir  du  Roi  &  fi  homme  leve 
de  guerre  contre  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  en  fon 
Roialme  ou  foit  aherdant  as  enemys  noftre  Seignur 
te  :  en  le  Roialme  donant  a  eux  eid  ou  confort  en 
fon  Roialme  ou  par  aillours  &  de  ceo  provablement 
foit  atteint  de  overt  faite  par  gentz  de  lour  con- 
dition. Et  fi  homme  contreface  les  grant  ou  prive 
fealx  le  Roi  ou  fa  monoie  &  ft  homme  apport  faus 
monoie  en  cefte  Roialme  contrefaite  a  la  monoie 
dEngleterre  ficome  la  monoie  appelle  Lucynburgh 
ou  autre  femblable  a  la  dite  monoie  diLngleterre  fa- 
chant  la  monoie  eftre  faus  pur  marchander  ou  paie- 
ment  faire  en  deceit  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  & 
fon  poeple  et  fi  homme  tuaft  Chanceller  i  reforer 
on  Juftice  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  del  un  Baunk  ou 
del  autre  Juftice  en  Eir  &  des  affifes  &  toutes  au- 
tres Juftices  affignez  a  oier  &  terminer  efteiantz  en 
lours  places  en  fefantz  lours  offices.  Et  fait  a  en- 
tendre qen  les  cafes  fuifnomez  doit  eftre  ajugge  tre- 
fon qe  feftent  a  rjofire  Seignur  le  Roi  &  a  la  roial 


Corn  fl-.af]  le 
taken  by  Mea-r 
fure  flriken. 
23  H.  6.  c.  1. 
Things  takea 
for  the  King's 
Houle  fhall  te 
piaifcd  at  the: 
very  Value. 
Tallies  fhall  be 
made  between 
the  Purveyor 
and  the  Owner 
of  the  Goods 
taken. 


5  EJ.  3.  c.t. 
34  Ed.  1.  c.  2, 

The  Purveyors 
Comroilfions 
fhall  be  under 
the  Great  or 
Privy  Seal, 


I  TEM,  Whereas  divers  Opinions  have  been  be-  Confirmed  by 
I    fore  this   Time  in   what  Cafe  Treafon  fhall  be  111,4,  c-  i°> 
faid,  and  in  what  not;"    '  (2)  the  King,  at  the  Re-  Keiyng  10. 
queft  of  the  Lords  and  of  the  Commons,  hath  made  3  *nih  '>6>"3j 
a  Declaration   in  the  Manner  as  hereafter  followeth;  rj„er'qS  ' ik§ 
that  is   to  fay,  When  a  Man  doth  eompafs  or  ima-  Bro.  Treaion,' 
gine  the  Death   of  our  Lord  the  King,    or  of  our  1,2,  -,7,9,  if, 
Lady  his  Queen,    or  of  their  eldeft   Son  and  Heir;  J3=  l6>  '9>24-i 
(3)  or  if  a  Man  do  violate  the  King's  Companion,  r7'  3,3-    , 
or  the  King's   eldeft   Daughter  unmarried,    or   the  Dye/soft. 
Wife  of  the  King's  eldeft  Son  and  Heir  ;    (4.)  or  if  a  3  Co.  2.  ret 
Man  do  levy  War  againft  our  Lord  the  King  in  his  4  Co., 57.. - 
Realm,  or  be  adherent  to  the  King's  Enemies  in  his  7  Co- 3?- 
Realm,    giving    to   them  Aid    and  Comfort  in  the  ,;"„T\^  53"° 
Realm,  or  elfe  where,  and   thereof  be  probably  at-  SatiU  4.  * 
tainted  of  open  Deed  by  the  People  of  their  Condi- 
tion.    (5)    And  if   a  Man   counterfeit    the   King's 
Great   or  Privy  Seal,  or  his  Money;    (6)  and  if  a    ' 
Man  bring  falfe  Money  into  this  Realm,  counterfeit 
to  the  Money  of  England,  as  the  Money  called  Luflj- 
burgh,  or  other  ■like  to  the  faid  Money  of  England, 
knowing  the  Money  to  be  falfe,  to  merchandife  or 
make  Payment  in  Deceit  of  our  faid  Lord  the  King 
and  of  his  People;    (7)  and  if  a  Man  flea  the  Chan- 
cellor, Treafurer,  or  the  King's  Juftices  of  the  one 
Bench  or  the  other,  Juftices  in  Lyre,  or  Juftices  of 
Affne,  and  all  other  juftices  affigned  to  hear  and  de- 
termine, being  in  their  Places,  doing  their  Offices.. 
(8)  And  it  is  to  be  underftood3  that  in  the  Cafes 

6  above 


262        Stat.  5. 


Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edwardi  III,        A;  D.  1350. 


above  rehearfed,  that  ought  to  be  judged  Treafon 
which  extends  to  our  Lord  the  King,  and  his  Royal 
Majefty :  (9)  And  of  fuch  Treafon  the  Forfeiture 
of  the  Efcheats  pertaineth  to  our  Sovereign  Lord,  as 
well  of  the  Lands  and  Tenements  holden  of  other, 
as  of  himfelf.  (10)  And  moreover  there  is  another 
Bio.  Treafon,  6,  <.  ]VJanner  of  Treafon,  that  is  to  fay,  when  a  Servant 

&,  12,  K,  30 
12  Co.  16. 

Cro.  Car. 


The  King  (nail 
have  the  For- 
feiture of  all  the 
Offenders  Lands 
jnHighTieafon. 
Fitz.  Coron.  7, 
210. 


"7» 
33a. 

Petit  Treafon. 

New  Quefttons 
of  Treafons 
flial]   firft    be 
decided  in  Par- 
liament. 


Try.  of  Earl 
Straff.  673. 


flayeth  his  Matter,  or  a  Wife  her  Hufband,  or  when 
'  a  Man  Secular  or  Religious  flayeth  his  Prelate,  to 
s  whom  he  oweth  Faith  and  Obedience;  (11)  and  of 
'  fuch  Treafon  the  Efcheats  ought  to  pertain  to  every 
'  Lord  of  his  own  Fee.  (12)  And  becaufe  that  many 
'  other  like  Cafes  of  Treafon  may  happen  in  Time  to 
'  come,  which  a  Man  cannot  think  n6r  declare  at  this 

*  prefentTime;  it  is  accorded,  That  if  any  other  Cafe, 
'  fuppofed  Treafon,  which  is  not  above  fpecified,  doth 
'  happen  before  any  Juftices,  the  Juftices   fhall  tarry 

*  without  any  going  to  Judgement  of  the  Treafon,  till 
'  the  Caufe  be  fhewed  and  declared  before  the  King 
'  and  his  Parliament,  whether  it  ought  to  be  judged 
'  Treafon  or  other  Felony.  (13)  And  if  percafe  any 
'  Man  of  this  Realm  ride  armed  covertly  or  fecretly 
'  with  Men  of  Arms  againft  any  other,  to  flay  him,  or 
'  rob  him,  or  take  him,  or  retain  him  till  he  hath  made 
'  Fine  or  Ranfom  for  to  have  his  Deliverance,  it  is  not 
'  the  Mind  of  the  King  nor  his  Council,  that  in  fuch 

*  Cafe  it  fhall  be  judged  Treafon,  but  fhall  be  judged 
'  Felony  or  Trefpafs,  according  to  the  Laws  of  the 
5  Land  of  old  Time  ufed,  and  according  as  the  Cafe 

*  requireth.  .(14)  And  if  in  fuch  Cafe,  or  other  like, 
£  before  this  Time  any  Juftices  have  judged  Treafon, 
'  and  for  this  Caufe  the  Lands  and  Tenements  have 
1  comen  into  the  King's  Hands  as  Forfeit,  the  chief 
'  Lords  of  the  Fee  fhall  have  the  Efcheats  of  the  Te- 
'  nements  holden  of  them,  whether  that  the  fame  Te- 

*  nements  be  in  the  King's  Hands,  or  in  others,  by 

*  Gift  or  in  other  Manner;    (15)  faving  always  to  our 

*  Lord  the  Kingthe  Year,  and  the  Wafte,  and  the 

*  Forfeitures  of  Chatties,  which  pertain  to  him  in  the 

*  Cafes  above  named;  (16)  and  that  the  Writs  of 
'  Scire  facias  be  granted  in  fuch  Cafe  againft  the  Land- 

*  Tenants  without  other  Original,  and  without  allow- 
ing *  any  Proteilion  in  the  faid  Suit;  (17)  and  that  of 
the  Lands  which  be  in  the  King's  Hands,  Writs  be 
granted  to  the  Sheriffs  of  the  Counties  where  the 
Lands  be,  to  deliver  them  out  of  the  King's  Hands 
without  Delay.' 

.  I.     See  farther  concerning  Treafon  34  Ed.  3.  c.  12.     it  R.  2.  c.  3,  4,  & 
i~6  fi.  %.  c.  73.      27  H.  8.  c.  z.      28  H.  8.  c.  18.      32  H.  8.  c.  4.      33  H.  8.  c.  20  Sf  23. 
5  Eliz.  c.  1  fcf  11.      i^E/iz.  c.  1  &  2.     14  Eliz.  c.  1,  2,  t£f  3.     23  Eliz.  c.  1.     27  Eliz.  c. 
c.  13.     7&f  %W.  3.  c.  3.     t)W.  3.  c.  1.      13  JK.  3.  c.  3  &  6.     1  /Inn.  fiat.  2.  c,  17.     2  fijf 
fiat.  2.  c.  33.     17  Geo-  2.  c.  39.     19  do.  2.  c.  9.     20  Geo.  2.  c.  30  £f  46. 


»  the  PnteBion  « 
ef  our  Lord  the  1 
King,  t 

Confirmed    by  « 

1  Ed.  6.  c.  12.      c 
3  Ma.  ff.  1.  c.  1. 
j  3  Car.  2-  lat.  1,  c 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
majefte  &  de  tiele  manere  de  trefon  laforfaiture  des 
efchetes  appartient  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Poi  fibiert 
des  terres  &  tenemenz  tenuz  des  autres  come  de 
lui  meifmes.  Et  ovefqe  ceo  il  y  ad  autre  manere 
de  trefon  cell  aflavoir  quant  un  fervant  tue  fon 
meiftre  une  femme  qe  tue  fon  baron  quant  homme 
feculer  ou  de  religion  tue  fon  Prelat  a  qi  il  doit  foi 
&  obedience  &  tiele  manere  de  trefon  donn  forfai- 
ture  des  efehetes  a  chefcun  Seignur  de  fon  fee  pro- 
pre.  Et  pur  ceo  qe  plufurs  autres  cafes  de  fembla- 
ble  trefon  purront  efcheer  en  temps  a  venir  queux 
homme  ne  purra  penfer  ne  declarer  en  prefent  Af- 
fentu  eft  qe  fi  autre  cas  fuppofee  trefon  qe  neft  ef- 
pecifie  paramount  aviegne  de  novel  devant  afcunes 
Juftices  demoerge  la  Juftice  faunz  aler  au  jugge- 
ment  de  trefon  tanqe  par  devant  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  en  fon  p2rlement  foit  le  cas  monftree  &  def- 
clarre  le  quel  ceo  doit  eftre  ajugge  trefon  ou  autre 
felonie.  Et  ft  par  cas  afcun  homme  de  ceft  roialme 
chivache  arme  defcovert  ou  fecrement  od  gentz  ar- 
mees  contre  afcun  autre  pur  lui  tuer  ou  derober  ou 
pur  lui  prendre  -&  retenir  tanqil  face  fyn  ou  raun- 
ceon  pur  fa  deliverance  avoir  neft  pas  lentent  du 
Roi  &  de  fon  confeil  qe  en  tiel  cas  foit  ajugge  trefon 
einz  foit  ajugge  felonie  ou  trefpas  folonc  la  lei  de 
la  terre  auncienement  ufee  &  folonc  ceo  qe  le  cas 
demand.  Et  fi  en  tieu  cas  ou  autre  femblable  de- 
vant ces  heures  afcune  Juftice  eit  ajugge  trefon  & 
par  celle  caufe  les  terres  &  tenemenz  foient  deve- 
nuz  en  la  main  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  come  for- 
faitz  eient  les  chiefs  Seignurs  de  fee  lours  efchetes 
des  tenemenz  de  eux  tenus  le  quel  qe  les  tenemenz 
foient  en  la  main  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  ou  en  la. 
main  des  autres  par  donn  ou  en  autre  manere  Sau- 
vant  totefoitz  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  Ian  &  le  waft 
&  autres  forfaitures  des  chateux  qe  a  lui  attenent 
en  les  cafes  fuifnomez  &  qe  briefs  de  Scire  facias 
vers  les  terres  tenantz  foient  grantez  en  tieu  cas 
faunz  autre  originale  &  faunz  allower  la  protection 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  en  la  dite  feute  et  qe  de  les 
terres  qe  font  en  la  main  le  Roi  foit  grante  brief  as 
vifcontes  des  countees  la  ou  les  terres  ferront  de 
oftier  la  main  le  Roi  faunz  outre  delaie. 


12.        I  ff.   4.   f.  TO.       2ff.  6.   c.   17.       22  ff.  8.  C.  9.      25-ff.  8.  C.Z2. 

$&6Ed.  6.  c.  11.  1  &  2.  P.  &M.  c.  10  £f  11.  1  Eliz.  c.  5. 
2>  3  jfac,  1.  c.^.feff.  22.  13  Car.  2.  fiat.  1.  c.  1.  3W.  &  M. 
3  Ann.  c.  20.     4.  Ann.  c.%.     6  Ann.  c.  7.     7  Ann.  c.  si.     1  Geo.  1, 


CAP.     III. 

No  Indictor  fhall  be  put  upon  the  Inqueft  of  the  Party  indi&ed. 


Bro.  Chall.  42, 
101,  120,  142, 
t£6. 


be 


'  TTEM  it  is  accorded,  That  no  Indiflor  fhall  . 

'  X   put  in  Inquefts  upon  Deliverance  of  the  Indictees 

'  of  Felonies  or  Trefpafs,  if  he  be  challenged  for  that 

'  lame  Caufe  by  him  which  is  fo  indicted,' 


AUxint  acorde  eft  qe  nul  enditour  foit  mys  en 
enqueft  fur  la  deliverance  del  endite  de  tref- 
pas ou  de  felonie  fil  foit  chalange  par  tiele  caufe 
par  celui  qeft  endite. 


V».3. 
t.  29. 


flat.  I. 


CAP.     IV. 

None  fhall  be  condemned  upon  Suggeftion  without  lawful  Prefentment. 

e  Great 


ITEM,    Whereas  it  is  contained  in  th 
Charter  of  the  Franchifes  of  England,  that  none 
fhall  be  imprifoned  nor  put  out  of  his  Freehold,  nor 


,  Stre  ceo  come  contenu  foit  en  la  Grant  Chartre 
£L  des  franchifes  dEngleterre  qe  nul  foit  pris  ne 
emprifbne  ne  oufte  de  fon  frank  tenement  ne  de  fes 

franchifes 


A.  D.  1350.  Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edwardi  III. 


Stat.  5.       263 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
franchifes  ne  de  fes  franches  cuftumes  fil  ne  foit 
par  lei  de  la  terre  Acorde  eft  aflentu  &  eftabli 
qe  nul  defore  foit  pris  par  petition  ou  fuggeftion 
fcitz  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  ou  a  fon  confeill  fil 
ne  foit  par  enditement  ou  prefentement  des  bones 
&  loialx  du  vifnee  ou  tiele  fait  fe  face  &  en  due 
manere  ou  proces  fait  fur  brief  original  a  la  com- 
mune lei  ne  qe  nul  foit  oufte  de  fes  franchifes  ne 
de  fon  frank  tenement  fil  ne  foit  mefne  duement 
en  refpons  &  forjugge  dyceles  par  voie  de  lei  & 
ft  Hen  foit  fait  al  encontre  foit  redreffe  &  tenue  pur 
nul. 


41  Ed.  3.  c.  3.     11  Rich. 2.  c.  10, 


:  of  his  Franchifes  nor  free  Cuftom,  unlefs  it  be  by  the 
Law  of  the  Land  ;"  '  (2)  it  is  accorded,  aflented, 
and  ftabliihed,  That  from  henceforth  none  fhall  be 
taken  by  Petition  or  Suggeftion  made  to  our  Lord  the 
King,  or  to  his  Council,  unlefs  it  be  by  Indiclment 
or  Prefentment  ofgood  and  lawful  People  of  the  fame 
Neighbourhood  where  fuch  Deeds  be  done,  in  due 
Manner,  or  by  Procefs  made  by  Writ  original  at  the 
Common  Law;  (3)  nor  that  none  be  out  of  his 
Franchifes,  nor  of  his  Freeholds,  unlefs  he  be  duly 
brought  into  Anfwer,  and  forejudged  of  the  fame  by 
the  Courfe  of  the  Law  ;  (4)  and  if  any  Thing  be  »  Ed.  3.  <•.  s. 
done  againft  the  fame,  it  {hall  be  redrefled  and  holden  *>  E,i-  3-  c'  9> 
for  none.'  Ef'r"d  hj 

28  Ed.  3.  c.  3, 
and  1 6  Car.  i .  c.  I  o.  tabic h  regulates  the  Privy  Council  and  takes  away  'the  Star  Chamber. 


CAP.     V. 


Executors  of  Executors  fhall  have  the  Benefit  and  Charge  of  the  firft  Teftator. 


'  Nfement  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  executours  des 
executours  eient  action  des  dettes  accomptes 
&  des  biens  emportez  du  primer  teftatour  &  exe- 
cution des  eftatutz  marchantz  &  reconiflances 
faites  en  court  de  record  au  primer  teftatour  en 
meifme  la  manere  come  le  primer  teftatour  averoit 
ill  feuft  en  vie  auxibien  daftions  de  temps  pane 
come  de  temps  avenir  en  toutz  cafes  ou  juggementz 
ne  font  pas  renduz  unqore  entre  tieux  executours 
des  executours  mes  qe  les  juggementz  a  contraire 
en  temps  paffe  eftoifent  en  lour  force  &  qe  meifmes 
les  executours  des  executours  refpoignent  as  autres 
de  tant  come  ils  averont  recoveri  des  biens  du  pri- 
mer teftatour  ficome  les  primers  executours  fer- 
ment ills  feuflent  en  pleine  vie. 

Wrong  anfwcrable.     4  fe?  5  JV. 


TEM  it  is  accorded  and  ftabliihed,  That  Execu-  13 Ba-  »■  ftat-  ** 
tors  of  Executors  fhall   have  A£lions  of  Debts,  p.23', 
Accompts,    and  of  Goods  carried  away  of  the  firft  Fi°™  fJoVen'ant 
Teftators,    (2)  and  Execution  of  Statutes  Merchants  24"'Fitz.  Exe-' 
and  Recognizances  made  in  Court  of  Record  to  the  cut.  9^.,  ioj» 
firft  Teftator,  in  the  fame  Manner  as  the  firft  Tefta-  '  I0>  II0> 
tor  ihould  have  had  if  he  were  in  Life,  as  well  of  Ac- 
tions of  the  Time  paft,  as  of  the  Time  to  come,  in 
all  Cafes  where  Judgement  is  not  yet  given  betwixt 
fuch  Executors*  ;  (3)  but  that  the  Judgements  given  *  Aii  °f Exe- 
to  the  contrary  to  this  Article  in  Times  paft  fhall  S^e  ecut 
ftand  in  their  Force  ;    (4)  and  that  the  fame  Execu-  ,0>  i9>  70"  ' , 
tors  of  Executors  fhall  anfwer  to  other  of  as  much  as  120. 
they  have  recovered  of  the  Goods  of  the  firft  Tefta-  j°  Car.  2.  Jlat.i. 
tors,  as  the  firft  Executors  fhould  do  if  they  were  in  c-7-  '"akesExecu- 

full  Life.'  tors  of  Exceptors 

in    their  oiun 
&  M.  c.  24.  fee,  12.  makes  Executors  of  Executors  anpwerable  for  ivaftitig  AJJ'ets.     Raft,  3230. 


CAP.    VI. 

A  Purveyor  fhall  not  take  Timber  in  or  about  any  Perfon's  Houfe. 

Uxint  acorde  eft  &  aflentu  qe  nul  parnour  de  buche  ou  de  maerifme  al  oeps  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  pur 
i.  overeyns  ne  pur  autres  chofes  faire  coupe  ne  abate  les  arbres  de  nully  crefl'antz  entour  ou  dedeinz  fa 
manfion  &  ft  nul  face  au  contraire  face  gre  a  la  partie  du  damage  au  treble  &  eit  la  prifone  dun  an  &  foit 
forjugge  de  fon  office. 

CAP.     VII. 

Keepers  of  a  Foreft  or  Chafe  fhall  gather  nothing  without  the  Owner's  Good  Will. 


EStre  ceo  eft  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  nul  forefter  ne 
gardein  des  foreftes  ou  des  chaces  ne  nul  autre 
miniftre  ne  face  ne  coille  puture  ne  nul  autre  coil- 
let  des  vitailles  ne  de  nul  autre  chofe  par  colour  de 
fon  office  contre  nully  volunte  deinz  lour  baillie 
ne  dehors  forfpris  ce  qeft  due  dauncien  droit. 


Oreover  it  is  accorded  and  ftabliihed,  That  no 
Forefter,  nor  Keeper  cf  Foreft  or  Chafe,  nor 
any  other  Minifter,  fhall  make  or  gather  Suftenance, 
nor  other  Gathering  of  Victuals,  nor  other  Thing, 
by  Colour  of  their  Office,  againft  any  Man's  Will, 
within  their  Bailiwick  nor  without,  but  that  which  is 
due  of  old  Right.' 


9  H.  3.  (tat.  r. 
c.  it.    14  Ed.  3. 
ft=t.  1.  c.  19. 
Ohj.  by  lzCar.-lo 
f.  24. 


9//.  s,Jlat.2> 
c.  7. 


CAP.     VIII. 

None  fhall  be  bound  to  find  Men  of  Arms,  but  by  Tenure,  or  Grant  by  Parliament. 


A  Uxint  acorde  eft  &  aflentu  qe  nul  homme  foit 
arte  de  trover  gentz  darmes  hobellers  narchers 
autres  qe  ceux  qe  tiegnent  par  tiele  fervice  fil  ne 
foit  de  commune  aflent  &  grant  fait  en  parlement. 


'  T  TEM  it  is  accorded  and  aflented,  That  no  Man  s  Ed.  3.  for.  Ss 
c  JL  fhall  be  constrained  to  find  Men  of  Arms,  Hoblers,  c.  5.  18  Ed.  3. 
'  nor  Archers,    other  than  thofe  which  hold  by  fuch  ft"'-  2- c-  7-     . 
'  Services,  if  it  be  not  by  common  Affent  and  Grant  c°rf""ed  b 
'  made  in  Parliament.'  \,  c*r,  £  ft3a't. 

X.  c.  6.     See  farther  13  fif  14  Car.  2.  c.  p     15  Car.  I.  r.  4.      I  Ann. flat.  2.  c.  13.      I  Geo.  l.fiau  !.  i.  14.    7  Cto,  2,  C,  23.     30  Ceo,  2.  c  15.    31GCC2,  c,x(, 

31  Ceo.  2,  c,  to.  feci,  I,     33  Geo,  2,  c.  22  &  24,  containing  new  Regulations  of  the  Militia. 

i  CAP. 


s-64       jStat  S' 


Anno  vlcefimo  quinto  Edwardi  III.       A.  D.  1350. 


c  a  p..  IX. 

Auncel  Weight  fhall  be  put  out,  and  Weighing  fhall  be  by  equal  Balance. 


34.  Ed.  3.  c.  5. 

Meafures  pall 
be  according  to 
the  King's  Stan- 
dard. 


27  Ed.  3.  c.  10. 
snfiiels  Penalty  on 
him  tabo  does  not 
lueigb  by  equal 
Balance, 


Enforced  and 
emended  by 
j;  R.I.  fiat.  J. 
c.j,     J 5  R.z.  c, 


"  ITEM,  Whereas  great  Damage  and  Deceit  is 
"  JL  done  to  the  People,  for  that  divers  Merchants 
•"  ufe  to  buy  and  weigh  Woolls  and  other  Merchan- 
"  difes,  by  a  Weight  which  is  called  Auncel-"  'it  is 
'  accorded  and  eftablifhed,  That  this  Weight,  called 
'  Auncel  betwixt  Buyers  and  Sellers,  fhall  be  wholly 
'  put  out  ;  (2)  and  that  every  Perfon  do  fell  and  buy 
'  by  the  Balance,  fo  that  the  Balance  be  even,  and  the 
'  Woolls  and  other  Merchandizes  evenly  weighed  by 
'  right  "Weight,  fo  that  the  Sack  of  Wooll  weigh  no 
'  more  but  xxvl.  Stones,  and  every  Stone  to  weigh 
'  xiv.  I.  and  that  the  Beam  of  the  Balance  do  not  bow 
'  more  to  the  one  Part  than  to  the  other  ;  (3)  and  that 
'  the  Weight  be  according  to  the  Standard  of  the  Ex- 
*  chequer.  (4)  And  if  any  Buyer  do  the  contrary,  he 
'  fhall  be  grievoufly  punifhed,  as  well  at  the  Suit  of  the 
'  Party,  as  at  the  Suit  of  our  Lord  the  King.' 

4,     SH.6.C5.     jlH.7,c,4.     izH.  7.  c.  5.  and  16  Car.  1.  c.  19.     2S  Car.  2.  c.  S,     22  &z-$  Car.  2.  c.  12.     I  Ann.jlat.  1,  c.  i$.fect.  I, 


Ex  Rot.-  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ENfement  pur  ce  qe  tres  grant  damage  &  defceit 
eft  fait  au  poeple  par  tant  qe  plufours  mar- 
chantz  ufent  dachater  &  poifer  leines  &  autres 
marchandifes  par  une  pois  qeft  appelle  AunfelT 
Acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  celle  pois  appelle  Aunfell' 
entre  achatour  et  vendour  foit  del  tout  ofte  &  qe 
chefcun  vend  &  achat  par  balances  iffint  qe  les  ba- 
lances foient  owels  &  les  leines  &  autres  marchan- 
difes owelment  poifez  par  droit  pois  &  qe  le  falc  de 
leine  ne  poife  qe  vint  &  fys  peres  &  chefcun  pere 
poife  quatorze  livres  &  qe  leftater  de  la  balance  ne 
encline  ne  a  lune  partie  ne  al  autre  &  qe  le  pois 
foit  acordant  al  eftandard  del  Efcheker.  Et  fi  nul 
achatour  faCe  al  encontre  foit  grevoufement  puny 
fibien  a  la  feute  de  partie  come  a  la  feute  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi. 


C  A  P.     X. 


Every  Meafure  fhall  be  according  to  the  King's  Standard  ;  and  fhall  be  finked  without  Heap; 

faving  the  Rents  of  Lords. 


9S.3. fiafe«,    "  TTEM,   Whereas  it  is  contained  in  the   Great 

£'2S-  "  J.  Charter,    that  one  Meafure  fhall  be  throughout 

' '  England,  which  Charter  hath  not  been  well  kept  and 

"  holden  in  this  Point  in  Times  pair. ;"    '  (2)  it  is  ac- 

'  corded  and  aftented,  That  all  the  Meafures,  that  is 

*  to  fay,  Bufhels,  Half-bufhels,  Peck,  Gallon,  Pottle, 
*.  and  Quart,  throughout  England,  within  Franchifes 
'  and  without,  fhali  be  according  to  the  King's  Stari- 
'  dard;  (3)  and  the  Quarter  fhali  contain  Eight  Bu- 
'  fhels  by  the  Standard,  and  no  more.     (4)  And  every 

*  Meafure  of  Corn  fhall  be  ftriken  without  Heap, 
'  faving  the  Rents  and  Ferms  of  Lords,  which  fhall  be 

-'  meafured  by  fuch  Meafures  as  they  were  wont  in 
'  Times  paft.  (5)  And  the  Purveyors  of  the  King,  of 
'  the  Queen,  and  all  other,  fhall  make  their  Purvey- 
'  ances  by  the  fame  Meafure  ftriked  in  the  fame  Man- 
ner, and  at  all  Times  that  fhall  be  needful.  (6) 
*  And  our  Lord  the  King  fhall  affign  certain  Juftices 
in  every  County  to  inquire,  hear,  and  determine  up- 
on the  Points  aforefaid,  and  upon  the  fame  to  do 
Punifhment  according  to  the  Trefpafs,  as  well  at  the 
Party's  Suit,  as  at  the  King's  ;  (7)  fo  always,  that 
all  Manner  of  Franchifes  be  faved  to  the  Lords  in  all 
Points  without  Blemiih  to  be  made  in  any  Manner.' 


*  Oirut  the 
Word  and. 
Juftices  fhall 
inquire  of  and 
punifh  the  Of- 
fenders. 

4.Fd.  3.  c.  6.  J 
\^  See  the  Re-  . 
ferences  to  the 
JhregoingCbapter* 

3  .Read  c.  4. 


Uxint  come  contenue  foit  en  la  Grande  Cbar- 
tre  qe  une  mefure  foit  ufee  parmy  tout  En- 
gleterre  la  quele  chartre  nad  mie  efte  tenu  bien  ea 
ceo  point  avant  fes  heures  fi  eft  acorde  &  affentu-qe 
toua.  les  mefures  ceft  afavoir  bufiel  dimid'  buffel 
&  peck  galon  potel  &  quart  par  toute  Engleterre 
deinz  franchife  &  dehors  foient  acordauntz  al  eftan- 
dard noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  contiegne  le  quartre 
oet  buffelx  par  leftandard  &  nient  pluis.  Et  foit 
chefcune  mefure  de  blee  rafe  fanz  comble  fauvez 
les  rentes  h  fermes  des  Seignurs  queles  foient  me- 
fures par  tiele  mefure  come  eles  foleient  avant  ces 
heures.  Et  facent  les  purveours  le  Roi  ma  dame  la 
Roigne  &  touz  autres  lours  purveahces  par  meifmes> 
les  mefures  rafes  &  en  meifme  lamanere  Et  a  toutes 
les  foitz  qe  meftier  ferra  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
aflignera  certeines  Juftices  en  chefcune  countee 
denqueer  &  doier  &  terminer  fur  les  pointz  fuifditz 
&  de  faire  fur  ce  due  puniffement  folonc  chefcun 
trefpas  fibien  a  la  feute  de  partie  come  a  la  feute  le 
Roi.  Iflint  totes  foitz  qe  toutes  maneres  des  fran- 
chifes foient  fauvez  as  Seignurs  en  toutz  pointz 
faunz  nul  emblemifTement  ent  faire  en  quecumqe 
man  ere. 


CAP.    XI. 
Aid  to  make  the  King's  Son  Knight,  or  to  marry  his  Daughter. 


3  Ed.  1.  c  36.    T?  Stre  ceo  acorde  eft  &  afTentu  qe  renable  eid  pur  faire  leifne  fitz  le  Roi  chivaler  &  fa  ei/hefce  fill  maiier 
JQ,  foit  demande  &  leve  folonc  la  forme  del  eftatut  ent  fait  &  nemie  en  autre  manere  ceft  aflavoir  de  chef- 
r        cun  fee  tenue  du  Roi  faunz  meen  vint  fouldz  &  nient  plus  &  de  chefcun  vint  livree  de  terre  tenue  du  Roi 
/.  yii.ar.z.  faunz  meen  en  fokage  vint  fouldz  &  nient  plus. 

c.  2»f.  °  l 


C  A  P. 


A.  D.  1350.    .     Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edward  1  III. 


Stat.  5.        265 


cap.   xir. 

No  Perfon  fhall  take  Profit  by  Exchange  of  Gold  or  Silver. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tiirr.  Lond. 

ENfement  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  bien  life  a 
chefcun  homme  de  chaunger  or  pur  argent  ou 
pur  or  ou  argent  pur  argent  ou  pur  or  iffint  qe  nul 
homme  tiegne  commune  efchaunge  ne  rien  preigne 
de  profit  pur  tiel  efchaunge  faire  fur  peine  de  for- 
faiture  de  la  monoie  iffint  chaungee  forprifes  les 
chaungeours  le  Roi  les  queux  preignent  profit  pur 
tiele  efchaunge  folonc  lordinance  avant  faite. 


ITEM  it  is  accorded,  That  it  fhall  be  lawful  for  The  Value,  &-c. 
every  Man  to  exchange  Gold  for  Silver,  or  Silver  t0  be  ^dared 
for  Gold,   or  for  Gold  and  Silver,   fo  that  no  Man  hy*l°g™f°n- 
*  hold  the  fame  as  exchanged,  nor  take  no  Profit  for  «  HoMa'cam-' 
making  fuch  Exchange,  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  m0n  Exchange, 
the  Money  fo  exchanged  ;    except  the  King's  Ex- 
changers,  which  take  Profit  of  fuch  Exchange,  ac-  Enforced  by 
cording  to  the  Ordinance  afore  made.'  ImcI'u  repeated 

by  37  H.  8,  ct  9.     And  fee  13  E/ix,  c,  8.  which  revives  the  foregoing  Statute* 


CAP.    XIII. 

The  Money  of  Gold  or  Silver  now  current  mall  not  be  impaired. 


AUxint  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  la  monoie  dor 
&  dargent  qore  coert  ne  foit  mie  empire  en 
pois  nen  alai  mes  au  plus  toft  qe  homme  puffe  tro- 
ver bone  voie  qele-foit  mys  en  launcfen  eftat  come 
en  efterling. 


Ttey  Jhall  not  be  current* 
Money  in  Payment. 


'  ITEM  it  is  accorded,  That  the  Money  of  Gold  3  lnft-  «7* 
'  J.  and  Silver  which  now  runneth,  (hall  not  be  im-  S1  a%  l>  Pat< ''. 
'  paired  in  Weight  nor  in  Allay ;  but  as  foon  as  a  good 
'  Way  may  be  found,   the  fame  be  put  in  the  antient  *Inft-  3»'>57?- 
<  State,  as  in  the  Sterling.'  &$£flfr.5' 


5  Eliz.  c.  II.  and  18  Eliz.  c.  I,  Clipping  or  kjfening  of  Money  made  Treafon.    7  &  8  W,  3,  c.  19.  infliils  Penalty  on  Receiver  of  clipped 

C  A  P.     XIV. 


What  Procefs  fhall  be  awarded  againft  him  that  is  indicted  of  Felony. 


ET  auxint  eft  acorde  &  affentu  qe  apres  ceo  qe 
afcun  homme  foit  endite  de  felonie  devant 
Juftices  en  lour  feflions  doier  et  terminer  foit  co- 
mande  ou  vifcont  dattacher  fon  corps  par  brief  ou 
precept  qeft  appelle  Capias  &  le  vifcount  retourn 
en  le  dit  brief  ou  precept  qe  le  corps  ne  foit  mie  tro- 
vee  meintenant  foit  autre  brief  ou  precept  de  Ca- 
pias fait  retournable  as  trois  fymeignes  apres.  Et 
en  meifme  le  brief  ou  precept  foit  compris  qe  le  vif- 
count face  feifir  les  chateaux  &  les  fauvement  gar- 
der  tanqe  a  jour  de  brief  ou  precept  retournable. 
Et  fi  le  vifcount  refpoigne  qe  le  corps  neft  pas  tro- 
vee  ne  lendite  vient  point  foit  lexigend  agarde  & 
foient  les  chateux  forfaitz  ficome  la  lei  de  la  co- 
rone  demand  Mes  fil  viegne  &  fe  rend  ou  foit  pris 
par  vifcount  ou  par  autre  miniftre  devant  le  re- 
tourne  del  fecunde  Capias  adonqes  foient  les  biens 
foles  chateux  fauvez. 


ITEM  it  is  accorded,  That  after  any  Man  be  in- 
dicted of  Felony  before  the  Juftices  in  their  Sef- 
fions  to  hear  and  determine,  it  fhall  be  commanded 
to  the  Sheriff"  to  attach  his  Body  by  Writ  or  by  Pre- 
cept, which  is  called  a  Capias.  (z)  And  if  the  She-  Fitz.  Procefs, 
riff  return  in  the  fame  Writ  or  Precept,  that  the  Body  '92- . 
is  not  found,  another  Writ  or  Precept  of  Capias  fhall 
be  incontinently  made,  returnable  at  three  Weeks 
after.  (3)  And  in  the  fame  Writ  or  Precept  it  fhall 
be  comprifed,  that  the  Sheriff  fhall  caufe  to  be  feifed 
his  Chatties,  and  fafely  to  keep  them  till  the  Day  of 
the  Writ  or  Precept  returned.  (4)  And  if  the  She- 
riff return,  that  the  Body  is  not  found,  and  the  In- 
didtee  cometh  not,  the  Exigend  fhall  be  awarded, 
and  the  Chatties  fhall  be  forfeit,  as  the  Law  of  the 
Crown  ordaineth  ;  (5)  but  if  he  come  and  yield  him- 
felf,  or  be  taken  by  the  Sheriff,  or  by  other  Minifter, 
before  the  Return  of  the  fecond  Capias,  then  the 
Goods  and  Chatties  fhall  be  faved.' 


CAP.     XV. 


The  Penalty  of  a  Purveyor  taking  more  Sheep  than  be  needful. 


ENfement  pur  ce  qe  les  achatours  &  parnours  des  prifes  le  Roi  parnent  berbitz  du  poeple  par  entre  la 
Pafch'  &  la  feft  de  Seint  Johan  od  les  leines  &  les  fount  prifer  a  mene  pris  &  puis  les  mandent  a 
ours  mefons  demefne  &  les  fount  founder  a  lour  profit  demefne  en  deceit  du  Roi  &  grant  oppreffion  du 
poeple  ii  eft  acorde  &  affentuz  qe  nul  des  tieux  purveours  parnours  &  achatours  ne  preigne  nules  berbitz 
levant  la  feifone  du  toundefon  forfqe  a  tantz  qe  purront  fuffire  refonablement  tantqe  au  temps  du  toundi- 
lon  &  apres  eel  temps  preigne  il  a  tantz  de  berbitz  tounduz  &  nemie  autres  come  purront  fuffire  refonable- 
iment  pur  le  temps  avenir.  Et  fi  nul  purveour  parnour  ou  achatour  du  Roialme  face  al  encontre  &  de  ceo 
foit  atteint  a  la  feute  le  Roi  oude  partie  foit  fait  de  lui  come  de  laron  ou  de  robbour  &  foit  la  peine  contenue  ou,  ionCar.ai 
'-n  chefcune  commiflion  des  tieux  purveours.  c  *4, 


Vol.  I. 


M  m 


CAP. 


266       Stat.  5. 


Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edward!  III.'       A. D.  1350, 


CAP.    xvi. 

The  Exception  of  Nontenure  of  Parcel  fhall  not  abate  the  whole  Writ. 


jgH.  6.  f.15. 

Bro.  Non'.en. 
33,  to,  50. 
Kail.  440. 


c  ITEM  it  is  accorded,  That  by  the  Exception  of 
'  1  Nontenure  of  Parcel  no  Writ  fhall  be  abated, 
'  but  for  Quantity  of  the  Nontenure  which  is  alledged.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun\  Lond. 
Uxint  acorde  eft  &  affentu  qe  par  exception 
de  nountenure  de  parcell  nuD  brief  foit  abatu 
forfqe  pur  la  quantite  de  la  nountenure  qeft  alegge. 


CAP.     XVII. 
Procefs  of  Exigent  fhall  be  awarded  in  Debt,  Detinue,  and  Replevin. 


si  H.  6.  f.  42.    e 

30  Ed.  3.  f.  9. 
7  Ed.  4.  f.  9.  ' 
Fitz.  Procefs,  ' 
72,  115,  121,  t 
ai6.  Regift.81, 
&c.  i  Bulltr.  63. 
Exigent  in  criminal 


TEM  it  is  accorded,  That  fuch  Procefs  fhall 
be  made  in  a  Writ  of  Debt  and  Detinue  of  Chat- 
ties, and  taking  of  Beafts,  by  Writ  of  Capias,  and 
by  Procefs  of  Exigend  by  the  Sheriff's  Return,  as  is 
ufed  in  a  Writ  of  Accompt.' 

I  Salk.  18.     Raft.  149.     z  Leon.  85.     By  19  U.  7.  e.g.  Hie  Procefs  is  given  on  Cafe, 
Cafes  to  be  delivered  to  the  Sheriff  three  Months  before  Return. 


7  Nfement  acorde  eft  &  afTentue  qe  autiele  pro- 

2j  ces  foit  fait  en  brief  de  dette  deteneu  des  cha- 

teux  &  en  prifes  des  avers  par  brief  de  Capias  & 

par  proces  dexigend  par  retourn  de  vifcount  ficome 

eft  ufee  en  brief  dacompt. 

4  c*  5  IK  3.  c.  22.  Proclamation  at  the  Time  oj '  tht 


CAP.     XVIII. 


o  S.  Villenage  may  be  pleaded,  and  a  Villein  feifed,  though  a  Libertate  prohanda  be  depending. 


36  Ed.  3.  f.  73 
31  H.  4.  f.  49 


Stre  ceo  acorde  eft  &  afTentue  qe  nient  contreefteant  adjournement  faite  en  Eire  par  brief  de  Liber- 
j,  tate  probanda  purchacee  en  favour  des  niefs  pur  delaier  les  Seignurs  de  lours  aftions  devers  tieux  niefs 
'tz"    '  enage'  foient  les  Seignurs  receux  dalegger  exceptions  de  villenage  centre  lours  vileins  en  toutz  briefs  le  quel  qe  les 
ditz  briefs  de  Libertate  probanda  foient  purchacez  par  deceit  ou  en  autre  manere  &  qe  les  Seignurs  puffent 
feifir  les  corps  de  lours  vileins  auxibien  come  ils  purroient  devant  qe  tieux  briefs  de  Libertate  probanda  feu- 
rent  ordenez  &  purchacez. 


Regift.  87. 
Raft.  401, 


CAP.    XIX. 
By  the  King's  Protection  the  Parties  Suit  fhall  not  be  hindered,  but  his  Execution. 


Cro.  Jac  477.  «  J  TEM,  Forafmuch  as  our  Lord  the  King  hath 
Hobb.  115.  «  J_  made  before  this  Time  Protections  to  divers  Peo- 
33  .  l.jfat.i.  u  _]e^  which  -were  bounden  to  him  in  fome  Manner  of 
'.'  Debt,  that  they  fhould  not  be  impleaded  of  the 
"  Debts  which  they  owed  to  other,  till  they  had  made 
"  Gree  to  our  Lord  the  King  of  that  which  to  him  was 
"  due  by  them,  by  reafon  of  his  Prerogative ;  and  fo 
"  during  fuch  Protections  no  Man  hath  ufed,,  nor  durft 
"  implead  fuch  Debtors  ;"  '  (2)  it  is  accorded  and 
'  aflented,  That  notwithftanding  fuch  Protections,  the 
'  Parties  which  have  Actions  againft  their  Debtors, 
*  fhall  be  anfwered  in  the  King's  Court  by  their  Debt- 
ors ;  (})  and  if  Judgement  be  thereupon  given  for 
the  Plaintiff  or  Demandant,  the  Execution  of  the 
fame  Judgement  fhall  be  put  in  Sufpence  till  Gree  be 
made  to  the  King  of  his  Debt.  (*)  And  if  the  Cre- 
ditors will  undertake  for  the  King's  Debt,  they  fhall 
be  thereunto  received,  and  fhall  have  Execution  a- 
gainft  the  Debtors  of  the  Debt  due  and  adjudged  to 
them,  and  alfo  fhall  recover  againft  them  as  much  as 
they  fhall  pay  to  the  King  for  them.'  , 

<jll.  i-fiat.  I.  c.  3.     4//,  6.  c.  %.     2H.  6.  c.  13.     23  H.  6.  £.  16. 


Co.  Lit.  131.  b. 


The  Creditors 
Bade/taking  tor 

the  King's  Debt. 

See  farther  con~ 
cerr.ir.g  Pro:ec- 
tions,  I  7J.2.  c.  8. 
»3  K.  z.Jlat.  I. 
c.  16.     ill.  a,. 


(.4. 


AUxint  come  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  eit  avant 
ces  heures  fait  protections  as  diverfes  gentz 
qe  lui  eftoifent  tenuz  en  afcun  manere  des  dettes 
qils  ne  ferront  mie  empiedez  des  dettes  queles  ils- 
devient  as  autres  tanqe  ils  euffent  fait  gre  a  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  de  ceo  qe  lui  eftoit  due  par  eux  par 
refoun  de  fa  prerogative  &  iffint  durantes  tieles  pro- 
tections nul  homme  ad  efte  ofee  dempleder  tieux 
dettours  acorde  eft  &  afTentue  qe  nient  contre- 
efteant tieles  protections  les  parties  qount  actions, 
a  lours  dettours  foient  refponduz  en  la  Court  le 
Roi  par  lours  dettours  &  ft  juggement  foit  fur  ceo 
rendu  pur  le  pleintif  ou  demandant  foit  lexecution 
de  eel  juggement  mys  en  fufpens  tanqe  gre  foit  fait 
au  Roi  de  fa  dette.  Et  ft  les  creanfours  voillent 
emprendre  pur  la  dette  le  Roi  foient  ils  a  ceo  re- 
ceuz  &  outre  elent  execution  devers  lours  dettours 
de  dette  a  eux  due  &  auxint  recoverent  devers  eux 
tant  come  ils  paieront  pur  eux  au  Rok 


14  Ed.  4.  c,  a. 


CAP.     XX. 


Plate  of  Gold  and  Silver  fhall  be  received  into  the  King's  Mint  by  Weight,  and  not  by  Num> 

ber  j  and  fo  fhall  the  Money  be  returned. 

'   TTEM  it  is  accorded  and  aflented,  That  the  Mo- 

\.  neyors,  and  other  Wardens  and  Minifters  of  the 

4  Money  fhall  receive  Plate  of  Gold  and  Silver  by  the 


E Nfement  acorde  eft  &  afTentue  qe  les  mi 
&  autres  gardeins  &  miniftres  de  la 


moneours 

monoie 

receivent  plat  dor  &  dargent  par  pois  &  en  meif- 

me 


A.  E>.  I35°»       Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edwardi  III. 


Stat.  5,       267 


Ex  Rot,  in  Turr.  Lond. 
me  la  manere  deliverent  les  monoies  quant  eles 
ferront  faitz  par  pois  &  nemie  par  nombre  faunz 
nully  targer. 


Weight;  and  in  the  fame  Manner  mail  deliver  the 
Money  when  it  mail  be  made  by  Weight,  and  not 
by  Number,  without  any  tarrying.' 


CAP.     XXI. 

The  King's  Butlers  fhall  purvey  no  more  Wine  than  fhall  be  appointed. 


Stre  ce  come  avant  ces  heures  les  botiller? 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  lours  deputees  fo- 
leient  prendre  &  parnent  de  jour  en  autre  moult 
•plus  des  vyns  par  colour  de  lour  office  al  oeps  no- 
ilre  Seignur  le  Roi  qil  ne  bofoigneroit  des  queux 
les  plus  fiebles  ils  deliverent  al  oeps  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roi  •&  les  meillours  en  grant  nombre  ils  retie- 
enent  devers  eux  a  vendre  &  a  faire  ent  lour  pro- 
fit &  a  la  foitz  ils  relefl'ent  as  marchantz  ces  qils 
•ount  pris  de  eux  pur  fines  &  dounes  qils  prei- 
gnent  de  meiimes-  les  marchantz  par  extorfion  en 
grant  damage  &  empoverifTement  des  ditz  mar- 
chantz fi  eft  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  le  Senefchal  del 
Hoftiel  le  Roi  &  le  Treforer  de  la  Garderobe 
mandent  as  touz  les  portz  dEngleterre  la  ou  vyns 
font  a  prendre  al  oeps  le  Roi  le  certein  nombre 
qe  le  botiller  prendra  en  chefcun  port  ft  qe  rien 
foit  pris  outre  eel  nombre  &  qe  meir  &  baillifs 
■des  ditz  portz  certifient  les  ditz  Senefchal  &  Tre- 
forer le  nombre  des  toneux  iffint  prifes  par  le  bo- 
tiller ou  les  lieutenantz  fouz  les  feals  des  ditz  meir 
•&  bailiifs  &  par  endenture  faite  entre  eux  &  les 
parnours  des  ditz  vines.  Et  en  cas  qil  foit  trove 
qe  le  botiller  ou  fes  lieu  tenantz  preignent  plus  ou 
preignent  lower  de  nully  ou  delaie  nully  par  colour 
de  fon  office  come  par  areft  face  gre  de  double  a  la 
partie  &  foit  oufte  de  fon  office  &  eit  la  prifon  & 
foit  reint  a  la  volunte  le  Roi  &  le  Roi  affignera  fes 
Juftices  quant  lui  plcrra  denquere  fur  ceftes  chofes 
&  refpoigne  le  botiller  fibien  pur  fes  deputees  come 
pur  lui  meiimes  la  ou  ils  ne  font  mie  fufficeantz. 


TEM,   Whereas  before  this  Time  the  King's 
Butlers  and  their  Deputies  were  wont  to  take, 
'  and  daily  do  take,  much  more  Wine,  by  Colour  of 
'  their  Office,  to  the  King's  Ufe,  than  they  fhall  need, 
:  whereof  the  worft  they  deliver  to  the  King's  Ufe, 
'  and  the  beft  in  great  Number  they  retain  to  them- 
'  felves,  to  fell  and  make  thereof  their  Profit ;    and 
'  fometime  they  releafe  to  Merchants  that  which  they 
'  have  taken  of  them,    for  Fines  and  Gifts,    which 
'  they  take  of  the  fame  Merchants  by  Extortion,   to 
'  the  great  Damage  and  Impoverifhment  of  the  faid 
'  Merchants;"    '  (2)  it  is  accorded,  That  the  Stew- 
ard of  the  King's  Houfe,  and  Treafurer  of  the  Ward- 
robe, (hall  fend  to  all  the  Ports  of  England,  where 
Wines  be  to  be  taken  to  the  King's  Ufe,   the  certain 
Number  which  the  Butler  fhall  take  in  every  Port, 
fo  that  nothing  be  taken  over  this  Number ;  (3)  and 
that  the  Mayor  and  Bailiffs  of  the  faid  Ports  certify 
the  faid  Steward  and  Treafurer  of  the  Number  of  all 
the  Tuns  fo  taken  by  the  Butler  or  his  Lieutenant, 
under  the  Seal  of  the  faid  Mayor  and  Bailiffs,  by  In- 
dentures made  betwixt  them  and  the  Takers  of  the 
faid  Wines.     (4)  And  in  cafe  that  it  be  found,  that 
the  Butler  or  his  Lieutenant  take  more,    or  take  lee- 
ward of  any,  or  delay  any  by  Colour  of  his  Office, 
as  by  Arreft,  he  fhall  make  Gree  to  the  Party  of  the 
double,  and  fhall  be  put  out  of  his  Office,  and-  have 
Irnprifonment,    and  be  ranfomed  at  the  King's  Will. 
'5)  And  the  King  fhall  affign  his  Juftices  when  it 
all  pleafe  him,    to   enquire  upon   thefe  Things ; 
(6)  And  the  Butler  fhall  anfwer  as  well  for  his  De- 
puties as  for  himfelf,  where  they  be  not  fufficient.' 


fi 


Enforced  By 
43  Ed.  3.  c.  3." 
sJmendcd  by 
6  Geo,  I.  c.  12. 


C  A  P.    XXII. 

He  that  purchafeth  a  Provifion  in  Rome  for  an  Abbey,  fhall  be  out  of  the  King's  Protection, 
and  any  Man  may  do.  with  him  as  with  the  King's  Enemy. 

AUxint  pur  ce  qe  afcuns  purchacent  a  la  Court  de  Rome  provifions  davoir  abbeies  &  priories  en  Engle-  Confirmed  by 
terre  en  definition  du  Roialme  &  de  feinte  religion  acorde  eft  &  afientue  qe  chefcun  qe  purchafe  tieles  33  Ed.  ^.fiat.  2. 
provifions  dabbeie  ou  de^  priorie  qe  lui  et  fes  executours  et  procuratours  qe  fuent  et  fount  execution  de  tieles  ''•  '•. 
provifions  foient  hors  de  la  protection  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  et  qe  homme  puffe  faire  de  lui. come  de  enemy     pr"    ■?       , 
du  Roi  et  du  Roialme  et  qe  celui  qe  face  contre  tiels  provifours  en  corps  ou  biens  ou  en  autres  pofTefiions  Iji]  1\  c,^' 
foit  excufe  devers  touz  gentz  et  par  tant  ne  foit  james  greve  nempefchee  au  feute  de  nully. 

CAP.     XXIII. 
The  Debt  of  a  Lombard  unpaid  fhall  be  fatisfied  by  his  Company. 

AUxint  pur  ce  qe  plufurs  gentz  du  Roialme  qont  fait  contractes  ove  Lumbardz  qe  font  nomez  des  com-  0  B. 
paignies  demorantz  en  meifme  le  Roialme  queux  Lombardz  apres  qils  ount  fait  lours  obligations  a 
lours  creanfours  fe  font  fodeinement  efchapez  hors  du  Roialme  faunz  gre  faire  a  les  ditz  creanfours  en  deceit 
et  grant  damage  du  poeple  acorde  eft  et  affentuz  qe  fi  nul  marchant  de  compaignie  conue  fe  oblige  par  la 
manere  qe  la  compaignie  refpoigne  de  la  dette  iffint  qe  autre  marchant  qi  neft  mie  de  la  compaignie  ne  foit  par 
tant  grevez  nempefchez. 


16  R.  a.  c.  5. 
and  altcu'  ;1  gg 
5  Eliz,  c.  I,  • 


R 


De  proclamations  Statuti, 

EX  yicecomiti  Kantii  falutem.     Quedam  ftatuta  in  parliamento  noftro  apud  Weftm'  in  fefto  faneYi  Hil- 
larii  proximo  pretcrito  convocato  per  nos  prelatos  duces  comites  barones  et  alios  de  communicate  regni 

M  m  a  noitri 


268       Stat.  5. 


Anno  viceflmo  quinto  Edward  1  III.       A.  D.  1350. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
noftri  Anglie  ad  dictum  parliamentum  fummonitos  edita  tibi  mittimus  fub  pede  figilli  noftri  mandantes  quod 
ftatuta  predi&a  in  plenq  comitatu  tuo  legi  et  ea  flrmiter  obfervari  et  teneri  facias.    T.  R,  apud  Weftm' 

vi.  die  Mart.  .         .  . 

Confim'dia  brevla  dlr'iguntur  Jinguhs  vicecomihbus per  Angliam  Jub  eadem  data. 

Confimile  breve  dirigitur  Jujlic'  Hibern'  mutatis  mutandis  fub  eadem  data. 
Confimilia  brevia  diriguntur  fubfcriptis  fub  eadem  data  videlicet 
JVillielmo  de  Share/hull  &  foci  is  fuis  ju/litiariis  ad  placita  coram  rege  tenenda  affignatis. 
Johanni  de  Stonore  &  fociis  fuis  jujiiciariis  de  communi  banco. 
Tbefaurario  &  baronibus  de  fcaccario. 


A  Statute  of  Prcvifors  of  Benefices,  made  Anno  25  Edvv.  III.  Stat.  6. 

W  Anno  Dom.  £35°« 

The  King  and  other  Lords  fhall  prefent  unto  Benefices  of  their  own,  or  their  Anceftors  Foun- 
dation, and  not  the  Bifhop  of  Rome. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  i^. 


3  Inft.  127. 
a  Roll  459. 
Raft.  2. 
Stat.  Carliile, 
35  Ed.  1,  c.  4. 
ka.  3. 
The  Caufes 
why  the  Kings 
and  Noblemen 
of  the  Realm 
did  gire  Lands 
to  Biihops  and 
s'.her  Prelates. 


The  Pope  le- 
ftowed  Ipiritual 
Livings  upon 
Aliens  not 
dwelling  in 
England. 


The  Inconve- 
r.iencics  eniuing 
IJoeiean, 


HEREAS  late  in  the  Parliament  of  good 
Memory  of  Edward  King  of  England, 
Grandfather  to  our  Lord  the  King  that 
now  is,  the  *  xxv  Year  of  his  Reign,  holden  at  Car- 
lifle,  the  Petition  heard,  put  before  the  faid  Grand- 
father and  his  Council  in  his  faid  Parliament  by  the 
Commonalty  of  the  faid  Realm,  containing,  That 
whereas  the  holy  Church  of  England  was  founded 
in  the  Eftate  of  Prelacy,  within  the  Realm  of  Eng- 
land, by  the  faid  Grandfather  and  his  Progenitors, 
and  the  Earls,  Barons  and  other  Nobles  of  his  faid 
Realm,  and  their  Anceftors,  to  inform  them  and  the 
People  of  the  Law  of  God,  and  to  make  Hofpita- 
lities,  Alms,  and  other  Works  of  Charity,  in  the 
Places  where  the  Churches  were  founded,  for  the 
Souls  of  the  Founders,  their  Heirs,  and  all  Chri- 
ftians  ;  (z)  and  certain  PofTeflions,  as  well  in  Fees, 
Lands,  Rents,  as  in  Advowfons,  which  do  extend 
to  a  great  Value,  were  affigned  by  the  faid  Founders 
to  the  Prelates  and  other  People  of  the  holy  Church 
of  the  faid  Realm,  to  fuftain  the  fame  Charge,  and 
efpecially  of  the  Poffeffions  which  were  affigned  to 
Archbifhops,  Bifhops,  Abbots,  Priors,  Religious, 
;  and  all  other  People  of  holy  Church,  by  the  Kings 

•  of  the  faid  Realm,  Earls,  Barons,  and  other  great 
'  Men  of  his  Realm  ;  (3)  the  fame  Kings,  Earls, 
1  Barons  and  other  Nobles,  as  Lords  and  Advowees, 
'•  have  had  and  ought  to  have  the  Cuftody  of  fuch 
'  Voidances,  and  the  Prefentments  and  the  Collations 
'  of  the  Benefices  being  of  fuch  Prelacies. 

"  II.  And  the  faid  Kings  in  Times  paft  were  wont 
'  to  have  the  greateft  Part  of  their  Council,  for  the 
'  Safeguard  of  the  Realm  when  they  had  Need,  of 
'  fuch  Prelates  and  Clerks  fo  advanced  ;  (z)  the 
'  Bifhop  of  Rome,  accroching  to  him  the  Seigniories 
'  of  fuch  Poffeffions  and  Benefices  doth  give  and  grant 
'  the  fame  Benefices  to  Aliens,  which  did  never  dwell 
'  in  England,  and  to  Cardinals,  which  might  not 
'  dwell  here,  and  to  other  as  well  Aliens  as  Denizens, 
'  as  if  he  had  been  Patron  or  Advowee  of  the  faid  Dig- 
'  nities  and  Benefices,  as  he  was  not  of  Right  by  the 
'  Law  of  England;  "whereby  if  they  fhould  be  fuf- 
'  fered,  there  fhould  fcarcely  be  any  Benefice  within 
'  a  fhort  Time  in  the  faid  Realm,  but  that  it  fhould 
'  be  in  the  Hands  of  Aliens  and  Denizens  by  virtue  of 
'  fuch  Provifions,  againft  the  good  Will  and  Difpofi- 
'  tion  of  the  Founders  of  the  fame  Benefices  ;  (3)  and 
'  fo  the  Elections  of  Archbifhops,  Bifhops,  and  other 
'■*  Religious  fhould  fail,   and  the  Alms,  Hofpitalities, 

*  and  other  Works  of  Charity,  which  fhould  be  done 

•  Read  35«i, 


COME  jadis  en  le  parlement  de  bone  memoire 
Sire  Edward  Roi  dEngleterre  Ael  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  qore  eft  Ian  de  fon  regne 
trentifme  quint  a  Kardoil  tenuz  oie  la  petition  mife 
devant  le  dit  Ael  &  fon  confeil  en  le  dit  parlement 
par  la  communalte  de  fon  Roialme  contenant  qc 
come  feinte  eglife  dEngleterre  foit  founde  en  eftat 
de  prelacie  deins  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  par  le  dit 
Ael  &  fes  Progenitours  &  Countes  Barons  &  No- 
bles de  fon  Roialme  &  lour  anceftres  pur  eux  &  le 
poeple  enfourmer  de  la  lei  Dieu  &  pur  faire  hofpi- 
talites  aumoignes  &  autres  oevres  de  charite  es 
lieux  ou  les  eglifes  feurent  foundes  pur  les  almes 
de  foundours  &  de  lour  heirs  &  de  touz  Criftiens  & 
certeins  poffeffions  tant  en  feez  terres  &  rentes 
come  en-avowefons  qe  fe  extendent  a  grande  value 
par  les  ditz  foundours  feurent  affignez  as  Prelatz 
&  autres  gentz  de  feinte  eglife  du  dit  Roialme  pur 
cele  charge  fuftenir  &  nomement  des  poffeffions  qe 
feurent  affignez  as  Ercevefqes  Evefqes  Abbes  Pri- 
ours  Religious  &  autres  gentz  de  feinte  eglife  par 
les  Rois  du  dit  Roialme  Countes  Barons  &  autres 
Nobles  de  fon  Roialme  meifmes  les  Rois  Countes 
Barons  &  Nobles  come  Seignurs  &  avowes  euflent 
&  aver  deuffent  la  garde  de  tieles  voidances  &  les 
prefentementz  &  collations  des  benefices  eileanta 
des  tieles  prelacies. 


Et  les  ditz  rois  en  temps  paffe  foloientaver  la 
greindre  partie  de  lour  confeils  pur  la  falvation  du 
roialme  quant  ils  en  eurent  mefter  de  dels  prelatz 
&  clercs  iffint  avances  Le  Pape  de  Rome  acrochant 
a  lui  la  Seignurie  de  tieles  poffeffions  &  benefices 
meifmes  les  benefices  dona  &  graunta  as  aliens  qi 
unqes  ne  demurerent  el  roialme  dEngleterre  &  as 
Cardinalx  qe  y  demurer  ne  purroient  &  as  autres 
tant  aliens  come  denzeins  autrefi  come  il  euft  efte 
patron  en  avowe  des  dites,dignites  &  benefices  come 
il  ne  feuft  de  droit  felonc  la  lei  dEngleterre  par  les 
queux  fils  feuffent  foeffertz  a  peine  demurroit  af- 
cun  benefice  en  poi  de  temps' el  dit  roialme  qil  ne 
ferroit  es  meins  daliens  &  denzeins  par  vertue  de 
tieles  provifions  contre  la  bone  volume  &c  difpofi- 
tion  des  foundours  de  meifmes  les  benefices  Si  iffint 
les  elections  des  Ercevefqes  Evefches  &  autres  re- 
ligious faudroient  &  les  almoignes  hofpitalites  & 
autres  oevres  de  charite  qe  ferroient  faitz  as  ditz 
lieux  ferroient  fuftretes  le  dit  Ael  &  autres  lais  pa- 
trons 


A.  D.  1350.       Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edward  1  III.  Stat.  6.       269 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
trons  en  temps  de  tieles  voidances  perderoient  lour 
prefentementz  le  dit  confeil  periroit  &  biens  fanz 
nombre  ferroient  emportes  hors  du  roialme  en  ad- 
nullation  del   eftat  de  feinte  eglife  dEngleterre  & 
defheritefon  du  dit  Ael  &  des  Countes  Barons  & 
nobles  &  en  offens  &  deftru&ion  des  lois  &  droi- 
tures  de  fon  roialme  &  grant  damage  de  fon  poeple 
&  fubverfion  del  eftat  de  tut  fon  roialme  fufdit  & 
contre  la  bone  difpofition  &  volunte  des  primers 
foundours  del  aflent  des  Countees  Barons  nobles  & 
tute  la  dite  communalte  a  lour  inftante  requefte 
confideres  les  damages  &  grevances  fufdites  en  le 
dit  plener  parlement  feuft  purveu  ordine  &  eftabli 
qe  les  dites  grevances  oppreffions  &  damages  en 
meifme  le  roialme  des  adonqes   mes  ne  ferroient 
foefrertz  en  afcun  manere.     Et  ja  monftre  foit  a 
noftre   Seignur  le  Roi  en  ceft  parlement  tenuz  a 
Weftm'  a  les  oetaves  de  la  Purification  de  noftre 
Dame  Ian  de  fon  regne  dEngleterre  vintifme  quint 
&  de  France  dufziime  par  le  greveufe  pleinte  de 
toute  la  communalte  de  fon  roialme  qe  les  grevan- 
ces  h  mefchiefs  fufditz  fabondent  de   temps  en 
temps  a  plus  grant  damage  &  deftru&ion  de  tut  le 
roialme  plus  qe  unqes  ne  firent  ceft  affaver  qore  de 
novel  noftre  feint  Piere  le  Pape  par  procurement 
des  clercs  &  autrement  ad   refervee  &  referve  de 
jour  en  autre  a  fa  collation  generalment  &  efpecial- 
ment  fibien  Ercevefchees    Evefchees  Abbeies  & 
Priories  come  totes  dignetes   &  autres  benefices 
dEngleterre  qe  font  del  avowerie  de  gentz  de  feinte 
eglife  &  les  doune  auxibien  as  aliens  come  as  den- 
zeins  &  prent  de  touz  tiels  benefices  les  primeres 
fruitz  &  autres  profitz  plufours  &  grande  partie  du 
trefor  del  roialme  fi  eft  emporte  &  defpendu  hors , 
du  roialme  par  les  purchaceours  de  tieles  graces  & 
auxint  par  tieles  refervations  prives  plufours. clercs 
avances  en  cefte  roialme  par  lour  verroies,  patrons 
qe  ont  tenuz  lour  avancementz  parlong. temps  pe- 
fiblement  font  fodeinement  oftes  fur  quoi  la  dite 
communaltee  ad  prie  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qe 
deficome  le  droit  de  la  Corone  dEngleterre  &  la  loi 
du  dite  roialme  font  tieles  qe  fur  mefchiefs  &  da- 
mages qe  ft  aviegnont  a  fon  roialme  il  doit  &  eft 
tenuz  par  fon  ferement  del  acord  de  fon  poeple  en 
fon  parlement  faire  ent  remede  &  lei  en  oftant  les 
mefchiefs  &  damages  qenfi  aviegnont  qe  lui  pleife 
de  ce  ordiner  remede. 

Noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  veiant  les  mefchiefs  &  da- 
mages fufnomes  &  eant  regard  al  dit  eftatut  fait  en 
temps  fon  dit  Ael  &  a  les  caufes  contenues  en 
ycele  le  quel  eftatut  tient  touz  jours  fa  force  &  ne 
feuft  unqes  defait  ne  anulli  en  nul  point  &  pur  tant 
eft  il  tenuz  par  fon  ferement  del  faire  garder  come 
la  loi  de  fon  roialme  coment  qe  par  foefFrance  & 
negligence  ad  efte  puis  attempte  a  contraire  &  aux- 
int eant  regard  a  les  grevoufes  pleintes  a  lui  faites 
par  fon  poeple  en  fes  divers  parlementz  ceaenarere 
tenuz  voillantz  les  trefgrantz  damages  &  mefchiefs 
qe  font  avenuz  et  viegnont  de  jour  en  autre  a  la 
Eglife  dEngleterre  par  la  dite  caufe  remede  ent  or- 
diner par  aflent  de  touz  les  grantz  et  la  communalte 
3 


"  in  the  faid  Places,    fliould  be  withdrawn,   the  faid 
"  Grandfather,    and  other  Lay-Patrons,   in  the  Time 
"  of  fuch  Voidances,  fhould  lofe  their  Prefentments, 
"  the  faid  Council  fliould  perifh,  and  Goods  without 
"  Number  fhould  be  carried  out  of  the  Realm,  in  Ad- 
"  nullation  of  the  Eftate  of  the  holy  Church  of  Eng- 
"  land,  and  Difherifon  of  the  faid  Grandfather,   and 
"  the   Earls,  Barons,    and  other  Nobles  of  the  faid' 
"  Realm,  and  in  Offence  and  Deftruftion  of  the  Laws 
"  and  Rights  of  his  Realm,  and  to  the  great  Damage 
"  of  his  People,  and  in  Subverfion  of  all  the  Eftate  of 
"  his  faid  Realm,  and  againft  the  good  Difpofition  and 
"  Will  of  the  firft  Founders:    (4)  By  the  Aflent  of 
"  the  Earls,  Barons,  and  other  Nobles,  and  of  all  the 
"  faid  Commonalty,  at  their  Inftances  and  Requefts, 
"  the  Damage  and  Grievances  afore  confidered,  in  the 
"  faid  full  Parliament  it  was  ordained,  provided,  efta- 
"  blifhed,  agreed,  adjudged,  and  confidered,  That  the 
"  faid  Oppreffions,  Grievances,  and  Damages  in  the 
"  fame  Realm  from  henceforth  fliould  not  be  fuffered 
"  in  any  Manner.     (5)  And  now  it  is  fliewed  to  our^ 
"  Lord  the  King  in  this  prefent  Parliament  holden  at 
"  Wejlminfter,   at  the  Utas  of  the  Purification  of  our 
"  Lady,  the  Five  and  twentieth  Year  of  his  Reign  of 
"  England,  and  of  France  the  Twelfth,  by  the  grievous  ■ 
"  Complaints  of  all  the  Commons  of  his  Realm,  that 
"  the  Grievances   and  Mifchiefs  aforefaid  do  daily  a- 
"  bound,  to   the  greater  Damage  and  Deftruclion  of.' 
"  all  his  Realm  of  England,  more  than  ever  were*,  be-- 
"  fore,  viz.  that  now  of  late  the  Bifhop  of  Rome,  by  Thi  PoPe  S'veth 
"  Procurement  of  Clerks  and^otherwife,  hath  refeived,  *«  ^^"^  , 
"  and  doth  daily. referve  to  his  Collation  generally  and  rererVethCthe 
"  efpecially,  as  well  Archbifliopricks,  Bifhoprieks,  Ab- firft  Fruits  to. 
''  beys,  and  Priories,  as  all  other  Dignities  and  other  himfelf. 
;'  Benefices  of 'England^,  which  be  of  the  Advowry  of 
;'  People  of  holy^  Church,  and  give  the  fame  as  well  to 
"  Aliens  as  to  Denizens,  and  taketh  of  all  fuch  Bene- 
"  fices  the  firft  Fruits,  and  many  other  Profits,  and  a 
"  great  Part  of  the  Treafure  of  the  faid  Realm  is  car- 
"  ried  away  and  difpended  out  of  the  Realm,  by  the 
"  Purchafers  of  fuch  Benefices  and  Graces  aforefaid  ; 
"  (6)  and  alfo  by  fuch  privy  Refervations  many  Clerks 
"  advanced  in  this  Realm  by  their  true  Patrons,  which 
"  have  peaceably  holden  their  Advancements  by  long 
'  Time,  be   fuddenly   put  out  :    (7)  Whereupon  the 
"  faid  Commons  have  prayed  our  faid  Lord  the  King, . 
"  that  fuh  the  Right  of  the  Crown  of  England,  and 
"  the  Law  of  the  faid  Realm  is  fuch,  that  upon  the 
"  Mifchiefs  and  Damages  which  happen  to  his  Realm, 
"  he  ought,  and  is  bound  by  his  Oath,  with  the  Ac- 
"  cord  of  his  People  in  his  Parliament  thereof  to  make 
"  Remedy  and   Law,  and  in  removing  the  Mifchiefs 
"  and    Damages   which   thereof   enfue,    that  it  may, 
"  pleafe  him  thereupon  to  ordain  Remedy. 

"  III.  Our  Lord  the  King,  feeing  the  Mifchiefs  and  The  Caufes  and 
"  Damage  before  mentioned,    and  having  Regard  to  R(-afons  of 
"  the  faid  Statute  made  in  the  Time  of  his  faid  Grand-  ™^tneg  this  ' 
"  father,  and  to  the  Caufes  contained  in  the  fame;       "   '• 
'  which  Statute  holdeth  always  his  Force,  and  was  net- 
"  ver  defeated,  *  repealed,  nor  admilled  in  any  Point,  *  Nil  in  dig, 
"  and  by   fo  much  as  he  is  bounden  by  his  Oath  to 
"  caufe  the  fame  to  be  kept  as  the  Law  of  his  Realm, 
"  though   that  by  Sufferance  and  Negligence  it  hath 
"  been  fithence  attempted  to  the  contrary;    (2)  alfo 
"  having  Regard  to  the  grievous  Complaints  made  to 
"  him  by  his  People  in  divers  his  Parliaments  holden 
"  heretofore,  willing  to  ordain  Remedy  for  the  great 
"  Damages  and  Mifchiefs  which  have  happened,  and 

.    s  daily 


270 


Stat.  6. 


Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edwardi  III.       A.  D.  1350. 


Elections  of  the 
Dignities  of  the 
Church  lhall  be 
free,  as  they 
were  fuMiled. 


Citrons  and 
Founders  of 
the  Dignities 
of  the  Church, 
and  their  Heirs, 
lhall  have  the 
Collation  or  Pre- 
fentation  to 
them  beingvoid. 
9  H.  3.  flat.  1. 

c  33- 
31H.4.  f.37, 

59'  76> 


Where  the  Pope 
maketh  Provi- 
sion to  a  Dignity 
of  the  Church, 
the  King  ihall 
prefent. 


44Ed.3-f.3fr 


The  Penalties 
of  ihofe  ■■■;.  ch 
ty  Prorifio'  - 
from  Rome  do 


daily  do  happen  to  the  Church  of  England  by  the 
faidCaufe;"  *  (3)  by  the  Affent  of  all  the  Great 
Men  and  the  Commonalty  of  the  faid  Realm,  to  the 
Honour  of  God,  and  Profit  of  the  faid  Church  of 
England,  and  of  all  his  Realm,  hath  ordered  and 
itablifhed,  That  the  free  Elections  of  Archbifhops, 
Bifhops,  and  all  other  Dignities  and  Benefices  elec- 
tive in  England,  {hall  hold  from  henceforth  in  the 
Manner  as  they  were  granted  by  the  King's  Progeni- 
tors, and  the  Anceftors  of  other  Lords,  Founders  of 
the  faid  Dignities  and  other  Benefices.  (4)  And  that 
all  Prelates  and  other  People  of  holy  Church,  which 
have  Advowfons  of  any  Benefices  of  the  King's 
Gift,  or  of  any  of  his  Progenitors,  or  of  other  Lords 
and  Donors,  to  do  Divine  Services,  and  other  Char- 
ges thereof  ordained,  fhall  have  their  Collations  and 
Prefentments  freely  to  the  fame,  in  the  Manner  as 
they  were  enfeoffed  by  their  Donors.  (5)  And  in 
cafe  that  Refervation,  Collation,  or  Provifion  be 
made  by  the  Court  of  Rome,  of  any  Archbifhoprick, 
Bifhoprick,  Dignity,  or  other  Benefice,  in  Difturb- 
ance  of  the  free  Elections,  Collations,  or  Prefenta- 
tions  aforenamed,  that  at  the  fame  Time  of  the 
Voidance,  that  fuch  Refervations,  Collations,  and 
Provifions  ought  to  take  Effect,  our  Lord  the  King 
and  his  Heirs  lhall  have  and  enjoy  for  the  fame  Time 
the  Collations  to  the  Archbiihopncks  and  other  Dig- 
nities elective,  which  be  of  his  Advowry,  fuch  as 
his  Progenitors  had  before  that  free  Election  was 
granted,  fince  that  the  Election  was  firft  granted  by 
the  King's  Progenitors  upon  a  certain  Form  and 
Condition,  as  to  demand  Licence  of  the  King  to 
chufe,  and  after  the  Election  to  have  his  Royal  Af- 
fent, and  not  in  other  Manner;  which  Conditions 
not  kept,  the  Thing  ought  by  Reafon  to  refort  to  his 
firft  Nature. 

'  IV.  And  if  any  fuch  Refervation,  Provifion,  or 
Collation  be  made  of  any  Houfe  of  Religion  of  the 
King's  Advowry,  in  Difturbance  of  free  Election, 
our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King,  and  his  Heirs,  fhall 
have  for  that  Time  the  Collation  to  give  this  Dignity 
to  a  convenient  Perfon.  (2)  And  in  cafe  that  Col- 
lation, Refervation,  or  Provifion  be  made  by  the 
Court  of  Rome  of  any  Church,  Prebend,  or  other 
Benefices,  which  be  of  the  Advowry  of  People  of 
holy  Church,  whereof  the  King  is  Advowee  Para- 
mount immediate,  that  at  the  fame  Time  of  the 
Voidance,  at  which  Time  the  Collation,  Referva- 
tion, or  Provifion  ought  to  take  Effect:  as  afore  is  faid, 
the  King  and  his  Heirs  thereof  fhall  have  the  Pre- 
fentment  or  Collation  for  that  Time.  (3  J  And  fo 
from  time  to  time,  whenfoever  fuch  People  of  holy 
Church  fhall  be  difturbed  of  their  Prefentments  or 
'  Collations,  by  fuch  Refervations,  Collations,  or  Pro«- 
viiions,  as  afore  is  faid  ;  faving  to  them  the  Right  of 
their  Advowfons  and  their  Prefentments,  when  no 
Collation  or  Provifion  of  the  Court  of  Rome  is  thereof 
made,  where  that  the  faid  People  of  holy  Church 
fhall  or  will  to  the  fame  Benefices  prefent  or  make 
Collation  ;  and  that  their  Prefentees  may  enjoy  the 
Effect  of  their  Collations  or  Prefentments.  (4)  And 
in  the  fame  Manner  every  other  Lord,  of  what  Con- 
dition that  he  be,  fhall  have  the  Collations  or  Pre- 
sentments to  the  Houfcs  of  Religion  which  be  of  his 
Advowry,  and  other  Benefices  of  holy  Church  which 
be  pertaining  to  the  fame  Houfcs.  (5)  And  if  fuch 
I,  vov.  •  zs  do  not  prefent  to  fuch  Benefices  within  the 
half  Year  after  fuch  Voidances,  nor  the  Bifhop  of  the 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
de  fon  dit  roialme  Al  honur  de  Dieu  et  profit  de 
la  dite  eglife  dEngleterre  et  de  tut  fon  roialme  ad 
ordine  et  eftabli  qe  les  franches  elections  des  Erce- 
vefchees  Evefchees  et  tutes  autres  dignites  et  bene- 
fices electifs  en  Engleterre  fetiegnentdefore  en  ma- 
nere  come  eles  feurent  grantes  par  les  progenitours 
noflre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  et  par  les  aunceftres  dau- 
tres  Seignurs  foundes.  Et  qe  touz  prelatz  et  autres 
gentz  de  feinte  eglife  qi  ont  avowefons  de  que- 
conqes  benefices  des  douns  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
et  de  fes  progenitours  ou  dautres  Seignurs  et  do- 
nours  pur  faire  divines  fervices  et  autres  charges  ent 
ordines  eient  lour  collations  et  prefentementz  fran- 
chement  en  manere  come  ils  eftoient  feffes  parlour 
donours.  Et  en  cas  qe  dafcune  Ercevefchee  Evef- 
chee  dignite  ou  autre  quecunqe  benefice  foit  refer- 
vation collation  ou  provifion  faite  par  la  court  de 
Rome  en  deftourbance  des  elections  collations  oa 
prefentations  fufnomes  qe  a  meifme  les  temps  des 
voidances  qe  tieles  refervations  collations  et  provi- 
fions deufent  prendre  effeit  qe  a  meifme  la  void- 
ance noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  et  fes  heirs  eient  et  en- 
joicent  pur  cele  foitz  les  collations  as  Ercevefchees 
Evefchees  et  autres  dignites  electives  qe  font  de  fa- 
vowerie  autieles  come  fes  progenitours  avoient  avant 
qe  franche  election  feuft  graunte  deficome  les  elec- 
tions feurent  primes  grantez  par  les  progenitours  le 
Roi  fur  certeines  forme  et  condition  come  a  deman- 
derduRoi  conge  de  eflir  et  puis  apres  la  election  da- 
ver  fon  affent  roial  et  nemye  en  autre  manere  les 
queles  conditions  nyent  gardez  la  chofe  doit  par 
refon  refortir  a  fa  primere  nature. 


Et  qe  ft  dafcune  mefon  de  religion  del  avowerie 
le  Roi  foit  tiele  refervation  collation  ou  provifion 
faite  en  deftourbance  de  franche  election  eit  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  et  fes  heirs  a  cele  foitz  la  collation 
a  doner  cele  dignite  a  perfone  covenable.  Et  en 
cas  qe  refervation  collation  ou  provifion  foit  faite  a 
la  court  de  Rome  de  nule  eglife  provende  ou  autre 
benefice  qe  font  del  avowerie  des  genz  de  feinte 
efglife  dont  le  Roi  eft  avowe  paramount  immediat 
qe  a  mefme  le  temps  de  voidance  a  quel  temps  la 
refervation  collation  ou  provifion  deufent  prendre 
effeit  come  defus  eft  dit  qe  le  Roi  et  fes  heirs  de  ce 
eient  le  prefentement  ou  collation  a  cele  foitz.  Et 
iffint  de  temps  en  temps  a  totes  les  foitz  qe  tieles 
gentz  de  feinte  eglife  ferront  deftourbez  de  lour 
prefentementz  ou  collations  par  tieles  refervations 
collations  ou  provifions  come  defus  eft  dit  Sauvee 
a  eux  le  droit  de  lour  avowefons  &  prefentementz 

Sant  nul  collation  ou  provifion  de  la  court  de 
.ome  ent  ne  foit  faite  ou  qe  les  dites  gentz  de 
feinte  efglife  ofent  &  vuillent  a  meifrr.es  les  bene- 
fices preienter  ou  collation  faire  &  lour  prefentees 
puiflent  leffeit  de  lour  collations  &  prefentementz 
enjoier.  Et  en  meifme  la  manere  eit  chefcun  autre 
Seignur  de  quel  condition  qil  foit  les  prefentementz 
ou  collations  a  les  mefons  de  religion  qe  font  de 
favowric  &  as  benefices  de  feinte  eglife  qe  font 
apurtenantz  a  vneifmes  les  mefons.  Et  fi  tiJs  a- 
vowes  ne  prefentent  point  a  tieles  benefices  deinz 
le  demy  an  apres  tieles  voidances  ne  levefqe  de  lieu 
ne  la  doune  par  laps  de  temps  deinz  un  moi^  apres 
le  demy  an  qe  adonqes  lc  Roi  eit  ent  les  prefente- 
mentz 


A.  D.  1350.       Anno  vicefimo  quinto  Edwardi  III. 


Stat.  6.        271 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  _    I 

mentz  &  collations  come  il  ad  dautres  de  favowerie  ! 
demeifne.    Et  en  cas  qe  les  prefentees  le  Roi  ou  les 
prefentes  dautres  patrons-de  feinte  eglife  ou  de  lour  • 
avowes  ou  ceux  as  queux  le  Roi  ou  tielx  patrons  ou 
avowes  fufditz  averont  done  benefices  apurtenantz  j 
a  lour  prefentementz  ou  collations  foient  deftour- 
bez  par  tiels  provifours  iffint  qils  ne  puiffent  avoir  I 
poffeffion  de  tieles  benefices  par  vertue  des  prefente-  ' 
mentz-&  collations  iffint  a  eux  faitz  ou  qe  ceux  qe 
font  en  poffeffion  des  tiels  benefices  foient  empef- 
ches  fur  lour  dites  pofTeffions  par  tielx  provifours 
adonqes  foient  les  ditz  provifours  &  lour  procura- 
tors executours  &  notaires  attaches  par  lour  corps 
&  menes  en  refponfe  &  fils  foient  conviftz  demo  ■ 
ergent  en  prifone  fanz  eftre  lefle  a  meinprife  en 
bailie  ou  autrement  delivres  tanqils  averont  fait  fin 
&  redemption  au  Roi  a  fa  volente  &  gree  a  la  par- 
tie  qe  fe  fentera  greve.     Et  nient  meins  avant  qils 
foient  deli vrers  facent  pleine  renunciation  &  troe- 
vent  fufficeante  feurete    qils    nattempteront   tiele 
chofe  en  temps  avenir  ne  nul  proces  fueront  par 
eux  ne  par  autre  devers  nuly  en  la  dite  court  de 
Rome  ne  nule  part  aillours  pur  nules  tieles  empri- 
fonementz  ou  renunciations  ne  nule  autre  chofe 
dependant  de  eux. 


Et  en  cas  qe  tielx  provifours  procuratours  execu- 
tours &  notaires  ne  foient  trovez  qe  lexigende  cour- 
ge  devers  eux  par  due  proces  &  qe  briefs  iffent  de 
prendre  lour  corps  quel  part  qils  foient  trovez  au- 
xibien  a  la  fuke  le  Roi  come  de  partie  &  qen  le 
mefne  temps  le  Roi  eit  les  profitz  de  tielx  benefices 
iffint  ocupez  par  tielx  provifours  forfpris  Abbeies 
Priories  &  autres  mefons  qont  college  ou  covent  & 
en  tieles  mefons  eient  les  covent  &  colleges  les  pro- 
fitz fauvant  totefoitz  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  as 
autres  Seignurs  lour  aunciene  droit.  Et  eit  ceft 
eftatut  lieu  auxibien  de  refervations  collations  & 
provifions  faites  &  grantes  en  temps  pafTe  devers 
touz  ceux  qe  ne  font  unqore  adept  corporele  pof- 
feffion des  benefices  a  eux  grauntes  par  meifmes  les 
refervations  collations  &  provifions  come  devers 
touz  autres  en  temps  avenir.  Et  doit  ceft  eftatut 
tenir  lieu  commenceant  a  les  oetaves  fufditz. 


By  16  R.  2.  c.  5  purchajlng  Bulk  cr  other  Inftrumenls  from  Rome  incurs 
See  of  Rome,  or  bringing  Bulk,  CS'c.  from  thence. 


Place  do  not  give  the  fame  by  Lapfe  of  Time  within  Ji"urb  fuch 
a  Month  after  half  a  Year,  that  then  the  King  iiia.ll  Preferments 
have  thereof  the  Presentments  and  Collations,  ashe^f™^^ 
hath  of  other  of  his  own  Advowry.     (6)  And  in  cafe  make.°UB 
that  the  Prefentees  of  the  King,  or  the  Prefentees  of  See  26  H.  8, 
other  Patrons  of  holy  Church,  or  of  their  Advowees,  c.  15. 
or  they  to  whom  the  King,    or  fuch  Patrons  or  Ad- 
vowees aforefaid,   have  given  Benefices  pertaining  to 
their  Prefentments  or  Collations,  be  difturbed  by  iuch 
Provifors,    fo  that  they  may  not  have  Poffeffion  of 
iuch  Benefices  by  virtue  of  the  Prefentments  or  Col- 
lations to  them  made,  or  that  they  which  be  in  Pof- 
feffion of  fuch  Benefices  be  impeached  upon  their  laid 
PofTeffions  by  fuch  Provifors  ;  then  the  (aid  Provifors, 
their  Procurators,  Executors,  and  Notaries,  fhall  be 
attached  by  their  Body,    and  brought  in  to  anfwer  ; 
(7)  and  if  they  be  convict,  they  fhall  abide  in  Prifon 
without  being  let  to  Mainprife  or  Bail,  or  otherwife 
delivered,  till  that  they  have  made  Fine  and  Ranfom 
to  the  King  at  his  Will,  and  Gree  to  the  Party  that 
fhall  feel  himfelf  grieved.     (8)  And  neverthelefs  be- 
fore that  they  be  delivered,  they  fhall  make  full  Re- 
nunciation,  and  find  fufficient  Surety  that  they  fhall 
not  attempt  fuch  Things  in  Time  to  come,  nor  fue 
any  Procefs  by  them,  nor  by  other,  againft  any  Man 
in  the  Court  of  Rome,  nor  in  any  Part  elfewherer  for 
any  fuch  Imprifonments  or  Renunciations,    nor  any 
other  Thing  depending  of  them. 

'  V.  And  in  cafe  that  fuch  Provifors,  Procurators,  F;tz.Pr;emu- 
Executors,  or  Notaries  be  not  found,  that  the  Exi-  nire.,9,  is. 
gent  fhall  run  againft  them  by  due  Procefs,  and  that 
Writs  shall  go  forth  to  take   their  Bodies  in  what 
Parts  they  be  found,  as  well  at  the  King's  Suit,  as  at 
the   Suit  of  the  Party,    (z)  and  that  in  the  mean 
Time  the  King  fhall  have  the  Profits  of  fuch  Bene- 
fices fo  occupied  by  fuch  Provifors,    except  Abbeys, 
Priories,  and  other  Houfes,  which  have  Colleges  or 
Covents,   and  in  fuch  Houfes  the  Colleges  and  Co- 
vents  fhall  have  the  Profits  ;    faving  always  to  our 
Lord  the  King,    and  to  all  other  Lords,   their  old 
Right.       (3)  And  this   Statute  fhall  have  Place  as 
well  of  Refervations,  Collations,  and  Provifions  made 
and  granted  in  Times  paft  againft  all   them  which, 
have  not  yet  obtained  corporal  Poffeffion  of  the  Be-  jj,^  .6. 
nefices  granted  to  them  by  the  fame  Refervations,  13 r,2,  u'at.  1. 
Collations,    and  Provifions,    as  againft  all  other  inc.  1. 
Time  to  come.     And  this    Statute  oweth   to  hold  Cmjlhie^iy 
Place  and  to  begin  at  the  faid  Was.'  *3  R£  ftat* a 

°  C.  2-  &  J. 

Prarmunire.     And  fee  5  El.  c.  1.  and  13  El.  c.  2,  againft  maintaining  the  Authority  of  the 


utiit. 


Statutum   apud   Weftm'   editum   eodem  Anno    25  Edw.  III. 

Anno  Dom.   1350. 

The  King  granteth  to  the  Commons  in  Aid  of  aDifrne  and  Fifteen  by  them  before  granted  to 
him,  all  the  Iffues,  Fines,  Forfeitures,  and  Amerciaments  levied  of  Labourers,  .Artificers, 
Regrators,  Victuallers,  and  Servants.      Ste  Appendix. 


A  Statute  of  Provifors,   made  Anno  27  Edw.  III.  Stat.  1.  and  Anno 

'Dom.  1353. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  i?. 

NOSTRE  Seignur  le  Roi  de  laffent  &  a  la 
priere  des  Grauntz  &  de  la  communalte  de 
ion  Roialme  dEngleterre  a  fon  grant  confeil 
4 


o 


UR  Lord  the  King,  by  the  Affent  and  Prayer 
of  the  Great  Men,  and  the  Commons  of  his 
Realm  of 'England,  at  his  great  Council  holden 

"  at 


272       Stat.  1. 


Anno  vicefimo  feptimo  Edwardi  III.        A.  D.  1353. 


'"  at  Weftmhifter,  the  Monday  nek't  after  the  Feaft  of 
"  St.  Matthew  the  Apoftle,  the  Twenty  feventh  Year 
"  of  his  Reign  of  England,  and  of  France  the  Four- 
"  teenth,  in  Amendment  of  his  faid  Realm,  and  Main- 
"  tenance  of  the  Laws  and  Ufages,  hath  ordained  and 
"  ftablifhed  thefe  Things  under-written." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
tenuz  a  Weftmonfer  le  Lundy  profchein  apres  la 
fefte  de  Seint  Matheu  Lapoftle  Ian  de  fon  regne 
ceft  affavoir  dEngleterre  vintfeptifme  &  de  France 
quatorzifme  en  amendement  de  fon  dit  Roialme  & 
pur  les  leis  &  ufages  ne  fon  dit  Roialme  meintenir 
fi  ad  ordene  &  eftabli  les  chofes  fcuzefcriptes. 


CAP.     I. 


Praemunire  for  filing  in  a  Foreign  Realm,  or  Impeaching  of  Judgement  given. 


*'Tnft 

86. 

glnft 

120,  IK 

1 1  Co 

H-     ' 

II  Co 

a  Roi 

37- 
3'7- 

14  H.  4.  f.  14. 
a  R.  3.  f.  17. 
5  Ed.  4.  f.  6. 
q  Ed.  4.  f.  3. 

Fitz. 

'ramun. 

S.6, 

ro. 

39  Ed\ 
•4jEd. 


f.7. 
f.  6. 


"Bro.  Attorney, 

48,  S3.  IO+- 
II  Co.  34. 
44 Ed.  3.  f.7, 

36- 

j  Lev.  241, 241. 


Unforced  by 
■f&  Ed.  3.  flat.  2.  ' 
^.2,  3,  &£.        t 


Appearance  of 
the  Offender 
after  two 
Months  will 
fave  his  Out- 
law, y,  tut  not 
his   Lands   or 
Ccods. 


:  17 1 R  S  T,   Becaufe  it  is  fnewed  to  our  Lord  the 
-  J?    King,    by  the  grievous   and  clamorous  Com- 
'•  plaints  of  the  Great  Men  and  Commons  aforel'aid, 
:  how  that  divers  of  the  People  be,    and  have  been 
'  drawn  out  of  the  Realm  to  anfwer  of  Things,  where- 
'•  of  the  Cognilance  pertaineth  to  the  King's  Court ; 
'  (2)  and  alfo  that  the  Judgments  given  in  the  fame 
'  Court  be  impeached  in  another  Court,  in  Prejudice 
:  and  Difherifon  of  our  Lord  the  King,    and  of  his 
'  Crown,   and  of  all  the  People  of  his  faid  Realm, 
'  and  to  the  undoing  and  Deftruiftion  of  the  Common 
'  Law  of  the  fame^Realm  at  all  Times  ufed."     '  (3) 
Whereupon,  good  Deliberation  had  with  the  Great 
Men  and  other  of  his  faid  Council,  it  is  affented  and 
accorded  by  our  Lord  the  King,  and  the  Great  Men 
and  Commons  aforefaid,  That  all  the  People  of  the 
King's  Ligeance,   of  what  Condition  that  they  be, 
which  fhall   draw  any   out  of  the  Realm  in  Plea, 
whereof  the   Cognifance    ptrtaineth   to  the  King's 
Court,  or  of  Things  whereof  Judgements  be  given 
in  the  King's  Court,    or  which  do  fue  in  any  other 
Court,  to  defeat  or  impeach  the  Judgements  given  in 
the  King's  Court,  fhall  have  a  Day,  containing  the 
Space  of  two  Months,   by  Warning  to  be  made  to 
them  in  the  Place  where  the  Poffeffions  be,  which  be 
in  Debate,   or  otherwife  where  they  have  Lands  or 
other  Poffeffions,  by  the  Sheriffs  or  other  the  King's 
Minifters,  to  appear  before  the  King  and^  his  Coun- 
cil, or  in  his  Chancery,    or  before  the  King's  Juf- 
tices in  his  Places  of  the  one  Bench  or  the  other,  or 
before  other  the  King's  Juftices  which  to  the  fame 
{hall  be  deputed,  to  anfwer  in  their  proper  Perfons  to 
the  King,    of  the  Contempt  done  in    this  Behalf. 
(4)  And  if  they  come  not  at  the  faid  Day  in  their 
proper  Perfon  to  be  at  the  Law,   they,  their  Procu- 
'  ratore,  Attornies,  Executors,  Notaries,    and  Main- 
c  tainors,  fhall  from  that  Day  forth  be  put  out  of  the 
'  King's  Protection,    and   their  Lands,    Goods,    and 
'  Chatties  forfeit  to  the  King,  and  their  Bodies,  where- 
'  foever  they  may  be  found,    fhall  be  taken  and  im- 
'  prifoned,    and   ranfomed  at   the  King's   Will:    (5) 
'  And  upon  the  fame  a  Writ  fhall  be  made  to  take 

*  them  by  their  Bodies,  and  tofeife  their  Lands,  Goods, 
'  and  Poffeffions,  into  the  King's  Hands  ;  (6)  and  if 
'  it  be  returned,  that  they  be  not  found,  they  fhall  be 
'  put  in  Exigent,  and  outlawed.' 

'  It.    Provided  always,    That  at  what  Time  they 

*  come  before  they  be  outlawed,  and  will  yield  them 
'  to  the  King's  Prifon  to  be  juftified  by  the  Law,  and 
'  to  receive  that  which  the  Court  fhall  award  in  this 

Behalf,  that  they  fhall  be. there;o  received;  the  For- 
feiture of  the  Lands,  Goods,  and  Chatties  abiding 
do  not  yield  them  within  the 


Reg.  1S2. 
Raft.  24,  465. 
maintaining 


*  in  their  Force,  if  they 

'  faid  two  Months,  as  afore  is  faid 

Sec  16  R.  2.  <••  5-  •which  makes  it  Praemunire  to  furcbafe  Bulk  or  other  Jnftruments  from  Rome  j   and  farther,  5  El. 


PRimerement  pur  ce  qe  monftree  eft  a  noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roi  par  grevous  &  clamous  pleintes 
des  Grantz  &  communes  avantditz  coment  plufours 
gentz  font  &  ount  efte  traites  hors  du  Roialme  a 
refpondre  des  chofes  dount  la  coniffance  appartient 
a  la  Court  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  auffint  qe  les 
juggementz  renduz  en  meifme  la  court  font  empef- 
chez  en  autri  court  en  prejudice  &  defheritfon  no- 
ftre Seignur  le  Roi  &  de  fa  corone  &  de  tout  le 
poeple  de  fon  dit  Roialme  &  en  defefance  &  anien- 
tiffement  de  la  commune  lei  de  meifme  le  Roialme 
ufee  de  tout  temps.  Sur  quoi  eue  bone  delibera- 
tion od  les  grantz  &  autres  du  dit  confeil  affentu 
eft  &  acorde  par  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  &  les 
grantz  &  communes  fufditz  qe  totes  gentz  de  la 
ligeance  le  Roi  de  quele  condition  qils  foient  qi  tre- 
hent  nulli  hors  du  Roialme  en  plee  dount  la  conif- 
fance appartient  a  la  Court  le  Roi  ou  des  chofes 
dount  juggementz  font  renduz  en  la  Court  le  Roi. 
cu  qi  fuent  en  autri  court  a  deffaire  ou  empefcher 
les  juggementz  renduz  en  la  Court  le  Roi  eient  jour 
contenant  lefpace  dedeuxmois  par  garniffement  af- 
faire a  eux  en  le  lieu  ou  les  poffeffions  font  qi  font 
en  debat  ou  aillours  ou  ils  averont  terres  ou  autres 
poffeffions  par  le  vifcont  ou  autre  miniftre  du  Roi 
deftre  devant  le  Roi  &  fon  confeil  ou  en  fa  Chan- 
cellerie  ou  devant  les  Juftices  le  Roi  en  fes  places 
del  un  Baunk  ou  del  autre  ou  devant  autres  Juf- 
tices le  Roi  qi  ferront  a  ce  deputez  a  refpondre  en 
lour  propre  perfones  au  Roi  du  contempt  fait  en 
celle  partie.  Et  fils  ne  viegnent  mie  au  dit  jour 
en  propre  perfone  de  efteer  a  la  lei  foient  ils  lour 
procuratours  attournez  executours  notairs  &  mein- 
tenours  de  eel  jour  enavant  mis  hors  de  la  protec- 
tion le  Roi  &  lour  terres  biens  &  chateux  forfaitz 
au  Roi  &  foient  lour  corps  ou  qils  foient  trovez 
pris  &  emprifonez  et  reintz  a  la  volunte  le  Roi  et 
fur  ce  foit  brief  fait  de  les  prendre  par  lour  corps  et 
de  feifir  lour  terres  biens  et  poffeffions  en  la  main  le 
Roi  et  fi  retourne  foit  qils  ne  font  mie  trovez  foient 
mis  en  exigend  et  utlaghez. 


Purveu  totes  foitz  qe  a  quele  heure  qils  viegnent 
devant  qils  foient  utlaghez  et  fe  veullent  rendre  a  la 
prifone  le  Roi  deftre  jufticez  par  la  lei  &  receivre 
ce  qe  la  Court  le  Roi  agardera  en  celle  partie  qils 
foient  a  ce  receuz  la  forfaiture  des  terres  biens  et 
chateux  demorante  en  fa  force  fils  ne  fe  rendent 
d;inz  les  ditz  deux  mois  come  devant  eft  dit. 


tbt  Authority  if  the  See  of  Rome,  or  bringing  SuHifnm  R,me. 


c,  1.  and  13  E/ix.  c.  2.  agah 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1353.       Anno  vicdimo  fcptimo  Edwardi  III. 


Stat. 


i. 


273 


CAP.     II. 


In  a  Pardon  of  Felony  the  SuggefHons  and  Suggeflor's  Name  fhall  be  comprifed. 

'  TTEM,  Becaufe  our  Lord  the  King 
'   M.  granted 


Ex  Ret.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

AUffint  pur  ce  qe  noftre  Scignur  le  Roi  ad  fo- 
vent  grantee  chartres  de  pardon  de  felonies 
par  fcintes  et  nient  veritables  fuggeftions  de  plu- 
feurs  gentz  dount  plufeurs  malx  font  avenuz  cea 
en  arere  et  pur  tieux  malx  efchuir  fi  eft  acorde  et 
alTentu  par  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  et  tout  le  dit 
confeil  qe  defore  en  chefcun  chartre  de  pardon  de 
felonie  qe  ferra  grante  a  fuggeftion  de  nully  foit  la 
dite  fuggeftion  et  le  noun  de  celui  qi  fift  la  fugge- 
ftion compris  en  meifme  la  chartre  et  fi  apres  foit 
trove  la  fuggeftion  nient  veritable  foit  la  chartre 
difalowe  et  tenue  pur  nulle  et  enquergent  les  Ju- 
ftices  devant  queux  tieux  chartres  font  alleggez  de 
meifme  la  fuggeftion  et  ce  auffibien  des  chartres 
avant  ces  heures  grantez  come  des  chartres  qe  fer- 
ront  grantez  en  temps  avenir  et  fils  la  troeflent 
nient  varraie  adonqes  defalowent  la  chartre  iflint 
aleggee  et  ent  facent  outre  ce  qe  la  lei  demand. 


_  hath  often 
Charters  of  Pardon   of  Felonies   upon 
feigned  and    untrue   SuggefHons  of  divers  People, 
whereof  much  Evil  hath   chanced  in  Times  paft;" 
(2)  and  for  to  efchue  fuch  Evil,  it  is  accorded  and 
affented  by  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  and  all  the  faid 
Council,  That  from  henceforth  in  every  Charter  of 
Pardon  of  Felony,    which  (hall  be   granted  at  any 
Man's  Suggeftion,  the  faid  Suggestion,  and  the  Name 
of  him  that  maketh  the  Suggeftion,  fhall   be  com- 
prifed in  the  fameCharter;    (3)  and  if  after  the  fame 
Suggeftion  be   found  untrue,    the  Charter  fhall  be 
difallowed   and  holden  for  none:    (4)  And  the  Ju-  A  Pardon 
ftices  before  whom  fuch  Charters  fhall  be  alledged,  f™*™  UJ™> 
fhall  enquire  of  the  fame  Suggeftion,  and  that  as  well  ^'^  bedlLi-"" 
of  Charters  granted   before  this  Time,  as  of  Char-  lowed, 
ters  which  fliall  be  granted  in  Time  to  come  ;  and  Raft.  455. 
if  they  find  them  untrue,  then  they  fhall  difallow  the 
Charters  fo  alledged,  and  fhall  moreover  do  as  the 
Law  demandeth.' 


CAP.     III. 

Commiffions  mail  be  granted  to  enquire  of  Offenders  contrary  to  the  Statute  of  23  Edward  3. 

cap.  6. 

ENfement  pur  les  grantz  &  outrajoufes  chiertees  des  vitailles  qe  les  hoftelers  des  herbergeries  &  autres  re-  EXP, 
_j  graters  de  vitailles  fount  par  tout  Je  Roialme  a  grant  Damage  du  poeple  qi  pane  parmie  le  Roialme 
Acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  Juftices  fachantz  de  lei  qi  foient  bones  &  covenables  foient  de  novel  eflutz  denquere, 
des  faitz  &  des  outrages  de  tieux  hoftelers  regraters  laborers  &  touz  autres  compris  en  leftatut  autrefoitz  ent. 
fait  et  de  les  punir  et  outre  faire  droit  au  Roi  et  au  poeple  Sauvant  totesfoitz  a  chefcun  Seignur  et  autres  leur, 
franchifes  en  toutz  pointz. 

CAP.     IV. 

The  Aulnegers  Fees  for  every  Cloth  fold.     Cloths  fhall   be  fealed   before  they  be  put  to  Sale. 
A  Subfidy  granted  to  the  King  of  every  Cloth  fold. 


AUftlnt  pur  ce  qe  les  Grantzet  Communes ount 
monftree  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  coment  plu- 
feurs marchantz  fibien  foreins  come  denzeins  fe 
ount  retraitz  et  uncore  fe  retreent  de  venir  od  draps 
en  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  a  grant  damage  du  Roi 
et  de  tout  le  poeple  par  caufe  qe  launeour  le'Roi 
furmette  as  marchantz  eftranges  qe  leur  draps  ne 
font  mie  daffife  ceft  aflavoir  le  drap  de  colour  de 
la  lomure  de  vint  &  fis  aunes  mefuree  par  le  dos  & 
de  la  laeure  de  fys  quarters  &  dimid'  iz  le  drap  de 
raie  de  la  longure  de  vint  &  oet  aunes  mefuree  par 
le  lifte  &  de  la  laeure  de  fys  quarters  <k  les  areft 
tome  forfaitz  au  Roi  &  ount  prie  a  noftre  dit  Seig- 
nur le  Roi  qe  lui  plefe  releffer  &  ofter  tieles  forfei- 
tures en  eefe  de  fon  poeple  pur  covenable  recom- 
penfation  faire  a  lui  dautre  part  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  fur  tiele  condition  otroiant  a  lour  fupplication 
ad  relefle  &  ofte  de  tout  les  dites  forfaitures  &  voet 
&  grant  pur  lui  &  pur  fes  heirs  qe  mes  ne  foient 
nuls  draps  forfaitz  tout  ne  foient  ils  de  laffife  avant- 
dite  mes  qe  launeour  le  Roi  face  auner  les  draps  & 
VoL.l. 


TEM,  Whereas  the  Great  Men  and  Commons    , 
hive  (hewed  to  our  Lord  the  King,  how  divers 
"  Merchants,   as  well  Foreigners  as  Denizens,  have 
"  withdrawn  them,    and   yet   do  withdraw   them,  to 
"  come  with   Cloths  into  England,  to  the  great  Da- 
"  mage   of  the  King  and  of  all  his  People,  becaufe 
"  that  the   King's    Aulneger  furmifeth  to  Merchant 
"  Strangers,  that  their  Cloths  be  not  of  Affile,  that  is 
"  to  fay,  The  coloured  Cloth  of  the  Length  of  fix  and  The  Length  ani 
"  twenty  Yards   meafured  by  the  Creft,    and  of  the  f 'u7cddthc°0flhco" 
"  Breadth  of  fix  Quarters   and  an  half;    (2)  and  the  a°,u/cioth  of 
"  Cloth  of  Ray,  of  the  Length  of  Eight  and  twenty  Ray. 
"  Yards  meafured  by  the  Lift,  and  of  the  Breadth  of 
"  Six  Quarters;    (3)  and  whereas  the  fame  have  been 
"  arrefted  as  forfeit  to  our  Lord  the  King,  they  have 
"  prayed  our  fail  Lord  the  King,  that  it  may  pleafe 
"  him  to  releafe  and  put  out  fuch  Forfeitures  in  Eafe 
"  of  his  People,  for  a  convenient  Recompence  to  be 
'.'  made  to  him  of  the  other  Party;"    '  Our  Lord  the  The  King's  ae= 
'  King,  upon  fuch  Condition  hearing  their  Supplica-  'eafe  ot '^ F?" . 
'  tionf  hath  releafed  and  excluded  him  of  all  the' faid  fc'*"»fCI«Ji*. 
'  Forfeitures,  and  he  willeth  and  granteth  for  him  and 
'  for  his  Heirs,  that  there  fhall  be  no  Cloths  forfeit, 
'  although  they  be  not  of  the  fame  Aflife,  but  the  King's 
N  n  '  Aulneger 


274 


Stat. 


i. 


Anno  vicefimo  feptimo  Edwardi  III.       A.  D.  1353 


The  Aulneger's 
Fee  tor  every 
Cloth  and  half 
Clot';  fold. 
Hardrefs  2c6. 


A  SuhGdy 
panted  to  the 
King  of  every 
Cloth. 


Cloths  put  to 
Sale  before  they 
be  fealed  fhall 
be  forfeit. 
Carthew  315. 

jQmendcd  by  5  & 
€  Ed.  6.  c.  6. 

3  I  &  12  W.  3. 

020.  takes  away 
rfultiage  Duties. 


Aulneger  fhall  meafure  the  Cloth,  and  mark  the 
fame,  by  which  Mark  a  Man  may  know  how  much 
the  Cloth  containeth:  (4)  And  of  as  much  as  the 
Cloth,  which  is  bought  for  Cloth  of  Aflife,  fhall  be 
found  lefs  than  the  Aflife,  Allowance  or  Abatement 
fhall  be  made  to  the  Buyer  in  the  Payment  which  he 
fhall  make  for  the  fame  Cloth,  after  the  Quantity  of 
the  Price  for  which  the  Cloth  was  bought:  (5)  And 
the  Aulneger  fhall  take  for  every  Cloth  fo  meafured, 
which  is  of  Aflife,  that  is  to  fay,  of  the  Seller  an 
Halfpenny,  and  of  half  a  Cloth  a  Farthing  for  his 
Office,  and  no  more ;  nor  they  fhall  take  nothing  of 
the  Cloths  which  be  lefs  than  of  the  half  Cloth  ;  (6) 
and  that  he  nothing  meddle  of  the  Aulnage  of  any 
Cloth,  but  only  of  Cloths  which  are  to  be  fold.  (7) 
And  for  fo  much  the  faid  Lords  and  Commons  have 
granted  to  the  King  a  Subfidy  of  every  Cloth  which 
is  to  be  fold,  to  take  of  the  Seller  over  the  Cuftoms 
thereof  due,  that  is  to  fay,  Of  every  Cloth  of  the 
faid  Aifife,  wherein  there  is  no  Grain,  iv.  d.  (8)  and 
of  every  half  fuch  Cloth,  it.  d.  (9)  and  of  every 
Cloth  of  Aflife  of  Scarlet,  vi.  d.  (io)  and  of  every 
half  fuch  Cloth,  Hi.  d.  ( 1 1)  and  of  every  Cloth  half 
Grain  of  Aflife,  v.  d.  (iz)  and  of  every  half  fuch 
Cloth,  it  d.  oh.  (13)  And  that  every  Cloth  pairing 
the  half  Cloth  of  Aflife,  by  three  Yards  and  more, 
which  is  no  Cloth  whole  of  Aflife,  and  alfo  of  every 
Cloth  pafling  the  v/hole  Cloth  by  three  Yards  and 
more,  fhall  be  taken  after  the  Rate  or  Subfidy  which 
is  to  be  paid  for  the  whole  Cloth  of  the  fame  Sort ; 
(14)  fo  always,  that  of  no  Cloth  which  containeth 
not  half  a  Cloth,  nor  of  Cloths  which  a  Man  maketh 
for  his  own  Ufe  to  clothe  him  and  his  Meiny,  nor  of 
Cloth  fealed  with  the  Seal  of  the  Collector  of  the  faid 
Subfidy,  of  which  the  fame  Subfidy  was  once  paid 
by  the  Seller,  to  whofe  Hands  that  fuch  Cloths  fhall 
come  after  to  fell,  or  in  any  Manner,  nothing  of  the 
faid  Subfidy  fhall  be  paid  and  demanded.  (15)  And 
that  fuch  Manner  of  Cloths  which  be  put  to  Sale  be- 
fore that  they  be  fealed  with  the  faid  Seal,  fhall  be 
forfeit  to  the  King,  and  taken  into  his  Hands  by  the 
faid  Collector  or  Aulneger,  or  by  the  Deputy  of  one 
of  them,  or  elfe  by  the  Bailiffs  of  the  Town  where 
fuch  vendible  Cloths  not  fealed  fhall  be  found.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
les  mercher  par  quele  merche  homme  purra  conoi- 
ftre  combien  le  draps  contient  &  de  tant  come  ferra 
trove  le  draps  qe  eft  achate  pur  draps  daffife  eftre 
meinz  qe  daflife  foit  allowance  ou  rebatement  fait 
a  lachatour  en  le  paiement  qil  ferra  pur  meifme  le 
draps  folonc  la  quantite  du  pris  pur  quel  le  draps 
feuft  achate  et  qe  launeour  preigne  pur  chefcun 
draps  iffint  aunee  qeft  daflife  ceft  affavoir  du  ven- 
dour  un  maill  &  de  dimid'  draps  un  ferthyng  pur 
fon  office  &  nient  plus  ne  qil  ne  preigne  rien  de  - 
draps  qe  eft  meinz  qe  di'  draps  et  qil  ne  fe  melle 
rien  de  launage  de  nuls  draps  fors  foulement  de 
draps  qe  font  a  vendre.  Et  par  tant  les  ditz  Seig- 
nurs  &  communes  ount  grante  au  Roi  un  fubfid' 
de  chefcun  draps  qeft  a  vendre  a  prendre  du  ven- 
dour  autre  les  cuftumes  ent  due  ceft  affavoir  de 
chefcun  draps  du  dite  aflife  en  quele  ny  ad  point  de 
graine  iiij.  d.  &  de  dimi  tieu  draps  ii.d,  dechefcuiv 
draps  de  fcarlet  daflife  vi.  d.  &  de  dimi  tieu  draps 
iii.  d.  &  de  chefcun  draps  daffife  de  dimi  graine 
cinqe  deniers  &  de  di'  tieu  drap  ii.  d.  ob.  Et  qe 
de  chefcun  drap  paffant  di'  drap  daffife  par  trois 
aunes  &  plus  qe  neft  mie  drap  entiere  daflife  Seauf- 
fint  de  chefcun  drap  paffant  drap  entiere  par  trois 
aunes  &  plus  foit  pris  folonc  lafferant  du  fubfid* 
qeft  a  paier  pur  le  drap  entiere  de  meifme  la  forte 
iffint  totesfoitz  qe  de  nul  drap  qe  ne  contient  pas  di* 
drap  ne  de  draps  queux  homme  fait  a  fon  oeps  de- 
mefne  pur  veftir  lui  &.  fa  meifnee  ne  de  draps  en- 
fealez  du  feal  du  coillour  du  dit  fubfid'  des  queux 
meifme  le  fubfid'  eft  unefoitz  paie  par  le  vendour  a 
qi  mains  qe  tieux  draps  deviegnent  apres  a  vendre 
ou  en  autre  manere  rien  du  dit  fubfide  foit  paie  ne 
demande.  Et  qe  tote  manere  de  draps  qe  font  mis 
a  vente  avant  qils  foient  enfealez  du  dit  feal  foient 
forfaitz  au  Roi  &  pris  en  fa  main  par  le  dit  coillour 
ou  auneour  ou  par  le  depute  de  lun  de  eux  ou  au- 
trement  par  baillifs  de  la  ville  ou  tiel  drap  vendable 
nient  enfeale  ferra  trove. 


CAP.     V. 

It  fhall  be  Felony  to  foreftall  or  ingrofs  Gafcoign  "Wine. 

ENfement  acorde  eft  et  affentu  qe  defens  et  proclamation  foient  faites  qe  nul  marchant  Engleis  nengrofle 
ne  forftalle  vins  en  Gafcoigne  ne  les  preigne  par  voie  dacate  de  nul  Gafcon  ne  dautre  pur  paier  en  En- 
Repealed  for  the  gleterre  pur  plus  grant  fumme  qe  vins  ne  font  communement  venduz  en  Gafcoigne  par  caufe  dappreft  ou 
Felony  and  for  peril  de  meer  ou  pur  nul  autre  colour  fur  piene  de  vie  et  de  membre  et  de  forfeiture  des  ditz  vins  et  de 
the  Forfeiture     touz  lour  autres  biens  et  chateux  devers  le  Roi  et  de  forfeiture  de  leur  terres  et  tenemenz  devers  les  chiefs 

of  Lands  by  37   Seienurs  et  eient  les  chiefs  Seienurs  brief  defchete  en  le  cas. 
-Ed.  3.  c.  16.  °  " 

C  A  P.     VI. 

Merchants  may  bring  their  "Wines  to  what  Ports  they  will. 

AUffint  eft  ordene  et  eftabli  qe  touz  marchantz  Gafcons  et  autres  eftranges  puffent  amefner  fauvement 
leur  vins  en  Engleterre  a  queu  port  qe  lour  plerra  et  faire  ent  lour  profit  Iffint  totes  foitz  qe  le  botiller 
le  Roi  purra  faire  la  purveance  le  Roi  de  vins  des  aliens  quant  befoigne  ferra  fefant  paiement  pur  meifmes 
les  vins  deinz  xl,  jours  en  manere  come  ad  efte  ufe«  dauncien  temps.  4 


OB. 

43  Ed. 


3.  c.3. 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1353.       Anno  vicdimo  feptimo  Edwardi  III. 


Stat.  i.       275 


CAP.     VII. 

When  and  where  Gafcoign  Wines  may  be  bought. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ENfement  acorde  eft  et  affentu  qe  nul  marchant  Engleis  ne  nul  de  fes  fervantz  ou  autres  de  par  eux 
naille  en  Gafcoigne  a  demorer  illoeqes  nautre  neit  illoeqes  demorant  pur  faire  bargaine  ou  achate  de 
vins  par  queconqe  colour  devant  le  temps  de  vendenge  ou  de  reik  ceft  affavoir  avant  qe  commune  pafTage  fe 
face  pur  quere  vins  illoeqes.  Et  qe  nul  nachate  ne  ne  bargaine  par  lui  ne  par  autre  vins  fors  foulement  en 
les  ports  de  Burdeux  et  de  Baion  fur  les  peines  et  forfeitures  profcheinement  avantdites.  Et  fi  nul  foit 
trove  illoeqes  fefant  au  contraire  foit  pris  et  areftu  par  le  fenefchal  de'^Gafcoigne  ou  le  coneftable  de  Bur- 
deux et  le  corps  maunde  en  Engleterre  a  la  Tour  de  Londres.  Et  qe  meifme  le  fenefchal  ou  coneftable 
certifie  au  Roi  en  fa  Chancellerie  des  nouns  de  tieux  areftuz  etdelour  meiftres  et  compaignons  enfemblement 
od  tout  le  fait. 

C  A  P.     VIII. 

Red  and  White  Wine  mall  be  gauged ;  and  the  Punifhment  of  him  that  hindereih  it. 

AUffint  ordene  eft  &  eftabli  qe  tous  vins  ver- 
meilles  &  blauncs  qe  vendront  en  le  dit  Roi- 
alme  &  en  les  terres  de  Gales  &  Irland  a  vendre 
foient  bien  &  loialment  gaugez  par  le  gaugeour  le 
Roi  ou  fon  depute.  Et  fi  nul  mette  deftourbance 
ou  debate  &  ne  voet  mie  foefrir  fes  vins  eftre  gau- 
gez qil  forface  les  ditz  vins  &  foit  puni  par  empri- 
fonement  et  reint  a  la  volunte  le  Roi.  Et  fi  de- 
faute  foit  trove  en  le  gaugeour  qe  il  ou  fon  depute 
ne  foit  mie  preft  de  faire  fon  office  quant  il  ferra 
requis  ou  face  fraude  ou  deceit  en  fefant  fon  office 
au  damage  de  lacbatour  ou  de  le  vendour  paie  a  la 
partie  endamagee  fes  damages  au  treble  et  perde 
fon  office  et  foit  puni  par  emprifonement  et  reint  a 
la  volunte  le  Roi.  Et  en  cas  qe  meinz  foit  trove 
en  le  tonel  ou  pipe  qe  ne  deuft  eftre  de  droit  folonc 
laffife  du  tonel  foit  allowe  et  recope  en  le  paiement 
la  value  de  ce  qe  faudra  de  tieu  tonel  ou  pipe. 


OB. 

Rep.  37  Ed.  3. 

c.  16.  for  the 
Felony,  and  for 
the  Forfeiture 
of  Lands, 


TEM  it  is  accorded  and   eftablifhed,    That  all  Confirmed  by 
.  Wines  Red  and  White,  which  fhall  come  into  2?  H- 8-  c-  '*• 
faid  Realm,  and  into  the  Land  of  Wales  and  Ireland^  •  5" 
to  fell,  mall  be  well  and  lawfully  gauged  by  the  King's 
Gaugers,  or  their  Deputies.     (2)  And  if  any  do  fet 
Difturbance  or  Debate,  and  will  not  fuffer  the  fame 
to  be  gauged,  he  fhall  forfeit  the  faid  Wines,  and 
fhall  be  punifhed  by  Imprifonment,  and  ranfomed  at 
the  King's  Will.     (3)  And  if  Default  be  found  in 
the  Gauger,  that  he  or  his  Deputy  be  not  ready  to 
do  his  Office  when  he  fhall  be  required,  or  that  he  do 
Fraud  or  Deceit  in  doing  his  Office,  to  the  Damage 
of  the  Buyer  or  of  the   Seller,  he  fhall   pay  to  the 
Party  grieved  his  treble  Damages,  and  lofe  his  Office, 
and  be  punifhed  by  Imprifonment,  and  ranfomed  at  Cmfirmd  by  31 
the  King's  Will.     (4)  And  in  cafe  that  lefs  be  found  Ed.%.flat.i.c.^. 
in  the  Tun  or  Pipe,  than  ought  to  be  of  Right,  after  Enforced  by 
the  Affife  of  the  Tun,  the  Value  of  as  much  as  fhall  **H%  c;  '; 
lack  of  fuch  Tun  or  Pipe  fhall  be  allowed  and  de-  2.  a^.'e'xlJ* 
ducked  in  the  Payment.'  1R.3.  c.  13. 


*  Read  c.  15. 


Statutum  de  Stapulis,  Anno  XXVII°,  Stat.  2. 

MS.  Reg.     19  A.  XIV. 

EDWARD  &c.  Pur  ceo  que  en  bone  Deliberation  ove  Prelates  Dues  Countes  Barons  &  Chivalers 
des  Countees,  ceftafavoir  de  chefcun  Countee  un  pur  tout  la  Counte,  &  des  Comunes  dez  Cittees  & 
Burghs  de  notre  Roialme  DengP  fomons  a  noftre  graunde  Counfell  tenuz  a  Weftminftre  le  lundy 
profchen  apres  la  feft  de  Seint  Matheu  le  Apoftoill  Ian  de  noftre  Regne  Dcngl'  xxvii.  &  du  Fraunce  xiiii. 
fur  lez  damages  que  fount  notennent  avenuz,  fi  bene  a  nous  &  a  lez  Graundes  come  a  noftre  poeple  <_'e 
noftre  Roialme  Dengl'  &  de  nous  terres  de  Gales  &  Dirlaunde,  per  caufe  que  leftaplez  dez  leins  quires 
pealx  lanutez  de  nous  dites  Roialmes  &  terres  ad  efte  tenuz  hors  de  nous  dites  Roialmts  &  terres,  fi  le 
eftaple  fuift  tenuz  deinz  ycell  &  nul  parte  ailiours,  fravoms  al  honour  de  Dieu,  &  en  relevation  de  noz 
Roialme  &  terres  avauntdites,  &  pur  lefchuere  lez  perils  que  purroient  avenire  du  contrarie  en  temps  avenir, 
per  Counfell  &  comune  Affent  dez  dites  Prelatez  Ducz  Countez  Barons  Chevaleres  $i  Comunes  avaunt- 
ditz,  ordeigne  &:  eftabli  lez  chofes  fouth  efcriptez. 

CAP.     I. 

Where  the  Staple  for  England,  Wales,  and  Ireland  fhall  be  kept.     Whither  Merchandifes  of  the 
■Staple  fhall  be  carried,  and  what  Cuftom  fhall  be  paid  for  them. 

PRimerement  que  leftaple  dez  leins  quirs  pealx  lanutz  &  plumbe  creffaunt  &  provenaunt  de  nous  Roialme 
&  terres  avauntditz  foient  perpetuelment  es  lieux  fouth  efcriptes,  ceftafavoir  pur  Engl'  a  Neof  Chaftell 
iur  Tyne,  Everwyke,  Nicole,  Norwich,  Weftminftre,  Caunterbirs,  Ciceftre,  Winceftre,  Exceftre,  & 
Bnftut ;  &  pur  Gales  a  Karmardyne  :  &  pur  Irlaunde  a  Develin,  Waterford,  Coorke,  &  Drouzda  ;  &  nul 
part  ailiours.    Et  qe  toutz  lez  dites  Drapes  leins  auxibien  Veilles  come  nowelles  pealx  lanutes  quirs  & 

N  n  2  plumbee, 


O  B.  :H.j. 
fi.  1.  f  c.  6. 
2H.6.  c.4. 
3  H,  6.  c.4. 


-f  Read/. : 


AtwhichTowns 
the  Staple  of 
Wooll,  Leather, 
Fells,  and  Lead, 
for  England, 
Wales,  and  Ire- 


I 


2j6       Stat.  2.       Anno  vicefimo  feptimo  Edwardi  III.  A.  D.  1353. 

MS.    Reg. 
land,  (hall  be      plumbee,  que  ferrount  menez  de  dit  Roialme  &  terres,  foient  primes  mefnes  as  ditz  eftaples  ;    &  illoeqs  lez 
hc-lden.  elites  leins  &  plumbe  entre  Marchaunt  &  Marchaunt  &  autres  loialment  poifes  per  leftandarde,  &  chefcun 

43  Ed.  3.  c.  1.  gai,e  gj  Sarplere  de  ycel  leins  iffint  poifes  &  enfeales  a  leftaple  de  Neof  Chattel,  Everwyke,  Nicole,  Weft- 
fZ  nminAni  the  rninftre,  Canterbiers,  &  Winceftre,  &  auxint  quirs  pealx  lanutz  et  plumbe  qils  vendrent  illoeqs,  paies  ent 
StipkframCalais.  la  Cuftume  de  la  eftaple,  foient  teftemoignes  per  bille  enfealle  de  Seal  la  Mair  de  leftaple,  et  mefnez  as 
Merchandife  of  portes  fouthefcriptes,  ceftafavoir  Deverwike  a  Hull,  de  Nichol  a  Seint  Botulph,  de  Norwich  a  graup.d 
the  Staple  car-  Jeniemouth,  de  Weftminftre  a  Loundres,  de  Canterbirs  a  Sandwich,  de  Winceftre  a  Southamptoun,  et 
Towns T  tort  ^oecls  foient  les  dites  leins  et  plumbe  autrefoitz  poifes  per  nous  Cuftumers  illoeqes  affignes.  Et  tout  lez 
Towns.  '  leins  et  plumbe  amefnes  as  portez  de  Neof  Chaftell  Ciceftre  Exceftre  Briftut  Karmardyne  Drouda  Develin 
13H.4.  r.  pi.  4.  Waterford  et  Corke,  ou  lez  autres  eftaples  ferrount  tenuz,  foient  illoeqes  forfque  un  foitz  poifez  per  le- 
Indenture  to  be  ftandarde  entre  Marchaunt  et  Marchaunt  et  autres  en  prefence  de  noz  Cuftumers  illoeqs  ;  et  foit  endenture 
made  thereof  fait  entre 'le  Maire  del  eftaple  efteaunt  en  le  porte  de  mer  et  nous  Cuftumers  illoeqs  dez  toutz  k-z  kins 
Mayor"nd>e  et  plumbe  iffint  poifes,  et  auxint  de  quirs  et  pealx  lanutez,  qui  viendrent  a  mefme  leftapule  pur  paiTer 
Cuilomer  of  the  illoeqs,  et  mefme  eel  leinz  et  plumbe  et  auxint  quirs  et  pealx  lanutez  Cuftumez  &  cokettez,  et  les  Cu- 
Poit  flumes  ent  dues  paies  a  nous  Cuftumers  en  toutz  lez  dites  portez,   ceftafavoir  dez  denizeins  pur  le  temps 

The  feveral  cjils  ount  pafte  dimy  marc  de  fake  de  leins,  dimi  marke  de  ccc  pealx  lanutez,  et  xx  s.  demi  laft  dez 
CU"ri0bmSD°  quirs  et  iii  d.  de  chefcun  xx  s.  de  plumbe,  foient  adonqs  lez  Marchandifes  per  Marchauntz  eftranges  que 

zefts  and  Aliens.  laverount  achates,  et  noun  pas  per  Englis  Galys  ne  Irrys,  amefnes  as  parties  de  dela  hors  dez  nous  dites 
Merchants  Roialme  et  terres,  queux  parties  que  plerra  as  dites  A4archauntes  eftraunges,  et  que  les  ditez  Mairs  et  Cu- 

S.rangers  only  ftumers  ne  delaient  nul  home  volunterement  pur  gaine,  ne  pur  eel  caufe  nen  autre  manere  rien  ne  preignent 
n'a.v  tran'po[t  de  nul,  pur  fair  ce  que  appent  a  lour  office,  fur  payne  denprifonment  et  de  paier  a  la  partie  la  double  de  ce 
the  ame.  ^ue  jjs  averount  jffmt  pris,  et  auxi  de  ce  que  la  partie  ferra  iffi  endamage  per  caufe  de  tiel  pris  ou  delai  et 

j,     >  de  outre  de  eftre  rent  a  noftre  volunte  :    mez  foi  tiegnent  paies  de  ceo  qils  prendrent  en  certen  pour  lour 

Strangers  (hall  be  office  faire,  et  que  la  maire  de  la  eftaple  et  lez  Cuftumers  pregnent  ferement  de  toutz  Marchauntz  quenfi 
fwom  to  hold  no  paflerount  leins  quirs  pealx  lanutez  et  plumbe,  qils  ne  tiendrent  nul  eftaple  par  dela  de  mefmez  lez  Mar- 

Siaple  beyond        chaundifeS. 
Sea, 

CAR     II. 

Merchants  Strangers  may  come  into  and  depart  forth  of  the  Realm  with  their  Goods,  and  none 

of  them  mail  be  taken  by  the  King's  Purveyors. 

TEM  pur  replener  lez  ditz  Roialmes  et  terres  de  monei  et  de  plat  dor  et  dargent  et  dez  marchandifes. 

dez  autres  terres,  et  pur  doner  talent  as  marchauntz  eftraunges  de  venir  ove  lez  mercez  et  mar- 
chandifez  de  autres  terres  en  les  Roialme  &  terres  avauntditz.  Si  avoms  ordeigne  &  eftabli,  que  touts 
lez  marchauntz  eftraunges,  queux  ne  fount  mye  de  notre  enmite,  de  quel  terre  ou  nation  qils  foient, 
puifli  nt  foutz  noftre  protection  &  fave  conduit  vener  &  demurrer  en  nos  dit  Roialme  &  terrez,  queux 
parties  qils  voudrount,  &•  de  illoeqs  retourner  ove  lour  mefnee  merces  &  marchaundifes  quecunqes  fraunche- 
ment  &  vendre  lour  marchaundifes  a  lez  eftaples  &  aillours  deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  &  terres,  a  que  lez 
voudra  achater  paiauntes  les  cuftumes  ent  duez.  Et  pur  plus  afiurere  lez  marchauntz  eftraunges  &  au- 
tres mefnauntes  biens  &  marchaundifes  es  dites  Roialme  &  terres  ;  fi  voloms  &  grauntoms  ordeinoms  Sc  ' 
ertabliffcms  pur  nous  &  pur  nous  heirs  et  fubgitz,  que  rien  ne  foit  prife  outre  lez  cuftumes  avauntditez, 
ne  prifes  a  notre  oeps,  per  colour  de  vente  ou  en  autre  manere,  en  countre  lour  volunte,  per  nous  miniftres 
ne  lez  miniftres  noirz  heirs  ne  per  lez  miniftres  de  nul  Roiaix  Prelates  Dues  Countes  Barons  Seignurs  ne 
Dames,  ne  de  nul  autre  petit  ne  graund  ;  &  ft  nul  miniftre  per  colour  de  fon  office  ou  en  autre  manere 
preigne  riens  de  eux  contre  lour  gre,  foit  maintenaunt  prife  &  areftuz  per  lez  Mair  &  Baillifts  de  lieu,  Al- 
io it  hors  de'la  eftaple,  ou  per  Maire  &  Miniftres  del  eftaple  fil  foit  deinz  le  eftaple,  &  foit  haftive  &  redde 
yroces  fait  devers  luy  de  jour  en  jour  &  de  hure  en  hure,  folonc  le  ley  de  leftaple  &  nemy  a  la  comune 
ley,  ft  bien  hors  de  la  eftaple  come  dedeinz,  a  chefcune  que  iffint  ferra  ;  &  fil  foit  ent  atteint,  paie  a!  mar- 
chaunt le  double  de  ceo  qil  prift  &  tant  a  nous.  Et  que  nul  commiffioun  foit  fait,  de  prendre  tieux  prifes 
dez  dites  marchauntz-;  et  ll  nul  tiel  commiffioun  foit  fait,  foit  tenuz  pur  null. 

CAP.     III. 

ah  Merchants    All  Perfons  may  buy  Wocllfels,  &c.  fo  that  they  bring  them  to  the  Staple.     It  fhall  be  Felony 
,Life£e  f°r  ai1  Engtifi,  &V.  Merchant  to  tranfport  Wooll,  &c. 

(c  rhatthev  1 

bring.thtun.to  TTEM  nous  voillcms  et  grauntoms,  que  toutz  marchauntz,  fi  bien  denefins  come  eftraunges,  puiflent 
the  Staple.  ^  achatre  leins  pealx  lanutes  quires  et  plumb  per  toutz  noz  dites  Roialme  et  terres,  faunz  covine  011 
l-V^iv  "Vre"-r  ppHuikmn  de  r.menufer  le  prife  de  ditz  Marchaundifez,  iffint  toutz  foitz  qils  lez  amefnent  a  leftaple,  et 
lirti  WelfiS  v?  <lue  nu'  Marchaunt  Engles  Irrois  ne  de  Gales  ne  pafle  ove  nul  manere  dez  leins  quirs  pealx  lnnutes  ne 
] nn.p7i.-n  to  plumbe  hors  dc  dite  Roialme  et  terres,  fur  peine  de  Vie  et  de  Membre  et  de  forfeiture  dez  ditez  Marchaun- 
tu.-.fj.'rt  any  difez  et  dez  toutz  lour  autre  biens  et  chateux  devers  nous  et  de  forfeiture  de  lour  terres  et  tenements  dc- 
Wooll,  &c  vers  lez  chief  Seignurs;  et  eient  lez  chief  Seignurs  brefs  defchet  en  le  cas.  Jit  que  nul  eftraunges  Mar- 
?  Ed  3  C  6*'  chauntz  per  covyne  entre  eux  et  Marchauntz  Engleis  Irrois  ou  Gales  arr.efne  hens  dez  Roialme  et  terres 
I3EJ.3.  c.  i.  avauntditi  s  au  profit  dez  Englis  Irroies  ou  Gales  en  panie  ou  en  tout,  ne  que  nul  Marchauntz  Engleis  Ir- 
1.4  a..  »■  c.  5.     roies  ou  Gales  nautre  face  cevene  ove  Marchauntz  eftraunges  de  ameiher  quirs  pealx  lanutez  ou.  plumbe  a9 

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A.  D.  1353.       Anno  vicefimo  feptimo  E  d  w  a  r  d  1  III.  Stat.  2.        277 

MS.  Reg. 
parties  de  dela  hors  de  Roialme  et  terres  avauntditez  fouz  noun  dez  Marchauntz  eftraunges,  nenvoient  ne  No  Englidman, 
teignent  lour  fervauntz  et  autres  lour  attburnez  es  parties  de  dela  Ivors  de  noz  ditez  Roialme  et  terres,  pur  p6r't  vvoolj"&c. 
vendre  ou  furveere  la  vente  de  lour  leins  quirs  et  plumbe  illoeqs,  ou  de  refervere  lez  deners  provenutz  de  la  in  a  Stranger's 
vente  dez  ditez  leins  quirs  peak  lanutez  :  Et  que  nul  Englcis  Irroies  ou  Gales  ou  autre  preigne  autrement  ^grfSritbe^o^ 
dor  ne  dargent  nautre  chofe  en  recoitipenfation  ou  commutation  en  noun  de  paiment  es  parties  de  dela  hors  the  Sea  to  furvey 
de  nouz  Roialme  et  terres  dez  marchaundifes  venduz  en  Engleterre  Irlaunde  ou  Gales  touehant  leflaple,  mes  ^s  Sale  of 
foit  tout  tiel  paiment  fait  en  or  ou  en  argent,  ou  merchandise  en  Engleterre  Irland  ou  Gales  ou  le  contract  No°  ^change 
fe  fit,  fur  lez  forfaitures  et  peinz  prochen  avauntditez  :    Ne  que  lez  marchauntz  eftraunges  ne  marchauntz  foreign  Wares 
denezins  facent  entre  eux  en  prive  nen  appicrt  coumpanie  ne  confederacye  en  fraude  ou  difceit  de  ceft  ordi-  stankTuTftali 
naunce,  ne  que  nul  lez  meinteigne  pur  gaigne  nen  autre  manere  en  tiel  fraude  ou  defceit,  fur  mefmez  les  take  Gold,  &c. 
forfaitures  et  peinz.     Et  tut  diz  fait  a  entendre,  que  chefcun  Englife  Irroeis  et  Gales  pufie  amefner  fraunche-  Every  Man  may 

•  1         1  1    n       1  i-ii  r  nn.ii  j  carry  "ls  own 

ment  fez  leinz  propres  quirs  peals  et  plumbe  a  leltaple,  et  vendre  illoeqs,  launz  eltre  arete  de  lez  vendre  en  Wooll,  &c.  ro 
pais,  et  que  chefcun  marchaunt  que  vende  fez  leinz  a  leflaple  foit  tenuz  de  garraunter  lempakkur  de  mefmes  theSupletofell. 

j       ,    ■  1  r  Warranty  of  the 

Jes  leins.  ,  packing  of 

CAP.     IV.  Wooil* 

None  going  unto  or  returning  from  the  Staple  fhall  be  difturbed  by  Purveyors. 

TEM  pur  ceo  que  nul  eftapls  poet  eftre  profitable  pur  nous  et  pur  nouz  ditz  Roialme  et  terres,  fi  ele  ne 
foit  fraunchefe,  fi  voloms  et  grauntoms  pur  nous  et  pur  nous  heirs  pur  maintenaunce  de  dite  eftaple,   qe 
toutz  trainers  dez  gentz  puifFent  venir  ove  lour  cariagez  et  biens  devers  leflaple,  et  retourner  de  eel  fraunche- 
rhent,  faunz  ceo  qils  foient  deftourbes  per  prifes  de  nous  ou  de  nul  autre,    fauvez  a  nous  et  a  nous  heirs-. 
toutz  rnaners  des  prifes  Roialx  dez  toutz  maners  des  cariages  et  vitailles  per  toutz  nouz  Roialme  et  terres 
avauntditez  auncienment  dues   et  ufes  de  droit,  come  ad  efle  fait  per  nous  et  nous  aunceflres  devaunt  cez 
hures  ;    et  eit  chefcun  cariour  retournant  del  Eftaple  un  bill  fouth  le  feall  du  maire  de  la  eftaple,    per 
quel  i!  poet  eftre  conuz,  qil  fert  a  la  eftaple,  contenauntz  les  journez  que  luy  bufoigne  pur  fone  retour- 
ner al  hofte},  quels  bill  luy  foit  fraunchement  graunte  ;    et  foit  le  maire  juree,  que  il  ne  fra  nul  tiel  bill 
pur  autre  que  ne  fert  a  leflaple  ;    et  fi  nul  tiel  cariour  carecte  belle  nef  ou  autre  chofe  que  fert  pur  ca-  What  Penalty 
riage  de  ce  que  appartier.t  a  leflaple,   foit  pris,  et  foit  deinz  la  verge  hors  de  la  ftaple,    foit  hue  et  Crie  flia11  be lnfl,fl:etf» 
leve  fur  lez  pernours,  et  foient  maintenaunt  lez  pernours  pris  per  gentez  de  la  ville  ou  la  prife  fuifl:  fait,  „"on  thofe°that 
ou  pur  gentz  dautres  villes,  ills  foient  difFuantez,  et  mefnez  devaunt  le  Senefchal  et  Maire  de  noftre  Hofliell,  tai-e  tne  Goods 
et  illoeqs  foit  fait  redde  puniifement  de  eux,  folonc  ceo  que  le  fait  demande  ;   Et  fi  tiel  prife  foit  fait  hors  of  the  Staple 
de  la  verge,  foit  hue  et  crie  ieve,  et  foient  lez  pernours  pris  et  arefluz  per  le  ville  ou  tieux  prifes  fount 
faitez,  ou  per  autres  villes  profcheinz  fils  foient  difFuantez,    et  mefnez  al  profchein  gao'e,    et  illoeqs  foit 
fait  de  eux  come  de  Larons,  fi  le  fait  le  demaunde.     Et  en  cas  que  lez  gentez  dez  tieux  villez  foient  re- 
bellez,  et  ne  voillent  pas  purfuer  de  arefter  tieux  pernours  come  avaunt  eft  dit,  refpoignent  lez  iiij  villes 
procheinz,  dez  damages,  que  purrount  eftre  troves  devaunt  ceux  que  nous   a  ce  sffigneroms,    queux  lez. 
pleintifs  averount  encouruz  pur  lour  defaut,    fils  ne  fe  puiffent  ent  refonablement  excufer.     Et  fi  tieux 
prifes  foient  faitez  en  lieux  ou  lez  eflaples  fount,    foient  lez  pernours  arefluz  per  le  Maire  et  Miniflres  de 
leflaple,  iffint  toutz  voies  que  fi  tiel  prife  foit  fait  a  leflaple,  et  le  eftaple  foit  deinz  le  virge,  et  lez  per- 
nours arefluz  foient  de  noftre  hofliel,  adounqs  foit  fait  de  eux  come  devaunt  eft  dit  per  le  Meire  et  Mini- 
flres de  leflaple,  et  foient  lez  Senefchal  et  Mair  de  noftre  hoflel  ou  le  lieutenant  le  Senefchal  a  ce  appellez 
fil  y  voillent  eftre,  pur  veier  que  droit  fe  face  as  dites  pernours  folonc  le  ley  de  le  Eftaple  ;  et  en  cas  qils 
ne  veignent  point,  aillent  lez  Mair  et  Miniflres  de  leflaple  avaunt  en  le  proces,  et  facent  juflice  folonc  le 
ley  de  leflaple,  nient  contrifleaunt  le  noun  venue  de  ditz  Senefchal  et  Maire,   et  le  lieu  tenant  avauntditez.. 

C  A  P.     V. 
None  of  the  King's  Juftices  fhall  take  Cognii'ance  of  Things  belonging  to  the  Staple. 

ITEM  en  cas  que  noftre  banke  ou  le  comune  banke  ou  Juftices  de  Eire  ou  Juftices  daffifez  ou  la1 
Place  de  la  Marefchalfie  ou  afcuns  autres  Juftices  veignount  es  lieux  ou  lez  dites  eftaplez  fount,  lez 
dites  Juftices  Senefcal  ne  Marefcalz  nautres  dez  ditez  placez.  neient  conifaunce  illoeqs  dez  chofcs  que  ap~ 
partignent  al  conifaunce.  dez  Mairs  et  Miniflres  de  leflaple. 

C  A  P.     VI. 

None  of  the  King's  Officers  fhall  meddle  -where  the  Staples  be. 

ITEM  nous  voloms  et  defendoms,  que  nul  Marefcalx  nautre  cainiftre  de  noftre  hoflel  ne  dautre  facent 
livere,  ne  fe  meillenr,  as  lieux  ou  lez  eflaples  fount  tenuz,    dez  rnefons,  ou  marchauntz  ou  Jour  meigne' 
ou  lainz  ou  autres  marchandifes  de  leflaple  ferrount  herberges,,   nentrent  en  ycellez  pur  lour  office  faire 
ne  rienzne  priegnent,  pur  ent  faire  difporte  a  nully,  fur  peyne  de  faire  gree  a  la  partie  a  qui  fuite  il  ferra. 
atteint  du  quatreble  de  ceo  que  le  pleintif  f'exra  endamage,  &  outre  foit  grevoufmejit  puny  devers  nous. 

3 

G  A  P. 


2j8       Stat.  2.  Anno  viceflmo  feptimo  Edwardi  III.       A.  D.  1353. 

CAP.     VII. 

Licences  granted  to  carry  Merchandifes  forth  of  the  Realm  fhall  be  void. 

MS,  Reg. 
,3  Bulftr,  210  JTEM  nous  voloms  &  grauntoms  que  nul  conge  ne  privilege  de  faire  pafTer  per  Engleis  Irrois  ne  Galeis 
JL  leins  quires  peaux  lanutez  ne  plumbe  hors  dez  ditez  Roialme  &  terres  ne  foient  gran tez  per  nous  ne 
-nous  heirs  contre  ceft  ordinaunce  ;  &  fi  nullez  foient  grauntes  a  contrarie,  foient  tenuz  pur  nullez,  &  ne 
doignent  excufation  ne  garauntie  a  ceux  que  ferrount  pafTer  lez  ditz  marchaundifes,  qils  nencourgent  lez. 
peinz  &  forfaitures  contenuz  en  le  dite  tierce  articule. 

CAP.     VIII. 

The  Jurifdiction  of  the  Mayor  and  Conftables  of  the  Staple.     All  People  of  the  Staple  fhall 
be  ruled  by  the  Law-Merchant,  and  not  by  the  Common  Law. 

ITEM  avoms  ordeigne  &  eftabli,  que  lez  Mairs  &  lez  Counftables  de  leftaples  eient  jurifdiction  &  co- 
nifaunce  deinz  lez  villez  ou  leftaples  ferrount  &  en  lez  fuburbes  dicels  dez  gentez  &  dez  toutz  maners 
chofes  tochauntes  leftaple,  &  que  touts  merchants  veignants  a  leftaple  lour  fervants  &  meignie  en  leftaple 
ffdientmiefnes  per  la  ley  merchant  de  toutes  chofes  touchants  leftaplej  &  nemy  a  la  comune  ley  de  la  terre, 
:«eper  ufage  dez  Citees  Burghs  nautres  Villes  ;  &  qils  nempledent  my  ne  foient  empledez  devaunt  lez  Juftices 
dez  ditez  lieux  en  plee  de  dette  covenaunt  et  trefpas  touchant  le  eftaple,  einz  pledent  toutz  perfons  de 
queux  ils  foi  voidrent  pleindre,  fi  bjen  de  ceux  que  ne  fount  my  de  leftaple  come  ceux  que  fount  de  le- 
ftaple, que  ferrount  illoeqs  troves,    et  foient  en  mefme  la  manere  empledes,  folement  devaunt  le  Mair  et 
Juftices  de  leftaple,  que  ferrount  a  ceo  deputes,  dez  toutz  maners  des  plees  et  daflions,  dount  la  conifance 
appartient  as  Miniftres  de  leftaple  ;    iflint  tout  foitz,  que  de  toutz  maners  contraftes  et  covenauntes  faites 
entre  marchaunt  et  marchaunt  ou  autres  dount  lun  partie  foit  marchaunt  ou  Miniftre  de  leftaple,  le  quel  que 
■J6  E.  3-  c  7.    ]es  contracts  ou  covenantz  foient  fait  deins  leftaple  ou  dehors,   et  auxint  dez  trefpas  faitez  deins  leftaple  a 
marchaunt  ou  as  Miniftres  de 'leftaple  per  autres,  ou  per  nul  de  eux  as  autres,  eflie  la  partie  pleintif,  le  quel 
il  voet  fuer  fa  aftion  ou  fa  qtierele  devaunt  lez  Juftices  de  la  Eftaple  per  le  ley  de  leftaple,    ou  en  autres 
places  a  la  comune  ley  ;    et  foit  a  ceo  refceu.     Iffint  totes  voies,  qes  plees  tochantes  afcun  del  hoftell  le  Se- 
nefchall  et  fon  lieutenaunt  et  le  marefcall  de  noftre  dit  hoftiel  y  foient  devaunt  la  Mair  de  la  Eftaple,  pur 
.veier  que  droit  fe  face  as  parties,  come  devaunt  eft  dit,  fils  y  voillent  eftre.     Mes  dez  plees  de  terre  et  de 
-Picas  of  Land,   Franke  tenement  foient  a  la  comune  ley.    Et  fi  marchauntz  ou  lour  gentez  eftauntez  a  leftaple  per  caufe 
Felony,  or  Maim  je  cei  facerlt  fejoriie,  ou  foient  tues  defrobbes  ovi  maheimes  per  queconque  perfone,  foient  le  Maire  de 
one  within  t  e  iefl.ap]e  et  autres  covenables  affignes  Jufticez,  a  oier  et  terminer  lez  dites  felonies  et  maheymz  deinz  leftaple 
faunz  delay  folonc  le  comune  ley.    Et  fi  nul  tiel  felone  ou  trefpafTour  foit  prife  et  detenus  deinz  afcun  Fraun- 
chefe,  a  qi  que  foit,  per  caufe  de  tieifelonie,  ou  mahame  fait  deinz  leftaple,  foit  maintenaunt  maunde  per 
briefe,  de  fair  yenir  le  dit  felone  ou  cely  que  fift  le  maheime  devaunt  lez  ditez  Juftices,  de  fair  droit  de  ly 
Dyer  144.  en  la  forme  avauntdit.     Et  fi  ceux  que  ount  tieux  prifons  en  garcl,   :ne  lez  voile  deliverer,  encourgent  la 

Fhz.'Trial,  to,  paine  de  C  li.  devers  nous,  et  jademeinz  deliverent  le  corps  en  la  forme  fuifdite.  Et  en  cas  que  nul  en- 
s'' 7I-  _  ditement  foit  fait  hors  de  la  Eftaple  dez  felonies  et  trefpafles  faitez  per  gentez  de  leftaple  ou  per  autres  as 
Wher/the Trial  eux  deinz  leftaple,  foit  eel  enditement  maunde  devaunt  le  dit  Mair  et  ceux  que  ferrount  aflignez  oveque 
fhall  be  byDpni-  luy  Juftices,  a  faire  droit  en  eel  partie.  Et  fi  plee  ou  debait  foit  mene  devaunt  le  Mair  de  leftaple  entre- 
zens,  and  where'lez  marchauntz  et  miniftres  dicellez,  et  fur  ce  pur  trjer  ,1a  vexite  enquefte  ou  prove  foit  apprendre  ;  fi  vo- 
,by  Mcdietatem  ]umus  que  fi  lun  partie  et  lautre  foit  eftraunge,  foit  trie  per  eftraunges,  et  fi  lun  partie  et  lautre  foit  denizins, 
lingua?.  ^0jt  t  je         denizins,  et  fi  lune  partie  foit  denizin  et  lautre  partie  Alien,    foit  lun  moite  de  lenqueft  ou  del 

-2S    Ed.  ?.  C.  1^3.  .    "       ,  •  .  o      .  •  1  A  1-  '  r  l 

s  H.  6.  c.  29.     prove  dez  denizeins  &  lautre  moite  des  Ahens, 

CAP.     IX. 

The  Effect  of  a  Recognifance  knowledged  in  the  Staple  for  Recovery  of  a  Debt. 

in  what  Manner  TTEM  afyn  que  lez  contraelz  faitez  deanz  leftaple  foit  le  meutz  tenuz,  etlez  paimentz  preftement  faitez, 

Execution  (hall   J_  ft  aVoms  ordeigne  et  eftabliz,  que  chefcun  mair  des  dits  eftaples  eiet  poair  de  prendre  recognifances  de 

St  nttSta  'le     ^cttes  ^ue  home  voudra  faire  devant  luy  en  prefence  des  conftables  de  leftaple  ou  lun  de  eux,  et  quen  chef- 

j ,  u,  7,  f/jg'    cuii  dez  ditez  eftaples  foit  un  feal  ordeigne,  demuraunt  en  le  garde  du  dit  mair  de  leftaple  fouth  lez  feals  des 

counftables,  et  que  toutz  obligations  que  y  ferrount  faitez  fur  tielx  reconifaunces  foient  enfeals  de  dite  feal 

payaunt  pur  chefcun  obligation  de  C.  li.  et  dedens  de  chefcun  livere  un  maille.     Et  de  chefcun  obligation 

outre  C.  li.  de  chefcun  livere  un  efterlinge.     Et  que  le  mair  de  leftaple  per  vertu  de  celes  lettres  puifTe  prendre 

et  tenir  en  prifon  les  corps  du  dettour  apres  la  terme  encorus,  fil  foit  trove  deins  leftaple,  tanque  ils  eient  fait 

gre  att  creditour  de  la  dete  et  des  damages,  et  auxint  darefter  lez  biens  de  mefmes  lez  dettours  trovez  deinz 

Fxcciit'on  a-      w  ^'te  eftapule,  et  deliverer  lez  dites  biens  as  creditours  per  verroi  eftimation,  ou  de  lez  vendre  a  mieutz  que 

warded  out  of  the  homme  purra,  et  deliverer  lez  deners  as  ditez  creditours,  tanque  al  fomme  due.     Et  en  cas  que  lez  dettours 

Chancery,  if  the  nefoient  trovez  deinz  leftaple,  ne  lour  biens  a  la  value  de  la  dette,  foit  ceo  certifie  en  Chauncellerie  fouth  le 

Del  tor  have  not  cyit  fgaje  ;  fur  quel  certification  foit  brief  maunde,  de  prendre  lez  corps  dez  ditez  dettours  faunz  lez  mettre  a 

.  nt  m  the   meiuprifej  c-t  {jc  fc[fn  ]our  terres  et  tenementz  bienz  et  chateux,  et  foit  la  dit  bref  retourne  in  noftre  Chaun- 

»',,,  289  eellerie  ove  la  certification  de  la  value  dez  ditez  terres  et  tenementz  bienz  et  chateux,  et  fur  ceo  y  foit  due 

-    H.fc£6.  '  ,  execution 


A.  D.  1353.       Anno  vicefimo  feptimo  E d w a r d i  III.  Stat.  2.        279 

MS.    Reg. 
execution  fait  de  jour  en  jour,  en  la  manere  come  il  eftcontenuz  en  leftatut  marchaunt ;  iflint  que  celui  a  qi  Dyer  206. 
le  dette  eft  due  eit  eftat  de  franke  tenement  en  lez  terres  et  tenementz  que  luy  ferrount  liveres  per  vertue  de  WhatEftate  the 
eel  proces,  et  recoverer  per  lettre  de  novel  diffefine  en  cas  qil  foit  oufte,  et  que  le  dettour  neit  my  avauntage  £"  ^"ftf 
del  quarter  dun  an,  que  eft  contenuz  en  le  dit  eftatut  marchaunt.     Et  en  cas  que  nul  creditour  ne  voille  Debtor's  LanJ 
aver  lettres  de  dite  feal,  eins  voille  eftre  a  la  foie  le  dettour,  fi  apres  la  terme  encoru  il  demaun.de  le  dette,  extended. 
foit  le  dettour  cru  fur  fa  foy.  13  Ed.  1.  flat.  3. 


R.2. 


CAP.     X. 

There  mall  be  but  one  Weight,  Meafure,  and  Yard  throughout  the  Realm. 


c,  9.  23H.8..C.6. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  que  nous  avoms  entendu,  que  afcuns  marchauntz  achatent  avoir  de  pois  leynz  et  autres 
marchandifes  per  un  pois,  et  vendent  per  un  autre,  et  fount  auxint  deceivables  retretes  fur  le  poifir,  et 
auxint  ufent  faux  mefures  et  verges,  en  graunde  difceite  de  nous  et  de  tut  la  comunalte  et  dez  loialx  mar-  Tlie  Penalty  of 
chauntz  ;  fi  voloms  et  eftabliffoms,  qun  pois,  un  mefure,  et  un  verge  foit  per  tut  la  terre,  fi  bien  hors  de  hjm  wn^h  Joth 
la  eftaple  come  dedeinz,  et  qe  leins  et  tut  maner'  de  avoir  de  pois  foient  poifes  per  balaunces,  iffint  que  la  "ai.a?Bdance 
lange  de  la  balance  foit  owe],  faunz  encliner  a  lun  partie  ou  a  lautre,  et  faunz  mettre  main  ou  pee  ou  autre  9  h.  3.  flat.  1". 
touche  faire  ;    et  que  celuy  que  face  al  encontre  a  damage  du  dit  vendour,  forface  devers  nous  la  valew  de  la  c.  25. 14  Ed.  3. 
marchaundife  iflint  poife  et  mefure,  et  eit  la  partie  que  fe  pleindra  le  quatreble  de  ce  qil  ferra  endamage,  et  flat-  *•  c- I2' 
eit  le  trefpaffour  lenprifonment  dun  an,  et  foit  rente  a  la  volume  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi ;  et  fur  ceo  foient  af-  |H'  5'c-8' 8H. 
fignes  Juftices  denquerer  dez  tieux  trefpaffours,  as  toutz  lez  foitz  que  meftre  ferra,  et  de  faire  droit  auxi  CV ',   xzh. "7. 
bien  a  noftre  fute  come  a  fute  dautres  que  foy  verrount  pleindre.  c.5.    16  Car.  i, 

c.  19.  and  22. 
CAP.       XI.  Car.z.c.%. 

The  Penalty  for  foreftalling  of  Merchandife  before  they  come  to  the  Staple. 

ITEM  nous  avoms  ordeigne  et  eftabli,  que  toutz  marchauntz  denizeins  et  aliens  que  amefnerount  vyns  28  Ed,  3.  c.  ij*,- 
et  autres  merces  et  marchaundifes,  queconques  que  foient,  a  leftaples  burghs  et  bones  villes  et  lez  portez 
iu  mere  deinz  nouz  ditz  Roialme  et  terres,  les  puiflent  favement  et  faunz  chalange  ou  empechement  de  nulli 
/endre  en  gros  ou  a  retaille  ou  per  parcels  a  lour  volunte,  as  quecunques  gentz  que  lez  voudrount  achatre, 
;t  que  nul  marchaunt  prive  neftraunge  naultre  de  quel  condition  qil  foit  aille  per  terre  ne  per  ewe  den- 
:ontre  tieux  vins  merces  ne  marchandifes  venauntez  en  nous  dites  Roialme  et  terres  en  mere  naillours,  pur 
ez  forftaller  achatre  ou  en  autri  maner  arrier,  avaunt  qils  veignent  en  leftaple  ou  a  porte  ou  ils  ferrount  dif- 
zharges,  nentre  les  nefs  pur  tiel  caufe,  tanque  lez  marchaundifes  foient  mys  a  la  terre  pur  vendre,  fur  les 
>aines  et  forfaitures  contenuz  en  le  dite  articule. 

CAP.     XII. 

The  Penalty  of  felling  Wooll,  &V.  to  a  Scottijh  Man  to  be  carried  into  Scotland. 

ITEM  que  nul  marchaunt  prive  ne  eftraunge  nautre  amefne  hors  de  noftre  Roialme  DengP  leins  quirs" 
peaulx  lanutes  a  Berwike  fur  Twede  ne  nul  part  aillours  en  Efcoce,  ne  que  nul  homme,  marchaunt 
lautre  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit,  vende  fez  leynz  pealx  lanutz  ne  quirs  a  nul  homme  Defcoce,  n& 
nul  autre  pur  amefner  en  Efcoce  fur  lez  peinez  &  forfaitures  contenuz  en  le  dicTte  tierce  articule. 

CAP.     XIII. 
A  Remedy  where  a  Merchant's  Goods  be  robbed  or  perifhed  on  the  Sea. 

[TEM  nous  voloms  &  grauntoms,  que  ft  afcun  marchaunt  prive  ou  eftraunge  foit  difrobbe  dez  biens  fur 
meere,  et  lez  biens  end  robbes  veignount  afcun  part  deinz  nous  dites  Roialme  et  terres,  et  voet  fuer  pur 
'.%  dites  biens  recoverer,  foit  refcu  a  prover  lez  ditez  bienz  eftre  lez  foens  per  fes  marches  ou  per  fa  carte 
ju  koket  ou  per  bonez  et  loialx  marchauntz  prives  ou  eftraunges,  et  per  tieux  proves  foient  mefmes  les  biens 
eliveres  al  marchaunt,  faunz  autre  fuite  faire  a  la  comune  ley.  Et  en  cas  que  nul  niefs  iflint  de  nous  ditez 
Roialme  et  terres,  en  venantez  a  ycel,  per  tempeft  ou  per  autre  infortune  debrufent  fur  lez  coftes  de  mere,  & 
:z  bienz  veignent  a  terre,  que  ne  porrount  eftre  dit  Wreke,  foient  maintenaunt  faunz- fraude  ou  mal  engine 
eliverez  as  marchauntz  as  queux  lez  biens  fount,  ou  a  lour  fervauntz  fur  tie!  paine  come  devaunt  eft  dit, 
ayauntez  a  eux  que  lez  averount  fauvez  et  gardez  covenablement  pur  lour  travaill,  ceftafavoir  per  difcre- 
on  des  vifcountes  Baillifs  ou  autres  miniftres  es  lieux  gildables,  ou  autres  Seignurs  nount  point  de  fraun- 
hefe,  et  per  lavife  et  laffent  de  iiii  ou  vi  dez  meillours  et  plus  fuffifauntes  prodehomes  du  pays  ;  &  fi  ce  foit 
eins  fraunchefe  dautres  Seignurs,  adonqs  fe  face  per  lez  fenefcalx  ou  baillifs  de  fraunchefe  per  affent  de  iiii 
u  vi  prode  homes,  come  defuis  eft  dit,  faunz  nul  delay. 


J 


CAP. 


280       Stat.  2,  Anno  vicefimofeptimo  Edwardi  III.       A.  D.  ^53* 

CAP.    XIV. 

Merchants  may  bring  in  Gold  or  Silver  to  the  King's  Exchange?,  and  carry  out  as  much. 

MS.    Reg. 

ITEM  avoms  ordeigne  et  eftabli,  que  toutz  marchauntz  privez  et  eftraunges  puiiTent  favement  amefher 

Jl    et  porter  deinz  nous  dites  Roialme  et  terres  plate  dargent  billettes  dor  et  tut  autre  maner  dor  et  toutz 

moneys  dor  et  dargent  a  noftre  bullione  ou  a  nous  efchaunges,  que  nous  ferroms  crdeiner  a  nouz  ditez  efta- 

Foreign  Money   ples  et  aillours,  pernant  illoeqs  money  de  noftre  coigne  covenablement  a  la  value.     Et  fi  nulvoille  prendre 

not  to  be  of       bone  monoye  dor  et  dargent  dautre  coigne  que  de  noftre  en  paiment,  le  preigne  faunz  empechement,  ft  nue 

common  Cur-  i  r  •  7  n  -i  i       j  •  1  v  .  ^^- 

rency  in  the  nul  ioit  a  ceo  arte  nI  ne  vou  prendre  de  gre  :_  purveu  toutez  voies,  que  nul  monee  neit  comune  cours  deinz 
Realm;  nor  old  noftre  Roialme  forfque  le  money,  de  noftre  coigne,  et  que  nul  emporte  hors  de  noftre  Roialme  veil  eft'erlinge 
Sterling  to  be  nautre  money  horfpris  lez  marchauntz  eftraunges,  que  apportent  afcun  money  et  ne  voillent  emploier  eel  mo- 
carried  out  of  it.  ney5  quelez  nous  voilloms  qils  puiflent  le  money  que  demura  nient  emplcie  reporter  en  lour  pays,  iffint  que 
Provifo  foi-Mer-  jj0ne  ferche  ent  foit  fait  en  lezportez  et  lieux  ou  arrivaille  eft,  et  que  tout  le  money  que  chacun  eftraunge 

chantsbtrangers.  .  r  n        n     •    1  r  •  r-ici  '     r-  .  ,° 

All  falfe  Money  marchaunt  ameinera  en  noftre  Koialme  foit  mys  en  efcnptez  per  lez  ferchours,  a  fyn  que  nul  naporte  plus 
forfeited  to  the  quil  nemporta  en  noftre  dit  Roialme,  et  que  nul  minifter  per  colour  de  tiel  ferche  face  empechement  ne  dt- 
King.  fturbaunce  a  nul  eftraunge  marchaunt,  pur  luy  grever,  et  que  tout  faux. -menoyes  que  ferrount  trovez  per 

tiel  ferche  deinz  noftre  Roialme  en  defceit  de  noftre  money  foit  forfaitz  a  nous  folonque  lez  ordinauncez  autre 

foitz  ent  faitez. 

CAP.     XV. 

Indentures  fhall  be  made  between  Carriers  of  Woolls  by  the  Water,  and  the  Bailiffs  of  Towns 
where  they  load  them  ;  which  Carriers  (hall  be  fworn  and  bound  to  carry  them  to  the  Staple. 

ITEM  nous  voloms  et  eftablifoms,  que  ceux-  que  ount  leynz  quers  pealx  lanutez.et  plumbe  en  pays  entre 
lez  lieux  ou  lez  eftaples  fount  et  le  meere,  et  lez  voillent  faire  carier  a  leftaples  per  ewes  douces  ou  per 
braces  de  meere,  facent  endentures  entre  eux  et  lez  baillifs  de  villes  cuiTs  les  nretteronten  nief,  teftemoig- 
nauntz  comebien  de  leynz  quirs  pe.aulx.lanur.es  et  plumbe  eft  i  flint  mys  en  nief;  Et  les  baillifs  dez  lieux  preig- 
nent  ferment  et  fufRfaunt  feurte,  pur  quels  ils  vodrount  refpondre,  de  eux  et  dez  mariners,  qils  irrount  ove 
ces  leynz  quirs  pealx  et  plumbe  a  lez  eftaples  et  nul  part  aillours,  et  defchargeront  illoeqs,  devaunt  qils  ei'i- 
trent  le  mere.  Et  que  lez  baillifs  envoient  maintenaunt  !un  partie  del  endenture  contenaunt  le  feurte  et  le 
quantite  des  leynz  quirs  pealx  &  plumbe,  au  mair  del  eftaple,  as  collages  de  ceux  as  queux  lez  biens  fount, 
per  afcun  home  pur  quoi  ils  voidrount  refpondre.  Et  fi  nul  Mair  Baillif  ou'Miniftre  de  lieu  ou  tielx  mar- 
chaundifes  ferrount  charges,  fuffrei.it  lez  direz  marchaundifes  pafler  en  autre  maner,  encourgent  fibien  le 
Mair  &  le  Baillif  &  Miniftres  avauntditz  come  lez  marchaunt  quelez  chargerales  paines  &  forfeitures  con- 
tenuz  en  le  dite  tierce  articule. 

CAP.     XVI. 

Houfes  fhall  be  let  for  Reafonable  Rents,  in  Staple  Towns,  inipofed  by  the  Mayor,  -&c. 

ITEM  qen  chefcun  ville  ou  leftaple  ferra  tenuz  foient  ordeins  certeins  ruez  '&  lieux,  ou  lez  leyns  &  au- 
tres  marchaundifls.  ferront  mys.  Et  pur  ceo  que  lez  Seignurs. ou  g'arde'iris  dez  mefons  es  lieux  voiauntez 
la  neceljite  dez  marchauntz'  meitrount  per  cas  lour  meafons  a  trop  haut  ferine  ;  fi  avoms  ordeigne,  que  lez 
meafons  que.  fount  a  leiTer  en  tiel  maner,  foient  mys  a  rcfonabie  ferme^  folonc  lordinaunce  de  mair  et  descon- 
ftables  leftaple  et  iiii.  prodes  homes  dez  meillours  de  la  ville  ou  leftaple  eft,  que  ferrount  jurres  en  le  prefence 
dez  dites.  maire  et  conftables,  de  faire  loiall  tax,  fique  pur  defaute  dez  meafons  leftaple  ne  foit  my  empeehe, 
et  que  nul  homme  queamegne  fez  leynz  et  autres  marchaundifes  illoeqs  ne  foit  diftourbe  de  herberger  mef- 
mes  lez  leyns  et  marchaundifes  en  lez  meafons,,  queux  ils  averont  iflint  alowes. 

c  a  p:   xvii. 

A  Merchant  Stranger  fhall  not  be  impeached  for  another's  Debt,  but  upon  good  Caufe.  "  Mer- 
chants of  Enemies  Counneys  Clia.ll  fell  their  Goods  in  convenient  Time,  and  depart. 

alnft.  20?.  T  TEM  que  nul  marchaunt  eftraunge  foit  emplede  ou  empeehe  pur  autri  trefpas,  ou  pur  autri  dette,  dount 
One  Merchant's  ^  il  neft  pas  dettour  plegge  ou  mainpernour  :  purveu  tout  foiz,  que  fi  nuls  noz  liegez  gentez,  marchauntz 
Goods  fhall  not  ou  aufreS5  foient  endamages  per  afcuns  Seignurs  dez  eftraunges  terrez  ou  lour  fubjeitz,  et  lez  ditez  Seignurs 
'£  ,  p^hat"  duement  rcqui3  faillent  de  droit  a  nous  ditz  gentz j  nous  eioms  le  ley  de  mark  et  repreifalx,  come  ad  efte  ufe 
but  upon  Caufe.  avaunt  cez  heures,  faunz  fraude  ou  mal  engine.  Et  en  cas,  que  dieu  defende,  afcun  debate,  fourde  entre 
Law  of  Marque,  nous  et  afcuns  Seignurs  dez  eftraunges  terres,  r.c  voilloms,  mye  que  lez  gentz  et  marchauntz  de  la  dite  tcne 
Merchants  of  foient  fodeignment  fubduz  de  nouz  ditez  Roialme  et  terrez  per  caufe  de  la  dit  debat",  einz  que  ils  foient  gar- 
Enc_m'"  Co"n"  niz  et  proclamation  ent  public  ;  et  qils  voident  lez  ditz  Roialme  et  terres  ove  lour  bienz  fraunchement  deinz 
'""    •  JtrOL.  xl.  iours  apres  la  irarnilTement  ou  proclamation  faites ;  et  que  en  le  mcfne  temps  ils  ne  foient  de  rien  einpechez 

convenient  1  imc n  '  \  \  £>  i       T  .        J        "r  .  .  f.r  -.    .  ... 

by  Proclamation  ne  deltourbez  de  lour  pallage,  ou  de  lour  profit  fair  dc  melmes  lez  marchaundilez,  ills  lez  voillent  vendie;  et 
to  feil  their  en  cas  qen  defaute  de  vente  ou  de  navee  ou  de  maladie  ou  autre  caufe  evident  ils  ne  porrount  voider  nous 
Goods,  and  to  ditez  Roialme  et  terres  en  fi  brief  temps,  dounqs  ils  eient  autre  xl.  jours  ou  plus  fi  meftre  foit,  deinz  quel 
depart.  tempsils  porrount  pafler  covenablement  ove  lour  marchaundifes,  ou  vendre,  come  devaunt  eft  dite. 

4H.5-c.7-  v       r  C  A  P. 


A,D.  1353*       Anno  vicdimo  feptimo  Edwardi  III.  Stat.  2,         281 

CAP.     XVIII. 

Merchants  of  Ireland  or  Wales  may  bring  their  Merchandifes  to  the  Staples  of  England. 

MS.  Reg. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  que  nous  penfoms  bien,  que  lez  Marchauntz  eftraunges  ne  viegnent  mie  comunement  en  It  dial!  be  F«- 
Irland  nen  Galez  pur  Marchaunder,  come  ils  fount  en  Engleterre,  Si  voloms  de  noftre  grace  efpecialle,  |ony  for  any 
que  bien  life  as  gentz  Dirland  et  Gales,  que  ne  porrount  deliverer  lour  leynz  quirs  peaulx  lanutes  et  plumbe  We:fll  °'  I"'1'- 
en  Irland  et  en  Galez  as  dites  Marchauntes  eftraunges,  de  venir  ove  lour  Marchaundifes,  apres  ceo  qils  ™?T  wooli^&c. 
foient  cuftumes  et  coketts  en   Irland  et  Galez,  a  afcuns  de  nous  eftaplez  en  England,  a  quel  lour  plerra,  to  any  other'  ' 
aportantz  lour  coketts  tefmoignaunts  lour  Marchaundifes  qils  defchargerount  a  leftaple  Dengl' ;  iffint  que  Place,  faving  to 
eux  quaunt  ils  ferrount  venuz  a  leftaple  Dengl'  ne  ceux  que  lour  Marchaundifes  achaterount  de  eux  illoeqs,  'he  Staple. 
ne  paierount  autrefoitz  cuftume  ne  fubfide  pur  lez  ditez  Marchaundifes  iffint  cuftumes  en  noftre  dit  terre 
Dirland  ou  de  Gales.     Et  foient  nouz  Trefurer  et  Barons  de  noftre  Efcheqer  Dengl'  certifiez  deux  foitz 
per  an  ameyns,  fcilicet  a  la  Pafque  et  Seint  Michelle,  comebien  dez  leynz  quirs  pealx  lanutes  et  plumbe 
paftent  hors   de  la  dite  terre  Dirland   et  de  la  cuftume  ent  paie.     Et  en  cas  que  les  Merchants  ou  autres 
gentz  Dirlaund  ou  de  Gales  apres  ceo  que  ils  foient  en  meere  ove  lour  ditez  Marchaundifez  paffent  aillours 
qe  a  leftaples  en  Engleterfe,  encourgent  lez  paines  et  forfeitures  contenuz  en  la  dite  tierce  articule. 

CAP.     XIX. 

None  fhall  lofe  his  Goods  by  his  Servant's  Offence.     Speedy  Juftice  fhall  be  done  from  Day  to 

Day,  and  from  Hour  to  Hour. 

ITEM  que  nul  Marchaunt  nautre,  de  quel  condition  qil  foit,  perde  ne  forface  fez  bienz  ne  Marchaun- 
difez pur  trefpas  et  forfeiture   de  fon  fervaunt,    fil   ne  le  face  per  Comaundement  ou  abette   de  fon 
meiftre,  ou  qil  eit  mefpris  en  loffice  en  quel  fon  meiftre  luy  ad  mys,  ou  en  autre  manere  qe  le  maiftre  foit 
tenuz  a  refpondre  pur  le  fait  fon  fervaunt  per  le  ley  Marchaunt,  come  per  aillours  ad  efte  ufee.     Et  pur  MerchantsStran- 
ce  que  Marchauntz  ne  pont  fovent  lodgement  demurere  en  un  lieu,  pur  entrelefTer  lour  Marchaundifes,  Si  gers  fliali  have 
voloms  que  haftive  droit  lour  foit  fait  de  jour  en  jour  et  de  hure  en  hure,  folounqe  lez  leys  ufeez  en  autre  prefent  Remedy 
eftaples  tenuz  avaunt  cez  hures  per  aillours,  tout  les  foitzs  qiles  les  voidrount  pleindre  de  nulli,  ou  que  nul  roranypne- 
fe  voidra  pleindre  de  eux,  iffint  que  lez  Marchauntz  ne  foient  per  malice  taries  pur  defaut  de  haftive  remedie.   them" 

CAP.     XX. 

Merchants  Strangers  taken  in  the  King's  Protection  ;  and  for  their  Wrongs  fhall  recover  double 

Damages. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  que  nous  avoms  prife  toutz  Marchauntz  eftranges  venantes  en  nous  dites  Roialme  et 
terres  en  noftre  dit  efpeciale  protection,  et  outre  graunte  de  lour  fair  haftive  remedie  des  grevaunces,  ft 
I  nuls  lour  foient  faites,  Si  avoms  ordine  et  eftabli,  que  fi  nul  outrage  ou  grevaunce  lour  foit  fait  en  pays 
i  hors  del  eftaple,  les  Juftices  de  lieu,  ou  tiels  outrages  ferrount  faites,  facent  haftiment  Juftice  a  eux,  folom 
le  ley  Marchaunt  de  jour  en  jour  et  de  hure  en  hure,  faunz  defporte  faire  a  nulli  ou  de  les  mettre  fuere  a 
la  comune  ley.  Et  ft  nul  foit  convidte,  qil  eit  greve  lez  Marchauntz  iffint  prife  en  noftre  protection,  foit 
pur  le  contempt  fait  a  nous  puny  devers  nous  en  taunt  come  ferra  adjuge  as  Marchauntz  pur  fez  damages, 
et  foient  as  dites  Marchauntz  eftraunges  lourdamagez  reftores  a  double. 

CAP.     XXI. 

A  Mayor  and  two  Conftables  fhall  be  chofen  yearly  in  every  Staple  Town :  And  their  Authority. 

TTEM  pur  ceo  qe  lez  eftaples  ne  fe  porrount  mye  longement  tenir,  ne  lez  ordinaunces  ent  faites  ou  af- 
X  faire  eftre  gardez,  fi  bones  executours  et  Juftices  ne  foient  eftabliez,  pur  fair  ent  bone  et  redde  ley  et 
execution;  Si  avoms  ordeine  et  eftabli,  que  en  chefcun  Ville,  ou  leftaple  eft  ordeine,  foit  fait  et  eftabli  un 
rnair  bone  loial  et  fuffifaunt,  eiaunt  conifaunce  de  la  ley  Marchaunt,  pur  governer  leftaple,  et  faire  droit 
j  a  chefcun  folonc  lez  leys  avauntditez,  faunz  favour  defport  ou  gref  faire  a  nulli ;  et  foient  auxint  en 
chefcun  lieu,  ou  leftaple  eft,  deux  Coneftables  covenables  ore  a  fon  comencement  mys  per  nous,  pur  fair 
ceo  que  attient  a  lour  office,  en  manere  come  en  autres  eftaples  eft  accuftume.  Et  quaunt  ils  ferrount 
mortes  ou  chaunges,  adounqs  foient  autres  efluz  per  la  volunte  dez  Marchauntz  de  dit  lieu.  Et  que  nul 
Maire  tiegne  loffice  outre  un  An,  fil  ne  foit  de  novel  efluz  per  la  communalte  dez  Merchauntz,  auxibiendez 
cftraungez  come  dez  denizeins.  Et  que  lez  ditz  Mair  et  Coneftables  eient  poair  de  garder  la  pees,  et  de 
arrefter  lez  malfefours  en  leftaples  pur  trefpas  det  ou  pur  autre  contempt,  et  lez  mettre  en  prifone,  et  pu- 
rtir  folom  le  ley  del  eftaple.  Et  foit  ordeine  un  prifone  pur  la  fave  garde  deux  que  ferrount  iffint  empri- 
fones.  Et  foient  lez  Mair  Vifcounte  et  Baillif  dez  Villes  ou  leftaple  eft,  ou  joynauntz  a  leftaple,  entend- 
auntz  as  Mair  et  Miniftres  del  Eftaple,  de  faire  execution  de  lour  maundements  a  quel  hure  qils  font  re- 
quife,  fur  peine  de  greve  forfeiture.  Et  foit  un  Seignur  ou  autre  de  pluis  fuffifants  du  pais  ou  leftaple  eft, 
suTigne  deftre  en  aide  as  Mair  &  Miniftres  del  eftaple,  et  jufticier  les  rebelx,  que  per  les  dites  Mair  & 
V  ou  I.  O  o  Miniftres 


282       Stat.  2.  Anno  vicefimo  feptimo  Edwardi  III.       A.  D.  13 53. 

MS.  Reg. 
Miniftres  ne  purrount  eftre  juftices,  &  de  lez  meintener  &  counfeiller  quaunt  mefter  ferra,  a  bone  eo- 
Reg'fl.  18.  vernement  del  eftaple.  Et  li  nul  Marchaunt  fe  voil  pleindre  de  Mair  ou  dez  Coneftables,  qils  ount  faiflez 
de  droit,  ou  favour  fait  countre  refone  a  nul  partie,  foit  haftiment  redrefle  per  le  Chaunceller  &  autres 
de  noftre  Counfeill,  faunz  nul  delay.  E  que  mefmes  les  Maire  &  Coneftables  ne  facent  ne  ordeinent 
rienz  que  foit  a  contrarie  de  cedes  ordinaunces,  ne  facent  enterpretation  ne  exception  a  ycell,  autrement 
que  lez  parols  ne  purportent;  mes  fil  y  ad  rienz  que  foit  en  doute,  foit  monftre  a  noftre  counfeill,  &  U- 
loeqs  foit  declare  per  bone  advife. 

CAP.     XXII. 

Correctors  fhall  be  appointed  in  the  Staple  Towns  to  make  and  record  Bargains. 

TTEM  nous  avoms  ordeine,  que  en  chefcun  lieu  ou  leflaple  fe  eftendra,  foit  certein  nombre  dez  Cor- 
JL  restaurs,  fibien  dez  eftraunges  come  privez,  bones  gentez  fuffifauntez  &  fachauntez  de  tiel  mefter,  pur 
loialment  faire  &  recorder  lez  bargaines .  entre  lez  Vendours  et  Achatours,  come  ad  efte  u fee  en  autres 
eftaples  tenuz  aillours  ;  et  qils  treuffent  fufftfauntz  Mainpernours  devaunt  lez  Mair  et  Conftables  de  le- 
ftaple,  de  loialment  faire  ce  que  appent  a  lour  office,  et  fils  foient  troves  en  defaut,  paient  taunt  a  celuy 
que  ferra  endamage,  come  fon  perde  amountra,  iffint  qils  ne  fe  mellent  de  nul  maner  de  Marchaundie  pur 
le  temps  qils  demurrount  en  loffice.  Et  que  nul  home  foit  conftreint  davoir  corredtour,  fi  il  ne  le  voile  avoir 
de  gre,  ne  de  paier  rien  a  nul  corre&our,  fil  ne  le  melle  a  fon  bargaine  a  fa  requefte. 

CAP.     XXIII. 

The  Officers  of  the  Staple,    and  Merchants  repairing  to  it,  fhall  be  fworn  to  maintain  the 

Staple,  and  the  Laws  and  Cuftoms  of  it. 

TEM  que  certein  nombre  de  Porters  Packers  Wyndours  overours  et  autres  laborers  dez  leynez  et 
.  autres  Marchaundifez  foit  ordeine  fuffifauntement  pur  le  lieu  ou  leftaple  eft,  et  foient  ils  et  lour  Cor- 
redtours  et  toutz  maners  DofEcers  de  leftaples,  eftre  lez  Conftables,  jurrez  devaunt  le  Mair  del  eftaple, 
qils  loialment  ferrount  lour  office  faunz  fraude  ou  mal  engyne.  Auxint  foient  toutz  Marchauntz  Denizeins 
et  Aliens  venauntz  as  dites  eftaples  per  caufe  des  Marchaundife  jurrez  devaunt  lez  Mair  et  Conftables, 
qils  ferrount  juftizablez  per  lez  ditez  Mair  et  Conftables  folonc  le  ley  et  ufage,  et  maintenerount  queque 
en  eux  eit  leftaple  et  lez  leys  et  lez  ufages  de  ycelle  fans  fraude  ou  mal  engyne.  Et  lez  Maire  et  Conftables 
34  R.  ».  c,  3.    ferront  jurrez  en  la  Chauncelarie,  de  fair  loialment  ce  que  a  eux  appartient. 

CAP.    XXIV. 

Two  Merchants  Aliens  fhall  be  chofen  to  be  affociate  in  Judgement  to  the  Mayor  and  Con- 
ftables.    And  fix  Mediators  of  Queftions  between  Buyers  and  Sellers  fhall  be  chofen. 

ITEM  nous  voloms  et  ordeinoms,  que  lez  Marchauntz  eftraunges  eflifent  deux  Marchauntz,  dez  queux 
lun  devers  le  South  et  autre  devers  le  North  foient  affigne  de  feere  ove  le  Maire  et  Conftables  del  Efta- 
ple, ou  afcuns  dez  ditez  lieux  viendra,  doier  lez  pleintez  touchantz  Marchauntz  Aliens,  que  ferrount  me- 
gnes  devaunt  lez  ditez  Mair  et  Conftables,  a  toutz  lez  foitz  que  afcun  dez  ditez  efluez  vodra  eftre,  et  de 
gveier  que  plein  droit  foit  fait  as  ditez  Marchauntz  Aliens,  iifint  que  lez  dites  Mair  et  Coneftables  ne  cef- 
Matters  in        ^ent  P°int  daler  avaunt  en   lour  procez,  en  cas  que  tieux  eflues  ne  viegnent  pas.     Et  en  cas  que  debate 
Queftion  in  the  furde  entre  eux  fur  afcun  difcuffion  fur  afcun  plee  ou  querele,  foit  le  tenour  de  eel  plee  ou  querel  mande 
Staple  fliall  be     devant  le  Chaunceller  et  autres  de  noftre  Counfeille,  a  terminere  illoeqs  faunz  delay.     Et  foient  auxint  efluz 
decided  by  the    fex  perfones  fcilicet  iiii  dez  aliens  dount  ii  foient  de  Almaigne  et  ii  de  Lumbardie  et  ii  Dengl'  que  foient 
Chancellor.        bones  gentz  et  de  foy,  et  facent  ferment  de  fair  bien  et  loialment  lour  office,  quant  et  a  quel  hure  afcun 
queftion  ou  debait  furdra  ou  avendra  enter  Marchauntez  dafcun  non  refonable  leyn  ou  dafcun  non  due 
paclcure,  folonc  lez  covenantz  faitez  entre  le  achatour  et  vendour  ;  que  lez  ditez  perfones  ou  iiii  deux  puif- 
fent  devaunt  le  Mair  del  eftaple  et  fez  officers  per  lour  ferment  dire  et  amendre,  ficome  refone  voudra,  et 
a  eux  fur  ceo  foit  done  credence  faunz  nul  counterdit. 

CAP.    XXV. 

It  fliall  be  Felony  to  make  any  Confpiracy  which  may  turn  to  the  Difturbance  of  the  Staple. 

ITEM  avoms  ordeine  et  eftabli,  que  nul  Marchaunt  nautre  face  confpiracie  confederacie  covigne  yma» 
gination  ou  murmure  ou  mal  engyne,  en  nul  point  que  purra  turner  en  empechement  ou  deftourbaunce 
defefance  ou  defcres  dez  ditz  eftaples,  ou  de  riens  de  ce  que  eux  appartient  ou  purra  appartener  :  &  fi  afcun 
face,  et  deceo  foit  atteint  devaunt  Mair  &  Miniftres  del  eftaple,  ou  autre  que  nous  a  ceo  aifigneroms,  en- 
courge  lez  peins  &  forfaitures  contenuz  en  le  tierce  articule. 

CAP. 


A.  D.i 35 3.       Anno  vicefimo  feptimo  Edward  1  III.  Stat.  2.       283 

CAP.    XXVI. 
Credit  fhall  be  given  to  Letters,  or  the  Merchants  Oaths,  of  the  Value  of  their  Goods. 

MS.   Reg. 

ITEM  come  foit  contenu  en  le  Chartre  noftre  Ael  graunte  as  Marchauntz  eftraunges,  et  per  nous  con- 
ferme,  que  dez  Marchaundifes  quels  ils  amegnerount  en  nouz  ditez  Roialme  &  terres,  &  dez  queux 
iii.  d.  de  la  livere  fount  a  apaier  per  le  ditz  Marchauntz  eftraunges  folounq  mefme  le  graunt,  foit  done  foy 
&  credence  a  eux  fur  la  valewe  dez  dittez  Marchaundifez,  per  lettres  quels  ils  porrount  monftre  de  mefme 
lez  biens  de  lour  Seignurs  ou  compaignons,  &  fil  neient  point  certein  lettres  quels  ils  porrount  monftre  de 
mefme  lez  biens,  foient  crues  de  lour  ferment  en  eel  partie ;  &  ja  done  eft  a  entendre  a  nous  &  a  noftre 
Counfeill  par  la  pleint  dez  ditez  Marchauntz,  que  tout  eiaunt  ils  lettres  teftemoignantes  la  valew  de  lour 
Marchaundifez,  les  Vicountes  Maires  Baillifs  &  Miniftres  de  plufours  lieux  lez  conftreinent  de  jurer  pur 
mefme  lez  Marchaundifez,  countre  le  forme  de  lour  dite  chartre,  &  jalemeins  apres  le  ferment  fait  enfeallent 
lour  barellez  Fardels  &  Bales,  pur  queux  ils  ount  fait  lour  ferment,  &  lez  leffent  gifer  iiii.  jours  ou  vi.  iffint 
enfealez,  avant  qils  lez  voillent  veier,  &  iffint  ils  tollent  as  ditez  Marchauntz  la  vente  de  lour  biens,  a  graunte 
damage  deux  ;  Nous  nient  voillantes,  que  lez  Marchauntz  eftranges,  que  viegnent  ove  lour  Marchaundife  en 
noz  ditz  Roialme  &  terres  pur  comune  profit  de  ycelles,  foient  en  tiel  manere  grevez,  Si  voloms  grauntoms 
&  eftablifibms,  que  la  dite  chartre  foit  tenu,  &  que  lez  Barelles  fardelles  &  bales  et  lez  autres  biens  dez 
ditz  marchauntz,  et  pur  queux  ils  averount  monftrez  lour  lettres,  que  ne  fount  mye  fufpecionoufez,  ou 
fait  la  ferment,  come  il  eft  contenu  en  mefme  le  Chartre,  maintenant  apres  le  ferment  fait,  ou  tielx  let- 
tres monftres,  foient  lour  biens  deliveres  a  eux  faunz  delai,  pur  faire  ent  lour  profit,  faunz  rien  prendre 
des  eux  ouftre  le  Cuftume  de  iij  de  la  livre  ;  iffint  que  le  Vicounte  Mair  Baillif  ou  autre  miniftre  plus  ne 
fe  mellent  de  mefme  lez  biens,  fur  peine  demprifonment,  et  de  payer  a  la  partie  endamage  per  eel  caufe  fez- 
damages  a  quatreble,  et  tant  a  nous,  et  fur  ceo  foit  droit  fait  en  noftre  Chauncellerie  a  chefcun  pleinte. 


CAP.     XXVII. 

The  Forfeiture  of  thofe  which  before  this  Statute  have  tranfported  their  Woolls, 


&c. 


TEM  avoms  ordeine  et  eftabli,  que  touts  ceux.  qe  ferrount  conuz,  qils  ount  amegne  leins  quirs  et  pealx 
lanutz  as  partes  de  dela,  contre  defenfe  et  proclamation  ent  faitz  avant  le  fefaunce  de  ceft  ordinaunce, 
foient  ajugges  a  la  prifon,  et  encourgent  la  forfeiture  de  mefme  lez  leynz  quirs  pealx  lanutez  iffint  paffez,  et 
de  touts  autres  biens  et  chateux,  et  outre  foient  rentez  a  noftre  volunte. 

CAP.     XXVIII. 

The  Liberties  of  the  Staple  confirmed,    notwithftanding  the  Franchifes  of  others  :    But  in 

Fairs,  Markets,   Hundreds,  Leets,  65V. 

ITEM  nous  voilloms  grauntoms  et  ordeignoms,  que  toutz  lez  fubfidez  et  chofes  foient  fermement  gardez 
et  tenuz  en  toutz  pointez,  nient  contrifteaunt  fraunchefe  cuftume  privilege  exemption  jugementz  ou 
autres  grauntez  faitez  a  Citees  Burghs  Villes  comun  ltesgentezde  cynlce  rortez  ou  autres  fingulers  perfones 
queconques,  et  li  riens  foit  a  mendre  ajoufter  chaunger  ou  retreer  de  nul  des  pointez  avauntdiiez  en  temps  _  , 
avenir  pur  verroi  caufe,  Nous  voilloms,  que  ceo  foit  fait  per  deliberation  et  avys  dez  Grauntes  et  autres  Liberties  Mna 
de  noftre  Counfeill;  Salvant  en  autres  chofes  as  Prelates  Dues  Countes  Barouns  et  autres  Seignurs  lour  in  the  Staple 
feires  marches  et  hundredes  Wapentakes  letes  Jurifdictions  Courtes  Fraunchefes  Privileges  et  toutz  autres  faved, 
chofes  as  eux  regardantz  es  lieux  ou  leftaples  fount  etilrrount,  et  aillours,  auxi  avaunt  come  ils  lez  avoient 
devaunt  lez  eftaplez  ordeinez. 

Ordinatio    de  feodis  Majorum    et  Conflabulorum  Stapule5  Anno   27 

Edw.  III.  editum. 

MS.  Reg.     loA.XiV. 

PUR  ceo  qe  leftaple  eft  ore  de  novel  ordeine  a  demurrer  perpetuelment  en  Engleterre,  et  home  navoit 
au  comencement  nules  evidences  en  certein,  per  quels  home  purroit  affigner  ou  limiter  en  certein,  ce 
qe  lez  Mairs  et  lez  Conftables  en  lez  places  la  ou  leftaples  font  ordienez  duifient  prendre  per  An  en 
•certen  pur  lour  travaill,  mez  eftoit  adounqs  affentuz  per  les  Seignurs  et  Comunes,  qe  de  chefcun  fak 
ferount  levez  viijd.  pur  le  primer  An,  et  liverez  as  dites  Mairs  et  Coneftables  en  le  place  lou  le  Staples 
fount  affignez,  quel  primer  An  paffa  hors  a  la  Goule  dAuguft  darren  pafTe ;  et  ore  veignent  tantez  dez ' 
leynz  ou  bien  pres  au  porte  de  Loundres,  come  font  en  toutz  lez  autres  par  my  le  Roialme;  et  as  afcuns 
dez  autres  Eftaples  veignent  tantz  dez  leines  come  a  deux  ou  trois  autres  Eftaples,  fi  qe  a  un  Eftaple 
Veignent  plus  et  a  autres  meins,  iffint  qe  lez  Mairs  Bailiffs  et  Counftables  dafcune  place  pernent  trop  et  en 
afcuns  places  trop  poy  et  le  peuple  eft  trope  charge  de  paier  viij  d.  de  fake  come  defus  eft  dit,  eiant  re- 
gard a  la  foume  dez  leins  qe  paftent  outre  mere;  et  tout  le  temps  qe  le  dit  Eftaple  eftoit  demuraunt  outre 
meere,  celui  qe  eftoit  efluz  Maire  pur  lez  merchauntz  Englifh  prift  un  certen  per  An,  et  auxint  feroit  il 

O  o  3  reafon 


284       Stat.  2. 


Anno  vicefimo  feptimo  Edwardi  III.       A.  D.  1353. 


*  xx  Livrcs. 
Raft. 


MS.  Reg. 
reafon  qils  prifterent  en  Engleterre,  et  ceo  en  mefurable  maner,  chefcun  felounq  foun  travaile,  et  qe  le 
poeple  ne  fuift  my  taunt  charge:  per  qui  eft  ordeigne  per  le  Roi  et  lez  Grauntez  per  avys  de  tout  le 
Counfell,  qe  home  ne  ferra  lever  de  fake  forfqe  iiij  d.  en  nul  port  de  la  Goule  Dauguft  darren  paffe  tanqe 
en  cea  ne  defore  pur  le  temps  avenir ;  et  qe  lez  iiij  d.  de  fake  en  chefcune  place  ou  leftaple  eft  foient  mys 
en  un  boift  et  enfeale  dez  fealx  de  Mair  et  Conftables,  au  fyn  qe  lez  ditez  Mairs  et  conftables  puiffent  de 
ceo  eftre  paies  de  lour  certen,  qils  prendrount.  Et  fi  a  la  fyn  del  An  plus  foit  en  la  boifte  qe  namounte 
les  fees  des  ditz  Mai  re  et  Conftables,  foit  favement  garde,  a  payer  et  perfourmer  lees  fees  des  Maire  et  Con- 
ftables en  autre  Eftaple,  la  ou  lez  iiij  d.  ne  voillent  a  ceo  fuffire  et  fi  riens  demorrent  en  lez  ditez  boiftes 
apres  lez  fees  payes,  foit  eel  foume  refidue  falve  a  comune  profit  dez  merchauntz  de  leftaple  por  Ian  avenir, 
et  pur  paier  pur  les  poifes  faites  de  novell  et  auxint  pur  paiements  au  autres  chofes  necefTaires  touchantes 
leftaples.  Et  quant  qe  eft  leve  en  toutz  places  ou  leftaples  fount  outre  le  dit  foume  de  iiijd.  al  fake  puis 
le  dit  Goule  Dauguft  darren  pafi'e  foit  rebailie  &  reftitut  a  loeps  avauntdit.  Et  lez  fees  de  Mair  &  Con- 
ftables font  ordonnez  &  limites  en  la  fourme  qe  fenfuit.  Scilicet.  Le  Mair  de  leftaple  a  Weftm'  prendra 
C.  li'  &  chefcune  Conftable  illeoqs  xx  *  marks  Mair  de  Nicholle  xl  marks  &  chefcune  Conftable  illoeqes 
x  marcz  Mair  Deverwycke  Kyngftoun  fur  Hull  Norwich  &  Wynceftre  chacune  xx  li'  &  chacune  Con- 
ftable de  ditz  places  C.  s.  lez  Mairs  de  Noef  Caftell  fur  Tyne  Ciceftre  &  Dexceftre  chefcune  x  li'  &  chefcun 
Conftable  de  ces  places  v  marcz.  Et  fi  null  des  Mairs  &  Conftables  fufnomes  apres  ceo  qil  foit  efluz  per  les 
merchauntes  deftre  Mair  ou  Conftable,  refufe  le  office,  paie  a  la  Compaigne  a  tant  come  fon  fee  amounte- 
roit  per  An.     Et  proclamation  de  ceo  foit  fait  per  my  Engl'  le  vi  jour  de  Novembre  Ian  xxvij. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno   28  Edw.  III.   and  Anno  Dom. 


3  54- 


U  R  Lord  the  King,  at  his  Parliament  holden 
at  Wefaninjler,  the  Monday  next  after  the 
Feaft  of  St.  Mark  the  Evangelift,  the  Year  of 
his  Reign  of  England  the  Eight  and  twentieth,  and 
of  France  the  Fifteenth,  to  the  Honour  of  God  and 
of  holy  Church,  and  for  the  common  Profit  of  him 
and  his  People,  by  the  AfTent  of  the  Prelates,  the 
Prince,  Dukes,  Earls,  Barons,  and  the  Commons 
of  this  Realm  there  afTembled,  hath  ordained  and 
eftablifhed  the  Points  under-written." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  14. 
OSTRE  Seignur  le  Roi  a  fon  parlement 
tenuz  a  Weymonfter  le  Lundy  profchein 
apres  la  fefte  de  Seint  Marc  Lewangelift 
Ian  de  fon  regne  dEngleterre  vint  et  oetifme  et  de 
France  quinzifme  a  lonour  de  Dieu  et  de  Seinte 
eglife  et  pur  commune  profit  de  lui  et  de  fon  poeple 
de  laffent  dez  Prelatz  Princes  Dues  Contes  Barons 
et  la  Communalte  de  fon  Roialme  illoeqes  aflem- 
blez  ad  ordene  et  eftabli  les  points  fouzefcriptz. 


CAP.    I. 

A  Confirmation  of  all  Statutes  before  made  and  ufed. 


1 1 R  S  T,  That  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Char- 
ter of  the  Foreft,  and  all  other  Statutes  before 
s  this  Time  made  and  ufed,  be  kept  and  maintained  in 
1  all  Points.' 


PRemerement  qe  la  Grant  Chartre  &  la  Chartre 
de  la  Forefte  et  touz  autres  eftatutz  avant  ces 
heures  faitz  et  ufez  foient  gardez  et  meintenuz  en 
touz  pointz. 


CAP.    II. 

Lords  of  the  Marches  of  Wales  fhall  be  attendant  to  the  Crown  of  England,  and  not  to  the 

Principality  of  Wales. 

ITEM  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  touz  les  Seignurs 
de  la  Marche  de  Gales  foient  perpetuelement 
entendantz  &  annexes  a  la  corone  dEngleterre  come 
ils  &  leur  aunceftres  ount  efte  de  tout  temps  avant 
ces  heures  &  noun  pas  a  la  Principalte  de  Gales  en 
qi  mains  qe  meifme  la  Principalte  foit  ou  devendra 
apres  fes  heures. 


ITEM  it  is  accorded  and  eftablifhed,  That  all  the 
Lords  of  the  Marches  of  Wales  fhall  be  perpe- 
tually attending  and  annexed  to  the  Crown  of  Eng- 
land, as  they  and  their  Anceftors  have  been  all  Times 
paft,  and  not  to  the  Principality  of  Wales,  in  whofe 
Hands  foever  the  fame  Principality  be,  or  hereafter 
fhall  come.' 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1354.       Anno  vicefimo  o&avo  Edwardi  III. 


C.  3— 7.       285 


CAP.     III. 

No  Perfon  fhall  be  condemned  without  his  Anfwer. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
'TEM  qe  nul  homme  de  quel  eftate  ou  condi- 


J.  tion  qil  foit  ne  foit  ofte  de  terre  ne  de  tenement 
ne  pris  nemprifone  ne  defherite  ne  mis  a  la  mort 
faunz  eftre  mefne  en  refpons  par  due  proces  de  lei. 


ITEM,  That  no  Man  of  what  Eftate  or  Condi- 3  Bulrtr.  47. 
tion  that,  he  be,  fhall  be  put  out  of  Land  or  Te-  9  H.  3.  (tar.  1. 


c.4. 


nement,  nor  taken  nor  imprifoned,  nor  difinherited, c-  *9-  s  Ed-  3- 
nor  put  to  Death,  without  being  brought  in  Anfwer  c'  9-. '4  Ed-  3« 
bydueProcefsoftheLaw.'        ■  # '&  «  & ^ 

Enforced  by  i6Car.  I.  c,  10.  •which  regulates  the  Privy  Council,   and  takes  away  the  Star  Chamber, 


How 


the  King 


CAP.     IV. 

fhall  be  anfwered  the  mefne  Rates  of  Lands  coming  to  him  by  his  Tenant's 

Death. 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  efchetours  et  autres  miniftres  le  Roi  qe  ount  fait  livere  e  par  mandement  du  Roi  de  O  B. 
fa  Chancellerie  des  terres  et  tenemenz  qe  elloient  pris  en  la  main  le  Roi  par  la  mort  des  tenantz  qi  nCar.  2,  c.  140 
tindrent  de  lui  a  les  heirs  et  autres  as  queux  les  ditz  terres  et  tenemenz  deveroient  defcendre  revertir  ou 
remaindre  ount  efte  chargez  en  lefcheqer  des  fermes  et  des  rentes  dount  les  termes  des  paiementz  eftoi- 
ent  avenir  apres  la  liveree  faite  per  la  rate  et  lafferant  du  temps  qe  meifmes  les  terres  ou  tenemenz 
eftoient  en  la  main  le  Roi  Acorde  eft  qe  des  manoirs  citees  burghs  villes  hundredes  franchifes  &  totes  au- 
tres terres  et  tenemenz  dount  profitz  fourdent  de  temps  en  temps  parmi  Ian  come  de  molins  herbage 
tolune  plees  et  purchaces  de  court  et  autres  tieux  iffues  et  profitz  chefcun  efchetour  et  autre  miniftre 
qi  tieux  terres  et  tenemenz  averont  feifiz  al  oeps  le  Roi  foit  tenuz  de  refpondre  au  Roi  pur  la  rate  et 
lafferant  du  temps  folonc  launcien  cours  de  Lefcheqer.  Et  qe  dauncfens  fermes  et  rentes  qe  font  a  paier  as 
certeines  termes  come  rente  fee  et  rent  fervice  dount  nul  profit  fourde  tanqe  au  jour  du  paiement  foient 
tieles  fermes  et  rentes  paiez  a  ceux  qi  ent  ount  la  liveree  hors  de  la  main  le  Roi  as  termes  des  paiementz  des 
dites  fermes  et  rentes  qe  enfuent  apres  tiele  liveree  faite  fibien  de  temps  pafle  come  de  temps  avenir. 

CAP.    V. 

No  Iron  fhall  be  carried  forth  of  the  Realm. 


ITEM  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  feer  fait  en  Engle- 
terre  &  feer  mefne  en  Engleterre  &  illoeqes 
vendu  ne  foit  mefne  hors  du  Roialme  dEngleterre 
fur  peine  de  forfaire  le  double  devers  le  Roi  et  eient 
les  Juftices  affignez  denquere  de  laborers  et  autres 
Juftices  queux  le  Roi  vodra  a  ce  affigner  poer  den- 
quere de  ceux  qi  vendent  le  feer  a  trop  cher  pris 
&  de  les  punir  folonc  la  quantite  de  trefpas. 


may 


'  TTEM  it  is  accorded  and  eftablifhed,  That  Iron  By  5  W.  &  M. 
'  JL  made  in  England,  and  Iron  brought  into  England,  c.  17.  Iron  ma 
'  and  there  fold,   fhall  not  be  carried  out  of  the  faid  be  freely  ex- 
'  Realm  of  England,  upon  Pain  of  forfeiting  the  double  Ported- 
'  to  the  King;    (z)    and  the  Juftices  *  affigned  fhall*  Affigned  to- 
'  have  Power  to  enquire  of  Labourers,    and  the  other  enquire  of  La- 
'  Juftices  whom  the   King  will  thereto  affign,   fhall  bourers* 
'  have  Power  to  enquire  of  them  that  fell  the  Iron  at 
'  too  dear  a  Price,  and  to  punifh  them  after  the  Quan- 
'  tity  of  the  Trefpafs.' 


CAP.     VI. 


Who  fhall  be  Coroners >  and  by  whom  and  where  they  fhall  be  chofen. 


ITEM  ordene  eft  &  eftabli  qe  touz  coroners  des 
countees  foient  efluz  en  pleins  contees  par  les 
communes  de  meifmes  les  contees  de  plus  cove- 
nables  &  plus  loialx  gentz  qe  ferront  trovez  es  ditz 
contees  affaire  le  dit  office  Sauve  totes  foitz  au  Roi 
&  as  autres  Seignurs  qe  tieux  coroners  deivent  faire 
lew  Seignories  &  franchifes.. 


ITEM  it  is  ordained  and  accorded,  That  all  Co- 
roners of  the  Counties  fhall  be  chofen  in  the  full 
Counties,  by  the  Commons  of  the  fame  Counties,  of 
the  moil  meet  and  moft  lawful  People  that  fhall  be 
found  in  the  faid  Counties  to  execute  the  faid  Office  ; 
(2)  faved  always  to  the  King  and  other  Lords  which 
ought  to  make  fuch  Coroners,  their  Seigniories  and  3 Ed*  '•  c-  »«>■ 
Franchifes.'  -  ?a(h'33- 

X  H.  8.  c,  7.     1  fif  a  P,  &  M.  Ct.ii.fec.  5.  and  aj  Geo,  2,  r,  29.  conccrr.bg  Coroners  and  their  Dutu 


CAP.    VII. 

No  Sheriff  fhall  continue  in  his  Office  above  one  Year. 


ITEM  ordene  eft  &  eftabli  qe  les  vifcontez  des 
contees  foient  remuez  chefcun  an  hors  de  leur 
offices  Iffint  qe  nul  vifcont  qad  efte  en  fon  office 

3     ■ 


TEM  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,    That  the 
j^  Sheriffs  of  the  Counties  fhall  be  removed  evej-y 
s  Year  out  of  their  Offices,  fo  that  no  Sheriff  that  hath. 

'  been 


286       C.  8— ro;  Anno  vicefimo  o&avo  Edwardi  III.       A.  D.  1354. 


14. TM,  3. 
c.  7.  42 
c,  9.     23 

c.  8.  * 
See  1  JJ.  1 
Sheriffs  to 


Ed.  3. 
H.  6. 


is*  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
e  been  in  his  Office  by  a  Year  fhall  abide  in  the  fame  |  par  un  an  demoerge  en  mei<me  loffice  Ian  prof- 
ftat.i. «  Office  the  Year  next  following;    and  that  no  Com-     chein  enfuant  et  qe  nuile  comnrffion  lui  ent  foit 
'  miffion  be  made  to  him  thereof,   or  renewed  for  the     faite  ou  renoveie  pur  meifme  Ian  fuant. 
'  fame  Year  following.' 

.  f.  11.  declaring  that  none  ivbo  have  been  Sheriffs  Jhall  fcrve  again  'within  three  Tears  ;    and  farther,  12  Ed*  4.  c.  I.  and  17  Ed*  4.  c,  7.  empavitri-n? 
occupy  their  Offices  during  Michaelmas  and  Hillary  Terms,  un/efs  discharged  before  that  Time. 

Re2d  c.  7. 

CAP.    VIII. 

An  Attaint  fhall  be  granted  as  well  upon  a  Bill  as  upon  a  Writ  of  Trefpafs. 


3 -Ed.  1.  c.  38. 
I  Ed.  3.  flat.  1. 
c,  6.     s  Ed.  3. 
c.6,7.    34Ed.3. 
c,  7.     Raft.  84,  Sec 


ITEM  it  is  accorded,  That  the  Writ  of  Attaint 
{hail  be  granted  from  henceforth  as  well  upon  a 
Bill  of  Trefpafs,  as  upon  a  Writ  of  Trefpafs,  of  In- 
quefts  which  be  to  be  taken  in  Time  to  come  with- 
out having  Regard  to  the  Quantity  of  the  Damages.' 


ITEM  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  brief  datteint  foit 
grante  defore  fibien  fur  bille  de  Trefpas  come 
fur  brief  de  Trefpas  des  Enqueftes  qe  font  a  prendre 
en  temps  avenir  faunz  avoir  regard  au  quantite  des 
damages. 


5  H.  %.Jlat.  1. 

c.  26.  3  Ed.  I. 
c.  1 1 .    6  Ed.  1 . 
flat.  I.   c.  9. 
l$Ed.  I  fiat.  I 
c.  29.   and 
sSEd.  3.  c.  g. 


And  fee  9  Rich,  2.  c.  3.     11  H.  7.  c.  21  Sf  24.     19  if.  ■/.  c.  3,  <W  23  if.  8.  c.  3.  for  farther  Regulations  and  Exunfvmt  of  Attaints. 

CAP.     IX. 

No  Writ  fhall  be  directed  to  a  Sheriff  to  charge  an  Inqueft  to  indict  any. 


Cro,  El.  371. 


"  T  TEM,  Becaufe  that  the  People  of  the  Realm 
"  JL  have  fuffered  many  Evils  and  Mifchiefs,  for  that 
*'  Sheriffs  of  divers  Counties,  by  virtue  of  Commiffions 
"  and  general  Writs  granted  to  them  at  their  own 
"  Suit  for  their  lingular  Profit  to  gain  of  the  People, 
"  have  made  and  taken  divers  Inquefts  to  caufe  to  in- 
**  diet  the  People  at  their  Will,  and  have  taken  Fine 
"  and  Ranfom  of  them  to  their  own  Ufe,  and  have  de- 
"  livered  them,  whereas  fuch  Perfons  indicted  were 
*'  not  brought  before  the  King's  Juftices  to  have  their 
•*'  Deliverance  ;"  '  (2)  it  is  accorded  and  eftablifhed, 
'  for  to  efchew  all  fuch  Evils  and  Mifchiefs,  That  all 
'  fuch  Commiffions  and  Writs  before  this  Time  made, 
'  fhall  be  utterly  repealed,  and  that  from  henceforth  no 
'  fuch  Commiffions  nor  Writs  fhall  be  granted.' 


TEM  pur  ce  qe  le  poeple  du  Roialme  ad  fuffert 
plufeurs  malx  &  mefchiefs  de  ce  qe  vifcontes 
de  diverfes  contees  par  vertue  des  commiffions  & 
briefs  generals  a  eux  grantez  a  leur  feute  demefne 
pur  leur  finguler  profit  de  gaigner  du  poeple  ount 
fait  &  pris  diverfes  enqueftes  de  faire  enditer  les 
gentz  a  leur  volunte  &  ount  pris  fins  &  raunceons 
de  eux  a  leur  oeps  demefne  &  les  ount  delivres 
faunz  ce  qe  tieux  enditez  feuffent  mefnez  devant 
les  Juftices  le  Roi  pur  leur  deliverance  avoir  Acorde 
eft  &  eftabli  pur  tieux  malx  &  mefchiefs  efchure 
qe  touz  tieux  commiffions  &  briefs  avant  ces  heures 
faitz  foient  outrement  repellez  &  qe  defore  nulles 
tieux  commiffions  ne  briefs  foient  grantez. 


CAP.       X. 

The  Penalty  of  the  Mayor,  Sheriffs,  &fV.  of  London,  if  they  do  not  redrefs  Errors  and  Mif-' 
prifions  there ;  and  in  what  Counties  the  Trial  thereof  fhall  be. 


The  Penalty  of 
the  Mayer, 
Sheriffs,  &c. 
of  London, 
which  do  not 
redrefs  Errors 
and  Mrfprifjons 
there. 


The  Trial  of  the 
Default,  of  the 

,  &c. 
nf  Lo  I 

ng  C  0- 
vernrncnt,  fhall 
le  b/  Ir:  ueft 
of  foreign 
Co  intie . 


*  /.*.(  ir.  Orig, 


TEM,  Becaufe  that  the  Errors,  Defaults,  and 
Mifprifions  which  be  notorioufly  ufed  in  the  City 
of  London  for  Default  of  good  Governance  of  the 
Mayor,  of  the  Sheriffs,  and  the  Aldermen,  cannot 
be  enquired  nor  found  by  People  of  the  fame  City  ;" 
(2)  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  the  laid 
Mayor,  Sheriffs,  and  Aldermen,  which  have  the 
Governance  of  the  fame  City,  fhall  caufe  to  be  re- 
dreffed  and  corrected  the  Defaults,  Errors,  and  Mif- 
prifions i.bove  named,  and  the  fame  duly  punifh  from 
time  to  time  upon  a  certain  Pain  ;  that  is  to  fay,  At 
the  firft  Default  a  thoufand  Marks  to  the  King,  and 
at  the  fecond  Default  two  thoufand  Marks,  and  at 
the  third  Default  that  the  Franchife  and  Liberty  of 
the  City  be  taken  into-  the  King's  Hand.  (3)  And 
be  it  begun  to  enquire  upon  them  at  St.  Michael  next 
coming,  fo  that  if  they  do  not  caufe  to  be  made  due 
Redrefs  as  afore  is  faid,  it  fhall  be  enquiredof  their 
Defaults  by  Inquefts  of  People  of  foreign  Counties, 
that  is  to  fay,  Or"  Kent;  Efjex,  SuJJex,  Hertford,  Buck- 
ingham, and  Berks,  as  well  at  the  King's  Suit  as 
others  that  will  complain. 

'  iF.  And  if  the  Mayors,  Sheriffs,  and  Aldermen  be 
by  fuch  lriquefta  *  thereto  ajftgned,  indicted,  they  fhall 


TEM  pur  ce  qe  les  errours  defautes  &  mefpri- 
fions  qe  font  notoirement  ufez  en  la  Cite  de 
Londres  pur  defaute  de  bone  government  du  Meire 
des  vifcontes  &  des  Aldermans  ne  purront  eftre 
enquis  ne  trovez  par  gentz  de  meifme  la  Cite  Or- 
dene  eft  &  eftabli  qe  les  ditz  Meire  vifcontes  & 
Aldermans  qe  ount  le  governement  de  la  dite  Cite. 
facent  redrefcer  &  corriger  les  defautes  errours  & 
mefprifions  fufhomez  &  les  duement  punir  de  temps 
en  temps  fur  certeine  peine  ceft  affavoir  au  primer 
defaut  mille  marcs  au  Koi  &  a  la  feconde  defaut 
deux  mille  marcs  &  a  la  tierce  defaut  qe  la  fran- 
chife de  la  Cite  foit  pris  en  la  main  le  Roi.  Et  foit, 
comence  denquere  fur  eux  a  la  Scint  Michel  prof- 
chein  avenir  iffint  qe  fils  ne  facent  dues  redrefce- 
mentz  come  defus  eft  dit  foit  enquis  de  leur  de- 
fautes par  enqueftes  de  gentz  de  foreins  contees 
ceft  affavoir  de  Kent  Efitex  Suffez  Hertford'  Buk' 
&  Berk'  fibien  a  la  feute  le  Roi  come  dautres  qi 
pleindre  fe  vodront. 


Et  fi  les  Meire  vifcontes  &  Aldermans  foient  par 
tieux  enqueftes  enditez  foient  faitz  venir  par  due 

proces 


A.  D.  1354.       Anno  vicefimo  o&avo  Edwardi  III. 


11. 


2  8.7 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
proces  devant  les  Juftices  le  Roi  qi  ferront  a  ce 
affignez  dehors  la  dite  Cite  devant  queux  ils  eient 
leur  refpons  fibien  au  Roi  come  a  la  partie.  Et  fils 
fe  mettent  en  enqueftes  foient  celles  enqueftes  pris 
par  gentz  foreins  come  defus  eft  dit.  Et  ills  foient 
atteintz  foit  la  dite  peine  encurru  &  leve  des  ditz 
Meire  vifcontes  et  Aldermans  pur  defaute  de  leur 
govemement  &  nientmeinz  les  pleintifs  recoverent 
leur  damages  au  treble  vers  les  ditz  Meire  vifcontes 
&  Aldermans.  Et  par  caufe  qe  les  vifcontes  de  Lon- 
dres  font  parties  a  cefte  bufoigne  foit  le  Coneftable 
de  la  Tour  ou  fon  lieutenant  miniftre  en  lieu  des 
vifcontes  a  receivre  les  briefs  fibien  originals  de  la 
Chancellerie  come  judicials  fouz  les  fealx  des  Jufti  - 
ces  affaire  ent  execution  en  la  dite  Cite.  Et  foit 
proces  fait  par  attachementz  &  par  deftrefces  & 
par  exigende  ft  meftiere  foit  Mint  qe  a  la  feute  le 
Roi  (bit  lexigende  agarde  apres  le  primer  Capias 
retourne  &  a  le  tierce  Capias  retourne  a  feute  de 
partie.  Et  fi  les  Meire  vifcontz  &  Aldermans  eient 
terres  ou  tenemenz  dehors  la  Cite  foit  proces  fait 
devers  eux  par  attachementz  &  deftrefces  en  meif- 
mes  les  contees  ou  les  terres  &  tenemenz  font.  Et 
qe  chefcun  des  ditz  Meire  vifcontz  &  Aldermans  qe 
vendra  devant  les  dites  Juftices  refpoigne  fingulere- 
ment  pur  lui  meifmes  fibien  au  peril  des  autres  qi 
font  abfentz  come  de  lui  mefmes.  Et  cefte  orde- 
nance  foint  tenue  ferme  &  eftable  nient  contre- 
efteant  franchife  privilege  ou  cuftumes  queconqes. 
Et  fe  extend  cefte  ordenance  as  autres  citees  & 
burghs  du  Roialme  ou  tieux  defautes  &  mefprifions 
font  ufez  et  nemie  duement  corrigez  ne  redrefcez 
fauve  qe  les  enquefts  foient  prifes  par  gentz  foreins 
de  meifme  le  contee  ou  tides  citees  et  burghs  font 
et  qe  la  peine  de  ceux  des  citees  burghs  et  villes  qe 
de  ce  ferront  atteintz  foit  ajugge  par  defcretion  des 
Juftices  qe  a  ce  ferront  affignez. 


be  caufed  to  come  by  due  Procefs  before  the  King's 
Juftices,  which  fhail  be  to  the  fame  affigned  out  of 
the  faid  City,  before  whom  they  fhall  have  their  An- 
fwer,  as  well  to  the  King  as  to  the  Party.     (2)  And 
if  they  put  them  in  Inquefts,  the  fame  Inquefts  fhall 
be  taken  by  foreign  People,    as  afore  is  faid.     (j) 
And  if  they  be  attainted,  the  faid  Pain  fhall  incur 
and  be  levied  of  the  faid  Mayor,  Sheriffs,  and  Alder- 
men, for  Default  of  their  Governance  ;    (4)  and  ne- 
verthelefs  the  Plaintiffs  fhall  recover  the  treble  Da- 
mages againft  the  faid  Mayor,  Sheriffs,    and  Alder- 
men.     (5)  And  becaufe  that  the  Sheriffs  of  London  The  Confhble 
be  Parties   to   this  Bufinefs,    the  Conftable   of  the  or  Lieutenant 
Tower,  or  his  Lieutenant,  fhall  ferve  in  the  Place  of  °f  j!,e  Tower' 
the  Sheriffs,  to  receive  the  Writs,  as  well  Originals  anj  ^"me  t]le 
of  the  Chancery  as  Judicials,    under  the  Seal  of  the  Kind's  Writs. 
Juftices,  to  do  thereof  Execution  in  the  faid  City. 
(6)  And  Procefs  fliall  be  made  by  Attachment  and  what  Procefs 
Diftrefs,  and  by  Exigent,  if  Need  be  ;    fo  that  at  the  *a '  bc  awarded 
King's  Suit  the  Exigent  fhall  be  awarded  after  the  m  thls  Suir* 
firft  Capias  returned,  and  at  the  third  Capias  returned 
at  the  Suit  of  the  Party.     (7)  And  if  the  Mayor, 
Sheriffs,    and  Aldermen  have  Lands  or  Tenements 
out  of  the  City,  Procefs  fliall  be  made  againft  them 
by  Attachments  and  Diftreffes  in  the  fame  Counties 
where  the  Lands  or  Tenements  be.     (8)  And  that 
every  of  the  faid  Mayors,    Sheriffs,   and  Aldermen 
which  do  appear  before  the  faid  Juftices,   fhall  an- 
fwer  particularly  for  himfelf,  as  well  at  the  Peril  of 
other  which  be  abfent,  as  of  himfelf.     (9)  And  this 
Ordinance  fhall  be  holden  firm  and  ftable,  notwith- 
ftanding  any  Manner  of  Franchife,    Privileges,    or 
Cuftoms.     (10)  And  this  Ordinance  fhall  extend  to 
all  Cities  and  Boroughs  of  the  Realm  where  fuch 
Defaults  or  Mifprifions  be  ufed,    and  not  duly  cor- 
rected nor  redreffed  ;  faving  that  the  Inquefts  fhall  be 
taken  by  foreign  People  of  the  fame  County  where 
fuch  Cities  or  Boroughs  be  :    (1  i)  And  that  the  Pain 
of  thofe  of  the  faid  Boroughs  and  Towns,    which 
fhall  be  thereof  attainted,  fhall  be  judged  by  the  Dif- 
cretion  of  the  Juftices  which  fhall  be  thereto  affigned. 


CAP.    XL 
Frefh  Suit  and  Huy  and  Cry  fhall  be  made  after  Robbers  from  Country  to  Country. 


This  Ordinaries 
provided    for 
London  ihall 
extend  to  all 
Cit.es  and  Bo- 
fughs. 
Enforced  by 
1  H.  4.  c.  15. 
in  Part. 

31EJ.3.  flat.  I. 
c.  10. 
Explained  &y 

17  lv.2.  C.  12, 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  grant  clamour  et  grevoufes 
pleintes  font  faitz  fi  bien  par  aliens  come  par 
denzeins  qe  marchantz  et  autres  paffantz  parmi  le 
Roialme  dEngleterre  od  leur  marchandifes  &  autres 
biens  font  tuez  &  derobbez  &  nieement  ore  plus 
qils  ne  foleient  dount  remedie  nad  efte  fait  as  com- 
pleignantz  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  confiderant  le 
profit  qe  purra  avenir  au  dit  Roialme  par  venue 
&  demoere  des  marchantz  aliens  en  meifme  le  Roi- 
alme &  les  damages  &  mefchiefs  qe  a  eux  &  autres 
font  faitz  de  jour  en  autre  par  tieux  homicides  & 
robberies  &  veullant  purvoire  a  la  feurte  &  in- 
dempnite  des  marchantz  &  autres  fufditz  ad  ordene 
et  eftabli  par  affent  de  tout  fon  pariement  au  fin  qe 
marchantz  aliens  eient  greindrc  volunte  et  corage 
de  venir  en  le  dit  Roialme  dEngleterre  qe  remedie 
foit  defore  fait  haftivement  as  tieux  marchantz  et 
autres  iffint  derobbez  folonc  la  fonne  contenue  en 
leftatut  nadgairs  fait  a  Wynceftre  ceft  affavoir  qe 
folempnement  crie  foit  fait  en  toutz  c  ntees  hun- 
dredes  marchees  feires  et  toutz  autres  '  :.ux  ou  fo- 
lempne  affemblee  dc  gentz  terra  Mini,  qe  nul  par 


ITEM,  Becaufe  that  great  Clamour  and  grievous 
Complaints  be  made,  as  well  by  Aliens  as  by  De- 
nizens,   that  Merchants  and  other  paffing  through 
the  Realm  Gf"  England  with  their  Merchandifes  and 
other  Goods,  be  (lain  and  robbed,  and  namely  now 
more  than  they  were  wont,  whereof  Remedy  hath    - 
not  been  made  to  the  Complaints  ;"   '  (2)  our  Lord 
the  King,  considering  the  Profit  which  may  conic  to 
the  faid  Realm  by  coming  and  abiding  of  the  faid 
Merchants  Aliens  in  the  fame  Realm,    and  the  Da- 
mage and  Mifchief  which  to  them  and  other  is  uone 
daily   by   fuch   Manflaughters    and  Robbesies,    and 
willing  to  provide  for  the  Surety  and    ndempnity  of 
Mer.  hams  and  other  aforefaid,    ivd.h   ordained  and 
eiiabliihed,    by  the  Affent  of  all  his  Parliament,  to 
the   intent  that  Merchants   Aliens         ]\    have    the 
greater  Will   and   Courage-  to  qon       .    to    ;he   faid 
Realm:  at* England,  and  that  Remedy  fren   henceforth 
be  fpeediiy  made  to  fuch  Merchant',  and  otn  1  rob- 
bed, according  to  the  Form  containe-l   in  the  Statute  3 s£  *•  e-9- 
late  made  at  Wirichefter ;    that  is  to  fay,  that  fofcm'n  J3sd_;  ' 
Cry  be  made  in  all  Counties,  Hundreds,  1  la:      .,   '"  3 

'  Fans, 


288 


C.i2,  i3-  Anno  vicefimo  o&avo  Edward i  III.        A.D.  1354.. 


The  Penalty  of 
the  Country,  if 
Robbers  offend- 
ing therein  be 
not  taken  with- 
in Forty  Days. 


Altered  by  27  El. 
c.  13.   J9El. 
c.  25.     See  SGeo, 


Fairs,  and  all  other  Places  where  folemn  Aflembly  of 
the  People  (hall  be,  fo  that  none  by  Ignorance  (nail 
excufe  him,  that  every  Country  from  henceforth  be 
fo  kept,  that  immediately  after  Felonies  and  Rob- 
beries done,  frefh  Suit  be  made  from  Town  to  Town, 
and  from  Country  to  Country,  (3)  and  Inqueft,  if 
Need  be,  (hall  be  alfo  taken  in  the  Towns  by  him 
which  is  Sovereign  of  the  Town,  and  after  in  Hun- 
dreds, Franchifes,  and  in  the  County,  and  fometime 
in  two,  three,  or  four  Counties,  in  cafe  when  Fe- 
lonies fhall  be  done  in  the  Marches  of  the  Counties, 
fo  that  the  Offenders  may  be  attainted.  (4)  And  if 
the  Country  do  not  anfwer  of  fuch  Offenders,  the 
Pain  fhall  be  fuch,  that  every  Country,  that  is  to  fay, 
the  People  dwelling  in  the  Country,  fhall  anfwer  of 
the  Robberies  done,  and  of  the  Damages;  (?)  fo 
that  all  the  Hundred  where  the  Robbery  fhall  be  done, 
or  the  Franchifes  which  be  within  the  Precin£t  of 
the  fame  Hundred,  fhall  anfwer  of  the  Robbery  done ; 
(6)  and  if  the  Robbery  be  done  in  the  Divifion  of 
two  Hundreds,  both  Hundreds  fhall  anfwer  together 
with  the  Franchifes.  (7)  And  longer  Term  fhall 
not  the  Country  have  after  the  Robbery  or  Felony 
done,  than  Forty  Days,  within  which  them  behoveth 
to  make  Gree  of  the  Robbery,  or  of  the  Offence,  or 
that  they  anfwer  of  the  Bodies  of  the  Offenders.' 

2,  f.  1 6.  giving  Directions  for  Purfu'tt  of  Hue  and  Cry  ;  and  zz  Geo,  z.  c.  34 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ignorance  fe  puffe  excufer  qe  chefcune  pais  iflint 
deforemes  foit  garde  qe  meintenant  apres  robberies 
et  felonies  faites  foit  fait  fresfhe  feute  de  ville  en 
ville  et  de  pais  en  pais  et  enqueftes  foient  auxint  fi 
meftiere  foit  prifes  en  villes  par  celui  qe  eft  fove- 
rein  de  la  ville  et  puis  en  hundredes  franchifes  et 
en  contees  et  afcune  foitz  en  deux  trois  ou  quatre 
contees  en  cas  quant  felonies  ferront  faites  en  mar- 
ches des  contes.  Iflint  qe  meffefours  puffent  eftre 
atteintz.  Et  ft  le  pais  de  tieu  manere  de  meffe- 
fours ne  refpoigne  la  peine  ferra  tiele  qe  chefcune 
pais  ceft  affavoir  gentz  en  pais  demorantz  refpoig- 
nent  des  robberies  faites  et  des  damages  iflint  qe 
tout  le  hundred  ou  la  robberie  ferra  faite  ove  les 
franchifes  qe  font  deinz  la  purceinte  de  meifme  le 
hundred  refpoignent  de  la  robberie  faite  et  ft  la 
robberie  foit  faite  en  divifes  de  deux  hundredes  re- 
fpoignent ambedeux  les  hundredes  enfemblement 
od  les  franchifes.  Et  plus  long  terme  navera  le  pais 
apres  la  robberie  faite  ou  felonie  qe  quarant  jours 
deinz  les  queux  il  covient  qils  facent  gre  de  la  rob- 
berie ou  del  meffait  ou  qils  refpoignent  des  corps 
de  meffefours. 


ivh'icb  amends  the  former* 


OB. 


£  H.  4.  c.  14. 
20  H.  6.  c.  8. 
12  Car.  2. 
c.  »4. 


17^.3. 
c.  3. 


flat. 


CAP.     XH. 

Within  what  Time  Purveyances  made  for  the  King's  Houfe  fhall  be  paid  for. 

ITEM  pur  ce  qe  la  mene  gent  du  Roialme  et  plufeurs  autres  fe  font  compleintz  des  grevances  qe  leur 
font  faites  de  ce  qe  les  purveours  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  ma  dame  la  Roigne  du  Prince  et  des  autres  ount 
pris  de  eux  leur  biens  vivres  et  vitailles  et  les  en  ount  bailie  tailles  affignantz  a  eux  jour  et  lieu  de  receivre 
leur  paiement  en  foreins  et  lointifmes  lieux  ou  ils  ount  defpendu  la  value  de  la  chofe  iffint  pris  de  eux  ou  le 
double  avant  qils  eient  receu  leur  paiement  et  fovent  ount  failli  de  tout  le  Roi  veullant  purvoire  de  remedie 
contre  tieles  grevances  ad  ordene  et  eftabli  pur  quiete  et  eefe  de  fon  poeple  qe  de  totes  purveances  qe  font 
ou  ferront  faites  a  fon  oeps  ou  al  oeps  dautri  deinz  la  foumme  de  vint  fouldz  paiement  en  foit  fait  meinte- 
nant fur  la  purveance  faite  faunz  taille  bailler  ou  jour  et  lieu  aillours  ent  affigner  et  qe  dautres  purveances 
faites  de  la  foumme  de  vinf  fouldz  et  outre  paiement  foit  fait  deinz  le  quarter  del  an  profchein  enfuant  apres 
les  purveances  faites  as  certeins  jour  et  lieu  folonc  ce  qils  purront  eftre  plus  eifez  et  a  meindre  travaill  du 
poeple. 

CAP.     XIII. 

The  Warranty  of  Packing  of  Wooll  fhall  be  put  out.     An  Inqueft  fhall  be  de  Medietate  Lin- 
gua, where  an  Alien  is  Party. 

ENfement  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  totes  les  orde- 
nances  faites  en  grant  confeil  tenuz  a  Weft- 


«  Or. 


TEM  it  is  accorded  and  eftablifhed,  That  all  the 
Ordinances  made  in  the  great  Council  holden  at 
'  IVeJlminJier,  the  Monday  next  after  the  Feaft  of  Saint 
'  Matthew  the  Apoftle  laft  paft,  together  with  certain 
'  Declarations  and  Additions  made  in  this  prefent  Par- 
'  liament,  be  firmly  kept  and  holden  for  a  Statute  to 
'  endure  for  ever,  which  Declarations  and  Additions 
'  do  follow  in  this  Manner:'  "  Whereas  it  is  contained 
''  in  the  faid  Ordinances,  That  every  Merchant  that 
''  felleth  his  Woolls  at  the  Staple,  (hall  be  bound  to 
"  warrant  the  packing  of  the  fame  Woolls;  (3)  and 
"  if  a  Plea  *  of  Debate  be  moved  before  the  Mayor  of 
"  the  Staple,  betwixt  the  Merchants  orMinifters  of 
"  the  fame,  and  thereupon  to  try  the  Truth  thereof 
"  an  Inqueft  or  Proof  fhall  be  taken,  then  if  both 
"  Parties  be  Aliens,  it  fhall  be  tried  by  Aliens;  (4) 
"  and  if  both  Parties  be  Denizens,  it  (hall  be  tried  by 
"  Denizens;  (?)  but  if  the  one  Party  be  Denizen, 
"  and  the  other  Alien,  half  of  the  Inqueft  or  of  the 


monftre  le  Lundy  profchein  apres  la  fefte  de  Seint 
Matheu  Lapoftle  darrein  pafTe  enfemblement  ove 
afcunes  declarations  &  ajouftances  faites  en  cefte 
prefent  parlement  foient  fermementgardez  &  tenuz 
pur  eftatut  a  durera  touz  jours  queles  declarations 
&  ajouftances  fenfuent  en  cefte  manere  come  con- 
tenue  foit  en  les  dites  ordenances  qe  chefcun  mar- 
chant  qe  vend  fes  leines  a  leftaple  foit  tenuz  de  ga- 
ranter  lempakkure  de  meifmes  les  leines  et  qe  fi 
pie  ou  debate  foit  meu  devant  le  meire  de  leftaple 
entre  les  marchantz  ou  miniftres  dycelle  &  far  ce 
pur  trier  ent  la  verite  enquefte  ou  proeve  foit  apren- 
dre  fi  lune  partie  &  lautre  foiteftrange  foit  trie  par 
eftranges&  fi  lune  partie  &  lautre  foit  denzein  (bit 
trie  par  denzeins  &  fi  lune  partie  foit  denzeine  & 
lautre  aliene  foit  lune  moite  del  enquefte  ou  del 
prove  de  denzeins  &  lautre  moite  des  aliens.    Et 

au  flint 


A.  D.  1354*        Anno  vicefimo  o&avo  Edwardi  III. 


C.  13.       289 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
auffint  qe  nul  marchant  prive  ne  eftrange  nautre 
de  quele  condition  qil  foit  aille  par  terre  ne  par 
ewe  dencontrer  vins  merces  nautres  marchandifes 
venantz  en  laRoialme  dEngleterre  nen  autres  terres 
du  Roi  en  meer  naillours  pur  les  forftaller  achater 
ou  en  autre  manere  arrer  avant  qils  viegnent  a  le- 
ftaple ou  au  port  ou  ils  ferront  difchargez  ne  entre 
les  niefs  pur  tiele  caufe  tanqe  les  marchandifes  foi- 
ent  mifes  a  la  terre  pur  vendre  Acorde  eft  &  eftabli 
qe  la  garrantie  dempakkure  de  laines  pur  diverfes 
mefchiefs  qe  la  communalte  en  ad  fentu  foit  de  tout 
oufte  &  qe  nul  homme  foit  tenuz  affaire  tiele  gar- 
rantie fil  ne  foit  par  covenant  taille  par  fait  enfele. 
Et  auffint  qe  nul  homme  autre  qe  marchant  denzein 
ou  alien  qe  ne  conuft  les  leis  &  ufages  de  leftaple 
ufez  par  aillours  devant  qe  les  dites  ordenances  de 
leftaple  eftoient  faites  foit  chargee  par  meifmes  les 
leis  &  ufages  tanqe  els  foient  declarrez  en  parle- 
ment. 


Et  qe  en  tote  manere  denqueftes  &  proeves  qe 
font  a  prendre  ou  affaire  entre  aliens  &  denzeins 
foient  ils  marchantz  ou  autres  fibien  devanrje  meire 
de  leftaple  come  devant  queconqe  autres  Juges  ou 
miniftres  tout  foit  le  Roi  partie  foit  la  moite  del 
enqueft  ou  del  prove  de  denzeins  &  lautre  moite 
des  aliens  ft  tantz  des  aliens  foient  en  la  ville  ou 
lieu  ou  tiele  enquefte  ou  prove  foit  aprendre  qe  ne 
foient  mie  parties  ne  od  les  parties  en  contracles 
plees  ou  autres  quereles  dount  tieles  enqueftes  ou 
proves  deivent  eftre  pris  et  fi  tantz  des  aliens  ne 
y  foient  point  adonqes  foient  mis  en  tieux  enqueftes 
&  proeves  tantz  des  aliens  come  ferront  trovez  en 
meifmes  les  villes  ou  lieux  qe  a  ce  ne  foient  pas 
parties  ne  od  les  parties  come  devant  eft  dit  &  le 
remanant  de  denzeins  qe  foient  prodes  hommes  & 
nient  fufpecionoufes  a  lune  partie  ne  a  lautre. 

Et  qe  nulle  manere  de  nief  qe  foit  frette  devers 
Engleterre  ou  aillours  foit  ardte  de  venir  a  nul  port 
dEngleterre  ne  y  demorer  contre  le  gre  des  mei- 
]  fires  &  mariners  dycelle  ou  des  marchantz  as  queux 
1  les  biens  font  et  u  tieux  niefs  viegnent  de  gree  ou 
i  foient  chacez  par  tempeft  ou  autre  infortune  ou 
mefchief  a  afcun  port  dEngleterre  et  les  meiftres 
1  mariners  ou  marchantz  de  meifmes  les  niefs  veul- 
:lent  vendre  &  deliverer  partie  de  leur  marchandifes 
:  par  leur  bone  volunte  bien  life  a  chefcuny  tieles 
marchandifes  achater  franchement  faunz  empefche- 
'  ment  en  le  port  ou  tieles  niefs  vendront  tout  ne 
foient  les  marchandifes  mifes  a  la  terre  pur  vendre 
Mint  totes  foitz  qe  nul  marchant  nautre  ne  voife 
par  terre  ne  par  ewe  dencontrer  tieles  niefs  chaigez 
de  marchandifes  de  forftaller  meifmes  les  marchan- 
difes ou  de  les  arrer  par  voie  de  forftallerie  fur  les 
.peines  contenues  en  le  tierce  article  des  dites  orde- 
nances Si  qe  Us  meiftres  mariners  &  marchantz 
apres  ce  qils  averont  iffint  vendu  ce  qe  leur  plerra 
de  leur  ditz  biens  &  paie  ent  la  cuftume  puffent 
franchement  departir  &  aler  ove  leur  niefs  &  tout 
le  remanant  de  leur  biens  par  la  ou  leur  plerra  faunz 
cuftume  ent  paier  &  qe  nul  de  quele  condition  qil 
foit  par  art  ne  par  engyn  ne  face  ne  metre  deftour- 
bance  a  nulle  nief  chargee  de  marchandie  de  venir 
a  nul  port  dEngleterre  forfqe  au  port  ou  les  mei- 
ftres mariners  &  marchantz  veullent  prem.erem.ent 
Vol.  I. 


"  Proof  (hall  be  of  Denizens,  and   the  other  half  of 

"  Aliens.     (6)  And  alfo  that  no  Merchant,  Privy  nor 

"  Stranger,  nor  other  of  what  Condition  that  he  be, 

"  fhall  go  by  Land  nor  by  Water  to  meet  fuch  Ships 

"  charged  with  Wines,  Wares,  or  other  Merchandifes 

"  coming  into  the  Realm  of  England,  nor  other  Lands 

"  of  the  King's  in  the  Sea,  or  elfewhere,  for  to  fore- 

"  flail,  buy,  or  in  other  Manner  giving  them  Earneft 

"  before  that  they  come  to  the  Staple,  or  to  the  Port 

"  where  they  fhall  be  difcharged,  nor  enter  the  Ships 

"  for  fuch  Caufe  till  the  Merchandifes  be  fet  to  Land 

"  for  to  fell:"    c  (7)  It  is  accorded  and  eftabliihed,  Jfhp™£™*$ 

'  That  the  Warranty  of  packing  of  Woolls,  for  divers  boon's  ft|n°be 

'  Mifchiefs  which  the  Commons  have  thereof  perceiv-  wholly  put  out. 

'  ed,  fhall  wholly  be  out;    (8)  and  that  no  Man  be  17  Ed.  3.  flat.  2. 

'  holden  to  make  fuch  Warranty,  unlefs  it  be  by  Co-  c--  *• 

'  venant  made  by  Deed  enfealed.     (9)  Alfo  that  no 

'  Man  other  than  a  Merchant  Denizen  or  Alien,  that 

'  knoweth  the  Laws  and  Ufages  of  the  Staple,    ufed 

'  before  that  the   faid  Ordinances   of  the  Staple  were 

'  made,  fhall  be  charged  by  the/ame  Laws  and  Ufages 

'  till  they  be  declared  in  Parliament. 

'  II.  And  that  in  ail  Manner  of  Inquefts  and  Proofs  An  Inqueft  fhall 
'  which  be  to  be  taken  or  made  amongft  Aliens  and  bt;  dcMedletate 
'  Denizens,  be  they  Merchants  or  other,  as  well  before  ^n^n \"sp"^y 
'  the  Mayor  of  the  Staple  as  before  any  other  Juftices  to  any  Trial. 
'  or  Minifters,  although  the  King  be  Party,  the  one  Confirmed  by 
'  half  of  the  Inqueft  or  Proof  fhall  be  Denizens,  and  8  H.  6.  c.  29. 
'  the  other  half  of  Aliens,  if  fo  many  Aliens  and  Eo-  27  Ed-  3-  ftat-z» 
'  reigners  be  in  the  Town  or  Place  where  fuch  Inqueft  g  ' 
'  or  Proof  is  to  be  taken,  that  be  not  Parties,  nor  with  3  Ed.  4.  t'.iu 
'  the  Parties  in  Contrails,  Pleas,  or  other  Quarrels,  17  H.  6.  f.  4. 
'  whereof  fuch  Inquefts  or  Proofs  ou^ht  to  be  taken ;  Fitz-  T^h.3°> 
'  (z)  and  if  there  be  not  fo  many  Aliens,  then  fhall  ^7^# 
'  there  be  put  in  fuch  Inquefts  or  Proofs  as  many  Ali- 
'  ens   as  fhall  be  found  in  the  fame  Towns  or  Places 
'  which  be  not  thereto  Parties,  nor  with  the  Parties,  as 
'  afore  is  faid,  and  the  Remnant  of  Denizens,  which 
'  be  good  Men,  and  not  fufpicious  to  the  one  Party 
'  nor  to  the  other.' 

'  III.  And  that  no  Manner  of  Ship,  which  is  fraught  None  fliall  fbre- 
'  towards  England  or  elfewhere,  be  compelled  to  come  <**"  Merchan- 
to  any  Port  of  England,  nor  here   to  abide,  againft  di,es  cominS 


Bro.  Denizen, 
4.  12. 


the  Will   of  the  Matters  and  Mariners  of  the  fame,  T?V** 


this 


or  of  the  Merchants  whofe  the  Goods  be  :    (2)  And 
if  fuch   Ships  come   of  their  own  good  Will,  or  be 
driven  by  Tempefts,  or  other  Misfortune  or  Mifchief, 
to  any  Port  in  England,  and  the  Mafters,  Mariners, 
or  Merchants  of  the  fame  Ships  will  iell  or  deliver 
Part  of  their  Merchandifes  with  their  good  Will,  it 
fhall  be  lawful  for  every  Man  to  buy  fuch  Merchan- 
difes freely  without  Impeachment  in  the  Port  where, 
fuch  Ships  fhall  come,  albeit  the  faid  Merchandifes 
be  not  put  to  Land  to  fell;    (3)  fo  always,  that  no 
Merchant  nor  other  fhall  go  by   Land  nor  by  Water 
to  meet  fuch  Ships  charged  with  Merchandifes,  to 
foreftall  the  fame  Merchandifes,  or  to  give  them  Ear- 
neft by  Way  of  foreftalling,  upon  the  Pains  con- 
tained in  the  third  Article  of  the  faid  Ordinances; 
(4)  fo  that  the  Mafters,  Mariners,  and  Merchants, 
after  that  they  have  fold  that  which  pleafeth  them  of 
their  faid  Goods,  and  paid  thereof  the  Cuftom,  may 
freely  depart,  and  go  with   their  Ships  and  all  the 
remnant  of  their  Goods  whither  it  fhall  pleafe  them,  No  Foreigners 
without  Cuftom  thereof  to  be  paid:    (5)  And  that  shiPs  flla"  be 
none,  of  what  Condition  that  he  be,  by  Art  or  En-  c.omPelli.d  c°  ar- 
gine,  fhall  difturb  any  Ship  charged  with  Merchan-  ^tVt^yihe"/. 
difes  to  come  to  any  Port  oiEngland^  but  to  the  Port  confirmed  by 
P  p  *  where  20  R.  2.  c.  4. 


2go       G  14,  15.  Anno  vicefimo  o&avo  Edward  1  III..       A-  D.  1354. 


OB. 


OB, 


where  the  Maftfcs,  Mariners,  and  Merchants  will 
firft  of  their  free  Will  arrive  ;  nor,  after  they  have 
arrived,  {hall  meddle  with  the  Sale  of  the  fame  Mer- 
chandifes,  nor  difturb  the  Merchants  nor  their  Ser- 
vants, that  they  may  not  thcmfelves  by  their  own 
Hands,  according  as  to  them  beft  fhall  feem  for  their 
Profit,  fell  and  deliver  their  Merchandifes  at  what 
Time  and  to  whom  it  (hall  them  beft  pleafe;  (6) 
And  if  any  fet  Difturbance,  he  fhall  incur  a  grievous 
Forfeiture  to  the  King  according  to  the  Quantity  of 
the  Trefpafs.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
de  gre  arriver  ne  apres  ce  qils  ferrontarrivezfe  rnei- 
le  de  la  vente  de  meifmes  les  marchandifes  rie  ne 
deftourbe  les  marchantz  ne  leur  fervantz  qils  ne 
puffent  meifmes  par  leur  mains  propres  folonc  ce 
qe  meultz  leur  femblera  pur  leur  profit  demefne 
vendre  &  deliverer  leur  marchandifes  a  quele  heure 
et.  as  queux  qe  meultz  leur  plerra  &  fi  nul  y  mette 
deftourbance  encourge  gref  forfeiture  devers  le  Roi 
fclonc  la  quantite  du  treipas. 


CAP.     XIV. 

Upon  which  Days  Wooll  -may  be  (hewed  in  the  Staple,  and  in  which  not: 

ITEM  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  monftrefon  de  laines  foit  faite  a  leftaple  chefcun  jour  de  la  fimeigne  forfpris 
le  dimcnge  &  les  folempnes  feftes  del  an  &  qe  nulle  monftrefon  ne  vente  de  laines  ne  foit  faite  environ 
leftaple  de  trois  lewes  fors  tantfoulment  a  leftaple  Jhr  la  peine  contenue  en  le  tierce  article  des  dites  orde- 
nances  de  leftaple  fauve  totes  foitz  qe  chefcun  Seignur  &  autre  homme  qe  marchant  puffe  franchement 
herberger  monftrer  &  vendre  fes  laines  qe  font  de  fa  propre  creffance  en  fa  mefon  demefne  ou  aillours  ou 
lui  plerra. 

CAP.     XV. 

The  Bounds  of  every  Staple,  and  how  far  they  fhall  extend. 

US  SIN  T  acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe  leftaple  de  Weftmonfter  comence  fa  bounde  a  Temple-barre  &  fe 
i.  extend  tanqe  a  Totehill  &  auflint  en  autres  citees  &  villes  ou  les  eftaples  font  foient  les  boundes  de 
meifmes  les  eftaples  deinz  les  mures  ou  les  citees  &  villes  font  murees  ou  enclofes  &  en  les  citees  &  villes 
qe  ne  font  pas  murez  ne  enclofes  foient  les  boundes  des  dites  eftaples  parmy  tote  la  ville. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminft 


er. 


Anno  31 


Edw.  III.  Stat,  i.  and  Anno 


Dom.  1357. 


"  fTT^O  the  Honour  of  God  and  holy  Church,  it 
"  is  accorded  by  our  Lord  the  King,  the  Pre-^ 

"  -*-  lates,  Earls,  Barons,  and  all  the  Commonalty 
"  of  the  faid  Realm,  of  England,  in  the  Parliament 
"  hoi  den  at  JVeftminjier  the  Monday  next  after  the 
"  Week  of  Eafler,  the  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Lord 
"  King  Edward  of  England  the  one  and  thirtieth, 
*'  and  of  France  the  xviii." 


.  Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  13. 
L  honeur  de  Dieu  &  de  feinte  eglife  f;  eft 
acorde  par  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  Prelatz 
Countes  Barons  &  tote  la  communaLte  du 
Roialme  dEngleterre  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  te- 
nuz  a  Weftm'  le  Lundy  profchein  apres  la  fymayne 
du  Pafqe  ian  du.  regne  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi 
Edward  dEngleterre  trent  &  primer  &  de  France 
difoitifme. 


CAP.     I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foieft. 


'  TMRST,  That  the  Great  Charter  and  the  Cbar- 
*  Jj  ter  of  the  Foreft  be  firmly  kept,  holden,  ufed, 
'  and  executed  in  all  Points.' 


EN  primes  qe  la  Grante  Chartre  &  la  Chartre 
de  la  Forefte  foient  fermemcnt  gardes  tenuz 
ufez  Si  executz  en  touz  pointz. 


CAP.     II. 

No  Wooll  fhall  be  bought  by  Fraud  to  abate  the  Price  thereof.     Weights  fhall  be  fent  to  all 

Shires. 


"  TTE?yT,  Whereas  at  the  grievous  Complaint  of 
"  i  the  Commons  of  the  Realm  of  England',  it  was 
"  ftiewed,  that  the  Merchants  which  buy  Wooll  in 
"  Fairs  and  Markets,  and  other  Places,  by  Covin  and 
"  Confent  betwixt  t:;cm,  do  abatethe  Price  of  Woolls, 
"  and  ufe  other  Weight  than  is  ordained  by  the  Sta- 


TEM  come  a  la  gref  compleinie  de  la  commu- 
r.alte  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  foit  monftre  qe  les 
marchauntz  qi  achatent  laines  en  feyres  Si  m  ire  fi<  t 
c-:  aillours  par  covyiie  &  confent  entre  eux  abbefluit 
le  pris  de  laynes  &  ufent  autre  pois  qe  neft  ordine 
par  eftatut  devant  ccs  hcures  en  arreriffement  tin 

poeple 


A.  D. 


1357; 


Anno  tricefimo  primo  Edwardi  III. 


Stat. 


1. 


291 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
poeple  Si  eft  acorde  &  eftabli  qe  proclamation  foit 
faite  par  tote  le  Roialme  qe  nul  marchaunt  face  tiele 
covyne  fur  gref  forfaiture  et  fi  nul  face  a  lencontre 
apres  la  proclamation  faite  le  Roi  affignera  fes  Ju- 
ftices  denqucre  a  fuyte  de  partie  de  touz  qi  font  tiele 
covyne  et  doier  et  terminer  pur  le  Roi  et  pur  la 
partie.  Et  qe  certcines  balaunces  &  pois  de  fac 
dimy  fac  &  quarter  livre  dimy  livre  &  quarteron 
atfordaunt  aleftandard  de  Lefcheqierfoient  mandez 
as  touz  vifcontz  dEngleterre  entre  cy  a  la  nativite 
Seint  Johan  profchein  aVenif  Iffint  qib  receues  les 
di'.es  balances  &  pois  facent  proclamation  par  touz 
lour  counteez  qe  chefcun  qi  voudra  aver  tieu  ba- 
lances &  pois  viegne  au  vifcont  devant  le  .Seint 
Michel  de  faite  lour  balances  &*  pois  acordantz  au 
dit  eftandard  a  lour  couftages  faunz  rien  doner  au 
vifecnte  pur  laffay  en  lenfample  des  dites  balances 
&  pois  aver  &  qe  dcladonqes  nul  ne  vende  nachate 
par  autre  pois  &  ft  nul  face  a  lencountre  foit  puny 
pajr  fyn  a  la  volente  le  Roi. 


"  tute  before  this   Time,  in  Annoyance  of  the  Peo- 

"  pie;"    '  (z)  it   is   accorded  and  eftahlifhed,    That 

'  Pioclamation  be  made  through  the  Realm,  that  no 

'  Merchant  do  fuch  Covin,  upon  a  grievous  Forfeiture: 

'   ( ()  And  If  any  do  againft  the  fame  after  the  Procia- 

'  mation,  the  King  fhall  affign  his  Juftices  to  enquire 

'  at   the  Suit  of  the  Party  of  all  that  do  fuch  Covin, 

'  and  to  hear  and  determine  for  the  King  and  for  the 

'  Party.     (4)  And  that  certain  Balances  and  Weights 

'  of    Sack,     half    Sack,    and    Quarter,    Pound,    half 

'  Pound,  and  Quarter,  according  to  the   Standard  of 

'  the  Exchequer,  be  fent  to  all  Sheriffs  of  England  hz- 

'  twixt  this  and  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  next  coming, 

'  (5)  fo  that  they  (fuch  Balances  and  Weights  receiv-  9  f/-  1-P>-  *• 

'  ed)    fha.ll  make   open  Proclamation   thro'   all   their  ^  *  5-  51  #-3- 

'  Counties,  that  every  Man  that  will  have  fuch  Ba-   ".'sj,  \  «at'w  J." 

'  lances  and  Weights,  fhall  come  to  the  Sheriff  before  c.  12.   zyEd.$. 

'  Michaelmas,  to  make  their  Balances  and  Weights  zc-fia'.  2.  c.  10, 

'  cording  to  the  faid  Standard  at  their  Cofts,  without 

'  any  thing  giving  to  the  Sheriff  for  to  have  Aflhy  or 

'  Example   of  the    laid   Balances   and    Weights ;    (6) 

'  and  that  from  henceforth  none  fhall  fell  nor  buy  by 

1  other  Weight;    (7)  and  if  any  do  againft  the  fame, £«&"**'<"!& 

'  he  fhall  be  punifhed  by  Fine  at  the  King's  Will.;         ^sii  9- 

15  R.  a.  c.  4.      11  H.  7.  c.  4.      12  H.  7.  c.  5.      16  Car.  I:  c.  rt).  and  22  Car.  2.  c.  Si- 


CAP.     III. 

A  Man  charged  with  detaining  a  Felon's  Goods,  layeth  the  Fault  on  another. 


ITE  M  ft  nul  homme  ou  ville  foit  charge  en  Lef- 
cheqier  par  eftrete  des  Juftices  des  chateux  des 
futifs  &  de  felons  &  voet  alleggef  en  defcharge  de 
lui  autre  qe  foit  chargeable  foit  oi  &:  outre  fait 
droit. 


TEM,  If  any  Man  or  Town  be  charged  in  the 
_  Exchequer  by  Eftreats  of  the  Juftices  of  the  Chat- 
tels of  Fugitives  and  Felons,  and  will  alledge  in  Dif- 
charge  of  him  another  which  is  chargeable,  he  fhall 
be  heard,  and  Right  done  to  the  other.' 


C  A  P.     IV. 

Redrafting  of  Extortion  in  Bifhops  Officers  in  proving  of  Wil!s;. 


1  TEM  come  les  miniftres  des  Evefqes  &  autres 
J.  ordinairs  de  feinte  eglife  preignent  du  poeple 
grevoufes  &  outrr.geoufes  fynes  pur  le  proeve  des 
teftamentz  &  pur  les  acquittances  ent  faire  le  Roi 
ad  charge  Lercevefqe  de  Canterbirs  &  les  autres 
Evefqes  qils  ent  mettent  amendement  &  fils  ne  fa- 
cent  acorde  eft  qe  le  Roi  ferra  enquere  par  fes  Ju- 
ftices des  tieux  oppreffions  &  extorfions  &  de  les 
oier  &  terminer  ftbien  a  la  fuyte  le  Roi  come  de 
prove  come  auncienement  ad  efts  life.. 


"  TTEM,  Whereas  the  Minifters  of  Bifhops  art* 
"  J.  other  Ordinaries  of  holy  Church,  take  of  the 
"  People  grievous  and  outragious  Fine  for  the  Probate 
"  of  Teft.iments,  and  for  the  making  of  Acquittances 
"  thereof;"  '  the  King  hath  charged  the  Archbifhop 
'  of  Canterbury,  and  the  other  Bifhops,  that  they  caufe 
'  the  fame  to  be  amended  ;  (2)  and  if  they  do  not,  it 
'  is  accorded,  That  the  King  fhall  caufe  to  be  inquired 
'  by  his  Juftices  of  fuch  Opprefiions  and  Extortions, 
'  to  hear  them  and  determine  them,  as  well  at  the 
'  King's  Suit,  as  at  the  Suit  of  the  Party,  as  in  old  time 
'"  hath  been  ufed.' 


CAP.     V. 

The  Contents  of  a  Tun  of  Wine,  and  the  gauging  thereof. 


Infer 
5-  c 
c-  5 
certai 

to  be 


ced  liy  3  H. 
i.  21  H.8. 
ijohlcb  af- 
n  t/jcFtes 
ten.- 


TEM  come  ordine  foit  par  eftatutqe  les  tonelx 
de  vin  duiflent  contenir  certein  nombre  des 
galons  folonc  launciene  gauge  &  ore  ils  font  ame- 
nufez  per  defaute  del  office  de  gauge"  malement  ufe 
a  grant  damage  du  poeple  Acorde  eft  &  eftabli  qe 
le  dit  eftatut  foit  tenu  &  garde  en  touz  pointz  & 
outre  ceo  fi  nul  vende  tonel  ou  pipe  de  vin  nient 
gauge  qe  le  vendour  forface  mefme  le  vin  ou  le  va- 
lue devers  le  Roi.. 


TEM,  Whereas  it  is  ordained  by  a  Statute,  That 
the  Tuns  of  Wine  ought  to  contain  a  certain 
"  Number  of  Galons,  according  to  the  old  Gauge, 
"  and  now  they  be  diminifhed  for  Default  of  the 
""  Gauger's  Office  evil  ufed,  to  the  great  Damage  of 
"  the  People;"  '  (zj  it  is  accorded  and  eftablifhedj 
'  That  the  faid  Statute  fhall  be  hold'en  and  kept  in  all 
'  Points;  (3)  and  moreover,  if  any  fell  a  Tun  or 
'  Pipe  of  Wine  not  gauged,  that  the  faid  Seller  fhall 
.'  forfeit  the  fame  Wine,  or  the  Value,  to  the  King.' 


47  Ed,  3.  flat.  T, 
c.  S. 


Pp 


CAP. 


Enforced  by ' 
4.K..2.  c.i. 
18  H.  6.  c.  17. 
1  R.  3.  c.  13. 
2S  H,  8.  c.  14. 


292       Stat,  i, 


Anno  tricefimo  primo  Edwardi  III.       A.  D.  1357, 


CAP.    VI. 

The  Lords  of  Franchifes  fhall  have  the  Fines  of  Labourers  and  Servants,  (Jc.  forfeited. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ESP,  T  TEM  coment  qe  par  eftatut  nadgairs  fait  fuift  ordine  qe  les  iffiues  fins  &  amercimentz  des  fervantz  arti- 

X  ficers  &  autres  overours  ajuggez  devant  Juftices  des  laborers  ferroient  au  Roi  apres  les  trois  anns  de  la 
quinzifme  triennale  adonqes  grante  au  Roi  par  la  communalte  de  fon  Roialme  Acorde  eft  &  affentu  qe  les 
Seignurs  des  fraunchifes  qi  one  fins  iffues  &  amerciementz  par  point  de  chartre  ou  en  autre  manere  eient  de- 
fore  enavant  les  dites  fins  iffues  &  amerciementz  des  laborers  qe  a  eux  appartiegnent  de  droit  tant  come  la 
jufticerie  des  laborers  dure  Iffint  totes  voies  qe  les  ditz  Seignurs  facent  contribution  a  paiement  des  feez  de 
tieux  Juftices  des  laborers  folonc  lafferant  des  profitz  qils  enprendront. 

CAP.     VII. 

Juftices  (hall  enquire  of  the  Offenders  of  the  Laws  of  the  Staple. 

O  B,  tt  TEM  acorde  eft  qe  leftatut  des  laborers  foit  auflibien  tenuz  en  la  Citee  &  les  Suburbes  de  Loundres  &  en 

JL  les  Cynk  portz  &  autres  franchifes  qeconqes  come  aillours  en  Engleterre  et  qe  le  Roi  affigne  fes  Juftices 
-denquere  &  doier  &  terminer  de  ceux  qi  ont  amefnez  laines  quirs  &  peaux  lanutz  es  parties  de  dela  &  ent  fait 
covyne  &  excelTes  &  autrement  attempte  contre  les  ordinances  &  la  forme  de  leftatut  de  leftaple. 

CAP.     VIII. 

What  Refufe  fhall  be  made  of  Wooll.     All  Woolls,  &c.  fhall  be  brought  to  the  Staple. 

ITEM  acorde  eft  &  afTentu  pur  commune  profit  &  efe  du  poeple  qe  chefcun  marchant  &  autre  fibien  alien 
come  denzein  puiffe  amener  as  parties  de  dela  qe  foient  de  lamifte  le  Roi  laines  quirs  &  peaux  lanutz  del 
quint  jour  de  Maii  profchein  avener  tanqe  a  la  fefte  de  Seint  Michel  profchein  feuant  paiantpur  chefcun  fak 
cynqant  fouldz  &  pur  trois  centz  peaux  lanutz  atant  &  pur  le  laft  des  quirs  cent  foldz  pur  la  cuftume  & 
fubfide  dicels.  Et  qe  nul  marchant  nautre  qi  achate  laines  fait  autre  refuys  des  laines  qe  ne  foleit  eftre  fait 
devant  ces  heures  cell  affaver  de  cot  gare  &  vileine  tufon  &  qe  chefcun  fac  contiegne  vint  &  fis  peres  &  chef- 
cun pere  quatorze  livres  folonc  le  pois  de  leftandard  de  Lefcheqier  &  nemy  plus  ne  meins.  Et  qe  totes  les 
laines  peaux  &  quirs  achatez  en  paiis  foient  amenez  a  les  eftaples  &  illoeqes  demoergent  a  meins  quinz  jours. 
Et  fi  eles  ne  puiffent  illeoqes  eftre  venduz  ou  delivres  deinz  les  quinz  jours  foient  amefnez  as  portz  ordines* 
pur  les  eftaples  a  paffer  dilloeqes  as  parties  fufdites  paiantz  les  cuftumes  &  fubfids  avantdites.  Et  qe  nulles 
lains  vendables  foient  herbergez  monftrez  ne  vendues  deinz  trois  lewes  de  leftaple  forfqe  en  mefme  leftaple 
fauve  qe  chefcun  Seignur  et  autre  homme  qe  marchaunt  puiffe  fraunchement  herberger  monftrer  et  vendre 
fes  laines  qe  font  de  fa  propre  creffaunce  en  fa  mefon  demefhe  et  aillours  ou  lour  plerra. 


•What  Refufe 
jnav  be  made 
of  Wooll. 
73R.Z.  flat.  I- 
c.  9. 

The  Content  of 
a  Sack  and  Stone 
of  Wooll. 
Woolls  brought 
to  the  Staple 
{hall  remain 
there  1 5  Days. 


CAP.     IX. 

The  King's  Council  upon  Caufe  may  defer  the  tranfporting  of  Wooll. 

TEM  acorde  eft  et  eftabli  qe  les  Chaunceller  et  Treforer  qi  pur  temps  ferront  ove  lavis  dautres  du  confeil 
le  Roi  eient  poer  dalloigner  le  terme  du  paffage  des  laines  qant  ils  verront  qe  meifter  ferra. 


CAP.     X. 

Who  may  govern  or  reform  the  Defaults  of  Victuallers  in  London. 


Add  faiJ. 


The  Mayor  and 
Aldermen  of 
London  rr.oy  r:- 
form  the  De- 
faolbofVio      , 
tuiflen  there. 
sgEd.  3.  c.  jo. 


:   T  TE  M,  Becaufe  that  the  Fifhers,  Butchers,  Poul- 
'   X   ters,  and  other  Sellers  of  Victuals  in  the  City  of 
1  London,  by  Colour  of  fome  Charters,  and  by  evil  In- 
1  terpretation  of  fome  Statutes  made  in  Advantage  of 
'  the  People,  that  every  Man  may  freely  fell  his  Vic- 
:  tuals  without  Difturbance,  and  that  no  Mayor,  She- 
'•  riffs,  or  other  Minifter  ought  to  meddle  of  the  Sale;" 
(2)  it  is  accorded  and  affented,  That  every  Man  that 
bringeih  Victuals,  whatfoever  they  be,  to  the*  City, 
by  Land   or  by  Water,  may  freely  fell   the  fame  to 
whom  it  fhall  pleafe  him,  without  being  interrupted 
or  impeached  by  Fifher,  Butcher,  Poulter,    or  any 
other.     (3)  And  that  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of 
the  faid    City  may  rule  and  redrefs  the  Defaults  of 
Fifhers,  Butchers,  and  Poulters,  as  they  do  of  thofe 
that  fell  Bread,  Wine,  or  Ale,  notwithftanding  Char- 
ters  of  Franchife,   and  Statutes,  Cuftoms,  or  other 


TEM  pur  ceo  qe  les  pefToners  bochers  poleters 
&  autres  vendours  des  vitailles  en  la  Citee  it 
Loundres  par  colour  daufcunes  chartres  &  par  mal- 
veis  interpretation  des  afcunes  eftatutz  faitz  en 
avantage  du  poeple  qe  chefcun  homme  porra  fran- 
chement  vendre  fes  vitailles  fanz  deftourbance  faunz 
ceo  qe  Maire  vifcontes  ou  autres  miniftres  fe  d<ei- 
vent  meller  de  la  vente  Acorde  eft  &  affentu  qe  chef- 
cun homme  qe  amene  vitailles  queu  qils  foient  a  H 
dite  Cite  par  terre  ou  par  eawe  les  puiffe  franche- 
ment  vendre  a  qi  qe  lui  plerra  fanz  eftre  deftourbe 
ou  empefche  par  peffbner  bother  poleter  ou  autre 
quicunqes.  Et  qe  les  Maire  &  Aldermans  de  la 
dite  Cite  puiffent  reuler  &  redrefcer  les  defautes  des 
peffoners  bochers  &  poleters  come  ils  font  ceux  qi 
vendent  pain  vin  &cerveis  nient  contreftcant  char- 
tres de  franchifes  eftatutz  cuftumes  ou  autres  privile- 


A.  D.  1357.       Anno  tricefimo  primo  Edward  1  III. 


Stat.  1.       293 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

tes  faitz  ou  ufez  a  contraire.  Et  qe  les  dites  Maire 
:  Aldermaiis  le  facent  &  mettent  en  execution  fur 
feine  nadgairs  ordine  tochante  le  Cite  de  Londres 
flint  qe  le  puniflement  des  tieux  ne  foit  faite  par 
caufe  de  fingukr  profit. 


Privileges  made  or  ufed  to  the  contrary.  (4)  And 
that  the  faid  Mayor  and  Aldermen  do  the  fame,  and 
put  it  in  Execution,  upon  the  Pain  late  ordained 
touching  the  City  of  London,  fo  that  the  Punifhment 
of  fuch  be  not  made  in  Refpect  of  any  fineular  Pro- 
fit.' 


6  R.  1.  c.n. 

Repealed  as  <» 
Victuallers   by 

7  R.  2.  c.  II. 


CAP.    XI. 

To  whom  the  Ordinary  may  commit  the  Adminiftration  of  the  Goods  of  him  that  dieth  in- 
teftate.     The  Benefit  and  Charge  of  an  A.dminiftrator. 


ITEM  acorde  eft  &  affentu  qe  en  cas  ou  homme 
devie  inteftat  les  ordinairs  facent  deputer  de  plus 
profcheins  &  plus  loialx  amis  du  mort  inteftat  pur 
adminifter  fes  biens  les  queux  deputez  eient  action 
a  demander  et  recoverer  come  executours  les  det- 
tes  dues  au  dit  mort  inteftat  en  la  Court  le  Roi  pur 
adminiftrer  et  defpendre  pur  lalme  du  mort  et  re- 
fpoignent  auxint  en  la  Court  le  Roi  as  autres  as 
queux  le  dit  morteftoit  tenuz  et  obligez  en  mefme 
la  manere  come  executours  refpondront.  Et  foient 
acountables  as  ordinairs  fi  avant  come  executours 
font  en  cas  de  teftament  fibien  de  temps  pafle  come 
de  temps  avenir. 


Regift.  141.      Raft.  320.      2  Sulft,  315. 
ijac.z.  c.  17.  andu  Geo,  2.  c.  20. 


See  farther  for   the  Duty 


ITEM  it  is  accorded  and  affented,  That  in  cafe 
where  a  Man  dieth  inteftate,  the  Ordinaries  fliall 
depute  the  next  and  moft  lawful  Friends  of  the  dead 
Perfon  inteftate  to  adminifter  his  Goods;  (2)  which 
Deputies  fhall  have  an  Aftion  to  demand  and  recover 
as  Executors  the  Debts  due  to  the  faid  Perfon  inte- 
ftate in  the  King's  Court,  for  to  adminifter  and  dif- 
pend  for  the  Soul  of  the  Dead;  (2.)  and  fliall  an- 
fwer  alfo  in  the  King's  Court  to  other  to  whom  the 
faid  dead  Perfon  was  holden  and  bound,  in  the  fame 
Manner  as  Executors  fhall  anfwer.  (4)  And  they 
fhall  be  accountable  to  the  Ordinaries,  as  Executors 
be  in  the  Cafe  of  Teftament,  as  well  of  the  Time 
paft  as  the  Time  to  come.' 

of  Ordinary  and  Adminijirator^    43  £/.  c,  8.      22  £y  23  Car.  1.  c.  10, 


13  Ed.  1.  far.  1. 
c.  19. 

Canhetv  376. 
1  Shower  407. 
Amended  by 
21  H.  8.  c.  5. 
1  Roll  105. 
Vaugh.'g6. 
41  Ed.  3.  f.  2. 
37  H.  6.  f.  15. 
Dyer  256. 
5  Co.  9. 
9  Co.  3S. 
Co.  Lit.  133.  b. 
Cro.  El.  409. 
Cro.  Car.  63. 
jo6. 
29  Bar,  2,  c.  3. 


CAP.     XII. 


The  Lord  Chancellor  and  Lord  Treafurer  fhall  examine  erroneous  Judgements  given  in  the 

Exchequer. 


ITEM  acorde  eft  et  eftabli  qe  entouz  cas  touch- 
auntz  le  Roi  ou  autres  perfones  ou  homme  fe 
pleinte  derrour  fait  en  proces  en  Lefcheqier  les" 
Chaunceller  et  Treforer  facent  venir  devant  eux  en 
afcune  chambre  du  confeil  jouft  Lefcheqier  le  re- 
cord du  proces  hors  de  Lefcheqier  et  prifes  a  eux 
Juftices  &  autres  fages  tieux  come  lour  fembleraqe 
font  aprendre  &  facent  auxint  appeller  devant  eux 
les  Barons  de  Lefcheqier  pur  oier  lour  informations 
&  les  caufes  de  lour  juggement  &  fur  ceo  facent 
duement  examiner  la  bufoigne  &  fi  afcun  errour  y 
foit  trove  les  facent  corriger  &  amendre  les  roules  & 
puis  reenvoier  les  en  Lefcheqier  pur  faire  ent  execu- 
tion ficome  appertient. 


Co.  11. 

Savill  36. 

I  Shower  420. 


TEM  it  is  accorded  and  eftablifhed,  That  in  all  4lnft.  105. 

Cafes  touching  the  King,  or  other  Perfons,  where  8  h.  7.  f.  13 
a  Man  complaineth  of  Error  made  in  Procefs  in  the  * 
Exchequer,  the  Chancellor  and  Treafurer  fhall  caufe 
to  come  before  them  in  any  Chamber  of  Council  nigh 
the  Exchequer,  the  Record  of  the  Procefs  out  of  the 
Exchequer,  taking  to  them  the  Juftices  and  other 
fage  Perfons,  fuch  as  to  them  feemeth  to  be  taken  ; 
(2)  and  fhall  alfo  caufe  to  be  called  before  them  the 
Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  to  hear  their  Informations, 
and  the  Caufes  of  their  Judgements,  and  thereupon 
fliall  duly  examine  theBufinefs;  (3)  and  if  any  Er- 
ror be  found,  they  fhall  correct,  and  amend  the  Rolls,  Altered  by  3t 
and  after  fend  them  into  the  Exchequer  for  to  make  f}'  c-  '■  u  lS 

(-liprpnf  'Pvpriifirin   2=  nr=rfainpfh_'  Car.  2.  c.  2.  & 

20  Gar,  2.  c.  4. 


thereof  Execution  as  pertaineth. 


CAP.     XIII. 

The  King's  Pardon  to  the  Commons  of  the  Efcape  of  Felons  and  their  Goods  not  eftreated  i 
and  a  Fifteen  granted  to  him  in  Regard  of  the  fame. 

ITEM  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  confiderant  les  bones  eides  qe  les  communes  de  fon  Roialme  lui  ont  fovent  E  X  P. 
fait  et  les  grantz  etdiverfes  charges  qils  ont  fuftert  par  caufe  des  guerres  et  autres  adverfites  qefont  einz 
ces  heures  avenuz  fi  ad  en  relevement  des  dites  communes  pardone  et  releffe  a  eux  totes  cfchapes  des  larbris 
et  de  felons  et  chateux  des  felons  et  de  futifs  avant  ces  heures  echeuz  qe  ne  font  unqore  ajuggez  devant  Ju- 
I  ftices  ou  mis  en  eftrete  et  auffint  touz  amerciementz  nient  affirez  dount  la  communalte  du  countee  hundred 
wapentak  ou  yillee  deveroit  ou  porroit  en  commune  et  nemye  particulerment  devers  le  Roi  ou  fes   heirs  en 
■  Eyre  des  Juftices  apres  ces  heures  pur  tut  le  temps  pafTe  eftre  charge  et  qant  qe  appertient  au  Roi  des  efchapes 
chateux  et  amerciementz  fufditz  forfpris  les  efcapes  des  clercs  conviftz  hors  des  prifons  des  Prelatz  lour  ordi- 
'.  nairs  et  fur  ceo  ad  grante  a  la  communalte  de  chefcun  countee  chartre  de  eel  pardoun  quite  du  fee  de  fcal  qe 
a  lui  appertient.     Por  queu  pardoun  et  reles  les  dites  communes  ont  grantez  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  une 
quinzifme  anuale  a  lever  et  coiller  en  manere  come  le  darreine  quinzifme  grante  au  Roi   eftoit  leve  et  a 
paier  a  les  feftes  de  Seinte  Michel  et  de  Pafque  profcheine  avenir  par  oweles  portiouns.    Et  noftre  Seignur 

le 


294       §tat'  *• 


Anno  tricefimo  primo  Edwardi  III,       A.  D.  1357. 


9  H.  3.  fiat. 

c.  35. 

4  Mod.  114, 

US- 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
le  Roi  ad  grante  as  dites  communes  qe  pur  la  dite  quinzifme  iffint  grante  nul  ore  foit  demande  ne  leve  al  oeps 
la  Roigne  einz  foient  mefmes  les  communes  ent  en  tout  defchargez.  Et  auilint  le  Roi  ad  grante  qe  tieux 
efchapes  et  chateux  efteantz  en  les  mains  des  miniftres  le  Roi  et  dautres  fingulers  perfones  qe  font  en  vie 
foient  ajugeez  devant  gardeins.de  la  pees  en  chefcune  countee  dEngleterre  par  prefentement  auffint  come 
devant  Juftlces  en  Eyre  et  foient  les  eftretes  par  endenture  faite  entre  eux  et  les  coillours  de  la  quinzifme 
liverez  a  mefmes  les  coillours  a  lever  al  oeps  de  la  communalte  en  eide  de  lour  paiement  de  la  dite  quinzifme, 
Iffint  qe  mefmes'  les  coillours  facent  ent  diftribution  entre  les  villees  folonc  la  neceffite  de  chefcune  dicellcs 
et  par  furveue  et  ordinances  de  mefmes  les  Juftices. 

CAP.     XIV. 
How  Efcapes  of  Felons,  Chatties  of  Felons  and  Fugitives,  fhall  be  levied. 


TEM  it  is  accorded,  That  the  Efcape  of  Thieves. 

and  Felons,  and  the  Chatties  of  Felons  and  of 
Fugitives,  and  alfo  Efcapes  of  Clerks  convict  out  of 
their  Ordinaries  Prifon,  from  henceforth  to  be  judged 
before  any  of  the  King's  Juftices,  fhall  be  levied  from 
time  to.  time,  as  they  fhall  fall,  as  well  of  the  Time 
pail  as  of  the  Time  to  come.' 


ET  outre  ceo  eft  acorde  qe  les  efchapes  de  larons 
&  felons  &  les  chateux  des  felons  &  des  futifs 
&  auffinf  efchapes  des  clercs  convictz  hors  de  pri- 
fon de  lour  ordinairs  defore  ajugger  devant  qecun- 
ques  Juftices  noftre  Seignur  le  Koi  foient  leves  de 
temps  en  temps  come  ils  efcherrent  fibien  de  temps 
pane  come  de  temps  averiir. 


CAP.     XV. 

At  what  Time  a  Sheriff  fhall  hold  his  Turn.- 


Altered  by  33 
H.  8.C.13.  f. : 
a  H.  7.  f.  2. 
3S  H.  6.  f.  7. 


ITEM,  Whereas  in  the  Great  Charter  it  is  con-' 
tained,  That  no  Sheriff  nor  his  Bailiff  fhall  make 
his  Turn  by  Hundreds,  but  two  Times  in  the  Year, 
in  a  Place  due  and  aceuftomed,  that  is  to  fay,  once 
after  Eq/ler,  and  another  Time  after  Michaelmas ; 
(2)  and  now  divers  of  the  Commons  have  grievoufly 
complained  them,  that  fome  Sheriffs  make  their 
'  Turns  oftentimes  in  Lent,  when  Men  ought  to  in- 
'  tend  Devotion,    and  other  Works  of  Charity,    for 

■  Remedy  of  their  Souls  ;  and  fometi me  after  the  Gule 
;  of  Auguft,  when  every  Man  almoft  is  occupied  about 

■  the  cutting  and  entring  of  his  Corn,    whereby  the 
:  People  perceived  them  much  grieved  and  difquieted  :" 

{%)  Our  Lord  the  King,  defiring  the  Quietnefs  of 
his  People,  hath  ordained  and  ftablifhed,  That 
every  Sheriff  from  henceforth  fhall  make  his  Turn 
yearly  one  Time  within  the  Month  after  Eajler,  and 
another  Time  within  the  Month  after  Saint  Michael; 
and  if  they  hold  them  in  other  Manner,  that  then 
they  fhall  lofe  their  Turn  for  the  Time.' 


TEM  come  en  la  grant  chartre  foit  contenu  qe- 
nul  vifconte  ou  fon  baillif  face  fon  tourne  par 
hundred  forfqe  deufoitz  en  Ian  en  lieu  due  &  accu- 
ftume  ceft  aflaver  une  foitz  apres  le  Pafque  &  au- 
trefoitz  apres  le  Seint  Michel  &  ore  plufours  de  la. 
communalte  fe  ont  grevoufement  compleint  qaf- 
cuns  vifcontes  font  fovent  lour  tourns  enQuarrefme 
qant  homme  deveroit  entendre  a  devotion  &  autres 
oevres  de  charite  pur  remed  de  falme  &  a  la  foitz. 
apres  la  gule  dAugft  qant  chefcun  apoi  eft  occu- 
pie  entour  le  fciere  &  lentrere  de  fes  bledz  par  quoi 
le  poeple  fe  font  mold  grevez  &.  defeifez  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  defirant  la  quiete  de  fon  poeple  ad 
ordine  &  eftabli  qe  chefcun  vifconte  defore  face 
fon  tourn  annuelment  unefoitz  deinz  le  mois  apres 
Pafqe  &  lau::efoitz.  deinz  le  mois  apres  le  Seint 
Michel  &  fils  le  tiegnent  en  autre  manere  qadonqes 
ils  perdent  lour  tourn  pur  le  temps. 


EX  vicecorniti  Middlefexie  falutem.  Quedam  ordinatlones  et  ftatuta  per  nos  prelates  duces  comites 
barones  et  communitatem  regni  ncftri  Anglie  in  parliamento  noftro  apud  Weftm'  die  Lune  proximo 
poftfeptimanamPafche  proximo  preterito  tento  pro  communi  uc'htate  dicti  regni  facta  tibi  mittimus  fub  pede 
figilli  noftri  tibi  precipientes  quod  dicta  ordinationes  et  ftatuta  in  pleno  comitatu  tuo  et  aliis  locis  in  balliva 
tua  in  locis  ubi  melius  expedire  videris  publice  proclamari  et  quantum  in  te  eft  firmiter  teneri  et  ab  aliis 
obfervari  facias.     T.  R.  apud  Weftm'  primo  die  Augufti. 

■  Per  ipfum  Regem  et  confilium, 

ConfunUia  brevia  dirignniur  Jingulh  vicccomitihus  per  Angliam  fub  eadem  data. 


The  Statute  of  Herrings^  wade  Anno  31  Edw.  III.  Stat.  2.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1357. 


Orafmuch  as  the  Commons  of  the  Realm  of 

England,    at  the  Parliament  holden   at  JVcfl- 

minfler  the  Monday  next  after  the  Week  of 

Eajlcr,  the  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Lord  the  King, 

Edward  the  Third  of  England  xxxi,    and  of  France 

xviii,  have  complained  them  to  our  Lord  the  King, 

3 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond..  m.  1%.  D. 
OR  ce  qe  la  communalte  du  Roialmc  dEn- 
gleterre en  parlement  tcnuz  a  Weftm'  le 
Lundy  profchein  apres  la  fymaygne  de  Pafque 
Ian  du  regne  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  Edward 
dEngleterre  trente  primer  &  de  Fraunce  difoitifme 
fad  plcinte  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qe  par  caufe  qe 

les 


A.  D. 


T  *  £  "•". 
1  O  J  /  ' 


Anno  tricefimo  primo  Edwardi  III. 


Stat. 


295 


Ex  Rot.  In  Turr.  Lond. 
les  gentz  de  Grant  Jernemuth'  encontrent  les  pef- 
chours menantz  harang  a  la  dite  ville  en  temps  de 
feyre  &  achatent  &  forftallent  le  harang  avant  qil 
veigne  a  la  ville  &  auxint  les  hoftillers  de  mefme 
la  ville  qi  herbergent  les  pefchours  venantz  illoeqes 
ove  lour  harang  ne  veullent  foefFre  les  ditz  pef- 
chours vendre  lour  harang  ne  meller  de  la  vente 
dicels  einz  le  vendent  a  lour  volunte  demefne  fi  cher 
come  i!s  veullent  &  donent  as  pefchours  ceo  qe 
lour  plcft  par  quoi  les  pefchours  fe  retrehent  de 
vcnir  illoeqes  &  iffi  eft  le  harang  mis  a  plus  grant 
chierte  qe  unqes  ne  fuft  a  grant  damage  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  des  Seignurs  &  de  tout  le  poeple 
par  quoi  noftre  Seignur  le  P.oi  veant  le  mefchief 
en  celle  partie  par  aflcnt  des  grantz  &  de  tout  la 
coihmunalte  ad  ordine  &  eftabli  remedie  fur  les 
ditz  mefchiefs  en  la  fourrne  qe  fenfuyt. 


"  becaufe  that  the  People  of  Great  Yarmouth  do  en- 
"  counter  the  Fifhers  bringing  Herring  to  the  faid 
"  Town  in  the  Time  of  the  Fair,  and  do  buy  and  fore- 
"  ftall  the  Herring  before  they  do  come  to  the  Town  ; 
"  (2)  and  alfo  the  Hoftelers  of  the  fame  Town,  that 
"  lodge  the  Fifhers  coming  thither  with  their  Herring, 
"  will  notfuft'er  the  faid  fifhers  to  fell  their  faid  Her- 
"  ring,  nor  meddle  with  the  Sale  thereof,  but  fell  them 
"  at  their  own  Will'  as  dear  as  they  will,  and  giv  ;  to 
"  the  Fifhers  that  pleafeth  them,  whereby  the  Fifhers 
"  do  withdraw  themfelves  to  coiv.e  thither  5  (3)  and 
"  fo  is  the  Herring  fet  at  much  greater  Price  than  ever 
"  it  was,  to  the  great  Damage  of  our  Lord  the  King, 
"  of  the  Lords,  and  of  all  the  People  :  Wherefore 
"  our  Lord  the  King,  feeing  the  Mifchiefs  in  this  Be- 
"  half,  by  the  Aflent  of  the  Great  Men  and  all  the 
"  Commons,  hath  ordained  and  ftablifhed  Remedy 
"  upon  the  faid  Mifchiefs,  in  the  Form  as  followeth." 


CAP.     I. 

Herrings  fhall  not  be  bought  or  fold  on  the  Sea  :  At  what  Time  they  fhall  be  fold. 


Rimerement  qe  nul  harang  foit  vendu  nachate 
en  mier  tanqe  les  pefchours  foient  venuz  en 
raven  ove  lour  harang  &  qe  la  corde  de  la  nief  foit 
rete  a  la  terre. 


.•IRST,  That  no  Herring  be  bought  or  fold  in 

'    the  Sea,  till  the  Fifhers  be  come  into  the  Haven  dlureibf  5  El. 


with  their  Herring,  and  that  the  Cable  of  the  Ship  be  c'  *:  ^*tf«?«& 

,  1       t  1  »  References  at  the. 

drawn  to  the  Land.  EJ„doj  theyo!. 

lowing  Chapter.- 

CAP.     II. 


The  Crder  and  Time   of  bringing   and  felling  of  Herring  at  Yarmouth  Fair.     How  many 


Herring  fhall  be  accounted  an  Hundred,  and  how  many  a  Laft. 
Fair. 


Who  fhall  govern  the 


\  TEM  qe  les- pefchours  foient  franks  de  vendre 
1  lour  harang  as  totes  gentz  qe  veignent  a  la  feyre 
e  Jernemuth  faunz  nulle  deftourbance  de  lour  ho- 
siers ou  autres  queconqes.  Et  qant  les  ditz  pef- 
hours  veullent  vendre  en  port  lour  marchaundifes 
tent  lour  hoftilers  ovefqe  eux  fils  y  veullent  eftre 
i  en  lour  prefence  &  en  prefence  dautres  marchantz 
p.  "pert  vendent  lour  marchandifes  a  qi  qe  lour 
!  lerra.  Et  ft  autres  marchantz  prefentz  veullent 
ver  part  des  dites  marchandifes  &  chefcun  qe 
hime  [avera]  fa  part  pur  le  pris  folonc  lafFerant 
e  mefmes  les  marchandifes  hunt  venduz  &  foit  la 
ite  vente  faite  du  folaill  levant  tanqe  a  foleill  re- 
purs  &  nemie  devant  ne  apres  fur  forfeiture  de 
jnefir.es  les  marchandifes.  Et  qe  les  ditz  pefchours 
m  nt  franks  dachater  lour  \i failles  <k  ceo  qe  lour 
lefoigne  ou  qe  lour  plerra.  Et  qe  nul  hoftiler 
nutre  nachate  nul  harang  pur  pendre  en  mefon  par 
•ovine  ne  en  autre  manere  plus  haut  la  laft  de  xl. 
buldz  mes  meins  en  tant  come  il  poet  folonc  ceo 
ml  porra  acorder  ove  le  vendour.  Et  qe  nul  hofti- 
tr  ne  nul  de  lour  valletz  ne  nul  autre  qi  qe  ceo 
!oit  venant  a  la  dlte  feyre  naille  par  mier  ne  par 
erre  de  forftaller  le  harang  en  prive  nen  apert  mes 
\\e  le  harang  veigne  franchement  nient  vendu  en  le 
liaven.  Ne  qe  nul  renner  nee  face  achate  de  ha- 
rang frefch  deinz  le  haven  de  Jernemuth'  parentre 
es  feftes  de  Seint  Michel  &  de  Seint  Martyn  fur 
icine  demprifonement  a  la  volunte  le  Roi  &  de 
orfaiture  de  tout  le  harang  iffint  achate.  Et  qe 
ml  vciTel  appelle  Pyker  de  Londres  ne  de  nulle 


ITEM,  That  the  Fifhers  be  free  to  fell  their 
Herring  to  all  that  come  to  the  Fair  of  Great  Yar- 
?nouth,  without  any  Difturbance  of  their  Hofte'ei's, 
or  any  other.  (2)  And  when  the  Fifhers  will  fell 
their  Merchandifes  in  the  Port,  they  fhall  have  their 
Hoftelers  with  them,  if  they  there  will  be,  and  in 
their  Prefence,  and  the  Prefence  of  other  Merchants, 
openly  fnall  fell  their  Merchandifes.  *  (3)  And  that 
every  Man  claim  his  Part  for  the  f  taking,  after  the 
Rate  of  the  fame  Merchandifes  fo  fold  ;  (4.)  and  the 
faid  Sale  fnall  be  made  from  the  Sun-riling  till  the 
Sun  going  down,  and  not  before  nor  after,  upon  For- 
feiture of  the  fame  Merchandifes.  (<;)  And  that  the 
faid  Fifhers  be  free  to  buy  their  Victuals,  and  that 
which  they  need,  where  fhail  pleafe  them.  (6)  And 
that  no  Floftelers,  nor  other,  buy  any  for  to  hang  in 
their  Houfes  by  Covin,  nor  in  other  Manner,  at  an 
higher  Price  the  Laft  than  Forty  Shillings,  but  lefs 
in  as  much  as  he  may,  according  as  he  may  agree 
with  the  Seller.  (7)  And  that  no  Hoftelers,  nor  any 
of  their  Servants,  nor  any  other  whatfeever  he  be, 
coming  to  the  faid  Fair,  fnall  go  by  Land  nor  by  Sea 
to  foreftal  Herring  privily  nor  openly,  but  the  Her- 
ring fhall  come  freely  unfold  unto  the  Haven.  (8) 
Nor  that  any  Pyker  make  buying  of  frefh  Herring  in 
the  Haven  of  Yarmouth,  betwixt  the  Feafts  of  Saint 
Michael  and  Saint  Martin,  upon  Pain  of  Imprifon- 
ment  at  the  King's  Will,  and  to  forfeit  all  the  Her- 
ring fo  bought.  (9)  And  that  no  VefTel  called  Pyker 
of  London,  nor  of  none  other  Place,  fhall  enter  into 
the  faid  Haven  to  %  abate  the  Fair  in  Damage  of  the 


The  Order  ah<3 
Time  of  bring-, 
ing  and  felting 
of  Herrings  at 
the  Fair  nf  Great 
Varmouth. 
Amended  by 
35  lid.  3.  C.I. 


\  Price. 
St.  3  5  E.  3, 


The  Price  of  a 
Lalt  of  Herring, 


There  /hall  be 
no  foreftalling 
of  Herring, 
5  Eliz.  c.  5. 

A  Pyker of  Lon- 
don fhall  not  en- 
ter into  Yar- 
mouth Haven  to 
abate  the  Fair. 


\  Enhance.' 


*  Add,  to  ■whewfiever  they  fl-afe.     And  if  other  Merchants  there  prefent  -will  take  Part  cf  the  faid  Merchandise,  and  every  one  that  claims' 'pall 
ave,  &c, 

1  People, 


296       Stat.  2. 


Anno  tricefimo  primo  Edward  1  III.       A.  D.  1357.- 


To  what  Ho- 
flelers  fhall  be 
fvvorn. 


Herrings  fold 
to  Hoftelers  to 
their  own  Ufe. 


D  Curage. 


The  Hundred  of 
Herring,   fix 
Score;  and  the 
laft,  ten  Thou- 
ianct. 

The  Prices  of 
Herring,  and 
Gains  thereby 
^[  Qrivitbhi  40  J. 


Ctrrage, 


T  IheTiJhtn. 


The  Barons  of 
t  -.e  Five  Forts 
muft  govern  tit 
Fair  of  Great 
Yarmouth, 


People,  upon  the  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  their  VefTel, 
and  all  their  Chatties  found  within.  ( 10)  And  that 
all  the  Hoftelers  be  fworn  before  the  Wardens  of  the 
faid  Fair,  and  enjoined  upon  a  great  Forfeiture  to  the 
King,  to  receive  their  Guefts  well  and  conveniently, 
and  °to  aid  and  eafe  them  reafonably,  taking  of  every 
Laft  that  fhall  be  fold  to  other  Merchants  than  to  the 
faid  Hoftelers,  40  d.  (11)  And  that  of  Herring  fold 
to  the  fame  Hoftelers  to  take  in  their  Houfes,  the 
fame  Hoftelers  fliall  take  nothing,  and  that  becaufe 
of  the  Profits  which  they  fhall  have  of  Vi&uals  fold 
to  their  faid  Guefts,  and  of  the  Advantages  that  they 
have  more  than  other  of  |j  Carriage  of  Herring  fo  by 
them  bought,  and  hanging  in  their_  Houfes.  (iz) 
And  that  the  Hoftelers  becaufe  of  this  Ordinance  do 
not  refufe  their  Guefts,  but  receive  them,  and  intreat 
them  in  good  and  friendly  Manner,  as  they  have 
done  before-time.  (13)  And  that  they  for  the  Ad- 
vantage of  40  d.  the  Laft,  take  upon  them  for  the 
Payment  of  all  the  Herring  that  fhall  be  fold  by  their 
Afl'ent  to  any  Perfons.  (14)  And  the  Hundred  of 
Herring  fhall  be  accounted  by  fix  Score,  and  the  Laft. 
by  ten  Thoufand.  (15)  And  that  the  Merchants  of 
Yarmouth,  of  London,  or  elfewhere,  fell  the  Thou- 
fand of  Herring  to  the  People  after  the  Rate  of  the 
Price  of  the  Laft.  ( 16)  And  that  the  People  of  Yar- 
mouth fell  the  Laft  of  Red  Herring  bought  for  40  s. 
frefh  f  within  forty  Days,  for  half  a  Mark  of  Gain, 
and  not  above.  (17)  And  that  the  People  of  London 
at  fuch  Fair  fhall  bring  the  Laft  from  Yarmouth  to 
London  for  one  Mark  of  Gain,  and  not  above.  (18} 
And  alfo  two  Lafts  of  fhotten  Herring  frefh  fhall  be 
fold  for  the  Price  affefled  of  the  buying  of  a  Laft  of 
full  Herring,  and  fo  of  more  and  lefs  after  the  fame 
Rate;  (19)  and  of  fhotten  Herring  red,  the  two 
Lafts  fhall  be  fold  dearer  of  a  Mark  than  the  Laft  of 
Herring  full  red,  and  that  becaufe  the  *  Carriage  of 
the  Laft  of  fhotten  Herring  draweth  to  as  much  as 
the  Laft  of  full  Herring;  and  fo  of  more  and  lefs, 
according  to  the  fame  Rate.  (20)  And  that  the  Ships 
called  the  Pykers  fhall  freely  buy  frefh  Herring,  and 
all  other  Merchandifes  of  f  Fifties  in  Kyrkly,  and  elfe- 
where upon  the  Coafts  of  the  Sea,  without  Impeach- 
ment or  Difturbance  of  the  Hoftelers  of  Yarmouth,  or 
of  any  other;  (21)  fo  always,  that  no  more  Herring 
be  difcharged  in  the  Road  of  Kyrkly  out  of  the  Fifhers 
Ships,  but  as  much  as  may  reafonably  fuffice  to  the 
Charge  of  the  Pykers  that  thither  fhall  come  for  the 
fame  Caufe.  (22)  And  that  the  Fifhers  be  com- 
pelled to  bring  all  the  remnant  of  their  Herring  to 
the  faid  Fair  to  fell  there;  (23)  fo  that  none  fell 
Herring  in  any  Place  about  the  Haven  of  Yarmouth 
by  feven  Miles,  except  in  three  Towns  of  Yarmouth, 
that  is  to  fay,  Efton,  Wefton,  and  Southton,  unlefs  it 
be  Herring  of  their  own  Fifhing.  (24)  And  our 
Lord  the  King  doth  will,  that  the  Barons  of  the  Five 
Ports  fhall  caufe  to  be  kept  and  governed  the  faid  Fair 
according  to  the  Compofition  late  made  between 
them  and  the  People  of  the  Town  of  Yarmouth,  con- 
firmed by  the  King's  Grandfather;  (25)  and  that  the 
fame  Barons  and  Bailiffs  of  Great  Yarmouth  caufe  to 
be  kept  thefe  prefent  Ordinances  in  all  Points,  and 
to  be  cried  in  every  Sunday  between  St.  Michael  and 
St.  Martin,  upon  the  Pain  to  lofe  their  Franchife, 
and  to  be  punifhed  at  the  King's  Will  ;  (z6)  and 
that  the  People  of  Yarmouth  fuft'er  the  faid  Barons  of 
the  Five  Ports  to  govern  and  rule  the  faid  Fair  after 
the  Purport  of  the  faid  Compofition,  and  due  Execu- 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
part  aillours  nentre  deinz  le  dit  haven  pur  enche- 
rer  la  feyre  a  damage  du  poeple  fur  peine  de  for- 
faire  lour  veffelx  &  touz  lour  chateux  trovez  de- 
deinz.  Et  qe  touz  les  hoftilers  foient  fermentez 
devant  les  gardeins  de  la  feyre  &  enjointz  fur  gref 
forfaiture  du  Roi  de  receiver  lour  houftes  bien  & 
covenablement  &  de  eux  eider  &  eifer  refonable- 
ment  parnant  de  chefcune  laft  qe  ferra  vendue  as 
autres  marchantz  qe  as  ditz  hoftilers  quarrant  de- 
niers.  Et  qe  de  harang  vendu  as  mefmes  les  hofti- 
lers de  pendre  en  lour  mefons  riens  ne  prendront 
les  hoftilers  &  ceo  pur  caufe  des  profitz  qils  averont 
des  vitailles  venduz  a  lour  ditz  houftes  &  davantage 
qils  ont  plus  qe  autres  du  coriage  de  harang  iflint 
par  eux  achate  &  pendu  en  lour  mefons.  Ft  qe 
les  hoftilers  par  caufe  de  cefte  ordinance  ne  refu- 
fent  lour  houftes  einz  les  receivent  &  trettent  en 
bone  manere  &  amiable  come  ils  ont  fait  avant 
ces  heures  &  qils  pur  lavantage  de  les  quarrant  de- 
niers  du  laft  empreignent  pur  le  paiement  de  tut 
le  harang  qe  ferra  vendu  par  lour  affent  as  qeconqes 
perfones.  Et  foit  le  cent  de  harang  acompte  par 
*?■  &  le  laft  par  "•  Et  qe  les  marchantz  de  Jerne- 
muth  de  Loundres  &  aillours  vendent  le  mill  de 
harang  au  poeple  folonc  lafferant  du  pris  du  laft, 
Et  qe  deux  laftes  de  fhotenharang  frefch  foient  ven- 
duz pur  le  pris  de  lafferant  de  lachate  dune  laft  du 
plein  harang.  Et  qe  les  gentz  de  Jernemuth  ven- 
dent le  laft  de  harang  fech'  achate  pur  quarrant 
fouldz  frefch  ou  dedeinz  quarrant  fouldz  pur  dimi 
marc  de  gaine  &  nemye  outre.  Et  qe  les  gentz  de 
Loundres  a  tiel  fire  le  laft  amefne  de  Jernemuth  en 
Loundres  pur  un  marc  de  gaine  Sc  nemy  outre. 
Et  auffint  foient  deux  laftes  de  fhotenharang  frefch 
venduz  pur  la  pris  de  lafferaunde  de  lachate  dun 
laft  de  harang  plein  &  iffint  de  plus  &  de  meins  fo- 
lonc mefme  lafFeraunt  &  de  fhotenharang  foer  foient 
deux  laftes  venduz  plus  chier  dune  marc  qe  la  laft 
de  harang  plein  foor  &  ce  par  caufe  qe  la  coriage 
du  laft  de  fhotenharang  couft  a  tant  come  le  laft  He 
harang  plein  &  iffint  de  plus  &  de  meins  folonc 
mefme  lafFeraunt.  Et  qe  les  niefs  appellez  Pykers 
achatent  franchement  harang  frefch  &C  toutes  autre* 
marchaundifes  des  pefcheurs  en  Kirkele  &  aillours 
fur  cofteres  de  la  mier  faunz  empefchementz  ou 
deftourbance  de  lour  hoftilers  de  Jernemuth  ou  de 
nul  autre  Iffint  toutefoitz  qe  plus  de  harang  ne  foit 
defchargez  en  la  rode  de  Kirkele  hors  de  niefs  de 
pefchours  fors  tant  qe  purra  refonablement  fuffire  a 
la  charge  de  pykers  qe  illoeqes  vendront  pur  celle 
caufe.  Et  qe  les  pefchours  foient  arcez  de  amener 
tout  le  remenaunt  de  lour  harang  a  la  dite  feyre  de 
vendre  illoeqes  iffint  qe  nul  ne  pende  harang  nul 
part  environ  le  haven  de  Jernemuth  par  fept  Jewes 
finoun  en  trois  villes  de  Jernemuth  ceft  affaver 
Efton  Wefton  &  Southton  fil  ne  foit  harang  de  lour 
pefcherie  demefne.  Et  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  voet 
qe  les  Barons  de  Cynk  portz  facent  garder  &  go- 
vern ir  la  dite  feyre  folonc  la  compofition  nadgairs 
faite  entreeux  &  les  gentz  de  la  ville  de  Jernemuth 
conferme  par  lael  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  qe  mef- 
mes les  Barons  &  les  baillifs  de  Grant  Jernemuth 
facent  garder  cedes  prefentes  ordinances  en  touz 
pointz  &  crier  chefcune  Dymenge  parentre  le  Seint 
Michel  &  le  Seint  Martyn  fur  peine  de  perdre  lour 
fraunchifes  &c  deftre  puniz  a  la  volunte  le  Roi  Et 
qe  les  gentz  de  Jernemuth  foeffrent  les  ditz  Barons 
de  Cynk  Portz  governir  &  reuler  la  dite  feyre  fo- 
lonc 


A.  D.  1357.       Anno  tricefimo  primo  Edwardi  III. 


Stat.  2.        297 


tion  to  be  made  of  this  Ordinance  upon  the  Pain  laft 
aforefaid.  .  (27)  And  thefe  Ordinances  in  the  Right 
of  buying  and  felling  of  Herring,  fhall  be  holden  in 
all  the  Towns  of  England,  where  Herring  is  taken 
and  %  fearched,  upon  the  Pains  aforefaid.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
lone  le  purport  de  la  compofition  avantdite  &  due 
execution  eftre  faite  de  ceftes  ordinances  fur  la  peine 
darreinement  fufdite.  Et  foient  ceftes  ordinances 
en  droit  de  vente  et  achate  de  harang  tenues  en 
totes  les  villes  dEngleterre  ou  harang  eft  pris  & 
fecche  fur  les  peines  fufdites. 

For  farther  Regulations  concerning  Herrings,  &c.  fee  12.  Ed.  4.  c.t,  II  H.  7.  c.  23.  5  El.  c.  <■,.  feci.  6  &  7.  13  El.  c.  11.  feci.  5.  l$Car.z.t,, 
c.-j.feR.to.  QCSf  10  W.  3.  c.  44.  feci.  16,  17,  £f  iS.  5  Ann.  c.  8.  art.  8,  5  Geo.  1.  c.  18.  8  Geo.  I.  c.  4  &  16.  3  Geo.  z.  c.  20.  fell 
t,  3  e?  9.     28  Geo.  2,  c,  24.     29  Geo.  ?..  c.  23.  ami  $oGco.  2.  c.  30, 

CAP.    III. 

What  great  Officers  fhall  take  Order  for  felling  and  buying  of  Fifh. 


Thefe  Ordi- 
nances to  be 

obferved  in  all 

Towns  where 

Herring  is  taken 

anJ  (old. 

%  Dried. 

16.    sW.ZSM. 

14.      26  Geo.  2. 


ET  acorde  eft  par  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  les 
grantz  &  tote  la  communalte  en  ceft  parle- 
ment  qe  les  Chaunceller  &  Treforer  pris  a  eux 
Juftices  &  autres  du  confeil  le  Roi  tieux  come  leur 
femblera  eient  poer  dordiner  remedie  de  lachate  & 
vente  de ftokfisfhe  de  Seint  Bctolph  faumon  de  Bere- 
wyk  &  des  vins  &  de  peflbn  a  Briftuit  &  aillcurs 
au  fin  qe  le  Roi  &  le  poeple  foient  meuch  fervitz 
pur  melliour  marche  qils  nount  efte  devant  ces 
heures  &  qe  lordinance  par  eux  faite  en  celle  partie 
foit  fermement  tenuz. 


TEM  it  is  accorded  by  our  Lord  the  Ki.ig,  the 
Great  Men,  and  all  the  Commons  in  this  prefent 
Parliament,  That  the  Chancellor  and  Treafurer  ta- 
king to  them  Juftices,  and  other  the  King's  Council, 
fuch  as  to  them  {hall  feem,  fhall  have  Power  to  or- 
dain Remedy  touching  the  buying  and  felling  of 
Stock  Fifh  of  St.  Botulf,  and  Salmon  of  Bertvick, 
and  of  Wines  and  Fifh  of  Briftuit,  and  elfe where  ; 
to  the  Intent  that  the  King  and  the  People  may  the 
better  be  ferved,  and  have  better  Market  than  they 
have  had  before  this  Time,  and  that  the  Ordinances  See  the  Rcfe- 
by  them  made  in  this  Party  be  firmly  holden.'  rences  to  the  fin- 

going  Chapter. 


Another  Statute  for  Salt  Fijh,  made  Anno  3 1 

AnnoDom.  1357. 


Edw.  III.   Stat.  %:  and 


Ex  Rot.  inTurr.Lond.  m.  1.3.   D. 

PORCE  qe  monftre  eft  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  par  les  communes  de  fon  Roialme  dEngleterre  en  fon 
parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  Lundy  profchein  apres  la  femaigne  de  Pafk  Ian  du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  ceft  alTavoir  dEngleterre  trent  primer  &  de  France  difoitifme  qe  peflbns  falez  de  Blakeneye  &  de 
les  cofteres  joignantz  font  &  devant  ces  heures  ont  efte  venduz  a  trop  chier  &  excellif  pris  a  grant  damage 
de  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  des  grantz  &  de  tout  le  poeple  du  dit  Roialme  de  quoi  les  ditz  communes  prient 
]  remede  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  defirant  fur  ce  mettre  amendement  en  eife  de  fon  poeple  &  par  aiTent  de  les 
I  Prelatz  &  autres  grantz  &  communes  ad  ordegne  &:  eftabli  fur  la  vente  des  ditz  peitons  en  la  manere  qe 
J  fenfuy  t. 

CAP.     I. 

Doggers  and  Lode-fhips  of  Blackney-Hsven  fhall  difcharge  their  Fifh  there. 


PRimerement  qe  touz  les  niefs  appellez  Dogeres 
&Lodfhippes  appurtenantz  al  haven  de  Blake- 
neye &  des  cofteres  joignantz  ceftaiTavoir  de  Suyterle 
Wyn'  Claye  Salthous  Shiryngham  &  Crowemere 
deliverent  &  defchargent  lour  peflbn  dedeinz  le 
haven  de  Blakeneye  tantfoulement  parentre  Benorde 
&  Hoghflete  &  en  nul  lieu  aillours  fur  peine  dem- 
prifonement  a  la  volunte  le  Roi  &  forfaiture  de 
mefme  le  peflbn.  Et  qe  nul  peflbn  foit  livere  ne 
porte  hors  du  nief  a  nulli  mefon  ne  aillours  avant 
qe  le  Seignur  du  nief  en  quele  le  dit  peflbn  eft 
chargee  &  le  marchant  qui  le  peflbn  achatera  foient 
acorde  du  pris  dicel  &  ce  par  cler  jour. 


IRST  it  is  ordained,  That  all  the  Ships  called 
Doggers  and  Lode/hips,  pertaining  to  the  Haven 
of  Blackney,  and  Coafts  thereunto  adjoining,  that  is 
to  iky,  the  Suytor,  the  Wynetoh,  Clay,  Salthoufe,  Shir- 
ingham,  and  Crowmer,  fhall  deliver  or  difcharge  their 
Fifh  within  the  Haven  of  Blachicy  only,  betwixt 
Benord  and  Hogfleet,  and  in  none  other  Place, -  upon 
Pain  of  Imprifonment  at  the  King's  Will,  and  For- 
feiture of  the  fame  Fifh.  (z)  And  that  no  Fifh  be 
delivered  nor  carried  out  of  the  Ship  to  any  Houfe, 
nor  elfewhere,  before  that  the  Owner  of  the  Ship, 
wherein  the  faid  Fifh  is  charged,  and  the  Merchant 
that  fhall  buy  the  Fifh,  be  agreed  of  the  Price  of  the 
fame,  by  clear  Day.' 


Vol.  I. 


Q_q 


298        Stat. 


Anno  triceilmo  primo  Edwardi  III.        A.  D.  1357 


JLoych- 


-nTn  tried 
but  in    three 
Parts,   Lob, 
Ling,  uf.d   Cod. 

Who  ft  all  have 
the  Or^t-ya, 


The  Price  of 
Dogger-fifti 
iTiall  be  a  "effed 
at  the  Beginning 
oi  Blackney'Fair. 


Fifii  ftiall  not 
he  kept  fecret 
to  be  fold  by 
Retale. 
*  Dried. 


"Who  may  buy 
Nets  and  Hooks 
in  Norfolk  to 
£ft  w'tth.. 


TEM,  That  no  Fiflicr  nor  Owner  of  any  Ship, 
nor  any  other,  let  Hand  upon  any  Fifh  within 
the  Ship,  for  to  try,  choofe,  or  impair  the  Fifh,  but 
only  the  Buyer  or  his  Attorney,  upon  the  faid  Pain. 
(2)  And  that  no  Fifh  called  Loycb-fifh  fhall  be  chofen 
or  tried,  but  only  in  three  Parts,  that  is  to  fay,  Lob, 
Ling,  and  Cod  ;  (3)  and  that  every  of  the  fame 
three  Sorts  of  Lob,  Ling,  and  Cod,  be  good  and  co- 
v  enable,  as  in  old  time  hath  been  ufed.  And  in  cafe 
that  no  Orgeys,  that  is  to  fay,  Fifh  greater  than 
Lob,  be  found  in  a  Ship  called  a  Lodc-Jhip,  in  the 
Hundred  of  Lcb,  Ling,  and  Cod,  the  Mafters  and 
Mariners  fhall  have  of  every  Hundred  of  Lob,  Ling, 
and  Cod  (the  Hundred  accounted  to  fix  Score)  twenty 
Orgeys,  if  there  be  fo  many  :  And  if  there  be  lefs, 
the  Mafters  and  Mariners  fhall  have  all  the  Orgeys  ; 
(4)  .and  if  there  be  more,  the  Overplus  above  the 
Scores  to  every  Hundred  fhall  be  put  to  the  Fifh 
bought  in  Amendment  of  the  Price  of  the  fame  to  the 
Profit  of  the  Buyer.  (;)  And  alfo  by  the  Advice  of 
the  Merchants  and  Buyers  of  the  Owners  coming  to 
the  Fair  of  Blackney^,  and  of  the  Owners  of  the  Ships, 
a  Price  fhali  be  fet  at  the  Beginning,-  and  afTefTed  up- 
on the  Dogger-  fifh  and  Loych-fifh,  before  that  any 
Sale  be  made,  which  Price  fhall  be  bolden  during  the 
Fair  ;  and  that  the  laid  Fifh  be  fold  at  fuch  a  Price 
openly,  and  not  by  Covin  privily.  (6)  And  that  no 
Owner  of  Ships,  Mariners,  nor  other,  lodge,  nor 
caufe  to  be  lodged  in  their  Houfes  privily  nor  openly, 
Fifh  in  the  Mud,  nor  Fifh  *  fearched,  for  to  fell  a- 
gain  another  Time  at  Retale,  but  all  fuch  Fifh  fhall 
be  fold  reafonably  within  the  faid  Bounds  at  the  Fair 
and  Price  aforefaid,  upon  the  fame  Pain.  (7)  And 
that  no  Man  buy  Nets,  Hooks,  nor  other  Inftru- 
ments  pertaining  to  Fifhing  in  the  County  of  Norfolk, 
but  Owners,  Mafters,  and  Mariners  of  Ships  that 
ufe  the  Myftery  of  Fifhing,  and  which  have  to  do 
with  fuch  Things,  upon  Pain  of  Imprifonment,  and 
to  be  ranfhmed  at  the  King's  Will,  and  to  forfeit  the 


CAP.     II. 

The  Price  of  Dogger- fifh  fhall  be  aliened  at  the  Beginning  of  the  Fair.     Who  may  buy  Nets 

and  Hooks  in  Norfolk. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
TEM  qe  nul  pefchour  ne  Seignur  du  nief  ne 
nul  autre  ne  mette  main  fur  nul  pefibn  deinz 
nief  pur  le  peffon  trier  eflire  ou  empirer  fors  foule- 
ment  lachatour  ou  fon  attorne  fur  la  dite  paine. 
Et  qe  nulle  pefibn  appelle  Lochehfh  ne  foit  eflu  ne 
trie  fors  tantfoulement  en  trois  parties  ceftaffavoir 
lob  lyng  &  cod  &  qe  chefcun  de  mefir.es  les  trois. 
fortz  de   lob   lyng  &  cod   foit  bon  &  covenable 
come  en  auncien  temps  eftoit  ufee.     Et  en  cas  qe 
nul  orgois  ceft  aflavoir  peffon  plus  grant  qe  lob  foit 
trove  en  nief  appelle  Lodfhip  en  le  cent  de  lob 
lyng  ou  cod  eient  les  meftres  &  mariners  de  chefc- 
un cent  de  lob  lyng  &  cod   (le  cent  acempte  a 
dis  vintz)  vint  orgois  fi  tantz  y  foient  &  fi  meins  y 
foient  eient  les  meftres  &  mariners  touz  les  orgois 
&  fi  plus  y  foient  foit  le  furplus  outre  les  vintz  a 
chefcun  cent  mys  a  le  peffon  achate  en  amendement 
du  pris  dicel  au  profit  del  achatour.     Et  qe  par 
lavis  des  marchantz  &  achatours  des  Seignurs  ve- 
nantz  a  la  feire  de  Blakeneye  &  des  Seignurs  des 
niefs  foit  a  comencement  avant  qe  nul  vente  fe  face 
certein  pris  mys  &  affiz  fur  le  pefibn  de  dogere- 
fifh  &  lochefiih   queu  pris  foit  tenuz   durante  la 
feire  &  qe  tout  le  dit  peffon  foit  vendu  a  tiel  pris  en 
appert  &  nemye  par  covyne  privement  en  mufcet.. 
Et  qe  nul  Seignur  de  nief  mariner  nautre  ne  her- 
berge  ne  face  herberger  en  lour  mefons  en  prive 
nen  appert  peffon  en  la  mod  ne  peffon  fek  purre- 
vendre  altrefoitz  a  retaill  einz  foit  tout  tiel  pefibn 
vendu  refonablement  dedeinz  les  boundes  fufdites  as 
foir  &  pris  avantditz  fur  mefme  la  peine.     Et  qe 
nul  homme  achate  retz  hokes  nautres  inftrumentz 
appertenantz  a  pefcherie  en  le  contee  de  Norff' 
forfpris  Seignurs  meftres  &  mariners  des  niefs  qui 
ufent  le  mefter  de  pefcherie  &  qont  affaire  des  tid- 
ies chofes  fur  peine  demprifonement  &  deftre  reintz 
a  la  volunte  le  Roi  &  fur  forfeiture  des  chofes  iffint 
achates.     [Et  qe  nul  deliverance  foit  fait  del  dit 
peflon  fanz  prefence  de  fiz  hommes  a  ce  efluz  par 
les  bones  gentz  de  les  villes  Suyterle  [S'outbeley] 
Wyneton  Claye   Salthous   &  Shiryngham   &  les 
Seignurs  &  meftres  des  niefs  &  les  marchantz  queux 
fis  hommes  cynk  quatre  trois  ou  deux  de  eux  a 
meins  foient  toutefoitz  en  prefence  ove  les  Seig- 
nurs. &  meftres  de  les  niefs  &  les  marchantz  a 
chefcun  deliverance  affaire  &  ferront  les  ditz  fis 
hommes  efluz  jurrez  de  bien  &  loialment  fercherfi 
nul  orgois  foit  trove  en  mufcet  ultre  vint  orgois  qe 
les  meftre  &  mariners  averont  del  cent  come  deffus 
eft  dit  &  fi  plus  orgois  foit  trove  en  mufcet  foit 
meintenant  areftu  par  les  ditz  [Jis]  hommes  efluz 
a  celle  heure  prcfentz  &  forfait  a  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  \]     Et  qe  nul  Seignur  de  nief  mariner  nautre 
ne  face  empefchement  ne  ne  foit  rebel  en  nul  point 
contre  cefte  prefente  ordinance.     Ne  qe  nul  ma- 
riner ne  pefchour  par  caufe  de  cefte  ordinance  ne 
leffe  ne  refufe  daler  pefcher  come  il  foleit  devantces 
heures  faire  ne  ne  deftourbe  covenante  faite  paren- 
tre  marchant  &  Seignur  de  nief  fur  peine  dempri- 
fonement &  deftre  reint  a  la  volunte  le  Roi  &  qc 


Things  fo  bought. 


(8)  And  that  no  Owner  of  a  Ship,  Mariner,  nor 
other,  make  Impeachment,  nor  be  refiftant  in  any 
Point  againft  this  prefent  Ordinance.  Nor  that  no 
Mariner  norFifher,  becaufe  of  this  Ordinance,  leave 
or  refufe  to  go  in  fifhing,  as  before  times  they  were 
wont  to  do,  nor  difturb  any  Covenant  made  between 
a  Merchant  and  Owner  of  a  Ship,  upon  Pain  of  Im- 
prifonment, and  to  be  ranfomed  at  the  King's  Will ; 


*  Nut,  There  are  two  Copies  of  this  Statute  on  the  Roll,  in  one  oT  which  the  Words  included  in  the  Crotchets  arc  not  found. 

3  i*»r 


A.  D.  1357.       Anno  tricefimo  pnmo  Hdvv^kui  nr. 


Sto.K 


209 


Ex  Ret.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
fur  ce  brief  foit  mande  au  vifconte  de  NorfF'  qe  a 
chefcune  plcinte  c|i  vorra  fuir  pur  le  Roi  ou  pur  lui 
meftr.es  centre  ceux  qui  vendront  en  afcun  point 
fepntre  cefte  ordinance  face  attacher  les  ditz  rebelx 
&  trelpaflburs  &  les  detenir  en  prifon  tanqe  le  Roi 
On:  (qr  confeil  eient  ordenez  de  eux  ceo  qe  droit  de- 
mande  felonc  la  quantite  de  lour  trefpas. 


('))  and  that  upon  the  fame  a  Writ  be  fint  to  the 

Sheriff  of  Norfolk,    that  at  every  Man's  Complaint 

that  v/ill  fue  for  the  King,   or  for  himfelf,    againft 

thofe  that  in  any  Point  offend  againft  this  Ordinance,  ThePunifnmen': 

hefhall  caufe  the  fame  Reiiftors  and  Trcfpaffers  to  0^!^"^" 

be  attached,  and  them  detain  in  Prifon  till  the  King 

and  his  Council  have  ordained  of  them  that  Right  re-  See  the  Refer 

quireth,  after  the  Quantity  of  their  Trefpafs.'  '"  llEc!-  i- 


net's 
J  at. 


Ordinatio  facia  pro  Jiatu  terrca  Hibernie.     31  Edw.  I. 

Appendix. 


Stat. 


See 


Statutes    made  at  We'ftminfler,  Anno   34  Edw.  III.  and  Anno  Bom. 

1360. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  10. 
E  S  font  les  chofes  queles  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  Prelatz  Seignurs  &  la  commune  ont  or- 
dinez  enceft  prefentparlementtenuza  Weft- 
muftier  le  Dymenge  profchein  devant  la  fefte  de  la 
converfion  de  Seint  Poul  a  tenir  &  publier  overte- 
ment  parmy  le  Roialme  ceftaffavoir. 


THESE  be  the  Things  which  our  Lord  the 
King,  the  Prelates,  Lords,  and  the  Com- 
mons have  ordained  in  this  prefent  Parlia- 
ment holden  at  Wejiminjier  the  Sunday  next  before 
the  Feaft  of  the  Converfion  of  St.  Paul,  to  beholden 
and  publifhed  openly  through  the  Realm." 


CAP.     I. 

"What  Sort  of  Perfons  fliall  be  Jultices  of  Peace;  and  what  Authority  they  fhall  have. 


PRimerement  qe  en  chefcun  countee  dEngleterre 
foient  affignez  pur  la  garde  de  la  pees  un  Seig- 
nur &  ovefqe  lui  trois  ou  quatre  des  meultz  vauez 
du  countes  cnfemblement  ove  afcuns  fages  de  la 
ley  &  eient  poer  de  reftreindre  les  meffefours  rio- 
tours  &  touz  autres  barottours  &  de  les  purfuir 
arefter  prendre  et  chaftier  felonc  leur  trefpas  ou 
mefprifion  &  de  faire  emprifener  &  duement  punir 
felonc  la  ley  &  cuftumes  du  P%.oialme  &  felonc  ce 
qils  verront  mieultz  affaire  par  lour  discretions  & 
bon  avifement  &  auxint  de  eux  enformer  &  den- 
quere  de  touz  ceux  qi  ont  efte  pilours  &  robeours 
es  parties  dc  dela  &  font  ore  revenue  &  vont  va- 
gantz  &  nc  voillent  travailler  come  ils  foleint  avant 
ces  hours  &  de  prendre  Si  arefter.  touz  ceux  qils 
purrcnt  trover  parenditementou  par  fufpecion  &les 
metire  en  prifone  &  de  prendre  de  touz  ceux  qi  ne 
font  dc  bone  fame  ou  ils  ferront  trovez  fuffifant  feu- 
rete  &  meinprife  de  lour  bon  port  devers  le  Roi  & 
fon  poeple  et  les  autres  duement  punir  au  fin  qe  le 
poeple  ne  foit  par  tieux  riotours  troble  nendamage 
nela  pees  enblemy  ne  marchantz  nautres  pallantz 
par  les  hautes  chemyns  duUoialme  deftourbez  ne 
abaiez  du  peril  qe  purra  avenir  de  tieux  meffefours 
&  auxint  doier  &  terminer  a  la  fuite  le  Roi  tote 
manere  de  felonies  &  trefpas  faites  en  meifme  le 
countee  felonc  les  leys  &  cuftumes  avantdites  & 
qe  briefs  doier  &  terminer  foient  grantes  felonc  les 
eftatuz  ent  faites  mes  qe  les  Juftices  qe  ent  ferront 
affignez  foient  nomez  par  la  court  &  nemie  par  la. 
panic  Et  le  Roi  voet  qe  totes  generales  enqu'er- 
res  avant  ces  heures  grantez  deinz  feignuries  que- 


I  R  S  T,  That  in  every  County  of  Endand  fhall 
be  affigned  for  the  keeping  of  the  Peace,  one 
Lord,  and  with  him  three  or  four  of  the  moft  wor- 
thy in  the  County,  with  forne  learned  in  the  Law, 
(2)  and  they  fliall  have  Power  to  reftrain  the  Offen- 
ders, Rioters,  and  ail  other  Barators,  and  to  purfue, 
arreft,  take,  and  chaftife  them  according  to  their 
Trefpafs  or  Offence;  (3)  and  to  caufe  them  to  be 
puniihed  according  to  the  Law 


imprifoned  and  duly 

and  Cuftcms  of  the  Realm,  and 


according  to  that 


which  to  them  fhall  feem  belt  to  do  by  their  Difcre- 
tions  and  good  Advifement;  (4)  and  alfo  to  inform 
them,  and  to  inquire  of  all  thofe  that  have  been  Pil- 
lors-and  P^obbers  in  the  Parts  beyond  the  Sea,  and 
be  now  come  again,  and  go  wandring,  and  will  not 
labour  as  they  were  wont  hi  Times  paft,  (5)  and  to 
take  and  arreft  all  thofe  that  they  may  find  by  Indict- 
ment, or  by  Sufpicion,  and  to  put  them  in  Prifon ; 
(6)  and  to  take  of  all  them  that  be  not  of  good  Fame, 
where  they  fhall  be  found,  (ufiicient  Surety  and 
Mainprife  of  their  good  Behaviour  towards  the  King 
and  his  People,  and  the  other  duly  to  punifh,  to  the 
Intent  that  the  People  be  not  by  fuch  Rioters  or  Re- 
bels troubled  nor  endamaged,  nor  the  Peace  blemifii- 
ed,  nor  Merchants  nor  other  paffing  by  the  High- 
ways of  the  Realm  difturbed,  nor  put  in  the  Peril 
which  may  happen  of  fuch  Offenders.  (7)  And  alio 
to  hear  and  determine  at  the  King's  Suit  all  Manner 
of  Felonies  and  Trefpaffes  done  in  the  fame  County 
according  to  the  Laws  and  Cuftoms  aforcfaid  ;  (8) 
and  that  Writs  of Oyer  and  Defermiiierbe  granted  ac- 
cording to  the  Statutes  thereof  made,  and  that  the 
juftices  which  Giall  be  thereto  affigned  be  named  by 
the  Court,  and  not  by  the  Party.     (9)  And  the  King 


Who  fliall  he 
Juftices  of  ibe 
Peace,  and  what 
Authority  they 
fliall  have. 
Cro.  El,  14S, 
689.  SCo.  56. 
1  Ed,  3.  flat.  z. 
c.  16.    2  Ed.  3. 
c.  6.    4 -TV.  3. 
c_  1.    18  Ed.  3. 
Hat.  2.  c.2.' 
Enforced  and 
amended   ly 
13  R.  i.  flat.  1. 
c.7.     2H.5. 
flat.  1.  c.  4. 


will,  that  all  gen 


;ral  Inquiries  before  this 
Q_q  2 


Time  grant- 
'  ed 


Juftices  of  Pesce 
may  hear  and 
determine  Fe- 
lonies and  Ticf- 
pafles. 


Coir.rr'ili  ins  of 
genera]  Inquiries 

[hall  ccafe. 


3oo 


J—  3- 


Affliu  tricefimo  quarto  Edwardi  III.       A.  D.  1360.' 


ed  within  any  Seigniories,  for  the  Mifchiefs  and  Op- 
preffions  which  have  been  done  to  the  People  by  fuch 
Inquiries,  fhall  ceafe  utterly  and  be  repealed;  (10) 
and  that  Fines,  which  are  to  be  made  before  Juftices 
for  a  Trefpafs  done  by  any  Perfon,  be  reafonable  and 
juft,  having  Regard  to  the  Quantity  of  the  Trefpafs, 
and  the  Caufes  for  which  they  be  made.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
conqes  pur  les  mefchiefs  &  oppreflions  qe  ont  efle 
faites  au  poeple  par  tieles  enquerres  ceffent  outre- 
ment  &  foient  repellez  et  qe  fins  qe  font  affaire  de- 
vant  Juftices  pur  trefpas  fait  par  afcune  perfone 
foient  refonables  &  juftes  eant  regard  au  quantite 
du  trefpas  &  les  caufes  pur  queles  eles  font  faites. 


Fines  for  Tref- 

paffes  fliall  be 

reafonable. 

9  //.  \.fts>t,  1. 

V.  14.   3  Ed.  1. 

c.  6.     AMfie  1  W.  &  M.  fcjp.  2.  c.z.  declaring  excejfivc  Fines  and  cruel  Punifhments  to  be  illegal;  and  liiewife  Grants  of  Fines  before  ConvitTton.      See  farther  for 

the  Qualification  and  Duty  'of Juftices  of  the  Peace,  iiR.  z.  r.  10,      2  H.  5-fiat.  1.  c.  4.       1ZH.6.C.11.      lEd.^.c.z.     1  Ji.  3.  (,  3,      3  H.  7.  c.  i.     4^7. 

r.Ia.     iM.Jlat.z.  c.S.     1  &2  P.  &  M.  c.  13.     2  &  3  P.  &  M.  c.  10.     7  Jac.  1.  c.  5.     21  J/tc.  1.  c.  12.     6Gej.  1.  c.ii.fefl.  10.     gGeo.i.c.y.     sGeo'.i. 

c  1%  ^  tcj.     15  Geo.  2.  c.  24.     iSGeo.z.  c.ii.     18  Geo.z.  c.  20.     23  Geo.  2.  c,  26.    z^Geo.  2.  c.  m&  55.    26  Gcs,  2,  c.  146?  27.     27  Geo.  2.  c.  16  fifio, 

awi  30  Geo.  z,  c,  24. 


CAP.     II. 


No  Purveyance  fliall  be  made  but  for  the  King,  the  Queen,  and  the  King's  eldeft  Son, 


Enforced  by 
36  Ed.  3.  c.  2. 
Olf.  by  12  Car.  2. 
c.  24. 


ITEM  it  is  accorded,  That  Taking  fliall  not  be 
from  henceforth  made  by  other  than  the  Purvey- 
ors of  the  King,  of  the  Queen,  and  of  the  Prince 
their  eldeft  Son;  and  that  if  any  other  Man's  Pur- 
veyors make  fuch  Takings,  it  fhall  be  done  of  them 
as  of  People  which  do  without  Warrant,  and  their 
Deed  judged  as  a  Thing  done  againft  the  Peace  and 
the  Law  of  the  Land  ;  and  fuch  as  do  make  them- 
felves  Purveyors  in  fuch  Manner  fhall  be  duly  pu- 
nifhed.' 


ITEM  acorde  eft  qe  prifes  defore  ne  foient  faites 
i.  par  autres  qe  par  les  purveours  le  Roi  ma 
Dame  la  Roine  &  le  Prince  lour  eifne  filtz  &  qe  fi 
purveours  des  autres  facent  tieu  prifes  foit  fait  de 
eux  come  des  gentz  qi  fount  fanz  garaunt  &  lour 
fait  jugge  come  chofe  faite  contre  la  pees  &  la  ley 
de  la  terre  &  foient  tieux  qi  fe  fount  purveours  en 
la  manere  fuifdit  duement  puniz. 


CAP.    III. 

When  Things  purveyed  for  the  Queen  and  Prince  fhall  be  paid  for. 

'TEM  des  purveances  faites   al  oeps  la  Royne  &  du  Prince  du  polaill  &  dautres  meinz  chofes  foit  paie- 
L  ment  fait  en  poigne  fur  la  prife  &  des  autres  groffes  purveances  deinz  le  mois  ou  fis  fimaignes  es  countees 
ou  ils  ferront  prifes  &  qe  le  nombre  de  tieux  purveours  foit  abregge  en  tant  come  bonement  purra  pur  eide  & 
See  tbefongoing   quiete  du  commune  poeple. 

Chapter, 

CAP.     IV. 

What  Sort  of  People  fhall  be  returned  upon  every  Jury. 


I 


J^Ed,  i.fat.i. 
c.  38.    21  Ed.  I. 
flat.  1.    28  Ed. 
1.  flat.  3.  c.  9. 
20  Ed.  3.  c.  6. 
See  42  Ed.  3. 


;  1  TEM,  Becaufe  that  the  Sheriffs  and  other  Mini- 
:    I    fters  often  do  array  their  Panels  in  all  Manner  of 
:  Inquefts  of  People  procured,  and  moft  far  off  from 
:  the  Counties,  which  have  no  Knowledge  of  the  Deed 
'  whereof  the  Inqueft  fhall  be  taken;"    '  (2)  it  is  ac- 
corded, That  fuch  Panels  fhall  be  made  of  the  next 
People,    which   fhall   not  be  fufpeft  nor  procured; 
(3)  and  that  the  Sheriffs,  Coroners,  and  other  Mi- 
nifters  which  do  againft  the  fame  fhall  be  punifhed 
before  the  Juftices  that  take  the  faid  Inqueft,  accord- 
ing to  the  Quantity  of  their  Trefpafs,  as  well  againft 
the  King  as  againft  the  Party,   for  the  Quantity  of 
the  Damage  which  he  hath   fuffered  in  fuch  Man- 


ITEM  por  ce  qe  vifcontes  &  autres  miniffres  fo- 
vent  arraient  lour  panels  en  tote  manere  den- 
queftes  des  gentz  procurez  &  pluis  lointifs  du 
countee  qi  nont  coniffance  du  fet  dount  lenquefte 
ferra  prife,  Acorde  eft  qe  tieu  paneles  foient  faites 
des  plus  profcheins  gentz  qi  ne  font  pas  fufpeftes 
ne  procurez  &  qe  les  vifcontes  coroners  &  autres 
miniftres  qi  font  a  lencontrer  foient  puniz  devant 
les  Juftices  qi  la  dite  enquefte  prendra  felonc  la 
quantite  de  leur  trefpas  fibien  devers  le  Roi  come 
devers  la  partie  pur  la  quantite  du  damage  qil  ad 
fuffert  en  tieu  manere. 


iR.  3. 

3  Geo.  2 


f.4. 


.*5< 


*  ner. 

II  H.  7.  C.2I. 

4  Geo.  2.  c.  7. 


4H.  %.c.  3.      5&  8.r.  5. 
6  Geo.  2.  c.  37.     24  Geo.  2. 


23  H.  8.  c.  13.      35  H.  2.c.6.      27  Elis.c.  6.      4 £f  5  W.  &  M.  c.  24.    7  &  8  W.  3.  c.  %i, 
.  18.  and  29  Geo.  2.  c.  19.  providing  farther  for  the  Qualification  of  Jurors.     Regift,  117,   178. 

CAP.     V. 


Auncel  Weight  fliall  be  put  out.     Buying  and  felling  fhall  be  by  equal  Balance. 


a^Ed.  3.  flat.  5.' 
c9. 

[uftices  of  the    c 
Peace  fliall  in-     ( 
quire  of  Weights 
_nnd  Meafures. 


ITEM  it  is  accorded,  That  they  which  fhall  be 
afligned  to  keep  the  Peace  fhall  have  Power  to  in- 
quire of  Meafures,  and  alfo  of  Weights,  according 
to  the  Statute  thereof  made   the   five  and   twentieth 
Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Lord  the  King,    (2)  where- 
in is  contained  the  Form  that  followeth :'    "  Where- 
as very  great  Damage,  &c.  as  in  25  Edvj.  3.  flat.  5. 
c.  9.  viae  fol.  264." 
4 


ITEM  eft  acorde  qe  ceux  qi  ferront  aflignez  de 
garder  la  pees  eient  poair  denquere  des  mefures 
&  auxint  des  pois  felonc  leftatut  ent  fait  Ian  du 
regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  vint  &  quint  en  quel 
eft  contenu  la  forme  qe  fenfuit  '  Porce  qe  Sec. 
prout  in  flat.  25  Edw.  3.  flat.  5.  c.  9.  vide  fol.  264. 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1360.       Anno  tricefimo  quarto  Edwardi  III. 


C.  6-8. 


301 


CAP.    VI. 

All  Meafures  fhall  be  according  to  the  King's  Standard,  &c. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  come  contenu  foit  en  la  Grant  Chartre  qe  une  mefure  foit  ufe  parmy  tut  Engleterre  la  quele  chartre 
nad  mie  efte  tenue  bien  en  ce  point  avant  ces  heures  fi  eft  acorde  &  affentu  qe  totes  les  mefures  ceft  afla- 
voir  huffel  demy  buffel  &  peck  galon  potel  &  quart  par  tout  Engleterre  deinz  franchife  &  dehors  foient  acor- 
dantz  aleftandard  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi.  Et  contiegne  ]e  quarter  oyt  buffels  par  leftandard  &  nient  plus  & 
foit  chefcune  mefure  de  ble  rafe  faunz  comble  fauvez  les  rentes  &  fermes  des  Seignurs  queles  foient  mefures 
par  tiele  mefure  come  eles  foleient  avant  ces  heures.  Et  facent  les  purveours  le  Roi  ma  Dame  la  Roine  et 
touz  autres  lour  purveances  par  mefmes  les  mefures  rafes  et  en  mefme  la  manere.  Et  a  totes  les  foitz  qe 
meftier  ferra  le  Roi  affignera  certeins  Juftices  en  chefcune  countee  denquere  et  doier  et  terminer  fur  les  pointz 
fufditz  et  de  faire  fur  ce  due  puniffement  felonc  chefcuny  trefpas  fibien  a  la  fuite  de  partie  come  a  la  fuite  le 
Roi  iflint  totesfoitz  qe  tote  manere  des  franchifes  foient  fauvez  as  Seignurs  en  toutz  pointz.  Les  queles 
chofes  leRoi  voet  qe  foient  criez  en  chefcune  countee  deinz  franchife  et  dehors  entre  cy  et  la  Pafch  profchein 
avenir  au  fin  qeles  foient  gardez  et  tenuz  en  toutz  pointz  et  qe  les  dites  gardeins  de  la  pees  enquergentet  pu- 
niflent  touz  ceux  qils  troveront  qaveront  fait  contre  le  dit  eftatut  apres  la  dite  proclamation  faite.  Et  foit 
auffint  meifme  la  proclamation  faite  en  citees  burghs  et  villes  enfranchez  qe  les  ditz  articles  y  foient  tenuz  et 
gardez  en  touz  pointz  furies  peines  contenues  en  leftatut  fait  Ian  du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  vint  et  oy- 
tifme  touchant  la  Citee  de  Loundres  et  autres  citees  et  burghs  du  Roialme  et  fils  ne  gardent  les  ditz  articles  le 
Roi  en  lour  defaute  ferra  mettre  meifme  leftatut  fait  de  meifmes  les  peines  en  execution  contre  eux. 

and  Meafures  13  K.  2.  Jiat.i.  e.g.     15  R.  2,  c.  4.     11  H.J.  c.a\.     12  H.  7.  e.  5.     16  Car.  1.  c.  19,  and 

CAP.     VII. 

An  Attaint  will  lie  as  well  in  Plea  Real  as  Perfonal. 


gB.  "yjlat.  1. 

Repealed  by 

21  Jac.  1.  c.  28. 

II  H.  7.  c,  4. 


See  farther  con-, 
earning  Weights 
22  Car.  2.  c.  8. 


ITEM  acorde  eft  contre  la  fauxine  des  jurrours  qe 
chefcun  homme  contre  qi  ils  pafTent  puiffe  avoir 
latteint  fibien  en  plee  reale  come  perfonele  &  qe 
latteint  foit  grante  as  povres  qi  voillent  affier  qils 
iiont  riens  de  ent  faire  fin  fauve  lour  corttenance 
faunz  fin  &  as  touz  autres  par  eife  fin. 


T EM  it  is  accorded  againft  the  Falfhood  of  Ju- 
'  rors,  That  every  Man  againft  whom  they  pafs, 

may  have  Attaint  as  well  in  Plea  Real  as  Perfonal ; 

(2)  and  that  the  Attaint   be  granted   to   the  Poor,  3  Ed. 

which  will  affie,  that  they  have  nothing  whereof  to  1  ^ 

make  Fine  (faving  their  Countenance)  without  Fine,  " 

and  to  all  other  by  eafy  Fine.' 


.6. 
5  Ed. 


I.  c.  3S. 

3.  flat.  1. 


3.  c.  6,  7. 
3.  c.  8. 

And  fee  9  Rich.  a.  c.  3.     II H.  7.  c,  21  Sf  24.     19  H.  7.  c.  3.  and  23  H.  8.  c.  3,  for  farther  Regulations  and  Extenfions  of  Attaints. 


28  Ed. 


CAP.     VIII. 
The  Penalty  of  a  Juror  taking  Reward  to  give  his  Verdict. 


ITEM  qe  en  chefcun  plee  dount  lenquefte  ou 
laflife  pafle  fi  aucun  des  parties  voudra  fuir  vers 
ifcuns  des  jurrours  qil  ad  pris  de  fon  adverfer  ou 
le  lui  pur  dire  fon  verdit  foit  oy  &  eit  fa  pleinte 
neintenant  par  bille  devant  les  Juftices  devant 
jueux  ils  jurrerunt  &  qe  le  jurrour  foit  mis  a  re- 
poundre  faunz  nul  delai  &  fils  pledent  au  paiis  qe 
:nquefte  foit  pris  maintenant.  Et  fi  nul  homme 
lutre  qe  la  partie  vodra  fuyr  pur  le  Roi  vers  le  jur- 
ours  foit  oy  &  termine  come  defius  eft  dit.  Et  fi 
e  jurrour  foit  atteint  a  fuite  dautre  qe  la  partie  & 
ace  fin  qe  la  partie  qe  feuft  eit  la  moitie  du  fin  &  qe 
es  parties  au  plee  recoverent  lour  damages  par 
axation  de  lenqueft  &  qe  le  jurrour  iffint  atteint 
:it  la  prifone  dun  an  quel  emprifonement  le  Roi 
;rante  qe  ne  foit  pardone  pur  nul  fin.  Et  fi  la 
lartie  voudra  fuier  par  brief  devant  autres  Juftices 
:it  fa  fuyte  en  la  forme  avantdite. 


TE  M,  That  in  every  Plea,  whereof  the  Inqueft  31 H.  6.  f.  8. 
„.  or  Aflife  doth  pafs,  if  any  of  the  Parties  will  fue  F'tz"  DamasE» 
againft   any  of  the  Jurors,  that  they  have  taken  of  pit'    Den-e 
his  Adverfary,  or  of  him,  for  to  give  their  Verdidr,  tantum/iT*,  3, 
he  fhall  be   heard,  and  fhall  have  his  Plaint  by  Bill  4,  5,  6,  9,  11. 
prefently  before  the  Juftices  before  whom  they   did  Raft-  HS- 
fwear,  and  that  the  Juror  be  put  to  anfwer  without 
any  Delay;    (2)  and   if  they   plead  to  the  Country, 
the  Inqueft  fhall  be  taken  prefently.     (3)  And  if  any 
Man  other  than  the  Party  will  fue  for  the  King  againft 
the  Juror,  it  fhall  be  heard  and  determined  as  afore 
is  faid.     (4)  And  if  the  Juror  be  attainted  at  the 
Suit  of  other  than  the  Party,  and  maketh  Fine,  the 
Party  that  fueth  fhall  have  half  the  Fine;    (5)  and 
that  the  Parties  to  the  Plea  fhall  recover  their  Dama- 
ges by  the  AiTefrment  of  the  Inqueft ;    (6 )  and  that 
the  Juror  fo  attainted  have   Imprifonment  for  one 
Year,  which  Imprifonment  the  King  granteth  that 
it  fhall  not  be  pardoned  for  any  Fine.     (7)  And  if  5  Ed.  3.  c.  10. 
the  Party  will  fue  by  Writ  before  other  Juftices,  \&  Enforced  by 
{hall  have  the  Suit  in  the  Form  aforefaid.'  38  Ed.  3./iat.  1. 

C,  12.    cnacling 
Wat  Jurors  taking  Money  f call  forfeit  ten  times  the  Sum  taken,        Kegift,  188. 


CAP, 


302       C.  9—12.  Anno  tricefimo  quarto  Edwardi  III.        A.  D.  1360. 


Vep.    5  Bl!z, 


■R«p.  5EHZ. 
C.4. 


alnfh  11. 


The  Statutes  of  23  Edw.  3. 


CAP.     IX. 

/vz/>.  1.  and  25  Edw.  3.   Stat.  1.  c^z>. 
Carpenters,  Mafons,  65V.  confirmed. 


1^2. 


touching  Labourers, 


;Rcp.  5  EI.  c,  4. 


£a-  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Corde  ell  en  cefle  prefent  parlement  qe  leftatut  des  laborers  auncienement  fait  eftoife  en  touz  pointz  for- 
SL  Ip'is  la  penance  pecuniere  quel  defore  eft  acorde  qe  les  laborers  ne  foient  pas  punitz  par  fins  et  raunce- 
ons  et  eft  aflentuz  qe  le  die  eftatut  foit  efforce  en  puniffement  des  laborers  en  forme  qe  fenfuyt.  Que  les 
Seignurs  des  villesles  puillent  prendre  et  emprifoner  par  quinze  jours  fils  ne  fe  voillent  jufticer  et  adonqes 
les  maunder  au  profcheine  gaole  i'loeqes  a  demorer  tanqeils  fe  voillent  jufticer  par  forme  de  leftatut  et  qe  le 
vifcont  gaoler  nautre  miniftre  ne  lui  leffe  a  nulle  mainprife  nen  bailie  et  fil  face  qil  paie  au  Roixli.  eta  la 
partie  c  s.  ne  qe  le  vifconte  gaoler  nautre  miniftre  ne  preigne  nul  fee  ne  porterage  du  prifon  ne  a  fon  entree  ne 
a  fon  iffir  fur  mefme  la  peine.  Et  qen  cefte  ordinance  foient  comprifes  fibien  carpenters  et  maceons  come 
touz  autres  laborers  fervantz  et  artificers  et  qeles  carpenters  et  maceons  preignent  defore  falarie  par  la  jour- 
reie  et  nemie  par  ilmaigne  nen  autre  manere  et  qe  les  chiefs  meftres  des  carpenters  et  maceons  preignent  le 
jour  iiij  d.  et  les  autres  iij  d.  cu  ij  d.  folonc  ce  qils  vaillent  et  qe  totes  alliances  et  covignes  des  maceons  et  car- 
penters et  congregations  chapitres  ordinances  et  ferementz  entre  eux  faites  ou  affaires  foient  defore  anientiz  & 
anulJez  de  tout  Iffint  qe  chefcun  maceon  &  carpenter  de  quel  condition  qil  foit  foit  arce  par  fon  meftre  a  qi 
il  fert  de  faire  chefcun  overaigne  qe  a  lui  appent  affaire  ou  de  fraunche  pere  ou  de  groffe  pere  et  auffint 
chefcun  carpenter  en  fon  degre  mes  bien  life  a  chefcun  Seignur  &  autre  de  bargainer  &  covenancer  de  lour 
overaignes.en  groffe  ove  tiels  laborers  &  artificers  quant  leur  plerra  iiTint  qils  parfournent  tielz  overaignes 
bien  &  loialment  felonc  les  -bargaine  &  covenant  ove  eux  ent  faitz, 

C  A  P.     X. 

The  Punifhment  of  Labourers,  cjjV.  departing  from  their  Service  into  another  County. 

ITEM  des  laborers  &  artificers  qi  falloignent  hors  de  lour  fervices  en  autre  ville  ou  en  autre  countee  qe  !a 
partie  eit  fa  fuite  devant  Juftices  &  qe  le  vifconte  lui  preigne  au  premer  jour  come  eft  contenu  en  leftatu:  I 
fil  foit  trove  &  face  de  lui  execution  come  deffus  eft  dit  et  fil  retourne  qil  neft  mie  trove  eit  lexigende  ai 
premer  jour  &  ce  fuy  tanqe  il  foit  utlaie  &  apres  la  utlagarie  foit  brief-de  mefmes  les  Juftices  mande  a  que- 
conqe  vifconte  dEngleterre  qe  la  partie  vodra  fuir  de  lui  prendre  &  lui  mander  au  vifconte  du  countee  ou  1 
eft  ullage  &  quant  il  ferra  illoeqes  mefhe  eit  illoeqes  la  prifon  tanqe  il  fe  voet  jufticer  &  eit  fait  gree  a  h 
partie  et  nientmeins  pur  la  fauxine  foit  ars  en  le  frount  dune  fer  fait  &  fourme  au  manere  de  la  lettre  F.  ei 
li?ne  de  fauxine  ft  la  partie  greve  le  vodra  fuyer.  Mes  foit  celle  penance  de  larfon  mis  en  refpit  tanqe  al  Seint 
Michel  profchein  avenir  &  adonques  ne  foit  mie  execute  fil  ne  foit  par  avis  des  Juftices  &  demoerge  le  fer  ei 
la  garde  du  vifcont.  Et  qe  vifcont  &  chefcun  baillif  de  franchife  foit  entendant  au  pleintif  de  mettre  cell: 
ordinance  en  execution  fur  la  peine  avantdit.  ax  qe  nul  laborer  nartificer  ne  preigne  nulle  manere  de  lowe 
le  jour  de  feftes. 

CAP.     XL 

If  a  Labourer  or  Servant  do  flee  to  a  City  or  Borough,  the  chief  Officer  upon  Requeft  fhj 

deliver  him  up. 

TEM  qe  fi  nul  laborer  fervant  ou  artificer  falloigne  a  afcun  citee  ou  burgh  &  !a  partie  pleintif  veigne  at 
meire  &  baillifs  &  demande  la  liveree  de  fon  fervant  qils  lui  facent  la  iiveree  (anz  delay.  Et  fils  le  rcfufer. 
de  faire  eit  le  pleintif  fa  fuite  devers  les  maire  &  bailiffs  devant  les  Juftices  de  laborers  et  li  de  ce  foient  attaint, 
paient  au  Roi  x  li.  &  a  la  partie  cs. 

CAP.     XII. 

There  mall  be  no  Forfeiture  of  Lands  for  Treafon  of  dead  Perfons  not  attainted. 


TEM,  Whereas  the  Commons  have  complained 
them  of  Efcheators,  which  by  Colour  of  their 
"  Office  have  feifed  divers  Lands  and  Tenements  as 
"  forfeit  to  the  King  for  Treafon  furmifed  in  dead  Per- 
"  fons,  which  were  never  attainted  of  Treafon  in  their 
"  Lives,  the  King  thereof  hath  good  Regard;  (z) 
"  but  becaufc  he  and  his  Progenitors  have  been  feifed 
"  of  the  Forfeitures  of  Warrs  of  all  Times,  the  King 
"  will  not  exclude  himfelf  of  fuch  Right,  whereof  lie 
"  found  his  Crown  feifed,  and  will  continue  his  Right 
"  of  fuch  Forfeitures  fallen  in  his  Time,  and  in  the 
"  Time  of  his  Father,  in    the  Manner  as   hath  been 


ufed  : 


(3)  Nevertheless,    of  his  fpecial  Grace 


TEM  come  la  communalte  fe  eit  pleint  des  ci 
chetours  queux  par  colour  de  lour  office  out  fei 
fiz  plufours  terres  &  tenementz  come  forfaites  a 
Roi  pur  trefon  furmys  en  perfones  mortes  qe  unqc 
ne  furent  atteintes  en  lour  vies  le  Roi  en  ad  bo 
regard.  Mes  porce  qil  &  fes  progenitours  ont  efl 
feiilez  des  forfaitures  de  guerre  de  tout  temps  le  R( 
ne  fe  voet  oufter  c!c  tiel  droit  dont  il  trova  fa  Cc 
rone  feifi  &  ecl  droit  voet  continuer  de  tieux  foi 
faitures  efchcues  en  fon  temps  &  en  temps  fon  piei 
en  la  manere  come  ad  efte  ufee  nientmeins  < 
grace  efpeciale  il  voet  &  Rraunte  qe  de  liei  fo) 
faiturcs  efcheues  en  temps  1'on  ael  &  touz  fes  pre 

jy.'iiitou 


A.  D.  1360.       Anno  tricefimo  qferto  Edwardi  III.         C.  13—16.        303 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
genitours  pardevant  a  pluiftoft  qenqueft  ent  ferra 
retourne  en  Chancdlerie  par  efchetour  ou  autre  qi 
poair  ad  denquere  qe  le  tenant  ne  foit  pas  oufte  de 
fa  pofleffion  mes  foit  gamy  par  Scire  facias  deftre 
au  certein  jour  de  refpoundre  a  eel  Scire  facias  ill 
voudra.  Et  fi  nulle  tiele  forfaiture  foit  ore  ou  ferra 
feife  de  eel  temps  qe  ia  main  le  Roi  ent  foit  oufte 
Iffint  totes  voies  qen  touz  autres  cas  de  forfaiture 
de  trefon  des  perfones  mortz  nient  atteintz  ne  jug- 
eez  en  iour  vies  ne  foient  pas  lour  heires  ne  lour 
terrc  tenantz  empefchez  ne  chalangez  ne  de  nulle 
autre  forfaiture  forfprifes  les  forfaitures  aunciene- 
ment  ajuggez  aprts  la  mort  des  perfones  par  pre- 
fentementz  en  Eyre  ou  en  Eaunk  le  Roi  come  des 
felons  de  foi  &  autres. 


'  he  will  and  granteth,  That  of  fuch  Forfeitures  fallen. 

'  in   the  Time  of  his  Grandfather,  and  all  his  Proge- 

'  nitors  before,  as  foon  as  an  Inqueft  lhall  be  thereof 

'  returned  in  the  Chancery  by  the  Efcheators,  or  other 

'  which  have  Power  to  inquire,  that  the  Tenant  fhall 

'  not  be  put  out  of  his  Pofleffion,  but  fhall  be  warned 

'  by  Scire  facias,  to  be  at  a  certain  Day  to  anfwer  to 

'  his  Scire  facias,  if  he  will.     (4)    And    if  any  fuch 

'  Forfeiture  be   now,  or  fhall  be  feifed  of   the-  fame 

'  Time,  that  the  King's  Hand  fhall  be  out  thereof;  (5) 

'  fo  always,  that  in  all  other  Cafes  of  Forfeiture  for  Forfeiture  of 

'  Treafon  of  dead  Perlbns  not  attainted  or  judged  in  t'L'ad  pJ]fons 

'  their  Lives,    their  Heirs,    nor   their   Land-Tenants  by  £relentmcnr 

-     ,.      ,.  ,  ii  1     11  1  r  1  a  byre,    or  in 

'  fhall   not  be  impeacned  nor  challenged,  nor  of  any  ,„,  King's 

'  other.  Forfeiture,  except  the  Forfeitures  in  old  Time  Bench. 

'  judged  after  the  Death  of  the  Perfons  by  Prefentment 

'  in  Eyre,  or  in  the    King's  Bench,  as  of  Felons  of  Fitz.  Petition,  2, 

'  themfelves  and  other.'  Enforced  by  46  ' 

Ed.  3.  far  tuhkb 
fce.-./Jppeu,iix, 

XIII. 


CAP 

By  what  People,  and  id  what  Place  and  Manner,  an  Efcheator  fhall  take  -his  Inqueft. 


FEM  acorde  eft  qe  chefcun  efchetour  preigne 
fes  enqueftes  de  fon  office  des  bones  gentz  & 
loialx  qe  foient  enheritez  fufficeajment  &  de  bone 
fame  &  de  mefme  le  countee  ou  lenquerre  fe  ferra 
&  qe  les  enqueftes  iffint  prifes  foient  endentez  en- 
tre  les  efchetours  &  les  jurrours  &  fi  autrement  foit 
fait  qe  tieles  enqueftes  foient  tenuz  pur  huU.es".  Et 
le  Ror  voet  qe  tieles  enqueftes  foient  prifes  en  bones 
vilks  overtement  &  nemie  en  prive. 


TEM  it  is  accorded,  That  every  Efcheator  fhall  DieriCo,,  170. 

take  his  Inquefts  of  his  Office  of  good  People  and 
lawful,  which  be  fufEciently  inherited  and  of  good 
Fame,  and  of  the  fame  County  where  the  Inquiry 
fhall  be;.  (2)  and  that  the  Inquefts  fo  taken  be  inr 
dented  betwixt  the  Efcheators  and  the  Jurors  ;  (3) 
and  if  it  be  otherwife  done,  that  fuch  Inquefts  be 
holden  for  void.  And  the  King  will,  that  fuch  Inr 
quefts  be  taken  in  good  Towns  openly,  and  not  pri-  E"forc,ed  fd 

^■,      ,  a  r         it  i  amended  by 

VUy-  36  Ed.  3.j?ar.  1 

c.  13.       23  H,  6.  c.  17.  *  and  i  H.  3.  c.  S.  ivl/ich  is 'made  perpetual  by  3  H,  8<  c.  a, 

*  Read  c.  16. 


CAP.     XIV. 

In  what  Court  Traverfes  of  Offices  found  before  Efcheators  fhall  be  tried. 

TEM  acorde  eft  qe  ou  terres  ou  tenementz  foient  feifiz  en  Ia  main  le  Roi  par  office   defchetour  conte-  0BS-  12  Car.  a; 

nant  qe  le  tenant  le  Roi  en  fift  alienation  fanz  conge  le  Roi  ou  qe  le  tenant  le  Roi  par  fervice  de  chivaler  £' **'  ^  j  jj'j 

I  moruft  feifi  des  terres  &  tenementz  avantditz  en  fon  demefne  come  de  fee  &  fon  heir  deinz  age  &  puis  la  4"  c0'.  r6.  do. ' 

I  caufe  certifie  en  la  Chauncellerie  &  cellui  qi  terres  font  feifitz  viegne  en  Chauncelierie  &  voet  traverfer  loffice  El.  523.  2  Roll 

qe  fut  primes  pris  par  mandement  du  Roi  qe  les  dites  terres  ne  foient  mie  feifables  foit  il  a  ceo  receu  et  foit  le  351-  Raft-  3'5- 

proces  mande  en  banc  le  Roi  a  trier  et  outre  faire  droit,  36  Ed-  3-,c>  : 3- 

2&3E3I.6.  c.S,. 


C  A 


XV 


A  Confirmation  of  Alienations  made  by  the  Tenants  of  King  Henry  the  Third,  &c. 

ITEM  acorde  eftqe  les  alienations  des  terres  et  tenementz  faites  par  gentz  qe  tenoient  du  Roi  Henri 
Befael  au  Roi  qore  eft  ou  des  autres  Rois  devant  lui  a  tenir  de  eux  mefmes  qe  les  alienations  eftoifent 
en  lour  force  fauvant  totesfoitz  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  fa  prerogative  du  temps  fon  ael  fon  piere  et.  de  fon, 
temps  demefne. 

e  a  p.   xvi. 

Non-claim  of  Fines  fhall  hereafter  be  no  Bar. 


ITEM  eft  acorde  qe  plee  de  Noun  claym  des  fins 
qe  font  defore  a  lever  ne  foit  pris  ne  tenuz  pur 
barre  tn  temps  avenir. 


ITEM  it  is  accorded,  That. the  Plea  of  Non-claim 
of  Fines,  which  from  henceforth  be  to  be  levied,  Co.  Lit.  262.  32 
fhall  not  be  taken  nor  holden  for  any  Bar  in  time  to  ScciH.  7.  c.2^ 
come.'  eniy.U.i. 

c*  30,  tobich  cx~ 
\pOHntfs  the  fort' 

g  ■  '■'.-■ 

G  A  P-. 


304       C.  17 — 21.        Anno  tricefimo  quat-to  Edward i  III.       A.  D.  1360. 


CAP.     XVII. 
Merchandifes  may  be  carried  into  and  brought  out  of  Ireland. 


TEM  it  is  accorded,  That  all  the  Merchants,  as 
well  Aliens  as  Denizens,  may  come  into  Ireland 
with  their  Merchandifes,  and  from  thence  freely  to 
return  with  their  Merchandifes  and  Victuals  without 
Fine  or  Ranfom  to  be  taken  of  them,  faving  always 
to  the  King  his  antient  Cuftoms  and  other  Duties.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
TEM  acorde  eft  qe  touz  marchantz  fibien  ali- 
ens come  denzeins  puiffent  venir  en  Irlande  ove 
lour  marchandifes  &  dilloeqes  retournir  franche- 
ment  ove  lour  marchandifes  &  vitailles  faunz  fin  ou 
raunceon  prendre  de  eux  fauve  totesfoitz  au  Roi  fes 
auncienes  cuftumes  &  autres  devoirs. 


CAP.     XVIII. 

They  which  have  Lands  in  Ireland,  may  carry  their  Goods  thither, 


and  bring  them  again. 


17  Ed.  1.  c .  2i 


Repealed  as  to 
Cattle,  by  18 
Car.  2,  c.  2. 
ivhich  is  made 
perpetual  by  32 
Car.  1.  c.  2, 
.fee*. 


'  T  TEM,  That  the  People  of  England,  as  well  Re- 

'  A  ligious  as  other,  which   have  their  Heritage  and 

'  Pofiemons  in  Ireland,  may  bring  their  Corn,  Beafts, 

c  and  Victuals  to  the  faid  Land  of  Ireland,  and  from 

'  thence  to  recarry  their  Goods  and  Merchandifes  into 

'  England,  freely  without  Impeachment,  paying  their 

'  Cuftoms  and  their  Devoirs  to  the  King.' 


TEM  qe  gentz~dEngleterre  fibien  religioufes 
come  autres  qont  lour  heritages  &  pofieflions  en 
Irlande  puiffent  mener  lour  bledz  beftes  et  vitailles  a 
laditeterre  dlrland  et  dilloeqes  remener  lourbiens 
et  marchandifes  en  Engleterre  franchement  et  faunz 
empefchement  paiant  lour  cuftumes  et  autres  de- 
voirs au  Roi. 


CAP.     XIX. 
No  Cuftom  or  Subfidy  fhall  be  paid  for  Canvas  to  pack  Wooll  in. 


"  TTEM,  Becaufe  that  Merchants,  Aliens,  and 
"  JL  Denizens,  by  an  evil  Cuftom  rifen  of  late,  have 
"  been  conftrained  to  pay  Cuftom  and  Subfidy  for  their 
"  Canvas,  with  which  their  Woolls  be  packed  ;"  '  (2) 
'  it  is  accorded,  That  fuch  Canvas  with  their  Corners 
'  fhall  from  henceforth  be  allowed  to  them  without 
■■*  paying  Cuftom  or  Subfidy  for  the  fame.' 


ITEMporceqeles  marchantz  aliens  et  denzeins 
par  une  malveife  cuftume  leve  de  novel  ont  efte 
conftreintz  de  paier  cuftume  et  fubfide  pur  lour 
canevace  deins  quel  lour  leines  font  packes  Acorde 
eft  qe  tieu  canevace  enfemblement  ove  lour  corners 
lour  foient  defore  alloues  fanz  ent  paier  cuftume  ou 
fubfide. 


C  A  P.     XX. 

No  Corn  fhall  be  tranfported  but  to  Calais  and  Gafcoign. 

Repealed  by       TTEM  acorde  eft  qe  paflage  des  bledz  foit  defendu  en  touz  les  portz  dEngleterre  fiqe  nulle  eit  congie  ne 

aijac.  1.  c  28.  i.  garaunt  de  paffer  tielx  bledz  en  nulle  manere  fil  ne  foit  a  Calays  et  Gafcoign  ou  as  autres  lieux  efpeciales 

queux  il  covient  qe  le  Roi  face  garnir  des  bledz  dEngleterre  et  ce  a  fa  propre  ordinance  et  congie. 

CAP.     XXI. 

A  Confirmation  of  a  former  Grant  to  Denizens  to  tranfport  Wooll  beyond  Sea. 

JTE  M  come  en  une  parlement  nadgairs  fait  fur  lordinance  de  leftaple  en  Engleterre  eftoit  ordine  qe  mar- 
chantz aliens  duiflent  mefner  leines  et  les  autres  marchandifes  de  leftaple  outre  meer  et  qe  nulle  mar- 
chant  denzein  les  duifle  pafler  Et  puis  par  afTent  du  Roi  et  de  fon  confeil  par  aucunes  certeines  enchefons 
fuift  grante  paflage  des  dites  marchandifes  as  denzeins  et  fur  ce  proclamation  fait  et  maunde  a  les  cuftumeres 
es  diverfes  portz  de  les  foeffrir  paffer  tanqe  a  un  certein  temps  paiant  le  cuftume  et  fubfide  come  aliens. 
Et  porce  qe  les  dites  marchandes  denzeins  fe  doutont  deftre  empefchez  en  temps  avenir  pur  lour  marchan- 
difes qils  ont  iflint  paffez  par  vertue  de  tiel  graunt  et  proclamation  porce  qils  eftoient  faites  hors  du  parle-, 
ment  le  Roi  voillant  purvoier  pur  lour  feurte  en  celle  partie  ad  ratifie  et  conferme  en  cefte  prefent  parle- 
ment les  paffages  qils  ont  fait  des  leines  et  lour  autres  marchandifes  as  parties  outre  meer  puis  les  graunt 
■et  proclamation  avantdites  et  les  graunte  autiel  paflage  defore  faunz  chalange  ou  empefchement  de  nully 
iffint  totesfoitz  qils  paient  les  dites  cuftume  et  fubfide  tanqe  al  Seint  Michel  profchein  avenir  et  de  mefmes 
la  fefte  tanqe  al  Seint  Michel  profchein  fuant  come  ils  ont  paiez  avant  ces  heures  puis  qe  le  dit  fubfide  eftoit 
grante. 


EXP. 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1360.       Anno  tficefinio  quiiito  EDV^-AkDi  III. 


C.  22. 


305 


CAP.     XXII. 

How  he  fhall  ufe  another  Man's  Hawk  that  taketh  it  up. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  ordine  eft  en  ceft  parlement  qequeconqe 
perfone  qe  troeve  faucon  terfelet  lanere  ou  lane- 
ret  aufloure  ou  autre  faucoun  qe  foit  perdu  de  lour 
Seignur  qe  maintenant  il  lapporte  au  vifcount  du 
countee  et  qe  Ie  vifconte  face  proclamation  en  toutes 
les  bones  villes  du  countee  qil  ad  un  tiel  faucoun  en 
garde.  Et  fi  le  Seignur  qi  le  perdi  ou  aucun  des 
i'oens  viegne  pur  lui  chalanger  &  proeve  refonable- 
ment  qe  ce  eft  a  fon  Seignur  paie  pur  fes  courtages 
&  eit  le  faucon.  Et  fi  nully  viegne  deins  les  quatre 
mois  pur  lui  chalenger  qadonqes  le  vifconte  eit  le 
faucon  fefant  gree  a  cellui  qi  le  prift  fil  foitfimples 
homme  &  fil  foit  gentils  homme  deftat  davoir  fau- 
coun que  le  vifconte  rebaille  al  lui  le  dit  faucoun 
parnantde  lui  refonables  courtages  pur  le  temps  qil 
lavoit  en  garde.  Et  fi  null  eit  pris  tiel  faucoun  & 
le  concele  du  Sebnur  a  qui  il  eftoit  ou  a  fes  fauco- 
ners  ou  qi  qe  lemporte  du  Seignur  &  de  ce  foit  at- 
teint  eit  la  prifon  de  deux  anns  et  rend  au  Seignur 
le  pris  du  faucoun  iffint  concele  ou  emporte  fil  eit 
de  quoi  et  fi  noun  eit  pluis  longe  demoeure  en  pri- 
fon. 


TEM  it  is  accorded  in  this  prefent  Parliament 
That  every  Perfon  which  findeth  aFaulcon,  Ter- 
celet,  Laher,  or  Laneret,  or  other  Hawk  that  is  loft 
of  their  Lord,  that  prefently  he  bring  the  fame  td 
the  Sheriff  of  the  County,  and  that  the  Sheriff  make 
Proclamation  in  all  the  good  Towns  in  the  County, 
that  he  hath  fuch  a  Hawk  in  his  Cuftody.  (2)  And 
if  the  Lord  which  loft  the  fame,  or  any  of  his  Peo- 
ple come  to  challenge  it,  and  proveth  reafonably  that 
the  fame  is  his  Lord's,  let  him  pay  for  the  Cofts, 
and  have  the  Hawk.  (5)  And  if  none  come  within' 
four  Months  to  challenge  it,  that  then  the  Sheriff 
have  the  Hawk,  making  gree  to  him  that  did  take 
him,  if  he  be  a  fimple  Man;  and  if  he  be  a  Gentle- 
man, and  of  Eftate  to  have  the  Hawk,  that  then  the 
Sheriff  redeliver  to  him  the  Hawk,  taking  of  him 
reafonable  Cofts  for  the  Time  he  had  him  in  his  Cu- 
ftody. (4.)  And  if  any  Man  take  fuch  Hawk,  and 
the  fame  conceal  from  the  Lord  whofe  it  was,  or 
from  his  Faiilconers  ;  or  whofoever  taketh  him  from 
the  Lord,  and  thereof  be  attainted,  fhall  have  Im-' 
prifonment  of  two  Years,  and  yield  to  the  Lord  the' 
Price  of  the  Hawk  fo  concealed  and  carried  away,'  Enforced  By 
if  he  have  whereof,  and  if  not,  he  fhall  the  longer  37  Ed.  3.  c.  79. 

„U"  J     ■      n  :r       >  ivbicb  males  the 

abide  in  Prllon.  Offence  Felony. 


An  Ordinance  of  Herring,  made  Anno  35  Edw.  III.    and  Anno  Dom. 

1360. 

AHPerforis  may  buy  Herring  in  the  Fair  at  Yarmouth  openly,  and  not  privily.     No  Man  fhall 
enter  into  a  Bargain  of  Herring  until  the  firft  Chapman  have  done  -with  it. 

Cotton  MS.     Nero,  C.  i. 
DWARD  par  la  grace  de  Dieu  Roi  dEngle- 

terre  Seignur  dlrlande  &  dAquitaigne  a  touz 

ceux  asqueux  ceftes  lettres  vendront  faluz. 
Coment  qe  nadgairs  a  procurement  dafcuns  fefantz 
entendre  a  nous  &  noftre  confeil  qe  par  caufe  qe 
les  hoftes  de  noftre  ville  de  Grande  Jernemuth  qi 
herbergent  les  pefchours  venantz  illocqs  od  lour  ha- 
rang  en  temps  de  feire  ne  voleient  foeffrir  les  ditz 
pefcheours  vendre  lour  harang  ne  meller  de  la  vente 
dicelle  eins  le  vendent  a  lour  volente  demefne  fi 
chier  come  ils  voleient  &  donerent  as  pefcheours  ce 
qe  lour  pluft  fi  qe  les  pefcheours  fe  retreherent  de 
venir  illoeqes  &  le  harang  feuft  mys  a  plus  grant 
chiertee  qe  devant  ne  feuft  entre' autres  chofes  or- 
dine eftoit  par  nous  &  noftre  confeil  qe  les  ditz  pef- 
cheours de  harang  ferroient  francs  de  vendre  lour 
harang  as  toutes  gentz  qe  vorroient  venir  a  la  dite 
faire  de  Grand  Jernemuth  fanz  nulle  defturbance  de 
lour  hoftes  ou  autres  queconqes  &  quant  les  ditz 
pefcheours  voudroint  vendre  en  port  lour  marchan- 
difes  averoient  lour  hoftes  ovefqe  eux  fils  y  vou- 
droient  eftre  &  en  lour  prefence  &  en  prefence 
dautres  marchantz  en  apert  vendroient  lour  mar- 
chandifes  a  qi  qe  lour  pluft  &  fi  autres  marchandz 
prefentz  voudroient  avoir  part  des  dites  marchan- 
difes  chefcun  averoit  ent  fa  part  pur  le  pris  folonc 
Vol.  I, 


THOUGH  that  late  at  the  Procurement   of  A  Rehearfal  of 
fome  doing  us  and  our  Council  to  underftand,  'he  Statute  of 
thatbecaufe  that  the  Hofts  of  our  Town  of3lEd-3-^»« 

■  "  Great  Yarmuuth,    which   lodge  the  Fifhers  coming  the'jnconveni- 
"  there  with  their  Herring,  in  the  Time  of  the  Fair,  ences  thereof, 
"  wili  not  fuff'er  the  faid  Fifhers  to  fell  their  Herrings, 
"  nor  to  meddle  with  the  Sale  of  the  fame,   but  fell 

. "  them  at  their  own  Will  as  dear  as  they  will,  and 
"  give  the  Fifhers  that  pleafeth  them,  fo  that  the  Fifh- 
ef  ers  do  withdraw  themfelves  to  come  there,  and  the 
"  Herring  was  kt  at  a  greater  Dearth  than  it  was  be-' 
"  fore;.  (?)  amongft  other  Things  it  was  ordained  by 
"  us  and  our  Council,  that  the  faid  Fifhers  of  Her- 
"  ring  fhould  be  free  to  fell  their  Herring  to  all  People 
"  that  will  come  to  the  faid  Fair  of  Yarmouth,  without 
"  any  Difturbance   of  their  Hofts  or  any  other.     (3J 

"  And  when  the  faid  Fifhers  would   fell  their  Mer-" 

•-"  chandifes  in  the  Port,  they  fhould  have  their  Hofts 
"  with  them,  if  they  would  be  there,  and  ill  their 
"  Prefence,  and  in  the  Prefence  of  other  Merchants  ' 
"  openly  fhould  fell  their  Merchandifes  to  whom  they 
"  pleafed  ;  (4)  and  if  other  Merchants  prefent  would 
"  havePart  01  the  faid  Merchandifes,  every  of  them  fhould 
R  r  "  have 


,o6 


Anno  tricdimo  quinto  Edwardi  III.       A.  D.  1360. 


*  Price. 


*  Ad!  ivbo. 
•f  Nit  in  0:  ig. 


|  Tides. 


||  Tides.  - 
All  Perfons  may 
buy  Herring  in 
the  Fair. time  at 
Great  Yar- 
mouth^ openly, 
and  not  privily. 

No  Man  mall 
enter  into  a  Bar- 
gain of  Herring 
until  the  firft 
Chapman  h:*th 
done  with  it. 


AFifnermay  Tell 

his  Herring  at 

any  Time  when 

he  cometh  with  ' 

it. 

^  Tide. 

For  farther  T.e- 
gulat'.oni  concern- 
ing Herrings, 

&C.  fltC  22  Ed.  4- 
16,17,   &   I?. 

and  31  Gen,  a.  c 


"  have  for  his  Part  upon  the  *  taking,  after  the  Rate 
"  of  the  fame  Merchandifes  fo  fold;  (5)  and  the  faid 
"  Sale  fhall  be  made  from  the  Sun-rifing  till  the  Sun 
"  going  down,  and  not  before  nor  after;  (6)  and  that 
"  no  Hoftelers,  nor  other,  buy  Herring  to  hang  in  his 
"  Houfe  by  Covin,  nor  in  other  Manner,  at  an  higher 
"  Price  the  Laft  than  forty  Shillings  :  (7)  Nevertheless, 
"  becaufe  it  is  fhewed  to  us  and  to  our  Council  by 
"  Petition  in  this  prefent  Parliament,  that  the  Sale  of 
"  Herring  is  much  decayed,  and  the  People  greatly 
"  endamaged  by  the  Points  aforefaid,  that  is  to  fay, 
"  that  many  Merchants  coming  to  the  Fair,  as  well 
"  Labourers  and  Servants,  as  other,  do  bargain  for 
"  Herring,  and  every  of  them  by  Malice  and  Envy 
"  increafe  upon  other,  and  if  one  proffer  forty  Shil- 
*'  ling,  another  will  proffer  ten  Shillings  more,  and 
"  the  third  fixty  Shillings,  and  fo  every  one  furmount- 
"  eth  other  in  the  Bargain,  and  fuch  Proffers  extend 
"  to  more  than  the  Price  of  the  Herring  upon  which 
"  the  Fifhers  profered  it  to  fell  at  the  Beginning  :  (8) 
"  And  when  every  Man  *  claimeth  his  Part  of  the 
"  Herring  for  the  Price  accorded,  be  f  fhall  have  his 
"  Part?  and  the  Herring  fhall  be  fo  divided  amongft 
"  them,  that  theFifher  is  fo  much  grieved  and  delayed 
"  in  the  gathering  of  his  Money,  that  he  fhould  de- 
"  mand  of  fo  many  Perfons,  that  he  leefeth  his  J  Mart 
"  and  the  Advantage  of  his  Fifhing;  (9)  and  alfo 
*,'  herein,  that  no  frefh  Herring  is  put  to  Sale  but  from 
"  the  Sun-rifing  till  the  Sun  going  down,  and  not  be- 
"  fore  nor  after,  which  is  to  the  great  Lofs  of  Fifhers, 
"  and  appairing  of  the  Herring,  and  Damage  of  the 
"  People  that  fhall  buy  the  fame;  for  the  i ifhing  is 
"  more  by  Night  than  by  Day,  and  often  it  chanceth, 
"  that  the  Fifhers  be  fo  long  and  fo  charged,  that  they 
"  come  to  the  Town  after  Sun  going  down,  or  little 
"  before,  fo  that  they  cannot  fell  their  Herring  in  the 
"  Time  for  the  Sale  limited,  fo  that  they  muff,  abide 
"  all  the  Night  and  the  Day  after  upon  the  Sale  of 
"  their  Herring,  and  lofe  many  ||  Marts  and  Profits  of 
"  their  Fifhing:"  '  (10)  We  perceiving  the  Mifchiefs 
'  and  Grievances  aforefaid,  by  the  Advice  and  A/lent 
'  of  our  Parliament^  will  and  grant,  that  it  fhall  be 
'  lawful  to  every  Man,  of  what  Condition  that  he  be, 
'  Merchant  or  other,  to  buy  Herring  openly,  and  not 
'  privily,  at  fuch  Price  as  may  be  agreed  betwixt  him 
'  and  the  Seller  of  the  fame  Herring;  (1 1)  and  that  no 
'  Man  enter  in  Bargain  upon  the  buying  of  the  fame, 
'  till  he  that  firft  cometh  to  bargain  fhall  have  an  End 
1  of  his  Bargain-  agreeable  to  the  Seller,  and  that  none 
'  increafe  upon  other  during  the  firft  Bargain,  upon 
'  Pain  of  Forfeiture  to  us  the  double  of  his  Proffer, 
4  but  every  Man  fhall  have  the  Herring  fo  bought  ac- 
'  cording  to  the  Bargain  thereof  made.  (12)  And  that 
4  every  Fifher  may  deliver  and  fell  his  Herring  and 
'  Fifh  at  every  fl  Mart,  when  he  cometh  to  the  faid 
'  Town  of  Great  Yarmouth,  without  any  Difturbance 
'  or  Impeachment,  notwithftanding  any  Ordinance 
'  made  to  the  conti  ary  before  this  Time.  In  Witnefs 
'  whereof  we  have  caufed  thefe  our  Letters  Patents  to 
'  be  made.     Given  at  We/lminjier  the  twentieth  Day 

of  February,    in  the  five  and  thirtieth  Year  of  our 

Reign  of  England.' 

c.i.     11  S.  7.  *.  2  3.      5  El.  c.  $.fec.  6  &  7.      13  Fl.  c.  11.  fee.  5.     jeCar.i 
c,Ann.c.%.  arl.%,     e^Geo.  I,  c.  18.     %  Geo.  I.  c,  4  £f  16.     3  Gr«.  %„(,  to.jec, 
30. 


Cotton  MS. 
lafferant  de  mefmes  les  marchandifes  iffint  vendues 
&  ferroit  la  dite  vente.faite  de  folail  levant  tanqe  a 
folail  refcours  &  nemie  devant  napres  Si  qe  nul 
hofte  nautre  nachatereit  harang  pur  pendre  en  me- 
lon par  covine  nen  autre  manere  plus  haut  le  laft 
de  qarant  foldz  et  nientmeinz  pur  ceo  qe  monftre 
eft  a  nous  &  a  noftre  confeil  par  petition  en  ceft 
prefent  parlement  qe  la  vente  de  harang  eft  mout 
encherri  &  le  poeple  grantement  endamage  per  les 
pointz  fufditz  ceft  affavoir  qe  plufurs  marchantz 
venantz  a  la  feire  fibien  laborers  Si  fervantz  come 
autres  bargainent  le  harang  &  chefcun  de  eux  par 
malice  Si  par  envie  encreft  fur  autre  &  fl  un  profre 
qarant  foldz  un  autre  profre  dys  foldz  plus  &  le 
tiertz  feifant  foldz  &  iffint  chefcun  furmount  autre 
en  le  bargaine  tiels  profres  fe  extendent  a  plus  qe* 
le  pris  del  harang  pur  quel  le  pefcheour  lentendift  a 
vendre  a  comencement  Si  quaunt  chefcun  qe  cla- 
mera  part  del  harang  pur  le  pris  acorde  avera  fa 
part  &  le  harang  ferra  iffint  departi  entre  eux  le 
pefcheour  eft  tanie  greve  &  tarie  pur  la  coillet  de 
fon  argent  quel  il  demanderoit  des  tantes  perfones 
qil  perde  fes  marrez  &  lavantage  de  fa  pefcherie  & 
auffint  en  ceo  qe  nul  harang  frefch  ne  foit  mis  a 
vent  fors  de  folail  levant  tanqe  a  folail  refcours  Si 
noun  pas  devant  napres  ceo  eft  a  grante  perte  des 
pefcheurs  &  apeirement  del  harang  &  damage  dir 
poeple  qe  lachata  qar  le  pefcherie  eft  plus  par  nuyt 
qe  par  jour  &  fovent  avient  qe  les  pefcheours  font 
ft  loins  Si  fi  chargez  qil  viegnent  a  la  ville  apres  le 
folail  refcours  ou  poi  devant  iffint  qils  ne  purront 
lour  harang  vendre  au  temps  fur  ceo  limite  fi  qe  ir 
lour  couviendra  demorer  tout  la  nuyt  &  le  jour 
apres  fur  la  vente  de  lour  harang  &  perderont  plu- 
feurs  marrez  Si  le  profit  de  lour  pefcherie  nous  at- 
tendantz  les  grevances  Si  mefchiefs  avantditz  par 
avis  Si  affent  de  noftre  dit  parlement  volons  & 
grantons  qe  bien  life  a  chefcun  homme  de  quel 
condition  qil  foit  marchant  ou  autre  dachatre  ha- 
rang en  apert  et  non  pas  privement  a  tiel  pris  come 
purra  eftre  acorde  entre  lui  &  le  vendour  de  mefme 
le  harang  &  qe  nul  entre  en  bargain  fur  lachate  de 
harang  tant  come  celui  qe  vient  primer  pur  bar- 
gainer avera  fini  fon  bargain  greable  a  vendour  Sz 
qe  nulli  profre  encrees  fur  autre  durant  le  primer 
bargain  fur  peine  de  forfaire  devers  nous  le  double 
de  fon  profre  mes  eit  chefcun  le  harang  iffint  achate 
folom  fon  bargain  ent  faite.  Et  qe  chefcun  pef- 
cheour peuffe  vendre  &  deliverer  fon  harang  Si 
peffon  a  chefcun  marre  quant  il  viendra  a  la  dite 
ville  de  Grande  Jernemuth  fanz  afcun  deftourbance 
ou  empefchement  nient  contrefteant  nulle  orde- 
nance  avant  ces  houres  faite  au  contraire.  En  tef- 
moignance  de  quelle  chofe  nous  avons  fait  faire 
ceftes  noz  lettres  patentes.  Don'  a  Weftm'  le  vin- 
tifme  jour  de  Feverer  Ian  de  noftre  regne  trente 
quint. 


Per  ipfum  E.egem  Si  Concilium  in  parliamento. 


H 


16.      5  TV.  &  M.  c.  7 
26  Geo.  a.  c.  5  ST  9, 


fee.  to.       9  &  10  W.  3.  c.  44./«r« 
28  Geo.  z.  c  14.     29  Geo.  2.  c,z%t 


Statutes 


A.  D.  1362.       Anno  tricefimo  fexto  Edwardi  III. 


Stat.  i.       307 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  36  Edw.  III.   and  Anno  Dom. 

1362. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond.  m.  8. 

AL  honour  &  pleifance  de  Dieu  &  amende- 
ment  des  outraites  grevances  &  oppreffions 
faitz  au  poeple  et  en  relevement  de  lour 
eftat  le  Roi  Edwardi  a  fon  parlement  tenuz  a 
Weftmonftier  a  la  quinzime  Seint  Michel  Ian  de 
fon  regne  trente  fifme  a  la  requefte  de  fa  commune 
par  lour  petitions  bailleez  a  lui  en  le  dit  parlement 
par  affent  djs  Prelatz  Dues  Countes  Barons  et 
autres  grantz  au  dit  parlement  affemblez  ad  graunte 
pur  lui  et  fes  heirs  a  touz  jours  les  articles  fouze- 
icriptz. 


"  r  1  ^  O  the  Honour  and  Pleafure  of  God,  and 
Amendment  of  the  outrageous  Grievances 
"  -*-  and  Oppreffions  done  to  the  People,  and  in 
"  Relief  of  their  Eftate,  (z)  King  Edward  at  his 
"  Parliament  holden  at  TVeftminJier  in  the  Fifteenth  of 
"  St.  Michael,  the  fix  and  thirtieth  Year  of  his  Reign, 
"  at  the  Requeft  of  his  Commons  by  their  Petition 
"  delivered  to  him  in  the  faid  Parliament,  by  Affent 
"  of  the  Prelates,  Dukes,  Earls,  Barons,  and  other 
"  Great  Men  in  the  faid  Parliament  affembled,  hath 
"  granted  for  him  and  his  Heirs  for  ever  the  Articles 
"  under-written." 


CAP.     I. 

A  Confirmation  of  all  former  Statutes. 


PRemerement  qe  la  Grand  Chartre  et  la  Chartre 
de  la  Forefte  et  les  autres  eftatutz  faitz  en  fon 
temps  et  en  temps  de  fes  progenitours  foient  bien 
et  fermement  tenuz  et  gardez  es  touz  pointz. 


Irft,  that  the  Great  Charter  and  the  Charter  of 
the  Foreft,  and  the  other  Statutes  made  in  his 
Time,  and  in  the  Time  of  his  Progenitors,  be  well 
and  furely  holden  and  kept  in  all  Points.' 


CAP.     II. 

No  Purveyance  but  for  the  King  and  Queen.     The  Name  of  Purveyor  changed  into  Buyer. 
Ready  Payment  fhall  be  made  of  Things  purveyed,  and  they  fhall  be  appraifed. 


I 


TEM  pur  la  grevoufepleinte  qad  efte  faite  des  purveours  des  vitailles  del  hoftel  le  Roi  la  Roigne  et  lour  No  Purveyance 
eifne  filz  et  des  autres  Seignurs  et  Dames  du  Realme  le  Roi  de  fa  propre  volente  fanz  motion  des  grauntz  but  for  the  King 
ou  communes  ad  grante  et  ordene  en  eafe  de  fon  poeple  qe  defore  nul  homme  du  dit  Realme  eit  prife  fors  and  the  Qiieen. 

...  34  h-d.  5.  c. 2. 

foulement  lui  mefmes  et  la  Roigne  fa  compaigne.     Et  outre  del  affent  avantdit  eft  ordeigne  et  eftabli  qe  fur  The  heinous 
tieux  purveances  defore  affaire  pur  les  hoftelx  le  Roi  et  la  Roigne  foit  preft  paiement  fait  en  poigne  ceftaffa-  VeyTrs  nial^be 
voir  le  pris  pur  quel  autiels  vitailles  font  venduz  comfnunement  en  marchees  environ  etqe  le  heignous  noun  changed  into 
de  Purveour  foit  chaunge  et  nome  Achatour.     Et  fi  le  chatour  ne  purra  bonement  acorder  ove  le  vendour  de  By  whom  and  in 
ce  ee  il  en  bufoignera  adonqes.les  prifes  qe  fe  ferront  pur  les  ditz  deux  hoftelx  foient  faites  par  veue  et  tef-  what  Manner 

....  .     ,  Apprauement 

moignance  et  appretiation  des  Seignurs  ou  lour  baillifs  coneftables  et  quatre  prodes  hommes  de  chefcune  ville  fhall  be  made  of 

et  ce  par  endenture  affaire  entre  les  achatours  et  les  ditz  Seignurs  ou  baillifs  coneftables  et  quatre  hommes  f-0^ ln6sPu.rveyed 

contenante  la  quantite  de  la  prife  et  le  pris  et  des  queux  perfones.     Et  qe  les  prifes  foient  faites  en  covenable  Houfe. 

et  eafe  manere  fanz  durefce  reddour  manaces  ou  autre  vilenie  et  qe  les  prifes  et  achatz  foient  faitz  es  lieux  et  <hail  beby  Met 

places  ou  greindre  plente  y  ad  et-  ce  en  temps  covenable  et  qe  plus  ne  foit  pris  qe  ne  bufoigne  en  la  fefone  pur  nace- 

les  ditz  deux  hofteulx  et  qe  le  noumbre  des  achatours  foit  amenufe  en  taunt  come  homme  purra  bonement  et  but  where  there 

cie  tieux  foient  achatours  qe  foient  fufEciantz  de  refpondre  au  Roi  et  au  poeple  et  qe  nul  de  eux  eit  depute  et IS  n~nty- 

.  :.  •    ,    •  The  Purveyors 

qeles  commiffions  foient  enfealees  du  grant  feal  et  chefcun  demy  an  reftitutz  en  la  Chancellerie  et  autres  de  ihall  beMe'nfuf. 
novel  faites  et  qe  en  les  dites  commiffions  foit  comprife  toute  la  matere  et  manere  de  lour  prife  et  achatz  et    l,ent  °L E"ar=- 

1  r  '  l^omrmmons  or 

qe  mefmes  les  commiffions  foient  faites  fur  la  fin  du  dit  parlement  et  adonqes  toutes  les  autres  commiffions  des  Purveyors  /hall 
purveours  devant  faites  de  tout  repellez  et  qe  nul  homme  foit  tenuz  de  obeir  as  achatours  des  autres  Seignurs  half  Year.' 
contre  lour  gree  et  volente  ne  ales  achatours  des  ditz  deux  hofteulx  fils  ne  facent  preft  paiement  en  poiene  No"en,a"  need 

I  -- •      n    ,:  ,•  .     "  ...  5        to  obey  Purvey. 

come  devant  eit  dit  ne  qe  nul  homme  foit  mis  en  contempt  parcaufe  de  defobeiflance  faite  en  celle  partie.     Et  ors  without 
qe  les  prifes  des  toute  manere  des  bledz  et  brefe  pur  les  ditz  deux  hofteulx  foient  mefurez  par  mefure  acord-  q**1  ^vT^d" 
ante  a  leftandard  raf.-e  tt  nient  coumble  et  qe  pur  les  cariages  des  ditz  bledz  et  brefe  et  pur  toutes  autres  ma-  fta"  be.  l«ked 
neres  des  prifes  et  achatz  affaire  pur  les  ditz  deux  hofteulx  foit  preft  paiement  fait  en  poigne  en  mefme  la  ma-  b  meafur™.' 
nere  come  pur  les  prifes  et  achatz  fufditz  et  qe  plus  de  cariage  ne  foit  pris  qe  ne  bufoigne  et  foit  neceffaire  en  p,'cfent  Payment 

T^  fhall  be  made 

K  r  2  Celle  for  Carriage, 


3,o  8       Stat,  i. 


Anno  tricefimo  fexto  Edwardi  III.       A.D.  1362'.. 


Felony  to  take 
otheswii'e  than 
is  comprifed  in 
the  Commiflior. 
28  Ed.  3.  fiat.  3 
■. .  2.     4  Ed.  3. 


OB. 

12  Gi 


b 


Purveyors  for 
great  Holies. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
celle  partie.,    Et  ft  nul  achatour  apres  les  novelles  commiffions  faites  face  afcunes  prifes  ou  achatz  ou  parnour 
de  cariage  en  autre  manere  qe  neft  compris  en"  lour  dites  commiffions  eit  puniffement  de  vie  et  de  membre 
come  en  autres  eftatutz  eft  ordene  des  purveours. 

:.  3.     5  Ed.  3.  ex.     10  Ed.  3.  flat.  2,  c.  1.     25  Ed.  3.  flat.  5.  c.  i,  6 — 15.     23  H.  6.  c.  1,  2.     Obf.  by  12  Car.  2.  c.  24. 

C  A  P:     III. 

The  Penalty  of  a  Purveyor  which  fh all  receive  a  Reward  to  fpare  or  charge  one. 

ITEM  qe  nul  achatour  des  vifailles  ne  parnour  des  cariages  preigne  ne  receive  de  nullui  don  nautre  bien-. 
fait  pur  defp'ort  faire  ne  charge  ne  ne  greve  nul  homme  par  caufe  des  tieux  prifes  achatz  et  cariages  pur 
haour  ertvie  male  volente  ou  procurement  et  fil  face  et  de  ce  foit  atteint  a  fuyte  de  partie  rende  a  la  partie 
fes  damages  au  treble  et  eit  la  prifone  de  deux  anns  et  foit  reint  a  la  volente  le  Roi  et  puis  forsjuie  la  court. 
Et  fi  la  partie  ne  vorra  fuer  eit  cele  qe  le  vorra  fuer  pur  le  Roi  le  tierz  dener  de  ceo  qe  ferra  recovere  pur 
fon  travail  et  nientriicins  eit  lachatour  et  parnour  la  penance  come  avant  eft  dit  en  mefme  cefte  article.  Et 
qe  chefcun  achatour  fur  fon  acompt  declare  et  diftingue  feveralement  touz  les  prifes  et  achatz  de  chefcun 
countee  ville  villes  &  perfone. 

C  A  P.     IV. 
Commiffions  fhall  be  awarded  to  inquire  of  Purveyors  Behaviour. 

TTEM  pur  reftreindre  la  malice  des  aehatours  des  vkailles  &  parnours  des  cariages  foient  commif-' 
^  fions  faites  as  deux  bones  gentz  &  loialx  de  chefcun  countee  &  le  tierce  foit  del-  hoftel  le  Roi  nome 
en  mefmes  les  commiffions  iffint  qe  fi  aucun  de  trois  ne  veigne  qe  les  deux  aillent  avant  denquere  de 
port  &  faitz' des  ditz  ^chatours  &  parnours  &  combien  mefmes  les  aehatours  ont  pris-  &  achate  !&S 
combien  de  cariage  les  ditz  parnours  ont  pris  feveralement  de  chefcun  ville  villes  ou  finguleres  perfones  & 
doier  &  terminer  les  contemptz  outrages  &  trefpas  faitz  en  celle  partie  fibien  a  la  fuyte  le  Roi  come  a  la 
fuyte  de  chefcun  qi  fe  vorra  de  eux  pleindre.  ■  Et  pur  information  faire  as  ditz  Juftices  des  chofes  fufdites 
fe  afTemblent  le  Senefchal  Treforer  Countreroullour  de  chefcun  des  ditz  deux  hofteulx  &  appellent  devant 
eux  touz  les  clercs  &  autres  officers  queconqes  du  chefcun  office  de  mefmes  les  deux  hofteulx  &  veient  les 
refceites  des  parcels  purveuz  en  paiis  &  defpenduz  en  les  ditz  hofteulx.  Et  a  chefcun  quarter  ou-demy  an 
certifient  en  la  Chancellerie  les  parcelles  prifes  en  chefcune  ville  &  de  chefcune  perfone  &  le  Chanceller  face 
mander  celle  certification  a- les  Juftices  qe  ferront  iffint  affignez.  et  frl  foit  trove  en  paiis- par  evidence  de  lour 
endentures  ou  en  autre  manere  qils  ont  pris  plus  qils.nount  livere  en  les  ditz  deux  hofteulx  &  qils  nount  paie- 
pur  ce  qils  ount  pris  a  fuite  de  partie  ou  a  fuite  le  Roi  eit  la  penance  de  vie  &  de  membre  come  devant  eft 
dit.  Et  qe  cefte  ordenance  fe  eftende,  &  tiegne  lieu  fibien  devers  les  purveours  pur  les  grauntz  chivaulx  des  ' 
ditz  deux  hofteulx  come  devers  les  aehatours  &  parnours  avantnomez. 


CAP.     V. 

None  fnall  keep  any  more  Horfes  for  the  King,  than  be  affigned  unto  him. 


»4Ed.  3.  c.  19. 


The  King's 
Hunters,  Faulk- 
ners,  and  Ser- 
jeants at  Arms. 


It  is  Felony  for 

ar.y  Subject's 

Chator  to  buy 

any  Thing  but 

bv  the  Confent 

of  the  Owner. 

Enforced  by 

7  H.  2.  c.  8.  23  H.  6.  c 


T  E  M  qe  nul  homme  des  ditz  deux  hofteulx  tiegne  plus  des  chivaulx  en  fa  livere  ou  les  hofteulx  ferront  qe 
neft  ordeigne  par  eftatut  del  hoftel  le  Roi  et  fi  nul  face  autrement  foit  des  chivaulx  trovea  outre  le  noum- 
bre  a  lui  attitle  par  le  dit  eftatut  fait  come  le  ftatut  voet.  Et  qe  nul  homme  des  ditz  deux  hofteulx  de  que- 
conqe  eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit  eit  purveour  ou  forgoer  de  faire  nulle  purveance  ne  prife  pur  nul  homme  des 
ditz  deux  hofteulx  mes  qe  eux  ou  lour  gentz  achatent  ce  qe  lour  bufoigne  de  eux  qe  le  voillent  de  lour  bon 
gree  vendre  &  paient  preftement  en  main  felonc  ce  qils  purront  acorder  ove  le  vendour  &  fils  facent  en  autre 
manere  foit  fait  de  eux  tiel  puniffement  come  defus  eft  dit  des  aehatours.  Et  qe  veneours  fauconers  ferjantes- 
darmes  &  touz  autres  qe  font  as  gages  ou  apportenantz  as  ditz  deux  hofteulx  eient  mefme  la  penance  fils  vei^ 
ghent  a  lencountre. 

CAP.     VI. 

No  Subject's  Chator  fhall  buy  any  Thing  againft  the  Owner's  Confent. 

ITEM  qe  nul  Seignur  dEngleterre  ne  nul  autre  du  dit  Roialme  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit  forpris 
le  Roi  &  la  Roine  face  prife  par  lui  ne  nul.de  fes  gentz  en  acun  manere  de  nul  manere  des  vitailles  mes 
achatent  ce  qe  lour  bufoigne  de  ces  qe  le  voillent  vendre  de  lour  bon  gree  &  pur  ce  paient  preftement  en 
poigne  felonc  ce  qils  purront  acorder  ove  le  vendour.  Et  fi  les  gentz  des  Seignurs  ou  des  autres  facent  en 
autre  manere  &  de  ce  foient  atteintz  foit  fait  de  eux  tiel  puniffement  de  vie  &  de  membre  come  ordeigne  eft 
des  aehatours. 

14.  *      Obf.  by  12  Car.  2.  r.  24. 
*  Read  c.  13. 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1362.       Anno  tricefimo  fexto  Edwardi  III;  Stat.  1.       309 

CAP.    VII. 

Of  what  Things  the  Mayor  and  Conftable  of  the  Staple  fhall  take  Cognifance. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Titrr.  Lond.  / 

ITEM  coment  qe  ordeigne  foit  par  leftatut  de  leftaple  qe  les  meirs  &  coneftables  de  les  eftaples  eient  jurif-  q  k 
dicvtion  &  coniflance  deins  les  villes  ou  les  eftaples  font  des  gentz  &  de  toute  manere  des  chofes  touchantz  17  Ec!>3.  flat,  iv 
leftaple  &  des  felonies  mahemes  &  trefpas  faitz  deiris  leftaple  acorde  eft  &  aflentu  qe  les  ditz  meirs  &  conefta-  c.  8. 
bles  averont  coniflance  tantfoulement  des  dettes  covenantes  &  contraries  &  toutes  autres  plees  touchantz  mar- 
chandie  &  feuretede  marchandie  entre  marehant  &  marchant  qe  font  pur  marchantz  conuz  &  proces  de  fe- 
lonies &  des  touz  autres  plees  fibien  deinz  leftaple  come  dehors  foient  a  la  commune  leye  come  feurent  devant  Merchants 
la  fefance  de  leftatut  de  leftaple  nient  contrefteant  mefme  leftatute  fauve  toutesfoitz  qe  les  marchantz  aliens  ^•""l^J'v 
foient  ils  pleintifs  ou  defendantz  puiflent  fuer  lour  pleintz  &  quereles  fibien  de  trefpas  come  autres  les  quels  before  the  Ma^or 
qils  voillent  devant  le  meir  de  leftaple  par  la  ley  de  leftaple  ou  aillours  a  la  commune  ley.  come  eft  contenu  en  0f  the  Staple, 
le  dit  eftatut  de  la  ftaple  et  qe  le  Roi  &  touz  autres   Seignurs  deinz  lour  Seignuries  eient  &  enjoient  lour  or  at  the  Com- 
fraunchifes  jurifdictions  &  privileges  come  ils  avoient  avant  mefme  leftatut  fait  iflint  toutesfoitz  qe  le  meir  de  m0"  L*w' 
leftaple  eit  poair  de  prendre  reconilTance  des  dettes  de.queconqes  perfones  foit  il  marchant  foit  il  autre  en  mef-  *7     '  3-  "at-  *'• 
me  la  manere  come  eft  contenuz  en  mefme  leftatut  de  leftaple,  's«2"3  h.  s.  c.6. 

for  the  Power  of 
CAP.        VIII.  Z™e?°r°fth°' 

A  Penalty  impofed  by  the  Bifhop  upon  Priefts  taking  more  Wages  than  is  affigned.     What 

Wages  a  Parifh  Pried  mav  take. 


'D" 


ITEM  le  Roi  a  la  priere  de  la  communalte  monftrantz  a  lui  par  lour  petition  coment  chapelleins  font  de-/?/'fTO%IH.  5. 
venuz  trop  chiers  puis  la  peftilence  a  grande  grevance  &  oppreflion  du  poeple  ad  parle  a  Lercevefqc  de  Sf1**']  \| V 
Canterbirs  &  Evefqes  efteantz  en  parlement  demettre  fur  ce  remedie  covenable  queux  Ercevefqe  &  Evefqes  ^t^'^  J,  2%., 
al  movement  de  Roi  &  des  grantz  dilbient  en  mefme  le  parlement  qils  ont  fur  ce  ordeigne  en  certein  ceft- 
aflavoir  qe  peine  des  chapelleins  parochiels  par  queconqe  colour  receivantz  outre  fis  marcs  &  autres  chaun- 
tantz  anuales  &  a  cure  des  almes  nient  entendantz  parnantz  outre  cink  marcz  fanz  difpenfation  Devefqe  eft 
fufpenfion  doffice  fils  deinz  le  mois  de  ce  qe  plus  receiverent  ne  facent  reftitution  al  overaigne  del  efglife  en 
quele  ils  chaunterent  &  peine  des  gentz  de  feinte  efglife  donantz  outre  fis  marcz  ou  cynk  as  chapelleins 
parochiels  ou  autres  chauntantz  anuals  come  devant  eft  dit  eft  paier  le  double  de  ce  qe  exceffivement  ils  paie- 
rent  a  tourner  en  oeps  dalmoigne  al  arbitrement  del  diocefan  de  lieu  et  qe  chapelleins  queconqes  a  lour  propre 
fervice  entendantz  come  chauntantz  anuals  fervent  as  paroches  &  foient  entendantz  a  cure -des  almes  come 
par  les  ordinairs  de  lieu  ou  par  ces  as  queux  ils  attient  ferront  requis  fur  peine  de  fufpenfion  doffice  quel  ils 
sneurreront  fur  le  fait  fils  dedeinz  les  vintz  jours  apres  qils  ferront  iflint  requis  ne  foient  obeiffantz  au  tiel 
requefte.  Etqe  nul  chapelkin  palTant  dune  diocefe  a  autre  foit  recieu  illoeqes  de  chaunter  divine  fervice  fil 
ne  monftre  al  diocefan  de  lieu  lettres  commendantes  del  Evefqe  en  qi  diocefe  prochein  devant  il  demura  par 
quoi  le  Roi  del  affent  des  grantz  &  communes  ad  ordeigne  qe  fi  nul  homme  feculer  du  Realme  paie  plus  qe 
cynk  marcz  a  nul  chapellein  anual  en  deners  ou  en  autre  chofe  a  la  valeu  ou  fil  paie  au  tiel  chapellein  rete- 
nuz  a  demorer  a  fa  table  outre  deux  marcz  pur  fa  robe  &  fes  autres  neceflaires  fa  table  acompte  a  quarante 
fouldz  &  de  ce  foit  atteint  paie  au  Roi  pleinement  a  tant  come  il  paia  au  dit  chapellein. 

CAP.     IX. 

Whofoever  is  grieved  agairift  thefe  Statutes,  &V.  fliall  have  Relief  in  Chancery. 


ITEM  fi  nul  homme  fe  fente  greve  au  contreire 
de  nul  des  articles  deffus  efcriptz  ou  autres  con- 
tenuz en  diverfes  eftatutz  &  viegne  en  la  Chancel- 
lerie  ou  aucun  pur  lui  &  de  ce  face  fa  pleinte  eit 
meintenant  illoeqes  remedie  par  force  des  ditz  arti- 
cles &  eftatutz  fanz  aillours  purfuer  pur  remedie 
avoir. 


TEM,-If  any  Man  that  feeleth  himfelf  grieved: 
contrary  to  any  of  the  Articles  above  written,  or 
others  contained  in  divers  Statutes,  will  come  into 
the  Chancery,  or  any  for  him,  and  thereof  make  his 
Complaint,  he  fhall  prefently  there  have  Remedy  by 
Force  of  the  faid  Articles  and  Statutes,  without  elfe- 
where  purfuingtohave  Remedy.'  2  Inft.  553. 


C  A  P.     X. 

A  Parliament  fhall  be  holclen  once  in  the  Year. 


ITEM  pur  meintenance  des  ditz  articles  & 
eftatutz  &  redrefler  diverfes  mefchiefs  &  gre- 
vances  qe  viegnent  de  jour  en  autre  foit  parlement 
tenuz  cnefcun  an  ficome  autrefoitz  eftoit  ordeigne 
par  eftatut. 


I  TEM,  For  Maintenance  of  the  faid  Articles  and 


Statutes,    and  Redrefs    of   divers   Mifchiefs   and 
Grievances  which  daily  happen,  a  Parliament  fhall 
be  holden  every  Year,  as  another  Time  was  ordained  4 Illft-  ?• 
by  Statute.'  tllLd'b'rf 

Car.2.  c.  1.  and6  rV,&M.c.z,  wbkb  dirtS tr]tnnial Parliaments  ;  and farther  by  1  Cm,  1,  c,  38,  tvhub  d'trcBs  [epteiwUl Parliaments* 

3  C  A  P. 


3io 


Stat,  i. 


Anno  trieefimo  fexto  Edwardi  III.       A.  D.  1362. 


CAP.     XL 

The  three  Years  Subfidy  formerly  granted  fhall  be  no  Example  for  the  future. 

may  tranfport  Woolls. 


All  Merchants 


EXP. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  le  Roi  del  affentavantditeant  regarde  al  grant  fubfide  qe  les  communes  lui  ont  grantezore  en  ceft 
parlement  des  leines  quirs  &  peaulxlanuz  a  prendre  pur  trois  anns  voet  &  grante  qapres  le  dit  terme 
paffe  rien  ne  (bit  pris  ne  demande  des  ditz  communes  fors  foulement  launciene  cuftume  de  demy  marc  ne 
qe  ceft  grante  ore  faite  ou  qad  efte  faite  devant  ces  heures  ne  foit  tret  en  enfample  ne  charge  du  dite  com- 
mune en  temps  avenir.  Et  qe  les  marchantz  deinzeins  puiffent  paffer  ove  lour  leines  fi  avant  come  les  fo- 
reins-  fanz  eftre  reftreintz  &  qe  nul  fubfide  nautre  charge  foit  mis  ne  grante  fur  les  leines  par  les  marchantz 
ity-Ed.  3.  flat.  i.  ne  par  nu]  autre  defore  enavantfanz  afTent  du  parlement. 
=•3- 

CAP.     XII. 

■ 

At  what  Times  the  four  Seffions  of  Juftices  of  Peace  fhall  be  holden. 

ITEM  qe  en  les  commiiTions  des  Juftices  de  la  pees  &  des  laborers  foit  faite  expreffe  mention  qe  mefmes 
les  Juftices  facent  lour  feffions  quaterfoitz  par  an  ceftaffavoir  une  feffion  deinz  les  oetaves  de  la  Tipha- 
nie  la  fecunde  deinz  la  fecunde  fimaigne  de  demy  Qarefme  le  tierce  entre  les  feftes  de  Pentecofte  &  de  Seint 
Johan  Baptiftre  le  quart  deinz  les  oet  jours  de  Seint  Michel. 

CAP.     XIII. 

An  Efcheator  fhall  have  no  Fee,  nor  commit  Wafte  in  Wards  Lands.     Lands  feifed  upon  an 
Inqueft  taken  before  an  Efcheator,  fhall  be  letten  to  Ferm. 


Enforced  by 

12  R.  2.  C.    10. 

a  H.  5.  flat.  1. 
c.  4. 


9  H.  3.  flat.  1. 
c.  4.     z%  Ed,  1. 
Oat.  3.  c  tS. 
14 Ed.  3.  flat.  I. 
c.  13. 
Regift.  72. 
4  Co.  57. 
Cro.  El.  523. 
Obf,  as  toWard- 
fbip  bylzCar.  2. 
C.  24. 


13  Ed. 4,  c.  8. 
4  Co.  59. 


Land  feifed  into 
the  King's 
Hands  by  an 
Efcheator  fhall 
be  let  to  Feni 
to  him  which 
tendcreth  a  Tra- 
verfe  to  the  Of- 
fice. 


34Ed.  3.  c.  14. 
8  H   6.  c.  16. 
23  H.  6.  1.  16. 


TEM,  For  grievous  Complaint  that  the  King 
hath  heard  by  his  People  of  his  Efcheators,  and 
of  their  evil  Behaviour;"  '  he  will  and  hath  ordain- 
ed of  the  Affent  aforefaid,  That  Lands  feifed  into 
his  Hands  becaufe  of  Ward,  fhall  be  fafely  kept 
without  Wafte  or  Deftrudtion ;  (2)  and  that  the 
Efcheator  have  no  Fee  of  Wood,  Fifh,  nor  of  Ve- 
nifon,  nor  other  Thing,  but  fhall  anfwerto  the  King 
of  the  Iffues  and  Profits  yearly  coming  of  the  faid 
Lands,  without  doing  Wafte  or  Deftrudtion ;  (j) 
and  if  he  do  otherwile,  and  thereof  be  attainted,  he 
fhall  be  ranfomed  a"t  the  King's  Will,  and  yield  to 
the  Heir  the  treble  Damages  at  his  own  Suit,  as  well 
within  Age,  as  of  full  Age ;  (4)  and  his  Friends, 
as  long  as  he  is  within  Age,  fhall  have  the  Suit  for 
him,  anfwering  to  the  faid  Heir  of  that  which  fhall 
be  fo  recovered.  (5)  Alfo  of  other  Lands  feifed  into 
the  King's  Hands  by  Inqueft  of  Office  taken  before 
the  Efcheators,  this  Ordinance  and  Penance  fhall 
hold  Place  againft  the  Efcheators.  (6)  And  if  there 
be  any  Man  that  will  make  Claim  or  Challenge  to 
the  Lands  fo  feifed,  that  the  Kfcheator  fend  the  In- 
queft into  the  Chancery  within  the  Month  after  the 
Lands  fo  feifed,  and  that  a  Writ  be  delivered  to  him 
to  certify  the  Caufe  of  his  Seifin  into  the  Chancery, 
and  there  he  fhall  be  heard  without  Delay  to  traverfe 
the  Office,  or  otherwife  to  fhew  his  Right,  and  from 
thence  fent  before  the  King  to  make  a  final  Dif- 
cuffion,  without  attending  other  Commandments. 
(7)  And  in  cafe  that  any  come  before  the  Channel  - 
lor,  and  fhew  his  Right,  by  which  {hewing  by  good 
Evidences  of  his  antient  Right  and  good  Title,  the 
Chancellor  by  his  good  Difcretion  and  Advice  of 
Counfel  (if  it  feem  expedient  to  him  to  have  Coun- 
fel)  fhall  let  and  demife  the  Lands  fo  in  Debate  to 
the  Tenant,  yielding  thereof  to  the  King  the  Value, 
if  it  pertain  to  the  King,  in  the  Manner  as  he  and 
the  other  Chancellors  before  him  have  done  in  Times 
paft  of  their  good  Difcretion,  fo  that  he  find  Surety 


ITEM  pur  la  grevoufe  pleinte  qe  le  Roi  ad  oie 
de  fon  poeple  de  fes  efchetours  &c  de  lour  mal 
port  il  voet  &  ad  ordeigne  del  affent  avantditqe  ter- 
res  feifiez  en  fa  mein  pur  caufe  de  garde  foient  fau- 
vement  gardez  fanz  waft  ou  deftrudtion  et  qe  lef- 
chetour  eit  nul  fee  de  bois  venifon  ne  peffon  nautre 
rien  mes  refpoigne  au  Roi  des  iffues  &  profitz  an- 
nuels  provenantz  des  ditz  terres  fanz  waft  ou  de- 
ftrudtion faire  et  fil  face  autrement  &  de  ce  foit 
atteint  foit  reint  a  la  volente  le  Roi  &  rende  al  heir 
les  damages  au  treble  a  fa  propre  fute  fibien  deins 
age  come  de  pleine  age  &  eient  les  amys  tant  come 
il  eft  deinz  age  la  fute  pur  lui  refpoignantz  au  dit 
heir  de  ce  qe  ferra  iffint  recovery.  Auxint  des 
autres  terres  feifiez  en  la  mein  le  Roi  par  enquefte- 
doffice  prife  devant  les  efchetours  tiegne  mefme  cefte 
ordeignance  &  penance  devers  les  efchetours.  Et 
fil  eit  nul  bomme  qe  mette  chalenge  ou  claym  as 
terres  iffint  feifiez  qe  lefchetour  mande  lenquefie  en 
la  Chancellerie  deinz  le  mois  apres  les  terres  iffint 
feifies  et  qe  brief  lui  foit  livere  de  certifier  la  caufe 
de  fa  feifine  en  Chancellerie  &  ilioeqes  foit  oie  fanz 
delay  de  traverfer  loffice  ou  autrement  monftrer  fon 
droit  et  dilloeqes  mande  devant  le  Roi  affaire  finale 
difcuffion  fanz  attendre  autre  mandement.  Et  en 
cas  qe  afcun  veigne  devant  le  Chanceller  et  mon- 
ftre  fon  droit  pur  quele  demonftrance  par  bones 
evidences  de  fon  auncien  droit  et  bon  title  qe  le 
Chanceller  par  fa  bone  difcretion  et  avis  de  confeil 
fi  lui  femble  qil  bufoigne  avoir  confeil  qil  lefTe  et 
bailie  les  terres  iffint  en  debatau  tenant  rrndantent 
au  Roi  la  value  ft  au  Roi  appartient  en  mancre  come 
il  et  les  autres  Chancellers  devant  lui  ont  fait  de- 
vant ces  heures  de  lour  bone  difcretion  iffint  qil  face 

ieurete 


A.  D.  1362.       Anno  tricefimo  fexto  Edwardi  III. 


Stat.  i. 


3*1 


Eft  Rot.  in  Ttirr.  Lond. 
feurete  qil  ne  fra  waft  ne  deftrudtion  tanqe  il  foit 
ajtigg?.  Et  qe  les  ditz  efchetours  preignent  tieles 
enqu'-ftes  en  les  bones  villes  et  par  bones  gentz  et 
ce  o\  ertement  et  par  endentures  affaires  entre  les 
ditz  efchetours  et  ces  de  les  enqueftes  come  autre- 
foitz  fuift  ordeigne  par  eftatut.  Et  li  nul  efchetour 
face  u  contraire  de  cefte  ordeignance  fufdite  eit  la 
piifone  de  deux  anns  et  outre  ibit  reint  a  la  volente 
leRoi. 


that  he  fhall  do  no  Wafte  nor  Deftrudlion,  till  it  be 
judged.     (8)  And  that  the  laid  Efcheators  take  fuch  By  what  Sort 
Inquefts  in  the  good  Towns  and   of  good  People,  of  People,  in 
and   that  openly  and  by  Indentures  to  be  made  be-  wlVch  PJ^ce' 
tween  the  (aid  Efcheators  and  them  of  the  Inquefts,  Man'ne"  anEf- 
as  another  Time  was  ordained  by  a  Statute.     (9)  And  chenor 'fhall 
if  any  Efeheator  do  to  the  contrary  of  this  faid  Or-  take  his  Inquefts, 
di nance,  he  ftiall  have  two  Years  Imprifonment,  and  *  Hl  8- c>  *• 
moreover  he  fhall  be  ranfomed  at  the  King's  Will.' 


CAP.     XIV. 

The  Fines  and  Amerciaments  of  Labourers,  Artificers,  and  Servants,  fhall  be  to  the  Ufe  of 
the  Commons  and  diltributed  among  them,  during  three  Years. 

ITEM  pur  ce  qe  lentention  des  Seignurs  &  de  la  communalte  eft  declare  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  qe  les  EXP, 
communaltees  de  chefcunes  villes  de  Roialme  eient  les  fins  &  amerciamentz  &  touz  autres  profitz  de 
queconqes  artificers  fervantz  &  autres  laborers  &  feuffent  paiez  as  coillours  de  la  quinzifme  triennale  autre- 
foitz  grantez  au  Roi  pur  le  temps  de  trois  anns  en  avantage  de  la  communalte  en  defcharge  de  la  quinzifme 
H  eft  ordeigne  en  ceft  parlement  qe  touz  les  deniers  des  fins  &  amerciementz  &  autres  profitz  iibien  ces 
qe  font  levez  come  ceux  qe  font  a  lever  dues  de  les  ditz  trois  anns  foient  levez  al  oeps  de  la  communalte  & 
diftributz  entre  eux  nient  contrefteantz  les  paroles  en  lautre  eftatute  qe  font  contrariantz  a  cefte  declaration 
&  ordeignance  &  qe  les  coillours  des  ditz  deniers  ne  foient  mye  tenuz  de  rendre  de  ce  acompt  a  Lefchequer 
mes  qe  les  Juftices  de  la  pees  en  chefcun  countee  eient  poair  doierlour  acompt  &  les  compeller  de  faire  pleine 
diftribution. 

CAP.     XV. 


Pleas  mail  be  pleaded  in  the  Englifh  Tongue,  and  inrolled  in  Latin. 


ITEM  pur  ceqe  monftre  eft  foventfoitz  au  Roi 
par  Prelatz  Dues  Counts  Barons  et  tout  la  com- 
munalte les  grantz  mefchiefs  qe  font  advenuz  as 
plufours  du  realme  de  ce  qe  les  leyes  cuftumes  et 
eftatutz  du  dit  realme  ne  font  pas  conuz  commune- 
ment  en  mefme  le  realme  par  caufe  qils  font  pledez 
monftrez  et  juggez  en  la  lange  Franceis  qeft  trop 
defconue  en  le  dit  realme  iffint  qe  les  gentz  qe  pie- 
dent  ou  font  empledez  en  les  courtz  le  Roi  et  les 
courtz  dautres  nont  entendement  ne  coniffance  de 
ce  qeft  dit  pur  eulx  ne  contre  eulx  par  lour  Ser- 
geantz"et  autres  pledours  et  qe  refonablement  les 
dites  leyes  et  cuftumes  ferront  le  plus  toft  apris  et 
conuz  et  mieultz  entenduz  en  la  lange  ufee  en  le 
dit  realme  et  par  tant  chefcun  du  dit  realme  fe  pur- 
roit  mieultz  governer  fanz  faire  offenfe  a  la  leye  et 
le  mieultz  garder  fauver  et  defendre  fes  heritages  et 
poffeffions  et  en  diverfes  regions  et  paiis  ou  le  Roi 
les  nobles  et  autres  du  dit  realme  ont  efte  eft  bon 
governement  et  plein  droit  fait  a  chefcun  par  caufe 
qe  lour  leyes  et  cuftumes  font  -apris  et  ufez  en  la 
lange  du  paiis  le  Roi  defirant  le  bon  governement 
et  tranquillite  de  fon  poeple  et  de  oufter  et  efchure 
les  maulx  et  mefchiefs  qe  font  advenuz  et  purront 
avenir  en  cefte  partie  ad  pur  les  caufes  fufdites  or- 
deigne et  eftabli  del  affent  avantdit  qe  toutes  plees 
qe  ferront  a  pleder  en  fes  courtz  queconqes  devant 
f.s  Juftices  queconqes  ou  en  fes  autres  places  ou  de- 
rant  fes  autres  miniftres  queconqes  ou  en  les  courtz 
et  places  des  autres  Seignurs  qeconqes  deinz  le 
Realme  foient  pledez  monftretz  defenduz  refpon- 
duz  debatuz  et  juggez  en  la  lange  Engleife  et  qils 
foient  entreez  et  enroullez  en  Latin  et  qe  les  leyes 
it  cuftumes  du  dit  Realme  termes  et  procefles  foi- 


IT  E  M,  Becaufe  it  is  often  fhewed  to  the  King  by 
the  Prelates,  Dukes,  Earls,  Barons,  and  all  the 
Commonalty,  of  the  great  Mifchiefs  which  have 
happened  to  divers  of  the  Realm,  becaufe  the  Laws, 
Cuftoms,  and  Statutes  of  this  Realm  be  not  com- 
monly *  bolden  and  kept  in  the  fame  Realm,  for  that 
they  be  pleaded,  fhewed,  and  judged  in  the  French 
Tongue,  which  is  much  unknown  in  the  faidp>.ea]m, 
fo  that  the  People  which  do  implead,  or  be  implead- 
ed, in  the  King's  Court,  and  in  the  Courts  of  other, 
have  no  Knowledge  nor  Underftanding  of  that  which 
is  faid  for  them  or  againft  them  by  their  Serjeants 
and  other  Pleaders;  (2)  and  that  reafonably  the  faid 
Laws  and  Cuftoms  the  rather  fhall  be  perceived  and 
known,  and  better  underftood  in  the  Tongue  ufed 
in  the  faid  Realm,  and  by  fo  much  every  Man  of 
the  faid  Realm  may  the  better  govern  himfelf  with- 
out offending  of  the  Law,  and  the  better  keep,  fave,. 
and  defend  his  Heritage  and  Poffeffions:  (3)  And' 
in  divers  Regions  and  Countries,  where  the  King, 
the  Nobles,  and  other  of  the  faid  Realm  have  been, 
good  Governance  and  full  Right  is  done  to  every 
Perfon,  becaufe  that  their  Laws  and  Cuftoms  be 
learned  and  ufed  in  the  Tongue  of  the  Country  :"' 
(4)  The  King,  defiling  the  good  Governance  and' 
Tranquillity  of  his  People,  and  to  put  out  and  ef- 
chew  the  Harms  and  Mifchiefs  which  do  or  may  hap- 
pen in  this  Behalf  by  the  Occafions  aforefaid,  hath 
ordained  and  ftablifhed  by  the  Affent  aforefaid,  that; 
all  Pleas  which  fhall  be  pleaded  in  any  Courts  what- 
foever,  before  any  of  his  Juftices  whatfoever,  or  in- 
his  other  Places,  or  before  any  of  his  other  Minifters 
whatfoever,  or  in  the  Courts  and  Places  of  any  other' 
Lords  whatfoever  within  the  Realm,  fhall  be  pleaded, 
fhewed,  defended,  anfwered,  debated,  and  judged  in- 
the  Englijh  Tongue,  and  that  they  be  entered  and  in- 
rolled  in  Latin ;  (5)  and  that  the  Laws  and  CuflomS' 
of  the  fame  Realm,  Terms,  and  Procc-fl'es,  be  hold- 

'  en 


Realbnswhy  fri* 
Laws  fhould  be 
pleaded  and 
known  in  the 
Engliih  Tongue. 
Enforced  and 
extended  by 
4.  Geo.  s.  c.  i6„ 
and  6  Geo.  s« 
c.  14. 
*  Knownr 


Pleas  /hall  be 
pleaded  in  the 
Engliih  TongueJ; 
and  not  in  the 
French  ;  and 
they  (hall  be  in- 
rolled  ir  Latin',- 


312 


Stat.  2. 


Anno  tricefimo  fexto  Edward i  III.        A.  D.  1362. 


Old  Terms  and 
Forms  (hall  be 
obferved  in 
Pleading. 
Cro.  El.  85. 
10  Co.  131. 
Co.  Lit.  304. 


'  en   and  kept  as  they  be   and  have  been  before  this 

'  Time;   (6)  and  that  by  the  ancient  Terms  and  Forms 

'  of  the  Declarations   no  Man  be  prejudiced,  fo  that 

'  the  Matter  of  the  Action  be  fully  ihewed  in  the  De- 

'  claration  and  in  the  Writ.     (7)  And  it  is  accorded 

'  by  the  Affent  aforefaid,  that  this  Ordinance  and  Sta- 

'  tute  of  Pleading  begin  and  hold  Place  at  the  Fifteenth 

'  of  St.  Hillary  next  coming.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ent  tenuz  et  gardez  come  ils  font  etontefte  avant 
ces  heures  et  qe  per  les  aunciens  termes  et  formes 
de  counter  nul  homme  foit  perdant  iffint  qe  la  ma- 
tiere  del  action  foit  pleinement  monftre  en  la  de- 
monftrance  et  en  le  brief.  Et  eft  acorde  de  laflent 
avantdit  qe  ceftes  ordeignances  et  eftatutz  de  pleder 
comenceent  et  tiegnent  lieu  al  quinzeine  Seint  Hil- 
ler'  prochein  avenir. 


De  pardo?iation&  JaEia  cotnmunitati  Anglice  36  Ed w.  III.  Stat.  2.  a?id 

Anno  Dom.   1362. 


E  X  P.  "   J~^  D  WARD  by  the  Grace  of  God,  Be.  to  all 

"  |H  that,  Be.  Greeting.  Know  ye,  that  we  have 
"  •*— *  received  the  Petition  delivered  to  us  by  the 
"  Commons  of  our  Realm  in  this  Parliament,  in  the 
**  Form  as  followeth  :" 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  5,  6. 
DWARD  par  la  grace  deDieu  Roi  dEngle- 
terre  Seignur  dlrlande  et  dAquitaigne  As 
touz  ceux  qi  ceftes  lettres  verront  falutz. 
Sachiez  nous  avoir  refceu  la  petition  bailie  a  nous 
par  la  commune  de  noftre  Realme  en  ceft  prefent 
parlement  en  la  forme  qe  fenfuyt : 


Lour  trefdoute  Seignur  le  Roi  prie  fa   dite  commune  qe  come  ils  lui   avoient   prie   eftre  defchargez 
k  de  touz  maners  des  articles  de  eire  forpris  plees  de  terre  de  quo  warranto   trefons  roberies   &   autres 
felonies  quelconqes  pur  queux  homme  portera  penance  de  vie  &  de  membre  quele  petition   femble  a  fon 
confeil   eftre  prejudiciele  a  lui   &  en  defheritifon  de   fa  corone  fi  ele  fuifle  fi  generalment  grantee  fa  dite 
commune  nient  .voillantz  ne  defirrantz  a  demander  chofes  de  iui  qe  cherront  en  defcreffe  de  lui  ou   de  fa 
corone  perpetuelment  come  des  efchetes  de  terre  ou  de  tenement  pur  quelconqe  caufe  gardes  manages  fees 
.&  advoefons  ferjanties  rentes  fervices  Seignuries  terres  amortiez  fanz  licence   ne  fins  pur  trefpas  de  pur- 
chace  des  terres  tenuz  de  lui  come  de  fa  corone  &  alienez  fanz  congie  ne  des  fins  ofFertz  en  certein  &  nient 
refufez  devant  quelconqes  fes  Juftices  pur  purpreftures  faitz  fur  lui  auxibien  en  terres  come  en  eawes  fraufir 
chifes  acrochiez  trefor  trove  dettes  et  acomptes  a  lui  dues  puis  la  pardon  faite  a  fa  dite  commune  par  efta- 
tutz nadgairs  faitz  ne  autres  articles  quels  qils  foient  qe  chiefent  en  defheritifon  de  lui  ou  de  fa  corone 
perpetuelment  Mes  des  trefpaffes   mefprifions  negligences  ou  ignorances   ou   autres  chofes   quelconqes  qe 
font  faitz  efchuz  ou  advenuz  avant  ceft  prefent  parlement  &  des  ceux  articles  de  Eir  dont  le  puniffement 
cherreit  en  fin  ou  en  ranceon  ou  autres  peines   pecunieres  emprifonementz   amerciementz  des   communes 
ou  des  villes  ou  des  finguleres  perfo.ies  quelconqes  fibien  miniftres  le  Roi  come  autres  a  la  fute  le  Roi  efchaps 
des  felons  chateux  des  felons  &  futifs  efchuiz  puis  la  darreine  pardon  faite  a  fa  commune  dyceux  &  nient 
levez  ne  ajuggez  ou  en  charge  de  franc  tenement  de  ceux  qi  unqes  ne  trefpafferent  come  heirs  ou  terre 
tenantz  des  coroners  vifcontes  efchetours  fibien  miniftres  le  Roi  come  autres  &  autres  gentz  quelconqes 
Sauvant  au  Roi  les  dettes  &  acomptes  a  lui  dues  a  ore  en  prefent  qe  lui  pleife  de  fa  tres  excellente  Seignurie 
eant  regard  a  les  grantz  charges  travaux  &  mefchiefs  qe  fa  poevre  commune    ad  fufFert  en   fon   temps  &  a 
la  charge  quele  il  les  ad  ore  demande  de  ces  chofes  avant  nomez  faire  pardon  a  fa  dite  commune  general- 
ment tanqe  a  ceft  prefent  parlement  iffint  qe  des  toutes  les  chofes  &  articles   avant  nomez  pur  nulle  ma- 
nere  des  chofes  faites  en  temps  paffe  riens  ne  foit  enquis  ne  nul  homme  del  poeple  miniftre  le  Roi  au  autre  de 
quele  condition  qil  foit  de  ceux  foit  mis  a  refpondre  empefchez  moleftez  ne  grevez  par  nul  manere  de  colour 
imagination  ou  interpretation  mes 'toutes  maneres  des  trefpaffes  mefprifions  negligences  ou  ignorances  & 
autres  chofes  quelconqes  avant  nomez  foient  releffez  de  tout  &  pardonez  Sauvant  tout  temps  la  fuyte  des 
parties  qe  fe  voudront  pleindre  Et  qe  gentz  atteintz  a  la  feute  des  parties  eient  emprifonement  en  cas  ou  il 
eft  done  par  la  ley  nient  contrefbantz  les  pardons  des  fins  &  raunceons  come  deflus  eft  dit.     Et  come  la 
commune  ont  autrefoits  requis  &  unqore  ils  prient  qe  la  Grande  Chartre  la  Chartre  de  la  Forefte  &  touz 
autres  eftatutz  einz  ces  heures  faitz  foient  fermement  gardez  &  tenuz  en  touz  pointz  des  chofes'  qe  font  a 
efchere  ou   qe  avendront  apres  ces  heures  auxibien  pur  profit  le  Roi  come  pur  quiete  de  fon  poeple.     Et 
qe  touz  lis  articles  del  eir  foient  mandez  as  Juftices  de  la  pees  en  chefcun  countee  de  les  publier  &  notifier 
a   la  commune  al  entent  qils  puiffent  avoir  coniffance  des  ditz  articles  iffint  qils  fe  pui  lent  mieltz  porter  & 
governer  &  efchure  les  perils  &  punifTementz  des  ditz  articles.     Et  adonqes  a  quele  heure  qil  plerra  a  1:  li) 
trefdoute  Seignur  qil  face  fes  feffions  &   enquerrez   felonc  ce   qe  femblera  a  lui  &  a  fon  bon  confeil  qe 
mieultz  foit  affaire  pur  profit  de  lui  &  de  fon  poeple.     Et  ncft   pas   lentention  de  fa  dite  commune  par 
ycelle  pardon  qe  le  Roi  ne  face  enquerrez  des  grevances  &  oppreffions  faitz  au  poeple  par  les  purveours  on 
parneours  des  autres  avant  ces  heures  dont  grant  clamour  ad  efte  fait  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  &  qe  pleife 
a  fa  trefgracious  Seignurie  dyceux  pardons   faire  chartres  contenantz  les  dites  pardons  as  touz  les  counters 
dEnglettrre  &  as  touz  feverales  perfones  qe  les  voudront  demander  ou   purfure   fanz  fin  faire  ou  fee  piier 
pur  le  fcal  &  qe   la  forme  des  tieuz  chartres  foit  fait  avant  le  departir  des  Seignurs  de  parlement  &  la  dite 
forme  a  noftre    Seignur  le  Roi  &  fon  confeil   &  a  les  autres  Seignurs  monitrez.     Nous  confideiantz  les 
grantz  charges  qe  noftre  dite  commune  ad  fufFert  &  les  grantz  bienfaitz  qils  nous  ont  fait  plufures  foitz  de 
noftre  grace  efpeciale  &  del  affent  des  Prelatz  Dues  Contes  Barons  &  communes  efteantz  en  le  dit  parlement 
ci.ns  grantez  a  noftre  dite  commune  de  tout  temps  paffe  pleine  pardon  felonc  la  forme  de  lour  petition 

fufditc 


A.  D.  1362.       Anno  tricefimo  fexto  Edwardi  III.  Stat.  2. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr,  Lond. 
fuflite.  Sauvez  toutesfoitz  a  nous  a  noz  heires  noftre  droit  en  temps  avenir  en  manere  come  lavions  devant 
le  dit  grant  is,  pardon.  Etvolons  &  grantons  qe  par  nous  noz  heirs  noz  juftices  ne  autres  noz  miniftres 
oLulconaes  nul  homrrie  foit  empefchez  mis  a  refpondre  ne  proces  fait  de  nul  point  contenue  en  noftre  dite 
pardon.  En  tefmoignance  de  quele  chofe  a  ceftes  noz  lettres  patentes  avons  fait  mettre  noftre  feal.  Don'  a 
Weftm'  le  xiii.  jour  dOctobre  !an  de  noftre  regne  trente  fifme. 

De  ftatuto  proclamando. 

REX  vicecomiti  Effexie  et  Hcrtfordie  falutem.  Quedam  ftatuta  et  ordinationes  per  nos  de  communi  af- 
fenfu  preiatorum  magnatum  et  communitatrs  regni  noftri  in  prefenti  parliamento  noftro  apud  Weftm' 
pro  communi  utilitate  totius  regni  prediiSti  edita'et  provifa  tibi  mittimus  in  duabus  patentibus  magno  figillo 
noftro  fignatis  mandantes  quod  ftatim  vifis  patentibus  predicts  eas  et  omnia  etfingula  contenta  in  eifdem  tarn 
in  pieno  comitatu  utri'ufque  comitatiium  prediclorum  quam  in  civitatibus  burgis  villis  mercatoriis  feriis  mer- 
catis  et  aliis'locis  in  eifdem, comitatibus  ubi  expedire  videris  tarn  infra  libertates  quam  extra  publice  legi  et 
proclamari  et  in.  .1  a o i liter  obfervari  et  teneri  facias  et  de  eo  quod  inde  feceris  etde  die  receptionis  prefentium 
et  per  quem  prefer.s  mandatum  tibi  liberatum  fuerit  nos  incancellaria  noftra  citra  odtabas  Purificationis  beate 
Marie  proximo  futur'  vel  in  eifdem  oftabis  ad  ultimum  reddas  fub  figillo  tuo  diftinfte  et  aperte  ccrtiores  re- 
mittens  nobis  hoc  breve.     T.  R.  apud  Weftm'  xx.  die  Novembris. 

Per  ipfum  Regem  etConfilium. 
Eodem  moclo  mandatum  eft  finvulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam  Epifcopo  Dunelmenji  Edvjardo  Principi  Wallie  & 
Comiti  Ceftrie  Roberto  de  Herle  Covjlabulario  chjlri  Dovorr  Eg!  Cuftodi  Quinque  Portuum  &.  Juftic'  Hibern. 


3T3 


Statutes   made  at  Weftminfter 


Anno  37  Edw.  III. 
i363- 


and  Anno  Dom. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  5,  6. 

LE  Roi  Edward  a  fori  parlement  tenuz  a 
Weftm'  Venderdy  en  lesqitave?  Seint  Michel 
Ian  de  fon  regne  trent  feptifme  a  la  requeft 
des  communes  et  del  aflent  de  Prelatz  Dues  Coun- 
tes  Barons  et  autres  grantz  illoeqes  afiemblez  ad  or- 
deigne  les  chofes  fouthefcripte.s  en  la  forme  qe  fen- 
fuyt. 


"  "%7"  ING  Edward  at  his  Parliament  holden  at 
"  ffV  I^ftmi'lfter  tne  Friday  in  the  Tjtas  of  Saint 
"  •£-^k-  Michael,  the  feven  and  thirtieth  Year  of  hi? 
"  Reign,  at  the  Requeft  of  the  Commons,  and  by  the 
"  AfTent  of  the  Prelates,  Dukes,  Earls,  Barons,  and 
"  other  Great  Men  there  afTembled,  hath  ordained  the 
"  Things  under-written  in  the  P'orm  as  followeth  :" 


CAP.     I. 

A  Confirmation  of  former  Statutes, 


FsRirr.erement  qe  la  Grande  Chartre  la  Chartre  de 
la  Foreft  ct  les  eftatutz  et  ordinances  einz  ces 
heures  faites  et  nieement  leseftatutz  faitz  an  darrein 
jparlement  foient  tenuz  et  gardez  et  duemenl  exe- 
'cutz  folonc  la  forme  et  efFe£t  dicelles. 


IRST,  That  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Char- 
ter of  the  Foreft,  and  the  Statutes  and  Ordinan- 
ces made  in  Times  paft,  and  fpecially  the  Statutes 
made  at  the  laft  Parliament,  be  holden  and  kept,  and 
duly  executed  according  to  the  Form  and  Effecl  of 
them.' 


CAP.     II. 

An  Idemptitate   Nominis   mail   be  granted  upon  the  wrongful  Selfure  of  another's  Perfon, 

Lands,  or  Goods. 


ITEM  pur  les  grandes  mefchiefs  qe  fovent  font 
avenuz  et  venent  de  jour  en  autre  de  ceo  qe 
les  efchetours  vifconts  et  autres  miniftres  le  Roi 
feifent  les  terres  biens  et  chateuxdes  plufours  gentz 
urmettantz  qils  font  utlagez  la  ou  ils  ne  font  ut- 
agez  per  caufe  qils  portont  tielx  nouns  come  ces 
ji  font  utlagez  pur  defaute  de  bone  declaration  des 
urnouns  eft  ordeigne  qe  ft  nul  fe  pleyne  en  tieu  cas 
:it  brief  de  Idemptitate  nominis  en  manere  come 
id  eft«  ufce  avantces  hures  et  ft  terres  biens  ou  cha- 
:eux  de  nul'uy  foient  feifiz  en  tieu  cas  par  efche- 
ours  vifcont  pu  autre  miniftre  troeve  feurte  devant 
eminiftre  qi  ad  grante  de  feifir  de  refpondre  au  Roi 
lela  valu  des  tieux  terres  bims  ou  chateux  en  cas 
[il  ne  fe  poet  defcharger  faunz  rien  prendre  de  la 
Vol.  I. 


"  T  TEM,  For  the  great  Mifchiefs  which  often  have  Dyer 
"  X  happened,  and  daily  do  come,  becaafe  that  El-  p;tz.  ijempti- 
"  cheators,  Sheriff's,  and  other   the  King's  Minifters,  ute  nominis, 
"do  feife  the  Lands,  Goods,  and  Chattels  of  many,  ',  »,  3.7. 
"  furmifing  that  they  be  outlawed,  where  they  be  not 
"  outlawed,  becaufe  that  they  bear   fuch  Names  as 
"  thofe  which  be  outlawed,  for  Default  of  good  Decla- 
"  ration  of  the  Surname  ;"    '  (2)  it  is  ordained,  That    H  g 
'  if  any  complain  him  in  fuch  Cafe,  he  fhall  have  a    -^  ,'£$,;, 
'  Writ  of  Idemptitate  nominis,  in  the  Manner  as  hath  »  Executors. 
'  been  ufed   in   Times   paft;     (3)  and   if  any  Man's  Regift.  194,  &c4 
'  Lands,  Goods,  or  Chattels  be  feifed  in  fuch  Cafe  by  Rart'  4°7> 
'  Efcheator,  Sheriff',  or  other  Minifter  of  the  King's, 
'  he  fhall  find  Surety  before  the  Minifter  which  hath 
'  the  Warrant  to  feife,  to  anfwer  to  the  King  of  the 
S  f  '  Value 


3i4       C. 


Anno  tricefimo  feptimo  Edwardi  III.       A.  D.  1363. 


Value  of  fuch  Lands,  Goods,  and  Chattels,  in  cafe 
that  he  cannot  difcharge  him,  without  taking  any 
Thing  of  the  Party ;  (4)  and  if  fuch  Minifter  do 
not  the  fame,  and  thereof  be  attainted,  the  Party 
fhall  have  the  Suit  againft  fuch  Minifter,  and  recover 
his  doub'e  Damages,  and  nevertfielefs  he  fhall  be  grie- 
voufly  puniihed  to  the  King.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
partie  et  fi  tiel  miniftre  ne  le  face  et  de  ceo  foit 
atteint  eit  la  partie  fa  feute  devers  tiel  miniftre  et 
recovre  fes  damages  au  double  et  nient  meins  foit 
grevoufement  puniz  devers  le  Roi. 


CAP.     III. 

The  feveral  Prices  of  a  Hen,  Capon,  Pullet,  and  Goofe. 


•pealed  by  "ITEM  pur  la  grande  chierte  qeft  en  plufours  lieux  du  Roialme  de  polaill  eft  ordeigne  qe  le  pris  dun  jpuene 
1  jac.  1  c.  2S.  |  chapon  ne  pafle  trois  deniers  et  dun  auncien  qatre  deniers  dune  gelyne  deux  deniers  dun  poutyn  un  denier 
dun  awe  qatre  deniers  et  es  lieux  ou  le  pris  des  tieux  vifailles  eft  meindre  qil  fe  teigne  fanz  eftre  enchierez  par 
cefte  ordinance  et  qe  es  villes  et  marchees  de  Upland  foient  venduz  a  meindre  pris  folonc  ce  qe  poet  eftre 
acorde  entre  le  chatour  etle  vendour  et  qe  Juftices  fur  ce  foient  affignez  par  commifTions  de  mettre  la  chofe 
duement  en  execution. 

CAP.     IV. 

A  Clerk  of  the  Remembrance  of  the  Exchequer  mail  be  affigned. 


ITEM,  Eecaufe  that   many  People  acquitted  by 
Judgement  in  the   Exchequer  in  one  Place,  be 
grieved  and  endamaged  in  other  Offices  and  Places  of 
the   faid   Exchequer,  of  the   fame  Things  whereof 
they  be  fo  acquit,  to  the  great  Mifchief  of  the  Peo- 
ple;"   '  (2)  it  is  ordained,  That  one  Clerk   of  the 
Remembrance  be  titled  to  fit  againft  the  Clerk  of  the 
Pipe,  to  fee  the  Dilcharges  made  in  the  Pipe,  and  to 
imbreviate  the  fame  in  the  Remembrance,  to  caufe  to 
ceafe  all   Manner  of  Procefs  thereupon  made,    (3) 
and  alfo  that  the  Summons  of  the  Pipe  be  withdrawn 
according  as  the  Parties   by  Procefs  be  dillharged; 
(4)  and    in  whomfoever  any    Default  be   willingly 
found,  the  Treafurer  by  the  King's  Commandment 
fhall  duly  punifh  the  fame.' 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  plufours  gentz  acquitez  par 
juggement  en  Lefcheqer  en  urie  place  font  gran- 
dement  grevez  et  endamagez  en  autres  offices  et 
places  du  dit  efcheqer  de  mefmes  les  chofes  dont  ils 
font  iffint  acquitez  a  grant  mefchief  du  poeple  eft 
ordeigne  qun  clerc  de  la  remembrancie  foit  title  de 
feer  amount  le  clerc  de  la  pipe  de  veer  les  defcharges 
faites  en  la  pype  et  les  enbrever  en  la  remembran- 
cie pur  faire  ceffer  tote  manere  de  proceffe  fur  ceo 
i  fait  et  auxi  qe  la  fomons  de  la  pipe  foit  retrait  folonc 
ce  qe  parties  par  proceffe  font  defchargez  et  en  cas 
qedefaute  voluntrivement  foit  trove  re  Treforer  par 
commandement  le  Roi  le  ferra  duement  punier. 


1  R.  2.  c.  5. 
infiltli  Imprison- 
ment on  Clerk  making  out  Procefs  to  levy  Debts  which  have  been  dijebarged. 


CAP.     V. 


Repealed  by 
38  Erl.  3.  c.  2. 


Merchants  fhall  not  ingrofs  Merchandifes  to  inhance  the  Prices  of  them,  nor  ufe  but  one  Sort 

of  Merchandife. 

ITEM  pur  les  grefs  mefchiefs  qe  font  avenuz  fibien  au  Roi  come  as  grantz  et  communes  de  ceo  qe  les 
marchauntz  nomez  groffers  engroffent  totes  maners  des  marchandifes  vendables  et  le  pris  de  tiele  mar- 
chandie  levent  fodeinement  deinz  le  Roialme  mettanz  a  vent  parcovyne  et  ordinance  entre  eux  faitz  appelle 
Fraternite  et  Gildede  marchaunt  les  marchandifes  qe  font  plus  cheres  et  les  autres  en  repofe  tanqe  au  temps 
qe  chierte  ou  defaute  foit  dicelles  eft  ordeigne  qe  nul  marchaunt  Engleys  ne  ufe  merce  ne  marchandie  parlui 
ne  par  autre  par  nule  manere  de  coveigne  mais  ufe  foulement  une  quele  il  voudra  eflire  entre  cy  et  la  fefte  de 
Chaundelure  profchein  avenir.  Et  ceux  qont  entremeyns  autres  merces  et  marchandifes  qe  celles  qils  ont 
efluz  les  puifient  mettre  a  vente  devant  la  fefte  dela  Nativite  Seint  Johan  profchein  enfuant  &  fi  nul  face  au 
contraire  de  cefte  ordinance  en  nul  point  et  de  ceo  foit  atteint  en  manere  qe  fenfuera  forface  devers  le  Roi  la 
marchandife  qil  avera  iflint  ufee  centre  cefte  ordinance  et  outre  face  fyn  au  Roi  folonc  la  quantitedu  trefpas. 
Et  coment  cefte  ordinance  ferra  mys  en  execution  eft  ordeigne  qe  bones  gentz  et  loialx  de  chefcune  marchan- 
die foient  efleux  et  jurees  de  furveer  qe  cefte  ordinance  foit  tenuz  et  executz  ceft  affavoir  deux  marchantz  de 
chefcune  marchandie  en  chefcune  citee  et  burgh  et  deux  marchantz  en  chefcune  countee  et  les  defautes  re-' 
drefcer  et  ces  qils  ne  poent  redrefcer  certifier  au  Chaunceller  et  confeil  le  Roi  et  foient  commiflions  faites  a; 
certeins  gentz  queux  et  qant  il  plerra  au  Roi  afligner  denquere  en  citees  burghs  et  countees  ou  il  bufoignera 
fibien  de  trefpafours  en  celle  partie  come  des  furveours  en  cas  qils  foient  negligenz  ou  de  covyn  des  trefpa- 
fours  par  le  ferement  des  fys  jurrez  &  outre  fur  ce  proceffe  faire  par  oier  &  terminer  de  jour  en  jourde  punii 
les  trefpafours  &  furveours  ceftaflavoir  le  trefpafours  folonc  ceo  qeft  ordeigne  paramont  &  les  furveours  folonc 
la  difcretion  des  Juftices  &  ceo  par  lajuree  de  duze  en  cas  qils  fe  voillent  mettre  en  pays  de  lour  acufementei 
quicunqe  qe  vorra  fuire  pur  le  Roi  en  tiel  cas  foit  a  ceo  recieu  &  eit  le  quart  denier  de  la  forfaiture  de  celui  q< 
iifint  ferra  atteint  a  fa  feute. 


CAP    ' 


A.D.  1363.       Anno  tricefimo  feptimo  E d w a r d  1  III.  C.  6—10.       315 

CAP.    VI. 

Handicraftfmen  fhall  ufe  but  one  Myftery,  but  Workwomen  may  work  as  they  did. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ENfement  eft  ordeigne  qe  artificers  gentz  de  meiftere  fe  teignent  chefcun  a  un  meifter  quel  il  vodra  eflire  ta*M  by 
entre  cv  &  la  dite  fcfte  de  la  Chaundelure  et  foient  eflieux  deux  de  cheicun  meiftere  de  furveer  qe  nul  s  tuz>  c>  *• 
e  altre  meiftere  qe  cele  quele  il  ad  eflieu.-  Et  foient  Juftices  affignez  denquere  par  proceffe  de  pier  et  ter- 
miner en  ceft  article  come  eft  ordeigne  en  larticle  devant  forfpris  qe  les  trefpafours  en  cefte  article  foient  puniez 
mr  emprifonement  de  demy  an  et  outre  face  fyn  au  Roi  folonc  la  quantite  du  trefpas  et  les  furveours  par  dif- 
cretion  des  Juftices  come  devant.  Mes  lentention  du  Roi  et  fon  confeill  eft  qe  femmes  cettaiiavoir  bracerefces 
pefterefces  tixterefces  filerefces  et  overefces  fibien  de  layne  come  de  leinge  toille  et  de  foye  braudefters  pyne- 
refces  de  leyne  et  totes  autres  qe  ufent  et  oeveront  oeveraynes  manuels  puiffont  ufer  et  oeverer  franchement 
come  ils  ont  fait  avant  ces  hures  fanz  nul  empefchement  ou  eftre  reftreint  par  cefte  ordeignance. 

CAP.    Vil. 

Goldfmiths  Work  fhall  be  of  good  Sterling,  and  marked  with  his  own  Mark.     None  fhall 

make  white  Veffel  and  alio  gild.  Goldfmiths  mail 

make  their 

ITEM  eft  ordeigne  qe  orfeures  fibien  en  Loundres  come  aillours  deinz  le  Roialme  facent  tote  manere  de  Work  of  Ster- 
veffel  &  autre  overaigne  dargent  bien  &  loialment  de  lalay  de  bon  efterlyng.     Et  eit, chefcun  meiftre  or-  ™£  ?_  Ci  2_ 
feure  un  merche  a  par  lui  &  foit  le  merche  conu  par  ces  qe  ferront  affignez  depar  le  Roi  de  furveer  lour  ove-  iS  Eliz.  c  15. 
raignes  &  lalay.     Et  qe  les  ditz  orfeuers  ne  mettent  lour  merches  fur  lour  overaignes-  tanqe  les  ditz  furveours  ^7  hire 'I"'' 
eiont  fait  lour  aflay  come  ferra  ordeigne  par  le  Roi  &  fon  confeil  &  Iaffaie  faite  mettent  les  furveours  le  merche  Mark,  and  fet  it 
le  Roi  &  puis  lorfeure  fon  merche  pur  quel  il  voet  refpoundre.     Et  qe  nul  orfeure  ne  preigne  pur  veffel  blanc  to  his  Work. 
&  playn  pur  le  poys  du  livre  dorfeuer  ceft  afiavoir  du  pris  de  deux  mars  du  poys  de  Parys  qe"  dy's  &  oet  deniers  n0  Go'ldfmith 
come  lem  fait  a  Parys.     Et  qe  nul  orfeuer  fefant  veflel  blanc  ne  fe  meddle  de  furorrer  ne  ces  qe  furorront  ne  (hall  make  white 
fe  medlent  de  faire  veffel  blanc.     Et  ces  qe  ferront  iffint  affignez  en  chefcun  ville  facent  lour  ferche  atant  de-   ;|d_ 
foith  come  ferra  ordeigne  &  qe  ces  qe  ferront  en  defaute  des  orfeuers  encorgent  peine  de  forfaire  au  Roi  la  28  Ed.  1.  flat.  j. 
valu  du  metal  qe  ferra  trove  en  defaute.  Replied  by 

ai  Jac.  1.  c  18.     Eutfee  12  & i$  W.  3.  c.  4.     6  Geo.  I.  c.  11,  and  n.Geo.  z,  c.  26* 

CAP.     VIII. 

The  Diet  and  Apparel  of  Servants. 

ITEM  pur  loutrageoufe  &  exceffive  ?oparaill  des  plufours  gentz  contre  lour  eftat  &  degree  a'trefgrant  de-  Rep,  24.  H.  8. 
ftruftion  &  empoveriffement  d  J  tote  la  terre  eft  ordeigne  qe  garfons  fibien  fervantz  as  Seignurs  come  de  c- 13  &  '  Jac-  '• 
meiftere  &  des  artificers  foient  ferviz  de  manger  &  boire  unfokh  le  jour  de  char  ou  de  peffon  &  le  remenant  c-25* 
daltres  vitailles  come  de  le<£tee  fur<v.age  bure  &  autres  tiels  vitaillesacordantz  a  lour  eftat.     Et  qils  eient  draps 
pur  lour  vefture  ou  chaufure  dont  ie  drap  entier  ne  pafie  deux  mars  &  qils  ne  ufent  drap  de  pluis  haut  pris  de 
lour  acate  nautrement  ne  nul  chofe  dor  dargent  nenbroydez  aymelez  ne  de  foye  ne  rien  appendant  des  dites 
chofes.     Et  foient  lour  femmes  fiHes  &  enfantz  de  mefme  la  condition  en  lour  vefture  &  .d'pparaille  &  ufent 
nulles  veilles  paffant  la  veille  dufze  deniers.  / 

CAP.    IX.  \ 

The  Apparel  of  Handicraftfmen  and  Yeomen,  and  of  their  Wives  and  Children. 

ITEM  qe  gentz  de  meiftere  da>'tifice  &  de  office  appelle  Yomen  ne  ne  preignent  ne  ufent  drr.p  de  plus  Rep. 24H.  8. 
haut  pris  pur  lour  vefture  ou  chaufure  qe  deinz  qarant  foldz  le  drap  entier  par  voie  dacate  nautrement  ne  c-  n.&ijac.*. 
perry  drap  de  foy  ne  dargent  ne  ceynture  cotel  fermaille  anel  garter  nouches  rubaignes  cheines  bendes  fealx  C'„2I?; 
nautres  chofes  dor  ne  dr.rgent  ne  nule  manere  dapparaill  embr.iudez  aymelez  ne  de  ieie  par  nule  voie.     Et  qe  \  ,0%"  '*    "  '  3* 
lour  femmes  filles  &  enfantz  foient  de  mcfne  la  condition  en  lour  vefture  Si  apparaill  &  qe  eles  ne  ufent  nul 
veille  de  fey  mes  foulement  de  file  face  deinz  le  Roialme  ne  nule  manere  de  pelure  ne  de  boge  mes  foule- 
ment  de  aignell  conyng  chat  &  gopil. 

CAP.      X. 

"What  Apparel  Gentlemen  under  the  Eftate  of  Knights,  and  what  Efquires  of  Two  hundred 
Mark  Land,  &c.  may  wear,  and  what  their  Wives  and  Children. 

ITEM  qe  efquiers  &  toutes  maneres  des  gentils  gentz  defouth  leftat  de  chivaler  qe  riont  terre  ou  rent  a  lascp. .,  h.S. 
value  de  cent  livres  par  an  ne  preignent  ne  ufent  drap  pur  lour  vefture  ou  chaufure  de  plus  haut  pris  qe'c.ij.  &i  jac.j, 
deinz  le  pris  de  qatre  mars  &  demy  le  drap  entier  par  voie  dacate  nautrement  ne  qils  ne  ufent  drap  dor  de/as- 
feyene  dargent  ne  nule  manere  de  vefture  embroides  anel  fermaile  nouche  dor  rubayn  fcynture  ne  nut  autre 


S  f  2  apparaill 


C.  2 


316       C.  11—15.-        Anno,  tricefi mo  feptimo  Edward  1  III.       A.  D.  1363. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Load. 
apparaill  ne  herneys  dor  ne  dargent  ne  riens  de  perre  ne  nule  manere  de  pellure  h  qe  lour  femmes  .filles  &  en- 
fantz  ieknt  de  mefrhe  la  condition  qant  a  lour  vefture  &  apparaill  fanz  afcuns  revers  ou  purfil  et  qe  eles  ne 
■ufent  efclaires  crenailes  ne  trofles  ne  nule  manere  dapparaill  dor  ne  dargent  ne  de  perre.  Mais  qe  efquiers 
eiantz  terre  ou  rente  a  la  value  de  deux  cent  livres  par  an  et  outre  puiffent  prendre  et  ufer  drap  de  pris  de 
cynk  marz  le  drap  entier  et  drap  de  feye  et  dargent  rubayn  ceynture  et  autre  apparaille  refonablement  garniz. 
dargent  et  qe  lour  femmes  files  et  enfantz  puiffent  ufer  pelure  revers  de  menever  faunz  eremyns  ou  letufes 
ou  afcune  manere  dapparaill  de  perre  finon  pur  lour  teftes. 

CAP.     XL 

The  Apparel  of  Merchants,  Citizens,  Burgefies,  and  Handicraftfmen. 

Rep.  24H.  8.  Y  TEM  qe  marchantz  citefeyns  et  burgeys  artificers  gentz  de  meiftere  fibien  deinz  la  Citee  de  Loundres" 
13.  &  ijac.  1.  J[  come  aillours  qont  clerement  biens  et  chateux  a  la  valu  de  cynk  centz  livres  et  lour  femmes  et  enfantz 
puiffent  prendre  et  ufer  en  manere  come  les  efquiers  et  gentils  gentz  qont  terre  ou  rente  a  la  valu  de  cent 
livres  par  an.  Et  qe  les  marchantz  citefeyns  et  burgeys  qont  clerement  biens  et  chateux  outre  la  value  de 
mill  livres  et  lour  femmes  et  enfantz  puiffent  prendre  et  ufer  en  manere  come  les  efquiers  et  gentils  gentz  qe 
or.t  terre  ou  rent  a  la  valu  de  deux  centz  livres  par  an.  Et  qe  nul  garfon  yoman  ne  fervant  des  marchaunz 
de  rnarchandie  artificer  ou  gentz  de  meiftere  ne  ufe  altrement  en  apparaill  qe  neft  ordeigne  des  garfons  et  yo- 
men  des  Seignurs  paramour. 

CAP.     XII. 

The  Apparel  of  Knights  which  have  Lands  within  the  yearly  Value  of  Two  hundred  Marks,' 
and  of  Knights  and  Ladies  which  have  Four  hundred  Mark  Land. 

Rep,  24H.  8»     t  TE  M  qe  chivalers  qont  terre  ou  rente  deinz  la  value  de  deux  cent  mars  par  an  priegnent  et  ufent  drap  de ' 
c.  1  j.  &  j  jac.  1.  j^  fyS  mars  je  drap  entier  pur  lour  vefture  et  non  pas  de  plus  haut  pris  et  qils  ne  ufent  drap  dor  ne  cloth 
*  mantell  negounefurrurez  de  menevere  ne  maunches  furrez  dermyn  ne  nul  apparaill  broudezde  perre  nautre- 

ment  et  qe  lour  femmes  filles  &  enfantz  foient  de  mefme  la  condition  et  qels  ne  ufent  revers  dermyne  ne  de 
letufes  efclaires  ne  null  manere  dapparaill  de  perre  ft  non  pur  lour  teftes.  Mes  qe  touz  chivalers  et  dames 
qont  terre  ou  rent  outre  la  value  de  qatre  centz  mars  par  an  tanqe  a  la  fomme  de  mill  livres  par  an  ufent 
lour  volunte  forfpris  ermynes  fefufes'et  apparaill  de  perles  de  perre  fi  noun  pur  lour  teftes. 

CAP.     XIII. 

The  Apparel  of  feveral  Sorts  of  Clerks. 

Rep.  14  H.  8.      f  TEM  qe  les  clerks  qont  degree  en  efglife  cathedrale  colegiale  ou  en  efcoles  et  clers  le  Roi  qont  tiel  eftaC 

C13  &  rtjae.-i;  j[  q.e  demande  pellure  facent  et  ufent  folonc  la  conftitution  de  yceles  et  touz  autres  clers  qont  outre  deux 

C-ZS'  centz  marches  de  rent  par  an  ufent  et  facent  come  les  chivalers  de  mefme  la  rente  et  les  autres  clercz  deinz 

mc-ifme  la  rente  ufent  come  les  efquiers  de  cent  livres  de  rente.     Et  qe  touz  ceux  fibien  chivalers  come 

clercz  qe  par  ceil:  ordinance  puiffent  ufer  pellure  en  yver  par  mefme  la  manere  ufent  en  efte  linure. 

CAP.     XIV. 

The  Apparel  of  Ploughmen,  and  other  of  mean  Eftate;    and    the  Forfeitures  of  Offenders 

as;ainit  this  ordinance. 

_  ,T  „       "V  TEM  qe  charetters  charuers  chaceours  des  carues  bovers  vachers  berchers  porchers  deyes  et  touz  autres 

c.Tj.&'ij^i.-JL  garde-ins  des  beftes  batours  des  bleez  et  unites  maneres  des  gentz  deftate  de  garfon  entendantz  a  hufban- 
c!  »/.  '"  '  '  drie  et  touz  autres  gentz  qe  nont  qarant  foldz  des  biens  ne  des  chateux  a  la  value  de  qarant  foldz  ne  preig- 
ncnt  ne  ufent  nule  manere  de  drap  fi  noun  blanket  et  ruffet  de  xii  d.  laun  et  ufent  lour  ceyntures  et  lenge 
toile  acordant  a  lour  eftat  et  qils  vivent  de  man-er  et  de  boiure  par  manere  come  a  eux  affiert  et  non  pas 
exceffivement.  Et  eft  ordeipne  qe  fi  nul  ufe  ou  face  au  contraire  de  nules  des  pointz  fufdites  qil  foiface 
devers  le  Roi  tout  lapparaill  qil  avera  iffint  ufee  contre  la  forme  de  ceft  ordinance. 

CAP.     XV. 

Clothiers  fhall  make  Cloths  fufficient  of  the  forefaid  Prices,  fo  that  this  Stature  for  Default  of 

iuch  Cloths  be  in  no  wife  infringed. 

ITEM  au  fyn  qe  cefte  ordinance  qnnt  a  la  pris  et  ufagc  de  drap  ftiit  nieinteTiuz  et  ga'rdez  en  touz  pointz 
fanz  embkmer  eft  ordcignc  qc  touz  ks  fcfours-  des  draps  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngktcrre  fibien  homrrre* 
come  femmes  fe  confoiirment  de  faire  lour  draps  folonc  )e  pris  limite  par  cefte  ordinance  ct  qe  touz  les 
drapers  acatcnt  et  purvoient  lour  fortez  acordantz  a  mefme  le  pris  parenfy  qe  fi  grant  plentee  des  tieujc  draps 
foit  fak  et  mys  a  vendre  eachefcune  citec  burgh  ct  ville  marchande  et  aillours  deinz  le.dit  Roialme  qe  pur 
,  defaute 


A.  D.  1363.       Anno  tricefimo  feptimo  Edward  i  III.       C.  16 — 19,       317 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
defaute  des  tieux  draps  la  dite  ordinance  ne  foic  enfreynt  en  nul  poynt.     Et  a  ceo  foient  les  fefours  des  draps 
et  drapers  cenftreyntz  par  qeconqe  voie  qe  meuth  femblera  au  Roi  &  a  ion  confeil.    Et  commencera  cefte 
ordinance  de  novel  apparail  a  la  Chaundelure  profchein  avenir. 

CAP.     XVI. 

A  Repeal  of  the  Punifliment  of  Lands,  and  of  Life  and  Member,  inflicted  by  the  Stat. 
27  kd.  3.  Stat.  1.  cap.  5  £5?  7.  Enquiry  fliall  be  made  yearly  in  Cafcoin  in  the  King's  Do- 
minions, of  Couchers  of  England,  which  lie  there  to  buy  Wines. 

ITEM  eft  ordeigne  qe  leftatut  fait  des  vynes  Ian  vynt  feptifme  foit  tenuz  &  gardez  en  touz  pointz  forfpris  °  ". 
le  punifiement  des  terres  &  tenementz  &  de  vie  &  de  membre  le  quel  punifiement  eft  repelle  par  ceft  ■  "  K  *3° 
prefent  parlement  fibien  de  temps  pafie  come  de  temps  avenir,  Et  outre  eft  ordeigne  qe  chefcun  an  foit 
mande  as  meire  &  coneftable  de  Burdeux  a  la  Rochele  &  as  touz  autres  villes  &  portz  en  Gafcoigne  & 
aillours  qe  font  de  lalleggeance  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  hors  des  queux  les  vynes  venont  en  Engleterre  deftre 
certifie  du  pris  des  vyns  &  autres  coftages  &  des  cochoures  Engleys  contre  la  forme  du  dit  eftatut.  Et  par 
cele  certification  des  cochours  contre  leftatut  foient  mys  a  refpondre  fi  le  corps  foit  mande  come  eft  con- 
tenuz  en  leftatut  &  ill  contredie  la  certification  foit  trie  par  marchantz  ufantz  celles  parties  &  autres  gentz 
qe  meuth  ont  de  ceo  conifance  &  fi  le  corps  ne  foit  mande  foit  la  certification  mande  en  banc  le  Roi  ou 
devait  autres  Juftices  folonc  ce  qil  bofoignera  &  illoeqes  prpcelle  faite  par  Capias  &  Exigeiid  ou  trie  par 
mife  come  defus  eft  dit. 

CAP.     XVII. 

In  what  Cafe  a  Writ  fliall  not  be  abated  by  Exception  of  Cognifance  of  Villenage. 


I 


TEM  eft  ordeigne  &  eftabli  qe  nul  brief  foit  abatu  par  exception  de  conifance  de  villenage  fi  le  deman- 
dant ou  pieintif  voille  averrer  qe  celui  qe  alegge  lexception  fut  franc  le  jour  du  brief  purchace. 

CAP.     XVIII. 
The  Order  of  purfuing  a  Suggeftion  made  to  the  King. 

ITEM  coment  qen  la  Grande  Chartre  foit  contenuz  qe  null  homme  foit  pris  ou  emprifonez  ne  ouftez 
de  fon  franc  tenement  fanz  proceffe  de  ley  nientmeyns  plulours  gentz  font  faux  fuggeftions  a  Roi 
inefmes  fibien  par  malice  come  en  autre  manere  dont  le  Roi  eft  forent  trop  grevez  &  plufours  du  Roialme 
mys  en  grant  daunger  &  pert  contre  la  forme  de  rnefrae  la  chartre  par.  qot  eft  ordeigne  qe  touz  ceux  qe  font 


:ftre  pris  ou  emprifonez  contre  la  fourme  de  la  dite  chartre  &  autres  eftatuz 

CAP.     XIX. 
How  each  Perfon  fliall  u'fe  a  Hawk  of  anotherrs  that  he  taketh  up; 


ob  s. 

gH.  3.  flat.  I. 
c.  29. 


25  EcK  3.  flat.  5. 

c.  4. 

3'i  EJ.  3.  flat.  I'. 

c.  9 

42  Ed,  3.  c.  j. 


ITEM  come  autrefoitz  fuift  ordeigne  qe  quel- 
qonqe  perfcne  qe  trove  faucoun  terielet  lanier  ou 
anierc.  auftour  ou  autre  faucon  qe  foit  perdu  de 
bn  Seignur  qe  rrtaintenant  il  lapport  au  vifccuiit 
fcl  countee  &  qe  le  vifconte  face  proclamation  en 
:ouz  les  bones  villes  du  countee  qil  ad  un  tiel  fau- 
:on  en  garde.  Et  fi  le  Seignur  qi  le  perdi  ou 
wcun  des  foens  viegn-?-  pur  iui  chalanger  &  proeve 
refonablement  qe  ce  eft  a  fon  Seignur  paie  pur  fes 
:uftages  &  eit  le  faucoun.  Et  fi  nul  viegne  deinz 
es  quatre  mois  pur  lui  chalanger  adonqes  le  vH- 
conte  eit  le  faucoun  fefant  gree  a  celui  qi  le  prift 
Til  foit  fimples  homme  &  fi1.  foit  gentils  homme 
Jeftat  daver  faucoun  qe  le  vifcount  rebaille  a  lui  le 
dit  fnucoun  parnant  de  lui  refon.ibles  courtages  pur 
e  temps  qil  lavoit  en  garde.  Et  fi  nul  eit  pris  tiel 
faucoun  Si  le  concele  du  Seignur  a  qi  il  eft  ou  a  fes 
fauconers  ou  qi  Iemport  de  Seignur  &  de  ce  foit 
att-int  eit  la  prifone  de  deux  ans  &  rende  au  Seig- 
nur le  pris  du  faucoun  iffint  concele  ou  emportee 
Til  eit  de  quoi  &  fi  noun  eit  pluis  longe  demoeure 


"  TXJ^*>  Whereas  it  was  another  Time  ordairted,- 
"  JL  That  every  Fetfori  that  findeth  any  Faulcon,, 
"  Tercelet,  Laner,  or  Laneret,  or  any  other  Hawk 
"  thac  is  loft  of  his  Lord's,  that  prefently  he  fhall 
"  bring  him  to  the  Sheriff  of  that  County,  and  that 
"  the  Sheriff  make  Proclamation  in  all  the  good  Towns 
"  of  the  County,  that  he  harh  fticri  Hawk  in  keeping. 
"  (2)  And  if  the  Lord  v/hich'hath  loft  him,  or  any  of 
"  his,  come  to  challenge  him,  and  prove  reafcnably 
"  that  it  is  his  Lord's,  jet  him  pay  for  his  Cofts,  and 
"  have  the  Hav.'k.  (3  J  Ar.<.\  if  none  come  within  four 
"  Months  for  to  challenge  him,  then  the  Sheriff  mall 
"  have  the  Hawk,  making  Gree  to  him  that  did  take 
"  him,  if  he  be  a  fimple  Man  ;  and  if  he  he  a  Gentle- 
"  man,  and  of  Eftate  to  have  the  Hawk,  the  Sheriff 
"  fhall  redeliver  to  him  the  Hawk,  taking  of  him  rea— 
"  fon..ble  Cofts  for  the  Time  that  he  had  him  in  his 
"'  keeping.  (4)  And  if  any  hath  taken  fuch  Hawk,. 
"  and  the  fame  conceal  from  the  Lord  to  whom  the 
"  Hawk  is,  or  from  Lis  Faulconers,  or  if  any'  take 
"  him  away  from  the  Lord,  and  thereof  be  attainted, 

'  he 


?4'E1.  3.  C.  22. 
1  h'j  concealing 
crim:  e/i!ingofa 
Hawk,  is  Felony. 


318       C.  19. 


3  Inft.  97. 
4lnft.  51. 


Anno  tricefimo  feptimo  Edwardi  III.       A.  D.  1363. 


"  he  fhall  have  two  Years  Imprifonment,  and  yield 
"  to  the  Lord  the  Price  of  the  Hawk  fo  concealed  or 
"  taken  away,  if  he  have  whereof,  and  if  not,  he  fhall 
"  the  longer  abide  in  Prifon.  (;)  Notwithftanding 
"  this  Ordinance,  the  Offenders  doubt  but  little  to 
"  ofFend  in  this  Behalf :"  '  (6)  Wherefore  it  is  or- 
'  dained,  and  by  Statute  eftablifhed  in  this  prefent 
'  Parliament,  That  if  any  fteal  any  Hawk,  and  the 
'  fame  carry  away,  not  doing  the  Ordinance  aforefaid, 
'  it  fhall  be  done  of  him  as  of  a  Thief  that  ftealeth  a 
'  Horfe  or  other  Thing.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
en  prifone.  Et  nient  countrefteant  cefte  ordenance 
les  meffefours  nount  pas  dote  de  trefpaffer  en  celle 
partie  par  quoi  eft  ordeine  &  par  eftatut  eftabli 
en  ce  prefent  parlement  qe  fi  nul  emble  faucoun 
&  lemporte  r.ient  fefant  lordinance  deffus  dite  foit 
fait  de  lui  come  de  laroun  qi  emble  chival  ou  autre 
chofe. 


Statutes  made  at  Wefiminfter,  Anno  38EDW.  III.  Stat.  1.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1363. 

Ex  Rot.  inTurr.  Lond.  m.  6.  D. 
OSTRE  Seignur  le  Roi  Edward  a  fon  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  as  oetaves  de  Seint  Hiller  Ian 
de  fon  regne  trente  oetifme  de  lafTent  des  Prelats  Dues  Countes  Barons  &  communes  de  fon  Roialme 
illoeqes  affemblez  ad  fait  &  ordeine  les  chofes  qe  enfuent. 

CAP.     I. 

Former  Statutes  mall  be  obferved  and  executed. 


'  T7IRST,  That  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Char- 
'  1?  ter  of  the  Foreft,  and  the  other  Statutes  made  as 
*  well  in  his  Time  as  in  the  Time  of  his  Progenitors, 
■'  be  holden  and  kept,  and  duly  executed  in  all  Points.' 


Deprimes  qe  la  Grand  Chartre  la  Chartre  de 
la  Forefte  &  les  autres  eftatutz  faitz  fibjen  en 
fon  temps  come  en  temps  de  fes  progenitours  foient 
tenuz  &  gardez  &  duement  executz  en  touz 
poyntes. 


CAP.     II. 

Repeal  of  Part  of  37  Edw.  3.  c.  5.     Who  may  tranfport  Gold  or  Silver. 


.9  Ed,  3./.".  1. 

a.     Z7  Ed-  3. 
Jlat.  2.  c.  3. 
36  Ed.  3.  e.  11. 
27 Ed.  5.  c.  5. 


"  T  TEM,  To  that  which  was  ordained  at  the  laft 
"  JL  Parliament,  of  Living  and  of  Apparel,  and  that 
"  no  EngUJh  Merchant  fhould  ufe  but  one  Merchan- 
"  dife ;"  '  it  is  ordained,  That  all  People  fhall  be  as 
'  free  as  they  were  at  all  Times  before  the  faid  Ordi- 
'  nance,  and  namely  as  they  were  in  the  Time  of  the 
'  King's  Grandfather,  and  his  other  good  Progenitors. 
'  (2)  And  that  all  Merchants,  as  well  Aliens  as  Deni- 
'  zens,  may  fell  and  buy  all  Manner  of  Merchandifes, 
'  and  freely  carry  them  out  of  the  Realm,  paying  the 
*  Cuftoms  and  Subfidies  thereof  due,  except  that  the 
'  Englijh  Merchants  fhall  not  pafs  out  of  the  Realm 
'  with  Woolls  orWoollfels.  (3)  And  that  none  carry 
'  out  of  the  Realm  Gold  nor  Silver  in  Plate  nor  in 
'  Money,  laving  the  Victuallers  of  Fifh  that,,  fifh  for 
'  Herring  and  other  Fifh,  and  they  that  bring  Fifh 
'  within  the  Realm  in  fmall  VefTels,  which  meddle  not 
'  with  other  Merchandifes,  2nd  that  according  to  the 
'  Arbitrement  of  the  Chancellor.' 


Enforced  and 
amended  by 
5  R.  -I.},".  1. 
c.  2.     2  H.  4. 
c.  5.   end  z  H.  6 
c.  6.      See  far- 
ther concerning 
tl :  Exportation 
of  Gold  and  Silver  4  H.  4.  c.i  $&  16.     5  //.  4.  c.  9.     f}H.6.c.2.     IjEd.^.c.i.     3  //.  7.  c.  8.  and  19  H.  7.  c.  5, 


ET  quant  a  ceo  qe  ordene  feuft  au  derrein  par- 
lement de  vivres  &  dapparail  &  qe  nul  mar- 
chant  Englois  ne  uferoit  qune  marchaundie  eft 
acorde  qe  touz  gentz  foient  fi  franks  come  eftoient 
de  tut  temps  auncienement  devant  les  dites  ordi- 
nances &  nieement  come  eftoient  en  temps  del  aiel 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  de  fes  autres  bones  proge- 
nitours. Et  qe  touz  marchantz  fibien  denzeins 
come  aliens  puifTent  vendre  &  achatre  toute  manere 
de  marchandie  &  franchement  ameifner  hors  du 
Roialme  paiantz  les  cuftumes  &  fubfides  ent  dues 
forfpris  qe  les  marchantz  Engleis  ne  pafferont  hors 
du  Roialme  leins  ne  pealx  lanutz.  Et  qe  nul  em- 
porte  hors  du  Roialme  or  nargent  en  plate  nen 
monoie  fauvez  les  vitaillers  de  peffon  qe  pefchent 
harang  &  autre  peffon  &  ces  qi  amefnent  peflbn 
deinz le  Roialme  en  petitz  vefTelx  qi  ne  fe  mellent 
dautre  marchandie  &  ce  folonc  larbitrement  de 
Chaunceller. 


CAP.     III. 


Fines  fhall  be  taken  in  the  Prefence  of  the  Pledges. 


'  TTEM  it  is  accorded.  That  all  the  Fines  to  be 
'  JL  taken  before  any  Juftices,  fhall  be  in  the  Prefence 
'  of  the  PI  dges,  and  that  the  Pledges  know  the  Sum 
'  of  their  Fine  before  their  d  parting.' 


ITEM  eft  acorde  qe  touz  les  fines  qe  ferrount 
aprendre  devaunt  qeconqes  Juftices  foient  faites 
en  prefence  de  plegges  h  qe  les  plegges  fachent  la 
fomme  de  lour  fines  devant  lour  departir. 


CAP 


A.D.  1363.       Anno  tricefimo  o&avoEDWARDi  III. 


Stat. 


1. 


3*9 


CAP.     IV. 

Penal  Bonds  in  the  third  Perfon  (hall  be  void. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.    _  . 

ITEM  come  clivers  gents  foient  liez  en  autri 
court  hors  du  Roialme  par  inftrumentz  &  en 
autre  manere  eft  acorde  qe  touz  tieles  liens  penales 
en  la  tierce  perfone  foient  voides  &  pur  nul  tenuz. 


"  TTEM,  Whereas  divers  People  be  bound  in  an- 
"  X  other  Court  out  of  the  Realm  by  Inftrument?, 
"  and  in  other  Manner ;"  '  (2)  it  is  accorded,  That 
'  all  [fitch]  Penal  Bonds  in  the  third  Perfon  be  void 
'  and  holden  for  none.' 


CAP.     V. 

Any  Man  may  wage  his  Law  againft  a  Londoner's  Papers. 


ITEM  come  plufours  gentz  fount  grev'ez  &  at- 
tachez  par  lour  corps  en  la  Citee  de  Loundres 
a  la  purfuite  de  gentz  de  meifme  la  Citee  furmet- 
tantz  a  eux  qils  fount  dettours  &  de  ceo  voillent  ils 
prover  par  lour  papirs  la  ou  ils  ne  ont  fait  ne  taille 
eft  affentu  qe  chefcun  foit  refceu  a  fa  lei  par  gentz 
fufficeantz  de  fa  condition  countre  tieles  papirs  & 
preigne  le  creanfour  feurtee  par  autre  voie  ill  vor- 
ra  fanz  mettre  la  partie  de  pleder  a  lenquefte  fil  ne 
le  voet  de  fon  gree. 


TEM,    Whereas  many  People  be  grieved  and  2 H. 4.  f.  10. 
_  attached  by  their  Body  in  the  City  of  London,  at  4°  Ed,  3.  f.  1. 
the  Suit  of  the  People  of  the  fame  City,  furmifing  to  **  Ed;  ♦•  f-  "' 
'•  them  that  they  be  Debtors,  and  that  will  they  prove    °'    ' '  23°" 
:  by  their  Papers,   whereas   they  have  no  Deed  nor 
1  Talley;"    '  it  is  affented,  That  every  Man  be  re- 
ceived to  his  Law  by  People  fufficient  of  his  Condi- 
tion againft  fuch  Papers,  and  the  Creanfour  fhall  take  g„  -  t.,c_  ,  c_ 
Surety  by  another  Way  if  he  will,  without  putting  12.  hwba/Cafe 
the  Party  to  plead  to  the  Inqueft,    if  he  will  not  of  *  Tradifr.ans 
his  own  Gree.'  ?*"£- B"°l Mf 

be  h'uintme  cj  ts 
Dsbt. 


CAP.     VI. 

A  Repeal  of  the  Felony  impofed  by  Stat.  27  Ed.  3.  Stat.  2.  c.  3.  for  tranfporting  of  Wooll, 
&c.  by  Englijhmen  ;  but  the  Forfeiture  of  Lands  and  Goods  fhall  Hand. 

ITEM  come  autresfoitz  feuft  ordeigne  en  leftatut  de  leftaple  qe  nul  Engleis  pafferoit  la  meer  ove  leins  O  B. 
quirs  ou  pealx  lanutz  par  luy  ne  par  autre  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  de  vie  et  de  membre  terres  ept  tenemenz 
biens  et  chateux  eft  acorde  qe  la  forfaiture  de  vie  et  de  membre  foit  oufte  de  tout  en  leftatut  de  leftaple  et  qe 
nul  homme  foit  empefchee  par  caufe  de  tiele  forfaiture  de  vie  et  de  membre  fibien  de  temps  paffe  come  avenir 
la  forfaiture  de  terres  et  tenemenz  biens  et  chateux  efteant  en  fa  force. 

CAP.     VII. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  the  Staple,  made  27  Edw.  3.  Stat.  2. 

ITEM  eft  acorde  et  affentu  qe  leftaple  foit  en  Engleterre  et  qe  leftatut  de  leftaple  fait  Ian  xxvii"16  ove  Ies  0  E  S. 
declarations  additions  et  modifications  ent  faites  foient  tenuz  et  gardez  nul  grant  conge  nautre  eftatut  ou 
I  ordinance  faite  depuis  contrefteant. 

CAP.     VIII. 

A  Ship  fhall  not  be  loft  for  a  fmall  Thing  therein  not  cuftomed. 


ITEM  come les  niefs  de  plufours  gentz  de  Roi- 
alme foient  areftuz  et  tenuz  come  forfaitz  par 
caufe  dune  petite  chofe  mile  en  lour  dites  niefs 
nientcuftuniesdont  les  Seignurs  du  dites  niefs  fount 
mefconiffantz  eft  acorde  et  affentuz  qe  nul  Seignur 
perde  fa  nief  pur  tiele  petite  chofe  mife  dedeinz 
nient  cuftumez  del  fefzifme  jour  de  Feverer  prof-  j 
chein  avenir  en  avant  fanz  fen  ou  notice  de  luy. 


TEM,  Whereas  the  Ships  of  divers  People  of 
the  Realm  be  arrefted  and  holden  forfeit,  becaufe 
'  of  a  little  Thing  put  in  their  Ship  not  cuftomed, 
'  whereof  the  Owners  of  the  fame  Ships  be  ignorant ;" 
(2)  it  is  accorded  and  affented,  That  no  Owner  fhall 
lofe  his  Ship  from  the  *  fifteenth  Day  of  February  next  *  Slxtewtb. 
coming  forth,  for  fuch  a  fmall  Thing  put  within  the 
Ship  not  cuftomed,  without  his  Knowledge.' 


CAP.     IX. 

The  Punifhment  of  him  which  proveth  not  his  Snggeftion  made  to  the  King. 

ITEM  quant  al  article  fait  au  dcrrein  parlement  de  ces  qi  fount  grevoufes  pleintes  au  Roi  meifmes  eft  0  B  s< 
affentu  qe  fi  celuy  qe  face  fa  pleinte  ne  poet  p/over  fa  entent  devers  le  deffendant  par  proces  limiteez  ^  e.  3,  c.  3. 
en  meifme  lartiole  qil  foit  commande  a  la  prifone  a  y  demorer  tanqil  eit  fait  gree  a  la  partie  de  fes  damages  et  37  Ed,  3.  «.  18. 
de  lefclaundre  qil  avera  fuffert  par  tiele  caufe  et  apres  face  fine  et  raunceon  au  Roi.    Et  foit  ouftez  le  point 
4  en 


320 


©b  s. 


Stat.  i.  Anno  trieefimo  c&avo  Edward i  III.       A.  D.  1365, 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
en  meifme  larticle)  qe  le  pleintif  encourge  meifme  la  peine  qe  lautre  avereit  fil  feuft  atteint  en  cas  qe  fa  fug- 
geftion  foit  trove  malveis. 

CAP.     X. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Statutes  made  for  Wines. 

ET  qant  a  marchandie  de  vins  et  de  ces  que  pafferount  de  quere  vins  en  Gafcoigne  pur  la  diverfite  de« 
opinions  de  plufours  eft  affentuz  qe  les  eftatutz  et  ordinances  furce  fakes  eftoifent  en  lour  force. 

CAP.     XL 

Merchants  Denizens  may  fetch  Wines,  and  Aliens  may  bring  them. 

T  le  Roi  voet  de  fa  grace  et  fufFraunce  qe  touz 


E 


rnarchauntz  denzeins  qn.  ne  fount  artificers 


TEM  the  King  will  of  his  Grace  and  Sufferance, 

That  all  Merchants  Denizens  that  be  not  Artifi- 
cers, fhall  pafs  into  Gafcoign  to  fetch  Wines  there,  to  patient  en  Gafcoigne  de  quere  vins  illoeqes  au  fin 
the  End  and  Intent  that  by  this  general  Licence  greater  let  entente  qe  panr.y  ceft  general  congie  greir.dre 
Plenty  rnay  come,  and  greater  Market  may  be  of  |  plente  viegne'it  et  meillour  marche  foient  des  vinp 
Wines  within  the  Realm  ;  (z)  and  that  the  Gaf.oigns  ■  deinz  le  Roialme  et  qe  les  Gafcoignes  et  touz  au- 
and  other  Aliens  may  come  into  the  Realm  with  j  cres  aliens  puiffent  venir  en  dit  Roialme  ove  louf 
their  Wines,  and  freely  fell  them  without  any  Di- 
fturbance  or  Impeachment ;  always  faved  to  die  King, 
that  it  may  be  lawful  to  him,  whenfoever  it  is  advifed 
to  him  or  his  Council,  to  ordain  of  this  Article  in 
the  Manner  as  beft  Ihall  feem  to  him  for  the  Profit  of 
him  and  his  Commons.' 


vins  et  fraunehement  vendre   far.z   nule  deftour- 


■"tnpef'.-hement   toutdis  fauve 


au  Roi  qe 

luy  et  fen 


bancc  ^u 

bien  luy  life  i  quele  nine  qe   foit  avis 

bon  confer  de  oi  Jenir  fur  ceft  article  en  manere  qe 

ii:eulcz  luy  fcmblera  pur  profit  de  luy  et  de  fa  com- 

munalte. 


CAP.     XII. 

The  Punifhment  of  a  Juror  taking  Reward  to  give  Verdict,  and  of  Embraceors. 


3*  EH.  3.  c.  8. 

A  Juror  \A<~  ng 
Reward  to  give 
h's  Verdift, 
ihall  pay  ten 
times  fo  much 
r.s  he  hath 
taksn. 


Fi*z    Decies 
tantum,  1,  2, 

3»4>  5.  *-9>  "• 
ThePumihment 
of  Embraceors. 


None  Hi al I  in- 
quire of  Office 
of  this  Statute, 
tut  at  the  Suit 
of  the  Party. 
r,  F.d.  3.   c     10. 

Regift.  iSS. 
Raft.  145. 


"  TTE  M,  as  to  the  Article  of  Jurors  in  the  four  and 
"  J.  thirtieth  Year;"  '  it  is  afiented  and  joined  to 
'  the  fame,  That  if  any  Juror  in  Affifes  fv/orn,  and 
'  other  Inquefts  to  be  taken  between  the  King  and 
'  Party,  or  Party  and  Party*  ek>  any  thing  take  by 
'  them  or  other  of  the  Party  Plaintiff  or  Defendant, 
*  to  give  their  Verdict,  and  thereof  be  attainted  by 
'  Procefs  contained  in  the  fame  Article,  be  it  at  the 
'  Suit  of  the  Party  that  will  fue  for  himfelf,  or  for  the 
'  King,  or  any  other  Ferfon,  every  of  the  faid  Jurors 
'  fhall  pay  ten  times  as  much  as  he  hath  taken  ;  (2) 
f  and  he  that  will  fue  fhall  have  the  one  Half,  and  the 
'  King  the  other  Half.  (;)  And  that  all  the  Embrace - 
'  ors  that  bring  or  procure  fuch  Inquefts  in  the  Coun- 
'  try  to  take  Gain  or  Profit,  fhall  be  puniflied  in  the 
'  fame  Manner  and  P'orm  as  the  Jurors;  (4)  end  if 
'  the  Juror  orEmbraceor  fo  attainted  have  nor  whereof 
'  to  make  Gree  in  the  Manner  aforefaid,  he  fhall  have 
'  the  Imprifonment  of  one  Year.  (5)  And  the  Intent 
'  of  the  King,  of  the  Great  Men,  and  of  the  Com- 
'  mons  is,  that  no  Juftice  nor  other  Minifter  fhall  in- 
'  quire  of  Office  upon  any  of  the  Points  of  this  Ar- 
'  tide,  but  oidy  at  the  Suit  of  the  Party,  or  of  other, 
'  as  aft.re  is  faid.' 


TEM  qant  al  article  fait  des  jurours  lan.xxxiiij 
eft  affentu  et  ajoufte  a  ycele  qe  li  nuls  jurours 
en  affiles  jurees  et  antres  enqueftes  aprendre  entre 
le  Roi  et  partie  ou  partie  et  partie  riens  preignent 
par  eux  ou  par  autre;  de  la  partie  pleintif  ou  de* 
fendant  pur  dire  lour  verditz  etdeceo  foient  at- 
teint par  proces  contenu  en  meifme  larticle  foit  il 
a  la*  fuite  de  partie  qe  vorra  fuire  pur  luy  meifmes 
ou  pur  le  Roi  pu  dautre  perfone  quecorqe  paie 
chefcun  des  ditz  jurrours  dis  foitz  a  tant  come  il 
avera  pris  et  eit,  celuy  qe  ferra  la  fuite  lun  moite 
et  le  Roi  lauire  moite.  Et  qe  touz  les  embraccours 
d/.mefner  ou  procurer  tieks  enqueftes  en  paiis  ptw 
gayn  ou  profit  prendre  foient  puniz  en  mcrfrne  la 
manere  et  fourme  come  les  jurrours  et  fi  jurrour 
ou  embraceour  iffint  attcintz  neit  dontfaire  gree  en 
manere  fufdite  eit  la  prifone  dun  an.  Et  eft  len- 
tention  du  Roi  grantz  et  communes  qe  nul  juftice 
n  nitre  miniftre  enquerget  dofficefur  nu!  des  pointa 
de  ceft  article  mes  ibulement  a  la  fuite  de  partie  ou 
dautre  come  deflus  eft  dit. 


Other 


Statutes 


made  Anno 


38  Edw.  III. 


Stat.  2.    and  Anno  Dom. 


4lofr.51.fefi.!,  *■  f  a  AO  nourifh  Love  and  Peace,  and  Concord  be- 
tween holy  Church  and  the  Realm,  and  to 
14      -"-      appeafe  and   cau'e   to  ceafe  the  great  Hurt, 
*'  Perils,-  and  importable  Lodes  and  Grievances  that 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  4. 

PUR  nurrir  amour  paix  et  Concorde  entre  le- 
glife  et  le  Roialme  et  empefcher  et  f?irc  cof- 
fer les  grantz  malx  perils  et  importables  da- 
|  mages  et  grevances  qont  efte  faitz  et  avenuz  en 

temps 


A.D.  1363*       Anno  tricefimo  o&avo  Edwardi  III, 


Stat.  .2. 


321 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
temps  parte  et  avendront  enapres  il  la  chofe  ferroit 
foefferte  paffer  avant  par  caufe  de  perfoneles  citati- 
ons ct  autres  qont  paflez  avant  ces  hures  et  paffent 
cornmuncment  de  jour  en  autre  hors  de  la  courte  de 
Rome  par  my  feintes  ou  faufes  fuggeftions  et  propo- 
sitions deceivantz  le  faint  Piere  encountre  toutj>lein 
des  perfones  du  dit  Roialme  fur  caufes  dount  la 
cogniflance  et  finale  difcuflion  appertient  a  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  et  a  fa  courte  Roiale  et  autrement  et 
auffides  impetrations  &provifions  faites  en  meifme 
la  courte  de  Rome  des  benefices  &  offices  defglife 
appertenantz  a  la  donation  prefentation  ou  difpofi- 
tion  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  &  dautres  patrons 
lais  de  fon  Roialme  &  des  eglifes  chapeles  &  autres 
benefices  appropries  as  eglifes  cathedrales  collegi- 
ales  abbaies  priories  chaunteries  hofpitalx  &  autres 
povres  maifons  &  des  autres  dignitees  offices  &  be- 
nefices occupez  en  temps  pane  &  prefent  par  diver- 
fes  &  notables  perfones  du  dit  Roialme  pur  les  que- 
les  caufes  &  dependences  dicelles  les  bones  &  aun- 
cienes  lois  ufages  cuftumes  &  fraunchifes  du  dit 
Roialme  ount  eftez  &  fount  moult  grandement  em- 
pefchez  blemiz  &  confounduz  la  corone  le  Roi 
noftre  Seignur  abeffe  &  fa  perfone  moult  durement 
&  faufement  difFamee  les  avoirs  &  richeffes  du  Roi- 
alme emportez  les  heritances  &  fubgiz  dicelx  em- 
povriz  &  troubliz  les  benefices  def0lifes  gaftez  & 
deftruitz  divin  fervice  hofpitalites  almoignes  &  al- 
tres  oevres  de  charitee  entreleffez  &  fouztraitz  les 
grantz  communes  &  fubgitz  du  dit  Roialme  tra- 
vaillez  &  en  corps  et  en  biens  damagez  : 


"  hath  been  done  and  happened  in  Times  part,  and 
"  that  fhall  happen  hereafter,  if  the  Thing  from  hence- 
"  forth  be  fufrered  to  pafs,  becaufe  of  perfonal  Cita- 
"  tions,  and  other  that  be  paft  before  this  Time,  and 
"  commonly  doth  pafs  from  Day  to  Day  out  of  the 
"  Court  of  Rome  by  feigned  and  falfe  Suggeftions  and 
"  Propofitions,  *  againit  all  Manner  of  Perfons  of  the  *  Add  deceiving 
"  Realm,    upon  Caufes,  whofe  Cognifance  and  final ltc holS  Father. 
"  difcuiling  pertaineth  to  our  Lord  the  King  and  his 
"  Royal  Court;    (2)  and  alfo  of  Impetrations  and  Pro-  The  ftveral 
"  vifions  made  in  the  faid  Court  of  Rome,  of  Benefices  Enormities  of 
"  and  Offices  of  the  Church,  pertaining  to  the  Gift,  Citrtionsmd 
rreientation,  Donation,  and  JJilpoiition  or  our  laid  Benefices  ob- 
"  Lord  the  King  and  other  Lay  Patrons  of  his  Realm,  tained  from 
"  and  of  Churches,  Chapels,  and  other  Benefices  ap-  Rome. 
"  propried  to  Cathedral  Churches,  f  Abbeys,  Priories,  f  Add  Colleges. 
"  Chantries,  Hofpitals,  and  other  poor  Houles,  and  of 
"  other  Dignities,  Offices,  and  Benefices  occupied  in 
"  Times  paft  and  prefent  by  divers  and  notable  Per- 
"  fons  of  the  faid  Realm:    (3)  For  the  which  Caufes, 
"  and  the  Dependants  thereof,  the  good  ancient  Laws, 
"  Cuftoms,  and  Franchifes  of  the  faid  Realm  have  been 
"  and  be  greatly  impeached,  blemifhed,  and  conlbund- 
"  ed,  the  Crown  of  our  Lord  the  King  abated,  and  his 
"  Perfon  very  hardly  and  falfly  defamed,  the  Treafuve 
"  and  Riches  of  his  Realm  carried  away,  the  Inhabi- 
"  tants  and  Subje&s  of  the  Realm  impoverifhed  and 
"  troubled,  the  Benefices  of  the  Church  wafted  and 
"  deftroyed,  Divine  Service,  Hofpitalities,  Alms-deeds, 
"  and  other  Works  of  Charity  withdrawn  and  fet  apart, 
"  the  Great  Men,  Commons,    and    Subjects   of  the 
"  Realm  in  Body  and  Goods  damnified :" 


CAP.    I. 

Perfons  receiving  Citations  from  Rome  in  Caufes  pertaining  to  the  King,  &rV.  to  incur  the  Pe- 
nalties of  25  Edw.  3.  Stat.  6. 


NOftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  a  fon  parlement  te- 
nuz  a  Weftm'  en  les  oytaves  de  Seint  Hiller 
Jan  de  fon  regne  trente  oytifme  eiant  regard  a  la 
quiete  de  fon  poeple  le  quel  il  defire  tres  foveraigne- 
ment  a  fuftenir  en  tranquiliite  pais  et  repos  et  go- 
Vernir  folonc  les  lois  ufages  et  fraunchifes  de  fa  tel- 
re  et  ficome  tenuz  y  eft  par  fon  ferernent  donez  en 
fa  coronation  en  eide  et  confort  du  Pape  'qi  moult 
fovent  a  eftee  trublez  par  tieles  et  femblabies  im- 
portuns  clamours  et  impetrations  et  qi  y  meift 
voluntiers  covenable  remedie  il  fa  feyntetee  eftoit 
fur  ces  chofes  enfourmee  et  paffant  parmy  les  voies 
de  fes  nobles  progenitours  les  queux  pur  le  temps 
lors  courrant  firent  certeynes  bones  purveiances  et 
ordenances  encountre  les  avantditz  grevaunces  et 
perils  les  queles  ordinances  et  purveances  et  auffi 
toutes  les  autres  faites  en  fon  temps  et  par  efpecial 
en  Ian  de  fon  regne  xxv.  et  xxvii.  Noftre  dit  Seig- 
nur le  Roi  de  laffentement  et  expreffe  volunte  et 
Concorde  des  Dues  Contes  Barons  Nobles  et  com- 
munes de  fon  Roialme  et  de  touz  altres  qe  la  chofe 
touche  par  bone  et  meure  deliberation  et  avifement 
a  approve  accepte  et  conferme  fauf  leftat  des  Pre- 
latz  et  daltres  Seignurs  du  Roialme  touchant  la  li- 
bertee  de  lour  corps  fi  qe  par  force  de  ceft  eftatut 
lour  corps  rie  foit  pas  pris  ajouftant  a  ycelles  a  pur- 
veu  et  ordene  qe  touz  ceux  qont  impetrez  purcha- 
cez  ou  purfuiz  tiels  perfoneles  citations  et  autres 
en  aucun  temps  pane  ou  impetreront  purchacerount 
ou  purfuerount  iemblables  en  temps  avenir  encoun- 

VOL.  I. 


UR  Sovereign  Lord  the  King,  at  his  Parlia- 
ment holden  at  Weftminjier  in  tke  Utas  of  St. 
Hillarie,  the  Thirty  eighth  Year  of  his  Reign  ;  ha- 
ving a  Regard  to  the  Quietnefs  of  his  People,  which 
he  chiefly  defireth  to  fuftain  in  Tranquillity  and  Peace, 
to-govern  according  to  the  Laws,  Ufages,  and  Fran- 
chifes .of  his  Land, .as  he  is  bound  by  his  Oath  made 
at  his  Coronation,  J  following  the  Ways  of  his  Pro- 
genitors, which  for  their  T.  ime  made  certain  good 
Ordinances  and  Provisions  againft  the  laid  Grievan- 
ces and  Perils;  which"  Ordinances  and  Provifions, 
and  all  the  other  made  in  his  Time,  and  efpecially 
in  the  Twenty  fifth  and  Twenty  feventh  Year  of  his 
Reign,  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King  by  the  Affent 
and  exprefs  Will  and  Concord  of  the  Dukes,  Earls, 
Barons,  and  the  Commons  of  his  Realm,  and  of  all 
other  whom  thefe  Things  touched),  by  good  and 
mete  Deliberation  and  Avifement,  hath  approved, 
accepted,  and  confirmed,  faving  the  Eftate  of  the 
Prelates  and  other  Lords  of  the  Realm,  touching  the 
Liberty  of  their  Bodies,  fo'  that  by  Force  of  this  Sta- 
tute their  Bodies  be  not  taken.  Joining  to  the  fame 
hath  provided  and  ordained,  That  all  they  which 
have  obtained,  purchafed,  or  pttriued,  fueh  perfonal 
Citations  or  other  in  any  Times  paft,  or  hereafter 
fhall  obtain,  purchafe,  or  pur'fue  fuch  like,  againft 
him  or  any  of  his  Subject.--,  and  alfo  all  they  that 
have  obtained  or  fhall  obtain  In  the  laid  Court,  Dean- 
ries,  Archdeaconries,  Provofties,  arid  other  Digni- 
fies, Offices,  Chappels,  or  Benefices  of  holy  Church, 


J  AAA  for  the 
Fcfe  an  J  Conve- 
nience of  the  Pope, 
•who  h::i  been  fre- 
quently </  :':;  rbed 
by    .  .    importu- 
nate Clamours  and 
Impetrations,  and 
ttiould  toiltmgly 
apply  convenient 
Randy,  if  lis 
Hclir.y  s  ?vas  in- 
fcimcd  of  thefe 
Things. 


Tt 


pertaining 


2  2        Stat.  2. 


Anno  tricefimo  o&avo  Edwardi  HI.        A.D.  1363. 


25  Ed.  3.  flat.  J. 
c.  22.  &  flat.  6. 
Aheredby  16.R. 
2.  c.  5.  and  5  El, 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
tre  lui  ou  aucun  de  fes  fubgiz  et  auffi  touz  ceux 
qount  impetrez  ou  impetreront  de  la  dite  court  dea- 
nees  arcedeakenees  provoftes  et  autres  dignitees  of- 
fices chapelles  ou  autres  benefices  defglife  quel- 
conqes  appurtenantz  a  fa  collation  donation  pre- 
fentation  ou  difpofition  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi 
ou  dautre  patron  lai  de  fon  dit  Roialme  Et  auffi. 
toutes  fembleables  perfones  impetrcurs  defglifes 
chapelles  offices  benefices  defglife  penfions  ou  ren- 
tes amortifeez  &  appropriez  as  eglifes  cathedrales 
ou  collegiales  abbaies  priories  chaunterhs  hofpitalx 
ou  altres  povres  maifons  avant  ceo  qe  tielx  appro- 
priations &  amortifiementz  foient  caffez  &  anullea 
par  due  proces  enfemble  touz  ceux  qount  impetrez 
en  meifme  la  court  dignites  offices  hofpitalx  ou  be- 
nefices quelconqes  defglife  qe  fount  occupez  au 
prefent  par  title  raifonable  par  afcuns  perfones  du 
dit  Roialme  fi  tie!  impetration  ne  foit  ja  pleine- 
ment  execute  ou  impetreront  enapres  fembleables 
benefices  par  quoi  prejudice  damage  ou  empefche- 
ment  a  eftee  ou  purra  eftre  fait  enapres  a  lui  ou  a 
fes  ditz  fubgiz  ou  perfones  heritages  poneffi.rts 
droitures  ou  biens  quelconqes  01:  a  les  lois  ufag?s 
cuffumes  fraunchifes&  libertees  de  fon  dit  1  012X1  ie 
&  de  fa  corone  enfemble  touz  leur  meintenours 
counfeillours  abbettours  &  autres  aidanz'S:  fau- 
teurs  feientement  taunt  a  la  fuite  le  Roi  cci::,  r  le  la 
partie  ou  dautre  quelconqe  di?  Roialme  trovantz 
plegges  &  feurete  de  purfuir  contre  eux  en  ceo  caas 
foient  les  dites  perfones  diffames  &  fufpectes  vio- 
lenment  de  tiels  impetrations  purfuites  ou  grevan- 
ces  areftuz  &  pris  par  les  vifcontes  de  lieux  &  Ju- 
ftices en  lour  femons  deputez  bailliffs  &  autres  mi- 
niftres  le  Roi  &  par  bone  &  fuffifaunte  maynprife 
repleviflement  bail  ou  altre  plegerie  le  plus  brief  qe 
faire  fe  purra  foient  Ms  prefentez  au  Roi  ou  a-  fon 
confail  pur  y  demurer  &  efter  a  droit  &  recevoir  ceo 
qe  la  lei  lour  donera.  Et  fils  foient  atteintz  ou  con- 
vaincuz  daucunes  des  dites  chofes  eient  la  penance 
compris  en  leftatut  fait  en  Ian  noftre  dit  Seig-nurl.e 
Roi  xxv.  qe  comence  An  P arlement  f anions  a  Wejhd 

C2V. 

CAP.     II. 

Sufpecled  Perfons  not  appearing  before  the  King's  Juftices,  after  Warning,  to  incur  the  Penalty 

of  27  Edw.  3.  Stat.  1.  cap.  1. 


pertaining  to  the  Collation,  Gift,  Prefentation,  or  Dif- 
pofition of  our  laid  Sovereign  Lord  the  King,  or  of 
other  Lay  Patron  of  his  faid  Realm,  and  alfo  all  like 
Perfons,  Qbtainers  cf  Churches,  Chappels,  Offices, 
or  Benefices  of  holy  Church,  Penfions  or  Rents 
amortifed  and  appropriated  to  Churches  cathedral  or 
collegial,  Abbies,  Priories,  Chanteries,  Hofpitals,  or 
other  po.  r  Houfes,  before  that  fuch  Appropriations, 
Amortifements  be  void  and  adnulkd  by  due  Procefs  ; 
alfo  all  they  which  have  obtained  in  the  fame  Court, 
Dignities,  Offices,  Hofpitals,  and  any  Benefices  of 
Churches  which  be  occupied  at  this  prefent  Seafon 
by  reafonable  Title  by  any  Perfons  of  the  faid  Realm, 
if  fuch  Impetrations  be  not  fully  executed,  or  fhall 
obtain  hereafter  like  Benefices,  whereby  Prejudice, 
Damage,  or  Impeachment  hath  been  or  may  be  done 
hereafter  to  him  or  to  his  faid  Subjects,  in  Perfons, 
Heritages,  Poffeffions,  Rights,  or  any  Goods,  or  to 
the  Laws,  Ufages,  Cuftoms,  Franchifes,  and  Liber- 
ties of  his  faid  Realm  and  of  his  Crown  ;  alfo  all  their 
Maintenours,  Conce  lers,  Abettors,  and  other  Aid- 
ers and  Fautours  wittingly,  as  well  at  the  Suit  of  the 
King  as  of  the  Party,  or  other  whatfoever  he  be  of 
the  Realm,  finding  Pledges  and  Surety  to  purfue 
againft  them;  in  this  Cafe  all  the  faid  Perfons  de- 
famed and  violently  fufpetSt.  of  fuch  Impetrations, 
Purfuits,  or  Grievances  by  Sufpeclion,  fhall  be  ar- 
retted and  taken  by  the  Sheriffs  of  the  Places  and  Ju- 
ftices in  their  Seffions,  Deputies,  Bailiffs,  and  other 
the  King's  Minifters,  by  good  and  fufficrent  Main- 
prife,  Replevin,  Bail,  or  other  Surety  (the  fhorteft 
that  may  be)  and  fhall  be  prefented  to  the  King  and 
his  Council,  there  to  remain  and  Hand  to  Right,  to 
receive  what  the  Law  will  give  them  ;  and  if  they  be 
attainted  or  convict  of  any  of  the  faid  Things,  they 
fhall  have  the  Pain  comprifed  in  the  Statute  made  in 
the  Twenty  fifth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Sovereign 
Lord  the  King,  which  beginneth,'  "  Whereas  late 
'  in  the  Parliament,  &c." 


*  Add  Or. 


TEM,  if  any  Perfon  defamed  or  fufpecl:  of  the 
faid  Impetrations,  Profecutions,  or  Grievances, 
or  Enterprifes,  be  out  of  the  Realm  or  within,  and 
may  not  be  attached  or  arrefted  in  their  proper  Per- 
fons, and  do  not  prefent  them  before  the  King  or  his 
Council,  within  two  Months  next  after  that  they 
be  thereupon  warned  in  their  Places  (if  they  have 
any)  *  in  any  of  the  King's  Courts,  or  in  the  Coun- 
ties, or  before  the  King's  Juftices  in  their  Seffions, 
or  otherwife  fufficiently,  to  anfwer  to  the  King  and 
to  the  Party,  to  ftand  and  be  at  the  Law  in  this  Cafe 
before  the  King  and  his  Council,  fhall  be  punifhed  by 
the  Form  and  Manner  comprifed  in  the  Statute  made 
in  the  faid  Seven  and  twentienth  Year  of  this  King's 
R.eign,  which  beginneth,'  "  Our  Sovereign  Lord 
'  the  King  of  the  Affent,  &c."  '  and  otherwife,  as 
to  the  King  and  his  Council  fhall  feem  to  be  done, 
without  any  Grace,  Pardon  or  Remiffion  to  be  made 
by  the  King,  without  the  Will  and  Affent  of  the 
Party,  which  fhall  prove  him  to  be  grieved,  and  with- 
out making  to  him  due  Satisfaction  in  this  Cafe.' 


ET  fi  aucunes  perfones  diffames  ou  fufpecfes 
des  dites  impetrations  profecutions  grevan«s 
ou  entreprifes  foient  hors  du  dit  Roialme  ou  dedans 
&  ne  purront  eftre  attachez  ne  areftuz  en  lour  pro- 
pres  perfones  &  ne  fe  prefenfient  devant  le  Roi  ou 
fon  confail  dedeins  deux  mois  profchein  apres  oe 
qils  ferrount  fur  ceo  garniz  en  lour  licux  fi  aucuns 
en  eient  ou  aucuns  des  courtz  le  Roi  cu  en  les 
countees  ou  devant  les  Juftices  le  Roi  en  lour  fef- 
fions ou  autrement  fuffifaument  pur  refpoundre  au 
Roi  h  a  la  partie  &  demurer  &  eftre  a  la  lei  en  ceo 
cas  devaunt  le  Roi  &  fon.  confail  foient  puni'/.  par 
fourme  &  manere  compris  en  leftatut  fait  Ian  xxvii. 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qe  comence  Nojirc  Seignur  le 
Roi  de  laffent  &  a  la  priere  tat.  &  autrement  ficome 
afaire  femblera  au  Roi  et  a  fon  confail  faunz  faire  a 
aucun  deulx  par  noftre  dit  Seignour  le  Roi  aucune 
grace  pardonaunce  ou  remiffion  faunz  la  volente  et 
afTentement  de  la  partie  qe  fe  provera  eftre  greve  et 
fanz  fake  a  luy  due  fatisfadsion  en  ce  cas. 

CAP, 


A.  D»  1363.       Anno  triceiimo  o&avo  Edwardi  III. 


Stat.  2. 


323 


CAP.     III. 

Such  Offenders  to  be  out  of  the  King's  Protection,  and  punifhed  according  to  the  Statute  of 

27  Edw.  3.  Stat.  1.  cap.  1. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  ordeigne  eft  qe  nul  autre  fubget  du  dit 
Roialme  gardant  et  fuftentant  ces  ordinances 
nencourge  aucune  forfeiture  de  vie  de  membre  de 
terres  heritage  ne  de  biensdevers  le  Roinautre  per- 
fone  quelconqe  ne  ne  perde  eftat  ne  faveur  par 
caufe  de  les  fufditz  chofes  ordenes  ne  lui  ne  fes 
fteirs  ne  purront  ne  deverorit  eftre  reprovez  difFa- 
ftieez  nempefcheez  par  aucuns  des  ditz  caufes  en 
aucune  temps  avenir.  Et  fi  aucune  perfone  de 
quelconqe  eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit  par  quelconqe 
manere  qe  ce  foit  attempte  ou  face  aucune  chofe  a 
lencountre  des  dites  ordinances  ou  daucune  chofe 
comprilcen  ycelles  foit  la  dite  perfone  meifmeare- 
fpounfe  en  manere  come  deffus  eft  dit  et  fi  elle  ferra 
fur  ceo  attainte  ou  convaincue  foit  mife  hors  la  pro- 
tection le  Roi  et  puniz  par  fourme  du  dit  eftatut  de 
Ian  xxvii. 


ITEM,  it  is  accorded,  That  none  other  Subject 
of  the  faid  Realm,  keeping  and  fuftaining  thefe 
Ordinances,  fhall  incur  any  Forfeiture  of  Life  and 
Member,  of  Lands,  of  Heritage,  nor  of  Goods, 
againft  the  King,  nor  none  other  Perfon,  nor  lofe 
Eftate  nor  Favour  becaufe  of  the  faid  Things  ordain- 
ed, nor  his  Heirs  may  not  nor  ought  not  to  be  re- 
proved, defamed,  nor  impeached  by  any  of  the  faid 
Caufes  at  any  Time  hereafter.  And  if  any  Perfon, 
of  whatfoever  Eftate  or  Condition  that  he  be,  by 
any  Manner,  attempt  or  do  any  Thing  againft  the 
faid  Ordinances,  or  any  Thing  comprifed  in  them, 
the  fame  Perfon  fhall  be  brought  to  anfwer  in  the 
Manner  as  aforefaid;  and  if  he  be  thereupon  attaint- 
ed or  convict,  he  fhall  be  put  out  of  the  King's  Pro- 
tection, and  punifhed  after  the  Form  of  the  faid  Sta- 
tute made  the  faid  xxvii  Year.' 


CAP.     IV. 

The  Punifhment  of  thofe  who  fue  falfiy  and  malicioufly  Upon  this  Statute.     The  Confent  of  the 
King  and  Parliament  to  appeach  Offenders  againft  the  fame. 

ITEM,  If  any  Perfon  malicioufly  or  falfly  make 
any  Purfuit  againft  any  Perfon  of  the  faid  R.ealm, 
for  Caufe  comprifed  in  thefe  prefent  Ordinances,  and 
thereof  be  duly  attainted  ;  fuch  Plaintiff  fhall  be  duly 
punifhed  at  the  Ordinance  of  the  King  and  his  Coun- 
cil ;  and  neverthelefs  he  fhall  make  Gree  and  Amends 
to  the  Party  grieved  by  his  Purfuit.  And  to  the  Intent 
that  the  faid  Ordinances,  and  every  of  the  fame,  for 
the  Eafe,  Quietnefs,  and  Wealth  of  the  Commons, 
be  the  better  fuftained,  executed,  and  kept;  and  that 
all  thofe  that  have  offended,  or  fhall  offend  againft 
thefe  Ordinances,  by  Profecutions,  Accufations,  De- 
nunciations, Citations,  or  other  Procefs  made  or  to 
be  made  out  of,  the  faid  Realm  or  within,  or  other- 
wife  againft  any  Manner  of  Perfon  of  the  faid  Realm, 


ET  fi  aucune  perfone  face  malicioufement  ou 
faufement  aucun  purfuite  encountre  perfone 
quelconqe  du  dit  Roialme  pur  caufe  comprife  en  ces 
prefentes  ordenances  et  de  ceo  foit  duement  attaint 
foit  tiel  pleintif  duement  puniz  a  lordenance  du 
Roi  ou  de  fon  corifail  et  nientmeyns  face  gree  et  la- 
mende  a  la  partie  qe  a  eftee  grevee  par  fa  pleinte. 
Et  a  fin  qe  les  dites  ordenances  et  chefcun  dycelles 
pur  aife  quiete  et  bien  commun  foient  le  mieuz  fu- 
ftenuz  executz  et  gardez  et  qe  touz  ceux  qe  ount 
mefpris  ou  mefprendrouht  encountre  ceftes  orde- 
nances par  profecutions  accufations  denunciations 
citations  ou  proces  faites  ou  affaire  hors  du  dit 
Roialme  ou  dedeins  ou  overtement  contre  quel- 
conqe perfone  du  Roialme  foient  le  plus  covenable- 
ment  et  promptement  meifnez  a  refpons  pur  recey- 
Vre  droit  folonc  leur  deferte  le  Roi  les  Prelatz  les 
Dues  Countes  Barons  et  Nobles  communes  Clercs 
et  lais  font  tenuz  par  cefte  prefente  ordenaunce  a 
aider  conforter  et  confailler  lun  a  lautre  et  taunt 
fovent  qe  bufoigne  ferra  et  par  toutes  les  rrieillours' 
maneres  qe  faire  fe  pourra  de  parole  et  de  fait  pur 
empefcher  tieux  meftefours  et  refiftere  de  fait  a  lour 
enterprifes  et  faunz  les  foeffrir  habiter  demorrer  ne 
paffer  par  lour  Seignouries  puiffance  terres  juris- 
dictions ne  lieux  et  fount  tenuz  de  garder  et  defen- 
dre  lune  a  lautre  de  tout  damages  vilainez  et  re- 
proves ficome  ils  ferroient  lour  propres  perfones  et' 
pur  leur  fait  et  bufoigne  et  par  tiele  manere  et  fi 
avant  come  tieles  profecutions  ou  proces  fuiffent 
faites  ou  atteintez  encountre  eux  en  fpecial  ou  en 
commune. 


be  the  more  covenably  and  fpeedily  brought  in  An- 
fwer,   to  receive   Right  according  to  their  Defert: 
The  King,  the  Prelates,  Dukes,  Earls,  Barons,  No- 
bles, *  and  other  Commons,  Clerks,  and  Lay-people,  #  JvS  in  trig. 
be  bound  by  this  prefent  Ordinance  to  aid,  comfort, 
and  to  couiifel  the  one  and  the  other ;  and  as  often 
as  fhall  need,  and  by  all  the  beft  Means  that  may  be 
made  of  Word  and   of  Deed,  to  impeach  fuch  Of- 
fenders, and  refift  their  Deeds  and  Enterprifes,  and 
without  fuffering  them  to  inhabit,  abide,  or  pafs  by 
their  Seignories,  Poffeflions,  Lands,  Jurifdictions,  or  ,«  E1  c_  ?> 
Places,  and  be  bound  to  keep  and  defend'  the  one  and  ibe  Offences  in 
the  other  from  all  Damage,  Villainy,  and  Reproof,  tbefiregewg 
as  they  fhould  do  their  own  Perfons,  and  for  fcheir  Ch'ttlr  v""1' 
Deed  and  Bufinefs,  and  by  fuch  Manner,  and  as  ^S^h"" 
forth,  as  fuch  Profecutions  or  Procefs  were  made  or  TiCaion.  'S 
attempted  againft  them  in  efpecial,  f  general,  or  in  f  Neti'nOiig. 
common.' 


tt  2 


Statutes 


24       C.  i— 4.       Anno  quadragefimo  fecundo  Edwardi  III.   A. D.  1368* 

Statutes  made  at  Wefcminfter,  Anno   42  Edw.  III.  and  Anno  Dom. 

1368. 

CAR     I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and  a  Repeal  of  thofe 

Statutes  that  be  made  to  the  contrary. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  3. 

EN  le  parlement  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  tenuz  a 
Weftm'  le  primer  jour  de  May  Ian  de  fon 
regne  quarantifme  fecond  eft  affentu  et  ao 
corde  qe  la  Grande  Chartre  et  la  Chartre  de  la  Fo- 
refte  foient  tenuz  et  gardez  en  touz  pointz  et  fi  nul 
tH.i.flat.2.    "  in  an  romts ;    (3;  ana  it  any  otatute  De  maae  to  tne    eftatut  foit  fait  a  contraire foit  tenuz  pur  nul. 


Kin?, 


T  the  Parliament  of  our  Lord  the  ivmS, 
holden  at  Weftminjler  the  Firft  Day  of  May, 
the  two  and  fortieth  Year  of  his  Reign," 
(2)  it  is  afiented  and  accorded,  That  the  Great  Char- 
ter and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft  be  holden  and  kept 
in  all  Points;  (3)  and  if  any  Statute  be  made  to  the 
contrary,  that  fhall  be  holden  for  none.' 


*  Tb'isfeems  to  be  a  m'ftaken  Reference  ;  and  is  -probably  'intended for  25  Ed.  1.  fat.  I.  c.  1  £f  2, 

CAP.     II. 

A  Writ  of  Allowance  of  a  Pardon  granted  Anno  36  Edw.  3. 

EX  Pi  T7Nfement  eft  affentu  qe  la  pardon  qe  le  Roi  fift  a  fa  commune  Ian  trente  fifme  foit  tenuz  en  touz  fez 

JlL  pointz  &  ft  nul  fe  fent  greve  contre  la  lorme  dicelle  il  avera  brief  en  Chancellerie  dallower  les  pointa 
<lu  dit  pardon. 

CAP.     III. 

None  fhall  be  put  to  anfwer  an  Accufation  made  to  the  King  without  Prefentment. 

ITEM  a  larequefte  de  la  commune  par  leur  pe- 
tition mis  avant  en  ce  parlement  pur  oufter  mef- 
chiefs  et  damages  faitz  as  plufours  de  fa  dite  com- 
mune par  faux  accufours  qe  fovent  ontfait  leurac- 
cufementz  plus  pur  vengeance  &  fingulere  profit  qe 
pur  profit  du  Roi  ou  de  fon  poeple  queux  accufez 
ont  efte  aucuns  pris  et  autres  faitz  venir  devant  le 
confeil  le  Roi  par  brief  et  autrement  fur  greve  peine 
et  encontre  le  leye  eft  affentu  et  accorde  pur  le  bone 
government  de  la  commune  qe  nul  homme  foit  mis 
a  refpondre  fanz  prefentement  devant  Juftices  ou 
chofe  de  record  ou  per  due  proceffe  et  brief  origi- 
nal folonc  launcien  leye  de  la  terre  et  fi  rien  defore 
enavant  foit  fait  al  encontre  foit  voide  en  leye  et  te- 
nuz pur  errour. 


9  7/.  %.fiat.  1. 
c.  29, 

•I  Ed.  3.  c.  8. 
SEd.3.  c.  9. 

14  Ed.  $.ftat.  I. 
c.  1 4. 

15  Ed.  3.  flat.  5. 
c.  4.  28  Ed.  3. 
f-3.  37Ed.3. 
c.  j  8.     Enforced 


«<  TTEM,  At  the  Requeft  of  the  Commons  by  their 
"  J.  Petitions  put  forth  in  this  Parliament,  to  efchew 
"  the  Mifchiefs  and  Damages  done  to  divers  of  his 
"  Commons  by  falfe  Accufers,  which  oftentimes  have 
"  made  their  Accufations  more  for  Revenge  and  fin* 
"  gular  Benefit,  than  for  the  Profit  of  the  King,  or  of 
"  his  People,  which  accufed  Perfons,  fome  have  been 
"  taken,  and  fometime  caufed  to  come  before  the 
"  King's  Council  by  Writ,  and  otherwife  upon  grie- 
"  vous  Pain  againft  the  Law:"  '  (2)  it  is  affented  and 
'  accorded,  for  the  good  Governance  of  the  Commons, 
'  That  no  Man  be  put  to  anfwer  without  Prefentment 
'  before  Juftices,  or  Matter  of  Record,  or  by  due  Pro- 
'  cefe  and  Writ  original,  according  to  the  old  Law  of 
'  the  Land:  (3)  And  if  any  Thing  from  henceforth 
'  be  done  to  the  contrary,  it  fhall  be  void  in  the  Law, 
'  and  holden  for  Error.' 

by  1 1  R.  »■  c .  ]o»     *6  Car.  I.  c.  10.  ivbicb  regulates  the  privy  Council  and  ta 


hs  aiuay  the  Star  Chamber* 


CAP.     IV. 

To  what  Sort  of  People  Commiffions  of  Inquiry  fhall  be  granted. 


'  TTEM,    Becaufe    that    Commiffions  have  been 
'  JL  made  and   granted    in   divers  Counties,   at  the 
'  Procurement  of  certain  Perfons,  to  inquire  of  cer- 
'  tain  Articles,  which  Commimoners  have  made  their 
'  Inquiries  in  fecret  Places,  and  by  People  not  fuffi- 
'  cient  and  of  their  Covin,  more  to  their  private  Pro- 
'  fit  than  for  the  King's  Advantage,  or  of  his  People ;" 
(2)  it  is  affented  and   accorded,  That  from  hence- 
forth in  all  Inquiries  within  the  Realm,  Commiffions 
fhall  be  made  to  fome  of  the  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench 
or  of  the  other,  or  Juftices  of  Affile,  or  Juftices  of 


JTEM  por  ce  qe  commiffions  ont  efte  faitz  & 
grantez  en  divers  contees  as  procurementz  de 
certeins  perfones  denquere  de  certeins  articles 
queux  commiffioners  font  leur  enquerrees  en  pla- 
ces privees  &  par  gentz  nient  fufficeantz  &  de  leur 
covyn  plus  au  profit  de  eux  qe  en  avantage  du  Roi 
ou  de  fon  poeple  eft  affentu  &  accorde  qe  defore  en 
touz  enquerrez  deinz  la  Roialme  foient  commiffions 
faites  as  afcuns  des  Juftices  de  lun  Bank  ou  de  lau- 
tre  ou  Juftices  daffifes  ou  Juftices  de  la  pees  ovefqe 
autres  de  meulx  vauez,  du  paiis  fibien  pur  profit  du 

Roi 


A.  D.  1368.  Anno  quadragefimo  fecundb  E d  w  a r d  1  III.       C.  5 — 9. 


n  1  e 
J~0 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Roi  come  de  la  commune  fauve  en  loiHce  defche- 
tour  en  chofe  qe  touche  celle  office. 


*  the  Peace,  with  others  of  the  mod  worthy  of  the 

'  Country,  as  well  for  the  King's  Profit  as  the  Ccm- 

'  mons,  laving  in  the  Office  of  the  Efcheatorfhip,  *  or     ,.   "^-"V 

«  Thing  that  toucheth  the  fame  Office.'  wb,ch  "*"">; 


CAP.     V. 

Of  what  Sufficiency  in  Land  every  Efcheator  muft  be  :    He  fhall  execute  his  Office  in  his  own 

proper  Perlbn. 

ITEM  come  contenue  foit  en  les  eftatuz  orde- 
nez  pur  commune  profit  des  efchetours  qe  nul 
efchetour  foit  fil  neit  fufficeantie  de  terre  dont  il 
poet  refpondre  au  Roi  &  fon  poeple  eft  afTentu  qe 
nul  efchetour  foit  fait  fil  neit  vint  liverees  de  terre 
au  meins  ou  plus  en  fee  &  qils  facent  leur  office  en 
propre  perfone  &  ii  autre  foit  foit  ouite. 


C  A 


"  |TEM,  Whereas  it  is  contained  in  the  Statutes  '4 Hd.  3.  flat.  ii 

"   A.  ordained  for  the  common  Profit  of  Lfcheators,  c'b* 

"  that  none  fhould  be  Efcheator  unlefs  he  have  fuffi- 

"  cient  Land,  whereof  he  may  anfwer  to  the  King  and 

"  to  his  People ;"    '  (2)  it  is  afTented,  That  no  Ef- 

'  cheator  fhall  be  made  unlefs  he  have  xx  1.  of  Land  at 

'  the  leaft,  or  more,    in  Pee;    (3)  and  that  they  do 

'  their  Office  in  proper  Perfon  ;    and  if  any  other  be,  Enforced  by 

'  he  fhall  be  put  out.'  ty  1  H^'cfg; 

EJcbcatorsJhal! have.  Lands  to  the  yearly  Value  of  xl  Marti, 

P.     VI. 


The  Statute  of  z$Ed'.  3.  Stat,  1.  c.  1.  concerning  Labourers,  &c.  fhall  be  executed. 

ITEM  eft  acorde  &  afTentu  qe  leftatut  &  ordenance  faitz  de  laborers  &  artificers  foient  tenuz  &  garcfez  Repealed  by 
&  duement  executz  &  fur  ycels  foient  commiffions  faites  as  Juftices  de  la  pees  en  chefcun  con  Lee  doier  5  Eliz.  c,  4.- 
Si  terminer  les  pointz  du  dit  eftatut  &  de  agarder  damages  al  fuite  de  partie  folonc  la  quantite  de  trefpafs. 

CAP.     VII. 

Londoners  and  none  other,  fhall  fell  Victuals  by  Retale. 

TEM  eft  afTentu  qe  ceux  de  Londres  et  nul  autre  vendent  a  retaille  vitailles-  tanfeulement  et  ce  de  efpe-  EXP, 
ciale  grace  du  Roi  tanqe  au  profchein  parlement  fur  condition  qil  foit  bien  reulee  et  governee  en  le  mefne 

:emps  a  commune  profit.     Et  eft  lentention  du  Roi  qe  nul  prejudice  foit  faite  as>  aliens  qe  ont  franchifes  par 

:hartre  des  Rois. 

CAP.     VIII. 

Englijh  Merchants  fhall  not  pafs  into  Gafcoign  to  fetch  Wines,  nor  fhall  buy  any  Wines  until 

they  be  landed. 

r  TEM  eft  afTentu  et  accorde  pur  profit  du  Roialme  qe  nul  Engleis   pafTe  en  Gafcoigne  pur  vins  quere  A]    .  , , 
illoeqes  mn.is  foient  amefnez  en  Engleterre  par  les  Gafcoignes  et  autres  'aliens  et  fur  ce  foit  defens  fait  4,  ^     \  M 
jarmy  le  Roialme  et  qe  nul  Engleis  mette  en  mains  des  ditz  Gafcoignes  ou  aliens  ne  iloeqes  mande  ore  nar- 
rent  nautre  marchandie  pur  ent  faire  achate  des  vins  al  oeps  des  Engleis  fur  forfeiture  del  or  argent  ou  mar- 
:handifes  iffint  mis  en  mains  ou  mandez.     Et  qe  toutes  les  niefs  dEngleterre  et  de  Gafcoigne  qe  viegnent 
:n  Gafcoigne  foient  primerement  frettez  pur  amefner  vins  en  Engleterre  devant  toutes  autres.     Et  qe  nul 
Engleis  bargaine  ne  achate  tieux  vins  venantz  en  Engleterre  avant  qils  foient  mis  a  terre  folonc  la  forme  de 
eftatut  ent  fait.     Et  tendra  cefte  ordenance  lieu  a  la  geule  dAuguft  profchein  avenir  enavant  et  qe  nul  garant  Rep.  ;  El.  c.  5. 
Toit  faite  a  nul  Engleis  a  contraire.  3  Eulfir.  si. 


CAP.     IX. 

Eftreats  fhall  be  fhewed  to  the  Party  indebted,  and   that  which   is    paid  fhall   be  totted. 
Sheriff,  &c.  fliall  continue  in  Office  above  a  Year. 


No 


ENfement  par  la  ou  en  la  verte  cire  eft  mande  a 
vifconte  pur  lever  les  de  tes  le  Roi  les  mini- 
ittres  des  vifcontes  les  levent  par  roulles  &  autres 
Remembrances  &  ne  monftrent  les  dites  eftretes 
defouz  le  feal  del  Efcheqier  iffint  qece  qeftleve  une 
ixiitz  vient  autrefoiz  en  demande  par  caufe  qils  ne 
l.echargent  au  plein  dece  qeft  leve  en  deceit  du  Roi 
;5e  empovcrifiem"nt  de  fo;;  poeple  eft  ordene  &  af- 
"entu  qe  hemme  veie  les  dices  eftretes  enfeallees  & 
^e  ct  qefr  paie  foit  tottee  &  meifmes  les  eftretes 
nandez  as  vifcontes  fur  la  receite.    Et  ii  aucuns 


ITEM,  Whereas  the  green  Wax  is  fent  to  Sheriffs  Eftreats  fllaIj 
to  levy  the  King's  Debts,  the  Sheriffs  Minifters  b=  ftewed  to 
1  do  levy  the  fame  by  E.olls,  and  other  Remembran-  the  Party  '"- 
:  ces,  and  do  not  fliew  the  fame  Eftreats  under  the  tdtcdbted'  and  tot- 
:  Seal  of  the  Exchequer,  fo  that  which  is  once  levied,  3  E'di  ,;  c< 
;  cometh  another  Time  in  Demand,  becaufe  that  they  Confirmed  by 
'  do  not  charge  them  fully  of  that  which  is  levied,  in  7  H.  4,  c.3, 
:  Deceit  of  the  King,    and   Impoverifhment   of  his 
;  People;"    '  (2)  it  is  ordained  and  afTented,  That  a 
Man   fhall  fee  the  fame  Eftreat  fealed,  and  that  the 
fame  which  is  paid,  be  totted,  and  the  fame  Eftreats 

'  fenf 


326       C.  io,  ir.     Anno  quadrageflmo  fecundo  Edward i  III.    A. D.  1368, 


Sheriffs   fhaU 

aefcompt  by  E-  , 
fireats  totted, 
and  none  other. 

14  Ed.  3.  flat.  1.  ' 

c.  7.     '  < 

a3H.  6.  c.  8.  *  < 

confirms  the  Sta-  t 
tales  declarh'g 
that  Sheriffs Jhall ' 

continue  in  Of-  * 

fee  but  one  Year.  C 

6H.8.C  :3.  c 


Ex  Rot.  in  Ttirr.  Lon<3. 
vifcontes  ou  miniftre  face  au  contraire  fr,it  tenug 
de  refpondre  a  la  partie  qe  de  ce_  felt  yoet  pleindre 
de  fes  damages  a  treble  &  face  fin  au  Roi.  Et  qil 
eit  fa  feute  fibien  devant  Jufticsz  de  la  pees  come 
devaunt  autres  Juftices.  Et  qe  les  vifcontes  foient 
tenuz  daccompter  par  meifmes  les  effretes  iffint  tot- 
tes  Sc  par  nul  autre.  Et  ne  foient  les  effretes  dou- 
blees  par  les  vifcontees  rnf  is  la  copie  de  les  eftretes 
en  qant  qe  touchent  franchife  des  Seignurs  foient 
liverees  as  baillifs  de  franchifes  fcuz  le  feal  du  vif- 
conte  &  qe  meifmes  les  baillifs  rendentleuraccompt 
en  lefcheqier  par  meifmes  l^s  copies  iffint  liverez. 
Et  enfement  qe  nul  vifconte  fouzvifconte  r.e  cleft 
de  vifconte  demoerge  en  fon  office  outre  u'n  an  come 
ordene  elf  des  vifcontes  par  eftatutz. 


.  7.  empowering  Sheriffs  to  occupy  their  Offices  during  Michaelmas  anj 


'  fent  to  the  Sheriffs  upon  the  Receipt.  (3)  And  if 
'  any  Sheriff  or  Minifter  do  to  the  contrary,  he  fhall  be 
'  charged  to  anfwer  to  the  Party,  which  thereof  will 
'  him  complain,  his  treble  Damages,  and  make  Fine 
c  to  the  King.  (4)  And  that  he  have  his  Suit  as  well 
'•  before  Juftices  of  the  Peace,  as  before  other  Juftices. 
'  (0  And  that  the  Sheriffs  be  bound  to  accompt  by  the 
'  fame  Eftreats  fo  totted,  and  by  none  other.  (6)  And 
'  the  fame  Eftreats  {hall  not  be  doubled  by  the  Sheriffs, 
c  but  the  Copy  of  the  Eftreats,  wherein  they  touch  the 
'  Franchifes  of  Lords,  fhall  be  delivered  to  the  Bai- 
'  lifts  of  the  Fr.inchifes  under  the  Seal  of  the  Sheriff, 
'  and  that  the  fame  Bailiffs  yield  their  Accompt  in  the 

Exchequer  by  the  fame  Copies  fo  delivered.     (7)  And 

alfo  that   no   Sheriff,    Undcr-Sheriff,    nor  Sheriff's 

Clerk,  abide  in  his  Office  above  one  Year,  as  it  is 
stains  Except;-     ordained  f  by  the  Statute.' 

wis  tu'th  rejpeel  to  the  Comity  of  the  Tonvn  of  Brijlol,     But  fee  12.  Ed.  4.  c.  I.  and  17  Ed.  4. 
Hilary  Terms,  unlej'%  difebarged  before  that  T^me. 

*  Read  e.  7.  "}"  Add  Concerning  Sheriffs* 

CAP.     X. 

Children  born  beyond  the  Sea,  if  inheritable  in  England. 

US  S INT  fur  la  petition  mis  en  parlement  par  la  corhmunalte  fuppliant  qe  les  enfantz  neez  pardela 
_^  deinz  les  Seignuries  de  Caleys  Guynes  &  Gafcoigne  &  aillouis  deinz  les  terres  &  Seignories  qe  appar- 
tiegnent  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  pardela  foient  fi  avant  ables  &  enheritables  de  leur  heritages  eri  Engleterre, 
come  autres  enfantz  neez  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  eft  accorde  &  affentu  qe  la  commune  leye  &  leftatut 
15  Ed.  3.  ftat.a.  rur  ce  p0jn(;  autrefoiz  faitz  foient  tenuz  &  gardez. 

CAP.     XI. 

Copies  of  Panels  (hall  be  delivered  to  the  Parties  fix  Days  before  the  SefTions. 

"  T  TEM,  Forafmuch  as  divers  Mifchiefs  have  hap-  I  ITEM  porce  qe  divsrfes  mefchiefs  font  avenuz 
"  J.  pened,  becaufe  that  the  Panels  of  Inquefts  which  |  JL  par  caufe  qe  les  panelles  des  enqueues  qont  efte 
"  have  been  taken  before  Juftices  by  Writ  of  Scire  !  prifes  devant  Juftices  par  brief  de  Scire  facias  & 
"  facias,  and  other  Writs,  have  not  been  r  turned  be-  j  autres  briefs  nont  pas  efte  retournez  devant  les  k(- 
"  fore  the  Seffions  of  the  Juftices  at  the  Nifi  prius,  '  fions  des  Juftices  a  la  Nifi  prius  &  autrement  fi  qe 
"  and  othervvife,  fo  that  the  Parties  could  not  have  !  les  parties  ne  purrent  avoir  coniffar.ee  des  nouns' 
"  Knowledge  of  the  Names  of  the  Perfons  which  fiiould  I  des  perfons  qe  pafferont  en  lenqu.fte  Par  quei  plu- 
"  pafs  in  the  Inqueft,  whereby  divers  of  the  People  '  feurs  gentz  ont  efte  deiheritces  &  fttbduitz  h  eft  or- 
"  have  been  difherited  and  oppreffed  ;"  '  it  is  ordained,  !  dene  qe  nulle  enquefte  forfpiis  r.iiifes  &  oeii. entr- 
'  That  no  Inqueft,  but  Affifes  and  Deliverances  of  j  ces  des  gaoles  foient  prifes  par  brief  de  Nifi  prius  rre 
'  Gaols,  be  taken  by  Writ  of  Nifi  prius,  nor  in  other  }  en  autre  mariere  a  fuite  de  aully  grant  ne  peat  avatrf 
'  Manner,  at  the  Suit  of  any  Great  or  Small,  before  j  ce  qe  les  nouns  de  to'uz  yceux  qi  pa'neroriT.  en  I 
'  that  the  Names  of  all  them  that  fhall  pafs  in  the  In-  enqueftes  foient  retournees  en  course.  Et  qe  1 
'■  quefts  be  returned  in  the  Court.  (3)  And  that  the  •  vifcontes  arraient  les  panelles  en  affifes  quatrejoi 
'  Sheriffs  array  the  Panels  in  AfEfrs  four  Days  at  the  |  a  meinz  devant  la  feffion  des  Juftices  fur  peine  dc 
'  leaft  before  the  Seflions  of  the  Juftices,  upon  Pain  of  j  vint  livres  iffint  qe  les  parties  peuffent  avoir  la  veue 
'  twenty  Pound,  fo  that  the  Parties  may  have  the  View  '  des  panelles  iils  le  demandent.  Et  quant  a  retourne 
'  of  the  Panels,  if  they  the  fame  demand.  (4)  And  as  I  ou  refpons  des  baillifs  des  franchifes  facenr  leurre- 
'  to  the  Return  or  Anfwer  of  the  Bailiffs  of  Fran-  j  fpons  as  vifcontes  par  fis  jours  devant  leur  f.fon 
c  chifes,  they  ffiall  make  their  Anfwer  to  the  Sheriff  fix     fur  meifme  la  peine.     Et  en  fuce  manere  des  pa- 


Sy  7  W.  3.  c.  3 

feci.  7.   Perrons 
tried  for  Hieh 
Treafon,  &c. 
/hal!  have  Co- 
pies of  the 
Panel,  &c. 
6H.6.  c.  2. 


Days  before  their  Seffion  upon  the  fame  Pain.  (<;) 
And  in  all  Manner  of  Panels  arrayed  by  the  Sheriffs 
or  Bailiffs  within  Franchife,  fhall  be  put  the  moft 
fubftantia!  People,  and  worthy  of  Credit,  and  not 
ftifpecl,  which  have  beft  Knowledge  of  the  Truth, 
and  be  neareft.' 


nelles  arraiez  par  vifcontes  ou  baillifs  deins  fran- 
chife foient  mis  les  meulz  vauez  fufficeantz  & 
dignes  de  foy  &  nient  fufpcctz  qont  meiUc-tir  co- 
nillance  de  la  verite  &  pluis  profcheins. 


What  fort  cf 
Tcrfons  ihall  be 
returned  upon 
In^«eft6. 

c  ^",.     iiEH.i 

Jlat.i.  2?  Ed.  1.  Rat.  3.  c.  0.  20  Ed.  3.  e.  6.  34Ed.3.c,4.  feiS.3.  (.4.  uiif.  7.  c.  21.  4i7.S.c.3.  5  IT.  8.  c.  5.  23r7.8.f.i3 
'6.  27  E'ih.  c.  6.  4&'  5  >y.  &  M.  c.  24.  (eB.it,-  7  &  8  IV.  %.  c.  3a.  3  fif  4^7/.  r.  18.  jC.2.  c.ij,  4  G.  2.  v.  7.  6  Ga.  2.  c,  yf. 
c.  i  %.  jeti.  1.  and  29  Geo,  2.  c.  lq.fecl.  1.  which  Statutes  pro-vide  farther  fir  the  Qualifications  of  Jurors,      Re,;ift.  178.     Raft.  U7. 


jtH.t. 

24  Gin.  ». 


Statutit 


A.  D.  1369.     Anno  quadragefimo  tertio  Edward  1  III.  C.  1,  2.        327 

Statutes  made  Anno  43  Edw.  III.  and  Anno  Dora.  1369. 

DWARD  by  the  Grace  of  God,  &e.  to  the  The  Danger 

"•       •"-     -»<■    ■*•     ■  •'•»«  ■  *■""••  — ■         which  miziit 


£*  i?<rf.  /'«  S'i/rt'.  Lond.  »z.  z. 

EDWARD  par  la  grace  de  Dieu  Roi  dEngle- 
terre  &  de  France  &  Seignur  dlrland  a  no- 
ftrc  vif  onte  de  Stafford  faluz.     Come  nad- 
gairs  eftoit  ordeigne  pur  profit  du  Roialme  &  ees 


"    H      Sheriff  of  Stafford,  Greeting.     Whereas  of  late  ™f' 

,,    JL    j    .  ,    .^    ,     ~  ,        -n^   r         r     i        i»       1         enlue  by  keep- 

*^~ *  it  was  ordained  for  the  rront  or  the  Realm,  ;ng  the  Staple 
"  and  Eafe  of  Merchants  of  England,  that  the  Staple  at  Calice, 
__s  marchantz  dEngletcrre  qe  leftaples  de  leins  ]  "  of  Woolls,  Woollfels,  and  Leather  fhould  be  holden 
peaux  lanuz  &  quirs  ferroient  tenuz  a  Caleis  &  I  "  at  Calice,  and  there  it  hath  been  fithence  the  firft 
illoeqes  ad  eftc  puis  1?  primer  jour  de  Marcz  Ian  de  ;  "  Day  of  March,  the  feven  and  thirtieth  Year  of  our 
noftre  regne  trcnt  feptilme  &  ore  par  caufe  qe  la  '  "  Lord  the  King  that  now  is  :  (2)  And  now  becaufe 
p:es  autrefoitz  pi  is  parcntre  les  Roialmes  dEngle-  i  "  the  Peace  another  Time  taken  between  the  Realms  of 
terre  &  de  Fiance  eft  par  les  Franceys  enfreint  &  ;  "  England  and  France  is  by  the  Frenchmen  broken,  and- 
grant  p  ril  de  perde  purroit  avenir  as  biens  duRoi-  ;  "  great  Peril  might  come  to  the  Goods  of  the  Realm 
a]-'  '  or  '-fteantz  &  venantz  par  mere  a  mefme  !  "  there  being,  and  coming  by  the  Sea  to  the  fame- 
leftaple  hors  dEngleterre  fi  mefme  leftaple  feufle  il-  j  "  Staple  out  of  England,  if  the  fame  Staple  were  con- 
loeqes  conienue  &  furce  lesPrelatz  grantz  &  com-  "  tinued  :  And  thereupon  the  Prelates,  Great  Men, 
mimes  veiantz  les  mefchiefs  ck  perils  qe  purroient  ]  "  and  Commons  feeing  the  Mifchiefs  and  Perils  which, 
avenir  a  les  biens  &c  marchandifes  celle  partie  pri-  "  may  happen  to  the  Goods  and  Merchandises  in  this 
erent  a  noftre-  Sfevgnur  le  Roi  en  ceft  prefent  parle-  "  behalf,  pray  the  King  in  this  prefent  Parliament 
Spent  tenuz  a  Weftm'  a  Its  oetaves  de  la  I  rinite  "  holden_at  Wejlmi-nfter  at  the  Vtas  of  the  Koly  Trinity:, 
Ir.r  dte  <  n  regne  dEngleterre  quarante  tierce  fur  ce  :  "  the  three  and  fortieth  Year  of  his  Reign,  thereupon?, 
ordeigner  remedie.  '"  to  ordain  Remedy.''' 

CAP.     I. 

The  "Wooll  Staple  at  Calice  removed,  what  Towns  in  England  it  fhall   be  holden  at,  and  the- 
former  Appointment  ol  the  Irifa  and  Wdjh  Staples  confirmed. 

tOflxe  Seignur  le  Roi  eu  fur  ce  plein  deliberation  &  avifement  ove  fon  grant  confeil  .a  la  requeft  des  a7JW..j;  ftat.j 


B. 


X.  "'  prelatz  grantz  &  communes  efteantz  en  meSme  le  parlement  ad  ordeigne  qe  leftaple  de  Caleis  foit  c'  * 
de  tout  oufte  &  leftaples  des  leins  peaux  lanuz  &  quirs  du  Roialme  dEngletcrre  foient  tenuz  es  lieux  fouz- 
efcriptz  ceft-aflavoir  a  Neofchaftel  fur  Tyne  Kyngefton  fur  Hull  Seint  Bothulf  Jernemuth  Quenefbu'rghi 
Weftm'  Ciceftr'  Wynceftr'  Exceftr'  &  Bruftuyt  &  leftaples  dlrland  &  Gales  es  lieux  ou  ils  eiroient  pri-- 
naerement  ordeinez.  Et  outre  ce  eft  ordeigne  qe  touz  marchantz  aliens  &  denzeins  puiffent  franchement 
aler  par  toute  Engleterre  Gales  &  Irland  &  achater  &  vendre  leins  peaux  lanutz  &  quirs  &  toutes  autres 
marchandifes  a  lour  vchmte  fanz  null  empefchement  ou  deftourbance  iffint  qe  nulles  leins  peaux  lanuz  ne 
quirs  pafient  hors  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  Gales  ne  Irland  tanqils  foient  amefnez  a  les  ftaples  &  illoeqes 
poifez  cokettez  &  cuftumez  &  qe  touz  les  leins  qe  ferront  amefnez  a  leftaple  de  Weftm'  &  Wynceftr' 
foient  entre  rrxarchant  et  marchant  ou  marchant  &  autres  loialment  poifez  par  leftandard  &  chefcun  fak 
&  farplere  dycelles  leins  iffint  poifez  enfealeez  fouz  les  fealx  des  meirs  de  les  ftaples  &  des  coneftables  ou. 
meir  &  un  des  ditz  coneftables  &  qe  touz  les  leins  iffint  feallez  a  leftaples  &  auffint  quirs  peaux  lanuz  qe 
vendrent  illoeqes  paiez  ent  la  cuftume  de  leftaple  foient  tefmoignez  par  bilie  enfeallc  de  fealx  des  meirs  de 
leftaples  &  des  coneftables  ou  de  meir  &  un  des  diiz  coneftables  &  mefne  ceftaiTavoir  de  leftaple  de  Weftm' 
au  port  de  Loundres  &  de  Wynceftr'  a-1  port  de  Suthampion  &  illoeqes  foient  les  ditz  leins  autresfoitz 
poifez  en  prefence  de  noz  cuftumers  Sr  ccuntrercliours  affignez  en  mefmes  les  portz  &  foit  endenture  faite 
entre  le  meir  de  leftaple  &  les  coneftables  ou  meir  St  un  des  ditz  coneftables  efteantz  es  ditz  portz  &  noz 
cuftumers  illoeqes  de  toutes  les  leins  iffint  poifez  cz  auxint  des  quirs  &  pesyix  lanuz  qe  vendrent  a  mefmes 
leftaples  pur  patter  illoeqes  &  mefmes  ceux  leins  &  auxint  quirs  6c  peaux  lanuz  cuftumez  &  coketrez  &  les 
cullumes  ent  deuz  paiez  a  noz  cuftumers  en  les  ditz  portz.  Et  mefmes  les  leins  peaux  lanuz  &  quirs  &  touz 
autres  leins  bien  &  loialment  poifez  cokettez  &  cuftumez  en  les  autres  portz  &  eftapics  fuifditz  foient  amef- 
nez hors  du  dit  Roialme  &  terres  par  aliens  quele  part  qe  lour  plerra  a  lour  vol  ante  &  neray  par  denzeins. 
Et  fi  nul  denzein  face  a  lencontre  encourge  la  forfeiture  de  les  leins  quirs  &  peaux  lanuz  &  demprifonement 
de  fon  corps  par  trois  ans  &  outre  foit  reint  a  la  volume  le  Roi  &  foit  la  nief  charge  ove  les  ditz  marchaiir 
difes  a  qi  qil  foit  forfait  au  Roi. 

CAP.     II. 

The  Conditions  on  which  EngHJh,  Irilh,  and.  (■Veljhmen.,  not  being  Artificers,  may  import  Wine 
from  Gafcoign,  notwithftanding  the  Statute  of  42  Iidw.  III.  cap.  8. 

ITEM  come  au  parlement  tenuz  lanquarrant  fecond  eftoit  ordeigne  qe  nul  J:  nglcis  pafferoit  en  Gafcoign  3  Bulf'.ir. 
pur  quere  vyns  illoeqes  mes  qe  les  vins  fuiflent  amefnez  en  Engleterre  par  les  Gafcoignes  &  autres  aliens 
&  coment  qe  la-  dit  ordenance  ad  efte  par  aflay  profitable  au  toute  !e  Roialme  nientmeins  le  Roi  a  la  requeft 
de  fbn  trefchier  fkz  le  Prince  qs  fad  fovent  pleint  qe  fes  fubfides  &  cufiumes  de  vins  en  fa  principalte  dAqui- 
tajgneontefteappetizes  &  amenuiez  par  caufe  qe  les  Engleis  ney  venentpur  achatre  les  vins  come  ils  folei ent 
4  &  par 


328       C.  3,  4.  Anno  quadragefimo  tertio  Edwardi  III.      A.  D.  1369* 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
&  par  tant  demoert  grant  partie  des  vins  nient  venduz  voet  &  grant  del  affent  des  prelatz  grajitz  &  com- 
munes qe  touz  Engleis  Irrois  &  Galeys  qe  ne  foient  artificers  puifferit  franchement  paffer  en  Gafcoign  pur 
quer.vins  illoeqes  trovant  fufficeant  feurtee  avant  fon  paffage  devant  les  meir  &  baillifs  ou  baillifs  la  ou  meir 
neft  de  la  ville  ou  port  ou  il  paflera  qil  achatera  en  Gafcoign  cent  tonelx  de  vin  &  nient  meins  de  fes  biens 
propres  &  dautrie  &  les  amefnera  ou  ferra  amefner  en  Engleterre  Gales  ou  Irland  &  null  part  aillours.  Et  ft 
autrement  foit  fait  par  afcun  Engleis  Galeis  ou  Irrois  foient  les  vins  &  les  niefs  amefnantz  les  ditz  vins  forfaitz 
au  Roi  &  eit  la  prifon  de  un  an  &  outre  foit  reint  a  la  volunte  le  Roi.  Et  ft  afcun  Engleis  pafTe  en  Gafcoign 
fanz  trover  tiel  feurtee  encourge  la  forfeiture  de  touz  fes  biens  devers  le  Roi.  Et  foient  les  ditz  feurteez 
certifiez  &  retournez  en  la  Cbauncellerie  le  Roi  par  les  ditz  meir  &  baillifs  ou  par  baillifs  ou  meir  ny  a  deux 
foith  par  an  ceftaffavoir  a  les  oetaves  de  la  Chaundeleur  &  a  la  goule  dAuft.  Et  ft  null  meir  ou  bailifs  foeff- 
rent  afcun  Engleis  paffer  tanqil  eit  trove  tiel  feurtee  ou  fils  ne  certifient  en  Chancellerie  en  manere  come  dit 
eft  encourgent  lemprifonement  de  lour  corps  dun  an  &  outre  foient  reintz  a  la  volunte  le  Roi.  Et  neft  pas 
lentention  du  Roi  des  grantz  ne  des  communes  qe  lordinance  fait  des  vins  Ian  quarrant  fecond  fufdit  foit  re- 
pellez  ne  anullez  einz  demoerge  en  fufpenfe  tanqe  lem  verra  quele  profit  ou  damage  ceft  prefent  graunte 
ferra  au  Roialme  en  temps  avenir.  Et  voet  le  Roi  qe  les  Gafcoignes  et  lour  fervantz  a  toutes  les  foitz  qe 
lour  plerra  vienent  ove  lour  vins  -en  Engleterre  Gales  et  Irland  en  manere  et  ft  franchement  come  il  eftoit 
ordeine  en  le  dit  an  quarrant  fecond  ou  en  afcun  temps  devant. 

CAP.     III. 


The  King's  Butler,  or  his  Lieutenants,  fhall  take  no  more  Wines  than  is  commanded. 


4lnft.  30. 


*  Add  Greater 
Slvantities  of         " 
Wires  than  luere  cc 
heedful  or  ne-  cjE 

cef/a'ry  for  the         cs 
fald  Houje  and 
Expenees. 


*  Add  Great 
Men, 


The  Kind's  B 

Butler  fhall  take  c 
his  Wine  within  t 
Ten  Days.  ■ 

s  Bui.  254. 
25  Ed.  3.  (tat.  5.  ' 

C    2'.  ' 

.<;,£  f  Geo.  T.  c.  c 
11.  for  preventing  c 

Fraud;  \r  /ll- 
lc*Wt>r-e<  rr.  da- 
magedlVines  t(2 V. 


TEM,  Fcrafmuch  as  the  Great  Men  and  Com- 
mons of  the  Realm  before  this  Time,    and  now 
in  this  prefent  Parliament,  have  grievoufly  complain- 
ed, for  that  the  King's  Butler  and  his  Lieutenants  in 
div.-rs  Places  and  Ports  of  the  Realm,  have  ingroffed 
and  taken  by  Colour  of  their  Office,    for  the  Houfe 
and  Expences  of  the  King,  *  and  by  fuch  Colour 
have  arrefted  the  Wines  which  Merchants  brought 
into  the  faid  Realm,    and  holden  them  fo  long  in 
Arreft,    that  the  Great  Men  and  Commons,    and 
other  of  the  Pvealm,  cannot  thereof  make  their  Pur- 
veyance,   nor  Merchants    their  Profit,    and   often- 
times by  fuch  Colour  have  ingrofTed  and  taken  of 
them  fo  many  Tuns  of  Wine  above  that  was  need- 
ful for  the  King,  that  they  have  commonly  fold  the 
fame,  and  thereof  made,  their  lingular  Profit,  and  as 
much  as  other  Merchants  and  Vintners  in  the  Realm, 
to  the  great  Damage  of  the  faid  *  Merchants  and 
other  :"    '  (z)  Whereupon  the  King  deftring  to  or- 
dain Remedy,   of  the  Aifent  of  the  Great  Men  and 
Commons  in  this  prefent  Parliament  hath  ordained, 
That  the  Butler,  nor  any  of  his  Lieutenants,  fhall  not 
buy,  ingrofs,  nor  take  by  Colour  of  their  Office,  nor 
in  other  Manner  to  their  proper  Ufe,  nor  of  others, 
more  Wines  for  the  Koufe  and  Expence  of  the  King 
than  they  have  in  Commandment,  upon  Pain  of  Im- 
prifonment  of  their  Bodies,  and  to  be  ranfomed  at  the 
King's  Will.     (3)  And  as  n*tich  as  they  fhall  take  by 
Force  of  the  faid  Warrant,  fhall  be  taken  within  Ten 
Days,    and  (that  done)   the  Merchants  of  the  faid 
Wines  may,  and  it  fhall  be  lawful  to  them,  of  the 
Remnant  of  the  faid  Wines  another  Time  to  make 
their  Profit,    notwithstanding  any  Arreft  made  upon 
fuch  Wines  by  the  Butler,  or  any  of  his  Lieutenants 
aforefaid.' 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  les  grantz  &  communes  du  Ron 
alme  avant  ces  heures  &  ore  en  ce  parlement  ft 
font  moult  durement  pleintz  de  ce  qe  le  botiller  le 
Roi  &  fes  lieutenantz  en  diverfes  portz  &  lieux  du 
Roialme  ont  embracez  &  pris  par  colour  de  lour 
offices  pur  loftiel  &  defpens  du  Roi  plus  grant  nom- 
bre  des  vins  qe  meftier  ou  bufoigne  ne  fuift  pur  le 
dit  hoftiel  &  defpens  &  par  tiel  colour  ont  areftuz 
les  vins  de  marchantz  amefnez  en  dit  Roialme  &  te>- 
nuz  ft  longement  en  areft  qe  les  grantz  &  autres  du 
dit  Roialme  nont  poief  faire  lour  purveances  ne 
les  marchantz  lour  profit  &  fovent  fouz  tiel  colour 
ont  embracez  &  pris  devers  eux  tant  des  vins  outre 
ce  qe  meftier  neftoit  pur  le  Roi  qils  les  ont  cofn- 
munement  venduz  &  ent  fait  lour  ftnguler  profit 
auxi  avant  come  autres  marchantz  ou  vynters  du 
Roialme  au  grant  damage  des  ditz  grantz  marchantz 
&  autres  fur  quoi  le  Roi  deftrrant  y  mettre  remede 
ad  ordeine  del  affent  des  ditz  grantz  &  ;ovmunes 
en  ce  parlement  qe  le  botiller  ne  mill  de  fes  lieu- 
tenantz nachate  nenbrace  ne  nc  preigne  par  colour 
de  lour  office  nen  a  utre  manere  a  lour  oeps  propre 
ne  dautri  pluis  des  vins  pur  loftiel  &  defpens  du  Roi 
qils  naveront  en  mandement  fur  peine  demprifone- 
ment  de  lour  corps  &  deftre  reint  a  la  volunte  le 
Roi.  Et  quanqe  ils  prendront  par  force  du  dit 
garrart  ferra  pris  dedeins  x.  jours  <it  ce  fait  purront 
les  marchantz  des  ditz  vins  &  bi?n  life  a  eux  de  re- 
manant  des  vins  deflors  faire  lour  profit  nient  con- 
treeftrant  afcun  areft  fur  tieux  vins  faitz  par  le  bo- 
tiller ou  afcun  de  fes  lieutenants  fufditz. 


CAP.     IV. 


The  King's  general  Pardon  to  all  Men  of  Vert  and  Venifon,  laving  to  the  Officers  of  his 

Foreft,  &c. 

ITEM  pur  ce  qe  les_ Communes  du  dit  Roialme  ont  priez  au  Roi  qe  lui  pluift  pardoner  a  eux  de  fa  grace 
c-fpeciaie  les  trefpaffes  fait  en  foreftes  avant  ces  heures  le  Roi  eant  regar-'  a  les  grandes  eides  qe  fes  diti 
Communes  lui  ont  meintfoitz  faitz  &  a  les  charges  qils  ont  fofFert    n  plufoures  maneres  de  fa  grace  efpecial 
a        leflez  &  pardonez  a  fes  ditz  communes  &  a  chefcun  de  eux  toute  man?re  de  trefpas  de  vert&de  venifoi 
faitz  avant  ces  heures  en  fes  ditz  foreftis  &c  1c  pris  &  forfaiture  de  vert  &  auxi  les  fines  ranceons  &  amerde 

ment: 


A.  D.  1369.    Anno  quadragefimo  terfio  Edwardi  III. 


C.  4.       329 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
mentz  .queconqes  failz  ou  affij&e  pur  celle  caufe.  Et  fi  afcuns  des  ditz  Communes  au  prefent  foient  areftuz 
emprifonez  ou  leflez  a  litaLnprife  pur  tiel  caufe  foientimeintenaflt  releffez  delivres  frankes  &  quites  &  lour 
mainparnours  auxi  forfpris  expreffement  Juftioes' Chief  gardeins  &  gardeins  de  foreft  parks  &  chaces  fibien  en 
fee  come  autrernent  &  touz  foreftiers  verders  regardours  agifiours  lieutenantz  des  gardeins  fouzforeftiers  & 
touz  lour  fervantz  &  vendours  de  boys  &  fubboys  &  autres  miniftres  qeconqe  de  foreft  park  ou  chace  du  Roi 
les  queux  le  Rot  ne  voet  eftre  compris  en  ceft  pardons  Et  pur  ceo  vous  comandons  qe  les  ordinances  fufditz 
facez  crier  &  publier  en  citees  burghs  &  portz  du  meer  &  toutes  autres  lieux  en  voftre  baillie  fibien  deinz 
fraunchife  come  dehors  es  lieux  ou  vouz  verrez  qe  mieltz  foit  affaire  et  les  facez  fermement  garder  et  tenir 
folonc  la  tenour  et  forme  dycelles.  -Don'  fouz  noftre  grant  feal  a  Weftm'  le  xi  jour  de  Juyn  Ian  de  noftre 
regne  dEngleterre  quarrant  tierce  et  de  France  trentifme. 

Eodem  modo  mandatum  ejljingulis  vicecomitibus  per  Anglican, 


Statutes   made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  45  Edw.  III.  and  Anno  Dom. 

1371. 

CAP.     I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft  in  all  Points. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  i. 

AU  parlement  fomons  a  Weftm'  Lundy  en  la 
primere  fimaigne  de  Quarrefme  Ian  du  regne 
le  Roi  Edward  tiercz  puisleconqueftquar- 
rantequint  entre  autres  chofes  eftoit  ordeine  et  efta- 
bli  qe  la  Grand  Chartre  et  la  Chartre  de  la  Forefte 
foient  tenuz  et  gardez  en  touz  pointz. 


T  the  Parliament  fummoned  at  Weflminfter  the 
Monday  in  the  firft  Week  of  Lent,  the  five 
and  fourtieth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Ed- 
"  ward  the  Third,"  *  it  is  ordained,  That  the  Great 
'  Charter  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft  be  holden  and 
'  kept  in  all  Points.5 


CAP.    II. 

The  Penalty  of  him  that  fetteth  up  or  enhanceth  Wears. 


ITEM  come  en  leftatut  fait  a  Weftm'  Ian  vint 
quint  entre  autres  chofes  eftoit  ordeine  et  ac- 
cordees  qe  porce  qe  communes  paffages  des  niefs 
it  bateux  en  les  grantz  rivers  dEngleterre  fi  feu- 
rent  fovent  foitz  deftourbees  par  le  lever  des  gortz 
molyns  eftanks  eftaches  et  kideulx  en  grant  damage 
du  poeple  accorde  feuft  et  eftabli  qe  touz  tieux 
*ortz  molyns  eftankes  eftaches  ef  kideulx  qe  feu- 
rent  levez  et  mys  en  temps  le  Roi  laiel  et  depuis 
:n  tieux  rivers  par  queux  les  niefs  et  bateulx  feu- 
ent  deftourbeez  qils  ne  poent  paffer  come  ils  folei- 
Snt  ferroient  ouftees  et  nettement  abatuz  faunz  eftre 
relevez  et  ferroient  fur  ce  briefs  maundez  as  vif- 
ontes  des  lieux  ou  meftir  ferroit  dc  furveer  et  en- 
rjuere  et  de  faire  ent  execution  et  auffint  qe  Juftices 
Ferroient  fur  ce  affignez  a  toutes  les  foitz  qil  bu- 
foigneroit.  Et  ja  a  la  grevoufe  pleinte  des  grantz 
:t  communes  faite  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  eom- 
pleignantz  par  lour  petition  qe  le  dit  eftatut  neft 
pas  cluement  execut  ne  garde  folonc  leffecl:  dycele 
:ft  accorde  et  eftabli  qe  le  dit  eftatut  en  ce  point 
foit  tenuz  et  gardez  folonc  leffecT:  dycele  Ajouftant 
1  ycele  qe  fi  nul  tiele  anufance  foit  abatuz  par  due 
proces  contenuz  en  le  dit  eftatut  cely  qi  ferra  re- 
lever  le  dit  anufance  et  de  ce  foit  atteint  duement 
;ncourge  la  peine  de  cent  marcs  devers  le  Roi  a 

•ever  par  eftrete  en  Lefcheqer.     Et  autiele  ley  fe 
Vol.  I. 


"   T  TEM,  Whereas  in  the  Statute  made  at  IVeJlmin-  A  Confirmat;oli 
"  J.  Jler,  in  the  five  and   twentieth  Year,   amongft  of  the^tatme  of 
"  other  'Things  it  was  ordained,  That  becaufe  the  corn-  25  Ed.  3.  flat.  4. 
"  mon  Paffage  of  Ships  and  Boats  in  the  great  Rivers  c-4-  concerning 
"  of  England,  were  often  difturbed  by  the  levying  0f  the  pulling  down 
"  Wears,  Mills,  Stanks_,  Stakes,  and  Kiddles,  *  which  %  J*™'0ri  . 
"  were  levied  and  fet  up  in  the  Time  of  the  King's  Grand- 
"  father,  in  great  Damage  of  the  People;    (2)  it  was 
"  accorded  and  eftablifhed,  That  airthe  Wears,  Mills, 
"  Stanks,  Stakes,  and  Kiddles,  which  were  levied  and 
"  Tet   up   in  the  Time  f  aforefaid  and  after  in  fuch  +  Of  the  Khg't 
"  Rivers,  whereby  the  Ships  and  Boats  were  difturbed,  Grandfather* 
"  that  they  might  not  pafs  as  they  were  wont,  fhould 
"  be  cut,  and  wholly  pulled  down  without  repairing; 
"  (3)  and  thereupon  Writs  fhould  be  made  and  fent 
"  to  the  Sheriffs  of  Places  where  it  fhould  be  needful 
"  to  furvey,  enquire,  and  to  make  thereof  Execution, 
"  and  alfo   that  Juftices  be  thereupon  affigned  at  all 
"  Times  when  Need  fhall  require.      (4)  And  now  at 
"  the  grievous  Complaint  of  the  Great  Men  and  the 
"  Commons   made  in  this  prefent  Parliament,    com- 
"  plaining  by  their  Petition,  that  the  Statute   is  not 
"  duly  executed  nor  kept,  according  to  the  EffecT:  of 
"  the  fame  ;"    '  (0  it  is  accorded  and  eftabifhed,  That 
'  the  faid  Statute  in  this  Point  be  holden  and  kept  ac- 
'  cording  to  the  Effect  of  the  fame :  joining  thereto, 
'  that  if  any  fuch  Annoyance  be  done,  it  fhall  be  pull- 
'  ed  down  by  due  Procefs  contained  in  the  faid  Statute. 
'  (6)  And  he  that  fhall  repair  the  fame  Annoyance,  The  Penalty  of 
and  thereof  be  duly  attainted,  fhall  incur  the  Pain  of h!m  th.at  fetteth 


'  an   hundred  Marks   to   the  King,   to  be  levied   by  "P^j"  Wears, 
^  teats  of  the  Exchequer.     (7)  And  the  like  Law  °ned^th  cn 

Ul|  '    flioll 


Eftre 


fhall 


S30       C.  3 >  4«        Anno  quadra gefimo  quinto  Edwardj  III.1    A. D.  1371, 


Confirmed  by 
3  H.  4.  c.  12. 


'  {hall  hold  of  Annoyance  made  by  enhanfing  of  fuch 
'  Wears,  Mills,  Stanks,  Stakes,  and  Kiddles,   as  by 


the  new  levying.' 

aH.6.  e.g.  and  farther  enforced  by  12  Ed.  4.  c.  7.  -which  infticJs  Penalty  on  Offenders, 
fiat.  2.  c,  18,  containing  farther  Provijior.s  refpeBir.g  Wean, 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
tiegne  danufance  faite  par  le  enhancer  des  tieux 
gortz  molyns  eftanks  eftaches  et  kideulx  come  par 
novel  lever. 

See  farther  3  Jac.  1.  c.  12.    7  Jac.  1.  c.  19.    6  &  7  TV.  3,  «.  16.    iGco.i, 


Confirmed  by 
aiR.2,  c.  9, 


CAP.    III. 


A  Prohibition  fhall  be  granted  where  a  Suit  fhall  be  commenced  in  a  Spiritual  Court  for  Sylva 


II  Co.  48. 

50  Ed.  3.   f.  10, 

9H.6. 56. 

Plow.  470. 

Go;  El.  1.  477, 

736. 

2  Inft.  642. 

C10,  Jac.  lOOj 

*33- 


Regift.  44. 
Fitz.N.B.54.b, 
Raft.  489. 


cad.ua. 

"  ITEM,  At  the  Complaint  of  the  faid  Great  Men 
"  1  and  Commons,  (hewing  by  their  Petition,  That 
"  whereas  they  fell  their  great  Wood  of  the  Age  of 
"  twenty  Years  *,  or  of  greater  Age,  to  Merchants  to 
"  their  own  Profit,  or  in  Aid  of  the  King  in  his  Wars, 
"  (2)  Parfons  and  Vicars  of  holy  Church  do  implead 
"  and  draw  the  faid  Merchants  in  the  Spiritual  Court 
"  for  the  Tithes  of  the  faid  Wood,  in  the  Name  of 
"  this  Word  called  Sylva  cadiia,  whereby  they  cannot 
"  fell  their  Woods  to  the  very  Value,  to  the  great  Da- 
"  mage  of  them  and  of  the  Realm  ;"  '  (3)  it  is  or- 
'  dained  and  eftablifhed,  That  a  Prohibition  in  this 
'  Cafe  (hall  be  granted,  and  upon  the  fame  an  Attach- 
'  mentj  as  it  hath  been  ufed  before  this  Time. 


T EM  a  la  pleinte  des  ditz  grantz  et  communes 
monftranz  par  lour  petition  qe  come  ils  ven- 
dent  leur  gros  boys  dage  de  vint  anns  ou  quarrante 
ans  ou  de  greindre  age  as  marchantz  en  profit  de 
eux  mefmes  et  en  eide  du  Roi  en  fa  guerre  pan- 
fones  et  vikers  de  Seint  efglife  les  ditz  marchantz 
empledent  et  travaillent  en  court  Criftien  pur  les 
difmes  du  dit  boys  en  noun  de  cede  parole  Silve 
cedue  par  quoi  ils  ne  poeient  vendre  leur  boys  a 
verroie  pris  a  grant  damage  de  eux  et  de  Roialme 
eft  ordeine  et  eftabli  qe  prohibition  en  ce  cas  foit 
grantee  et  fur  ce  attachement  come  ad  efte  avant. 
ces  heures. 


*  Add,  or  of  40  Tears. 


CAP.     IV. 


No  Impofition  fhall  be  let  upon  Staple  Merchandifes  without  AlTent  of  Parliament. 


ITEM  it  is  accorded  and  eftablifhed,  That  no 
Impofition  or  Charge  fhall  be  put  upon  Woolls, 
Woollfels,  and  Leather,  other  than  the  Cuftom  and 
Subfidy  granted  to  the  King,  in  no  Sort,  without  the 
AiTent  of  the  Parliament ;  and  if  any  be,  it  (hail  be 
repealed  and  holden  for  none.' 


TEM  eft  accorde  et  eftabli  qe  nul  impofition  on 
charge  foit  mys  fur  les  leines  pealx  lanuz  on 
quirs  autre  qe  la  cuftume  et  fubfide  grantez  au  Roi 
nulle  part  faunz  afieni  du  parlement  et  fi  nul  foit 
mys  foit  repelle  et  tenuz  pur  nul. 


Rotulus  Par/iamenti  de  Anno  Regni  Regis  Edwardi  tertii  quadragejimd, 

fexto.        See  Appendix. 


Kepeiled  by 
5  &6  Ed.  6.  c, 
43  El.  c.  10. 
4  Jic.  1.  c.  a, 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,   Anno  47  Edw.  III.   «W  Anno  Dom. 

1373. 
C  A  P.     I.  * 


6. 


The  Length  and  Breadth  of  Cloth  of  Ray  and  Cloth  of  Colour. 


MS.  Reg.  19  A.  XIV.  N1  1384. 
La  greve  pleint  de  la  comunalte  de  Roialme  Dengl'  per  lour  petition  mys  en  prefent  parlement,  te- 
nuz a  Weftm'  lendemayne  de  Seint  Efmound  le  martre  Ian  du  regne  le  Roi  E.  terce  xlvij.  compreig- 
nant  lez  damages  &  pcrdes,  que  aveignent  as  grauntes  et  comunalte,  de  ce  que  lez  draps  de  lein 
faitez  en  Engl',  fi  bien  drape  de  colour  com  de  Ray,  ne  teignent  en  longure  ne  laiure  come  foleint,  eft 
acorde  &  aflentuz  per  le  Roi  Prelatez  grauntez  &  comunes  en  mefme  le  parlement,  que  lez  drapes  affaire  de 
la  longure  de  xxvij.  Aunes  mefures  que  fenfuet,  Ceftafavoir  que  lez  drapes  de  Ray  foient  de  la  longure  de 
xxvij.  Aunes  mefures  per  lift,  &  v.  quarters  de  laeure,  &  le  drape  de  colour  xxvi.  Aunes  de  longure  me- 
fures per  le  dds,  &  vi.  quartees  de  laure,  au  meins.  Et  que  demy  drape  de  Ray  ou  de  Coloure  teignent  en 
le  afferaunt  come  lez  drapes  de  Ray  ou  de  coloure.  Et  fi  nul  drape  de  Ray  ou  de  coloure  ou  demy  drape  foit 
au  vent  apres  la  goule  dauguft  prochene  avenire,  fil  ne  ont  eel  menfure,  foit  maintenaunt  forfait  au  Roi, 
en  que  mains  foit  trove.  Et  auxint  neft  lentention  dez  gruntez  ne  des  comunes,  que  lez  drapes  que 
gentes  fount  a  lour  opes  demefne,  et  pur  lour  menee,  ou  autres  mefnes  gentes  fount  pur  vendre,  que  ne 
contcignent  tiel  mefure,  foient  forfaitez. 

4  CAP. 


A.  D.i 3 73*       Anno  quadragefimo  feptimo  Ed  ward  i  III.  C.  2.       331 

c  a  p.    II. 

The  Value  of  a  Scottijh  Groat  fhall  be  Three  Pence. 

MS.  Reg. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  que  lez  grauntez  defcoce  per  lour  fubtiliteeunt  horftreitle  bonemoneye  dragent  hors  Dengl'  O  B, 
&  le  ount  mys  en  lourcoignage  a  meindre  value,  que  le  monee  Dengl'  neift,  &  iffi  court  en  paiement  en 
dit  Roialme  Dengl'  a  graunt  damage  &  defceit  de  Roi,  dez  grauntes,  &  de  tut  la  comunalte  ;  eft  ordine  & 
acorde,  qe  le  monee  de  quatre  deners  defcoce  foit  mys  acourger  en  value  de  iiid.  &  de  meindre  money  folonc 
la  quantite  :  et  ft  per  cas  eel  monoie  defcoce  foit  empire,  foit  eel  monoie  iffint  empire  mys  a  meindre  pris, 
folonc  la  quantite  de  lempirement. 


De  Pardonationibus  et  Gratiis  fa&is  per  Regem  Conirnunitati  Regni  fui 
Anglie  Anno  quinquagefimo  Regni  Edw.  III. 

Statutes  made  tit  Weftminfter  Anno  50  Edw.  III.  and  A.  D.  1376. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m,  x. 
EL  aflent  des  Prelatz  Dues  Countes  Barons 

et  autres  aflemblez   au  parlement  tenuz  a 

Weftm'  a  la  quinfzeine  Seint  Hiller  Ian  de 
regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  dEngleterre  cynquan- 
tifme  et  de  France  trent  feptifme  meifme  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  defirant  molt  qe  la  paix  de  fa  terre 
foit  entierment  garde  et  fes  foialx  fubgiz  en  quiete  et 
tranquillite  maintenuz  fi  ad  par  tant  fait  et  eftabli 
certeines  chofes  ordinances  et  auxint  ottroiez  cer- 
teines  graces  et  pardones  a  fa  commune  dEngleterre 
en  la  fourme  qe  fenfuyt  les  queles  ordinances  par- 
dones et  graces  il  voet  qal  honeur  de  Dieu  et  feinte 
efglife  et  quiete  de  meifme  fon  poeple  foient  ferme- 
ment  tenuz  et  gardez  en  touz  pointz. 


Y  the  Aflent  of  the  Prelates,  Dukes,  Earls, 
Barons,  and  other  affembled  at  the  Parliament 
holden  at  JVeJlminJler,  at  the  Fifteenth  of  St. 
Hillary,  the  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Lord  the  King 
that  now  is,  of  England  the  fiftieth,  and  of  France 
the  feven  and  thirtieth ;  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King 
much  defiring  that  the  Peace  of  his  Land  be  well 
kept,  and  his  faithful  Subjects  in  Quietnefs  and 
Tranquillity  maintained,  hath  therefore  made  and 
eftablifhed  certain  Ordinances,  and  alfo  granted  cer- 
tain Graces  and  Pardons  to  his  Commons  of  Eng- 
land, in  the  Form  as  hereafter  foiloweth  :  (2)  Which 
Ordinances,  Pardons,  and  Graces,  he  will,  for  the 
Honour  of  God  and  of  Holy  Church,  and  Quietnefs 
of  the  fame  his  People,  they  be  firmly  kept  and  hol- 
den in  all  Points." 


CAP.     I, 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church. 


P'Rimerement  eft  ordeigne  et  eftabli  qe   feinte 
ef°-life  eit  fes  libertees  et  franchifes  en  quiete 
fanz  empefchement  ou  deftourbance  afcune. 


Y7  Irft  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  holy 
"  Church  have  all  her  Liberties  and  Franchifes  in 
Quietnefs,  without  Impeachment  or  other  Diftur- 
bance.' 


CAP.     II. 
A  Confirmation  of  the  Great  Charter  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft. 


ITEM  qe  la  Grant  Chartre  et  la  Chartre  de  la 
Forefte  foient  fermement  tenuz  et  gardez  en 
touz  pointz. 


'  ITEM,  That  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter 
'  A.  of  the  Foreft,  be  firmly  holden  and  kept  in  all 
'  Points.' 


CAP.    III. 

The  King's  Pardon  to  the  People  in  the  Year  of  his  Jubile.     See  Appendix. 

C  A  P.     IV. 
No  Prohibition  fhall  be  allowed  after  Confultation  duly  granted. 


ITEM  eft  ordine  &  eftabli  de  laffent  avantdit  qe 
par  la  ou  confultation  eft  une  foitz  duement 
grauntez  fur  prohibition  faite  a  Juge  de  feints  ef- 


'  YTEM  it  is  ordained  and  ftablifhed  Of  the  faid  Af-  Cro.Car.2c8. 
'  J.  fent,  That  whereas  a  Confultation  is  once  duly  *.Ro11  37S. 
'  granted  upon  a  Prohibition  made  to  the  Judge  of  the  aRoliao7'  5«">- 
U  u  2  '  holy 


332       C.  5—7- 


Anno  quinqtiageiimo  Edwardi  III.       A.D.  1376* 


Su  Stat,  of  the  <  holy  Church,  that  the  fame  Judge  may  proceed  in 
'WritofConfu'lta-  '  the  Caufe  by  virtue  of  the  fame  Confultation,  not- 
'  withftanding  any  other  Prohibition  thereupon  to  him 
'  delivered:  Provided  always,  that  the  Matter  in  the 
'  Libel  of  the  faid  Caufe  be  not  engroffed,  enlarged,  or 
'  other  wife  changed.' 


ison,  24  Ed,  1 

3  Bulftr.  iSa, 
Carthew  463. 
latch  6. 
Regiit.  45- 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tarr.  Lond. 
glife  qe  mefme  le  Juge  puiffe  procedre  en  la  caufe 
par  vertue  de  mefme  la  confultation  non  obftante 
afcun  autre  prohibition  fur. ceo  a  luy  bailie  Purveu 
toutefoitz  qe  la  mattire  en  la  libell  du  dite  caufe  ne 
foit  engroffee  enlargee  ou  par  autre  manere  chaun- 
gee. 


Enforced  by 
I  R.  2.  c.  15. 
which  irficls 
Penalty  on  Of- 
fenders.. 


See  r  Mar.  f  J'.  7, 
c.  3.  for  the  Pe- 
nalty of  mole/ling 
Priejli  during 
Service, 


C  A  P.     V. 

None  fhall  arreft  Priefts  or  Clerks  doing  Divine  Service. 


"  ITEM,  Becaufe  that  Complaint  is  made  to  our 
"  1  Lord  the  King  by  the  Clergy  of  his  faid  Realm  of 
"  England,  that  as  well  divers  Priefts  bearing  the  fweet 
"  Body  of  our  Lord  Jefus  Chrift  to  fick  People,  and 
"  their  Clerks  with  them,  as  otherwife  divers  other 
"  Perfons  of  holy  Church,  whiles  they  attend  to  Di- 
"  vine  Services,  in  Churches,  Churchyards,  and  other 
"  Places  dedicate  to  God,  be  fundry  Times  taken  and 
"  arrefted  by  Authority  Royal,  and  Commandment  of 
"  other  Temporal  Lords,  in  Offence  of  God,  and  of 
"  the  Liberties  of  holy  Church,  and  alfo  in  Difturb- 
"  ance  of  Divine  Services  aforefaid ;"  '  (2)  the  fame 
'  our  Lord  the  King,  who  would  be  fore  difpleafed  if 
'  any  did  in  fuch  Manner,  will  and  granteth,  and  de- 
'  fendeth  upon  his  grievous  Forfeiture,  That  none  do 
'  the  fame  from  henceforth,  fo  that  Coilufion  or  feign- 
'  ed  Caufe  be  not  found  in  any  of  the  faid  Perfons  of 
'  holy  Church  in  this  Behalf.' 


TEM  pur  ceo  qe  pleinte  eft  faite  a  noftre  Sei- 
gnur  le  Roi  par  le  clergie  de  fon  dit  Roialme 
dEngleterre  qe  fibien  diverfes  preftres  portantz  le 
corps  noftre  Seignur  Jefu  Crift  as  malades  &  lc-ur 
clerks  ovefqe  eux  come  autrement  plufours  autres 
perfones  de  feinte  efglrfe  tant  come  ils  entendontas 
divines  fervices  es  efglifes  cimitoires  &  autres  lieux 
dediez  a  Dieu  font  plufours  foitz  pris  &:  arreftuz 
par  au£f,oriteroiale  &  comandement  des  autres  Sei- 
gnours  temporelesen  offence  deDieu  &  de  libertee 
de  fa  feinte  efglife  &  auxint  deftourbance  des  divines 
fervices  avantditz  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  a  qi 
meult  defpleroit  fi  nully  le  fift  en  tiel  manere  voet 
&  grante  &  auxint  defende  fur  fa  grevoufe  forfai- 
ture  qe  nully  le  face  deforemes  Mint  qe  coilufion  ou. 
caufe  feyne  ne  foit  trove  en  afcun  des  ditz.parfones. 
de  feinte  efglife  en  celle  partie.. 


CAP.    VI. 

Fraudulent  AfTurances  of  Lands  or  Goods,  to  deceive  Creditors,  fhall  be  void. 


Raft.  197. 
Dyer  295. 
Fitz.  Execution 
5.8,  ioS, 


Enforced  by  2  R« 
•t.flat.z.  c  3- 
■jH.7.  c4. 
13EJ.  c.  5. 

*whicb  make  frau- 
dulent Dicdfuoid, 


TEM,  Becaufe  that  divers  People  inherit  of  di- 
vers Tenements,  borrowing  divers  Goods  in  Mo- 
ney or  in  Merchandize  of  divers  People  of   this 
Realm,   do  give  their  Tenements  and  Chatties  to 
their  Friends,  by  Coilufion  thereof  to  have  the  Pro- 
fits at  their  Will,  and  after  do  flee  to  the  Franchife 
of  Wejlminjter,  of  St.  Martin  le  Grand  of  London, 
or  other  fuch  privileged  Places,  and  there  do  live  a 
great  Time,  with  an  high  Countenance  of  another 
Man's  Goods  and    Profits  of  the   faid  Tenements 
1  and  Chatties,  till  the  faid  Creditors  fhall  be  bound 
to  take  a  fmall  Parcel  of  their  Debt,  and  releafe  the 
Remnant;"   '  (2)  ft  is  ordained  and  affented,  That 
if  it  be  found  that  fuch  Gifts  be  fo  made  by  Coilu- 
fion, that  the  faid  Creditors  fhall  have  Execution  of 
the  faid  Tenements  and  Chatties,  as  if  no  fuch  Gift 
had  been  made.' 


TEM  pur  ceo  qe  diverfes  gentz  inheritez  des* 
diverfes  tenementz  creanceantz  diverfes  biens 
en  monoie  ou  en  marchandife  des  plufours  gentz  de 
Roialme  donnont  lour  tenementz  &  chateux  a  lour 
amys  par  coilufion  davoir  ent  les  profitz  a  leur  vo- 
lente  &  puis  fenfuent  a  la  fraunchife  de  Weftm'  ou 
Seint  Martyn  le  Grant  en  Loundres  ou  autres  tielx 
places  privilegeez  &  illoeqes  vivent  long  temps  a : 
grant  countenance  dautry  biens  &  des  profitz  des-. 
ditz  terres  &  chateux  tanqe  les  ditz  creditours  fer-  ■ 
ront  molt  leez  de  prender  une  petite  parcelle  de  lour 
dettes  &  releffer  le  remanant  ordeigne  eft  &  afTen- 
tuz  qe  fi  purra  eftre  trovez  qe  tielx  douns  foient 
iflintfaitz  par  coilufion  qe  les  ditz  creditours  eient 
execution  des  ditz  tenementz  &  chateux  auxi  avant 
come  nul  tiel  doun  nent  eufte  efte  faite. 


CAP.     VII. 

Woollen  Cloths  fhall  not  be  tranfported  before  they  be  fulled. 


ITEM  it  is  ordained  and   defended  by  our,  Lord 
the  King,  That  no  Woollen  Cloths  fliall  be  car- 


ried into  any  Part  out  of  our  Realm  of  England ^  be- 
fore they  be  fulled  ;  nor  that  any  Subfidy  be  thereof 
demanded  nor  paid,  before  that  they  be  fulled.' 


Krfrced  by 

7  Ed.  4.  c.  3. 

jH.  7.  c.  ii. 

Sec  farther  5  H.  %.  c.  3.     27  H.  8.  c.  13.     33H.S..C  19,     8  El.  c.  6,  and.  10  Ann.  c.  16,  lubicb  contain  fome  flherelhns  and  Amendments  of  this  Ail 


ITEM  ordeigne  eft  &  defenduz  par  noftre  Sei 
gnur  le  Roi  qe  nul  les  draps  de  leyns  foient  amef- 
nez  nulle  part  hors  del  Roialme  dEngleterre  devant 
qils  foient  fullez  ne  qe  nulle  fubfide  ent  foit  de- 
mande  ou  paies  devant  ceo  qils  foient  fullez. 


,  - 


CAP, 


A.  D. 1 3 7"6.        Anno  quinquagefimo  Edwar d t III. 


C&'      323> 


CAP.    VIII. 


Certain  Cloths  whereof  no  Subfidy  or  Aulnage  fhall  be  paid. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lontl. 

ITEM  ordeigne  eft  et  eftabli  qe  nulle  fubfide  ou  aulnage  foient  paiez.levez  ne  demandez  des  draps  ap-  47  Ed. 3.  c.  n 
pellez  Frife-ware  queux  fount  faitz  en  Irland  ouautrementen  Engleterre  de  leynes  Irreifes  amefnes  deinz 
le  Roialme  dEngleterre  a  caufe  qe  celles  draps  ne  contienent  longeure  et  laieure  ordeinee  par  eftatut  par  tant  2  Ed.  3.  c.  14. 
ne  devient  eftre  comprifes  en  les  eftatutz  nadgairs  faitz  des  draps  du  ray  et  du  colour,-  25  Ed-3-  fta<-4> 

r  c.  1.     10  Annse 

c.  16.   BywW. 

Thus  End  the  Statutes  made  in  the  Time  of  the  noble  King  Edward  III,*  utahnwijT 


Anno  primo    RICHARD!  Secundi. 

Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter  the  Firfl  Tear  of  the  Reign  of  King 
Richard  II.  after  the  Conquefi  of  England,  in  the  Year  of  our- 
Lord  God  1377. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Eond.  m.  52. 
ICHARD  par  la  grace  de  Dieu  Roi  dEn- 
gleterre &  de  Fraunce  &  Seignour  dlrland  a 
noftre  vifcont  de  Midd'  faluz.  Sachez  qal 
ionour  de  Dieu  &  reverence  de  feinte  eglife  pur 
mrrir  paix  unite  &concorde  toutz  partz  deinz  no- 
tre  Roialme  dEngleterre  le  quele  nous  defirons 
noult  entierment  del  affent  des  Prelates  Dues  Contes 
si  Barons  de  mefme  noftre  Roialme  al  inftance  & 
fpecial  requeft  des  communes  de  noftre  Roialme 
vantdit  aiTemblez  a  noftre  parlement  tenuz  a 
<Veftm'  a  la  quinfzein  de  Seint  Michel  Ian  de  no- 
tre  regne  primer  avons  fait  ordeigner  &  eftabler 
erteins  eftatutz  en  amendement  &  relievement  de 
nefme  noftre  Roialme  en  la  forme  qe  fenfuyt. 


ICHARD   by  the  Grace  of  God  King  of" 
England  and  of  France,  and  Lord  of  Ireland, 
to  the  Sheriff  of  *■  Northampton,    Greeting.  #  MiJMefaa- 
Know  thou,  that  to  the  Honour  of  God  and  Reve- 
rence of  holy  Church,  for  to  nourifh  Peace,  Unity, 
and  Concord  in  all  the  Parts  within  our  Realm  of 
England  (which  we   do  much  defire)  by  the  whole 
Aflent  of  the  Prelates,  Dukes,  Earls,  and  Barons  of 
this  our  Realm,  at  the  Inftance  and  efpecial  Requeft 
of  the  Commons  of  our  Realm  affembled  at  our  Par- 
liament holden  at  Weflminfter  the  fifteenth  Day  of  St. 
f  Hillary,  in  the  firfi  Year  of  our  Reign,  we  have  ±.  u;^^ 
ordained  and  ftablifhed  certain  Statutes  in  Amend- 
ment and  Relief  of  this  our  faid  Realm,  in  Manner 
and  Form  following." 


CAP.    L 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church,  and  of  all  Statutes  not  repealed. 


PRimerement  eft  affentuz  &  eftabliz  qe  feint 
eglife  eit  &  enjoife  toutes  fes  droitures  libertes 
fc  fraunchifes  entierment  &  fanz  emblemeffement  & 
)e  la  Grande  Chartre  quel  a  la  requeft  de  la  dite 
'immune  eftoit  lu  en  dit  parlement  &  auxint  la 
Jiartre  de  la  Foreft  &  toutes  les  autres  bones  orde- 
wnces  &  eftatutz  faitz  en  temps  des  progenitours 
joftre  Seignour  le  Roi  qore  eft  &  nient  repellez 
oient  tenuz.  &  fermenient  gardez  en  touz  poyntz. 


"IRST  it  is  agreed  and  eftablifhed,  That  holy 
Church  fhall  have  and  enjoy  all  her  Rights,  Li- 
berties, and  Franchises  wholly  and  without  Blemifh; 
(2)  and  that  the  Great  Charter,  which  at  the  Requeft  TheGreatChifs 
of  the  faid  Commons  was  read  in  the  faid  Parliament,  ter  read  in  Par* 
and  alio  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and  all  other  good  liament, 
Statutes  and   Provifions  made'  in  the  Time-  of  the 
Progenitors  of  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  and 
not  repealed,  fhall  be  obferved  and  firmly  kept  in  all 
Points/  3 


C'A 


•n 


334      C.  2—5: 


Annoprimo  Richardi  II. 


A.D. 


J377- 


CAP.     U. 


The  Peace  fhall  be  kept,  and  Jullice  fhall  be  done  to  all  Perfons. 


ITEM,  Our  faid  Lord  the  King  greatly  defiring 
the  Tranquillity  and  Quietnefs  of  his  People, 
willeth  and  ftraitly  commandeth,  That  the  Peace 
within  his  Realm  of  England  be  finely  obferved  and 
kept,  Co  that  all  his  lawful  Subjects  may  from  hence- 
forth fafely  and  peaceably  go,  come,  and  dwell  ac- 
cording to  the  Law  and  Ufage  of  the  Realm ;  (2) 
and  that  Juftice  and  Right  be  indifferently  miniftered 
to  every  Terfon.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  noftre  Seignour  le  Roi  defirant  fove- 
raignement  la  tranquillite  &  quiete  de  fon  poe- 
ple  voet  &  comande  eftroitement  qe  la  paix  deinz 
fon  Roialme  dEngleterre  foit  fermement  tenuz  & 
gardez  iffint  qe  touz  fez  loialx  fubgitz  purront  de- 
fore  fauvement  &  pefiblement  aler  venir  &  demorer 
folonc  les  loys  &  ufages  du  Roialme  &  qe  bone  ju- 
ftice &  owel  droit  foit  fait  a  chefcuny. 


3 "Ed.  1.  c.  1, 

14  Ed.  3.  flat. 
3.  *  c.  I. 
iSEd.j.  flat, 
c.  4.     Regift, 
ia>-  purposes. 


CAP.     III. 

Prelates  fhall  have  their  Action  of  Trefpafs  againft  Purveyors  offending. 

ITEM  qe  leftatutz  nadgaires  faitz  en  temps  le  noble  Roi  E.  aiel  a  noftre  Seignour  le  Roy  qore  eft  des 
purveours  et  achatours  foient  tenuz  et  fermement  gardez  en  toutz  poyntz  adjouftantz  a  ycell  qe  pur  ce 
qe  Prelatz  et  clercs  ne  purrount  ent  faire  lours  fuytes  envers  nully  par  voie  de  cryme  come  les  ditz  eftatutz 
demandent  qe  toutes  Prelatz  et  clercs  ent  eient  defore  lour  actions  envers  touz  tieux  purveours  ou  achatours 
par  voie  de  trefpafs  et  y  recoverent  lour  damages  au  treble. 

281.     szCar.  z.  c.  24.  takes  away  Purveyance  :  But  fee  iiCar.z,  flat.  I.  c.%.  and  13  £f  I^Car.  2,  c,  20,  which  fufpend  the  IzCar.z.  for  purlieu. 
See  likeivifc  the  yearly  Mutiny  Ails, 


*  For  flat.  3.  xtiiflat.  4. 


CAP.     IV. 


The  feveral  Penalties  of  feveral  Perfons  that  do  maintain  Quarrels. 


Kel.  50.  b.  c 

Fitz.  Maint^-  ' 

nance,  4,  8,  9,  c 

3C,   II,   13,  13,  j 

34,  15,   16,   17,  6 
18,   19,   CO,  2', 

22,  23,  25,  28.  * 

.Raft,  j  19,  427,  t 

&c.  1 

Cro.  El.  594.  c 


Reaift.  1S2,  S:c.  <■ 
$  Ed.  i.c.z%&  i 
S3-     ^Ed.i. 

flat.  I.  c.  49.  2& 
M.S.  e.g.  -which 


T  TEM  it  is  ordained  and  ftablifiied,  and  the  King 
JL  our  Lord  ftraitly  commandeth,  That  none  of  his 
Counsellors,  Officers,  or  Servants,  nor  any  other  Per- 
fon  within  the  Realm  of  England,  of  whatfoever 
Eftate  or  Condition  they  be,  mail  from  henceforth 
take  nor  fuftain  any  Quarrel  by  Maintenance  in  the 
Country,  nor  elfewhere,  upon  a. grievous  Pain  ;  (z) 
that  is  to  fay,  the  faid  Counfeliors  and  the  King's 
great  Officers,  upon  a  Pain  which  fhall  be  ordained 
by  the  King  himfelf,  by  the  Advice  of  the  Lords  of 
his  Realm;  (3)  and  other  lefs  Officers  and  Servants 
of  the  King,  as  well  in  the  Exchequer,  and  all  his 
other  Courts  and  Places,  as  of  his  own  Meiny,  upon 
Pain  to  lofe  their  Offices  and  Services,  and  to  be  im- 
prifoned,  (4)  and  then  to  be  ranfomed  at  the  King's 
Will,  every  of  them  according  to  their  Degree,  E- 
ftate,  andDefert;  (5)  and  all  other  Perfons  through 
the  Realm  upon  Pain  of  Imprifonment,  and  to  be 
ranfomed  as  the  other  aforefaid.' 


TEM  ordeine  eft  &  eftabli  &  le  Roi  noftre 
Seignour  defend  eftroitement  qe  nul  confeiler 
officer  ou  fervant  nautre  ovefqe  lui  nafcun  autre 
perfone  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  de  quel  eftate  ou 
condition  qils  foient  nenpriegnent  defore  ou  fufteig- 
nent  afcun  querell  par  mayntenance  en  pais  ou  ail- 
lours  fur  grevoufe  peyne  ceft  alTavoir  les  ditz  con- 
feillers  &  grantz  officers  du  Roi  fur  peyne  qe  ferra 
ordeigne  par  le  Roi  mefmes  del  avys  des  Seignours 
de  Roialme  &  les  autres  meyndres  officers  &  fer-  1 
vantz  le  Roi  fibien  en  Lefcheqer  &  en  toutes  fes 
autres  Courtes  &  places  come  de  fa  propre  meignee 
fur  peine  de  perdre  lour  offices  &  fervices  &  deftre 
emprifonez  &  dilloeqes  eftre  reintz  a  la  volunte  le 
Roi  chefcun  de  eux  folonc  fez  degre  eftat  &  defert 
&  toutz  autres  perfones  parmy  le  Roialme  fur  la  . 
dite  peyne  denprifonement  &  deftre  reintz  come 
les  autres  defus  ditz. 


Ed.  1.  flat.  3.  c.  ir.     33-Etf.  J. flat.  3;      1  Ed.  3.  flat.  2.  c.  14. 
injliili  farther  Penalties  on  unlawful  Maintenance, 


Q.Ed.  3.  c.  11.      zoEd.2.  r .  4.      I.R,  2.  r.  4,      yR.z.c.i^.andfce^z 


C  A  P.     V. 


The  Punifhment  of  a  Clerk  of  the  Exchequer  making  Procefs  for  a  Debt  paid. 


TEM  it  is  ordained,  That  all  Statutes  and  Ordi- 
nances made  before  this  Time  of  Officers  of  the 
Exchequer,  be  hclden  and  firmly  kept  in  all  Points. 
'  (2)  And  moreover  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed, 
'  That  at  what  Time  any  Debts  be  once  paid,  and  the 
'  Tallies  thereof  made,  rejoined,  and  allowed  in  the 
*  faid  Exchequer,  that  this  Debt  fhall  never  come  in 
'  Demand.  (3)  And  if  it  fo  happen,  that  after  fuch 
'  Allowance  made  there,  any  Clerk  of  the  Exchequer 
'  make  any  Writ  or  Procefs  to  levy  the  fame  Debt  of 


TEM  ordeigne  eft  qe  toutz  eftatutz  et  ordei- 
gnances  faitz  a'vant  fes  hoe.ures  des  officers  del 
Efcheqer  foient  tenuz  et  fermement  gardez  en  toutz 
poyntz.  Et  outre  ce  ordeigne  eft  et  eftabliz  qe  a 
quel  heure  qafcuns  dettes  foient  un  foitz  paiez  et 
les  failles  ent  faitz  rejointz  et  allowez  en  dite  Ef- 
cheqer qe  eel  dette  ny  courge  jamais  en  demande. 
Et  111  aveigne  enfi  qapres  tiel  allowance  fait  illoeqes 
afcun  clerc  du  dit  Efcheqer  face  brief  ou  proces  pur 
lever  mefme  le  dette  de  novel  et  ce  duement  pro- 

vez 


A.D.  1377.'  Anno  primo  Richardi  II. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
vez  qe  mefme  le  clerc  perde  fon  office  et  eit  la  pri 


C.  6,  7 


/• 


335 


fon  tanqe  il  avera  fait  gree  a  la  partie  par  tant  en 
damage  fi  afcuny  vorra  fuyr  par  la  discretion  des 
Treibrer  et  Barons  du  dit  Efcheqer. 


new,  and  that  duly  proved,  the  fame  Clerk  fhall  lofe 

his  Office,  and  have  Imprisonment  till  he  hath  made 

Gree  to  the  Party  by  fo  much  as  he  is  endamaged,  if  5T  J?-  3«  Caf<  5- 

any  will  fue,  by  the  Difcretion  of  the  Treafurer  and  r°^^I      '' 

the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer.'  J7  Edi   '  c> , 


CAP.     VI. 

Commiffions  fhall  be  awarded  to  enquire  of  and  punifh  the  Mifbehaviour  of  Villains  and  Land- 
Tenants  to  their  Lords. 


I 


TEM  a  la  grevoufe  pleint  des  Seignours  et  communes  de  Roialme  fibien  gentz  de  feinte  eglife  come  au-  o  E«  ■ 
tres  fait  en  parlement  de  ceo  qe  en  plufours  Seignories  et  parties  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  les  villeyns  et 
terre  tenantz  en  villenage  qi  deyvent  fervices  et  cuftumes  a  lour  Seignours  ount  ore  novelment  i-etret  et  re- 
treient  de  jour  en  autre  lour  cuftumes  et  fervices  duez  a  lour  ditz  Seignours  par  confort  et  procurement 
dautres  lours  confeillours  meyntenours  et  abettours  en  pais  qont  pris  louer  et  profit  des  dites  villeyns  et  terre 
tenantz  par  colour  des  certeins  exemplifications  faitz  hors  de  livre  de  Domeiday  des  manoirs  &  villes  deinz 
queux  ils  font  demorantz  &  par  vertue  dicelles  exemplifications  &  lour  male  enterpretation  dicelles  ils  faffer- 
ment  deftre  quites  &  outrement  defchargez  de  tout  manere  de  fervage  due  fibien  de  lour  corps  come  de 
lour  tenures  avantditz  et  ne  voillent  foefFrer  afcun  deftrefle  ou  autre  juftice  eftre  fait  fur  eux  einz  manaffent 
les  miniftres  de  lours  Seignours  de  vie  &  de  membre  &  qe  plus  eft  ils  fe  coillient  enfemble  a  grantz  routes 
&  fentrelient  par  tiel  confederacie  qe  chefcun  aidra  autre  a  contrefter  lours  Seignours  a  fort  mayn  &  moutS 
dautres  malx  y  font  en  diverfes  maneres  a  grant  damage  de  lour  ditz  Seignours  h  male  enfample  as 
autres  de  comencer  tieux  notes  iffint  qe  fi   due  remedie  ny  foit  mys  le  plus  en  haft  fur  les  ditz  rebelx 

freynour  mefchief  qe  Dieu  ne  voille  ent  purroit  fourdre  parmy  le  Roialme  ordeigne  eft  &  eftably  qe  les 
eignours  qe  fey  fentenf  grevez  eient  efpecials  commiffions  foutz  le  grande  feal  as  Juftices  de  la  paix  ou  as 
autres  perfones  fuflifantz  denquer  de  tieux  rebelx  &  de  lour  malfaitz  confeillours  meyntenours  &  abettours 
&  de  faire  enprifoner  toutz  ceux  queux  ent  ferront  enditez  devant  eux  fibien  pur  le  temps  pane  come  pur 
le  temps  avenir  fanz  les  deliverer  hors  de  prifon  par  maynpris  baill  nautrement  fanz  laffent  de  lour  Sei- 
gnours tanqils  ent  foient  atteintz  ou  acquitez  &  qe  mefr.es  les  Juftices  y  eient  poair  doier  &  terminer  fibien 
a  la  fuyte  le  Roi  come  a  la  fuyte  de  partie.  Purveuz  toutz  foitz  qe  fi  les  ditz  villeyns  ou  terre  tenantz' 
rebealx  ent  foient  atteintz  a  la  fuyte  des  ditz  Seignours  ne  foient  ils  acunement  deliverez  tanqe  ils  eient  fait 
fin  a  Roi  et  avec  ceo  ils  eient  laffent  de  lours  dites  Seignours.  Et  quant  as  dites  confeillours  procurours' 
meyntenours  &  abettours  foit  autiel  proces  &  fembleablement  fait  de  eux  qi  ent  ferrcnt  atteintz  iffint  qils  ne' 
foient  acunement  deliverez  du  prifon  tanqe  ils  averont  fait  fin  au  Roi  &  gree  as  Seignours  iffint  grevez  fe- 
knc  ceo  qe  lour  eftates  &  la  quantite  de  lour  malfait  demandent  fi  mefmes  les  Seignours  veullent  fuyr  envers' 
eux  par  brief  ou  par  bill  favant  tout  diz  quant  as  ditz  fines  les  franchifes  &  libertes  des  Seignours  qont  fines 
&  amerciementz  de  lour  tenantz.  Et  quant  a  les  dites  exemplifications  faitz  &  purchacez  come  defus  eiF 
dit  les  quelx  feurent  faitz  venir  en  parlement  eft  declare  en  die  parlement  qe  celles  ne  poient  ne  deyvent' 
vailer  ou  lieu  tenir  as  ditz  villeyns  &  terre  tenantz  quant  a  la  fraunchife  de  lour  corps  ne  a  chaunger  la 
condition  de  lour  tenure  &  cuftumes  auncienement  duez  ne  faire  prejudice  as  ditz  Seignours  davoir  lour' 
fervices  et  cuftumes  come  ils  foleient  dancien  temps.  Et  ordeigne  eft  qe  .fur  ceft  declaration  les  ditz  Sei- 
gnurs  averont  lettres  patentes  foubz  le  grande  feal  tantz  et  tieux  come  lour  ent  bufoignera  fils  les  vorronf- 
demander. 

CAP.     VII. 

There  fhall  be  no  giving  of  Liveries  for  Maintenance. 

ITEM  pur  ce  qe  plufours  gentz  de  petit  garifon 
de  terre  rent  ou  dautres  poffeffions  font  grantz 
retenuz  des  gentz  fibien  defquiers  come  dautres  en 
plufours  parti°s  del  Roialme  donantz  a  eux  chape- 
rons &  autre  livere  dun  fuyte  par  an  repreignantz 
V*rs  eux  la  value  de  eel  livere  ou  par  cas  la  double 
value  par  tiel  covenant  &  affurance  qe  chefcun  de 
eux  mayntiendra  autre  en  toutz  querelles  foient  eles 
refonables  ou  non  refonables  a  grant  mefchief  & 
oppreffion  du  poeple  ordeigne  eft  &  affentuz  qe  les 
eftatutz  &  ordenances  faites  en  tieu  cas  avant  fes 
heures  foient  gardez  &  duement  executz.  Et  outre 
ce  le  Roi  defend  eftroitment  qe  deformes  nul  tiel  li- 
vere ne  foit  done  a  nully  pur  mayntenance  des  que- 
rels  nautre  confederacie  fur  peyne  denprifonement 
&  grevoufe  forfeiture  au  Roi.  Et  enquergent  dili- 
gealment  les  Juftices  des  affifes  des  touz  ceux  qi  fe 
coillent  enfemble  en  fraternitez  par  tiel  livere  affaire 
meynterjan.ee  &  ceux  qi  ent  ferront  trovez  coupa- 


"   T  TEM,  Becaufe  that  divers  People  of  fmall  Re- 13 .5V.  i.Jlai.i. 
"   JL    venue  of  Land,  Rent,    or  other  Poffeffions,   do*^-   2S.EA1. 
"  make  great  Retinue  of  People,  as  well  of  Efquires^'v?;  c'  *»'• 
"  as  of  oth.r,  in  many  Parts  of  the  Realm,  giving  to  VEJ.\U£f'z° 
"  them  Hats  and  other  Liveries,  of  one  Suit  by  Year,  C  14.  '4.EJ.3. 
"  taking  of  them  the  Value  of  the  fame  Livery,  or^u.   20  Ed.  3, 
"  percafe  the  doubie  Value,  by  fuch  Covenant  and  Af-  c-  4-    '*>«■ 
"  furance,  that  every  of  them  fhall  maintain  other  in  c'  4* 
"  all  Quarrels,  be  they  reafonable  or  unreafonable,  to 
"  the  great  Mifchief  and  Oppreffion  of  the  People;"" 
'  (2)  it  is  ordained  and  affented,  That  the  Statutes  and  Statutes  °r- 
'  Ordinances  made  in  fuch  Cafe  before  this  Time,  be  ^ined  againft 
'  kept   and  duly  executed.      (3)    And  moreover   the  ^TSffi!" 
'  King  doth  ftraitly  defend,  that  from  henceforth  no  ment  of  them 
'  fuch  Livery  be  given  to  any  Man  for  Maintenance  of  which  give  Li-. 
'  Quarrels,  nor  other  Confederacies,  upon  Pain  of  Im- veries  for  Main" 
'  priibnment   and   grievous  Forfeiture  to  the   Kino-  •  tenance• 
'  (4)  And  the  Juftices  of  Affifes  fhall  diligently  enquire  KXVtt 
'  of  all  them  that  gather  them  together  in  Fraternities lit  anad ^n\&.* 

*  by  this  Offence. 


336       G.  8,  9. 


Anno  primo  Richar'd-i  II. 


A.  D.  i377. 


'  by  fuch  Livery  to  do  Maintenance;  (5)  and  they 
'  which  thereof  fhall  be  found  guilty,  fhall  be  duly  pu- 
'  niihed,  every  Man  after  the  Quantity  of  his  Defert.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr,  Lond. 
blez  foient  duement  punys  chefcun  folonc  la  quan- 
tite  de  fa  defert. 


See  20  R-  2. 

C..I.     See  farther  7  R,2.  c.  15.  and^zIJ.S.c.g.  which  inflict  Penaltieson  unlawful  Maintenance. 


CAP.     VIII. 

In  what  Cafe  a  Protection  cum  claufula  Volumus  is  not  allowable. 


Reg.  ^s. 

33  Ed.  1.  ftat.-i. 

Stat.de  Protect  i. 

onibus. 

Z$Ed.  y.Jfat.  5. 


c.  19 


c.  13.     23  if. "6.  c  16.     14  Ed.  4,  c.  z. 


ITEM  it  is  affented,  That  from  henceforth  no 
Protection  with  the  Claufe  of  Volumus  be  allowed 
before  any  Judge  for  Victuals  taken  or  bought  upon 
the  Voyage  or  Service  whereof  the  Protection  maketh 
mention,  nor  alfo  in  Pleas  of  Trefpafs,  or  of  other 
Contract,  made  or  perpetrate  after  the  Date  of  the 
fame  Protection.' 

Explained  by  13  R.  2,  flat.  1.  c,  16.      See  farther  concerning  Prote&'wns  7  H.  4.  c.  4 


I  TEM  eft  affentuz  qe  defore  nul  protection  ovc 
f,  claufe  de  Volumus  foit  allowe  devant  afcun  Juge 
pur  vitailles  pris  ou  achatez  fur  le  viage  ou  fervice 
dont  la  protection  fait  mention  nauxint  en  plees  de 
trefpas  ou  dautre  contracte  fait  ou  perpetrez  puis  la 
date  de  mefme  la  protection. 


$H.  $.J>at.  1,  c.  3.      4R  6.  f.s.      %H.  6. 


CAP.       IX. 


A  Feoffment  of  Lands  or  Gift  of  Goods  for  Maintenance  fhall   be  void, 
tainable  againft  the  Pernor  of  the  Profits  of  Lands. 


An  Affife  is  main- 


£  Co.  I23, 


Bro.Feoffments, 
I.  19.     Fitz. 
Conntevplee  de 
voucher,  3. 
Fitz.  Return  de 
Vifcountj  5. 
Co.  Lit.  369. 
3  H.  5.  f.  4. 

32  H    4.  f.  21. 

5  H.  6.  r.  14. 
22  H.6.  f.  16. 
39  K.6.  f.  44 
3  fd.  4.  I.  2. 
<).Fd.  4.  f   17. 
31  H.6.  f.  55. 
Raft.  68 
A  Difleifee  may 
iruirrain  an  Af- 
fife againft  the 
Pernor  of  the 
Profits. 

Altered  t>y  4  H. 
4.  c.  7.  ivbich  11 
explained  by 
11  H.  6.  c.  3. 
ushered  further 
by  1  H  -.  c.  1. 
27  !-'.  g.  c.  10 
4H.4.  c7. 
*H.7.  c.24. 


TEM,  Becaufe  it  is  complained  to  the  King, 
that  many  People  of  the  faid  Realm,  as  well  great 
as  fmall,  having  right  and  true  Title  as  well  to  Lands, 
Tenements,  and  Rents,  as  in  other  perfonal  Actions, 
"  be  wrongfully  delayed  of  their  Right  and  Actions, 
"  by  means  that  the  Occupiers  or  Defendants  to  be 
"  maintained  and  fuftained  in  their  Wrong,  do  com- 
"  monly  make  Gifts  and  Feoffments  of  their  Lands  and 
"  Tenements  which  be  in  Debate,  and  of  their  other 
"  Goods  and  Chatties  to  Lords  and  other  great  Men  of 
"  the  Realm,  againft  whom  the  faid  Purfuants,  for 
"  great  Menace  that  is  made  to  them,  cannot  nor  dare 
"  not  make  their  Purfuits  :  (2  And  alfo  on  the  other 
"  Part  Complaint  is  made  to  the  King,  that  oftentimes 
"  many  People  do  diffeife  other  of  their  Tenements, 
"  and  anon  after  the  Diffeifin  done,  they  make  divers 
"  Alienations  and  Feoffments,  fometime  to  Lords  and 
"  Great  Men  of  the  Realm  to  have  Maintenance,  and 
"  fometime  to  many  Perfons  of  whofe  Names  the  Dif- 
"  feifees  can  have  no  Knowledge,  to  the  Intent  to  de- 
"  fer  and  delay  by  fuch  Frauds  the  faid  Diffeifees,  and 
"  the  other  Demandants  and  their  Heirs,  of  their  Re- 
"  covery,  to  the  great  Hindrance  and  Oppreffion  of 
"  the  People  :"  '  (3)  It  is  ordained  and  eirahlifhed, 
'  That  from  henceforth  no  Gift  or  Feoffment  of  Lands, 
'  Tenements,  or  Goods  be  made  by  fuch  Fraud  or 
'  Maintenance  ;  (4.)  and  if  any  be  in  fuch  wife  made, 
'  thc-y  fhall  be  holden  for  none  and  of  no  Value ;  (,5 ) 
'  and  the  faid  Diffeifees  fhall  from  henceforth  have  their 
'  Recovery  againft  the  firft  Diffcifors,  as  well  of  the 
'  Lands  and  Tenements,  as  of  their  double  1/amages, 
'  without  having  Regard  to  i'uch  Aliena.ions,  fo  chat 
'  the  Liffeifees  commence  their  Suits  within  the  Year 
'  next  after  the  Diffeifin  done.  (6)  And  it  is  oulain- 
'  ed  and  ftablifhed,  That  the  fame  Statute  fhall  hold 
c  Place  in  every  other  Action  *  in  Plea  of  Land^  where 
'  (iui  h  Feoffments  be  made  by  Fraud  or  Coilulion,  to 
'  have  their  Recovery  againft  the  fiift  fuch  Feoffor. 
'  (7)  And  it  is  to  wit,  that  this  Statute  ought  to  be 
'  underftood  where  fuch  Feoffors  thereof  take  the  Pro- 
'  fits.* 

*  Or. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  pleint  eft  fait  aRoi  qe  plufours 
gentz  de  dite  Roialme  fibien  greyndres  come 
meyndres  eiantz  droit  &  verrois  titles  fibien  as  ter- 
res  tenementz  &  rentz  come  en  autres  actions  per- 
fonels  font  torcenoufement  delaiez  de  lour  droit  & 
actions  parmy  ceo  qe  les  occupiours  ou  defendants 
pur  eftre  fuftenuz  &  mayntenuz  en  lour  tort  font 
communement  dounes  &  feoffementz  de  lour  terres 
&  tenementz  qe  font  en  debate  &  de  lours  autres 
biens  &  chateux  as  Seignurs  &  autres  grantz  du 
Roialme  vers  queux  les  ditz  purfuantz  pur  grant 
manace  qe  lour  eft  faite  ne  poient  ne  ne  ofent  faire 
lour  purfuytes  &  auxint  dautre  part  pleinte  eft  fait 
qe  meyntfoitz  plufours  gentz  diffeifent  autres  de 
lour  tenementz  &  tantoft  apres  la  diffdfine  fait  font 
diverfes  alienations  &  feoffementz  afcunfoitz  as 
Seignurs  &  grantz  de  Roialme  pur  meyntenance  a- 
voir  &  afcunfoitz  as  plufours  perfones  de  qi  nouns 
les  diffeifez  ne  poent  avoir  coniffance  au  fin  dal- 
loigner  &  delaier  par  tieux  fraudes  les  ditz  diffeifez 
&  les  autres  demandantz  et  lour  heirs  de  lour  re- 
coverer  a  grant  anientiffement  et  oppreffion  du 
poeple  ordeigne  eft  et  eftably  qe  deformes  nulle  don 
ou  feoffement  des  terres  tenementz  ou  biens  foit 
fait  par  tiel  fraude  ou  mayntenance  et  fi  afcuns  foi- 
ent faitz  tielment  foient  tenuz  pur  nulles  et  de 
nulle  value  et  eient  defore  les  diffeifez  lour  reco- 
verir  vers  les  primers  diffeifours  fibien  des  t  rres  et 
tenementz  come  de  lour  doubles  damages  fanz 
avoir  regard  as  tielx  alienations  pariffint  qe  les 
diffeifiz  comencent  lour  fuyfes  deinz  Ian  profebein 
apres  la  difieifine  faite.  Et  eft  ordeigne  et  affentuz 
qe  mefme  cell  eftatut  teigne  lieu  en  chefcun  autre 
action  ou  pie  de  terre  ou  tielx  feffementz  font  faitz 
par  fraude  ou  coilulion  davoir  lour  recoverer  vers 
le  primer  tiel  feffbur.  Et  eft  affavoir  qe  ceft  efta- 
tut doit  eftre  entenduz  la  ou  tieux  feftburs  ent 
preigncnt  les  profitz, 


CAP, 


A.  D.  1377. 


Anno  primo  Richardi  II. 


C.  10 — 12. 


337 


CAP.     X. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Pardon  granted  by  King  Edw.  111.  in  the  51ft  Year  of  his  Reign.. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  defirant  la  quiete  de  fon  poeple  voet  &  grante  del  affent  avantdit  qe  les  E  x  p- 
general  pardon  h.  graces  queles  le  noble  Roi  E.  aiel  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qore  eft  fift  a  fon  poeple 
dEngleterre  Ian  de  fon  regne  cynquantifme  primer  teignent  lieu  &  foient  allowez  en  lefcheqer  avantdit  & 
aillours  pur  totes  gentz  comprifes  deinz  ycelles  pardon  &  grace  fibien  ceftaffavoir  des  niefs  vitailles  artillerie 
armures  &  veffelmentz  nient  expreffez  par  efpecial  en  ycell  come  des  toutes  dettes  &  accomptes  &C  autres 
chofes  y  comprifes  en  general. 

CAP.    XI. 

None  that  hath  been  Sheriff  fhall  be  fo  again  within  three  Years. 


ITEM  ordeigne  eft  qe  nully  qad  efte  vifcont 
dune  conte  par  un  an  entier  ne  foit  deinz  les 
trois  anz  profcheins  enfuantz  reefluz  ou  remys  en 
dite  office  de  vifcont  fi  y  foit  autre  fuffifant  en  dite 
contee  des  poffemons  et  biens  pur  refpondre  a  Roi 
et  a  poeple. 


ITEM  it  is  ordained,  That  none  that  hath  been 
Sheriff  of  any  County  by  an  whole  Year,  fhall  be 
within  three  Years  next  enfuing  chofen  again,  or  put 
in  the  fame  Office  of  Sheriff,  if  there  be  other  fuffi- 
cient  in  the  faid  County  of  Poffeffions  and  Goods  to 
anfwer  to  the  King  and  his  People.' 


6.  c.  8.  *       See  farther  iz  Ed.q, 
btfcre  that  Time, 

•  Read  c.  7. 


Rafh  2<j». 
i4Ed.  3.  flat.  1, 
c.  7.     42  Ed.  3, 
c.  9.    Seei.%  H* 
c.  1.  and  17  Ed.  4.  c.  7.    \lmptrviiring  Sheriffs  to  occupy  the'.r  Office*  during  Michaelmas  and  Hillary  Terms,  unlejs  difcharged 


C  A 


XII. 


A  Prifoner  by  Judgement  fhall  not  be  let  at  large.     Confeffion  of  a  Debt  to  the  King  to  delay 

another's  Execution. 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  diverfez  gentz  a  fuyte  de  par- 
tie  comandez  a  la  prifone  de  Flete  par  jugement 
renduz  en  les  courtes  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  font 
plufours  foitz  foeffertz  aler  a  large  par  le  gardein 
de  la  dite  prifone  alefoitz  par  maynpris  ou  baill  et 
alefoitz  fanz  afcun  maynpris  avec  une  bafton  de 
Flete  et  fen  vont  en  paiis  entour  lour  marchandife 
et  autres  lour  bofoignes  et  y  font  longement  hors  du 
prifon  noetz  et  jourz  fanz  laffent  de  ceux  a  qi  fuyte 
ils  y  font  ajuggez  et  fanz  lour  gree  ent  faire  par  ont 
homme  ne  poet  jamais  venir  a  fon  droit  recoverer 
devers  tieux  enprifonez  a  grant  mefchief  et  anien- 
tiffement  de  plufours  gentz  ordeigne  eft  et  aflentuz 
qe  deformes  nul  gardein  de  la  dit  prifone  de  Flete 
foeff're  afcun  prifoner  illoeqs  efteantz  par  jugement 
al  fuyte  de  partie  aler  hors  du  prifone  par  maynpris 
baill  ne  par  bafton  fanz  gree  faire  as  ditz  parties  de 
ceo  pur  quoi  ils  y  eftoient  ajugez  ft  ne  foit  par  brief 
ou  autre  mandement  du  Roi  fur  peyne  de  perdre 
fon  office  et  la  garde  de  dite  prifone.  Et  enoutre  ft 
nul  tiel  gardein  foit  defore  atteint  par  due  proces 
qil  avera  foeffert  ou  leffetz  tiel  prifon  aler  a  large 
encontre  ceft  ordeinance  adonqes  y  eient  les  pleintifs 
lour  recoverer  vers  mefmes  les  gardeins  par  briefde 
dette.  Et  auxint  eft  ordeine  qe  fi  nully  a  fuyte  du 
partie  ajugez  a  autre  prifon  pur  dette  trefpas  ou 
autre  querelle  fe  voille  conuftre  voluntrement  &  par 
feynt  caufe  dettour  a  Roi  &  par  tant  eftre  ajugez  a 
la  dite  prifone  de  Flete  pur  greynour  fuete  y  avoir 
de  prifone  qe  aillours  &  iffint  delaier  la  partie  de 
fon  recoverer  foit  cell  reconiffance  refceu  illoeqs  & 
fil  ne  foit  autre  part  dettour  a  Roi  de  recorde  foit 
fon  corps  tantoft  remandez  a  la  prifone  ou  il  eftoit 
devant  a  y  demurer  tanqil  avera  fait  gree  a  la  dite 
Vol.1. 


'  ITEM,  Whereas  divers  People,  at  the  Suit  of  the  3  BuIflr- 97- 
'  J.  Party  commanded  to  the  Prifon  of  the  Fleet,  by  plow-  |5- 
'  Judgement  given  in  Courts  of  our  Lord  the  King,    y"  ,g  '^J' 
'  be  oftentimes  fuffered  to  go  at  large  by  the  Warden  306*  312'. 
'  of  the  Prifon,    fometime  by  Mainprise  or  by  Bail,  Kef!  2. 
'  and  fometimes  without  any  Mainprife  with  a  Bafton  3  Co-  s->  I1' 
'  of  the  Fleet,  and  to  go  from  thence  into  the  Country  „s  $,"•  §9, 
'  about  their  Merchandifes  and  other  their  Buftnefs,  Fhz°.' Dette  « 
and  be  there  long  out  of  Prifon  Nights  and  Days,  6;,  iio,  130, 
without  their  Affent  at  whole  Suit  they  be  judged,  162. 
'  and  without  their  Gree  thereof  made,   whereby  a  F!tz:-  Executor, 

Man  cannot  come  to  his  Right,  and  Recovery  againft  7*r  '.^ 
'  fuch  Prifoners,  to  the  great  Mifchief  and  Undoing  of  L°  205>*4'» 
;  many  People:"    '  (2)  It  is  ordained  and   afiented, 
That  from  henceforth  no  Warden  of  the  Fleet  fhall 
fuffer  any  Prifoner  there  being  by  Judgement  at  the 
Suit  of  the  Party,  to  go  out  of  Prifon  by  Mainprife, 
Bail,  nor  by  Bafton,    without  making  Gree  to  the 
faid  Parties  of  that  whereof  they  were  judged,  unlefs 
it  be  by  Writ  or  other  Commandment  of  the  King, 
upon  Pain  to  lofe  his  Office,  and  the  Keeping  of  the 
faid  Prifon.     (3)  And  moreover,  if  any  fuch  Warden  The  Penalty  of 
from  henceforth  be  attainted  by  due  Procefs,  that  he  the  Warden  of 
hath   fuffered   or  let  fuch   Prifoner  to   go   at  large  ^ aPrifL^ 
againft  this  Ordinance,  then  the  Plaintiffs  fhall  have  bring  thereby r' 
their  Recovery  againft 'the  fame  Warden  by  Writ  of  judgment,  to  go 
Debt.     (4)  And  alfo  it  is  ordained,  That  if  any  at  =t  ]"ge. 
the  Suit  of  the  Party  judged   to  another  Prifon  for  I3Ed-  *•  ftat-  *• 
Debt,  Trefpafs,  or  other  Quarrel,  will  confefs  him-  j'i^J  A  ,s 
felf  voluntarily,    and  by  a  feigned  Caufe,  Debtor  to  The  Penalty  of 
the  King,    and  by  that  Means  to  be  judged  to  the  him  who  con- 
faid  Prifon  of  the  Fleet,  there  to  have  greater  Sweet  feffeth  a  Debt 
of  Prifon  than  elfewhere,  and  fo  to  delay  the  Party  of  ^ued^°  the  K:n& 
his  Recovery;  the  fame  Recognifance  ill  all  be  there  the^sExecuion. 
received,  and  if  he  be  not  Debtor  to  the  Kfng  of  Re- 
cord, his  Body  fhall  incontinently  be  remanded  to 
the  Prifon  where  he  was  before,    there  to  remain  till 
he  haih  made  Gree  to  the  faid  Party,    and  the  fame 
X  x  '  Gree 


33?' 


C.  13— 1 5. 


Anno  primo  Richard  1  II. 


A.D. 


*377« 


Ey  7  H.  4..  c.  4. 
710  Pratetlhn  si-  ' 
lawabte  for  a 

Gac/ler  tabo  lets 
PriJ'oiur  ej'cjpe- 


Gree  made,  he  {hall  be  immediately  fent  again  to  the 
Fleet,  there  to  abide,  till  he  hath  made  Gree  to  the 
King  of  his  Recognifance  aforefaid.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
partie  &  cell  gree  fait  foit  immediat  remandez  a 
Flete  pur  y  demurer  tanqil  avera  fait  gree  a  Roi  de 
fa  reconiffance  avantdite. 


2  Inft.  489. 


The  Penalty  of 
thofe  which  do 
procure  fuch  In- 
iiitments. 


It)  Ed.  4.  3. 


50 Ed.  3.  c.  5. 

Enforced  by 

1  Mar.  feif.  2. 

c.3. 

a  J-.ulfr.  72. 

»Cr.  3ZI.  pi. 


C  A  P.    XIII. 


Ecclefiaftical  Judges  fhall  not  be  vexed  for  Suits  for  Tithes  in  a  Spiritual  Court: 


"  ITEM,  The  Prelates  and  Clergy  of  this  Realm 
"  A  do  greatly  complain  them,  for  that  the  People 
"  of  holy  Church,  purfuing  in  the  Spiritual  Court  for 
"  their  Tithes,  and  their  other  Things,  which  of  right 
"  ought,  and  of  old  Times  were  wont  to  pertain  to 
"  the  fame  Spiritual  Court,  and  that  the  Judges  of 
"  holy  Church,  having  Cognifance  in  fuch  Cafes,  and 
"  other  Perfons  thereof  meddling  according  to  the 
"  Law,  be  malicioufly  and  unduly  for  this  Caufe  in- 
"  dicSted,  imprilbned,  and  by  Secular  Power  horribly 
"  opprefTed,  and  alio  enforced  with  Violence  by  Oaths 
"  and  grievous  Obligations,  and  many  other  Means 
"  unduly  compelled  to  defift  and  ceafe  utterly  of  the 
"  Things  aforefaid,  againft  the  Liberties  and  Fran- 
"  chifes  of  holy  Church  :"   '  (2)  Wherefore  it  is  af- 

*  fented,  That  all  fuch  Obligations  made  or  to  be  made 
'  by  Durefs  or  Violence,  fhall  be  of  no  Value.  And 
'  as  to  thofe  that  by  Malice  do  procure  fuch  Indidt- 
'  ments,  and  to  be  the  fame  Indiclors,  after  the  fame 
'  Indictees  be  fo  acquit,  fuch  Procurers  fhall  have  and 
'  incur  the  fame  Pain  that  is  contained  in  the  Statute 
'  of  Weftminjler  the  Second,  of  thofe  which  procure 
'  falfe  Appeals  to  be  made.  And  the  Juftices  of  Affi- 
'  fes,  or  other  Juftices,  before  whom  fuch  Indi&ees 
'  fhall  be  acquit,  fhall  have  Power  to  inquire  of  fuch 
'  Procurers  and  Indiflors,  and  duly  to  punifh  them  ac- 

*  cording  to  their  Defert.' 


}TEM  les  prelatz  &  le  clergie  de  dit  Roialme  fe 
pleignont  grandement  de  ce  qe  les  gentz  de  feint 
eglife  purfuiantz  en  court  Chriftiene  pur  lour  dif- 
mes  &  autres  chofes  quele  de  droit  deyvent  &  de 
aunciene  foleient  appartenere  a  mefme  la  court 
Chriftiene  &  les  Juges  de  feint  eglife  conifTantz  en 
tiels  caufes  &  autres  perfones  foy  ent  entremettantz 
folonc  la  leye  font  malicioufment  &  nonduement 
par  celle  caufe  enditez  enprifonez  &  par  feculer 
poair  orriblement  oppreffez  &  auxint  efforcez  ove 
violence  par  fermentz  &  grevoufes  obligations  & 
moutz  dautres  maners  non  duement  compulfez  a 
defifter  &  eerier  outrement  es  chofes  defufdites  en- 
contre  les  libertees  &  fraunchifes  de  feint  eglife  par 
quoy  eft  affentuz  qe  touz  tielx  obligations  faitz  ou 
affairs  par  durece  &  violence  ne  foient  jammes  daf- 
cun  value.  Et  quant  a  ceux  qi  procurent  par  ma- 
lice tieux  enditementz  &  deftre  mefmes  des  endi- 
tours  apres  ceo  qe  les  enditez  ent  font  aquitez  eient 
&  encourgent  tieux  procurours  &.  enditours  mefme 
la  peyne  qeft  contenue  en  leftatut  de  Weftm'  fe- 
conde  de  ceux  qi  procurent  faux  appelles  eftre  faitz. 
Et  eient  les  Juftices  des  affifes  ou  autres  Juftices 
devant  queux  tieux  enditez  ferront  aquitez  poiair 
denquerre  de  tieux  procurours  &  enditours  &  de 
les  punir  duement  chefcun  folonc  fon  defert. 


CAP.     XIV. 
In  an  Action  of  Goods  taken  away,  the  Defendant  maketh  Title  for  Tithes  due  to  the  Church. 

ITEM  eft  affentuz  qe  a  quel  heure  qe  afcun  per- 
fone  de  feint  eglife  foit  treet  en  plee  en  court 
feculer  pur  fes  propres  difmes  prifez  par  noun  des 
biens  enportez  &  celui  qe  enfi  ent  eft  treet  en  plee 
face  exception  ou  allegge  qe  la  fubftance  &  fource 
de  la  bofoigne  foit  foulement  fur  difmes  duez  de 
droit  &  poffeffion  de  fa  eglife  ou  a  autre  fon  bene- 
fice qe  en  tieu  cas  general  averementne  foit  jammes 
pris  fanz  monftrer  matier  efpecial  coment  ceo  fuift 
lay  chatell.. 


*  TTEM  it  is  accorded,  That  at  what  Time  that 

6  JL  any  Perfon  of  the  holy  Church  be  drawn  in  Plea 

'  in  the  Secular  Court   for  his  own  Tithes  taken,  by 

'  the  Name  of  Goods  taken  away,  and  he  which  is  fo 

'  drawn  in  Plea  maketh  an  Exception,  or  alledgeth, 

4  that  the  Subitance  and  Suit  of  the  Eufinefs  is   only 

c  upon  Tithes  due  of  Right  and  of  Poffeffion  to  his 

'  Church,  or  to  another  his  Benefice,  that  in  fuch  cafe 

1  the  gen  ral  Averment  fhall    not  be  taken  without 

'  (hewing  fpecially  how  the  fame  was  his  Lay-chattel.' 


C  A  P.     XV. 
The  Penalty  for  arrefting  of  Priefts  during  Divine  Service. 


T  E  M,  Becaufe  that  Prelates  do  complain  them- 
felves,  that  as  well  beneficed  People  of  holy 
Church,  as  other,  be  arrefted  and  drawn  out  as  well 
of  Cathedral  Churches,  as  of  other  Churches  and 
their  Churchyards,  and  fometime  whiles  they  be  in- 
tending to  Divine  Services,  and  alfo  in  other  Places, 
although  they  be  bearing  the  Body  of  our  Lord  Jefus 
Chrift  to  fick  Perfons,  and  fo  arrefted  and  drawn  out, 
be  bound  and  brought  to  Prifon  againft  the  Liberty 
of  holy  Church  :"  '  (2)  It  is  ordained,  That  if  any 
Minifter  of  the  King,  or  other,  do  arreft  any  Per- 
fon of  holy  Church  by  fuch  Manner,  and  thereof  be 
duly  convic~t3  he  fhall  have  Imprifonment,  and  then 
4 


TEM  pur  ce  qe  les  Prelatz  fe  font  pleindre  qe 
fibien  gentz  de  feint  eglife  beneficiez  come  au- 
tres font  areftuz  &  horstretz  fibien  des  efglifes  cathe- 
drales  come  des  autres  efglifes  &  lour  cimiters  & 
tant  come  ils  font  alefoitz  entendantz  a  divines  fer- 
vices  &  auxint  en  autres  lieux  tout  foient  ils  por- 
tantz  le  corps  noftre  Seignur  Jefu  Crift  as  malades 
&  iffint  areftuz  &  horftretz  font  liez  &  menez  en 
prifone  encontre  la  fraunchife  de  feint  eglife  or- 
deigne  eft  qe  fi  nulle  miniftre  du  Roi  ou  autre  face 
arefter  afcun  perfone  de  feint  eglife  par  ticl  manere 
&  ent  foit  duement  convict  cit  la  priibne  &  ent  foit 
reint  al  volunte  le  Roi  et  face  gree  as  parties  iffint 

areftuz 


A.  D.  1377. 


Anno  primo  Richardi  It. 


C.  15, 


339 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
areftuz  purveue  toutfoitz  qe  les  dites  gentz  de  feint 
eglife  ne  fe  tiegnent  deinz  les  eglifes  ou  fandtuaries 
par  fraude  ou  collufion  en  afcun  manere.  Et  pur 
ce  vous  mandons  qe  toutes  les  dites  eftatutz  facez 
crier  et  publier  et  fermement  tener  parmy  voftre 
bailly  felonc  la  forme  et  tenure  dicelles  et  ce  ne  lef- 
fez  en  afcun  manere.  Don'  par  tefmoignance  de 
noftre  grande  feal  a  Weftm'  le  primer  jour  de  Fe- 
verer  Ian  de  noftre  regne  primer. 


'  be  ranfomed  at  the  King's  Will,  and  make  Gree  to 

'  the  Parties  fo  arrefted  ;   *?3)  provided  always,  That  Brown!,  301, 

'  the  faid  People  of  holy  Church  fhall  not  hold  them 

'  within  the  Churches  or  Sanctuaries  by  Fraud  or  Col- 

'  lufion  in  any  Manner.     (4)  And  therefore  we  com- 

'  mand,    That  thou  caufe  all  the  faid  Statutes  to  be 

'  cried  and  publifhed,    and  firmly  kept  through   thy 

'  Bailiwick,  according  to  the  Form  and  Tenour  there- 

'  of,  and  that  do  not  omit  in  any  wife.     Given  under 

'  the  Witnefs  of  our  Great  Seal  the  firft  Dayof.Fo 

'  bruary,  in  the  firft  Year  of  our  Reign.' 


Conjimiles  litera  diriguntur  Jingulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam  fub  eadem  data. 


Statutes  mads  at  Gloucefter,    Anno   2  Rich.  II.    Stat.  1.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1378. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  24. 

LE  Roi  a  vifcont  de  Kent  faluz.  Savoir  vous 
faceons  qe  a  noftre  parlement  tenuz  a  Glou- 
ceftre  le  Mefkerdy  profchein  apres  le  feft  de 
feint  Luk  darrein  paffe  entre  autres  chofes  illoeqes 
affentuz  et  accordez  eftoient  faitz  certeins  eftatutz 
et  ordinances  fibien  pur  commune  profit  come  par 
maintenance  de  la  paix  deins  noftre  dit  Roialme  en 
Ja  forme  qenfuyt. 


SUR  Lord  the  King,  at  his  Parliament  holden 
at  Gloucefter  the  IVednefday  next  after  the 
Feaft  of  St.  Luke,  the  fecond  Year  of  his 
Reign,  amongft  other  Things  there  afTented  and  ac- 
corded, hath  made  certain  Statutes  and  Ordinances-, 
as  well  for  the  common  Profit  of  the  Realm,  as  for 
the  Maintenance  of  the  Peace  of  his  faid  Realm,  in 
the  Form  following." 


CAP.     I. 


All  Merchants  may  buy  and  fell  within  the  Realm  without  Difturbance. 

h 
eignur  le     "   $?    of  the  noble  King  Edward,  ( 

hi 


PRimerement  pur  ce  qe   avant  ces  heures   en 
temps  le  noble  Roy  E.  aiel  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  qore  eft  en  fes  parlementz   tenuz  a  Everwyk 
et  Weftm'  et  auxint  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qore 
eft  en  ceft  prefent  parliament  grante  pleinte  ad  efte 
faite  de  ceo  qe  en  plufours  citees  burghs  portz  de 
meer  et  autres  lieux  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre 
grauntes  damages  et  outrageoufes  dureces  eftoient 
et  unqore  font  faitz  au  P>.oi  et  a  tout  fon  Roialme 
paries  citeins  burgeys  et  autres  gentz,  des  citees 
burghs  et  dautres  villes  et  lieux  defl'ufdites  qi  na- 
"Voient  foeffert  ne  unqore  foeffrent  marchantz  eft-ran- 
ges nautres  qi  amefnent  carient  ou  portent  par  meer 
et  par  terre  vyns  avoir  de  pois  vivres  vitailles  et  au- 
tres chofes  vendablcs  necefiiirs  et  profitables  fibien 
pur  le  Roi  les  Prelatz  et  Seignurs  come  pur  tout  la 
commune  de  la  terre  vendreou  bailler  les  ditz  vyns 
vivres  vitailles  ne  les  autres  chofes  venaables  as  au- 
tres qe  a  eux   mefmes  des  citees  burghs  portz  de 
meer  &  les  autres  lieux  as  queux  yceux  vines  vi- 
tailles ou  autres  chofes,  vendablns  furent  &  font 
amefnezcariez  ou  portezl&  par  tant  fi  eient  efte  & 
unqore  font  mefmes  les  chofes  mifes  Sc  venduz  au 
Roi  as  Seignurs  &  a  fon  dit  poeple  en  &  par  les 
mains  des  citeins  burgeis  &  autres  gentz  deinzeins 
a  trop  grant  &  exceffive  chierte  outre  ce  qils  euf- 
fent  efte  fi  les  marchantz  eftranges  &  autres  qe 
fount  venir  tiels  chofes  deins  le  Roialme  les  pur- 
roient  franchement  avoir  venduz  aqi  qils  voufifient 
nauxint  ont  volue  foeffrer  ne  unqore  foeffrent  les 
marchantz  eftranges  queux  viegnent  &  vorroient 
venir  deinz  le  Roialme  pur  achater  des  leyns  &  dau- 
tres marchandifes  creflant^  deinz  mefme  le  Roialme 
ater  converfer  merchander  ou  demorer  franchement 


"  T?  IRS  T,  Decaufe  that  before  this  Time  in  Time  9  g.  3.  pat.  1. 
"   $l     of  the  noble  King  Edward,  Grandfather  to  *.  30.    z  Ed.  3. 
"  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  in  his  Parliaments  c-  9-    9  El3>  3- 
"  holden  at  York  and  JVeJiminJier,  and  alfo  in  this  pre-  t^'£lJ   '  *a'atiZt 
"  fent  Parliament,  great  Complaint  hath  been  made  to  c.^.    WEd.j. ' 
"  our  faid  Lord,  for  that  in  many  Cities,  Boroughs,  flat. '4,  c.  2. 
"  Ports  of  the  Sea>  and  other  Places  within  the  Realm 
"  of  England,  great  Damages   and   outragious  Grie- 
"  'vances  have  been,  and  yet  be  done  to  the  King,  and 
"  to  all  his  Realm,  by  the  Citizens,   Burgeffes,  and 
other  People  of  Cities,  Boroughs,  and  other  Towns 
and  Places  aforefaid,  which   have  not  fuffered,  nor 
yet  will  fuffer,  Merchants  Strangers,  nor  other  that 
do  bring,  carry,  or  convey  by  Sea  or  by  Land  Wines, 
Avoir  de  pois,  Suftenance,  Victuals',  or  other  Things 
vendible,  profitable,  and  neceffary,  as  we'll  for  the: 
King,  the  Prelates,  and  Lords,  as  for  all  the  Com- 
munalty  of  his  Land,  to  fell  or  deliver  the  faid  Wines, 
Sirftenance,  Victuals,    nor  other  Things  vendible, 
to  any  other  than  to  them  of  the  fame  Cities,  Bo- 
roughs, Ports  of  the  Sea,  and  other  Places,  to  which 
fuch  Wines,  Suftenance,  Victuals,  or  other  Things 
vendible  were  and  be  brought,    carried,  and   con- 
veyed ;    (z)  and  by  fo  much  thofe  Things  have  been,  The  Income  - 
and  yet  be  fold  and  fet  to  the  King,  to  his  Lords,  niencies enfoing 
and  to  all  his  People,  by  the  Hands  of  the  Citizens,  \\  "fining 

t>  rr  1         1  n  '      i      T\  Merchants  from 

xjurgeiles,    and  other  reople  JJemzens,  to  a  great 

and   exceffive  Dearth,  over  that  they  fnould  have  tuals  where 

'  been,  if  the  Merchants  Strangers,  and  other  which  will. 

bring  fuch  Things  into  the  Realm,  might  freely  have 

fold  them  to  whom  they  would ;    (3)  nor  alfo  would 

'  not,  nor  yet  will  fuffer  the  Merchants  Strangers  that 

:  do  come,  or  would  come  within  the  Realm,  to  buy 

;  Woolls  and  other  Merchandifes  growing  within  the 

X  x  2  '  Realm, 


fell:ngot  Vk- 

hey 


34-o       Stat.  i. 


Anno  fecundo  Richardi  II. 


A.  D.  1378. 


Merchants 
Strangers  may 
buy  or  fell  all 
Things  vendible 
within  the 
Realm, 


Altered  by  16 
E.  2.  c.  1, 
*  As. 


Aliens  mud  Tell 
their  Wines  in 
Grofs,  and  not 
by  Retale. 
Altered   by 
II  R.z.  c.  7. 


What  Commo- 
dities Merchants 
Aliens  or  Deni- 
zens may  fell  in 
Grofs,  and 
which  by  Re- 
tale,  and  to 
whom, 


Realm,    to  go,    travel,   and  merchandife,  or  abide 
freely  as  they  were  wont  to  do,  to  the  great  Damage 
of  the  King,  of  the  Prelates,  of  the  Lords,  and  of 
all  the  Realm,  and  againft  the  common  Profit,  and 
againft  the  Statutes  and  Ordinances  thereof  made  in 
Times  pail  in  the  faid  two  Parliaments  :"    '  (4)  Our 
Lord  the  Kingconfidering  clearly  the  coming  of  Mer- 
chants Strangers  within  the  R.ealm  to  be  very  profi- 
table for  many  Caufes  to  all  the  Realm,  by  the  Af- 
fent  of  the  Prelates,  Dukes,  Earls,  Barons,  and  of 
the  Commons  of  the  R.ealm,  hath  ordained  and  fta- 
bliflied,  That  all  Merchants  Aliens,  of  what  Realms, 
Countries,  or  Scign.ories  that  they  come,  which  be 
of  the  Amity  of  the  King,  and  of  his  Realm,  may 
from  henceforth  fafely  and  furely   come  within  the 
Realm  of  England,  and  in  all  Cities,  Boroughs,  Ports 
of  the  Sea,  Pairs,  Markets,    or  other  Places  within 
the  Realm,  within  Franchife  and  without,  and  abide 
with  their  Goods  and   all   Merchandifes  under   the 
Safeguard  and  Protection  of  the  King  as  long  as  fhall 
pleafe  them,  without  Difturbance  or  denying  of  any 
Perfon.    (?)  And  that  as  well  thofe  Merchants  Aliens 
*  and  Denizens,  and  every  of  them,    that  will  buy 
and   fell  Corn,   Flefh,    Fifh,    and  all  Manner  other 
Victuals  and  Suftenance,  and  alio  all  Manner  of  Spi- 
ceries,  Fruit,  Fur,  and  all  Manner  of  fmall  "Wares, 
as  Silk,   Gold  Wire,   or  Silver  Wire,   Coverchiefs, 
and  other  fuch  fmall  Ware,    may  from  henceforth 
freely  and  without  denying  or  any  Manner  of  Dif- 
turbance,  as  well  in  the  City  of  London,  as  in  all  Ci- 
ties,  Boroughs,  Ports  of  the  Sea,    Fairs,   Markets, 
and  other  Places  within  the  Realm,  fell  and  buy  in 
Grofs  and  by  Parcels,    to  whom  and  of  whom  they 
pleafe,  Denizens  or  Foreigners,  (6)  except  the  King's 
Enemies,  and  except  that  all  Manner  of  Wines,  as 
well  fweetas  other,  fhall  be  fold  by  the  faid  Strangers 
in  Grofs,  and  by  whole  VefTels,   as  they  be  brought 
into  the  Realm,  and  not  at  Pvetale  by  any  in  the  faid 
Cities,  Boroughs,  and  other  Towns  franchifed,  but 
only  by  the  Inhabitants  and  Freemen  in  the  fame. 
(7)  And  as  to  all  other  great  Wares,   as  Cloth  of 
Gold  and  Silver,  Silk,  Sendal,  Napery,  Linen  Cloth, 
Canvas,    and  other  fuch  great  Wares,    and  alfo  all 
Manner  of  other  great  Merchandifes  not  above  ex- 
preffed,  whatfoever  they  be,  from  henceforth  as  well 
Aliens  as  Denizens,  as  well  in  the  City  of  London, 
as   in  other  Cities,    Boroughs,    Ports  of    the  Sea, 
Towns,  Fairs,  Markets,  and  elfewhere  through  the 
faid  Realm,  within  Franchife  and  without,  may  fell 
the  fame  in  Grofs  to  every  Perfon  Foreign  or  Deni- 
zen that  will  buy  the  fame  freely  and  without  deny- 
ing (except  to  the  King's  Enemies  and  the  Realm's) 
as  well  by  the  Bale,  Cloth,  or  by  whole  Pieces  at 
their  Pleafure,  and  not  at  Retale,  upon  Pain  of  Forfei- 
ture of  the  fame  Merchandifes,  but  only  the  Citizens 
and  Burgeffes  in  their  own  Cities  and  Boroughs,  and 
other  good   Towns   franchifed,    to  whom   (and  to 
none  other  ftrange  Merchant  of  their  Franchife)  they 
may  ;    (8)  and  it  fhall  be  lawful  to  them  without  Im- 
peachment,  to  unfold,   undo,   and  cut  in  the  fame 
their  proper  Cities,    and  Boroughs,    the  great  Mer- 
chandifes, and  other  great  Wares  aforefaid,    and  as 
well  the  fame,    as  Wines  and  other  Merchandifes 
whatfoever,  there  to  fell  in  Grofs  and  by  Retale  at 
their  Pleafure,  paying  all  the  Cuftoms  and  Subfidies 
due,     notwithstanding    any    Statutes,     Ordinances, 
Charters,    Judgements,    Allowances,    Cuftoms,  and 
Ufa^.s  made  or  fufr'ered  to  the  contrary  ;    (9)  which 
3 


Ex  Rot.  in  7urY.  Lond. 
come  ils  foloient  faire  a  grant  damage  de  Roi  des 
Prelatz  des  Seignurs  &  de  tout  le  Roialme  &  en- 
contre  commune  profit  &  encontre  les  eftatutz  &■ 
ordinances  ent  faitz  avant  ces  heures  en  les  deux 
parlementz  avantdites  noftre  Seignour  le  Roi  con- 
fiderant  clerement  la  venue  des  merchantz  eftran-- 
ges  deinz  le  Roialme  eftre  bien  &  profitable  par 
moelt  des  caufes  a  tout  le  Roialme  avantdit  deb 
affent  des  Prelatz  Dues  Countes  Barons  &  de  la 
commune  de  fon  Roialme  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz 
qe  tous  merchantz  aliens  de  quelconqes  Roialmes 
paiis  ou  Seignouries  qils  veignent  qi  foient  del 
amiftee  noftre  Seignour  le  Roi  &  de  fon  Roialme 
puiffent  defore  fauvement  &  feurement  venir  deinz 
le  Roialme  dEngleterre  &  en  qeconqes  citees 
burghs  portz  de  meer  feires  merches  ou  autres 
lieux  deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  dein2  franchifes  &: 
dehors  demorer  ovefqe  lour  biens  &  merchandifes 
qeconqes  fouz  le  faufe  garde  &  protection  noftre 
Seignour  le  Roi  tant  fi  longement  come  lour  plerrar 
fanz  defturbance  ou  contredit  de  perfone  qeconqe. 
Et  qe  fibien  yceux  marchantz  aliens  come  den- 
zeins  qeconqes  &  chefcun  de  eux  qi  achatre  ou 
vendre  voillent  bledz  chare  peflbn  &  totes  ma- 
neres  dautres  vivres  &  vitailles  &  auxint  totes  ma- 
neres  des  fpiceries  de  fruit  de  pellure  &  des  menues 
ou  petites  merceries  come  foy  file  dore  &  dargent 
coverchiefs  &  autres  tiels  petites  merceries  les  pu- 
ifTent  defore  franchement  &  fanz  contredit  ou  de~ 
ftourbance  qeconqe  ftbien  en  la  Citee  de  Londres 
come  en  touz  les  autres  citees  burghs  portz  de 
meer  feires  merchees  &  autres  lieux  deinz  le  Roi- 
alme vendre  &  achatre  en.groos  &  par  parcelles  a 
qi  &  de  qi  qe  lour  pleft  forein  &  deinzin  horfpris 
les  enemys  noftre  Seignour  le  Roi  &  horfpris  qe 
toutes  maneres  de  vins  fibien  douces  come  autres  y 
ferront  venduz  par  les  ditz  eftrangers  en  groos  par- 
ies vefTealx  entiers  ficome  ils  font  amefnez  deinz 
le  B„oialme  &  nemye  a  retaille  par  nully  es  dites 
citees  burghs  &  autres  bones  villes  enfranchifez. 
finon  foulement  par  les  enheritantz  &c  enfranchifes 
en  ycelles.  Et  quant  a  tous  les  autres  grofTes  mer- 
ceries come  d raps' dore  dargenrde  foye  de  fendale- 
de  naparie  de  linge  teel  de  canevace  Si  dautres  tielx 
grofTes  merceries  &  auxint  totes  maneres  dautres- 
grofTes  merchandifes  nient  exprefTes  pardefTus  qe- 
conqes qe  celles  foient  les  puiffent  defore  fibien  a- 
liens  come  deinzeinstant  en  la  dite  Citee  de  Lon- 
dres come  es  autres  citees  burghs  portz  villes  feires 
marchees  &  aillours  parmy  le  Roialme  avantdit  de- 
inz franchifes  &  dehors  a  qeconqe  perfone  forein  ou' 
denizin  qi  achatre  les  vorra  forfprfs  les  enemys  du 
Roi  &  de  fon  Roialme  franchementz  &  fanz  contre- 
dit qeconqe  vendre  en  groos  tantfoulement  come 
par  bale  drap  ou  par  la  piece  entier  a  lour  pleifer 
&  noun  pas  a  retaille  fur  peine  de  forfeiture  de 
ycelles  merchandifes  forfqe  foulement  les  citeins  Si 
burgeis  en  lour  propres  citees  &  burghs  &  autres 
bones  villes  enfranchifes  as  queux  &  a'nul  autre 
eftraunge  merchant  de  lour  franchife  bien  life  & 
purront  ils  fanz  empefchement  depefcer  tailler  & 
trencher  en  yceux  lour  propres  citees  &  burghs  les 
grofTes  merceries  &  autres  grofTes  merchaundifes 
avantdites  &  fibien  ycelles  come  vins  &  autres  mer- 
chaundifes quelconqes  illoeqes  vendre  en  groos  eta 
retaill  a  lour  plefaunce  paiantz  toutes  voies  les  cu- 
ftumes  et  fubfides  duez  nient  contrefteantz  eftatutz 
ordeignaunces  chartres  juggementz  allouances  cu- 

ftumes 


A,  D.  1378. 


Anno  fecundo  Richardi  IT. 


Stat.  i.       341 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Loud, 
ftumes  et  ufages  faitz  o.u  fuffertz  au  contraire  Ies 
queux  chartres  et  fraunchifes  li  nulles  y  foient  font 
oultrcment  repellez  et  adnullez  come  chofe  faite  ufe 
ou  grante  encontre  commune  profit  en  oppreffion 
de  poeple.  Salvant  toutdys  as  Prelatz  et  Seignours 
du  Roialme  entierment  lour  libertees  et  fraunchifes 
qils  purront  faire  lour  purvoiances  et  achatz  des  vi- 
tails  et  dautres  lour  neceffahs  come  ils  foleient  faire 
dauncien  temps  et  favant  qe  les  ordinances  faitz 
avant  ces  heures  de  leftaple  tie  Caleys  foient  tenuz- 
en  lour  force  et  vertu.  £t  neft  my  lentention  du 
RoinoftreSeignour  qe  les  merchantz  eftraunges  ou 
deinzeins  qe  vorront  achatre  ou  vendre  leyns  peaux 
lanutz  mercerie  draps  feer  et  autres  merchandifes 
es  feirees  et  marchees  en  paiis  y  foient  par  cefte 
eftatut  reftreintz  ou  deftourbezde  vendre  et  achatre 
franchement  en  gros  ou  a  retaill  come  ils  foleient 
faire  dauncientee.  Et  fi  enfy  aviegne  qe  defore 
deftiirbaunce  foit  fait  a  nul  merchant  alien  ou  den- 
ziein  ou  autre  fur  la  vente  des  tieles  chofes  en  citee 
burgh  ville  port  de  meer  ou  autre  lieu  qait  fraun- 
chifes encontre  la  fourme  de  cefte  ordinance  et  les 
rhair  baillifs  ou  autres  qe  ont  garde  de  la  dite 
fraunchife  requiz  par  les  dues  merchantz  ou  autre 
on  lour  noun  de  ent  faire  remedie  et  ils  nel  font 
rnye  et  de  ce  foient  atteintz  foit  la  fraunchife  pris 
en  la  main  le  Roi  et  nientmeins  foient  ceux  qave- 
rdnt  fait  celle  defturbaunce  contre  ceft  eftatut  te- 
nuz  de  rendre  et  reftorer  au  pleintif  fes  damages  qil 
avera  foeffert  par  celle  enchefon  au  double.  Et  fi 
tiele  defturbaunce  foit  fait  as  tieux,  merchauntz  ou 
as  autres  es  villes  et  lieux  ou  fraunchife  neft  my  et 
le  Seignour  fil  foit  prefent  ou  fon  baillif  conltable 
ou  autre  gardein  des  dites  villes  et  lieux  en  abfence 
des  Seignours  ent  requiz  de  faire  droit  et  nel  facent 
et  de  ceo  foient  atteintz  rendent  les  damages  au 
pleintif  au  double  auxi  come  deffus  eft  dit  et  les 
deftourbours  en  lun  cas  et  en  lautre  auxibien  deinz 
fraunchifes  come  dehors  fils  foient  atteintz  eient  la 
prifone  dun  an  et  ent  foientz  reintz  a  la  volente  le 
Roi.  Et  auxint  eft  ordeigne  et  eftabli  qe  le  Chaun- 
celler  Treforer  et  Juftices  affignez  a  tenir  les  plees 
le  Roi  es  lieux  ou  ils  viegnent  enquergent  des  tiels 
deftourbaunces  &  grevaunces  &  facent  puniflemcnt 
felonc  ce  qe  par  defus  eft  ordeigne.  Et  nient- 
mfens  qe  le  Roi  face  affigner  par  commiffion  cer- 
teins  gentz  ou  &  'quant  1'ui  plerra  denquerre  de 
tielles  deftourbaunces  &  grevances  &  de  faire  pu- 
niffement  de  trelpafours  en  celle  partie  come,  def- 
fus eft  dit. . 


Charters  and  Franchifes,  if  any  there  be,  they  fhall 
be  utterly  repealed  and  adnulled,  as  a  Thing  made, 
ufed,  or  granted  againft  the  common  Profit,  or  Op- 
preffion of  the  People  :    (10)  Saving  always  to  Pre- 
lates and  Lords  of  the  Realm  wholly  their  Liberties 
and  Franchifes,   that  they  may  make  their  Purvey- 
ances and  Buyings  of  Victuals,   and  of  other  their 
Neceffaries,    as  they  were  wont  to  do  in  old  Time,  • 
(n)  and  faving  that  the  Ordinances  made  before  this 
Time  of  the  Staple  of  Calais  be  holden  in  their  Force 
and  Virtue.     (12)  And  it  is  not  the  King's  Mind,  The  Penalty  of 
that  Merchants  Strangers  or  Denizens,  that  will  buy  them  which  do 
and  fell   their  Woolls,    Woollfels,  Wares,  Cloths,  ^  *!ebr" 
Iron,  and  other  Merchandifes,  at  Fairs  and  Markets  and'fell  Wares 
in  the  Country,  fhould  be  reftrained  or  difturbed  by  at  their  Plea- 
this  Statute  to  fell  or  buy  freely  in  Grofs  or  at  Retale,  fores,  and  of 
as  they  were  wont  to  do  heretofore.     (13)  And  if  it  chief  Officers 
fo  happen,  that  from  henceforth  Diflurbance  be  made  ^VrMmlLs. 
to  any  Merchant  Alien  or  Denizen,  or  other,  upon 
the  Sale  of  fuch  Things  in  City,  Borough,  Town,- 
Port  of  the  Sea,  or  other  Place  that  hath  Franchife,  ■ 
againft  the  Form  of  this  Ordinance  ;  and  the  Mayor, 
Bailiffs,  or  other  that  have  the  keeping  of  fuch  Fran- 
chife, required  by  the  faid  Merchants,    or  other  in ' 
their  Name,  thereof  to  make  Remedy,   do  not  the 
fame,  and  thereof  be  attainted,  the  Franchife  ftiall 
be  feifed  into  the  King's  Hand;    and  nevcrthelefs,  ■ 
they  that  have  done  fuch  Diflurbance  againft  this  Sta- 
tute, fhall  be  bound  to  render  and  reftore  to  the  Plain- 
tiff his  double  Damages  that  he  hath  fuffered  by  this 
Occafion.     (14)  And  if  fuch  Difturbance  be  made  to 
fuch  Merchants  or  to  other  in  Towns  and  Places  - 
where  no  Franchife  is,  and  the  Lord,  if  he  be  pre- 
fent,  or  his  Bailiff,  Conftable,   or  other  Warden  of 
the  Towns  and  Places,  in  Abfence  of  the  Lords  there-- 
of,  required  to  do  Right,  and  do  not,  and  thereof  be 
duly  attainted,,  they  fhall  yield  to  the  Plaintiff  his- 
double  Damages,  as  afore  is  faid,  and  the  Difturbers- 
in  the  one  Cafe  and  the  other,  as  well  within  Fran-- 
chifes  as  without,  if  they  be  attainted,  fhall  have  one- 
Year's  Imprifonment,  and  be  ranfomed  at  the  King's- 
Will.     (15).  And  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That 
the  Chancellor,  Treafurer,    and  Juftices  affigned  to 
"  hold  Pleas  of  the  King  in  the  Places  where  they  come, 
'  fhall   diligently   inquire    of  fuch    Difturbances    and 
Grievances,  and  do  Punifhment  according  as  afore  is-  ■ 
ordained.     (16)  And  neverthelefs,  the  King  fhall  af- 
fign  by  Commiffion  certain  People,  where  and  when-- 
fhall  pleafe  him,  to  inquire  of  fuch  Difturbances  and 
Grievances,  and  to  puniih  the  Offenders  in  this  Party,  fenffft.s, 

as  before  is  faid.'  comermng  Mer- 

chant Ad-jcutu- 


CAP.     II.. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  25  Edw.  3.  S-tat.  4.  cap.  3. 


againft  Foreftallers. 


ITEM  eft  ordene  &  eftabli  qe  leftatut  fait  en  temps  le  dit  Roi  laiel  lande  fon  regne  dEngleterre  xxv.  de  Altered  c&6 
Forftallours  des  vins  &  vitailles  merces  et  merchaundifes  quelconqes  qe  viegnent  a  les  bones  villes  deinz  Ed.  6.  c.  14.,- 
le  Roialme  par  terre  ou  par  eawe  foit  tenuz  Si  fermement  gardez  en  toutz  ppintz  &  mys  en^Jue  execution 
p,ur  le  commune  profit  du  Roialme  avantdif. 

c  a  p,   nr. 

Merchants  of  the  Weft  may  buy  Merchandifes,  fo  that  they  find  Sureties  to  carry  them  to  the1 

Weft,  or  to  Calais. 


I 


! 


TEM  ordene  eft  &  affentuz  qe  touz  merchantz  de  Jene  Venice  Catiloigne  Ara^on  &  dautres  Roialmcs  O  Bi 
&.  terres  &  paiis  vers  le  Weft  efteantz  delvamiftee  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qi.-vorrontarnefner  a  Hampton 

Oti- 


342       Stat. 


Anno  fecunclo  Richard i  II. 


A.D.  1378; 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ou  aillours  deinz  le  Roialme  carraks  niefs  galeys  ou  autres  veffeulx  chargez  ou  defchargez  y  puiffent  fraun- 
chement  vendre  lours  merchaundifes  a  qi  lour  pleft  per  manere  qe  deffus  eft  dit  &  illoeqes  recharger  lour 
ditz  veffeulx  des  leynes  quirs  peaux  lanutz  plumb  efteyn  &  dautres  merchaundifes  de  leftaple  &  fraunche- 
ment  les  amefner  en  lour  paiis  vers  le  Weft  paiantz  es  portz  ou  ils  les  chargeront  toutes  maneres  des 
cuftumes  fubfides  &  autres  devoirs  de  Caleys  auxi  avant  come  ent  paieront  fils  amefnaffent  mefmes  les 
merchandifes  a  leftaple  de  Caleys  pariffint  qils  troeffent  feurete  fufRfante  qils  les  amefneront  iffint  devers  le 
Weft  &  nulle  part  aillours  devers  leEft  finon  qe  a  leftaple  de  Caleys  II  par  cas  ils  y  vorront  aler  fur  la  peine 
.de  forfaiture  devant  fes  heures  ordene. 

CAP.    IV. 

The  Penalty   of  Mariners  retained  to  ferve  the  King  on  the  Sea,  which  do  depart  without 

Licence. 


Altered  18  H. 
r6.  0.  19.  and 
5  El.  c.5. 

And  fee  4  £f  5 
P.  &  M.  c.  3. 
likeioife  1  &  3 
Ann.  c.  6.  for 
prejjing  of Va- 
grants ;  and  6 
jinn.  c.  31  &  37 
exempting  Fire- 
men and  Seamen 
-in  Amertea. 


*  Waiting  any 
other  Com- 
dandment. 


j»Co.  134. 
al.-.ft.  2:7. 
Vaughap  139. 
Palmer  36  ^. 


TEM,  Becaufe  that  divers  Mariners,  after  that 
they  be  arrefted  and  retained  for  the  King's  Ser- 
vice upon  the  Sea  in  Defence  of  the  Realm,  and 
thereof  have  received  their  Wages  pertaining,  do  flee 
out  of  the  faid  Service  without  Licence  of  the  Ad- 
mirals, or  of  their  Lieutenants,  to  the  great  Damage 
of  the  King  and  his  Realm,  and  Hinderance  of  the 
faid  Voyages  :"  '  it  is  ordained  and  ftablifhed,  That 
all  thofe  Mariners,  which  from  henceforth  fhall  do  in 
fuch  Manner,  and  that  truly  found  and  proved  be- 
fore the  Admiral,  or  his  Lieutenant,  fhall  be  holden 
to  reftore  to  our  faid  Sovereign  Lord  the  King,  the 
double  of  that  they  have  taken  for  their  Wages  ;  and 
neverthelefs  fhall  have  one  Year's  Imprifonment, 
without  being  delivered  by  Mainprize,  Bail,  or  by 
other  Way.  And  the  King  will  and  commandeth 
to  all  Sheriffs,  Mayors,  and  Bailiffs,  within  Fran- 
chifes  and  without,  That  at  the  Certification  of  the 
faid  Admirals,  or  their.  Lieutenants,  by  their  Letters 
thereof  to  be  made,-teftifying  the  faid  Proof,  fhall 
incontinent,  without  tarrying*,  make  another  Com- 
mandment of  the  King  our  Sovereign  Lord,  to  take 
and  attach  all  fugitive  Mariners  by  their  Body,  with- 
in their  Bailiwicks,  within  Franchifes  and  without, 
and  put  them  in  Prifon,  there  to  abide  in  good  and 
fure  keeping,  till  they  have  made  Gree  to  the  King 
as  afore  is  faid,  and  thereof  have  a  fpecial  Command- 
ment of  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King  of  their  De- 
liverance. And  like  Punifhments  fhall  be  made  of 
Serjeants  of  Arms,  Mafters  of  Ships,  and  all  other, 
that  fhall  be  attainted,  by  Enquiiy  before  the  Ad- 
miral, or  his  Lieutenant  aforefaid,  that  they  have 
any  Thing  taken  of  the  faid  Mariners,  for  to  fuffer 
them  to  go  at  large  out  of  the  faid  Service,  after  that 
they  have  been  arrefted  for  the  fame  Service.' 


TEM  pur  ceo  qe  plufours  mariners  apres  ce 
qils  font  areftuz  &  retenuz  pur  fervice  du  Roi 
fur  la  meer  en  defence  de  Roialme  &  ent  ont  refceuz 
lours  gages  appurtenantz  fenfuent  hors  du  dit  fer- 
vice fanz  conge  des  Admiralx  ou  de  lour  lieute- 
nantz  a  grant  damage  du  Roi  noftre  Seignur  &  du 
Roialme  &  arreriffement  de  fes  viages  avauntditz 
ordene  eft  &  eftabli  qe  touz  ceux  mariners  queux 
defore  ferront  en  tielle  manere  &  cela  trovez  & 
provez  veritablement  devant  le  Admiral  ou  fort 
lieutenant  foient  tenuz  de  reftorer  a  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roi  le  double  de  ce  qils  averont  pris  pur  lour 
gages  nientmeins  eient  la  prifone  dun  an  fanz  ent 
eftre  deliverez  par  mainprife  bailie  ou  par  autre 
voie.  Et  le  Roi  voet  &  comande  a  touz  vifcontz 
mairs  &  bailifs  deinz  franchifes  &  dehors  qe  a  la 
certification  des  ditz  Admiralx  ou  lour  lieutenantz 
par  lours  lettres  ent  affairs  tefmoignantes  la  ditc 
proove  facent  tan  toft  fanz  attendre  autre  mande- 
ment  de  Roi  noftre  Seignur  prendre  &  attacher 
touz  ceux  mariners  futifs  par  lour  corps  deinz  lour 
baillies  deinz  franchifes  &  dehors  &  les  mettre  en 
prifone  illoeqes  a  demurer  en  bon  &  feure  garde 
tanqe  ils  averont  fait  gree  au  Roi  come  defus  eft  dit 
&  ent  eient  fpecial  mandement  de  Roi  noftre  Seig- 
nur de  lour  deliverance.  Et  autiel  puniffement  foit 
fait  des  fergeantz  darmes  maiftres  des  niefs  &  touz 
autres  qe  ferront  atteintz  par  enquerre  devant  lad- 
mirall  ou  fon  lieutenant  avantdit  qils  eient  rienz 
pris  des  ditz  mariners  pur  lour  foefrer  aler  a  lour 
large  hors  del  fervice  avantdit  apres  ceo  qils  eient 
efte  areftuz  pur  mefme  le  fervice. 


C  A  P.    V. 

The  Penalty  for  telling  flanderous  Lyes  of  the  Great  Men  of  the  Realm.' 


a  Mod.  98,  z6i.  (.<■ 


ITEM,  Of  Devifors  of  falfe  News  and  of  hor- 
rible and  falfe  Lyes,  of  Prelates,  Dukes,  Earls, 
Barons,  and  other  Nobles  and  Great  Men  of  the 
Realm,  (2)  and  alfo  of  the  Chancellor,  Treafurer, 
Clerk  of  the  Privy  Seal,  Steward  of  the  King's 
Houfe,  Juffices  of  the  one  Bench  or  of  the  other, 
and  of  other  Great  Officers  of  the  Realm,  of  Things 
which  by  the  faid  Prelates,  Lords,  Nobles,  and  Of- 
ficers aforefaid,  were  never  fpoken,  done,  nor 
thought,  (?)  in  great  Slander  of  the  faid  Prelate, 
Lords,  Nobles,  and  Officers,  whereby  Debates  and 
Difcords  might  arife  betwixt  the  faid  Lords,  or  be- 
t'v  1  the  Lords  and  the  Commons  (which  God 
fwbiJ)  and  whereof  gr^at  Peril  and  Mifchief  might 


TEM  de  controvours  de  faux  novels  &  coun- 

tours  des  horribles  et  fauxes  menfonges  des  Pre- 

latz  Dues  Countes  Barons  &  autres  nobles  &  grants 

de  Roialme  &   auxint  del  Chaunceller  Treforer 

Clerk   de  prive   feal   Senefchal  del  Hoftel  noftre 

i  Seignur  le  Roi  Juftices  del  tin  Bank  &  del  autre  & 

dautres  grantz  officers  du  Roialme  des  chofes  qe 

par  les  ditz  Prelaiz  Seignurs  &  officers  ne  furent 

unqes  pailez  touchez  ou  penfez  en  grant  efclaun- 

dre  des  Prelatz  Seignurs  nobles  &  officers  avant- 

,  ditz  par  ont  debatz  &  defcordes  purroient  fourdre 

'  parentre  les  ditz,  Seignurs  ou  parentre  les  Seignurs 

I  &  communes  qe  Dicu  ne  veulle  &  dont  grant  pe- 

1  ril  h  mefchief  purroit  avenir  a  tout  le  Roialme  & 

legerement 


A.D.  1378. 


Anno  fecundo  Richardi  II. 


Stat. 


343 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Iegerement  fubverfion  &  deftruclion  del  Roialme 
avantdit  ft  due  remede  ny  fuiffe  mys  eft  defenduz 
eftroitement  &  fur  grief  peine  pur  efchuer  les  da- 
mages &  perils  avantditz  qe  defore  nul  foit  fi  hardi 
de  controver  dire  ou  counter  afcune  fauxe  novelle 
menfonge  ou  autre  tiel  fauxe  chofe  des  Prelatz  Seig- 
nurs  &  les  autres  defufditz  dont  defcord  ou  efclaun- 
dre  aucune  puifle  fourdre  deinz  mefme  le  Roialme 
et  qi  le  fra  eit  et  encourge  la  paine  autrefoitz  ent 
ordenez  par  eftatut  de  Weftm'  primer  qe  voet  qil 
foit  pris  et  emprifonez  jeqes  a  tant  qil  eit  trovez 
celluy  dont  la  parole  ferramoevez. 


"  come  to  all  the  Realm,  and  quick  Sutwerfion  and 
"  Deftru&ion  of  the   faid  Realm,  if  due  Remedy  be 
"  not  provided:"    '  (4)  It  is  ftraitly  defended   upon  3BUM.  235, 
'  grievous  Pain,  for  to  efchew  the  faid  Damages  and  1  Leon-  ^7'  ■ 
'  Perils,  that  from  henceforth  none  be  fo  hardy  to  de-  Dj15  *SS' 
'  vife,  fpeak,  or  to  tell  any  falfe  News,  Lyes,  or  other  Keh'aV ' 
'  fuch  falfe  Things,  of  Prelates,  Lords,  and  of  other  cro.  El.  r. 
'  aforefaid,  whereof  Difcord  or  any  Slander  might  rife  Cro.  Car.  135.  ■ 
'  within  the  fame  Realm;    (^)jLnd  he  that  doth  the  J™cs  >9+- 
'  fame  {hall  incur  and  have  the  Pain  another  Time  or-  Raft-  3rj3' 
'  dained  thereof  by  the  Statute  cKWeflminJler  the  Firft, 
'  which  will,  that  he  be  taken  and  imprifoned  till  he  3  Ed-  '■  c-  34- 
'  have  found  him  of  whom  the  Word  was  moved.'  "-a"'.    y,, 

IiK.2C.II. 

Covjirmcd  and  extended  by  i  &  2,  Ph.  &  M.  c.  3.  and  1  El.  c.  6* 


CAP.    VI. 

Gommiffions  fliall  be  awarded  to  arreft  Riotors,  and  other  Perfons  offenfive  to  the  Peace,  and- 

to  imprifon  them. 

TEM  pur  ceo  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  ad  entenduz  fibien  par  moeltz  des  pleintz  a  luy  faitz  come  parT.cp.  by  2  R.2. 
la  notoritee  de  la  chofe  qe  fibien  plufours  des  lieges  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  en  diverfes  parties  del  Roialmey?<»- 1. " 


chees  fe  coillent  enfemble  a  grant  nombre  des  gentz  armez  &  archers  a  fier  de  guerre  &  foi  entrelient  par  c.2.    1  EJ.6'.- 
ferement  &  par  autre  confederacie  nient  eiant  confederation  a  Dieu   ne  as  loys   de  feinte  efglife  ne  de  la  '■ I2- <""'  >  G'°* 
terre  ne  a  droit  ne  a  juftice  einz  refufantz  &  entreleffantz  tout  proces  de  ley  chivachent  en  grantz  routes  l-ft<"- .a;i*.5" 
en  plufours  parties  dEngleterre  &  preignent  pofleffion  &  fe  mettent  einz  en  diverfes  manoirs  terres  &  c™'e™">Z   K"> 
autres  pofleffions  de  lour  propre  auftoritee  &  les  tiegnent  langement  a  tiel 'force  y  feifantz  moudes  ma- 
ilers dapparaillementz  de  guerre  &  en   aucuns  lieux   raviflent   dames  &  damoifeles   &  les  enmefnent  en 
eftraunge  paiis  ou  leur  pleft  &  en  aucuns  lieux  en  tieux  routes  gifent  en  agaite  et  batent  mahaiment  mor- 
drent  et  tuont  les  gentz  pur  lour  femmes  et  biens  avoir  et  celles  femmes   et  biens  reteignont  a  lour  propre 
oeps  et  a  la  foitz  preignent  a  force  les  liges  le  Roi  en  lour  propre  maifons  et  les  amefnent  et  detiegnent 
come  prifoners  et  au  darrein  les  mettent  a  fyn  et  a  raunceon  come  ceo  fuift  en  terre  de  guerre  et  a  la  foitz 
viegnent  devant  Juftices  en  lour  feffions   en  tielle  guife  ove  grant  force  par  ont  les  Juftices  font  moeltz 
efbaiez  ou  ne  font  hardiz   de  faire  la  ley  et  plufours  autres  riotes  et  horribles  malx  faitz  y  font  par  ont  le 
Roialme  en  diverfes  parties  eft  mys  en  grant  troboill  a  grant  mefchief  et  anientifTement  de  povre  poeple  et 
lefion  de  le  roiale  majefte  et  encountre  la  corone  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi.     Et  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  defirant 
fouveraignement  la  paix  et  la  quiete  de  fon  Roialme  et  fes  bones  leys  et  cuftumes  dyceli  et  les  droitures  de 
fa  dite  corone  eftre  maintenuz  et  gardez  en  touz  pointz  et  les  trefpaflburs  duement  chaftifez  et  puniz  come 
il  eft  ferementez  a  fon   coronement  del  affent  de  touz  les  Seignuis  et  pieres  efteantz  en  ce  parlement  eft  " 
defenduz  fur  le  peril  qappent  qe  nully  foit  defore  fi  hardiz  de  faire  rienz  qe  foit  en  affray  du  poeple  ou 
countre  le  paix  et  enoultre  eft  ordene  et  eftabliz  qe  leftatut  de  Norhampton  fait  en  tieu  cas  en  temps  le  dit 
aiel  foit  tenuz  et  gardez  en  touz  pointz.     Et  auxint  eft  affentuz  qe  certeins  fuffifantz  et  vaillantz  perfones 
Seignurs  ou  autres  foient  aflignez  par   commiffion  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  en  chefcun  countee  parmy  le 
Roialme  ou  il  bufoigne  et  meftier  ferra  qe  eient  poair  par  lour  commiffion  qe  fi  toft  come  ils  fcievent  ou' 
qe  lour  foit  creablement  certifiez  dafcuns  affembles  routes  ou  chivachez  des  malfaifours  barettours   ou  autres 
tieux  riottours  en  lours  marchees  en  affray  du  poeple  et  countre  la  paix  de  lour  arefter  tantoft  fanz  attendre 
enditement  ou  autre  proces  de  ley   par  lour  corps  et  nicement  les  chiefteins  et  duftres  dycelles  routes  ec 
les  envoier  a  profchein  gaiole  enfemble  avec  la  caufe  de  le  lour  areft  clerement  et  diftinftement  mys  en  ■ 
efcript  illoeqes  a   demorer  en  prifone  en  fure  et  bone  garde  tanqe  a  la  venue  des  Juftices  en  paiis  fanz 
ent  eftre  delivrez  en  le  meyn  temps  par  mainprife  bailie  ou  en  autre  manere.     Et  les  Seignurs  treftoutz 
efteantz  en  parlement  font   chargez  depar  le  Roi  et  ont  ils  auxint  de  lour  bone  gree  et  liberale  voluntee 
promys  loialment  deftre  en  eide   a  lour  poair  as  ditz  commiflioners  fi  mefter  ent  eft  et  foient  requiz  et  de 
garder  et  faire   garder  par  eux  et  les   lours  cefte  ordenance  en  quanqe  a  eux  touche  fanz  avoir  regarde  a 

5erfone  qelconqe  pur  amiftee  alliaunce  ne  autrement.     Et  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  voet  et  comande  a  touz  fes_ 
uftices  eiantz  poair  a  lour  deliverance  faire  qe  redde  puniflement  et  juftice  foit  fait  fur  toutes  les  perfones  qe 
ferront  atteintz  des  tieux  riotes  et  malfaitz  a  chefcun  felonc  ce  qe  le  cas  requiert  et  par  manere  tielle  qe  cell-! 
puniflement  foit  enfample  as  autres. 


Read  fiat. 


C  A  P'.     VII. 


Urban  was  duly  chofen  Pope,  and  fo  ought  to  be  accepted  and  obeyed. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  ad  entenduz  fibien  par  certeins  lettres  patentes  novellement -g  x  p 
venuz  de  certeins  Cardinalx  rebeulx  countre  noftre  feint  piere  Urban  a  ore  pape  come  autrement  par 
commune  fame  qe  diyiiion  &  difeord  eftoit  parexitre  noftre  dit  feint  pier  &  les  ditz  Cardinalx  les  queux 

fafforcent 


344       Stat.  ii 


Anno  fecundo  RichArdi  II. 


A.D.  r^78. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
faflbrcent  a  tout  lour  poair  a  depofer  noftre  dit  feint  pier  de  leftat  de  pape  &  de  excker  &  commover  par 
leurs  meins  vraies  fuggeftions  les  Rois  Princes  &  le  poeple  Criftien  encontre  luy  a  grant  peril  de  lours 
almeset  a  trefmal  example  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  fift  monftrer  les  dites  lettres  as  prelatz  Seignurs  &i 
autres  grantz  &  fages  de  fon  Roialme  efteantz  au  dit  parlement  &  veues  &  entenduz  les  lettres  avantdites 
&  eu  meure  deliberation  fur  la  matire  eftoit  par  les  ditz  prelatz  pronunciez  &z  publiez  par  plufours  grandes 
&c  notables  refons  illoeqes  monftrez  en  plein  parlement  fibien  par  matire  trove  es  dites  lettres  come  autrement 
qe  le  dit  Urban  eftoit  duement  eiluz.en  pape  &  qe  enfy  eft  il  &doit  eftre  verrai  pape  &  li  come  pape  &  chief 
de  feinte  efglife  len  doit  accepter  &  obier  et  a  ceo  faire  faccorderent  toutz  les  prelatz  Seignurs  &  communes 
en  le  parlement  avauntditz.  Et  en  oultre  eft  affentuz  qe  touz  les  benefices  &  autres  poffeffions  qe  les  ditz 
Cardinalx  rebellantz  &  touz  autres  lours  coadjutours  fautours  adherentz  ou  aucuns  autres  enemys  de  noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  Roi  &  de  fon  Roialme  ont  deinz  le  poair  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  foient  feifez  es  mains  de 
mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  foit  refponduz  des  fruitz  &  profitz  de  mefmes  les 
benefices  &  pofleffions  tant  cc>me  ils  demorront  en  fes  mains  par  la  caufe  avantdite.  Et  auxint  eft  ordenez 
qe  fi  aucun  lige  du  Roi  ou  autre  deinz  fon  poair  purchafe  provifion  benefice  ou  autre  grace  daticun  par  autre 
noun  de  pape  qe  del  dit  noftre  feint  pier  Urban  ou  foit  obeifant  a  aucun  autre  perfone  come  a  pape  foit  mys 
hors  de  la  protection  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &fes  biens  &  chateux  feifez  come  forfaites. 

CAP.     VIII. 

The  Statute  of  23  Edw.  3.  and  ail  other  Statutes  of  Labourers,  &c.  confirmed. 

Rep.  5  El.  c.  4,  TTEM  des  laborers  &  fervantz  eft  ordenez  &  eftabli  qe  lordinance  en  faite  en  temps  le  dit  aiel  qe  comence 
J.  'Quia  magna  pars  populi  foit  affermez  &  tenuz  pur  eftatut  &  qe  fibien  celle  eftatut  come  touz  autres 
eftatutz  &  ordinances  fakes  de  artificers  fervantz  &  laborers  avant  ces  heurs  foient  fermement  gardez  6c 
.mifez  en  due  execution.  Et  pur  ceo  vous  mandons  qe  les  ditz  eftatutz  &  ordinances  facez  overtement  & 
diftin&etnent  crier  &  publier  en  touz  les  lieux  notables  deinz  voftre  bailly  ou  meftier  ferra  &  fermement 
les  y  tenir  &  faire  tenir  &  garder  felonc  la  fourme  &  teneur  dycelles.  Don'  par  tefmoignance  de  noftre 
grant  feal  a  noftre  palays  de  Weftm'  le  xxviij.  jour  de  Novembr'  Ian  de  noftre  regne  fecond. 

Per  ipfum  Regem  &  confilium. 

Con/miles  Uteres  diriguntur  fmgulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam  fub  eadem  data. 


Other  Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,    Anno  2  Rich.  II.  Stat.  2.  and 

Anno  Dom.   1379. 


"  f  \~\  O  the  Honour  of  God  and  of  holy  Church, 
"  and  for  the   common  Profit  of  the   Realm 

"  •*-  of  England,  our  Lord  the  King  Richard, 
"  at  his  Parliament  holden  at  Wejiminfler  in  the  Fif- 
"  teenth  of  Eajier,  the  fecond  Year  of  his  Reign,  of 
*'  the  AfTent  of  the  Prelates,  Dukes,  Earls,  Barons, 
"  and  other  Great  Men,  and  of  the  Commons  of  this 
"  Realm  fummoned  to  the  faid  Parliament,  hath  or- 
"  dained  and  eftablifhed  in  the  fame  Parliament,  for 
"  the  Quietnefs  of  his  faid  People,  the  Statutes  and 
"  Ordinances  following,  perpetually  to  endure  in  his 
"  faid  Realm." 


Ex  Rot.  in  I'urr.  Lond.  m.  23. 
L  honour  de  Dieu  &  de  feinte  eglife  &  pur 
commune  profit  du  Roialme  dEngleterre 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  Richard  a  fon  par- 
lement tenuz  a  Weftm'  en  la  quinfzeine  de  Pafqe 
Ian  de  fon  regne  fecond  del  affent  des  Prelatz  Dues 
Cont.es  Barons  &  dautres  grantz  &  communes  de 
fon  dit  Roialme  dEngleterre  au  dit  parlement  fo- 
monez  ad  ordenez  &  eftabli  en  meifme  le  parle- 
ment pur  quiete  de  fon  poeple  les  eftatutz  &  efta- 
blifiementz  qe  fenfuent  perpetuelment  adurers  en 
fon  Roialme  avantdit. 


CAP.     I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church. 


*  TMRST,  That  holy  Church  have  and  enjoy  her 
'  JP  Franchifes  and  Liberties  in  all  Points  in  as  ample 
'  Manner  as  fhe  them  had  in  the  Time  of  his  noble 
'  Progenitors  Kings  of  England;  (2)  and  that  the 
'  Great  Charter,    and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and 

*  the  good  Laws  of  the  Land,   be  firmly  holden  and. 

*  kept,  and  put  in  due  Execution.' 


SR  Rimerement  qe  feinte  eglife  eit  &  enjoife  fes 
g  franchifes  &  libertees  en  touz  pointz  fl  avant 
come  ele  le  avoit  en  temps  de  fes  nobles  pro^eni- 
tours  Rois  dEngleterre  &  qe  la  Grant  Chartre  &  la 
Chartre  de  la  Forefte  et  les  bones  loys  dc  la  terre 
foient  fermement  tenuz  et  gardez  et  mifes  en  dae 
execution. 


CAP. 


A>D. 


137, 


Anno  fecundo  Richardi  II. 


Stat.  2.        345 


CAP.    II. 

A  Repeal  of  the  Statute  of  2  Rich.  2.  Stat.  i.  cap.  6.  touching  Riots. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lone!. 

ITEM  eft  affentuz  qe  larticle  corrlprife  en  leftatut  darreinement  fait  a  Glouceftr'  des  affemblees  chivachees'  E  X  I*. 
&  routes  des  malfeifours  en  pais  qe  comence  Item  pur  ce  qe  nojlre  Seignur  le  Roi  ad  cntenduz,  par  moltz,  des 
pkintcs,  &c.  quele  article  fembloit  as  ditz  communes  trop  grevoufe  a  la  prier  de  meifme  la  commune  foit 
dutrement  repellez  &  adnullez  leftatut  de  Northampton  efteant  toutes  voieg  en  fa  force.  Et  eft  affentuz  qe 
ceux  qi  font  pris  &  imprifonez  par  vertu  daucuns  parbls  comprifez  en  dit  article  fanz  autre  enditement 
foient  outrement  deliverez; 

CAP.     III. 


Fraudulent  Deeds  made  by  Debtors  to  avoid  their  Creditors,  fhall  be  void. 


Ob. 

21  Ja.  1.  c,  28. 


ITEM  en  cas  de  dette  ou  les  dettours  font  douns  &  feofferhentz  feintz  de  lour  terres  &  biens  a  lours 
amys  &  autres  &  puis  fe  retrient  &  fuoht  as  lieux  de  feint  efglife  privilegez  &  illoeges  fe  tiegnent 
longement  &  preignont  les  profitz  le  lours  ditz  terres  &  biens  iffint  donez  par  fraude  &  colluiion  paront  lour 
treanceours  ont  efte  longement  &  encore  font  delaiez  de  lour  dettes  &  recoyrir  atort  &  encontre  bon  foy  & 
refon  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabli  qe  apres  ceo  qe  les  ditz  creanceours  ent  eint  portez  lour  briefs  de  dette  &  fur  rjyer  195 
ceo  capias  agardez  le  vifcorit  face  fon  retorn  qil  nad  my  pris  les  dites  perfones  a  caufe  des  tieux  lieux  privi- 
legez en  quelles  ils  font  ou  ferront  entrez  Adonqes  apres  tiel  retourn  fait  foit  autre  brief  grantez  &  fait  al 
vifcont  en  quel  brief  foit  compris  qe  proclamation  fe  face  overtement  a.  la  port  del  lieu  iffint  privilegez  ou 
tielles  perfones  font  entrez  par  cynk  ferriaignes  continueles  chefcun  femaigne  un  foiz  qe  meifme  la  perfone 
foit  au  certein  jour  compris  en  mefme  le  brief  devant  les  Juftices  le  Roi  pur  y  refpondre  au  pleintif  de  fa 
demande  &  celle  brief  retournez  par  le  vifcont  qe  proclamation  eft  faite  en  la  dite  forme  &  les  dites  perfones 
appellez  ne  veignent  my  en  propre  perfon  ne  per  attoiirne  foit  jugement  renduz  envers  eux  fur  le  principal 
par  lour  defaute  &  hors  dycell  jugement  foit  execution  faite  de  lours  terres  &  biens  efteantz  hors  del  lieu 
iffint  privilegez  fibien  ceftaffavoir  de  ceux  terres  &  biens  iffint  dortez  par  collufton  come  dautres  quelconqes 
par  dehors  mefme  la  franchife  apres  ce  qe  tielle  collufion  ou  fraude  foit  duement  trovez  en  mefme  la  manere 
come  ceo  deuft  avoir  efte  fait  ft  null  devife  ent  euft  efte  fait  nient  contrefteant  mefme  la  devife.  Mais  neft 
my  lentention  du  Roi  qe  par  vertu  de  ceft  eftatut  nully  foit  forclos  de  fa  fuite  envers  tieux  dettours  par  com- 
mune cours  de  loy  devant  ceft  prefent  eftatut  ufez. 


5&  Ed.  3.  c.5. 

Enforced  and 
amended  by 
3H.  7.  c.  4.  ani 
13  El.  C.J. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminftei-j  Anno   3  Rich.  II.  and  Anno  Dom„ 

J379* 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  rn.  23 . 

LE  Roi  as  vifcontes  de  Londres  falutz.  Sachez 
qe  a  noftre  darrein  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm' 
del  affent  des  Seignurs  et  autres  en  dit  parle- 
ment avons  fait  faire  certeins  eftatutz  et  ordenan- 
tes  en  la  fourme  qe  fenfuit. 


AT  the  Parliament  holdeh  at  Weflminfter  the1 
Monday  next  after  the  Feaft  of  Saint  Hillary^ 
the  third  Year  of  King  Richard  the  Se- 
cond, of  the  Affent  of  the  Lords  and  other  in  the 
faid  Parliament,  our  faid  Lord  hath  caufed  to  be 
made  certain  Statutes  and  Ordinances  in  the  Form 
following." 


CAP.     I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Laws  of  the  Church,  and  of  the  Laws  and  Statutes  of  the  Realm. 


PRimerement  ordeignez  eft  et  eftabliz  qe  feirite 
eglife  eit  et  enjoife  entierment  fez  franchifes  et 
libertees  par  manere  qe  les  eit  euz  et  enjoiez  en 
temps  des  nobles  progenitours  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  defufdit  et  qe  ies  bones  leys  et  cuftumes  du 
Roialme  et  les  eftatutz  faitz  devant  cefte  heure  et 
hient  repellez  foient  tenuz  et  fermement  gardez  et 
tnyfez  en -due  execution* 


FIrft  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  holy- 
Church  have  and  wholly  enjoy  her  Franchifes 
and  Liberties,  by  the  Manner  as  fhe  hath  had  and 
enjoyed  them  in  the  Time  of  the  King's  noble  Pro- 
genitors ;  (2)  and  that  the  good  Laws  and  Cuftoms 
of  the  Realm,  and  the  Statutes  made  before  this 
Time,  and  not  repealed,  be  holden  and  firmly  kept 
and  put  in  due  Execution/ 


Voi,  it 


v? 


C  A  P» 


346  C.  2,   3. 


A.nno  tertio  Richardi  II. 


A.  D.  1379, 


O  B. 

*  11  W.  3.  c. 

flo.  takes  aivay 
Aulnoge  Duties, 
2  Ed.  3.  c.  14. 
27  Ed.  3.  Aat.z. 
c.  1. 


Enforced  by 
11  H.4.  c.6. 

•Read  II  Gf  12. 


iftnft.  51.  f.  5. 
Enforced  by 
7  R.  J.  c.  12. 
and  farther  by 
16  R,  2.  c.  5, 


CAP.     II. 

The  Penalty  of  the  Aulneger  that  fetteth  his  Seal  to  faulty  Cloths. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  la  commune  fe  pleint  grantement  eftre  grevez  en  ceo  qe  coment  qen  temps  le  noble  Roi 
E.  aiel  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qore  eft  eftoit  pur  commune  profit  de  Roialme  ordeinez  &  eftabliz  qe  touz 
les  draps  de  leine  delors  affaire  en  Engleterre  qe  ferroient  mys  a  vente  contineroient  certeine  mefure  en  lon- 
gure  &  laieure  fur  certeine  peine  compris  en  dit  eftatut  Nientmeins  plufours  gentz  parmy  le  Roialme  nient 
eiantz  confideration  al  dit  eftatut  font  ore  diverfez  draps  de  leine  vendables  queux  ne  contiegnent  mye  la  dite 
mefure  ne  laffife  ordeine  par  mefme  leftatut  &  qe  pire  eft  font  fubtilement  tacher  ou  confure  enfemble  avefqe 
file  diverfez  pieces  des  tieux  draps  &  puis  apres  par  covyne  entre  eux  &  les  auneours  le  Roi  pur  covrer  & 
colurer  la  fauxine  procurent  mefme  launeour  de  mettre  le  leal  ordeine  fur  mefmes  les  draps  au  fin  qe  par  tant 
les  achatours  deivent  croire  qe  celles  draps  iffint  enfealez  foient  fufftfantz  draps  &  entiers  contiegnantz  la  dite 
affifeqare  autrement  neuffent  efte  enfealez  a  ceo  qils  diont  en  grant  deceite  du  poeple  &  mefchief  as  achatours 
defufditz  fibien  denfzeins  come  eftranges  Accordez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  les  eftatutz  faitz  des  ditz  draps  devant 
ces  heures  foient  gardez  &  duement  mys  en  execution.  Et  enoultre  eft  affentuz  qe  fi  afcun  des  ditz  auneours 
ou  des  coillours  del  fubfide  des  dites  draps  avera  defore  mys  aucun  feal  a  nul  tiel  drap  iffint  confute  en  deceite 
foit  mefme  le  drap  forfait  au  Roi  ou  &  en  quelconque  maniere  qil  foit  trovez  &  ovefqe  ceo  forface  launeour 
ou  coillour  de  tiel  defaute  trovez  coupable  fon  dit  office  &  fil  eit  mys  mefme  le  feal  a  afcun  autre  drap  ven- 
dable  qe  ne  foit  de  la  dite  affife  forface  mefme  launeour  ou  coillour  devers  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  la  value 
de  mefme  la  drap  tielement  enfealez  en  deceite  del  poeple  enfemblement  ovefqe  fon  office  &  jademeins  pur  la 
fauxine  avandite  eit  la  prifone  &  ent  foit  reint  a  la  voluntee  le  Roi.  Et  comence  cefte  ordinance  a  tenir  lieu, 
a  la  Nativitee  feint  Johan  le  Baptiftre  profchein  venant  et  nemye  devant. 

C  A  P.     III. 

None  mall  take  any  Benefice  of  an  Alien,  or  convey  Money  to  him. 


The  Caufes  why  " 
Advowfons  of  <c 
Benefices  were  cc 
given  to  Spiritual  <c 
Ptrfons, 


The  Inconve- 

niencies  which  c 

have  enfued  by  «' 

giving  of  Bene-  cc 

fir.es  to  Aliens,  ci 


TEM,  Becaufe  that  our  Lord  the  King  hath  per- 
1  ceived,  as  well  by  the  Complaints  of  his  faithful 
liege  People,  and  by  their  Clamour  by  divers  Peti- 
tions thereof  delivered  in  divers  Parliaments  before 
this  Time,  as  otherwife  by  the  perfect  Knowledge 
and  Experience  of  the  Deed,  how  the  Churches  Ca- 
thedral and  Collegial,  Abbeys  and  Priories  and  other 
Benefices  of  his  Realm,  which  were  late  founden, 
and  richly  endowed  by  his  noble  Progenitors,  in 
which  divers  Dignities,  Offices,  Perfonages,  Cha- 
nonries,  Prebends,  and  other  Benefices,  were  fo- 
lemnly  and  devoutly  ordained  and  eftablifhed  of  the 
Affent  of  the  forefaid  Progenitors  of  the  King,  and 
of  other  their  noble  Founders,  which  did  give  to  the 
faid  Paftors  of  the  fame  Churches,  Abbeys,  Priories, 
and  of  other  great  Places,  the  Advowfons  of  the 
fame  Benefices,  to  the  Intent  that  the  fame  Bene- 
fices fhould  be  given  to  honeft  and  meet  Perfons  of 
the  Realm,  to  ferve  and  honour  God  diligently, 
and  alfo  to  keep  Hofpitality,  and  to  inform  and 
teach  the  People,  and  to  do  other  worthy  Things 
pertaining  to  the  Cure  of  Souls,  after  the  Eftate  and 
Quality  of  the  faid  Benefices  :  (2)  And  fo  was  it 
done  in  all  Times  paft  after  the  Foundation  of  the 
fame,  till  now  of  late,  that  by  the  Informations,  In- 
ftigations  and  Procurements  of  fome  of  the  King's 
liege  People,  the  fame  Benefices  have  been  given, 
againft  the  Will  of  the  Founders,  to  divers  People 
of  another  Language,  and  of  ftrange  Lands  and 
Nations,  and  fometime  to  the  utter  Enemies  of  the 
King  and  of  his  Realm,  which  never  made  Resi- 
dence in  the  fame,  nor  cannot,  may  not,  nor  will 
not  in  fuch  wife  bear  and  perform  the  Charges  of  the 
fame  Benefices,  as  in  bearing  Confeffions,  Preach- 
ing, nor  Teaching  the  People,  keeping  Hofpitality, 
nor  accomplifhing  the  other  Things  neceffary  to  the 
Governance  of  the  fame  Benefices,  but  only  thereof 
have  and  take  the  Emoluments  and  Temporal  Pro- 
fits, not  having  Regard  to  the  Spiritual  Cure,  nor 
4 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  le  Roi  noftre  Seignur  ad  en*- 
tenduz  fibien  par  les  pleintes  de  fez  foialx  ligesr 
et  par  le  clamour  de  fon  poeple  par  lours  diverfes 
petitions  ent  baillez  avant  en  diverfes  parlementz 
devant  cefte  heure  come  autrement  par  la  notoritee 
de  la  chofe  et  experience  de  faitcomenc  les  efgiifes 
cathedralx  collegialx  abbeies  priories  et  autres  be- 
nefices de  fon  Roialme  qe  furent  jadis  founduz  et 
richement  dovvez  par  fes  nobles  progenitours  en  les 
quelles  diverfes  dignities  offices  parfonies  chanonies 
prebendes  et  autres  benefices  eftoient  folempne- 
ment  et  devoutement  ordeinez  et  eftabliz  del  affent 
des  ditz  progenitours  le  Roi  et  dautres  lours  nobles 
fondours  qi  donerent  as  paftours  de  mefmes  les- 
efgiifes  abbeies  priories  et  dautres  grantz  lieux  a- 
vantditz  ladvouefons  de  mefmes  les  benefices  al 
entente  qe  mefmes  les  benefices  ferroient  donez  as 
perfones  honeftes  et  covenables  du  dit  Roialme 
pur  Dieu  fervir  et  honurer  pluis  diligealment  et 
auxint  pur  lofpitalitee  tenir  et  pur  enformer  et  en- 
feigner  le  poeple  et  faire  les  autres  nobles  chofes 
appurtenantz  a  la  cure  des  almes  felonc  leftat  et 
qualitee  des  ditz  benefices  et  enfi  eftoit  faite  de  tout 
temps  paffe  puis  la  fundation  dycelle  tanqe  a  un 
poie  de  temps  paffe  qe  parmy  les  informations  in- 
fti  ations  et  procurement  dafcuns  des  liges  noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  Roi  mefmes  les  benefices  aient  efte 
donez  encontre  la  volente  des  foundours  as  plu- 
fours diverfes  perfones  dautri  lange  et  deftrange3 
terres  et  nations  et  a  la  foitz  as  vrais  enemys  du 
Roi  et  de  fon  Roialme  les  queux  ne  fefoient  unqes 
refidence  en  ycelles  ne  ne  fcievent  ne  poient  ne 
veullicnt  nullement  porter  ne  faire  les  charges  des 
ditz  benefices  come  en  oier  les  confeffions  prefcher 
ne  enfeigner  le  poeple  hofpitalitee  tenir  ne  accom- 
plir  les  autres  choi'es  neceffaires  au  governement  de 
mefmes  les  benefices  Mais  foulement  ent  querent  et 
preignent  les  emolumentz  et  temporeles  profitz 
nient  eiantz  regard  a  la  cure  efpiritele  ne  as  autres 

charges 


A.D.  1379. 


Anno  tertio  Richard  1  II. 


C. 


347 


Ex  Rot.  In  Tun.  Lond. 

-charges  de  mefmes  les  benefices  appertenantz  ou 
incumbentz  einz  foefffent  notoirement  les  nobles 
edifices  auncienement  fait  illoeqes  quant  mefmes 
les  benefices  eftoient  occupiez  par  les  Engleis  de 
tout  cheier  a  ruyne  par  ont  le  divin  fervice  eft  tref- 
grantement  diminue  la  cure  des  almes  negligee  & 
leffe  &  le  clerge  enfeblez  le  trefor  du  dit  Roialme 
emportez  as  mains  des  aliens  &  tout  leftate  de  feint 
eglife  mefhez  a  meindre  reverence  qe  devant  ne 
foleit  eftre  et  coment  qe  en  temps  le  dit  Aiel  cer- 
teins  ordinances  eftatutz  &  compofitions  y  feuffent 
faitz  &  affermez  pur  oufterde  tout  6u  a  meins  pur 
reftreindre  les  ditz  mefchiefs  en  partie  Nientmeins 
Jes  dits  aliens  nient  eiantz  regard  a  cella  ne  fe  ab- 
ftiegnent  mye  de  prendre  &  receivre  tieux  benefi- 
ces" deinz  le  dit  Roialme  einz  par  my  le  confort 
eide  &  grant  focour  qils  ont  des  liges  noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roi  qi  font  lour  fermers  procuratours  & 
attornes  en  ycelle  partie  en  chefcun  partie  del  dit 
Hoialme  fafforcent  de  jour  en  autre  pluis  et  pluis 

*"de  accepter  &  avoir  les  greindres  dignites  &  bene- 
fices deinz  le  Roialme  avantdite  &  par  diverfe  fna- 
nere  molt  prejudiciele  a  mefme  le  Roialme  fi  ceo 
fuift  foefferte  paront  les  ditz  mefchiefs  encrefcent 
de  jour  en  autre  moltz  outrageoufment  &  pluis  en- 
crefceront  ft  due  remede  ne  foit  purveuz  les  pluis 
en  hafte. 

Noftre  Seignur,  leR,oi  par  ladvis  &  commune  af-> 
fent  de.  touz  les  Seignurs  temporels  efteantz  en  ce 
parlement  ad  ordeinez  &  eftabliz  qe  nul  homme 
des  liges  le  Roi  nautre  perfone  quelconqe  de  quel 
eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit  ne  preigne  ne  receive 
deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  procuracie  lettre  dat- 
tourne  ne  ferme  nautre  adminiftration  par  enden- 
ture  ne  en  autre  manere  quelconqe  de  nul  perfone 
du  monde  dafcun  benefice  deinz  le  dit  Roialme 
forfqe  tantfoulement  des  liges  de  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  de  mefme  le  Roialme  fanz  efpecial  &  expreffe 
congie  de  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  par  ladvis  de 
fon  confeil.  Et  fi  afcuns  devant  ceft  heure  eient 
acceptez  dafcuns  aliens  tielx  procuracies  fermes 
ou  adminiftration  qils  les  leffent  oultrement  deinz 
xl.  jours  apres  la  publication  de  cefte  ordinance. 
Et  qe  nul  des  ditz  liges  nautre  qe  purra  eftre  tro- 
vez  en  dit  Roialme  henvoie  par  vertue  de  tiele  pro- 
curacie ferme  ou  adminiftration  ore  argent  nautre 
trefor  ne  commodite  hors  du  dit  Roialme  par  let- 
tere  defchange  par  merchandie  nen  autre  manere 
quelconqe  au  profit  des  ditz  aliens  fanz  femblabie 
congie  du  Roi  par  ladvis  de  fon  dit  confeil.  ,  E  fi 
afcun  face  le  contraire  en  afcun  point  contenuz  en 
■ceft  ordinance  encourge  la  peine  &  puniffement 
contenuz  en  leftatutdes  provifcurs  fait  en  temps  le 
dit  aiel  Ian  de  fon  regne  xxviime  par  mefme  le  pro- 
ces  compris  en  dit  eftatut  &  par  garniffement  affaire 
a  eux  en  lours  benefices  ou  autres  lours  poffeffions 
deinz  le  Roialme  et  fils  foient  pardehors  le  dit  Roi- 
alme &  naient  benefices  ne  poffeffions  deinz  mef- 
me le  Roialme  ou  ils  purront  eftre  garniz  adonqes 
foit  brief  fait  en  la  Chancel!  arie  fondez  fur  cefte 
ordinance  as  vifcontz  de  Londres.  ou  al  vifcont  del 
contee  en  quel  ils  furont  ou  ferrdnt  neez  a  la  fuite 
le  Roi  retournable  en  lun  Bank  ou  en  lautre  par 
quel  brief  foit  comande  proclamation  eftre  fait 
overtement  qils  foient  devant  les  Juftices  en  le 
Bank  ou  le  brief  eft  retournable  a  certein  jour  com- 
pris en  .mefme  le  brief  contenant  lefpace  de  demy 
an  pur  refpendre  fur  les  matires  compris  en  le  dit 


"  to  other  Charges  to  the  fame  Benefices  pertaining  or 

"  belonging,  but  manifeftly  fuffer  the  noble  Buildings 

"  in  old  Times  there  made,  when  the  fame  Benefices 

"  were  occupied  by  Englifomen,  wholly  to  fall  to  De- 

"  cay,  whereby  the  Divine  Service  is  greatly  minifhed,       .    _ 

"  the  Cure  of  Souls  neglected  and  left,  the  Clergy  en- 

"  feebled,  the  Treafure  of  the  faid  Realm  carried  to 

"  the  Hands  of  Aliens,    and  all  the  Eftate  of  holy 

"  Church  brought  to  lefs  Reverence  than  before  it  was 

"  wont  to  be  :    {%)  And  though  that  in  the  Time  of  2 s Ed ■  3. flat.  6. 

"  the  faid  Grandfather  certain  Ordinances,   Statutes, 

"  and  Compofitions  were  made  and  affirmed,  wholly 

"  to  put  out,  or  at  leaftto  reftrain  the  faid  Mifchiefs  in 

"  this  Behalf;  neverthelefs  the  faid  Aliens,  not  having 

"  Regard  to  the  fame,  do  not  refrain  to  take  and  re- 

"  ceive  fuch  Benefices  within  the  faid  Realm,   but  by 

"  the  Comfort,   Aid,    and  great  Succour  which  they 

"  have  had-  of  the  King's  jiege  People,   that  be  their 

"  Fermors,  Procurators,  and  Atturnies  in  this  Behalf 

"  and.  in  every  Part  of  the  faid  Realm,    do  enforce 

"  themfelves  from  Day  to  Day  more  and  more  to  ac- 

"  cept  the  greateft  Dignities  and  Benefices  within  the 

"  faid  Realm,  and  by  divers  cautelous  Manners,  much 

"  prejudicial  to  the  fame  P.ealm  if  that  were  fuffered, 

"  whereby  the  faid  Mifchiefs  do  daily  increafe,   and 

"  much  more  will  increafe,  if  due  Remedy  be  not  the 

"  fooner  provided." 

'  II.  Our  Lord  the  King,  by  the  Advice  and  com-  None  /hall  take 
'  mon  Affent  of  all  the  Lords-  Temporal  being  in  this  in  Ferm  anvBs- 
'  Parliament,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  none  "wVoVan 
'  of  the  King's  liege  People,    nor  other  Perfon,    of  Alien  without 
'  whatfoever  Eftate  or  Condition  that  he  be,  fhall  not  the  King's  Li- 

*  take  nor  receive  within  the  fame  Realm  of  England,  cence. 
'  Procuracy,  Letter  of  Atturhey,  nor  Ferm,  nor  other 

1  Adminiftration  by  Indenture,  nor  in  any  other  Man* 
6  ner  whatfoever,  of  any  Perfoh  of  the  World,  of  any 
'  Benefice  within   the  faid  Realm,    but  only   of  the, 
'  King's  liege  People  of  the  fame  P.ealm,  without  the 

*  fpecial  Grace  and  exprefs  Licence  of  our  Lord  the 
'  King,  by  the  Advice  of  his  Council,  (2  J  And  if  any 
'  before  this  Time  have  accepted "  of  any  Aliens  fuch 
'  Procuracies,  Ferms,  or  Adminiftration,  that  they 
'  fhall  utterly  leave  them  within  Forty  Days  after  Publi- 

'  cation  of  this  Ordinance.     (■?)  And  that  none  of  'the  None  (hall  con- 
?  faid  liege  People,  nor  other  that  may  be  found  in  the  vcy  Money  out 
'  faid  P>.ea!m,   fhall  convey  by  virtue  of  fuch  Procu- 
'  racy,,  Ferm,    or  Adminiftration,   Gold,    Silver,    nor 
'  other  Treafure  nor  Commodity  out  of  the  faid  Realm, 
'  by  Letter  of  Exchange,  ,  by   Merchandife,    nor   in 
'  other  Manner,  to  the  Profit  of  the  faid  Aliens,  with- 
'  out  like  Licence  of  the  King  by  the  Advice  of  his 
'  faid  Council;    (4)  and  if  any  do  the  contrary  in  any 
'  Point  contained  in  this  Ordinance,  he  fhall  incur  the 
'  Pain  and  Punifhment  contained  in  the  Statute  of  Pro-  St.  an.  ijZd.  3. 
'  vifors,  made  in  the  Time  of  the  King's  Grandfather,  <le Proviforibus, 
6  the  Seven  and  twentieth  Year  of  his  Reign,  by  the 
'  fame  Procefs  comprifed  in  the  faid  Statute,    (cj  and 
'  by  Warning  to  be  made  to  them  in  their  Benefices, 
'  or  other  their  Poffeffions  within  the  Realm  ;    (6)  and 
'  if  they  be  out  of  the  fa-id  Realm,  and  not  beneficed, 
;  not  having  Poffeffion  within  the  fame  Realm  where 
'  they  may  be  warned,  then  a  Wiit  fhall  be  made  in  ■Procefs  awarded 
;  the  Chancery  grounded  upon  this  Ordinance  to  the  againft Offenders 
:  Sheriff  of  London,  or  to  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  in  "' 
:  which  they  were  or  fhall  be  born,  at  the  King's  Suit, 
;  returnable  in  the  one  Bench  or  the  other;  by  which 
;  Writ  it  fhall  be  commanded,  that  Proclamation  be 
:  made  openly,  that  they  appear  before  the  Juftices  in 
Y  y  2  the 


of  the  Realm 
for  fuch  Feim. 


.rhat  are  out  of 
the  Realm. 


34-8        C.  3. 


Anno  tertio  Richardi  II. 


A.  D. 


I379- 


None  (hall 
meJdle  by  Sc- 
queftratioji,  nor 
in  other  Man- 
ner, with  a  Be- 
nefice given  to 
an  Alien. 

Confirmed  ly 
lH,  j,  c.  7. 


*  the  Bench  where  the  Writ  is  returnable  at  a  certain 
'  Day  comprifed  in  the  fame  Writ,  containing  the 
4  Space  of  half  a  Year,  to  anfwer  upon  the  Matters 

*  comprifed  in  the  faid  Writ;  (7)  and  after  this  Writ 
'  returned,  the  Juftices  fnall  proceed  againft  them  ac- 
'  cording  to  the  Form  above  ordained.  (8)  And  it  is 
'  *  ajj'ented  by  the  King  in  the  fame  Parliament,  by  the 
c  Alien t  aforefaid,  That  no  Bifhop,  nor  other  Perfon 
'  of  holy  Church  through  the  Realm,  fhall  meddle  by 
e  Way  of  Sequeftration,  nor  in  any  other  Manner, 
*'  with  the  Fruits  of  fuch  Benefices  given  or  to  be  given 
e  to  the  laid  Aliens,  to  the  Profit  of  the  fame  Aliens, 
'  upon  the  Peril  that  belongeth.     Dated,  isf.c.' 

It  is  faid  in  the  Old  Abridgement,  that  the  Lords  Spi- 
ritual did  not  e./Jent  to  this  Statute. 

*  Forbidden* 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
brief  &  eel  brief  retournez  delors  precedent  les  Ju- 
ftices envers  eux  felonc  la  fourme  defus  ordeine. 
Et  eft  defenduz  depar  le  Roi  en  dit  parlement  del 
afTent  avantdit  qe  nul  Evefqe  nautre  perfone  de 
feinte  efglife  par  my  le  Roialme  ne  fe  medle  par 
voie  de  fequeftration  nen  autre  manere  quelconqe 
des  frutz  de  tieux  benefices  donez  ou  adoners  as 
ditz  aliens  au  profit  de  mefmes  les  aliens  fur  le  peril 
qappent.  Et  pur  ce  vous  mandons  qe  les  ditz  efta- 
tutz  facez  duement  proclamer  &  publier  es  lieux 
notables  deinz  veftre  baillie  &  les  fermement  tenir 
&  garder  felonc  la  fourme  dicelles.  Don'  par  tef- 
moignance  de  noftre  grant  feal  a  Weftm'  le  xii._ 
jour  de  Marz  Ian  de  noftre  regne  tierce. 


Statutes  made  at  Northampton,   Anno  4  Rich.  II.    and  Anno  Dom, 

1 3  So. 

cap:   r. 

All  VefTels  of  Wine,  Honey,  and  Oil  brought  into  this  Realm  mail  be  gauged.. 


zySS.'-i-  flat.!. 
c.  3.  31  Ed.  3. 
jtet.  1.  e.  5. 


Enforced  ly 
18  H.  6.  c.  17. 
1  R.  3.  e.  13. 

%%  H.8.  c.  14. 


RICHARD  by  the  Grace  of  God,   &c.    to  the 
Sheriff"  of  Nottingham,  Greeting.     The  Com- 
mons of  our  Realm  of  England  have--  prayed 
us  by  their  Petition  delivered  to  us  at  our  prefent 
Parliament  holden  at  Northampton,  containing  how 
many  Wines  of  divers  Manners  oftentimes  brought 
within  the  Land,  which  do  often  pafs  withoutgauging, 
;  becaufe  that  the  Statutes  thereupon  made  in  the  Time 
;  of  our  Grandfather  (whom  God  aflbil)  do  not  make 
exprefs  Mention  of  all-Manner  of  Wines,  and  of  other 
'  Liquors,    to  the  great  Damage  of   the  Lords  and 
'  Commons  of  the  fame  Realm,  which  be  oftentimes 
;  deceived  in  their  buying,  becaufe  they  cannot  with- 
;  out  Gauge  have  rightful  Knowledge  how  much  the 
'  fame  Veifel  will  contain,  That  it  may  pleafe  us,  for 
;  the  Profit  of  us  and  our  Realm  more  plainly  to  de- 
;  clare  the  fame  Statutes,  in  fuch  Manner,  that  all 
;  Manner  of  Wines,    and   other  Liquors  gaugeable 
'  brought  within  this  Realm,  maybe  comprifed  in  the 
;  fame  Statutes :"  '  (2)  We  confideringthe  faid  Suppli- 
cation to  be  profitable  for  us,  the  Lords  and  Commons 
of  the  fame  Realm,  will  and  grant  by  the  AfTent  of 
the  Prelates  and  Lords  aforefaid,  that  the  Statutes 
thereupon  made  (as  is  faid),    be  holden,  kept,  and 
put  in  due  Execution.     (3)   And  moreover  we  de- 
clare, and  of  the  AfTent  aforefaid  will  and  grant,  that 
as  well  all  Manner  VefTels  of  fweet  Wines,  of  the 
Rhine,  and  of  other  Wines,  as  other  VefTels  of  Vi- 
negar, Oil,  Hor.ey,  and  all  other  Liquors  gaugeable, 
which  from  henceforth  fhall  come  within  this  Realm 
of  England,  or  within  our  Lands  of  Wales  and  Ire- 
land, fhall  be  well  and  lawfully  gauged  by  our  Gau- 
gers  thereto  affigned,   or   their  Deputies.     (4)  And 
if  any  fet  Debate  and  Difturbance,  and  will  not  fuf- 
fer  the  Wines  or  other  Liquors  aforefaid  to  be  gau- 
ged, he  fhall  incur  the  Pain  ordained  by  the  faid  other 
'  Statutes.     (5)  And  in  the  fame  Manner  the  Gaugers 
(hall  incur  the  Pain  comprifed  in  the  fame  Statutes,  if 
Default  be  from  henceforth  found  in  them,  or  in  their 
Deputies  in  this  Behalf.'  3, 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond.  m.  22.  . 

LE  Roi  a  vifcont  de  Kent  faluz.     Suppliez  nous  - 
eft  par   la  communalte   de   noftre   Roialme 
dEngleterre  par  lour  petition  a  nous  baiilie  a 
noftre   prefent   parlement  tenuz   a  Northampton-, 
contenant  coment  plufours  vins  de  diverfes  mane.- 
res  font  fovent  amefnez  deinz  la  terre  queux  ,paf- 
fent  fovent  fanz  gauge  par  caufe  qe  les  eftatutz  fur 
ce  faitz  en  temps  de  noftre  aiell  qiDieux  afToille 
ne  font  mie  exprefTe  mentionde  touz  maneres  vins  , 
&  des  autres  licours  a  grantz  damages  des  Seignurs 
&  communes  de   mefme  le  Roialme  qi  fovent  font 
deceuz  en  lour  achatz  a  caufe  qils  ne  poent  fanz 
gauge  avoir  droite  conifance  combien  les  vefTeulx  •. 
contiegnent  qe  plerroit  pur  profit  de  nous  &  de  no-  - 
ftre  Roialme  pluis  overtement  declarer  mefmes  le-  - 
ftatutz  en  tiell  manere  qe  touz  maneres  des  vins  ; 
&  autres  licours  gaugeables  amefnez. deinz  le  Roi- 
alme foient  comprifes  en  mefmes  les  eftatutz  Nous  . 
entendantz  la  dite  fupplication  eftre  profitable  pur  . 
nous  les  Seignurs  et  communes  -de  mefme  le  Roi- 
alme volons  et  grantons  de.  laftent .des  Prelatz  et 
Seignurs  avauntditz  qe  leftatutz  fur  ce- faitz  come 
dit  eft  foient  tenuz  et  gardez  et  myfes  en  due  exe- 
cution.    Et  enoultre  dcclarons  et  de  lafTent  avaunt- 
dit  volons  et  grantons  qe  fibien  toutz  maneres  vef- 
felx  des  vins  douces  Ryneys  et  dautres  vins  quel- 
conqes  come  autres  vefTeulx  de  vinegre  oille  meel 
et  de  touz  autres  licours  gaugeables  qe  defore  ven- 
dront  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  ou  deinz  noz 
terres   dlrlande  et  Gales   foient  bien  et  loialment 
gaugies  par  nous  gaugeours  a  ce  ailignez  ou  lours 
deputez.     Et  fi  afcun  mette  debatte  ou  deftourbance 
et  ne  voile  foffrer  fes  vins  ou  autres  licours  fufdiu 
eftre   gaugiez  encourge   la  peine  ordeigne  par  les 
ditz  autres  eftatutz.    Et  en  mefme  la  manere  ci>- 
courgent  les  ditz  gaugeours  la  peine  compris  en 
mefmes  les  eftatuz  fi  defaut  foit  defore  trovez  en 
eux  ou  lour  deputez  en  celle  partie. 


CAP. 


A.D.  1380. 


Anno  quarto  R 1  c  H  a  r  d  i  II. 


C.  2.       349 


CAP.     II. 

The  King's  Pardon  of  Efcapes  and  Felons,  and  Clerks  convicT:.. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  confiderantz  les  grandes  aides  qe  la  clergie  &  communes  de  mefme  le  Roialme  nous  ount  fait.de  EXP.'- 
lour  liberale  volunte  en  noz  grandes  neceffites  avaunt  ces  heures  &  par  efpecial  ore  en  ce  prefent  parle- 
ment  lour  voillantz  pur  tant  et  pur  les  grandes  charges  qils  ont  euz  et  foeffertz  parmy  les  guerres  et  en 
autre   manere  faire  grace  et  relevement  dautre  part  avons  de  noftre  efpecial  grace   a  lour  prier  releffez  et 
pardonez  a  leclargie  et  communes  et  a  chefcun  fmgulere  perfone  de   noftre  Roialme  avauntdit  qauntqe  a 
nous  appartient  pur  touz  maneres  defchapes  des  felons  faitz  et  efchuz  devant  la  date  dyceftes  fibien  des 
clercs  conviclz  hors  de  les  prifones  des  ordinares  come  dautres  perfones  felones  quelconqes  horfpris   les  • 
efchapes  adjuggez  devant  cefte  heure.     Et  purveuz  touz  voies  qe  n  afcune  des  ditz  efchaps  fe  firent  fraude- 
loufement  parcovyne  ou  de  lafTent  des  gardeins  de  ditz  prifones  qe  celles  efchapes  ne  foient  compris  de- 
deinz  cell:  noftre  grace  par  afcun  voie  et  qe  cellui  qe  vorra  enjoier  cefte  noftre  grace  et  pardoun  ent  purfue 
davoir  fa  chartre  en  noftre  Chauncellerie  en  due  forme.     Et  pur  ce  vous  mandons  qe  fibien  le  dit  eftatut  de 
gauge  come  la  dit  grace  et  pardoun  defchapes  es  lieux  notables  deinz  voftre  baillie  deinz  fraunchife  et  dehors  • 
facez  proclamer  et  publier  et  le  dit  eftatut  de  Gauge  duement  tenir  et  garder  felonc  la  forme  dycelles.     Don . 
fouz  noftre  graunt  leal  a  Norhampton  le  quart  jour  de  Novembr'  Ian  de  noftre  regne  quart. 

Confnnilia  brevia  diriguntur  Jingulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam  mutatis  mutandis  fub  eadem  data. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  5  Rich.  II.  Stat.  1.   and  Anno 

Dom.  1 38 1. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  22. 

RICHARD  par  la  grace  de  Dieu  Roi  dEn- 
gleterre  et  de  France  et  Seignur  dlrlande  a 
noftre  vifcont  de  Kent  faluz.  Sachez  qe  a 
la  reverence  de  Dieux  et  de  feinte  efglife  et  pur 
nurrir  paix  unitee  quiete  et  bone  acord  touz  partz 
deinz  noftre  Roialme  dEngleterre  et  par  efpecial 
pur  le  bon  governement  de  mefme  le  Roialme  le 
quel  nous  defirons  fovereinement  de  laffent  des  Pre- 
latz  Seignurs  &  communes  affemblez  a  noftre  par- 
lement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  Jeindemain  des  almes  dar- 
rein pafl'ez.  avons  fait  faire  certaines  ordenances  & 
eftabliflementz  fibien  pur  amendement  de  dit  go- 
vernaill  come  pur  le  commune  profit  du  .Roialme 
en.  la. forme  qe  fenfuyt. 


ICHARD  by  the  Grace,  JsV.  to  the  Sheriff 
of  Nottingham,  Greeting.  Know  thou,  That 
to  the  Reverence  of  God  and  of  holy  Church, 
"  and  for  to  nourifh  Peace,  Unity,  and  Quietnefs  of 
"  good  Accord,  in  all  Parts  of  our  Realm  of  Ei/g/and, 
"  and  efpecially  for  the  good  Governance  of  the  fame 
"  Realm  (which  we  do  chiefly  defire)  of  the  AfTent  of 
"  the  Prelates,  Lords,  and  Commons  aiTembled  at  our 
"  Parliament  holden  at  JVeJiminfter  the  Morrow  after 
"  All  Souls  laft  paft,  we  have  caufed  to  be  made  cer-- 
"  tain  Ordinances  and  Eftabiifhmenls,  as  well  for  the 
"  Amendment  of  the  faid  Governance,  as  for  the; 
"  common  Profit  of  the  Realm,  in. the  Form  follow-*- 


c  a  p.   1: 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church,  and  of  all  Statutes  made  and  not  repealed. 


PRimerement  eft  aflentuz  &  accordez  qe  feinte 
efglife  eit  &  enjoife  toutes  fes  libertees  &  fran- 
chifes  entierement.  Et  qe  la  Grand  Chartre  &  la 
Chartre  de  la  Forefte  &  touz  les  autres  bones  efta-, 
tutz  &  ordinances  faitz  avant  ces  heures  &  nient 
repellez.&  par  efpecial  leftatutz  des  purveours  nad- 
gairs  faitz  en  temps  du  noble  Roi  E.  aiel  noftre  Sei- 
gnur le  Roi  qoreft  qi  Dieux  affoill  foient  tenuz  gar- 
dez  &  mifes  en  due  execution  felonc  la  forme  h 
leffeadicell.  . 


IRST    it  is  aflented  and  accorded^  That  hofyv 
Church   have   and   enjoy   all  her  Liberties  and 
'•  'Franchifes  wholly.     (2)  And  that  the  Great  Charter 
'  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and  all  other  good  ~ 
'  Statutes  and  Ordinances  made  before  this  Time,  and' 
'  not  repealed,  and  efpecially  the  Statutes  of  Purveyors. 
'  late  made  in  the  Time  of  the  noble  King  Edward 
'our  Grandfather,  be  holden,  kept,  and    put  indue. 
'  Execution  .after  the  Form  and  EfFedt  of  the  fame,'.' 


c  a  p.   irv. 

None  mall  tranfport  Gold  or  Silver,  nor  depart  out  of  "the  Realm,  without  Licence. 


ITEM  pur  le  grevoufe  mefchief  qe  le  Roialme 
foeflfre  &.  longement  ad  fait  de  ce  qe  or  &  ar- 
gent fibien  en  monoie  veffell  plate  &  joialx  come 
autrement  par  efchaunges  faitz  en  diverfe  manere 
eft  emportez  hors  de  mefme  le  Roialme  iffint  qapeine 
tnt  neft  ores  en  effect:  rienz  remys  quele  chofe  ft 


TEM,  For  the  great  Mifvhief  which  the  Realm 
"  JL  ■  fufterethj  and  long  hath  done,  for  that  Gold  and 
"  Silvery  as  well  in  Money,  Veflel,  Plate,  and  Jewels, 
"'  as  otherwife  by  Exchanges  made  in  divers  Manners, 
"  is  carried  out  of  the  Realm,  fo  that  in  Eftecl  there 
"  is.  none  thereof  left,  which  Thing  if  k  iliould longer 

'V 


g  Ed.  J.  ft.)!',  ft 
c.i.  58£</.  5. 
fiat.  1,  c,  z. 


350       Stat.  i. 


Anno  quinto  Richardi  II. 


A.  D.  1381. 


"'  be  differed,  would  fhortly  be  the  Deftruction  of  the 
"  fame  Realm,  which  God  prohibit;"  '  (2)  it  is  af- 
'  fented,   and  accorded,    and   the   King  enjoineth  all 

*  Manner  of  People,    Merchants,  Clerks,  and  other, 

*  as  well  Strangers  as  Denizens,  of  what  Eftate  or 
"  Condition  they  be,  upon  Pain  of  as  much  as  they 
'  may  forfeit,  that  none  of  them  upon  the  faid  Pain 
'  privily  nor  openly  fend  ncr  carry,  nor  caufe  to  be  fent 
'  or  carried  out  of  the  faid  Realm,  any  Gold  or  Silver 
■*  in  Money,  Bullion,  Plate,  or  Veffel,  neither  by  Ex- 
'  changes  to  be  made,  nor  in  other  Manner,  but  the 
'  Wages  of  Calais,  and  of  other  the  King's  Fortreffes 
'  beyond  the  Sea,  and  efpecially  excepted  the  Prelates, 

*  Lords,  and  other  of  the  fame  Realm,  to  whom  fome- 
'  times  it  behoveth  neccffarily  to  make  Payments  be- 
'  yond  the  Sea,  that  of  the  fame  Payments  only  they 

5.  and  1  ma;ce  Exchanges  in  England,  by  good  and   fufficient 

Merchants  to  pay  beyond  the  Sea,    (3)  and  firft  fpe- 

cial  Leave  and  Licence  had  of  the  King,  as  well  for 

the  Exchangers  as  for  the  Perfon  which  ought  to 

Co'd  ami  Silver,  i  make  the  Payments,  containing  exprefly  the   Sum 

t"' 4'  H I5. 7.  '  Yvhich  fha11  be  fo  exchanged.  (4)  And  it  is  affented, 
'  That  the  A-Ierchants  that  fo  /hall  make  Exchanges, 
fhall  be  diligently  examined  and  fworn  in  their  pro- 
per Pevfons,  as  often  as  they  fhall  have  the  faid  Li- 
cence, that  they  fhall  not  fend  beyond  the  Sea  any 
Manner  of  Gold  nor  Silver  under  the  Colour  of  the 
fame  Exchange.  (5)  And  if  after  Proclamation  of 
this  Ordinance  any  Perfon  be  from  henceforth  duly 
attainted,  that  he  hath  caufed  to  be  fent  or  carried 
beyond  the  Sea  any  Gold  or  Silver  againft  this  Re- 
ftraint  and  Ordinance,  he  fhall  forfeit  to  the  King 
the  fame  Sum  fo  carried  or  fent.  (6)  And  the  King 
our  Lord  of  his  Royal  Majefty  defendeth  the  Paffage 

■part  without  the  <■  utterly'  of  all  Manner  of  People,  as  well  Clerks  as 
ice"  '  other,  in  every  Port  and  other  Town  and  Place  upon 

*  the  Coaft  of  the  Sea,  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  all 
'  their  Goods,  except  only  the  Lords  and  other  Great 
'  Men  of  the  Realm,  and  true  and  notable  Merchants, 
'  and  the  King's  Soldiers.  (7)  And  every  Perfon, 
'  other  than  is  before  excepted,  which  after  Publica- 
'  tiori  of  this  Ordinance  made,  fhall  pais  out  of  the 
'  faid  Realm  without  the  King's  fpecial  Licence  (which 
'  Licence  the  King  wiileth  and  commandeth  that  it  be 
'  not  from  henceforth  made,  but  only  in  one  of  the 
'  Ports  underwritten,  that  is  to  fay,  London,  Sand- 
'  wick,  Dover,  Southampton,  Plimovth,  Dertmouth,  Bri- 
'  Jlow,    Yarmouth,    St.  Botclph,    Kingfton   upon  Hull, 

*  Nevjcq/lle  upon  Tine,  and  the  other  Ports  and  Paf- 
'  fages  towards  Ireland,  and  the  Ifles  pertaining  to  the 

*  Realm  of  England)  fhall  forfeit  to  the  King  as  much 
'  as  he  hath  in  Goods,  as  above  is  faid  ;  (8)  and  ne- 
'  verthelefs,  the  Mailer  or  Mariner  of  the  Ship,  or  of 
'  other  Veffel,  in  which  he  fhall  carry  over  beyond  the 
'  Sea  any  Perfon  but  fuch  only  as  be  before  excepted, 
'  without  the  fa^d  Licence,  and  thereof  be  convict 
'  duly,  fhall  forfeit  the  faid  Veffel  to  the  King.  (9) 
'  And  the  King  commandeth  all  Wardens  and  Search- 
'  ers  of  the  Ports  and  Paffages  through  England,  that 
'  they  fhall  from  henceforth  diligently  ufe  their  Office,  ' 
'  and  make  gcod  and  ftrait  Search.  (10)  A.nd  if  any 
'  Searchers  or  Wardens  of  the  .Ports  and  PafTages 
'  through  the  faid  Kealm,  by  1  . .  "  ice  or  in  pi 
'■  '  tanner  do  or  fuffer  wittingly  to  be  done  in  any 
'  Point  the  contrary  of  the  faid  two  /  rti<  !•:;  touchi 
'  the  Money  of  Gold  or  Silver,  and  the  (hid  Paffages 
'  of  Pe6ple,  and  thereof  be  duly  convict,  h;-  fhall  for- 
'  feit  to  the  King  his  faid  Office  and  aii  his  Goodt,  and 


In -what  Cafes 
and  for  what 
Caufes  Gold  or 
Silver  may  be 
-trant'perted. 
Enforced  by 

2  II.  4.. 
iH.  6.  c.6. 
But  fee  farther 
concerning  the 
Exportation  of 
C 

A 

s 

<g.  27 H.  6.  c.  3 

37 Ed.  a.  c.  1. 
3H7,  c.  3. 
zqll.y.c.  5. 
7  Ed.  6.  c.  6. 

3  c  Car-  z.  c,  7. 
f)  Sf  10  W.  J. 
c.  28.     io  Aim. 
c.  26,     6  Geo.  I, 

'  c.  11.     12  Geo. 
2.  c.  26. 
Dyer  12S,  165, 
376,  296. 
None  /hall  de- 


Repealed  by 
4  Jac.  1.  c.  1. 
f.  22.  as  to  the 
Reftraint  of 
Perfons  going 
.beyond  Sea, 


The  Penalty  of 
the  Matter  or 
Mariner  cf  the 
Ship  oivTsniing. 


The  Penalty  cf 
Be*     hers  or 
1 i       I  ns  of 
Pons  oft  1.  ling 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
plus  longement  fuffe  foeffert  cherroit  legierement  en 
deftrudtion  dicell  Roialme  qe  Dieux  ne  veulle  eft 
affentuz  &  accordez  &  le  Roi  defende  a  toutes  ma- 
neres  des  gentz  marchantz  clercs  &  autres  fibien 
eftraunges  come  denfzeins  de  quelconqe  eftat  ou 
condition  qils  foient  fur  paine  de  quanqe  ils  pur- 
ront  forfaire  qe  nully  de  eux  fur  la  dite  paine  en 
prive  ne  en  appert  envoie  nameifhe  ou  face  envoier 
ou  ameifner  hors  del  Roialme  avantdit  or  ou  argent 
aucun  en  monoie  bullion  plate  veffel  ne  par  ef- 
chaunges  affaires  ne  en  autre  manere  quelconqe 
exceptes  les  gages  de  Caleys  &  dautres  fortreffes  du 
Roi  depar  dela  &  exceptes  par  efpecial  les  prelatz 
Seignurs  &  autres  de  mefme  le  Roialme  a  les  queux 
coviendra  aucunes  foitz  neceffairement  faire  paie- 
mentz  depar  dela  qe  de  celles  paiementz  tantfoule- 
ment  purront  ils  faire  efchaunge  en  Engleterre  par 
bons  &  fuffifantz  marchantz  pur  paier  depar  dela 
eue  primerement  fur  ce  efpeciale  congie  &  licence 
de  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  fibien  pur  lefchaungeours 
come  pur  la  perfone  qi  devra  faire  la  paiement  con- 
tiegnante  la  fomme  en  expres  qe  ferra  iffint  efchaun- 
gez.  Et  eft  affentuz  qe  les  marchantz  qi  enfi  fer- 
ront  les  ditz  efchaunges  foient  diligeanment  exa- 
minez  &  jurez  en  lours  propres  perfones  a  tantz 
des  foitz  come  ils  averont  la  dite  licence  qilsnen- 
voieront  depar  dela  aucune  manere  dor  ne  dargent 
fouz  colour  de  mefme  lefchaunge.  Et  fi  apresJa 
proclamation  de  cefte  ordinance  aucune  perfone  foit 
defbre  duement  atteint  qil  avera  fait  envoier  ou  em- 
portez  depar  dela  or  ou  argent  aucun  encontre  ce- 
ftes  defens  &  ordinance  forface  devers  le  R.oi  mef- 
me la  fomme  iffint  emportez  ou  envoiez.  Et  le 
Roi  noftre  Seignur  de  fa  roiale  majeftee  defende  la 
paffage  oultrement  a  toutes  maneres  des  gentz  fi- 
bien clercs  come  autres  en  chefcun  port  &  autre 
ville  &  lieu  fur  la  coufte  del  meet  fur  paine  de  for- 
faiture  de  toutz  lours  biens  horfpris  tantfoulement 
a  les  Seignurs  &  autres  grantz  perfones  de*Roialme 
et  verrois  et  notables  marchantz  et  les  foldeours  le 
Pvoi.  Et  quelconqe  perfone  autre  qe  deffuz  ne  font 
exceptz  apres  la  publication  de  cefte  ordinance  faite  : 
paffe  hors  del  dit  Roialme  fanz  efpecial  congie  le 
Roi  quele  licence  le  Roy  voet  et  comande  qe  ne 
foit  fait  defore  finoun  tantfoulement  en  un  des 
portz  deffoutz  efcriptz  ceftaffavoir  Londrcs  Sande- 
wiz  Dovorr  Southampton  Plymmuth  Dertemuth 
Briftuit  Jernemuth  Seint  Bothulph  Kyngefton  fur 
Hull  Noef  Chaftell  fur  Tyne  et  les  autres  portz  et 
'  paffages  vers  Irlande  et  les  Lies  appertenantz  al 
Roialme  dEngleterre  forface  devers  le  Roi  quanqe 
il  ad  en  biens  come  deffus  eft  dit  et  jademeins  le 
maiftre  ou  mariner  de  la  nief  ou  dautre  veffel  en 
quele  il  avera  amefhez  depar  dela  aucuns  perfone 
forfqe  ceux  fculement  qe  pardeffus  font  exceptz 
fanz  la  dite  licence  doiit  il  foit  convict  duement 
forface  devers  le  Roi  le  dit  veffel.  Et  fi  comande  le 
Roi  as  touz  gardeins  et  ferchcours  de  les  portz  ct 
paffages  parmy  Fngleterre  qils  ufent  defore  dili- 
geaument  lours  offices  et  facent  bone  ferche  et  e- 
ftroit.  Et  fi.  nully  fercheour  ougardein  des  portz 
ct  paffages  parmy  le  dit  Roialme  par  negligence  ou 
en  autre  mr.nere  face  ou  foeffre  fcientement  eitre 
fait  en  aucun  point  le  contraire  de  les  ditz  deux 
articles  touchantz  la  monoie  or  et  argent  et  le  dit 
des  gen  iz  ct  de  ceil  foit  convict  duement 
forface  devers  le  Roy  fon  dit  office  et  toutz  fes  biens 
avefqe  et  foit  fon  corps  commis  a  la  prifone  a  y  de- 

morei; 


A.D.1381. 


Anno  quinto  Richardi  II. 


Stat. 


i. 


351 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
morer  par  un  an  entier  fanz  redemption.  Et  fur 
ce  qelconqe  perfone  qi  efpiera  et  provera  duement 
qe  rienz  foit  fait  contre  lentention  des  ditz  deux 
detrains  articles  par  ont  la  dite  forfaiture  devra  ef- 
chere  daucune  perfone  eit  il  la  moitee  dicell  forfai- 
ture pur  fort  travaill  del  doun  le  Roi. 


'  his  Body  fliall  be  committed  to  Prifon,  there  to  abide 
'  an  whole  Year  without  Redemption,  (n)  And 
'  thereupon  whofoever  efpieth  and  proveth  duly,  that 
'  any  Thing  be  done  againft  the  Intent  of  the  faid  two 
'  laft  Articles,  whereby  the  faid  Forfeiture  ought  to 
'  fall  upon  any  Perfon,  he  fhall  have  half  of  the  fame 
'  Forfeiture  for  his  Labour  of  the  King's  Gift.' 


CAP.     III. 


None  of  the  King's  Subjects  fhall  carry  forth  nor  bring  any  Merchandifes,  but  only  in  Ships  of 

the  King's  Allegiance. 

ITEM  pur  encrecer  la  navie  dEngleterre  quiel  eft  ore  moelt  grandement  amenufez  eft  aflentuz  &  accor-  Repealed  by 
dez  qe  nul  lige  perfone  del  Roi  noftre  Seignur  face  defore  efkipper   aucunes   maneres  des  merchandifes  '  E1;  c-  J3» 
en  alantz  hors  ou  venantz  dedeinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  aucune  part  forfqe  foulement  en  niefs  de  la  li-  5  E£.z>  c-  5- 
geance  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  &  quelconqe  perfone  de  la  dite  ligeance  apres  la  fefte  de  Pafqe  prochein  ve-    3     '"' c' s*' 
nant  a  quele  fefte  comencera  primerement  cefte  ordinance  tenir  lieu  face  efkipper  merchandifes  en  autres  niefs 
ou  veffelx  fur  la  meer  qe  de  la  dite  ligeance  forface  devers  le  Roy  toutes  fes   merchandifes  es  autry  veffelx 
efkippez  en  quelconqe  place  qe  celles  ferront  en  apres  trovez  ou  la  value  dicelles  des  quelles  forfaitures  le 
Roi  voet  &  grants  qe  cellui  qi  efpiera  &  duement  provera  qaucune  perfone  avera  encontre  cefte  ordinance, 
rienz  forfait  ent  eit  la  tierce  partie  pur  fon  travaill  del  doun  le  Roi. 

CAP.     IV. 

The  feveral  Prices  of  feveral  Sorts  of  Wines  to  be  fold  in  Grofs  or  by  Retale,  and  the  For- 
feiture of  thpfe  which  do  fell  them  dearer. 

ITEM  quant  as  vins  de  Gafcoign  de  la  Rochele  Ofeye  &  dEfpaign  &  vins  Rynoifes  eft  ordenez  &  affen-  Rep.  6R.  2; 
tuz  qe  li  nul  Engleys  veulle  defore  pafler  la  meer  pur  les  diiz  vins  querere  &  de  les  arhefner  aucune  c.  7. 
part  deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  ne  les  vende  ne  ne  puiffe  vendre  fes  vins  deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  fur  peine  de  "> R-  -•  c>  lr° 
forfaiture  dicell  oultre  le  pris  deffouz  limitez  ceftaffavoir  le  tonell  de  meillour  vin  de  Gafcoign  dOfeye  ou  See  ~%  H- .8: 
dEfpaigne  a  cent  foldz  &  autres   tonell   de  commune  vin  de  mefmez  lez  paiis  pur  meindre  pris  felonc  Power  ^cL-V 
la  value  come  pur  fept  marz  fix  marz  &  di'  &  fix  marz  et  le  tonnel  de  meillour  vin  de   la  Rochell  pur  fix  great  Officers  to 
marz  et  le  tonell  dautre  tiel  vin  de  meindre  pris  felonc  la  value  come  pur  cink  marz  &  di' cink  marz  &?"  the  Prices  of 
quatre  marz  &  di'  &  quatre  marz  &  pipes  &  autres  veffelx  de  meindre  quantitee  dicell  vins  foient  venduz  ffr""t'- 
as  ditz  pris  felonc  lafferant  des  tonelx  &  la  bountee  del  vin.     Et  quant  a  retaill  des  ditz  novelx  vins  de 
Gafcoign  dOfeye  &  dEfpaign  a  amefners  deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  par  les  Engleis  ne  foit  le  galon  de 
meillour  tiel  vin  venduz  deinz  le  Roialme  avantdit  fur  paine  de  forfaire  tout  le  veffel  &  vin  devers  le  Roi 
outre  fix  deniers   &  dedeinz  felonc  la  value  &  la  galon  de  meillour  vin  de  la  Rochell  a  quatre  deniers  & 
dedeinz  felonc  la  value.     Et  quant  a  vin  Rynoife  a  amefner  deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  pur  ce  qe  les  veffelx 
ne  les  afmes  de  vin  Rynoife  ne  contiegnent  point  mefure  en  certein  eft  affentuz  &  accordez  qe  la  galon  de 
meillour  vin  Rynoife  nen  groos  ne  a  retaill  foit  venduz  nul  part  deinz  le  Roialme   avantdit  par   les  ditz 
Engleis  oultre  fix  deniers  fur  mefme  la  peine.     Et  auxint  eft  affentuz  qe  fi  nul  Engleis  refufe  &  ne  veulle 
vendre  en  groos  fes  vins  mis  a  vente  pur  le  pris  deffuis  limitez  einz  les  veulle  garder  foulement  pur  vendre 
a  retail;  ou  en  autre  manere  oultre  le  pris  deffuis  limitez  en  fraude  &  contre  la   forme  de   cefte   ordinance 
ait  iz  eient  les  mair  baillifs  &  les  autres  governouts  del  citee  burgh  ville  ou  autre  lieu  deinz  qi  poair  ou 
jurifdicrion  les  ditz  vins  ferront  trovez  foit  il  deinz  franchifes  ou  dehors  poair  par  cefte   ordenance  apres 
ce  qe  iachatour  avera  felonc  cefte  ordinance  refonablement  profrez  la  monoie  pur  yceulx  vins  une  foitz  ou 
deux  au  vendeour  dicell  vins  de  faire  deliverance   dicell  vins  efteantz  en  bargayn  as  ditz  achatours  &  les 
lours  deliveront  en  fait  fitoft  come  ils  ent  ferront  requis  pur  le  pris  deffuis  ordenez.     Et  fi  nul  des  ditz 
mairs  baillifs  ou  autres  governours  apres  ce  qil  ent  ferra  duement  requis  refufe  de  faire  &  ne  face  la  dite 
deliverance  &  ce  provez  duement  forface  devers  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  la  value  des  ditz  vins  iffint  acha- 
tres.    Et  lentention   du  Roi  ncft   mye  de  reftreindre  les  taverners  &  autres  vendours  des  vins  les  cariantz 
en  paiis  par  chaietts  &  en  autre  manere  par  cefte  ordinance  qils  ne  purront  efhancier  le  pris  de  lours  vins 
purcoftage  del  cariage  affaire  par  eux  refonablement  felonc  ce  qad  efte  ordenez  devant  cefte  heure  quele 
ordenance  foit  duement  tenuz  &  mis  en  execution  et  par  efpecial  ne  foit  mye  efhanciez  defore  fur  le  galon 
de  vin  pur  cariage  de  cynquante  leues  qe  une  maille  tantfoulement  &  femblablement  pur  meindre  ou  grein- 
dre  cariage  affaire  qe  par  cynquante  leues  foit  enhanciez  fur  le  galon  de  vin  felonc  lafferant  &  nemye  plus 
oultre  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  dicelles  vins.     Et  comencera  cefte  ordenance  de  vins  a  tenir  lieu  fitoft  come 
aucuns  novelx  vins  ferront  amefnez  deins  le  Roialme  avantdit. 


CAP. 


352       Stat.  i. 


Annoquinto  Richardi  II, 


A.D.  i38r. 


Rep.  6  R.  2, 


•EXP. 


■Rep.  i  Ed.  6, 

>t.    12. 

See  i  Geo.  I. 
fiat.  I.*  c.  5. 
Littlet.  f.  43. 
Keilv/i  z-. 


Keiifiat.  X» 


C  A  P.     V. 

Sweet  Wines  and  Claret  not  to  be  fold  by  Retale  in  England  after  the  Feaft  of  the  Nativity  of 

St.  John. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  eft  accordez  &  aflerituz  qe  le  Roi  defende_  eftroitement  qe  nul  manere  de  vin  doulce  ou  de  clarree 
(bit  defore  apres  lalNativitee  Seiiit  Johan  profchein  venant  venduz  a  retaille  aucunepart  deinz  la  Roialme 
dEngleterre  deinz  frarichife  ou  dgnors  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  dicell.  Et  voet  le  Roi  qe  celluy  qi  efpiera  & 
duement  provera  ou  ferra-pwvCr  qacun  ait  venduz  afcuns  maneres  des  vins  doulces  ou  de  clarree  a  retail! 
Ou  autrernent  mefpris  ou  forfait  apres  les  termes  limitez  deffuis  et  contre  la  forme  de  ceftes  ordenances  des 
•-vins  en  aucun  point  par  ont  il  devra  par  la  forme  dicell  rienz  forfaire  deyers  le  Roi  eit  il  la  moitee  dicelles 
forfaifures  pur  fon  travail!  del  doun  le  Roi. 

CAP.      VI. 

The  King's  Pardon  to  thofe  that  reprelTed  or  took  Revenge  of  his  Rebels. 

TEM  noftre  Seignurle  Roi  entendant  qe  plufours  Seignurs  et  gentils  de  fon  Roialme  et  autres  aveceu£ 
en  les  rumour  et  infurre&ion  des  villeins  et  dautres  malfaifours  qore  tard  fe  leverent  traiteroufemenj 
par  affembkes  et  outrageoufe  nombre  en  diverfes  parties  du  Roialme  contre  Dieux  bone  foi  et  refon  et  con- 
tre la  dignitee  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  et  fa  cordne  ct  ks  loyes  de  fa  terre  firent  diverfes  puniffementz  fur  les 
ditz  villeins  et  autres  traitours  fanz  due  proces  de  loye  et  autrernent  qe  les  loys  et  ufages  de  la  terre 
demandent  combien  qe  ce  firent  ils  nounpas  de  rfialice  purpenfez  einz  foulement  pur  lour  contreefter  et 
appaifer  et  ceffer  le  mefchief  apparant  et  confiderant  les  grantz  diligence  et  loialtee  des  ditz  Seignurs  et 
gentils  en  celle  partie  qe  -he  furent  mye  apprls  des  ditz  loys  et  ufages  et  rhefqe  ils  fuffent  a  cell  foitz  len  nd 
poaift  fur  les  ditz  puniffementz  avoir  attendu  proces  de  loy  et  qe  ce  firent  ils  a  bone  entente  de  lours  avis 
ct  bones  difcretions  et  veiillant  par  tant  lour  faire  grace  ficome  moelt  grantement  lont  deferviz  de  laffent 
avantdit  ad  pardonez  et  releffez  as  ditz  Seignurs  gentils  et  as  autres  qelconqes  en  lour  eide  efteantz  a  cell 
fait  et  a  chefcun  de  eux  quanqe  a  luy  ent  appartient  ou  a  lui  et  fes  heirs  purra  appartiegner  iflint  qe  en 
temps  avenir  pur  chofe  quelconqe  ce  foit  fait  par  eux  fur  les  ditz  puniffementz  en  refiftence  ils  ne  foient 
jamais  empefchez  ne  grevez  en  corps  biens  ne  en  lour  heritages  et  poffeffions  par  aucune  voie  par  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  fes  heirs  ou  miniftres  nautres  quelconqes  en  temps  avenir  mais  oultrement  ent  foient  quitz  a 
touz  jours  par  cell  grant  &  eftatut  fanz  autre  pardon  ou  chartre  ent  avoir  en  efpeciah 

CAP.     VII. 

Manumiffions,  Releafes,  and  other  Bands  made  in  the  laft  Tumult  by  Compulfion,  fhall  be 
void.     It  fhall  be  Treafon  to  begin  a  Riot,  Rout,  or  Rumour. 

ITEM  eft  ordenez  et  affentuz  qetoutes  maneres  de  manumiffions  obligations  releffe  et  dautres  liens  faitz. 
par  compulfion  duretee  et  manace  en  temps  de  ceftes  derrain  rumour  et  ryot  encontre  les  loys  de  la 
terre  et  bone  foy  foient  de  tout  caffez  irritez  et  tenuz  pur  voides  et  ceux  qi  ont  fait  faire  ou  detiegnent  en- 
cores tielles  manumiffions  obligations  releffes  liens  et  autres  faitz  iffint  par  durefce  faitz  foient  envoies  de- 
vant  le  Roi  et  fon  confeil  pur  ent  fefpondre  illoeqes  de  lour  fait  et  oultre  foient  compellez  de  faire  delive- 
rance et  reftitution  de  les  faitz  avantditz  as  ceux  qi  les  firent  encontre  lour  bon  gree  avec  les  copies  dicelles  n 
nulles  par  cas  ent  averont  faitz  par  devant  pur  autre  foitz  ufer  ou  renoveller  leftecT:  dicel  fils  poiaffent.  Et 
femblablement  eft  accordez  qe  toutz  entrees  faitz  es  terres  ou  tenementz  et  auxint  toutes  feoffementz  faitz 
en  temps  du  dit  rumour  par  compulfion  et  manace  ou  autrernent  a  force  des  gentz  encontre  la  loy  foient 
voides  et  tenuz  pur  nulles.  Et  le  Roi  defende  eftroitement  a  toutes  maneres  des  gentz  fur  peine  de  quanqe 
ils  purront  forfaire  devers  luy  en  corps  et  en  biens  qe  nully  defore  face  ne  recomence  par  voie  quelconqe 
ce-lles  riot  et  rumour  nautres  femblables.  Et  ft  nully  le  face  et  ce  provez  duement  foit  fait  de  luy  come  de 
traitre  au  Roi  et  a  fon  dit  Roialme. 

CAP.     VIII. 

The  Penalty  where  ahy  doth  enter  into  Lands  where  it  is  not  lawful,  or  with  Force. 


Codbolt  145. 

lJ.Ho.  c 

Carrhew  497.  * 

Regift.  182.  < 

Enforced  and  c 

am'entlid  1y  c 
15  R.  2.  c.  2. 

4  H.  4.  e.g.  ' 

8H.6.C.9.  « 

•which  is  ex-  c 
plained  by  31 
Eliz.  c.  11.     10  H 


AND  alfo  the  King  defendeth,  That  none  from 
henceforth  make  any  Entry  into  any  Lands  and 
Tenements,  but  in  Cafe  where  Entry  is  given  by  the 
Lav/;  and  in  fuch  Cafe  not  with  ftrong  Hand,  nor 
with  Multitude  of  People,  but  only  in  peaceable  and 
eafy  Mariner.  (2)  And  if  any  Man  from  henceforth 
do  to  the  contrary,  and  thereof  be  duly  convidt,  he 
fhall  be  punifhed  by  Imprifonment  of  his  Body,  and 
thereof  ranfomed  at  the  King's  Will.' 
7.  f.  27.     1 1  H.  7.  f.  15.     Sec  farther  23  //,  8,  c,  1^,     21  Jac.  1,  c.  15 


T  auxint  le  Roi  defende  qe  nully  defore  face" 
entree  en  auctines  terres  et  tenementz  finoun 
en  cas  ou  entree  eft  done  par  la  loy  -et  en  cell  cas 
nemye  a  forte  main  ne  a  multitude  des  gentz  einz 
tantfoulement  en  lifiblc  et  aifee  manere.  Et  fi  nully 
defore  face  acontraire  et  ent  foit  conviiSt  duement 
foit  puniz  par  emprifonement  de  fon  corps  et  dil- 
loeqes  reint  a  la  voluntee  le  Roi. 

ivherch  Jufliccs  are  tnabled  to  live  Rejiitutim  hi  certain  Cafes. 

yjJ  -  CAP. 


A.  D.  1381. 


Anno  quinto  Richardi  II. 


Stat."  1. 


>53 


CAP.     IX. 

A  Remedy  for  them  whofe  Writings  were  deftroyed  in  the  late  Infurrection. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  touchant  les  chartres  relefles  obligations  et  autres  faitz  et  munimentz  arfez  deftruitz  ou  autre- 
ment  efloignez  en  mefme  le  rumour  eft  aflentuz  qe  ceux  qi  fe  ent  fentent  grevez  ent  mettent  lours  peti- 
tions diftindtement  faitz  fur  lour  matire  en  efpecial  devant  le  Roi  et  fon  confeil  parentre  cy  et  la  nativitee  de 
Seint  Johan  prochein  venant  a  plus  tard  et  illoeqes  facent  fufHfante  proeve  de  mefmes  les  munimentz  iffint 
perduz  et  de  la  forme  et  tenure  dicelles  et  ce  fait  tiel  remede  lour  ent  ferra  proveuz  a  checuny  compleint  Enforced  hy 
come  meultz  femblera  a  faire  en  la  cas  falvant  la  loy.  6  r,  2.  *  c.  4. 


CAP.    X. 

Every  Perfon  that  is  impeached  in  the  Exchequer,  may  plead  in  his  own  Difcharge. 


AAiJlat. 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  grevoufe  pleinte  ad  efte  fovent 
fait  des  officers  de  Lefcheqier  de  ce  qe  les  heirs 
executours  occupiours  des  biens  &  terre  tenantz  de 
diverfes  perfones  qont  efte  empefchez  en  dit  efche- 
qier  des  dettes  accompts  &  dautres  demandes  &  les 
queux  combien  qils  fe  ont  offertz  illoeqes  a  mon- 
ftrer  ou  pleder  pur  lours  defcharges  de  ceux  em- 
pefchementz  felonc  la  loy  toutes  voies  ils  nont  mye 
efte  a  ce  refceuz  devant  ces  heures  fanz  avoir  ex- 
pres  comandement  par  brief  ou  lettre  de  grant  ou 
prive  feal  a  grant  difaife  mefchief  &  delay  des  ditz 
empefchez  &  mil  avantage  au  Roi  Si  eft  ordenez  & 
aflentuz  qe  les  Barons  del  dit  efcheqier  aient  de- 
fore  plein  poair  doier  chefcuny  refponfe  de  quel- 
conqe  demande  fait  en  mefme  lefchsqie'r  iffint  qe 
chefcune  perfone  qe  y  foit  empefchez  ou  empei- 
cheable  de  quelconqe  caufe  par  lui  mefmes  ou  par 
autre  perfone  foit  defore  refceuz  en  dit  efcheqier  a 
pleder  fuer  &  avoir  fon  defcharge  refonable  en  cell 
part  fanz  attendre  ou  fuer  brief  lettre  ou  autre 
mandement  quelconqe. 


TEM,   Becaufe  that  grievous  Complaint  hath 
oftentimes  been  made  of  the  Officers  of  the  Ex- 
chequer, for  that  the  Heirs,  Executors,  Occupiers 
of  Goods,    and   Land   Tenants   of  divers   Perfons 
which  have  been  impeached  in  the  faid  Exchequer, 
of  Debts,    Accompts,    and    other   Demands,    and 
which  although  they  have  offered  them  there  to  fhew, 
or  plead  for  their  Difcharge  of  thofe  Impeachments 
according  to  the  Law,  they  have  not  been  always 
thereunto  received  heretofore,   without  having  ex- 
prefs  Commandment  by  Writ,    or  Letter  of  the 
Great  or  Privy  Seal,  to  the  great  Difquietnefs,  Mif- 
chief,  and  Delay  of  the  faid  Perfons  impeached,  and 
no  Advantage  to  the  King;"    '  (2)  it  is  ordained 
and  aflented,  That  the  Barons  of  the  faid  Exchequer 
fhall  from  henceforth  have  full  Power  to  hear  every 
Anfwer  of  every  Demand  made  in  the  fame  Exche-  ' 
quer,  fo  that  every  Perfon  that  is  impeached  or  im- 
peachable of  any  Caufe  by  himfelf,  or  by  any  Perfon, 
fhall  be  from  henceforth  received  in  the  fame  Exche- 
quer to  plead,  fue,  and  have  his  reafonable  Difcharge 
in  this  Behalf,   without  tarrying  or  fuing  any  Writ,  4  inlt.  no, 
or  other  Commandment  whatfoever.' 


CAP.     XL 

The  Covenants  of  thofe  that  fhall  ferve  the  King  in  his  Wars  or  Embafiies  fhall  be  put  in 

Writing,   and  fent  into  the  Exchequer. 

ITEM  pur  ce  qe  grantz  mefchiefs  ont  efcheuz 
devant  ces  heures  a  diverfes  perfones  fibien  a  les 
Seignurs  du  Roialme  come  as  autres  qe  furent  re- 
tenuz  ou  affignez  de  fervir  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
par  endentures  ou  fanz  endentures  en  fes  guerres 
fes  meffageries  ou  en  autre  manere  &  par  celles 
caufes  refcevrent  certeins  fommes  de  deniers  a  la 
refceite  del  dit  efcheqier  ou  aillours  par  affignement 
les  quelles  fommes  aient  efte  mifes  fur  eux  es  rolles 
del  dit  efcheqier  come  deniers  refceuz  par  voie  dap- 
preft  &  par  tant  celles  fommes  currerent  en  de- 
mande fur  eux  a  lefcheqier  come  dette  cler  &  com- 
bien qe  les  dites  perfones  enfi  retenuz  lours  heirs 
executours  occupiours  des  biens  ou  terre  tenantz 
apres  lour  mort  aient  demandez  pur  eftre  refceuz 
daccompter  de  les  fommes  refceuz  ne  pur  quant  ce 
nad  mye  efte  a  eux  grantez  einz  ont  efte  con- 
ftreintz  de  purfuer  lour  garant  de  grant  ou  prive 
feal  direft  as  Treforer  &  Barons  illoeqes  par  quel 
fuft  commandez  as  Treforer  &  Barons  daccompter 
avec  eux  en  celle  partie  les  queux  garantz  meint- 
fqitz  ont  efte  deniez  a  caufe  qe  les  officers  du  Roi 
novellement  creez  par  cas  navoient  coniflance  de 
Vol.  I. 


4  |TEM,  Becaufe  that  great  Mifchiefs  have  hap- 
'  fi.  pened  in  Times  paft  to  divers  Perfons,  as  well  to 
Lords  of  the  E.ealm,  as  other,  which  were  retained 
or  affigned  to  ferve  our  Lord  the  King  by  Indentures 
or  without  Indentures,  in  his  Wars  and  his  Mef- 
fages,  or  in  other  Manner,  and  for  the  fame  Caufes 
receive  certain  Sums  of  Money  at  the  Receipt  of  the  ' 
faid  Exchequer,  or  elfewhere  by  Alignment,  which 
Sums  have  been  put  upon  them  in  the  Rolls  of  the 
faid  Exchequer,  as  Money  received  by  Way  of  Loan, 
and  for  that  Caufe  the  fame  Sums  fhould  run  in  De- 
mand upon  them  at  the  Exchequer  as  a  clear  Debt, 
although  the  faid  Perfons  fo  retained,  their  Heirs, 
Executors,  Occupiers  of  their  Goods,  or  Land  Te- 
nants, after  their  Death  have  demanded  to  be  ad- 
mitted to  Accompt  of  the  Sums  received,  which 
hath  not  been  granted  to  them,  but  they  have  been 
conftrained  .to  purfue  their  Grant  *  by  the  Great-or*  Warrant. 
Privy  Seal  directed  to  the  Treafurer  and  Barons 
there,  whereby  it  was  commanded  to  the  Treafurer 
and  Barons  to  accompt  with  them  in  this  Behalf; 
(2)  which  Warrants  oftentimes  have  been  denied, 
becaufe  that  the  King's  Officers  newly  made  percafe 
'  Zz  'had 


354       Stat-  J 


Anno  quinto  R  i  ch  a  r  d  i  II. 


A.  D.  1 381. 


The  Covenants 
of  thofe  which 
jllajl  be  retained 
to  ferve  the  King 
an  his  Wars  or 
Embaflies  /hall 
be  lent  into  tlie 
Exchequer. 


had  no  Knowledge  of  fuch  Retaining  made  before 
:  their  Time  ;  and  fometime  have  been  granted,  but 
;  not  fo  fully  as  Reafon  and  the  Cafe  required  :  (3) 
;  And  for  as  much  as  the  fame  Warrant  would  that 
:  Accompt  fhould  not  be  received,  but  only  of  the 
:  Sum  fo  received  by  Loan,  whereas  a  greater  Sum 
;  percafe  was  due  to  them  of  Reafon,  to  the  great 
;  Mifchief  and  Hinderance  of  the  (aid  Perfons;" 
(4)  it  is  ordained  and  affented,  That  of  all  People 
which  from  henceforth  fhall  be  retained  or  affigned 
to  ferve  the  King,  their  Covenants  fhall  be  put  in 
Writing,  and  fent  to  the  Exchequer,  there  to  re- 
main of  Record  ;  fo  that  at  what  Time  that  any  Per- 
fon  fo  retained,  his  Heirs,  or  Executors,  Occupiers 
of  the  Goods,  or  Land-Tenants,  come  to  accompt 
thereof  at  the  Exchequer,  they  fhall  be  thereto  re- 
ceived, and  have  due  Allowance  in  their  Accompt, 
according  to  the  Content  of  their  Covenant.  (5)  If 
percafe  any  Repeal  or  Countermand  be  made  of  fuch 
Retinue  of  any  Perfon  after  that  his  Covenants  be 
put  in  Writing,  and  fent  to  the  faid  Exchequer,  as 
is  aforefaid,  the  fame  Repeal  likewife  fhall  be  put  in 
Writing,  and  fent  to  the  Exchequer,  fo  that  by  the 
Sight  of  the  fame  Repeal,  and  of  the  Covenants  be- 
fore there  fent,  the  Barons  of  the  faid  Exchequer 
fhall  do  right  to  the  Party  according  as  the  Law  and 
Reafon  demandeth.  (6)  And  if  any  Thing  be  due 
unto  them  by  the  fame  Accompt,  that  thereof  by 
Certificate  of  the  fame  Exchequer,  the  Treafurer  and 
the  Chamberlains  fhall  make  Payment  or  Affign- 
ment  to  them  without  tarrying  or  fuing  other  War- 
rant or  Commandment  of  the  Great  or  Privy  Seal  in 
this  Behalf.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
tielx  retenuz  faitz  devant  lours  temps  &  afcun 
foitz  ont  efte  grantez  mais  noun  pas  fi  pleinement 
come  refon  &  le  cas  demandoient  pur  tant  qe  eel- 
garant  voloit  qe  laccompte  ne  deuft  eftre  refceuz 
forfqe  foulement  de  la  fomme  enfi  refceue  dappreft 
la  ou  greindre  fomme  par  cas  lour  fuft  due  de  refon 
a  grant  mefchief  &  anientiffement  des  ditz  peribaes 
eft  ordenez  &  affentuz  qe  de  toutz  gentz  qi  defore 
ferront  retenuz  ou  affignez  de  fervir  a  noftre  Seig- 
nur  le  Roi  foient  les  covenances  mifes  en  efcrit  & 
envoiez  en  lefcheqier  a  y  demorer  de  record  iffint 
qe  a  quele  heure  qe  perfone  enfi  retenue  fes  heirs 
executours  occupiours  des  biens  ou  terre  tenantz 
viegne  ou  viegnent  daccompter  de  ce  en  lefcheqier 
foient  ils  a  ce  refceuz  &  aient  due  allowance  en 
lour  accompte  felonc  la  contenue  de  lour  covenant. 
Et  fi  par  cas  afcun  repell  ou  contremandement  foit 
fait  de  tiel  retenue  daucune  perfone  apres  qe  fes, 
covenances  foient  mifes  en  efcrit  &  envoiez  al.  dit 
efcheqier  come  deffus  eft  dit  foit  mefme  le  repell 
femblablement  mis  en  efcrit  &  envoiez  al  efche- 
qier avantdit  iffint  qe  par  la  veue  de  cell  repell  & 
des  covenances  devant  illoeqes  envoiez  lea  Barons 
del  dit  efcheqir  facent  droit  a  la  partie  felonc  ce  qe. 
la  loy  &  refon  demandent.  Et  fi  rienz  lours,  foit 
due  par  mefmes  les  accompts  qe  de  ce  par  certifica- 
tion de  mefme  lefcheqier  les  Treforer  &  Chamber- 
lains lour  facent  paiement  ou  affignement  fanz  at^ 
tendre  ou  fuer  autre  garant  ou  mandement  du  grant 
ou  prive  feal  in  celle  partie... 


CAP.     XII. 

The  Accompts  in  the  Exchequer  fhall  be  more  fpeedify  heard  than  they  were  wont. 


ITEM  it  is  ordained  and  affented,  That  the  Ac- 
compts in  the  Exchequer  fhall  be  more  fhortly 
heard,  made,  and  ingrofled,  than  they  were  wont 
heretofore  ;  faving  always,  that  the  Parcels  of  the 
fame  Accompts  be  made  as  fully  as  they  were  wont 
in  Times  paft,  and  that  by  Ordinance  to  be  made  by 
the  Barons  of  the  faid  Exchequer,  there  to  endure  of 
Record  for  ever.' 


ITEM  eft  ordenez  &  affentuz  qe  les  accorrrptes- 
en  lefcheqier  foient  plus  briefment  oiez  faitz  & 
engrofl'ez  qils  ne  foloient  pardevant  falve  toutesr. 
voies  qe  les  parcelles  de  mefmes  les  accomptes  foi- 
ent faitz  auxi  pleinement  come  ils  foleient  eftre: 
faitz  en  temps  paffe  &  ce  par  ordenance  affaire  par 
les  Barons  del  dit  efcheqier  a  y  dursr.  de  record  pur. 
tout  temps  avenk» 


C  A  P.     XIII. 

Two  Clerks  fhall  be  affigned  to  make  Parcels  of  Accompts  in  the  Exchequer^ 


4  TTEM  it  is  ordained  and  alTented,  That  two  Clerks 
1  X  fhall  be  affigned  to  make  Parcels  of  Accompts  in 
'  the  fame  Exchequer  to  them  that  will  demand  the 

*  fame  ;  and  they  fhall  be  fworn  that  they  fhall  com- 
1  mit  no  Falfhood  in   their  Office,    and  fhall  take  for 

*  their  Labour  of  them  to  whom  they  ferve  reafonably, 

*  according  to  the  Ordinance  of  the  Barons  of  the  faid 
'Exchequer.' 


ITEM  eft  ordenez  &  affentuz  qe  deux  clercs 
foient  affignez  pur  faire' parcelles  daccomptes 
en  mefme  lefcheqier  a  ceux  qe  les  veullent  deman- 
der  &  foient  ils  jurez  qils  ne  ferront  nulle  fauxine- 
en  lour  office  &  prendront  pur  lour  travaill  de  ceux 
as  queux  ils  ferveront  refonablement  felonc  lordir 
nance  des  Barons  del  dit  efcheqier.. 


CAP.    XIV. 

Accompts  of  Nichil  fhall  be  put  out  of  the  Exchequer. 

Oath. 

*  TTEM  it  is  ordained  and  affented,  That  the  Ac- 

*  X  compts  of  Nichil  in  the  Exchequer  fhall  be  wholly 

*  put  out;  (2)  or  if  any  fuch  Accompts  ought  there  to 


An  Accomptant  difcharged  upon  his 


ITEM  eft  ordenez  &  affentuz  qe  les  accomptes 
de  nichil  en  efcheqier  foient  de  tout  ouftez  ou  fi 
aucuns  tielx  accomptz  y  deivent  demorer  foient  les 

accomptantz 


A.  D.  1 381;  Anno  quinto  Richard  1  II. 


Stat.  1.       35  $ 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
accomptantz  maintenant  apres  lour  ferement  fait 
en  le  dit  efcheqier  examinez  par  les  Barons  illoeqes 
fils  y  purront  ou  deivent  de  rienz  refpondre  au  Roi 
en  celle  partie.  Et  fi  trovez  foit  par  lour  dit  fere- 
ment qe  noun  adonqes  par  mefme  lour  ferement 
foient  ils  defchargez  dautre  accompte  rend  re  de- 
vant  afcun  audkour  toutdys  le  droit  le  Roi  falvez. 


remain,  the  Accomptants  prefently  after  their  Oath 
made  in  the  faid  Exchequer  fhall  be  examined  by  the 
Barons  there,  if  they  mould  or  ought  to  anfwer  the 
King  of  any  Thing  in  this  Behalf.  (3)  And  if  it  be 
found  by  their  faid  Oath,  that  they  ought  not,  then 
by  the  fame  their  Oath  they  fhall  be  difcharged  to 
yield  other  Accompt  before  any  Auditor,  the  King's 
Right  always  faved.' 


4  Inft.  106. 


CAP.     XV. 

The  Clerk  of  the  Pipe,  &c.  fworn  for  the  Entry  of  Writs  of  the  Great  and  Privy  Seal. 


ITEM  eft  accordez  &  affentuz  qe  le  clerc  de 
pipe  &  les  remembrancers  del  efcheqier  foient 
jurrez  qe  de  terme  en  terme  ils  verront  tant  come 
le  dit  eicheqier  ferra  overt  toutz  les  briefs  de  grant 
.feal  &  lettres  de  prive  feal  qe  ferront  mandez  al  dit 
efcheqir  mefme  le  terme  pur  final  defcharge  dau- 
cune  perfone  du  Roialme  daucun  demande  currant 
•al  dit  efcheqier  &  qe  chefcun  de  eux  a  qi  il  appar- 
tient  ferra  due  execution  du  dit  mandement.  Et 
eft  auxint  ordenez  &  affentuz  qe  les  ditz  deux  re- 
membrancers foient  jurrez  de  lour  part  qe  chefcun 
terme  de  cy  en  avant  ils  ferront  une  cedule  de 
toutes  les  perfones  qi  ferront  defchargez  en  lour  of- 
fice par  juggement  ou  en  autre  manere  en  mefme 
le  terme  daucuns  demandes  en  dit  efcheqier  conte- 
nante  la  manere  de  mefmes  les  defcharges  &  de 
faire  liverer  celle  cedule  al  dit  clerc  du  pipe  mefme 
]e  terme  au  fyn  qe  mefme  le  clerc  de  pipe  face  ent 
defcharger  les  ditz  parties  en  le  grant  rolle.  Et 
auxint  foit  le  dit  clerc  du  pipe  jurrez  qe  il  de  terme 
en  terme  demandera  les  ditz  cedules  &  mefmes  les 
cedules  par  lui  iffint  refceuez  il  defchargera  les  dites 
parties  en  manere  fuifdite.  Et  en  mefme  la  ma- 
nere face  le  clerc  du  pipe  pur  fa  partie  certifier  en 
efcrit  as  ditz  remembrancers  de  touz  tielx  defchar- 
ges qe  ferront  faitz  en  fon  office  au  fyn  qe  homme 
defchargez  en  une  place  foit  defchargez  en  toutes 
autres  places  del  dit  efcheqir. 


ITEM  it  is  accqrded  and  affented,  That  the  Clerk 
of  the  Pipe  and  the  Remembrancers  of  the  Ex- 
chequer fhall  be  fworn,  that  from  Term  to  Term 
they  fhall  fee  (whiles  the  faid  Exchequer  fhall  be 
open)  all  the  Writs  of  the  Great  Seal,  or  of  the 
Privy  Seal,  which  fliall  be  fent  to  the  faid  Exchequer 
the  fame  Term,  for  the  final  Difcharge  of  any  Per- 
fon  of  the  Realm  of  any  Demand  in  the  faid  Exche- 
quer, and  that  every  of  them,  to  whom  it  pertaineth, 
fhall  make  due  Execution  of  the  faid  Commandment. 
(2)  And  alfo  it  is  ordained  and  affented,  That  the 
faid  two  Remembrancers  fhall  be  fworn  of  their  Part, 
that  every  Term  from  henceforth  they  fhall  make  a 
Schedule  of  all  the  Perfons  that  fhall  be  difcharged  in 
their  Offices  by  Judgement,  or  in  other  Manner  in 
the  fame  Term,  of  any  Demands  in  the  fame  Exche- 
quer, containing  the  Manner  of  the  fame  Difcharges, 
and  to  deliver  the  fame  Schedule  to  the  faid  Clerk  of 
the  Pipe  the  fame  Term,  to  the  Intent  that  the  fame 
Clerk  of  the  Pipe  fhall  thereof  difcharge  the  faid  Par- 
ties in  the  great  Roll.  (3)  Alfo  the  faid  Clerk  of  the 
Pipe  fhall  be  fworn,  that  he  from  Term  to  Term 
fhall  require  the  fame  Schedules,  and  the  fame  Sche- 
dules by  him  fo  received,  he  fhall  difcharge  the  faid 
Parties  in  the  Manner  aforefaid.  (4)  And  in  the 
fame  Manner,  the  faid  Clerk  of  the  Pipe  for  his  Part 
fliall  caufe  to  be  certified  in  Writing  to  the  faid  Re- 
membrancers of  all  fuch  Difcharges  which  fhall  be 
made  in  his  Office,  to  the  Intent  that  a  Man  dif- 
charged in  one  Place,  be  difcharged  in  all  other  Places 
of  the  faid  Exchequer.' 


CAP.     XVI. 

Upon  a  Judgement  of  Livery,  the  Remembrancer  fhall  caufe  the  Suit  to  ceafe. 


T E M  coment  qe  plufours  foitz  devant  ces  heures 
diverfes  perfones  ont  euez  liveree  de  lours  terres 
&  tenementz  hors  de  mains  le  Roi  par  juggement 
renduz  pur  eux  en  Bank  le  Roi  ou  aillours  &  dy- 
ceux  juggementz  aient  enapres  fait  procurer  den- 
voier  les  tenures  des  recordz  &  proces  ent  faitz  par 
brief  de  Mittimus  en  lefcheqir  avantdit  al  entente 
pur  eux  defcharger  des  accomptes  de  eux  deman- 
ded fur  mefmes  les  tenementz  nientmeins  les  offi- 
cers de  mefme  lefcheqier  nont  mye  volu  devant 
cefte  heme  ent  faire  defcharger  les  dites  perfones 
devant  qe  mefmes  les  recordz  &  proces  fuiffent  de 
parole  en  parole  novellement  entrez  en  lefcheqer 
&  fur  ce  novel  proces  fait  &  novel  juggement  illo- 
eqes autrefoitz  renduz  a  grant  damage  &  delay  des 
parties  fanz  profit  au  Roi  eft  ordeinez  &  affentuz 
qe  defore  apres  qe  tiel  record  ove  le  tenure  dycelle 
ferra  venuz  en  dit  efcheqer  par  mandement  le  Roi 
come  dit  eft  qe  le  remembrancer  en  qi  office  tiels 


TEM,  Though  that  many  Times  heretofore  di- 
vers Perfons  have  had  Livery  of  their  Lands  and 
Tenements  out  of  the  King's  Hands,  by  Judgement 
given  for  them  in  the  King's  Bench,  or  elfewhere, 
and  of  the  fame  Judgements  after  have  procured  to 
fend  the  Tenor  of  the  Records  and  Proceffes  thereof 
made  by  Writ  of  Mittimus  into  the  faid  Exchequer, 
to  the  Intent  for  to  difcharge  them  of  the  Accompts 
demanded  of  them  upon  the  fame  Tenements  ;  ne- 
verthelefs  the  Officers  of  the  fame  Exchequer  would 
not  in  Times  paft  difcharge  the  faid  Perfons  thereof, 
before  that  the  fame  Records  and  Proceffes  were 
Word  by  Word  newly  entered  in  the  Exchequer, 
and  thereupon  new  Procefs  made,  and  new  Judge- 
ments there  another  Time  given,  to  the  great  Da- 
mage and  Delay  of  the  Partie;,  without  Profit  to  the 
King:"  '  (z)  It  is  ordained  and  affented,  That 
from  henceforth  after  that  fuch  Record,  or  the  Tenor 
of  the  fame,  fliall  come  into  the  faid  Exchequer  by 
Z  z  3  '  the 


356       Stat.  r. 


Anno  quinto  R  i  c  h  a  r  d  i  II. 


A.D.  1381. 


How  the  Re- 
membrancer 
/hall  ufe  a  Judge- 
ment of  Livery 
coming  out  of 
any  Court  into    * 
the  Exchequer. 
Altered  by  3  3  H, 
8.  CV22.  nubicb 
is  repealed  by 
12, Car.  2.  c.  24. 


the  King's  Commandment  (as  it  is  faid)  that  the 
Remembrancer,  in  whofe  Office  fuch  Accompts  mail 
be  demanded,  {hall  prefently  caufe  the  Suit  to  ceafe 
in  that  Behalf,  by  Words  to  be  entered  upon  the 
Indorfement  of  the  Writ,  vouching  the  Tenor  of  the 
Record  of  the  faid  Judgement,  without  new  Judge- 
ment, or  making  of  Procefs  further  in  this  Behalf.' 


Ex  'Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
accomptes  feront  demandez  maintenant  face  cefler 
la  fuite  en  celle  partie  par  paroles  a  entreres  fur 
lendoflement  del  brief  vouchant  le  tenure  del  re- 
cord del  dit  juggement  fanz  novel  juggement  on 
proces  faire  en  celle  partie  pluis  avant. 


CAP.     XVII. 
The  Fees  of  the  Exchequer  Clerks  for  making  Commiffions,  or  Records  of  Nifi  Prius. 


ITEM  it  is  affented,  and  the  King  ftraitly  defend- 
eth,  That  from  henceforth  nothing  mail  be  given 
for  making  of  a  Commiflion  in  the  laid  Exchequer 
for  the  Fee  of  the  Clerk  which  (hall  make  the  fame, 
above  Two  Shillings  only  ;  (2)  nor  for  the  Record 
of  Nifi  prius  with  the  Writ,  but  Two  Shillings  only, 
as  afore  this  Time  was  wont  to  be  done  and  ufed.' 


T  auxi  eft  affentuz  &  le  Roi  defende  eftroite- 
ment  qe  defore  ne  foit  rienz  donez  pur  une 
commiflion  affaire  en  le  dit  efcheqer  pur  le  fee  de 
clerc  qi  le  ferra  oultre  deux  foldz  rantfoulement  ne 
pur  le  record  de  nifi  prius  avec  la  brief  fi  noune  qe 
deux  foldz  foulement  come  devant  ces  heures  y 
foloiet  eftre  fait  &  ufez. 


Et  pur  ce  vous  mandons  qe  les  ditz  eftabliffementz  &  ordinances  facez  duement  crier  &  publier  es  citees 
burghs  villes  feires  marchees  &  autres  lieux  notables  deinz  voftre  baillie  deinz  franchifes  &  dehors  &  duement 
les  gardir  &  faire  tenir  felonc  le  tenour  &  forme  dicelles.  Don  par  tefmoignance  de  noftre  grant  feal  a 
Weftm'  le  xvii.  jour  de  May  Ian  de  noftre  regne  quint. 

Confmilia  mandata  diriguntur  ftngulis  vicecomitihus  per  Angliam. 


'Ordinationes  et  concordie  faEle  in  Parliamento  tento  apud  Weftm  in  cra^ 
Jiino  Sancti  yohaimh  ante  portam  Latinam  slnno  quinto* 

Other  Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  5  Rich.  II.  Stat.  2.  and  Anno  Dom.  1382.' 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  21. 
REX  vicecomiti  Cornubie  falutem.     Cum  de  communi  affenfu  nbftro  ac  Procerum  Magnatum  &  Com- 
munitatum  regni  noftri  Anglie  nobis  in  ultimo  parliamento  noftro  afliftentium  pro  fecuriori  regimine 
&  melioratione  regni  noftri  predidti  &  mercandifarum  ejufdem  quedam  concordie  five  ordinationes  fafle 
fuiffent  inter  alia  fub  hac  forma  : 


<■<. 


*'  TP^  OR  the  common  Profit  of  the  Realm  of  Eng- 
''  |"4  land,  *  divers  Ordinances  and  Eftablifhments 
■*-  have  been  made  by  our  Lord  the  King,  the 
<c  Prelates,  Lords  and  Commons  of  the  faid  Realm, 
'*  being  in  this  prefent  Parliament  holden  at  Wejhnin- 
''  Jier  the  Tuefday  next  after  the  Feaft  of  St.  John 
''  Portlatine,  the  fifth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Lord 
"  King  Richard  the  Second,  in  the  Form  follow- 
"  ing." 


UR  commune  profit  du  Roialme  dErrgleterre 
aient  efte  faitz  par  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  les 
prelatz  Seignurs  &  communes  du  dit  Roialme 
efteantz  en  ceft  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  lende- 
main  de  feint  Johan  Portlatyn  Ian  du  regne  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  Richard  quint  certaines  ordinan- 
ces &  eftabliffementz  en  la  forme  qe  fenfuit. 


CAP.     I. 

Merchants  Strangers  may  come  unto,  continue,  and  depart  forth  of  the  Realm. 


Irft  ft  is  accorded  and  affented  in  the  Parliament, 
That  all  Manner  of  Merchants  Strangers,  ,of 
whatfoever  Nation  or  Country  they  be,  being  of  the 
Amity  of  the  King  and  of  his  Realm,  fhall  be  wel- 
come, and  freely  may  come  within  the  Realm  of 
England,  and  elfewhere  within  the  King's  Power, 
as  well  within  Franchife  as  without,  and  there  to  be 
converfant,  to  merchandife  and  tarry  as  long'as  them 
liketh,  as  thofe  whom  our  faid  Lord  the  King  by  the 
Tenour  hereof  taketh  into  his  Protection  and  Safe- 
guard, with  their  Goods,  Merchandifes,  and  all 
Manner  Familiars,    (z)  And  for  fo  much  the  King 


PRimerement  eft  affentuz  &  accordez  en  parle- 
ment qe  toutes  maneres  deftraunges  marchantz 
de  quelconqe  nation  ou  paiis  qils  foient  efteantz  del 
amiftee  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  de  fon  Roialme 
foient  bien  venuz  &  franchement  venir  purront 
deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  &  aillours  en  le  poair 
noftre  dit  Seignur  fibien  deinz  franchife  come  de- 
hors &'  illoeqes  converfer  merchander  &  demorer 
fi  longement  come  bon  lour  femblera  come  ceux 
les  queux  treftouz  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  par  le  te- 
nour diceftes  prenten  (a  protection  &  falve  garde 
avec  lour  biens  merchandifes  &  familiers  quelcon- 

qes, 


A.  D.  1382. 


Anno  quinto  Richard  1  IT. 


Stat.  2. 


357 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
qes.  Et  par  tant  voet  le  Roi  &  comande  qils  & 
chefcun  de  eux  foit  &  foient  bien  amiablement  & 
merchandeablement  tretez  &  demefnez  toutes  partz 
deinz  les  ditz  Roialme  &  poair  avec  lours  mer- 
chandifes  &  biens  quelconqes  &  foeffertz  daler  ve- 
liir  &  en  lours  propres  paiis  peifiblement  retournir 
fanz  deftourbance  ou  empefchement  de  nully. 


willeth  and  commandeth,  That  they  and  every  of 
them  be  well,  friendly,  and  Merchant-like  intreated 
and  demeaned  in  all  Parts  within  his  faid  Realm  and 
Power,    with   their  Merchandifes    and  all   Manner  9  H.  3 
Goods,  and  fuffered  to  go  and  come,    and   into  their  c-  3 
proper  Country  peaceably  to  return,   without  Dif 
turbance  or  Impeachment  of  any.' 

2.  c.  7.     16  R,  z.  c.  I.  and\zH.  7.  c.  6.  containing  feveral  Reftrifilons  and  Alterations. 


,  flat.  1 
25  Ed 


flat.  1. 

9  Ed.  3. 

c.  1.  . 
3.  ftat.  4. 
S«  II  R. 


CAP.     II. 

Woollfells  and  Leather  may  be  carried  into  any  Country  by  Aliens  or  Denizens,  faving  into 
France,  until  Michaelmas  come  Twelvemonth.  Certain  Money  fhall  be  abated  to  them  that 
will  pay  their  Cuftom  beforehand. 

ITEM  ell:  affentuz  &  accordez  en  parlement  qe  le  paffage  des  leynes  quirs  &  peaux  lanutz  foit  overt  a    EXP, 
toutes  maneres  de  marchantz  &  autres  fibien  foreins  come  denfzeins  qi  les  vorront  achater  &  preftement 
paier  pur  ycelles  les  cuftumes  fublides  &  devoirs  de  Caleys  duz  de  cy  tanqe  a  la  feint  Michel  prochein  venant 
en  un  an  en  tiele  manere  qe  en  le  moien  temps  ils  les  purront  faire  eflcipper  &  colcetter  es  portz  deinz  le  Roi- 
alme acuftumez  &  dilloeqes  les  faire  carier  &c  amefner  vers  quelconqes  parties  ils  vorront  eflire  ou  choifer  de- 

•par  dela  fanz  impediment  ou  empefchement  quelconqe  horfpris  le  Roialme  de  France.  Et  enoultre  del  affent 
avantdit  le  Roi  voet  &  grante  a  touz  yceux  marchantz  &  autres  qi  parentre  cy  &  la  quinfzeine  de  feinte 
Martyn  profchein  venant  paieront  devant  la  main  les  ditz  fubfides  cuftumes  &  devoirs  pur  les  leynes  quirs  • 

•  &  peaux  queles  ils  vorront  paffer  &  faire  amefner  depar  dela  parentre  le  primer  jour  de  September  prochein  • 
venant  &  le  dit  fefte  de  feint  Michel  prochein  venant  en  un  an  relees  &  pardon  de  demy  marc  a  chefcun 

-faak  de  leyne  &  de  demy  marc  a  chefcun  deux  centz  &  quarante  peaux  lanutz  et  enfi  de  lours  quirs  felonc 
lafferant  fur  lours  ditz  paiementz  enfi  affaires  devant  la  main  come  dit  eft.  Et  avec  ce  averont  ils  et  chefcun 
deux  franchement  le  paffage  diceux  lours  leynes  quirs  et  peaux  a  large  ou  et  quant  ils  vorront  come  defuis 
eft  dit  devant  la  fefte  de  feint  Michel  avantdit  fanz  empefchement  ou  impediment  quelconqe.  Mais  len- 
tention  du  Roi  autrement  neft  mye  qe  ceux  qi  ne  paieront  les  fubfides  de  lours  leynes  quirs  et  peaux  la- 
nutz devant  la  dite  quinfzeine  ils  paieront  entierement  les  cuftumes  fubfides  et  devoirs  de  lours  leynes  quirs 
et  peaux  lanutz  appaffiers  depar  dela  fanz  remiflion  avoir  del  dit  demy  marc  par  afcune  voie.  Et  le  Roi 
promette  et  affentuz  eft  et  accordez  par  touz  les  eftatz  de  parlement  qe  encontre  ceftes  grant  et  ordinance 
ne  encontre  celles  perfones  qi  paieront  enfi  devant  la  main  et  devant  la  dite  quinzeine  lours  fubfides  cu- 
ftumes et  devoirs  et  averont  par  tant  le  dit  paffage  de  lours  leynes  quirs  peaux  lanutz  et  relees  del  dit  demy 
marc  come  dit  eft  ne  ferra  fait  repell  revocation  contremandement  impediment  nautre  rienz  quelconqe  par 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  fon  confeil  les  miniftres  ne  nul  autre  qe  purra  tournir  ou  foner  en  deftourbance  de  lour 
covenant  ou  paffage  avantdit  par  voie  del  monde  quelconqe.  Et  le  Roi  voet  et  grante  a  la  requeftede  fa  «- 
commune  qe  les  deniers  provenantz  del  fubfide  des  dites  leynes  quirs  et  peaux  lanutz  grantez  a  darrain  par- 
lement foient  entierement  appliez  fur  le  defens  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  et  la  garde  et  governance  de  fes 
villes  et  fortrefces  depar  dela  folonc  le  bor.  advis  des  Seignurs  du  Roialme  et  les  autres  fages  del  confeil 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi. 

C  A  P.     III. 

A  Subfidy  granted  to  the  King,  fo  that  the  Money  that  cometh  thereby  may  be  wholly  im- 

ployed  upon  the  Keeping  of  the  Sea. 

ITEM  fur  le  profre  qad  efte  fait  en  parlement  par  les  mariners  del  Weft  pur  faire  une  armee  fur  la  meer 
adurer  decy  tanqe  a  le  feint  Michel  profchein  venant  en  deux  ans  les  Seignurs  et  communes  efteantz 
en  ceft  parlement  ont  grantez  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  un  fubfide  de  deux  foldz  a  prendre  de  chefcun  tone! 
de  vin  et  de  meindre  veffel  felonc  lafferant  amefner  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  et  auxint  vi  d.  al  livre  a 
prendre  et  receivoir  de  toutes  maneres  dautrez  merchandifes  a  amefners  hors  et  venantz  deinz  le  Roialme 
avantdit  fibien  ceftaffavoir  des  toutes  maneres  des  draps  de  leyne  come  dautres  merchandifes  quelconqes 
horfpris  leynes  quirs  et  peaux  lanutz  oultre  les  cuftumes  et  fubfides  ent  duez  pardevant  ceft  grant  del  xxi. 
jour  de  Maii  Ian  prefent  tanqe  al  fefte  de  feint  Michel  profchein  venant  et  de  mefme  la  fefte  de  feint 
Michel  par  deux  ans  entiers  profcheinement  enfuantz  iffint  toutes  voies  qe  les  deniers  ent  provenantz 
foient  entierement  appliez  fur  la  falve  ^arde  de  la  meer  et  nul  part  aillours.     Et  a  la  requefte  de  la  com- 
mune le  Roi  voet  qe  monfieur  Johan  Philepot  chivaler  foit  refceivour  et  gardeyn  de  les  deniers  fourdantz 
del  dit  fubfide  de  la  ville  de  Southampton  vers  le  North  et  Johan  Polymond  et  Thomas  Beaupyne  foient 
refceivours  et  gardeins  del  dit  fubfide  en  la  dite  ville  de  Southampton  et  dilloeqes  vers  le  Weft  par  patentes 
du  Roi  ent  affairs  as  dites  perfones  en  due  forme.     Et  ferront  auxi  aflignez  certains  fuffifantz  perfones  depar 
le  Roi  deftre  contrerollours  as  coillours  avantditz.     Et  averont  les  ditz  gentz  efteantz  en  dite  armee  entiere- 
ment toutz  lours  gaign  s  et  profitz  a  departir  entre  eux  durante  larmee  defuifdite.     Et  ferront  les  Admiralx 
&  autres  efteantz  en  dite  armee  affurez  de  falver  les  amys  &  allies  du  Roi  noftre  Seignur  fanz  dampnage 
faire  a  eux  ou  a  nul  de  eux  par  afcune  voie  &  fils  facent  &  ceo  foit  duement  provez  ils  fe  obligeront  fur  grief 
peyne  dent  faire  duement  les  amendes. 


EXP, 


CAP. 


35  8       Stat.  2. 


Anno  quinto  RichardiIL 


A.  D.  1382. 


CAP.     IV. 

Every  one  to  whom  it  belongeth,  fhall  upon  Summons  come  to  the  Parliament. 


4  Inft.  io,  4.3. 


»  T&.  3.  19,  so. 


The  Pun'i(h- 
ment  of  a  Shfi-" 
riff  omitting  his 
Returns. 


Not  \rt  Or'tg. 


Hep.  \  E<3.  6. 
c.  iz. 
1  £1.  c.  1. 
Hale  H.  P.  C. 
394- 


TTEM  the  King  doth  will  and  command,  and  it 
1  is  affented  in  the  Parliament,  by  the  Prelates, 
Lords,  and  Commons,  That  all  and  lingular  Per- 
fons  and  Commonalties,  which  from  henceforth  (hall 
have  the  Summons  of  the  Parliament,  fhall  come 
from  henceforth  to  the  Parliaments  in  the  Manner  as 
they  are  bound  to  do,  and  have  been  accuftomed 
within  the  Realm  of  England  of  old  Times,  (z) 
And  if  any  Perfon  of  the  fame  Realm,  which  from 
henceforth  fhall  have  the  faid  Summons  (be  he  Arch- 
bifhop,  Bifhop,  Abbot,  Prior,  Duke,  Earl,  Baron, 
Banneret,  Knight  of  the  Shire,  Citizen  of  City, 
Burgefs  of  Borough,  or  other  fingular  Perfon,  or 
Commonalty)  do  abfent  himfelf,  and  come  not  at 
the  faid  Summons  (except  he  may  reafonably  and 
honeftly  excufe  him  to  our  Lord  the  King)  he  fhall 
be  amerced,  and  otherwife  punifhed,  according  as  of 
old  Times  hath  been  ufed  to  be  done  within  the  faid 
Realm  in  the  faid  Cafe.  (3)  And  if  any  Sheriff  of 
the  Realm  be  from  henceforth  negligent  in  making 
his  Returns  of  Writs  of  the  Parliament ;  or  that  he 
leave  out  of  the  faid  Returns  any  Cities  or  Boroughs, 
which  be  bound,  and  of  old  Time  were  wont  to 
come  to  the  Parliament,  he  fhall  be  *  amerced,  or 
otherwife  punifhed  in  the  Manner  as  was  accuftomed 
to  be  done  in  the  faid  Cafe  in  Times  paft.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  voet  le  Roi  &  comande  &  eft  aflentuz  en 
parlement  par  les  Prelatz  Seignurs  &  communes 
*je  toutes  finguleres  perfones  h  comminaltes  qave- 
ront  defore  la  fomonce  de  parlement  veignent  de  cy 
en  avant  as  parlements  par  manere  come  ils  font 
tenuz  de  faire  &  a  efte  acuftumez  deinz  le  Roi- 
alme  dEngleterre  dauncienete.  £t  quelconqe  per- 
fone  de  mefme  le  Roialme  qavera  defore  la  cite  fo- 
monce foit  il  Ercevefqr  Evefqe  Abbe  PriourDuc 
Cont  Baron  Baneret  chivaler  de  contee  citezein  de 
citee  burgeis  de  burgh  ou  autre  fingulere  perfone 
ou  comminaltee  quelconqe  foi  abfente  ou  ne  veigne 
mye  a  la  dite  fomonce  fil  ne  fe  purra  refonable- 
ment  &  honcftement  ent  excufer  devers  le  Roi 
noftre  Seignur  foit  amerciez  &  autrement  puniz 
felonc  ce  qe  auncienement  a  efte  ufez  deinz  le 
Roialme  avantdit  en  dit  cas.  Et  fi  afcun  vifcont 
du  Roialme  foit  defore  necligent  en  feifant  fes  re- 
tournes  des  briefs  du  parlement  ou  qil  face  entre- 
leffer  hors  des  ditz  retournes  aucuns  citees  ou 
burghs  queux  font  tenuz  &  dauncien  temps  fo- 
loient  venir  a  parlement  foit  puniz  en  manere  qe- 
ftoit  acuftumez  deftre  fait  en  le  cas  dauncienetee. 


The  Enormities 


CAP.     V. 

Sheriffs  commiffioned  to  apprehend  Preachers  of  Herefy,  and  their  Abettors. 

enfuing  the  Preaching   of  Herefies. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  notoriee  chofe  eft  coment  y  a  plufours  malveies  perfones  deinz  le  dit  Roialme  alantz 
de  countee  en  countee  &  de  ville  a  ville  en  certains  habitz  fouz  diffimulation  de  grant  faintitee  &  fans 
licence  de  feint  piere  le  Pape  ou  des  ordinairs  des  lieux  ou  autre  auctorite  fuffifante  precherit  de  jour  en 
autre  nemye  foulement  es  efglifes  &  cimitoirs  einz  es  marches  feires  &  autres  lieux  publ.iqes  ou  greindre 
congregation  du  poeple  y  eft  diverfes  predications  conteignantes  herefyes  &  errours  notaries  a  grant  emble- 
meflement  de  la  foy  &  deftrudlion  de  loyes  &  de  leftat  de  feinte  efglife  a  grand  peril  des  almes  du  poeple  & 
de  tout  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  come  plus  pleinement  eft  trovez  &  fumiantement  provez  devant  le  reverent 
pere  en  Dieu  Lercevefqe  de  Canterbirs  &  les  Evefqes  &  autres  Prelatz  &  maiftres  de  divinite  &  doftours 
de  canoun  &  de  civile  &  grant  pai  tie  del  clergie  del  dit  Roialme  efpecialment  pur  celle  caufe  affemblez  & 
ies  queles  perfones  prechent  auxint  diverfes  matiers  defclaundre  pur  difcord  &  diffention  faire  entre  diverfes 
eftatz  du  dit  Roialme  fibien  temporelx  come  efpiritelx  en  commotion  du  poeple  a  grand  peril  de  tout  le 
Roialme  les  queles  prechantz  citez  ou  fomonez  devant  les  ordinairs  des  lieux  pur  y  refpondre  dont  ils  font 
empefchez  ne  veullent  obeire  a  lours  fomonce  &  mandementz  ne  lours  monitions  ne  les  cenfures  de  feinte 
efglife  chargent  point  einz  les  defpifent  expreffement  &  enoultre  par  lours  fubtiles  paroles  atti  eent  &  engynont 
le  poeple  doier  lour  farmons  &  de  les  maintenir  en  lour -errours  par  forte  main  &  par  grantz  routes  ordene 
eft  en  cell  parlement  qe  commiffions  du  Roi  foient  directz  as  vifcontz  affaires  en  la  Chancellarie  de  temps  en 
temps  darefter  toutz  tieux  precheours  &  lour  fautours  maintenours  &  abettours  &  de  les  tenir  en  arefl:  & 
forte  prifone  tanqe  ils  fe  veullent  juftifier  felonc  refon  &  la  ley  de  feinte  efglife.  Et  le  Roi  voet  &  comande 
qe  le  Chanceller  face  deles  commiffions  a  touz  les  foitz  qil  ferra  par  les  prelatz  ou  afcun  de  euxcertifie  & 
ent  requis  come  deffuis  eft  dit. 

NOS  volentes  diftas  concordias  five  ordinationes  in  omnibus  &  fingulis  fuis  articulis  inviolabiliter  ob- 
fervari  tibi  precipimus  quod  prediclas  concordias  five  ordinationes  in  locis  infra  ballivam  tuam  ubi  me- 
lius expedire  videris  tam  infra  libertates  quam  extra  publice  proclamari  &  teneri  facias  juxta  formam  pre- 
notatam. 

T.  R.  apud  Weftm'  xxvi.  die  Maii. 

Confimilia  mandata  diriguntur  fingulis  vicecomitlbits  per  Angliam. 


Statute! 


A.D.  1382. 


Anno  fexto  Richardi  II. 


Stat.  1. 


359 


Statutes  made  at  Wcftminfter,   Anno   6  Rich.  II.  Stat.  1.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1382. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr. 

iX  vicecomiti  Kancie  falutem.      Scias  nos  quedam 

mento  noftro  apud  Weftm'  tento  pro  communi  util 

D  laudem  &  honorem  omnipotentis  Dei  & 
fancfe  matris  ecclefie  commodumque  regni 
Anglie  &  utilitatem  reipublice  dominus  Ri- 
811s  Dei  gratia  rex  Anglie  &  Francie  &  Domi- 
nus Hibernie  de  Affenfu  prelatorum  Ducum  Co- 
mitum    Baronum   &    Communi  tat  um   dicli    regni 
in  parliamento  fao  apud  Weftm'  die  Lune 
in  oiftahis  fancfi  Michaelis  anno  regni  fui  Anglie 
fexto  convocato  flatuta  quedam   ordinationes  re- 
pardonationes  fieri  fecit  &  ftabiiiri  in 
fori,  a  fubiequenti. 


Lond.   ?n.  20* 

ftatuta  ordinationes  &  remiiliones  in  ultimo  parlla- 
itate  regni  noftri  Anglie  fieri  fecifle  in  hec  verba : 

^"T~SO  the  Laud  and  Honour  of  Almighty  God, 
and  of  our  holy  Mother  the  Church,  and  to 
-*-  the  Commodity  and  Profit  of  the  Realm  of 
England,  and  of  the  Commonalty  of  the  fame,  our 
Lord  Richard  by  the  Grace  of  God  King  of  Eng- 
land and  of  France,  and  Lord  of  Ireland,  by  the 
A ffent  of  the  Prelates,  Lords,  and  Commons  of  the 
faid  Realm  of  England,  in  his  Parliament  holden  at 
Wejlmnfiir  the  Monday  in  the  Utas  of  St.  Michael, 
in  the  Sixth  Year  of  his  Reign,  hath  caufed  to  be 
made  and  ftablifhed  certain  Statutes,  Ordinances,. 
Remiffions,  and  Pardons,  in  the  Form  following  :" 


CAP.     I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church,  and  of  all  Statutes  not  repealed; 


TN  primis  ordinatum  eft  &  concordatum  quod 
JL  fancia  mater  ecclcfia  Anglicana  habe-at  omnes 
ibertats  fuas  integras  &  illefas  ac  eifdem  plene 
audcat  &  utatur  &  quod  Magna  Carta  &  Carta  de 
?orefta  ft.nutaque  rac~f.a  de  Proviforibus  pro  hofpi- 
:io  dor.iini  Regis  &  aliorum  ac  omnia  alia  ftatuta 
k  ordinationes  ante  hec  tempora  ficta  &  nondum 
evocata  in  omnibus  fuis  articulis  firmiter  obfer- 
'entur  &  executioni  debite  juxta  effectum  eorun- 
lem  demandentur. 


TRST  it  is  ordained  and  accorded,  That  our 
holy  Mother  the  Church  of  England  have  all  her 
Liberties  whole  and  unhurt,  and  the  fame  fully  en- 
joy and  ufe  :  (2)  And  that  the  Great  Charter,  and; 
the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and  the  Statute  of  Pur- 
veyors for  the  King's  Houfe,  and  for  others,  and  all 
Statutes  and  Ordinances  before  this  Time  made,  and 
not  yet  repealed,  be  firmly  obferved  in  all  their  Ar- 
ticles, and  put  in  due  Execution  according  to  the 
Effect  of  the  fame.'     . 


CAP.     II. 

Writs  of  Debt,  Accompt,  &c.  fhall  be  commenced  in  the  Counties  where  the  Contracts  were 

made.. 


ITEM  ut  brevia  de  debito  et  computo  aliifque 
hujufmodi  adticnibus  quecumquede  cetero  capi- 
intur  in  com'  et  dirigantur  vicecomitibus  com'  ubi 
:ontractus  aiSionum  earundem  emerferint  ordina- 
:um  eft  et  concordatum  quod  decetero  in  placitis 
Fuper  brevibus  il lis  narratum  fuerit  contra£tum  inde 
fore  factum  in  alio  comitatu  quam  in  brevi  originali 
continetur  quod  tunc  incontinent)  breve  illud  pe- 
nitus  cafletur. 


|TEM,   To  the  Intent  that  Writs  of  Debt  and  z, Ed. 4..  f. 47.. 

%.   Accompt,  and   all   other  fuch  Actions,  be  from  Fitx.  Brief,  iS,_ 
henceforth  taken  in  their  Counties,  and  directed  to  23>  44,*74j 
the  Sheriffs  of  the  Counties  where  the  Contracts  of  6<9»  69'- 
the  fame  Aclions  did  rife;    (2)  it  is  ordained  and  ac- 
corded, That  if  from  henceforth  in  Pleas  upon  the 
fame  Writs  it  fhall  be  declared,  That  the  Contract 
thereof  was  mady   in   another  County  than  is  con- 
tained in  the  original  Writ,  that  then  incontinently 
the  fame  Writ  fhall  be  utterly  abated.'  Rail.  i783- 


CAP.     Ill, 
In  which  Court  Writs  of  Nufance  called  Vicentiels,  fhall  be  purfued'. 


ITEM  ordinatum  eftet  concordatum  quod  om- 
nia brevia  de  nocumentis  vicecomitalia  vulgari- 
ter  nuncupata,  fiant  decetero  ad  elediionem  queren- 
tis  in  natura  antiquitus  ufitata  vel  etiam  in  natura 
affifaium  terminabilium  coram  Juftitiariis  domini 
Regis  de  uno  Banco  vel  altero  feu  Juftitiar'  aflifa- 
iam  in  comitat'  loci  capiend'  affignat'  et  affignand'.. 


TEM  it  is  accorded, and  ordained,  That  all  Writs 
of  Nufances,  commonly  called  Vicontieh,  fhall  be 
from  henceforth  made  ac  the  Election  of  the  Plain- 
tiff, in  the  Nature  of  old  Times  ufed,  or  ebfe  in  the 
Nature  of  Aflifes  determinable  before  the  King's  Ju- 
ftices  of  the  one  Bench  or  the  other,  or  before  the 
Tuftices  of  Affile  to  be  taken  in  the  County  of  the;i3  e<K  r.  HaWj. 
Place  affigned  or  to  be  affigned.?  c.  24. 


C  A  Pi 


360V      Stat,  x< 


Anno  fexto  Richardi  II. 


A.  D.  1382. 


5 1*.  a.  "flat,  ] 
c.S. » 

*-Read  eg, 


9  li.  %.ftat.  1 
£.12.     l^Ed. 
fiat,  1.  c.  30. 
14  H.  6,  c,  3. 


CAP.     IV. 

Deeds  inrolled  that  were  deftroyed  in  the  late  Infurrection,  exemplified,  mail  be  of  Force.' 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  ordinatum  eft  &  concordatum  quod  omnia  irrotulamenta  fa£torum  ceterorumque  munimentorum 
in  rotulis  Cancellarie  utriufqe  Bancorum  &  fcaccarii  Regis  ante  hec  tempora  irrotulatorum  &  poft- 
modum  per  proditores  domini  Regis  &  regni  in  infurre&ione  nuper  infra  idem  regnum  feditiofe  fuborta  dila- 
ceratorum  feu  alias  elongatorum  fub  magno  figillo  domini  Regis  abfque  feodo  figilli  inde  folvendo  forma 
debita  exemplificentur  quodque  exemplificationes  ille  fie  habite  ejufdem  fint  vigoris  &  effectus  in  omnibus 
ficutfafta  &  munimenta  ilia forent  fi  integra  .&  illefa  habita  fuiffent. 

CAP.     V. 

Juftices  of  Affife,  &c.  fhall  hold  their  Seffions  in  principal  Towns. 


1. 1 


TEM  it  is  ordained  and  accorded,  That  the  Ju- 
ftices affigned  and  to  be  affigned  to  take  Affifes 
and  deliver  the  Gaols,  fhall  from  henceforth  hold 
their  Seffions  in  the  principal  and  chief  Towns  of 
every  of  the  Counties,  where  the  Shire  Courts  of 
the  fame  Counties  be  holden,  and  hereafter  fhall  be 
holden.' 


ITEM  ordinatum  eft  et  concordatum  quod  Ju- 
ftiarii  ad  affifas  capiendas  et  gaolas  deliberandas 
affignati  et  affignandi  decetero  teneant  feffiones  fuas 
in  principalibus  et  capitalibus  villis  fingulorum  co- 
mitatuum  ubi  videlicet  comitatus  eorundem  comi- 
tatuum  tenentur  vel  impofterum  tenebuntur. 


Farther  provided  for  11  R.  z.  c.  11.  giving  Chancellor  and  Jujlices  Power  to  appoint  inhere  j4[[ifes  Jhall  be  held. 


CAP.     VI. 

The  Penalties  of  the  Man  and  Woman,  where  a  Woman  ravifhed  doth  confent. 
peal  of  Rape  the  Defendant  fhall  not  wage  Battel. 


In  an  Ap- 


5  Ed.  4.  f.  6.  3 


3  Co.  6i. 
flow.  45. 


Bro.  Pari.  89. 
I  H.  6.  f.  I. 


T  E  M,  Againft  the  Offenders  and  Ravifhers  of 
Ladies,  and  the  Daughters  of  Noblemen,  and 
other  Women  in  every  Part  of  the  faid  Realm,  in 
thefe  Days  offending  more  violently,  and  much  more 
than  they  were  wont;"  '  (2)  it  is  ordained  and  fta- 
blifhed,  That  wherefoever  and  whenfoever  fuch  La- 
dies, Daughters,  and  other  Women  aforefaid  be  ra- 
vifhed, and  after  fuch  Rape  do  confent  to  fuch  Ra- 
vifhers, that  as  well  the  Ravifhers,  as  they  that  be 
ravifhed,  and  every  of  them,  be  from  thenceforth 
difabled,  and  by  the  fame  Deed  be  unable  to  have  or 
challenge  all  Inheritance,  Dower,  or  Joint-Feoff- 
ment  after  the  Death  of  their  Hufbands  and  Ancef- 
tors.  (3)  And  that  incontinently  in  this  Cafe  the 
next  of  the  Blood  of  thofe  Ravifhers,  or  of  them 
that  be  ravifhed,  to  whom  fuch  Inheritance,  Dower, 
or  Joint-Feoffment  ought  to  revert,  remain,  or  fall 
after  the  Death  of  the  Ravifher,  or  of  her  that  is  fo 
ravifhed,  fhall  have  Title  immediately,  that  is  to  fay, 
after  the  Rape,  to  enter  upon  the  Ravifher,  or  her 
that  is  ravifhed,  and  their  Affigns,  and  Land-Te- 
nants in  the  fame  Inheritance,  Dower,  or  Joint- 
Feoffment,  and  the  fame  to  hold  in  State  of  Inheritance. 
(4)  And  that  the  Hufbands  of  fuch  Women,  if  they 
have  Hufbands,  or  if  they  have  no  Hufbands  in  Life, 
that  then  the  Fathers,  or  other  next  cf  their  Blood, 
have  from  henceforth  the  Suit  to  purfue,  and  may 
fue  againft  the  fame  Offenders  and  Ravifhers  in  this 
Behalf,  and  to  have  them  thereof  convict  of  Life, 
and  of  Member,  although  the  fame  Women  after 
fuch  Rape  do  confent  to  the  faid  Ravifhers.  (<;)  And 
further  it  is  accorded,  That  the  Defendant  in  this 
Cafe  fhall  not  be  received  to  wage  Battel,  but  that 
the  Truth  of  the  Matter  be  thereof  tried  by  Inqui- 
fition  of  the  Country;  (6)  faving  always  to  our  Lord 
the  King,  and  to  other  Lords  of  the  faid  Realm,  all 


ITEM  contra  malefactores  et  raptores  domina- 
1  rum  et  filiarum  nobilium  aliarumque  mulierum 
violentius  et  plus  folito  hiis  diebus  quafi  in  omni 
parte  regni  predicti  invalefcentes  ordinatum  eft  et 
ftatutum  quod  ubicunque  et  quandocunque  hujuf- 
modi  domine  filie  et  alie  mulieres  predicte  decetero 
rapiantur  et  poft  hujufmodi  raptumhujufmodi  rap- 
toribus  confenferint  quod  tarn  raptores  five  rapien- 
tes  quam  rapte  et  eorum  quilibet  de  cetero  inhabili- 
tentur  et  inhabiles  fint  ipfo  facto  ad  omnem  here- 
ditatem  dotem  five  conjundtum  feoffamentum  poft 
mortem  virorum  et  antecefforum  fuorum  habend' 
vel  vendicand'.  Et  quod  ftatim  in  hoc  cafu  proxi- 
mus  de  fanguine  eorundem  rapientium  et  raptarum 
cui  hereditas  dos  feu  conjunftum  feoffamentum  de- 
fcendere  reverti  remanere  vel  accidere  deberet  poft 
mortem  rapientis  vel  rapte  habeat  titulum  imme- 
diate ftatim  fcilicet  poft  raptum  intrandi  luper  ra- 
pientem  vel  raptam  ac  eorum  affignatos  et  terre 
tenentes  in  eifdem  hereditate  dote  feu  conjunc- 
to  feoffamento  et  ilia  hereditarie  tenend'.  Et 
quod  viri  hujufmodi  mulierum  fi  viros  habuerint 
vel  fi  viros  non  habuerint  fuperftites  quod  tunc 
patres  vel  alii  de  fanguine  eorundem  propinqui- 
ores  decetero  habeant  fe&am  profequendi  et  fe- 
qui  poterunt  verfus  eofdem  malefaftores  et  raptores 
in  hac  parte  et  illos  inde  quamvis  eedem  mulieres 
poft  hujufmodi  raptum  dievtis  raptoribus  confenfe- 
rint de  vita  et  membro  convincendi.  Et  ulterius 
concordatum  eft  quod  defendens  in  hoc  cafu  ad 
duellum  vadiandum  minime  recipiaturlmmorei  Ve- 
ritas inde  per  inquifitionem  patrie  trietur  Salvis 
femper  Domino  Regi  et  ceteris  dominis  regni  pre- 

di&i 


A.  D.  1382. 


Anno  fexto  Richard  1  II. 


Stat.  1.       361 


Ex  Rot,  in  T'urr.  Lond. 
didti  de  raptoribus  illis  fi  fortaffis  inde  convincantur 
in  omnibus  efcaeris  fuis. 


'  their  Efcheats  of  the  faid  Ravifhers,  if  peradventure  3E^, *•  e-xi- 

<    fhfv  hp  fhprpnf  rnnvlA.'  1  3  Ed.  I.  flat.  1. 


they  be  thereof  convidt. 


c.  34.     Sec  18 


£!.  c.  7.  -which  takes  away  Clergy  from  Offences  of  Rape  ;    and  the  4/i  Self,  of  the  fame  Statute,  which  makes  it  Felony  without  Clergy  to  have  carnal  Knowledge 
if  a  Woman  Child  under  the  Age  of  Ten  Tears, 

CAP.     VII. 

At  what  Prices  fweet  Wines  may  be  fold.  .   ./ 

ITEM  licet  nuper  in  parliamento  didti  Regis  apud  Weftm'  in  craftino  Animarum  anno  regni  fui  quinto  ReP- 7  R- 2> 
ordinatum  fuiffet  quod  aliqua  vina  dulcia  in  regno  fuo  predidto  nullatenus  fub   forisfadtura  eorundem  c-  "• 
poll  feftum  fandti  Johannis  Baptifte  proximo  preteritum  ad  retalliam  venderentur  de  affenfu  tamen  predidto  |_   '  % 
ordinatum  eft  jam  &  concordatum  quod  eadem  vina  dulcia  ubique  in  regno  predidto  ad  pretium  quo  vina 
de  Vafcon'  &  Rinens'  vendi  contigerit  &t  non  ultra  fub  pena  forisfadture  eorundem  ad  retalliam  vendi  pote-  28H.S.  c.  14. 
runt  dicTra  priori  ordinatione  non  obftante. 

CAP.    VIIL 

"Where  no  Englijh  Ships  are  to  be  had,  others  may  be  ufed. 

ITEM  licet  in  eodem  parliamento  alias  ordinatum  fuiffet  quod  nullus  ligeus  domini  Regis  poft  feftum 
Pafche  proximo  futurum  aliqua  mercandifas  feu  bona  extra  regnum  Anglie  educenda  feu  infra  idem 
regnum  adducenda  in  aliquibus  navibus  fub  pena  forisfadture  bonorum  &  mercandifarum  predidtorum  vel 
valoris  eorundem  preterquam  in  navibus  de  ligeantia  Regis  predidbi  aliqualiter  efkipparet  de  affenfu  tamen 
predidto  ordinatum  eft  &  conceffum  quod  quamdiu  naves  de  ligeantia  ejufdem  domini  Regis  in  partibus  ubi 
eofdem  mercatores  converfari  contigerit  habiles  &  fufficientes  inveniantur  quod  didta  ordinatio  tantum  locum 
habeat  lie  quod  tunceafdem  naves  de  ligeantia  regis  fub  pena  predidla  pre  aliis  omnibus  navibus  de  mercan- 
difis  fuis  frettare  teneantur  Alioquin  vero  liceat  prefatis  mercatoribus  alias  naves  competentes  conducere  & 
ibidem  de  bonis  &  mercandifis  fuis  frettare  didlo  priori  ftatuto  non  obftante. 

C  A  P.     IX. 

No  Victualler  fhall  execute  a  Judicial  Place  in  a  City  or  Town  Corporate. 

ITEM  ordinatum  eft  &  ftatutum  quod  nee  in  Civitate  London  nee  in  aliis  civitatibus  burgis   villis  vel  Rep.  7  Ric.  2, 
portubus  maris  per  totum  regnum  predidtum  aliquis  vitallarius  officium  judiciale  decetero  habeat  exer-  c>  "■ 
ceat  neque  occupet  quovifmodo  nifi  in  villis  ubi  alia  perfona  fufliciens  ad  hujufmodi  ftatum  habendum  re- 
periri  non  poterif.     In  quo  tamen  cafu  idem  Judex  pro  tempore  quo  in  officio  illo  fteterit  ab  exercitio  vi- 
tallarie  fub  pena  -forisfadture  vidtualium  fuorum  fie  venditorum  penitus  ceffet  &  fe  abftineat  per  fe  et  fuos  i«Ed.  2.  ftat.  t, 
omnino  ab  eodem.  c-  6- 

SJ'ured  by 
C    A    P.       X.  3H   8.c   8. 

Aliens  being  in  Amity  with  the  King,  may  bring  in  Victuals,  and  fell  them. 


sR- 

I.  ftat.  I. 

c.  3. 

See  4 

fT.  7.  c.  10 

23  H 

.8.  c.-7. 

32H 

8.  c.  14.. 

Rep. 

1  EI,  c.  13 

5  El. 

c  5. 

13  El 

.  c.  15. 

ITEM  ordinatum  eft  et  concordatum  quod  qui- 
cunque  forinfeci  et  alienigene  de  amiciciaRegis 
et  regni  exiftentes  venientefque  infra  didtam  Civi- 
tatem  London'  et  alias  civitates  burgos  et  villas  infra 
regnum  predietum  tarn  infra  libertates  quam  extra 
leum  pifcibus  et  aliis  vidtualibus  quibufcunque  ibi- 
dem morando  et  ad  propria  redeundo  fint  decetero 
Ifub  falva  garda  et  fpe^iali  protedlione  domini  Regis 
jpredidti  et  ibidem  liceat  eis  et  eorum  cuilibet  ac  vi- 
gore  prefentium  de  cetero  poterunt  pifces  et  vidtua- 
lia  predidta  abfque  impedimento  et  ccntradidtione 
cujufeunqe  fcindere  per  pecias  talliare  ac  in  parte 
vel  in  toto  et  ad  retalliam  five  in  groffo  prout  fibi 
melius  placuerit  vendere  atque  commodum  fuum 
inde  facere  quibufcunque  ftatutis  cartis  ordinatio- 
nibus  privilegiis  feu  confuetudinibus  factis  velhabi- 
tis  in  contrarium  non  obfhntibus. 


ITEM  it  is  ordained  and  accorded,  That  all  Man-  Repealed  ly 
ner  of  Foreigners  and  Aliens  being  of  the  Amity  7  R.  2.  c,  u. 
of  the  King,  and  of  his  Realm,  and  coming  within 
the  faid  City  of  London,  and  other  Cities,  Boroughs, 
and  Towns  within  the  faid  Realm,  as  well  within 
Liberties  as  without,  with  Fifh  and  all  Manner  of 
other  Victuals,  there  tarrying  and  going  again  to  their 
own  Countries,  fhall  from  henceforth  be  under  the 
Safeguard  and  the  fpecial  Protection  of  our  faid  Lord 
the  King;  (2)  and  there  it  fhall  be  lawful  to  them 
and  every  of  them,  and  by  Force  of  thefe  Prefents 
they  may  from  henceforth  cut  their  Fifties  and  Vic- 
tuals aforefaid,  without  Impeachment  or  denying  of 
any  Man,  in  Pieces,  and  in  Part,  or  in  all,  at  Rs- 
tale,  or  in  Grofs,  as  to  them  beft  fhall  feem,  to  fell 
and  make  their  Profit;  any  Charters,  Statutes,  Or- 
dinances, Privileges,  or  Cuftoms  made  or  had  to  the  Confirmed  hy 
contrary  notwithstanding.'  *  W-  4-  <■  *7- 

14  #.  6.^.6. 


Vol.  I. 


A  a  a 


CAP. 


I.  It. 


162       Stat,  r.  Anno  fexto  Richard  i  IL  A.  D.  1382. 

CAP.    XI. 

Hofts  in  Cities,  Towns,  &c.  on  the  Sea-coafts,  fhall   not  foreftall  Fifh  or  other  Victuals. 
Fifhmongers  of  London  may  not  buy  frefh  Fifh  to  fell  again,  except  Eels,  &V„ 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Rep.  7_R.j.  "I  TEM  ordinatum  eft  et  concordatum  quod  quicunque  hofpites  tarn  apud  dictam  Civitatem  London  et 
J.  villas  Magne  Jernemuth  Scardeburgh  Wynchelfee  et  Rye  quam  etiam  in  quibufcunque  aliis  villis  et  locis 
fuper  cofteram  maris  et  alibi  per  totum  regnum  prediftum  tam  infra  libertates  quam  extra  decetero  penitus 
ceflent  et  amoveantur  ab  eorum  videlicet  nocivis  et  iniquis  feftis  et  forftallariis  et  in  fpeciali  per  dominum 
Regem  inhibitum  eft  eifdem  ne  ipfi  vel  eorum  aliquis  Tub  periculo  quod  incumbit  ulterius  intromittat  fe 
inbraciandi  allec  vel  pifces  alios  feu  viclualia  quecunque  feu  colore  alicujus  confuetudinis  ordinationis  pri- 
vilegii  vel  carte  prius  in  contrarium  fa£te  vel  habite  que  tenore  prefentium  penitus  funt  revocata  impedimen- 
tum  aliquod  clam  vel  palam  faciant  inferant  vel  fieri  procurent  aliquibus  pifcatoribus  feu  vitallariis  indigent 
feu  alienigenis  de  amicitia  Regis  exiftentibus  quominus  ipfi  feu  eorum  aliquis  artentur  vel  artetur  ad  venden- 
dum  pifces  et  victualia  fua  ubi  quando  et  cuicunque  perfone  voluerint  infra  regnum  predidtum  pro  fue  libito 
voluntatis.  Et  infbper  inhibitum  eft  fpecialiter  omnibus  et  fingulis  hofpitibus  predicts  ne  quis  ipforum 
fub  pena  predicta  fe  intromittat  decetero  vendendi  emendi  vel  conventionandi  quemcunque  pifcem  mariti- 
mum  frifcum  ad  opus  alicujus  piffonarii  vel  alterius  civis  dicte  Ciyitatis  London'  et  confimiliter  inhibitum  eft 
omnibus  pifTonariis  et  civibus  ejufdem  Civitatis  London'  ne  quis  eorum  fub  eadem  pena  longe  ab  eadem  Civi- 
itate  neque  prope  eandem  quemcunque  pifcem  maritimum  frifcum  rjeque  de  aqua  dulci  decetero  emat  ad  re- 
vendendum  in  eadem  Civitate  exceptis  anguillis  frifcis  et  luciis  et  pykes  qui  tam  indigenis  quam  forinfecis  in 
communi  fintet  remaneant  ad  emend'  vel  vendend'  dum  tamen  indigeni  forinfecos  infra  Civitatem  illam  nul- 
latenus  impediant  ad  vendend'  hjufmodi  pifcem  quotiens  pifces  illos  duxerint  feu  duci  fecerint  ad  Civitatem 
prediilam. 

CAP.    XII. 

All   chief  Officers  of  Towns   Corporate  fhall  be  fworn  to  obferve  the  aforefaid  Ordinance 

touching  Fifhmongers. 

Rep.  7 R.  2.  T  TEM  ordinatum  eft  quod  quicunque  Major  London  pro  tempore  exiftens  fpecialiter  inter  cetera  decetero 
J[  oneretur  in  facramento  fuo  ad  fcaccarium  Regis  preftando  quod  ipfe  ordinationem  de  pinonariis  et  vitalla- 
riis ut  prediiStum  eft  fa<Slam  infra  ballivam  fuam  tenebit  ac  teneri  et  cuftodiri  faciet  executionique  debite  omni 
favore  poftpofito  de  tempore  in  tempus  debite  demandabit.  Et  modo  confimili  onerentur  decetero  in  fpeciali 
majoies  ballivi  et  omnes  alii  gubernaculum  civitatum  burgorum  et  villarum  ac  hujufmodi  vitallariorum  op* 
tinentes  ubique  per  totum  regnum  prediftum  infra  libertates  et  extra  in  fingulis  facramentis  fuis  fuper  nova, 
creatione  fua  in  ofEciis  fuis  preftandis  videlicet  quod  hujufmodi  ordinationem  de  vitallariis  quantum  ad  eoset. 
eorum  quemlibetattinet  in  ballivis  fuis  teneri  facient  et  firmiter  cuftodirL 

CAP.     XIIL 
The  King's  Pardon  to  his  Subjects  after  the  late  Infurrection,  with  Exceptions." 

ITEM  ad  inftantem  fupplicationem  communitatis  regni  predidYi  idem  dominus  nofter  Rex  de  gratia  fua- 
fpeciali  et  de  aftenfu  prediclo  et  ut  eadem  communitas  decetero  in  fide  dileclione  et  obedientia  ipfius  do- 
mini  Regis  et  heredum  fuorum  ferventius  permaneat  ac  pacifice  ubique  in  regno  predicto  fe  gerat  pardonavit 
et  remifit  omnibus  et  fingulis  ligeis  et  regnicolis  fuis  cujufcunque  ftatus  gradus  feu  condition  is  fuerint  ex- 
ceptis illis  omnibus  quorum  nomina  alias  in  parliamentis  ipfius  domini  Regis  annis  regni  ejufdem  Regis 
quinto  et  fexto  ab  o'mni  gratia  per  ipfum  regem  tunc  facta  excipienda  liberatafuerunt  tanquam  videlicet  prin- 
cipalium  inceptorum  abettatorum  et  procuratorum  infurreftionis  nuper  infra  regnum  prediftum  proditorie 
fuborte  unde  reftati  funt  nee  non  tribus  aliis  perfonis  civibus  London  qui  jam  in  parliamento  de  eo  videlicet 
quod  unus  eorundem  civium  Willielmum  de  Wallworth  nuper  Majorem  London  ac  quofdam  alios  fideles 
ipfius  regis  quo  minus  ipfi  portas  dicTte  Civitatis  contra  communitates  Kancie  et  EfTexie  in  dicla  infurre£lione 
proditorie  tunc  congregatas  ut  in  eandem  Civitatem  ingrefium  non  habuifTent  claudere  et  ab  eifdem  prodito- 
j  ibus  defendere  potuerunt  primo  et  principaliter  impedivifl'e  debuit  ceteri  vero  duo  eorundem  trium  civium 
de  eo  quod  ipfi  primi  et  principales  confiliarii  eorundem  proditorum  ut  ad  diclam  Civitatem  accederent  et 
earn  ingrederentur  ac  du£f.ores  eorundem  proditorum  infra  Civitatem  illam  extitiffe  debuerunt  in  fpeciali 
eiiam  rectati  funt  ac  omnibus  aliis  in  eodem  cafu  di£rorum  trium  civium  vel  alicujus  eorundem  plene 
exiftentibus  Ac  etiam  omnibus  et  fingulis  perfonis  ville  de  Bury  SaniSti  Edmundi  fimiliter  exceptis  fe£ram 
pucis  fue  et  quicquid  ad  ipfum  pertinct  vel  pertinere  poterit  pro  omnimodis  proditionibus  et  feloniis  in  dicla 
ii.furrectione  inter  videlicet  primum  diem  Maii  anno  regni  domini  Regis  quarto  et  feftum  Nativitatis  fan<3i 
ToharinJS  Eaptifte  extunc  prox'  fequens  qualitercunque  fa&is  five  perpetratis  unde  indiftati  rectati  vel  appel- 
Ir.ti  fuerint  Ac  etiam  utlagar'  fi  que  in  ipfos  feu  eorum  aliquem  hiis  occafionibus  fuerint  promulgate  et  firmam 
pacenl  fiinm  tenore  prefentium  tis  et  eorum  cuilibct  inde  conceflit  et  concedit  per  prefentes  Ita  tamen  quod 
fk-nt  reclo  in  Curia  Regis  fi  quis  vel  qui  inde  verius  eos  feu  eorum  aliquem  Ioqui  voluerint  vel  voluerit  de 
premiffis  feu  aliquo  premifTorum.  Pardonavit  infuper  et  remifit  idem  Dominus  Rex  Communitati  regni  fui 
predifti  et  cuilibet  lingular!  perfone  ejufdem  regni  exceptis  preexceptis  quicquid  ad  cum  pertinet  vel  pertinere 
4  poterit 


■;.  •  '■ 


A.  D.  1382.  Anno  fexto  Richardi  II.  Stat.  1.       363 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
noterit  pro  omnibus  tranfgreffionibus  in  eodem  regno  ante  vicefimum  quartum  diem  O&obr'  anno  prefenti 
oualitercunque  facias  five   perpetratis   tranfgreffionibus  tamen  omnibus  per  quofcunquc  officianos  dormni 
Regis  et  aliorum  dominorum  et  Magnatum  regni  necnon  per  manutentores  querelarum  et  juratores  omnes 


mari  diftaque  ftatuta  et  ordinationesin  omnibus  firmiter  teneri  facias  juxtatenorem  et  effe£tum  eorundem. 

T.  R.  apud  Weftm'  xxiiii.  die  Octobr  anno  viceiimo. 

Confimilia  mandata  diriguntur  fmgulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam  Jub  eadem  data. 


Other  Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  6  Rich.  II,   Stat.  2.   and 

Anno  Dom.  1383.  t 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  19. 

REX  vicecomitibus  London  et  Middlefexie  falutem.  Sciatis  quod  in  parliamento  noftro  apud  Weftm' 
ultimo  tento  quedam  ftatuta  pardonationes  et  ordinationes  fieri  fecimus  in  hec  verba  "  In  parlia- 
"  mento  tento  apud  Weftm' die  lune  in  tertia  feptimana  Quadragefime  anno  regni  Regis  Ricardi 
"  fecundi  poft  conqueftum  fexto  Dominus  nofter  Rex  de  aflenfu  Prelatorum  Procerum  et  Magnatum  fibi  in 
"  eodem  parliamento  affiftentium  ftatuta  quedam  remifliones  et  ordinationes  fieri  fecit  ad  laudem  et  honorem 
"  omnipotentis  Dei  et  pro  quiete  populi  fui  in  forma  fubfequenti." 

CAP.     I. 

A  more  large  Pardon  granted  by  the  King  to  the  Offenders  in  the  late  InfurrecYion,  with  few- 
Exceptions. 

IN  primis  ordinatum  eftet  conceflum  quod  ecclefia  Anglicana  omnibus  libertatibus  et  liberis  confuetudini-  ex  P. 
bus  fuis  plene  gaudeat  et  utatur  et  quod  Magna  Carta  et  Carta  de  Forefta  in  omnibus  fuis  articulis  firmiter 
teneantur  et  executioni  debite  juxta  effecTium  earundem  demandentur. 


I 


C  A  P.     II. 

Confirmation  of  the  Statutes  of  Purveyors,  &c. 

TEM  ordinatum  eft  et  conceftum  quod  ftatuta  de  Proviforibus  victualium  et  cariagii  pro  hofpitio  domini  E  x  p 
Regis  in  omnibus  fuis  articulis  fimiliter  cuftodiantur  et  executioni  debite  demandentur. 

CAP.     III. 

They  which  can  bring  Witneffes  that  they  came  to  the  Infurrection  compelled,  fhall  be  acquitted 

of  Trefpaffes. 

ITEM  cum  nuper  diftus  dominus  nofter  Rex  in  parliamento  fuo  apud  Weftm'  in  ofhbis  fanfti  Michaelis  E  x  p> 
anno  regni  fui  Anglie  fexto  convocato  de  gratia  fua  fpeciali  pardonaverit  &  remiferit  omnibus  &  fingulis 
ligeis  &  regnicolis  fuis  cujufcunque  ftatus  gradus  forent  feu  conditionis  quibufdam  civibus  London  &  aliis  un- 
de  in  di£ta  pardonatione  plenius  fit  mentio  fpecialiterexceptis  fedtam  pads  fue  &quicquid  ad  ipfuni  dominum. 
Regem  pertinuit  vel  pertinere  pofTet  pro  omnimodis  proditionibus  &  feloniis  tempore  infurreiftionis  tunc  no- 
viter  infra  regnum  noftrum  Anglie  proditorie  fuborte  qualitercunque  fa£tis  five  perpetratis  unde  indi£tati 
rcftati  vel  appellati  fuerunt  prout  in  eodem  parliamento  plenius  continetur  prefatus  dominus  nofter  Rex  ad 
inftantem  fupplication;m  Communitatis  ejufdem  regni  in  prefenti  parliamento  fuo  fibi  factam  tanquam  pius 
dominus  fubditorum  fuorum  miferatus  advertens  clare  eo  majorem  tranquillitatem  ubique  inter  fubditos  fuos 
pofle  accrefcere  quanto  ipfe  gratiofius  ageret  cum  eifdem  de  aflenfu  pxedic"to  vult  et  concedit  quod  gratia  par- 
donatio  et  remiffio  in  parliamento  predi£to  videlicet  de  proditionibus  et  feloniis  in  dicta  infurre6tione  perpe- 
tratis ut  pred)£tum  eft  facie  ad  univerfos  et  fmgiJos  ligeos  et  regnicolas  fuos  tarn  videlicet  Londinenfcs  quam 
alios  quofcunque  prius  de  eadem  gratia  exceptos  preterquam  ad  illos  in  fpeciali  quorum  nomina  in  parlia- 
mento ipfius  Regis  apud  Weftm'  in  craftino  animarum  anno  regni  ipfius-Regis  quinto  tento  ab  omni  gratia 
per  ipfum  Regem  tunc  excipiend'  liberata  fuerunt  exnunc  in  omnibus  fe  extendant  fie  quod  omnes  et  finguli 
perfone  ejufdem  regni  cujufcunque  gr_-dus  fuerint  vel  conditionis  nullo  eorundem  excepto  prefer  perfonas 
quorum  nomina  in  dic~to  parliamento  anno  quinto  ut  predidtum  eft  liberata  fuerunt  plenum  beneficium  gratie- 

A  a  a  2  pardonationis 


364       Stat.  2. 


Annofexto  Richardi  II. 


A.D.  1383. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
pardonationis  et  remiffionis  eorundem  vigore  prefentium  reportent  ac'  fi  quifquis  eorundem  cartam  Regis 
fu  per  hiis  in  fpeciali  penes  fe  haberet  vel  etiam  optineret  et  prout  reportarent  fi  exceptio  alia  de  eifdem  in 
dicta  priori  gratia  vel  pardonatione  facta  non  fuifTet.  Intentionis  tamen  di&i  Regis  non  exiftit  quin  homines 
ville  de  Bury  Sanc"ti  Edmundi  pro  cartis  ipfius  Regis  de  pardonatione  in  fpeciali  profequi  et  ulterius  fufficien- 
tem  fecuritatem  de  bono  geftu  fuo  tam  erga  dominum  Regem  et  populum  fuum  quam  Abbatiam  de  Bury 
juxta  ordinationem  fuperhoc  alias  in  concilio  ipfius  regis  factam  invenire  teneantur. 

CAP.     IV. 

Anions  of  Trefpafs  to  be  brought  within  a  limited  Time. 

EXP.  TTEM  propter  pacem  et  tranquillitatem  in  eodem  regno  ubique  nutriend'  et  augmentand'  ac  lites  et  brigas 

JL  amputand'  in  eodem  regno  ordinatum  eft  et  concordatum  quod  fi  perfona  aliqua  fenferit  fe  occafione  ali- 
cujus  tranfgreffionis  in  eadem  infurre<£f.ione  fore  gravatam  vel  dampnificatam  et  ob  hoc  forfan  fecStam  inde 
facere  proponat  verfus  tranfgreflbres  predictos  quod  ipfa  perfona  feflam  illam  ante  quindenam  fan£ti  Johannis 
Baptifte  proximo  futuram  inde  incipiat  fi  fibi  viderit  expedire  Alioquin  vero  elapfa  eadem  quindena  ab  eadem 
fecla  et  actione  inde  pro  perpetuo  excludatur. 

C  A  P.     V. 

The  Number  of  Compurgators  to  prove  the  Compulfion. 

TEM  quantum  ad  querelas  five  feftas  tranfgreffionum  in  di&a  infurrectione  fa£tarum  coram  quibufcunque 
Jufticiariis  Regis  inchoatas  aut  citra  quindenam  prediitam  inchoandas  fimiliter  ordinatum  eft  St  concor- 
datum quod  fi  ipfi  verfus  quos  hujufmodi  fedte  capte  fint  vel  capientur  ante  quindenam  predi£r.am  ante  judi- 
cium reddirum  venerint  &  fe  inde  per  tres  vel  quatuor  bonos  viros  &  idoneos  atque  non  fufpedtos  ad  hocju- 
ratos  coram  Judicibus  ubi  placitum  inde  pendens  fuerit  fe  inde  purgare  vel  alias  inde  acquietare  voluerint 
videlicet  quod  ipfi  in  loco  pretenfo  caufa  mali  voluntarie  non  venerunt  neque  dampnum  fecerunt  nifi  folum-* 
modo  per  compulfionem  aliorum  ad  hoc  recipiantur  per  Juftic'  &  Judices  predi£tos  et  fa£ta  hujufmodi  pur- 
gatione  per  teftes  prediflos  extunc  inde  penitus  recedant  quieti.  Vobis  precipimus  quod  ftatuta  ordinatio- 
nes  &  pardonationes  predicta  infra  baillivam  veftram  publice  proclamari  &  firmiter  teneri  facias  juxta  ef- 
feftuin  &  tenorem  eorundem.  - 

T.  R.  apud  Weftm'  xviii.  die  Maii  anno  regni  noftri  fexto. 

Confimilia  mcmdata  diriguntur  vicecomitibus  fubfcriptis  fub  eadem  data  videlicet 


Vic'  Norf  fcf  Suff' 
Vif  EJJex'  &  Hertf 
Vic'  Lincoln' 
Vic'  Ebor' 
Vic'  Kane' 
Vic'  Suit'  &  Suffix' 
Vic'  Somers  &  \Dors' 
Vic'  Cornub' 


Vic  Devon' 

Vic  Caniebr'  &  Hunt' 

Vic  Bed'  &  Buk'  . 

Vic'  Nortbampt' 

Vic'  Glouc 

Vic'  Sutbampt' 

Vic'  JViltes. 


«    Kent, 


Statutes   made  at  Weftminfter,    Anno  7  Rich.  II.    and  Anno  Dom. 


Mo 


ICHARD  by  the  Grace  of  God,  &c.  to  the 
Sheriff  of  *  Tori,  Greeting.  Know  thou,  that 
at  our  Parliament  holden  at  Wejlminjler  the 
lay  next  before  the  Feaft  of  All  Saints  laft  paft, 
"  to  the  Honour  of  God  and  of  holy  Church,  and  for 
"  the  common  Profit  of  the  Realm,  of  the  Aflent  of 
"  the  Prelates,  Lords,  and  Commons  being  at  the  faid 
"  Parliament,  we  have  caufed  to  be  made  certain  Sta- 
"  tutes  and  Ordinances  in  the  Form  following." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  19. 

LE  Roi  a  noftre  vifcount  de  Kent  faluz.  Sachez 
qa  noftre  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  Lundy 
profchein  devant  le  fefte  de  Toutz  Seintz 
darrein  pafle  al  honour  de  Dieu  &  de  feinte  efglife 
&  pur  commune  profit  du  Roialme  de  laffent  des 
Prelatz  Seignurs  &  communes  efteantz  el  dit  par- 
lement avons  fait  faire  certeins  eftatutz  &  ordi- 
nances en  la  fourme  qe  fenfuit. 


CAP.     I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church. 


Flrft  it  is  affented  and  accorded,  That  holy  Church 
have  and  enjoy  all  her  Liberties  and  i  ranchifes 


PRimerement  eft  aflentuz  &  accordez  qe  feinte 
efglife  eit  &  enjoife  toutes  fes  libertees  &  fran- 

chifes 


A.D.  1383. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
chifes  auxi  entierement  come  ele  les  ad  euz  &  en- 
joiez  en  temps  des  nobles  Rors  dEngleterre  proge- 
nitors noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qore  eft. 


Anno  feptimo  Richardi  II.  C.  2 — 5. 

'  as  wholly  as  fhe  hath  had  and  enjoyed  thenj  in  the 
'  Time  of  the  King's  noble  Progenitors.' 


CAP.     II. 

A  Confirmation  of  all  former  Statutes  in  force. 


ITEM  qe  la  Grant  Chartre  &  la  Chartre  de  la 
Forefte  &  toutz  les  autres  bones  eftatutz  &  or- 
dinances' avant  ces  heures  faitz  &  nient  repellez 
foient  tenuz  &  gardez  &  duement  executz  felonc 
leffect  dicelles. 


ITEM,  That  the  Great  Charter  and  the  Charter 
of  the  Foreft,  and  all  other  good  Statutes  and  Or- 
dinances made  before  this  Time,  and  not  repealed, 
fhall  be  holden  and  kept,  and  put  in  due  Execution 
according  to  the  Effect  of  the  fame.' 


CAP.    III. 
A  Jury  for  a  Trefpafs  within  the  Foreft  fhall  give  their  Verdict  where  they  received  their  Charge. 


ITEM  a  la  grevoufe  pleinte  qeft  ore  faite  des 
miniftres  de  la  forefte  eft  affentuz  &  accordez 
qe  nulle  manere  de  jurree  foit  defore  artez  par  afcun 
miniftre  de  la  forefte  nautre  perfone  quelconqe  de 
travailler  de  lieu  en  lieu  hors  des  lieux  ou  leur 
charge  lour  eft  donez  contre  leur  gree  ne  par  ma- 
lice ou  par  manace  ou  autre  duretee  conftreinte  de 
dire  lour  veredit  de  trefpas  fait  en  forefte  autrement 
qe  leur  confeience  ne  leur  ent  vorra  clerement  en- 
fourmer  einz  dient  ils  lours  vereditz  fur  leur  charge 
es  lieux  ou  celle  charge  lour  eft  donez  come  defus 
eft  dit. 


3°5 


"  TTEM,  At  the  grievous  Complaint  which  is  now 

"   X  made  of  the  Officers  of  the  Foreft,"  '  it  is  affent- 

'  ed  and  accorded,  That  no  Manner  of  Jury  fhall  be 

'  from  henceforth  compelled  by  any  Officer  of  the  Fo- 

'  reft,  or  other  Perfon  whatfoever,  to  travel  from  Place 

'  to  Place  out  of  the  Places  where  their  Charge  is  given 

'  to  them,  againft  their  Gree,    (2)  nor  by  Malice,  nor 

'  by  Menace,  or  other  Durefs,  conftrained  to  give  their 

'  Verdict  of  a  Trefpafs  done  in  the  Foreft,  otherwife 

'  than  their  Confeience  will  clearly  inform  them  ;    (3) 

'  but  they  ftiall  give  their  Verdicts  upon  their  Charge, 

'  in  the  Places  where  their  Charge  is  given  them,  as  9H.3.  ft-.it. 

'  above  is  faid.'  '• l6. 


CAP.     IV. 
None  fhall  be  taken  or  imprifoned  by  the  Officers  of  the  Foreft  without  Indictment. 


ET  eft  affentuz  qe  null  homme  foit  pris  nenpri- 
fonez  par  miniftre  de  forefte  fanz  due  endite- 
ment  ou  mainoevre  ou  trefpaffant  en  la  forefte  ne 
conftreint  de  faire  obligation  ou  redemption  a  afcun 
miniftre  du  forefte  par  queconqe  manere  encontre 
lour  gree  &  laffife  de  forefte.  Et  ft  afcun  face  en- 
contre cefte  ordinance  en  aucun  point  &  de  ce  foit 
atteint  paie  as  parties  endamagez  lours  doubles  da- 
mages &  fyn  &  raunceon  au  Roy  pur  fon  malefait. 


ITEM  it  is  affented,  That  no  Man  be  taken  nor 
imprifoned  by  any  Officer  of  the  Foreft  without 
due  Indictment,  or  being  taken  with  the  Manner,  or 
trefpaffing  in  the  Foreft  ;  (2)  nor  fhall  be  conftrained 
to  make  any  Obligation  or  Ranfom  to  any  Officer  of 
the  Foreft  in  any  Sort  againft  their  Agreement  and 
the  Affife  of  the  Foreft.  (3)  And  if  any  do  againft 
this  Ordinance  in  any  Point,  and  thereof  be  attaint- 
ed, he  fhall  pay  to  the  Party  damnified  their  double  Regift.  80; 
Damages,  and  Fine  and  Ranfom  to  the  King  for  his  '  E„d-  3-  ftat- r 
Offence.'  c  8.    9  a  ,. 


CAP.     V. 

Juftices,  fcrV.  fhall  examine  Vagabonds,    and  bind  them  to  their  good  abearing,  or  commit. 

them  to  Prifon. 

ITEM  ordcignez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  leftatutz  faitz  en  temps  le  noble  Roy  Edward  aiel  noftre  Seignur  le 
Ror  qore  eft  de  Roberdefmen  &  Drawelatches  foient  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez.  Et  outre  ce  eft  or- 
deignez  &  affentuz  par  reftreindre  la  malice  des  diverfes  gentz  faitours  &  vagerantz  de  lieu  en  lieu  cur- 
rantz  de  prefent  par  paiis  pluis  habundantement  qe  tie  foloient  avant  ces  heures  qe  defore  les  Juftices  des 
affifes  en  leur  feffions  les  Juftices  de  la  paix  &  les  vifcontz  en  chefcun  contee  aient  poair  denquere  de  toutz 
tielx  vagerantz  &  faitours  &  de  lours  malfaitz  &  fur  eux  faire  ce  qe  la  ley  demande.  El  1e  fibien  les  ditz 
juftices  &  vifcontz  come  les  mairs  baillifs  coneftables  &  autres  governours  de  villes  &  lieux  ou  tielx  faitours 
&  vagerantz  vendront  aient  defore  poair  de  leur  examiner  diligealment  &  compeller  de  trover  feurtee  de 
lour  bon  port  par  fufficiantz  mainparnours  des  tielx  qe  foient  deftreinables  fi  afcune  defaute  feuffe  deflors 
trovez  en  mefmes  les  faitours  &  vagerantz  &  fils  ne  poient  tiele  feurtee  trover  foient  mandez  al  profcheine 
gaole  pur  y  dernorer  tanqe  a  la  venue  des  Juftices  affignez  pur  deliverance  des  gaoles  les  queux  en  tiel  cas 
aient  poair  dc  faire  fur  les  ditz  vagerantz  &  faitours  iffint  emprifonez  ceo  qe  kur  ent  femblera  mieutz  affaire 
par  la  ley. 


9«.  3. 

'Jlat.i.  c.  10,  11, 
&  16. 


Rep.  39  Eliz. 
04.  iiaijac.  I. 
c.*8. 


CAP. 


366       C.  6-8, 


Anno  feptimo  Richardi  II. 


A.D.  1383. 


CAP.    VI. 

The  Statute  of  Wmchcjler  confirmed,  and  every  Sheriff  mall  proclaim  it. 


4  EV.  l.Jlat.  2.    " 
15  Ed.  1.  flat.  2.  a 
e,  1. 
2%  Ed.  3.  c.  If. 


TEM,  For  the  grievous  Mifchiefs  and  Com- 
plaints that  do  daily  happen  of  Robberies,  Thefts, 
Manflaughters,  Burning  of  Hotifes,  and  Ridings  in 
"  Routs  and  great  Companies  in  every  Part  of  the 
"  Realm  ;"  '  (2)  it  is  ordained  and  aflented,  That 
'  the  Statute  of  IVlncheJier  (the  Tenour  whereof  is  fent 
'  by  our  Lord  the  King  this  Year  laft  part  into  every 
'  County  oi"  England  to  be  proclaimed)  be  holden  and 
'  kept  in  all  Points,  and  put  in  good  and  hafty  Execu- 
'.tion,  at  the  Complaint  and  Purfuit  of  every  Man 
4  that  feeleth  himfelf  grieved  againft  the  Tenour  of  the 
'  fame.  (3)  And  to  the  Intent  that  no  Man  {hall  ex- 
'  cufe  himfelf  by  Ignorance  of  the  fame  Statute,  it  is 
'  alfo  afiented,  That  every  Sheriff"  oi  England  fhall  be 
'  bound  from  henceforth  in  proper  Perfon  to  make  Pro- 
'  clathation  of  the  fame  Statute  four  Times  in  a  Year 
'  in  every  Hundred  of  his  Bailiwick,  and  by  his  Bai- 
'  lifts  in  every  Market-Town,  as  well  within  Liberties 
'  as  without.' 


Ahcredl<j  27  El. 
c.  13.  and  I^El. 
t.  .15.     See  like-wife  8  Geo.  2,  c .  16.  giving  Dii  eklior.sfor  Hue  and  Cry ;  and  22  Geo.  2.  r;  24..  *wl  ieh  amends  the  former* 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  fur  les  grevoufes  mefchiefs  &  compleintz 
qe  aveignent  de  jour  en  autre  des  roberies  lar- 
cins  homicides  arfures  des  meifons  &  chivachees  es 
routes  &  grandes  compaignies  en  chefcune  part  du 
Roialme  ordeigne  eft  &  aflentuz  qe  leftatut  de 
Wynceftre  dont  le  tenour  eftoit  envoiez  par  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  en  Ian  profchein  paflez  en  chefcun 
countee  dEngleterre  pur  y  eftre  proclamez  foit  te- 
nuz  &  gardez  en  toutz  pointz  &  mys  en  bone  & 
haftive  execution  a  la  plaint  &  purfuite  de  chefcun 
qi  fe  fentera  grevez  encontre  le  tenour  dicelle.  Et 
au  fyn  qe  homme  ne  fe  purra  defore  excufer  par 
ignorance  de  mefme  leftatut  eft  auxint  aflentuz  qe 
chefcun  vifcont  dEngleterre  foit  tenuz  de  cy  en 
avant  en  propre  perfone  de  faire  proclamation  de 
mefme  leftatut  quatre  foitz  Ian  en  chefcun  hundred 
de  fa  baillie  hi  par  fes  baillifs  en  chefcune  ville 
marchee  fibien  deinz  franchifes  come  dehors. 


CAP.    VII. 

In  what  Cafe  a  Nifi  Prius  fhall  be  granted  at  the  Suit  of  any  of  the  Jurors. 


"  ITEM,  Againft  the  Mifchief  that  happeneth  to 
"  J.  divers  People  of  the  Realm,  which  be  impanel- 
"  led  and  returned  before  the  Juftices  and  Barons  of 
"  the  Exchequer  ;  in  which  Cafe,  becaufe  that  the 
"  Inqueft  is  not  purfued  to  the  End  by  thofe  that  be 
"  Parties,  but  put  in  Delay  from  Year  to  Year,  the 
"  Jurors  do  greatly  lofe,  and  fome  much  more  than  the 
"  Value  of  their  Land  is  by  Year,  to  their  great  Im- 
"  poverifhing  and  Hindrance  :"  '  (2)  It  is  accorded, 
'  That  from  henceforth  in  all  Manner  of  Pleas  where 
'  a  Nifi  prius  is  grantable  of  Office,  after  the  great 
'  Diftrefs  returned,  and  three  Times  ferved  before  the 
'  Juftices  againft  the  Jurors,  and  thereupon  the  Par- 
'  tics  demanded,  if  none  of  the  faid  Parties  will  purfue, 
'  or  if  the  Parties  refufe  to  have  a  Writ  of  Nifi  prius 
'  in  the  Cafe,  then  at  the  Suit  of  any  of  the  Jurors  that 
'  be  prcfent,  a  Writ  of  Nifi  prius  fhall  be  made  and 
'  granted,  and  that  as  well  in  the  Exchequer  as  elfe- 
1  where,  and  thereupon  the  Quarrel  fhall  be  fet  at  an 
'  End  without  Delay,  according  as  the  Cafe  reouireth, 
Seefar,berv..H.  (  and  the  Law  demandeth.' 

ardilf  Geo.  2.  c.  18. 


6.  e.  1 


1%EI. 

\iGto.  t< 


■3l 


ITEM  encontre  le  mefchief  qavient  as  diverfes 
gentz  du  Roialme  queux  font  empanellez  &  re- 
tournez  devant  les  Juftices  &  Barons  de  lefcheqir 
en  quel  cas  par  caufe  qe  lenquefte  neft  mye  purfue 
au  fyn  par  ceux  qi  font  parties  einz  mys  en  delay 
dan  en  an  les  jurrours  y  perdent  grandement  & 
afcuns  pluis  qe  la  value  de  leur  terre  eft  par  an  a 
lour  trefgrant  empoverifTement  Sc  deftru&ion  eft 
accordez  &  aflentuz  qe  defore  en  avant  en  toutes 
maneres  des  plees  en  queux  brief  de  nifi  prius  eft 
grantable  doffice  apres  le  grande  deftrefce  trois  foitz 
ferviz  &  retournez  'devant  les  Juges  devers  la  juree 
&  fur  ce  les  parties  demandez  ft  nulle  des  dites  par- 
ties veulle  purfuire  ou  fi  les  parties  refufent  davoir 
brief  de  Nifi  prius  en  le  cas  adonqes  a  la  purfuite- 
daucun  diceux  jurrours  qi  foit  prefent  foit  brief  de 
Nifi  prius  fait  &  grantez  &  ce  auxibien  en  lefche- 
qir come  aillours  &  fur  ce  la  querele  myfe  au  fyn 
Ruiz  delay  felonc  ce  qe  le  cas  requiert  &  la  ley  de- 
mande. 


C  A  P.     VIII. 

No  Subject's  Chator  fhall  take  any  Victuals  or  Carriage  without  the  Owner's  Confent. 


OBS. 

I2C.  2. 

36  Ed.  3 


24. 
:.  6. 


ITEM  pff-ntuz  eft  &  accordez  qe  les  eflatutz  des  Purveours  faitz  avant  ces  heures  foient  fermement  tenuz. 
hi  gardez  &  myfez  en  bone  &  due  execution  Adjouftez  a  ycell  qe  fi  les  fervantz  dautres  Seignurs  ou 
Dames  qe  ne  font  comprifez  es  ditz  eflatutz  pricgnent  defore  afcun  part  deinz,  le  Roialme  vitailles  ou  ca- 
riages  al  ocpc:  de  lours  Seignurs  &  Dames  autrement  qils  nent  purront  accorder  ovefqe  les  poueflburs  Sc 
vendours  dicelles  pur  paiement  ent  affaire  prcftement  en  poin  qe  mefmes  celles  fervantz  encourgent  la 
p^yne  en  toutes  chofes  coraprife  es  ditz  eflatutz  des  Purveours  &  nientmeyns  eit  la  partie  par  iceux  fervantz 
«3 H. 6.  f.14.*  endamagee  fil  vorra  fa  fuite  a  la  commune  ley. 

*jR.:ad  c.  13. 


CAP. 


A.D.  1383. 


Anno  feptimo  Richardi  II. 


C.  9— 11.       367 


I 


CAP.     IX. 

A  Confirmation  of  all  Statutes  made  againft  all  Deceits  in  Cloths,  Aulnegers,  &c. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  fur  le  mefchief  qavient  de  jour  en  autre  fur  la  fauxine  &  deceite  qeft  trovez  es  draps  vendables 
fibieh  de  colour  come  des  raies  centre  laffife  ent  ordeignez  devant  ces  heures  eft  ordeignez  &  affentuz 
e  toutz  les  eftatutz  ent  faitz  devant  ces  heures  avec  les  eftatutz  faitz  de  les  alneours  &  coillours  del  fubfide 
es  ditz  draps  foient  tenuz  &  gardez  &  myfes  en  bone  &  due  execution  adjouftez  a  ycell  qe  celuy  qi  de- 
fore  efpiera  &  provera  defaute  en  afcun  tiel  drap  mys  a  vente  contre  laffife  ordeignee  des  ditz  draps  &  contre 
la  forme  des  ditz  eftatutz  eit  la  tierce  partie  de  chefcun  tiel  drap  defective  pur  fon.  travaill  par  la  livereE 
des  vifcontz  fils  foient  prefentz  ou  des  Seignurs  des  feires  &  marchees  &  autres  lieux  ou  tielx  draps  de- 
fectives ferront  trovez  ou  de  lours  fenefchalx  &  baillifs  ou  des  coneftables  des.  villes  &  lieux  avantditz  par 
indentures  ent  entre  eux  duement  affaires  les  queles  endentures  foient  chefcun  an  a  le  fefte  de  feint  Michel 
liverez  en  lefcheqir  par  ceux  qenfi  ferront  la  dite  liveree  al  effect  de  charger  illoeqes  les  alneours  &  coiL- 
lours  avantditz  par  queux  tielx  defautes  deuffent  eftre  ferchez  chaftiez  &  amendez  &  ne  font  my  einz 
communement  maintenuz  ou  concelez  toutz  partz  pur  quele  tierce  partie  qappartient  au  Roi  come  fa  for- 
feiture par  force  de  leftatutz  devant  ore  faitz  les  alneour  &  coillour  avantditz  en  chefcun  countee  &  lieu  ou 
tielx  draps  defectives  ferront  trovez  pur  peine  encontre  lours  ditz  malfait  &  concelement  facent  gree  de 
lours  propres  deniers  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  en  fon  efcheqir  de  la  value  de  celle  tierce  partie  ifilnt  qe 
fibien  de  mefme  la  tierce  partie  come  del  remanant  du  dit  drap  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  foit  entierement  re- 
fponduz  a  £bn  efcheqir  avantdiu 

C  A  P.      X. 

Where  an  Affile  fhall  be  taken  of  Rents  iffuing  forth  of  Lands  in  divers  Counties, 

ITEM  it  is  ordained  and  affented,  That  an  Affile 
of  Novel  dijjeijin  fhall  be  from  henceforth  granted 
and  made  of  Rent  behind  due  of  Tenements  being 
in  divers  Counties,  to  be  holden  in  the  Confine  of 
the  Counties,  within  which  the  Tenements  be ;  (2) 
and  thereupon  the  Atfife  taken  and  tried  by  People  of 
the  faid  Counties  in  the  fame  Manner  as  is  done  of 
a  Common  of  Pafture  being  in  one  County,  and  ap- 
pendant to  Tenements  in  another  County  ;  (3)  and1 
that  as  well  of  l)iffeifins  done  in  Times  paft,  as  of 
Diffeifins  yet  to  be  done  ;  (4)  and  that  Writs  there- 
upon at  the  Suit  of  the  Plaintiffs  be  made  from  hence- 
forth in  the  Chancery  without  any  Manner  of  Con- 
tradiction, in  a  due  Form.' 


o  B  s  by 

1 1  W.  3.  c.  20. 
which  takes  atvay 
Aulnape. 
He  that  findeth. 
Defects  in  any 
Cloths  contrary 
to  former  Sta- 
tutes fhaj!  have 
the  third  Part  for 
his  Labour. 
Aulnegers  and 
Collectors  of 
Subfidics  (hall 
fatisfyihe  King, 
of  that  third 
Part  which  the 
Finder  fhall 
have. 
5  &  6  Ed.  6.  C.S.. 


ITEM  eft  ordeignez  &  affentuz  qaffife  de  novele 
diffeifine  foit  defore  grante  &  fait  de  rent  a- 
deriere  due  des  tenementz  efteantz  es  diverfes  coun- 
tees  a  tenir  en  la  confyne  des  countees  deinz  queux 
les  tenementz  font  &  fur  ce  laffife  prife  &  trie  par 
gentz  des  ditz  countees  en  mefme  la  manere  come 
eft  fait  du  commune  de  pafture  efteantz  en  un 
countee  &  appendants  as  tenementz  en  autre  coun- 
tee &  ce  auxi  avant.des  diffeifines  faites  devant 
eefte  heure  come  de.  diffeifines  unqore  affaires  &  qe 
briefs  fur  ceo  a  la  purfuyte  des  pleintifs  foient  de- 
fore  faitz  en  la  Chauncellarie  fanz  nulle  manere  de 
contradiction  en  due  forme 


CAP.     XL 

A  Repeal  of  the  Statutes  5  Rich.  2.  and  6  Rich.  2.  touching  Victuallers  of  London. 


ITEM  combien  qe  nadgairs  en  diverfes  parle- 
mentz  tenuz  a  Weftm'  les  ans  du  regne  noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  Roi  quint  &  fifme  furent  faitz  di- 
verfes ordinances  &  eftatutz  des  peffoners  de  Lon- 
dres  &  dautres  vitaillers  &  auxint  des  vineters  &  la 
vente  des  vins  &  fur  ce  mefmes  les  ordinances  & 
eftatutz  ovefqe  les  peynes  enycelles  contenuz  fu- 
rent publiez  &  proclamez  parmy  le  Roialme  ficome 
en  les  ditz  ordinances  &  eftatutz  pluis  pleinement 
purra  apparoir  Nientmeyns  pur  certeins  enchefons 
a  la  requefte  des  Communes  dAngleterre  fur  ceo 
cfpecialment  faite  eft  affentuz  &  acccrdcz  qe  rref- 
mes  les  ordinances  &  eftatutz  des  peffoners  vine- 
ters &  vitaillers  faitz  en  les  ans  defuis  tiuz-  foient  ! 
de  tout  anientiz  &  repellez  &  pera'ent  lour  force  & 
vertue  Sauvez  nientmeins  a- noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
toutz  les  forfeitures  des  vins  a  luy  appertenanres. 
par  vertue  de  mefmes  les  ordinances  £i  eftatutz  qant 
al  temps  paffez  Purveuz  toutz  fcitz  qe  toutz  les 
vins  &  vitaillers  fibien  peffoners  come  autres  ove 
lour  vitailles  venantz  a  la  dite  Citee  de  Londres 


TEM,  Whereas  in  divers  Parliaments  holden  at: 
Weftminfter,  the  fifth  and  fixth  Years  of  our  faid~ 
Lord  the  King,  divers  Ordinances  and  Statutes  of 
Fifhere  of  London  and  other  Victuallers  were  made,, 
and  alio  of  Vintners,  and  of  the  Sale  of  Wines,  and 
thereupon  the  fame  Ordinances  and  Statutes,  with, 
the  Pains  in  them  contained,   were  publilhed  and 
proclaimed  throughout   the  Realm,    as  in  the  faid 
Statutes  and  Ordinances  more  plainly  may  appear  :" 
(z)  Nevethelefs  for  certain  Caufes,  at  the  Requeft  of, 
the  Commons  of  England  thereupon  fperially  made,. 
it  is  affented  and  agreed,  That  the  fame  Ordinances 
and  Statutes  of  Filhers,.  Vintners,   and  Victuallers,, 
m  ide  in  the  Years   aforefaid,    fhall   be   wholly  an- 
nulled and  repealed,  and  fhall  lole  their  Effect  and 
Strength:    (3)  Neverthelefs   faving  to  the  King.- all- 
the  Forfeitures  of  Wines  for  the  Time  paft  that  to, 
him  pcrtaineth  by,  virtue  of  the  fame  Ordinances  and 
Statutes  :    (.1 )  Provided  always,  That  all  the  Vint- 
ners and  Victuallers-,  as  well  JHihers  as  other  coming  Fiften  and 
with  theij.  Vi&uals  to  the  City  Qi  London,  fliall  be  7ia™:i"s',(£ 

'    (.  f"ron-LLoniion  *^  b* 


368  C.  12,   13. 


Anno  feptimo  Richard  1  II. 


A.D.  1383. 


under  the  Rule    '  from  henceforth  under  the  Governance  and  Rule  of 
of  the  Mayor     c  the  Mayor  and  Aldeimen  of  the  faid  City  for  the 
'  Time  being,  as  in  Time  paft  it  hath  been  ufed.' 


and  Aldermen. 
31  Ed.  3,  ftat.Ii 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
foient  defore  defouz  le  governaile  &  reule  des  Meir 
&  Aldermannes  de  la  Citee  avant  dite  pur  le  temps 
efteantz  come  auncienement  y  foleient  eftre. 


CAP.     XII. 

No  Alien  fhall  purchafe  or  occupy  any  Benefice  of  the  Church  within  this  Realm. 


l-j  Ed.  3. 

de 

"( 

Vrtyvifir. 

ce 

<c 

(<. 

<c 

'£ 
<C 

it 

<c 

A  Confirmation 

<c 

of  the  Statute 

c 

of  3  R.  2 

03. 

t 

s5  Ed.  3.  fiat.  5. 
c.  23. 


The  Cardinal  of  ' 
Naples  excepted,  c 
Enforced  hy  16       4 
Jt.  2.  c.  5. 
And  fie  sEl.c.l. 


TEM,  Whereas  late  in  the  Parliament  holden  at 
IVeftminfter,  the  Third  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our 
faid  Lord  the  King,    at  the  Requeft  of  the  Com- 
mons, and  by  the  Affent  of  the  Lords  Temporal,  it 
was  ordained   and  affented,    and  upon   a  grievous 
Pain  prohibited,    that,  no  Subject  of  the  King  nor 
other  Perfon,  of  what  Eftate  or  Condition  he  were, 
fhould  take,  neither  receive  from  thenceforth,  with- 
in the  Realm  of  England,  Procuracy,  Letter  of  At- 
torney, ne  Ferm,  nor  any  other  Adminiftration  by 
Indenture,  or  in  any  other  Manner,  of  any  Perfon 
concerning  any  Benefice  of  holy  Church  within  the 
Realm,  but  only  of  the  King's  Subjects  of  the  fame 
Realm,  without  the  efpecial  Grace  and  exprefs  Li- 
cence of  our  faid  Lord  the  King,   upon  a  certain 
Pain  contained  in  the  faid  Statute  ;"    '  (2)  it  is  af- 
fented and  agreed  by  the  fame  Lords,  That  the  fame 
Statute  {hall  keep  his  Force  and  Effect  in  all  Points. 
(3)  And  moreover  it  is  affented,  That  if  any  Alien 
have  purchafed,    or  from  henceforth   fhall  purchafe 
any   Benefice  of  holy   Church,    Dignity,    or   other 
Thing,  and  in  his  proper  Perfon  take  Poffeflion  of 
the  fame,    or  occupy  it  himfelf  within  the  Realm, 
whether  it  be  to  his  own  proper  Ufe,  or  to  the  Ufe 
of  another,  without  efpecial  Licence  of  the  King,  he 
fhall  be  comprifed  within  the  fame  Statute  :  (4.)  And 
moreover  fhall  incur  all  Pains  and  Forfeitures  in  all 
Points  as  is  before  ordained  by  another  Statute  made 
the  Five  and  twentieth  Year  of  the  noble  King  Ed- 
ward  the   Third,    Grandfather   to  our  Lord   the 
King  that  now  is,  againft  them  that  purchafe  Provi- 
fions  of  Abbeys  or  Priories.     (5)  And  to  the  Intent 
that  fuch  Licences  fhall  not  be  from  henceforth  made, 
the  King  willeth  and  commandeth  to  all  his  Sub- 
jects and  other,    that  they  fhall  abftain  them  from 
henceforth  to  pray  him  for  any  fuch  Licence  to  be 
given.     (6)  And  alfo  the  King  himfelf  will  refrain  to 
give  any  fuch  Licence  during  the  Wars,  except  to 
the  Cardinal  of  Naples,  or  to  ibme  other  fpecial  Per- 
fon  to  whom  the   King  is  beholden  for  a   fpecial 
Caufe.' 


TEM  come  nadgairs  en  parlement  tenuz  a 
Weftm'  Ian  du  regne  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi 
tierce  a  la  requefte  des  Communes  &  par  afTent  des 
Seignurs  temporels  eftoit  ordeignez  &  afTentuz  & 
fur  grevoufe  peyne  defenduz  qe  null  liege  le  Roi 
nautre  perfone  quelconqe  de  quel  eftat  ou  condi- 
tion qil  fuift  prendroit  ne  refceivroit  delors  ena- 
vant  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  procuracie  lettre 
dattourne  ne  ferme  nautre  adminiftration  par  en- 
denture  nautre  manere  quelconqe  de  nulle  perfone 
dafcun  benefice  de  feinte  efglife  deinz  le  dit  Roi- 
alme fors  tantfoulement  des  lieges  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roi  de  mefme  le  Roialme  fanz  efpeciale  grace  et 
exprefTe  congie  de  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  fur  cer- 
teine  peine  comprife  en  leftatut  avantdit  afTentuz 
eft  ore  &  accordez  par  mefmes  les  Seignurs  qe 
mefme  leftatut  teigne  fes  force  h  vertue  en  toutz 
pointz.  Et  outre  ceo  eft  auxint  afTentuz  qe  fi 
afcun  alien  eit  purchacez  ou  defore  purchace  afcun 
benefice  de  feinte  efglife  dignite  ou  autre  &  en  pro- 
pre  perfone  preigne  pofleffion  dicelle  ou  loccupie  de 
fait  deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  foit  il  a  fon  oeps  pro- 
pre  ou  al  oeps  dautri  fanz  efpeciale  congie  du  Roi 
foit  il  compris  en  mefme  leftatut  &  outre  ceo  en- 
courge  en  toutz  pointz  tielx  peines  &  forfaiture 
come  font  ordeinez  par  un  autre  eftatut  fait  en  Ian 
xxv.  del  regne  luy  noble  Roi  E.  aiel  noftre  Seig- 
nur le  Roi  qore  eft  contre  ceux  qi  purchacent  pro- 
vifions  Dabbeies  ou  Priories.  Et  en  outre  au  fyn 
qe  tielx  licences  ne  fe  facent  defore  enavant  le  Roi 
voet  &  commande  a  toutz  fes  lieges  &  autres  qils 
lour  abftiegnent  de  cy  enavant  de  luy  prier  dafcims 
tiels  licences  doner.  Et  fi  voet  auxi  le  Roi  luy 
mefmes  abftiegner  de  doner  afcune  tiele  licence  du- 
rantes  les  guerres  horfpris  au  Cardinal  de  Naples 
ou  a  autre  efpeciale  perfone  a  qi  le  Roi  foit  par 
efpeciale  caufe  tenuz. 


CAP.    XIII. 
No  Man  (hall  ride  in  Harnefs  within  the  Realm,  nor  with  Launcegays. 


7?d 

zr.i, 

J  nforeed  by 

■ .  2.  c.  I 


•3' 


fist.  I. 
3- 


TT_EM  it  is  ordained  and  affented,  and  alfo  the 
King  doth  prohibit,  That  from  henceforth  no 
Man  fhall  ride  in  Harnefs  within  the  Realm,  contrary 
to  the  Form  of  the  Statute  of  Northampton  thereupon 
made,  neither  with  Launcegay  within  the  Realm, 
ihe  which  Launcegays  be  clearly  put  out  within  the 
faid  Realm,  zs  a  Thing  prohibited  by  our  Lord  the 
King,  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  the  faid  Launce- 
gays, Armours,  and  other  Harnefs,  in  whofe  Hands 
or  Poffeflion  they  be  found  that  bear  th?m  within 
the  kealm,  contrary  to  the  Statutes  and  Ordinances 
uforefdid,  without  the  King's  fpecial  Licence.' 


I 


TEM  eft  ordeignez  et  afTentuz  et  le  Roi  defende 
.    qe  deforemes  null    hotnme   chivache  deinz  le 
Roialme  armez  encontre  la  forme   de  leftatut  de 
Morhampton  fur  ce  fait  ne  ovefqe  lane- 
mefme  le  Roialme  les  queux  laucegayc 
tout   ouftez  deinz  le  dit  Roialme  conn 
fendue  par  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  fur  peine  de  forfai- 
ture dicelx   lancegays  armures   et   autre:    he 
quelconqes  es  mayns  et  pofTeffion  de  celluy  • 
portera  defore  deinz  m?fme  le  Roialme  contre  ceftz 
eftatutz  et  ordinances  fanz  efpeciale  congie  de  Roi 
noftre  Seignur.  ' 

CAP. 


A.  D.  1383.  Anno  feptimo  Rich  ardi  IL 


C.  14—16. 


69 


CAP.    XIV. 


They  which  fhall  depart  the  Realm  by  the  King's  Licence,  may  make  general  Atturnies. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  es  briefs  de  premunire fac'  eft  affentuz  et 
accordez  qe  ceux  vers  queux  tielx  briefs  font 
portez  et  qi  font  de  prefent  hors  de  Roialme  et  font 
de  bone  fame  et  aient  faitz  lour  generalx  attournes 
devant  lour  departir  qe  le  Chaunceller  dEngleterre 
pur  le  temps  efteant  par  ladvis  des  Juflices  purra. 
grantir  qemefmes  les  perfones  purront  apparoir  et 
refpondre  et  faire  et  reiceivre  ce  qe  la  ley  demande 
par  lour  generalx  attournes  avantditz  fi  avant  come 
es  autre  cas  et  quereles.  Et  ceux  perfones  qe  de- 
fore  enavant  pafferont  par  licence  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  et  foient  auxint  de  bone  fame  qe  a  lour  requefte 
le  dit  Chaunceller  par  ladvis  des  Juftices  lour  purra 
grander  de  fair  lour  generalx  attournes  en  la  Chan- 
eellerie  par  patent  du  Roi  devant  lour  paffer  a  re- 
fpondre fibien  es  ditz  briefs  de  premunire  fac'  come 
■en  autres  quereles  en  quel  cas  toutes  voies  foit  ex- 
prefle  mention  faite  des  briefs  et  quereles  de  pre- 
munire fac'.  Et  celle  patente  enfi  faite  purront 
deflors  les  ditz  attournes  en  abfence  de  lour  mei- 
ftres  refpondre  pur  eux  &  autres  attournes  defouz 
eux  fairedevantquelconqe  Jugedu  Roialme  &  faire 
&  refceivre  el  dit  cas  fi  avant  come  en  null  autre 
cas  nient  contreft'eant  afcun  eftatut  fait  a  contrarie 
avant  ces  heures. 


IT E M  in  Writs  of  Pramunire  facias  it  is  affented  2°  H-  3-  '• i°- 
and  agreed,  That  they  againft  whom  fuch  Writs  nEd.i,fim,i9. 
be  fued,  and  who  at  this  Time  be  out  of  the  Realm, 
and  be  of  good  Fame,  and  have  made  their  general 
Atturnies  before  their  Departing,  that  the  Chancellor 
of  England  for  the  time  being,  by  the  Advice  of  the 
Juftices,  may  grant,  that  the  fame  Perfons  may  ap- 
pear to  anfv/er,    to  do,    and  to  receive  that  Thing 
which  the  Law  demandeth,  by  their  general  Attur- 
nies aforefaid,  as  well  as  in  other  Caufes  and  Quar- 
rels.    (2)  And  thofe  Perfons  which  from  henceforth  39  E,J-  3-  f-7» 
fhall  pafs  by  the   King's  Licence,  and  be  of  good 
Fame,    that    at   their  Requeft   the   Chancellor,    by 
the  Advice  of  the  Juftices,  may  grant  to  ihem  to 
"  make  their  general  Atturnies  in  the  Chancery  by  the 
King's  Patent,  before  their  Pa/lage,    to  anfwer  as 
well  in  the  faid  Writs  of  Pramunire  facias,  as  in  other 
Writs  and  Plaints;  in  which  Cafe  exprefs  mention 
fhall  be  made  at  all  Times  of  the  Writs  and  Plaints 
of  Pramunire  facias,     (3)  And  this  Patent  fo  made, 
the  faid  Atturnies   from  henceforth,   in  Abfence  of 
their  Mafters,  may  anfwer  for  them,  and  make  other 
Atturnies  under  them,  before  any  Judge  of  the  Realm,  See  farther  i^H,' 
to  do  and  receive  in  the  faid  Cafe  as  much  as  in  any      c'  1* 
other  Cafe  or  Matter,  notwithftanding  any  Statute 
made  to  the  contrary  heretofore,' 


G  A  P.    XV. 

A  Confirmation  of  certain  Statutes  made  againft  Maintenance  and  Champerty. 


ITEM  fur  la  grevoufe  pleinte  qeft  fait  des  meyn^- 
tenours  des  quereles  &  chaumpartours  eft  or- 
deignez  &  affentuz  qe  leftatutz  ent  faitz  en  les  ans 
du  regne  le  Roi  Edward  aiel  noftre  dit  Seignur 
le  Roi  primer  &  quart  &  auxint  en  Ian  de  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  qore  eft  primer  foient  tenuz  &  gar- 
dez  &  duement  executz  en  toutz  pointz. 


rTEM,  For  the  grievous  Complaint  that  is  made" 
:  J.  of  Maintainers  of  Quarrels,  and  Champertors ;"'  o?<*= 

it  is-  ordained  and  affented,  That  the  Statutes  thereof3       ]'Cp^ 
made  in  the  firft  and  fourth  Years  of  King  Edward,  3-3 


6  Grandfather  to  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  and  ziEJ.i.jla't.^.- 
alio  in  the  firft  Year  of  our  Lord  the  King,  that  now  '•  "»  *o. 
is,  fhall  be  holden  and  kept,  and  duly  executed  in  all  33 EJ-  '■/»  3° 

c.  14.     4  fcn.  3* 
c»  11.     so  Ed.  3.  c.  4.     I  R.  1.  c.  4.     1  R.  %.  c.  7.     And  fee  32  H.  S,  c.  9.  ivbicb  farther  enforees  the  Statutes  aga'ttifl  Maintenance,  &c.  ■ 


No  Armour  or  Vi&ual  fhall  be  fent 


CAP.     XVI. 

into  Scotland  without 
Forfeiture  thereof. 


the  King's  Licence, 


upon  Pain  of 


ITEM  eft  affentuz  et  le  Roi  defende  eftroitement  qe  decy  en  avant  nulle  perfone  aliene  ou  denfzein  de  Rep.4jac.  s 
quelconqe  eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit  amefne  ou  envoie  ou  face  amefner  ou  envoier  par  terre  ou  par  meer  c-  '• 
hors  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  as  afcunes  parties  dEfcoce  en  prive  ne  en  apert  afcune  manere  darmure  de  blee  Exl>l"™ih 
de  brees  ne  dautre  vitaille  ou  dautre  refreffchement  quelconqe  fur  peine  de  forfeiture  de  mefmes  les  vitailles  '5  R* a"  c' 7' 
armures  et  des  autres  chofes  avantdites  enfemble  avec  les  niefs  veffeulx  charettes  et  chivalx  qi  les  portent  ou 
amefnent  ou  de  la  verroie  value  dicelles  fi  enfi  ne  foit  qe  te  Roi  noftre  Seignur  nent  doune  fa  licence  efpeciale 
a  contraire._    Et  au  fyn  qe  cefte  ordinance  foit  duement  gardez  et  mys  en  bone  execution  eft  auxint  affentuz 
qe  celluy  qi  apres  qe  proclamation  ent  foit  faite  purra  efpier  et  prover  qafcun  eit  mefpris  ou  forfait  en  afcun 
point  contre  la  forme  de  cefte  ordinance  eit  la  tierce  partie  des  dites  forfaitures  emieiement  a  fon-  propre  oeps 
pur  Ion  travaille. 


Vol.  L 


B'bB 


cap; 


37°       C.  17. 


Anno  feptimo  R 1  c  h  a  r  d  i  II. 


A.  D.  1383, 


■EXP. 

Fitz.  Exigent,  9. 


CAP.     XVII. 

The  Mainpernors  fhall  fatisfy  the  Plaintiff  for  his  Delay,  where  the  Defendant  keepeth  not 

his  Day. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  eft  affentuz  et  accordez  qen  briefs  de  dette  trefpas  et  de  accompte  et  en  touz  autres  cas  ou 
maynprife  et  brief  de  Superfedeas  font  grantables  fi  les  perfones  maynprifez  ne  veignent  mye  devant 
les  Juges  au  jour  compris  en  mefme  la  meynprife  et  par  tant  le  pleintif  foit  mys  en  delay  et  perde  foient  les 
ditz  meinparnours  refpoignables  as  pleintifs  dune  certeine  fomme  a  limiter  par  la  difcretion  et  advis  des  ditz 
Juges  eiantz  confideration  a  la  qualitee  et  quantitee  des  damages  du  partie  et  de  la  chofe  en  demande. 
Et  fi  durera  cefte  ordinance  des  mainparnours  en  aflaie  tanqe  al  profchein  parlement  tantfoulement.  Et 
pur  ce  vous  mandons  qe  fibien  le  dit  eftatut  dc  Wynceftre  quatre  foitz  chefcun  an  decy  enavant  par  manere 
qe  deffus  eftordeinez  come  les  autres  eftatutz  et  ordinances  deffus  efcritz  en  toutz  les  citees  burghs  villes 
marchees  et  autres  lieux  notables  deinz  voftre  baillie  ou  vous  verrez  qe  mieutz  foit  affaire  deins  franchife 
et  dehors  facez  proclamer  depar  rious  et  publier  et  duement  garder  et  tenir  felonc  la  forme  et  effect  dicelles. 
Don  par  tefmoignance  de  noftre  grant  feal  a  noftre  paleys  de  Weftm'  avandit  le  xxvi1"1  jour  de  Novembre 
Ian  de  noftre  regne  feptifme. 

Confimilia  mandata  Regis  diriguntur  Jingulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliatnfub  eadetn  data. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,    Anno  8  Rich.  II.    and  Anno  Dom. 

1384. 


f  r~|^  O  the  Honour  of  God,  and  at  the  Requeft 
of  the  Commonalty  of  the  Realm  of  England 
"  made  to  our  Lord  the  King  in  his  Parliament 

"  holden  at  Wefttninjier  in  the  Morrow  of  St.  Martin, 
"  the  eighth  Year  of  his  Reign;  the  fame  our  Lord 
"  the  King  of  the  Affent  of  the  Prelates,  Great  Men 
"  and  Commons  aforefaid,  hath  caufed  to  be  made  in 
"  the  fame  Parliament,  a  certain  Statute  for  the  com- 
"  mon  Profit  of  the  faid  Realm,  and  efpecially  for  the 
"  good  and  juft  Governance,  and  due  Execution  of  the 
"  Common  Law,  in  the  Eorm  following." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  18. 

AD  honorem  Dei  &  requifitionem  communita- 
tis  regni  Anglie  factam  domino  Regi  in  par- 
liamento  fuo  tento  apud  Weftm'  in  craftino 
Sanfti  Martini  anno  Regni  fui  octavo  idem  domi- 
nus  Rex  de  affenfu  Prelatorum  Magnatum  &  com- 
munitatis  predictequoddam  ftatutum  in  eodem  par- 
liamento  pro  communi  utilitate  dicti  regni  &  pre- 
fertim  pro  bona  &  jufta  gubernatione  ac  debita  exe- 
cutione  communis  legis  fieri  fecit  in  forma  fubfe- 
quenti. 


C  A  P.     I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church,  and  of  all  Statutes  not  repealed. 


'IR.ST,  it  is  ordained  and  enacted,  That  holy' 
Church  have  all  her  Liberties  ;  (z)  and  that  the 
Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  the 
Statutes  of  Purveyors  and  Labourers,  and  all  other 
Statutes  and  Ordinances  heretofore  made  and  not  re- 
pealed, fhall  be  holden  and  obferved,  and  put  indue 
Execution,  according  to  the  Form  and  Effect  of  the 
fame.' 


IN  primis  concordatum  eft  &  ftatutum  quod fanc- 
ta  ecclefia  habeat  omnes  libertates  fuas  &  quod 
Magna  Carta  &  Carta  de  Forefta  ftatuta  de  provi- 
foribus  &  laboratoribus  &  omnia  alia  ftatuta  &  or- 
dinationes  ante  hec  tempora  edita  &  minime  revo- 
cata  teneantur  obferventur  &  executioni  debite  de- 
mandentur  juxta  formam  &  effeftum  eorundem. 


CAP.     II. 

No  Man  of  Law  mall  be  Juftice  of  Affife,  or  Gaol- delivery,  in  his  own  Country. 


Confirmed  hj 
i3H.4.  c.i. 
33'T.  g   c.  14. 

Explained  and 
c:>.-r,  led  by 

izGco.2.  c.  xy. 


ITEM,  it  is  ordained  and  affented,  That  no  Man 
of  Law  fhall  be  from  henceforth  Tuftice  of  Affifes, 
or  of  the  common  Deliverance  of  Gaols  in  his  own 
Country  ;  (2)  and  that  the  Chief  Juftice  of  the  Com- 
mon Bench  be  affigned  amongft  other  to  take  fuch 
Aflifes,  and  deliver  Gaols,  (i)  But  as  to  the  Chief 
JufticR  of  the  King's  Bench,  it  fhall  be  as  for  the 
moft  Part  of  an  hundred  Years  laft  paft  was  wont  to 
be  done.' 


ITEM  concordatum  eft  &  ftatutum  cjuod  nul- 
lus  homo  de  lege  fit  decetero  Juftitianus  affifa- 
rum  vel  communis  deliberationis  gaolarum  in  pro- 
pria patria  fua  &  quod  capitals  Juftitianus  de  com- 
muni Banco  affignetur  inter  alios  ad  hujufmodi  afli- 
fas  capiendas  &  ad  gaolas  deliberandas.  Set  quo- 
ad capitalem  Juftitiarium  de  Banco  Regis  fiat  ficut 
pro  majori  parte  centum  annorum  proxime  prete,- 
ritorum  fieri  confucvit. 

CAP. 


A.  D.  1384, 


Anno  o&avo  Richardi  II. 


C  3~5< 


371 


CAP.    III. 

None  of  the  Juftices  or  Barons  mall  take  any  Fee  or  Reward  but  of  the  King,  nor  (ball  give 
Counfd  where  the  King  is  Party,  or  in  any  Suit  depending  before  them. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  cum  nuper  in  tempore  incliti  Regis  Edwardi  Avi  domini  Regis  nunc  ordinatum  fuifTet  quod  Ju-  Repealed  by 
ftitiarii  quamdiu  in  officio  Juftic'  forent  non  caperent  feodum  neque  robam  de  aliquo  preterquam  de  Regg  9  K-  *■  «•  »• 
et  quod  non  caperent  donum  five  rewardum  per  ipfos  vel  per  alios  clam  vel  palam  de  aliquo  qui  coram  eis 
haberet  aliquid  faciendum  quacumque  via  exceptis  cibo  et  potu  modici  valoris  et  quod  non  darent  confilium 
alicui  magno  vel  parvo  in  rebus  vel  negotiis  ubi  rex  eft  pars  vel  que  regem  tangunt  quoquo  modo  fub 
certa  pena  in  ordinatione  predi£ta  contenta.  Et  eodem  modo  ordinatum  fuiflet  de  Baronibus  de  Scaccario 
prout  in  ordinatione  predicla  plenius  continetur  et  di£ba  ordinatione  in  parliamento  recitata  concordatum  eft 
et  ftatutum  quod  nullus  Juftitiarius  de  Banco  Regis  vel  de  communi  Banco  nee  aliquis  Baronum  de  Scac- 
cario quamdiu  in  officio  Juftitiarii  vel  Baronis  fuerit  capiat  decetero  per  ipfum  vel  per  alium  clam  vel  pa- 
lam  robam  feodum  penfionem  donum  vel  rewardum  de  aliquo  preterquam  de  Rege  nee  exennium  de  aliquo 
preterquam  exennium  de  cibo  et  potu  quod  non  fit  magni  valoris.  Et  quod  decetero  non  dent  confilium 
alicui  magno  vel  parvo  in  rebus  vel  negotiis  in  quibus  rex  eft  pars  vel  que  regem  tangunt  quoquo  modo 
et  quod  non  fint  de  confilio  alicujus  in  aliqua  caufa  placito  vel  querela  coram  ipfis  five  in  aliquibus  aliis 
magnis  Curiis  vel  placeis  Regis  pendente  fub  pena  amittendi  officium  fuum  et  faciendi  Regi  firtem  et  re- 
demptionem. 

CAP.     IV. 

The  Penalty  if  a  Judge  or  Clerk  make  a  falfe  Entry,  rafe  a  Roll,  or  change  a  Verdict. 


ITEM  ad  querimoniam  dicte  communi  tatisfac- 
tam  domino  Regi  in  parliamento  de  eo  quod 
magna  exheredatio  retroactis  temporibus  pluribus 
de  populo  fafta  extitit  &  fieri  poter.it  per  falfam  in- 
tratibnem  placitorum  rafuras  rotulorum  &  mutatio- 
nem  veredi&orum  concordatum  eft  &  ftatutum 
quod  ft  aliquis  judex  vel  clericus  de  hujufmodi  de- 
fecliu  dummodo  per  defectum  ilium  exheredatio  al- 
terius  partium  fubfequatur  fufficienter  convincatur 
coram  Rege  &  confilio  fuo  per  modum  &  formam 
q.uos  idem  dominus  Rex  &  concilium  fuum  tunc 
viderint  fore  rationabiles  infra  duos  annos  poft  de- 
fectum hujufmodi  factum  fi  pars  gravata  fit  plene 
etatis  &  fi  infra  etatem  fuerit  tunc  infra  duos  annos 
poftquam  ad  plenam  etatem  pervenerit  puniatur 
per  nnem  &  redemptionem  ad  voluntatem  Regis  & 
fatisfaciat  parti.  Et  quoad  reftitutionem  heredita- 
tis  per  di£f.am  communitatem  petitam  fequatur  pars 
gravata  per  breve  de  errore  vel  alias  juxta  legem  fi 
libi  viderit  expedire. 

c *  4.     4  H,  6.  c .  3.     8  H,  6.  c.  12 


TEM,  At  the  Complaint  of  the  faid  Commo-,.^,  n]fil( 
nalty  made  to  our  Lord  the  King  in  the  Parlia-  <■.  6. 
"  ment,  for  that  great  Diflierifon  in  Times  paft  was 
"  done  of  the  People,  and  may  be  done  by  the  falfe 
"  entering  of  Pleas,  rafing  of  Rolls,  and  changing  of 
"  Verdicts;"   '  (2)  it  is  accorded  and  affented,  That 
'  if  any  Judge  or  Clerk  be  of  fuch  Default  (lb  that  by 
'  the  fame  Default  there  enfueth  Diflierifon  of  any  of" 
'  the  Parties)  fufficiently  convi£f.  before  the  King  and 
'  his  Council,  by  the  Manner  and  Form  which  to  the 
'  fame  our  Lord  the  King  and  his  Council  ftiall  feem 
'  reafonable,  and  within  two  Years  after  fuch  Default 
'  made,  if  the  Party  grieved  be  of  full  Age,  and  if  he. 
'  be  within  Age,  then  within  two  Years  after  that  he. 
'  fliall  come  to  his  full  Age,  he  (hall  be  punifhed  by,. 
'  Fine  and  Ranfom  at  the  King's  Will,  and  fatisfy  thei 
'  Party.     (3)  And  as  to  the  Reftitution  of  the  InheH Whit  ZXfau&t- 
'  ri-tance  defired  by  the  faid  Commons,  the  Party  gviev^'nay  h  amended,,^ 
'  ed  fliall  fue  by  Writ  of  Error,  or  otherwife,  accord-  "J"1  wkat  "<"> 
'  ing  to  the  Law,  if  he  fee  it  expedient  for  him.'  ->"A  H'  1  c'  5* 

©■15.     10H.6.C.4.     1SH.6.C.9.     $EHz.  c.  23,3.  zj.Elixs,  f.j;.-  and  %sflnn.  c.  16*. 


-       CAP.     V. 
What  Suit  fhall  be  difculTed  before  the  Conilable  and  Marmal  of:  England'1'. . 


ITEM  pro  eo  quod  diverfa  placita  communem 
legem  tangentia  &  que  per  communem  legem  de- 
duci  &;  difcuti  deberent  trahuntur  jam  de  novo  co- 
ram Conftabulario  &  Marefcallo  Anglie  ad  grave 
dampnum  &  inquietationem  populi  concordatum  eft 
&  ftatutum  quod  omnia  placita  &  querele  commu- 
nem legem  terre  tangentia  &  que  per  communem 
legem  deduci  et  difcuti  debeant  non  trahantur  nee 
teneantur  decetero  coram  prefatis  Conftabulario  et 
Marefcallo  quoquo  modo  fet  quod  curia  ipforum 
Conftabularii  et  Marefcalli  habeat  id  quod  ad  dic- 
tam  Curiam  pertinet  et  quod  lex  communis  habeat 
id  quod  ad  ipfam  pertinet  ac  fiat  et  ufitetur  prout 
temporibus  progenitorum  domini  Regis  fieri  et  ufi- 
tari  confuevit. 


ND  becaufe  divers  Pleas  concerning  the  Com- 
mon Law,  and  which  by  the  Common  Law 
"  ought  to  be  examined  and  difcufTed,  are  of  late  drawn 
"  before  the  Conftable  and  Marflial  of  England,  to  the 
"  great  Damage  and  Difquietnefs  of  the  People;"  '  (z) 
1  it  is  agreed  and  ordained,  That  aiP  Pleas  and  Suits 
'  touching  the  Common  Law,  and  which. ought  to  be 
'  examined  and  difcufTed  at  the  Common  Law,,  flialf 
'  not  hereafter  be  drawn  or  hidden  by  any  Means  be- 
''  fore  the  forefaid  Conftable  and  Marfhal,  but  that  the 
'  Court  of  the  fame  Conftable  and  Marfhal  fhall  have 
'  that  which  belongeth  to  the  fame  Court,  and' that  the 
'  Common  Law  fliall  be  executed  and  ufed,  and  have 
'  that  which  to  it  belongeth,  and  the  fame  fliall  be 
'  executed  and  ufed  as  it  was  accuftorned  to  be  ufed  in 
'  the  Time  of  King  Edward." 


2SA?.  i.flaH-s* 
0.  3.  i%  Ei.  3, 
fiat.  2.  c.  7..' 


1  This  Chapter  was  firft  publiJhed  by  JPulton, 


Explained  and 
amended  by  13  R„ 
2.  flat.  1.  c.  2. 
15I/.6.C.1. 
33  H-3.  t.  12.- 


B  b  b  3. 


Ex 


37* 


C. 


3- 


Anno  o&avo  Richardi  II. 


A.  D.  1384. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

Deproclamando  ftatutum  prcdifium. 
EX  vicecomiti  Lincoln'  falutem.  Quoddam  ftatutum  per  nos  de  affenfu  Prelatorum  Magnatum  et  com- 
munitatis  regni  noftri  Anglie  in  ultimo  parliamento  noftro  apud  Weftm'  tento  pro  communi  utilitate 
di£ti  regni  noftri  editum  tibi  mittimus  prefentibus  interclufum  mandantes  et  firmiter  precipientes  quod  ftatim 
vifis  prefentibus  ac  flatuto  predicto  ftatutum  illud  in  pleno  comitatu  tuo  ac  in  civitatibus  burgis  villis  merca- 
toriis  et  aliis  locis  in'balliva  tua  ubi  melius  expedire  videris  publice  legi  et  proclamari  facias  ac  quantum  in  te 
eft  firmiter  obfervari. 

T.  R.  apud  Weftm'  xiiii.  die  Junii  anno  regni  noftri  octavo. 

Conftm'tlia  brevia diriguntur  Jingulis  vicecomitibus  Anglie. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,   Anno   9  Rich.  II.  and  Anno  Dora. 

1385- 


jlnft.  51.  -«  r\UR  Lord  the  King,  at  his  Parliament holden 
"I  1  at  Weftminfler  the  Friday  next  after  the  Feaft 
"  ^*S  Qf  gaint  £#&et  the  ninth  Year  of  his  Reign, 
"  of  the  Affent  of  the  Prelates,  Dukes,  Marq.ueffes, 
"  Earls,  'Barons,  and  Commons  at  the  faid  Parliament 
'"  affembled,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed  the  Things 
"  under-written." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  17. 

NOSTRE  Seignur  le  Roi  a  fon  parlement 
tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  vendredy  prcfchein  apres 
le  fefte  de  feint  Luc  Ian  de  fon  regne  noe- 
fifme  ft  ad  del  affent  desPrelatz  Duks  Markys  Conts 
Barons  et  communes  au  dit  parlement  affemblezor- 
denez  et  eftabliz  les  chofes  defoutz  efcriptz. 


C  A  P.     I. 

A  Confirmation  of  all  Statutes  not  repealed,  faving  of  the  Statute  of  8  Rich.  II.  c.  3. 


*  T7IRST,  it  is  accorded  and  affented,  That  all  the 

*  Jp  Statutes  made  by  the  Parliament  in  the  Times 
'  of  the  King's  noble   Progenitors,    and  in  his   own 

*  Time,  as  well  of  Sheriffs,  Under-Sheriffs,  Efchea- 
4  tors,  and  Clerks  of  Sheriffs,  as  of  Purveyors,  and  all 

*  other  good  Statutes  and  Ordinances  not  repealed  by 

*  Parliament,  fhall  be  firmly  holden  and  kept,  and  due 
i  Execution  thereof  done,  according  to  the  EffecT:  of 
'  the  fame;  (2)  except  the  Statute  of  the  Juftices  and 
'  Barons  of  the  Exchequer  made  at  the  laft  Parliament, 
'  which,  becaufe  it  is  very  hard,  and  needeth  Declara- 

*  tion,  the  King  will  that  it  be  of  no  Force  till  it  be 
'  declared  by  Parliament.' 


EN  primes  accordez  eft  et  affentuz  qe  touz  les 
eftatuz  faitz  par  parlement  en  temps  de  les 
nobles  progenitours  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qore  eft 
et  en  fon  temps  demefne  fibien  des  vifcontz  fouth- 
vifcontz  efchetours  et  clers  des  vifcontz  come  des 
purveours  et  touz  autres  bones  eftatutz  et  orde- 
nances  nient  repellez  par  parlement  foient  ferme- 
ment  tenuz  et  gardez  et  due  execution  ent  fait  fo- 
lonc  leffec~r.e  dicelles  forfpris  leftatut  des  Juftices  et 
Barons  de  lefcheqer  fait  en  darrein  parlement  le 
quele  a  caufe  qil  eft  trop  dure  et  embofoigne  decla- 
ration le  Roi  voet  qil  foit  de  nulle  force  tanqe  foit 
declarez  par  parlement. 


CAP.     II, 

Villains  flying  into  Places  enfranchifed,  and  i'uing  their  Lords,  fhall  not  bar  thereby. 

O  B  S.  TTEM  par  la  ou  plufpurs  villains  et  niefs  fibien  des  grantz  Seignurs  come  des  autres  gentz  fibien  efpiritels 

JL  come  temporcls  ienfuent  deinz  citees  villes  et  lieux  enfranchilez  come  la  Cite  de  Londres  et  autres  fem- 
blables  et  feinont  diverfes  fuites  devers  lour  Seignurs  a  caufe  de  lour  faire  franks  par  la  refpons  de  lour  Seig- 
nurs accordez  eft  et  affentuz  qe  les  Seignurs  ne  autres  ne  foient  mye  forbarrez  de  lour  villayns  par  caufe  de 
lour  refpons  en  la  ley. 


CAP.     III. 
A  Writ  of  Error  or  Attaint  maintainable  by  him  in  the  Reverfion. 


He  in  the  Re-     ' 
verfion  (hall  have  c 
an  Attaint  or        t 
Writ  of  Error      c 
upon  a  falfe 
Verdia  found,     ' 
or  an  erroneous    ' 
Judgement  given  c 
againft  the  par-    6 
ticular  Tenant, 
a  Buiftr.  247. 
3  Ed.  i.  c.  38.       * 


ITEM  it  is  accorded  and  affented,  That  if  the 
Tenant  for  Term  of  Life,  Tenant  in  Dower, 
Tenant  by  the  Courtfey  of  England,  or  Tenant  in 
Tail  after  Poflibility  of  Iffue  extindr,  be  impleaded, 
and  plead  to  an  Inqueft,  and  lofe  by  the  Oath  of 
Twelve,  or  by  Default,  or  in  other  Manner,  that  he 
to  whom  the  Reverfion  of  the  Tenements  fo  loft  doth 
appertain  at  the  Time  of  fuch  Judgement  given,  his 
Heirs  or  Succeffors,  fhall  have  an  Action  by  Writ  of 
Attaint,  to  attaint  the  fame  Oath,  if  they  will  afiign 


ITEM  accordez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  fi  tenant  a 
terme  de  vie  tenant  en  dower  tenant  par  ley 
dEngleterre  ou  tenant  en  la  taille  apres  poflibilite 
de  iffue  efteint  foient  empledez  &  pledent  al  en- 
queft  &  perdont  par  ferement  de  dufze  ou  qils  pi:r- 
dont  par  defaute  ou  en  autre  manere  qe  celluy  a  qi 
la  reverfion  de  tenementz  enfy  perduz  appendoit  a 
temps  de  tiel  jugement  rendu  fes  heirs  ou  fuccef- 
fours  eient  action  par  brief  dattaindre  le  dit  fere- 
ment Ills  voillent  affigner  mefme  le  ferement  eflre 

falx 


A.D. 


138, 


Anno  nono  Richardi  II. 


C.  4,  5. 


373 


Ex  Rot.  inTwr,  Lond. 
falx  &  auxint  par  brief  derrour  fierrour  y  foit  trove 
en  le  record  de  tiel  jugement  fibien  en  la  vie  des 
ditz  tenantz  qenfy  perdont  come  apres  lour  mort 
&  fi  tiel  jugement  erroyne  foit  reverfe  ou  tiel  faulx 
ferement  foit  trove  qe  le  tenant  qi  perdi  par  le  pri- 
mer jugement  fil  foit  en  vie  foit  reftitut  a  la  pof- 
feflion  des  tenementz  enfy  perduz  ove  les  iffues  en 
le  mefne  temps  &  le  partie  purfuant  a  les  arrerages 
de  la  rente  fi  afcun  a  luy  foit  due  de  mefmes  les  tene- 
mentz. Et  fi  tiel  tenant  foit  mort  a  temps  del 
jugement  rendu  fur  tielx.  briefs  datteynt  &  derrour 
qe  reftitution  de  tielx  tenementz  foit  fait  a  la  par- 
tie  purfuant  ove  les  iffues  puis  la  mort  del  tenant 
fuifdit  enfemblement  ove  les  arrerages  del  rent  ii 
afcun  a  luy  fuift  due  en  la  vie  de  tiel  tenant. 


Purveu  ne  pur  qant  coment  qe  le  tenant  qenfy 
perdi  par  le  primer  jugement  foit  en  vie  &le  partie 
purfuant  voille  alleger  qe  mefme  le  tenant  fuift  de 
covine  &  affent  del  demandant  qe  recovery  qe  tielx 
tenementz  deuffent  eftre  perduz  qe  reftitution  de 
mefmes  les  tenementez  foit  fait  a  mefme  la  partie 
purfuant  ove  les  iffues  &  arrerages  come  devant  eft 
dit  favant  a  tiel  tenant  aftion  par  fcire  facias  hors 
de  mefme  le  jugement  enfy  reverfe  ou  rendu  en  le 
brief  datainte  fil  voille  traverfer  les  covyne  &  affent 
avantditz  &  autrcment  nient.  Et  qe  cefte  eftatut 
tiegne  lieu  des  jugementz  a  rendre.  en  temps  avenir 
&  auxint  de  deux  jugementez  nadgairs  reriduz  en 
Bank  le  Roy  en  deux  plees  derrour  lun  entre  Ed- 
mund Franceys  &  Idoine  fa  femme  demandantz  & 
Robert  de  Weftby  &  autres  tenantz  de  certeins  te- 
nementz en  Oxenford  et  le  fuburbe  de  mefme  la 
ville  et  lautre  entre  les  ditz  Edmond  et  Idoine  de- 
mandantz et  Richard  Cornewayle  et  Ifabell  fa  fern- 
me  et  autres  tenantz  de  certeins  tenementz  en  mef- 
me la  ville  des  queux  tenementz  le  reverfion  ap- 
pendoit  au  temps  des  ditz  deux  jugementz  renduz 
as  maiftre  et  efcolers  del  college  de  la  Sale  del  Uni- 
verfite  dOxenford  a  ce  qeft  dit  et  qe  les  ditz  mai- 
ftre et  efcolers  poont  avoir  et  faire  lour  fuite  par 
brief  dateinte  ou  derrour  de  mefme  les  jugementz 
come  meultz  lour  femblera  folonc  la  fourmede  ceft 
eftatut. 

11  H.  7.  c.  21  fif  24.     19  H.  7. 


the  fame  Oath  to  be  falfe,  and  alfo  by  Writ  of  Er-  \Ed.yflat.  1. 
ror,  if  Error  be  found  in  the  Record  of  fuch  Judge-  c.  6.    5  Ed.  3. 
ment,  as  well  in  the  Life  of  fuch  Tenants  that  fo  do  c-  6&  7- 
lofe,  as  after  their  Death.     And  if  fuch  Judgement  2   ^j  3' c'  ' 
erroneous  be  reverfed,  or  fuch  falfe  Oath  be  found,  ' 

that  the  Tenant  which  did  lofe  by  the  firft  Judge- 
ment, if  he  be  in  Life,  fhall  be  reilored  to  his  Pof- 
feflion  of  the  Tenements  fo  loft,  with  the  Iffues  in 
the  mean  Time,  and  the  Party  purfuing,  to  the  Ar- 
rearages of  the  Rent,  if  any  be  due  of  the  fame  Te- 
nements. And  if  fuch  Tenant  be  dead  at  the  Time 
of  the  Judgement  given  upon  fuch  Writs  of  Attaint 
and  of  Error,  that  Reftitution  of  the  faid  Tenements 
be  made  to  the  Patty  purfuing,  with  the  Iffues  after 
the  Death  of  the  faid  Tenant,  together  with  the  Ar- 
rearages of  the  Rent,  if  any  to  him  were  due  in  the 
Life  of  the  faid  Tenant. 

'  II.  Provided  neverthelefs,   that  although  the  Te-  Hem  the  Re- 
nant  which  fo  did  lofe  by  the  firft  Judgement  be  in  verfion  alleged! 
Life,  and  the  Party  purfuing  will   alledge  that  the  ^VT^antwas 
fame  Tenant  was  of  Covin,   and  of  Affent  of  the  ^  covfn  with" 
Demandant  which  recovered,  that  fuch  Tenements  the  Demandant, 
ought  to  be  loft,  that  Reftitution  of  the  fame  Tene- 
ments be  made  to  the  fame  Party  purfuing,  with  the 
Iffues  and  Arrearages,  as  afore  is  faid,  Javing  to  fuch 
Tenant  his  Action  by  Writ  of  Scire  facias,  out  of 
the  fame  Judgement  fo  reverfed  or  given,  or  Writ  of 
Attaint,   if  he  will  traverfe  the  Covin   and  Affent 
aforefaid,  and  other  wife  not.     And  that  this  Statute  The  particular 
hold  Place  of  Judgements  to  be  given  in  Time  to  Tenants  Reme- 
come,    and  alfo  of  two  Judgements  late  given  in  d^ '°  traverfe 
the  King's  Bench  in  two  Pleas  of  Error,   the  one  *' Covln- 
betwixt  Edmund  Frances  and  Ideyn  his  Wife,  Deman^- 
dants,  and  Robert  Wejlby  and  other  Tenants  of  cer- 
tain Tenements  in  Oxenford,  and  in  the  Suburbs  of  the 
fame  Town  ;  and  the  other  betwixt  the  faid  Edmund 
and   Ideyn  Demandants,  and  Richard  Cornwall  and 
Ifabel  his  Wife  and  others  Tenants,  of  certain  Te- 
nements in  the  fame  Town,  of  which  Tenements 
the  Reverfion  at  the  Time  of  the  faid  two  Judge- 
ments given  did  pertain  to  the  Mafter  and  Scholars 
of  the  College  of  the  Univerfity  Hall  in  Oxenford,  as 
it  is  faid,  fo  that  the  Mafter  and  Scholars  may  have 
and  do  their  Suit  by  Writ  of  Attaint  or  of  Error  of 
the  fame  Judgements,  as  to  them  beft  fhall  feem,  ac- 
cording to  the  Form  of  this  Statute. 


Seen  H. 6.  c. 4, 
15//.  6.  c.  5. 

i8ff.6.t,j, 


3.     23  H.  8.  c.  3.  and  37  H.  %.  c.  5.  for  farther  Regulations  and  Exttnfions  of  Attaints, 


C  A  P.     IV. 

Whether  a  Prior  be  datiff  and  removable,  or  perpetual,  the  Trial  fhall  be  by  the  Ordinary. 

ITEM  par  la  ou  plee  foit  meu  parentre  partie  et  partie  en  court  le  Roy  les  queux  defcendent  en  iffu  fur  O  B  S. 
tieu  point  ceft  affavoir  fi  un  Priour  quel  la  matier  efteant  en  plee  touche  foit  perpetuel  ou  datif  et  remuable 
a  la  volunte  fon  foverayn  et  lun  des  parties  voille  alleger  en  declaration  de  tiel  perpetuite  qe  tiel  Priour  fuift 
prefente  par  fon  foveraigne  al  ordinaire  et  par  luy  refceu  inftitut  et  inducl:  ordene  eft  et  eftabli  qen  tieu  cas 
quant  les  parties  defcendent  a  tiel  iffue  qe  brief  foit  mande  al  ordinaire  de  lieu  de  certifier  fi  tiel  Priour  foit 
perpetuel  ou  datif  et  remuable  come  devant  et  qe  la  matier  foit  adjuge  folonc  fa  certification  et  qe  ceft 
eftatut  foit  de  force  entre  parties  fibien  la  ou  tiel  Priour  neft  pas  partie  come  la  ou  il  eft  partie  et  fibien  en  plees 
pendantz  come  plees  defore  a  comencer. 


1 


CAP.    V. 

The  Fees  of  Priefts  taken  in  the  Marfhalfy  of  the  King's  Houfe 

TEM  a  la  reverence  de  Dieu  et  feint  efglife  ac- 
cordez  eft  et  eftabli  qe  preftres  et  autres  gentz 
3 


TEM,  For  the  Reverence  of  God,  and  of  holy 
Church,  it  h  accorded  and  eftablifhed,  That  Priefts 

5  and 


374       C.  5. 


Anno  nono  Richardi    I. 


A.D.  1385. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 


-*,  '  and  other  People  of  holy  Church,  taken  in  the  Mar-     de  feint  efglife  pris  en  la  marchalcie  de  hoftel  noftre 

'* '  fhalfy  of  the  King's  Houfe,  fhall  pay  fuch  Fees  as  I  Seignur  le  Roy  paient  tielx  fees  comeleslais  gentz 


J<ir  the  fees  of 
tie  Marfial, 


Lay-people  pay,  reafonably,  and  no  more. 


refonablement  paient  et  nient  pluis. 


A  Statute  made  Anno  10  Rich.  II.  and  Anno  Dom.  1386. 

CAP.    I. 

The  King's  Commiffion  to  the  Chancellor  and  others  to  examine  into  the  State  of  his  Courts, 
Revenues,  Grants,  and  Officers  Fees.     See  Appendix. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,    Anno 

1387. 


11  Rich.  IL  and  Anno  Dom. 


UR  Lord  the  King  heartily  defiring  that  the 
Peace  of  his  Land  be  well  holden  and  kept, 
and  his  faithful  Subjects  nourilhed  and  go- 
verned in  Quietnefs  and  Tranquillity  in  all  Parts 
within  his  Realm  of  England,  to  the  Honour  of 
God,  and  for  the  Caufes  aforefaid,  by  the  Affent  of 
the  Lords  and  Commons  of  his  Realm  of  England 
affembled  at  his  Parliament  holden  at  Weftminfter 
the  Morrow  of  the  Purification  of  our  Lady,  the 
eleventh  Year  of  his  Reign,  doth  make  and  ftablifh 
certain  Statutes,  and  alfo  doth  grant  certain  Graces 
and  Pardons  in  the  Form  underwritten. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  \6. 
'  OSTRE  redoute  Seignur  le  Roy  deflrant 
moult  entierement  de  coer  qe  la  pees  de  fa 
terre  foit  bien  tenuz  et  gardez  et  fes  foiabc 
lieges  et  fubgitz  nurrez  et  governez  en  quiete  et 
tranquillite  toutz  parts  deinz  fon  Roialme  ft  ad  aJ 
honurede  Dieu  et  purles  caufes  fuifditz  de  laffent 
des  Seignurs  et  communes  de  fon  Roialme  aflem- 
blez  a  fon  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  lendemain  de 
la  Purification  de  noftre  Dame  Ian  de  fon  regne 
unzi'fme  fait  et  eftabli  certeins  eftatutz  et  ordinanr 
ces  et  auxint  grantez  et  ottroiez  certeins  graces  et 
pardons  en  la  fourme  defoutz  efcriptz. 


C  A  P.     I. 

The  Archbifhop  of  York  and  others  attainted  of  High  Treafon.     See  Appendix. 

CAP.     IL 

Claufe  to  prevent  fraudulent  Conveyances  of  their  Eftates.     See  Appendix. 

C  A  P.     III. 

The  Eftates  of  the  Bifhop  of  Chuhefter  and  others  alfo  forfeited.     See  Appendix. 

CAP.    IV. 

The  Penalty  of  concealing  any  Part  of  the  faid  Eftates  after  Proclamation  made.     Eftates  pof- 
feffed  by  a  Traitor  in  another's  Right  excepted.     See  Appendix. 

CAP.     V. 

Iffues  in  Tail,  and  Jointures  of  Women,  alfo  excepted.      See  Appendix. 

CAP.     VI. 

Penalty  of  petitioning  the  King  for  any  Grant  of  the  faid  Eftates  during  the  War.      S#e 
4  Appendix.. 


C  A  Pi 


A.D. 


:8< 


1357. 


Anno  undecimo  Richardi  II. 


375 


cap.   vn. 

All  Merchants  Aliens  and  Denizens  may  buy  and  fell  within  this  Realm  without  Interruption. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turn  Lond. 

ITEM  come  par  eftatut  fait  a  Everwyk  Ian  du 
regne  le  Roy  Edward  tierce  laiel  noftre  Seig- 
nur le  Roy  qoreft  noefifme  ordeignez  feuft  &  efta- 
bliz  qe  toutz  merchantz  aliens  &  denzeins  h  toutz 
autres  &  chefcun  de  eux  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition 
qils  foient  qi  achatre  ou  vendre  veullent  blees  vins 
avoir  de  poiis  chares  peffon  &  toutz  autre  vivres  & 
vitailles  leins  draps  merces  merchandifes  &  tout 
manere  dautr.es  chofes  vendables  de  quele  part  qils 
viegnent  par  foreins  ou  par  denzeins  a  quel  lieu  qi 
ce  foit  foit  il  citee  burgh  ville  port  du  meer  feir 
marchee  ou  autre  lieu  deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  de- 
inz  franchife  ou  dehors  les  puiffent  franchement  & 
fanz  deflourber  vendre  a  qi  qe  lour  pleft  auxibien 
as  foreins  come  as  deinzeins  forfpris  les  enemys  de 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  de  fon  Roialme.  Et  fi  par 
cas  deftourbance  foite  fait  a  nul  merchant  alien  ou 
deinzein  ou  autre  fur  la  vente  des  tieles  chofes  en 
citee  burgh  ville  port  de  meer  o'u  autre  lieu  qe  fran- 
chife eit  &  les  mair  baillifs  ou  autres  qont  garde  de 
]a  dite  franchife  requis  par  les  ditz  merchantz  ou 
autre  dent  faire  remede  &  il  ne  le  face  &  de  ce  foit 
atteint  foit  la  franchife  pris  en  la  mayne  le  Roy  & 
nientmeyns  foit  tenuz  lui  &  les  autres  qi  averont 
fait  celle  deftourbance  contre  ceft  eftatut  de  rendre 
&  reftorer  au  dit  merchant  fes  damages  qil  avera 
fuffert  par  celle  enchaifone  au  double.  Et  ft  tielle 
deftourbance  foit  faite  as  tielx  merchantz  ou  as 
autres  es  villes  ou  lieux  ou  franchife  neft  &  le 
Seignur  fil  foit  prefent  ou  fon  baillif  coneftable  ou 
autre  gardein  des  ditz  villes  &  lieux  en  abfence  des 
Seignurs  ent  requis  de  faire  droit  ne  le  facent  &  de 
ce  foient  atteintz  rendent  les  damages  au  pleintif 
au  double  auxi  come  defuis  eft  dit  &  les  deftour- 
bers  en  lun  cas  &  en  lautre  auxibien  deinz  fran- 
chifes  come  dehors  fils  foient  atteintz  eient  la  pri- 
fon  dun  an  &  jademeins  foient  reintz  a  la  volente  le 
Roi.  Et  qe  null  alien  ne  deinzein  fur  mefmes  les 
peins  foit  deftourbe  qil  ne  puiffe  franchement  a- 
chatre  les  chofes  fufnomez  es  lieux  fufditz  &  carier 
la  ou  luy  plerra  a  fon  oeps  demefne  ou  al  profit  du 
Roi  &  des  grantz  &  du  poeple  du  dit  roialme  for- 
fpris qe  les  merchantz  aliens  ne  amefnent  vins  hors 
de  mefme  le  Roialme  come  eft  contenu  en  lour 
chartre  &  qe  les  ditz  chofes  foient  tenuz  gardez  & 
perfournez  en  chefcun  citee  burgh  ville  port  du 
meer  &  autre  lieu  deinz  le  dit  Roialme  nient  con- 
treefteant  chartre  de  franchife  a  eux  grantee  a  con  - 
traire  ne  ufage  ne  cuftume  ou  juggementz  renduz 
fur  leur  chartres  ufages  ne  cuftumes  qe  eux  purront 
alegger  les  queux  chartres  ufages  &  cuftumes  ft 
nulles  foient  le  dit  Roi  laiel  Prelates  Contes  Barons 
&  Grantz  &  Communaltees  avantditz  tiegnent  de 
null  force  come  chofes  grantez  ufez  ou  acuftumez 
au  damage  du  Roy  Prelatz  Contes  Barons  &  grantz 
de  fon  Roialme  Sc  oppreffign  de  fon  poeple. 


"  T  TEM,  Whereas  by  a  Statute  made  at  York,  the  9 Ed.  3.  flat,  o 
"  A.  ninth  Year  of  King  Edw.  3.  Grandfather  of  trie  c-  *■ 
"  King  that  now  is,  it  was  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  )^ff-  l-f'a!-z° 
"  That  all  Merchants,  Aliens  and  Denizens,  and  all 
"  other  and  every  of  them,  of  what  Eftate  and  Con- 
"  dition  they  be,  which  will  buy  or  fell  Corn,  Wine, 
"  Avoir  de  pais,  Flefh,  Fifli,    and  all  other  Victuals, 
"  Wooll,  Cloths,  Wares,  Merchandifes,  and  all  other 
"  Things  vendible,  from  whencefoever  they  come,  by 
"  Foreigners  or  by  Denizens,  to  what  Place  that  it  be, 
"  be  it  City,  Borough,  Town,  Port  of  the  Sea,  Fair, 
"  Market,    or   other  Place   within  the  fame  Realm, 
"  within  Franchife  or  without,  may  freely,  and  with- 
"  out  Difturbance  fell  the  fame  to  whom  pleafe  them, 
"  as  well  to  Foreigners  as  Denizens,    except  to  the  9  H-  3-  fl»t- 1» 
"  Enemies  of  the  King  and  of  his  Realm,     (z)  And  c"  3°' 
"  if  percafe  Difturbance  be  done  to  any  Merchant, 
"  Alien  or  Denizen,  or  other,  upon  the  Sale  of  fuch. 
"  Things  in  City,  Borough,  Town,  Port  of  the  Sea, 
"  or  other  Place   which  hath   a  Franchife,    and  the 
"  Mayor,  Bailiffs,  or  other,  that  having  the  Keeping 
"  of  the  faid  Franchife  be  required,  by  the  faid  Mer- 
"  chants  or  other,  thereof  to  make  Remedy,   and  do 
"  not,  and  thereof  be  attainted,  the  Franchife  fhall  be 
"  taken  into  the  King's  Hand  ;  (3)  And  neverthelefs, 
"  he  and  other  which  have  done  this  Difturbance  a- 
"  gainft  this  Statute,  fhall  be  bound  to  yield  and  re- 
"  ftore   to   the  faid  Merchant  his   double  Damages, 
"  which  he  hath  fuftained  by  this  Occafion.     (4)  And  What  Penalty 
"  if  fuch  Difturbance  be  done  to  fuch  Merchant,  or  ftaI1  be  inflia«d 
"  to  other,  in  Towns  and  Places  where  no  Franchife  Xcb&Mii- 
"  is,    and  the  Lord,  if  he  be  prefent,    or  his  Bailiff",  flurb  Merchants 
"  Conftable,  or  other  Warden  of  the  faid  Towns  and  to  fell  thc-ir 
"  Places,  in  Abfence  of  the  Lords  thereof,  required  to  Commodities. 
"  do  Right,    do  not,    and  thereof  be  attainted,    they  - 
"  fhall  yield  to  the  Plaintiff  his  double  Damages,  as 
"  afore  is  faid  5(5)  and  the  Difturbers  in  the  one  Cafe 
"  and  the  other,  as  well  within  Franchife  as  without, 
"  if  they  be  attainted,  fhall  have  Imprifonment  of  one 
"  Year,    and  neverthelefs  be  ranfomed  at  the  King's 
"  Will.     (6)  And  that  no  Alien  nor  Denizen  upon 
"  the  fame  Pains  be  difturbed,  but  that  he  may  freely 
"  buy  the  Things  above  named  in  the  Places  aforefaid, 
"  and  carry  the  fame  where  pleafeth  him  to  his  own 
"  Ufe,  or  to  the  Profit  of  the  Pving,   the  great  Men 
"  and  the  People  of  the  Realm,    (7)  except  that  the  Merchants  All- 
Merchants  Aliens  fhall  carry  no  Wines  out  of  the  cns  *?"  carry 


Realm,  as  is  contained  in  their  Charter 


and 


"  that  the  faid  Things  be  holden,  kept,  and  perform- 
"  ed  in  every  City,  Borough,  Town,  Port  of  the  Sea, 
"  and  other  Places  within  the  faid  Realm,  notwithr 
"  ftanding  any  Charters  of  Franchife  to  them  granted 
"  to  the  contrary,  nor  Ufage,  Cuftom,  nor  Judge- 
"  ments  given  upon  their  Charters,  Ufages,  nor  Cuf- 
"  toms  which  they  can  alledge  ;  (9)  which  Charters, 
"  Ufages  and  Cuftoms  (if  any  there  were)  the  faid 
"  King  the  Grandfather,  the  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons, 
"  and  Great  Men  and  Commons  aforefaid,  do  hold  of 
"  no  Force,  as  Things  granted,  ufed,  and  accuftomed 
"  to  the  Damage  of  the  King,  the  Prelates,  Earls, 
"  Barons,  and  Great  Men  of  his  Realm,  and  Oppref- 
"  fton  of  the  Commons. 

"  'II, 


no  Wine  out  of 


376       C.  yt 


Anno.undecimo  Richardi  II. 


A.  D.  1387. 


ARefervation  of 

Cuitoms. 


"Who  may  ^in- 
quire of  and 
punifh  the  faid 
Offences., 


a 5  Ed.  3.  ftat.  4. 
c.  2* 


Merchants- may 
fell  their  Wares 
in  Grofs,  or  by 
Ketale,  notwith- 
standing ?.ny 
Grant  or 
Cnitom. 
s  R..2.  flat,  I. 
c,  i. 


The  Stat,  of 
g  Ed.  3.  fiat.  I. 
c.  1.  &»5Ed.  3. 
ftat.  4.  c.  2.  Ih all 
be  executed  in 
all  Points,  not- 
withftandingany 
Charter,  ice. 


"  II.  Saving  always  to  the  King,  and  to  other  the 
Cuftoms  due  of  the  faid  Merchandifes.  (2)  And 
alfo  that  the  Chancellor,  Treafurer,  and  Juftices 
affigned  to  hold  the  Pleas  of  the  King  in  Places 
where  they  come,  fhall  inquire  of  fuch  Disturbances 
and  Grievances,  and  punifh  according  as  is  before 
ordained.  (3)  And  nevertheiefs,  the  King  fhall 
cat'.fe  to  be  affigned  by  Commiffion  under  the  Great 
Seal  certain  People,  where  and  when  it  fhall  pleafe 
him,  to  inquire  of  fuch  Disturbances  and  Grievan- 
ces, and  to  execute  Punifhment  as  aforefaid.  (4). 
And  after  by  a  Statute  made  at  a  Parliament  holden 
at  Wcftminfter  the  xxv.  Year  of  King  Edward  the 
Third,  it  was  ordained  by  the  fame  King  Ed  ward  the 
Grandfather,  Prelates,  Earls,  Barons,  and  all  other 
Great  Men  and  Commons,  That  the  faid  Statute 
made  the  faid  ix  Year,  in  all  Points  and  Articles 
contained  in  the  fame,  fhall  be  holden,  kept,  and 
maintained.  (5)  And  if  any  Charter,  Letters  Pa- 
tents, Proclamation,  or  Commandment,  Ufage,  Al- 
lowance, or  Judgement  were  made  to  the  contrary, 
the  fame  fhould  be  utterly  repealed,  avoided,  and 
holden  for  none.  (6)  And  moreover,  that  every 
Merchant  or  other,  of  what  Condition  that  he  be, 
as  well  Alien  as  Denizen,  which  fhall  bring  Wines, 
Flefh,  Fifh,  or  other  Victuals,  Cloths,  Fells,  or 
Avoir  de  pais,  or  any  other  Wares  or  Merchan- 
difes to  the  City  of  London,  or  to  other  Cities,  Bo- 
roughs, or  good  Towns  of  England,  or  Port  of  the 
Sea,  may  freely  and  without  Challenge  or  Impeach- 
ment of  any,  fell  them  in  Grofs,  or  at  Retale,  or  by 
Parcels,  at  his  Will,  to  all  Manner  of  People  that 
will  buy  the  fame,*notwithftanding  any  Grant,  Fran- 
chife,  or  Cuftom  ufed,  or  any  other  Manner  of  Thing 
done  to  the  contrary,  fince  that  fuch  Franchifes  and 
Ufages  be  in  common  Prejudice  of  the  King,  and  of 
all  his  People.  (7)  And  that  no  Mayor,  Bailiff, 
Catchpole,  Minifter,  or  other,  fhall  meddle  with  the 
Sale  of  any  Manner  of  Victuals  vendible,  carried  or 
brought  to  Cities,  Boroughs,  nor  other  Towns,  nor 
Fair,  or  Market,  but  only  he  to  whom  the  Victuals 
fhall  be.  (8)  And  alfo  that  Proclamation  be  thereof 
made  of  new  in  all  the  Counties  of  England,  and  in 
the  City  of  London,  and  in  all  other  Cities,  Bo- 
roughs, and  good  Towns  and  Ports  of  the  Sea,  and 
elfewhere  within  the  Realm  of  England,  where  it 
fhall  be  needful.  (9)  And  that  the  faid  King  the 
Grandfather  fhall  thereupon  caufe  to  be  affigned  his 
Juftices  at  all  Times  that  fhall  pleafe  him,  and  fhall 
be  neceffary,  to  inquire  of  all  them  that  fhall  fell, 
or  any  Thing  do  to  the  contrary,  and  to  punifh 
them  according  to  the  Pain  contained  in  the  fame 
Statute  made  the  faid  ninth  Year.  ([-">)  And  that 
every  Man  that  will  fue  againft  any,  fhall  have  a 
Writ  out  of  the  Chancery  to  attach  him  by  his  Body, 
as  a  Difturber  of  the  common  Profit,  and  to  make 
him  come  to  Anfwer  thereof  in  the  King's  Court,  as 
by  the  fame  Statutes  plainly  doth  appear."  '  fnj 
Our  Lord  the  King  feeing  clearly  that  the  faid  Sta- 
tutes if  they  were  holden  and  fully  executed,  fhould 
much  extend  to  the  Profit  and  Wealth  of  all  the 
Realm,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  by  the  A/Tent 
of  the  Prelates,  Dukes,  Earls,  Barons,  great  Men, 
Nobles,  and  Commons  in  this  prefent  Parliament  af- 
fembled,  That  the  faid  Statutes  fhall  from  henceforth 
be  firmly  holden,  kept,  maintained,  and  fully  exe- 
cuted in  all  the  Points  and  Articles  of  the  fame,  not- 
withstanding any  Ordinance,  Statute,  Charter,  Let- 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Sauvez  toutesfoitz  au  Roy  &  as  autres  les  cu- 
ftumes  duez  des  ditz  merchandifes.  Et  auxint  qe 
le  Chanceller  Treforer  &  Juftices  aflignez  a  te- 
nir  les  plees  le  Roy  es  lieux  ou  ils  veignent  enquer- 
gentdes  tieles  deftourbances  &  grerances  &  facent 
puniflement  felonc  ce  qeft  avant  ordeignez.  Et 
nientmeyns  qe  le  Roy  face  afligner  par  commiffion 
de  fon  grant  feal  certeins  gentz  ou  &  qant  luy 
plerra  denquer  des  tieles  deftourbances  &  grevan- 
ces  &  de  faire  puniftement  come  defuis  eft  dit.  Et 
puis  par  eftatut  fait  en  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm' 
Ian  vint  &  quint  du  regne  le  dit  Roi  Edward 
laiel  accordez  eftoit  par  mefme  le  Roi  Edward 
laiel  prelates  contes  barons  &  toutz  autres  grantz 
&  Communes  en  le  dit  parlement  aflemblez  qe  le 
dit  eftatut  fait  le  dit  an  noefifme  en  toutz  pointz 
&  articles  contenuz  en  ycel  ferroit  tenu  garde  & 
meyntenu  &  qe  fi  null  eftatut  chartre  lettre  pa- 
tente  proclamation  ou  mandement  ufage  allouance 
ou  juggement  feuft  fait  a  contrair  ferroit  overte- 
ment  repelle  aniente  &  tenu  pur  null.  '  Et  outrer 
ce  qe  chefcun  merchant  ou  autre  de  quele  condition 
qil  ferroit  auxibien  alien  come  deinzein  qi  amefne- 
roit  vins  chares  pefTon  ou  autre  manere  des  vitailles 
draps  peaux  ou  avoir  de  poiis  ou  quelconqes  autres 
merces  ou  merchandifes  a  la  Citee  de  Londres  ou 
as  autres  citees  burghs  &  bones  villes  dEngleterre 
ou  portz  du  meer  les  purroit  franchement  &  fanz 
chalange  ou  empefchement  de  nully  vendre  en 
grofl'e  ou  a  retaille  ou  par  parcelles  a  fa  volentee  a 
quelconqes  gentz  qe  les  voudroient  achatre  nient 
contreefteantz  quelconqe  franchife  grante  ou  cu- 
ftume  ufe  ou  quelconqe  autre  manere  chofe  faite 
a  contraire  deficome  qe  tieux  franchifes  &  ufages 
font  en  commune  prejudice  du  Roi  &  de  tout  ion 
poeple.  Et  qe  null  mair  baillif  cachepol  miniftre 
ne  null  autre  fe  medleroit  de  la  vente  de  null  ma- 
nere des  vitailles  vendables  mefnez  ou  portez  as 
citees  burghs  nautres  villes  ne  foire  ne  marche  fors 
foulement  celuy  a  qi  les  vitailles  ferroient  &  < 
proclamation  ent  fe  ferroit  de  novell  en  toutz  les- 
contees  dEngleterre  &  en  la  Citee  de  Londres  &  es 
touz  autres  citees  burghs  et  bones  villes  et  portz  du 
meer  et  aillours  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  oil 
meftier  ferroit.  Et  qe  le  dit  Roi  laiel  fur  ce  ferroit 
afligner  fes  Juftices  toutz  les  foitz  qe  Iurplerroit  et 
meftier  ferroit  denquere  de  toutz  ceux  qi  vendroi- 
ent  ou  riens  ferroient  a  lencontre  et  de  les  punir 
felonc  la  peine  contenue  en  mefme  leftatut  fait  le 
dit  an  noefifme  et  qe  chefcun  qi  vorroit  fuir  devers 
null  tiel  averoit  brief  de  la  Ghaneellerie-  de  luy  at- 
tacher  par  fon  corps  come  deftourbour  de  com- 
mune profit  de  luy  faire  ent  venira  refpons  en  la 
Courte  le  Roi  come  par  mefmes  les  eftatutz  pleine* 
ment  appiert.  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  veiant  clere- 
ment  qe  les  ditz  eftatutz  fils  feuffent  tenuz  et  pleine- 
ment  executz  fextendent  overtement  al  profit  et 
bien  commune  de  tout  le  Roialme  Si  ad  ordeignez 
et  eftabliz  par  alTent  des  Prelatz-  Dues  Contes  Ba- 
rons grantz  Nobles  et  Communes  en  ceft  prefent 
parlement  aflemblez  qe  les  ditz  eftatutz  fdient  de- 
fore  enavant  fermement  tenuz  gardez  mayntenuz 
&  pleynement  executz  en  toutz  poyntz  &  articles 
dycelles  Nient  contreefteantz  afcun  eftatut  ordi- 
nance 


A.D.  1387. 


Aano  undecimo  Richard  1  II. 


C.  8— 11. 


377 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond, 
nance  chartres  lettres  patentcs  franchife  proclama- 
tion mandeinent  uiae;e  nilouajace  ou  juggement  fait 
ou  ufe  a  contraire.  Et  qe  fi  afcun  tiel  eftatut  ordi- 
nance chartre  lettres  patentz  franchife  proclama- 
tion maundement  ufage  allouance  ou  juggement 
foit  fait  ou-  ufe  a  contraire  foit  outrement  repellez 
anieutiz  &  tenuz  pur  mil), 

c .  4.  which  put  Merchants  Sti 


'  ters.  Patents,  Franchife^   Proclamation,   Command- 

'  nient,    Ufage,   Allowance,   or  Judgement  made  of 

'  uled  to  the  contrary.     (12)  And  that  if  any  Statute, 

'  Ordinance,  Charter,  Letters  Patents,  Franchife,  Pro- 

'  clamation,    Commandment,    Ufage,    Allowance,  or 

'  Judgement  be  made  or  ufed  to  the  contrary,  it  fhall  See  l6R*2' 

'  be  utterly  repealed,  avoided,  and  holden  for-none.'     £*'    g^'f' 

angers  under  fonie  ReflriBicns.     See  likeivifc  lxH.J,  c.  6.  concerning  Merchant  Adventurers, 


CAP.     VIII. 
Certain  Annuities  granted  by  the  King,  his  Father  and  Grandfather,  made  void. 

ITEM  ordeigne  eft  et  eftabliz  qe  toutz  les  annuites  et  autres  chofes  donez  ou  grantez  par  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  ou  par  fon  piere  ou  par  fon  aiel  a  quelconqes  perfones  qe  ce  foit  ovefqe  la  claufe,  quoufque  projiatufuo 
aiiter  duxerimus  ordinandum  foient  toutz  voides  et  de  nulle  force  fi  mefmes  les  perfones  aient  acceptez  apres 
autres  chofes  du  Roi  ou  de  fon  pere  ou  de  fon  aiel  avanlditz. 

CAP.     IX. 

No  new  Impofition  fhall  be  put  upon  Merchandifes. 


ITEM  qe.  nulle  impofition  ne  charge  foitmys 
4.  fur  lains  quirs  ou  pealx  lanutz  autre  qe  le  fub- 
wae  &  cuftume  grantez  au  Roi  en  ceft  prefent  par- 
lement  &  fi  afcuny  foit  foit  repellez  &  adnullez 
come  autres  foitz  feuft  ordeynez  par  eftatut  Sau- 
vant  toutdiz  au  Roi  fon  auncien  droit. 


TEM,  That  no  Impofition  or  Charge  be  put  up- 
on Woolls,  Leather,  or  Woollfels,  other  than 
the  Cuftom  and  Subfidy  granted  to  the  King  in  this 
prefent  Parliament;  and  if  any  be,  the  fame  fhall  be 
repealed  and  annulled,  as  it  was  another  Time  or- 
dained by  Statute  ;  faving  always  unto  the  King  his 
ancient  Right.' 


45  Ed.  3.  c.  4. 


C  A  P.     X. 

The  King's  Signet  or  Privy  Seal  mall  not  be  fent  in  Difturbance  of  the  Law. 


TEM  ordeyne  eft  &  eftably  qe  lettres  de  Sig- 
net ne  du  Secre  feal  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ne 
Ibient  de-formes  envoi  ez  en  damage  ne  prejudice  de 
Roialme  nen  deftourbance  de  la  loye. 


'  T  TEM  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  neither  Cro.El.417. 
'  JL  Letters,  of  ithe  Signet,    nor  of  the  King's  Privy  iAnderf.  158. 


'  Seal,   fhall  be   from  henceforth  fent  in  Damage  or 

'  Prejudice  of  the  Realm,   nor  in  Difturbance  of  the  9H-3-ftati1' 

'  Law"'  '    '  i'eT 

J.  3.  e.g.     1J-EJ.  i.  flat.  I.e.  14.     25  Ed.  %.flat.  5.  e.  4.     28  £</,  3.  r.  3.      42  Ed.  3.  c.  3.    .See  farther  4  ff.  7.  t.  XZ.  giving  DircBkm  to  Ju/ices'of'tbi 
J  Peace  j  and  16  Car.  1,  c.  10.  for  regulating  the  Privy  Council  and  taking  away  the  Star  Chamber. 


CAP.    XI. 

The  keeping  ef  ASifes  in  good  Towns,  referred  to  the  Confideration  of  the  Chancellor  and 

Juftices,  &c. 


I 


TEM  come  nadgairs  en  leftatut  fait  a  Weftm' 
Ian  du  regne  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  fifme 
entre  autres  chofes  ordeynez  foit  &  accordez  qe 
juftices  affignez  &  afligners  as  aiTifes  prendre  & 
gaoles  deliverer  tendroient  leur  feffions  en  les  prin- 
cipalx  &  chiefs  villes  de  chefcun  contee  ceftaflavoir 
la  ou  le  contee  de  mefmes  les  contees  foit  ou  en 
i^pres  ferrott  tenuz  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  confide- 
rant  coment  le  dit  eftatut  ft  eft  en  partie  damageous 
ctgrevous  as  gentz  du  plufours  contees  dEngleterre 
Voet  et  grante  de  laftent  fufdit  al  requeft  des  ditz 
Communes  qe  le  Chanceller  dEngleterre  pur  le 
temps  efteant  ait  poair  dent  mettre  et  faire  remede 
par  advys  des  juftices  de  temps  en  temps  qant 
meftier  ferra  Nient  contreefteant  leftatut  avantdit. 


TEMs  Whereas  late  in  a  Statute  made  at  Weft-  9  U.  3. fiat.  1. 

minjler,  the  fixth  Year  of  the  King's  Reign  that<vi2.    13.Etf.ro 
"  now-  is,  amongft  other  Things  it  was  ordained,  and^a''  *■ c-  3°- 
"  accorded,  That  the  Juftices  afllgned  and  to  be  af-  6  R'  *'  c'  s" 
"  figned,  to  take  Affifes,    and  deliver  Gaols,    fhould 
"  hold  their  Seffions  in  the  chief  and  principal  Towns 
£t  of  every  County,  that  is  to  fay,   where  the  Shi  re  - 
"  Courts  of  the  fame  Counties  be  or  hereafter  fhall  be 
"  holden;"    '  (2)  our  Lord  the  King  confidering  how  ' 
'  the  laid  Statute  is  in  Part  prejudicial  and  grievous  to 
'  the  People  of  divers  Counties  of  England,   will  and 
'  grant  of  the  AiTent  aforefaid,  at  the  Requeft  of  the 
'  laid  Commons,  That  the  Chancellor  of  E?igland  for 
6  the  Time  being  fhall  have  Power  thereof  to  make   ■ 
'  and  provide  Remedy  by  Advice  of  the  Juftices  from 
'  time  to  time,  when  Need  fhall  be,   notwithflanding  S«  t$.H.6.  t, 3, 
'  the  faid  Statute.'  -with  regards 


the  County  of 

'Et  msmorand'  qjiod.praclamatkiJ^nsftMuti/a^.afuit  infmgidis  cotnituribtis  Anglie.h  Cumberland, 


Vol.  I, 


C  c  c 


Statutes 


378       C.  1—3. 


Anno  duodecimo  Rich  ard  1  II. 


A.  D.  1388. 


Statutes  made  at  Cambridge,    Anno   12  Rich.  II.  and  Anno   Dom. 

1388. 


1 0  R  the  common  Profit  and  univerfal  Wealth 
of  all  the  Realm  of  England-,  our  Lord  the 
King  at  his  Parliament  holden  at  Canterbury 
"  the  Morrow  after  the  Nativity  of  our  Lady,  the 
"  Twelfth  Year  of  his  Reign,  by  the  Affent  of  the 
"  Lords  and  Commons  there  affembled,  hath  made 
"  certain  Statutes  and  Ordinances  in  the  Form  follow- 

"    inn-." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  13. 

PU  R  commune  profit  &  univerfel  bien  de  tout 
le  Roialme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  a  fon  parle- 
ment  tenuz  a  Cantebr'  lendemayn  de  la  nati- 
vite  de  noftre  Dame  Ian  de  fon  regne  douzifme  del 
afTent  des  Seignurs  &  Communes  illoeqs  affemblez. 
ad  fait  certeins  eftatutz  &  ordenaiices  en  la^forme 
qenfuit. 


Xrtftmd  ly 
5  a  b  Ed.  6. 
ti  16. 


Brp.  5  El.  c.  i 
*  i/Jac,  1. 
c.  j8. 


CAP.     I. 
A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church,  and  of  all  former  Statutes  not  repealed* 


,Trft,  It  is  accorded  and  aflented,  That  holy  Church 
,«.'  have  all  her  Liberties  and  Franchifes  ;  and  that 
the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft, 
and  all  other  Statutes  and  Ordinances  made  in  Times 
paft,  and  not  repealed,  fhall  be  duly  holden,  and 
firmly  kept.' 


[Rimerment  accordez  eft  &  aflentuz  qe  feintc 
efglife  eit  toutes  fes  libertees  &  franchifes  &  qe- 
la  Grande  Chartre  &  la  Chartre  de  la  Foreite  & 
touz  autres  eftatutz  &  ordenances  avant  ces  heures 
faitz  &  nient  repellez  foient  duement  tenuz  &. 
fermement  gardez. 


C  A  P.     II. 

None  fhall  obtain  Offices  by  Suit,  or  for  Reward,  but  upon  Defert. 


ITEM  it  is  accorded,  That  the  Chancellor,  Trea- 
furer,  Keeper  of  the  Privy  Seal,  Steward  of  the 
King's  Houfe,  the  King's  Chamberlain,  Clerk  of  the 
Rolls,  the  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench  and  of  the  other, 
Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  and  all  other  that  fhall  be 
called  to  ordain,  name,  or  make  Juftices  of  Peace, 
Sheriffs,  Efcheators,  Cuftomers,  Comptrollers,  or 
any  other  Officer  or  Minifter  of  the  King,  fhall  be 
firmly  fworn,  that  they  fhall  not  ordain,  name,  or 
make  Juftice  of  Peace,  Sheriff,  Efcheator,  Cuftomer, 
Comptroller,  nor  other  Officer  or  Minifter  of  the 
King,  for  any  Gift  or  Brocage,  Favour  or  Affection  ; 
(2)  nor  that  none  which  purfueth  by  him,  or  by 
other,  privily  or  openly,  to* be  in  any  Manner  Office, 
fhall  be  put  in  the  fame  Office,  or  in  any  other;  (z) 
but  that  they  make  all  fuch  Officers  and  Minifters  of 
the  beft  and  moft  lawful  Men,  and  fufficicnt  to  their 
Eftimation  and  Knowledge.' 


ITEM  accordez  eft  &  aflentuz  qe  le  Chanceller 
Treforer  Gardein  du  prive  feal  Senefchall  del 
Hoftel  le  Roi  Chaumbreleyn  du  Roi  Clerc  des 
Roulles  Juftices  de  lun  Bank  &  de  1  autre  Barons  de 
Lefcheker  &  toutz  autres  qi  ferront  appellez  dor- 
deiner  nomer  ou  faire  Juftices  de  la  paix  vifcontz 
efchetours  cuftumers  contrerollours  ou  afcun  autre 
officer  ou  miniftre  du  Roi  foient  fermement  jurrez 
&  ferementez  qils  nordeinent  noment  ne  facent 
juftice  de  la  paix  vifcont  efehetour  cuftumer  contre- 
rollour  ne  null  autre  officer  ne  miniftre  du  Roi  par 
null  manere  doun  ne  brogage  favour  naffedtion  ne 
qe  null  qe  purfue  par  luy  ou  par  autre  ea  prive  ou 
en  apert  deftre  en  afcune  manere  office  foit  mys  en 
mefme  loffice  ou  en  afcun  autre  einz  qils  facent 
toutz  tielx  officers  &  miniftres  de  les  plus  bones  et 
loialx  et  les  plus  fufficeantz  a  lour  efcience  et  lour 
confidence. 


CAP.     III. 

No  Servant  fhall  depart  from  one  Hundred  to  another,  without  a  Teftimoaial  under  the 

Seal,  on  pain  of  being  fet  in  the  Stocks. 

ITEM  accordez  eft  et  aflentuz  qe  toutz  les  eftatutz  des  artificers  labourers  fervantz  et  vitaillers  faitz  fi- 
bien  en  temps  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qore  eft  come  en  temps  de  fon  noble  aiel  qe  Dieux  affcill  nient  repel- 
lez foient  fermemsnt  tenue  et  gardez  et  duement  executz  et  qe  les  ditz  artificers  laborers  fervantz  et  vitaillers 
foient  duement  jufticez  par  les  juftices  de  la  paix  fibien  a  fuite  du  Roi  come  de  partie  folonc  lexigence  des  ditz 
eftatutz  et  qe  les  mairs  baillifs  et  fenefchalx  des  Seignurs  et  coneftables  des  villes  facent  duement  lour  offices 
touchant  tielx  artificers  fervantz  laborers  et  vitaillers  et  qe  ceppcs  foient  en  chefcune  ville  a  juftifer  mefmcs 
Its  fervantz  et  laborers  come  ordeinez  eft  en  Icllatutz  fuifditz.  Et  en  outre  eft  ordeinez  et  aflentuz  qe  nirll 
lervant  ou  laborer  foit  il  homme  ou  femnrc  ne  depart  au  fyn  de  fon  terme  hors  del  hundred  rape  ou  wapentak 
ou  il  eft  demurrant  pur  fervir  ou  demurrer  aiilouis  ou  par  colour  daler  loyns  en  pillerinage  fil  ne  porte  lcttre 
patente  contenant  la  caufe  de  fon  aler  et  le  temps  de  fon  retournir  fil  doit  retournir  defouz  le  feal  le  Roi  qa 
ce  ferra  affigne  et  livere  en- garde  dafeun  prodhomme  del  hundred  ou  hundredes-  rape  ou  wapentak  citee  et 
fcurgh  folonc  la  difcretion  des  juftices  de  la  paix  a  garder  et  loialment  faire  tielx  lettres  quant  il  bufoign.et 
nemye  en  autre  manere  par  fon  ferement  et  quentour  le  dit  feal  foit  efcript  le  noun  del  countee  et  a  travers 
4 


A.  D.  1388.  Aiift©  duodecimo  Rich  a  rdi  II.  C.  4—  6.       379 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
du  dit  feal  le  noun  del  dit  hundred  rape  wapentak  citee  ou  burgh  &  fi  afcun  fervant  ou  laborer  foit  trove  en 
citee  burgh  ou  aillours  venant  dafcun  lieu  vagerant  fanz  tiel  lettre  foit  mayntenant  pris  par  les  dits  meirs 
baillifs  fenefchalx  ou  coneftables  &  mys  en  ceppes  &  garde  tanqe  il  eit  trovez  feuretee  de  retournir  a  Ton  fer- 
vice  ou  fervir  ou  laborer  en  la  ville  dont  il  vient  tanqe  il  eit  tiel  lettre  a  departier  pur  caufe  refonable.  Et 
fait  a  remembrer  qe  fervant  ou  laborer  puiffe  ffanchement  departier  hors  de  fon  fervice  al  fyn  de  fon  terme 
&  fervir  aillours  'iffint  qil  foit  en  certein  ove  qi  &  eit  autiel  lettre  come  defus.  Mais  neft  pas  lentention  de 
cefte  ordenance  qe  fervantz  qi  chivachent  ou  aillent  es  bufoignes  de  lour  Seignurs  ou  meiftres  foient  compris 
deiriz  cefte  ordenance  pur  temps  de  mefme  le  bufoigne  &  fi  null  porte  tiel  lettre  qe  poet  eftre  trovez  forge, 
ou  faux  eit  la  prifone  de  qarant  jours  pur  la  fauxine  &  outre  tanqe  il  eit  trove  feurtee  de  retournir  &  fervir; 
&  laborer  come  devant  eft  dit.  £t  qe  null  receite  fervant  ne  laborer  alantz  hors  de  lour  hundr.edes  rape  wa-> 
pentak  citee  ou  burgh  fanz  lettre  teftimoniale  ne  ove  lettre  outre  une  noet  fil  ne  foit  pur  caufe  de  maladie 
ou  autfe  caufe  refonable  ou  qil  voet  &  puiffe  fervir  &  laborer  illoeqs  par  mefme  la  tefmoignance  fur  peyne  a, 
limiter  par  juftices  de  la  paix  &  qe  fibien  artificers  &  gentz  de  miftier  come  fervantz  &  apprentiz  qi  ne  font 
de  grant  avoir  &  de  quell  artifice  ou  miftier  len  nad  pas  grant  bufoigne  en  temps  dAuft  foient  artez  de  fervir 
en  Auft  de  cier  coiller  &  entrer  les  bleds  &  qe  cell  eftatut  foit  duement  execut  par  mairs  baillifs  fenefchalx- 
&  coneftables  des  villes  fur  peyne  a  limiter  &  ajugger  par  les  ditz  juftices  de  la  paix  en  lour  feffions  &  qe  tuall 
preigne  outre  un  denier  pur  la  dite  lettre  faire  &  enfealer  &  deliverer. 

CAP.     IV. 

The  feveral  Penalties  for  giving  or  taking  more  Wages  than  is  limited  by  Statute. 

ET  enoutre  a  caufe  qe  les  fervantz  &  laborers  ne  voillent  ne  par  long  temps  ont  voluz  fervir  &  laborer  Explained  By 
fanz  outrageoufe  &  exceffive  lower  &  moult  greindre  qe  nad  efte  done  as  tielx  fervantz -&  laborers  en  St.  4H.  5.  e.  4. 
"afcun  temps  pane  fiqe  pur  chierle  des  ditz  laborers  &  fervantz  les  hufbandes  &  terre  tenant'z  ne  poent  paier  4  H\8,  c<  5- 
lour  rentes  ne  a  peyne  vivre  fur  lour  terres  a  trefgrant  damage  &  perde  fibien  des  Seignurs  come  de  toute  la  ^ep'  S      c'4' 
communalte.     Et  auxint  a  caufe  qe  les  lowers  des  ditz  laborers  &  fervantz  nont  efte  mys  en  certeyn  devant  tg" 
ces  heures  Accordez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  le  baillif  pur  hufbandrie  preigne  par  an  xiii  s.  iiii  d.  &  fa  vefture  uh 
foitz  par  an  a  plus  le  maiftre  hyne  x  s.  charetterxs.  bercher  x  s.  bover  vis.  viii  d.  vacher  vi  s.  viii  d.  por- 
cher  vi  s.  femme  laborer  vi  s.  deye  vi  s.  chacer  de  charue  vii  s.  au  plus  &  chefcun  autre  laborer  &  fervant  fo- 
lonc  fon  degree  &  meyns  en  pails  ou  meyns  foleit  eftre  donez  fanz  vefture  curtoifie  ou  autre  regard  par  co- 
venant.    Et  qe  null  fervant  des  artificers  ne  des  vitaillers  deinz  citees  burghs  nautres  villes  ne  preigne  plus 
qe  les  laborers  &  fervant?,  defufriomez  folonc  lour  eftat  fanz  vefture  curtoifie  ou  autre  regarde  par  covenante 
come  defus  eft  dit.     Et  fi  nully  doune  ou  preigne  par  covenant  plus  qe  neft  efpecifiez  paramont  qal  primer- 
. foitz  qils  ferront  ent  atteintz  paient  fibien  les  donours  come  les  parnours  la  value  de  lexceffe  iffint  done  ou 
pris  &  al  fecond  foitz  de  lour  atteindre  la  double  value  de  tielle  exceffe  &  al  tierce  foitz  la  treble  value  de 
tielle  exceffe  et  ft  le  parnour  iffint  atteint  neit  riens  dont  paier  le  dit  exceffe  eit  la  prifone  de  qarant  jours. 

C  A  P.     V. 

Whofoever  ferveth  in  Hufbandry  until  Twelve  Years  old,  fhall  fo  continue. 

ITEM  ordeinez  eft  et  affentuz  qe  celuy  ou  celle  qe  ufe  de  laborer  a  la  charue  et  charette  ou  autre  labour  Rep.  5  EI.  c.  4. 
ou  fervice  de  hufbandrie  tanqil  foit  del  age  de  xii.  ans  qe  delors  enavant  il  demoerge  a  cell  labour  fanz  eftre  &  «  Jac.  1.  c 
mys  a  miftier  ou  artifice  et  fi  afcun  covenant  en  lien  dapprentice  foit  fait  defore  enavant  a  contraire  foit  tenuz  z8# 
pur  null. 

CAP.     VI. 

No  Servants  in  Hufbandry,  or  Labourer,  fhall  wear  any  Sword,  Buckler,  or  Dagger.     Un- 
lawful Games  prohibited. 

ITEM  accordez  eft  et  affentuz  qe  null  fervant  de  hufbandrie'  ou  laborer  lie  fervant  de  artificer  ne  de  vi-  Rep-  21  Jaci, 
tailler  ne  porte  defore  enavant  baflard  dagger  nefpee  fur  forfaiture  dicelle  finon  en  temps  de  *uerre  pur  c'  28> 
<lefenfe  du  Roialme  et  ce  pur  furvewe  des  arraiours  pur  le  temps  efteantz  ou  travaillant  par  paiis  ove'fqe  lour 
meftres  ou  en  le  menage  de  lour  meiftres  mes  eient  tielx  fervantz  et  laborers  arkes  et  fetes  et  les  ufent  les 
dymenges  et  jours  des.  feftes.  Et  leflent  tout  outrement  les  jeues  as  pelotes  fibien  a  meyn  come  a  piee  et  Ics 
autres  jeues  appellez  coytes  dyces  gettre  de  pere  keyles  et  autres  tielx  jeuesimportunes.  Et  qe  les  vifcontz 
mairs  baillifs  &  coneitables  aient  poair  darefter  &  areftent  touz  les  contrevenantz  &  les  baflardes  daegers  & 
«fpees  fufditz  &  les  ditz  baflardes  daggers  &  efpees  feifir  &  garder  tanqal  feffion  des  juftices  de  la  paix  &  les 
prefentent  devant  les  ditz  juftices  en  lour  feffions  enfemblement  ove  les  nouns  de  ceux  qe  les  porterent  Et 
neft  pas  lentention  du  Roy  qe  prejudice  foit  fait  as  franchifes  des  Seignurs  touchantz  les  forfeitures  a  eux  dues. 


Cccr  -CAP. 


3»o 


C.  7 — 10. 


Anno  duodecimo  Rich  a  rd  i  II.  A.  D.  1388. 


Rep.  xHA.f. 
c.  }.  &2lJac.I. 
c.iS. 


Rep.  si  Jac, 
t.  23. 


Rep.  s  El.  c. . 
&21  Jac,  I. 

c.  28. 


3  £y.  ^.fiut.z,. 
c.16. 

CfEd.  3.  IT.  2. 

34.EJ.  3.  <:.  I. 
56  Ed.  3.  c.  iz. 

32  .R,  2,  c,  10. 


CAP.     VII. 

The  Piinilriment  of  Beggars  able  to  ferve,'  and  a  Provifion  for  impotent  Beggars. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Titrr.  Lond. 
T  EM  accordez  efl  &  aflentuz  qe  de  chefcun  qi  va  meridinatit  &  eft  able  de  fervir  ou  laborer  foit  fait  ;k 
luy  come  de  celuy  qi  depart  hors  de  hundredes  &  autres  lieux  fufditz  fanz  lettre  tefmoigniale  come  defua 
eft  dit  forfpris  gentz.  de  religion  &  heremytes  approvez  eiantz  lettres  tefmoinales  des  ordinaiis.  Et  qe  les 
mendinantz  impotent?,  de  fervir  demurgent  es  citees  &  villes  ou  ils  font  demurrant  al  temps  de  proclamation 
de  ceft  eftatut.  Et  ft  les  gentz  des  ditz  ckees  ou  villes  ne  voillent  ou  ne  poient  fuffir  de  les  trover  qe  les  ditz 
mendinantz  foi  traihent  as  autres  villes  deinz  le  hundred  rape  ou  wapentakou  as  villes  ou  ils  furent  nez  deinz 
qarrant  jours  apres  la  dke  proclamation  faite  &  la  demurgent  continuelment  pur  lour  vies.  Et  qe  de  touz 
ceux  qaillent  en  pilrinage  come  mendinantz  &  font  puiffant  de  travailler  foit  fait  come  des  ditz  fervantz  & 
laborers  ills  neient  lettres  teftimoniales  de  lour  pilrinage  defouz  les  fealx  avantditz.  Et  qe  les  clers  des  uai- 
verfitees  qi  vont  enfy  mendinantz  eient  lettres  de  tefmoigne  de  lour  chanceller  fur  mefme  le  peyne. 

CAP.     VIII. 

Travellers  reporting  they  have  been  imprifoned  beyond  Sea  fhall  produce  Teftimonials. 

TEM  ordeinez  eft  &  aflentuz  qe  ceux  qe  fe  feignent  hommes  tfavailles  hors  du  Roialme  &  illdeqes  eftre 
emprifonez  portent  lettres  teftimoniales  des  capitains  ou  ils  ont  demurrez  ou  des  meirs  &  baillifs  ou  ils- 
facent  lour  arrival  et  qe  mefmes  les  meirs  et  baillifs  enquergent  de  tielx  gentz  ou  ils  ont  demurrez  et  ove 
qi  et  en  .quel  lieu  lour  demoer  eft  en  Engleterre  et  qe  mefmes  les  mairs  et  baillifs  les  facent  lettre  patente 
defouz  le  leal  de  lour  office  tefmoignant  le  jour  de  lour  arrivall  et  ou  ils  ont  efte  a  ce  qils  ont  dit  et  qe  les 
ditz  meirs  et  baillifs  les  facent  jurrer  qils  tendront  lour  droit  chymyn  vers  lour  paiis  finon  qils  eient  lettre 
p-itente  defouz  le  grant  feal  du  Roy  dautrement  faire.  Et  fi  afcun  tiel  homme  travaillez  foit  trove  fanz  rielc 
lettre  foit  fait  de  luy  come  des  fervantz  et  laborers  fufditz.  Et  eefte  ordenance  ferra  enteedue  des  hornaiea 
.travaiilez  qi  vont  mendinantz  par  la  paiis  apres  lour  arrival. 

CAP.     IX. 

The  Statute  of  Labourers  fhall  be  executed  within  Cities  and  Boroughs* 

ITEM  ordeinezeftet  aflentuz  qe  les  ordinances  fufdites  des  fervantz  et  laborers  mendinantz  et  vage*- 
rantz  tiegnent  lieu  et  foient  executz  fibien  es  citees  et  burghs  come  es  autres  villes  et  lieux  deinz  le 
Roialme  ftbieii  deinz  franchife  come  dehors.  Et  qe  le  vifcontz  meirs  et  baillifs  et  gardeins  des  gaoles  foient 
tenuz  et  chargez  de  receivre  les  ditz  fervantz  laborers  mendinantz  et  vagerantz  et  les  detenir  en  prifone  en? 
la  forme  avantdite  fanz  les  lefler  a  mainprife  ou  en  bailie  et  fans  fee  ou  autre  riens  prendre  deux  par  eux 
mefmes  ou  par  autres  tant  come  ils  foient  enfy  en  prifone  ou  al  entree  ou  ifiiie  de  mefme  la  prifone  fur  peyne 
de  paier  C  s.  au  Roy. 

C  A  P.     X. 

fliall  be  in  every  County,  and  how  often  they  fhall  keep 
their  Seffions. 


How  many  JufKces  of  Peace  there 


The  Wage*  of 
the  Clerk  of 
(Le  Peace. 


ITEM  it  is  ordained  and  agreed,  That  in  every 
Commiffion  of  the  Juftices  of  Peace,  there  fhall 
be  affigned  but  fix  Juftices,  with  the  Juftices  of  Af- 
files, (2)  and  that  the  faid  fix  Juftices  fhall  keep 
their  Seffions  in  every  Quarter  of  the  Year  at  the 
leaft,  and  by  three  Days,  if  need  be,  upon  Fain  to 
be  punifhed  according  to  the  Difcretion  of  the  King's 
Council,  at  the  Suit  of  every  Man  that  will  com- 
plain; (3)  and  they  fhall  inquire  diligently,  amongft 
other  Things  touching  their  Offices,  if  the  faid 
Mayors,  Bailiffs,  Stewards,  Conftables,  and  Gaolers 
have  duly  done  Execution  of  the  faid  Ordinances  of 
Servants  and  Labourers,  Beggars  and  Vagabonds, 
and  fhall  punifh  them  that  be  punifhable  by  the  faid 
Pain  of  an  hundred  Shillings,  by  the  fame  Pain;  and 
they  that  be  found  in  Default,  and  which  be  not  pu- 
nifhable by  the  fame  Pain,  fhall  be  punifhed  by  their 
Difcretion.  (4)  And  every  of  the  faid  Juftices  fhail 
take  for  their  Wages  four  Shillings  the  Day  for  the 
Time  of  their  faid  Seffions,  and  their  Clerk  two  Shil- 
lings, of  the  Fines  and  Amerciaments  rifing  and  com- 


ITEM  ordeinez  eft  &  aflentuz  qen  chefcun  com- 
miffion des  Juftices  de  la  paix  ne  foient  aflignez 
qe  fys  Juftices  outre  les  Juftices  daffifes  &  qe  les 
ditz  fys  Juftices  tiegnent  lour  feffions  en  chefcun 
quartre  del  an  au  meyns  &  ce  par  trois  jours  fi  me- 
itier  foit  for  peyne  deftre  ptiniz  folone  ladvys  du 
confeil  le  Roy  a  fuite  de  chefcun  qe  foy  vorra  plein- 
dre  &  enquergent  diligealment  entre  autres  chofes 
toucharrtz  lour  offices  fi  les  ditz  meirs  baillifs  fe- 
nefchalx  &  coneftables  h  auxint  gaolers  ont  due- 
ment  faitz  execution  des  dita  ordenances  &  eftatutz 
des  Servantz  ScLaborers  Mendinantz  &  Vagerantz 
&  puniflent  ceux  qe  font  puniftahles  par  la  dite 
peyne  de  Cs.  par  mefme  la  peyne  &  ceux  qi  font 
trovez  en  defaut  qi  ne  font  pas-  punifiables  .par  la 
dite  peyne  puniflent  par  lour  difcretion.  Et  preig- 
ne  chefcun  des  ditz  Juftices  pur  lour  gages  iiijs.  le 
jour  pur  le  temps  de  lour  ditz  feffions  &  lour  clercs 
deuxs.  lc;  jour  des  fyns  &c  amerciementz  furdantz 
&  provenantz  de  mefmes  les  feffions  par  les  mayns 
des  vifcontz.  E  qe  les  Seignurs  des  franchifes  foi- 
ent 


A.  D.  1388.  Anno  duodecimo  Richa'rdi  II. 


C.  n,  12. 


581 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
cnt  contributoirs  as  ditz  gages  folonc  lafferant  de 
lour  part  des  fyns  &  amerciementz  fufditz.  Et  qe 
mill  fenefchall  d-e  Seignur  fpit  affigne  en  null  des 
ditz  commiffions  &  qe  null  affociation  foit  faite  as 
Juftices  de  la  paix  apres  lour  primer  commiffion. 
£t  neft  pas  lentention  de  ceft  eftatut  qe  les  Juftices 
de  lun  bank  &  de  lautre  ne  les  fergeantz  de  ley  en 
cas  qils  foient  nomez  en  les  ditz  commiffions  foient 
tenuz  par  force  de  celt  eftatut  de  tenir  les  ditz  fef- 
fions  quatre  fbitz  par  an  come  font  les  autres  com- 
miffioners  qi  font  continuelment  demurrantz  en 
paiis  mes  qils  le  facent  qant  ils  a  cc  poent  bonement 
entendre. 


cf  the  Peace,  z  H.  t..Jiat.  I.  f.4.     14 .77.  6.  i'.  4.     1ZH.6.C.11. 
3  P.  & M.  c.  10.     7  'jfac.  I.  £-.'5.     zi  Jac.i.  c.Z2.     6  Geo.  1.  c. 
c.  »o.      23  G«.  a.  c.  26.     24  Geo.  2,  c  44©°  55.     26  Geo.  z,  c. 


ing  of  the  fame  Seffions,  by  the  Hands  of  the  She- 
riffs.    (5)  And  that  the  Lords  of  Franchises  fhall  be 
contributory  to  the  faid  Wages,  after  the  Rate  of 
their  Part  of  Fines  and  Amerciaments  aforefaid.     (6) 
And  that  no  Steward  of  any  Lord  be  affigned  in  any  No  AfTociation 
of  the  faid  Commiffions.     (7)  And  that  no  Affocia-  °fe  Juffic«  °f 
tion  fliall  be  made  to  the  juftices  of  the  Peace  after  jf  rC'2  <tat>  x 
their  firft  Commiffion.     (8)  And  it  is  not  the  Intent  c.  7. 
of  this  Statute,  that  the  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench  or  The  judges  and 
of  the  other,  nor  the  Serjeants  of  the  Law,  in  cafe  Seijeants  of  the 
that  they  fliall  be  named  in  the   faid    Commiffions,  [*™  *aeUs^on 
fhall  be  bound  by  Force  of  this  Statute  to  hold  the  beu"  ^h*n  {^"s 
faid  Seffions  four  Times  in  the  Year,  as  the  other  may. 
Com'miffioners,  the  which  be  continually  dwelling  in  See  farther  con- 
the  Country,  but  that  they  fliall  do  it  when  they  may  f '"'"£  <hs  $?"' 
beft  attend  it.'  ^'"?4"i- 

Duty  cf  Jiijtices 

i  EH,  4.  c.  2.  1  R.  3.  r.  3.  3  H.  7.  c.  i.  i  M.ftat.  2,  ct  8.  i  £f  i  P,&  M  c.ij,  2-£f 
si.  9  Geo,  i.  c.  7.  5  Geo.  2.  c,  18  6?  ig.  1  5  Geo.  2.  c,  24.  16  Geo,  a.  c,  18.  iS  Geo,  l» 
4-Sf  27.     zjGco.  2.  c.  i5  £?  20.  <a/i^  30  Ceo.  %.  c.  24. 


CAP.     XL 
'The  Punifhment  of  him  that  telleth  Lies  of  the  Peers  or  great  Officers  of  the  Realm. 


ITEM  come  contenuz  foit  ftbien  en  leftatut  de 
Weftm'  primer  come  en  leftatut  fait  a  Glouc' 
Jan  du  regne  noftre:  Seignur  le  Roi  qore  eft  fecond 
qe  null  foit  fi  hardy  de  controver  dire  ou  center 
afeu-ne  faux  novell  me-n-fonge  ou  autre  tiel  fauxe 
ehofe  des  Prelatz  Dues  Counts  Barons  &  autres 
nobles  &  grantz  du  Roialme  &  auxint  de  Chancel- 
ler  Trelbrer  Clerc  du  prive  feal  Seaefchall  del  Ho- 
ftel  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  Juftices  de  lun  bank  & 
de  lautre  &  dautres  grantz  officers  du  Roialme  & 
qi  le  fra  foit  pris  &  emprifones  jefqes  autant  qil  eit 
trove  celuy  dont  la  parole  ferra  moevez  accordez  eft 
&  effentuz  en  ceft  parlement  qe  qant  afcun  tiel  foit 
pris  &  emprifonez  &  ne  poet  trover  celuy  dont  le 
parole  ferra  moevez  come  devant  eft  ditqil  foit  pu- 
»iz  par  advys  du  confeill  nient  contrefteant  les  efta- 
•tutz  avantditz.. 


TTEM,  Whereas  it  is  contained,  as  well  in  the  2  Inft,  227, 228. 
'  1  Statute  of  Wejlminjler  the  firft,  as  in  the  Statute  3  ^d.  i.e.  34. 
c  made  at  Glauber,  the  fecond  Year  of  the  Reign  of  **;*■  &3UIi  • 
'  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  that  none  be  fo  hardy  rjyer  jS5(  4gj„ 
'  to  invent,  to  fay,  or  to  tell  any  falfe  News,  Lies,  4  Co.  12. 
'  or  fuch  other  falfe  Things,  of  the  Prelates,  Dukes,  Kel.  26, 
'  Earls,  Barons,  and  other  Nobles  and  great  Men  of 
'  the  Realm,  and  alfo  of  the  Chancellor,  Treafurer," 
'  Clerk  of  the  Privy  Seal,,  the  Steward  of  the  King's- 
'  Houfe,  the  Jufticeof  the  one  Bench  or  of  the  other, 
'  and  other  great  Officers. of  the  Realm,    (2)  and  he 
'  that  doth  fo  fliall  be  taken  and  imprifoned,  till  he 
'  hath  found  him  of  whom  the  Speech  fliall  be  mo- 
'  ved:"    '  (3)  It  is  accorded  and  agreed  in  this  Parlia-  Confirmed and 
ment,  That  when  any  fuch  is  taken  and  imprifoned,  extendedtj  1  & 
and  cannot  find  him  by  whom  the  Speech  be  moved,  z7p\(f  ^'  c;  3" 
as  before  is  faid,  that  he  be  puniflied  by  the  Advice  of  tifXt* 
the  Council,  notwithftanding  the  faid  Statutes.' 


CAP.     XII. 

In  what  Cafes  the  Lords  and  Spiritual  Perfons  fhall  be  contributory  to  the  Expences  of  the 

Knights  of  Parliament. 


ITEM  endroit  de  la  levee  des  defpenfes  des  chi- 
valers  venantz  as  parlementz  pur  les  communes 
des  countees  accordez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  la  dite  le- 
vee foit  faite  come  ad  efte  ufe  avant  ces  hures  ajou- 
fte  a  ycell  qe  fi  afcun  Seignur  ou  autre  homme  efpi- 
rituel  ou  temporel  eit  purchacez  afcuns  terres  ou 
■tenementz  ou  autres  poffeffions  qi  folefcnt  eftre 
contributoirs  as  tiels  defpenfes  devant  le  temps  du 
•dit  purchace  qe  mefmes  les  terres  tenementz  &  pof- 
feffions &  les  tenantz  dicelles  foient  contributoirs  as 
dikes  defpenfes  come  les  ditz  terres  tenementz  & 
'poffeffions  &  les  tenantz  dicelles-foloient  faire  de- 
*antle  temps  de  mefme  la  purchace,. 


4  TTEM,  In  the  flight  of  the  levying  of  the  Ex- 
'  X  pences  of  the  Knights  coming  to  the  Parliaments 
'  for  the  Commons  of  the  Counties,  it  is  accorded  and 
'  affented,  That  the  faid  Levying  be  made  as  it  hath 
'  been  ufed  before  this  Time;  (2)  joining  to  the  fame, 
'  that  if  any  Lord,  or  any  other  Man  Spiritual  or 
'  Temporal,  hath  purchafed  any  Lands  or  Tenements, 
'  or  other  Poffeffions,  that  were  wont  to  be  contribu- 
'  tory  to  fuch  Expences  before  the  Time  of  the  faid 
'  Purchafe,  that  the  faid  Lands,  1  enements,  and  Pof- 
'  feffions,  and  the  Tenants  of  the  fame,  be  contribu- 
'  tory  to  the  faid  Expences,  as  the  faid  Lands,  Tene- 
'  ments,  and  Poffeffions  were  wont  to  do  before  the 
'  Time  of  the  fame  Purchafe.' 


4  Inil.  461 


V*    t\    Aft 


382       C.  13,  i4» 


Anno  duodecimo  R 1  c  H  a  r  d  i  II.  A.  D.  1 3  8  8. 


Chief  Officers  of 
Towns  ihall 
compel  Offen- 
ders to  redrefs 
their  Annoy- 


*  Ate  and  if 
be  cah'nct  duly 
excufe  b'mhtlf, 
tie  [aid  Penalty 
jhall  be  levied 
on  bim. 


CAP.    XIII. 
The  Pumfhrftent  of  them  which  caufe  Corruption  near  a  City  or  great  Town  to  corrupt  the  Air. 

Ex  Rot-  in  Turr.  Lond. 
T  E  M  pur  ce  qe  tantz  des  fymes  &  autres  or- 
dures des  iflues  &  entrailles  fibien  des  beftes 
tuez  come  des  autres  corruptions  font  gettez  & 
mys  en  foffes  ryvers  &  autres  ewes  &  auxint  plu- 
fours  autres  lieux  dedeinz  entour  &  pres  diverfes 
citees  burghs  &  villes  du  Roialme  &  les  fuburbes" 
dicelles  qe  laire  illoeqes  eft  grandment  corrupt  & 
enfe<£r.  &  plufours  maladies  &  autres  difeafes  nient 
fuffrables  aveignent  de  jour  en  autre  fibien  a  les 
inhabitantz  Sc  converfantz  es  dites  citees  burghs 
villes  &  fuburbes  come  as  autres  illoeqes  repairantz 
&  paflantz  a  trefgrant  anufance  damage  &  peril  des 
inhabitantz  converfantz  repairantz  &  paflantz  fuf- 
ditz  Accordez  eft  &  aflentuz  qe  proclamation  foit 
faite  fibien  en  la  Citee  de  Londres  come  en  autres 
citees  burghs  &  villes  parmy  le  Roialme  ou  il  bu- 
foigne  fibien  deinz  franchifes  come  dehors  qe  touti 
ceux  qe  tielx  anufances  fymes  iflues  entrailles  & 
autres  ordures  ont  gettez  &  mys  en  fofles  ryvers 
ewes  &  autres  lieux  fuifdites  les  facent  outrement 
remuer  oufter  &  emporter  parentre  cy  &  le  feft  de 
feint  Michel  profchein  avenir  apres  le  fyn  de  ceft 
parlement  chefcun  fur  peyne  de  vynt  livres  appaiers 
au  Roy  &  qe  les  meirs  &  baillifs  de  chefcun  tiel  ci- 
tee burgh  &  ville  &  auxint  les  baillifs  des  franchi- 
fes les  compellent  de  ce  faire  fur  femblable  peyne. 
Et  fi  afcUn  foy  fent  greve  qe  ce  ne  foit  parrait  en 
marlere  fufdite  &  foy  voet  ent  pleindre  al  Chancel- 
ler  apres  le  dit  fefte  de  feint  Michel  eit  brief  de 
faire  venir  celui  de  qi  il  vdet  enfy  pleindre  en  la 
Chancellarie  a  y  rhohftrer  pur  qoy  la  dite  peyne  ne 
ferra  leve  de  luy  &  fil  ne  fe  poet  ent  duement  ex- 
cufer  foit  mefme  la  peyne  leve  de  luy.  Et  enoutre 
foit  proclamation  faite  fibien  en  la  dite  Citee  de 
Londres  come  en  autres  citees  burghs  &  villes  come 
defuis  qe  null  de  quel  condition  qil  foit  ne  face  met* 
tre  ou  gettre  defore  en  avant  tieles  anoefances  iflues 
fymes  entrailles  &  ordures  en  les  fofles  ryvers  ewes 
&  autres  lieux  fufditz  &  fi  null  le  face  foit  appelle 
par  brief  devant  le  Chanceller  a  la  fuite  de  celuy  qe 
foy  vorra  pleindre  et  fil  foit  trove  coupable  foit  pu« 
niz  folonc  la  difcretion  del  Chaunceller. 


Repeals  by 
5  &6Ed.6   c. 
43EHZ.  c.  10, 
4jac.  I.e.  a. 


"  T  TEMj  For  that  fo  much  Dung  and  Filth  of  the 
"  JL  Garbage  and  Intrails  as  well  of  Beafts  killed,  as 
'*■'•  of  other  Corruptions,  be  C3ft  and  put  in  Ditches, 
"  Rivers,  and  other  Waters,  and  alio  within  many 
"  other  Places,  within,  about,  and  nigh  unto  divers 
"  Cities,  Boroughs,  and  Towns  of  the  Realm,  and 
"  the  Suburbs  of  them,  that  the  Air  there  is  greatly 
"  corrupt  and  infec~t,  and  many  Maladies  and  other 
"  intolerable  Difeafes  do  daily  happen,  as  well  to  the 
"  Inhabitants,  and  thofe  that  are  converfant  in  the  faid 
"  Cities,  Boroughs,  Towns  and  Suburbs,  as  to  other 
"  repairing  and  travelling  thither,  to  the  great  Annoy- 
"  ance,  Damage,  and  Peril  of  the  Inhabitants,  Dwel- 
"  lers,  Repairers,  and  Travellers  aforefaid;"  '  (2)  it 
'  is  accorded  and  aflented,  That  Proclamation  be  made 
'  as  well  in  the  City  of  London,  as  in  other  Cities,  Bd- 

*  roughs,  and  Towns,  through  the  Realm  of  England, 
'  where  it  (hall  be  needful,  as  well  within  Franchifes 
5  as  without,  that  all  they  which  do  caft  and  lay  all 

*  fuch  Annoyances,  Dung,  Garbages,  Intrails,  and 
'  other  Ordure  in  Ditches,  Rivers,  Waters,  and  other 
'  Places  aforefaid,  fhall  caufe  them  utterly  to  be  re- 
'  moved,  avoided,  and  carried  away  betwixt  this  and 
'  the  Feaft  of  St.  Michael  next  enfuing  after  the  End 
'  of  this  prefent  Parliament,  every  one  upon  Pain  to 
'  lofe   and  to  forfeit  to  our  Lord  the  King  xx li.     (3) 

And  that  the  Mayors  acd  Bailiffs  of  every  fuch  City, 
'  Borough,  or  Town,  and  alfo  the  Bailiffs  of  Fran- 
'  chifes,  fhall  compel  the  fame  to  be  done  upon  like 
'  Pain.  (4)  And  if  any  feel  himfelf  grieved,  that  it 
'  be  hot  done  in  the  Manner  aforefaid,  and  will  there- 
'  upon  complain  him  to  the  Chancellor  after  the  faid 
'  P'eaft  of  St.  Michael,  he  fhall  have  a  Writ  to  make 
'  him  of  whom  he  will  fo  complain  to  come  into  the 
'  Chancery,  there  to  fhevv  why  the  faid  Penalty  fhould 
'  not  be  levied  of  him  *.  (5)  And  moreover,  Procla- 
'  mation  fhall  be  made,  as  well  in  the  City  of  London, 
'  as  in  other  Cities,  Boroughs,  and  Towns  as  afore, 
'  that  none  of  what  Condition  foever  he  be,  caufe  to 
'  be  caft  or  thrown  from  henceforth  any  fuch  Annoy- 
'  ance,  Garbage,  Dung,  Intrails,  nor  any  other  Or- 
'  dure  into  the  Ditches,  Rivers,  Waters,  and  other 
'  Places  aforefaid  ;  (6)  and  if  any  do,  he  fhall  be  cal- 
'  led  by  Writ  before  the  Chancellor,  at  his  Suit  that 
'  will  complain  ;  and  if  he  be  found  guilty,  he  fhall  be 
'  punifhed  after  the  Difcretion  of  the  Chancellor.' 

C  A  P.     XIV. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  47  Edw.  3.  c.  1.  touching  the  Length  and  Breadth  of  Cloths. 

TEM  accordez  eft  et  aflentuz  qe  les  draps  de  ray  et  de  colour  affairs  et  a  overers  a  Briftuyt  et  es  contees 
environ  foient  de  la  mefure  autrefoitz  ordeignez  par  eftatut  fait  a  Weftm'  Ian  du  regne  le  Rpi  Edward 
aiel  noftre  Scignur  le  Roi  qore  eft  qarrant  feptifme  ceftaflavoir  les  draps  de  ray  de  la  longure  de  xxviii.  auns 
mefurez  par  la  lift'  et  cynk  quartres  de  laeure  et  le  drap  de  colour  xxvi.  auns  de  longure  mefure  par  le  doos 
et  fys  quartres  de  laeure  au  meyns.  Et  qe  demy  drap  foit  il  de  ray  ou  de  colour  tiegne  en  longure  folonc 
lafferant  et  en  laeure  come  les  draps  de  ray  etde  colour  fur  la  peyne  contenue  en  mefme  leftatut. 


C  A  P. 


A. D.  1388.  Anno  duodecimo  Richard  1  II. 


C.  15,  16. 


:83 


CAP.    XV. 

He  that  will  go  out  of  the  Realm  to  provide  a  Benefice  within  the  Realm,  mail  be  out  of  the 
King's  Protection,  and  the  Benefice  fhall  be  void. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  qe  null  liege  du  Roy  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit  greindre  ou  meindre  pafTe  le  meer  nenvoie  o  B. 
hors  del  Roialme  dEngleterre  par  licence  ou  fanz  licence  fanz  efpecial  congie  du  Roi  mefmes  pur  foy  13  R. 
provider  ou  purchacer  afcun  benefice  de  feinte  efglife  ove  cure  ou  fanz  cure  en  le  dit  Roialme  et  fi  afcun  le  c-  *• 
face  et  parvertue  de  tiele  provifion  accepte  par  lui  ou  par  autre  afcun  benefice   en  mefme   le  Roialme  qe  a 
eel  temps  mefme  le  provifour  foit  hors  de  protection  du  Roy  et  mefme  la  benefice  voide  fiqe  bien  life  a  patron 
de  mefme  le  benefice  fibien  efpirituel  come  temporel  prefenter  a  ycelle  un  clerc  able  a  fa  voluntee. 

CAP.     XVI. 
The  Staple  fhall  be  removed  from  MiMlelorough  to  Calais,, 


,  flat.rj. 


E 


Nfement  eftordeinez  et  afTentuz  que  leftaple  foit  remuez  de  Midelburgh  a  Caleys:  iffiht  qil  foit  a  Caleys  Altered  1411.2*. 
le  primer  jour  de  Decembre  profchein  avenir.  c.  1,  &  O  B, 


REX  vicecomiti  Kancie  falutem.  Quedam  ftatuta  et  ordinationes  pernos  de  aflenfu  Magnatum  et  Com- 
munitatum  regni  noftri  Anglie  in  parliamento  noftro  apud  Cantebrigg'  in  craftino  nativitatis  beate  Marie 
Virginis  ultimo  preterito  tento  facia  que  tibi  mittimus  fub  magno  figillo  noftro  in  forma  patenti  tibi  precipi- 
mus  quod  infra  comitatum  predidtum  in  locis  ubi  magis  expediens  fuerit  fine  dilatione  legi  et  publice  ex  parte 
noftra  proclamari  ac  firmiter  teneri  et  obfervari  facias  juxta  formam  ftatutorum  et  ordinationum  predictorum. 
Et  hoc  fub  incumbenti  periculo  nullatenus  omittas.. 

T.  R.  apud  Weftm'  xx.  die  Novembris. 

Conjimilia  brevia  diriguntur  fingulis  •uicecomitibus  per  Angliam  ac  Johanni  Regi  Cq/ielle  &-Legionis  Duci Lanca- 

Jlrie  vel  ejus  cancellario  in  ducatu  prediiio. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  13  Rich.  II.  Stat.  1.  ana7  Anno ^ 

Dom.  1389. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  n. 

EN  yceft  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  Lundy 
prochein  apres  le  feft  de  Seint  Hiller  Ian  du 
regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  Richard  fe- 
cond  puis  le  conqueft  trefzifme  noftre  dit  Seignur 
le  Roy  al  honour  de  Dieu  &  de  feint  efglife  &  pur 
commune  profit  de  fes  liges  de  fon  dit  Roialme  del 
aflent  des  prelatz  Seignurs  temporeles  &  commu- 
nes eftcantz  el  dit  parlement  ad  ordeinez  &  efta- 
bliz  les  chofes  defouz  efcriptz. 


N  the  Parliament  hoHeriat  Wejiminftm  the  Mon- 
day next  after  the-  FeafVof  St.  Hillary,  the  thir- 
teenth Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Richard  the 
Second  after  the  Conqueft,  our -Lord  the  King,  to 
the  Honour  of  God  and  holy  Church,  and  for  the 
common  Profit  of  his  liege  People  of  his  Realm,  of 
the  Affent  of  the  Prelates  and  Lords  Temporal,  and 
Commons.,,  being  in  the  fame  Parliament,  hath  or- 
dained and  efhblifhed  the  Things  under- written."  ' 


CAP.     I. 

The  King's  Prefentee  fhall  not  be  received  to  a  Church  full  of  an  Incumbent,  until  he  hath 

recovered  it  by  Law. 

EN  primes  come  ordeine  foit  par  eftatut  fait  Ian 
du  regne  del  Aiel-noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  vint 

&  quint  qe  a  quelle  heure  qe  le  Roy  ferra  collation 

ou  prefentemem  a  null  benefice  en  autri  droit  qe  le 
1  title  fur  quoi  il  fe  fondra  foit  bien  examine  qil  foit 
I  vray  &  a  quelle  heure  qe  avant  juggement  rendu  le 

title  foit  trove  par  bone  enformation  nient  vray  ne 

jouft  foit  la  collation  ou  prefenterrient  ent  fait  re- 
'  pellez  &  nient  contreftean:  le  dit  eftatut  afcuns  pre- 
ifentez  du  Roy  par  favour  des  ordinairs  fonfcinfti- 

tutz  &  induftz  en  benefices  de  feinte  efglife  fanz 

due  procefle  les  parties  nient  garniz  ne  appellez  & 

afcun  foitz  par  enqueftes  meyns  vrais  favorable- 

ment  pris  &  les  incumbentz  en  tiele  maneie  oufks« 


IRST,   Whereas  ft  is  ordained  by ,  a  Statute  1  MbJ.  279.  - 
made  the  xxv  Year  of  the  Reign. of  King  Ed-  The  Stamte  d? 
"  WARD  the  Grandfather  of  our  Lord  the  King  that  *5Ed'  z'r"'\° 
"  now  is,  that  at  what  Time  that  the  King  fhall  make  bucking1  th™  ' 
"  Collation  or  Prefentrnent  to  any  Benefice  in  ano-  Elimination 
"  ther's  Right,  that  the^Trtle  upon  which  he  ground- of  the  King's 
"  eth  himfelf  fhall  be  well  examined  that  it  be  true  ;  Title-to  a  Be- 
"  (2)  and  at  what  Time  before  Judgement  given,  the  n'efi"nt^he"nhe 
"  Title  be  found  by  good  Information  untrue,  and  not  another's  Righto 
"  juft,  the  Collation  or  ■Prefentrnent  thereupon  made 
"  fhall  be  repealed •:  (3)  And  notwithstanding  the  fame 
"  Statute,  fome  of  the  King's  Prefcntees,    by  Favour 
"  of  the  Ordinaries  be  inftituted  and  inducled  in  Be- 
"  nefices  of  holy  Church  without  due  Procefs,   the  ■ 

4  Parties 


3- #4-       Stat.  i. 


Anno  decimo  terrio  Rich  a  r  33ft  II.         A.  D.  1 389. 


4  Inft.  ji.  f.  3. 


jH,  4.  f.  17. 
SH.  4.  f.  a  I. 

14  H.  7.  f.  15. 

25  Ed.  3.  flat.  3 
c.  3,  &  flat.  3. 
t.  7. 

Enforced  by 
4  H,  4,  C.  22, 


*  Roll  87. 
4.  Mod.  12S. 
Crompt.  Jurif- 
ai&ion,  28, 


"  Parties  not  warned  nor  called,  and  fometime  taken 
*c  by  falfe  Inquefts  favourably,  and  the  Incumbents  in 
"  fuch  Maimer  put  out ;"  '  it  is  ordained  and  affent- 
c  ed,  That  the  faid  Statute  be  firmly  holden  and  kept. 
'  (4)  And  moreover  our  Lord  the  King,  for  the  Re- 
'  verence  of  God  and  holy  Church,  doth  will  and  grant, 
'  That  if  he  prefent  to  any  Benefice  that  is  full  of  any 

4  Incumbent,  that  the  Prelentee  of  the  King  fhall  not 
*  be  received  by  the  Odinary  to  the  Benefice,  till  the 
*'  King  hath  recovered  his  Prefentment  by  Procefs  of 
'  the  Law  in  his  own  Court:    (5)  And  if  any  Prefen- 

5  tee  of  the  King  be  otherwife  received,  and  the  In- 
'  cumbent  put  out  without  due  Procefs,  as  afore  is 
'  faid,  the  laid  Incumbent  fhall  begin  his  Suit  within 
'  a  Year  after  the  Induction  of  the  King's  Prelentee  at 
'  the  leaft." 


Ex  Ret.  in  Turf.  Lond. 
ordeihez  eft  &  aflentuz  qe  le  dit  eftatut  foit  ferme- 
ment  tenuz  &  gardez.  lit  enoutre  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roy  ai  reverence  de'Dieu  &  de  feirrte  efglife 
v«et  &  grante  qe  fil  prefente  a  afcun  benefice  qe 
foit  plein  dafcun  incumbent  qe  le  prefente  du  Roy 
ne  foit  receu  par  lordinair  a  tiel  benefice  tanqe  le 
Roy  eit  recovers  ion  prefentement  par  procets  du 
ley  en  fa  Court  demefne  &  ft  afcun  prefente  du  Roy 
foit  autretnent  receu  &  lincumbent  oufte  fanz  due 
proces  come  defuis  eft  dit  comence  le  dit  incum- 
bent fa  fuite  deinz  an  an  apres  lindudtion  du  pee- 
fente  du  Roy  a  pluftard. 


CAP.     II, 

The  Authority  of  the  Conftable  of  England,  and  the  Remedy  where  it  is  ahufed. 


I 


1  Shower  353. 


TEM,  Becaufe  that  the  Commons  do  make  a 
grievous  Complaiat,  that  the  Court  of  the  Con- 
ftable and  the  M'arihal  hath  incroached  to  him,  and 
daily  doth  incroach  Contracts,  Covenants,  Tref- 
pafles,  Debts,  and  Detinues,  and  many  other  Ac- 
tions pleadable  at  the 'Common  Law,  in  great  Pre- 
judice of  tHfc  King  and  of  his  Courts,  and  to  the 
;  great-  Grievance  and  Qppreffion  of  the  People  ;" 
(2)  our  Lord  the  King,  willing  to  ordain  a  Remedy 
againft  the  Prejudices  and  Grievances  aforefaid,  hath 
"declared  in  this  Parliament,  by  the  Advice  and'AiTerrt 
of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  the  Power  and 
Juri'fdi&ion  of  the  faid  Conftable,  in  the  Form  that 
followeth :  To  the  Conftable  it  pertaineth  to  have 
Cognifance  of  Contracts  touching  Deeds  of  Arms 
and  of  War  out  of  the  Realm,  and  alfo  of  Things 
that  touch  War  within  the  Realm,  which  cannot  be 
determined  nor  difcuffed  by  the  Common  Law,  with 
other  Ufages  and  Cuftoms  to  the  fame  Matters  per- 
taining, which  other  Conftables  heretofore  have  duly 
and  reafonably  ufed  in  their  Time  ;  (3)  joining  to 
the  fame,  that  every  Plaintiff  fhall  declare  plainly  his 
Matter  in  his  Petition,  before  that  any  Man  be  fent 
for  to  anfwer  thereunto.  And  if  any  will  complain, 
that  any  Plea  be  commenced  before  the  Conftable  and 
Marfhal,  that  might  be  tried  by  die  Common  Law 
of  the  Land,  the  fame  Plaintiff  fhall  have  a  Privy 
Seal  of  the  King  without  Difficulty,  directed  to  the 
faid  Conftable  and  Marfhal,  to  furceafe  in  that  Plea, 
until  it  be  difcuffed  by  the  King's  Council,  if  that 
Matter  ought  of  Right  to  pertain  to  that  Court,  or 
otherwife  to  be  tried  by  the  Common  Law  of  the 
Realm  of  England,  and  alfo  that  they  furceafe  in  the 
mean  Time.' 


28  Ed.  1.  ftat.3 

c.  3. 

8R.2.  c.  5. 

»5  H.  6,  c.  1.     See  33  H,  3.  c,  iz.    before  wIjmi  Murders  commuted  in  the  King's  Ihitjc  Jbjll  le  tried. 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  la  commune  feft  grevotrfement 
compleint  qe  la  Court  del  Coneftable  &  Ma- 
refchall ad  accroche  a  luy  et  accrsche  de  temps  en 
temps  contra&z  covenantes  trefpaffes  dettes-  &  de- 
tenues  &  plufours  autres  actions  pledables  par  la 
commune  ley  en  grant  prejudice  da  Roy&  de  fes 
Courtes  &  a  grant  grevance  &  oppreflion  du  poeple 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  voillant  ordeigner  remede 
encontre  les  prejudices  &  grevances  fuifditz  ad  de- 
clare en  ceft  parlement  par  advys  &  affent  des  Seig- 
nurs-  efpirkueles  -&  te-mporeies  lepeair.&-jur-i&"> 
tion  du  dit  Coneftable  en  la  fourme  qenfuit :    Al 
Coneftable  appartient  davoir  coniffance  des  con- 
tracts tochantz  fait  darmes  &  de  guerre  hors  du 
Roialme  &  auxint  des  chofes  qe  touchent  armes  ou 
guerre  deinz  le  Roialme  queux  ne  poent  eftre  ter- 
minez  ne  difcus  par  la  commune  ley  ove  autres 
ufages  &  cuftumez  a  ycelles  matires  appurtenantz 
queux  autres  Coneftables  devant  ore  ont  duement 
&  refonablement  ufez  en  lour  temps  ajouftant  a 
ycell  qe  chefcun  pleintif  declare  pleinement  fa  ma- 
tire  en  fa  petition  avant  qe  foit  ertvoie  pur  afcun 
hom'me  a  refpondre  a  ycel'l.     Et  fi  afcun  foi  voet 
pleindre  qafcun  plee  foit  comence  devant  le  Cone- 
ftable &  Marefchall  qe  purroit  eftre  trie  par  com- 
mune ley  de  la  terrc  eit  cell  pleintif  brief  de  prive 
feal  du  Roi  fanz  difficulte  direct  as  ditz  Coneftable 
&;  Marefchall  de  furfeer  en  celle  plee  tanqil  foit 
difcus  par  le  Confeil  du  Roi  fi  celle  matire  doit  de 
droit  appartiegner  a  celle  Courte  ou  au.treinent  eftre 
triez  par  la  commune  ;ky  du  Reiuhrre  h  qils  fur- 
feeflt  eh  le  mefne  temps. 


t  Bulflr.  20). 


CAP.     III. 

The  Limits  of  the  Steward's  and  Marfhal's  Court  of  the  King's  Houfe. 


ITEM  it  is  accorded  and  affented,  That  the  Court 
of  the  Steward  and  Marfhal  of  the  King's  Houfe, 
nor  alfo  the  Turifdiction  thereof,  fhall  not  pafs  the 
Space  of  twelve  Miles,  to  be  counted  from  the  Lod- 
ging of  our  faid  Lord  the  King.' 


ITEM  accordez  eft  &  aflentuz  qe  la  Court  de 
Senefchall  &  Marefchall  del  hoftiell  du  Roy  nc 
la  jurifdidtion  dycelle  ne  paffe  lefpace  de  doufzsc 
lewes  a  counters  entour  le  tenell  du  Roi. 


CAP. 


A.D.  1389.         Anno  decimo  tertio  Richardi  II. 


Stat.  1.       385 


C  A  P.     IV. 


The  Duty  of  a  Clerk  of  the  Market  of  the  King's  Houfe. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tufr.  Lond. 

ITEM  a  la  requeue  de  la  dite  communalte  or- 
deinez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  le  clerc  del  marche  del 
hoftiell  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  face  bien  &;  duement 
fon  office  &  qe  toutes  fauxes  mefures  &  pois  foient 
ars  folonc  la  fourme  del  eftatut  et  qe  le  -dit  clerc  ne 
preigne  null  commune  fyn  mes  qe  chefcun  perfone 
qeft  trove  en  defaut  tochant  le  dit  office  foit  puniz 
folonc  fon  defert  &  qil  ne  chivache  mes  ove  fys  chi- 
valx  au  pluis  &  qil  ne  demurge  en  nulle  ville  nautre 
lieu  pluis  qe  la  neceffite  de  fon  fait  demande  &  fil 
face  riens  a  contrair  de  ceft  eftatut  &  ent  foit  due- 
ment convictz  paie  au  Roy  al  primer  foitz  qil  ferra 
iffint  convict  cent  fouldz  &  al  fecond  foitz  dys  li- 
vers &  al  tierce  foitz  vint  livers.. 


fTEM,  At  the  Requeft  of  the  faid  Commons  it- is 
ordained  and  aflented,  That  the  Clerk  of  the 
Market  of  the  King's  Houfe  fhall  do  his  Office  well 
and  duly  ;  (2)  and  that  all  falfe  Meafures  and 
Weights  fhall  be  burned  after  the  Form  of  the  Sta- 
tute;  (3)  and  that  the  faid  Clerk  take  no  common 
Fine,  but  that  every  Perfon  which  is  found  in  De- 
fault touching  the  fame  Office,  be  punifhed  accor- 
ding to  his  Defert,  and  that  he  fhall  not  ride  but  with 
fix  Horfes  at  the  molt,  and  that  he  fhall  not  tarry  in 
any  Town  nor  other  Place  longer  than  the  Neceffity 
of  his  Bufmefs  fhall  require  ;  and  if  he  do  any  Thing 
contrary  to  this  Statute,  and' be  thereof  duly  convict,  • 
he  fliall  pay  to  the  King  at  the  firft  Time  that  he 
fhall  be  convict,  an  C  s.  and  at  the  fecond  Time  x  I. 
and  at  the  third  Time  xx  /.'  4-Inft. 


W 


C  A  P.     V. 

What  Things  the  Admiral  and  his  Deputy  fliall  meddle. 


TEM  pur  ceo  qe  grant  &  commune  clamour  & 
pleint  ont  efte  fovent  faitz  devant  ces  heures  & 
unqore  font  de  ce  qe  les  Admiralx  &  lour  deputees 
riegnent  lour  feffions  en  diverfes  places  deinz  le 
Roialme  fibien  deinz  franchifes  come,  dehors  ac- 
crochantz  a  eux  plus  grant  poair  qe  a  lour  office 
appartient  en  prejudice  de  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy 
&  la  commune  ley  du  Roialme  &  grant  emblemif- 
fement  des  plufours  diverfes  franchifes  &  en  de- 
ftruction  &  empoveriffement  del  commune  poeple 
Accordez  &  affentuz  qe  les  Admiralx  &  lour  de- 
putees ne  foi  mellent  defore  enavant  de  null  chofe 
fait  deinz  le  Roialme  mes  foulement  de  chofe  fait 
fur  le  meer  folonc  ceo  qad  efte  duement  ufe  el  temps 
du  noble  Roy  Edward  Aiel  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
qor  eft. . 

Jurijditlim  doth  lie, 


"  ITEM,  Forafmuch  as  a  great  and  common  Cla- 
"  JL  mour  and  Complaint  hath  been  oftentimes  made 
"  before  this  Time,  and  yet  is,  for  that  the  Admirals 
"  and  their  Deputies  hold  their  Seffions  within  divers 
"  Places  of  this  Realm,  as  well  within  Franchife  as 
"  without,  accroaching  to  them  greater  Authority  than 
"  belongeth  to  their  Office,  in  Prejudice  of  our  Lord 
"  the  King,  and  the  Common  Law  of  the  Realm,  and 
"  in  diminifhing  of  divers  Franchifes,  and  in  Deftruc- 
"  tion  and  impoverifhing  of  the  common  People  ;" 
'  (2)  it  is  accorded  and  aflented,  That  the  Admirals 
'  and  their  Deputies  fhall  not  meddle  from  henceforth 
'  of  any  Thing  done  within  the  Realm,  but  only  of  a 
'  Thing  done  upon  the  Sea,  as  it  hath  been  ufed  in 
'  the  Time  of  the  noble  Prince  King  Edward, 
'  Grandfather  of  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is.' 

AndfafanberzH.it.  c.  11.     S  Elia.  c.  5.  andzW.  &  M.JcJf.z.  c, 


Enforced 
2  H.  4.  c,  ir» 
i  Jnft.  260. 
4  Inft.  135. 
nCo,  104. 
13  Co.  42,  52,, 
Hob.  11,  79, 
196,  212. 
2  Roll  497. 

2  Bulftr.  323. 

3  Bulftr.  205. 
Dyer  159. 

4  Mod.  j  76.  • 


See  15  R.  2.  c.  3, 

in  ivbat  Place 
the  Admiral's 

2.     iSalk.  3c. 


C  A  P.     VI. 

How  many  Serjeants  at  Arms  there  fliall  be,  and  with  what  Things  they  fnall  meddle. 


ITEM  a  la  grevous  compleint  de  la  communalte 
fait  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  en  ceft  parlement 
del  exceffive  &:  outrageous  noumbre  des  fergeantz 
darmes  &  de  plufours  grantz  extorfions  &  oppref- 
lions  par  eux  faitz  au  poeple  le  Roy  voet  qils  foi- 
:nt  treftoutz  defchargez  &  qe  de  eux  &  de  autres 
bient  reprifes  bones  &  fufficeantes  perfones  tanqal 
TOutnbre  de  trent  fanz  pluis  defore  enavant.  Et 
:n  outre  le  Roy  defende  qils  ne  foi  mellent  de  riens 
}e  ne  touche  lour  office  &  qils  ne  facent  null  ex- 
orfion  ne  oppreffion  al  poeple  fur  peine  de  perdre 
our  office  &  de  faire  fyn  &  ranceon  a  la  volunte 
hi  Roy  &  pleine  gree  a  la  partie. . 


Vol.  T.. 


',  TTEM,  At  the  grievous  Complaint  made  by  the 
'  X  Commons  to  our  Lord  the  King  in  this  Parlia- 
'  ment,  of  the  exceffive  and  fuperfluous  Number  of 
'  Serjeants  at  Arms,    and  of  many  great  Extortions 
'  and  Oppreffions   done  by   them  to  the  People"  j 
(.3)  the  King  therefore  doth  will,  that  they  fhall  all 
be  difcharged,  and  that  of  them  and  other  there  fhall 
be  taken  of  good  and  fufficient  Perfons  to  the  Num- 
ber of  Thirty,  and  no  more  from  henceforth.     (?) 
And  moreover  the  King  prohibiteth  them  to  meddle 
with  any  Thing  that  tcucheth  not  their  Office  ;    (4) 
and  that  they  do  no  Extortion  nor  Oppreffion  to  the 
Peopl-e,  upon  pain  to  lofe  their  Office,    and  to  make 
a  Fine  and  Ranfom  at  the  King's  Pleafure,  and  full  • 
Satisfaction  to  the  Party.' 


Dd4 


C  A  l\ 


386       Stat,  i. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Richardi  II.  A.  D.  1389. 


CAP.     VII. 
What  Sort  of  Perfons  fhall  be  Juftices  of  Peace,  and  what  their  Charge  is  to  do. 


««  T  TEM,  Whereas  it  is  contained  in  the  laft  Statute 

"  X    made  at  Canterbury,  that  no  Steward  of  any  Lord 

"  fhall  be  affigned  in  the  Commiflion  of  the  Juftice  of 

"  Peace  ;"  '  neverthelefs  for  certain  Caufes  {hewed  in 

4  this  Parliament,    it  is  accorded  and  afTented,   That 

c  Juftices  of  Peace  fhall  be  made  of  new  in  all  the 

'  Counties  of  England,  of  the  moft  fufficient  Knights, 

'  Efquires,    and  Gentlemen   of  the  Law  of  the  faid 

Counties,  notwithftanding  the  faid  Statute;    (2)  and 

that  the  faid  Juftices  be  fworn  duly  without  Favour 

to  keep  and  put  in  Execution  all  the  Statutes  and 

Ordinances  touching  their  Offices.' 

2.  c.  1.  *      zH.  5,fc.4.     2  H.  s-fiat.2-  c.i.      18  H.  6.  c.  11.      1  Ed.  4. 
Juftices  of  the  Peace,  3  H.  7-  c.  1.       1  M.ftat.  2.  c.  8.       iSiP.S'  M.  c.  13.      2  &  3  P. 
C».  2-f,  i8Sf '9-      16  Gra,  2.  r.  18.       Z3  Geo.  2.  c.  26. feci.  11.     z^Geo.  2.  c.  44  &  55. 

#  Read  c.  10.       f  AAAJlat.  1, 


1  Ed.  3.  flat.  2. 
c.  16. 

4  Ed.  3.  c.  z. 
lZEd.  3.  flat.  2- 
c.  i>     34  Ed.  3. 
ci.       11R. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

rTEM  come  contenuz  foit  en  leftatut  darrein 
_  fait  a  Cantebrigg  qe  null  fenefchall  du  Seignur 
foit  afligne  en  commiflion  du  Juftice  de  la  pees 
Nientmeyns  pur  certeines  caufes  monftrez  en  ceft 
parlement  accordez  eft  &  aflentuz  qe*  Juftices  de  la 
pees  foient  faitz  de  novell  en  toutz  les  countees 
dEngleterre  de  les  pluis  fufHceantz  chivalers  ef- 
quiers  &  gentz  de  ley  des  ditz  countees  nient  con- 
trefteant  le  dit  eftatut  &  qe  les  ditz  Juftices  foient 
ferementez  de  duement  &  fanz  favour  garder  & 
mettre  en  execution  toutz  les  eftatutz  &  ordinan- 
ces touchantz  lour  offices. 

c.  2.      I  R.  3.  c.  3.      See  farther  for  the  Qualifcatiom  and  Duty   of 
& M.  c.  10.       7  Jac.  1.  r.5.      21  Jac.  1.  c.  12.      9  Geo.  1.  c.  7, 
26  Geo.  2.  c,  24  &  27.  and  30  Geo.  2.  c.  24. 


CAP.    VIII. 

r 

The  Rates  of  Labourers  Wages  fhall  be  afleffed  and  proclaimed  by  the  Juftices  of  Peace,  and 
they  fhall  affefs  the  Gains  of  Victuallers.  Who  fhall  make  Horfebread,  and  the  Weight  and 
Price  thereof. 


I2R.2.  c.9. 


The  Rate  of 
Artificers  and 
Labourers 
Wages. 
5  El",  c.  4. 


•  SeafctisZ 

Victuallers 
Gains  (hall  be 
reasonable. 
C;o.  Jac.  6cg. 
2  Keb.  277. 
23  Ed.  3.  c.  6. 
12  Ed.  4.  c.  8. 
appoints  ciicf 
Governors  of 
Imim  tofitrvey 
ViShialt. 
Victuallers  Pu- 
niihmcnt. 
51  H.  3.  (tat.  1 
I  Aiifaid. 


ITEM  it  is  ordained  and  afTented,  That  the  Sta- 
tutes and  Ordinances  made  in  the  laft  Parliament 
holden  at  Canterbury,  as  well  of  Servants,  Labourers, 
Artificers,  and  Victuallers,  as  of  -all  other  Things, 
faving  the  Exception  of  the  next  Article  before 
touching  Juftices  of  Peace,  and  alfo  all  other  Statutes 
and  Ordinances  made  before  this  Time,  and  not  re- 
pealed, fhall  be  firmly  kept,  and  duly  executed. 
(2)  But  forafmuch  as  a  Man  cannot  put  the  Price  of 
Corn  and  other  Victuals  in  certain,  it  is  accorded  and 
afTented,  That  the  Juftices  of  Peace  in  every  County, 
in  two  of  their  Seflions  to  be  holden  betwixt  the 
Feaft  of  Eafter  and  St.  Michael,  fhall  make  Procla- 
mation by  their  Difcretion  according  to  the  Dearth 
of  Victuals,  how  much  every  Mafon,  Carpenter, 
Tiler,  and  other  Craftfmen,  Workmen,  and  other 
Labourers  by  the  Day,  as  well  in  Harveft  as  in  other 
Times  of  the  Year,  after  their  Degree,  fhall  take  by 
the  Day  with  Meat  and  Drink,  or  without  Meat  and 
Drink,  between  the  two  *  SeJJions  beforefaid,  not- 
withftanding the  Statutes  thereof  heretofore  made, 
raid  that  every  Man  obey  to  fuch  Proclamations  from 
time  to  time  as  a  Thing  done  by  Statute.  (3)  And 
in  the  PJght  of  Victuallers  it  is  accorded,  That  they 
fhall  have  reafonable  Gains,  according  to  the  Difcre- 
tion and  Limitation  of  the  faid  Juftices,  and  no  more, 
upon  pain  to  be  grievoufly  punlfhed  according  to  the 
Difcretion  of  the  faid  Juftices,  where  no  Pain  is  li- 
mited in  certain  before  this  Time.  (4)  And  that 
Sheriffs,  Stewards  of  Lords  of  Franchises,  Mayors, 
and  Bailiffs,  and  all  other  that  have  Affife  of  Bread 
and  Ale  to  keep,  and  the  Correction  of  the  fame, 
fhall  take  no  Amerciament  or  Fine  for  any  Default 
touching  the  %  Affife,  for  the  which  a  Man  or  Wo- 
man by  the  Law  ought  to  have  bodily  Punifhment, 
according  as  it  is  another  Time  ordained  by  Statute  ; 
but  they  fhall  judge  them  to  the  fame  b  idily  Punifh- 
ment as  the  Offence  requireth,  and  fhall  do  Execu- 
tion thereof.  (<;)  And  that  Mayors,  Bailiffs,  and 
Stewards  of  Franchife,    and  all  other  that  have  the 


ITEM  ordeinez  eft  &  aflentuz  qe  les  eftatutz  & 
ordinances  faitz  al  parlement  darrein  tenuz  a 
Cantebrigg  fibien  de  fervantz  laborers  artificers  & 
vitaillers  come  de  toutes  autres  chofes  horfpris  lex- 
ception  en  le  profchein  article  pardefuis  touchant 
juftices  de  la  pees  &  auxint  toutz  autres  eftatutz  & 
ordinances  faitz  devant  ces  heures  &  nient  repellez 
foient  fermement  gardez  &  duement  executz.    Mes 
pur  ce  qe  homme  ne  purra  mye  mettre  €n  certein 
les  pris  des  bledz  &  autres  vitailles  accordez  eft  & 
aflentuz  qe  les  juftices  de  la  pees  en  chefcun  counte 
en  lour  feflions  tenuz  entour  le  Pafqe  &  le  feinl 
Michel  facent  proclamation  par  lour  difcretion  ft* 
lone  la  chierte  de  vitailles  combien  chefcun  mafori 
carpentre  teguler  &  autres  artificers  &  overours  & 
auxint  laborers  par  journes  fibien  en  Auft  cornea 
autre  temps  del  an  folonc  lour  degre  prendra  le 
jour  ove  manger  et  boire  ou  fanz  manger  et  boire 
entre  les  deux  feifons  fuifdites  Nient  contrefteanl 
les  eftatutz  ent  faitz  devant  ces  heures  et  qe  chefcur 
obeie  a  tielx  proclamations  de  temps  en  temps  come 
a  chofe  fait  par  eftatut.     Et  en  droit  des  vitailler: 
accordez  eft  qils  eient  refonable  gaigne  folonc  I; 
difcretion  et  limitation  des  ditz  juftices  et  niern 
pluis  fur  peine  deftre  grevoufement  puniz  folonc  I; 
difcretion  des  ditz  juftices  la  ou  peine  neft  pas  li- 
mite  en  certein  des  ditz  vitaillers  devant  ces  heures 
Et  qe  vifcontz  fenefchalx  des  Seignurs  de  franchife: 
mairs  et  baillifs  et  toutz  autres  qont  laffife  de  pail 
et  de  cervoife  agarder  et  la  correction  dicell  in 
preignent  null  amerciment  ne  fyn  pur  null  defau 
tochantla  dite  affife  pur  quell  homme  ou  femnv 
par  la  ley  avera  penance  corporele  folonc  ce  qef 
autrement  ordeigne  par  eftatut  mes  les  ajuggent 
meffne  la  penance  corporcl  come  le  defaut  requer 
et  facent  ent  due  execution.     Et  qe  mairs  et  bail 
lifs  et  fenefchalx  des  franchifes  et  toutz  autres  qor 


A.  D.  1389.  Anno-decimo  tertio  Richard  1  II. 


Stat.  1. 


r,  O  ~, 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
la  garde  et  furvewe  des  vitailles  es  citees  burghs 
villes  merchandcs  et  aillours  ou  vitails  font  venduz 
parmy  le  Roialme  mettent  leftatut  fait  Ian  vynt  et 
tierce  du  regne  le  Roy  E.  Aiel  le  Roi  qoreft  qe  co- 
mencc  Quia  maxima  pars  populi  tochant  leftat  des 
vitaillers  et  hoftillers  et  autres  vendours  des  vitailles 
en  due  execution.  Et  qe  null  hoftiller  face  payn 
pur  chivalx  en  fon  hoftell  naillours  mes  facent  les 
pefcours  et  foit  laflay  ent  fait  qe  le  pois  foit  re- 
fonable  folonc  le  pris  des  bledz  qe  foit  en  marche 
et  qe  meifmes  les  hoftillers  vendent-feyn  etaveyns  a 
refonable  oris  iffint  qils  ne  preignent  pur  le  buflell 
forfqe  un  ijnaill  outre  le  commune  pris  en  marche. 


Order  and  Survey  of  Victuals  in  Cities,  Boroughs, 

Merchant  Towns,    and  elfew-here,    where  Victuals 

be  fold  in  the  Realm,  fhall  put  the  Statute  made  the 

twenty  third  Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Edward, 

Grandfather  to  the  King  that  now  is,  which  begin- 

neth  Bccaufe  a  great  Part  of  the  People,  touching  the 

Eftate  of  Victuallers  and  Hoftellers,  and  other  Sellers 

of  Victuals,   in  due  Execution.      (6)  And  that   no  Horfe-bread. 

Hofteller  make  Horfe-bread  in  his  Hoftry  nor  with-  4  H.  4.  c.  25. 

out,   but  Bakers  fhall  make  it;    (7)  and  the  Affife  32  H;8,  c"*t« 

thereof  fhall  be  kept,  and  that  the  Weight  be  reafon- 

able  after  the  Price  of  the  Corn  in  the  Market;.  (8) 

and  that  the  fame  Hoftellers  fhall  fell  Hay  and  Oats  Repealed  by 

after  a  reafonable  Price,  fo  that  they  take  not  for  the  "  Jac' '"  c-  2I 

Bufhel  but  one  Half-penny  over  the  common  Price. 

in  the  Market.' 


CAP.     IX. 

There  fhall  be  but  one  Weight  and  one  Meafure  throughout  the  Realm,  faving  in  the  County 
of  Lancafter.     The  Weight  of  Wool],  and  the  Refufe  thereof. 


ITEM  ordeignez  eft  et  accordez  qe  une  mefure 
et  un  pois  foit  parmy  tout  le  Roialme  dEngle- 
terre  come  en  la  Grant  Chartre  et  autres  .ordenan- 
ces  et  eftatutz  ent  faitz  eft  contenuz  plus  au  plein. 
Et  qe  chefcun  qe  foit  convict  qil  ad  ou  ufe  autre  me- 
fure ou  pois  eit  la  prifone  de  demy  an  et  face  gree 
al  partie  del  double  de  fa  perde  forfpris  en  le 
counte  de  Lancaftre  acaufe  qen  le  dit  counte  ad 
efte  de  tout  temps  plus  grant  mefure  qe  en  afcun 
autre  partie  du  Roialme.  Et  qe  null  homme  achate 
ne  vende  leyns  a  plus-  haut  pois  qe  a  quatorfze 
livres  le  pere  fur  peyne  de  paier  le  double  a  celuy 
qe  foi  fente  greve  et  de  faire  fyn  et  ranceon  au  Roi 
folonc  la  quantite  du  trefpafs.  Et  qe  null  deinf- 
zein  ou  forein  ne  face  autre  refus  de  leynes  finoun 
:od  gard  et  vilein.  Et  qe  null  merchant  nautre 
homme  achate  fes  leynes  par  celles  paroles  Good 
pakkyng  ne  par  autres  paroles  femblables  fur  peine 
ceftaflavoir  le  brogour  davoir  lemprifonement  de 
jemy  an  et  lachatour  de  faire  fyn  au  Roi  folonc  la 
quantite  du  trefpas  et  la  partie  qe  foi  fente  greve  eit 
a  double  des  damages  qil  ad  fuffert  par  la  dit  en- 
l:hefon.  Et  qe  nully  face  coketter  leynes  forfqe  en 
le  noun  de  celuy  a  qi  les  leynes  font  fur  forfaiture 
iicelles  ficome  autrefoitz  ordeinez  fuift  par  eftatut. 


at.  i. 


■truing  Weights  and  Meafures  13  R.  3.  c.  9. 
•.  12.  and  1  Ann. fiat.  I.  c,  15. 


15  R.  2.  c.4.    8fl.  6.  c.  5 


ITEM   it   is   ordained    and  accorded,    That  one -9  H.  3.  flat,  i: 
Meafure  and  one  Weight  be  through  all  the  Realm  t-  *S-    5'  H-  3» 
of  England,  as  in  the  Great  Charter,    and  other  Sta-^"'-  ';  JJ  Ed' 
tutes  and  Ordinances  thereof  made,   is  more  plainly.^",,  x_  c  ,'23/ 
contained,     (z)  And  every  one  that  fhall  be  convict  27  Ed.  ^.fiat.z. 
that  he  hath  or  ufeth  any  other  Meafure  or  Weight  c.  10.    itEd. 
fhall  have  Imprifonment  of  half  a  Year,   and  make.  3- A'-  T- c-  *• 
Recompence  to  the  Party  grieved  to  the  double  of  his  Lt^'  3"  "sr 
Lofs,  except  it  be  in  the  County  of  Lancajler,  be- 
caufe  in  that  County  it  hath  always  been  ufed  to  have 
greater  Meafure  than  in  any  other  Part  of  the  Realm. 
(3)  And  that  none  buy  or  fell  Wooll  at  more  Weight. Wooll  (hall  be  ■ 
than  at  Fourteen  Pounds  the  Stone,  upon  the  pain  to  (oii  *'wi-  to~ 
pay  the  double  to  him  that  feeleth  him  grieved,  and  the_Stcne" 
to  make  Fine  and  Ranfom  to    the  King  after  the  ^'g   -3'    ' 
Quantity  of  the  Trefpafs.  *  (4)  And  that  no  Deni-Refiife  of 
zen  nor  Foreigner  make  any  other  Refufe  of  Woolls,  Wool's. 
but  Cot,  Gare,  and  Villein.     (5)  And  that  no  Mer-  Woollfhallnot 
chant  nor  other  Man  buy  his  Woolls  by  thefe  Words,  be  bought  by 
Good  Packing,  nor  by  like  Words,    upon  pain,  that  Good  Packing  3 
is  to  fay,  the  Broker  to  have  Imprifonment  of  half  a 
Year,    and  the  Buyer  to  make  a  Fine  to  the  King 
after  the  Quantity  of  the  Trefpafs,  and  the  Party 
that  feeleth  him  grieved,  fhall  have  double  Damages 
of  that  which  he  hath  fuffered  by  the  faid  Occafion.  nor  be  c0  .      , 
(6)  And  that  none  fhall  make  Woolls  to  be  cocketed,  but  in  the 
but  in  the  Name  of  him  to  whom  the  Woolls  be,  Owner's  Name, 
upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  the  fame,  as  it  hath  been  s  H>  6- c-  5- 
another  Time  ordained  by  Statute.' 

1 1  H.  7.  c.  4.     12  H.  7-  c.  5 .     16  Car.  I,  c.  19.      22  Car .  2.  c 


See  farther  con* 
21  £?  23  Car.  2. 


CAP.     X. 


The  Length  and  Breadth  of  Cogware  and  Kendal  Cloth* 

ITEM  combien  qe  ordeinez  foit  par  diverfes  eftatutz  qe  touz  maneres  draps  de  ray.  et  de  colour  foient 
de  certein  longure  et  laeure  compris  en  mefmes  leftatutz  Nientmeins  acaufe  qil  ad  efte  commune  cuftume 
de  faire  certeines  draps  en  diverfes  countees  dEngleterre  appellez  Cogware  et  Kendale  cloth  de  la  laeure  de 
i:rois  quartres  ou  dun  aun  dont  afcuns  font  del  pris  de  xld.  et  afcuns  de  cynk  fouldz  et  venduz  a  cogmen 
jnors  du  Roialme  et  auxint  as  poveres  et  menues  gentz  deinz  le  Roialme  des  queux  draps  grant  partie  eft 
Fait  de  la  plus  pire  leyn  de  tout  le  Roialme  qe  ne  poet  bonement  fervir  a  nulles  autres  draps  accordez  eft  et 
laflentuz  qe  bien  life"  a  chefcuny  defore  enavant  de  faire  tielx  maneres  draps  de  la  laeure  et  longure  come  ad 
;fte  ufez  devant  ces  heuresNient  contrefteant  afcun  eftatut  fait  au  contraire.  Purveu  toutfoitz  qe  les  fe- 
llows et  les  overoures  de  tielx  draps  ne  les  facent  de  melliour  leyn  qils  ne  foleient.    Et  enoutre  eft  affentuz 

D  d  d  2  qe 


25^.3.  flat.  4. 

c.  1. 

47  Ed. .3.  c.  1. 

12  R.2.C.  14. 

5&6Ed.6.c.'6.- 
43  El.  c.  10. 
Rep.  4  Jac.  1. 

c    2.- 


3; 


Stat.  i. 


Anno  decimo  tertlo  Richardi  II. 


A.D.  1389. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr,  Lond. 
qe  toutz  tielx  draps  qe  font  areftuz  par  force  ou  colour  des  ditz  eftatutz  ou  afcun  dicelles  foient  defareftez 

et  deliverez. 

C  A  P.     XI. 

The  Cloths  of  certain  Counties  tacked  and  folded  fhall  not  be  put  to  Sale  before  they  be  opened. 


The  Tneonve- 
niencies  enfuing     ' 


Cloth. 


TEM,  F orafmuch  as  divers  plain  Cloths  that  be 
wrought  in  the  Counties  of  Somerfet,  Dorfit,  Bri- 
thecarryingover  « j{0^  and  GlouceJler,be.  tacked  and  folded  together, 
of  deccittul  <,<.  and  fet  to  ga]Cj  of  the  which  Cloths  a  great  Part  be 
"  broken,  broufed,  and  not  agreeing  in  the  Colour, 
"  neither  be  according  in  Breadth,  nor  in  no  Manner 
"  to  the  Part  of  the  fame  Cloths  fhewed  outwards,  but 
"  be  falfly  wrought  with  divers  Woolls,  to  the  great 
"  Deceit,  Lofs,  and  Damage  of  the  People,  in  fo  much 
sf  that  the  Merchants  that  buy  the  fame  Cloths,  and 
*'  carry  them  out  of  the  Realm  to  fell  to  Strangers,  be 
"  many  Times  in  Danger  to  be  flain,  and  fometime 
"  imprifoned,  and  put  to  Fine  and  Ranfom  by  the 
"  fame  Eftrangers,  and  their  faid  Cloths  burnt  or  for- 
"  feit,  becaufe  of  the  great  Deceit  and  Falfhood  that 
"  is  found  in  the  fame  Cloths  when  they  be  untacked. 
"  and  opened,  to  the  great  Slander  of  the  Realm  of 
"  England;"  '  (z)  it  is  ordained  and  affented,  That 
'  no  plain  Cloth  tacked  nor  folded  fhall  be  fet  to  Sale 
'  within  the  faid  Counties,  but  that  they  be  opened, 
*  upon  Pain  to  forfeit  them,  fo  that  the  Buyers  may  fee 
'  them,  and  know  them,  as  it  is  ufed  in  the  County  of 
'  Effex;  (3)  and  that  the  Workers,  Weavers,  and 
'  Fullers  fhall  put  their  Seals  to  every  Cloth  that  they 
'  fhall  work,  upon  a  certain  Pain  to  be  limited  by  the 
'  Juftices  of  the  Peace ;  and  that  this  Ordinance  begin 
'  to  hold  Place  at  the  Feaft  of  Saint  John  Baptljl  next 
'  following.  (4)  Provided  always,  That  after  the 
'  Merchants  have  bought  the  fame  Cloths  to  carry,  and 
3  &  \Ed.  *  d0  carry  them  out  of  the  Realm,  they  may  tack  them 


See  farther  con- 
cerning Cloths 
17  R.  2.  c.  2. 
4  Ed.  4.  c.  J. 
7  Ed. 4..  c.z&  3. 
3  R.  3.  c.  8. 
3//.  7.  c.  11. 
$H.%.  1.7. 
SH.  S.c.z. 
6H.  8.  c.  8£?9. 
34//.  8.  c.  11. 
27^.8.^.12©' 
13.     33  tf.  8^ 
c.a. 

£'/'/'    /  w    '  and  fold  them  at  their  Pleafure,  for  the  more  eafy 
Ed.  6.  c.  6.  fir 

22.      iM.feJ. 


'  Carriage  of  them. 


3.  c.j.  2  &  3  P.  &  M.  c.  12. 
•43  Elix.  c.  10.  1  Jac.  1.  c.  25. 
6  Ann.  c ,  8  £f  9.     7  Ann,  c,  13. 


4  Sf  5  P.  &  M.  c.  5.  1  Elix.  c 
3  Jac.  1.  c.  16.  7  Jac.  1.  c.  1 5. 
loAnn.  c,  16.      1  Geo.  i.Jlat.  2.  1 


14.      8  Elix.  c.  6,  7. 

21  Ja>:  1.  c.  18  £f 

.  15  &  41.      11  Ceo. 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  diverfes  playnes  draps  qe  font 
overez  en  les  countees  de  Somers'  Dors'  Briftoll 
&  Glouc'  font  tachez  &  enrollez  enfemble  &  mys  a 
vendre  des  queux  draps  grantz  parties  font  di- 
rumpez  &  debrufez  &  defacordant  en  colour  ne.  ne 
font  pas  accordantz  en  laeure  nen  null  manere  as 
parties  de  mefmes  les  draps  qe  font  monftrez  par- 
dehors  mes  font  faucement  overez  de  diverfes  ley- 
nes  a  grantz  deceite  perde  &  damage  du  poeple  en 
tant  qe  les  merchantz  qe  achatent  les  ditz  draps  & 
les  amefnenthors  du  Roialme  pur  vendre  as  foreins 
font  plufours  foitz  en  point  deftre  mortz  &  afcuns 
foitz  emprifonez  &  myfes  au  fjT.  &  ranceon  par  les 
ditz  foreins  &  lour  ditz  draps  ars  ou  forfaitz  acaufe 
del  grant  deceite  &  faucine  qe  font  trovez  en  mef- 
mes les  draps  qant  ils  font  deftachez  et  overtz  a 
grant  defclandre  du  Roialme  ordeinez  eft  et  affen- 
tuz  qe  null  playn  drap  tache  ne  roulle  foit  mys  a 
vendre  deinz  les  ditz  countees  einz  qils  foient  o- 
vertz  fur  peine  de  forfeiture  dicelles  iffint  qe  les 
achatours  les  puiffent  veer  et  conuftre  come  il  eft 
ufe  en  le  counte  dEffex  et  qe  les  overours  textours 
etfullours  mettent  lour  fignes  a  chefcun  drap  qib 
overont  fur  certeine  peine  a  limiter  par  les  Juftices 
de  la  pees  et  qe  cefte  ordinance  comence  a  tenif 
lieu  al  feft  de  Seint  Johan  le  Baptiftre  prochein  ave- 
nir.  Purveuz  toutefoitz  qe  apres  ce  qe  les  mer* 
chantz  ont  achatez  les  ditz  draps  pur  amefner  et 
les  amefnent  hors  du  Roialme  les  puiffent  tacher  e£ 
rouller  a  lour  volunte  par  le  plus  legier  cariage  di- 
celles. 

&  12.  27  Eliz.  17  &  18.  35  Elix.  c.  9  &  10.  39  Elix.  c.  20. 
28.  12  Car.  2.  c.  22.  22  &  23  Car.  z.  c.  8.  11  &lzf^.  3.  c.  toi 
I.  c,  24.     7GW.2.C.25.     II  Geo.  2.  c,  28,  and  14  Geo.  2.  c.  35. 


CAP.     XII. 


No  Shoemaker  fhall  be  a  Tanner,  nor  Tanner  a  Shoemaker. 


ITEM  pur  ce  pe  plufours  fuours  &  cordwaners  ufent  de  tanner  lour  quirs  &  les  vendertt  faucement  tafi- 
!    nez  &  auxint  font  foulers  &  botes  de  tielx  quirs  iffint  nient  covenablement  tannsz  &  les  vendent  fi  chief 


Altered  by 
4H  4.  c.  35. 

&CjPTa5c  1!  c.22.  come  l°ur  P^eft  a  grant  deceite  des  poveres  communes  accordez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  null  fuour  ne  cordwayner 
ne  ufe  le  meftier  de  tanner  ne  tanner  le  meftier  de  cordwayner  ne  fuour  et  qe  celuy  qe  face  encontre  cefte 
ordinance  forface  vers  le  Roi  toutz  les  quirs  ifunt  tannez  &  toutz  les  botes  &  foulers  iffint  overez  &  foit 
reint  a  la  volunte  du  Roi  Nient  contrelreant  afcune  charlre  ou  patente  fait  au  contraire  le  queux  fi  nulles  y 
foient  le  Roi  voet  qils  foient  outrement  adnullez  &  tenuz  pur  nulles. 

CAP.     XIII. 


None  fhall  hunt  but  they  which  have  a  fufneient  Living. 


30-0. 231. 

I  Vent.  J  03. 
5  Mod.  307. 
1  Salk.  212. 
Allen  43. 
1  Bulft.  60. 


I 


TEM,  Forafmuch  as  divers  Artificers,  Labour- 
ers, and  Servants,  and  Grooms,  keep  Grey- 
hounds and  other  Dogs,  and  on  the  Holydays,  when 
food  Chriftian  People  be  at  Church,  hearing  Divine 
ervice,  they  go  hunting  in  Parks,  Warrens,  and 
Connigries  of  Lords  and  others,  to  the  very  great 
Deftru£tion  of  the  fame,  and  fometime  under  fuch 
Colour  they  make  their  Affemblies,  Conferences, 
and  Confpiracies  for  to  rife  and  difobey  their  Allegi- 
ancej"   '  (2)  it  is  ordained  and  affented,  That  no 


TEM  pur  ceo  qe  diverfes  artificers  et  laborers 
et  fervantz  et  garcions  tiegnent  leverers  et  autres 
chiens  et  es  jours  de  feftes  qant  bones  Criftiens 
font  as  efglifes  oiantz  divine  fervice  vont  chaceant^ 
es  parkes  garennes  et  conyngersdes  Seignurs  et  au- 
tres  a  trefgrant  deftruflion  dicelles  et  a  la  foitz  foutz 
tiel  colour  font  lour  affemblies  et  reparlances  et  con- 
fpiracies pur  lever  et  defobeier  a  lour  ligeance  or- 
deignez  eft  et  affentuz  qe  null  maner  artificer  ne 
laborer  ne  null  autre  lais  homme  qe  nad  terres  et 

tenements 


A.  D.  1389.  Anno  decimo  tertio  Richardi  II. 


Stat.  1.       389 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tarr.  Lond. 
tenementz  a  la  value  de  xls.  paranne  null  preftre 
nautre  clerc  fil  ne  foit  avance  a  la  value  de  dis  li- 
vres  par  an  neit  ne  tiegne  defore  enavant  null  leve- 
rer  ne  lerce  nautre  chien  pur  chacer  ne  ne  ufe  fu- 
rettes  haies  rees  harepipes  ne  cordes  ne  nulles  au- 
tres  engynnes  pur  prendre  ou  deftruire  favagnie  le- 
veres  ne  conilles  nautre  defduit  des  gentils  fur  peine 
demprifonement  dun  an  &  qe  les  Juftices  du  pees 
eient  poair  denquerre  &  enquergent  de  les  trefpaf- 
fours  celle  partie  &  les  puniflent  par  la  peine  fuif- 
dite. 


jgH.  7.  c.  it.    Raft.  405.    S 


Manner  of  Artificer,  Labourer,  nor  any  other  Lay- 
man, which  hath  not  Lands  or  Tenements,  to  the 
Value  of  xls.  by  Year/  nor  any  Prieft,  nor  other 
Clerk,  if  he  be  not  advanced  to  the  Value  of  xl.  by 
Year,  fhall  have  or  keep  from  henceforth  any  Grey- 
hound,   Hound,    nor  other  Dog   to  hunt;    (3)  nor 
fhall  they  ufe  Fyrets,    Heys,  Nets,  Harepipes,  nor     T,       . 
Cords,  nor  other  Engines  for  to  take  or  deftroy  Deer,  jyjt    '6 ^   '  s° 
Hares,    nor  Conies,    nor  other   Gentlemens  Game,  foi.'^z. 
upon  Pain  of  one  Year's  Imprifonment ;  (4)  and  that  Juftices  of  Pea-ee 
the   Juftices  of  Peace  have   Power  to   enquire,  and fha11  enquire  of 
fhall  enquire  of  the  Offenders  in  this  Behalf,  and  pu-  o^"*  At 
nifh  them  by  the  Pain  aforefaid.'  Enforced  by 

■e  8  El.  c.  15.  which  ajfigns  Rewards  fir  bringing  the  Heads  and  Eggs  tf  ravenous  Birds,  &c. 


CAP.     XIV. 
There  fhall  be  no  Bonds  of  the  Double  made  in  Exchequer  for  the  King's  Debt. 


TEM  pur  ce  qe  diverfes  reconifl'ances  &  autres 
liens  font  ore  tard  comencez  &  faitz  en  lefche- 
qer  del  double  pur  furete  des  dettes  &  fermes  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  autrement  qe  ne  foleit  eftre  fait  en 
temps  paffe  a  trefgrant  difeafe  des  plufours  del  poe- 
ple  accordez  eft  &  aflentuz  par  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  mefmes  &  toutz  les  Seignurs  du  parlement  a  la 
requefte  de  la  communalte  qe  null  tielle  reconif- 
fance  nautre  lien  del  double  foit  fait  ne  pris  en  lef- 
cheqer  defore  enavant  &  qe  toutz  tielles  reconiflan- 
ces &  autres  liens  qe  font  faitz  a  prefent  foient  ou- 
trement  cancellez  &  annullez.  Purveu  toutfoitz 
qe  le  Roi  eit  fufficeante  feurete  de  fa  duite  en  ma- 
ncre  accuftume. 


TEM,  Forafmuch  as  divers  Recognizances  and 
,  other  Bonds  be  now  of  late  begun  and  made  in 
;  the  Exchequer   of  double,  for  the  Surety  of  Debts 
;  and  Ferms  of  our  Lord  the  King,  otherwife  than  it 
:  was  wont  to  be  done  heretofore,  to  the  great  Hin- 
'  drance  of  many  of  the  People;"    '  (2)  it  is  accorded 
and  aflented  by  our  Lord  the  King,  and  all  the  Lords 
of  the  Parliament,  at  the  Requeft  of  the  Commons^ 
That  no  fuch  Recognizance  nor  other  Bond  of  the 
Double  be  made  nor  taken  in  the  Exchequer  from 
this  Time  forth  ;    (3)  and  that  all  fuch  Recognizan- 
ces, and  other  Bonds  which  be  made  at  this  prefent^ 
be  utterly  cancelled  and  annulled.     (4)  Provided  al- 
ways, That  the  King  have  fufficient  Surety  of  his 
Duty  in  the  Manner  accuftomed.' 


CAP.     XV. 

The  King's  Caftles  and  Gaols  fhall  be  rejoined  to  the  Bodies  of  Counties. 


TEM  ordeinez  eft  &  aflentuz  qe  les  chaftelx 
&  gaoles  -du  Roi  qe  foleient  eftre  jointz  as  corps 

des  countees  &  font  ore  defteverez  foient  rejointz  a 

hiefmes  les  countees. 


'  ¥  T  E  M  it  is  ordained  and  aflented,  That  the  King'9 
'  J.  Caftles  and  Gaols  which  were  wont  to  be  joined 
'  to  the  Bodies  of  the  Counties,  and  be  how  feveredj 
'  fhall  be  rejoined  to  the  fame  Counties;' 


CAP.     XVI. 

In  what  Cafe  a  Protection  Quia  profetlurus,  or  Quia  tiwraturus,  is  not  allowable. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  moutz  des  gentz  font  delaiez 
fibien  en  action  reale  come  en  action  perfonel 
par  protection  oveclaufe  Volumus  pur  ceo  que  plu- 
fours gentz  fibien  tielx  qe  ne  font  pas  ables  deftre 
retenuz  pur  guerre  come  autres  par  tefmoignance 
des  governours  des  marches  capitains  des  gernifons 
admiralx  &  autres  purchacent  diverfes  protections 
bve  claufe  de  Volumus  &  ove  claufe  Quia  profectur' 
&c.  apres  qe  pie  foit  comence  envers  eiix  pur  de- 
laier  mefme  le  pie  plus  qe  pur  le.  fervice  le  Roi  ou 
affez  des  autres  fufficeantz  qene.font  pas  empledez 
poent  eftre  trovez  pur  fervir  le  Roi  en  tiel  cas  & 
fovent  demoerent  en  paiis  fanz  aler  a  lour  dit  fer- 
vice a  grant  damage  des  purfuantz  &  en  deftour- 
bance  de  commune  droit  accordez  eft  &  aflentuz  qe 
null  protection  ove  claufe  de  Profectur'  ne  foit  al- 
lowe  en  null  plee  dontla  fuite  foit  comence  devant 
3a  date  de  tiel  protection  ft  ce  ne  foit  en  viage  en 
Quelle  le  Roi  mefmes  pafle  ou  autre  viage  roial  ou 


T  E  M,  Becaufe  tha.t  many  Perfons  be  delayed,  as  3,  ej.  ,nati  Is 
well  in  Actions  real  as  in  Actions  perfonal,  by  de proteeihnibui. 
'  Protection  with  the  Claufccf  Fo/umiis,  for  that  ma-  25 -EW.  3. fiat.  5. 
"  ny  People,  as  well  fuch  as  be  not  able  to  be  retained  c-  '9- 
"  in  War,  as  other,  by  the  Teftimonial  of  the  Gover-  '      2' c"   ' 
"  nors  of  the  Marches,  Captains  of  Garrifons,  Admi- 
"  rals,  and  other,  do  purchafe  divers  Protections  with 
"  Claufe  of  Volumus,  and  with  Claufe  £foiia  profetlurus, 
"  &c.  after  that  a  Plea  is  commenced  againft  them, 
"  rather  to  delay  the  fame  Plea,  than  for  the  King's 
"  Service,  whereas  Plenty  of  other  fufficient  that  be 
"  not  impleaded,  may  be  found  to  do  the  King's  Ser- 
"  vice  in  fuch  Cafe,  and  often  do  remain  in  the  Coun- 
"  try  without  going  to  the  faid  Service,  to  the  great 
"  Damage  of  the  Purfuants,  and  Diftufbance  of  com- 
"  mon  Right;"   '  (2)  it  is  therefore  ordained  and  af-  Fitz. Protefllon  9 
'  fented,  That  no  Protection  with  Claufe  of  ProfeSlu-  s>  I0>  20>  24, 
'  rus  be  allowed  in  any  Plea,  whereof  the  Suit  is  com-  3|'  *^>  48'  53> 
'  menced  before  the  Date  of  the  Protection,  if  it  be  c0'.  Lit.'  131 

3  i  not 


iji.  b, 


390       Stat,  i 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Rich  ardi  II.  A.  D.  1389. 


Caufes  to  repeal  ' 
a  Piotection.        * 


See  farther  con-     t 
cerning  Pro- 
teBhns  7  H.  4.  c.  4 


not  in  a  Voyage  that  the  King  himfelf  goeth,  or 
other  Voyages  Royal,  or  in  the  King's  Meffages  for 
Bufinefs  of  the  Realm,  but  they  that  be  impleaded 
fliall  make  their  Attornies  to  anfwer  for  them  in  fuch 
Pleas,  or  elfe  they  fliall  tarry  themfelves  if  they  will. 
(t,)  Howbeit,  it  is  not  the  Intent  of  the  making  of 
this  Statute,  but  that  the  Protection  with  Claufe  £htia 
moraturus  be  allowed  in  all  Cafes,  as  it  hath  been  be- 
fore this  Time  :  (4)  And  if  any  tarry  in  the  Coun- 
try, without  going  to  their  Service  for  the  which  he 
is  retained,  over  a  convenient  Time  after  that  he  hath 
any  Protection,  or  Return  from  the  fame  Service,  if 
the  Chancellor  be  thereof  duly  informed,  he  fliall 
repeal  fuch  Protection,  as  it  hath  been  ufed  before  this 
Time.' 

gH.  $.Jlat.i,  c.  3.     4.  H.  6.  c. a,     %  H.  6,  c.  13.     23  ff. 6.  c.  16. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
es  mefTages  du  Roi  pur  bufoignes  du  Roialme  mes 
facent  tielx  empledez  lour  attcurnes  pur  refpoundre 
pur  eux  en  tielx  plees  ou  demurgent  meimes  ills 
voillent.  Mes  neft  pas  lentention  de  ceft  eftatut 
mefqe  protection  ove  claufe  Quia  moratur'  foit 
alowe  en  toutz  cas  come  ad  efte  fait  devant  ces  heu- 
res  &  fi  afcun  demoerge  en  paiis  fanz  aler  a  fon  fer- 
vice  pur  quel  il  foit  retenu  outre  temps  covenable 
apres  qil  eit  afcun  protection  ou  repeire  de  mefme 
le  fervice  et  lechanceller  foit  ent  duement  enfourme 
face  repeller  tielx  protections  come  ad  eftre  fait  de- 
vant ces  heures. 


14  Ed.  4.  c .  2. 


CAP.    XVII. 


Where  he  in  the  Reverfion  may  be  received  in  a  Suit  commenced  againft  the  particular  Tenant. 


Fitz.  Refceit.  " 

7°>  7'.  73;  S3.  " 

84,  85,  94,  98,  tc 

Ico,  103,  187,  (j 

190,   191.  . 
2  Leon,  62, 

cc 


He  that  prayetb 
1 1  be  received,      * 
fnall  find  Surety  < 
of  the  Iflucs  of    t 
the  Lands  in 
demand. 

Fitz.  Refceit,  ' 
75,  80,  91.  « 
aoEd.  1,  flat. 3.  c 


TEM,  Becaufe  that  when  Tenants  for  Term  of 
Life,  Tenants  in  Dower,  or  by  the  Law  of  Eng- 
land, or  in  Tail  after  Poflibility  of  Iffue  extinct,  be 
impleaded,  they  be  often  of  the  Covin  of  the  De- 
mandants, that  the  Tenements  demanded  againft 
them  fliall  be  recovered,  and  they  will  not  pray  in 
Aid,  nor  vouch  to  Warranty  them  in  the  Reverfion, 
but  plead  in  chief  fuch  a  Plea  whereby  they  know 
well  the  Tenements  fliall  be  loft,  in  Difherifon  of 
them  in  the  Reverfion;"  '  (2)  it  is  accorded  and  af- 
fented,  That  if  any  fuch  Tenant  be  impleaded,  and 
he  in  the  Reverfion  come  into  the  Court,  and  prayeth 
to  be  received  to  defend  his  Right  at  the  Day  that  the 
Tenant  pleadeth  to  the  Action,  or  before,  he  fliall 
be  received  to  plead  in  chief  to  the  Action,  without 
taking  any  Delay  by  Voucher,  Aid  Prayer,  Nonage, 
or  any  other  Delay  whatfoever,  (3)  fo  that  after  fuch 
Receipt  he  fliall  have  no  Manner  Delay  by  Protec- 
tion, Effoin  of  the  King's  Service,  common  Effoin, 
nor  any  other  Delay  whatfoever,  but  that  the  Bufi- 
nefs fliall  be  hafted  in  as  much  as  it  may  be  by  the 
Law;  (4)  and  that  Days  of  Grace  be  given  by  the 
Difcretion  of  the  Judges  between  the  Demandant  and 
him  that  is  received  in  fuch  Cafe,  v/ithout  giving  the 
common  Day  in  Plea  of  Land,  if  the  Demandant 
will  not  afTent,  to  the  Intent  that  the  Demandants  be 
not  too  much  delayed,  becaufe  they  muft  plead  with 
two  Adverfaries;  (cj  and  in  the  Right  of  Pleas  that 
be  now  depending  in  fuch  Cafe,  they  in  the  Rever- 
fion fliall  be  received  in  the  Manner  aforefaid,  at  the 
next  Day  that  the  Parties  have  in  Court,  although 
the  fame  Parties  have  pleaded  in  chief  before  this 
Time. 

'  II.  Provided  always,  That  they  in  the  Reverfion 
which  pray  to  be  received,  as  before  is  faid,  fliall  find 
Surety  of  the  IfTues  of  the  Tenements  demanded  for 
the  Time  that  the  fame  Demandants  be  delayed,  af- 
ter the  faid  Plea  determined  between  the  Demandants 
and  Tenants,  if  the  Judgement  pafs  for  the  Demand- 
ant againft  them  in  the  Reverfion  aforefaid,  as  well 
where  the  Receipt  is  counterpleaded,  as  where  it  is 
granted.' 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  quant  tenantz  a  terme  de  vie  te- 
nantz  en  dowere  ou  par  la  ley  dEngleterre  ou  en 
la  taill  apres  poffibilite  diflue  exteint  foient  emple- 
dez font  fovent  de  covyne  de  les  demandantz  qe  les 
tenementz  demandez  envers.  eux  foient  recoverez 
et  ne  voillent  prier  en  eide  ne  voucher  a  garrant 
ceux  en  reverfion  mes  pledent  en  chief  tiel  plee 
par  ont  ils  fcivent  bien  qe  les  tenementz  ferront  per- 
duz  en  defheritance  de  ceux  en  reverfion  2ccordez 
eft  qefi  afcun  tiel  tenant  foit  empledez  et  eel  uy  en  re- 
verfion veigne  in  court  et  prie  deftre  receu  a  defen- 
dre  fon  droit  a  jour  qe  le  tenant  plede  al  action  ou 
devant  foit  receu  a  pleder  en  chief  al  action  fanz 
afcun  delay  prendre  par  voucher  eide  prier  non- 
nage  ou  autre  delay  qeconqe  iffint  qe  apres  tiel  re- 
ceit  il  neit  null  manere  delaie  par  protection  efTon 
du  fervice  le  Roi  commune  efTon  nautre  delay  qe- 
conqe mes  foit  la  bufoign  haftie  en  tant  come  pu- 
iffe  eftre  par  ley  &  qe  jours  de  grace  puiffent  eftre 
donez  par  difcretion  des  Juges  entre  le  demandant 
&  celuy  qeft  receu  en  tiel  cas  fanz  doner  commune 
jour  en  plee  de  terre  fi  le  demandant  ne  voille  aflen- 
ter  au  fyn  qe  les  demandantz  ne  foient  trop  de- 
laiez  par  caufe  qe  les  covent  pleder  ove  deux  ad- 
verfairs.  Et  en  droit  des  plees  qe  font  ore  pen- 
dantz  en  tiel  cas  foient  ceux  en  reverfion  receuz  en 
manere  come  devant  eft  dit  a  prochein  jour  qe  les 
parties  ont  en  Court  tout  eient  mefmes  les  parties 
pledez  en  chief  devant  ces  heuresi 


Purveu  toutfoitz  qe  ceux  en  reverfion  qe  prient 
deftre  receuz  come  devant  eft  dit  trovent  feurete 
des  iffues  des  tenementz  demandez  pur  le  temps  qe 
mefmes  les  demandantz  foient  delaiez  apres  le  plee 
termine  entre  les  demandantz  et  les  tenantz  fi  jug- 
gement  paffe  pur  le  demandantz  envers  ceux  en  re- 
verfion avauntditz  fibien  la  ou  la  receite  foit  con- 
treplede  come  la  ou  ele  foit  grante. 


CAP, 


A.  D.  1389.  Anno  dccimo  tertio  Richardi  II. 


Stat.  r.       391 


CAP.     XVIII. 

In  which  Courts  an  Attaint  may  be  brought  upon  a  falfe  Verdict  given  in  Lincoln. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  a  la  grevoufe  compleint  del 
reverent  pier  en  Dieu  levefqe  de  Nicole  et  le 
Dean  et  Chapitre  de  lefglife  de  noftre  Dame  de 
Nicole  fait  par  lour  petition  a  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  &  as  Seignurs  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  les 
mair  &  baillifs  de  la  citee  de  Nicole  par  coman- 
dement  du  Roi  &  affent  des  Seignurs  furent  co- 
mandez  &  chargez  par  brief  deftre  devant  le  Roi 
&  fon  confeill  en  mefme  la  parlement  a  certein  jour 
ove  fufficeant  inftruftion  &  information  de  tout  la 
matire  compris  en  mefme  la  petition  ove  fufficeant 
poair  &  auitorite  defoutz  le  commune  feal  de  la 
dite  citee'pur  y  refpondre  pur  eux  &  la  communalte 
de  mefme  la  citee  fur  toutes  chofes  contenuz  en 
mefme  la  petition  &  enoutre  pur  faire  &  receivre 
ce  qe  par  le  Roi  &  fon  dit  confeill  ferroit  ordeine  en 
celle  partie  fur  certeine  peine  limite  el  dit  brief  le 
tenour  de  quell  petition  contenant  les  grevances 
faitz  as  ditz  Evefqe  Dean  &  Chapitre  par  gentz  de 
Nicole  par  colour  de  lour  franchises  eftoit  mande  as 
"mefmes  les  mair  &  baillifs  clos  deinz  le  brief  a- 
vauntdit  et  coment  qe  mefmes  les  mair  &  baillifs  a 
jour  contenuz  en  Is  dit  brief  viendrent  devant  le 
Roi  &  fon  dit  confeill  en  le  parlement  fufdit  ils 
napporterent  mye  fufficeant  garrant  pur  la  com- 
munalte de  la  dite  citee  come  ils  avoient  en  coman- 
dement  par  le  dit  brief  Et  fur  ce  noftre  dit  Seignur 
le  Roi  del  affent  des  Prelatz  &  des  autres  Seignurs 
en  mefme  le  parlement  efteantz  par  defaut  des  a- 
vantdit  mair  et  baillifs  et  communalte  celle  partie 
ad  procedez  et  examinez  la  dit  petition  et  les  gre- 
vances contenuz  en  ycell,  Et  auxint  pur  ce  qe 
commune  clamour  y  ad  qe  plufours  des  liges  le  Roi 
ont  fufFert  fovent  diverfes  injuries  en  la  dite  citee 
acaufe  qe  des  franks  tenementz  deinz  mefme  la 
citee  trefpas  contraclz  et  autres  chofes  fourdantz 
deinz  mefme  la  citee  triables  par  affife  jurre  ou  en- 
quelle  ont  efte  triez  par  gentz  de  mefme  la  citee  et 
font  fi  favorables  chefcun  a  autre  qils  ne  doutent 
gers  faux  ferement  et  ce  par  caufe  qils  font  fi  en- 
baudez  par  enchefon  qils  nont  pas  eftez  devant  ces 
heures  par  colour  de  lour  franchife  convictz  par  fo- 
reins  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  voillant  pur  les  caufes 
fufditz  purvoir  pur  laquiete  du  dite  efglife  et  plein 
droit  eftre  fait  fibien  as  ditz  Evefqe  Dean  et  Cha- 
pitre et  lour  fucceffours  come  a  toutz  autres  en 
temps  avenir  celle  partie  ad  ordeine  et  eftabli  qen 
affifes  jurrees  et  toutz  autres  enqueftes  qe  ferront 
pris  entre  partie  et  partie  devant  les  mair  et  baillifs 
de  la  dite  citee  qe  pur  le  temps  ferront  fi  afcun  des 
parties  fe  pleint  de  faux  ferement  fait  par  tiel  affife 
jurre  ou  enquefte  latteint  luy  foit  grante  et  le  record 
foit  mande  par  brief  en  bank  le  Roi  ou  en  com- 
mune bank  et  qe  le  vifcont  arraie  en  la  jurre  de 
tiel  atteinte  des  foreins  du  counte  fanz  mander  a  la 
franchife  du  dite  citee  et  qe  les  Juftices  preignent 
mefme  la  juree  de  mefmes  les  foreins  Nient  contre- 
fteant  afcune  franchife  grante  au  dite  citee  ou  autre 
ufage  au  contraire. 


'Scefcrtber  concerning  Attaints  1 1  H.  6.  c.  4.     1 5  H.  6.  c .  5c 


:  TTEM,  Becaufe  that  upon  the  grievous  Complaint  3  ej.  r.  c.  3S, 
;  A  of  the  Reverend  Father  in  God  the  Bifliop  of  14  Ed.  %.  c.  2. 
;  Lincoln,  and  the  Dean  and  Chapiter  of  the  Church  ' EJ-  i-f"t.  1. 
;  of  our  Lady  in  Lincoln,  made  by  their  Petition  to  c,^l     f  6Sf 
:  our  Lord  the  King,  and  the  Lords  in  this  prefent  \%'Ed.i-c-  8- 
;  Parliament;  the  Mayor  and  the  Bailiffs  of  the  City -^  Ed.  3.  c.  7. 
;  of  Lincoln,  by  the  Commandment  of  the  King,  and  9  R.z.  c.  3. 
:  the  Affent  of  the  Lords,  were  enjoined  and  charged 
;  by  Writ  to  be  before  the  King  and  his  Council  in  the 
;  fame  Parliament  at  a  certain  Day,  with  fufr.cient  In- 
;  ftruflion  and  Information  of  all  the   Matter  com- 
;  prifed  in  the  fame  Petition,  with  full  Power  and  Au- 
•  thority,  under  the  common  Seal  of  the  faid  City,  to 
:  anfwer  for  them,  and  the  Commonalty  of  the  faid 
;  City,  upon  all  Things  contained  in  the  fame  Peti- 
;  tion,  and  further  to  do  and  receive  that  which  (hall        , 
;  be  ordained  by  the  King  and  his  Council  in  that  Be- 
;  half,  upon  a  certain  Pain  limited  in  the  fame  Writ ; 
;  the  Tenour  of  which  Petition,  containing  the  Grie- 
:  yances  done  to  the  faid  Bifliop  and  Chapiter  by  the 
;  People  of  the  City  of  Lincoln,  by  Colour  of  their 
:  Franchife,  was  fent  to  the  faid  Mayor  and  B  dliffs 
:  clofed  within  the  faid  Writ;  and  though   the  faid 
'  Mayor  and  Bailiffs,  at  the  Day  contained  in  the  fame 
'  Writj  came  before  the  King  and  his  Council  in  the 
'  Parliament  aforefaid,  yet  they  did  not  bring  any  fuf- 
'  ficient  Warrant  from  the  Commonalty  of  the  faid 
'  City,   as  they  had   in  Commandment  by  the  faid 
'  Writ;  and  upon  that  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  by 
'  the  Affent  of  the  Prelates  and  other  Lords  in  the 
'  fame  Parliament  being,  by  Default  of  the  Mayor, 
'  Bailiffs,  and  Commons  aforefaid  in  that  Behalf,  hath 
'  proceeded  and  examined  the   faid  Petition,  and  the 
'  Grievances  therein  contained:    (2)  And  alfo  becaufe  The  Inconveni- 
'  that  a  common  Clamour  hath  been,  that  many  of  e™ies  &n/'"!n.s 
'  the  King's  Lieges  often  have  fuffered  divers  Injuries  °f  suit's  ii  Lin! 
'  in  the   faid  City,  becaufe   in  Refpeci:  of  Freeholds  coin  iy  tj,e 
'  within  the  fame  City,    Trefpaffes,  Contracts,  and  People  only  of 
'  other  Things  rifing  within  the  fame  City,  triable  by  the  fame  City. 
'  Affife,  Jury,  or  Inqueft,  have  been  tried  by  People 
'  of  the  fame  City,  which  be  fo  favourable  one  to  ano- 
'  ther,  that  they  doubt  not  to  make  falfe  Oaths,  and 
'  that  becaufe  they  be  encouraged,  forafmuch  as  they 
'  have  not  been  before  this  Time  convilf  by  Foreign- 
'  ers,  by  Colour  of  their  Franchife:"   '  (3)  Our  Lord  14H.  7.  f.  13. 
the  King  willing,  for  the  Caufes  aforefaid,  to  pro- 
vide for  the  Quietnefs  of  the  faid  Church,  and  full 
Right  to  be  done   as  well  to  the  faid  Bifhop,  Dean 
and  Chapiter,  and  their  Succeffors,  as  to  all  other  in 
Time  coming,  hath  ordained  and  ftablifhed,  in,  that 
Behalf,  that  in  Affifes,  Juries,  and  all  other  Inquefts 
that  {hall  be  taken  between  Party  and  Party,  before 
the  Mayor  and  Bailiffs  of  the  fame  City  for  the  time 
being,  if  any  of  the  Parties  feel  himfelf  grieved  of  a 
falfe  Oath  made  by  fuch  Affife,  Jury,  or  Inqueft,  the 
Attaint  fhall  be  granted  to  him,  and  the  Record  fent 
by  Writ  into  the  King's  Bench,  or  into  the  Com- 
mon Pleas,    (4)  and  that  the  Sheriff  impanel  the  Ju- 
ry of  fuch  Attaint  of  Foreigners  of  the  County,  with- 
out fending  to  the  Franchife  of  the  faid  City,  and  that 
the  Juftices  fhall  take  the  fame  Jury  of  the  fame  Fo- 
reigners, notwithftanding  any  Franchife  granted  to  ExJ>!a':""!  <>xi 
the  fame  City,  or  other  Ufage  to  the  contrary.'  f™*  %  \  H-  * 

l3fl.6.C2.      II  B,  7,   C.  itSf  24.      23//.  S.c,  3.   aw/37  H.  i.  r.  5.      Re^ift.  121. 


CAP. 


39 


Q2        Stat,  i< 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Richard i  II.  A.  D.  1389. 


CAP.     XIX. 

A  Confirmation  of  13  Edw;  1.  Stat.  i.  cap.  47.  touching  taking  of  Salmons. 


4  W*. 


1 


There  fliall  be 
no  Devices  prac- 
tifed  whereby 
the  Fry  of  Fifh 
fliall  be  destroy- 
ed. 


Weftminfter  the  feccnd,  that  young  Salmons  fhall 
not  be  taken  nor  deftroyed  by  Nets,  nor  by  other 
"  Engines,  at  Mill-dams,  from  the  midft  of  April  till 
"  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  Bapti/l,  upon  a  certain  Pain 
"  limited  in  the  fame  Statute;"    '  it  is  accorded  and 
'  affented,  That  the  faid  Statute  be  firmly  holden  and 
'  kept,    (z)  joyning  to  the  fame,  That  young  Salmons 
'  fhall  not  be  taken,  during  the  faid  Time,  at  Mill- 
'  dams,  nor  in  other  Places,  upon  the  fame  Pain.     (3) 
'  And  that  no  Fifher,  or  Garth-man,  nor  any  other, 
'  of  what  Eftate  or  Condition  that  he  be,  fliall  from 
'  henceforth  put  in   the  Waters  of  Thamije,  Number, 
'  Oufe,  Trent,  nor  any  other  Waters  of  the  Realm  by 
'  the  faid  Time,  nor  in  other  Time  of  the  Year,  any 
'  Nets  called  Stalkers,    nor  other  Nets  nor  Engines 
'  whatfoever  they  be,  by  the  which  the  Fry   or   the 
'  Breed  of  the  Salmons,  Lampreys  or  any  other  Fifh, 
4  may  in  any  wife  be  taken  or  deftroyed,  upon  the  Pain 
'  aforefaid.'     "  (4)  And  alfo  where  it  is  contained  in 
"  the  fame  Statute,  that  all  the  Waters  in  the  which 
"  Salmons  be  taken  within  the  Realm,  fliall  be  put  in 
"  Defence  as  to  the  taking  of  Salmons,  from  the  Day 
"  of   the  Nativity  of  our  Lady,    until  St.  Martins 
"  Day;"    '  (9)  it  is  ordained  and  affented,  That  the 
'  Waters  of  Lou,  Wyre,  Merfee,  Rybbyl,  and  all  other 
'  Waters  in  the  County  of  Lancajler,  be  put  in  De- 
.    '  fence,  as  to  the  taking  of  Salmons,  from  Michaelmas 
Defence3      *  '"  '  Day  to  the  Purification  of  our  Lady,  and  in  no  other 
'  Time  of  the  Year,  becaufe  that  Salmons  be  not  fea- 
c  fonable   in  the  faid  Waters  in  the  Time  aforefaid. 
And  in  the  Parts  where   fuch  Rivers  be,  there  fliall 
be  affigned  and  fworn  good  and  fufficient  Conferva- 
tors  of  this  Statute,  as  it  is  ordained  in  the  faid  Sta- 
tute of  TVeftminJler,  and  that  they  fhall   punifli  the 
Offenders  after  the  Pain  contained  in  the  fame  Sta- 
tute, without  any  Favour  thereof  to  be  fliewed.' 

See  1%  Ed.  4.  c.  2.  for  packing  of  Salmons  ;  23  H.  8.  c.  18.  for  pulling  doivn  Piles  in  the  Riz\ 
of  the  Spawn.  See  farther  3'Jac.  1.  c.  12.  ^oCar.  z.Jiat.  1.  e.g.  $&  5  W.  &  M.  c. 
1.  c,  18.  and  23  Geo,  Z..C.  26.  containing  farther  Provifions  for  the  Prefervation  and  Improver, 


What  Time  of 
the  Year  the 
Rivers  in  the 
County  of  Lan 


Confervators 
of  this  ftatute, 
and  their  Au- 
thority, 

Enforced  By 
jy  K.2.  c.  9 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
|TEM  come  contenuz  foit  en  leftatut  de  Weflm' 
JL  fecond  qe  falmonceux  ne  foient  prifes  ne  de- 
ftruitz  par  rees  ne  par  autres  engines  a  leftankes  de 
molyns  de  mye  April  tanqal  Nativite  de  Seint 
Johan  le  Baptiftre  fur  certeine  peine  limite  en  mef- 
ine  leftatut  accordez  eft  et  affentuz  qe  le  dit  eftatut 
foit  fermement  tenuz  et  gardez  adjoufte  a  ycell  qe 
falmonceux  ne  foient  prifes  par  le  dit  temps  a  le- 
ftankes des  molyns  ne  aillours  fur  mefme  la  peine 
et  qe  null  pefchour  ne  gafthman  ne  null  autre  de 
quell  eftat  ou  condition  qils  foit  ne  mette  defore 
enavant  en  les  ewes  de  Thamife  Humbre  Oufe 
Trente  ne  null  autre  ewe  du  Roialme  par  le  dit 
temps  ne  par  null  autre  temps  del  an  afcuns  rees 
appellez  ftalkers  nautres  rees  nengines  queconqes 
par  les  quelles  le  frie  ou  brood  des  falmons  laum- 
preis  ou  dautre  peffon  queconqe  purra  en  afcun  ma- 
nere  eftre  pris  ou  deftruit  fur  la  peine  fuifdite.  Et 
auxin t  come  contenuz  foit  en  mefme  leftatut  qe 
toutz  les  ewes  es  queux  falmons  font  prifes  en  le 
Roialme  foient  mifes  en  defens  .qant  al  prife  des 
falmons  del  jour  de  la  nativite  denoftre  Dame  tan- 
qal jour  de  Seint  Martyn  ordeignez  eft  et  affentuz 
qe  les  ewes  de  Lone  Wyre  Merfee  Ribbill  et  toutz 
autres  ewes  el  countee  de  Lancaftre  foient  mifes  en 
defenfe  qant  al  prife  des  falmons  del  jour  de  Seint 
-Michel  tanqe  al  jour  de  la  Purification  de  noftre 
Dame  et  en  null  autre  temps  del  an  a  caufe  qe  le 
falmons  ne  font  pas  feifonables  en  les  ditz  ewes  par 
le  temps  fuifdite.  Et  es  parties  ou  tielx  rivers  font 
foient  affignez  et  jurrez  bones  et  fufficeantz  con- 
fervatours  de  ceft  eftatut  come  eft  ordeignez  en  le 
dit  eftatut  de  Weftm'  &  qils  puniffent  les  trefpaf- 
fours  folonc  la  peine  contenuz  en  mefme  leftatut 
fanz  afcun  favour  ent  faire. 


;  Oufe  and  Humbcr ;  25  H.  8.  c,  7, 


3.       ^Ann.c.  21.. 
'tent  of  the  F'fherj. 


9  Ann,  c.  26. 


I  El.  c.  17.  for  the  Prefervatia 
I  Geo.  I.Jiat.  2.  c.  18.     5  Geo, 


CAP.     XX. 


Rep.  ai  Jac.  T. 

c.i8. 

9  Ed,  ^.fiat,  2. 


What  Sort  of  Perfons  only  may  pafs  forth  of  the  Realm  without  the  King's  Licence,  and  at 

what  Ports* 

IT E M  pur  certeines  caufes  monftrez  en  cell  parlement  le  Roi  voet  &  comande  par  aflent  des  Seignurs 
en  parlement  qe  toutz  pelryns  &  toutes  autres  gentz  forfpris  merchantz  notoirs  &  conuz  &  auxint  fol- 
deours  &  gentz  darmes  qe  voillent  paffer  par  meer  hors  du  Roialme  fi  paffent  a  les  portz  de  Dovorr  ou  de 
Plymmuth  &  null  part  aillours  fanz  efpeciale  congie  du  Roi  mefmes  mes  qe  ceux  qi  voillent  paffer  vers  Ir- 
land  paffent  a  Liverpull  Ceftre  Briftuit  ou  aillours  ou  lour  pleft. 

RE  X  vicecomiti  Kane'  falutem.  Quedam  ftatuta  per  nos  de  affenfu  Magnatum  &  Communitatum  regni 
noftri  Anglie  in  parliamento  noftro  apud  Weftm'  die  Lune  proximo  poft  feftum  fandti  Hilarii  ultimo  pre- 
teriturn  tento  faiSa  que  tibi  mittimus  fub  magno  figillo  noftro  in  forma  patenti  tibi  precipimus  quod  infra  co- 
mitatum  predictum  in  locis  ubi  magis  expediens  fuerit  fine  dilatione  legi  &  publice  ex  parte  noftra  proclamari 
ac  firmiter  teneri  &  obfervari  facias  juxta  formam  ftatutorum  prediiStorum,  Et  hoc  fub  incumbenti  periculo 
nullatenus  omittas. 

T.  R.  apud  Weftm'  xvi.  die  Maii 

Confimilia  brevia  diriguntur  Jingtdis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam  ac  Jobmni  Duci  Aquitanie  &  Lancajlrie  veleji 

Cancdlario  in  cliclo  ducatv.  Lancajlrie, 


" 


A. D.  1389.         Anno  decimo  tertio  Rich  ardi  II.  Stat.  2. 

Other  Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno    13  Rich.  II.  Stat.  2.  and 

Anno  Dom.  1389. 


393 


CAP.     I. 

In  a  Pardon  of  Murder,  Treafon,  or  Rape,  the  Offence  committed  fhali  be  fpecified. 
Forfeiture  of  him  at  whofe  Suit  fuch  a  Pardon  is  obtained. 


The 


o 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  10. 

NOSTRE  Seignur  le  Roi  a  fon  parlement  te- 
nuz  a  Weftm'  Lundy  prochein  apres  le  feft 
de  Seint  Hiller  Ian  de  fon  regne  trefzinne 
oie  la  grevoufe  compleint  de  fa  communalte  en 
mefme  le  parlement  des  outrageoufes  mefchiefs  & 
damages  qe  font  avenuz  a  fon  dit  Roialme  pur  ceo 
qe  trefones  murdres  &  rapes  des  femmes  font  trop 
communement  faitz  &  perpetres  &  ceo  le  plus  pur 
ceo  qe  chartres  de  pardon  ont  efte  trop  legerement 
grauntez  en  tieux  cafes  la  dite  commune  pria  a 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qe  tieux  chartres  ne  fuiffent 
mes  grauntez  a  qoi  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  refpondy 
qil  vorroit  falver  fa  libertee  &  regalie  come  fes 
ptogenitours  ont  fait  devant  ces  heures  mes  pur  la 
greindre  quiete  Sc  pees  nurrir  deinz  fon  Roialme 
del  affent  des  grantz  &  nobles  en  mefme  le  parle- 
ment efteantz  ad  grantee  qe  null  chartre  de  pardon 
defore  foit  alowe  devant  qiconqes  Juftices  pur 
murdre  mort  de  homme  occys  par  agait  affaut  ou 
malice  prepenfe  trefon  ou  rape  de  femme  fi  mefme 
le  murdre  ou  mort  de  homme  occys  par  agait  af- 
faut ou  malice  prepenfe  trefon  ou  rape  de  femme  ne 
foient  efpecifiez  en  mefme  la  chartre.  Et  fi'la 
chartre  de  mort  de  homme  foit  alegge  devant  qi- 
conqes Juftices  en  quelle  chartre  ne  foit  efpecifie 
qe  celuy  de  qi  mort  afcun  tiel  foit  arreigne  feuft 
j  murdres  ou  occis  par  agait  affaut  ou  malice  pre- 
penfe enquergent  les  Juftices  par  bone  enqueft  del 
vifne  ou  la  mort  fuift  occys  fil  fuift  murdre  ou  oc- 
cys par  agait  affaut  ou  malice  prepenfe  &  fils  tro- 
vent  qil  fuift  murdy  ou  occis  par  agait  affaut  ou 
malice  prepenfe  foit  la  chartre  difalowe  &  foit  fait 
outre  folonc  ceo  qe  la  ley  demande.  Et  fi  afcun 
prie  au  Roi  pur  chartre  de  pardon  pur  murdre 
itnort  de  homme  occys  par  agait  affaut  ou  malice 
iprepenfe  trefon  ou  rape  de  femme  fi  le  Chamber- 
'eyn  endofe  tiel  bille  ou  face  endofer  mette  le  noun 
ik  celuy  qe  pria  pur  tiele  chartre  fur  mefme  la  bille  fur  peine  de  ^  marcz  &  fi  le  Southchamberlein  endofe 
kielle  bille  face  femblablement  fur  peine  de  cynk  centz  marcz  &  qe  null  autre  qe  Chamberleyn  ou  South-  - 
rhamberlein  endofe  ne  face  endofer  nul  tielle  bille  fur  peine  de  ^  marcz  &  qe  tielle  bille  foit  envoie  &  di- 
•e&e  al  Gardeyn  du  prive  feal  &  que  null  garant  du  prive  feale  foit  fait  pur  tiel  chartre  avoir  finon  qe  le 
jardein  de  prive  feale  eit  tielle  bille  endofe  ou  figne  par  le  Chamberleyn  ou  Southchamberleyn  come  defuis 
:ft  dit.      Et  qe  null  chartre  de  pardon  de  trefon  ne  dautre  felonie  paffe  la  Chauncellarie  fanz  garant  du 

irive  feale  forfqe  en  cas  ou  le  Chaunceller  le  puiffe  grantier  de  fon  office  fanz  ent  parler  au  Roi.-   Et  fi  celuy  ^ro  Pardon  of 
qi  prierafcune  chartre  de  pardon  pur  murdre  mort  de  homme  tue  par  agait  affaut  ou  malice  prepenfe  trefon  Treafon  or  Fi- 

>u  rape  de  femme  foit  grante  foit  Archevefqe  ou  Due  paie  au  Roi  ^  livres  &  fil  foit  Evefqe  ou  Count  paie  ™t[ouf^f! 

u  Roi  ,Jj  marcz  &  fil  foit  Abbe  Priour  Baron  ou  Banneret  paie  au  Roi  cynk  centz  marcz  &  fil  foit  Clerc  Ba-  rant  of  the  Pri- 

heler  ou  autre  de  meyndre  eftat  de  quele  condition  qil  foit  paie  au  Roi  deux  centz  marcz  &  eit  lemprifo-  v?  Seal-  - 

ement  dun  an. 

CAP.     II. 

\  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  Provifors,  made  Anno  25  Edw.  3.  Stat  6.  and  the  Forfei- 
ture of  him  that  accepteth  a  Benefice  contrary  to  that  Statute. 

^TEM  come  le  noble  Roi  Edward  Aiel  noftre 
1  Seignur  le  Roi  qor  eft  a  fon  parlement  tenuz  a 
Veftm'  al  oetaves  del  Purification  noftre  Dame  Ian- 


lUR  Lord  the  King,  at  his  Parliament  holden 
at  Weftminfter  the  Monday  next  after  the  Feaft 
of  Saint  Hillary,   the  thirteenth  Year  of  his 
'  Reign,  hearing  the  grievous  Complaint  of  his  faid 
'  Commons  in  the  fame  Parliament,  of  the  outragious 
'  Mifchiefs  and  Damages  which  have  happened  to  his 
'  faid  Realm,  for  that  Treafons,  Murders,  and  Rapes 
'  of  Women  be  commonly  done  and  committed,  and 
'  the  more  becaufe  Charters  of  Pardon  have  been  eafily  ' 
'  granted  in  fuch  Cafes;"    '  (2)  the  faid  Commons 
requefted  our  Lord  the  King,   That  fuch  Charters 
might  not  be  granted  ;  to  whom  the  King  anfwered, 
That  he  will  fave  his  Liberty  and  Regality,  as  his 
Progenitors  have  done  heretofore  ;  (3)  but  to  nourifti 
the  more  Quietnefs  and  Peace  within  his  Realm,  by 
the  Affent  of  the  Great  Men  and  Nobles,    being  in 
the   fame   Parliament,    he   hath   granted,    That   no 
Charter  of  Pardon  from  henceforth  fhall  be  allowed 
before  any  Juftice  for  Murder,  or  for  the  Death  of  a 
Man  flain  by  Await,  Affault,  or  Malice  prepenfed, 
Treafon,    or  Rape  of  a  Woman,    unlefs  the  fame 
Murder,  Death  of  the  Man  flain  by  Await,  Affault 
or  Malice  prepenfed,    1  reafon,    or  Rape  of  a  Wo- 
man, be  fpecified   in  the  fame  Charter.     (4)  Arid  if  Keyling-  i2jj-. 
a  Charter  of  the  Death  of  a  Man  be  alledged  before  p,ro;Chart/  I0°- 
any  Juftices,    in  which  Charter  it  is  not  fpecified,     ow*  *01'' 
that  he  of  whofe  Death  any  fuch  is  arraigned,  was 
murdered  or  flain  by  Await,  Affault,  or  Malice  pre- 
penfed, the  fame  Juftices  fhall   inquire,   by  a  good 
Inqueft,  of  the  vifne  where  the  Dead  was  flain,  if  he 
were  murdered  or  flain  by  Await,  Affault,  or  Malice 
prepenfed,  and  if  they  find  that  he  was  murdered  or 
flain  by  Await,    Affault,    or  Malice  prepenfed,  the 
Charter  fhall  be  difallowed,    and  further  it  fhall  be 
done  as  the  Law  commandeth.  .  (5)  And  if  any  be  a  ReP' '"  ?art  hY  : 
Suiter'  fcfe.  i6R.s.*.6,. 


2  fon  regne  vynt  &  quynt  fill  reciter  leftatut  fait 
Vol.1. 


TEM,    Whereas    the   noble   King  Edwa-d,  ,  RolUo>  92„ 
Grandfather  to  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is, 
at  his  Parliament  holden  at  Weftminfter  at  the  Utas 
of  the  Purification  of  our  Lady,  the  five  and  twen- 
Eee  "tieth. 


394-       Stat.  2. 


Anno  dccimo  tertio  Ri  chard i  II.  A. D.  1389, 


For  all  Bene- 
fices which  (hall 
he  vo'd  after  the 
2c/h  of  January, 
An.ijR.i. 
the  Statute  of 
25  Ed.  3.  flat.  6. 
ct  Provifors, 
fhall  be  put  in 
Execution. 
*  Have  begun. 


If  any  do  accept 
of  a  Bjnefice 
contrary  to  the 
faid  Statute  of 
25  Ed.  3.  itat.6. 
he  fhall  be  ba- 
mfliel  the 
Realm. 


ThePunifhment 
of  theReceivers, 
Procurators,  S.-C. 
of  Offimricis. 


Beneficed  Per. 
i  in»,  unto  v.  bom 
I    ■     -  ipe  had 
b  'foregi  i  n  Dig 
I    '        of  the 
Church;  except  | 
ed. 


"  tieth  Year  of  his  Reign?i  caufcd  to  be  rehearfed  the 
"  Statute  made  at  Carte!/  in  the  Time  of  King  Ed- 
"  ward,  Son  of  King  Henry,  touching  the  Eftate 
"  of  the  holy  Church  of  England;  the  faid  Grandfa- 
"  ther  of  the  King  that  now  is,  by  the  AfTent  of  the 
"  Great  Men  of  his  Realm,  being  in  the  fame  Parlia- 
"  ment,  holden  the  faid  five  and  twentieth  Year,  to 
"  the  Honour  of  God  and  of  holy  Church,  and  of  all 
"  his  Realm,  did  ordain  and  eftablifh,  that  the  free 
"  Elections  of  Archbifhopricks,  Bifhopricks,  and  all 
"  other  Dignities  and  Benefices  elective  in  England^ 
"  fhould  hold  from  thenceforth  in  the  Manner  as  they 
"  were  granted  by  his  Progenitors,  and  by  the  Ancef- 
"  tors  of  other  Lords  Founders  :  (z)  And  that  all  Pre- 
"  lates  and  other  People  of  holy  Church,  which  had 
"  Advowfons  of  any  Benefices  of  the  Gift  of  the  King, 
"  or  of  his  Progenitors,  or  of  other  Lords  and  Donors, 
"  fhould  freely  have  their  Collations  and  Preferments  ; 
"  and  thereupon  a  certain  Punifhment  was  ordained  in 
"  the  fame  Statute  for  them  which  accept  any  Benefice 
"  or  Dignity  contrary  to  the  faid  Statute  made  at  Wejl- 
"  minfter  the  faid  twenty-fifth  Year,  as  afore  is  faid  ; 
"  which  Statute  our  Lord  the  King  hath  caufed  to  be 
"  recited  in  this  prefent  Parliament  at  the  Requeft  of 
"  his  Commons  in  the  fame  Parliament,  the  Tenor 
"  whereof  is  fuch  as  hereafter  followeth  :"  '  Whereas 
4  late  in  the  Parliament  of  good  Memory  of  Edward, 
'  King  of  England,  &c.'  [rehear/ing  the  whole  Statute 

made  the  faid  Twenty-fifth  Year.] And  then  thus: 

'  (3)  Our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  of  the  Affent  of 
'  the  great  Men  of  his  Realm,  being  in  this  prefent 
'  Parliament,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  for 
'  all  Archbifhopricks,  Bifhopricks,  and  other  Digni- 
'  ties  and  Benefices  elective,  and  all  other  Benefices  of 
'  holy  Church,  which  {hall  begin  *  to  be  void  in  Deed 
'  the  Twenty  ninth  Day  of  January,  the  Thirteenth 
'  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Lord  King  Richard  that 
'  now  is,  or  after,  or  which  fhall  be  void  in  Time  to 
'  come  within  the  Realm  of  England,  the  faid  Statute 
'  made  the  faid  Twenty  fifth  Year  fhall  be  firmly  hold- 
'.  en  for  ever,  and  put  in  due  Execution  from  time  to 
'  time  in  all  Manner  of  Points.  (4)  And  if  any  do  ac- 
'  cept  of  a  Benefice  of  holy  Church  contrary  to  this 
'  Statute,  and  that  duly  proved,  and  be  beyond  the 
'  Sea,  he  fhall  abide  exiled  and  banifhed  out  of  the 
'  Realm  for  ever,  his  Lands  and  Tenements,  Goods 
'  and  Chatties  fhall  be  forfeit  to  the  King  ;  (5)  and  if 
'  he  be  within  the  Realm,  he  fhall  be  alfo  exiled  and 
'  banifhed,  as  afore  is  faid,  and  fhall  incur  the  fame 
'  Forfeiture,  and  take  his  Way,  fo  that  he  be  out  of 
'  the  R.ealm  within  fix  Weeks  next  after  fuch  Accep- 
'  tation.  (6)  And  if  any  receive  any  fuch  Perfon  ba- 
'  nifhed  coming  from  beyond  t'ie  Sea,  or  being  within 
'  the  Pvealm  after  the  (aid  fix  Weeks,  knowing  there- 
'  of,  he  fhall  be  alfo  exiled  and  banifhed,  and  incur 
'  fuch  Forfeiture  as  afore  isTaid.  (7)  And  that  their 
'  Procurators,  Notaries,  Executors,  and  Summoners 
'  have  the  Pain  and  Forfeiture  aforefaid.' 

'  II-  Provided  neverthelefsr, :  Thai  all  they  to  whom 
'  the  Pope  of  Rome,  or  his  Predeccflors,  have  provided 
'  any  Archbifhoprick,  Bifhoprick,  or  other  Dignity, 
'  +  or  other  Benefices  of  holy  Church,  of  the  Patron- 
'.  age  of  People  of  holy  Church,  in  refpect  of  any 
'  V oidance  before  the  faid  xxix  Day  of  'January,  and 
'  thereof  we're  in  actual  Poffcffion  before  ihe  fame  xxix 

Day,  fhall  have  and  enjoy  the  faid  Archbifhopricks 
'  Bifhopricks,  Dignities,-  and  other  Benefices  peace-: 
'  ably  for   their  Lives,   notwithstanding  the  Statutes 

■J"  Add  cr  Btnrjica  clcflive. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
a  Kardoile  eh  temps  fon  Aiel  le  Roi  Edward  fitz; 
au  Roi  Henr'  touchant  leftat  de  feint  efglife  dEn- 
gleterre  le  dit  Aiel  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qore  eft 
del  afTent  des  grantz  de  fon  Roialme  en  mefme  le 
parlement  tenuz  le  dit  an  vynt  &  quynt  efteantz  al 
honour  de  Dieu  &  de  feint  efglife  &  de  tout  fon 
Roialme  ordeigna  &  eftablift  qe  franks  elections 
des  Erchevefchies  Evefchies  &  touz  autres  digni- 
tees  &  benefices  electives  en  Engleterre  fe  tendroi- 
ent  delors  en  manere  come  eles  feurent  gauntez 
par  fes  progenitours  &  par  les  aunceftres  des  autres 
Seignurs  foundours  &  toutz  prelates  &  autres  gentz 
de  feint  efglife  qe  avoient  avowefons  de  qiconqes 
benefices  de  don  le  Roi  ou  de  fes  progenitours  ou 
dautres  Seignurs  &  donours  eufTent  franchement 
lour  collations  &  prefentementz  &  fur  ceo  certein 
punyffement  eftoit  ordeigns  en  mefme  leftatut  pur 
ceux  qe  acceptont  afcun  dignite  ou  benefice  au 
contraire  du  dit  eftatut  fait  a  Wefim'  le  dit  an  xxv. 
come  devaunt  eft  dit  le  quele  eftatut  noftre  Seig- 
nur le  Roi  ad  fait  recitier  en  ceft  prefent  parlement 
al  requeft  de  fa  communalte  en  mefme  le  parlement 
la  tenure  de  quele  eftatut  eft  tiel  come  fy  enfuyt : 
"  Come  jadys  en  le  parlement"  Sec.  [prout,  St.  25. 
E.  a.  St.  6.  fol.  279.  ufque  Et  doit  ceft  eftatut  te- 
nir  lieu  comenceant  al  oetaves  fuifditz.J  Et  outre 
ce  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  qore  eft  de  laffent  des 
grantz  de  fon  Roialme  efteantz  en  ceft  prefent  par- 
lement ad  ordeigne  &  eftabli  qe  de  toutz  Ercevef- 
chees  Evefchees  &  autres  dignites  &  benefices  e- 
leffives  &  autres  benefices  de  Seint  efglife  qecon- 
qes  qe  comencerent  deftre  voidez  de  fait  le  vint  &C 
noefifme  jour  de  Januer  Ian  du  regne  noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roi  Richard  trefzifme  ou  puis  ou  qe 
fe  voidront  en  temps  avenir  deinz  le  Roialme  dEn- 
gleterre  le  dit  eftatut  fait  le  dit  art  Xxv.  foit  ferme- 
ment  tenuz  pur  touz  jours  &  mys  en  due  execution 
de  temps  en  temps  en  toutz  pointz.  Et  fi  afcun 
face  afcun  acceptation  dafcun  benefice  de  Seint 
efglife  a  contrarie  de  ceft  eftatut  &  ce  duement 
prove  &  foit  depar  dela  demurge  exile  &  banny 
hors  du  Roialme  pur  toutz  jours  &  fes  terres  tene- 
mentz  biens  &  chateux  forfaitz  au  Roi  &  fil  foit 
deinz  le  Roialme  foit  il  auxi  exile  &  banny  come 
devant  eft  dit  et  encourge  mefme  la  forfaiture  et 
preigne  fon  chemyn  iffint  qil  foit  hors  du  Roialme 
deinz  fvs  femaignes  procheins  apres  tiel  accepta- 
tion. Et  ft  afcun  receite  afcun  tiel  banny  venant 
depar  dela  ou  efteantz  deinz  le  Roialme  apres  les 
fys  femaignes  avauntdit  conifant  de  ce  foit  auxint 
exile  et  banny  et  encourge  autiel  forfaiture  come 
devaunt  eft  dit.  Et  qe  lour  procuratours  notairs 
executours  et  fomonours  eient  la  forfaiture  et  peyne 
fufditz. 


Purveu  nepurqant  qe  toutz  yceux  as  queux  noftre 
Seint  piere  le  Pape  au  fes  preaeceffours  ont  purveu 
afcun  Ercevefchee  Evefchee  ou  autre  dignitee  ou 
benefi  es  electives  ou  autres  benefices  de  Seint  ef- 
glife del  patronage  des  gentz  de  Seint  efglife  a  caufe 
de  voidance  devant  le  dit  xxix  jour  de  Januer  &  cnt 
furenf  en  corporel  poffe/iion  devaunt  mefme  le  xxix. 
jour  eient  &  enjoient  lour  ditz  Ercevefchees  Evef- 
chees dignites  &  benefices  peifiblement  pur  lour 
vies  nient  contrefteantz  les  eftatutz  &  ordinance 

avanditz 


A.  D.  1389.  Anno  decimo  tertio  Rich ardi  II. 


Stat.  2.        TQ 


395 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
avantditz  Et  fi  le  Roi  envoic  par  lettre  pu  en 
autre  manere  a  la  courte  de  Rome  al  excitation 
dateline  perfone  ou  fi  afcun  autre  envoie  ou  prie  a 
mefme  la  courte  parount'  qe  la  contrarie  de  ceft 
eftatut  (bit  fait  touchant  afcun  Ercevefchee  Evef- 
chee  dignite  ou  autre  benefice  de  Seint  efglife  deinz 
le  dit  Roialme  fi  cely  qe  fait  tiel  excitation  ou  tiel 
prier  foit  Prelate  de  Seinte  efglite  paie  au  Roi  le 
value  de  fes  temporaltees  dun  an  &  iil  foit  Seignur 
temporel  paie  au  Roi  le  value  de  fes  terres  &  pof- 
teffions  nient  moebles  dun  an.  Et  fil  foit  autre 
perfone  deflate  pluis  bas  paie  au  Roi  la  value  du 
benefice  pur  quel  tiel  prier  foit  fait  &  eit  la  prifone 
dun  an.  Et  eft  lentention  du  ceft  eftatut  qe  de 
toutz  dignites  &:  benefices  de  Seint  efglife  qeftoient 
voidez  de  fait  le  dit  xxix.  jour  de  Januer  queux 
font  donez  ou  as  queux  foit  purveu  par  lappoftoill 
devaunt  mefme  le  xxix.  jour  qe  ceux  as  queux 
tielx  douns  ou  provifions  foient  faitz  puifient  fran-^ 
chement  des  tiels  douns  &  provifions  fuer  execu- 
tion fanz  offence  de  ceft  eftatut.  Purveu  toutz- 
foitz  qe  de  nulle  dignite  ou  benefice  qeftoit  plein  le 
dit  xxix.  jour  de  Januer  null  a  caufe  dafcun  don 
collation  refervation  &  provifion  ou  dautre  grace 
de  lappoftoill  queconqe  nient  execute  devaunt  le 
dit  xxix.  jour  ne  fue  ent  execution  fur  les  peynes 
contenuz  en  ceft  prefent  eftatut. 


and  Ordinances  aforefaid.     (2)  And  if  the  Kins;  fend  The  Penalty  of 


by  Letter,  or  in  other  Manner  to  the  Court  of  Rome. 
at  the  Intreaty  of  any  Perfon,  or  if  any  other  fend  o 


fuing  to  the 

'  Court  of  Rome 

to  infringe  the 

lue  to  the  lame  Court,    whereby  any   1  hing  is  done  pUi port  of  this 

contrary  to  this  Statute,  touching  any  Archbifhop-  Statute. 

rick,  Bifhoprick,  Dignity,  or  other  Benefice  of  holy 

Church  within  the  laid  Realm,    if  he  that  maketh 

fuch  Motion  or  Suit  be  a  Prelate  of  holy  Church,  he 

fhall  pay  to  the  King  the  Value  of  his  Ternporalties 

of  one  Year;   (3)  and  if  he  be  a  Temporal  Lord,  he 

fhall  pay  to  the  King  the  Value  of  his  Lands  and 

Pofiefllons  not  moveable  of  one  Year  ;    (4)  and  if  he 

be  another  Perfon  of  a  more  mean  Eftate,    he  fhall 

pay  to  the  King  the  Value  of  the  Benefice  for  which. 

Suit  is  made,    and   fhall   be   imprifoned  one  Year. 

(5)  And  it  is  the  Intent  of  this  Statute,  that  of  all 

Dignities  and  Benefices  of  holy  Church,  which  were 

void  indeed  the  faid  xxix  Day  of  January,  which  be 

given,    or  to  whom  it  is  provided  by  the  Pope  of 

Rome  before  the  fame  xxix  Day,  that  they  to  whom 

fuch  Gifts  or  Provifions  be  made,  may  freely  of  fuch 

Gifts  and  Provifions  fue  Execution  without  Offence 

of  this  Statute.     (6)  Provided  always,  That  of  no  Benefi<:es  full  of; 

Dignity  or  Benefice  which  was  full  the  faid  *•*/*  Day  ™  QitulTzni 

of  'January,  no  Man  becaufe  of  any  Collation,  Gift,  2?r,  2 

Refervation,    and  Provifion,    or  other  Grace  Papal,  Enforcedly  2 H. 

not  executed  before  the  faid  xxix  Day,  fhall  not  fue  4-  <■■  3;    7  #-4. 

thereof  Execution,    upon  the  Pains  and  Forfeitures  £  8i  a"J3H-5 

contained  in  this  prefent  Statute.' 


%.  e.  e.  ivhicb  makes  it  Pretnunire  to  purchase  Bulls  and  other  Inflruments  fr 
rity  of  the  See  of  Rome,  or  bringing  Bulls,  &c.  from  thence.     Raft,  465. 


Jht.i.i.4. 
Sec  farther  lf>  R.. 

om  Rome,   &c.      See  likeivife  5  El.  c,  1,  and  13  El.  c,  2.  again/}  maintaining  the  Autbn— 


CAP.     III. 

The  Penalty  of  him  which  bringeth  a  Summons  or  Excommunication  againft  any  Perfon  upon 
the  Statute  of  Provifors,  and  of  a  Prelate  executing  it. 


ITEM  ordeigne  eft  &  eftabli  qe  fi  afcun  port  ou 
envoie  deinz  le  Roialme  ou  le  poair  noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roy  afcun  fomonces  fentences  ou  eteo- 
mengementz  envers  afcun  perfone  de  quel  condi- 
tion qil  foit  a  caufe  de  la  motion  fefance  aflent  ou 
execution  du  dit  eftatut  des  Provifours  foit  il  pris 
&  areftuz  &  mys  en  prifone  &  forface  toutz  fes  ter- 
res &  tenementz  biens  &  chateux  pur  touz  jours  & 
outre  encourge  la  peyne  de  vie  &  de  membre.  Et 
fi  afcun  Prelat  face  execution  des  tieux  fomonces 
fentences  ou  eteomengementz  qe  fes  temporaltes 
foient  prifes  &  demurgent  es  mayns  noftre  dit  Seig- 
nur le  Roy  tanqe  due  redrefTe  &  correction  en  foit 
fait.  Et  li  afcun  perfon  de  meyndre  eftate  qe  Pre- 
lat de  quel  condition  qil  foit  face. tiel.  execution 
foit  pris  &  areftuz  &  mys  en  prifon  &  eit  emprifo- 
nement  &  face  fyn  &  raunceon  folonc  la  difcretion 
du  confeill  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy. 


I 


TEM,  It  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  if  any 
Man  bring  or  fend   within  the  Realm,    or  the 


King's  Power,  any  Summons,  Sentences,  or  Ex- 
communications againft  any  Perfon,  of  what  Condi- 
tion that  he  be,  for  the  Caufe  of  making;  Motion, 
A-fTent,  or  Execution  of  the  faid  Statute  of  Provifors,. 
he  fhall  be  taken,  arretted,  and  put  in  Prifon,  and 
forfeit  all  his  Lands  and  Tenements,  Goods  and 
Chatties  for  ever,  and  incur  the  Pain  of  Life  and  of 
Member.  (2)  And  if  any  Prelate  make  Execution. 
of  fuch  Summons,  Sentences,  or  Excommunications,, 
that  his  Ternporalties  be  taken  and  abide  in  the 
King's  Hands,  till  due  Redrefs  and-  Correction  be 
thereof  made.  (1)  And  if  any  Perfon  of  lefs  Eftate 
than  a  Prelate,  of  what  Condition  that  he  be,  make 
fuch  Execution,  he  fhall  be  taken,  arrefted,  and  put. 
in  Prifon,  and  have  Imprifonment,  and  make  Fine  3  Tn(t.  IOJ. . 
and  Ranfom  by  the  Difcretion  of  the  King's  Coun-  Set  the  References. 

cil.'  tc  the  foregoing 

Chapter. 


E  X  vicecomiti  Kane'  falutem.  Precipimus  tibi  firmiter.  injungentes  quod  quedam  ftatuta  Sz  ordinatio- 
nes  per  nos  de  aflenfu  Magnatum  &  Communitatum  fegni  noftri  Anglie  in  parliamento  noftro  apud 
Weftm'  ultimo  tento  farSta  que  tibi  mittimus  fub  ma^no  figillo  noftro  in  forma  patenti  infra  comitatum  tuum 
in  locis  ubi  magis  expediens  fueritfine  dilatione  legi  &  publice  ex  parte  noftra  proclamari  ac  firmiter  tenerr 
&  oblervari  facias  juxta  formam  ftatutorum  &  ordinationum  predidtorum.  Et  hoc  fub  incumbenti  periculo 
nullatenus  omittas. 

Tefte  rege  apud  Weftm'  xv.  die  Maii.. 

Confmilia  brevia  diriguntur  Jingulis  viceccmitibus  per  Angliam,. 


E  e  e  2 


Ail! 


396 


Anno  deeimo  tertio  Richard  i  II. 


A.  D.  i3Sg. 


An  Ordinance  made  at  Wejl?ninjler  to  prevent  Maintenance  in  Judicial 

Proceedings,    i  3  Rich.  II.    Stat.  3  a. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lord;    m.  8. 
xR.  t.  c.jjk       "¥"     E  Roi  al  vifcont  de  Kent  falutz.     Come  par  les  leyes  &  cuftumes  de  nollre  Roialme  queux  nous  fumes 
1        tenuz  a  garder  par  ferement  fait  a  noftre  coronement  touz  noz  lieges  deinz  mefme  le  Roiaume  fibien 
"■ —     povres  come  riches  deuffent  franchement  fuer  defender  refceyver  &  avoir  juftice  &  droit  &  acom- 
pliiTement  &  execution  dicelles  en  quelconqes  noz  courtes  &  aillours  fanz  eftre  deftourbez  ou  oppreffez  par 
maintenance  manace  ou  autre  manere  queconqe  &  ore  eft  einfy  qen  plufours  noz  parlementz  tenuz  devant 
ces  heures  &  meement  es  parlementz  darrein  tenuz  a  Canterbr'  &  Weftm'  grevous  pleint  &  grant  clamour 
nous  ad  efte  faite  fibien  par  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporels  come  par  les  Communes  de  noftre  dit  Roialme 
des  grantz  &  outrageoufes  oppreffions  &  maintenances  faitz  en  damage  de  nous  &  de  noftre  poeple  en  di- 
verfes  parties  de  mefme  le  Roiaume  par  diverfes  maintenours  menours  barettours  procurours  et  embrace- ' 
ours  de  quereles  et  enqueftes  en  paiis  des  queux  plufours  fount  le  pluis  embaudez  et  hardyz  en  lour  main- 
tenance et  malveftees  fuifditz  pur  ceo  qils  font  de  retenue  des  Seignurs  et  autres  de  noftre  dit  Roiaume  as  fees 
robes  et  autres  liverees  appellez  liverees  de  compaignie  Si  avons  ordenez  et  eftroitement  defenduz  de  lad- 
vys  de  noftre  grant  confeil  qe  null  Prelat  nautre  homme  de  Seint  efglife  ne  bachiler  ne  efquier  nautre  de 
fneyndre  eftat  ne  donne  nulle  manere  de  tiel  liveree  appelle  liveree  de  compaignie  et  qe  nul  Due  Cont  Baron 
ou  Baneret  ne  donne  tiel  liveree  de  compaignie  a  chivaler  ne  efquier  fil  ne  foit  retenuz  ovefqe  luy  a  terme 
de  vie  pur  pees  et  guerre  par  endenture  fanz  fraude  ou  male  engyne  ou  qe  foit  mefnal  et  familier  demurant 
en  fon  hoftell  ne  a  nul  vallet  appellez  yoman  archer  nautre  de  meindre  eftat  qe  efquier  fil  ne  foit  enfement 
familier  demurant  en  fon  hoftelL     Et  qe  toutz  Seignurs  efpirituels  et  temporels  et  toutz  autres  de  quele 
condition  ou  eftat  qils  foient  ouftent  tout  outrement  touz  tielx  meyntenours  menours  barettours  procurours 
et  embraceours  de  quereles  et  enqueftes  de  lour  fees  robes  et  touz  maneres  livereez  et  de  lour  fervice  com- 
paignie et  retenu  fanz  afcun  tiel  receivre  a  lour  retenu  en  quelconqe  manere  en  temps  avenir  et  qe  nul  S.ei>- 
gnur  efpirituel  ne  temporel  ne  nul  autre  qad  ou  avera  gentz  de  fa  retenue  ne  foerrre  nuls  qe  foient  devers  luy 
eftre  maintenour  menour  barettour  procurour  ou  embraceour  des  quereles  et  enqueftes  en  paiis  en  nul  ma- 
nere mes  les  aufte  de  fon  fervice  et  retenue  come  devant  eft  dit  a  plus  toft  qil  poet  ent  eftre  afcartein.    Et 
qe  fi  afcun  Seignur  oufte  afcun  tiel  maintenour  menour  barettour  procurour  ou  embraceour  de  fa  compaignie: 
pur  celle  caufe  qe  adonqes  nul  autre  Seignur  luy  reteigne  ne  receive  de  fa  retenue  ne  de  fa  compaignie  en 
nul  manere.     Et  qe  null  de  noz  lieges  grant  ne  petit  de  quele  condition  ou  eftat  qil  foit  foit  il  de  retenue 
dafcun  Seignur  ou  autre  perfone  queconqe  qe  ne  foit  mye  de  retenue  nenpreigne  querele  autre  qe  fa  propre 
ne  la  maintiegne  par  luy  ne  par  autre  en  prive  nen  appert.     Et  qe  touz  yceux  qe  ufent  et  portent  tiel  liveree 
appelle  liveree  de  compaignie  a  contraire  de  cefte  noftre  ordenance  les  leiTent  tout  outrement  deinz  dys  jours 
apres  la  proclamation  de  mefme  cefte  ordenance  fanz  les  plus  ufer  ou  porter  en  apres.     Et  qe  cefte  noftre 
ordenance  foit  tenue  et  fermement  garde  et  duement  execute  en  touz  pointz  fibien  par  ceux  qont  ou  ave- 
ront  gentz  de  lour  retenue  come  par  touz  autres  perfones  en  ce  qe  a  eux  apartient  touchant  mefme  cefte  or- 
denance fur  peine  demprifonement  fyn  et  raunceon  ou  deftre  puniz  en  autre  manere  folonc  ceo  qe  foit  avis 
a  nous  et  a  noftre  confeil  pur  qoi  vous  mandons  et  chargeons  qe  maintenant  veuez  ceftes  ft  facez  publier  et 
proclamer  cefte  noftre  ordenance  en  citees  burghs  villes  merchantz  et  autres  lieux  publikes  deinz  voftre  bail- 

Sk  farther  i  R.  lie  fibien  deinz  franchife  come  dehors  et  le  facez  eftre  tenuz  et  duement  executz  en  touz  pointes.     Don  foua 

2.  c  15.    20  R.  noftre  grant  feal  a  Weftm'  le  xii.  jour  de  Maii. 

2.  c.  1.  and  32  per  ipfum  Regem  et  concilium. 

H.S.c.g.lvblcb  ■ 

hfm  Penalties  Confimilia  brevia  diriguntur  fingulis  viceeomitibus  per  Angliam* 

en  Maintenance,  , 

•  Firft  publiihed  by  Mr.  Serjeant  Hawkins. 


Statutes  ??tade  at  Weflminfter,  Anno  14  Rich.  II.    and  Anno  Dom. 

1390. 


O  R  the  Relief  and  Increafe  of  the  common 
Profit  of  the  Realm  of  England,  and  of  the 
Lands  of  Wales  and  Ireland,  which  have  been 
in  divers  Manners  greatly  hindered  in  Times  paft  ; 
our  Lord  the  King,  at  his  Parliament  holden  at 
Wejlminfter  the  Morrow  of  St.  Martin,  the  Four- 
teenth Year  of  his  Reign,  hath  ordained  and  efta- 
blifhed,  by  the  AiTent  of  the  faid  Parliament,  the 
Things  under-written."    - 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  tn.  8. 
UR  relevation  &  encreffe  du  commune  pro- 
fit du  Roialme  dEngleterre  &  des  terres  de 
Gales  &  dlrland  qad  efte  en  diverfe  manere 
grantement  arkrifTe  en  temps  paffe  fy  ad  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  a  fon  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm' 
lendemayn  de  Seint  Martyn  Ian  de  fon  regne  qua- 
torzifme  ordeine  &  eftabli  del  affent  de  fon  dit  par« 
lement  les  chofes  defouz  efcriptz. 


CAP* 


A.  D.  1390.         Anno  decitno  quarto  Richardi  IL 


C, 


397 


C  A  P.     I. 

The  Staple  fhall  be  removed  from  Calice  into  England.     Every  Alien  Merchant  fhall  beflo\V 
half  the  Money  received  upon  the  Commodities  of  this  Realm. 

Ex  Rat.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

EN  primes  qe  leftaple  foit  remuez  de  Caleys  en 
Engleterre  iflint  qil  foit  en  Engleterre  Lundy 
profchein  apres  le  feft  de  la  Tiffanie  a  pluiftard  & 
qil  foit  tenuz  es  lieux  contenuz  en  leftatut  de  lefta- 
ple fait  Ian  xxvii.  laiel  noftre  dit  Seisnur  le  Roy 
&  en  null  autre  lieu.  Et  qe  le  dit  eftatut  foit  te- 
nuz &  gardez  &  duement  execut  en  toutz  pointz 
ove  les  additions  defouz  efcriptz  Nient  contrefteant 
afcune  declaration  ou  eftatut  fait  depuis  a  contraire 
ceftaffavoir  qe  chefcune  perfone  aliene  de  quelle 
degre  ou  condition  qil  foit  qamefne  afcune  mer- 
chandife  en  Engleterre  trove  fufficeante  feurete  de- 
vant  les  cuftumers  el  port  ou  la  dite  merchandife 
ferra  amefne  dachater  autre  merchandife  .a  la  value 
Ide  la  moite  du  dite  merchandife  iflint  amefne  au 
meyns  come  leyns  quirs  peaux  lanutz  plumb  efteyin 
bure  furmage  draps  ou  autre  commoditees  de  la 
terre. 


FIRST,  That  the  Staple  be  removed  from  Calice  27  Ed.  3.  ftat.i; 
into  England,  fo  that  it  be  in  England  the  Mon-  =■  '■ 
day  next  after  the  Feaft  of  the  Epiphany  at  the  fur-  z  &#•  744i 
theft  :    (2)  And  that  it  be  holden  in  the  Places  con- 
tained in  the  Statutes  of  the  Staple,  made  in  the  feven 
and  twentieth  Year  of  the  King's  Grandfather  that 
now  is,  and  in  none  other  Place.     (3)  And  that  the 
faid  Statute  be  firmly  and  furely  holden,    and  duly 
executed  in  all  Points,   with  the  Additions   under- 
written, notwithftanding  any  Declaration  or  Statute 
made  fince  to  the  contrary,  that  is  to  fay,  That  every  Altered  by 
Perfon  Alien,  of  what  Degree  or  Condition  that  he  4  H-  4-  «•  15* 
be,    that   bringeth   any  Merchandife   into  England, 
fhall  find  fufEcient  Sureties  before  the  Cuftomers,  in 
the  Port  where"  the  Merchandife  fhall  be  brought,  to 
buy  other  Merchandife,  to  the  Value  of  half  the  faid 
Merchandifes   fo  brought  at  the  leaft,    as  Woolls, 
Leather,   Woollfels,    Lead,    Tin,    Butter,    Cheefe, See  father 
Cloths,  or  other  Commodities  of  the  Land.' 


27  H.  6 
17  Ed.  4.  c.  t. 
3  H.  7.  c.  8.  which-  direS  that  Alien  Merchants  Jhall  bejlow  all  their  Money  on  Commodities  of  the  Realm, 


I 


CAP.    ii. 

Upon  Exchanges  by  Aliens,  other  Commodities  of  the  Realm  fhall  be  bought. 


TEM  qe  pur  chefcun  efchaunge  qe  ferra  fait 
par  merchantz  a  la  court  de  Rome  ou  aillours 
qe  les  ditz  merchantz  foient  fermement  &  fure- 
nent  liez  en  la  Chancellarie  dachater  deinz  trois 
noys  apres  la  dite  efchaunge  faite  marchandifes  de 
eftaple  come  leyns  quirs  peaux  lanutz  &  plumb  ou 
dleyin  bure  furmage  draps  ou  autres  commoditees 
le  la  terre  a  la  value  de  la  fomme  iflint  efchaunge 
ur  forfaiture  dycelle. 


ITEM,  That  for  every  Exchange  that  fhall  be 
made  by  Merchants  to  the  Court  .of  Rome,  or 
elfewhere,  that  the  faid  Merchants  be  firmly  and 
furely  bound  in  the  Chancery,  to  buy  within  three 
Months  after  the  faid  Exchange  made,  Merchandifes 
of  the  Staple,  as  Woolls,  Leather,  Woollfels,  Lead 
or  Tin,  Butter  or  Cheefe,  Cloths,  or  other  Com- 
modities of  the  Land,  to  the  Value  of  the  Sum  fo  ex- 
changed, upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  the  fame.' 


See  II  H.  4.  C.8. 
9  H.  5.  *  c.  9. 

containing  far~ 
tier  Provijims 
concerning  Ex- 
changes. 


Aiijlat.  2. 


xa 


C  A  P.     III. 

Officers  of  the  Staple  fhall  be  firft  fworn  to  the  King,  and  then  to  the  Staple. 

ITTEM  qen  chefcun  lieu  &  port  ou  leftaple  ferra  les  mairs  coneftables  brogqurs  &  toutz  autres  officers  &  27^-  3.  flat,  2, 
L  miniftres  de  leftaple  foient  jurrez  primer-ement  au  Roi  &  puis  a  leftaple. 

CAP.    IV. 
Of  whom  Denizens  may  buy  Woolls,  and  where ;  but  they  fhall  not  regrate  them. 

'TEM  purmeutz  garder  lehaut  prisdes  leyns  qe  null  deinzein  en  Engleterre  nachate  1'eynes  forfqe  de  les  R»p.  2!  Ja 
.  poffeflburs  des  berbrtz  &  des  difmes  finoun  en  leftaple  et  qe  null  deinzein  regrate  leyns  nautres  merchan-  c.  »8. 
ifes  de  leftaple  ert  prive  nen  appert  fur  peyne  de  forfaire  la  value  de  la  chofe  regrate  &  qe  les  Juftices  de  la 
ees  en  paiis  eient  poair  denquere  &  enquergent  de  temps  en  temps  de  tielx  regratot.irs  Engleys  &'de  les 
oifes  de  leftaple  &  les  puniffent  par  la  peyne  avarrtdite.     Et  qe  null  homme  Engleys  nachate  afcune  levne  de 
ulh  forfqe  pur  lui  mefmes  pur  fon  oeps  demefne  comede  vendre  a  leftaple  &pur  faite  drap. 


CAP.    V. 
No  Denizen  fhall  tranfport  any  Merchandife  of  the  Staple  forth  of  the  Realm. 


TEM   qe  null  deinzein   amefne  leynes  quirs 
peaux  lanutz  ne  plumb  hors  del  RoialmedEn- 

eterie  as  parties  dela  fur  peyne  de  forfaiture  dy- 

lle  mes.  fouk  m  nt  eftrangers, 
4 


'  T  TEM,  That  no  Denizen  carry  Woolls*  -Leather,  q  g, 

'  JL  Woollfels,  nor  Lead  out  of"  the.j^eajm  oXEng- 

1  land,  to  the  Parties  beyond- the  jSe'aj  irpon  Pain  of  27  Ed. 

C  A  P. 


.«..«,       ..^       «*~,     ^"'"^'J        ^^.j^..u        ^.i^^v^-j        ^-v 

Forfeiture- of-  the  fame,  but  ohly-Stra«g6rs;: 


flat.*. 


398       C.  6— ii, 


Anno  decimo  quarto  Richard i  II.       A.D.  1390; 


c  A  P.    VI. 

EngUJb  Merchants  fhall  freight  only  in  Englijh  Ships. 


s R- *■ 

c.  3. 

6R.1. 


flat. 


c.  S. 


T  E  M,  That  all  Merchants  of  the  Realm  of  Eng- 
land fhall  freight  in  the  faid  Realm  the  Ships  of 
the  faid  Realm,  and  not  ftrange  Ships;  fo  that  the 
Owners  of  the  faid  Ships  take  reafonable  Gains  for 
the  Freight  of  the  fame.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  qe  toutz  les  merchantz  de  Roialme  dEn- 
gleterre  frettent  en  le  dit  Roialme  les  njefs  du 
dit  Roialme  et  nemye  niefs  eftraunges  iffint  qe  les 
poffeflours  des  ditz  niefs  preignent  refonablement 
pur  le  frette  dicellesr 


4  H.  7.  c.  10.     See  1  Eliz.  c.  jj.     5  Eliss.  c.  5,  and  13  Eiix.  c.  15.  containing  farther  Prvuifions  concerning  Englijh  Shipping, 

CAP.     VII. 

Tin  fhall  pafs  forth  of  the  Realm  only  at  Dartmouth. 
TEM  qe  paffage  de  fteyin  hors  du  Roialme  foit  el  port  de  Dertemuth  &  null  part  aillours.. 


Rep.  11  Jac.  1, 
c.  28. 


C  A  P.     VIII. 

No  Perfon  fhall  be  impeached  for  not  gauging  of  Rhenljh  Wine. 


Set  18  H.  6. 
c.  17. 
1R.3.  c.  13. 


FEM,  That  none  of  the  King's  liege  People  be 
from  henceforth  diftrained,  impeached,  molefted, 
nor  grieved  in  the  Exchequer,  nor  elfewhere,  for  not 
gauging  of  Wines  of  Rhine.,  nor  for  any  Forfeiture 
of  the  fame  for  that  Caufe,  otherwife  than  hath  been 
of  old  Times.' 


ITEM  qe  null  lige  du  Roy  foit  deftreintz  em- 
pefchez  moleftez  ne  grevez  en  lefcheqer  nail- 
lours  pur  le  noun  gauger  de  vyns  de  Ryn  ne  pur 
afcune  forfaiture  dicelles  pur  celle  caufe  autrement 
qe  nad  efte  fait  dauncien  temps. 


CAP.    IX. 

Merchants  Strangers  reforting  into  this  Realm  fhall  be  well  ufed. 


9  Id.  3.  flat.  I.     1 

C.I.  t 

35  Ed.  3.  flat.  4. 
c.  2.      2  R.i.  fiat, 


ITEM,  The  Merchants  Strangers  repairing  into 
the  Realm  of  England  fhall  be  well  and  courte- 
oufly  and  rightfully  ufed  and  governed  in  the  faid 
Realm,  to  the  Intent  that  they  fhall  have  the  greater 
Courage  to  repair  into  the  fame.' 


(,  6.  concerning  Merchant  Ad-venturtrs, 


ITEM  qe  marchantz  eftraunges  repairantz  en 
le  Roialme  dEngleterre  foient  bien  et  curtoife- 
ment  et  droiturelment  tretez  et  governez  en  le  dit 
Roialme  au  fyn  qils  eient  greindre  courage  de  re- 
peirer  en  ycell. 

c.  I.      11R.2.C.7.      See  farther  5  i/.  4,  e.g.     ^6  H.  4.  c.  4.  putting  Merchants  Strangers  under  feme  RefiriBions.      Set  Wbezvifc  12  H.  7. 


CAP.     X. 


No  Cuftomer  or  Comptroller  fhall  have  any  Ship  of  his  own,  and  he  fhall  have  his  Office  ai 


the  King's  Pleafure. 


Enforced  by 
10  H.  6.  c.  5. 


2  Mod.  260. 
*  Tronour. 


'  TTEM,  That  no  Cuftomer  nor  Comptroller  have 
'  J.  any  Ships  of  their  own,  nor  meddle  with  the 
'  Freight  of  Ships,  and  that  to  efchew,  as  well  the 
'  Damage  of  our  Lord  the  King  of  his  Cuftoms,  as 
'  the  Lofs  of  the  Merchants  repairing  to  the  Port,  as 
'  well  Aliens  as  Denizens.  (2)  And  that  no  Cufto- 
'  mer,  Comptroller,  Searcher,  Weigher,  or  Finder  *, 
'  have  any  fuch  Office  for  Term  of  Life,  but  only  as 

*  long  as  fhall  pleafe  the  King,  notwithstanding  any 

*  Patent  or  Grant  made  to  any  to  the  contrary.     (3) 

*  And  if  any  fuch  Patent  or  Grant  for  Term  of  Life 
'  be  made  to  any  of  fuch   Office  in  Time  paft,  the 
'  King  will  that  it  be  utterly  repealed  and  void,  and  of  | 
4  no  Force  nor  Value.' 


Se'-ljVL.t.  c  5 
j  H.  4.  c.  13. 
'31  H.fi.  c.  5. 

iS  EliX.  c.  Q.  feci-  5*  inbich  pia  Cvflomers  and  Comptrollers*  &c.  under  farther  RefiriBions, 


ITEM  qe  null  cuftumer  ne  contrerollour  eil 
niefs  de  lour  propre  ne  foy  melle  de  fret  de; 
niefs  et  ceo  pur  efchuir  fibien  le  damage  du  Roy  de 
fa  euftume  come  la  perde  des  marchantz  repeirantz 
al  port  fibien  aliens  come  deinzeins.  Et  qe  null 
cuftumer  contrerollour  ferchour  poifour  ou  tronoui 
eit  null  tie!  office  a  terme  de  vie  mes  tantfoulement 
tant  come  le  Roy  plerra.  Non  obftant  afcune  pa- 
tente  ou  grant  fait  a  afcuny  a  contraire  et  li  afcui 
tiel  patente  ou  grante  a  terme  de  vie  foit  fait  a  af- 
cuny dafcun  tiell  office  devant  ces  heures  le  Roy yoei 
qil  ioit  outrement  repelle  et  voide  ct  de  null  force 
ou  value  defore  enavant. 


CAP.     XI. 

In  every  County  there  fhall  be  Eight  Juftices  of  Peace  :  Their  Eftreats  and  Wages." 

TEM,  That  in  every  County  be  affigned  Eight     TTEM  qen  chefcun  countec  foient  affigncz  oep 

X  juftices  de  la  pecs  come  eft  contenuz  en  leftatu 

d 


'  X.  Juftices  of  Peace,  as  is  contained  in  the  Statute 


A.  D.  1390.  Anno  decimo  quarto  Rich  audi  II. 


C.  12. 


99 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
de  Cantebr'  outre  les  Seignurs  aflignez  en  ceft  par- 
lement  et  qe  lcs  eftretes  des  ditz  juftices  foient  dou- 
blez  et  lune  partie  delivere  par  les  ditz  juftices  al 
vifcont  pur  lever  les  deniers  ent  fourdantz  et  ent 
paier  as  ditz  juftices  et  a  lour  clerks  lour  gages  par 
la  mayn  du  dit  vifcont  par  endenture  entre  eux  ent 
affaire  et  qe  les  vifcontz  eient  allouance  en  lour  ac- 
compt  en  lefcheqer  par  mefme  lendenture  et  qe  null 
Due  Count  Baron  ou  Baneret  tout  foient  ils  affig- 
liez  juftices  de  la  pees  et  tiegnent  lour  feffions 
ovefqe  les  autres  oept  juftices  ne  preignent  gages 
purle  dit  office.  Et  qeles  juftices  qe  tiegnent  lour 
feffions  mettent  lour  nouns  et  le  noun  de  lour  clerk 
enfemblement  ove  le  nombre  des  jours  de  lour  fef- 
fions au  fyn  qe  les  vifcontz  purront  favoir  a  qi  paier 
gages  et  a  qi  noun  et  les  Barons  de  lefcheqer  a  qi 
allower  et  a  qi  noun  et  qe  les  fealx  foient  faitz  pur 
les  fervantz  et  baillez  en  garde  dafcun  prod  homme 
du  paiis  folonc  le  purporte  de  le  dit  eftatut  de  Can- 
tebr' le  quell  eftatut  ove  la  modification  dicell  faite 
al  darrein  parlement  enfemblement  ove  leftatutz  de 
poys  et  mefures  et  toutz  autres  eftatutz  et  bones  or- 
dinances faitz  avant  ces  heures  et  nient  repellez  le 
■Roy  voet  qils  foient  tenuz  et  gardez  et  mys  en  due 
execution. 


of  Canterbury,  befides  the  Lords  affigned  in  this  Par- 
liament :  (2)  And  that  the  Eftreats  of  the  faid  Ju- 
ftices be  doubled,  and  the  one  Part  delivered  by  the 
faid  Juftices  to  the  Sheriff",  to  levy  the  Money  there- 
of riling,  and  thereof  <w  pay  to  the  Juftices  *  their 
Wages  by  the  Hand ,  of  the  faid  Sheriff  by  Indenture 
betwixt  them  thereof  to  be  made;  (3)  and  that  the 
Sheriffs  have  Allowance  in  their  Accompt  in  the  Ex- 
chequer by  the  fame  Indenture  :  (4)  And  that  no 
Duke,  Earl,  Baron,  or  Baneret,  albeit  they  be  af- 
figned Juftices  of  the  Peace,  and  hold  their  Seffions 
with  the  other  Eight  Juftices,  fhall  take  any  Wages 
for  the  faid  Office.  (5)  And  that  the  Juftices  f  put 
their  Names  J  in  the  fame  Eftreats,  together  with  the 
Number  of  the  Days  of  their  Seffions,  to  the  Intent 
that  the  Sheriffs  may  know  to  whom  to  pay  the  Wa- 
ges, and  to  whom  not ;  and  the  Barons  of  the  Ex- 
chequer, to  whom  to  allow,  and  to  whom  not:  (6) 
And  that  the  Seals  be  made  for  the  Servants,  and  de- 
livered to  the  keeping  of.  fome  good  Man  of  the 
Country,  after  the  Purport  of  the  faid  Statute  of  Can- 
terbury; (7)  which  Statute,  with  the  Modification 
of  the  fame  made  at  the  laft  Parliament,  and  the  Sta- 
tute of  Weights  and  Meafures,  and  all  other  good 
Statutes  and  Ordinances  made  heretofore,  and  not 
repealed,  fhall  be  holden  and  kept,  and  put  in  due 
Execution.' 


The  Juftices 
Eftreats  (hall 
be  double. 

*  Add  and  tbu'r 
Clerks, 


What  Juftices 
iliaM  be  allowed 
no  Wages. 

■f-  Add  nvbo  hold 
their  Sfflons. 
%    Add  and  the 
Names  of  their 
Clerks. 


A  Seal  for  Ser- 
vants. 

13  R.  i.  flat.  I. 
c.  7. 


C  A  P.     XII. 

The  Value  of  Scottijh  Money  of  feveral  Sorts. 

ITEM  qe  la  grote  de  la  monoye  dEfcoce  courge  en  value  tantfoulement  de  deux  deniers  Engleys  &  la 
dimy  grote  dEfcoce  en  value  dun  denier  Engleys  &  le  denier  dEfcoce  en  value  dun  maill  Engleis  et  le 
rnaill  dEfcoce  en  value  dun  ferthyng  Engleys  et  ii  la  monoye  dEfcoce  foit  empeire  qe  la  value  ent  foit  abregge 
folonc  lafferant.  Et  qe  commiffions  foient  faitz  parmy  le  Roialme  denquerre  de  ceux  qont  porte  ou  envoie  la 
monoie  dEngleterre  en  Efcoce  pur  y  faire  bullion  ou  monoie  dEfcoce  en  prejudice  et  damage  du  Roi  et  du 
Roialme.  > 


R 


EX  vicecomiti  Kane' falutem.     Precipimus  tibi  firmiter  injungentes  quod  quedam  ftatuta  et  ordina- 
tiones  per  nos  de  affenfu  Magnatum  et  Communitatum  regni  noftri  Anglie***  Memorana"  this  is  left 


imperfeoi  on  the  Roll. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,    Anno   15  Rich.  II.    and  Anno  Dom, 

1391. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Ix>nd.  m.  7. 

AU  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  lendemayn  des 
almes  Ian  du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
Richard  fecond  puis  leconqueit  quinzifrne 
noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  de  lafient  de  fon  dit  par- 
lement ad  ordeine  et  eftabli  cerfeines  chofes  en  la 
fourme  qenfuit. 


fN  the  Parliament  holden  at  IFeftminfler,  the 
Morrow  after  All-Souls,  the  fifteenth  Year  of 
the  Reign  of  King  Richard  the  Second  after 
the  Conqueft,  our  faid  Lord  the  King  by  the  Affent 
of  the  faid  Parliament  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed 
certain  Things  in  the  Form  following." 


CAP.     I. 

A  Confirmation  of  all  former  good  Statutes  not  repealed. 


EN  primes  qe  toutz  les  bones  eftatutz  et  ordei- 
nancesdevant  ces  heures  faitz  et  nient  repel- 
lez foient  fermement  tenuz  et  garde?-. 


IRST,  That  all  good  Statutes  and  Ordinance? 
made  before  this  Time,    and  not  repealed,  be 
firmly  holden  and  kept.' 


CAP. 


400       C.  2,  3, 


Anno  decimo  quinto  R 1  c  h  a  r  d  i  II.'         A.  D.  1 3  9 1. 


CAP.     II. 

The  Duty  of  Juftices  of  Peace  when  any  forcible  Entry  is  made  into  Lands. 


Former  Statutes 
concerning 
forcible  Entries 
and  Riots  con- 
firmed. 


Kd.  4T. 

3  Bulftr.  7r. 
Mod.  Cafes  in 
Law  65. 


5R.2.  flat.  1. 
e.g. 

Enforced  and 


emended  by  4  H.  4,  c.  8-.     g  H 

Eejlitution  in  certain  Cafes, 


'  TTEM  it  is  accorded  and  affented,  That  the  Or- 
'  JL  dinances  and  Statutes,  made  and  not  repealed,  of 
'  them  that  make  Entries  with  ftrong  Hand  into  Lands 
'  and  Tenements,  or  other  PofTeflions  whatfoever,  and 
'  them  hold  with  Force,  and  alio  of  thofe  that  make 
(  Infurrecfions,    or  great   Ridings,   Riots,    Routs,  or 

*  Affemblies,  in  Difturbance  of  the  Peace,  or  of  the 
'  Common  Law,  or  in  affray  of  the  People,  fhall  be 

*  holden  and  kept,  and  fully  executed;  (2)  joined  to 
'  the  fame,  That  at  all  Times  that  fuch  forcible  Entry 
'  fhall  be  made,  and  Complaint  thereof  corheth  to  the 
'  Juftices  of  Peace,  or  to  any  of  them,  that  the  fame 

*  Juftices  or  Juftice  take  fufficient  Power  of  the  Coun- 
'  ty,  and  go  to  the  Place  where  fuch  Force  is  made ;  (3 ) 
c  and  if  they  find  any  that  hold  fuch  Place  forcibly 

*  after  fuch  Entry  made,  they  fhall  be  taken  and  put 

*  in  the  next  Gaol,  there  to  abide  convi£t  by  the  Re- 
«  cord  of  the  fame  Juftices  or  Juftice,  until  they  have 
«  made  Fine  and  Ranfom  to  the  King:  (4)  And  that 
«  all  the  People  of  the  County,  as  well  the  Sheriffs  as 
<  other,  fhall  be  attendant  upon  the'  fame  Juftices  to 
«  go  and  affift  the  fame  Juftices  to  arreft  fuch  Offen- 
'  ders,  upon  Pain  of  Imprifonment,  and  to  make  Fine 
1  to  the  King.  (5)  And  in  the  fame  Manner  it  fhall 
<■  be  done  of  them  that  make  fuch  forcible  Entries  in 
'  Benefices  or  Offices  of  holy  Church.' 

6.  c.  9,     *3  H,  S.  c.  14.     See  31  Eliss.  c.  11.  which  explains 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  accordez  eft  et  affentuz  qe  leftatutz  et  or- 
deinances  faitz  et  nient  repellez  deceux  qe  font 
entrees  a  forte  mayn  en  terres  et  tenementz  ou  au- 
tres  poffeffions  queconqes  et  lour  tiegnent  einz  ove 
force  et  auxint  de  ceux  que  font  infurrections  ou 
grantz  chivaches  rioutes  routes  ou  affemblees  en 
deftourbance  de  la  pees  ou  de  la  commune  ley  ou  en 
affray  du  poeple  foient  tenuz  et  gardez  et  pleyne- 
ment  exeCutz  ajoufte  a  ycelles  qe  a  toutz  les  foitz 
qe  tielx  forcibles  entrees  foient  faitz  et  pleint  erf 
veigne  a  juftices  de  la  pees  ou  a  afcun  de  eux  qe 
mefmes  les  juftices  ou  juftice  preignent  ou  preigne 
poair  fufficeant  du  counte  et  voifent  ou  voife  al  lieu 
ou  tiel  force  foit  fait  et  ills  troevent  ou  troeve  afcuns 
qe  tiegnent  tiel  lieu  forciblement  apres  tiel  entree 
fait  foient  pris  et  mys  en  profcheine  gaole  a  y  de- 
murer convict  par  record  de  mefmes  les  juftices  ou 
j  uftice  tanq  ils  eient  fait,  fyn  et  ranceon  au  Roy  et 
qe  toutz  gentz  du  counte  fibien  vifcont  come  autres 
foient  entendantz  as  ditz  juftices  pur  aler  et  en- 
forcier  mefmes  les  juftices  pur  arefter  tielx  malfe- 
fours  fur  peine  demprifonement  et  de  faire  fyn  au 
Roy.  Et  en  mefme  le  manere  foit  fait  de  ceux  qe 
font  tielx  forcibles  entrees  en  benefices  ou  offices 
de  feint  efglife. 

8  H.  6.  c.  9.     u4ndfee  a  J  Jac.  1,  t,  I  j.  •which  enables  Juftices  to  gi-us 


CAP.    III. 


In  what  Places  the  Admiral's  Jurifdiclion  doth  lie. 


13  Co.  42,  52. 
J  Roll.  316. 


Dyer  159. 
j9  H.  6.  f.  7. 
5  Co.  106. 
Cro.  Car.  296, 
a  Bulft.  323. 


I.e'phA  Cafe, 
M,  7  Jac. 

Point?. 
*ln!t.  137. 
Owen  \ii./ 
Jt  is  Pones  in 
theOU  Abridge, 
meat, 


£  T  TEM,  At  the  great  and  grievous  Complaint  of 
'  J.  all  the  Commons  made  to  our  Lord  the  King  in 
'  this  prefent  Parliament,  for  that  the  Admirals  and 
'  their  Deputies  do  incroach  to  them  divers  Jurifdic- 
'  tions,  Franchifes,  and  many  other  Profits  pertain- 
'  ing  to  our  Lord  the  King,  and  to  other  Lords,  Ci- 
'  ties,  and  Boroughs,  other  than  they  were  wont  or 
'  ought  to  have  of  Right,  to  the  great  Oppreffion  and 
'  Impoverishment  of  all  the  Commons  of  the  Land, 
'  and  Hindrance  and  Lofs  of  the  King's  Profits,  and 
'  of  many  other  Lords,  Cities,  and  Boroughs  through 
'  the  Realm;"    '  (2)  it  is  declared,    ordained,    and 
eftablifhed,  That  of  all  Manner  of  Contrails,  Pleas, 
and  Quarrels,  and  all  other  Things  riling  within  the 
Bodies  of  the  Counties,  as  well  by  Land  as  by  Wa- 
ter, and  alfo  of  Wreck  of  the  Sea,  the  Admiral's 
Court  fhall  have  no  Manner  of  Cognizance,  Power, 
nor  Jurifdic'tion;  but  all  fuch  Manner  of  Contracts, 
Pleas,    and  Quarrels,    and  all    other   Things   rifing 
within  the  Bodies  of  Counties,  as  well  by  Land  as 
by  Water,  as  afore,  and  alfo  Wreck  of  the  Sea,  fhall 
be  tried,  determined,  difcuffed,  and  remedied  by  the 
Laws  of  the  Land,  and  not  before  nor  by  the  Ad- 
miral, nor  his  Lieutenant  in  any  wife.     (3)  Never- 
thclefs,  of  the  Death   of  a  Man,  and  of  a  M.,ihem 
done  in  great  Ships,  being  and  hovering  in  the  main 
Stream  of  great  Rivers,  only  beneath   the  Bridges  of 
the  fime  Rivers  nigh  to  the  Sea,  and  in  none  other 
Places  of  the  fame  Rivers,  the  Admiral  fhall  have 
Cognizance,    and  alio  to  arreft  Ships  in   the  great 
Flotes  for  the  great  Voyages  of  the  King  and  of  the 


ITEM  a  la  grant  et  grevoufe  compleint  de  tout 
la  commune  fait  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  en  ceft 
prefent  parlement  de  ce  qe  les  Admiralx  et  lour  de- 
putees  accrochent  a  eux  diverfes  jurifdirSHons  fran- 
chifes et  plufours  autres  profitz  qe  appartiegnent  a 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  et  as  autres  Seignurs  citees  et 
burghs  autres  qils  ne  foloient  ne  ne  deveroient  avoir 
de  droit  a  trefgrant  oppreffion  et  empoveriffement 
de  toute  la  commune  de  la  terreet  arrer-iffement  et 
perde  des  profitz  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  et  de  plu- 
fours autres  Seignurs  citees  et  burghs  parmy  le  Roi- 
alme  declarez  eft  ordeignez  et  eftabli  qe  de  toutes 
maneres  contraftz  plees  et  querelles  et  de  toutes  au- 
tres chofes  faitz  ou  fourdantz  deinz  les  corps  des 
countees  fibien  par  terre  come  par  eawe  et  auifint 
de  wrek  de  meer  la  court  de  ladmirall  eit  nulle  ma- 
nere coniflance  poair  ne  jurifdiftion  mes  foient 
toutz  tielx  maneres  contracts  plees  et  quereles  et 
toutes  autres  chofes  fourdantz  deinz  les  corps  des- 
countees  fibien  par  terre  come  par  eawe  come  defuis 
et  auxint  wrek  de  meer  triez  terminez  difcus  et  re- 
mediez  par  les  loyes  de  la  terre  et  nemye  devant  ne 
par  ladmiralne  fon  lieutenant  en  nulle  manere. 
Nientmeyns  de  mort  de  homme  et  de  maheym  faitz 
es  groffes  niefs  efteantz  &hoverantz  en  my  le  haut 
fil  t<es  groffes  rivers  tantfoulement  paraval  les  pountz 
de  mefmes  les  rivres  pluis  profcheins  al  meer  &  en 
nul  autre  lieu  de  mefmes  les  rivers  eit  ladmiral  co- 
niffance  &  auxint  dareft  des  niefs  en  les  grantz  fletz 
pur  grantz  viages  du  Roi  &  de  Roialme  fauvant  au 
Roi  toutz  maneres  forfaitures  &  profitz  ent  prov° 

nanta 


A.  D.  1391:         Attiio  decimo  tjuinto  Richardi  II.  C.  4,  5.       401 

'  Realm;    faving .  always  to  the  King  all  Manner  of 

'  Forfeitures  and  Profits  thereof  coming  ;    (4)  And  he 

'  fhall  have  alfo  jurifdiclion  upon  the  faid  Flotes,  du- 

'  ring  the  faid  Voyages  only,  faving  always  to  the  Lords,  Ra(1,  23< 

'  Cities,  and  Boroughs  their  Liberties  and  Franchifes.'    '3  R-2'  ftat"  *' 

c.  ^, 

See  2  H.  4.  c,  II.  which  gives  Reiticdy  to  Bra  wild  is  •wrong fully  fued  in  mi  CoUrt  of  Admiralty  j    and  farther  S  Eha.  c.  5.  and  i  ffr.  G?  M,  fjf.  2,  c.  2. 


Ex  Rof.  hi  T'wr.  Lond. 
nantz  Et  eit  enfement  jurifdiclioh  fuf  les  dites  flefz 
durantz  les  elites  viages  tantfoulerrtcnt  Sauvant  tout- 
dis  as   Seignurs  citees  &  burghs  lour  libertecs  & 
franchifes. 


CAP.     IV. 


There  fhall  be  but  eight  Bufhels  of  Corn  ftriked  to  the  Quarter. 


ITEM  come  ordeigne  foit  par  diverfes  eftatutz 
qune  mefure  de  blee  vin  &  cervoife  foit  parmy 
le  Roialme  &  qe  oeptbufflx  rafez  facent  un  quar- 
tre  de  blee  nientmeins  a  caufe  qe  nulle  peyne  eft 
Air  ce  ordeine  en  les  ditz  eftatutz  plufours  gentz  de 
diverfes  citees  burghs  villes  &  marchces  ne  voillent 
prendre  nachatre  en  les  ditz  citees  burghs  villes  & 
marchees  naillours  finoun  noef  buffelx  pur  le  quar- 
tre  &  fils  ne  les  purront  achatre  en  tiel  manere  ils  la- 
reftent  come  forfait  a  trefgrant  damage  &  oppreffion 
de  tout  la  commune  poeple  &  overtement  encontre 
leftarutz  fuifditz  ordeignez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  les  ditz 
eftatutz  foient  fermement  gardez  &  tenuz  fibien  en 
la  citee  deLoundres  come  aillours  parmy  le  Roialme 
&  fibien  par  ewe  come  par  terre  nient  contrefteant 
afcune  ufage  avant  ces  heures  a  contraire.  Et  qe 
null  defore  enavant  achate  en  la  dite  Citee  de  Loun- 
dres  naillours  nulle  manere  blee  ou  brees  finoun  oept 
buffelx  pur  le  quartre  folonc  le  purport  des  ditz_e- 
ftatutz  fur  peine  de  foffaire  tout  leblee  ou  brees  if- 
fint  achate  fauvantla  dite  forfaiture  au  Roi  forfpris 
franchifes  roiales  as  querux  le  Roi  a  cefte  foitz  ad 
grante  ycelle  forfeiture  de  fa  grace  &  qe  fibien  les 
Mair  &  Vifcountz  de  Londres  come  les  mairs  & 
baillifs  dautres  citees  burghs  villes  &  marchees  fils 
ne  facent  ent  pleine  &  due  execution  encourgent 
autiele  peine  fibien  au  fuite  du  Roi  come  de  partie 
&  dautre  queconqe  qe  vorra  fuir  pur  le  Roi. 


T  E  M,  Whereas  it  is  ordained  by  divers  Statutes,  9  H.  i-flat.  t. 
that  one  Meafure  of  Corn,  Wine  and  Ale  ihonldc,15' 
:  be  throughout   the  Realm,  and  that  eight  Bufhels 
;  ftriked  make  the  Quarter  of  Corn ;    (2)  neverthelefs, 
;  becaufe  that  no  Pain  is  thereupon  ordained  in  the  faid 
:  Statutes,  divers  People  of  divers  Cities,  BorOu  ;hs, 
;  Townsj  and  Markets,  will  not  take,  neither  buy  in 
;  the  faid  Cities,  Boroughs,  Towns,  Markets,  ne  in 
;  none  other  Place,  but  nine  Bufhels  for  the  Quarter; 
:  (3  J  and  if  they  cannot  buy  in  that  Manner,  they 
;  arreft  it  as  forfeit,  to  the  great  Damage  and  Oppref- 
:  fion  of  all  the  People,  and  manifeftly  againft  the 
:  Statutes  aforefaid  ;'\  '  (4)  it  is  ordained  and  affent- 
ed,  That  the  faid  Statutes  fliall  be  firmly  kept  and 
holden,  -as  well    in  the  City  of  London,  as  in  every 
other  Place  throughout  the  Realm,  and  that  as  well 
by  Water  as  by  Land,  notwithftanding  any  Ufage  in  1  H-  S>  c«  Jftr 
Times  paft  to  the  contrary.     (5)  And  that  none  from 
henceforth  do  buy  in  the  City  of  London,  not  in  other 
Place,  any  Manner  of  Corn  or  Malt,  but  after  eight 
Bufhels  for  the  Quarter,  according  to  the  Purport  of 
the  faid  Statutes,  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  all  the 
Corn  or  Malt  fo  bought ;  faving  to  the  King  the  faid 
Forfeiture,  except  Franchifes   Royal,  to  whom  the 
King  at  this  Time  of  his  fpecial  Grace  hath  granted 
the  fame  Forfeiture  * ;  (6)  and  that  as  well  the  Mayor  *  Ad<i  °f^k 
and  Sheriffs  of  London,  as  the  Mayors  and  Bailiffs  of Gracc- 
other  Cities,   Boroughs,    Towns,   and  Markets   (if 
they  do  not  thereof  full  and  due  Execution)  fhall  in- 
cur like  Pain,  as  well  at  the  Suit  of  the  King,  as  of 
the  Party,  or  of  any  other  Pe'rfon  that  will  fue  for  the  „  ,. 

King.'  Enforced  by 


See  farther  concerning  Weights  and  Meafures  13  H,  7,  c,  5.     16  Car.  1.  c.  ig 

CAP.     V. 
Afiuranee  of  Lands  to  certsin  Places,  Perfons,  and  Ufes,  fhall  be  adjudged  Mortmain. 


11  H.  7.  c. 

and  22  Car,  2.  1 


ITEM  come contenuz foit  en  leftatut  de P.eligi- 
oufes  qe  null  religious  nautre  queconqe  achate 
iie  vende  ou  fouz  colour  de  doun  ou  terme  ou  dau- 
tre title  queconqe  dafcun  refceive  ou  dafcun  en  af- 
cune manere  par  art  ou  par  engyn  a  luy  face  ap- 
proprier  afcunes  terres  ou  tenementz  fur  forfaiture 
tlycelles  par  quoi  les  ditz  terres  &  tenementz  pur- 
ront en  afcune  rnanere  devenir  a  mort  mayn.  Et 
qe  fi  afcun  religious  ou  afcun  autre  veigne  encontre 
le  diteftafut  par  art  oil  par  engyn  en  afcune  ma- 
nere bien  life  au  Roi  &  as  autres  Seignurs  les  ditz 
rerres  &  tenementz  entrer  ficome  en  le  dit  eftatut 
eft  contenuz  plus  au  plein.  Et  ore  de  novell  par 
fotileymagination  &  par  art  &  engyn  afcuns  gentz 
de  religion  parfons  vikers  &  autres  perfortes  elpiri- 
tiels  font  entrez  en  diverfes  terres  &  tenementz  ad- 
joignantz  a  lour  efglife  &  dycelles  par  fuffrance  & 
aflent  de  tenantz  out  fait  cimiters  &  par  bulks  del 
Vol.  I. 


TEM,  Whereas  it  is  contained  in  the  Statute  7  Edi  i.  fiat.  *» 
De  rcligiofis,  That  no  Religious,  nor  other  what- 
foever  he  be,  clo  buy  or  fell,  or  under  Colour  of 
Gift,  or  Term,  or  any  other  Manner  of  Title  what- 
foever,  receive  of  any  Maiij  or  in  any  Manner  by 
Gift  or  Engine  caufe  to  be  appropriated  unto  him 
any  Lands  or  Tenements,  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture 
of  the  fame,  whereby  the  faid  Lands  and  Tenements 
in  any  Manner  might  come  to  Mortmain,     (z)  And 
if  any  Religious,  Or  any  other,  do  againft  the  faid  If  's  within  the 
Statute  by  Art  or  Engine  in  any  Manner,  that  it  s°™ftaefs  ° f  the 
he  lawful  to  the  King,  and  to  Other  Lords,  upon  the  Mortmain  to 
faid  Lands  and  Tenements  to  enter,  as  in  the  faid  convert  any 
Statute  doth  more  fully  appear,     (sj  And  now  ofL^ndtoa 
late  by  fubtile  Imagination,  and  by  Art,  and  Engine,  Church-yard, 
fome  religious  Perfons,  Parfons,  Vicars,  and  other 
fpiritual  Perfons,  have  entered  in  divers  Lands  and 
Tenements,  which  be  adjoining  to  their  Churches, 
F  f  f  «  and 


402       C.  6. 


Anno  decirao  quinto  Richardi  II.        A.D.  1391 


Mortmain  where 
fome  be  (eifed       c 
of  Lands  to  the    c 
Ul'e  of  religious   { 
or  fpiritual  Per- 


and  of  the  fame,  by  Sufferance  and  Affent  of  the 

Tenants,  have  made  Church-yards,  and  by  Bulls  of 

the  Bifhop  of  Rome  have  dedicated  and  hallowed  the 

fame,  and  in  them  do  make  continually  Parochial 

Burying  without  Licence  of  the  King  and  of  the 

chief  Lords;"  '  therefore  it  is  declared  in  this  Par- 
liament, That  it  is  manifeftly  within  the  Compafs  of 
the  laid  Statute.  (4)  And  moreover  it  is  agreed  and 
affented,  That  all  they  that  be  poffeffed  by  Feoff- 
ment, or  by  other  Manner,  to  the  Ufe  of  religious 
People,  or  other  fpiritual  Perfons,  of  Lands  and  Te- 
nements, Fees,  Advowfons,  or  any  Manner  other 
Pofleffions  whatfoever,  to  amortife  them,  and  where- 
of the  faid  religious  and  fpiritual  Perfons  take  the 
Profits,  that  betwixt  this  and  the  Feaft  of  St.  Michael 
next  coming,  they  fliall  caufe  them  to  be  amortifed 
by  the  Licence  of  the  King  and  of  the  Lords,  or  elfe 
that  they  fhall  fell  and  aliene  them  to  fome  other  Ufe 
between  this  and  the  faid  Feaft,  upon  Pain  to  be  for- 
feited to  the  King,  and  to  the  Lords,  according  to 
the  Form  of  the  faid  Statute  of  Religious,  as  Lands 
purchafed  by  religious  People:  (5)  And  that  from 
henceforth  no  fuch  Purchafe  be  made,  fo  that  fuch 
religious  or  other  fpiritual  Perfons  take  thereof  the 
Profits,  as  afore  is  faid,  upon  Pain  aforefaid.  (6)  And 
that  the  fame  Statute  extend  and  be  obferved  of  all 
Lands,  Tenements,  Fees,  Advowfons,  and  other 
Poffeffions,  purchafed,  or  to  be  purchafed  to  the  Ufe 
of  Gilds  or  Fraternities.  (7)  And  moreover  It  is  af- 
fented, becaufe  Mayors,  Bailiffs,  and  Commons  of 
Cities,  Boroughs,  and  other  Towns  which  have  a  per- 
petual Commonalty,  and  others  which  have  Offices 
perpetual,  be  as  perpetual  as  People  of  Religion,  that 
from  henceforth  they  fhall  not  purchafe  to  them, 
and  to  their  Commons  or  Office,  upon  Pain  con- 
tained in  the  faid  Statute  De  religiofis.  (8)  And 
whereas  others  be  poffeffed,  or  hereafter  fhall  pur- 
er" Lands  in  ufe,  '  chafe  to  their  Ufe,  and  they  thereof  take  the  Profits, 
8  H.  4.  f.  15.  e  jt  flja]j  be  fjone  ;n  ui^  Manner  as  is  afore  faid  of  Peo- 
Sil*   'pie  of  Religion.' 

•.36.       13  Ed. [1,  flat.  1.  c.  32.      Add  it  Ed.  l.ftat.x.  c.  3.       18  Ed.  $.ftat.  3.  c.  3 

39  £/;a.  c.  5.      II  Jac.  I.  c.  I.     13  .£?  14  Car.  2.  c.  12.     7  £?  S  W.  3.  c.  37.  and  gGeo^z.  c.  36.  refraining  Gifts  in  Mortmain  by  Will. 


Mortmain  to 
purchafe  Lands 
to  Gilds,  Fra- 
ternities, Of- 
fices, Commo- 
jjalties. 


Mortmain  in 
refpeftof  taking  ' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
appoftoill  les  ont  fait  dedier  &  facrer  &  fepulture 
parochiele  font  continuelment  en  ycelles  fanz  li- 
cence du  Roi  &  des  chiefs  Seignurs  declare  eft  en  ceil 
prefent  parlement  qe  ce  eft  overtement  en  cas  du 
dit  eftatut.  Et  enoutre  accordez  eft  &  affentuz  qe 
toutz  ceux  qe  font  poffeffionez  par  feoffement  ou 
par  autre  voie  al  oeps  de  gentz  de  religion  ou  autres 
perfones  efpiritiels  des  terres  tenementz  fees  advoe- 
fons  ou  autres  pofleffions  queconqes  pur  les  amor- 
tifer  &  dont  les  ditz  religioufes  ci  perfones  efpiri- 
tiels preignent  les  profitz  qe  parentre  cy  &  le  feft 
de.Seint  Michel  profchein  veriant  ils  les  facenteftre 
amortifez  par  licence  du  Roi  &  des  Seignurs  ou  au- 
trement  qils  les  vendent  &  alienent  a  autre  oeps 
parentre  cy  &  le  dit  feft  fur  peine  deftre  forfaitz  au 
Roi  &  as  Seignurs  folonc  la  fourme  de  leftatut  de 
religious  come  tenementz  purchafez  par  gentz  de 
religion  &  qe  de  ceil  temps  enavant  null  tie!  pur- 
chace  fe  face  iffint  qe  tielx  religioufes  on  autres 
perfones  efpiritiels  ent  preignent  les  profitz  come 
defuis  fur  la  peine  avauntdite.  Et  mefme  ceft  efta- 
tut fextende  &  foit  tenuz  de  toutz  terres  &  tene- 
mentz fees  advoefons  &  autres  poffeffions  purcha- 
cez  &  a  purchafers  al  oeps  des  gildes  &  fraternitees. 
Et  enoutre  eft  affentuz  pur  ce  qe  mairs  baillifs  & 
communes  de  citees  burghs  Sc  autres  villes  qont 
commune  perpetuel  &  autres  qont  offices  perper 
tuels  font  auffi  perpetuels  come  gentz  de  religion 
qe  de  ceft  temps  enavaunt  ils  ne  purchacent  a  eux 
&  a  lour  commune  ou  office  fur  la  peine  contenue 
en  le  dit  eftatut  de  religioufes.  Et  de  ce  qe  autres  1 
font  poffeffionez  ou  ferra  purchacez  en  temps  ave-- 
nir  a  lour  oeps  &  ils  ent  preignent  ou  prendront 
les  profitz  foit  femblablement  fait  came  devaunt  eft 
dit  de  gentz  de  religion. 


23  H.  8.  c.  10.       6  Geo.  2.  c.  36.      See  farther  1  £f  2  P..  £f  M.  c.  &.. 


CAP.     VI. 

In  Appropriation  of  Benefices  there  fhall  be  Provifion  made  for  the  Poor  and  the  Vicar. 


Confirmed  by 
<J  H.4.  c.  12. 
■39  H.  6.  f.  20. 
Plow.  495. 

«H.7.    f.   13. 

to  H.  7.  f.  19. 
3  Ed.  3.  f.  1J. 

3SH.6.  f.  19. 
j  1  Co.  p. 
Cro.  Jac.  516. 
i  Roll  99,  200. 


T  EM,  Becaufe  divers  Damages  and  Hindrances 
oftentimes  have  happened,  and  daily  do  happen 
;  to  the  Parifhioners  of  divers  Places,  by  the  Appro- 
;  priation  of  Benefices  of  the  fame  Places ;"  '  (z)  it 
is  agreed  and  affented,  That  in  every  Licence  from 
henceforth  to  be  made  in  the  Chancery,  of  the  Ap- 
propriation of  any  Parifh  Church,  it  fhall  be  exprefiy 
contained  and  comprifed,  That  the  Diocefan  of  the 
Place,  upon  the  Appropriation  of  fuch  Churches, 
fliall  ordain,  according  to  the  Value  of  fuch  Churches, 
a  convenient  Sum  of  Money  to  be  paid  and  diftri- 
buted  yearly  of  the  Fruits  and  Profits  of  the  fame 
Churches,  by  thofe  that  fnall  have  the  faid  Churches 
in  proper  Ufe,  and  by  their  Succeffors,  to  the  poor 
Parifhioners  of  the  faid  Churches,  in  Aid  of  their 
Living  and  Suftenance  for  ever;  (2.)  and  alfo  that 
the  Vicar  be  well  and  fufficiently  endowed,' 


TEM  pur  ce  qe  plufours  damages  &  defeafes 
font  fovent  avenuz;&  aveignent  dejour  enautre 
as  parochiens  de  diverfes  lieux  par  lappropriation 
des  benefices  de  mefmes  les  lieux  accordez  eft  &  af- 
fentuz qen  chefcune  licence  defore  a  faire  en  la 
Chauncellarie  dappropriation  dafcune  efglife  paror 
chielle  foit  expreffement  contenuz  &  compris  qe  le 
diocefan  del  lieu  en  lappropriation  de  tielx  efglifes 
ordeine  folonc  la  value  de  tielx  efglifes  une  covena- 
ble  fomme  dargent  deftre  paiez  &  diftributz  annu- 
elmentdes  fruitz  &  profitz  de  mefmes  les  efglifes 
par  ceux  qaveront  les  dites  efglifes  en  propre  oeps 
&  par  lour  fucceffours  as  povres  parochiens  des  dites 
efglifes  en  eide  de  lour  vivre  &  fuftenance  a  toutz 
jours  &  qe  le  viker  foit  auxint  bicn  &  covenable- 
ment  dowez. 


CAP. 


A.D.  1391*        Anno  decimo  quinto  Richard  1  II.  C.  7— 11.       403 

CAP.     VII. 
Armour,  Corn,  or  Victual  may  be  carried  to  Berwick. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  come  ordeine  foit  par  leftatut  fait  Ian  du  regne  noftre  Seignour  le  Roi  feptifme  qe  delors  ena-  St.  7R.L 
vaunt  nulle  perfone  aliene  ou  denzeine  de  queconqe  condition  ou  eftate  qil  foit  amefneroit  ou  envoieroit  '■  >o.  *  explain- 
ou  ferroit  envoier  ou  arqefner  par  terre  ou  par  meer  hors  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  as  afcunes  parties  dEfcoce  ed-    ■&">!" 
en  prive  nen  appert  afcune  manere  darmure  de  blee  de  brees  ne  dautre  vitail  ou  dautre  refrefhement  que-  %{-^j  ,'w'' 
conqe  fur  peine  de  forfeiture  de  mefmes  les  vitailles  armures  &  de  autres  chofes  avauntdites  enfemble  ovefqe  tbeyR.z. 
]es  niefs  vefleulx  charettes  ou  chivalx  qe  les  porteroient  ou  amefneroient  ou  de  la  verrai  value  dicelle.     Sur 
q'oi  noftre  Seignour  le  Roi  a  la  requeft  des  communes  &  de  lavys  &  aflent  des  Seignurs  ad  declare  en  ceffc 
parlement  le  dit  eftatut  en  tielle  manere  qil  neftoit  pas  fa  entent  au  temps  de  la  confection  du  dit  eftatut  ne 
unqore  eft  qe  ceux  qont  amefnez  ou  envoiez  ou  defore  enavaunt  amefneront  ou  envoieront  vitailles  ou  autres 
merchandifes  a  la  ville  de  Berewyk  fur  Twede  qeft  la  ville  du  Roi  &  de  fa  ligeance  encourgent  la  peine  du 
dit  eftatut  ne  ne  foient  tenuz  de  paier  cuftumes  &  fubfides  grauntez  au  Roi  des  merchandifes  qe  font  ou  fer- 
ront  amefnez  hors  du  Roialme. 

Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  ceux  qe  amefnent  afcunes  draps  vitailles  ou  autres  merchandifes  hors  de  la  dite  ville 
de  Berewyk  as  afcunes  parties  efteantz  del  amifte  du  Roi  paient  les  fubfides  cuftumes  &  autres  devoirs  ent 
dues  &  fils  Iametment  as  afcunes  parties  del  enemifte  du  Roy  encourgent  la  peine  del  dit  eftatut. 

•  Read  c.  i& 

CAP.    VIII. 

A  Repeal  of  the  Statute  of  14  Rich.  2.  c.  7.  touching  the  carrying  of  Tin  forth  out  of  the 

Realm  at  Dartmouth  only. 

ITEM  come  ordeigne  fuift  en  darrein  parlement  qe  le  pafiage  defteyn  hors  du  Roialme  foit  el  port  de  Rep. 21  Jac.  1. 
Dertemuth  &  null  part  aillours  Accordez  eft  qe  la  dite  ordeignance  foit  adnullez.     Et  qe  parentre  cy  &  le  c.  28. 
feft  de  Seint  Johan  le  Baptiftre  profchein  venant  toutz  merchantz  denzeins  &  alienes  foient  a  large  de  charger 
efteyn  es  niefs  &  autres  vefleulx  pur  amefner  hors  du  Roialme  en  quelqe  port  qils  vorront  eflire  deinz  le 
Roialme  &  a  quele  part  qils  vorront.     Et  apres  le   dit  feft  repeirent  a  Caleis  pur  le  temps  qe  la  repaire  des 
leines  y  ferra  paiantz  toutdys  les  cuftumes  fubfides  &  devoirs  ent  dues  avaunt  le  paflage  del  efteyn  avauntdit. 

CAP.     IX. 

The  Mayor  of  the  Staple- fhall  take  Recognizances  for  Debts,  according  to  the  Statute  of  27 

Edw.  3.  Stat.  2.  cap.  9. 

TEM  come  contenu  foit  en  leftatut  de  leftaple  au  fyn  qe  les  contra&es  faitz  deinz  leftaple  foient  la 
meultz  tenuz  &  les  paiementz  preftement  faitz  qe  chefcun  mair  de  leftaple  eit  poair  de  prendre  •feconi- 
fances  des  dettes  qe  homme  voudra  faire  devaunt  lui  en  prefence  des  coneftables  de  leftaple  ou  lun  deux  et 
qen  chefcun  des  dites  eftaples  foit  un  feal  ordeine  demurant  en  la  garde  du  dit  mair  ibuth  les  fealx  des 
ditz  coneftables  Accordez  eft  &  aflentuz  qe  le  dit  eftatut  foit  fermement  tenuz  h  gardez  &  qe  nul  mair 
de  leftaple  preigne  ou  refceive  afcune  reconiffance  de  dette  encontre  la  fourme  du  dit  eftatut  fur  peine  de 
paier  au  Roi  la  moite  de  la  fomme  devaunt  lui  reconifle. 

CAP.     X. 

None  fhall  buy  Guilford  Cloths  before  they  be  fulled  and  manufactured  as  they  ought  to  be. 

ITEM  a  la  pleinte  de  la  commune  fait  en  parlement  de  ce  qe  dauncien  temps  eftoient  plufours  draps  faitz  Rep.  5  .1-  6 
en  la  ville  de  Gildeford  &  aillours  en  les  countees  de  Surr'  Suffex  &  Suth'  appellez  draps  de  Gildeford  Ed-  6> c-  «• 
qe  feurent  de_ bone  fefure  &  debon  value  &  porterent  grant  noun  &  pre  par  caufe  qe  fullers  &  autres  de 
mefme  le  paiis  ufent  dachater  les  draps  des  ditz  paiis  avant  qils  foient  fullez  &  parfaitz  &  en-lour  fefure 
par  covetife  davoir  les  ditz  draps  de  greindre  mefure  outre  la  commune  affife  qe  jadys  eftoit  ufee  traihent 
ycelles  draps  plus  longes  &  plus  larges  qeftre  ne  foloient  ou-  deveroient  a  grant  feblefle  &  empeiremenfde 
mefmes  les  draps  &  trefgrant'  defceit  du  poeple  Accordez  eft  Sz  aflentuz  pur  efchuir  tielx  damages  &  de- 
ceites  en  temps  avenir  qe  defore  enavaunt  null  fuller  nautre  perfone  queconqe  achate  deinz  les  ditz  ville  & 
countees  afcun  drap  avant  qe  mefme  le  drap  foit  fullez  &  pleinement  parfait  en  fa  nature  &  enfealle  defouz 
le  feal  a  ce  ordeine  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  dicelle. 

CAP.    XL 

Girdlers  may  work  their  Girdles  with  white  Metal. 

ITEM  accordez  eft  &  aflentuz  qe  toutz  les  ceinturers  du  Roialme  qe  feurent  ceintui'es  garnifez  de  blank  Rcp.  1  Ja'c.'i,] 
metal  purront  overer  ufer  &  continuer  lour  dite  meftiere  ceftaflavoir  de  garnifer  les  ceintures  de  blank  c  15. 

F  f  f  a  metall 


404        Q.  12. 


Anno  decimo  -quinto  R 1  c  h  a  r  d  i  II.         A.  D.  1 3  9 1 , 


52  H.  gi  C.  22. 

Confirmed^  by 

a.6  R.  2.* 


£^  ^«f.  /»  Tarr.  Lond. 
metall  come  auncienement  foloient  nient  contrefteant  afcunes  chartres  ou  patentes  grauntez  as  afcunes  cein- 
turcrs  a  contrair  Et  qe  fi  afcunes  chartres  ou  patentes  foient  faitz  au  contraire  qils  foient  voides  5c  de  nulle 
force. 

CAP.     XII. 

No  Man  fhall  be  compelled  to  anfwer  for  his  Freehold  before  the  Council  of  any  Lord. 

ITEM  a  la  grevoufe  compleint  des  Communes 
fait  au  plein  parlement  de  ce  qe  plufours  liges 
du  Roi  font  faitz,  venir  devaunt  les  confeilx  de  di- 
verges. Seignurs  &  Dames  a  y  refpondre  de  lour 
frank  tenement  &  de  plufours  autres  chofes  reales 
&  perfoneles,  qe  deveroient  eftre  demefnez  par  la 
ley  de  la  terre  encontre  leftat  &  droit  de  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  &  de  fa  corone  h  en  defefance  de  la 
commune  ley  Accordez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  null  lige 
du  Roi  defore  enavant  foit  artez  compellez  ne  con- 
ftreint  par  nulle  voie  de  venir  ne  dapparoir  devaunt 
le  confeill  dafcun  Seignur  ou  dame  pur  y  refpondre 
de  fon  frank  tenement  ne  de  chofe  qe  touche  frank 
tenement  ne  de  nulle  autre  chofe  reale  ou  perfonele  ■ 
qappartient  a  la  ley  de  la  terre  en  afcune  manere. 
Et  fi  afcun  fe  fent  grevez  en  temps  avenir  encontre 
cefte  ordeiriance  &  accorde  fue  al  Chaunceller  a;  j 
ferra  pur  le  temps  &il  enferra  rernede* 


TEM,  At  the  grievous  Complaint  of  the  Com- 
mons, made  in  full  Parliament,  for  that  divers,  of 
*'  t'r\e  King's  Subjects  be  caufed  to  come  before  the 
"■  Council  of  divers  Lords  and  Ladies,  to  anfwer  for 
"•  their  Freehold,  and  fo  for  divers  other  Things,  real 
''  and  perfonat,  that  ought  to  be  ordered  by  the  Law 
"■  of  the  Land,  againft  the  Eflate  and  the  Right  of  our 
"  Lord  the  King  and  of  his  Crown,  and  in  defeating 
"  of  the  Common  Law ;"  '  (2)  it  is  agreed  and  af- 
4  fented,,  That  from  henceforth  none  of  the  King's 
'  Subjects  be  compelled,   neither  by  any  Mean  con- 

*  ftrained,  to  come  nor  to  appear  before  the  Council 
'  of  any  Lord  or  Lady,  to  anfwer  for  his  Freehold,  nor 

*  for  any  Thing  touching  his  Freehold,  nor  for  any 
4  other  Thing  real  or  perfonal,  that  belongeth  to  the 
'  Law  of  the  Land  in  any  Manner.  (3)  And  if  any 
'  find  himfelf  grieved  in  Time,  to  come,  contrary  to 
'  this  Ordinance  and  Agreement,  he  may  complain  to 
'  the  Chancellor  for  the  time  being,  and  he  fhall  give 
'  him  Remedy.' 


"jihicb  gives  Forfeiture  of  20 1.  on  Breach  by  compiling  Tenants,,  &a.    Regift.- 171; . 

EX  vicecomiti  Lincoln' falutem.     Qyedam  ftatuta  &  ordinationes -per  nos  in  ultimo  parliamento  no-*- 
ftro  apud  Weftm'  tento  de  afTenfu  Magnatum  &  Communitatis  regninoftri  Anglie  nobis  in  eodem  par- 
liament affiftentium  facra  tibi  in  forma  literarum  patentium  mittimus  fub  figillo  noftro  precip'ientes  firmi- 
ter  injungendo  quod  ftatuta  &  ordinationes  pred.i£ta  in  pleno  comitatu  tuo  ac  civitatibus  burgis  villis  merca- 
toriis  &  aliis  locis  infra  baJlivara  tuam«bi  melius  expedire  videris  publice  proclamari  &  teneri  facias  juxta. 
tenorem  eorundexn... 

T.  R.  apud  Weftm'  primo  die  February  . 


Statutes,  made-,  at.  Winchefterj    Anno  1 6  Rich.  II..  and  Anno   Dom*. 

1392... 


^R  Lord  the  King,  Richard  the  Second 
after  the  Conqueft,  at  his  Parliament  holden 
at  Winchejler'in  the  Utas  of  St.  Hillary  j  the. 
"  Sixteenth.Year  of  his  Reign,  hath  ordained  and  fta- 
'*  blifhed,  by  the  Affent  of  his  Parliament^  certain 
"  Things  in  the  Form  following." 


E'x  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond/.w.  6. . 
O'STRE  Seignur  le  Roi  Richard  fecond 
puis  le  conqueft  a  fon  parlement  tenuz  a 
Wynceftr'  en  les  oeptaves  de  Seint  Hiller  ■ 
Ian  de  fon  regne  fefzifme  ad  ordeine,  &  eftabli.  cer- 
teines  chofes  de  laffent  de  fon,  dit  parlement  en  la; 
fourme  qenfuit.  - 


9  Ed.  3.  C.st.  1." 

C.  T. 

4lnft.  265: 
.All  Merchants 
/.':.  ■  -  and  De- 
nis ns  may 
frrc'y  buy  and 
fell  within  the 
Realm. 

25  Ed.  3.  Cat.  4. 
c.l. 

Mcrih'.ntsmay 
fell' their.  Ware! 
ir.  grofa  or  by. 
pax eel. 


CAP.     I. . 

No  Merchant  Stranger  fhall  buy  or  fell  with  another  Merchant  Stranger  to  fell  again.  . 

Rimerement  come  par  eftatut  fait  a  Everwyk  Ian  du  regne  del  Aiel  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  noefifme  or^ 
deine  fuift  &  eftabli  qe  toutz  marchantz  aliens  &  denzeins  &c  toutz  autres  ■&  checun  de  eux  de  quel  ■ 
eftat  ou  condition  qils  foient  qe  achater  ou  vendre  voillont  bledz  vins  avoir  du  pois  char  peffon  &  toutz  au- 
tres vivres  &  vitails  draps  leines  merces  merchandifes  &  toutz  autres  chofes  vendables  de  quelle  part  qils  vie- 
gnent  par  foreins  ou  par  denzeins  a  quell  lieu  qe  ce  foit  foit  il  en  cite  burgh  ville  port  du  meer  feire  marche 
ou  autre  lieu  deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  deinz  franchife  et  dehors  les  puiflent  franchement  &  fanz  deftourber 
vendre  a  qi  qe  lour  pleft  fibien  as  foreins  come  a  denzeins  forpris  les  enemys  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  et  de  fon 
Roialme.  Et  puis  par  un  autre  eftatut  fait  Ian  du  dit  Aiel  vint  et  quint  ordeine  fuift  et  accorde  qe  le  dit 
eftatut  fait  le  dit  an  noefifme  ferroit  tenuz  gardez  et  maintenuz  en*  touz  pointz.  Et  outre  ceo  qe  checun 
marchant  et  autre  de  quelle  condition  qil  ferroit  auxibien  alien  come  denzein  qe  amefneroit  vins  chares  pef- 
fons  ou  autre  manere  des  vitailles  draps  peaux  ou  avoir  du  pois  011  queconqes  autres  merces  ou  merchandifes 
a  La  Cite  de  Londues  ou,  as  autres  citees  burghs  et  bones  villes  dEngleterre  ou  port  du  meer  les  purroit 

franchement 


A.  D.  1392. 


Anno  decimo  fexto  Richardi  II. 


C.  2—4. 


4°  5 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
franchement  et  fanz  chalange  ou  empefchement  de  nulJy  vendre  en  groos  ou  a  retaille  ou  par  parcelles  a  fa 
volunte  as  queconqes  gentz  qi  les  voudront  achater  nient  contrefteantz  afcuns  franchifes  grante  ou  cuftume 
ufe  ou  queconqe  autre  manere  chofe  fait  a  contraire  et  ce  faunz  deftourbance  ou  impediment  dafcuny  fur  cer- 
teines  peines  contenuz  en  leftatutz  fufditZiS  Et  apres  Ian  du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  unzifme  eftoit  aux-  "  R-  «•  «■  7> 
int  ordeine  et  eftablie  par  eftatut  fait  mefme  Ian  qe  les  deux  eftatutz  fuifditz  ferroient  tenuz  gardez  et  main- 
tenuz  et  pleinement  executz  en  toutz  pointz  et  articles  dicelles  Nientcontreefleant  afcun  eftatut  ordinance 
cfaartre  lcttre  patente  franchifes  proclamation  mandementz  ufages  allouance  ou  juggement  fait  ou  ufez  a 
contraire  Sicome  en  les  ditz  eftatutz  eft  contenuz  pluis  au  plein.     Nientmeyns   pur  ceo  qil  femble  a  noftre  n0  Merchant ' 
Seignur  le  Roy  qe  leftatutz  fufditz  fils  foient  plenerement  tenuz  &  executz  feftendent  en  grant  arrerifement  Stranger  (hall 
&  damage  ffibien  de  la  dite  Cite  de  Londres  come  des  autres  citees  burghs  &  villes  du  Roialme  ordeinez  ePc  fell  any  Mer- 
&  aflentuz  qe  null  eftrange  marchant  alien  ne  vende  ne  achate  ne  marchande  deinz  le  Roialme  ovefqe  autre  chandlles  by 
eftrange  marchant  alien  pur  revendre  ne  qe  null  eftrange  marchant  alien  vende  a  retaille  deinz  le  Roialme  ne  ytft   is 
ne  trenche  a  vendre  nulles  maners  merces  ne  merchandifes  forfpris  vivres  &  vitailles.     Et  qe  toutz  aliens  No  Wines /hall 
vendent  auxint  vins  par  veflelx  entiers  &  efpicerie  par  vefTelx  &  bales  entiers  &  nemye  en  autre  manere  &  qe  be  carried  forth 
null  manere  efpicerie  apres  qil  foit  porte  en  le  Roialme  foit  amefne  hors  de  mefme  !e  Roialme  par  alien  ne°'~ the  Realm; 
par  denzein  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  dicelle.  •   Et  enoutre  le  Roi  voet  qe  leftatutz  fuifditz  foient  en  toutz  lour  n°r„any  manner 
autres  articles  &  pointz  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez.  RepeaiePby 

3jCar.  1.  0  4.  f.  27.  as  to  Spicery  only.      See  farther  5  H.  4„r.  9.  and  6~H,  q,  c.  4.  putting  Merchant  Strangers  under  Refrrifiions.       See  like-wife  izH,  7.  c,  5> 
Sfncerning  Merchant  Adventurer: , 

C  A  P.    IK 

The  Forfeiture  of  him  that  compelkth  any  Perfon  to  anfwer  for  his  Freehold. 


ITEM  come  el  darrein  parleroent  accordez  eftoit 
.  &  aflentuz  qe  null  lige  du  Roi  delors  en  avant 
ferroit  artez  compellez  ne  conftreint  par  null  voie 
de  venir  ne  dapparoir  devaunt  le  confeill  dafcun 
Seignur  ou  Dame  pur  y  refpondre  de  fon  franc  te- 
nement ne  de.  chofe  qi  touche  frank  tenementz  ne 
de  nulle  autre  chofe  reale  ou  perfonele-  q_appartient 
a  la  ley  de  la  terre  en  aucun  manere  iicome  par 
leftatut  ent  fait  pluis  pleinement  appiert  accordes 
eft  &  aflentuz  qe  le  dit  eftatut  foit  fermement  te- 
nuz: &'  gardez  &  qe  fi  afcun  Seignur  ou  Dame  ou 
autre  liege  du  Roi  face  alencontre  encourge  la  peine 
devintlivres  devers  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy. 


"  TTEM,  Whereas  at  the  laft  Parliament  it  was  ac- A  Confirmation 

"   1  corded  and  aflented,    That  none  of  the  King's  o(  the  Statute 

"  liege  People  from  henceforth  fhould  be  bound,  com-  °   '?  J-£  % 

"  pelled,  nor  conftrained  by  any  Means,  to  come  nor  penalty  on  the 

"  to  appear  before  any  Lord's  or  Lady's  Council,  there  Offenders* 

"  to  anfwer  of  his  Freehold-;    nor  of  Things  which 

"  touch  Freeholds,  nor  of  any  other  Thing  real  nor 

"  perfonal,  which  belongeth  to  the  Law  of  the  Land 

"  in  any  wife,    as  by  the  Statute  thereof  made  more 

"  fully  appeareth  ;"    '  (2)  it  is  accorded  and  aflented, 

'  That  the  faid  Statute  {hall  be  firmly  holden  and  kept; 

'  (3)  and  if  any  Lord  or  Lady,  or  other  of  the  King's 

'  liege  People  do  to  the  contrary,  they  fhall  incur-  the 

'  Pain  of  xx  I.  to  the  King.' .  f  H-  3- «  *& : ; 


GAP.     III. 


The  Clerk  of  the  Market  fhall  carry  with  hirn  all  his  Weights  and'  Me'afures  figned. 


ITEM  ordeinez  eft  &  aflentuz  qe  toutz  lespoys 
&  me  fu  res  parmy-le  Roialme  foient  accordantz 
a-leftandard  de  lefcheqer  folonc  la  fourme  de  lefta- 
tutz ent  faitz.  Et  enoutre  le  Roi  voet  qe  le  clerc 
del  marche  eit  tout  fes  mefures  &  poifes  darefme 
accordantz  a  leftandard  de  lefcheqer  &  fig-nez  & 
merchez  del  figne  de  lefcheqer  a  ce  ordeine  et  mef- 
mes  les  poifes  et  mefures  iflint  fignez  et  merchez 
carie  et  amefne  ovefqe  luy  a  toutz  les  foitz  qil  ferra 
laflay  de  poifes  et  mefures  afcune  part  deinz  le  Roi- 
alme et  qil  ne  null  autre  lige  du  Roi  ufe  null  autre 
mefure  ne  pois  fur  les  peines  contenuz  en  leftatutz 
en  faitz  devant  ces  heures. 


34-Ed.  3.  c.  r 

fiat.  1.  c.  35* 


See  farther  concerning  heights  and  Meafures  n  H.  j.  c 


'    "ITEM  it  is  ordained  and  aflented,  That  all  the 

'    A  Weights  and  Meafures  through  the  Realm  fhall 

'  be  according  to  the  Standard  of  the  Exchequer,  after 

'  the  Purport  of  the  Statutes  thereof  made.     (2)  And 

'  the  King-  willeth,   That  the  Clerk  of  the  Market 

'  fhall  have  all  his  Meafures  and  Weights  ready  *  ac-  *  Of  Eraisi- 

'"  cording  to  th£  Standard- of  the  Exchequer,  and  Sign- 

'  ed  and  Marked  of  the  Sign  of  the  Exchequer  there- 

'  untoordainfd  ;  (3)  and  the  fame  Weights  and  Mea- 

'  fures  fo  figned  and  marked,' to  carry' -and  bring  with 

'  him  at  all  Times,  when  he  fhall  make  the  Affay  of 

'  Weights  and  Meafures  in  any  Part  within  the  Realm  ;   - 

'  (4)  and  that  he;  nor  any  other  of  the' King's  liege  4Tnft_  ,73_ 

4  People,    fhall  ufe  any  other  Meafure  nor  Weight,  9  H.  3.  Hit.  i, 

'  upon  the  Pains  contained  in  the  Statutes  thereof  made c-  *s- 

'•■  before  this  Time.'  '  14  Ed.  3.  flat.  1, 

c  rj. 

12 H.  7,  c.  5.     16  Car.  1.  e.  19.  <izC*r.  2,  c,  8.  22  Sf  3  Car.  1.  r.  j-i.  and  tjfnfii 


C  A  P.     IV, 

Who  only  may  wear  another's  Livery. 

ITEM  accordez  eft  &■  aflentuz  qe  null  yoman  ne  null  autre  de  meindre  eftat  qe  efquier  defore  en  avant  ne  Rep,  5  Car.  5, 
ufe  ne  porte  null  livere  appelle  livere  de  compaignie  dafcun  Seignur  deinz  lc  Roialme  fil  ne  foit  meignal  c-  '&&&.  *?' 
&  familier  continuelment  demurant  en  loftell  de  fon  dit-  Seignur  &  qe  juftices  de  la  pe,es  eient  poair  den-- 
auerre  deceux  qe  font  alencontre  &  de  les  punir  folonc  lour  difcretion,  . 

3i  C-AP. 


406        C.  5. 


Anno  decimo  fexto  Richardi  II. 


A.  D. 


1392 


C  A  P.     V. 

Praemunire  for  purchafing  Bulls  from  Rome.     The  Crown  of  England  fubject  to  none. 


1  1.C011.  292- 
iz  Co.  37,  40. 

TheRemedy  to 
recover  Prefer- 
ments to  Bene- 
fices in  the 
King's  Court, 
and  the  Execu- 
tion thereof,  is 
done  by  the  Bi- 
fliop. 


The  Pope  a- 

vrarded  Procef  " 

fes  and  Sentences  £c 

of  Excommuni-  tc 

cation  againfl  - 
certain  Bilhops 

for  executing  ' 

Judgements  *c 

given  in  the  cc 

King's  Court.  cc 

The  Pope's  " 

Trandationof  cc 

Prelates  out  of  t< 

the  Realm,  or  4C 
from  one  fpiri- 

tual  Living  to  " 

another.  ic 

25  Ed.  3.  flat. 6.  ec 

<ie  Provif.  ,r 


The  Freedom  of  ' 
the  Crown  of 
England,  and 
that  i'.  is  in  Sub- 
jection to  no 
Realm. 


The  Promifc  of 

in  Drf:nie  cf 
Uie  Liberties  of 

u_  Grown. 


TEM,  Whereas  the  Commons  of  the  Realm  in 
this  prefent  Parliament  have  fhewed  to  our  re- 
"  doubted   Lord  the  King,    grievoufly   complaining, 
"  That  whereas  our   faid   Lord   the   King,    and   all 
"  his  liege  People,  ought  of  Right,    and  of  old  Time 
"  were  wont  to  fue  in  the  King's  Court,  to  recover 
"  their  Prefentments  to  Churches,  Prebends,  and  other 
"  Benefices  of  holy  Church,  to  the  which  they  had 
"  Right  to  prefent,  the  Cognifance  of  Plea  of  which 
"  Prefentment  belongeth  only  to  the  King's  Court   of 
"  the  old  Right  of  his  Crown,  ufed  and  approved  in 
"  the  Time  of  all  his  Progenitors  Kings  of  England ; 
"  (2)  and  when  Judgement  fhall  be  given  in  the  fame 
"  Court  upon  fuch  a  Plea  and  Prefentment,  the  Arch- 
"  bifhops,  Bilhops,  and  other  Spiritual  Perfons  which 
"  have  lnftitution  of  fuch  Benefices  within  their  Jurif- 
"  di£tion,  be  bound,  and  have  made  Execution  of  fuch 
"  Judgements  by  the  King's  Commandments  of  all  the 
"  Time  aforefaid  without  Interruption   (for  another 
"  Lay-perfon  cannot  make  fuch  Execution)  and  alfo 
"  be  bound  of  Right  to  make  Execution  of  many  other 
"  of  the  King's  Commandments,  of  which  Right  the 
"  Crown  of  England  hath  been  peaceably  feifed,   as 
"  well  in  the  Time  of  our  faid  Lord  the  King  that 
"  now  is,  as  in  the  Time  of  all  his  Progenitors  till  this 
"  Day:    (3)  But  now  of  late  divers  Proceffes  be  made 
by  the  Bifhop  of  Rome,  and  Cenfures  of  Excommu- 
nication upon  certain  Bilhops  of  England,    becaufe 
they  have  made  Execution  of  fuch  Commandments, 
to  the  open  Difherifon  of  the  faid  Crown,  and  De- 
ftrurStipn  of*  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  his  Law,  and 
all  his  Realm,  if  Remedy  be  not  provided.     (4)  And 
alfo  it  is  faid,  and  a  common  Clamour  is  made,  that 
the  faid  Bifhop  of  Rome  hath  ordained  and  purpofed 
to  tranflate  fome  Prelates  of  the  fame  Realm,    fome 
out  of  the  Realm,    and  fome  from  one  Bifhoprick 
into  another  within  the  fame  Realm,  without  the 
King's   Affent  and   Knowledge,    and   without  the 
Affent  of  the  Prelates,  which  fo  fhall  be  tranflated, 
which  Prelates  be  much  profitable  and  neceffary  to 
our  faid  Lord  the  King,  and  to  all  his  Realm  ;    (5) 
by  which  Tranflations  (if  they  fhould  be  fuffered) 
the  Statutes  of  the  Realm  fhould  be  defeated  and 
made  void ;    and  his  faid  Liege  Sages  of  his  Coun- 
cil, without  his  Affent,    and  againft  his  Will,  car- 
ried away  and  gotten  out  of  his  Realm,    and  the 
Subftance  and  Treafure  of  the  Realm  (hall  be  car- 
ried away,    and  fo  the  Realm  defHtute  as  well  of 
Council  as  of  Subftance,  to  the  final  DtltrutSHon  of 
"the  fame  Realm  ;    (6)  and  fo  the  Crown  of  England, 
which  hath  been  fo  free  at  all  Times,  that  it  hath 
been   in   no   earthly   Subjection,     but   immediately 
fubject  to  God  in  all  Things  touching  the  Rcgalty 
1  of  the  fame  Crown,  and   to  none  other,   fhould  be 
1  fubmitted  to  the  Pope,  and  the  Laws  and  Statutes 
;  of  the  Rezlm  by  him  defeated  and  av<  ided  at  his 
Will,  in  perpetual  Deftrudtion  of  the  Sovcraignty  of 
;  the  King  our  Lord,  his  Crown,  his  Rcgalty,' and  of 
;  all  his  Realm,  which  God  defend. 

"  11.  And  moreover,  the  Commons  aforefaid  fay, 
'  7  hat  the  faid  Things  fo  attempted  be  clearly  againft 
'  the  Kind's-  Crown  and    his  Rcgalty,    ufed  and  ap- 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
TEM  come  les  communes  du  Roialme  en  ceft 
prefent  parlement  eient  monftrez  a  noftre  tref- 
redoute  Seignur  le  Roi  grevoufement  compleig- 
nantz  qe  par  la  ou  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  et 
toutz  fes  liges  deivent  de  droit  et  foloient  de  tout 
temps  purfeuer  en  la  Courte  mefme  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roi  pur  recoverer  lour  prefentementz  as  efglifes 
prebendes  et  autres  benefices  de  feinte  efglife  as 
queux  ils  ount  droit  a  prefenter  la  conifance  de  plee 
de  quelle  prefente  appertient  foulement  a  Courte 
mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  daunciene  droit  de  fa 
coroune  ufe  et  approve  en  temps  de  touz,  fes  pro- 
genitours  Rois  dEngleterre  et  qant  juggement  foit 
rendu  en  mefme  fa  Courte  fur  tiel  plee  et  prefente 
les  Ercevefques  Evefques  et  autres  perfones  fpiri- 
tueles  qount  inftitution  de  tiele  benefice  deinz  lour 
jurifdidtion  font  tenuz  et  ont  fait  execution  des 
tieux  juggementz  par  mandement  des  Rois  de  tout 
le  temps  avantdit  fanz  interruption  qare  autre  lay 
perfone  ne  poet  tiele  execution  faire  et  auxint  font 
tenuz  de  droit  de  faire  execution  de  plufours  autres 
mandementz  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  de  quele  droit 
la  corone  dEngleterre  ad  efte  peifiblement  feify 
fibien  en  temps  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  come  en 
temps  de  touz  fes  progenitours  tanqe  enca  Mes  ore 
tarde  diverfes  proceffes  font  faitz  par  le  feint  piere 
le  Pape  et  cenfures  defcomengementz  fur  certeins 
Evefques  dEngleterre  pur  ceo  qils  ount  fait  execu- 
tion des  tieux  mandementz  en  overte  defheritance 
de  la  dite  corone  et  deftrutStion  du  regalie  noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roy  fa  ley  et  tout  fon  Roialme  fi  reme- 
die  ne  foit  mys.  Et  auxint  dit  eft  et  commune 
clamour  y  ad  qe  le  dit  feint  piere  le  Pape  ad  or- 
deigne  et  purpofe  de  tranflater  aucuns  Prelates  de 
mefme  le  Roialme  afcuns  hors  du  Roialme  et  au- 
cuns de  un  Evefchee  a  autre  deinz  mefme  le  Roi- 
alma  faunz  affent  et  conifance  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roy  et  faunz  afTent  du  Prelat  qi  enfy  ferroit  tran- 
flate queux  Prelatz  font  moult  profitables  et  necef- 
faries  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  et  tout  fon  Roi- 
alme par  queux  tranflations  fils  fufent  fufertz  les 
eftatutz  du  Roiaume  ferront  defaitz  et  anientez  et 
fes  fages  lieges  de  fon  confeill  fanz  fon  affent  et 
encountre  fa  voluntee  fubtrez  et  efloignez  hors  de 
fon  roiaume  et  lavoir  et  trefore  du  roiaume  ferroit 
emporte  et  enfi  mefme  le  roiaume  deftitut  fibien  de 
counfeill  come  davoir  a  final  deftruftion  de  mefme 
le  Roialme  et  enfy  la  corone  dEngleterre  qad  efte 
fi  frank  de  tout  temps  qele  nad  hien  null  terrien 
foveraigne  mes  immediate  fubgit  a  Dieu  en  toutes 
cbofes  touchantz  la  regalie  de  mefme  la  corone  et 
a  null  autre  ferroit  fubmys  a  Pape  et  les  leys  et  efta- 
tutz du  Roialme  par  luy  defaitz  et  anientez  a  fa 
volcnte  en  perpetuele  deftruflion  de  la  foveraynte 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  fa  corone  et  fa  regalie  et  tout 
fon  Roialme  qe  Dieu  defende. 


Et  difoient  outre  les  communes  avantdites  qe  les 
dites  chofes  enfi  attemptez  fount  overtement  en- 
countre la  corone  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  et  fa  rega- 


Add  lie  r..£»liry  of. 


lie 


A.  D.  1392.  Anno  decimo  fexto  Richardi  II. 


C. 


407 


Ex  Rot.  hi  Turr.  Lond. 
lie  ufe  et  approve  du  temps  du  touz  fes  progeni- 
tours  par  quoy  ils  et  touz  ies  lieges  communes  du 
mefme  le  Roialme  veullant  eftere  ovec  noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roi  &  fa  dite  corone  &  fa  regalie  en  les 
cafes  avauntdites  &  en  touz  autres  cafes  attemptez 
encountre  luy  fa  corone  &  fa  regalie  en  toutz  pointz 
a  vivre  &  murer.  Et  prierent  outre  a  noftre  Sei- 
gnur le  Roi  &  luy  requiftrent  par  voy  de  Juftice 
qil  vorroit  examiner  touz  les  Seignurs  en  parle- 
ment  fibien  fpiritueles  come  temporeles  feveral- 
ment  &  touz  les  eftatz  du  parlement  comcnt  lour 
femble  des  cafes  avauntditz  qe  fount  fi  overtement 
encountre  la  corone  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  &  en 
derogation  de  fa  regalie  &  coment  ils  voillent  eftere 
en  mefmes  les  cafes  ovcfqe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy 
en  fuftenance  des  droitz  de  fes  ditz  corone  &  re- 
galie. Sur  quoy  les  Seignurs  temporelx  enfi  de- 
mandez  ount  refpondu  checun  par  foy  qe  mefmes 
les  cafes  avantdites  font  overtement  en  derogation 
de  la  corone  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  &  de  fa  regalie 
come  notoirement  eft  &  ad  efte  de  tout  temps  co- 
nuz  &  qe  ils  veullent  eftre  ovec  mefmes  les  corone 
&  regalie  en  mefmes  ceftes  cafes  en  efpecial  &  en 
touz  autres  cafes  qe  ferront  attemptez  encountre 
mefmes  les  corone  &  regalie  en  toutz  pointz  ove 
tout  lour  poair.  Et  outre  ce  demandez  eftoit  des 
Seignurs  efpirituels  illeqes  efteantz  &  des  procura- 
tors des  autres  abfentz  de  lour  eftre  avys  &  vo- 
lente  en  ceux  cafes  queux  Seignurs  ceftaffavoir  Er- 
cevefques  Evefques  &  autres  Prelates  efteantz  en  le 
dit  parlement  feveralment  examinez  fefantz  pro- 
teftations  qil  neft  pas  lour  entention  de  dire  ne  af- 
fermer  qe  noftre  Seint  Piere  le  Pape  ne  poet  exco- 
menger  Evefques  ne  quil  poet  faire  tranflations  des 
Prelatz  folonc  la  ley  de  Seinte  efglife  refpoignent 
&  diount  qe  ft  aucunes  executions  des  proceffes 
faitz  en  la  Courte  du  Roi  come  devaunt  foient  faitz 
par  afcuny  &  cenfures  de  efcomengementz  foient 
foitz  encountre  afcun  Evefque  dEngleterre  ou  afcun 
autre  liege  du  Roi  pur  ce  qils  ount  fait  execution 
des  tieux  maundementz  &  qe  fi  aucuns  executions 
des  tieux  tranflations  foient  faitz  dafcuns  Prelatz  de 
mefme  le  Roialme  queux  Seignurs  fount  moult 
profitables  &  neceffairs  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi 
&  a  fon  roiaume  fuifdit  ou  qe  fes  fages  lieges  de  fon 
counfeil  faunz  fon  affent  &  encountre  fa  volunte 
foient  fuftretz  Si  efloignez  hors  du  Roialme  fiqe 
lavoir  &  trefor  du  Roialme  purroit  eftre  deftruit  qe 
ce  eft  encountre  le  Roi  &  fa  corone  ficome  eft  con» 
tenuz  en  la  petition  avant  nome.  Et  femblable- 
ment  les  ditz  procuratours  chefcun  par  foy  exa- 
mine fur  le  ditz  matieres  ount  refpondu  &  dit  en 
noun  &  pur  lour  Seignurs  come  les  ditz  Evefques 
ount  dit  &  rejpondu  &  qe  les  ditz  Seignurs  efpiri- 
tueles  veullent  &  deivent  eftere  ovefqe  le  Roi 
noftre  Seignur  en  ceux  cafes  loialment  en  fufte- 
nance de  fa  corone  &  en  toutz  autres  cafes  to- 
chantz  fa  corone  &  regalie  come  ils  fount  tenuz 
par  lour  ligeance  Sur  quoy  noftre  dk  Seignur  le 
Roi  del  affent  avauntdit  &  a  la  priere  de  fa  dit  com- 
munalte  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablie  qe  fi  afcun  pur- 
chace  ou  purfue  ou  face  purchacer  ou  purfuer  en  la 
courte  de  Rome  ou  aillours  afcuns  tieux  tranflations 
proceffes  &  fentences  de  efcomengementz  bulks 
inftrurnentz  ou  autre  chofe  queconqe  qe  touche  le 
Roi  noftre  Seignur  encountre  luy  fa  corone  &  re- 
galie cu  fon  Roialme  come  devant  eft  dit  &  ceux 
qe  les  porte  deinz  le  Roialme  ou  les  refceive  ou  face 
snt  notification.  ou|autre  execution  queconqe  de- 


proved  of  the  Time  of  all  his  Progenitors  ;  where- 
fore they  and  all  the  Liege  Commons  of  the  fame 
Realm  will  ftand  with  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  and 
his  faid  Crown,  and  his  Regalty,  in  the  Cafes  afore- 
faid,  and  in  all  other  Cafes  attempted  againft  him, 
his  Crown,  and  his  Regalty  in  all  Points,  to  live 
and  to  die.  (2)  And  moreover  they  pray  the  King, 
and  him  require  by  Way  of  Juftice,  that  he  would 
examine  all  the  Lords  in  the  Parliament,  as  well 
Spiritual  as  Temporal  feverally,  and  all  the  States  ,  • 
of  the  Parliament,  how  they  think  of  the  Cafes 
aforefaid,  which  be  fo  openly  againft  the  King's 
Crown,  and  in  Derogation  of  his  Regalty,  and  how 
they  will  ftand  in  the  fame  Cafes  with  our  Lord  the 
King,  in  upholding  the  Rights  of  the  faid  Crown 
and  Regalty.  (3)  Whereupon  the  Lords  Tempo-  The  like  Pro- 
ral  fo  demanded,  have  anfwered  every  one  by  him-  m'feof  the 
felf,  that  the  Cafes  aforefaid  be  clearly  in  Deroga-  LordsTen>P0™'. 
tion  of  the  King's  Crown,  and  of  his  Regalty,  as  it 
is  well  known,  and  hath  been  of  a  *  long  Time  *  Aliaays. 
known,  and  that  they  will  be  with  the  fame  Crown 
and  Regalty  in  thefe  Cafes  fpecially,  and  in  all  other 
Cafes  which  fhall  be  attempted  againft  the  fame 
Crown  and  Regalty  in  all  Points,  with  all  then- 
Power.  (4)  And  moreover  it  was  demanded  of  the 
Lords  Spiritual  there  being,  and  the  Procurators  of 
others  being  abfent,  their  Advice  and  Will  in  all 
thefe  Cafes  ;  which  Lords,  that  is  to  fay,  the  Arch- 
bifhops,  Biihops,  and  other  Prelates,  being  in  the 
faid  Parliament  feverally  examined,  making  rrotefta- 
tions,  that  it  is  not  their  Mind  to  f  deny,  nor  affirm,  f  Say.- 
that  the  Biftiop  of  Rome  may  not  excommunicate 
Bifhops,  nor  that  he  may  make  Tranflation  of  Pre- 
lates after  the  Law  of  holy  Church,  anfwered  and 
faid,  That  if  any  Executions  of  Proceffes  made  in 
the  King's  Court  as  before  be  made  by  any,  and 
Cenfures  of  Excommunications  to  be  made  againft: 
any  Bifhops  of  England,  or  any  other  of  the  King's 
Liege  People,  for  that  they  have  made  Execution 
of  fuch  Commandments  ;  and  that  if  any  Execu-  The  Promife  of 
tions  of  fuch  Tranflations  be  made  of  any  Prelates the  Lords  SP"- 
'  of  the  fame  Realm,  which  Prelates  be  very  profitable  T"3' touchlns 

1  rr  .  r'iTji_T^-  i  the  Commons 

•  and  neceliary  to  our  laid  Lord  the  King,    and  to  petition. 
'  his  faid  Realm,  or  that  the  fage  People  of  his  Coun- 
;  cil,  without  his  Affent,  and  againft  his  Will,  be  re— 
:  moved  and  carried  out  of  the  Realm,    fo  that  the 
:  Subftance  and  Treafure  of  the  Realm  may  be  con- 
'  fumed,    that  the  fame  is  againft  the  King  and  his 
:  Crown,    as  it  is  contained  in  the  Petition  before 
'  named.     (5)    And  likewife  the   fame   Procurators,  The  Promife  of 
:  everyone  by  himfelf  examined  upon  the  faid  Mat-  the  Procurators  ■ 
'  ters,  have  anfwered  and  faid  in  the  Name,    and  for"/;^^ 
:  their  Lords,    as  the  faid  Bifhops  have  faid  and  an-  atfentT 
:  fwered,    and  that  the  faid  Lords  Spiritual  will  and 
;  ought  to  be  with  the  King  in  thefe  Cafes  in  law- 
;  fully  maintaining  of  his  Crown,   and  in  all  other 
;  Cafes  touching  his  Crown  and  his  Regalty,  as  they 
;  be  bound  by  their  Ligeance  ;"   '  (6)  whereupon  our 
faid  Lord  the  King,  by  the  Aflent  aforefaid,   and  at 
the  Requeft  of  his  faid  Commons,  hath  ordained  and 
eftabliihed,  That  if  any  purchafe  or  purfue,  or  caufe  Prsmunire  for  •• 
to  be  purehafed  or  purfued  in  the  Court  of  Rome,  or  purchafing  of 
elfewhere,  by  any  fuch  Tranflations,  Procefles,  and  ^u'ls  or  other  ' 
Sentences  of  Excommunications,  Bulls,  Inftrumentc^  f"0m°R0me  or 
or  any  other  Things   whatfoever  which  touch   the  elfewhere: 
King,    againft   him,   his  Crown,    and  his  Regakn,  27  Ed.  3,  flav- 
or his  Realm,  as  is  aforefaid,  and  they  which  bring  Xi  c>  '■ 
within  the  Realm,  or  them  receive,  or  make  thereof  7^d'  z'  cf'  g1* 
Notification,    or  any  other  Execution    whatfoever  g  Ed'.A.f.  j.. 

within : 


40 8       C.  6. 


Anno  dccimo  fexto  Richardi  II. 


See  C.EI.  C.I. 
for  the  Penally 
of  maintaining 
the  Authority  of 
Rotr.e,  and  1 3  £/, 
c.  2.  aga'tnjl 
•bringing  Bulh, 
&c.  from  Rome. 


Regift.  jud.  82. 
Co.  pla.  435. 
Raflvz^..  465. 


{  within  the  fame  Realm  or  without,  that  they,  their 
'  Notaries,  Procurators,  Maintainers,  Abettors,  Fau- 
'  tors,  and  Counfellors,  {hall  be  put  out  of  the  King's 
'  Protection,  (7)  and  their  Lands  and  Tenements, 
'  Goods  and  Chatties,  forfeit  to  our  Lord  the  King  ; 
'  (8)  and  that  they  be  attached  by  their  Bodies,  if  they 
'  may  be  found,  and  brought  before  the  King  and  his 
'  Council,  there  to  anfwer  to  the  Cafes  aforeTaid,  (9) 
'  or  that  Procefs  be  made  againft  them  by  Praemunire 
■'  facias,  in  Manner  as  it  is  ordained  in  other  Statutes 
'  of  Provifors,  fio)  and  other  which  do  fue  in  any 
'  other  Court  in  Derogation  of  the  Regalty  of  our  Lord 
'  the  King.' 


A.  D.  1392. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
inz  mefme  le  Roialme  ou  dehors  foient  ils  lour  no- 
tairs  procuratours  meintenours  abbettours  fautours 
et  confeillours  mys  hors  de  la  protection  noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roy  et  lours  terres  et  tenementz  biens 
et  chatieux  forfaitz  au  Roy  noftre  Seignur  et  ails 
foient  attachez  par  lour  corps  fits  purront  eftre 
trovez  et  amefnez  de  vaunt  le  Pv.oy  et  fon  confeil 
pur  yrefpondre  es  cafes  avauntditz  ou  qe  proceffe 
foit  fait  devers  eux  par  premunire  facias  en  manere 
come  eft  ordeigne  en  autres  eftatutz  des  provifours 
et  autres  qui  feuent  en  autry  courte  en  derogation 
de  la  regalie  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy. 


CAP.    VI. 

A  Repeal  of  the  Part  of  the  Statute  of  13  R.  2.  Stat.  2.  c.  1. 

taineth  a  Pardon. 


touching  his  Forfeiture  that  ob- 


Tn  a  Pardon  of 
Murder,  Trea- 
■fbn,  or  Rape, 
the  Offence  /hall 
be  compriied. 


A  Confirmation 
-of  the  firft  Part 
of  the  Statute 
of  1.3  R.  2. 
ftat.  2.  c.  I. 
End  a  Repeal  of 
the  latier  Part 
thereof. 


I 


TEM,  Whereas  in  an  Article  of  a  Statute  made 
in   the  Parliament   holden   at   JVe/ltninfter,    the 
Monday  next  after   the  Feaft   of  St.   Hillary,    the 
Thirteenth  Year  of  the  Reign  that  now  is,  it  was 
ordained  and  granted,  That  no  Charter  of  Pardon 
from  thence  fhould  be  allowed  before  any  Juftices 
for  Murder,  Death  of  a  Man  ilain  by  Await,  Af- 
fault,  or  Malice  prepenfed,  Treafon,  or  Rape  of  a 
Woman,  if  it  were  not  fpecified  in  the  fame  Char- 
ter,    (z)  And  if  any  Charter  of  the  Death  of  Man 
were  alledged  be-fore  any  Juftices,  in  which  Charter 
was  not  fpecified,    that  he  of  whofe  Death  any 
fuch  was   arraigned,    was  murthered,    or  flain  by 
Await,  Aflault,    or  Malice  prepenfed,    the  Juftices 
fhould   inquire,    by    a  good   Inqueft  of  the   Vijne 
where  the  dead  Perfon  was  flain,  if  he  were  mur- 
dered or  flain  by  Await,   Aflault,    of  Malice  pre- 
penfed ;    and  if  they  fhould  find  that  he  was  mur- 
dered  or  flain  by  Await,  Aflault,   or  Malice  pre- 
penfed, the  Charter  fhould  be  difallowed,  and  more- 
over done  as   the  Law  fhould   require;"    '  which 
Things  our  Lord  the  King  doth  will  and  grant,  that 
they  fhall   be  firmly  holden   and   kept.      (3)    And 
moreover,  by  the  Aflfent  of  the  Lords  in  this  prefent 
Parliament,  and  at  the  Prayer  of  the  Commons,  he 
hath  ordained  and  granted,  That  the  Refidue  of  the 
faid  Article  fhall  be  wholly  out,  repealed,  and  ad- 
nulled  ;  that  is  to  fay,  If  any  fue  to  the  King,'  &c. 
to  the  End  of  cap.  1 .]■    '  (8)  becaufe  that  the  faid  Com- 
mons  of  the  Realm   fithence   have   perceived  great 
Grievance  of  this  Ordinance  aforefaid,  for  that  ma- 
ny People  for  Malice  have  indicted  divers  Perfons  of 
Murder,  Death  of  a  Man  flain  by  Await,  Aflault, 
and  Malice  prepenfed,  and  Treafon,  where  in  Truth 
there  was  no  fuch  Caufe,  to  the  Intent  that  no  Man 
fhould  be  bold  to  fue  to  the  King  our  Lord  for  fuch 
Charter.' 


TEM  come  en  un  article  dun  eftatut  fait  a  par- 
lement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  Lunedy  prochein  apres 
le  feft  de  SeintHiller  Ian  xiii.  noftre  Seignur  leRoy 
qore  eft  ordeigne  fuift  et  graunte  qe  nulle  chartre 
de  pardon  delors  ferroit  allowe  devaunt  queconques 
Juftices  pur  murdre  mort  de  homme  occys  par 
agaite  aflaut  ou  malice  prepenfe  trefon  ou  rape  de 
femme  fi  mefme  le  murdre  ou  mort  de  homme  oc- 
cys par  agait  aflaute  ou  malice  prepenfe  trefon  ou 
rape  de  femme  ne  feufTent  efpecifiez  en  mefme  la 
chartre  et  ft  chartre  de  mort  de  homme  feufle  a- 
legge  devaunt  queconqes  Juftices  en  quelle  chartre 
ne  feufle  efpecifiez  qe  celuy  de  qi  mort  afcune  tie! 
feufle  arrene  feufle  murdre  ou  occys  par  agait  af- 
faut  au  malice  prepenfe  enquergeroient  les  Juftices 
par  bone  enquefte  del  vifne  ou  le  mort  feuft  occys 
fil  feuft  murdre  ou  occys  par  agaite  aflaut  ou  ma- 
lice prepenfe  et  fils  troeverent  qil  feuft  murdre  on 
occys  par  agaite  aflaut  ou  malice  prepenfe  firroit 
la  chartre  difallowe  et  outre  fait  folonc  ceo  qe  la 
ley  demaunderoit  les  queux  chofes  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roi  voet  et  grante  qils  foient  fermement  tenuz 
et  gardez.  Et  outre  de  laflent  des  Seignurs  en  ceft 
prefent  parlement  et  a  la  prier  de  fa  dit  commu- 
nalte  ad  ordeigne  et  graunte  qe  le  remenant  du  dit 
article  foit  de  tout  oufte  repelle  et  adnulle  ceftafla- 
voire  Qe  fi  afcun  prieroit  au  Roy  &c.  ad  fhicm 
cap.  1.  pur  ceo  qe  la  dite  communalte  du  Roialme 
puis  en  cea  ount  fentu  moult  grant  grevance  del 
ordinance  avauntdite  a  caufe  qe  plufours  gentz  par 
malice  ount  endite  diverfes  perfonnes  de  murdre 
mort  de  homme  occys  par  agait  aflaut  &  malice 
prepenfe  &  trefon  ou  en  verite  le  cas  ne  feuft  pas 
tiel  a  fyn  qe  null  homme  ofereit  prier  a  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  pur  tiele  chartre. 


EX  vicecomiti  Kane'  falutem.  Quoddam  ftatutum  in  parliamento  naftro  apud  Wynton'  in  orftabis 
fan£ti  Hillarii  ultimo  preteritis  convocato  de  aflenfu  Prelatorum  Magnaturn  &:  Communitatis  reel* 
jioftri  Anglie  ibidem  exiftentium  ad  communem  utilitatem  populi  ejufdem  regni  editum  tibi  mittimus  figillo 
noftro  confignatum  mandantes  quod  ftatutum  predi&um  ac  omnes  &  fingulos  articulos  in  eodem  contentos 
infra  ballivam  tuam  in  locis  ubi  melius  expedire  videris  legi  &  publice  proclamari  ac  quantum  ad  te  pertinet 
inviolabiliter  obfervari  facias.     T.  R.  apud  Weftm'  primo  die  Maii. 

Per  ipfum  Regem< 

Confnnilia  brcvia  diriguntur  fmgulh  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam  ac  ^Johanni  Duci  Aquiianu  £if  Lancaflrie  iff  ejus 

Cancellario  in  di£ia  ducatu  Lancaflrie  fub.  cadem  data, 

Per  ipfum  Regcm. 

Statutes 


A.  D.  1393.  Anno  decimo  feptlmd  R  icha  rd  1  II.  C.  r,  2.       409 

Statutes  made  at  Weftminfler,    Anno    17  Rich.  II.  and  Anno  Dom. 

r393- 


Ex  Ret.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  5. 

CES  font  les  chofes  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  par 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  a  ion  parlement  a 
Weftm'  al  quinzeine  de  feint  Hiller  Ian  de 
fon  regne  dys  &  feptifme  par  afl'ent  du  dit  parle- 
ment les  quelles  il  voet  &  comande  qils  foient  fer- 
ftiement  tenuz  &  gardez  folonc  la  purport  dicelles. 


THESE  be  the  Things  ordained  and  eftabli'fh- 
ed  by  our  Lord  the  King  at  his  Parliament 
holden  at  Weftminjler  the  fifteenth  Day  of 
St.  Hillary,  the  feventeenth  Year  of  his  Reign,  by 
the  Aflent  of  the  faid  Parliament,  which  he  doth  will 
and  command,  that  they  fliall  be  firmly  holden  and 
kept  after  the  Purport  of  the  fame." 


CAP.    I. 

There  fliall  be  no  melting  of  Money  to  make  any  Thing  thereof.     Foreign  Money  fhall  not  be 

current. 


PRimerement  qe  come  ordeigne  fuift  par  le  noble 
Roi  Edward  Aiel  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  Ian 
de  fon  regne  difme  qe  null  efterlyng  mail  ne  fer- 
lyng  foit  found  u  pur  veflel  nautre  chofe  ent  affaire 
par  orfevre  nautres  fur  peine  deforfaiture  de  mondie 
foundu  &emprifonement  del  foundour  tanqil  avera 
renduz  au  Roi  la  moite  de  ceo  qil  avera  iflint  foun- 
du Nientcontrefteant  chartre  ou  franchife  grantez 
ou  ufez  a  contraire  accordez  eft  &  afTentuz  qe  la 
dite  ordinance  foit  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez.  Et 
enoutre  eft  ordenez  &  afTentuz  qe  nul  grote  ne  di- 
my  grote  foit  foundu  par  nully  pur  veflel  nautre 
chofe  ent  affaire  fur  mefme  la  peine.  Et  qe  nul 
monoie  dore  ne  dargent  dEfcoce  ne  des  autres  ter- 
res  dela  la  meer  courge  en  nul  manere  paiement 
deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  mais  foit  portez  a  la 
bullion  pur  y  eftre  tournez  en  la  coigne  dEngleterre 
fur  peine  de  forfaiture  dicelle  &  demprifonement  & 
fyn  &  raunceon  de  cely  qi  face  le  contraire  et  qe 
nul  porte  nenvoie  afcune  monoie  dEngleterre  en 
Efcoce  pur  le  chaunger  en  monoie  ou  pur  monoie 
dEfcoce  fur  la  peine  profcheine  avauntdite. 


\i 


C  A 


"  T7'  I R  S  T,  Where  it  was  ordained  by  the  noble  9  Ed.  3.  (tat.  ti 

"  JF    King  Edward,  Grandfather  to  our  Lord  the  c-  3- 

"  King,  the  *  ninth  Year  of  his  Reign,  That  no  Ster-  ^"jK. 

"  ling,  Half-peny,  nor  Farthing,  fhall  be  molten  for  melted  for     6 

"  Veflel,  nor  other  Thing  thereof  to  be  made  by  the  Veffel; 

"  Goldfmith,  nor  others,  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  *  Tenth. 

"  the   Money  fo  molten,    and  Imprifonment  of  the 

"  Founder,  till  he  have  yielded  to  the  King  the  half  of 

"  that  which  he  hath  fo  molten,  notwithstanding  any 

"  Charter  or  Franchife  granted  or  ufed  to  the  contra- 

"  ry;"    '  it  is   accorded  and   affented,  That  the  faid 

'  Ordinance  fhall   be  firmly  holden  and   kept.     And  nor  Groat  nor 

'  moreover  it  is  ordained  and  affented,  That  no  Groat  half  Groat. 

'  nor  half  Groat  fhall  be  molten  by  any  Man  to  make  I7  Ed>4,  Cl  x* 

'  Veflel,  or  other  Thing  thereof,  upon  the  fame  Pain. 

'  And  that  no  Gold  nor  Silver  of  Scotland,  nor  of  other  No  foreign  Coin 

'  Lands  beyond  the  Sea,  fhall  run  in  any  manner  of  flla"  be  current 

'  Payment  within  the  Realm  of  England,  but  fliall  be  in  En8lafld  » 

'  brought  to   the  Bullion,  there  to   be  molten  in  the 

'  Coin  of  England,    upon  Pain   of   Forfeiture  of  the 

'  fame,   and  of  Imprifonment,    Fine,   and  Ranfom  of 

'  him  which  doth  contrary;  and   that  no  Man  fliall  nor  Exchange 

'  fend  any  Englijh  Money  into  Scotland  to  change  the  M0tVfor  Scot* 

'  fame  in  Money,  or  for  Scottijh  Money,  upon  the  Pain  ti/h™Money. t0  * 

'   next  aforefaid.  Enforced  by  lqH. 

7.  c.  5.    I3&14 
p         TT  Car.  2.  c.  31. 


Every  Perfon  may  make  Cloth  of  what  Length  and  Breadth  he  will. 


ITEM  qe  chefcun  homme  de  Roialme  purra 
faire  mettre  a  vent  &  vendre  draps  fibien  de 
Karfeys  come  autres  de  tiel  longure  &  laeure  come 
luyplerra  paiant  launage  fubfide  &  autres  devoirs 
ceftaflavoir  dechefcune  pece  dedrap  folonc  lafferant 
nientcontrefteant  afcun  eftatut  ordinance  procla- 
mation reftreint  ou  defenfe  fait  au  contraire.  Et 
qe  nully  vende  ne  mette  a  vendre  afcuns  draps 
avaunt  qils  foient  aunez  par  launour  du  Roi  &  en- 
feallez  du  feal  a  ceo  ordeigne  fur  les  peines  conte- 
nuz  en  leftatutz  ent  faitz.  Et  qe  nully  mette  ne 
nielle  cauce  ne  face  autre  fraude  en  les  draps  de 
Kerfeys  fur  peine  deforfaiture  dicelles. 

Word  Cletb,  fee  47  Ed.  3.  c,  I. 


ITEM,  That  every  Man  of  the  Realm  may  make,  4  H.  4.  c.  24V 
and  put  to  Sale  and  fell  Cloths,  as  well  Kerfeys  *^P-  5  &  6 
as  others,  of  fuch  Length  and  Breadth  as  him  pleafe,     • 0>  c>  • 
paying   the   Aulnage,    Subfidy,    and  other  Duties; 
that  is  to  fay,  of  every  Piece  of  Cloth  after  the  Rate, 
notwithftanding  any  Statute,  Ordinance,  Proclama- 
tion, Reftraint,  or  Defence  made  to  the  contrary.  No  CI°th  ftall 
And  that  none  fliall  fell  or  put  to  Sale  any  Cloths  be-  bee  ^f^0.re,^ 
fore  that  they  be  meafured  by  the  King's  Aulneger,  rette/by'tlie*'1 
and  fealed  with  the  Seal  to  that  ordained,  upon  the  Aulneger. 
Pains  contained  in  the  Statutes  thereof  made.     And  There  thai]  be 
that  no  Man  fliall  put,  mingle,  caufe  *,   nor  make  ™  Deceit '" 
other  Deceit  in  the  Cloths  of  Kerfeys,  upon  Pain  of  ^at  to  be  un- 
Forfeiture  of  the  fame.'  deniood  by  the" 

Enforced  by  11  H,  6.  c.  9.     See  II  fef  Jiff.  3.  c,  20.  •which  takes  aivaf  dulnage  Duties, 


0»  mingle  caqce. 


Vol.  I. 


Ggfi 


CAR 


4-io 


C.  .1—6. 


Anno  decimo  feptimo  Richardi  II.       A.  D.  1393, 


S.f  farther  eon- 
cernblg  JVorfeds. 
7  Ed.  4.   c,  I. 


CAP.    III. 

What  Sort  of  Worfteds  may  be  carried  forth  of  the  Realm,  and  what  not. 

Ex  Rot.  InTurr.  Lond. 

ITEM  qe  les  marchants  &  overours  de  draps  appellez  fengleworftede  purront  amefner  boltes  de  fengle- 
worftede as  queux  parties  qe  lour  plerra  forfpris  as  enemys  du  Roi  paiantz  les  cuftumes  &  fubfides  ent 
duez  fanz  paier  les  devoirs  de  Caleys  nientcontrefteant  afcun  eftatut  ordenaunce  proclamation  inhibition 
lettres  maundementz  ou  chartres  libertes  ufages  ou  privileges  grantez  ou  a  grantiers  a  les  burgeis  de  Caleys 
ou  a  les  merchantz  de  leftaple  de  Caleys  ou  afcuns  autres  faitz  ou  affairs  a  contraire  &  qe  les  obligations 
&  feurtes  prifez  devaunt  ces  heures  pur  les  devoirs  de  Caleys  foient  reftitutz  &  deliverez.  Purveuz  touz 
foitz  qe  defoutz  colour  des  ditz  boltes  de  fengleworftede  ils  namefnent  afcuns  doubles  worftedes  ne  dimy 
doubles  ne  worftedes  raiez  ne  motlez  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  dicelles. 

I2#.7.<M.     5#.8.c.4.     25  H.  8.  c.  5.     33H.  g.  c.  16.  and  13  Sf  140.2.  c.5. 


CAP.    IV. 

Malt  fold  to  London  mail  be  cleanfed  from  the  Daft. 


Add  Hertford. 


Enforced,  ly- 
7,&i  Ed.  6. 
c.  10. 

See  1 3  W.  3 , 
a  Geo.  1,  c.  1 


Dyer  303. 
*  Trononr. 


ITEM,  That  the  Malt  which  fhall  be  made  in  the 
Counties  of  Huntingdon,  Gantabridge,  *  Northamp- 
ton, and  Bedford,  that  fhall  be  fold  and  brought  to 
the  City  of  London,  to  victual  the  King's  Houihold, 
and  other  Lords  Houfholds,  and  Gentlemens  there 
dwelling  and  repairing,  and  alfo  for  Suftenance  of  all 
the  People  of  the  faid  City?  fl>all  be  well  and  fuffi- 
ciently  fifted,  cleanfed,  and  purified,  before  the  Sale 
of  the  fame,  from  Duft  and  all  other  Filth,  fo  that 
the  Buyers  may  have  eight  Bufhels  of  clean  Malt  for 
the  Quarter.  And  that  the  Mayors,  Bailiffs,  and 
Wardens  of  Towns  and  Places  where  fuch  Malt 
fhall  be  fold,  fhall  have  Power  at  every  Man's  Suit 
that  will  complain,  to  fee  and  fearcri  the  faid  Malt, 
and  if  Default  be  found  thereof,  to  make  due  Re- 
drefs.' 


ITEM  qe  les  brees  qe  ferra  fait  en  les  counteey 
de  Huntyngdon  Cantebr'  Hertf'  North'  &  Bed' 
qe  ferra  venduz  &  amefnez  a  la  Citee  de  Londres1 
pur  vitailler  loftiel  du  Roi  &  les  hoftielx  dautres 
Seignurs  &  gentils  illoeqes  demorantz  Screpeirantz; 
&  auxint  pur  fuftenance  de  tout  le  poeple  de  dite 
Citee  foit  bien  et  covenablement  nettez  moundez 
&  purifiez  devaunt  le  vent  dicell  de  poudre  et  de 
tout  autre  ordure  iflint  qe  les  achatours  purront  a- 
voir  oept  buffelx  de  pure  brees  pur  le  quarter.  Et 
qe  les  m-airs  baillifs  et  gardeins  des  villes  et  lieux 
ou  tiel  brees  ferra  venduz  eient  poair  a  chefcuny 
feute  qe  pleindre  fe  voudra  de  veer  et  fercher  le  dit 
brees  et  u  defaute  foit  trove  dent  faire  due  redrefle.y 


.5.  -which  imfofes  the  Malt  Tax ;  and  farther  12  Ann. flat..  I.  c.  2.      xGeo.  x.Jlat.  2.  c.  2.      6  Geo.  I.  c.  21.      9GV0.  I.  f.  3.      liGeo,  1.  c.fa 
%GeQ,z.  c.  7.     3.0  Geo,  2.  c.  4.  aml^Geo,  2.  f.  3.  £?  7.     See  Hkeioije  the  annual  Malt  Alh% 

CAP.    V. 
A  Searcher,  Gauger,  Aulneger,  Cuftomer,  fhall  have  no  allured  Effate  in  his  Office. 


14R.  2.  e.  10. 

See  1H.4.  c.  13. 
4  H.  4.   c.  ao 
G?24.     13//.  4 
31  H.  6 


c-  5 


eii-ay  Aulr.a^e  Duties 


ITEM,  It  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  no 
Searcher,  Gauger  of  Wines,  Aulneger,  Finder*, 
nor  Weigher  of  Woolls,  or  any  other  Merchandifes, 
Collector  of  Cuftoms  and  Subfidies  whatfoever,  or 
Comptroller,  fhall  have  Eftate  in  his  Office  for  Term 
of  Life,  or  of  Years ;  but  that  the  faid  Offices  fhall 
remain  in  the  King's  Hands  under  the  Governance  of 
the  Treafurer  for  the  Time  being,  with  the  Affent 
of  the  Council,  when  Need  is ;  and  if  any  Charters 
or  Letters  Patents  be  made  to  the  contrary,  they  fhall 
be  clearly  adnulled,  void,  and  of  none  Effeft.' 

I  Eliz.  t.  11./.  8.    J 3  El.  c.  tj.fetl.  5.  -which  put  Cujlomen,  &e.  under  feveral  Reftri&ions. 


ITEM  ordeignez  eft  et  eftabli  qe  null  fercheour 
gaugeour  des  vins  auneour  tronour  qu  peifour  de 
leynes  ou  afcuns  autres  marchandifes  colleftours  de 
cuftumes  et  fubfides  quecunqes  ou  controllour  eit 
eftat  en  fon  office  a  terme  de  vie  ou  des  ans  eins  qe 
les  ditz  offices  demurgent  es  mains  du  Roi  fouz  go- 
vernance del  Treforer  pur  le  temps  efteant  ovefqe 
lafient  du  confeil  quant  y  bofoigne  et  fi  afcuns  char- 
tres ou  lettres  patentes  foient  faitz  au  contraire  foi- 
ent outrement  voides  et  de  nul  effecl:. 


See  likewife  II  &  12  W.  3,  c,  20.  -which  taiet 


C  A  P.    VL 

Upon  an  untrue  Suggeftion  in  the  Chancery,  Damages  may  be  awarded. 


"  TTE M,  Forafmuch  as  People  be  compelled  to 
"  1  come  before  the  King's  Council,  or  in  the  Chan- 
"  eery  by  Writs  grounded  upon  untrue  Suggeftions  ;" 
*  that  the  Chancellor  for  the  Time  being,  prefently  af- 
'  ter  that  fuch  Suggeftions  be  duly  found  and  proved 
'  untrue,  fhall    have  Power  to  ordain  and  award  Da- 

*'Auhta-a  r'f' '  rr,a2es  according  to  his  Difcretion,  to  him  which  is  fo 

Zg"liud"tM     '  troubled  unduly,  as  afore  is  faid.' 

Surety  found  tojatUfy  Defendant  hit  Damagci,  if  Bill  not  verified.     4  Inft,  82. 


ITEM  qe  qantgentz  font  faitz  venir  devaunt  It: 
counfeil  du  Roi  ou  en  la  Chancellarie  par  brief* 
founduz  fur  fuggeftions  nient  vrais  qe  le  Chanceller 
pur  le  temps  efteant  maintenant  apres  qe  tielx  fug- 
geftions font  duement  trovezetprovez  nient  verita- 
bles  eit  poair  dordeigner  et  agarder  damages  folonc 
fa  difcretion  a  celuy  qeft  iflint  travaillez  noun  due- 
ment come  defuis. 

CAP. 


A.  D.  1393.       Anno  decimo  feptimo  Richardi  II. 


C.  7 — 9.       41  r 


CAP.     VII. 

All  the  King's  Subjeds  may  carry  Corn  out  of  the  Realm  when  they  will. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  le  Roiala  requeft  des  Communes  a  luy  fait  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  ad  graunte  licence  a  touz  fes  Rep.  ijat.t. 
liges  de  fon  Roialme  dEngleterre  de  fldpper  &  amefner  bleds  hors  de  dit  Roialme  as  queux  parties  qe  lour  c<  «8> 
plerra  horfpris  as  enemys  paiantz  les  fubfides  &  devoirs  ent  duez  nientcontrefteant  afcune  ordinance  procla- 
mation ou  defenfe  fait  devaunt  ces  heures  a  contraire  Nientmeins  ils  voet  qe  fon  confeil  purra  reftreindre  le 
dit  pafiage  quant  lour  femblera  bofoignable  pur  profit  de  Roialme. 

CAP.    VIII. 

The  Sheriff's,  and  all  other  the  King's  Officers,  fhall  fupprefs  Rioters,  and  imprifon  them,  and 

all  other  offending  againft  the  Peace. 


ITEM  coment qa parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm' Ian 
du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qore  eft  quint 
pur  ceo  qe  villeins  et  autres  meffefours  tard  devaunt 
leverent  par  affemblees  et  outrageoufe  nombre  en 
diverfes  parties  de  Roialme  encontre  la  dignitee  no- 
ftre Seignur  le  Roi  et  fa  corone  et  les  leies  de  fa 
terre  defendu  fuift  par  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  eftroi- 
tement  a  touz  maners  des  gentz  qe  nul  delors  fer- 
roit ou  recomenceroit  tielx  riot  ou  rumour  nautres 
femblables  et  fi  nully  le  ferroit  et  ceo  prove  due- 
ment  ferroit  fait  de  luy  come  de  traitour  au  Roi  et 
fon  Roialme  Nientmeins  grevoufe  pleint  fuift  fait  a 
noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  en  ceft  prefent  parlement 
qe  diverfes  gentz  nient  eiantz  consideration  a  dit  de- 
fenfe fibien  en  les  countees  de  Ceftre  Lancaftre  et 
aillours  en  Engleterre  ont  faitz  tielx  affemblees  en 
outrageoufe  nombre  pur  accomplir  lour  malice  en-* 
contre  la  pees  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  fa  corone  et  fa 
dignite  et  les  leies  de  fa  terre  par  quoi  noftre  Seig- 
nur le  Roi  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  ad  defendu  a 
touz  fes  lieges  fibien  Seignurs  come  autres  de  que- 
cunqe  eftat  qils  foient  qe  null  face  tielx  affemblees 
riot  ou  rumour  encontre  la  pees  en  nul  manere  et  ft 
afcun  tiel  affemble  foit  comenceant  a  pluis  toft  qe 
vifcontz  et  autres  miniftres  le  Roi  poent  ent  avoir 
coniffance  ove  la  force  du  countee  et  pais  ou  tie! 
cas  aviegne  mettent  deftourbance  encontre  tiel  ma- 
lice ove  tout  lour  poair  et  preignent  tielx  meffe- 
fours et  les  mettent  en  prifone  tanqe  due  execution 
de  leie  foit  fait  de  eux  &  qe  touz  Seignurs  &  autres 
liges  du  Roialme  foient  entendantz  &  aidantz  de 
tout  lour  force  &  poair  as  vifcontz  &  miniftres  a- 
vauntditz  en  tiel  cas. 


r./aM.c  8&f  9.     11H.7.C.7.     I9H.  7.  e.  13.     iiH.  S.  c. 

vib'iib  lofl  Act  certain  Kindt  if  Rials  arc  made  Felony  -without  Benefit 


"  ¥  TEM,   Whereas  at  the  Parliament  holden  at  Enforcedly 

"  1  Wejlmhi/ier,   the  *  Tenth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  '  ^ H- «■■  c- 7. 

"  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King  that  now  is ;  forafmuch  "yo"  ?6Ci 

"  as  Villaines  and  other  Offenders  of  late  have  rifen  by  *  piftb?  '      ' 

"  Affemblies  and  outrageous  Number  in  divers  Parties 

"  of  the  Realm,  againft  the  King's  Dignity  and  his 

"  Crown,  and  the  Laws  of  his  Land  j  it  was  ftraintly 

"  defended  by  the  King  to  all  Manner  of  People,  That 

"  none  from  henceforth  fhould  make,  or  begin  again 

"  fuch   Riot  or  Rumour,  nor  other  like;  and  if  any 

"  Man  did,  and  that  duly  proved,  he  fhould  be  taken 

"  as  a  Traytor  to  the  King  and  his  Realm.    Neverthe- 

"  lefs  a  grievous  Complaint  was  made  to  our  Sovereign 

"  Lord  the  King  in  this  prefent  Parliament,  That  di^ 

"  verfe  People  not  having  Confideration  to  the  faid  De- 

"  fence,  as  well  in  the  Counties  of  Chefler,  Lancafteri 

"  and  elfewhere  in  England^,  have  made  fuch  Afl'em- 

"  blies  in  outragious  Manner,  to  accomplifh  their  Ma- 

"  lice  againft  the  King's  Peace,  his  Crown,  his  Dig- 

"  nity,  and  the  Laws  of  his  Land  :"    '  Wherefore  our 

'  Sovereign  Lord  the  King  in  this  prefent  Parliament 

'  hath  defended  to  all  the  liege  People,  as  well  Lords 

'  as  other3   of  whatfoever  Eftate  that  they  be,  that 

'  none  fhall  make  fuch  Affemblies,  Riot,  or  Rumour 

4  againft  the  Peace  in  no  wife ;  and  if  any  fuch  Affem- 

'  bly  be  begun  as  foon  as  the  Sheriffs  and  other  the 

4  King's  Minifters  may  thereof  have  Knowledge,  they 

\  with  the  Strength  of  the  County  and  Country,  where 

'  fuch  Cafe  fhall  happen,  fhall  fet  Difturbance  againft 

'  fuch  Malice  with  all  their  Power,  and  fhall  take  fuch 

'  Offenders,  and  them  put  in  Prifon,  till  due  Execu- 

'  tion  of  the  Law  be  of  them  made,  and  that  all  Lords 

'  and  other  liege  People  of  the  Realm,  fhall  be  attend- 

'  ing  f  with  all  their  Strength  and  Power  to  the  She-  t  Aii  ani  <*id~ 

'  rifts  and  Minifters  aforefaid.'  '  '31'     , 

dec  farther  2  //. 
io.     3  &  4  Ed.  6,  c  5.     1  Afar.  JrJJ'.  2.  r.  12.     1  E!.  c.  16=     and  1  Geo,  1 .  flat,   s,  c.  5.  by 
»f  Clergy, 


CAP.     IX. 

Juftices  of  Peace  fhall  be  Confervatofs  of  the  Statutes  made  touching  Salmons. 


ITEM  come  contenu  foit  en  leftatut  de  Weftm' 
feconde  qe  falmofeux  ne  foient  prifez  ne  de- 
ftruitz  par  rees  ne  par  autres  engines  a  leftankes  de 
molyns  de  dimy  April  tanqe  la  Nativite  de  feint 
Johan  le  Baptiftre  fur  certeine  peine  limite  en  mef- 
me  leftatut.  Etcome  par  eftatut  fait  Ian  trefzime 
.noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qore  eft  ordeigne  fuift  qe  le 
dit  eftatut  de  Weftm'  feconde  ferroit  fermement  te- 
nuz Scgardez  ajoufte  a  icell  qe  falmofeux  ne  fuffent 
prifez  &  leftankes  des  molyns  naillours  fur  mefme  la 


,  (H:.  j. 


ITEM,  Where  it  is  contained  in  the  Statute  of  13  Ed.  s. 
Wejlminjler  the  Second,  that  young  Salmons  fhall  c.  47-  , 
not  be  taken  nor  deftroyed  by  Nets,  or  by  other  En-  '3  ^^  ftat'  *• 
gines,  at  the  Stanks  of  Mills,  from  the  Midft  ofc''9' 
April  till  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  the  Bapii/I,  upon 
a  certain  Pain  limited  in  the  fame  Statute:  And 
whereas  by  a  Statute  made  the  xiii  Year  of  the  King 
that  now  is,  it  was  ordained,  That  the  faid  Statute 
of  Weflminjler  the  Second  fhould  be  firmly  holden  and 
kept,  (2)  joyning  to  the  fame,  That  young  Salmons 
G  g  g  s  "  fhould 


4i2       C.  9. 


Anno  decimo  feptimo  Richardi  II.       A.  D.  1393, 


Stalkers  nor 
cthtr  Nets /hall 
be  ufed  to  de- 
stroy the  Fry  or 
Breed  of  Fiffi, 


The  juftices  of 
Peace /hall  be 
Confervators  of 
the  Siatute  of 
3  3  Ed.  1.  flat,  I. 


Ur^er  Confer- 
vators appointed 
ky  tie  juftrces. 


fhould  not  be  taken  at  the  Mills,  Stanks,  or  elfe- 
where,  upon  the  fame  Pain :  And  that  no  Fifher  nor 
Garthman,  nor  none  other,  of  what  Eftate  or  Con- 
dition that  he  were,  {hould  not  put  from  henceforth 
in  the  Waters  of  Thamife,  Humber,  Oufe,  Trent,  nor 
none  other  Water  of  the  Realm,  by  the  faid  Time, 
nor  by  none  other  Time  of  the  Year,  any  Nets  cal- 
led Stalkers,  nor  other  Nets  or  Engines  whatfoever, 
whereby  the  Fry  or  Breed  of  Salmons,  Lampreys, 
or  of  any  other  Fifh  whatfoever,  may  in  any  wife  be 
taken  or  deftroyed,  upon  the  Pain  aforefaid.     And 
alfo  it  was  rehearfed   in  the  faid  Statute,  made  the 
faid  thirteenth  Year,  that  where   it  is  contained  in 
the  fame  Statute  of  JVeJlminJler,  that  all  the  Waters, 
in  which  Salmons  be  taken  in  the  Realm,  fhall  be 
put  in  Defence,  as  to  the  taking  of  Salmons,  from 
the  Day  of  the  Nativity  of  our  Lady,  till  St.  Mar- 
tins Day ;  it  was  ordained  and  affented  in  the  faid 
Statute  made  in  the  faid  xiii.  Year,  That  the  Waters 
of  Lone,  Wyre,  Merfee,  Rybbyl,  and  all   other  Wa- 
ters in  the  County  of  Lancajler,  fhould  be  put  in  De- 
fence, as  to  the  taking  of  Salmons,  from  the  Day  of 
St.  Michael  till  the  Day  of  the  Purification  of  our 
Lady,  and  in  none  other  Time  of  the  Year,  becaufe 
that  Salmons  be  feafonable  in  the  faid  Waters  by  the 
Time  aforefaid.     And  that  in  the  Parts  where  fuch 
Rivers   be,  good  and  fufficient  Confervators  of  the 
faid  Statute  made  the  faid  thirteenth  Year  (hould  be 
afligned  and  fworn,  as  it  was  ordained  in  the  Statute 
of  JVeJiminJler,  and  that  they  fhould  punifh  the  Of- 
fenders upon  the  Pain  contained  in  the  fame  Statute 
of  JVeJlminJler,  without  mewing  any  Favour  thereof; 
which  Statutes  have  not  been  hitherto  duly  executed 
for  Default  of  good  Confervators,  as  our  faid  Lord 
the  King  hath  perceived  by  Complaint  to  him  made 
in  this  prefent  Parliament :"    '  Wherefore  it  is  ac- 
corded and  affented,  That  the  Juftices  of  the  Peace 
of  all  the  Counties  of  England  fhall  be  Confervators 
of  the  faid  Statutes  in  the  Counties  where  they  be 
Juftices ;  and  that  they  and   every  of  them,    at  all 
Times  when  they  may  attend,  fhall  furvey  the  Of- 
fences and  Defaults  attempted  againft  the  Statutes 
aforefaid;  and  alfo  fhall  furvey    and  fearch  all  the 
Wears  in  fuch  Rivers,  that  they  fhall  not  be  very 
ftrait  for  the  Deftrudfion  of  fuch  Fry  and  Brood,  but 
of  reafonable  Widenefs  after  the  old  Affife  ufed  or 
accuftomed;  and   that  the  fame  Juftices,  or  any  of 
them,  which  fhall  find  Default  or  Abufe  againft  the 
Statutes  aforefaid,  fhall  make  due  Punifliment  .of  them 
which  be  found  in  Default  after  the  Content  of  the 
fame  Statute.     And  that  the  fame  Juftices  fhall  put 
good  and  fufficient  Under  Confervators  of  the  fame 
Statutes  under  them,  which  fhall  be  fworn  to  make 
like   Surveying,    Search,    and  Punifhment,  without 
any  Favour  thereof  to  be  fhewed.     And  moreover, 
that  the  fame  Juftices,  in  their  Seffions,  fhall  inquire 
as  well  by  their  Office,  as  at  the  Information  of  the 
Under  Confervators  aforefaid,  of  all  Trefpaffes,  Mif- 
prifions,  and  Defaults  made  againft  any  of  the  Points 
aforefaid,  and  fhall  caufe  them  which  be  thereof  in- 
dicted to  come  before  them,  and  if  they  be  thereof 
convift,    they  fhall   have  Imprisonment,    and  make 
Fine  after  the  Difcretion  of  the  fame  Juftices;. and  if 
the  fame  be  at  the  Information  of  any  of  the  Under 
Confervators  aforefaid,  the  fame  Under  Confervator 
fhall  have  the  half  of  the  fame  Fine.     And  forafmuch 
as  it  is  granted  to  the  Citizens  of  London,  by  the 
King's  Progenitors,  that  they  may  remove  and  take 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
peine  &  qe  null  pefchour  ne  garthman  ne  null  autre 
de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qil  fufie  ne  mettroit  de- 
lors  en  avaunt  en  les  eawes  de  Thamife  Humbre 
Oufe  Trent  ne  nulle  autre  eawe  du  Roialme  parle 
dit  temps  ne  par  null  autre  temps  del  an  afcuns  rees 
appellez  ftalkers  nautres  rees  nengines  quecunqes 
par  les  quels  le  frie  ou  brood  des  falmons  Iaumprais 
ou  dautre  peffoun  quecunqe  purra  en  afcun  manere 
eftre  pris  ou  deftruitz  fur  la  peine  fuifdite.  Et 
auxint  fuit  reherce  en  ledit  eftatutfait  lantrefzifme 
avaunt  qe  come  contenu  foit  en  mefme  leftatut 
de  Weftm'  qe  touz  les  eawes  en  queux  falmons 
font  prifes  en  le  Roialme  foient  mifez  en  defenfe 
qant  al  prife  des  falmons  del  jour  de  fa  Nativite  de 
noftre  Dame  tanqal  jour  de  feint  Martyn  ordeigne 
fuift  &  affentuz  en  le  dit  eftatut  fait  Ian  trefzime/ 
qe  les  ewes  de  Lone  Wyre  Merfde  Ribbill  &  toua 
autres  ewes  el  counte  de  Lancaftre  fufent  mifes  en 
defenfe  qant  al  prife  de  falmons  del  jour  de  feint 
Michel  tanqal  jour  de  la  Purification  noftre  Dame 
&  en  null  autre  temps  del  an  a  caufe  qe  falmons  ne 
font  pas  feifonables  en  les  ditz  ewes  par  le  temps 
fuifdit.  Et  qe  es  parties  ou  tielx  rivers  font  fer- 
roient  affignez  &  jurrez  bones  &  fuffifantz  confer- 
vatours  de  dit  eftatut  fait  Ian  trefzime  come  fuift  or- 
deigne en  le  dit  eftatut  de  Weftm'  &  qils  punifTe- 
reient  les  trefpafours  fur  la  peine  contenue  en  mef- 
me leftatut  de  Weftm'  fanz  afcuni  favour  ent  faire- 
queux  eftatutz  nount  pas  efte  duement  executz 
tanqe  en  cea  pur  defaute  de  bones  confervatours  a 
ceo  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  ad  entendu  par  pleint 
a  luy  fait  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  par  qei  acorde 
eft  &  affentu  qe  les  juftices  de  la  pees-  en  touz  le3 
countes  dEngleterre  foient  confervatours  des  dita 
eftatutz  en  les  countees  ou  ils  font  juftices  &  que 
eux  &  chefcun  de  eux  a  touz  les  foitz  qant  ils  poi- 
ent  entendre  furveient  les  mefprifions  &  defautes 
attemptez  encontre  !es  eftatutz  avauntditz  &  auxi- 
int  furveient  &  ferchenttouz  les  gors  en  tielx  rivers 
qils  ne  foient  trop  eftreitz  pur  deftruction  de  tiel 
frie  &  brood  mes  de  refonable  overture  folonc  laun-  ! 
cien  affife  &  qe  mefmes  les  juftices  ou  celli  de  eux 
qe  trove  defaute  ou  mefprifion  encontre  les  eftatutz 
avauntditz  facent  due  puniffement  des  trefpaflburs 
folonc  la  contenue  de  mefmes  les  eftatutz.  Et  qe 
mefmes  les  juftices  mettent  bons  &  fuffifantz  fub- 
confervatours  de  mefmes  les  eftatutz  defoutz  eux 
qe  foient  jurez  de  faire  femblable  furvewe  ferche  & 
puniffement  fanz  afcun  favour  ent  faire..  Et  qe 
outre  ceo  mefmes  les  juftices  en  lour  feifions  en-  ■ 
quergent  fibien  de  lour  office  come  al  information 
des  fubconfervatours  avauntditz-  de  touz  trefpafes  • 
mefprifions  &  defautes  faitz  encontre  afcuns  des 
pointz  avauntditz  &  facent  venirdevaunt  eux  ceux 
que  foient  ent  enditez  &  fils  foient  ent  conviiflz 
eient  emprifonement  &  facent  fyn  folonc  la  difcre- 
tion de  mefmes  les  juftices  et  ft  ceo  foit  al  informa- 
tion dafcun  de  fubconfervatours  avauntditz  eit  mef- 
me le  fubconfervatour  la  moite  de  mefme  le  fin. 
Et  pur  ceo  qe  grante  eft  a  Citeins  de  Londres  par 
les  progenitours  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qils  poent 

remuor 


A.  D.  1393.       Anno  decimo  feptimo  Richardi  II.  C.  10 — 12.       413 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tit»-r.  Lond. 
remuer  &  prendre  touz  les  kydels  en  les  ewes  de 
Tamife  &  Medevvaie  &  qils  eient  les  puniffementz 
ent  a  Roi  appurtenauntz  noflre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi 
en  ceft  prefent  parlement  de  laffent  avauntdit  ad 
grante  qe  le  Mairou  Gardein  de  Londres  qi  pur  le 
temps  ferra  eit  la  confervation  des  eftatutz  avaunt- 
ditz  &  face  ent  due  execution  &  femblable  puniffe- 
ment  come  devaunt  eft  ordeigne  des  juftices  de  la 

Eees  en  la  dite  ewe  de  Tamife  del  pont  del  Stanes  a 
,ondres  &  dilloeqes  outre  en  mefme  lewe  &  en  la 
dite  ewe  de  Medewaye  fi  loyns  come  grante  eft  as 
ditz  Citeyns  come  devaunt  eft  dit. 

Piles  iff  the  Rivers  Oufe  and  Humbert  25  J/.  8.  c.  7.  I  El.  f.  17.  for 
5  W.&  M,  c.  23.  ^  Ann.  c.  21.  <j,Ann,  c.  26.  I  Geo.  i.Jlal.  2.  c. 
*nd  Improvement  of  the  Fijhery^ 


c  away  all  the  Wears  in  trie  Waters  of  Thames  and 

'  Medeway,  and  that  they  fhall  have  the  Punifhments 

'  thereof  pertaining   to  the  King ;  our  faid  Lord  the 

'  King,  in  this  prefent  Parliament,  by  the  Affent  afore- 

'  faid  hath  granted,  That  the  Mayor  or  Warden   of  The  Mayoror 

'  London  for  the  time  being  fhall  have  the  Confervation  London  ft,all 

'  of  the  Statutes  aforefaid,  and  fhall  make  thereof  due  *"""=  thc  c°a\ 

'  Execution,  and  like  Punifhment,  as  afore  is  ordain-  sTtutein'the 

'  ed  of  the  Juftices  of  the  Peace,  in  the  faid  Water  of  Thimes. 

'  Thames,  from  the  Bridge  of  Stanes  to  London,  and  SeezzEJ.^.ai 

'  from  thence  over  in  the  fame  Water,  and  in  the  fcdfir  PaMng  »f 

'  Water  of  Medeivay,  as  far  as  it  is  granted  to  the  faid  Sal"">m- 

'  Citizens,  as  afore  is  faid.'  fZplm«gdwn 

the  Preservation  of  the  Spawn.      See  farther  %Joct  I.  ct  12.      30  Car.  z.flat.  1.  c.  9.     4  SP- 
18,     5  Ceo,  I.  c,  18.  and  23  Cec.  a,  c,  2,6.  containing  farther  Provijionsfor  the  Prefervathn 


C  A  P..    X, 

Two  learned  men  in  the  Law  mall  be  in  Commiflion  of  Gaol-delivery. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  larons  notoriement  diffamez  & 
autres  prifez  ove  mainoevre  par  long  demure  en 
prifone  apres  ceo  qils  font  areftuz  font  deliverez  par 
chartres  &  favorables  enqueftes  procurez  a  grant 
anientiffement  du  poeple  Accordez  eft  &  affentuz 
qen  chefcune  commiflion  de  la  pees  parmy  le  Rxii- 
alme  ou  y  bofoignera  foient  aflignez  deux  hom- 
ines de  ley  de  mefme  le  counte  ou  tie!  commiflion 
fe  fra  daler  &z  proceder  a  deliverance  des  tielx  la- 
rons &  felons  tant  &  fi.fovent  come  bon  lourfemr- 
blera^ 


;  TTEM,    Forafmuch  as  Thieves  notorioufly  de-- 
:  A  famed,-  and   others  taken  with  the  Maner,  by" 
'  their  long  abiding  in  Prifon,  after  that  they  be  ar- 
;  refted,  be  delivered  by  Charters,  and  favourable  In- 
;  quefts  procured,  to  the  great  Hindrance  of  the  Peo- 
:  pie,"    '  it  is  accorded  and  affented,  That  in  every 
Commiflion  of  the  Peace  through  the  Realm,  where 
Need  fhall  be,  two  Men  of  Law  of  the  fame  Coun- 
ty where  fuch  Commiflion  fhall  be  made,  fhall  be  af- 
figned  to  go  and  proceed  to  the  Deliverance  of  fuch. 
Thieves  and  Felons,  as  often  as  they  fhall  think  it  4E3. 3.  c; si- 
expedient.'  Enforced  by 

r  I8H.6.CI;,' 

C  A  P.     XL 

That  Aldermen  of  London  mail  not  hereafter  be  elected  yearly,  but-  remain  until  they  be  pur 

out  for  a  reafonable  Caufe*. 

COMBIEN  qeordeine  &  grante  fuift  per  le  Roi  Edward  Befaiel  &  auxint  per  le  Roi  Edward  Aiel  4-Inft.  s'Sj;- 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft  qe  les  Aldermen.de  la  Cite  de  Londres  cefferoient  &  ferroient  remuez 
de  lour  dit  office  chefcun  an  a  le  feft  de  feint  Gregore  &  qils  ne  ferroient  mye  reefluz  Ian  profchein  enfuant 
einz  qe  autres  fufficeantes  perfones  du  dite  Cite  ferroient  chefcun  an  de  novell  efluz  &  mys  en  loffices  avant- 
ditz  Nientmeyns  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  pur  certeines  caufes  luy  efpecialment  moevantz  &  mefment  pur 
meillour  governance  de  fa  dite  Cite  en  temps  avenir  voet  &  ad  ordeine  per  advys  &  affent  de  fon  confeill 
en  ceft  prefent  parlement  qe  defore  enavant  les  Aldermen  de  la  dite  Cite  ne  foient  ouftez  ne  remuez  du 
dit  office  de  Aldermanrie  a  le  dit  feft  de  feint  Gregore  ne  null  autre  temps  del  an  fanz  honefte  &  refonable 
caufe  ne  nulles  autres  efluz  ne  mys  en  lour  lieux  einz  demoergent  avant  dan  en  an  en  lour  dit  office  tanqe  irs 
foient  remuez  pur  joufte  &  refonable  caufe  come  defuis  nientcontrefteantz  lordinances  fufdites. 

CAP.     XII. 

An  Explanation  of  the  Statute  of  28Edw.  3.  c.  10.  That  the  Mayors,  Aldermen,  &c.  of 
London  fhall  not  incur  the  Penalty  of  the  faid  Statute  for  erroneous  Judgement  given,  or  to 
be  given. 

COME  per  eftatut  fait  en  temps  le  Roy  Edward  Aiel  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft  Ian  de  fon  regne  Rep,  1  k, m 
vynt  fep.tifme  foit  ordine  &  eftabli  qe  le  Meir  Vifcontz  &  Aldermen  de  la  Cite  de  Londres  qont  le  c.  15, 
governement  du  dite  Cite  facent  redreffer  &  corriger  les  errors  defautes  &  mefprifions  qe  font  notoirement 
ufez  en  la  dite  Cite  pur  defaute  de  bon  governement  des  ditz  Meir  Vifcontz  &  Aldermen  &  les  due-- 
ment  punir  de  temps  en  temps  fur  certeine  peine  ceftaftavoir  au  primer  defaut  Mill  Marcz  au  Roy  &  a 
la  fecond  defaut  deux  Mill  Marcz  &  a  la  tierce  defaute  qe  la  franchife  du  dite  Cite  foit  pris  en  la  mayn  le 
Roy  &  qe  chefcun  des  ditz  Maire  Vifcontz  &  Aldermen  qe  vendra  devant  les  Juftices  le  Roy  en  manere 
&  forme  qeft  ordeine  per  le  dit  eftatut  refpoigne  fingulerment  pur  luy  mefmes  fibien  as  peril  des  autres  qe 
font  abfentz  come  de  luy  mefmes  Et  qe  cefte  ordinance  foit  tenu  ferme  &  eftable  nientcontrefteant  franchifee 

1  This  and  the  two-following  Chapters  are  not  upon  the  Statute  Roll,  but  are  taken  from  the  Parliament  Roll,  m.  15. 

3s  privilege: 


414       C.  i$4 


Anno  decimo  feptimo  R  i  c  h  a  r  p  i  II,       A.  D.  i 


393- 


Ex  Ret.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
privileges  ou  cuftumes  qeconqes  ficome  en  le  dit  eftatut  eft  contenuz  pluis  au  plein  Et  ore  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roy  eiant  confideration  a  la  generalte  des  ditz  paroles  ceftaffavoir  errors  defautes  &  mefprifions  &  as  diverfes 
entendementz  qent  purront  eftre  conceuz  ft  ad  a  la  fupplication  de  les  Meir  Vifcontz  &  Aldermen  de  la  dite 
Cite  declare  &  grante  per  advys  &  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituels  &  temporels  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  qii 
neft  pas  fa  volunte  ne  ion  entent  ne  lentent  du  dit  eftatut  qe  le  Meir  Vifcontz  &  Aldermen  du  dite  Cite  qore 
font  ou  ont  eftez  devant  ces  heures  ou  enapres  nencourgent  ne  portent  la  peine  du  dit  eftatut  pur  afcun  jug- 
gement  errpigne  renduz  ou  a  rendre  en  la  dite  Cite. 

CAP.    XIII. 

The  People  of  the  Ward  of  Farringdon  Without  (hall  elect  an  Alderman. 

ITEM  come  la  garde  de  Faryndon  dedeins  &  dehors  de  la  Citee  de  Loundres  eft  taunt  encrefteez  des 
pafleftions  &  enhabitantz  en  icelle  en  poi  des  ans  paffez  qe  la  governance  dicell  eft  trop  laboroufe  &  gre- 
voufe  pur  une  perfone  de  le  occupier  &  duement  governer  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  per  affent  de  fon  confeil  en 
ceft  prefent  parlement  a  la  priere  del  Mair  Aldermans  &  la  Cominalte  du  dite  Citee  ad  ordeinez  &  grantez 
qe  perentre  cy  &  le  feft  de  feint  Gregoire  profchein  avenir  les  gentz  de  la  dite  garde  de  Faryndon  dedeins 
puiffent  eflire  un  Alderman  fage  fufficeant  &  able  pur  governer  mefme  la  garde  dedeins  &  eftre  nome  lAlder- 
man  de  la  garde  de  Faryndon  dedeins  et  qe  perentre  cy  &  le  dit  feft  de  feint  Gregoire  les  gentz  de  la  garde  de 
Faryndon  dehors  puiffent  eflire  un  autre  Alderman  fage  fufficiceant  et  able  pur  governer  mefme  la  garde  dehors 
&  eftre  nomez  lAlderman  de  la  garde  de  Faryndon  dehors  Et  qe  les  ditz  deux  Aldermans  iflint  efluz  puiffent 
eftre  eftabliz  &  nemye  remoez  fi  noun  pur  caufe  refonable  come  ordeinez  eft  &  grantez  per  noftre  dit  Seignur 
le  Roi  en  ceft  parlement  des  autres  Aldermans  du  dite  Citee. 

De  prodamatione  Jlatuterum  proclamand! '. 

RE X  vicecomiti  Kane'  falutem.  Quoddam  ftatutum  in  ultimo  parliamento  noftro apud  Weftm'  tento 
per  nos  de  affenfu  Magnatum  &  Communitatis  regni  noftri  Anglie  nobifcum  ibidem  aftiftentium  editum 
tibi  mittimus  in  forma  patenti  mandantes  quod  ftatutum  illud  &  omnes  &  fingulos  articulos  in  eodem  con- 
tentqs  in  civitatibus  burgis  villis  mercatorii3  &  aliis  locis  infra  ballivam  tuam  ubi  melius  expedire  videris  pub- 
lice  proclamari  &  quantum  ad  te  pertinet  firmiter  &  inviolabiliter  obfervari  facias.  T.  R.  apud  Weftm' 
primo  die  Junii. 

Per  ipfum  Regem  &  Concilium. 

Confimilia  brevia  diriguntur  fmgulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam  ac  Johanni  Duel  Aquitanie  &  Lancajlrie  vel  ejus 

Cancellario  in  eodem  ducatu  Lancajlrie  fub  eadem  data. 


Statutes  mad$  at  Weftminfter,  Anno    20  Rich.  II.  and  Anno  Dom. 

i396- 


1  Ed.  3.  ( 
R.2.  c 


Hat.  1, 
c.  3. 

«3« 


"  f""l~^HE  King  at  his  Parliament  holden  at  Wejl- 
"  minfter  in  the  Feaft  of  St.  Vincent,  the  Twen- 

"  -*-  tieth  Year  of  his  Reign,  by  the  Affent  of  the 
"  Prelates,  Lords,  and  Commons  of  his  Realm  of 
"  England,  affembled  in  the  fame  prefent  Parliament, 
"  for  the  Quietnefs  and  Tranquillity  of  his  People, 
"  hath  made  certain  Statutes  and  Ordinances  in  the 
"  Form  which  followeth:" 


No  Man  (hall  ride  or  go  armed. 

"  T?  IRST,  Whereas  in  a  Statute  made  the  Seventh 
"  If*  Year  of  the  Reign  of  the  King  that  now  is,  it 
"  is  ordained  and  affented,  That  no  Man  {hall  ride 
'-'  armed  within  the  Realm,  againft  the  Form  of  the 
"  Statute  of  Northampton  thereupon  made,  nor  with 
"  Launcegays  within  the  fame  Realm;  and  that  the 
"  faid  Launcegays  fhall  be  utterly  put  out  within  the 
"  faid  Realm,  as  a  Thing  prohibited  by  the  King, 
"  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  the  fame  Launcegays, 
"  Armours,  or  any  other  Harnefs,  in  the  Hands  and 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m,  4. 

LE  Roy  en  fon  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  en 
la  fefte  de  Seint  Vincent  Ian  de  fon  Roialme 
vintifme  del  affent  des  Prelatz  Seignurs  & 
Communes  de  fon  Roialme  en  mefme  le  parlement 
pur  quiete  &  tranquillite  de  fon  poeple  ad  fait  cer- 
teins  eftatutz  &  ordenances  qenfuient. 


CAP.     t 


Launcegays  (hall  be  pat  out. 

PRimerement  come  en  un  eftatut  fait  Ian  feptifmff 
du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  foit  ordeignez 
&  affentuz  qe  nulle  homme  chivache  deins  le  Roi- 
alme armez  contre  la  fourme  de  leftatut  de  Nor- 
hampton  fur  ce  fait  ne  ovefqe  lancegaye  deins  mef- 
me le  Roialme  et  qe  les  ditz  lancegayes  foient  de 
tout  ouftez  deins  le  dit  Roialme  come  chofe  defen- 
due  par  le  Roy  fur  peyne  de  forfaiture  dicelles 
lancegayes  armures  &  autres  hernoysquelconqeses 
mayns  &  poffeflion  dycelx  qi  les  portera  delors  deinz 

mefme 


A.  D.  1396. 


Anno  vicefimo  Richard  1  II. 


C.  2 4.,       415 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
mefine  le  Roialme  encontre  ycelles  eftatutzet  orde- 
nances  fanzefpecialecongiedu  Roy.  Noftre  Seig- 
nur le  Roy  confiderant  le  grant  clamour  a  luy  fait 
en  celt  prefent  parlement  de  ce  qe  le  dit  eftatut  neft 
mye  tenuz  Si  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  en  mefme  le 
parlement  qe  les  ditz  eftatutz  foient  pleinement 
tenuz  &  gardez,  &  duement  executz  et  qe  les  ditz 
lancegayes  foient  tout  overtement  ouftez  fur  la 
peine  contenue  en  le  dit  eftatut  de  Norhampton  & 
outre  de  faire  fyn  &  ranceoun  au  Roy.  Et  outre 
ce  qe  null  Seignur  chivaler  nautre  petit  ne  grant 
aile  ne  chivache  par  noet  ne  jour  armez  ne  porte 
palet  ne  chapell  de  ferre  nautre  armure  fur  la  peine 
fufdite  Sauvez  &  exceptz  les  officers  &  miniftres  du 
Roy  en  faifantz  leur  offices.  Et  outre  ce  le  Roy 
voet  &  ad  ordeignez  qe  leftatut  fait  Ian  de  fon  regne 
primere  de  liveree  des  chaperons  foit  tenuz  &  gar- 
dez fur  la  peine  contenue  en  mefme  leftatut  &  fur 
peine  deftre  emprifonez  &  de  fair  fyn  Si  ranceon  an 
Roy. 


'  Poffeffion  of  them  that  bear  them  from  henceforth 
'  within  the  fame  Realm  againft  the  fame  Statutes  and 
'  Ordinances,  without  the  King's  fpecial  Licence:" 
Our  Lord  the  King,    considering  the  great  Clamour' 
made  to  him  in  this  prefent  Parliament,  becaufe  that' 
the  faid  Statute  is  not  holden,  hath  ordained  and  efta- 
blifhed  in  the  faid  Parliament,  That  the  faid  Statutes 
fhall  be  fully  holden  and  kept,  and  duly  executed, 
and  that  the  faid  Launcegays  (hall  be  clear  put  out 
upon  the  Pain  contained  in  the  faid  Statute  of  Nor- 
thampton, and  alfo  to  make  Fine  and  Ranfom  to  the 
King.     And  moreover,  That  no  Lord,  Knight,  nor  3  Modi  H7« 
other,  little  nor  great,  fhall  go  nor  ride  by  Night  nor 
by  Day  armed,  nor  bear  Sallet  nor  Skull  of  Iron, 
nor  of  other  Armour,  upon  the  Pain  aforefaid,  fave 
and  except  the  King's  Officers  and  Minifters  in  do- 
ing their  Office.    And  moreover,  the  King  will  and  The  Statute  of 
hath  ordained,  That  the  Statute  made  the  firft  Year  1  R-2-  caP-  7- 
of  his  Reign,  of  Liveries  of  Hats,   fhall  be  holden  ^Liv"^^™- 
and  kept  upon  the  Pain  contained  in  the  fame  Statute,  firmejQ 
and  upon  Pain  to  be  imprifoned,  and  make  Fine  and 
Ranfom  to  the  King.' 


CAP.    II. 

Who  only  may  wear  another's  Livery. 

ITEM  qe  vadletz  appellez  yomen  ne  null  autre  de  meindre  eftat  qefquier  ne  ufe  ne  porte  null  figne  ne  Rep.  3 Car;  y»- 
liveree  appelle  liveree  de  compaignie  dafcuni  Seignur  deins  le  Roialme  fil  ne  foit  menial  &  familier  ou  c,  4, 
officer  continuel  de  fon  dit  Seignur  et  qe  les  juftices  de  la  paix  aient  poair  denquer  de  ceux  qi  font  a  len- 
contre  &  de  les  punir  felonc  lour  difcretion. 

c  a  p.   in. 

No  Man  fhall  fit  upon  the  Bench  with  the  Juftices  of  Affife.- 


ITE M  le  Roy  voet  &  defende  qe  mill  Seignur 
nautre  du  pais  petit  ne  grant  ne  foit  feant  en 
Bank  ovefqe  les  Juftices  as  Affifes  prendre  en  leur 
feffions  es  contees  dEngleterre  fur  grief  forfeiture 
vers  le  Roy  &  ad  chargez  fes  ditz  Juftices  qils  ne 
foeffrent  le  contraire  eftre  fait.- 


ITEM,  The  King  doth  will  and  forbid,  That  no 
Lord,  nor  other  of  the  Country,  little  nor  great., 
fhall  fit  upon  the  Bench  with  the  Juftices  to  take 
Affifes,  in  their  Seffions  in  the  Counties  of  England? 
upon  great  Forfeiture  to  the  King  ;  and  hath  charL 
ged  his  faid  Juftices,  that  they  fhall  not  fufter  thV 
contrary  to  be  done.' 


CAP.    IV. 


A  Confirmation  of  Part  of  the  Stat,  of  28  Edw.  3.  c.  13.  touching  Merchant  Strangers. 


ITEM  qe  come  il  foit  contenuz  en  un  eftatut  de 
fire  Edward  nadgairs  Roy  dEngleterre  Aiel  a 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qor  eft  Ian  de  fon  regne  vynt 
&  oetifme  qe  nulle  manere  de  nief  qe  foit  frette  de- 
vers  Engleterre.ou  aillours  foit  artez  devenir  a  nul 
port  dEngleterre  ne  y  demurer  contre  le  gree  des 
meiftres  &  manners  dicelle  ou  des  marchantz  as 
queux  les  biens  font  &  fi  tielx  niefs  viegnent  de  gree 
I  ou  foient  chacez  par  tempefte  ou  autre  infortune 
ou  mefchief  a  afcun  port  dEngleterre  &  les  meiftres 
&  mariners  ou  marchantz  de  mefmes  les  niefs  voil- 
ilent  vendre  &  deliverer  partie  de  leur  merchandifes 
i  par  loure  bone  volunte  bien  life  a  chefcuny  tieles 
:  merchandifes  achatre  franchement  fanz  empefche- 
iment  en  le  port  ou  tieles  niefs  viendront  tout  ne 
foient  les  merchandifes  mifes  ala  terre  pur  vendre. 
Et  qe  les  meiftres  mariners  &  marchantz  apres  ce 
qils  averont  iffint  venduz  ce  qe  lour  plena  de  leur 


ITEM,  Whereas  it  is  contained  in  a  Statute  of 
the  late  King  Edward,  Grandfather  to  the 
King  that  now  is,  the  xxviii  Year  of  his  Reign, 
That  no  Manner  of  Ship,  which  is  freighted  to- 
ward England,  or  elfewhere,  fhall  be  compelled  to 
come  to  any  Port  of  England,  nor  there  to  tarry- 
againft  the  Agreement  of  the  Mafters  and  Mariners 
of  the  fame,  or  of  the  Merchants  to  whom  the 
Goods  be;  and  if  fuch  Ships  come  of  their  own 
good  Will,  or  be  driven  by  Tempeft,  Cafualty,  or 
other  Misfortune,  to  any  Port  of  England,  and  the 
Mafters  or  Mariners,  or  Merchants  of  the  fame- 
Ships,  will  fell  or  deliver  Part  of  their  Merchandifes 
with  their. good  Will,  it  fhall  be  lawful  to  every 
Perfon  to  buy  fuch  Merchandifes  freely  without 
Impeachment  in  the  Port  where  fuch  Ships  fhall 
come,  albeit  the  Merchandifes  be  not  put  to  Sale  to> 
the  Land.  And  the  Mafters,  Mariners,  andMer- 
4-  **' chants g  . 


4i6       C.  5,  6, 


Anno  vice£mo  Richardi  II. 


A.  D. 


1396. 


£  chants,    after  that  they  have  fo  fold  fo   much   as 
'  pleafeth  them  of  their  faid  Goods,  and  the  Cuftom 
''  thereof  paid,  may  freely  depart  and  go  with  their 
'  Ships,  and  all  the  Remnant  of  their  Goods,  where 
'  it  mall  pleafe  them,   without  paying  thereof  Cuf- 
e  torn  :"   '  Our  faid  Lord  the  King,  for  the  Quietnefs 
and  Eafe  of  his  People,  willeth,  That  the  faid  Sta- 
tute fhall  be  holden  and  kept  in  all  Points,  and  duly 
executed,  notwithftanding  any  Ordinance  or  Wage 
to  the  contrary.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr,  Lond. 
ditz  biens  &  paie  ent  la  cuftume  puiffent  franche- 
ment  departier  &  aler  ove  lour  niefs  &  tout  le  re- 
menant  de  lour  biens  par  la  ou  lour  plerra  fanz 
cuftume  ent  paier  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  pur  la 
quiete  6c  eafe  de  fon  poeple  voet  qe  le  dit  eftatut 
foit  tenuz  6c  gardez  en  toutz  pointz  h  duement 
executez  nientcontrefteant  afcune  ordeignance  ou 
ufaae  ou  contraire. 


sS  H.  6.  c.  2. 

gives  treble  D J' 

mages, 

O  B.  12  Car.  a. 

c  24. 


?XP, 


CAP.    V. 

The  Penalty  of  him  Who  taketh  another's  Horfe  or  Beaft  for  the  King's  Service  without  fuf- 

ficient  Warrant. 

TEM  pur  ce  qe  les  Communes  ount  fait  compleint  qe  plufours  grantz  mefchiefs  extorfions  &  difeafe 
font  faitz  par  diverfes  gentz  de  mauveis  condition  qe  de  leure  audtoritee  deriiefne  preignont  &  font  pren- 
dre Roialment  chivalx  &  autres  chofes  6c  beftes  hors  de  leur  charues  charettes  &  mefons  difarttz  et  imagi- 
nantz  qils  font  a  chivaucher  en  haftifs  meffages  ou  bofoignes  la  ou  en  verite  ils  ne  font  aucunement  pri- 
vez  de  nulle  bofoigne  ou  meffage  mes  foulement  en  deceite  et  fubtilite  pur  prendre  chivalx  par  tiel  colour 
et  ymagination  et  les  ditz  chivalx  fi  haftyvement  chivachent  et  defolent  nient  eiantz  afcun  manere  confci- 
cnce  ou  compaffion  en  celle  partie  iffint  qe  les  ditz  chivalx  deviegnent  tout  deperduz  et  foundez  null 
manere  chofe  ne  denier  paiantz  pur  ycelles  ne  afcun  manere  de  viand  donantz  a  eux  et  auxi  qe  afcuns  de 
tielx  maners  de  gentz  chaungeantz  et  variantz  lour  nouns  fi  preignent  et  chivachent  tielx  chivalx  et  les 
amefnent  tout  hors  aillours  iffint  qils  as  queux  ils  font  ne  purront  unqes  enapres  par  nul  manere  voie  lour 
ditz  chivalx  veire  reavoir  ne  favoir  ou  ils  font  devenuz  a  grant  mefchief  perde  et  anientiflement  et  de- 
ftruftion  et  arrerifement  du  povre  poeple  du  Roy  lour  hufbandrie  et  de  leur  vivre  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy 
veullant  pur  quiete  et  eafe  de  fon  poeple  ent  faire  remede  voet  et  ad  ordene  qe  nul  defore  enavant  preigne 
nul  tiel  chival  ne  befte  en  tiel  manere  contre  la  gree  de  ceux  a  qui  ils  font  et  fi  afcun  le  face  et  neit  figne 
ou  audloritee  du  Roy  fuffifant  foit  pris  et  emprifonez  tanqe  il  avera  fait  duement  gree  a  partie. 

CAP.    VI. 

licence  granted  to  Belknap,  Holte,  and  Bourghe,  to  return  into  England,  notwkhftanding  the 

Statute  of  11  Rich.  II.  c.  1. 

TEM  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  eft  affentuz  et  ad  grauntez  de  fa  grace  efpeciale  par  aflent  et  accord  de 
toutz  Seignurs  efpirituelx  et  temporeles  et  de  toutz  les  communes  en  ceft  parlement  a  Robert  Bealknapp 
Johan  Holt  et  William  be  Burgh  chivalers  bannuz  et  demorantz  en  Ireland  qils  revendront  en  Engleterre 
illoeqes  a  demurer  pur  terme  de  lour  vies  6c  qils  foient  perfones  hables  al  commune  ley  come  lieges  du  Roy 
fanz  eftre  de  ce  empefchez  Nientcontrefteant  leftatut  ent  fait  Ian  du  regne  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  un- 
zifme  Sauvant  toutditz  vers  eux  toutz  autres  points  en  le  dit  eftatut  contenues. 


Rep.  1  H.  4, 
c,3. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,   Anno  21  Rich.  II.    «W  Anno  Dom. 

*397- 


IT  is  to  he  underftood,  that  our  Lord  the  King, 
by  the  Grace  of  God  King  of  England  and  of 
France,  and  Lord  of  Ireland,  at  his  Parliament 
fummoned  and  begun  at  Weftminjler  the  Monday  next 
after  the  Feaft  of  the  Exaltation  of  the  holy  Crofs, 
and  from  thence  adjourned  to  Shrew/bury  until  the 
Fifteenth  of  Hillary  then  next  enfuing,  and  there 
ended,  to  the  Honour  of  God  and  holy  Church,  and 
for  the  Prefervation,  Salvation,  and  Surety  of  his 
Realm,  and  good  Governance  of  his  People,  of  the 
AfTent  and  Accord  of  the  Prelates,  Dukes,  Earls, 
Barons,  and  Commons  of  his  Realm  there  afTembled, 
hath  made  certain  Statutes  and  Ordinances  hereafter 
following." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  4. 

FAIT  aflavoir  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  Ri» 
chard  par  la  grace  de  Dieu  Roy  dEngleterre 
&  de  France  &  Seignur  dlrland  a  fon  parle- 
ment fomons  Sz  comencez  a  Weftm'  Lundy  pro- 
fchein  apres  le  feft  del  Exaltation  de  la  Seinte  croice 
6c  dilloeqes  adjournez  a  Salopbirs  a  la  quinzeme 
de  Seint  Hiller  adonqes  profchein  enfuant  &  illo- 
eqes terminez  al  honour  de  Dieu  &  de  Seinte  ef- 
glife  6c  pur  la  falvation  &  furetee  de  fon  Roialme 
6c  bone  governance  de  fon  liege  poeple  de  lafTent  & 
accord  des  Prelats  Dues  Contes  Barons  6c  Com- 
munes de  fon  Roialme  illoeqes  aflemblez  ad  fait 
certeines  eftatutz  6i  ordenances  qenluient. 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1397.       Anno  viceilmo  primo  Richardi  II.  C.  1 — 6.       417 

CAP.    1. 

A  Confirmation  of  former  Liberties  to  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  Cities,  Boroughs, 

and  Commonalty. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

PRimerement  qe  Seinte  efglife  &  les  Seignurs  efpirituels  &  temporels  &  auxint  citees  &  burghs  &  autres 
comminaltees  du  Roialme  eient  &  enjoient  lour  libertees  &  franchifes  ft  avant  come  ils  avoient  £c  enr 
pierent  refonablement  en  temps  de  fes  nobles  progenitours  Roys  dEngleterre  et  en  fon  temps. 

CAP.     II. 

A  Repeal  of  the  Commiffion  granted  by  the  King  to  certain  Noblemen  to  enquire  of  certain' 
Abufes,  and  of  the  Statute  made  Anno  10  Rich.  2.     See  Appendix. 

CAP.     III. 

It  mail  be  adjudged  High  Treafon  for  any  Perfon  to  compafs  the  Death  of  the  King,  to  depofe 
him,  to  make  War  againft  him  within  the  Realm,  &c. 

ITEM  ordeine  eft  et  eftabliz  qe  chefcun  qe  compaffe  et  purpofe  la  mort  du  Roy  ou  de  luy  depofier  ou  de-  Br.  Treafon;  24, 
fuis  rendre  fon  homage  liege  ou  celluy  qi  leve  le  poeple  et  chivache  encontre  le  Roy  a  faire  de  guerre  25  .Erf.  3. /jr.  5, 
deinz  fon  Roialme  et  de  ceo  foit  duement  atteint  et  adjuggez  en  parlement  foit  adjuggez  come  traitour  def>*' 
haute  traifon  encontre  la  corone  et  forface  de  luy  et  fes  heirs  queconqes  touz  fez  terres  tenementz  poffeffions 
et  libertees  et  touz  autres  enheritementz  queux  il  ad  ou  afcun  autre  ad  a  fon  oeps  ou  avoft  le  jour  de  traifon 
perpetrez  fibien  en  fee  taille  come  en  fee  fymple  a  Roy  et  fes  heirs  fibien  tenuz  dautres  come  de  luy  mefmes 
pur  toutz  jours  et  auxi  celle  poffeflion  qe  afcun  autre  ad  a  fon  oeps.    Et  qe  ceft  eftatut  fe  extende  et  teigne 
lieu  fibien  as  ceux  qe  font  adjuggez  ou  atteintz  pur  afcun  des  quatre  pointz  des  ditz  traifons  en  ceft  parle- 
ment come  de  touz  ceux  qi  ferront  adjuggez  ou  atteintz  en  parlement  en  temps  advenir  des  afcuns  des  quatre 
pointz  de  traifons  fufditz.    Et  neft  pas  lentention  du  Roy  ne  de  les  Seignurs  ne  affent  des  Communes  avant- 
ditz  qe  ft  afcun  tiele  qe  forface  en  manere  fufdite  foit  enfeoffez.en  afcuny  terre  tenement  ou  poffeflion  a  autry:,- 
oeps  qe  ceo  foit  compris  en  celle  forfeiture.. 

CAP.    IT. 

I  It  ihall  be  likewife  High  Treafon  to  attempt  to  repeal  any  Judgments  made  by  Parliament . 

againft  certain  Traitors. 

ITEM  le  Roy  de  laffent  fufdit  ad  ordeine  et  eftablie  qe  ft  afcun  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qil  fort  purfue 
procure  ou  confeille  de  repeller  cafter  reverfer  ou  adnuller  afcuns  des  juggementz  renduz  devers  afcuns- 
perfones  adjuggez  en  le  dit  parlement  ou  afcuns  eftatutz  ou  ordenances  faitz  en  mefme  le  parlement  ou  afcuns 
parcelle  dieelles  en  afcune  manere  et  ceo  duement  provee  en  parlement  qil  foit  adjiigge  et  eit  execution  come 
traitour  au  Roy  et  a  Roialme.  A  queles  ordenance  et  eftatut  bien  et  loialment  tenir  et  garder  les  Seignurs  de 
Roialme  ftbien  efpirituels  come  temporels  fount  jurrez  et  fermentz  devant  le  Roy  come  piert  en  le  rolle  dit< 
parlement. 

C  A  P.     V. 

The  Oaths  and  Fealty  of  Great  Men  fhall  be  inrolkd  in  Parliament. 

ITEM  outre  ceo  le  Roy  par  la  greindre  feuretee  en  temps  advenir  ad  ordeine  et  eftabliz  qe  le  ferement  da- 
les ditz  Seignurs  foit  mys  de  recorde  en  rolle  de  parlement  et  qil  foit  enrollez  en  la  Chancellerie  ft  qe  les. 
fucceflburs  de  touz  les  ditz  Prelatz  fur  la  faifance  de  leur  foialtee  pur  leur  temporaltees  avant  qils  eient  livere. 
dieelles  hors  de  la  Chancellarie  facent  mefme  le  ferement  en  tout  temps  avenir.  Et  enfement  qe  touz  les-. 
heirs  des  ditz  Seignurs  temporels  en  tout  temps  avenir  al  faifance  de  leur  homage  ou  foialtee  avaunt  qils  eieaU 
livere  de  leur  terres  hors  de.la  Chancellerie  facent  autiel  ferement. . 

CAP.     VI. 
The  Sons  of  the  Perfons  before  attainted  excluded  from  Parliament,  &c, . 

ITEMle  Roy  a  la  requefte  des  ditz  Communes  -de  laffent  avantdit  pur  la  greindre  feurtee  de  luy  et  fon  • 
Roialme  en  temps  avenir  ad  ordeine  et  eftabliz  qe  les  iffues  malx  ore  engendrez  du  corps  de  ceux  qe  font  - 
adjuggez  et  atteintz  en  le  dit  parlement  ne  les  iffues  malsde  leur  corps  a  engendreres  jammes  ne  veignent  a' 
parlement  ne  a3  confeils  du  Roy  ne  de  fez  heirs  ne  foient  de  confeil  du  Roy  ne  de  fez  heirs  favantz  tout- 
fbitz  qe  les  iffues  femmales  des  ditz  forjuggez  et  leur  iffue  queux  ont  awtres  eftranges  piers  ne.  foient-  en-- 
damagez  par  ceft  eltatut. 
?Qh.'L  H.h-Ji:  CAR1. 


4t&       C'f  7—10.  Anno  vicefimo  primo  Rich  arm  II.       A.  D.  1397. 

CAP.    VII. 

A  Repeal  of  the  Annuities,  Corrodies,  &c.  granted  by  thofe  Traitors. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  le  Roy  ad  ordene  et  eftabliz  qe  toutz  les  annuitees  fees  corrodies  et  autres  charges  queconqes  faitz 
ou.grauntez  par  cguk  on  afcun  de  ceux  qe  font  adjuggez  traitours  en  mefme  le  parlement  puis  le  jour  de 
les  traifons  perpetrez  foient  voidez  et  adnullez  et  tenuz  pur  null. 

CAP.     VIII. 

The  King  fhall  have  the  Collation  to  all  Benefices  fo  forfeited. 

ITEM  ordeine  eft  et  eftabliz  qe  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  eit les  prefentementz  douns  et  collations  de  touz 
les  benefices  de  queux  les  avoefons  feurent  as  perfonez  atteintz  en  le  cit  parlement  de  chefcun  voidance 
avenue  puis  les  traifons  des  ditz  perfones  perpetrez  et  comcncez  forfpris  de  ceux  benefices  de  queux  les  pof- 
feffours  ou  incumbentz  ont  ratification  de  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  les  queux  poffeiTours  noftre  dit  Seignur 
5e  Roy  voet  qils  enjoient  leur  ditz  benefices  Et  fauvez  auxint  qe  ceux  qi  font  einz  par  voie  de  permutation 
en  tieux  benefices  qils  averpnt  ent  ratifications  His  voillent  purfuir. 

CAP.     IX. 

The  County  of  Cbejler  made  a  Principality,  and  feveral  Caftles  and  Towns  annexed  to  the 

fame. 

ITEM  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  pur  la  grant  chiertee  et  affe£Hon  qil  ad  a  le  contee  de  Ceftre  et  a  les  gentz 
dicell  et  pur  tant  qe  le  Roy  mefmes  devant  qil  prift  la  haute  dignitee  du  Roy  et  fon  honourable  pier  devant 
luy  et  autres  fes  nobles  progenitours  ont  efte  Contes  du  dit  countee  de  Ceftre  et  pur  le  greindre  honour  de 
fon  eifne  filz  ft  Dieu  le  doigne  et  des  autres  fes  heirs  qaveront  mefme  le  Seignurie  en.apres  del  affent  et 
accorde  de  touz  les  Seignurs  efpirituels  et  temporels  a  la  priere  des  ditz  Communes  ad'  ordeignez  grantez 
et  eftabliz  pur  luy  et  fes  heirs  qe  le  dit  contee  de  Ceftre  foit  principaltee  de  Ceftre  et  defore enavant  nomez 
et  tenuz  la  principaltee  de  Ceftre  ovefqe  toutz  les  libertees  et  franchifes  ent  euez  et  ufez  et  en  mefme  le 
xnanere  come  il  ad  efte  pardevant  qant  il  eftoit  nomez  contee  de  Ceftre  a  touz  jours.  Et  outre  ceo  noftre 
.Seignur  le  Roy  de  fa  certeine  faience  et  de  laffent  et  accord  avantditz  et  pur  lencrefce  et  honour  de  leftat 
des  Princes  qe  ferrount  illoeqes  et  pur  eafe  concord  et  tranquillite  de  fes  lieges  du  dit  principaltee  et  lea 
contees'de  Flynt  et  Salop  et  des  Seignuries  qi  font  adgifantz  a  ycelles  ad  grantez  ordeinez  et  eftabliz  qe  le 
chaftell  Lyons  ove  la  Seignurie  de  Bromfeld  et  Yale  a  dit  chaftell  regardantz  le  chaftel  de  Chirk  ove  la 
Seignurie  de  Chirkeilonde  a  dit  chaftel  regardantz  le  chaftel  de  Ofwaldeftre  ove  la  ville  bien  murre  de 
pere  et  le  hundrede  et  unfze  villes  a  dit  chaftel  regardantz  le  chaftel  Ifabelle  ove  la  Seignurie  a  ycelle  re- 
gardant et  le  chaftel  de  Dalyley  ove  les  appurtenances  en,  le  dit  contee  de  Salop  et  la  reverfion  de  la  Sei- 
gnurie de  Clone  ove  toutz  lour  appurtenances  quels, Edward  Conte  de  Roteland  tient  a  terme  de  fa  vie 
touz  les  queux  chaftelx  Seignuries  et  villes  fufditz  feurent  a  Richard  nadgairs  Conte  dArundell  et  les  queux 
par  force  de  juggement  renduz  devers  le  dit  Conte  en  le  dit  parlement  font  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  forfaitz 
foient  defore  enavant  annexez  uniez  et  encorporez  a  la  dite  principalte  de  Ceftre  et  demoergent  et  remay- 
gnent  entierment  a  mefme  la  principaltee  come  parcelle  et  membre  dicelle  a  touz  jours  fanz  eftre  donez 
venduz  alienez  diffeverez  ou  departiz  de  le  dite  principaltee  a  nully  par  afcune  voie  en  temps  advenir.  Et  qe 
null  doun  ne  grante  en  temps  advenir  ne  ferxa  faite.  deLdite  principaltee  ne  de  les  chaftelx  Seignuries  et 
villes  fufdites  a  nulluy  fors  foulement  al  eifne  fitz  du  Roy  qi  ferra  Prince  illoeqes  fy  plerra  au  Roy  affaire.  Et 
qe  celluy  eifne  fitz  qe.avera  la-dite  principaltee  avera  enfement  toutz  les  ditz  chaftelx  Seignuries  &  v  lies 
come  uniz  &  annexez  a  mefme  la  principaltee  fanz  eftre  diffeverez  ou  departiz  dicelle  en  afcun  temps  ad- 
venir Mint  qe  les  refceauntz  terretenantz  &  touz  les  enheritantz  deinz  les  ditz  chaftelx  Seignuries  &  villes 
eient  ufent  &  enjoient  toutz  leur  aunciens  loies  droitures  &  cuftumes  illoeqes  dauncien  temps  refonablement 
euez  &  ufez  Savez  &  refervez  au  Roy  fa  regalie  libertee  &  franchife  &  les  droitz  de  fa  corone.  Purveu 
auxi  toutfoitz  qe  la  dite  principaltee  &  les  Seignuries  fufditz  eient  &  enjoient  mefmes  les  loies  libertees  Sc 
■cultumez  ufagez  droitz  &  franchifes  auncienement  en  ycelles  refonablement  euez  &  ufez  auxi  pleinement 
&  entierment  come  eftoit  eue  &  ufe  devant  le  omencement  de  mefme  le  parlement  le  noun  de  Contee  de 
Ceftre  changez  en  noun  de  Principaltee  de  Ceftre  &  lannexion  Sc  union  des  ditz  chaftelx  Seignuries  &  villes 
^  ycelle  jiientcontreefteantz. 

CAP.     X. 

The  Caftles  and  Revenues  of  the  late  Earl  of  Warwick  fhall  remain  in  the  King's  Hands. 

ITEM  a  la  requcfte  des  communes  &  de  laffent  des  Seignurs  efpirituels  h  temporels  fufditz  ordene?.  eft 
&  eftabliz  qe  les  chaftel  h  le  vifcounte  de  Worceftre  queles  Thomas  nadgairs  Conte  de  Warr'  renoit  erl 
fee  h  les  queux  par  force  del  juggement  renduz  encontre  le  dit  Cont  en  le  dit  parlement  font  feifez  rn  \i 
main  du  Roy  come  forfaitz  ovefqe  tournes  hundredes  rentes  falines  k  bulleries  de  ewe  falee  fibien  en  Wyr- 

ceftrc 


A.  D.  1397.       Anno  vicefimo  primo  Rich  audi  II.  C.  11,  12.       419 

Ex  Rot.  In  Tarr.  Lond. 
ceftre  &  en  le  Wyche  come  aillours  &  touz  autres  profitz  &  chofes  as  ditz  chattel  &  vifcountee  appurte- 
nantz  &  regardantz  en  alcune  manere  ou  colour  auxi  pkinement  &:  entierment  come  le  dit  Conte  les  avoit 
devant  la  dite  fbrfaiture  foient  demoergent  &  remayngnent  anoftre  Seignur  le  Roy  &  a  fes  heirs  a  touz  jours 
fanz  eftre  donez  ou  grantez  a  nulluy  ou  eftre  diffeverez  de  fa  corone  en  afcun  temps  advenir. 

CAP.     XI. 

And  likewife  thofe  belonging  to  the  Duke  of  Gloucejter, 

TEM  en  mefme  le  manere  qe  toutz  les  hundredes  tournes  courtes  Iibertees  &  franchifes  queux  Thomas 
nadgairs  Due  de  Glouceftre  tcnoit  h  avoit.  en  Je  contee  de  Efiex  del  doun  &  grant  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roy  &  del  Roy  Edward  fon  aiel  les  queux  feurent  dauncicn  temps  annexez  &  jointz  al  vifcontee  de  Eflex 
come  parcelle  dycelle  &  queux  ore  par  le  fbrfaiture  de  le  dit  Due  font  en  la  mayn  du  Roi  come  forfaitz 
foient  demoergent  et  remayngnent  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  et  a  fes  heirs  rejointz  annexez  et  uniz  a  le 
dit  vifcountee  de  Effex  come  parcelle  dicelle  a  touz  jours  fanz  eftre  donez  ou  grantez  a  nulluy  ou  eftre 
diffeverez  ou  departiz  de  mefme  le  vifcountee  en  afcun  temps  advenir. 

C  A  P.     XIL 

The  Refoltition.  of  certain  Judges  and  others  concerning  fome  Queftions  about  Treafon  and 

other  Offences. 

J  TEM  les  Seignurs  qi  feurent  appell'antz  en  le  dit  .parlernent  ceftaffavoir  Edward  Due  d Aumarle  Thomas  Rep.  i  H.  4. 
Due  de  Surr' Johan  Due  dExceftre  Johan  Markys  de  Dorfet  Johan  Cont  de  Sarum  Thomas  Cont  dec-3- 
Glouceftre  et  William  Conte  de  Wiltes  prierent  au  Roy  recitantz  et  monftrantz  coment  certeins  Seignurs  qi 
font  convidtz  et  atteintz  ceftaffavoir  le  Due  de  Glouceftre  les  Contes  dArundell  et  Warr'  affemblez  a  Ha- 
ryngey  forciblement  et  en  grant  nombre  a  fere  de  guerre  firent  barrers  entre  le»Roy  et  euX  qe  les  "lieges  du  25  Ed.  yjlat.  5. 
Roy  ne  purrotent  approcher  an  Roy  en  focour  de  luy  et  enfy  vindrerrt  en  tiel  forcible  manere- a  fon  palois  de  e.  2. 
Weftm'  arraiez  de  guerre  fi  qe  leRoy  ne  les  purroit  alors  refifter  fanz  trefgrant  peril  de  fon  corps  et  deftruc- 
tion  de  fon  poeple  Mais  enfi  par  cohercion  et  compulfion  les  ditz  Due  et  Contes  firent  le  Roy  fummener  un 
parlernent  a  Weftm'  lendemayn  de  la  Purification  de  noftre  Dame  Ian  de  fon  regne  unzifme  quele  parlernent 
iffint  comencez  les  ditz  Due  et  Contes  en  tiel  forcible  manere  firent  continuer  ala  fyn  et  en  ycel  donerent 
plufours  diverfes  juggementz  fibien  de  mort  de  hommes  come  autrement  fur  diverfes  lieges  du  Roy  et  donerent 
juggementz  de  forfeiture  de  terres  et  tenementz  biens  et  chateux  dont  lis  font  convidtz  de  haut  trefon  et 
auxi  pur  certeins  queftions  qe  feurent  demandez  par  le  Roi  touchantz.  fon  ■  eftat  et  regalie  de  certeins  fes 
Juftices  adonqes  a  Notyngham  mefme  Ian  et  pur  leur  refpons  dicelles  donez  a  R.oi  fur  mefmes  les  queftions 
mefmes  les  Juftices  feurent  forjuggez  de  leur  vies  et  juggement  renduz  devers  eux  de  forfaiture  de  lour  terres 
tenementz  biens  et  chateux  et  les  ditz  Due  et  Contes  firent  diverfes  eftatutz  et  ordenances  en  le  dit  parle- 
rnent a  lour  volentee.  Sur  quoy  les  ditz  appellantz  confiderantz  les  femons  du  dit  parlernent  eftre  fait  ex- 
preffement  encontre  la  droit  de  la  corone  du  Roy  et  la  libertee  et  franchife  de  fa  perfone  et  roial  eftat  leur 
veullantz  acquiter  au  Roy  come  fes  loialx  liges  luy  prierent  qe  le  dit  parlernent  foit  adnullez  et  tenuz  pur 
nul  tout  outrement  et  qe  toutz  les  juggementz  ordenances  et  eftatutz  faitz  et  renduz  en  le  dit  parlernent  et 
touz  les  dependances  dicelles  foient  adnullez  revokez  repellez  et  tenuz  pur  nul  come  chofe  fait  fanz  au£to- 
ritee  et  encontre  la  volentee  et  libertee  du  Roy  et  la  droit  de  fa  corone  et  qe  les  terres  et  tenementz  fees 
avoefons  et  autres  poffeffions  queconqes  feifez  par  colour  des  ditz  juggementz  foient  reftitutz  et  liverez  as 
ceux  qi  feurent  enfi  ajuggez  et  a  leur  heirs.  Et  auffi  les  ditz  communes  prierent  au  Roi  come  les  ditz  ap- 
pellantz avoient  priez  et  difoient  qe  leur  entent  feuft  davoir  priez  femblablement.  Et  fur  ceo  les  Seignurs 
efpiritueles  et  temporeles  et  les  procureurs  de  la  clergie  feveralment  examinez  affenterent  expreffement  qe  le 
dit  parlernent  et  touz  les  eftatutz  juggementzordinances  et  touz  autres  chofes  ent  faitz  et  fubfecutz  foient 
caffez  et  adnullez  et  de  null  force  et  value  et  re'ftitution  fait  come  defuis  eft  dit.  Et  auxi  fibien  les  Seignurs* 
efpirituels  et  temporels  et  les  procureurs  de  la  clergie  come  les  ditz  communes  feurent  feveralment  examinez 
de  les  ditz  queftions  et  de  les  refponfes  des  Juftices  fuifdites  le  tenour  de  queles  fenfuit.  • 

'  T\ /TEmorandum  quod  vicefimo  quinto  die  menfis  Augufti  anno  regni  Regis  Ricardi  fecundi  undecim® 
^  lyji  apud  Caftrum  Notyngh'  coram  diflo  domino  Rege  Robertus  Trefilian  Capitalis  Juftitiarius  et  Ro- 
'  bertus  Bealknap  Capitalis  Juftitiarius  de  comniuni  Banco  domini  noftri  Regis  predict i  et  Johannes  Holt 
*  Rogerus  Fulthorp  et  Willelmus  Burgh  milites  focii  predicli  Roberti  Bealknap  ac  Johannes  Loketon  fer- 
'  viens  di£l:i  domini  Regis  ad  legem  in  prefentia  dominorum  et  aliorum  teftium  fabferiptorum  perfonaliter  - 
''  exiftentes  per  dictum  dominum  noftrum  Regem  requliiti  in  fide  et  ligeantia  quibus  eidem  domino  noftro  ■ 
'  Regi  firmiter  funt  aftricti  quod  ad  certas  queftiones  inferius  defignatas  et  coram  eis  recitatas  fidelitet  re- 
''  fponderent  et  fuper  eis  fecundum  difcretionem  fuam  legem  dieerent, 

'  Tnprimis  querebatur  ab  eis  an  ilia  nova  ftatutum  et  ordinatio  atque  commi-ino  facta  et  edita  in  ultimo 
'  parliamento  apud  Weftm'  celebrato  derogant  regalie  et  prerogative  dicti  domini  noftri  regis  ?    Ad  quam  • 
c  quidem  queftionem  unanimiter  refponderunt  Quod  derogant  prefertim  eo  quod  fuerant  contra  voluntatem 
'  Regis^. 

H  h  h  fa-  Ttem.; 


420       C.  12.  Anno  viceflmo  primo  Richardi  IT.  A.D.  1397. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
c  Item  querebatur  ab  eis  Qualiter  ipfi  qui  ftatutum  ordinationem  et  commirHonem  predicta  fieri  procura- 

*  runt  funt  puniendi  ?  Ad  iftam  queftionem  unanimiter  refponderunt  Quod  pena  capitali  fcilicet  mortis  pu- 
4  niri  merentur  nifi  Rex  in  ea  parte  voluerit  eis  gratiam  indulgere. 

'  Item  querebatur  ab  eis  Qualiter  funt  il  11  puniendi  qui  regem  predictum  excitarunt  ad  confentiendum  fta- 
4  tuti  ordinationis  et  commifiionis  hujufmodi  fadtioni  r  Ad  quam  quidem  queftionem  unanimiter  refponde- 
'  runt  quod  nifi  Rex  eis  gratiam  fecerit  funt  pena  capitali  merito  puniendi. 

*  Item  querebatur  ab  eis  qualem  penam  merentur  ill I  qui  compulerunt  five  artarunt  regem  ad  confenti- 

*  endum  confeirioni  diftorum  ftatuti  ordinationis  et  commiffionis  ?    Ad  quam  quidem  queftionem  unanimi- 

*  ter  refponderunt  Quod  funt  ut  proditores  merito  puniendi. 

-  Item  querebatur  ab  eis  Quomodo  funt  illi  etiam  puniendi  qui  impediverunt  Regem  quominus  poterat 
c  exercere  que  ad  regaliam  et  prerogativam  fuam  pertinuerunt  ?    Ad  iftam  queftionem  unanimiter  refpon- 

*  derunt  Quod  funt  ut  proditores  etiam  puniendi. 


i 


1  Item  quefitum  erat  ab  eis  An  poftquam  in  parliamento  congregato  negotia  regni  et  eaufa  congregationis 
parliamenti  de  mandato  regis  fuerint  expofita  et  declarata  et  certi  articulilimitati  per  regem  fuper  quibus 
domini  et  communes  regni  in  eodem  parliamento  procedere  debeant  fi  domini  &  communes  fuper 
aliis  articulis  velint  omnino  procedere  &  nullatenus  fuper  articulis  limitatis  per  regem  donee  fuper  arti- 
culis  per  eofdem  expreflatis  merit  per  ipfum  regem  primo  refponfum  non  obftante  quod  merit  eis  injun- 
ctum  per  regem  in  contrarium  Nunquid  Rex  debeat  habere  in  ea  parte  regimen  parliamenti  &  de  fadto 
regere  ad  effedtum  quod  fuper  limitatis  articulis  per  regem  primo  debeant  procedere  vel  an  domini  &  com- 
munes primo  debeant  habere  refponfum  a  rege  fuper  articulis  per  eofdem  expreffis  antequam  ulterius  pro- 
cedatur  ?  Ad  quam  quidem  queftionem  unanimiter  refponderunt  quod  Rex  in  ea  parte  haberet  regimen 
&  fie  feriatim  in  omnibus  aliis  articulis  tangentibus  parliamentum  ufque  ad  finem  ejufdem  parliamenti  et 
fi  quis  contra:  hujufmodi  regimen  Regis  fecerit  tanquam  proditor  eft  puniendus. 

*  Item  querebatur  ab  eis  nunquid  Rex  quandocunque  fibi  placuerit  poterit  diflblvere  parliamentum  & 
fuis  dominis  &  communibus  precipere  quod  ab  inde  recedant  an  non?  Ad  quam  quidem  queftionem  una- 
nimiter refponderunt  Quod  poteft.     Et  fi  quis  extunc  contra  voluntatem  Regis  procedat  ut  in  parliamento 

*  tanquam  proditor  puniendus  exiftit. 

'  Item  quefitum  erat  ab  eis  Ex  quo  Rex  poteft  quandocunqe  fibi  placuerit  removere  quofcumque  Officia- 
'  rios  &  Tuftitiarios  fuos  &  ipfos  pro  deliftis  eorum  juftificare  &  punire  Nunquid  domini  &  communes 
'  poffint  abfque  voluntate  Regis  Officiarios  &  Juftitiarios  ipfos  impetere  fuper  deliftis  eorum  in  parliamento 

*  an  non  ?   Ad  iftam  queftionem  unanimiter  refponderunt  Quod  non  poffunt  Et  fi  quis  in  contrarium  fecerit 
'  eft  ut  proditor  puniendus. 

'  Item  querebatur  ab  eis  qualiter  eft  ille  puniendus  qui  movebat  in  parliamento  quod  mitteretur  pro  ftatuto 
c  per  quod  Rex  Edwardus  filius  Edwardi  Regis  Proavus  Regis  nunc  erat  alias  adjudicatus  in  parlia- 
'  mento  per  cujus  ftatuti  infpeftionem  nova  ftatutum  &  ordinatio  ac  commiffio  fupradidta  fuerunt  in  parlia- 

*  mento   concepta  ?    Ad  quam  quidem  queftionem  unanimiter  refponderunt  quod  tarn  ille  qui  fie  movebat 

*  quam  alius  qui  pretextu  hujufmodi  motionis  ftatutum  illud  portavit  ad  parliamentum  funt  ut  proditores  &• 

*  criminofi  merito  puniendi. 

*  Item  quefitum  erat  ab  eis  an  judicium  in  ultimo  parliamento  apud  Weftm'  celebrato  redditum  contra 
1  Comitem  Suff'  fuit  erroneum  &  revocabile  an  non  ?  Ad  quam  quidem  queftionem  unanimiter  refponderunt 
'  quod  fi  illud  judicium  efl'et  modo  reddendum   illi  juftitiarii  &  ferviens  predidli  illud  reddere  nollent  quia 

*  videtureis  quod  judicium  illud  revocabile  eft  tanquam  erroneum  inomni  fui  parte. 

*  In  quorum  omnium  teftimonium  Juftitiarii  &  ferviens  predifti  figilla  fua  prefentibus  appofuerunt.  Hiis 
'  teftibus  Reverendis  Paribus  Dominis  Alexandre  Archiepifcopo  Eborum  Roberto  Archiepifcopo  Dublin' 
'  Johanne  Epifcopo  Dunolrn'  Thoma  Ciceftrenfi  Epifcopo  Johanne  Bangorenfi  Epifcopo  Roberto  Duce  Hi- 
'  bernie  &  Michaele  Comite  Suffol'  h  Johanne  Rypon  clerico  ac  Johanne  Blake   fcutifero.    Dat'  loco  die 

*  menfe  &  anno  prediclis. 

Queles  queftions  &  les  refponfes  dicelles  ftbien  devant  le  Roy  &  Seignurs  come  devant  les  communes  feu- 
rent  luz  &  entenduz  &  demandee  fuift  de  toutz  leftatz  du  parlement  coment  y  leur  fembloit  de  les  refponfes 
fuifdites  &  iis  difoient  qe  leur  fembloit  qe  les  ditz  Juftices  firent  &  donerent  leur  refponfes  duement  &  loial- 
ment  come  bones  &  loialx  liges  du  Roy  deveroient  faire.  Et  en  mefme  la  manere  monfieur  Thomas  de 
.Skelton  aprisde  la  leie  &  William  Hankeford  Si  William  Brenchefle  ferjeantz  du  Roy  demandez  par  le  Roi 
cle  hur  advys  en  celle  partie  difoient  qe  les  refponfes  feurtnt  bones  &  loialx  &  qils  vorroient  avoir  donez 
mefmes  les  refponfes  fi  les  ditz  queftions  euflent  efte  demandez  de  eux.  Et  monfieur  William  Thirnyng  chief 
Juftice  du  commune  B;inkdu  Roy  dift  qe  declaration  de  trefon  nient  declarez  appartient  a  parlement  mesfil, 
feufte  Seignurou  pier  de  parlement  fil  euftcfte  demandez  il  voudroit  avoir  dit  en  mefme  le  manere.  Et  enfi_ 
&  en  mefme  la  manere  dift  monfieur  William  Rikhull  Juftice  du  commune  Bank  Et  apres  la  venue  de 
monfieur  Wautcr  Clopton  chief  Juftice  il  dift  en  mefme  le  manere  par  ontles  dites  refponfes  font  adjuggez& 
4  afrermez 


A.  D.  1397.       Anno  vicefimo  primo  Rich  ardi  II.  C.  13,  14.       421 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
affermez  pur  bones  Sz  fufficeantz  en  le  dit  parlement.  Sur  quoy  par  le  Roy  de  lafTent  des  Seignurs  efpirituels 
h  temporels  Si  les  procureurs  de  la  Clergie  Sz  de  les  ditz  Communes  Si  par  advys  de  les  Juftices  Sz  fergeantz 
fuildites  illoeqes  efteantz  agardez  fuift  &  ajuggez  ordeinez  &  eftabliz  qe  le  dit  parlement  tenuz  le  dit  an  un- 
zifme  foit  toutoutrement  adnulle  Sz  tenuz  pur  nul  come  chofe  raite  fanz  auctorite  Sz  encontre  la  volentee  Sz 
libertee  du  Roy  Sz  le  droit  de  fa  corone  Et  qe  toutz  les  juggementz  eftatutz  &  ordenaunces  faitz  en  yccll 
ove  touz  les  dependantz  dicelles  foient  revokez  adnullez  reverfez  &  toutoutrement  repellez  Sz  tenuz  pur  null 
et  qe  touz  les  terres  &  tenementz  fees  &  avoefons  Sz  autres  poffeflions  queconqes  feifiz  come  forfaitz  par 
colour  des  ditz  juggementz  foient  reftitutz  Sz  liverez  as  ceux  qi  feurent  juggez  ou  ouftez  &  a  lour  heirs 
&  a  ceux  qi  ont  en  autre  manere  action  ou  title  de  droit  en  celle  partie  ovek  touz  maneres  libertees  fraun- 
chifes  St  privileges  aufii  avant  &  entierment  come  ils  avoient  en  afcun  temps  pardevant  faunz  afcuns  iffues 
ou  profitz  avoir  dicelles  en  le  mefne  temps  ou  reftitution  des  biens  Sz  chateux.  Mais  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy 
par  advys  des  ditz  Seignurs  Sz  communes  confiderantz  coment  le  Roy  pur  recoverir  &  relevation  de  fes 
ditz  ligez  qi  feurent  iffint  ajuggez  ou  ouftez  &  pur  leur  faire  avoir  reftitution  de  leur  eftatz  Sz  terres  Sz  te- 
nementz fees  Sz  avoefons  &  autres  poffeffions  fuifditz  ad  euz  Sz  fupportez  grauntes  Sz  exceflives  couftages 
Si  defpenfes  y  femble  au  Roy  Si  a  touz  les  Seignurs  qe  touchant  la  dite  reftitution  il  ferroit  competent  fatif- 
fadtion  as  ditz  forsjuggez  Sz  ouftez  Si  a  leur  heirs  pur  avoir  reftitution  de  leur  terres  Sz  tenementz  tant- 
foulement  fanz  reftitution  de  leur  biens  &  chateux  ou  de  les  iffues  Sz  profitz  de  les  ditz  terres  Sz  tenementz 
prifcs  en  le  mefne  temps.  Et  outre  qant  a  ceux  qi  ont  achatez  Sz  purchacez  du  Roy  plufeurs  des  terres  & 
tenementz  fuifditz  ceftaffavoir  afcuns  en  demaygne  afcuns  en  reverfion  pur  certeins  fommes  paiez  au  Roy  le 
Roy  ad  chargez  foil  confeil  denquere  par  lour  advys  de  la  value  des  ditz  terres  &  tenementz  enfi  venduz  Sz 
combien  les  achatours  ent  ont  pris  en  le  mefne  temps  Si  fur  ceo  treiter  et  faire  ovek  eux  tiel  fyn  come 
bone  foy  et  confcience  demandent.  Et  fur  ceo  ordenez  eft  et  eftabliz  qe  touz  ceux  qi  voillent  purfuer  pur 
la  reftitution  fuifdite  ou  par  lour  recoverer  en  celle  partie  eient  briefs  de  Scire  facias  retournables  en  la 
Chauncellerie  tantz  et  tieux  come  leur  femblera  bufoignables  ou  preignent  autre  action  al  commune  ley 
fils  vorront  et  qils  purront  fuier  devers  eux  qi  font  tenantz  de  frank  tenement  le  Lundy  profchein  apres  la 
dite  quinzeine  de  Seint  Hiller  et  qe  leur  recoverer  foit  bone  et  effectuel  devers  eux  nientcontrefteantz  afcuns 
alienations  ou  dimifes  faitz  puis  le  dit  Lundy  ou  devers  autres  tenantz  a  leur  election  et  qe  nul  protection 
foit  allowe  en  celle  cas  ne  nul  delay  par  nounage  ne  refceite  ne  eide  priere  forfqe  par  eide  priere  du  Roy  et 
qe  le  gardein  du  prive  feal  face  ent  lettres  de  procedendo  fanz  purfuir  ou  parler  au  Roy  ou  autre  delay  fans 
waft  ou  destruction  faire  en  le  mefne  temps. 

CAP.    XIII. 

A  Reverfal  of  the  Sentence  againft  Michael  de  la  Pole  late  Earl  of  Suffolk. 

ITEM  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  al  inftance  des  ditz  Seignurs  appellantz  de  laffent  des  autres  Seignurs  du 
parlement  confiderant  coment  adjuggez  feuft  par  toutz  leftatz  du  parlement  qe  la  refponfe  faite  par  Ro- 
bert Trefilian  Sz  autres  fes  ditz  compaignons  juftices  du  Roy  a  Notyngham  le  dit  an  unzifme  fur  un  certeine 
queftion  demande  de  eux  come  piert  defuis  touchant  Michel  de  la  Pole  nadgairs  Cont  de  SufF  eftoit  jufte 
bone  &  loiale  Sz  qe  le  dit  juggement  renduz  envers  le  dit  Cont  en  parlement  Ian  difme  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  feuft  erroine  Sz  revocable  come  piert  defuis  Si  ad  par  affent  du  parlement  agardez  juggez  &  eftabliz  qe 
le  dit  juggement  renduz-envers  le  dit  Cont  en  le  dit  parlement  le  dit  an  difme  foit  repellez  reverfez  Sz  ad- 
nullez toutoutrement  en  mefme  la  manere  &  fourme  come  les  juggementz  renduz  devers  le  dit  Cont  &  au- 
tres adjuggez  en  le  dit  parlement  tenuz  le  dit  an  unzifme  feurent  reverfez  Si  adnullez  en  mefme  le  parle- 
ment terminez  a  Salop  etqe  toutz  les  terres  tenementz  rentz  fees  Sz  advoefons  Sz  autres  pofTeffions  queconqes 
queux  feurent  a  dit  Cont  &  feifez  come  forfaitz  par  colour  del  dit  juggement  en  le  dit  parlement  le  dit  an 
difme  ovek  touz  maners  libertees  franchifes  &  privileges  auxi  avant  &  entierment  come  le  dit  Cont  les  avoit 
en  afcun  temps  pardevant  foient  reftitutz  a  les  heirs  du  dit  Cont  fanz  afcuns  iffues  ou  profitz  avoir  dicelles 
en  le  mefne  temps  Sz  qe  les  ditz  heirs  eient  leur  fuite  Sz  recoverer  en  mefme  la  manere  come  defuis. 

CAP.     XIV. 

The  King's  Pardon  of  Robberies,  Thefts,  Outrages,  and  Riots  committed  in  the  Time  of  the 

Commotion. 

ITEM  les  Communes  monftrerent  au  Roy  en  mefme  le  parlement  coment  en  le  dit  an  unzifme  a  temps  T-xp.  &  Rep. 
qe  les  Seignurs  qe  font  atteintz  foy  leverent  en  graunt  nombre  forciblement  ove  plufours  gentz  Sz  vin-  i  H.  4.  c.  3. 
drent  a  Rodcotbrigg  &  plufeurs  roberies  larcyns  felonies  trefpaffes  outrages  &  riotes  feurent  faitz  par  quel 
graunt  mefchief  Sz  troeble  purra  advenir  au  poeple  enapres  dont  ils  prierent  pur  efchuir  tieux  mefchiefs  Sz 
troebles  qe  y  plerroit  au  Roy  dordeigner  Sz  eftablir  en  le  dit  parlement  qe  touz  actions  &  fuytes  de  partie  pur 
touz  roberies  larcyns  felonies  trefpaffes  outrages  Sz  riotes  faitz  par  ceux  qi  leverent  &  feurent  en  la  compaignie 
des  ditz  Seignurs  a  eel  temps  &  par  celle  enchefon  foient  exteintz  pur  touz  jours.  Sur  quoi  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  par  advys  de  leftatz  du  parlement  ad  ordeignez  Sz  eftabliz  qe  touz  les  ditz  actions  Sz  fuites  foient  tout- 
outrement exteintz  Sz  adnullez  fanz  ent  avoir  action  ou  remede  aucunement  en  temps  advenir. 

C  A  P. 


422       C.  15,  16.  Anno  viceumo  primo  Richardi  II,       A.  D.  1397. 

CAP.    XV. 

The  King's  Pardon  to  all  his  Subjects  of  Alienations  without  Licence,  Intrufions  by  the  Heirs 
after  the 'Death  of  their  Anceftors,  Treafons,  Felonies,  &.c. 

Ex  Rot.  hi  Turr.  Lond. 
fxp.  &  Rep.  T  TE  M  noftre  Seignur  te  Roy  enle  dit  parlexhent  confiderant  lc  graunt  afFedlion  .&  chiertee  a  luy  monftrez 
j  tt.  4.  c.  3.  j[  par  fon  poeple  &  lour  bone  port  &  le  graunt  tendrefle  et  diligence  qils  ount  euz  pur  falvation  de  fon 
a  H.  4.  c.  13.  rQj  jefjat  et  droit  de  la  corone'  et  aufly  pur  consideration  de  la  .graunte  qils  ount  fait  a  cell  folz  de  lour 
bone  yolente  pluis  qils  ount  fait  as  afcuns  de  fes  progenitours  pardevant  ceftaflavolr  le  fubfide  des  leins  quirs 
et  peaux  lanutz  pur  terme  de  fa  vie  et  une  di'fme  et  quinzifme  et  demye  appaiers  .en  manere  coinprife  en  leur 
graunte  fuifdite  et  voillant  de  fa  roiale  benignite  purvoire  a  la  quiete  pees  et  tranquillite  de  fon  dit  poeple  et 
qils  eient  le  greindre  caufeet  corage  de  bien  faire  et  leur  meulx  porter  en  temps  avenir  ad  pardonez  et  re- 
lefiez  as  touz  fes  liges  dEngleterre  de  tjueconqe  eftat  ou  condition  qils  foient  et  a  chefcun  de  eux  touz 
maneres  des  efchapes  de  felons  chateux  des  futifs  et  felons  trefpas  negligences  mefprifions  ignorances  et  touz. 
autres  articles  deir  et  autres  chofes  efchuz  ou  avenuz  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  dont  le  puniflement  cher- 
roit  en  fyn  ou  en  raunceon  ou  en  autres  peins  pecuniers  ou  autrement  emprifonementz  amerciementz  des 
communes  des  viiles  ou  de  fingulers  perfones  ou  en  charge  de  frank  tenement  de  ceux  qi  unqes  ne  trefpafle- 
rent  come  heirs  ou  terretenantz  des  efchetours  vifcontz  ou  coroners  et  autres  tieux  et  enfement  lour  ad  par- 
donez et  releflez  touz  maneres  des  douns  alienations  et  purchacez  faitz  par  eux  ou  par  afcun  de  eux  des 
terres  tenementz  ou  afcuns. autres  poffeflions  terruz  de  luy  en  chief  faunz  licence  du  Roy  et  touz  maneres.des 
entres  faitz  .en  leur  heritage,  purchace  ou  autrement  en  partie  ou  en  tout  apres  la  mort  leur  aunceftre  ou  daf- 
cuny  autre  faunz  purfuite  ou  due  procefle  ent  faite  tanqe  al  Joedy  le  darrein  jour  del  mois  de  Januer  le  dar- 
rein jour  del  dit  parlement  forfpris  ceux  terres  tenementz  et  poffeifions  qe  font  alienez  a  mort  mayn  faunz. 
licence  roiale  et  auffi  lour  ad  entierment  pardonez  et  releflez  touz  maneres  de  fyns  amercimentz  iflues  for- 
faitz  nient  adjuggez  ne  terminez  faitz  efchuz  ou  avenuz  deinz  mefrrre  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  devant  le- 
dit  Joedy.  Et  auffi  lour  ad  pardone  generalment  la  fuite  de  fa.  pees  pur  touz -maneres  des  trefons  et  felonies 
faitz  ou  perpetrcz  devant  le  dit  Joedy  et  les  .utlagaries  li  nulles  y  foient  par  ycelles  enchefons  en  eux  pro- 
nunciez  forfpris  murdres  et  rapes  des  femmes  et  communes  larons  enditez  le  dit  Joedy  et  ceux  qi  font  par- 
nours  et  ceux  qi  font  appellez  de  mort  de  homme  al  fuite  de  partie  et  forfpris  ceux  qi  ont  compaiTez  et 
purpofez  la  mort  du  Roy.  Purveuz  toutfoiz  qe  nully  eit  benefice  de  cefte  pardon  pur  trefonne  felonie  fil  ne 
puriue  chartre  de  pardon.  Purveu  aufly  toutfoiz  qe  ceux  qi  chivacherent  et  foy  leverent  forciblement  en- 
contre  le  Roy  Ian  de  fon  regne  unzifme  ovek  les  Seignurs  qi  font  ore  adjuggez  et  convictz  naient  null  bene- 
fice de  celle  faite  a  celle  temps  fils  ne  purfuient  ent  chartres  de  pardon  en  celle  partie  parentre  cy  et  la  fefte 
de  Seint  Johan  le  Baptiftreprofchein  avenir.  Et  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  fur  la  graunte  de  cefte  grace  et 
pardon  enfyfaitz  a  les  lieges  a  cefte  foitz  fift  overt  declaration  par  fon  bouche  demefne  qe  ft  les  Seignurs  ou 
communes  du  Roialme  qi  viendrorit  as  parlementz  en  temps  avenir  mettent  ou  facent  impediment  ou  de- 
fturbance  a  contraire  del  grante  du  dite  fubfide  des  leins  quirs  et  peaux  lanutz  enfi  grauritezi  a  luy  a  terme  de: 
fa  vie  qeadonqes  la  dite  grace  et  pardon  foit  voide  et  toutoutrement  adnullez.. 

cap.   xvr. 

Authority  given  by  Parliament  to  certain  Commiffioners  to  examine  and  anfwer  Petitions  exi 

hibited  to  the  King. 

Tip,  &  Rep.  TTEM  fait  aremembrer  qe  come  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  a  la  requefte  des  Communes  de  mefme  le  parle-- 
3  H.  4.  c.  3.  j^  ment  eantz  devers  eux  diverfes  petitions  fiben  pur  efpecialx  perfones  come  autres  nient  luez  ne  refpoun- 
duz  et  queux  pur  briefte  du  temps  ne  purroient  bonemei:t  eftre  terminez  durant  le  temps  du  parlement  eit 
ordeine  et  affigne  par  au6toritee  et  aflent  du  dit  parlement  Johan  Due  de  Lancaftre  Eimond  Due  dEver- 
\vyk  Edward  Due  dAumarle  Thomas  Due  de  Surr'  Johan  Due  dExceftre  Johan  Markys  de  Dors'  Roger 
Cont  de  la  Marche  Johan  Cont  de  Saresbirs  Henr'  Cont  de  Northumb'  Thomas  Cent  de  Glouceftr'  Tho- 
mas Cont  de  Wifceftre  et  William  Cont  de  Wiltes  ou  fys  de  eux  Johan  Bufly  Hen'  Grene  Johan  RufTell. 
Richard  Chelniefwyk  Robert  Teye  et  Johan  Golofre  Chivalers  veignantz  pur  les  Communes  du  Roialme 
a  dit  parlement  ou  trois  de  eux  de  examiner  refpoundre  et  pleinement  terminer  toutz  les  ditz  petitions  et  les 
matiers  contenuz  en  ycelles  come  leur  meulx  femblera  par  lour  bone  advys  et  difcretion  en  celle  partie  par 
auctorite  du  dit  parlement  come  plus  pleinement  appiert  en  le  rolle  du  parlement  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy 
par  aflent  de  les  ditz  Dues  dEverwyk  Aumarle  Surr'  et  Exceftre  et  del  dit  Markis  et  de  les  ditz  Contz  de 
la  Marche  Sereibirs  et  Glouceftre  et  les  ditz  Johan  Bufly  Henr'  Grene  et  Johan  Rufl'ell  par  vertue  et  aufto- 
rite  de  la  dite  poair  iffint  a  eux  commys  en  parlement  ad  refceuz  et  oiez  ceiteins  petitions  et  fur  ceo  faitz 
certeins  ordenances  et  eftatutz  enfuantz  Ceftaflavoir  qe  come  en  un  eftatut  fait  en  parlement  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roy  tenuz  aWeftrn'  Ian  de  fon  regne  trefzifme  foit  contenue  qe  null  fuour  ne  cordewaner  ne  ufe  la  miftier 
de  tanner  ne  null  tanner  ne  ufe  la  mifter  de  cordewaner  ne  fuour  fur  certeine  peine  compris  en  mefme  leftatut.. 
Et  nientcontrefteant  le  dit  eftatut  &  peyne  plufours  cordewaners  &  fuours  uncore  ufent  la  mifter  de  tanner 
come  devant  en  contempt  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  &  graunt  defceit  &  empoveriflement  des  communes  a  caufe 
qe  due  execution  ne  ent  eft  faite.  Sur  quoy  noftie  Seignur  le  Roy  voet  &  ad  ordene  &  eftabliz  de  laflent.fuif- 
dit  qe  le  dit  eftatut  iflint  fait  foit  tenuz  &  duement  executz  ovek  les  peynes  dicell  en  touzpointz  nientcontre- 
fteant afcun  rcpelle  eftatut  ou  ordenance  fait  a  contraire, 

CAP. 


A.  D.  1297'       Anno  vicefimo  primo  Richardi  II.  C.  17 — rg.       423 

CAP.     XVII. 

There  fliaJl  be  no  Licences  granted  to  fiiip  Merchandifes  of  the  Staple  to  any  other  Place  but  to 

Calais. 

Ex  Ret.  in  Turr.  Loud. 

ITEM  a  la  grevoufe  p'eynt  de  Communes  monftrantz  cement  leftaple  eftoit  limite  pur  demurer  a  Caleys  Rep,  iH,4.c.^, 
&;  qe  touz  les  leyns  peaux  lanutz  quirs  plumbe  &  eiteigne  furmage  bure  mele  felparie  &  feu  paffantz  hors  By  is  H.  6  c.  -s. 
du  Roialme  dEngleterre  &  de  les  terres  dlrland  &  Gales  averoient  recours  a  dit  lieu  de  Caleis  &  null  lieu  Suiter  and  Cknfe 
aillours  certeins  per  fon  es  par  lour  fug-geftions  ount  purchafez  licences  damefner  leins  &  autres  merchandifes  ""V  ''£ "?"/-. 
luilditz  vers  queux  partees  qe  lour  plerradela  la  meer  la  ou  ceux  qe  nount  my  tisux  licences  coveignent  de-  i,\anu 
miner  a  dit  lieu  de  Caleis  a  graunt  profit  de  ceux  qe  fount  licencez  &  damage  de  ceux  qe  nount  licences  & 
deftruftion  de  la  dit  eftaple  &  a  graunt  damage  del  myntcoignage  &  cuftumes  a  Caleis  le  Roi  del  afient  fuifdit 
voet  &  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablez  qe  leftatut  ent  fait  foit  tenuz  &■  gardez  quaunt  a  grofTes  merchandifes  ceft  af- 
favoir  leins  quirs  peaux  lanutz  efteigne  &  plumbe  tantfoulement  faunz  granter  afcune  licence  a  contraire  li 
noun  par  efpecialc  congie  de  Roi  mei'mes  Si  fi  afcun  tiele  licence  foit  graunte  a  contraire  foit  repelle. 

CAP.     XVIII. 

Stones  fball  be  carried  for  Laftage  towards  the  Repair  of  the  Beacons^  the  Place  called  Paradife, 

and  other  decayed  Places  in  Ca-.ais. 

ITEM  come  entre  plufours  overeignes  efteantz  entour  la  ville  de  Caleys  queux  en  defenfe  &  falvation  de  Rep-  1H.4.C. 3, 
mefme  la  ville  &  de  les  marches  illoeqes  enbofoignont  de  jour  en  autre  eftre  maintenuz  &  repareillez  y  loH'  6>  c'  5* 
fount  deux  grofles  overeignes  le  pluis  necenaries  de  toufditz  eftre  fuftenuz  &  fupportez  Ceftaflavoir  les  Beeke- 
nes  devant  la  port  illoeqes  et  le  lieu  appell  Paradis  qe  eft  bien  pres  les  fofles  de  mefme  la  ville  les  queles 
beekenes  par  les  hydoufes  concourfes  et  rages  d'e  la  mee|  fount  toutditz  enfebliffez  et  empirez  fibien  des  peres 
hors  buttez  de  leftu.fFure  dicelles  come  auxi  de  marefme  enfy  qe  fils  ne  foient  haftyment  amendez  faitz  et  re- 
paraiUez  le  dit  port  eft  erj  voie  deftre'de'  tout  deftruitz  et  anientez,  pur  touz  jours  et  le  dit  lieu-  de  Para- 
cys  eft  a  prefent  fi  ruinous  et  fieblez  qe  fil  ne  foit  d«  nmvell  fait  et  fufficeanfement  maintenuz  et  gardez  il  eft 
femblable  qen  ceo  defaut  les  mures  du  dit  ville  dicelle  partie  en  poi  de  temps  par  les  tres  habundantes  con- 
courfes de  meer  ferrount  de  tout  defcheiez  en  deftrudtion  et  anientiffement  du  dit  ville  a  graunde  damage  de 
noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  et  de  fon  Roialme  qe  Dieu  defende  encontre  les  quelles  perils  toutditz  mettre  fuf- 
ficeant  remedie  as  couftages  et  defpenfes  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  foulement  il  luy  eft  et  ferra  trefgraund  et 
tr'efgrevous  charg-e  fil  nent  foit  mys  ordenance  covenable.  Par  quoy  noftre  Seigpurle  Roy  de  1  afient  avaunt- 
dit  ad  ordeignez  et  eftabliz  qe  toutz.  maneres  des  niefs  au  dit  part  aeuftumez  de  venir  hors  dEngleterre  les 
batelx  des  pefloners  foillement  horfprifes  portent  ovefqe  eux  tout  lour  laftage  des  bones  piers  covenables  pur 
leftufFure  de  les  beeknes  fufditz  en  fefant  ent  refonable  deliverance  de  temps  en  temps  a  lour  venue  illoeqes 
al  Treforer  qi  pur  le  temps  y  ferra  ou  as  autres  miniftres  a  ceo  par  luy  ordeinez  fur  la  peine  de  deux  denieis 
pur  le  pois  de  chefcunes  tonelx  es  atauntz  qe  les  ditz  niefs  foient  de  portage  et  qe  touz  maneres  des  niefs 
au  dit  lieu  de  Paradys  pur  y  repofer  entrauntz  paient  a  chefcun  leur  entre  illoeqes  quatorze  deniers  defter- 
linges  et  fur  ceo  bien  leur  life  fils  vuillent  y  demurer  par  quatorfe  jours  ovefqe  atauntz  des  noets  adonqe 
profcheyns  enfuyantz  fanz  pluis  ent  paier  pur  lour  dite  entre  et  en  cas  qils  demoergent  pluis  outre  les 
quatorfe  jours  et  noets  fuifdites  adonqe  paient  ils  pur  chefcun  jour  et  noet  un  denier  e-t  pur  le  foul  jour  une 
rriaile  et  purle  foul  noet  une  maille  et  outre  ceo  qe  null  manere  de  perfone  ne  fe  prefume  de  null  manere  nief 
ne  bateli  par  cable  corde  ne  autrement  fermer  a  les  marefme  ne  piers  de  les  ditz  Beekenes  ne  Paradys  ne 
de  le  novell  Keye  autrement  appelle  le  Wharf  a  la  coft  du  dit  port  de  Caleys  fur  la  peine  de  quarant  de- 
niers a  levers  de  la  nief  qi  enli  foit  trove  fermee  et  qe  le  dit  Treforer  qi  pur  le  temps  y  ferra  eit  pleyn  poair4 
per  luy  et  fes  deputes  de  lever  et  receiver  les  deniers  de  les  peines  fuifditz  encurruz  fourdantz  et  ent  faire 
paiement  folom  ceo  qe  bufoigne  luy  ferra  en  fon  dit  office  par  vewe  et  controllement  del  controllour  de  noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  Roy  illoeqes. 

CAP.     XIX. 

A  Rehearfal  and  Confirmation  of  the  Statutes  of  25  Edw.  3.  cap.  4;  and  45  Edw.  3.  cap.  2. 
touching  the  pulling  down  of  Wears,  Mills,  Stakes,  &c. 

ITEM  come  par  Seignur  Edward  nadgairs  Roy  dEngleterre  Aiel  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qor  eft  Ian  de  Rep.  111.4.0.3, 
fon  regne  vint  ._t  quint  pur  ceo  qe  communes  paffages  des  niefs  et  bateux  en  les  grants  rivers  dEngleterre 
fifeurent  fovent  foiz  deftourbez  par  le  lever  des  gortz  molyns  eftankes  eftakes  et  kideux  en  graunt  damage 
du  pbepl'e  accordez  feuft  et  eftablez  qe  toutz  tieux  gortz  molyns  eftankes  eftakes  et  kideux  qe  feurent  levez 
et  mys  en  temps  le  Roy  Edward  fitu  au  Roy  Henry  et  depuis  en  tieux  rivers  par  queux  les  niefs  et  bateux 
font  deftourbez  qils  ne  poent  pafler  come  ils  foleient  foient  ouftez  et  nettement  abatuz  faunz  eftre  relevez 
et  qe  briefs  ferroicnt  fur  ceo  maundez  as  vifcountz  des  lieux  ou  meftier  ferroit  de  furveer  et  denquere  et  de 
faire  ent  execution  et  auxint  qe  Juftices  ferroient  fur  ceo  affignez  a  touz  les  foitz  qil  bufoignereit.  Et  apre3 
a  la  grevoufe  pleinte  des  grauntz  et  des  Communes  fait  en  parlement  du  dit  Roi  Edward  laiel  Ian  de  fon 
regne  quarant  et  quint  compleignant  par  leur  petition  qe  le  dit  eftatut  neftoit  pas  duement  execut  ne  gardez 
ibionc  leffeel;  dicell  eftoit  accordez  et  eftabliz  qe  le  dit  eftatut  en  ceo  point  foit  tenuz  et  gardez  folonc  leffedt 

3  dicell 


424       C.  20.  Anno  vicefimo  primo  Richardi  II.         A.  D.  1397. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
dicell  ajouftant  a  ycell  qe  fi  null  tiele  anufance  foit  abatuz  par  due  proces  contenue  en  le  dit  eftatut  celuy  qc 
ferra  relever  la  dite  anufance  et  de  ceo  foit  atteint  duement  encourge  la  peine  de  cent  marcz  devers  le  Roi 
a  lever  par  leftretez  en  lefcheqer.  Et  autiel  ley  foy  teigne  de  anufance  fait  par  le  enhancer  de  tieux  gorta 
rnolyns  eftanks  eftakes  et  kydeux  come  par  novell  lever  come  en  les  ditz  eftatutz  plus  pleinement  appiert. 
Et  ore  a  la  requeft  des  dites  Communes  monftrantz  par  leur  petition  qe  les  communes  pafTages  des  niefs  et 
bateux  en  les  grantz  rivers  dEngleterre  et  auxint  prees  et  paftures  et  terres  femez  adjoignantz  as  ditz  rivers 
font  grantement  deftourbez  furoundez  gaftuz  et  deftruitz  par  les  outrageoufes  enhancer  et  eftreiteur  des 
gortz  molyns  eftanks  eftakes  et  kideux  auncienement  faitz  et  levez  devant  le  temps  du  dit  Roi  Edward 
filz  au  Roy  Henry  dount  grauntz  damages  et  perdes  font  avenuz  fovent  al  poeple  du  Roialme  et  avien- 
drent  de  jour  en  autre  fi  remedie  ent  ne  foit  mys  Accorde  eft  et  eftabliz  del  affent  avantdit  qe  les  ditz  efta- 
■  tutz  foient  en  touz  lour  articles  tenuz  &  fermement  gardez  Sz  duement  executz  ovek  les  peynes  &  folonc 
IefFeft  dicelles  adjouftant  a  ycelles  qe  commiffions  foient  faitz  en  due  forme  as  fufficeauntz  perfones  deftre 
Juftices  en  chefcun  countee  dEngleterre  ou  bufoigne  ferra  de  furveere  &  garder  les  eawes  &  grauntz  rivers 
illoeqes  &  les  defautes  corriger  &  amender  &  due  execution  faire  de  les  ditz  eftatutz  folonc  ieffedte  dicelles 
fibien  par  lour  furveu  avis  &  difcretion  come  par  enqueftes  ent  aprendre  deins  fraunchifes  &  dehors  fi  &t 
quant  bufoigne  ferra  &  doier  &  terminer  les  chofes  fuifditz  &  outre  ceo  de  furveer  les  gortz  molyns  eftankes 
eftakes  &  kydeux  auncienement  faitz  &  levez  devant  le  dit  temps  de  Roy  E.  filz  au  Roy  Henry  &  ceux 
qils  troverent  trop  enhancez  ou  eftreitez  de  les  corriger  abater  &  amender  en  la  manere  &  forme  fuifdite 
fauvant  toutfoitz  refonable  fubftance  de  les  gortz  molyns  eftanks  eftakes  &  kydeux  fuifditz  iflint  aunciene- 
ment faitz  &  levez.  Et  fi  afcuns  tiels  anufances  des  gortz  molyns  eftankes  eftakes  &  kydeux  des  pafTages 
et  eftroitures  auncienement  faitz  et  levez  foient  ajuggez  ou  agardez  par  les  ditz  Juftices  deftre  abatuz  et 
amendez  celuy  qi  ad  le  franc  tenement  dicelles  ferra  ent  execution  a  fes  courtages  deinz  une  demy  an  apres 
notification  a  luy  ent  affaire  fur  peyne  de  cent  marcz  a  paiers  au  Roy  par  eftreites  en  lefcheker  et  celuy  qt 
les  face  relever  ou  enchancer  ou  eftraiter  encontre  le  dit  juggement  et  de  ceo  foit  duement  convict  encourge  la 
peine  de  cent  marcz  a  paiers  a  Roy  par  eftretes  en  lefcheqer  fuifdit.  Et  en  cas  qe  afcun  fe  fent  eftre  greves, 
par  execution  ou  autre  voie  en  celle  partie  encontre  droit  et  refon  purfue  et  eit  droit  et  remedies 

CAP.     XX. 

Whofbever  fhall  purfue  to  repeal  any  of  thefe  Statutes,  and  that  proved  in  Parliament,  fhall  be- 

adjudged  a  Traitor. 

Rep,rH.4.c. 3.  T  TEM  le  Roy  par  mefme  laflent  de  les  ditz  Seignurs  et  chivalers  enfi  afllgnez  par  la  dite  au&oritee  dit 
X  parlement  voet  et  ad  ordenez  qe  chefcun  qi  purfue  ou  procure  de  repeller  ou  reverfer  afcuns  des  dites 
eftatutz  ou  ordenances  faites  par  le  Roy  de  laflent  des  ditz  Seignurs  et  chivalers  iffint  affignez  par  poair  et 
audtorite  du  parlement  et  ceo  duement  provee  en  parlement  qil  foit  adjuggez  et  eit  execution  come  traitour 
au  Roy  et  a  Roialme  en  mefme  le  manere  come  ceux  qi  purfuont  ou  procuront  de  repeller  les  eftatutz  et  or- 
denances faites  en  temps  del  dit  parlement  durant. 

£3?  This  whole  Parliament  of  then  R,  z,  \i  repealed  ij  I  J/.  4,  e.  3, 


Anna 


A.  D.  1399.  Anno  primo  Henrici  IV. 


Cap.  r}  2.        425 


Anno     primo     HENRICI 

Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter   in   the  Firft  Tear  of  the  Reign  of  King 
Henry  the  Fourth,  and  in  the  Tear  of  our  Lord  1399. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  20. 
'  ENRY  par  la  grace  de  Dieu  Roy  dEngle- 
terre  &  de  Fraunce  &  Seignur  dlrland  al 
honour  de  Dieu  &  reverence  du  feinte 
efglife  pur  nurrir  unitee  pees  &  Concorde  des  toutz 
partz  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  &  pur  releva- 
tion  &  recoverer  de  mefme  le  Roialme  qore  tard 
ad  efte  mefchiefoufement  mys  a  trefgraunde  ruyne 
mefchief  &  defolation  del  affent  des  Prelates  Dues 
Contz  &  Barons  &  al  inftance  &  efpeciale  requeft 
des  communes  de  mefme  ceft  Roialme  affemblez  a 
fon  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  en  le  feft  de  feinte 
Feie  la  virgine  Ian  de  fon  regne  primer  ad  fait 
ordiner  &  eftablire  certains  ordinaunces  &  efta- 
tutz  en  la  forme  qenfuit. 


ENRY  by  the  Grace  of  God,  King  of  Eng- 
land, and  of  France,  and  Lord  of  Ireland, 
to  the  Laud  and  Honour  of  God,  and  Re- 
verence of  holy  Church,  for  to  nourifh  Unity,  Peace, 
and  Concord  of  all  Parties  within  the  Realm  of 
England,  and  for  the  Redrefs  and  Recovery  of  the 
fame  Realm,  which  now  of  late  hath  been  danger- 
oufly  put  to  great  Ruin,  Mifchief,  and  Defolation  ; 
of  the  Affent  of  the  Prelates,  Dukes,  Earls,  Barons, 
and  at  the  Inftance  and  Special  Requeft  of  the  Com- 
mons of  the  fame  Realm,  affembled  at  his  Parliament 
holden  at  Wejbninjier  in  the  Feaft  of  St.  Faith  the 
Virgin,  the  firft  Year  of  his  Reign,  hath  made, 
ordained,  and  eftablifhed  certain  Ordinances  and 
Statutes  in  Form  as  hereafter  followeth." 


CAP.      I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  oF  the  Church,  and  of  all  Statutes  not  repealed. 

fhall  be  done,  and  Peace  kept. 


Juftice 


PRimerement  qe  feint  efglife  eit  &enjoiez  toutes 
fes  droitures  libertees  &  franchifes  entierment 
&  faunz  emblemiflement  et  qe  la  Graunde  Chartre 
et  la  Chartre  de  la  Foreft  et  toutz  les  autres  bones 
ordinances  &  eftatutz  faites  en  temps  de  fes  no- 
bles progenitours  &  nient  repellez  foient  ferme- 
ment  tenuz  &  gardez  en  toutz  pointz  et  qe  le  paix 
deinz  fon  Roialme  foit  tenuz  &  gardez  iflint  qe 
toutz  fes  loialx  lieges  &  fubgitz  purront  defore 
faufment  &  paifiblement  aler  venir  &  demorer  fe- 
lonc  les  loies  &  ufages  de  mefme  le  Roialme  &  qe 
bone  juftice  &  oell  droit  foit  fait  a  chefcuny. 


'  THIRST,  That  holy  Church  have  and  enjoy  all  her 

'  Jt/    Rights,  Liberties,  and  Franchifes,  entirely  and 

'  without  imblemifhing.     And  that  the  great  Charter, 

'  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and  other  good  Ordi- 

'  nances  and  Statutes  made  in  the  Time  of  his  noble 

'  Progenitors,  and  not  repealed,  be  firmly  holden  and 

'  kept  in  all  Points ;  and  that  the  Peace  within  this 

'  Realm  be  holden  and  kept,  fo  that  all  his  lawful  liege 

'  People  and  Subjects  may  from  henceforth  fafely  and 

'  peacefully  go,  come,  and  dwell,  according  to  the  *  *  Laws  and 

'  lawful  Ufages  of  the  fame  Realm  ;    and   that  good  vIaSes- 

'  Juftice  and  even  Right  be  done  to  every  Perfon.'        Corfi-mcd by  jH. 

4.  c.i.    jH.4. 


CAP.      II. 

None  fhall  be  impeached  that  did  affift  King  Hen.  4.  or  helped  to  purfue  King  Rich. 

his  Adherents. 


2.  or 


ITEM  qe  null  Seignur  efpirituel  ne  temporel  nautre  perfone  queconqe  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit 
qi  viendrent  ove  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  qoreft  el  Roialme  dEngleterre  nautres  perfones  quelconqes  EXP, 
adonqes  demurrantz  en  mefme  le  Roialme  et  qi  viendrent  au  dit  Roi  en  eide  de  luy  a  purfuier  ceaux  qi  feurent 
encontre  le  bone  entent  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  &  le  commune  profit  du  Roialme  en  quel  purfuit  Richard 
nadgairs  Roi  dEngleterre  le  fecond  apres  le  conqueft  fuit  purfuie  pris  &  mys  en  garde  &  unqore  demoert 
en  garde  ne  foit  empefchez  moleftes  ne  grevez  en  perfone  n:n  biens  en  courte  du  Roy  nen  autry  court 
pur  la  purfuit  de  dit  Roy  prife  &  detenue  de  fon  corps  ne  pur  la  purfuit  dautri  prife  des  perfones  &  cha- 
teux  ou  de  mort  dome  ou  qeconqe  autre  chofe  fait  en  la  dite  purfuit  del  jour  qe  le  dit  Roi  quor  eft  arriva  tanq 
a  jour  de  coronement  de  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  loi  Henry.  Et  neft  pas  lentention  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi 
qe  meffaifours  qi  firent  trefpaffes  ou  autres  malx  hors  de  la  dit  purfuit  faunz  efpeciale  garrant  foient  covertes 
naient  avantage  de  cefte  eftatut  ainz  qils  ent  foient  refpoinantz  a  la  commune  ley. 


Vol.  I. 


Ii 


11 


CAP. 


426       Cap.  3 — 6« 


Anno   primo  Henrici   IV.  A.  D.  1399, 


CAP.      III. 

A  Repeal  of  the  whole  Parliament  holden  Anno  21  Rich.   2.  and  of  the  Authority  given 

thereby. 

EXP.  Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

TEM  come  le  Lunedy  profchein  apres  le  feft  del  Exaltation  de  la  feinte  croice  Ian  du  regne  le  dlt  nadgairs 
Roi  Richard  vingt  primer  un  parlement  feut  fomonez  &  tenuz  a  Weftm'  &  dilloefqes  adjournez  a  Sa- 
lopbirs  a  quelle  ville  certaine  poair  feut  commys  par  auftorite  du  parlement  as  certains  perfones  de  pro- 
ceder  fur  certains  articles  &  matiers  comprifez  en  rolle  du  parlement  ent  fait  come  par  mefme  le  rolle  y  purra 
apparoir  en  quel  parlement  &  auxint  par  lauftorite  fuildite  diverfes  eftatutz  juggementz  ordinances  &  efta- 
bliffementz  feurent  faitz  ordinez  &  renduz  erronoufement  &  tres  doloroufement  en  graunde  defheritifon  & 
final  deftru£tion  &  anientifment  des  plufours  honurables  Seignurs  &  autres  lieges  du  Roialme  &  de  lour 
heirs  as  touz  jours  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  confiderant  les  trefgraundes  mefchiefs  avantdites  de  ladvys  &  af- 
fent  des  toutz  les  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  de  tout  la  comminaltee  de  Roialme  ad  ajuggez  le  dit 
parlement  tenuz  le  dit  an  vingt  primer  &  lauc~t-orir.ee  ent  done  come  defuis  eft  dit  ove  toutes  les  circum- 
ftances  &  dependences  dicell  deftre  de  null  force  ou  value  et  qe  mefme  le  parlement  ove  lauctorite  fufdite 
&  touz  les  circumftances  &  dependences  dicell  foient  de  tout  reverfez  revokez  irritez  caflez  repellez  pur 
touz  jours. 

CAP.      IV. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Parliament  holden  11  Rich.  2. 


ITEM,  It  is  accorded,  aflented,  and  eftablifhed, 
That  the  Parliament  holden  at  JVeflminJier,  the 
Eleventh  Year  of  the  faid  late  King  Richard,  be 
firmly  holden  and  kept  according  to  the  Purport  of 
the  fame,  as  a  Thing  made  for  the  great  Honour  and 
common  Profit  of  this  Realm.' 


ITEM  accordez  eft  affentuz  &  eftabliz  qe  le  par- 
lement tenuz  a  Weftm'  Ian  unzifme  le  dit  nad- 
gairs Roi  Richard  foit  fermement  tenuz  &  gar- 
dez  felonc  le  purport  &  effeft  dicelle  come  chofe 
fait  pur  trefgrand  honure  &  commune  profit  de 
tout  le  Roialme. 


CAP.      V. 

A  Restitution  of  thofe,  or  their  Heirs,  which  were  attainted  at  the  Parliament  holden  su 

Rich.  2. 

TEM  ordeinez  eft  &  afientuz  qe  les  Seignurs  &  autres  qi  feurent  forjuggez  en  dit  parlement  tenuz  le- 
dit  an  vingt  &  primer  ou  par  aucForitee  dicell  qore  font  en  vie  &  les  heirs  des  Seignurs  &  autres  qi  font 
mortz  foient  entierment  reftorez  &  reftitutz  a  lour  nouns  heretages  &  poffeffions  reverfions  fees  advoefons 
offices  libertes  &  franchifes  qeconqes  auxi  entierment  come  les  dites  Seignurs  &  autres  qore  font  en  vie  ou 
les  Seignurs  &  autres  qi  font  mortz  aunceftres  des  heirs  fufdits  ou  les  enfeofFez  des  ditz  Seignurs  ou  de  les 
autres  fufditz  ou  autres  enfeofFez  a  lour  oeps  feurent  al  temps  du  juggement  renduz  devers  eux  le  dit  an 
vingt  primer  par  entree  faunz  autre  purfuit  ent  faire  ou  liveree  avoir  dicelles.  Sauvant  toutefoitz  qe  les 
ditz  Seignurs  ne  les  autres  avantditz  naient  riens  de  les  iffues  ent  prifez  en  le  mefne  temps.  Et  quant  a  les 
biens  &  chateux  qi  feurent  as  ditz  Seignurs  ou  les  autres  perfones  fufditz  enfi  forjuggez  des  queux  le  Roi 
neft  pas  refponduz  &  font  es  mains  des  vifcontz  efchetours  ou  autres  officers  miniftres  ou  perfones  qeconqes 
&  par  eux  coircelez  le  Roi  voet  &  graunt  qe  mefmes  les  Seignurs  &  autres  qore  font  en  vie  &  les  executours 
&  adminiftratours  de  ceaux  qi  font  mortz  enteient  liveree  &  reftitution  &  qe  les  vifcontz  efchetours  officers 
&  miniftres  enfi  occupiantz  les  ditz  biens  &  chateux  par  tiele  concelement  foient  puniz  pur  mefme  le  con- 
celement. 

CAP.      VI. 

In  a  Petition  to  the  King,  of  Lands,  Offices,  &c.  the  Value  fhall  be  contained. 


3  Co.  31. 
3iH.  6.I.2I. 


*  TTEM,  To  the  Intent  that  our  faid  Lord  the  King 

*  JL   in  Time  to  come  fhall  not  be  deceived  in  his 

*  Grants  or  Gifts  annual,  or  in  Fee,  or  in  any  Offices 
'  by  him  to  be  given,  made,  or  granted,  he  will,  by 
'  the  AfTent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal  afore- 
'  faid,  and  at  the  Requeft  of  the  faid  Commons,  be 

*  counfellcd  by  the  wife  Men  of  his  Council  in  Things 
'  touching  theEftate  of  him  and  of  his  Realm,  faving 

*  always  his  Liberty.  Alfo  he  hath  ordained  and 
ftablifhed  by  the  Affent  aforefaid,  That  all  they 
which  from  henceforth  do  demand  of  the  King, 


TEM  au  fy-n  qe  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  en 
temps  avenir  ne  foit  deceuz  en  fes  grauntes  ou 
douns  annuels  ou  en  fee  ou  en  acunes  offices  par 
lui  a  doners  fairs  ou  graunters  il  voet  de  laffent  des 
Seignurs  efpirituelx  u  temporelx  fufditz  &  a  la 
requeft  des  ditz  communes  eftre  confeillez  par  les 
fages  de  fon  confe'l  es  chofes  touchantz  leftat  de 
lui  &  de  fon  Roialme  fauvant  toutefoitz  fa  libertee. 
Et  voet  h  ad  ordeinez  &  eftabliez  de  laffent  fufdit 
qe  toutz  ceux  qi  defore  enavant  demanderont  du 
Rgi  terres  tenementz  rentes  offices  a/inuitets  ou 

autres 


A.  D.  1399. 


Anno   primo   Henrici    IV. 


Cap.  7,  8.        427 


Ex  Rot.  in  Titrr.  Land. 
autres  profitz  qeconqes  facent  expreffe  mention 
en  lour  petitions  de  la  value  de  la  chofe  enfi  a  de- 
mander  et  auxi  de  ce  qils  ont  eue  du  doun  de  Roi 
Ou  des  autres  fes  progenitours  ou  predeceffours  par- 
devant.  Et  en  cas  qils  ne  facent  tiel  mention  en 
lour  ditz  petitions  &  ce  duement  prove  foient  les 
kttres  patentes  du  Roi  ent  faites  nient  vaillables 
ne  de  null  force  neffedt  Mais  de  taut  revokez  repel- 
lez  &  adnullez  pur  toiiz  jours  au  punifTement  de 
ceux  qenfi  ont  fait  tiel  deceit  au  Roi  come  ceux 
qi  ne  font  pas  dignes  denjoier  leffecT:  &  benefice 
des  lettres  patentes  a  eux  grauntez  en  celle  par- 
tie. 


CAP 


Lands,    Tenements,    Rents,  Offices,  Annuities,  or 

any  other  Profits,  fhall  make  exprefs  Mention  in  their 

Petitions  of  the  Value  of  the  Thing  fo  to  be  demanded, 

and  alfo  of  that  which  they  have  had  of  the  King's 

Gift,  or  of  other  his  Progenitors  or  Predeceffors  be-  Co.  Lit.  133.  a. 

fore.     And  in  cafe  they  make  not  fuch  Mention  in 

their  faid  Petitions,  and  that  duly  proved,  the  King's 

Letters  Patents  thereof  made  ftull  not  be  available, 

nor  of  any  Force  nor  Effect,  but  wholly  revoked, 

repealed,  and  adnulled  for  ever ;  to  the  Puniihment 

of  them  which  fo  have  done  Deceit  to  the  King,  as 

they  that  be  not  worthy  to  enjoy  the   Effect  and 

Benefit  of  the  Letters  Patents  to  them  granted  in  this  Expounded  by  a 

Behalf.'  H.4.c.  2. 

Rtjhatncd  by  6 
H.  4.  c.  2, 

.      VII. 

The  Penalty  for  unlawful  giving  or  wearing  of  Liveries.     Who  may  wear  the  King's  Live- 
ries, and  in  what  Places.     To  what  Perfons  only  Liveries  may  be  given. 

ITEM  pur  oufter  meintenance  fo  nurrir  amour  paix  &  quiete  des  toutz  partz  parmy  Ie  Roialme  ordeinez  Confirmed  by  7 
eft  fo  eftabliez  par  le  Roi  &  les  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  les  communes  fufditz  en  pleine  par-  J?-  \^A%v 
lement  qe  null  Seignur  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit  ufe  ne  doigne  afcune  liveree  de  figne  de  com-c^ea[_eCi4y,  3 
paignie  a  nul  chivaler  efquier  ne  vallet  deinz  le  Roialme  fufdit  Sauvant  toutefoitz  qe  noftre  dit  Seignur  le 
Roi  durra  tantfoulement  fon  honurable  liveree  a  les  Seignurs  temporelx  queux  lui  plerra  &  fauvant  auxi  qe 
mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  durra  fon  dit  honurable  liveree  a  fes  chivalers  &  efquires  menialx  &  auxi  a 
fes  chivalers  &  efquiers  qi  font  de  fa  retenue  &  preignant  de  lui  lour  fee  annuel  pur  terme  de  vie.  Et  outre 
ce  accordez  eft  fo  affentuz  par  le  Roi  fo  les  Seignurs  &  communes  fufditz  qe  les  ditz  chivalers  &  efquiers 
ne  ufent  aucunement  lour  ditz  liverees  en  lour  pais  ou  contees  es  queux  ils  font  receantz  ou  demurrantz 
naillours  deinz  le  Roialme  hors  du  prefence  du  Roi  et  ft  aucun  Seignur  face  au  contrair  fo  ce  duement 
provee  qil  face  fyne  &  ranceon  a  la  volunte  de  Roi  et  ft  aucun  chivaler  ou  efquier  face  la  contrair  fo  de  ce 
ibit  duement  atteint  perde  fon  dit  liveree  &  forface  fon  fee  pur  touz  jours.  Et  qe  null  vadlet  appelle  yoman 
preigne  ne  ufe  nulle  liveree  du  Roi  ne  de  null  autre  Seignur  fur  peine  demprifonement  &  de  faire  fine  & 
ranceon  a  la  volunte  de  Roi.  Purveux  toutefoitz  qe  les  coneftable  fo  marefchal  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps 
efteantz  ove  lour  retinue  des  chivalers  &  efquiers  puiftent  ufer  la  dit  liveree  du  Roi  fur  les  frontiers  fo  la 
marche  du  Roialme  en  temps  de  guerre  et  purveux  auxi  qe  touz  ceux  qi  veullent  travailler  fo  pafTent  le  meer 
as  parties  de  dela  pur  quere  honure  purroient  ufer  mefme  la  liveree  celles  parties  faunz  ent  eftre  aucunement 
grevez  ou  empefchez.  Et  outre  ceo  accordez  eft  fo  affentuz  qe  null  Ercevefque  Evefqe  Abbe  ne  Priour  ne 
null  autre  homme  de  feinte  efglife  ou  temporel  de  quell  eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit  deinz  le  "dit  Roialme 
doigne  aucune  liveree  de  drap  a  nully  mais  foulement  a  fes  menialx  et  officers  fo  ceux  qi  font  de  fon  confeil 
fibien  efpirituelx  come  temporelx  aprifez  de  lune  ou  lautre  ley  fur  peyne  de  faire  fine  &  ranceon  al  volunte 
de  Roi.     Et  comencera  ceft  ordenance  fo  eftatut  de  tenir  lieu  de  le  feft  de  Chandeleurs  profcheine  avenir. 

CAP.      VIII. 

Affife  maintainable  by  the  Diffeifee  againft  the  King's  Patentee  of  Lands. 


ITEM  a  la  grevoufe  compleint  des  ditz  com- 
munes fait  en  dit  parlement  coment  plufours 
des  lieges  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  qont  efte  feifiz 
&  poffeffionez  des  terres  fo  tenementz  par  lour 
droit  &  title  tanqal  darreine  venue  noftre  dit  Seig- 
nur le  F.oi  en  Engleterre  qe  par  Suggeftion'  a  lui 
fait  les  dit  terres  &  tenementz  ont  efte  grauntez 
as  diverfes  perfones  fo  lettres  patentes  ent  faitz 
iffint  qe  par  colour  des  tielx  grauntes  &  lettres  pa- 
tentz  les  tenantz  &  verroies  poffeflburs  des  ditz 
tenementz  es  plufours  contes  font  defeifez  &  ouftez 
dicelles  a  lour  grand  damage  &  encontre  le  cours 
<ie  la  commune  ley  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  confi- 
deraunt  le  mefchief  fufdit  fo  veulant  fur  ce  ordeiner 
due  remede  de  ladvys  &  affent  des  Seignurs  &  com- 
munes fuifditz  ad  ordeinz  &  eftabliz  qe  la  ou  terres 
ou  tenementz  font  grauntez  par  patent  du  Roi 
fanz  title  trove  par  enqueft  ou  autre  vie  &  la  ou 
lentree  du  Roi  neft  pas  done  par  la  ley  Aient  ceux 


T  E  M,  At  the  grievous  Complaint  of  the  faid 
Commons,  made  in  the  faid  Parliament,  how 
many  of  the  King's  liege  People,  which  have  been 
feifed  and  poffefied  of  Lands  and  Tenements,  by 
their  Right  and  Title,  until  the  laft  coming  of  our 
Lord  the  King  into  England,  that  upon  Suggeftion 
made  to  him,  the  faid  Lands  and  Tenements  have 
been  granted  to  divers  Perfons,  and  Letters  Patents 
thereof  made,  fo  that  by  Colour  of  fuch  Grants 
and  Letters  Patents,  the  Tenants  and  true  Owners 
of  the  faid  Tenements  in  divers  Counties  be  diffeifed 
and  put  out  of  the  fame,  to  their  great  Damage,  and 
againft  the  Courfe  of  the  Common  Law  :"  '  (2)  Our 
Lord  the  King  confidering  the  Mifchiefs  aforefaid, 
and  willing  thereupon  to  provide  due  Remedy,  by 
the  Advice  and  Affent  of  the. Lords  and  Commons 
aforefaid,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  in  Fitz.  Affife, 
cafe  any  Lands  or  Tenements  be  granted  by  the  364,  467. 
King's  Patent,  without  Title  found  by  Inqueft  or 
Iii  2  '  other- 


423        Cap.  g,  10,  n, 


Anno  primo  Henrici  IV. 


A.D. 


'  otherwife,  where  the  King's  Entry  is  not  given  by 

*  Law,  they  that  be  put  out  or  diffeifed  of  their  Free- 
'  hold,  fhall  have  a  fpecial  Aflife  of  the  Chancellor's 

*  Grant,  without  other  Suit  to  be  made  to  the  King 
'  in  that  Behalf:  (3)  And  if  the  Parties  orPerfons  ha- 
'  ving  the  King's  Letters  Patents  do  pray  in  Aid,  a 
'  Writ  of  Procedendo  fhall  be  granted  by  the  faid  Chan- 

*  cellor,  without  making  other  Suit  to  the  King ;  (4) 
'  and  in  cafe  that  they  which  be  put  out,  or  diffeifed, 
'  do  recover  againft  the  Perfons  having  fuch  Patents, 
'  they  which  be  fo  put  out  or  diffeifed  fhall  recover 
'  their  treble  Damages ;  (5)  and  that  this  Ordinance 
'  and  Statute  hold  Place  as  well  after  the  King's  Ar- 

*  rival  into  England,  as  in  all  Time  to  come. 


r399« 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
qi  font  ouftez  ou  difeifez  de  lour  franc  tenement 
efpeciale  aflife  du  graunt  du  Chaunceller  faunz 
autre  purfuite  faire  au  Roi  celle  partie  et  fi  les  per- 
fones  eiantz  les  patentes  du  Roi  prient  en  eide  foit 
graunte  brief  de  procedendo  par  le  dit  Chaunceller 
faunz  autre  purfuit  faire  au  Roi  &  en  cas  qe  les 
ditz  ouftez  ou  diffeifez  recoverent  devers  les  per- 
fones  eiants  tielx  patents  qe  mefmes  les  ouftez 
ou  diffeifez  recoverent  lour  damage  a  treble.  Et 
qe  ceft  ordinance  &  eftatut  tiegne  lieu  fibien  puis 
larivall  du  Roi  en  Engleterre  come  en  temps  ave- 
nir. 


EXP. 


siR.  2.  c.  6. 


CAP.      IX. 
A  Confirmation  to  the  Purchafers  of  Lands  fold,  which  were  forfeited  to  the  King. 

TEM  come  entre  autres  ordinances  &  eftatutz  faitz  Ian  unzifme  le  dit  nadgahs  Roi  Richard  ordeinez 

foit  &  eftabliz  qe  les  graundes  officers  du  dit  nadgairs  Roi  par  advis  des  autres  Seignurs  de  confeil 

eient  poair  de  vendre  parcelle  de  les  forfaitures  de  ceux  qi  feurent  forjuggez  en  le  parlement  tenus  le  dit 
an  unzifme  par  lour  bone  difcretion  &:  qe  les  doun  &  graunte  affairs  fur  tiel  vente  foit  ferme  &  eftable 
Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  par  advis  &  affent  de  les  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a  la  requeft  des 
ditz  communes  confiderant  coment  plufours  ventes  ont  efte  faites  par  force  de  les  ordinance  &  eftatut  fuifditz 
ad  ordeinez  &  eftabliz  qe  les  douns  &  grauntes  enfi  faites  par  vertue  des  ventes  fuifditz  tantfoulement  eftoi- 
fent  en  lour  force  &  vertue  noun  obftantz  afcUns  douns  ou  grauntz  faitz  au  contrair  &  qe  ceux  qi  veulent 
fuir  pur  confirmation  avoir  de  lour  purchace  fait  celle  partie  qils  ent  eient  confirmation  paiantz  les  fines  & 
fees  ent  duez* 


Nothing 


fhall   be   accounted 


CAP.      X. 

Treafon    but    what    was    made   Treafon    in    the   Time    of 
King  Edward  the  Third. 


15  Ed.  3.  flat.        Tl  xLM,   Whereas  in  the  laid  Parliament  holden 
5-  c-  a-  "  J.  the  faid  one  and  twentieth  Year  of  the  faid  late 

^Ed.j.  <"•  "•  "  King  Richard,  divers  Pains  of  Treafon  were  or- 
&  12.  '  ''  3"  4  "  Gained   by  Statute,  in  as  much  that  there  was  no 
■2.H.  6.  c.  17.     "  Man  which  did    know   how  he  ought  to   behave 
"  himfelf,  to  do,  fpeak,   or  fay,  for  Doubt  of  fuch 
"  Pains  ;"    '  (2)  It  is  accorded   and  affented  by  the 
'  King,  the  Lords  and  Commons  aforefaid,  That  in 
'  no  Time  to  come  any  Treafon  be  judged  otherwife, 
'  than  it  was  ordained  by  the  Statute  in  the  Time  of 
'  his  noble  Grandfather  King  Edward  the  Third, 
'  whom  God  affoil.' 
i-.  E  8.  c.  9.    25  #.  S.  c.-z*.    26  H.  8.  c.  13.    27  H.  3.  c.  2.   2SH.  8.  c.  iS.    32  II.  8. 
c.  10  &  1 1.     1  El.  c.  5.    5  El.  c.  1  &  11.    1-  EL  c.  1  &  2.     14  EL  c.  i,  2     £?  3.    23  El. 
3  fi?4  W.  &  Til.  c.  13.    7&S  W.  3.C.  3.    gJ-K  i.e.  1.   13W.  3.  c.  i&  6.    zAm.ftat.z 
2.1,33,   17  Gm.2.  c.  39.  19  C«,2.  e.g.  and  2oGa.  2,  c.  30  &  46. 


Sez  farther  con- 
certing Treafon. 
1  Ed.  6.  c.  12. 
I  Mar.  fed.  1. 


TEM  come  en  le  dit  parlement  tenuz  Je  dit 
an  vingt  primer  le  dit  nagdairs  koi  Richard 
plufours  peines  de  traifon  feurent  ordeinez  par 
eftatut  parenfi  qe  y  navoit  aucun  homme  qa  poie 
favoit  coment  il  fe  deuft  avoir  de  faire  parler  ou 
dire  par  doubte  des  tielx  peines  Accordez  eft  & 
affentuz  par  le  Roi  &  les  Seignurs  &  communes 
fuifditz  qen  null  temps  avenir  auc.ine  traifon  foit 
adjugge  autrement  qe  ne  feut  ordinez  par  eftatut 
en  temps  de  fon  noble  aiel  le  Roi  Edward  tiers  qi 
Dieu  affoille. 


c.  4.  33  H.  8.  c.  20  {sf23.  5  fif  6  Ed.  6.  c.  11.  1.&0.P.&M. 
:.  I.  27  EL  c.  2.  3  Jac.  1.  c.  4.  §.  22.  13  Car.  2.  fiat.  I.  e.  I. 
c.  17.    2  £?  3  Ann.  c.  20.  4  Ann.c.  %.  7  Ann.  c.  21.  I  Geo.  l.jlat. 


CAP.      XI. 

How  far  Sheriffs  fhall  be  charged  with  the  antient  Ferms  of  the  County. 


"  T  TEM,  Whereas  the  faid  Commons  by  their  Pe- 
"  1  tition  have  fh  :wed  in  the  fame  Parliament,  ho  v 
"  the  Sheriffs  of  Counties  v  ithin  the  R.ealm  be  char- 
"  ged  with  the  antient  Perm  of  the  fame  Counties, 
"  hereas  a  great  Parcel  of  the  Profits  of  the  fame  is 
"  given  feverally  to  Lords  and  other  the  King's  liege 
"  1'Lople,  fo  tha.  tne  fame  Sheriff's  cannot  pay  their 
"  erm  without  doing  Extortion  in  the  faid  Counties 
"  in  great  Oppreflion  and  Hind  ance,  as  'ell  of  the 
*'  faid  Sheriffs,  as  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  faid  Coun- 
3 


TEM  come  les  ditz  communes  par  lour  pe- 
tition ont  monftrez  en  mefme  ceft  parlement 
coment  les  vifcontz  des  countes  deinz  le  Roialme 
font  chargez  ove  launcien  ferme  des  mefmes  les 
contees  la  ou  graunde  parcelle  des  profitz  dicelles 
font  donez  diverfement  as  Seignurs  &  autres  lieges 
du  Roi  iflint  qe  mefmes  les  vifcontz  ne  p  irroht 
paier  lour  ferme  faunz  extorfion  faire  es  ditz  contees 
en  graunt  oppreflion  &  areriffement  fibien  des  ditz 
i  vifcontz  come  de  les  enhabitantz  es  mefmes  les 

contccs 


A.  D.  1399. 


Anno  primo  H  e  n  r  i  c  i  IV. 


Cap. 


12. 


Ex  Roi.  In  Turr.  Lond. 
contees  noftre  Seignur  k  Roi  confiderant  les  mef- 
chiefs  fuifditz  de  ladvis  &  affent  des  Seignurs  & 
communes  fuifditz  ad  ordeinez  &  eftabliz  qe  defore 
en  avant  les  vifcontz  des  countees  dEflex  &  Hert- 
ford' en  efpeciale  &  les  vifcontz  des  autres  contees 
fuifditz  pur  le  temps  efteantz  accomptent  a  lefcheqer 
&  aient  allouance  par  lour  ferement  de  les  iflues 
des  ditz  contees  fibien  puis  la  date  de  lour  patentes 
a  eux  faitz  par  le  dit  nadgairs  Roi  Richard  come 
pur  tout  temps  avenir.  Et  fi  aucun  vifcont  defore 
enavant  face  aucun  extorfion  a  poeple  &  de  ce  foit 
atteint  qil  foit  duement  punis  pur  mefme  lextorfion 
a  la  volunte  du  Roi. 


429 


:  ties  :"    '  (2)  Our  Lord  the  King  confidering  the 
Mifchiefs  aforefaid,  by  the  Advice  and  Affent  of  the 
Lords  and  Commons  atorefaid,  hath  ordained  and 
eftablifhed,  That  from  henceforth  the  Sheriffs  of  the 
County  of  Ejjcx  and  Hertford  in   fpeciai,  and    the 
Sheriffs  of  other  Counties  aforefaid,  for  the  Time 
being,  fhall  accompt  in  tire  Exchequer,  and  have 
Allowance  by  their  Oath  of  the  Iffues  of  the  faid 
Counties,  as  well  after  the  Dates  of  their  Patents 
made  to  them  by  the  faid  late  King  Richard,  as  for     ■ 
all  Times  to  come.     (3)  And  if  any  Sheriff  from The  punl!h 
henceforth  do  any  Extortion  to  the  People,  and  be1Tent  or-  a  ^e. 
thereof  attainted,  he  fhall  be  duly  puniihed  for  the  riff  for  Extor- 
fame  Extortion  at  the  King's  Will.'  tisn. 


CAP.      XII. 

A  Confirmation  of  former  Statutes  touching  pulling  down  of  Wears. 


TEM  come  Seignur  Edward  nadgairs  Roi 
dEngleterre  aiel  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qoreft  Ian 
de  fon  regne  vingt  &  quint  pur  ce  qe  communes 
paffages  des  niefs  &  bateux  en  les  graunds  rivers 
dEngleterre  fi  feurent  fouventfoitz  deftourbez  par 
le  lever  des  gors  molyns  eftankes  eftakes  &  kideux 
en  graunde  damage  du  poeple  accordez  feut  h 
eftabliz  qe  touz  tielx  gors  molyns  eftankes  eftakes 
&  kideux  qi  feurent  Ievez  &  mys  en  temps  le  Roi 
Edward  fitz  a  Roi  Henr'  &  depuis  en  tieulx 
rivers  par  queux  les  niefs  &  bateux  font  deftourbez 
qils  ne  poient  paffer  come  ils  foloient  foient  ouftez 
&  nettement  a'batuz  faunz  eftre  relevez  &  qe  !  riefs 
ferroient  fur  ce  maundez  as  vifcontz  des  lieux  ou 
meftier  ferroit  de  furveier&  denquere  &  de  faire  ent 
execution  &  auxint  qe  Juftices  ferroient  fur  cs 
affignez  a  tons  les  foitz  qil  buffoigneroit.  Et  apres 
a  la  grevoufe  pleint  des  graunts  &  des  communes 
fait  en  parlement  du  dit  Roi  E.  laiel  Ian  de  fon 
regne  quarant  &  quint  compleinantz  par  lour 
petition  qe  le  dit  eftatut  neftoit  pas  duement  execut 
ne  gardez  felonc  lefferSr.  dicelle  eftoit  accordez  & 
eftabliz  qe  le  dit  eftatut  en  ceo  point  foit  tenuz  & 
gardez  felonc  leffeft  dicelle  adjouftant  a  ycell  qe  fi 
null  tiel  anufance  foi:  abatuz  par  due  procefle  con- 
tinue en  le  dit  eftatut  cellui  qi  ferra  relever  la  dite 
anufance  &  de  ce  foit  atteint  duement  encourge  la 
peine  de  cent  marcz  devers  le  Roy  a  lever  par 
ieftrete  en  lefcheqer  &  autiel  loy  fe  teigne  danufance 
fait  par  lenhancer  de  tieux  gors  molyns  eftanks 
eftakes  &  kideux  come  par  novel  lever  come  en  les 
ditz  eftatutz  plus  pieinement  apiert.  Et  ore  a  la 
requeft  des  ditz  Communes  monftrantz  par  lour 
petition  qe  les  communes  paffages  des  nie  s  & 
bateux  en  les  graundes  rivers  dEngleterre  &  auxint 
'prees  &  paftures  &  terres  femez  adjoinantz  as  ditz 
rivers  font  graundement  deftourbez  furondez  gaftez 
&  deftruz  par  les  outrageoufes  enhancer  &  eftrei- 
ture  des  gors  molyns  eftankes  eftakes  &  kydeux  aun- 
cienement  faitz  &  levez  devant  le  temps  le  dit  Roi 
E.  fitz  a  Roi  Henr'  dont  graundes  damages  & 
perdes  font  aveauz  foveat  a  poeple  de  Roialme  h 


i 


TEM,   Whereas  .by   Edward,    late  King  of  J3  Co. -6. 
England,  Grandfather  of  our  Lord  the  King  that  2.5  Ed.  3.  iiat. 
now  is,  the  five  and  twentieth  Year  of  his  Reign,  5-  c-  4- 
becaufe  that  the  common  Paflage  of  Ships  and  Boats  *  Sat  fi"'  4< 
in  the  great  Rivers  of  England  were  oftentimes  di- 
fturbed  by  the  levying  of  Wears,  Mills,  Stanks, 
Stakes,  and  Kidels,  in  great  Damage  of  the  Peo- 
ple, it  was  accorded,  That  all  fuch  Wears,  Mills,, 
Stanks,  Stakes,  and  Kidels,  which  were  levied  and 
fet  up  in  the  Time  of  King  Edward,  Sen  to  King 
Henry,  and  after  in  fuch  Rivers,  whereby  the  Ships 
and  Boats  be  difturbed,  fo  that  they  cannot  pafs  as 
they  were  wont,  fhall  be  wholly  pulled  down,  and 
not  be  levied  again ;  (2)  and  that  Writs  be  there- 
upon fent  to  the  Sheriffs  of  Places  where  Need  fhall 
be,    to-  furvey  and   inquire,    and   to  make  thereof 
Execution  ;   (3)   and  alfo  that  Juftices  be  thereupon, 
afligned  at  all  Times  when  Need  fhall  require.     (4) 
And  after  at  the  grievous  Complaint  of  the  great 
Men  and  the  Commons,  made  in  the  Parliament  of 
the  faid  King  Edward  the  Grandfather,  the  five 
and  fortieth  Year  of  his  Reign,    complaining   by 
their  Petition,  that  the  faid  Statute  was  not  duly- 
executed  nor  kept  after  the  EffecT:  of  the  fame,  it 
was  accorded  and  ftablifhed,  That  the  faid  Statute 
in  this  Point  be  holden  and  kept  after  the  EffecT:  of 
the  fame  ;  (5)  added  to  the  fame,  That  if  any  fuch 
Noifance  be  pulled  down  by  due  Procefs  contained      Ej       c  „ 
in  the  faid  Statute,  he  that  will  caufe  the  faid  Noi- 
fance  to  be  repaired,  and  thereof  be  duly  attainted, 
fhall  incur  the  Pain  of  an  hundred  Marks  to  the 
King,  to  be  levied  by  the  Eftreats  of  the  Exche- 
quer ;  (6)  and  like  Law  to  be  holden  of  a  Noifance 
made    by    the  enhanfmg    of  fuch   Wears,    Mills,. 
Stanks,  Stakes  and  Kidels,  as  by  new  levying,  as 
in  the  fame  Statutes  more  fully  doth  appear.     (7)  The  Inconva- 
And  now,  at  the  Requeft   of  the  faid  Commons,!1'™'^™'11- 
fhewing  by  their  Petition,  that  the  common  Paffages  J^  a^n  "*"' 
of  Ships  and  Boats  in  the  great  Rivers  of  England,  ftraitening  of 
and  alfo  Meadows  and  Paftures,  and  Lands  lowed  Wears,  Mills, 
adjoining  to  the  faid  P.ivers,  be  greatly  difturbed,  Stanks,  (Sc. 
drowned,  wafted,  and  deftroyed  by  outragious  en-  I0  Co* I38' 
hanfmg  and  ftraiting  of  Wears,  Mills,  Stanks,  Stakes 
and  Kidels,  in  old  Time  made  and  levied  before  the 
Time  of  the  faid  King  Edward,    fon  of  King 
Henry,  whereof  great  Damage  and  Lofs  hath  come 
to  the  People  of  the  Realm,  and  daily  will  come,  if 

"  Remedy 


430        Cap.  13, 


Anno  primo  Henrici  IV. 


A  Confirmati- 
on of  the  Sta- 
tutes of  25   Ed 
3.   flat.  4.    c.  4 
and  45  Ed,  3. 
c.  2.  touch- 
ing the  pulling 
down  or  aba- 
ting of  Wears, 
Mills,  63V. 


Commiflions 
ihali  be  award- 
ed to  certain 
Juftices  to  fur- 
vey  Wears, 
and  to  redtefs 
Offences, 


He  that  hath 
the  Freehold 
of  the  Land, 
iriall  perform 
the  Juftices 
award  touching 
trre  lame. 


21  R.  2.  c.  1 

Suforcedby  i2Ed. 
4.  c.  7.  which 
inji'iBs  Penalty  on 


"  Remedy  be  not  thereof  provided :"   .  (8)  It  is  ac- 

*  corded  and  eftablifhed  by  the  Affent  aforefaid,  That 
'  the  faid  Statutes  be  in  all  their  Articles  holden,  and 
'  firmly  kept,  and  duly  executed,  with  all  the  Pains, 
'  and  after  the  Effect  of  the  fame.  (9)  Joined  there- 
.*  to,  That  Commiffions  be  made  in  due  Form  to  fuf- 
'  ficient   Perfons  to  be   Juftices  in  every  County   of 

*  England,  where  Need  fhall  be,  to  furvey  and  keep 
'  the  Waters  and  great  Rivers  there,  and  to  corredt 
6  and  amend  the  Defaults,  and  to  make  due  Execution 

*  of  the  faid  Statutes,  after  the  Effect  of  the  fame,  as 
'  well  by  their  Survey,  Advice,  and  Difcretion,  as 
'  by  Inquefts  thereof  to  be  taken,  as  well  within  Fran- 
'  chile  as  without,  fo  often  and  when  Need  fhall  be, 
'  and  to  hear  and  determine  the  Things  aforefaid  ;  (10) 
'  and  moreover  to  furvey  the  Wears,  Mills,  S  tanks, 
'  Stakes,  and  Kidels  in  old  Times  made  and  levied 
'  before  the  faid  Time  of  King  Edward,  Son  of  King 
'  Henry  ;  and  them  that  they  find  too  much  enhanced 
'  or  ftraited,  to  correct,  pull  down,  and  amend  in  the 

*  Manner  and  Form  aforefaid,  faving  always  a  reafon- 
'  able  Subftance  of  Wears,  Mills,  Stanks,  Stakes,  and 

*  Kidels  aforefaid,  fo  in  old  Times  made  and  levied. 
'  (11)  And  if  any  fuch  Noifances  of  Wears,  Mills, 
'  Stanks,  Stakes,  and  Kidels,  of  Paffages  and  Straitings 

*  in  old  Times  made  and  levied,  be  judged  and  awarded 
'  by  the  faid  Juftices  to  be  pulled  down  and  amended, 
'  he  that  hath  the  Freehold  of  the  fame  fhall  make 
'  thereof  Execution  at  his  own  Cofts,  within  half  a 
'  Year  after  Notice  to  him  thereof  to  be  made,  upon 

*  Pain  of  an  hundred  Marks  to  be  paid  to  the  King  by 

*  Eftreats  of  the  Exchequer  ;  (12)  and  he  that  caufeth 

*  them  to  be  repaired  or  enhanced,  or  ftraited,  againft 
'  the  faid  Judgement,  and    thereof  be  duly  convict, 

*  fhall  incur  the   Pain  of  an  hundred   Marks,  to  be 

*  paid  to  the  King  by  Eftreats  in  the  Exchequer  afore  - 
'  faid  ;  (13)  and  in  cafe  that  any  feeleth  himlelf  grieved 
'  by  Execution  or  other  Way  in  this  Behalf,  againft 
'  Right  and  Reafon,  he  may  purfue,  and  fhall  have 
'  Right  and  Remedy.' 

Offenders.     See  farther  3  fac.  1.  <r.  12.  7  Jac.  1.  c.  19.  6  £f  7  IF.  3.  e.  16. 


A.  D.  1399. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Tufr.  Lond. 
aviendrent  de  jour  en  autre  fi  remede  ent'ne  foit  mis 
Accordez  eft  &  eftabliz  de  laffent  avauntdit  qe  les 
ditz  eftatutz  foient  en  touz  lour  articles  tenuz  he 
fermement  gardez  &  duement  execute  ovec  les 
peines  ti  felonc  1  effect  diceiles  adjouftant  a  ycelles 
qe  commiffions  foient  faites  endue  fourme  as  fuffi- 
ceantz  perfones  deftre  Juftices  en  chefcune  conte 
dEngleterre  ou  buffoigne  ferra  <3e  furveier  &  garder 
les  eaux  &  graundz  rivers  ilkofqes  &  les  defauts 
corriger  &  amender  &  due  execution  faire  de  les 
ditz  eftatutz  felonc  leffect  diceiles  ftbien  par  lour 
furveue  avis  &  difcretion  come  par  enqueftes  ent 
aprendre  deinz  franchifes  &  dehors  ft  &  quant 
buffoigne  ferra  &  doier  &  terminer  les  chofes 
fuifditz  &  outre  ce  de  furveier  les  gors  molyns 
eftankes  eftakes  &  kideux  anuncienement  faitz 
&  levez  devaunt  le  dit  temps  du  Roi  E.  fitz  a 
Roi  H.  &  ceux  qils  troverent  trop  enhancez  ou 
eftreitez  de  les  corriger  abater  &  amender  en  le 
manere  &  forme  fuifdit  fauvant  toutefoitz  refonable 
fubftance  des  les  gors  molyns  eftankes  eftakes  & 
kideux  fuifditz  iffint  auncienement  faitz  &  levez. 
Et  fi  aucuns  tielx  anufances  des  gors  molyns 
eftankes  eftakes  &  kideux  des  paffages  &  eftroi- 
tures  anunciement  faitz  &  levez  foient  adjuggez 
ou  agardez  par  les  ditz  Juftices  deftre  abatez  & 
amendez  cellui  qad  le  franc  tenement  diceiles  ferra 
ent  execution  as  fes  cuftages  deinz  un  demy  an 
apres  notification  a  lui  ent  affaire  fur  peine  de  cent 
marcz  appaiers  au  Roi  par  eftretes  en  lefcheqer 
&  cellui  qi  les  face  relever  ou  enhancer  ou  eftreiter 
encontre  le  dit  juggement  &  de  ce  foit  duement 
convict  encourge  la  peine  de  cent  marcz  apaiers 
a  Roi  par  eftretes  en  lefcheqer  fufdite  et  en  cas 
qe  afcune  fe  fent  eftre  grevez  par  execution  ou 
autre  voie  en  celle  partie  encountre  droit  &  raifon 
purfue  &  eit  droit  &  remede. 


1  Ceo.  j.  fat.  2.  c.  iS.  containing farther  Protifonsreff  effing  Wears. 


C    A    P.      XIII. 

Cuftomers,  Controllers,  Searchers,   csV.  fhall  be  removeable  at  the  King's  Pleafure,  and  fhall 

be  refident  upon  their  Offices. 


•Md—iheff- 
tt'nth  of  St.  Hil- 
lary in. 
Dyer  303. 
Officers  which 
fhall  have  no 
EfHte,  but  be 
removeable  at 
the  King's 
Pleafure. 
"'iunour. 


Cuftomers  and 
Controllers 
ihall  be  refi- 
dent upon  their 
Offices. 
17  R.2.  c.  5. 
31  H.  6.  c.  r,. 
1  El.  c.  11.  f.  g. 
Steel,  H.4.  c.  20. 
Jj   //.   4.  c.   S. 


cc 


tnun- 


TTEM,  Whereas  in  the  Statute  made  at  Weft, 
-*■_/?«"*  the  feventeenth  Year  of  the  faid  late  King 


•.(. 


Richard,  it  was  amongft  other  Things  ordained 
"  and  ftablifhed,  That  no  Searcher,  Gauger  of  Wines, 
"  Aulneger,  Finder a,  or  Weigher  of  Woolls,  or  any 
"  other  Merchandife,  Collectors  of  Cuftoms  and  Sub- 
"  fidies,  nor  Controllers,  have  Eftate  in  his  Office  for 
"  Term  of  Life  or  Years ;  but  that  the  fame  Offices 
"  remain  in  the  King's  Hands  under  the  Governance 
"  of  the  Treafurer  for  the  Time  being,  with  the  Affent 
"  of  the  Council,  when  Need  fhall  be;  (2)  and  if  any 
"  Charters  or  Letters  Patents  be  made  contrary,  they 
"  fhall  be  voided  and  of  none  Effect :"  '  (3)  It  is  ac- 
'  corded  and  alfented,  That  the  faid  Statute  be  firmly 
'  holden  and  kept,  and  put  in  due  Execution :  (4) 
'  Joined  to  the  fame,  that  Cuftomers  and  Controllers 
'  in  every  Port  of  England  fhall  be  refident  upon  their 
'  Offices  in  their  proper  Perfons,  without  making  any 
'  Deputy  or  Lieutenant  in  their  Names.' 
wbicbptn  Cufltmcrt  undtr fcirth .r  ReJirlSihm.  Sec  liketuije  1 1  &  12  W.  3.  c,  20. 


ITEM  come  en  leftatut  fait  a  Weftm'  al  quin- 
zifme  Seint  Hillar'  Ian  du  regne  le  dit  nadgairs 
Roi  Richard  dis  &  feptifme  entre  autres  chofes 
ordeinez  foit  &  eftabliz  qe  null  fercheour  gaugeour 
des  vyns  alneour  tronour  poifour  des  laines  ou 
aucuns  autres  merchandife  collectour  des  cuftumes 
&  fubfides  qeconqes  ou  contrerollour  eit  eftat  en 
fon  office  a  terme  de  vie  ou  de;  ans  ainz  qe  les  ditz 
offices  demoergent  es  mains  du  Roi  fouz  gover- 
nance del  Treforer  pur  le  temps  efteant  ovec  laffent 
du  confeil  quaunt  y  bufoigne  et  fi  afcuns  chartres 
ou  lcttres  patents  foient  faitz  a  contrair  qils  fer- 
roient  outrement  voidez  &  de  null  effect  Accordez 
eft  &  affentuz  qe  le  dit  eftatut  foit  fermement  tenuz 
&  gardez  &  mis  en  due  execution  Adjouftant  a 
ycelle  qe  les  cuftumers  &  contrerollours  en  chef- 
cune port  dEngleterre  demoergent  fur  lour  offices 
en  lour  propres  perfones  faunz  afcun  depute  ou 
lieutenant  faire  en  lour  nouns. 

which  take:  avav  Auli.ave  Duties. 

CAP. 


A.  D.  1399 


Anno  primo  Henrici  IV. 

CAP.      XIV. 

Where  all  Sorts  of  Appeals  fhall  be  tried  and  determined. 


Cap.  14,  15.        431 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  pur  plufours  graundes  inconveniences  & 
mefchiefs  qe  plufours  foitz  ont  avenuz  par 
voie  des  plufours  appelles  faites  deinz  le  Roialme 
dEngleterre  devaunt  ces  heures  ordeinez  eft  &  efta- 
bliz  qe  defore  enavant  toutz  les  appelles  affairs  des 
chofes  faites  deinz  le  Roialme  foient  triez  &  ter- 
minez  par  les  bones  leys  du  Roialme  faites  &  ufez 
en  temps  des  trefnobles  progenitours  noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roi  et  qe  toutz  les  appelles  affairs  des 
chofes  faites  hors  de  Roialme  foient  triez  &  ter- 
minez  devant  les  Coneftable  &  Marefchall  dEng- 
leterre pur  le  temps  efteantz.  Et  outre  ceo  ac- 
cordez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  nulles  appelles  foient 
defores  faitz  ou  purfuez  en  parlement  aucunement 
en  null  temps  avenir. 


'  TTEM,  For  many  great  Inconveniencies  and  Mif-  3  r„ft.  31,  132. 

'  •*•  chiefs  that  often  have  happened  by  many  Appeals  1  Mod.  itfi. 

'  made    within    the  Realm    of   England   before    this Raft-  ^u 49» 

'  Time:"      '    (2)   it  is  ordained  and  ftablifhed  from50, 
henceforth,    That  all   the  Appeals   to  be  made   of    . 
Things  done  within  the  Realm,  fhall  be  tried  and 
determined  by  the  good  Laws  of  the  Realm,  made  and 
ufed  in  the  Time  of  the  King's  noble  Progenitors  5 
and  that  all  the  Appeals  to  be  made  of  Things  done 
out  of  the  Realm,  fhall  be  tried  and  determined  before 
the  Conftable  and  Marlhal  of  England  for  the  time 
being.  (4)  And  moreover  it  is  accorded  and  affented,  No  Appea-I 
That  no  Appeals  be  from  henceforth  made  or  any  (hall  be  purfued 
wife  purfued  in  Parliament,  in  any  Time  to  come.'    in  Parliament. 


CAP.      XV. 

The  Punifhment  of  the  Mayor,  &c.  of  London,  for  Defaults  committed  there. 


ITEM  come  par  eftatut  fait  en  temps  du  Roi 
E.  aiel  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qorcft  Ian  de  fon 
regne  vingt  oeptifme  ordeinez  foit  &  eftabliz  qe 
pur  ce  qe  les  errours  defaultes  &  mefprifions  qi 
feurent  notoirement  ufeez  en  la  Citee  de  Londres 
pur  defalte  de  bone  governement  de  Mair  des 
Vifcontz  &  des  Aldermannes  ne  purront  eftre  in- 
quifez  ne  trovez  par  gentz  de  mefme  la  Citee 
ordeine  fuit  &  eftablie  qe  les  ditz  Mair  Vifcontz  & 
Aldermannes  qont  la  governement  de  la  dite  Cite 
facent  redrefcer  &  corriger  les  defaltes  errours  & 
mefprifions  fufnomez  &  les  duement  punir  de  temps 
en  temps  fur  certaine  peine  ceftaflavoir  a  primere 
defalt  mill,  marcz  a  Roi  &  a  le  feconde  defalt  deux 
mill,  marcz  &  a  tierce  defalt  qe  la  franchife  de  la 
dite  Citee  foit  pris  en  la  maine  le  Roi  et  foit  co- 
mence  denquere  fur  eux  a  la  Seint  Michel  profchein 
avenir  iffint  qils  ne  facent  dues  redreffementz  come 
defus  eft  dit  foit  enquis  de  lour  defautz  par  en- 
queftes  des  gentz  des  foreines  contees  ceftaffavoir 
Kent  Eflex  Suffex  Hertf  Buk'  &  Berk'  fibien  a  la 
fuite  de  Roi  come  dautres  qi  pleindre  fe  voudront. 
Et  fi  les  Mair  Vifcontz  &  Aldermannes  foient  par 
tieux  enqueftes  enditez  foient  faitz  venir  par  due 
proces  devant  les  Juftices  le  R.oi  qi  ferront  a  ce 
affignez  dehors  la  dite  Citee  devant  queux  ils  eient 
lour  refpons  fibien  a  Roi  come  a  la  partie  et  fils 
fe  mettent  en  enqueftes  foient  celles  enqueftes  prifez 
par  gentz  forains  come  defuis  eft  dit  et  fib  foient 
atteintz  foit  la  dite  peine  encurru  leve  des  ditz 
Mair  Vifcontz  &  AlJgrmannes  pur  defaut  de  lour 
governement  et  nientmeins  les  pleintifs  recoverent 
lour  damages  a  treble  vers  les  ditz  Mair  Vifcontz 
&  Aldermannes.  Et  per  caufe  qe  les  Vifcontz  de 
Londres  font  parties  a  ceft  hufoigne  foit  le  Cone- 
ftable de  le  Tour  ou  fon  leutenant  miniftre  en  lieu 
des  Vifcontz  a  receiver  les  briefs  fibien  originals  de 
la  Chauncellarie  come  judicialx  fouz  les  fealx  des 
Juftices  a  faire  ent  execution  en  la  dite  Citee.    Et 


tons 

-Ma- 


ITEM,  Whereas  by  a  Statute  made  in  the  TimeRa<t-4- 
of  King  Edward,  Grandfather  of  our  Lord  the lS  E^  3-  <•■ ro» 
King  that  now  is,  the  *  feven  and  twentieth  Year  of  Th"  ii^0f 
his  Reign,  it  was  ordained  and  ftablifhed,  That  be-  Undon  ftall  re- 
caufe  the  Errors,  Defaults,  and  Mifprifions,  which  toft  Errors, 
were  notorioufly  ufed  in  the  City  of  London,  for  De-  Defaults,  and 
fault  of  good  Governance  of  the  Mayor,  Sheriffs,  M'fP?fions> 
and  Aldermen,  might  not  be  inquired  nor  found  by  ured  ih  tha 
People  of  the  fame  City;  f  (2)  that  the  faid  Mayor,  fame  City. 
Sheriffs,  and  Aldermen,  which  had  the  Governance  *  "sht- 
of  the  City,  fhould  redrefs  and  correct  the  Defaults,  ^  f'.ldT~ '', 
Errors,  and  Mifprifions  aforefaid,  and  the  fame  duly^r^  a"a  ■ 
punifli  from  Time  to  Time,  upon  a  certain  Pain  ; 
that  is  to  fay,  At  the  firft  Default  a  thoufand  Marks 
to  the  King,  and  at   the  fecond  Default  two  thou- 
fand Marks,    and   at  the  third  Default,    that   the 
Franchife  J  be  taken  into  the  King's  Hand  ;  (3)  and  *  /lai  _  ,,:f 
be  it  begun  to  inquire  of  them  at  the  Feaft  of  Saint^a'c^.. 
Michael  next  enfuing  :  fo  that  if  they  make  not  due 
Redrefs,  as  before  is  faid,  it  fhall  be  inquired  of  their; 
Defaults  by  Inqueft  of  foreign  Counties,  that  is  to. 
fay,  Kent,  Effex,  SuJJex,  Hertford,  Buckingham,  and 
Berks,  as  well  at  the  King's  Suit,  as  of  others  that 
will  complain  ;   (4)  and  if  the  Mayor,  Sheriffs,  and 
Aldermen,  be  by  fuch  Inqueft  indicled,.  they  fhall 
be  caufed  to  come  by  due  Procefs  before  the  J  uftices, 
which  fhall  be  thereto  alfigned  out  of  the  City,  be- 
fore whom  they  fhall  have  their  Anfwer,  as  well  at 
the  Suit  of  the  King  as  of  the  Party  ;  (5)  and  if"  they 
put  themfelves  in  Inquefts,  the  fame  Inquefts  fhall 
be  taken,  of  foreign  People,  as  afore  is  faid;.  (6)  and 
if  they  be  attainted,  the  faid  Pain  fo  incurred  fhall 
be  levied  of  the  faid  Mayor,  Sheriffs,.  and-Aldermen^. 
for  Default  of  their  Government ;  (7)  and  neverthe- 
lefs  the  Plaintiffs  fhall  recover  their  treble  Damages 
againft   the  faid   Mayor,    Sheriffs,  and   Aldermen,. 
(8)  And  becaufe  the  Sheriffs  of  London  be  Party  to  The  Conftable 
this  Bufmefs,  the  Conftable  of  the  Tower,  or  his  or  Lieutenant-  ■ 
Lieutenant,  mall' be  Officer,  inftead  of  the  Sheriffs,  of  the  Tm-rr- 
to  receive  the  Writs,  as  well  Originals  of  the  Chan-  *f  ^"'J^ 
'  eery,  as.  Judicials  under  the  Seals  of  the  Juftices,. tne  Ki^  . 
to  do  thereof  Execution,  in.  the  faid  City;  (9}  and  Writs.. 

"  Procefs 


432        Cap.  1 6,  17. 


*  Not  in  Crig. 

The  Penalties 
inflifted  by  the 
Statute  of  28 
EJ.  3.  c.  10. 
upon  the  Mayor 
ot  Lomsn,  /hall 
be  according  to 
Che  Dlfctetion  of 
the  Jaiiices. 


;  Procefs  fhall  be  made  by  Attachments,  Diftrefs,  and 
'  Exigent,  if  Need  be,  fo  that  at  the  King's  Suit  the 
'  Exigent  fhall  be  awarded  after  the  firfr.  Capias  re- 
'  turned,  and  at  the  third  Capias  returned  at  the  Suit 
'  of  the  Party.  (10)  And  if  the  Mayor,  Sheriffs,  and 
'  Aldermen  have  Lands  and  Tenements  out  of  the 
1  laid  City,  Procefs  fhall  be  made  againft  them  by  At- 
:  tachment  and  Diftrefs  in  the  fame  Counties  where 
'•  the  Lands  and  Tenements  be ;  and  that  every  of  the 
;  laid  Mayor,  Sheriff's,  and  Aldermen,  which  cometh 
1  before  the  faid  Juftices,  fhall  anfwer  alone  for  him- 
;  filf,  as  well  at  the  Peril  of  other  which  be  abfent,  as 
:  of  himfelf;  (  ■  1)  and  that  this  Ordinance  be  holden 
:  firm  and  liable,  notwithftanding  any  Manner  of 
;  Franchifes,  Privileges,  or  Cuftoms  ;  ( 12)  and  that 
:  this  Ordinance  fhall  extend  to  other  Cities  and  Bo- 
;  roughs  of  the  Realm,  where  fuch  Defaults  or  Mif- 
;  priiions  beufed,  and  not  duly  corrected  nor  redreffed, 
;  laving  that  the  Inquefts  be  taken  by  *  foreign  People 
of  the  fame  County  where  fuch  Cities  and  Boroughs 
be;  (13)  and  that  the  Penalty  of  them  of  fuch  Ci- 
ties, Boroughs,  and  Towns  which  fhall  be  thereof 
attainted,  be  judged  by  the  Difcretion  of  the  Ju- 
ftices, which  fhall  be  thereto  affigned."  '  (14)  Our 
Lord  the  King  confidering  the  good  and  lawful  Be- 
haviour of  the  Mayor,  Sheriffs,  and  Aldermen,  and- 
of  all  the  Commonalty  of  the  fame  City  of  London 
towards  him,  and  therefore  willing  to  eafe  and  miti- 
gate the  Penalty  aforefaid,  by  the  Affent  of  the  Lords 
Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  of  the  Commons  afore- 
faid, hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  the  Penalty 
aforefaid,  as  well  of  the  thoufand  Marks,  as  of  the 
two  thoufand  Marks,  and  of  the  Seizure  of  the 
Franchife,  comprifed  in  the  faid  Statute,  fhall  not 
be  limited  in  a  Certainty,  but  that  the  Penalty  in  this 
Cafe  be'by  the  Advice  and  Difcretion  of  the  Juftices 
thereto  affigned,  as  other  Cities  and  Boroughs  be 
within  the  Realm,  and  that  the  Remnant  of  the  fame 
Statute,  and  the  Procefs  thereof,  ftand  in  their  Force.' 


Anno  Primo  Henrici.IV.  A.  D.  1390. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
foit  proces  fait  par  attachementz  fo  par  deftrefTes  & 
par  exigend  fi  meftier  y  foit  iffint  qal  fuite  le  Roi 
foit  lexigend  agarde  apres  le  primer  Capias  retourne 
&  a  la  tierce  Capias  retourne  al  fuite  de  partie.  Et 
fi  les  Mair  Vifcontz  fo  Aldermannes  eient  terres  & 
tenementz  dehors  la  dite  Cite  foit  procefTe  fair 
devers  eux  par  attachementz  fo  diftrefTes  es  mefmes 
les  countees  ou  les  terres  fo  tenementz  font.  Et 
qe  chefcun  des  ditz  Mair  Vifcontz  &  Aldermannes 
qi  viendra  devant  les  ditz  Juftices  refpoigne  fingu- 
lerement  pur  lui  mefmes  fibien  a  peril  des  autres  qi 
font  abfentz  come  de  lui  mefmes  fo  ceft  ordinance 
foit  tenuz  ferme  fo  eftable  nient  conteftreantz  fran- 
chifes privileges  ou  cuftumes  qeconqes  &  qe  ceft 
ordinance  fe  extende  as  autres  citees  fo  burghs  du 
Roialme  ou  tieux  defautzou  mefprifions  font  ufeez 
&  nemy  duement  corrigez  fo  redreffez  fauve  qe  les 
enqueftes  foient  prifez  par  gentz  de  mefme  le  contee 
ou  tieux  citees  font  et  qe  la  peine  de  ceux  de  citees 
burghs  &  yilles  qi  de  ce  ferront  atteintz  foit  ad- 
jugge  par  difcretion  des  Juftices  qa  ce  ferront  aflig- 
nez.  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  confiderant  le  bone 
&  loial  port  de  les  Mair  Vifcontz  &  Aldermannes 
fo  de  tout  la  communaltee  de  mefme  la  Cite  de 
Londres  devers  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  fo  par 
tant  lour  veulant  faire  eafe  fo  mitigation  de  les 
peines  avauntditz  de  lafTent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx 
&temporelx  &  de  les  communes  avaunditz  ad  or- 
deinez  &  eftabliez  qe  les  peines  fibien  de  les  A  marcz 
come  de  les  deux  i  marcz  &  del  feifine  del  fran- 
chifecompris  el  dit  eftatut  ne  foient  my  limitez  en 
certeine  Mais  qe  la  peine  en  ce  cas  foit  par  advis 
&  difcretion  des  Juftices  a  ce  afligners  come  autres 
citees  fo  burghs  font  deinz  le  Roialme  &  qe  le  re- 
manent de  mefme  leftatut  &  le  proces  dicell 
eftoifent  en  lour  force. 


CAP.      XVI. 

Merchants  of  London  fliall  be  as  free  to  pack  their  Cloths  as  other  Merchants. 


ITEM,  It  is  accorded  and  affented,  That  the  Mer- 
chants of  London  from  henceforth  fliall  be  as  free 
to  pack  their  Cloths,  and  quit  of  the  fame  Packing, 
as  the  other  Merchants,  or  other  Strangers  within 
the  fame  City,  or  within  other  Cities  and  Boroughs 
within  the  Realm  be  ;  (2)  and  if  any  Letters  Patents 
be  made  to  the  contrary,  they  fhall  be  utterly  re- 
pealed, adnulled,  and  holden  of  no  Force  nor  Vir- 
tue.' 


TTEM  accordez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  les  merchantz 
-*■  de  Londres  defore  enavant  foient  auxi  frank  de 
packer  lour  draps  fo  quitz  de  mefme  la  packeur 
come  font  les  autres  merchantz  ou  autres  eftran- 
gers  deinz  la  dite  Citee  ou  deinz  autres  citees  & 
burghs  deinz  le  Roialme  et  fi  afcuns  lettres  patentz 
foient  foitz  a  contrair  qils  foient  toutoutrement  re- 
pellez  fo  adnullez  fo  tenuz  de  null  force  fo  ver- 
tue. 


A  Confirmation  *e 
ef  the  Suture  of  a 
6  it.  1.  c.  >o.      <{ 
authorising  Mer- 
chant, btun- 
pen  Us  buy  Aid     " 

fc.'l  within  tile    << 

Realm.  << 

(C 


CAP.      XVII. 

Strangers  may  buy  and  fell  within  the  Realm  Victuals  in  Grofs  or  by  Retail. 


ITEM,  Whereas  in  the  Statute  made  at  TVcJf- 
minjier  in  the  Sixth  Year  of  the  faid  late  King 
Richard,  amongft  o'.her  Things  it  is  ordained  and 
accorded,  That  every  Foreigner  and  Alien  being  of 
the  King's  Amity  and  of  the  Realm,  and  coming 
within  the  City  of  London.,  and  other  Cities,  Bo- 
roughs, and  Towns  within  the  faid  Realm,  as  well 
within  Franchifes   as  without,   with   Fifh  and    all 


TEM  come  en  leftatut  fait  a  Weftm'  Ian  fifme 
le  dit  nadgairs  Roi  Richard  entres  autres 
chofes  foit  ordeinez  fo  accordez  qe  chefcun  foreine 
fo  aliene  efteant  del  amifte  de  Roi  fo  de  Roialme 
&venant  deinz  la  Cite  de  Londres  &  autres  citees 
burghs  fo  villes  deinz  le  Roialme  fibien  deinz 
franchife  come  dehors  ovec  peffon  fo  autres  vi- 
tailles  qeconqes  illoeqes  demurrantz  fo  retournantz 

ferroit 


A.  D.  1399. 


Anno  primo  Henrici  IV, 


Cap,  18.        433 


Ex  Rot.  in  Ti/rr.  Lond. 
ferroit  deters  defouz  la  fauve  garde  &  efpeciale 
protection  de  Roi  et  qe  bien  life  a  cux  &  a  chefcun 
de  eux  qils  puiflent  trencher  peffon  &  vitailles 
fuifditz  par  pieces  &  a  taill  &  a  retaill  en  partie  & 
en  tout  ou  en  groos  come  meuz  lour  femblera  ven- 
dre  &  lour  profit  ent  faire  fanz  empefchement  ou 
contredit  de  nulluy  non  obftantz  afcuns  eftatutz 
chartres  ordinances  privileges  ou  cuftumes  faitz  ou 
euez  au  contrair.  Noftre  dit  Signur  le  Roi  confi- 
derant  mefmes  leftatut  eftre  moolt  profitable  par 
plufours  voies  fil  feuffe  mys  en  execution  de  laflent 
des  Seignurs  &  communes  fuifditz  ad  ordeinez  & 
eftablie;  qe  le  dit  eftatut  foit  fermement  tenuz 
&  gardez  &  duement  execut  felonc  la  forme  & 
effect  dicell  nient  contrefteantz  les  lettres  patentz 
nadgairs  grauntez  au  contrair  as  peflbners  de  Lon- 
dres  par  le  dit  nadgairs  Roy  Richard  fur  fon  da- 
reyn  paftage  vers  Irland. 


•  Mariner  other  Victuals,  there  dwelling  and  return- 
'  ing,  mail  be  from  henceforth  under  the  Safeguard 
'  and   fpecial  Protection  of  the  King  ;  (2)  and  that 
'  it  fhall  be  lawful  to  them,  and  every  of  them,  to  cut 
'  their  Fifh  and  Victuals  aforefaid  by  Pieces,  and  the 
'  fame  to  tail  and  retail  in  Part,  or  in  all,  or  in  Grofs, 
'  as  to  them  fhall  beft  feem  to  fell,   and  thereof  to 
;  make  their  Profit,  without  Impeachment  or  Contra- 
:  diction  of  any,  notwithftanding  any  Statutes,  Char- 
;  ters,  Ordinances,    Privileges,    or  Cuftoms  made  or     • 
;  had  to  the  contrary  :"    '   (3)  Our  Lord  the  King 
confidering  the  fame  Statute  to  be   very  profitable 
many  Ways,    if  it  were  put   in  Execution,  by  the 
AfTent  of  the  Lords   and  Commons  aforefaid,  hath 
ordained  and   ftablilhed,   That  the  fuid  Statute   be 
firmly  holden,    kept,    and  duly  executed  after   the 
Form  and  Effect  thereof,  notwithftanding  the  Letters  5  R;  -■  c-  "=■ 
Patents  late  granted  to  the  contrary  to  the  Fijhmon-0^™0^^ 
gets  of  London  by  the  faid  late  King  Richard,  upon  ^  ^  r3c[ ,  'cg. 
his  laft  Voyage  toward  Ireland.  g;vr«s  free  liber- 

ty of 'Trade  into  Spain,  Poftugat,  and  Trance. 


CAP.      XVIII. 

Procefs  againft  one  of  the  County  of  Chejler,  which  committeth  an  Offence  in  another  Shire. 


TEM  fur  les  grevoufes  clamour  &  compleinte 
faitz  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  en  ceft  prefent 
parlement  des  plufours  murdres  homicides  roberies 
bateries  &  autres  riotes  &  mefFaites  qe  devant  ces 
heures  ont  efte  faitz  par  les  gentz  del  contce  de 
Ceftre  as  plufours  lieges  de  Roi  es  diverfes  contees 
dEngleterre  mefme  noftre  Seignur  leRoi  de  ladvis 
&  aiient  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  & 
des  communes  avauntditz  ad  ordeinez  &  eftabliz 
qe  fi  afcun  perfone  del  contee  de  Ceftre  receant  & 
demurrant  deinz  mefme  le  contee  de  quel  eftat  ou 
condition  qil  foit  face  murdre  ou  felonie  par  aillours 
hers  de  dit  contee  foit  proces  fait  devers  luy  par  la 
commune   ley  tanqal   exigend   en   les  contees  ou 
tieux  murdre  ou  felonie  foit  fait.     Et  fil  fue  dilloe- 
qes  en  le  dit  ccnte  de  Ceftre  &  foit  utlage  ou  mys 
en  exigend  pur  tiel  murdre  ou  felonie  foit  la  ut- 
lagarie  ou  lexigend  certifiez  a  les  officers  &  mi- 
niftres de  mefme  le  conte  de  Ceftre  &  foit  celle 
felon  pris  par  mefmes  les  officers  ou  miniftres  et  fes 
terres  et  tenementz  biens  et  chateux  efteantz  deinz 
yceil  conte  de  Ceftre  feifez  come  forfaitz  es  mains 
du  Prince  ou  de  celluy  qi  ferra  Seignur  de  dit  conte 
de  Ceftre  pur  le  temps  et  ait  le  Roi  Ian  jour  et 
waft  et  les  autres  terres  et  tenementz  biens  et  cha- 
teaux -de  tiel  felon  efteantz  hors  de  mefme  contee 
de  Ceftre  demoergent  entierment  au  Roi  et  as  autres 
Seignurs  eiantz  ent  franchifes  come  forfaitz.    Et 
ft  aucun  perfone  de  mefme  le  contee  de  Ceftre  re- 
ceant ou  demurrant  en  ycell  face  aucunc  baterie  ou 
autre  trefpafs  par  aillours  hors  de   dit  contee  de 
Ceftre   foit   proces   fait   devers   lui   par   la   com- 
mune   ley    tanqal    exigend    es    contees    ou    tiel 
Vaterie  01:  trefpas  foit  fait  et  fil  fue  dilloeqes  en 
le  dit  contee  de  Ceftre  et  foit  utlagez  pur  tiel  ba- 
terie ou  trefpas  foit  lutlagair  certifiez  a  les  ditz  of- 
ficers et  miniftres  de  mefme  le  contee  de  Ceftre  et 
foit  cell  perfone  pris  par  mefmes  les  officers  ou  mi- 
Vol.  I. 


[TEM,  Upon  the  grievous  Clamour  and  Com- What  Procefs 
A  plaint  made  to  our  Lord  the  King  in  this  prefent  Chill  be  awarded 
Parliament,  of  many  Murders,  Manilaughters,  Rob-  where  one  of  the 
beries,    Batteries,    and  other  Riots   and   Offences,  c°unty  of  Cbefl.r 
which  before  this  Time  have  been  done  bv  People  ,doth  commlt.Fe" 

r     1        /~i  r   /-yi    n  i-  r     \        tt-       .    l°nv  )n  another 

of  the   County  of   Lbe/ter  to  divers   of  the  King  a  county. 

liege  People  in  divers  Parts  and  Counties  of  Eng- 
land;" '  (2)  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King,  by  the 
Advice  and  AfTent  of  his  Lords  Spiritual  and  Tem- 
poral, and  of  his  Commons  aforefaid,  hath  ordained 
and  ftablifhed,  That  if  any  Perfon  of  the  County  of 
Chejler,  refident  or  dwelling  within  the  fame  County, 
of  what  Eftate  or  Condition  he  be,  do  commit  aiiy 
Murder  or  Felony  in  any  Place  out  of  the  fame  Coun- 
ty, Procefs  fhall  be  made  againft  him  by  the  Common 
Law,  till  the  Exigent,  in  the  County  where  fuch 
Murder  or  Felony  was  done.  (?)  And  if  he  flee 
from  thence  into  the  County  of  Cbefter\  and  be  out- 
lawed and  put  in  Exigent  for  fuch  Murder  or  Fe- 
lony, the  fame  Outlawry  or  Exigent  fhall  be  certi- 
fied to  the  Officers  and  Minifters  of  the  fame  County 
of  Chejier,  and  the  fame  Felon  fhall  be  taken  by  the 
fame  Officers  or  M inifters,  and  his  Lands  and  Tene- 
ments, Goods  and  Chattels,  being  within  the  fame 
County  of  Cbefier,  mail  be  feifed  as  forfeit  into  the 
Hands  of  the  Prince,  or  of  him  that  fhall  be  Lord  of 
the  fame  County  of  Chejler  for  the  Time,  and  the 
King  fhall  have  the  Year  and  Day,  and  the  Wafte  ; 

(4)  and  the  other  Lands  and  Tenements,  Goods  and 
Chattels  of  fuch  Felon,  beingfout  of  the  laid  County 
of  Chejler ■,  Ihall  remain  wholly  to  the  King,  and  to 
other  Lords,    having  thereof  Franchife,    as   forfeit. 

(5)  And  if  any  Perfon  of  the  fame  County  0$ Chejler,  The  Procers 
refident  or  dwelling  in  the  fame,  make  a  Battery  or  where  one  of  the 
other  Trefpafs  in  any  Place  out  of  the  faid  County  County  of  Chejler 
ofCbe/ler,  Procefs  fhall  be  made  againft  him  by  the  ioth  mdkc  a , 

o  t  ^-11     .v.      it    •         «.:    •       li_"    /-»  ■       Bntterv  or  other 

Common  JLaw,    till    the  Exigent,    in  the  Counties  Trefpafs  in  any 

where  fuch  Battery  or  Trefpafs  is  done.     (6)  And  if  other  Coun.y. 

he  flee  from  thence  i.ito  the  faid  County  of  Chs/fcr, 

and   be  outlawed  for  fuch  Battery  or  Trefpafs,   the 

Outlawry  fhall  be  certified  to  the  Officers  and  Mi- 

Kkk  niftcrs 


434       Cap.  19,  2o» 


Confirmed  by  9  H. 
5.  Sta/i  1.  c.  2, 


nifters  of  the  faid  County  of  Chejler,  and  the  fame 
Perfon  fhall  be  taken  by  the  fame  Officers  or  Mi- 
nifters;  (7)  and  his  Goods  and  Chatties,  being  with- 
in the  fame  County  of  Chejler,  fhall  be  feifed  into 
the  Hands  of  the  Prince,  or  of  him  which  fhall  be 
Lord  of  the  faid  County  of  Chejler  for  the  Time ; 
(8)  and  his  other  Goods  and  Chatties,  being  out  of 
the  faid  County  of  Chejler,  fhall  remain  wholly  to 
the  Ring,  and  to  other  Lords  aforefaid,  as  forfeit, 
in  fuch  Sort  as  afore  is  faid. 


Anno  primo  Henrici  IV.  A.  D.  1399. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
nifters  et  fes  biens  et  chateaux  efteantz  deinz  te  dit 
contee  de  Ceftre  foient  feifez  es  mains  du  Prince 
ou  de  cellui  qi  ferra  Seignur  de  dit  contee  de  Ceftre 
pur  le  temps  et  fes  autres  biens  et  chateux  efteantz 
hors  de  mefirte  le  contee  de  Ceftre  demoergent  en- 
tierment  a  Roi  et  as  autres  Seignurs  fuifditz  eome, 
forfaitz  enmanere  come  deffus  eft  dit. 


Farther  provided 
for  9  H.  4.  c.  2, 
30  E/i%.  c.  20. 
7  Jac.  I.  c.  16. 
See  II  and  12 
W,  3.  c.  20. 
nvbicb  takes  aivay 
duhicge  Duties. 


EX. P.. 


CAP.      XIX. 
During  three  Years,  for  no  Cloth  whereof  the  Dozen  exceedeth  not  13J.  \d.  any  Subfidy 

fhall  be  paid,  or  fhall  be  fealed. 

ITEM  en  eafe  &  relevation  del  povre  commune  poeple  de  Roialme  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  de  Iadvis  & 
affent  avantditz  eit  ordeinez  &  eftabliz  qe  del  feft  de  feint  Michel  darrein  paffe  durantz  les  trois  ans  lors 
profchein  enfuantz  null  drap  kerfy  Kendal  cloth  frife  de  Coventre  Coggeware  ne  null  autre  drap  eftroit  ou 
remanant  dEngleterre  ne  drap  de  Gales  dont  la  doufzeine  ne  paffe  la  value  de  xiij  s.  iiij  d.  de  null  feal  petit 
ne  grauiit  foit  aucunement  enfealez  ne  null  fubfide  paiez  de  les  draps  fuifditz  durant  le  temps  avantdit. 

CAP.      XX. 

The  King's  Pardon  of  Treafon,  Felony,  Outlawry,  cirY.  to  all  them  that  will  purfue  their 
Charters  before  the  Feaft  of  All  Saints,  with  fome  Exceptions. 

TEM  al  inftance  &  prier  des  dit  communes  par  lour  petition  fait  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  Noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roi  de  fa  grace  efpeciale  ad  pardonez  &  releffez  generalment  as  toutz  fes  lieges  dEngleterre 
la  fuite  de  fa  pees  qa  lui  appartient  pur  touz  maners  traifons  &  felonies  par  eux  faitz  ou  perpetrez  devant 
le  difnoefifme  jour  de  Novemb'  Ian  de  fon  regne  primer  forfpris  murdres  &  rapes  des  femmes  dont  ils  font 
enditez  rettez  ou  appellez  &  auxint  les  utlagaries  ft  nulles  en  eux  foient  pronunciez  pur  celles  enchaifons 
&  lour  ad  ent  graunte  la  ferine  pees  parenfi  qe  null  de  fes  ditz  lieges  foit  commune  laron  devant  le  dit. 
difnoefifme  jour  enditez  et  qil  ne  foit  provour  nappellez  de  mort  de  homme  al  fuite  de  partie  ne  pris  ove 
meynovere  ne  qil  eit  enfreint  la  prifone  de  Roi  devant  le  dit  difnoefifme  jour  &  qil  neit  efte  al  murdre  de 
Thomas  Due  de  Glouc'  uncle  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  iffint  qil  eftoife  a  droit  en  court  de  Roi  ft  aucun 
voudra  parler  devers  lui  des  chofes  avauntditz  ou  dafcune  dicelles  iffint  toutz  foitz  qe  toutz  ceux  qi  veu- 
lent  enjoier  le  benefice  de  ceft  pardon  purfuent  lour  chartres  en  efpeciale  parentre  cy  &  le  feft  de  toutz  feintz. 
profchein  avenir. 


Statutes  made-  at  Weftrninfter,  Anno  2  Hen..  IV.  and 

Anno  Dom.  1400. 


T  [the  Parliament  holden  at  Wejlmirjler  in 
the  Utas  of  St.  Hillary,  the  fecond  Year 
of  the  Reign  of  King  Henry  the  Fourth, 
fame  our  Lord  the  King,  by  the  Affent  of 
Prelates,  Dukes,  Earls,  and  Barons,  and  at 
fpecial  Inftance  and  Requeft  of  the  Commons 
"  affembled  at  this  prefent  Parliament,  hath  caufed  to 
"  be  ordained  and  ftablifhed  certain  Statutes  and  Or- 
"  dinances  in  Form  following." 


the 
the 
the 


Ex  Rot,  ..in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  iq.> 
U,  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  en  les 
oetaves- de  Seint  Hiller  Ian  du  regne  le 
Roy  Henry  le  quart  puis  le  conqueft 
fecond  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  del  affent  des 
Prelatz  Dues  Conts  &  Barons  &  a  les  efpecialx 
inftance  &  requeft  des  Communes  affemblez  a 
ceft  prefent  parlement  ad  fait  ordeigner  &  eftablir 
certeins  eftatutz  &  ordinances  en  la  forme  qen- 
feut.  - 


A  Confirmation  of  Liberties. 


CAP.     I. 

Each  Perfon  may  purfue  the  Law, .  or  defend  it. . 

PRimerement  qe  Seinte  efglife  eit  fes  droitures 
&  libertees  &  qe  touz  les  Seignurs  cfpirituel* 
&  temporelx  &  toutz  les  citees  burghs  &  villes 
enfranchifes  eient,  &  enjoicnt  toutz  lour  libertees 

&  /ran* 


A.  D.  1400. 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  IV.  Cap.  1 — 3.       4.35 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
&  franchifes  queux  ils  ont  duement  ufez  &  les 
queux  ils  ont  du  grante  dc  fex  nobles  progenitours 
&  predeceffours  Roys  dEngleterre  &  qe  la  Grande 
Chartre  &  la  chartre  de  la  i 'orefte  &  touz  les  autres 
bons  ordinances  &  eftatutz  faitz  en  fon  temps  & 
en  temps  de  fes  nobles  progenitours  nient  repellez 
foient  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez  en  toutz  pointz 
&  qe  toutz  fes  lieges  &  fubgitz  purront  franche- 
ment  &  pefiblement  &  en  leure  Sc  fauf  protection 
du  luy  aler  &  venir  a  fes  courtes  a  purfuir  les  loyes 
ou  les  defendre  fanz  deftourbance  ou  impediment 
de  nully  &  qe  pleine  juftice  &  droit  foient  faitz  fibien 
as  poveres  come  as  riches  en  fes  courtes  avaunt- 
dites. 


Liberties  and_  Franchifes,  which  they  have  lawfully 
ufed,  and  which  they  have  of  the  Grant  of  his  noble 
Progenitors  and  PredecefTors  Kings  of  England  ;  (3] 
and  that  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter  of  the 
Foreft,  and  all  other  good  Ordinances  and  Statutes 
made  in  his  Time,  and  in  the  Time  of  his  noble 
Progenitors,  not  repealed,  be  firmly  holden  and  kept 
in  all  Points  :  (4)  And  that  all  his  liege  People  and 
Subjects  may  freely  and  peaceably  in  his  fure  and 
quiet  Protection  go  and  come  to  his  Courts,  to  pur- 
fue  the  Laws,  or  defend  the  fame,  without  Dis- 
turbance or  Impediment  of  any  :  (5)  And  that  full 

;  Juftice  and  Right  be  done,  as  well  to  the  Poor  as 

:  to  the  Rich,  in  his  Courts  aforefaid.' 


CAP.      II. 


1  H.  4.  e.  t. 

Ccijirived  by  jfig 
4.  c.i. 


An  Exposition  of  Part  of  the  Statute  of  1  Hen.  4.  c.  6.  touching  the  mentioning  of  other 
Gifts  which  a  Petitioner  hath  received  of  the  King  or  his  Predeceffors, 

ITEM  come  en  le  darrein  parlement  de  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  entre  autres  chofes  ordeignez  feuftE  Xlt 
&  eftabliz  qe  toutz  ceux  qi  delors  enavant  demanderoient  du  Roy  terres  tenementz  rentz  offices  annuitees 
ou  autres  profitz  quelconques  ferroient  expreffe  men.ion  en  leur  petitions  de  la  value  de  la  chofe  enfi  a  de- 
mandere  &  auxi  de  ce  qils  avoient  eue  du  doun  du  Roy  ou  des  autres  fes  progenitours  ou  predeceflburs  par- 
devan?.  Et  en  cas  qils  ne  ferroient  tiele  mention  en  leur  dites  petitions  &  ce  duement  prove  ferroient  les 
lettres  patentes  du  Roy  nient  vaillables  ne  de  null  force  nefFecr.  mays  de  tout  revokez  repellez  &  adnullez 
pur  toutz  jours  au  puniffement  de  ceux  qenfi  averoient  fait  tiel  deceit  au  Roy  come  ceux  qi  ne  font  pas  dignes 
denjoier  lefFeft  &  benefice  des  lettres  patentes  a  eux  grauntez  celle  partie.  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant 
qe  le  dit  eftatut  eft  trop  dure  pur  fes  lieges  en  graunde  partie  &  pur  tant  ent  veullant  purvoir  de  remede  de 
fes  propre  volunte  &  certeine  fcience  ad  grante  de  faire  grace  &  pardon  a  ceux  qi  le  veullent  purfuir  de 
quant  qils  fe  ont  mefpris  en  leur  purfuite  encontre  la  forme  du  dit  eftatut.  Et  enoutre  mefme  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roy  pur  oufter  toutes  ambiguitees  celle  partie  pur  ce  qe  mefme  leftatut  eft  molt  obfcure  &  embofoigne 
declaration  efpecialment  pur  eafe  &  quiete  de  fon  poeple  voet  &  grante  qe  touz  ceux  qi  defore  enavant 
purfueront  a  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  pur  avoir  de  luy  aucun  grante  ou  doun  annuel  ou  en  fee  ou  autre- 
ment  facent  expreffe  mention  en  leur  petition  de  quant  qils  ont  eue  des  doun  &  graunte  du  noble  Roi 
Edward  Aiel  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  on  de  Richard  nadgairs  Roy  ou  de  Edward  nadgairs  Prince 
de  Gales  ou  de  Johan  nadgairs  due  de  Lancaftre  piere  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  ou  de  Roy  mefmes  &  de 
nul  autre  progenitour  ou  predeceffour  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy.  Et  celuy  qi  ne  face  tiele  mention  en  fa 
petition  qe  les  lettres  patentes  a  luy  faites  a  eel  temps  par  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  foient  de  nul  force  neffeft. 
Et  enoutre  quant  a  les  parols  ceftaffavoir  autres  profitz  comprifes  en  le  dit  eftatut  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roy  ad  declarez  &  grauntez  qe  de  nulles  profitz  douns  biens  ou  chateux  ou  autres  chofes  quelconqes  gran- 
tez  ou  donez  par  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  a  afcuny  a  la  value  de  cent  liveres  ou  dedens  forfpris  gardez 
&  manages  des  queux  le  Roy  voet  qe  celuy  qenfi  purfuera  devers  luy  face  expreffe  mention  en  fa  petition  & 
de  la  value  dicell  nully  encourge  la  peine  comprife  en  le  dit  eftatut.  Et  neft  pas  lentention  noftre  dit  Seig- 
nur le  Roy  qe  pu-r  afcune  confirmation  ou  licence  fait  a.  afcuny  par  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  des  afcuns  li- 
.bertees  franchifes  annuitees  ou  autres  chofes  quelconqes  par  afcun  de  fes  progenitours  ou  predecefiburs  on  au- 
tre perfone  quelconqe  grauntez  &  nient  efpecifiez  en  aucune  petition  enfi  a  demandere  autrement  qe  defuis  eft 
declarez  n'jlluy  encourge  la  peine  de  leftatut  fuifdit.  Et  quant  as  autres  articles  comprifes  en  mefme  leftatut 
hoftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  voet  qils  foient  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez  ii  mys  en  due  execution. 


C    A    P.      III. 

If  any  do  accept  a  Provifion  granted  by  the  Pope  to  a  Religious  Pcrfon  to  be  exempt  from 
Obedience,  he  fhall  be  within  the  Danger  of  the  Statute  of  Provifors. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  (i  aucune  pro- 
vifion foit  fait  par  noftre  Seint  Pier  le  pape  a  au- 
cune perfone  de  religion  ou  a  autre  perfone  quelcon- 
que  deftre  exempte  dobedience  regulere  ou  dobe- 
dience  ordinaire  ou  davoir  aucune  office  perpetuel 
deinz  maifons  de  religion  ou  atant  come  une  regu- 
lere perfone  religioufe  ou  deux  ou  plufours  ont 
■eh  ycelles  qe  fi  dels  provifours  defore  enavant  ac- 
.ceptent  ou  enjoient  aucune  dele  provifion  qils  en- 
courgent  les  peynes  comprifez  en  eftatut  des  Provi- 
fours fait  Ian  tteizifuie  le  Roy  Richard  fecond. 


'  ITEM,  It  is  ordained  and  ftahlifhed,  That  if  any  2;  ^.3. '&*.&, 
'  •*■  Provifion  be  made  by  the  Bifhop  of  Rome  to  any*I2R-  ?  ftat- 
'  Perfon  of  Religion,  or  to  any  other  Perfon,  to  be  ex-jg^^  " CJ' 
'  empt  of  Obedience  regular,  or  of  Obedience  ordi-^  c'eL  c.  i! 
'  nary,    or  to  have  any  Office  perpetual  within  Houfes-mrf  13  El.  c.  t. 
'  of  Religion,   or  as   much  as  one  regular  Perfon  o{aia-'P  «"«i* 
'  Religion,    or  two  or  more,  have  in  the  fame ;  ^zt'JJ^f^r^ 
'  if  fuch  Provifours  from  henceforth  do  accept  or  en-^  Chil'ill  Bail', 
'  joy  any  fuch  Provifion,  they  fhall   incur' the  Pains^.jW ««;«. ' 
'  comprized  in  the  Statute  of  Provifors,  made  in  the 
'  xiii  Year  of  Kmg  Richae.d  the  Second.'  *  Read  13. 

Kkk2  CAP* 


436        Cap.  4,  5, 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  IV.  A.  D.  1400. 

CAP.      IV. 

The  Penalties  for  purchafing  of  Bulls  to  be  difcharged  of  Tithes. 


a  Roll  4&s. 


13  EL.  2  flat. 
c.  ■:. 


See  13  El.  c.  2 
for  lie  Penalty 
bringing  Buth, 
&c.fr(jm  R.'jms. 


of 


ITEM,  For  as  much  as  our  Lord  the  King,  upon 
grievous  Complaint  to  him  made  in  this  Parlia- 
ament,  hath  perceived,  That  the  Religious  Men  of 
'  the  Order  of  Cifleaux  in  the  Realm  of  England,  have 
:  purchafed  certain  Bulls  to  be  quit  and  difcharged  to 
:  pay  the  Tithes  of  their  Lands,  Tenements,  and  Pof- 
;  lemons  let  to  Ferm,  or  manured,  or  occupied  by- 
other  Perfons  than  by  themfelves,  in  great  Prejudice 
and  Derogation  of  the  Liberty  of  holy  Church,  and 
of  many  liege  People  of  the  Realm ;"  (2)  '  our  Lord 
the  King  willing  thereupon  to  ordain  Remedy,  by 
the  Advice  and  AiTentof  the  Lords  Spiritual  and 
Temporal,  and  at  the  lnftance  and  Requeft  of  the 
faid  Commons,  hath  ordained  and  ftablifhed,  That 
the  Religious  Perfons  of  the  Order  of  Cijleaux  fhall 
ftand  in  the  Eftate  that  they  were  before  the  Time  of 
fuch  Bulls  purchafed  ;  (3)  and  that  as  well  they  of 
the  faid  Order,  as  all  other  religious  and  Seculars, 
of  what  Eftate  or  Condition  they  b?,  which  do  put 
the  faid  Bulls  in  Execution,  or  from  henceforth  do 
purchafe  other  fuch  Bulls  of  new,  or  by  Colour 
of  the  fame  Bulls  purchafed,  or  to  be  purchafed,  do 
take  Advantage  in  any  Manner,  that  Procefs  fhall 
be  made  againft  them  and  every  of  them  by  Garnifh- 
ment  of  two  Months  by  Writ  of  Premunire  facias  ; 
(4)  and  if  they  make  Default,  or  be  attainted,  then 
they  fhall  incur  the  Pains  and  Forfeitures  contained 
in  the  Statute  of  Provifors,  made  the  Thirteenth 
Year  of  the  faid  King  Richard.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  por  ce  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  fur  gre- 
voufe  compleint  a  luy  fait  en  cell  parlement  ad 
entenduz  qe  les  religioufes  hommes  de  lordre  de 
Cifteux  del  Roialme  dEngleterre  ont  purchacez 
certeines  bulks  deftre  quitz  &  defchargiez  de  leur 
difmes  paier  de  leur  terres  tenementz  &  poffeflions 
leffez  a  ferme  oj  cultivez  &  occupiez  par  autres 
perfones  qe  par  eux  mefmes  en  grant  prejudice 
&  derogation  de  la  liberte  de  Seinte  efglife  &  des 
plufeurs  lieges  du  Roialme  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
veullant  fur  ceo  purvoir  de  remede  de  ladvis  &c 
aflent  des  toutz  les  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  tempo- 
relx  &  al  inftance  &  requeft  des  ditz  communes 
ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  qe  les  religioufes  de  lordre 
de  Cifteux  eftoifent  en  leftat  qils  feurent  devant  le 
temps  des  tielx  bulles  purchac:z.  Et  qe  fibien 
ceux  du  dit  ordre  come  toutz  autres  religioufes 
&  feculers  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qils  foient  qi 
mettent  les  dites  bulles  en  execution  ou  defore  ena- 
vant  purchacent  autres  tielx  bulks  de  novel  ou  par 
colour  de  mefmes  les  bulles  purchacez  ou  a  purcha- 
cers  preignent  avantage  en  aucune  manere  qe  pro- 
ces  foit  fait  devers  eux  &  chefcun  de  eux  par  gar- 
nifement  de  deux  moys  par  brief  de  Premunire 
facias.  Et  fils  facent  defaut  ou  foient  atteintz  qils- 
encourgent  les  peines  &  forfaitures  comprifes  en. 
leftatut  des  provifours  fait  Ian  xiiim5.  le  Roy  Rich- 
ard fuifdit. 


CAP.      V. 


He  that  carrieth  Gold  or  Silver  out  of  the  Realm  fhall  confefs  fo  much. 


5R. 

C.  2. 


2,  flat.  j.  v  yT'EM,  Whereas  in  the  Statute  made  at  Weft- 
"  X.  minjier  in  the  fifth  Year  of  the  faid  King  Ri- 
"  chard,  amongft  other  Things  it  is  contained,  how 
"  it  was  affented,  accorded,  and  enjoined  by  the  faid 
"  late  King  to  all  Manner  of  People,  Merchants, 
"  Clerks,  and  others,  as  well  Strangers  as  Denizens, 
"  of  whatfoever  Eftate  or  Condition  they  fhould  be, 
"  upon  Pain  of  as  much  as  they  might  forfeit,  that 
"  none  of  them,  upon  the  faid  Pain,  privily  nor 
"  openly  fhould  fend  or  carry,  norcaufe  to  be  fent  or 
"  carried,  out  of  the  faid  Realm  of  England-,  any 
"  Gold  or  Silver  in  Money,  Bullion,  Plate,  Veffel, 
M  nor  by  Exchange  to  be  made,  except  the  Wages  of 
ajaft.  74r.  "  Calais,  and  other  the  King's  Fortreffes  beyond  the 
M  Sea,  faving  certain  Prelates,  Lords,  and  others  com- 
"  prized  in  the  fame  Statute,  without  fpecial  Leave, 
"  and  Licence  thereupon  firft  had,  as  by  the  fame 
"  Statute  may  more  fully  appear  :"  (2)  '  our  Lord  the 

*  King,  for  to  prevent  the  Subtilty  of  them  that  will 
'  do  Fraud  or  Deceit  to  him  in  this  Behalf,  hath  or- 

*  dained  and  ftablilhed,  That  if  from  henceforth  any 
'  Searcher  of  the  King  may  find  Gold  or  Silver  in 
'  Coin,  or  in  Mafs,  in  the  keeping  of  any^that  is  paf- 
'  fing,  or  upon  his  Paffage,  in  any  Ship  or  Veffel  to  go 
'  out  of  any  Port,  Haven,  or  Creek  of  the  Realm, 
'  without  the  King's  fpecial  Licence,  all  that  Gold  or 
4  Silver  fhall  he  forfeit  to  the  King,  (3)  faving  his 
'  reafonable  Expences,  which  he  fhall  be  bound  to 


ITEM  come  en  leftatut  fait  a  Weftm'  Ian  quint 
le  dit  Roi  Richard  entre  autres  chofes  foit 
contenuz  coment  affentuz  eftoit  aecordez  &  defen- 
duz  depar  le  dit  nadgairs  Roy  as  toutz  maneres 
des  gentz  merchantz  clercs  &  autres  fibien  es- 
tranges come  deinzeins  de  quelconque  eftat  ou  con- 
dition qils  ferroient  fur  peine  de  quant  qils  pur- 
roient  forfaire  qe  nully  de  eux  fur  la  dite  peine 
en  privee  nen  appert  envoieroit  namefneroit  ou 
ferroit  envoier  ou  amefner  hors  du  Roialme  dEn- 
gleterre aucun  or  ou  argent  en  monoie  bollion 
plate  vefTell  ne  par  efchange  affaire  exceptz  ks 
gages  de  Caleys  &  des  autres  forterefTes  du  Roi 
depar  dela  &  exceptz  par  efpecial  Prclatz  Seig- 
nurs Si  autres  comprifes  en  mefme  leftatut  eue  fur 
ce  primerement  efpeciale  congie  &  licence  du 
Roy  come  par  ycell  eftatut  y  purra  plus  pleiriement 
apparoir  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  pur  obvier  a  la 
fubtilite  deceux  qi  vorront  faire  fraude  ou  deceit  au 
luy  celle  partie  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  qe  fi  defore 
enavant  aucun  fercheour  da  Roy  purra  trover  or 
ou  argent  en  coyne  ou  en  made  en  la  garde  dau- 
cuny  qi  foit  en  paffant  ou  fur  fon  paffage  en  au- 
cune nief  ou  vefTell  pur  aler  hors  daucun  port 
havens  ou  crike  du  Roialme  faunz  efpeciak  congee 
dn  Roy  tout  eel  or  ou  argent  foit  forfait  au  Roy 
forfpris  fes  refonables  defpenfes  queux  il  ferxa 
teAuz  de  confeflcr  &  defcoverix  maintenant  apres 

qe 


A.  D.  1400. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
qe  a  ce  fairc  il  foit  garniz  &  chargez  par  mefme  le 
fercheourou  autrement  tout  celle  monoie  enfi  con- 
celee  foit  forfaite  au  Roy  Purveu  toutes  vojes  qe 
ks  marchantz  cftrangez  qi  vendent  leur  marchan- 
difes deinz  le  Roialme  &  la  moite  du  monoie 
dEngleterre  receu  pur  mefmes  les  marchandifes 
emploient  far  autres  marchandifes  du  Roialme 
puiflent  franchement  apporter  hors  dicell  lautre 
moite  de  la  dite  monoie  par  congee  du  Roy  folonc 
leftatut  ent  fait. 

See  farther  15  Car.  2.  c.  7.  fee.  7.     9  £f  10  JV.  3.  c.  28.     10  Ann. 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  IV. 


Cap.  6  —  8.        437 


confefs  and  difcover  prefently  after  that  he  is  warned  M    , 
and  charged  fo  to  do  by  the  fame  Searcher,  or  elfeStra    jrs  m 
all  the  faiJ  Money  fo  concealed  fhall  he  forfeit  to  theory  half  their 
King.     (4.)  Provided   always,  That  the  Merchants  Money  forth 
Strangers  that  do  fell   their  Merchandife  within  theof  'he  R«Jm. 
Realm  of  England,  and  the  one  half  of  the  Money  &C?,uj  4'  c'  li' 
England  received  for  the  fame  Merchandifes  do  imploy ,'.  //.  e!'c.96. 
upon  other  Merchandifes  of  the  Realm,  may  freely  27  H.  6.  c.  3. 
carryo.it  from  the  fame  the  other  half  of  the  faid  "7 Ed-  4-  <=■  1. 
Money  by  the    Kind's  Licence,    according  to  the3  ."  7" c,8> 

o  '       i  J  ,-  J      >  19  H.  7.  C.  r. 

Statute  thereof  made.  -  Ed-  g_  c_  gt 

5.     6  Geo.  1.  e.  IX.     12  Geo.  2.  c.  26.  concerning  the  Exportation  cf  Gold  and  Silver. 


CAP.      VI. 

The  Money  of  Scotland,  and  of  other  Countries  beyond  the  Sea,   fhall  be  voided  out  of 

England,  or  put  to  coin  before  Chrijlmas. 

ITEM  pur  la  grant  deceit  qe  y  ad  en  la  monoie  dor  Sz  dargent  de  Flanders  &  dEfcoce  qi  courge  com-E  X  P. 
munment  es  paiementz  faitz  es  diverfss  parties  du  Roialme  a  grant  damage  du  Roy  &  du  poeple  ordei-ReP-  21  Jac.  1. 
gnez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  toute  la  monoie  dor  &  dargent  de  la  coigne  de  Flandres  &  de  toutz  autres  terres  &  paixV       H 
pardela  &  auxi  de  la  terre  dEfcoce  foit  voidez  hors  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  ou  mys  a  coigne  a  la  bullion  ,?H-  ./*" 6>'s' 
deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  parentre  cy  &  le  feft  de  Noel  profchein  advenir  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  dicell.    Et  qe  2  H.  6.  c.  6. 
toutz  les  marchantz  &  autres  a  Caleys  qi  receivent  aucun  tiel  or  ou  argent  de  la  coigne  de  Flandres  ou  des  againft  the. Cur- 
autres  terres  ou  paiis  depar  dela  ou  de  la  terre  dEfcoce  le  mettent  a  bullion  a  Caleys  fanz  lapporter  en  coigne  •yncyc/Gaitj 
deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre.     Et  ft  les  marchantz  ou  autres  defore  enavant  portent  aucune  tiele  monoie af~^aC£t £x. 
deinz  le  Roialme  qils  forfacent  mefme  la  monoie  au  Roy.     Et  outre  ce  accordez  eft  qe  bone    &  covenable^ima*  cfG>'d 
ferche  foit  fait  ftbien  a  Caleys  come  decea  le  meer  en  chefcun  porte  &  aillours  fur  lapporte  del  monore  and  Sihcr. 
avantdite. 

C  A  P.      VIL 

In  what  Cafe  the  Plaintiff  fhall  not  be  noiifuit  if  the  Verdict  pafs  againft  him. 


ITEM  por  ce  qe  fur  veredit  trove  devant  quel- 
conque  Juftice  en  affife  de  novel  diffeiline  mort 
daunceffre  ou  autre  adtion  quelconque  les  parties 
devaunt  ces  heures  ont  efte  adjournez  fur  difficulte 
en  loye  fur  la  matire  iffint  trcvez  ordeignez  eft  £z 
eftabliz  qe  fi  le  dit  veredit  pane  encontre  le  pleintif 
qe  mefme  le  pleintif  ne  foit  nounfuy. 


"    A  J 


TEM,  Wh?reas  upon.  VerdicT:  found  before  any  B.r- N°B<i,'t>  6 


.uftice  in  Affife  of  Novel  dijfeifin,  MortdaunceJhi\^u^™s<^ 
"  or  any  other  AcTaon  whatfoever,  the  Partus  before  i\^.  ,i'„  l\ 
"  this  Time  have  been:  adjourned  upon  Difficulty  in. 
"  Law  upon  the  Matter  fo  found  ;"  (2)  'it  is  ordained 
'  and  ftablifhed,  That  if  the  Verdict,  pafs  againft  the 
'  Plaintiff,  .that  the  fame  Plaintiff  ihall  not  be  non- 
'  fuitedv' 


C    A 

The  Fee  of  the  Cyrographer  of 

ITEM  fur  la  grevoufe  compleinte  faite  a  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  par  les  communes  en  ceft  parle- 
ment  coment  loffice  de  cirografer  en  le  commune 
Bank  le  Roi  eft  L-ffez  a  ferme  a  quel  office  appur- 
tient  pur  les  fefance  &  efcripture  de  chefcun  fyn 
teve  en  le  dit  Bank  quatre  fouldz  &  nient  plus  et 
nounobftant  eel  fee  les  fermers  de  mefme  loffice  ne 
veull^nt  deliverer  nul  fyn  a  nully  fanz  leur  doner 
autres  quatre  fouldz  ou  plus  par  extortion  a  grant 
damage  &  empoveriffement  de  tout  le  poeple  Noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  veullant  celle  partie  purvoir  de 
remede  de  ladvis  &  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx 
&  temporelx  &  a  la  fupplication  des  ditz  Com- 
munes ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  qe  le  cirografer  ne 
fpn  fermer  lieutenant  ou  deputee  pur  le  temps 
efteant  deforenavant  ne  preigne  pluis  qe  quatre 
fouldz  pur  nul  fyn  leve  en  la  court.  Et  fi  le  dit 
fermer  lieutenant  ou  depute.-  preigne  pluis  qe  quatre 


P.      VIII. 

the  Common  Pleas  for  a  Fine  levied. 

'  TTEM,  Upon  the  grievous  Complaint  made  tof* 
'  A  our  Lord  the  King  by  the  Commons  in  this  pre- 
'  fent  Parliament,  how  that  the  Office  of  the  Cirbgra- 
'  pher  in  the  common  Bench  of  the  King  is  let  to 
1  farm,  to  which  Office  appertaineth,  for  making  and 
£  writing  of  every  Fine  levied  in  the  laid  Bench,  four 
:  Shillings   and  no  more  ;    and  notwithstanding   the 
1  fame  Fee,  the  Farmers  of  the  fame  Office  will.de- 
:  liver  no  Fine  to  any  without  giving  to  them  other 
:  four  Shillings,  or  more  by  Extorfton,  to  the  great 
;  Damage  and  Impoveriihment  of  all  the  King's  liege 
;  People;"  '  (2)  our  Lord  the  King  willing  in  this 
Behalf  to  provide  Remedy,  by  the  Advice  and  Affent. 
of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and.  Temporal,  and  at  the 
Supplication  of  the  faid  Commons,    hath   ordained 
and  eftablifhed,  That  the  Cirographer,  nor  his  Far- 
mer, Deputy,  or  Lieutenant  for  the  time  being,  fhall 
from  henceforth  take  any  more  than  four  Shillings  for 

6  any 


4j8       Cap*  9^-11. 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  IV. 


The  Penalty 
,  if  the  Cyro- 
giapher  takes 
more  thail  his 
Fee. 

13  Ed.  1.  flat, : 
c.44. 


EXP. 


any  Fine  levied  in  the  Court.  (3)  And  if  the  faid: 
Farmer,  Lieutenant,  or  Deputy,  take  any  more  than 
four  Shillings  for  a  Fine,  as  before  is  faid,  he  fhall 
lofe  his  Office,  and  be  forejudged  the  Court,  and 
have  one  Year's  Imprifonment,  and  pay  to  the  Party 
grieved  his  treble  Damages ;  (4.)  and  the  Party 
grieved  fhall  have  his  Suit  before  the  Juftices  of  the 
faid  Bench.' 


A.  D.  14.00. 

Ek  Rot  in  Turr,  Lond. 
fouldz  pur  un  fyn  come  defiuis  eft  dit  qtl  perde  fon 
office  &  foit  forjuggiez  la  court  h  eit  emprifone- 
ment  par  un  an  h  pate  a  la  partie  greve  fes  trebles 
damages  et  ait  la  partie  grevee  fa  fuite  devant  les 
Juftices  du  dit  bank. 


CAP.     IX. 

Such  as  were  Commiffioners  in  the  Time  of  King  Rich.  2.   and  fpoiled  thereof,  or  that 
delivered  the  fame,  flaall  be  difcharged  by  their  Oaths. 

'JTEM  come  nadgairs  en  temps  du  dit  Roi  Richard  diverfes  perfones  feurent  affignez  as  diverfes  foitz  par 
commiffions'  du  dit  Roy  denquere  &  fair  folcnc  le  purport  de  leur  commiffions  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngle- 
terre  &  ore  proces  eft  fait  fibien  en  la  Chancellerie  come  en  Lefcheqer  vers  les  ditz  commiffioners  de  certifier 
les  inquifitions  &  autres  chofes  devant  eux  prifes  par  vertue  des  dites  commiffions  par  la  ou  afcuns  des  ditz 
.  commiffioners  en  la  purfuite  du  dit  Roy  Richard  fey  rent  riflez  &  pilez  des  dites  inquifitions  &  autres  chofes 
devant  eux  prifes  par  force  de  leur  ditz  commiffions  &  auxiilt  de  leur  biens  propres  &  aucunes  des  ditz  com- 
miffioners par  mandement  &  compulfion  de  rhonfieur  William  Lefcrop  alors  Treforer  dEngleterre  delivere- 
rent  toutes  leur  inquifitions  &  autres  chofes  devant  eux  enfi  prifes  au  dit  Treforer  iffint  qe  les  ditz  commif- 
fioners nont  riens  en  leur  garde  de  certifier  es  dites  courtes  fur  quoy  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  les 
mefchiefs  fuifdites  &  pur  tant  veullant  fair  grace  as  tielx  commiffioners  de  ladvis  &  affent  des  ditz  Seignurs 
efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  al  prier  des  dit  communes  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  qe  nol  des  ditz  commiffioners 
iffint  riflez  ou  p'ilez  rie  huh  qi  deliverereht  leur  inquifitions  ou  autres  chofes  devaunt  eux  prifes  au  dit  nadgairs 
Treforer  ne  foierit  en  nul  manere  chargiez  dent  faire  aucune  certification  en  aUcune  courte  du  Roy  mais  ent 
foient  par  leur  ferment  outrement  defchargiez. 


,4.  Inft.  74. 


C    A    P.     X. 

The  Fee  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown  of  the  King's  Bench  for  Indictments. 


1  Roll  80,203. 
13  Co.  52. 
The  Statute  of 
13  R.  2.  flat.  1 
c.  5.  confirm- 
ed, touching 
the  /.dmirai'^ 
Jarifdi&ion. 
15  R.  2.  c.  3. 


TEM,  Becaufe  that  Complaint  is  made  to  our  ] 
faid  Lord  the  King  by  the  faid  Commons,  how 
the  Clerk  of  the  Crown  of  the  King's  Bench,  whereas 
fourfcore  or  an  hundred  Men  be  indicted  of  one  Fe- 
lony, or  of  one  Trefpafs,  and  all  they  plead  to  an 
Iffue  as  Not  guilty,  the  faid  Clerk  ought  not  to  take 
for  the  Venire  facias,  nor  for  entering  of  the  Plea, 
more  than  iis.  the  faid  Clerk  doth  take  for  every 
fuch  Name  by  Extorfion  iis.  in  great  Oppreffion  of 
the  People  ;"  '  (2)  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  willing 
to  preferve  his  faid  People  from  fuch  Extorfions  and 
Injuries,  by  the  Affent  of  the  faid  Lords  Spiritual  and 
Temporal,  arid  at  the  Suit  of  the  faid  Commons, 
hath  ordained  and  ellablifhed.  That  the  faid  Clerk  of 
the  Crown  fhall  take  no  more  than  hath  been  duly 
ufed  of  old  Times.  (3)  And  moreover  our  faid  Lord 
the  King  hath  charged  the  Juftices  of  the  King's 
Bench,  that  no  Extorfion  be  done  in  this  Behalf  in 
the  Bench  aforefaid.' 


ITEM  por  ce  qe  pleinte  eft  faite  a  noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roy  par  les  ditz  Communes  coment 
le  clerc  del  corone  du  bank  du  Roy  la  ou  vint 
quarant  ou  cent  hommes  font  enditez  dune  felonie 
ou  dune  trefpas  &  toutz  ceux  pledent  a  iffue  come 
de  rien  coupable  le'dit  clerc  ne  deuft  prendre  pur 
le  Venire  facias  ne  pur  lentree  du  plee  pluis  qe  deux 
fouldz  mefme  le  clerc  prent  pur  chefcun  tiel  noun 
par  extorfion  deux  fouldz  en  graund  oppreffion  du 
poeple  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  veullant  fauver 
fon  dit  poeple  des  tielx  extorfions  ii  injuries  de 
ladvis  &  affent  des  ditz  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  tem- 
porelx &  a  la  prier  des  Communes  fuifditz  ad  or- 
deignez h  eftabliz  qp;  le  dit  clerc  del  corone  ne 
preigne  pluis  qe  nad  eftee  duement  ufee  dauncien 
temps.  Et  outre  ceo  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy 
ad  chargiez  les  Juftices  de  bank  de  Roy  qe  null 
extorfion  foit  faite  celle  partie  en  le  bank  fuifdit. 


XI. 


C    A    P. 

A  Remedy  for  him  who  is  wrongfully  purfued  in  the  Court  of  Admiralty. 


"  ITEM,  Whereas  in^the  Statute  made  at  Weftmin- 
"  •*■  Jter  the  thirteenth  Year  of  the  faid'King  Richard  j 
"  amongft  other  Things  it  is  contained,  That  the 
"  Admirals  and  their  Deputies  fhall  not  intermeddle 
"  from  thenceforth  of  any  Thing  done  within  the 
"  Realm,  but  only  of  a  Thing  done  upon  the  Sea, 
"  according  as  it  hath  been  duly  ufed  in  the  Time  of 
"  the  noble  King  Edward,  Grandfather  to  the  faid 
"  King  Richard;"  '  (2,)  oiir  laid  Lord  the  King 
*  wJl  and  granteth,  That  the  faid  Statute  be  firmly 


ITEM  come  en  leftatut  fait  a  Weftm'  Ian  tref- 

zifme  le  dit  Roy  Richard  entre  autres  chofes 

foit  contenuz  qe  les  admiralx  &  leur  deputees  ne 

foy  medlent  deflors  cnavant   de  nulle  chofe  faite 

deinz  le  Roialme  mais  foulement  de  chofe  fait;  fur 

la  meer  folonc  ce  qad  efte  duement  ufez  en  temps 

de  noble  Roy  Edward  Aiel  le  dit  Roy  Richard 

noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  voet  &  grante  qe  le  dit 

eitatut 


A.  D.  1400. 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  IV. 


Cap.  t2  —  14. 


439 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
eftatut  foit  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez  &  mys  en 
due  execution.  Et  outre  ce  mefme  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roy  de  ladvis  &  aflent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx 
&  temporelx  &  al  prier  des  ditz  Communes  ad  or- 
deignez  &  eftabliz  qe  quant  a  peine  mettre  fur  lad- 
mirall  ou  fon  lieutenant  qe  leftatut  &  la  commune 
loye  foient  tenuz  devers  eux  et  qe  celuy  qi  foy  fent 
greve  encontre  la  fourme  du  dit  eftatut  ait  faction 
par  brief  foundu  fur  le  cas  envers  celuy  qenfi  pur- 
fue  en  la  courte  de  ladmiraltee  &  recoevre  fes  da- 
mages devers  mefme  le  purfuant  au  double  &  en- 
courge  mefme  le  purfuant  la  peine  de  x  li.  envers 
le  Roy  pur  la  purfuite  enll  faite  fil  foit  atteint. 


holden  and  kept,  and  put  in  due  Execution.     (3) 
And  moreover,  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King,  by  the- 
Advice  and  Aflent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Tem- 
poral, and  at  the  Prayer  of  the  faid  Commons,  hath 
ordained  and  ftablifhed,  That  as  touching  a  Pain  to 
be  fet  upon  the  Admiral,  or  his  Lieutenant,  that  the 
Statute  and  the  Common  Law  be  holden   againft  5  Co.  106. 
them;   (4)  and  that  he  that  feeleth  himfelf  grieved^y"  '59-    __ 
againft  the  Form  of  the  faid  Statute,  fhall  have  his'9     ■    '   '  '" 
Adion  by  Writ  grounded  upon  the  Cafe  againft  himg^ar-  29<>. 
that  doth  fo  purfue  in  the  Admiral's  Co  rt ;   (5)  and4  m0a.  176. 
recover  his  double  Damages  againft  the  Purfuant ; T6)  1  Salk.  31.  ■ 
and  the  fame  Purfuant  fhall  incur  the  Pain  of  Ten 
Pounds  to  the  King. for  the  Purfuit  fo  made,  if  he  beR-aft.  23- 
•  attainted.' 

CAP.      XII. 

Certain  Reftraints  laid  on  wholly  born  Weljhmen. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  deforenavant  null  homme  Galoys  entier  neez  en  Gales  &  aianz   pereReP- 2'  J*c-  •' 

&  mere  neez  en  Gales  purchace  terres  ou  tenementz  deinz  les  villes  de  Ceftre  Salop  Briggenorth  Lodelowe0,  z  ' 
Leomynftre  Hereford  Glouceftre  Wirceftre  nautres  villes  merchandes  queconqes  adjoignantz  as  marches  de 
Gales  nen  les  fuburbes  dicelles  fur  la  forfaiture  dicelles  terres  &  tenementz  as  Seignurs  des  queux  tielx  terres 
,&  tenementz  font  tenuz  en  chief.     Et  auxi  qe  mil  tiel  homme  Galois  deforenavant  foit  efluz  ou  recieu  deftre 
citezein  ou  burgeys  en  nul  citee  burgh  ou  ville  rnarchande  &  qe  ceux  Galoyfes  qore  font  en  afcun  tiele 
citee  burgh  ou  ville  enfranchifee  efteantz  citizeins  ou  burgeifes  troevent  fufficiant  feurtee  &  mettent  bone 
caution  de  lour  bon  port  fibien  envers  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  &  fes  heirs  &  fon  Roialme  dEngleterrecome 
pur  lour  loialte  tenir  a  les  governours  de  tielx  citees  burghs  ou  villes  pur  le  temps  efteantz  en  falvation  de  ■ 
mefmes  les  citees  burghs  ou  villes  fi  mefmes  les  Galoyfes  veullent  en  ycelles  demorer  Iflint  qe  nul  de  eux 
deforenavant  foit  receu  naccepte  a  nul  office  de  maire  baillif  chamberleyn  coneftable  ou  gardein  des  portes 
ou.  de  gaole  ne  al  commune  confeil  des  tielx  citees  burghs  ou  villes  ne  qil  foit  fait  autre  occupiour  ou  officer 
en  ycelles  en  null  manere  ne  qe  nul  des  ditz  Galoyfes  deforenavant  porte  nul  armure  deinz  afcun  tiel  citee  ' 
■burgh  ou  ville  rnarchande  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  del  armure  fuifdite  &  emprifonement  tanqe  ils  aient  fait: 
fyn  en  cefte  partie. 

cap.    xin. 

The  Effect  of  the  Pardon  granted  by  Scat.  21  R.  2.  c.  15.  rehearfed  and  confirmed,  notwith- 
standing the  Refidue  of  the  faid  Parliament  is  repealed. 

ITEM  come  le  dit  Richard  nadgairs  Roy  -dEng'eterre  a  fon  parlement  tenuz-a  Weftm'  &  adjournez  aE  X  W- 
Salopbirs  Ian  de  fon  regne  vint  &  primere  par  eftatut  avoit  pardonez  .  &  releflez.  as  toutz  fes  lieges 
rdEngleterre  de  quelconqe  eftat  ou  condition  qils  feuffent  &  a  chefcun  de  eux  toutes  miners  efchapes  des 
(felons  chateux  des  futifs  &  des  felons  trefpafTes  negligences  mefprifions  ignorances  &  toutz  autres  articles 
deir  &  autres  chofes  efcheues  ou  advenues  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  dont  le  puniftement  cherroit  en  fyn 
ou  en  ranceon  ou  en- autres >peines  pecunieres  ou  autrement- emprifonement  des  communes  des  villes  ou  des 
fmgulers  perfones  ou  en  charge  de  frank  tenement  de  ceux  qunqes  ne  trefpaflerent  come  heirs  ou  terretenantz 
des  efchetours  vifconts  ou  coroners  ou  autres  tieux.  .  Et  enfement  leur  avoit  pardonez  &  releflez  toutes  • 
maneres  des  douns  alienations  ou  purchaces  faitz  par  eux  ou  par  afcun  de  eux  des  terres  tenementz  ou  autres 
•pofTeffions  tenuz  de  luy  en  chief  i'anz  licence  du  .Roy  &  toutes  maneres  des  entrees  faitz  en  leur  heritages 
purchaces  ou  autrement  en  partie  ou  en  toutapres  la  mort  leur  aunceftres  ou  daucun  autre  fanz  purfuite  ou 
idue  proces  ent  fait  tanqa  Joedy  la  darrein  jour  du  dit  parlement  forfpris  ceux  terres  tenementz  &  ppfTeffions  • 
•queux  font  alienez  a  mort  maine  fanz  licence  roiale.     Et  auxint  lour  avoit  entierment  pardonez  &  releifez 
toutes  maneres  des  fyns  amerciementz  iffues  forfaiz  nient  adjuggiez  ne  terminez  faitz  efcheuz  ou  advenuz 
deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  devant  le  dit  Joedy.     Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  E.oy  de  ladvis  &  -aflent  des  toutz  les 
Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  al  efpeckle  prier  &-requeft  des  dites  Communes  vcet  &  grante  qe  toutz 
fes  lieges  &  chefcun  de  eux  purront  &  purra  avoir  ufer  &  enjoyer  ks  privilege  &  benefice  des  ditz  pardon 
&  eftatut  nientcontrefteant  qe  le  dit  parlement  tenuz  le  dit  an  vint  &  primere  &  toutz  les  eftatutz  faitz  en  -. 
ycell  &  toutes  les  circumftances  &  dependences  de  mefme  le  parlementz  font  de  toutadnullez  revokez& 
repellez  enle  parlement  ncftre. Seignur  le  Roy  qqr  eft  tenuz  a  WeftmUan  de  fon  reigne  primere, 

CAP.      XIV.. 
Purveyance  for  the  King's  Houfe  of  40 s.  or  under,  fhall  be  prefently  paid  for.. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &-  eftabliz  qe  les  eftatutz.  des  Purveours  faitz  devant  fes  heures  foient  tenuz  &  gardez-^^«^  ij  '20 
&  mys  endue  execution  adjouftez  a  ycel  qe  deforenavant  nul  pun  eour  nachatour  face  aucun  purveance11-  6<  c'  S- 
ou  achate  pur  loftiell  .du  Roy.daucune  chofe  a  la  value  de  xls.  ou  dedeinz  fil  ne  face  preir.  paiement  enOB'  I*Cat'8'' 
mayne  fur  peyne  de  perdre  fon  office  &.  de  paier  atant  a  le  partie  grevee. .  c' Z4' ' 

4-.v  e.A'.p.. 


440        Cap.  15.  Anno  fecundo  Henrici  IV.  A.  D.  1400. 

CAP.     xv. 

The  Orthodoxy  of  the  Faith  of  the  Church  of  England  afferted,  and  Provifion  made  acrainft 
the  Oppugners  of  the  fame  ,  with  the  Punifhment  of  Hereticks. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Rep.  25  H.  !,    ]T  E-M  cum  domino  noftro  Regi  ex  parte  Prelatorum  &  cleri  regni  fui  Anglie  in  prefenti  parliamento  fit 
c.  14.  1    oftenfum  quod  licet  fides  catholica  fuper  Chriftum  fundata  &  per  Apoftolos  fuos  &  ecclefiam  facrofanctam 

i  U.  6.  c.  12.  fufficienter  dcterminata  declarata  Si  approbata  ha£tenus  per  bonos  ac  fan&os  &  nobiliflimos  progenitores  Si 
J0  Hz  C';//I7  antcceffores  difti  domini  Regis  in  dicto  regno  inter  omnia  regna  mundi  extiterit  devotius  obfervata  &  ec- 
Fitz.  N.B.'26^.clefla  Angiicana  per  predidtos  inclitiilimos  progenitores  &  antecefibres  fuos  ad  honorem  Dei  Si  totius  regni 
D.  predicti  laudabiliter  dotata  Si  in  fuis  juribus  Si  iibertatibus  fuftentata  abfque  hoc  quod  ipfa  fides  feu  dicta 

Rill.  319.         ecclcfia  per  aliquas  doftrinas  perverfas  vel  opiniones  iniquas  hereticas  vel  erroneas  lefa  fuerat  vcl  graviter 
Bro.  Herefy,  i,  0ppre{j"a  feu  etiam  perturbata  nichilominus  tamen  diverfi  perfidi  &  perverfi  cujufdam  nove  fecte  de  dicta 
9    ar.  2.  c.  9.  £^e  facramentis  ecciefie  &  audroritate  ejufdem  dampnabiliter  fentientes  &  contra  legem  divinam  &  eccle- 
fiafticam  predicationis  ofRcium  tenure  ufurpantes  diverfas  novas  dodtrinas  &  opiniones  iniquas  hereticas  & 
erroneas  eidem  fidei  ac  faniftis  determinationibus  ecciefie   facrofancie  contrarias  perverfe  &  malitiofe  infra 
didtum  regnum  in  diverfis  locis  fub  fimulate  fanititatis  colore  predicant  &  docent  hiis  diebus  publice  & 
occulte  ac  de  hujufmodi  fecta  nefandifque  doctrinis  &  opinionibus  conventiculas  &  confederationes  illicitas 
faciunt  fcolas  tenent  &  exercent  libros  conficiunt  atque  fcribunt  populum  nequiter  inftruunt  &  informant 
.    &  ad  feditionem  feu  infurreclionem  excitant  quantum  poffunt  &  magnas  diffenfiones  &  divifiones  in  populo 
faciunt  ac  alia  diverfa  enormia  auditui  horrenda  indies  perpetrant  Si  committunt  in  di£te  fidei  catholice  & 
doclxine  ecciefie  facrofan&e  fubverfionem  divinique  cultus  diminutionem  ac  etiam  in  deftruftionem  fbtus 
jurium  &  libertatum  dicte  ecciefie  Anglicane  per  quas  quidem  fedtam  falfafque  Si  nephandas  predicationes 
doctrinas  Si  opiniones  didtorum  perfidorum  &  perverforum  nedum  maximum  periculum  animarum  veruin 
etiam  quamplura  alia  dampna  fcan  Jala  &  pericula  eidem  regno  quod  abfit  poterunt  evenire  nifi  in  hac 
parte  per   regiam  majeftatem  uberius  Si  celerius  fuccurratur  prefertim  cum  diocefani  didti  regni  per  fuam 
jurifriictionem  fpiritualem  didtos  perfidos  &  perverfos  abfque  auxilio  didle  regie  majeftatis  fufRcienter  corri- 
gere  nequeant  nee  ipforum  malitiam  refrenare  pro  eo  quod  didti  perfidi  Si  perverfi  de  diocefi  in  diocefim 
fe  transferunt  &  coram  didtis  diocefani?  comparere  diffugiunt  ipfofque  diocefanos  &  fuam  jurifdidtionem 
fpiritualem  ac  claves  ecciefie  &  cenfuras  ecclefiafticas  defpiciunt  penitus  &  contempnunt  &  fie  fuas  nephandas 
predicationes  &  dodtrinas  indies  continuant  &  exercent  ad  omnem  juris  et  rationis  ordinem  atque  regimen 
penitus  deftruendum.     Super  quibus  quidem  novitatibus  &  exceffibus  fuperius  recitatis  Prelati  Si  Clerus  fu- 
prauidti  ac  etiam  communitates  regni    in  eodem  parliamento  exiftentes  dicto  domino  Regi    fupplicarunt 
ut  fua  dignaretur  regia  celfitudo  in  dicto  parliamento  providers  de  remedio  oportuno  qui  quidem  dominus 
Rex  premiffa  ac  etiam  didtorum  inclitiffirnorum  progenitorum  &  antecefforum  fuorum  laudabilia  veftigia 
gratiofe  coniiderans  pro  confervatione  didte  fidei  catholice  &  fuftentatione  didti  cultus  divini  ac  etiam  pro 
ialvatione  flatus  jurium  &  libertatum  didle  ecciefie  Anglicane  ad  Dei  laudem  ipfiufque  domini  Regis  meritum 
ac  totius   regni  predidti  profperitatem  &  honorem  &  pro  hujufmodi  diffenfionibus  divifionibus  dampnis 
fcandalis  &  periculis  impofterum  evitandis  Si  ut  hujufmodi  nephande  fedte  predicationes  doctrine  &  opiniones 
ceflent  d;cetero  &  penitus  deftiuantur  ex  affenfu  magnatum  &  aliorum  procerum  ejufdem  regni  in  dicto 
parliamento  exiftentium  conceffit  ordinavit  &  ftatuit  decetero  firmiter  obfervari  quod  nulius  infra  didtum 
regnum  feu  alia  dominia  fue  regie  majeftati  fubjedta  predicare  prefumat  publice  vel  occulte  abfque  licentia 
loci  diocefani  petita  primitu  ;  &  obtenta  curatis  in  fuis  propriis  ecclefiis  &  perfonis  hadtenus  privilegiatis  ac 
aliis  a  jure  canonico  conceilis  duntaxat  exceptis  nee  quod  aliquis  decetero  aliquid  predicet  teneat  doceat  vel 
informet  clam  vel  palam  aut  aliquem  librum  conficiat  feu  fcribat  contrarium  fidei  catholice  feu  determina- 
tion! ecciefie  facrofancte  nee  de  hujufmodi  fedla  nephandifque  dodtrinis  Si  opinionibus  conventiculas  aliquas 
faciat  vei  fcolas  teneat  vel  excrceat  quovifmodo  ac  etiam  quod  nulius  impofterum  alicui  fie  predicanti  aut 
tales  vel  confimiles  conventiculas  facienti  feu  fcolas  tenenti  vel  exercenti  aut  talem  librum  facienti  feu.fcri- 
benti  vel  populum  fie  docenti  informanti  vel  excitanti  quomodolibet  faveat  nee  ipforum  aliquem  manute- 
neat  aliqualiter  vel  fuftentet  Si  quod  omnes  Si  finguli  aiiquos   libros  feu  aliquas  fcripturas  de  hujufmodi 
nephandis  doctrinis  Si  opinionibus  habentes  omnes  hujufmodi  libros  &  fcripturas  loci  diocefano  infra  qua- 
dragihta  dies  a  tempore  proclamationis  iftius  ordinationis  Si  ftatuti  liberent  feu  liberari  faciant  realiter  cum 
efrcctu.     Et  fi  que  perfona  vel  perfone  cujufcunque  fexus  .  flatus  vel  conditionis  exiftat  vel  exiftant  de- 
cetero contra  didtam  ordinationem  regiam  &  ftatutum  predidtum  in  premiffis  vel  aliquo  premifforum  fecerit 
vel  attemptaverit  fecerint  vel  attemptaverint  vel  hujufmodi  libros  in  forma  predidla  non  liberaverit  vel  Iibe- 
raverint  tunc  loci  diocefanus  in  fua  diocefi  ipfam  perfonam  in  hac  parte  difiamatam  vel  evidenter  fufpedtam 
-  fe  i  ipfas  perfonas  diltamatas  vel   fufpectas  &  ipfarum  quamlibet  pofTit  audtoritate  didlorum  ordinationis  & 
ft.ituti  facere  areftari  Si  fub  falva  cuftodia  in  fuis  carceribus  detineri  quoufque  de  articulis  ei  vel  eis  impofitis 
in  hac  parte  canonice  fe  purgaverit  feu  purgaverint  vel  hujufmodi  nephandas  fectam  predicationes  doftrinas  & 
opiniones  hereticas  &  erroneas  abjuraverit  vel  abjuraverint  prout  jura  ecclefiaftica  exigunt  &  requirunt  Ita 
quod  dictus  diocefanus  per  fe  vel  commiflarios  fuos  contra  hujufmodi  perfonas  fie  areftatas  &  fub  falva  cu- 
ftodia  rcmancntes  ad  omnem  juris  cli'eflum  publice  Si  judicialiter  procedat  &  ncgDtium  hujufmodi  infra  tres 
rrsenfe;  poft  dictam  areftationem  impedimento  legiti  i  o  ceffante  terminet  juxta  canonicas  fancliones  f-t  fi 
aliqua  perfona  in  aliquo  cafu  fuperius  expreffato  coram  loci  diocefano  feu  commiffariis  fuis  canonice  fuerit 
conviita  tunc  idem  diocefanus  dictam  perfonam  fie  conviiStarn  pro  modo  culpe  &  fecundum  qualitatem  de- 
licti poflit  in  fuis  carceribus  facere  cuftodiri  prout  &  quamdiu  difcretioni  fue  videbitur  expedire  ac  ulterius 
..  tandem  perfonam  prcterquam  in  cafibus  quibus  fecundum  canonicas  fandtiones  relinqui  debeat  curie  feculari 

ad 


A.  D.  1400.  Anno  fecundo  H  E  n  r  i  c  i  IV.  Cap.  16  — 18.        441 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ad  finem  pecuniarium  domino  Regi  folvendutn  ponere  prout  hujufmodi  finis  eidem  diocefano  pro  modo  & 
qualitate  delidti  competens  videatur.  In  quo  cafu  idem  diocefanus  per  literas  fuas  patentes  ipfius  figillo  figil- 
latas  de  hujufmodi  fine  ipi'um  Regem  in  Scaccario  luo  certiorare  tenebitur  ad  erTedium  quod  hujufmodi  finis 
de  bonis  ejufdem  perfone  fie  convidte  audtoritate  Regis  ad  opus  fuum  exigi  poterit  &  levari.  Et  fi  aliqua 
perfona  infra  didta  regnum  &  dominia  fuper  didlis  nephandis  predicationibus  dodtrinis  opinionibus  fcolis  & 
informationibus  hereticis  &  erroneis  vel  aliqua  corundem  fen  tential  iter  coram  loci  diocefano  ve!  commiflariis 
fuis  convidta  fuerit  &  hujufmodi  nephandas  fedlam  predicationes  dodlrinas  opiniones  fcolas  &  informationes 
debite  abjurare  recufaverit  aut  per  loci  diocefanum  vel  commiflarios  fuos  poft  abjurationem  per  eandem  per- 
fonam  lactam  pronunciata  fuerit  relapfa  ita  quod  fecundum  canonicas  fandiiones  reiinqui  debeat  curie  fecuiari 
fuper  quo  credatur  loci  diocefano  feu  commifiariis  fuis  in  hac  parte  tunc  vie'  comitatus  illius  loci  &  major 
&  vicecomites  feu  vicecomes  aut  major  &  ballivi  civitatis  ville  vel  burgi  ejufdem  comitatus  didlo  diocefano 
feu  didlis  commiflariis  magis  propinqui  in  fententiis  per  didlum  diocefanum  aut  commiflarios  fuos  contra  per- 
fonas  hujufmodi  &  ipfarum  quamlibct  proferend'  cum  ad  hoc  per  dictum  diocefanum  aut  commiflarios  ejuf- 
dem fuerint  requifiti  perfonaliter  fint  prefentes  &  perfonas  illas  &  quamlibet  earundem  poft  hujufmodi  fen- 
tentias  prolatas  recipiant  &  eafdem  coram  populo  in  eminenti  loco  comburi  faciant  ut  hujufmodi  punitio  me- 
tum  incutiat  mentibus  aliorum  ne  hujufmodi  nephande  dodtrine  &  opiniones  heretice  &  erronee  vel  ipfarum 
audtores  &  fautores  in  didlis  regno  &  dominiis  contra  fidem  catholicam  religionem  Chriftianam  &  determina- 
tionem  ecclefie  facrofandte  quod  abfit  fuftententur  feu  quomodolibet  tolerentur  in  quibus  omnibus  &  fingulis 
premiflis  dicta  ordinationem  &  ftatutum  concernentibus  vicecomites  majores  &  ballivi  didtorum  comitatuum 
civitatum  villarum  &  burgorum  didlis  diocefanis  &  eorum  commiflariis  fint  intendentes  auxiliantes  etiam  £c 
faventes. 

CAP.      XVI. 

If  Weljhflim  do  not  reftore  to  Englijhmen  the  Diftreffes  taken  by  them  within  feven  Days, 

Englijhmen  may  return  the  like  Meafure  to  them. 

ITEM  fur  la  grevoufe  compleinte  faite  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  par  Ies  Communes  en  parlement  coment  Rep.  21  jac.  i. 
les  gentz  de  Gales  a  la  foitz  par  jour  &  ala  foitz  par  noet  viegnent  deinz  les  contees  adjoignantz  a  les  c.  28. 
marches  de  Gales  &  preignent  diverfes  diftrefles  des  chivalx  jumentz  boefs  vaches  berbitz  porks  &  autres 
lour  biensa  grand  nombre  &  les  amefnent  enchacent  &  emportent  tanqa  les  Seignorieslaou  ils  font  receantz 
&  illoeqes  les  detiegnont  tanqe  gree  foit  fait  a  lour  volunte  et  ce  fibien  de  ceux  queux  nont  mye  trefpaflez 
come  de  ceux  qi  ount  trefpaflez.  Et  auxi  les  ditz  gentz  de  Gales  areftent  de  jour  en  autre  les  gentz  des  ditz 
countees  venantz  ove  lour  merchandifes  ou  leur  autres  biens  &  afFerment  pleyntes  devers  eux  des  debts  cove- 
nantz  trefpafles  &  autres  adtions  dont  eux  ne  font  mye  parties  ne  plegges  au  fyn  de  eux  grever  par  diverfes 
&:  outrageoufes  amerciementz  &  courtages  a  grant  anientifement  &  final  deftrudtion  des  gentz  des  ditz  coun- 
tees noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  confiderant  les  mefchiefs  fuifditz  &  voillant  fur  ce  purvoir  de  remede  del  aflent 
&  advis  des  Seignurs  fuifditz  &  a  la  requefte  des  ditz  Communes  ad  ordeinez  &  eftabliz  qe  fi  afcuns  gentz 
des  ditz  countees  foient  areftuz  ou  grevez  come  defuis  eft  dit  foient  maintenant  faitz  lettres  tefmoignales  re- 
citantes  lour  grevances  diredtes  a  les  govemours  ou  fenefchalx  ou  tielx  malefaifours  font  receantz  ou  lour 
biens  &  chateux  recettez  en  Gales  delbuth  les  fealx  des  vifcontz  des  ditz  countees  ou  les  mairs  ou  bailiifs  des 

les  ditz 
tftuz  et 
-  _  ;s  la  re- 
quefte a  eux  enfi  fait  qe  bien  life  as  gentz  Engloifes  ifiint  grevez  darrefter  queconques  venantz  ove  biens  & 
chateux  de.  ceux  des  Seignories  de  Gales  ou  tieux  meffefours  font  demorantz  ou  recettez  &  les  retenir  tanqe 
plein  gree  foit  faitz  as  ditz  grevez  ove  lour  myfes  couftages  &  defpenfes  enfemblement  ove  leur  diftrefles 
biens  6c  chateux  fuifditz. 

cap.    xvir. 

If  a  Wtljhmar.  commit  a  Felony  in  England,  and   thereof  is  attainted,    and  after  flieth  into 
Wales,  upon  Certificate  of  the  King's  juftices  he  mall  be  executed. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  fi  aucun  Galois  deforenavant  entre  les  countees  a  ce  adjoignantz  en  laRcp.  21  Tac  1 
•*■_  Roialrne  dEngteterre  &  en  ycelles  arde  tue  rape  ou  aucune  autre  felonie  ou  trefpas  face  de  quele  il  foit  at-  c.  s8. 
teint  deinz  la  Roialrne  dEngleterre  par  les  loies  de  mefmes  le  Roialrne  par  utlagarie  ou  abjuration  &  repaire 
en  Gales  trefpaflant  illoeqes  qe  fur  les  certification  &  recordes  affaires  par  les  Juftices  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy 
en  Engleterre  devant  queux  ils  ferront  iffint  cenvidtz  deflbutz  leur  fealx  as  Seignurs  ou  miniftres  ou  tielx  fe- 
lons ferront  trovez  en  Galez  final  execution  foit  fait  fur  mefme  le  felon  par  mefmes  les  Seignurs -ou  leur  mi- 
niftres &  ce  fur  grevoufe  peine. 

CAP.      XVIII. 
Lords  Marchers  in  Wales  fhall  keep  fuffkient  Guards  in  their  Caftles. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  les  Seignurs  de  Gales  marchez  ordeignent  k  mcttent  fuf&ciantz  eftuf-Rep-^i  Jac  1. 
ieures  &  gardes  en  leur  chaftielx  &  Seignories  Galois  au  fyn  qen  temps  advenir  nul  perde  riot  ne  damage  c-  i8« 
ayeigne  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ou  fon  Roialme  ne  nul  de  fes  lieges  per  lour  tenantz  receantz  ne  nuls  autres 
ijaloies  en  leur  defaut  come  ad  advenuz  &  efte  fait  pur  defaut  de  bone  governance  en  temps  paffe. 

Vol.  I.  Lll  F  CAP. 


442        Cap.  19—  22.         ,    Anno  fecundo  Henrici  IV.  A.  D.  1400. 

CAP.      XIX. 
No  EngJifiman  lhall  be  condemned  at  the  Suit  of  a  Welfoman  in  PPaks,  but  only  by  Engli/b 

Juftices,  or  Englijh  Burgeflfes. 

^  £*•  TJsr.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

EXP.  I-  TEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  .nul  entier  Engleis  par  les  trois  ans  profcheins  advenirs  foit  convict  a 

■*■  fuite  de  nully  Galois  deinz  Gales  fi  ne  foit  par  juggement  des  Juftices  Engloifes  ou  par  juggement  des 
entiers  Engloifes  burgeoifes  ou  par  enqueftes  des  burghs  villes  &  Engloifes  des  beignuries  es  queux  tiel  En- 
gleis foit  areftuz. 

CAP.      XX. 

No  IVtlfaman  fhall  purchafe  Land  in  England,  nor  in  the  EngHJJj  Towns  in  Wales, 

Rep.  11  Jac  1.  TTEM  accordez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  deforenavant  nul  Galoys  foit  receu  de  purchacer  ne  purchace  terre  ou 

c-  2S-  -L  tenement  deinz  Engleterre  ne  deinz  les  burghs  villes  Engloifes  de  Gales  fur  peyne  de  forfaire  les  ditz 

purchaces  as  Seignurs  des  queux  les  ditz  terres  ou  tenementz  font  tenuz  come  de  tiel  eftat  qe  le  dit  purcha- 

ceour  avoit  en  ycelles  ne,  qe  nul  Galoys  foit  accepte  burgeys  ne  a  nul  autre  libertee  avoir  deinz  le  Roialme 

ne  deinz  les  burghs  villes  avauntditcs. 

C    A    P,      XXI. 
No  Lord  fhall  give  any  Livery  or  Sign  to  any  Knight,  Efquire,  or  Yeoman. 


O  E.  3  Car.  i 

c,  4. 


•J 


ITEM  come  au  darrein  parlement  ordeignez  eftoit  &  eftabliz  qe  nul  Seignur  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition 
qi!  ferroit  uferoit  ne  dorroit  aucune  liveree  de  figne  de  compaignie  a  nul  chivaler  efquier  ne  vadlet  deinz 
le  Roialme  fuifdit  Sauvant  toutefoitz  qe  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  dorroit  tantfoulement  fon  honurable  liveree 
a  les  Seignurs  t.mporelx  queux  luy  plerroit  et  fauvant  auxi  qe  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  dorroit  fon 
dit  honurable  liveree  a  fes  chivalers  &  efquiers  meyn.  lx  Si  auxi  a  fes  chivalers  &  efquiers  qi  font  de  fa  rete- 
nue  &  preignent  de  luy  lour  fee  annuel  pur  terme  de  vie.     Et  outre  ce  accordez  fuift  &  affentuz  par  le 
Roy  &  les  Seignurs  &  communes  fuifditz  qe  les  ditz  chivalers  &  efquiers  ne  uferoient  aucunement  leur  dites 
liverees  en  leur  paiis  en  contees  es  queux  ils  ferroient  receantz  ou  demurrantz  nailours  deinz  le  Roialme 
hors  de  prefence  du  Roy.     Et  fi  afcun  Seignur  ferroit  le  contraire  Si  ce  duement  provee  qil  ferroit  fyn  & 
ranceon  a  la  voluntee  du  Roy.     Et  i\  afcun  chivaler  ou  efquier  ferroit  le  contraire  &  de  ceo  feuffe  due- 
The  Teverr,!        ment  atteint  perderoit  fon  dit  liveree  &  forsferroit  fon  fee  pur  touz  jours.     Et  qe  nul  vadlet  appelle  yorran 
forfeitures  of      preignerok  ne  uferoit  nul  liveree  du  Roy  ne  de  nul  autre  Seignur  fur  peine  demprifonement  &  de  faire  fyn 
feveral  Of-  fc  ranCeon  a  la  volunte  de  Roy.  .  Purveu  toutesfoitz  qe  les  Coneftabie  &  Marefchall   dEngleterre  pur  le 

fenieis,  temps  efteantz  ove  lour  retenue  des  chivalers  &  efquiers  purroient  ufer  la  dite  liveree  du  Roy  fur  les  frontiers 

&  la  marcJie  du  Roialme  en  temps  de  guerre. 

A  Confirmation       £t  purveuz  auxi  qe  toutz  ceux  qi  vorroient  travailler  &  pafferoient  la  meer  as  parties  de  dela  pur  quere 

of  th=  Statute  of  honour  purroient  ufer  mefme  la  liveree  celles  parties  fanz  ent  eftre  aucunement  grevez  ou  empefcheez  come 

dain'ed'agamft0r"  en  leftatut  ent  fait  pluis  pleinement  eft  contenuz.     Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  le  dit  eftatut  eftre 

unlawful  giving  molt  expedient  &  neceffaire  ad  ordeignez  &, eftabliz  qe  mefme  leftatut  foit  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez  Ad- 

ar  wearing  of      jouftant  a  ycell  qe  les  Juftices  de  lun  -bank&4e  lautre  &  les  Jufties  dallifes  &   de  pees  aient  poair  den-; 

L-.veries.  quere  &  doier  h  terminer  en  cell  ens  per  record  en  leur  prefence  ou  par  enquerre  affaire  de  temps  en  temps, 

Et  qe  les  Dues  Counts  Barons  ci  Banerettes  de  Roialme  puiffent  ufer  la  dite  liveree  en  lour  paiis  &  ailieurs. 

Et  auxi  qe  les  ditz  chivalers  ii  efquiers  puifleht  ufer  'la  dite  liveree  en  alantz  du  loftell  du  Roy  &  retor- 

n.ntzaycell.     Purveuz  toutes  foitz.c.e  mefmes  les  chivalers  &  efquiers  ne  ufent  r.-efme  la  liveree  en  leur 

countees  ou  paiis  ou  ils  font  receantz  ou  demurrantz  fur  la  peyne  comprife  en  le  dit  eftatut.     Et  outre  ce 

The  Prince  may  accordez  eft  qe  monlieur.le  Prince  purra  doner  fa  hciurable  liveree  del  eigne  as  ditz  Seignurs  &  a  fes  mei- 

give  his  honour-  gnaix  gent;iX-     Y,t  qe  les  ditz  Seignurs  le  puiffent  ufer  come  ils  ufent  la  liveree  du  Roy  et  qe  Jes  meignalx 

it. 'I.e.  2.  du  Prince  le' puiffent  ufer  come  les  meynalx  du  Roy  &  en  la  fourme  &  fur  les  peynes  avantdites. 

fur   Liveries    of  Company,  which  is  repeahd  alfo  by   3  Car.  1.  e.  4. 

CAP.      XXII. 

Suits  may   be  profecuted  againfr  certain  Perfons  meant  to  be  protected  by  the  Statute  of 

1 1  Rich.  2.  cap.  1  &  2. 

ITEM  come  en  leftatut  fait  Ian.  unzifme  le  dit  Roy  Richard  entre  autres  chofes  foit  contenuz  qe  nul 
purfueroit  riens  a  contraire  de  ce  qadonqes  efto't  ordeignez  ou  adjuggez  touchant  ceux"  envers  qui  ujj 
juggement  de  forfeiture  feuft  done  en  mefme  le  parlement  fur  peine  de  mefme  la  forfeiture  comprife  en 
mefrne  lor  dinance  No^.re  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  veulhnt  oufter  tielx  perils  de  forfaitu-e  de  ladvis  &  affcrit 
de:,  Sejgnurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a  la  requefte  de  fes  ditz  Communes  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  eye 
nully  foit  grevez  nendamt^gez  pur  nulle  fcute  fajte  ou  affaire  a  contraire  du  dit  ordinance  et  qe  chefcun  foit 
frank  Si  a" lane' a  purfuirc  de  grace  Sc  remede  avoir  fanz  afcun  empefchement  non  obftante  lordinance 
avauntdite.  CAP. 

3 


EXP. 


A.  D.  1400. 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  IV. 


/a 


P- 


23) 


24. 


44: 


c  A  r.    xxiii. 

The  Fees  of  the  Marflul  of  the  Marfhalfea  of  the  King's  Houfe. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tuit.  Lond. 
TEM  pur  ce qe  le Marefchall  de  la Marefchal- 
cio  del  Courte  de  lc'uftell  noltre  Seignur  le  Roy- 
en  temps  de  Roy  Edward  Aiel  noil,  e  Seignur  le 

'  Roy  qoreft  &  devant  foloi :  prendre  les  fc  ss  q  nfuent 
ceftaliavoir  de  chefcun  qi  vient  par  Capias  .1  dite 
Courte  iiij  d.  &  fil  foit  lelib  a  mayn  prife  ta'nqa  fon 
jour  iid.-  outre  &  de  chufcuri  qe'lt  aittplede  de  tref- 
pas  &  trove  deux  mainp>a?nb&FS  pu;  gtfrder  fes  j  :  irsj 
tanqe  a  fyn  de  plee  dc  prendre  pur  celie  caufe  de 
defendant  iid.  deckefeuncommys  a  prions  par jug- 
jrement  de  Senefchall  en  queconqe  manefe  qe  ceo 

•  ioit  iiij  d.  de  chefcun  deliveree  de  felon'e  iiij  d.  de 
chefcun  felon  lefle  a  maynprife  pa,r  la  Courte  iiiid. 

■  queux  fees-  foloient  eft*-e  prifes  &  paiez  en  pleine 

'  Courte  come  le  Roy  ad  bSen  e-Htanduz  par  la  com- 
pleinte  des  dites  Communes  en  fait  en  ceft  parlement 
nefme  noftreSeignur  leRoy  pu  ■  oufter  toutes  dureffes 
&  oppreffions  affairs  a  fon  poeple  encontre  les  bons 
ufages  &  cuftumes  faitz  &  ufez  en  temps  de  fes 
progenitours  de  ladvis  &  affent  des  Seignurs '  efpi- 
rituelx  &  temporelx  &  a  Ja  Amplication  des  dites 
communes  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  qe  fi  le  dit 
Marefchall  ou  fes  rriiniftres  defoutz  luy  prcignfTfu 
preignant  autres  fees  qe  defuis  font  deciajez  le 
mefme  le  Marefcbal  &  chefcun  de  fes.  ditzi-mj- 
niftres  perde  &  perdent  lour  offices  &.paie  ou 
paient  trebles  damages  a  partie  grev  e  et  qe  la  par- 
tie  grevee  ait  fa  feute  devant  le  Senefchall  du  dite 

■.  Courte  pur  le  temps  efteant. 

Et  auxint  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  null  fer- 
vitour  des  billes  qi  portebafton  ds  mefme  la  Courte 

.  ne*  preigne  pur  chefcune  leuk  del  Courte  tanqal 
lieu  ou  il  fra  fon  office  pluis  qun  denier  &  enfi  pur 
xij.  leukes  xij.  deniers.  &  pur  fervire  venire  facias 
xij.  homines  &c.  ou  diftr'  hors  de  inefme  la  Courte 
la  double  &  ft  afcun  des  ditz  fervitours  des  billes 
face  a  contraire  qil  foit  puniz  par  imprifonement 
&  face  fyri  au  Roy  felonc  la  dilcretion  de  Senef- 
chall de  mefme  la  Courte  &  foit  forjugge  la  Courte. 
Et  eit  mefme  le  Senefchall  poair  de  faire  procla- 
mation al  venue  de  dite  Courte  en  chefcun  paiis 
de  temps  en,  temps  de  toutz  les  articles  avaunditz 
&  dent  faire  punilTement  come  defuis  eft  dit. 


TEM,  Whereas  the  Marfhal  of  the  Marfliallea 4 Inft.  131 
of  the  Courfof-our  Lord  the  King's  Houfe,  in 
the  Tim  ■  of  King  Edward,  Grandfather  of  our 
Lord  the  Kins  that  now  is,  and  before,  was  want 
to  ta:x  the  Fees  which  do  hereafter  follow  ;  that  is  • 
to  fay,  Of  every  Perfon  that  cometh  by  Capias  to 
the  faid  Court,  Four  Pence;  (2)  and  if  he  be  let  to 
Mainprife'till  his  Day,  Two -Pence  more  ;  (3)  and 


"  of  every  Perf< 


erk.n  Will 


~h  is  impleaded  of  Trelpafs,  and 


findeth  two  Mainpernors  to  keep  his'  Day  till  the  End 
"  of  the  Plea,  to  take  for  that  Caufe  Two  Pence  of 
"  the  Defendant ;  (4)  and  .of  every  Perfon  committed 
"  to  Prifon  by  judgement  of  the  Steward,  in  what- 
•'  foever  Manner  the  fame  be, .t our  Pence;  (5)  of 
"  every  Perfon  delivered  of  Felony,  and  of  every  Felon 
"  let  to  Mainprife  by  the  Court,  Tour  Pence  ;  (6) 
"  which  Fees  were  wont  to  be  taken  and  paid  in  full 
"  Court,  as  the  King  hath  well  perceived  by  the  Com- 
"  •■plaint  of  the  faid  Commons  thereof  made  in  the  faid 
"'  Parliament:"  (7I  '  The  fame  our  Lord  the  King 
'  to  ; avoid  all  fuch  Wrongs  and  Oppreffions  to  be 
'  done  to  his  People,  againft  the  good  Cuftoms  and 
;.'; -Ufages.  made  and  ufed  in' the  Time  of  his  Progeni- 
.i«||ors,:by  the  Advice  and  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spi- 
Vritual  and  Temporal,  and  at  the  Supplication  of  the 
'  faid  Commons,  hath  ordained  and  ltablifhed,  That Ti*  Penalty  on 
',  if  the  faid  Marfhal,  or  his  Officers  under  him,  take  ^f  '^^ 
'  other  Fees  than  above  are  declared,  that  the  faid  his  lawful  Fees, 
'  Marfhal,  and  every  of  his  faid  Officers,  fhall  lofe  their 
'  Offices,  (8)  and  pay  treble  Damages  to  the  Party 
'  grieved,  (9)  and  that  the  Parry  grieved  have  his  Suit 
'  before  the  Steward  of  the  faid  Court  for  the  time  being. ' 

'  II.  Alfo  it  is  ordained  and  eftabiifhed,  That  no  The  Fees  of  a 
'  Servitor  of  Bills  that  beareth  a  Staff -of  the   fame  Servitor  of  Bills, 
'  Court,  fhali  take  for  every  Mile  from  the  fame  Court  r^  thl;PeMlty 

,  ,      V  T).  ,  ■■ !      ,1     11     1     i-     o        •  ir  he  take  more. 

to  the  lame  riace  where  lie  inall  do  his  Service,  any 

'  more  than  id.  and  fo  for  12  Miles  xiii.     (1)  And 

'  for  to  ferve  a  Venire  facias  xii  homines*,  (5c.  or  a  Dif- 

'  tringas  out  of  the  fame  Court,  the  double  :   (3)  And 

'  if  any  of  the  faid  Servitors  of  Bills  do  the  contrary, 

'  he  fhall  be  punifhed  by  Imprifonment,  and  make' a 

'  Fine  to  the  King  after  the  Difcrction  of  the  Steward 

'  of  the  fame  Court,  and  alfo  be  forejudged  the  Court. 

'  (4)  And  the 'fame  Steward  fhall  have  Power  to  make 

'  Proclamation  at  his   coming  to  the   faid  Court  "  in  a_At  ^c  coming 

'  every  Country,  from  time  to  time,  of  all  the  Arti-  otrfleriiJCouit. 

'  cies  aforefkid,  and  thereof  to  execute  Punifhment  as 


laid.' 


9R.   2.C.   5. 


Procefs  againft 


C    A    P.      XXIV. 

thofe   that  were  with  the  Duke  of  Tor k,  23  Rich. 
received  fhall  be  difcharged. 


2.   for  their  Vv 


iges  then 


F  E  M  come  les  ditz  Communes  en  compleignantz  aient  monftrez  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  en  park-  exp, 
ment  coment  en  temps  du  dit  nadgairs  Roy  Richard  Ian  de  fon  regne  vint  &  tierce  comandez  feuft  pai - 
mye  le  Roialme  &  as  certeins  gentz  du  Roialme  chargez  fur  lour  ligeance  de  venir  al  Due  dEverwyk  adonqes 
lieutenant  dEngleterre  pur  aler&  demurer  ovefqe  luy  as  gages  de  Roy  et  ore  certeins  proces  font  faitz  hors 'de 
lefcheqer  encontre  les  ditz  gentz  pur  les  fommes  dargent  adonqes  prifes  par  eux  a  caufe  de  lour  ditz  travaille 
&  demoer  ove  le  lieutenant  fuifdit  a  graunt  damage  de  lour  eftates  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz' par  le  Roy  &  les 
Seignurs  fuifditz  &  a  la  requeft  des  dites  Communes  qe  mefmes  les  communes  &  chefcun  de  eux  &  chef- 

L 1  I  2  tun 


444        Cap.  i,  2. 


Anno    quarto   Henrici    IV.  A.  D.  1402 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr,  Lond. 
cun  vifcont  dEngleterre  lors  efteartt  purront  &  purra  accompter  devaunt  les  Barons  de  lefcheqer  par  lour  fe- 
rtment  des  dites  fomrnes  iffint  receues  &  ent  eltre  defchargiez  par  lour  ferementz  fanz  fuir  autre  garrant  &c 
qils  &  chcfcun  dc  eux  aient  &  eit  due  allouance  de  ce  qils  ou  aucun  de  eux  ont  ou  ad  defpeaduz  &  paiez 
pur  gages  en  chivachantz  &  demurrantz  ovefqe  le  dit  lieutenant  t<inqe  a  la  fomme  par  eux  ou  aucun  de 
eux  enii  receue. 


Statutes    made    at    Weftminfter,     Anno    4    Hen.    IV.     and   Anno 


Dom.    1402. 


TO  the  Honour  of  God  and  holy  Church,  and 
for  the  common  Wealth  and  Profit  of  nil 
the  Realm  of  England,  our  Lord  the  King, 
by  the  Afi'ent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal, 
and  at  the  Special  Inflance  and  Requeft  of  the  Com- 
mons, affembled  at  the  Parliament  holden  at  Wejl- 
m  njier  the  Morrow  after  the  Feaft  of  St.  Michael, 
the  fourth  Year  of  his  Reign,  hath  ordained  and 
ftablifhed  certain  Statutes  and  Ordinances  by  the 
Manner  as  follov/eth." 


Ex  Rat.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  16. 
L  honour  de  Dieux  &  de  feinte  efglife  & 
pur  les  commune  bien  &  profit  de  tout  le 
Roialme  dEngleterre  Noftre  Seignur  le 
Roy  de  laffent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  tempo- 
relx  &  a  les  efpecialx  inflance  &  requeft  des  com- 
munes affemblez  au  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm' 
lendemayn  de  Seint  Michel  Ian  de  fon  regne  quart 
ad  ordeignez  &  eftabiiz  certeins  eftatutz  &  or- 
dinances par  manere  qenfeute. 


CAP.      I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church,  and  of  all  Corporations  and  Perfons. 


'IRST,  That  holy  Church  hive  all  her  Liberties 
and  Franchifes  ;  (2)  and  that  the  Lords  Spi- 
ritual and  Temporal,  and  all  the  Cities,  Boroughs, 
and  Towns  franchifed,  have  and  enjoy  all  their  Li- 
berties and  Franchifes,  which  they  have  had  of  the 
Grant  of  the  Progenitors  of  our  faid  Lord  the  King, 
Kings  cf  England,  and  of  the  Confirmation  of  the 
fame  our  Lord  the  King;  (3)  and  th  t  the  Great 
Charter,  and  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and  all  the 
good  Ordinances  and  Statutes  made  in  the  Time  of 
our  faid  Lord  the  King,  and  in  the  Time  of  his  Pro- 
genitors, not  repealed,  be  firmly  holden  and  kept.' 


PRimerement  qe  feinte  efglife  ait  toutes  fes  fi- 
bertees  &  franchifes  et  qe  toutz  les  Seignurs 
efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  toutz  les  citees  burghs 
&  villes  enfranchifes  aient  &  enjoient  toutes  leur 
libertees  &  franchifes  queux  ils  ont  de  grante  des 
progenitours  noilre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  Roys  dEn- 
gleterre &  de  confirmation  mefme  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roy  et  qe  la  Grande  Chartre  &  la  Chartre  de 
la  Forefte  &  toutz  les  bons  ordinances  <k  eftatutz 
faitz  en  temps  noftre;  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  &  en 
temps  de  fes  ditz  progenitours  nient  repellez  foient 
fermement  tenuz  &  gardez. 


CAP.      II. 

The  Words  Infidiatores  viaruw^  csV.  ftiall  not  be  put  in  any  Indictments,  &c. 


3  Inft.  104. 
A  Confirmation 
of  the  Statute 
made  25  Ed\  3. 
de  Clero. 


The  Words 
InfiMatom  -v:.i- 
Tim  (!j  dipoj>!i!a  - 
teres  agr.rum, 
fhail  nit  be  put 
in  In^iftme/its 
or  Appeals. 
3  laSt.  41. 


'  ]  TEM,  Our  faid  Lord  the  King  having  in  Re- 
4  I  membrance  the  faithful  Hearts  and  the  inward 
'  Affection  that  the  Clergy  of  England  hath  borne  to 
'  him,  and  alfo  the  great  Charges  v/hich  the  fame 
'  Clergy  hath  had  -nd  fuftained  for  his  Honour  an  1 
'  Profit  after  the  Time  of  his  Coronation,  and  there  - 
'  fore  willing  to  be  a  gracious  Lord  to  them  in  their 
4  Affairs,  by  the  Affent  of  the  faid  Lords,  at  the  fpe- 
4  cial  Suit  and  Requeft  of  the  faid  Commons,  will  and 
4  granteth,  That  the  Statutes  made  the  five  and  twen- 
4  tieth  Year  of  King  Edward,  Grandfather  to  our 
*  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  touching  the  Clergy  of 
4  England,  be  entirely  holden  -nd  kept,  and  put  in 
4  due  Execution. 

4  II.  And  moreover  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King, 
4  confidering  th -t  the  Words  and  Terms  (that  is  to 
'  fay)  Infidiatores  viaruni,  &  dcpcpulatores  agrorum, 
'  comprised  in  the  Petition  delivered  to  him  in  this 
4  Parliament  by  the  Clergy  of  England,  have  not  been 
4  commonly  uled  in  Indictments,  Arraignments,  Ap- 
4  peals,  nor  in  other  frr> peach nr.ents  in  the  Time  of  his 
4  faid  Grandfather,  nor  in  the  Time  of  his  other  Pro- 
4  genitors,  and  willing  therefore  to  avoid  luc^Novel- 


ITEM  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  aiant  en  me- 
moire  les  entiers  coers  &  les  grandes  natureffes 
queux  le  clergie  dEngleterre  luy  ad  monftrez  et 
auxi  les  grandes  charges  queux  mefme  le  clergie 
ad  eue  &  fuftenu  pur  fon  honour  &  profit  puis  les. 
temps  de  fon  coronement  &  pur  tant  leur  veuMant 
monftrer  gracioufe  Seignourie  en  leur  affairs  de 
laffent  des  ditz  Seignurs  &  a  les  efpecialx  prier  & 
requeft  des  ditz  communes  voet  &  grante  qe  lea 
eftatutz  faitz  Ian  vint  &  quint  le  Roy  Edward 
Aiel  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  touchant  le  clergie 
dEngleterre  foient  entierment  tenuz  &  gardez  & 
mys  en  due  execution. 

Et  en  outre  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  con- 
fiderant  qe  les  parols  &  termes  ceftaffavoir  Infi- 
diatores viarum  &  depopulatores  agrorum  com- 
prifes  en  la  petition  a  luy  baillez  en  ceft  parle- 
ment par  le  clergie  d  'r  ngleterre  nont  efte  com- 
munement  ufez  en  enditementz  arrettementz  nen 
autres  empefchementz  en  temps  de  fon  dit  Aiel 
nen  temps  de  fes  autres  nobles  progenitours. 
Et  veullantz  par  tant  ouftier  tielles  novelleries  pur 

la 


A.  D.  1402.  Anno   quarto   Henrici    IV. 


n 


445 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Iagreindrequiete  &  feurtee  de  fon  poeple  de  laiTent 
des  Seignurs  &  communes  de  mefme  le  parlement 
Voet  &  grante  &  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablie  qe  les 
fuifditz  parols  &  termes  ne  foient  defore  enavaunt 
ufes  ne  myfes  en  enditementz  arrettementz  ap- 
peiles  nen  autres  empefchementz  quielxconqes 
Ne  qe  par  force  de  null  tiel  parol  ne  terme  afcun 
clerc  f  culer  ou  religious  ne  afcun  autre  perfone 
liege  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  foit  defore  enavaunt 
areinez  appellez  empefchez  ne  moleftez  devaunt 
afcun  jugge  feculer  mes  vost  bien  noftre  d it  Seig- 
nur le  Roy  qe  fes  Juftices  prendre  &  receivre 
purront  devaunt  eux  enditementz  arrettementz  & 
appelles  de  felonies  en  foy  portant  leffect  des 
fuifditz  parols  &  termes  fi  aucuns  des  tielles  felo- 
nies ferront  defore  enditez  rettez  ou  appellez.  Et 
fi  par  cas  en  temps  avenir  afcuns  clercs  feculers 
ou  religious  foient  ou  ferront  enditez  rettez  ou 
appellez  et  leurs  enditementz  arrettementz  ou  ap- 
-pelez  portent  leffect  des  ditz  parols  ceftaffavoir  In- 
fidiatores  viarum  &  depopulatores  agrorum  ou  au- 
tres parols  portantz  effect  femblable  nientmeyns 
eient  tielx  clercs  &  enjoient  le  privilege  de  feinte 
efglife  &  foient  liverez  as  ordinairs  eux  demandantz 
ou  a  lour  deputez  fanz  nul  empefchement  ou 
delate. 


ties,  for  the  gre  t  Quiet  and  Surety  of  his  People,  by 
the  Affent  of  the  Lords  and  Commons  of  the  fame 
Parliament,  will  and  granteth,  and  hath  ordained  and 
eftablifhed,  That  the  faid  Words  and  Terms  fhall 
not  be  from  henceforth  ufed,  nor  put  in  Indictments, 
Arraignments,  Appeals,  or  any  other  Impeachments ; 
(2)  nor  that  by  Force  of  any  fuch  Word  or  Term, 
any  Clerk  religious  or  fecular,  nor  any  other  of  the 
King's   liege  People,  fhall  be  from  henceforth  ar- 
raigned, appealed,  impeached,  or  grieved  before  any 
fecular  judge  ;     (3)   but  our   Lord   the,  King   doth 
will,  That  the  Juftices  may  take  and  receive  before 
them  Indictments,  Arraignments,    and   Appeals   of 
Felonies,  containing  in  them  the  Effect  of  the  faid 
Words  and  Terms,  if  any  Perfon  of  fuch  Felonies 
fhall  hereafter  be  indicted,  arraigned,  or  appealed. 
(4)  And  if  percafe  it  chance  in  Time  to  come  any  Clerks  fhall  be 
Clerks,  relio-ious  or   fecular,  fhall  be  indicted,   ar-  allowed  their 
raigned,    or  appealed     and   their  Indiaments     Ar-^jy  nouv.th- 
raignments,  or  Appeals  do  comprehend  the  r_tt,c.tdiftment  hath 
of  the  faid  Words,  Infediatores  viarum,  and  depopv.la-  the  Words  afoi-e- 
tores  agrorum,  or  other  Words  purporting  the  like  faid. 
Effect;  yet  neverthelefs  fuch  Clerks  fhall  have  and Hobart  28S. 
enjoy  the  Privilege  of  holy  Church,  and  fhall  be  de- 
livered to  the  Ordinaries  them  demanding,  or  their 
Deputies,  without  any  Impeachment,  or  any  Delay.' 


i 


• 


CAP.      III. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church  and  Clergy.     A  Clerk  convict  for  Treafonj 
or  being  a  common  Thief,  fhall  not  make  his  Purgation. 

IT  E  M  de  mefme  lafTent  voet  &  grante  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  &  ad  ordeigne  &  eftable  qe  toutz  les  O  B. 
eftatutz  ordinances  &  grantes  par  fes  nobles  progenitours  ou  PredecefTours  Roys  dEngleterre  faitz  ou3zH,.?'  c:  3* 
grantez  al  clergie  dEngleterre  pur  la  confervation  de  leurs  liberties  &  privileges  &  pur  la  confervation  de  les  ^t^church 
iibertees  &  immunitees  de  feinte  efglife  nient  revokez  foient  fermement  tenuz  obfervez  &  gardez  &  mys  enand  clergy 
execution  felonc  lour  forme  &c  effect  Et  fur  ceo  le  Ercevefqe  de  Cantirbirs  pur  luy  mefmes  &  pur  toutz  autres  confirmed. 
Evefqes  defa  province  ad  promys  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  leRoy  qefi  defore  enavaunt  afcun  clerk  feculer  ou  re- 
ligious qi  foit  convict  de  trefon  qe  ne  touche  leRoy  mefmes  ne  fa  roiale  magefte  ou  qi  ne  foit  commune  laron 
&  pur  tiel  notoirement  tenuz  h  reputsz  &  pur  celle  caufe  come  clerc  convict  ferra  defore  enavaunt  deliverez 
a  afcun  ordinair  qe  icel  ordinair  luy  gardera  fauvement.&  feurement  &  felonc  leffect  dune  conftitution  pro- 
vincial affaire  par  les  fuifditz  Ercevefqe  &  autres  Evefqes  fur  la  contenue  forme  &  effect  de  les  lettres  de  Si- 
mon jadis  Ercevefqe  de  Cantirbirs  portantz  la  date  de  xii  Kal.  de  Marce  Ian  de  grace  mill  trois  centz  cynquante 
&  primer  enordinantz  &  mettantz  en  ycetle  conftitution  certeins  peines  par  eux  a  limiter  felonc  lour  difcre-  Hob-  zSS- 
tion.     Et  qe  nul  tiel  clerc  convict  de  tiel  trefon  ou  qil  foit  commune  laron  come  defuis  apres  qil  ferra  liverez  f~  'z™ wnvi« 
al  ordinair  unqes  ne  ferra  purgation  contre  le  purport  de  la  fuifdite  conftitution  ferra  demonftree  a  noftre  dit  b°;ng  aacornmor, 
Seignur  leRoy  devaunt  fon  prof.hein  parlement  au  fyn  qe  fil  femble  a  fa  haute  difcretion  qe  la  fuifdite  con- Thief,  ftall  not 
ftitution  ne  ferra  remede  convenable  en  ce  cas  qe  lors  il  poet  eftre  tretez  &  purveuz  dautre  remede  par  ma-  make  his  Pur- 
nere  come  appartient.  gation. 

vv  23  H.  8.  c.  i. 

CAP.     IV. 

The  King  will  grant  no  Lands,  &V.  but  to  fuch  as  fhall  deferve  them.     The  Punifhment  of 
thofe  who  fhall  make  any  Demand  without  Defert. 

ITEM  come  devaunt  fes  heures  plufours  douns  &  grantes  aient  efte  faitz  as  diverfes  perrones  fibien  des  re-  EXP. 
■*■  venues  du  droit  de  la  corone  dEngleterre  come  des  gardes  manages  terres  &  tenementz  &  autres  diverfes 
commoditees  fanz  bone  deliberation  ent  ene  ficome  les  ditz  communes  ont  monftrez  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le 
Roy  en  parlement  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ent  veullant  purvoir  de  remede  ad  declarrez  qe  fon  entent 
eft  de  foy  abftenir  de  faire  aucuns  tielx  douns  ou  grantes  finon  a  ceux  perfones  qe  le  defervont&  come  meultz 
y  femblera  a  Roy  &  fon  confcil.  Etdepuis  qil  eft  le  defire  de  toutz  les  eftats  du  Roialme  qe  riens  foit  enfy 
demande  de  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Koy  il  voet  qe  touz  ceux  qi  facent  aucuns  tielz  demandes  de  luy  a  con- 
traire  de  ceft  eftatut  foient  puniz  par  advis  de  luy  &  de  fon  confeil  &  qe  celuy  qenfi  face  tiele  demande  jam- 
mais  nait  la  chofe  enfi  demandes. 

CAP. 


446        Cap.  5 — y. 


Anno  quarto  Henrici 


IV. 


A.  D. 


1402. 


Enforced  by  IT, 
H.  6.  c.  10  *. 


Repealed  5  &  6 


Ed.  6. 
f.  39. 


c.6. 


I  S,  a.  r.  g. 


Explained  by 

11 II.  6,  c.  7, 


jgteredly  1  H.  7 
c.  1. 

4  H.  7.  c.  24. 
27  H.  'i.  c.  io. 


CAP.      V. 

Every  Sheriff  fhall  in  Perfon  continue  in  his  Bailiwick,  and  friall  not  let  it. 


IT  E  M,  It  is  ordained  and  afTented,  That  every  j 
Sheriff"  of  England  fhall  abide  in  proper  Perfon 
within  his  Bailiwick,  for  the  Time  that  he  fnall  be  ■ 
fuch  Officer;  (2)  and  that  he  {hall  not  It  the  fid 
B.'iliwick  to  farm  to  any  Man,  for  the  Time  that  he 
occupieth  fuch  Office  ;   (?)  and  that  the  faid  Sheriff  j 
be  fworn  from  Time  to  Time  to  do  the  fame  in  fpe-  j 
cial,  among!!:  other  Articles  comprifed  in  the  Oath  of 
the  Sheriff.'  ' 

*  Read  i.  9. 

CAP. 

A  Seal  of  Lead  fhall  be  provided  to  feal  Clo 


Ex  Rot.    in  Turr.  Land. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  chefcun  vif- 
cont  dEngleterre  foit  demurrant  en  propre  per- 
fone  deinz  fa  baillie  pur  le  temps  qil  ferra  tiel 
officer  &  qil  ne  lefTe  fa  ditebaillie  a  ferme  a  nully 
par  le  temps  qil  occupiera  ecl  '.:"cc.  Et  qa  ce 
faire  foit  tiel  vifcont  jurrez  de  temps  en  temps  en 
efpeciale  entre  les  autres  articles  corrlpsifes  en  ie 
ferement  de  vifcont. 


vi. 

ths  wrought  in  London  and  the  Suburbs. 


TEM  come  devaunt  ces  heures  pur  oufterla  deceit  qad  efte  en  les  draps  venduz 'en  Londres  fouth  le  nous 
h  colour  de  les  draps  faitz  en  Londres  &  les  fuburbes  dicelle  ordeignez  eftcit  un  feal  de  plumbe  pur  en- 
fealer  tielx  draps  faitz  en  les  ditz  Citee  &  fuburbes  tanqore  tard  qe  pur  finguler  profit  des  certeins  peffones 
mefme  le  fe;il  de  plumb  feuft  ouftez  a  grant  damage  du  poeple  &  grant  efclandre  alas  ditz  Citee- &  fuburbes 
Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  de  laflent  fulfdit  pur  obvier  as  tielx  fubtilite  &  deceit  ai  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  qun 
homrnc  fufficiant  ferra  affignez  par  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  pur  enfealer  les*  draps  queux  ferront  overez 
texez  &  fullez  en  la  dite  Citee  &:  les  fuburbes  dicelle  dun  feal  de  plumb  come  a.ncienement  eftoit  ufezr4efaw 
mefmes  les  Citee  &  fuburbes  et  qe  nul  tiel  drap  enfi  overez  texez  &  fullez  deinz  ycelles  Citee  &  fuburbes 
foit  aucunement  venduz  ou  bargaignez  ne  mys  a  vent  fij  ne  foit  enfealez  dun  feal  de  plumb  come  devaunt 
eft  dit.  Et  avera  mefme  noftre  Seignour  Je  Roy  la  forfaiture  des.  draps  venduz  a  coat. aire  de  ceft  eftatut  fi 
frillies  y  foient. 

CAP.       VII. 

The  DifTeifee  flial.1  have  an  Affife  aeainft  the  .Diffeifor  taking  the  Profits. 


TEM,  Whereas  in  the  Statute  made  the  firft 
Year  of  King  Richard  II.  it  was  ordained, 
"  That  where  feverai  Perfons  did  difi'eife  pther  of  their 
"  Freehold,  .and  make  Feoffment  to  divers  People,  as 
"  well  to  have  Maintenance,  as  alio  to  make  theDif- 
"  fetfees  to  be  ignorant,  againft  whom  they  ought  to 
"  take  their  Writ ;  (2)  that  the  Diffeifees  in  fuch  Cafe 
"  rnight  take  their  Writ  againft  them  which  thereof 
"  fhall  take  the  Profits,  fo  that  the  Diffeifees  commence 
"  their  Suit  wi.hin  the  Year  next  after  the  Diflcifin  ; 
"  (-3)  and  the  fame  Ordinance  fnould  hold  Place  in 
"  every  other  Action  or  Plea  where  fuch  Feoffments 
"  be  made  by. Fraud' or  Collufion,  to  have  their  Re- 
"  cov-ry  againft  fuch  Feoffors,  if  they  thereof  to  Ice  the 
"  Profits  :"  (4)  '  Our  faid  Lord  the  King  thinking 
'  the  f  iid  Statute  to  be  very mifchievous  and  prejudicial 
'  to  his  People,  b.ecaufe  of  the  Shorfnefs  of  tire  Time, 
'  by  the  Aflent  of  the  w.id  Lords,  and  at  the  Requeft 
'  of  the  Commons  afor.Lil,  hath  ordainej  and  ftab- 
'  lifhed,  That  f  ch  Diffeifees  fhall  have  their' A-Suon 
'  ao-ainfi  the  hrft  Diiteifor,  during  the  Life  of  the 
'  fame  Biffeiforj  fo  that  fuch  Diffeifor  thereof  take 
'  the  Profit,  at  the  Tim:  of  the  Suit  commenced.  (5) 
'  And  as  to  other  Writ's  in  Plea  of  Land,  the  De- 
'  man  iant  fhall  commence  his  Suit  within  the  Year 
'  againft  him  Which  is  Tenant  of  the  Freehold  at  the 
'  ime  of  the  Action  accrued  to  him,  fo  that  fuch 
'  Tenant  thereof  take  the  Profits  at  the  Time  of  fuch 
''  Suit  commenced,  notwithftanding  the  faid  Statute.' 


T  E  M  come  en  leftatut  fait  Ian  primer  le  Roy 
Richard  fecond  ordeignez  eftoit  qe  la  ou  di- 
J  verfes  gentz  diffeifent  autres  de  lour  frank  tenement 
I  &  fount  feffement  as  diverfes  gentz  pur  maintes- 
,  nance  avoir  fibien  come  pur  faire  les  difleifez  avoir 

mefconifance  vers  queux  eux  duiflent  lour  brief 
!  prendre  qe  les  diffeifez  en  tiel  cas  puiffent  lour  brief 
I  prendre  vers  ceux  qi  ent  preignent  les  profitz  par- 
j  riillntqe  les  diffeifis  comencent  leurs  fuites  deinz  lau 
I  profchein  apres  le  diffeifyne  &  qe  mefme  lordinance 
j  tiegne  lieu  en  chefcun  autre  action  en  plee  ou 
I  tieux  feffementz  font  faitz  par  fraude  ou  r  ollufion 

davoir  lour  recoverer  vers  tieux  feffburs  fi  eux  ent 

preignent  les  profitz  noftre  dit  ieignur  le  Roy  en- 
!  tendant  le  dit  eftatut  eftre  molt  mefchevous  & 
Ldarnageous  a  Ion  poeple  a  caufe  de  brief  e  de  temps 
r  de  la'iient  des  ditz  Seignurs  &  a  la  requeft  des  com- 
|  munes'fuifditz  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  qe  tielx 
j  diffeifiz  aient  leur  action  devers  le  primer  diffeifour 
'■  durante  la  vie  mefme  la  diffeifour  parenfi  qe  tiel 
1  diffeifour  ent  preigne  les   profitz  au  temps  de  la 

fuyte  comencee.  Et  quant  as  autres  brief;  en 
j  plee  de  terre  comencc  le  demandant  fa  feute  deinz 
!  Ian  devers  celuy  qeft  tenant  de  frank  tenement  i 

temps  de  laction  a  luy  accrue  parenfi  qe  tiel  tenant 
i  ent  preigne  les  profitz  a  temps  de  tielc  feute 
!  comence  non  obftant  leftatut  avauritdit. 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1402. 


Anno  quarto  Henrici  IV. 


Cap.  8,  9.        447 


CAP.      VIII. 

In  what  Cafes  a  fpecial  Affile  is  maintainable  againft  a  DiHeifor  with  Force. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  por  ce  cje  qe  de  jour  en  autre  les  grantz 
perfones  de  Roialme  font  forcibles  entrees  en 
autry  terres  &  les  poiTeffours  ent  ouftent  enclay- 
mant  aucun  foitz  en  lour  droit  demefne  la  ou  lour 
entree  neft  my  congeable  &  afcun  foitz  en  au  ry 
droit  la  ou  ils  nont  riens  en  reverfion  en  droit  ncn 
demefne  ne  il  nad  null  affinite  ne  cofmage  entre 
eux  &  ceux  en  qi  droit  ils  ount  entrez  &  auxi  lour 
biens  &  chateux  preignont  en  manere  de  roberie 
iffint  fovent  foitz  ils  font  en  ticl  manere  ouftez  et 
de  lour  biens  &  chateux  defpoilliez  qiis  nount  riens 
pur  lour  droit  purfuir  &  iffint  par  tieux  forcibles 
entrees  &  maintenance  les  terre  tenantz  &  poflef- 
fours  font  toutoutrement  defheriteez  &  deftruitz 
Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  veuilant  faire  ovel  droit 
as  touz  fes  lieges  fibien  greindres  come  meindres  & 
qe  fes  loies  foient  duement  executz  a  la  grevoufe 
compleinte  des  ditz  communes  &  de  ladvis  &  aflent 
des  toutz  les  Seignurs  fuifditz  pur  punir  &  chaftier 
tielx  riotes  &  forcibles  entrees  enfi  faitz  &  affairs 
en  temps  avenir  encontre  les  loyes  de  la  terre  ad 
ordeignez  &  eftabliz  qe  fi  afcun  horr.me  grant  ou 
petit  de  quell  eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit  face  afcun 
tiel  forcible  entree  en  fon  droit  demefne  ou  a  fon 
oeps  propre  ou  en  autry  droit  au  autry  oeps  par 
voie  de  maintenance  ou  aucuns  biens  apres  tiel  for- 
cible entree  de  les  porleffours  de  franc  tenement 
pieigne  ou  emporte  qe  fi  la  partie  grevee  ou  autre 
loial  homme  voet  affier  en  fon  noun  qe  lentree 
feuft  fait  en  tici  forcible  mar.ere  qe  le  Chanceller 
dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  ait  poair  par  fa 
difcretion  de  grantier  efpeciale  affife  en  ce  cas  a  la 
partie  grevee  de  qeconqe  value  qc  les  tcnementz 
foient  fanz  fuir  au  Roy.  Et  fi  tiel  diffdfour  foit 
atteint  del  dhTeifine  fake  en  tiel  forcible  manere 
qil  eit  la  prifone  dun  an  &  rende  al  partie  grevee 
fes  damages  a  double.  Et  fil  foit  convict  par  mefme 
laffife  qil  ait  pris  ou  emporte  aucuns  biens  ou 
chateux  de  tieux  difieiiiz  qe  les  Juftices  de  mefme 
laffife  eient  poair  doier  &  terminer  fibien  pur  noflre 
Seignur  le  Roy  ccme  pur  la  partie  des  biens  & 
chateux  iffint  emportez  &  de  agarder  al  partie 
grevee  fes  damages.  Et  qe  en  chefcune  tiele  affife 
efpeciale  foit  nomez  un  des  Juftices  de  l'un  bank 
ou  de  Iautre  ou  le  chief  Baron  de  iefcKequer  fil  foit 
homme  de  loye.     Et  qen  temps  advenir  mil  brief 


de  fu.perfedeas  foit 
affife  efpeciale. 


cantez,  a  ccntraire   de   tie 


ITEM,  Becaufe  daily  the  great  Perfons  of  the 
Realm  do  make  forcible  Entries  into  other  Mens 
;  Lands,  and  put  out  the  Poffeffors  of  the  fame,  claim- 
:  ing  fcmetime  in  their  own  Right,  where  their  £n- 
;  try  is  not  lawful,  and  fpmetime  in  another's  Right,. 
'  where  they  have  nothing  in  Reverfion,  in  Right, 
:  nor  in  Demean,  nor  is  there  any  Affinity  or  Cou- 
:  finage  betwixt  them  and  thofe  in  whofe  Right  they 
:  have  entered,  and  alfo  take  their  Goods  and  Chat- 
'  ties  in  Manner  of  Robbery,  fo  that  oftentimes  they 
;  be  in  fuch  Manner  put  out,  and  of  their  Goods  and 
Chatties  fpoiled,  that  they  have  nothing  to  purfue 
for  their  Right,  and  fo  by  fuch.  forcible  Entries  and 
Maintenance,  the  Land-Tenants  and  Poffeffors  be- 
utterly  disherited  and  undone;"  (2)  '  our  Lord  the 
King,  willing  to  do  equal  Right  to  all  his  liege  Peo- 
ple, as  well  the  fmall  as  the  great,  and  that  his  Laws, 
be  duly  executed,  at  the  grievous  Complaint  of  the. 
faid  Commons,  and  by  the  Advice  rnd  Aflent  of  all 
the  Lords  aforefaid,  for  to.  punifh  and  chaftife  fuch. 
Riots  and  forcible  Entries  fo  made,  and  hereafter  to- 
be  made,  againft  the  Laws  of  the  Land,  hath  or- 
dained and  eftabiifhed,  Fhat  if  any  Man,  great  or 
fmall,  of  what  Eftate  or  Condition  that  he  be,  make 
any  fuch  forcible  Entry  in  his  own  Right,  or  to  his 
own  Ufe,  or  in  another's  Right  to  another's  Ufe  by 
Way  of  Maintenance,  or  take  or  carry  away  any 
Goods  after  fuch  forcible  I  ntry  from  the  PoUefibr  of. 
the  Freehold,  that  if  the  Party  grieved,,  or.  other 
.lawful  Man,  wiil  make  Affiance  in  his.  Name,  that 
the  Entry  was  made  in  fuch  forcible  Manner,  that.. 
the  Chancellor  of  Ev.gh  nd  for  the  time  being  fhall 
have  Power,  by  his  Difcretion,  to  grant  a  ipecisl. 
Affife  in  this  Cafe  to  the  Party  grieved,  of  whatfo- 
ever  Value  the  Tenements  be,  without  fuing  to  the 
King.  (3)  And  if. fuch  DilTeifor  be  attainted  of-'fuch.- 
Difieifin  made  in  fuch  forcible  Manner,  he  fhall. 
have  one  Year'-.  Lr  prifonment,.  and  yield  to  the 
Party  grieved  his  double  Damages;  (4)  and  if  he  beThe  penalty  fej 
convict  by  the  fame  A&k,  that  he  hath  taken  or<f'ry'nJ3';' a7 
carried  av/ay  any  Goods  or  Chatties,  of  fuch  Diffeir-  ™e  D^ifte  s 
fees,  the  Juftices  of  Affife  fhall  have  Power  to  hear 
and  determine,  as  well  for  our  Lord  the  King,  as  for 
the  Party,  of  the  Goods  and  Chatties  fo  carried  5  ^ 
away,  and  to  award  to  the  Party  grieved  his  La- 
mages;  (5)  and  that  in  every  fuch  fpecial  Affife  be. 
named  one  of  the  Juftices  of  the  one  B  nch  or  of  the-f^13™^ •  H' 
'-^r,  or  the  chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequ  r,  if  he  be  jfr^j,  ^!, 


Chatties. 


flat. 


3. 
:R.a. 


otne 


a  Man  of  the  Law. 
Writ  of  Super  led cs   b 
fuch  fpecial  Affiles.' 


CAP.      IX. 


..  -xf>[aincd 

(6)  And  that   hereafter   noJ-.y  31  r.l.  r.  u. 
granted  to  the  contrary  q£&c farther  23  IL. 
0  '        8.  r.  14.  &  ii 

Jjc.  1.  c.  !<;. 
wkercfa  Jufl:c"  are.er.alUd  to  give  Rejlitulitui  <:;  certain  Cafss>. 


A  Remedy  to  difcharge  Commifikmrrs  diftrained  to  return  Commiffions. 


IT  E  M  por  ce  qe  pfeufures  commiffions  font 
faitz  en  la  Chancellerie  direftes  as  diverfes 
perfones  du  Roialme  aucun  foitz  pur  enquer  & 
certifier  afcun  foitz  denquere  oier  &  terminer  & 
afcun  fcitz  de  feifer  terres  tenementz  biens  & 
chateux  les  qucllcs  commiffions  unqes  naviendront 


"  TT  TEM,  Becaufe  that  marry  Commiffions  Be  mad  : 
"  I  in  the  Chancery,  directed  to  divers  Perfons  of 
"■  the  Realm,  fometime  to  inquire  and  certify,  forrie-- 
"  time  to  inquire,  hear,  and  determine,  and  fome- 
"  time  to  feize  Lands  and  Tenements,  Goods  and 
44  Chatties,   which.  Commiffions   never  cams  to  the 

Hand. 


44-8        Cap.  10,  n. 


Anno  quarto  Henrici  IV.  A.  D.  1402, 


"  Hands  of  the  faid  Commiffioners,  whereupon  Writs 
"  ifl'ued  out  of  the  Exchequer  of  our  Lord  the  King 
"  to  diftrain  fuch  Comrmflioners,  their  Executors, 
"  Heirs,  and  Land-Tenants,  fometime  to  yield  the 
"  E {treats  of  the  Fines,  Iffues,  and  Amerciaments, 
' '  which  pertain  to  our  Lord  the  King  becaufe  of 
"  the  faid  Commiflions,  fometime  to  certify  that  which 
"  is  found  before  them  by  Inqueft,  and  fometime  to 
"  account  of  certain  Things  contained  in  the  faid 
"  Commiffions,  to  the  great  Damage  and  Difquiet- 
-"  nefs  of  many  of  the  King's  liege  People  :"  '  (zj  The 
'  fame  our  Lord  the  King,  for  the  Eafe  and  Quietnefs 
'  of  his  People,  willing  in  this  Cafe  to  provide  Remedy, 
'  by  the  Aiient  aforefaid  doth  will,  and  hath  ordained 
'  and  ftablilhed,  That  the  Chancellor  of  England  for 
'  the  time  being  fhall  ufe  his  Power,  as  he  hath  done 
'  before  this  Time  in  this  Cafe  ;  (3)  and  in  other 
'  Cafes,  the  fame  Chancellor  fhall  have  Power  by  Au- 
'  thority  of  Parliament  (calling  to  him  fuch  Juftices  as 
'  {hall  pleafehim,  or  the  chief  .Baron  of  the  Exchequer, 
'  if  Need  be)  to  provide  Remedy  from  time  to  time  by 
'  their  Difcretion.' 

By  7  H,  4.  c.  1 1 .  Commijjionerz  not  receiving  Coniinijjions  Jhall  be  discharged  by  Oath. 


Ex  Rot.  In  Turr.  Lond. 
as  mains  des  ditz  commiflioners  fur  quoy  briefs 
iffent  del  Efcheqer  noftre  Seignur  le  R.oy  pur  de- 
ftreindre  les  ditz  commiffioners  lour  executors  heirs 
&  terres  tenantz  afcun  foitz  de  rendre  les  eftretes 
fines  iffues  &  amercimentz  qapertient  a  noftre  dit 
Seignur  leRoy  par  caufe  des  ditz  commiflions  afcun 
foitz  de  certifier  ceo  qeft  trove  devaunt  eux  par 
enqueft  &  afcun  foitz  dacompter  de  certeins  chofes 
contenuz  es  ditz  commiffions  a  graunt  damage  & 
difeafe  des  plufeurs  liges  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy 
Mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  pur  eafe  &  quiete  de 
fon  poeple  veullant  en  ce  cas  purvoir  de  remede  de 
laffent  avauntdit  voet  &  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  qe 
le  Chanceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  ufe 
fon  poair  come  il  ad  fait  devaunt  ces  heures  en  ce 
cas.  Et  es  autres  cafes  ait  mefme  le  Chanceller 
poair  par  aucStoritee  du  parlement  appellez  a  luy 
tielx  Juftices  come  luy  plerra  ou  le  chief  Baron 
de  Lefcheqer  fil  embofoignera  de  purvoir  de  re- 
mede de  temps  en  temps  felonc  leur  difcretion. 


OB. 


None  fhall  melt 
Halfpence  or 
Farthings. 


CAP.      X. 

The  third  Part  of  the  Silver  brought  to  the  Bullion,    fhall  be  coined  in  Half-pence 

and  Farthings. 

TEM  pur  la  grande  efcarcetee  qy  ad  au  prefent  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  des  mayles  &  fer- 
lynges dargent  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  la  tierce  partie  de  tout  la  monoie  dargent  qe  ferra  ports 
a  la  boiliion  foit  faite  es  mayles  &  ferlynges  &  qe  de  celle  tierce  partie  lune  moitee  foit  faite  es  mayles  & 
lautre  moitee  es  ferlynges  Et  a  ce  faire  &c  parfomir  foit  le  coignour  jurrez  en  efpeciale  Et  qe  nul  orfeure 
ne  autre  perfone  quelconqe  face  foundir  aucuns  tielx  mayles  ou  ferlynges  fur  peine  de  paier  au  Roy  la  qua- 
treble  de  ce  qenfi  ferra  foundu  encontre  la  forme  de  ceft  eftatut. 

CAP.     XL 

Commiffions  fhall  be  awarded  to  Juftices,  65V.  to  inquire  of  Wears,  Kidels,  &d 


25  Ed.  3.  ftat. 
4.  c.  4. 

4?  Ed.  3.  c.  2. 
1  H.  4.  c.  12. 

Taither  provided 
fjr  by  9  H.6. 
c.  9.  and  izEd.4.. 
c.  7.   'which  in- 
f.ieis  Penalty  on 
'Offender:.      See 
farther  7  Jac.  I. 
c.  19.     6  &  7 
IV.  3.  c.  16. 
I  Geo.  1.  fiat.  2. 
c.  iS.  containing 
f.irthcr  Regula- 
tions concerning 
Wean. 


Every  Jufi'ce 
/hall  have  four 
Shiliir.23  a  1,'ay 
fV.r  every  Day 
that  he  duth. 
travel. 


IT E M,  Becaufe  that  by  Wears,  Stakes,  and  Ki- 
dels, being  in  the  Water  of  Thames,  and  of  other 
;  great  Rivers  through  the  Realm,  the  common  Paf- 
;  fage  of  Ships  and  Boats  is  difturbed,  and  much  Peo- 
'■  pie  perifhed,  and  alfo  the  young  Fry  of  Fifh  deftroy- 
:  ed,  and  againft  Reafon  wafted  and  given  to  Swine 
:  to  eat,  contrary  to  the  Pleafure  of  God,  and  to  the 
;  great  Damage  of  the  King  and  his  People  ;"  '  (2) 
the  fame  our  Lord  the  King  intending  to  provide  a 
due  Remedy  for  the  fame  Mifchiefs,  by  the  Advice 
and  Affent  of  the  Lords  aforefaid,  and  at  the  Requeft 
of  the  faid  Commons,  doth  will  and  grant,  That  the 
Statutes  thereof  made  be  holden  and  kept,  and  put 
in  due  Execution;  (3)  joining  to  the  fame,  That 
Commiflions    be    awarded  to  certain  Juftices   and 
others,  in  every  County  of  the  Realm  where  Need 
fhall  be,  to  inquire  of  all  that  which  is  contained  in 
the  faid  Statutes,  (4)  and  to  punifh  the  Offenders  of 
the  fame  Statutes  by  Fine,  according  to  their  Dif- 
cretion.    Saved  always  and  referved  to  the  King  our 
Lord,  the  Penalties  comprifeel  in  efpecial  in  the  faid 
Statutes  ;  (5)  and  that  the  Eftreats  of  fuch  Fines  be 
delivered  by  the  faid  Juftices  to  the  Sheriff  of  every 
County  by  Indenture,  (6)  and  that  the  faid  Sheriff 
pay  of  the  Iffues  and  Profits  rifing  of  the  faid  Eftreats, 


ITEM  porce  qe  par  les  gortz  eftakes  & 
kidelx  efteantz  en  leawe  de  Thamyfe  &  es 
autres  grandes  rivers  parmy  le  Roialme  commune 
paffage  des  niefs  &  batelx  eft  deftourbez  &  pleu- 
feurs  gentz  periz  &  auxint  le  joefne  peffon  deftruyte 
&  encontre  refon  degaftez  &  dones  as  pores  a 
mangier  encontre  la  pleifance  de  Dieu  &  a  grant 
damage  du  Roy  &  de  fon  poeple  mefme  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  veullant  mettre  due  remede  fur  les 
meichiefs  avauntditz  de  ladvis  &  afient  des  Seignurs 
fufditz  &  a  la  priere  des  ditz  communes  voet  & 
grante  qe  les  eftatutz  ent  faitz  foient  tenuz  h 
gardez  &  mys  en  due  execution  adjouftcz  a  ycelles 
qe  commiflions  foient  faitz  as  certeins  Juftices  & 
autres  en  chefcun  countee  du  Roialme  ou  bofoigne 
ferra  denquerre  de  tout  ce  qeft  contenuz  en  le  ditz 
eftatutz  &  de  punir  les  contrariantz  mefmes  les 
eftatutz  par  fyn  felonc  leur  difcretions.  Sauvez  & 
refervez  au  Roy  noftre  Seignur  les  peines  compri- 
fez  en  efpeciale  es  ditz  eftatutz  &  qe  les  extretes 
des  tielx  fyns  foient  liverez  par  les  ditz  Juftices 
as  vifcontz  en  chefcun  countee  par  endenture  Et 
qe  les  ditz  vifcontz  patent  des  iffues  &  profitz 
fourdantz   des   ditz   extretes   a  chefcun  des  ditz 

Juftices 


A.  D.  1402.  Anno  quarto  Henrici  IV. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Tuftices  pur  chefcun  jour  qil  travaillera  pur  ex- 
ercer  la  dite  commiflion  iiii  s.   &  qe  les  ditz  vif- 
countz  ent  aient  due  allouance  de  temps  en  temps 
en  lefcheqer. 


Cap.  12,  13.        449 


to  every  of  the  faid  Juftices,  for  every  Day  that  he 
fhall  travel  to  execute  the  faid  Commiffion,  four 
Shillings,  and  that  the  faid  Sheriffs  have  thereof  due 
Allowance  from  time  to  time  in  the  Exchequer.' 


I 


C    A 

In  Appropriations  of  Benefices  Provifio 

TEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  leftatut  de 
laopropriation  des  efglifes  &  de  lendowement 
des  vicairs  en  ycelles  fait  Ian  quinzifme  le  Roy 
Richard  fecond  foit  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez 
&  mys  en  due  execution  Et  fi  afcune  efglife  foit 
approprie  par  licence  du  dit  Roy  Richard  ou  de 
Roy  noftre  Se:gnur  qoreft  puis  le  die  an  xvme  contre 
le  forme  du  dit  eftatut  qe  ce  foit  duement  refour- 
mez  felonc  IeffecT:  de  mefme  leftatut  parentre  cy  & 
la  feft  de  Pafqe  profchein  advenir.  Et  fi  tiele  re- 
formation ne  ce  face  deins  le  temps  fuifdit  qe  les 
appropriation  &  licence  ent  faitz  foient  voidez  & 
de  tout  repe  lez  &  adnullez  pur  toutz  jours  forfpris 
lefglife  de  Hadenham  en  le  diocis  d£ly  la  quele 
pur  efchuire  plufours  damages  difcordes  &  debates 
qont  efte  devant  ces  he.  res  parent  e  levefqe  d£ly 
et  lercedeaken  dEly  fur  lexercife  de  lour  jurif- 
dirftion  come  y  feuft  overtement  declarez  par 
mefme  levefqe  en  prefence  de  Roy  &  de  Seignurs 
en  parlement  nadgairs  p:.r  licence  du  Roy  noftre 
Seignur  feuft  appropriez  a  lercedeaken  dEly  & 
fes  fucceffours  pur  y  faire  divines  fervices  hofpi- 
talite  tenir  &  autres  charges  fupporter  come  affert. 
Et  o'.'.tre  ceo  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  toutes  les 
vicaries  uniz  annexez  oj  appropriez  &  les  licences 
ent  eues  puis  Ian  primer  le  dit  Roy  Richard 
combien  qe  ceux  qont  uniz  annexez  ou  appropriez 
tieux  vicaries  foient  en  poffeiiion  de  meimes  les 
vicaries  ou  par  vertue  des.dites  licences  purront 
afcunement  eftre  en  poffeffion  dicelles  en  afcun 
temps  advenir  foient  auxint  detotit  voidez  revokez 
repeilss  adnullez  &  difappropriez  pur.  toutz  jours 
et  qe  defore  enavaunt  en  chefcune  efglife  enii  ap- 
propriee  ou  appropriere  une  feculere  pcrfonc  foit  or- 
deige  vikair  perpetuel  inftitut  &  induct  caronik:- 
ment  en  ycelle  &  covenablement  endowez  par  la 
difcretion  del  ordinair  pur  faire  divine  fervice  &  en- 
fourmer  le  poeple  &  hofpitalitee  tenir  iiloeqes  for- 
fpris lefglife  de  Hadenha/n  fuifdite. .  Et  qe  nul  re- 
ligious afcunement  foit  fait  vicair  en  afcune  efglife 
enfi  appropriee  ou  appropriere  par  nulle  voie  en 
temps  advenir. 


p.    xir. 

n  fhall  be  made  for  the  Poor  and  the  Vicar. 

ITEM,  it  is  ordained,   That  the  Statute  of  Ap- f/t^™^on 
propriation  of  Churches,  and  of  the  Endowment  "A^.'Vfi. 
'  of  Vicars  in  the  fame,  made  the  fifteenth  Year  of touchingtbeAp- 
'  Ki;ig  Richard  the  Second,  be  firmly  holden  and  propriation  of  . 

.  Churches.    Cro. 


kept,     and    put    in    due    Execution  ;     and    if  any ( 
'  Church  be  appropriated  by  Licence  of  the  faid  King  -Iac,". s       2 

T>  r  T       '1       1         v  1  .  °  Roll  QO,    100. 

'  Richard,    or  ot  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  J 

'  fithence  the  faid  fifteenth  Year,  againft  the  Form  of 

;  the  faid  Statute,  the  fame  fhall  be  duly  reformed  ac- 

'"  cording  to  the  EftecT:  of  the  fame  Statute,  betwixt 

:  this  and  the  Feaft  of  Eajier  next  coming.     (2)  And 

'  if  fuch  Reformation  be  not  made  within  the  Time 

1  aforefaid,  that  the  Appropriation  and  Licence  there- 

'  of  be  made  void,  and  utterly  repealed  and  adnulled 

:  for  ever;    (3)  except  the  Church  of  Hadenham  in  The  Church  of 

'  th'   Diocefe   of  Ely,  which,    for   to   efchew  divers  Hadenham,  in 

'  Damages,    Difcords,    and  Debates,   that  have  been the  Diocele  of 

'  before  this  Time  betwixt  the  Bifhop  of  Ely  and  the  fVfT 

...  r  t^i  1       t^  •  -        r    i  J'      t      -r    to  tne  Arch- 

Arcnaeacon  or  h/y,  upon  the  Jbxerciie  01  tneir  juril-  deacon  of  Ely. 
'  di£lion  (as  it  was  openly  declared  by  the  fame  Bifhop 
'  in  Prefence  of  the  King,  and  of  the  Lords  in  Par- 
'  liament)  was  of  late  appropried,  by  the  Licence  of 
'  the  King  our  Lord,  to  the  Archdeacon  and  his  Suc- 
'  ceffors,  to  do  divine  Service,  keep  Hofpitality,  and 
'  to  fupport  other  Charges  as  pertaineth.     (4)  More- 
'  over  it  is  ordained  and  ftablii'hed,  That  all  the  Vi- All  Appropri- 
'  carages   united,    annexed,    or   appropried,    and  the  ations  of  Vic*. 
'  Licences  thereof  had  after  the  ftrft  Year  of  the  faid  ra£es  made  fln(:e 
'  King  Richard,  how  well  foever  that  they  which  'he  fir'1  Y,T  of 

t   1  ■  -     °      •     j  '        1  .     ,  c     ,     ■..!  R.  2.  fnall  be 

have  united,  annexed,  or  appropried  lucn  v  icarages,  voirf-   piow,  f. 
'  be  in  Polfeflion  of  the  fame  Vicarages,  or  by  the  Vir-495.' 
'  tue  of  fuch  Licences  may  in  any  wife  be  in  roiieilion 
'  of  the  fame  in  any  Time  to  come,  they  fhall  be  alfo 
'  utterly  void,   revoked,    repealed,  adnulled,  and  dif- 
'  appropried  for  ever;    (5)  and  that  from  henceforth  a  Vicar  endow- 
'  in  every  Church  fo  appropried,  or  to  be  appropried,  ''d  (lull  be  a  Sc- 
'  a  Secular  Perfon  be  ordjined  Vicar  perpetual,  ca-cularMa,n'  :'ni 
'  nonically  inftitute  and  indu£l  in  the  fame,  and  co-  n<«aRe!1g,ous. 
'  venably  endowed  by  the  Difcretion  of  the  Ordinary, 3    '  °-  '  23" 
'  to  do  Divine  Service,  and  to  inform  the  People,  and 
'  to   keep  Hofpitality   there,    except  the   Church  of 
'  Hadenham  aforefaid ;    (6)  and  that  no  Religious  be 
'  in  any  wife  made  Vicar  in  any  Church  fo  appropried, 
'  or   to   be   apprcpried    by  any  Means    in  Time   to 
'  come.' 


C  A  P. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Statutes  of  1  Edw.  3.  Sta. 

Slat.  5.  c.   8.  touching  Service  in  War 


XIII. 

2.   c.  5.   18  Edw.  3. 


c.  7.  and  25  Edw.  3.  * Mi—stat.  1. 


ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  leftatut  fait 
Ian  primere  le  Ro}*-  Edward  Aiel  noftre  Seig- 
nur le  Roy  qoreft  contenant  qe  nuls  foient  dif- 
treintz  daier  hors  de  leur  countees  finoun  pur 
caufe  de  neceffitee  de  fodeigne  venue  deftranges 
efnemys  en  Rohlme  et  leftatut  fait  Ian  difoetifme  du 
Vol.  I. 


TEM,  it  is  ordained  and  ftablilhed,  That  the 
Statute  made  the  firft  Year  of  King  Edward, 
Grandfather  to  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  con- 
taining, That  none  fhall  be  conftrained  to.  go  out  of 
their  Counties,  but. only  for  Caufe  of  Neceflity  of 
fudden  coming  of  ftrangc  Enemies  into  the  Realm  ; 
M  m  m  '  (2)  and 


45°       Cap.  14,  15. 


Anno  quarto  Henrici  IV. 


A.  D.  1402. 


AH  Men  that 
hold  of  the  King 
to  do  any  Service  * 
in  War,  (hall  do  ' 
the  fame.  t 


OB.  12  Car.  2. 
c.  24. 

See   13    Car.   2. 
e.  26.     32  Gto. 


(2)  and  the  Statute  made  the  eighteenth  Year  of  the 
faid  Grandfather,  That  Men  of  Arms,  Hoblers,  and 
Archers  choien  to  go  in  the  King's  Service  out  of 
England,  fliall  be  at  the  King's  Wages  from  the  Day 
they  do  depart  out  of  the  Counties  where  they  were 
chofen  ;  (3)  and  alfo  the  Statute  made  the  twenty- 
fifth  Year  of  the  faid  Grandfather,  That  no  Man  be 
compelled  to  find  Men  of  Arms,  Koblers,  nor  Arch- 
ers, other  than  thofe  which  do  hold  by  fuch  Service, 
unlefs  it  be  by  common  Affent  and  Grant  made  in 
the  Parliament,  fhall  be  firmly  holden  and  kept  in  all 
Points  ;  (4)  fo  that  always  by  Force  or  Colour  of  the 
faid  Supplication,  nor  of  any  other  Statute  there- 
upon to  be  made,  the  Lords,  nor  any  other  that 
have  Lands  and  Poffeffions  in  the  Country  of  Wales, 
'  or  in  the  Marches  thereof,  fhall  in  no  wife  be  ex- 
'  cufed  of  their  Service  and  Devoirs  due  of  their  faid 
'  Lands  and  Poffeffions,  nor  of  any  other  Devoirs  or 

*  Things  whereto  they  or  any  of  them  be  bound  to  our 
'  Lord  the  King,  though  that  the  fame  Lords  and 
'  other  have  other  Lands  and  Poffeffions  within  the 
'  Realm  of  England  ;  (5)  nor  that  the  Lords,  or 
'  others,  of  what  Eftate  or  Condition  that  they  be, 
'  which  hold  by  Efcuage  or  other  Service  due  to  the 
'  King,  any  Lands  or  PoffefTions  within  the  faid 
'  Realm,  be  in  no  wife  excufed  to  do  their  Services 

*  and  Devoirs  due  of  their  faid  Lands  or  Poffeffions  ; 
'  (6)  nor  that  the  Lords,  Knights,  Efquires,  nor 
'  other  Perfons,  of  what  Eftate  or  Condition  they 
'  be,  which  hold  and  have  of  the  Grant  or  Confirms  - 
'  tion  of  our  Lord  the  King,  Lands,  Poffeffions,  Fees, 
'  Annuities,  Penfions,  or  other  yearly  Profits,  be  not 
'  excufed  to  do  their  Service  to  our  Lord  the  King  in 
'  fuch  Manner  as  they  are  bounden  becaufe  of  the 
'  Lands,  Pofftffions,  Fees,  Annuities,  Penfions,  or 
'  Profits  aforefaid.' 

Stat.   1.  c.  6.   13  &  14  Gar.  2.  c.  3.   15  Car.  2.  c.  4.  j  Ann  Stat.  2.  c.  23 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turf.  Lond. 
dit  Aiel  qe  gentz  darmes  hobelers  &  archiers  efluz 
pur  aler  en  le  fervice  du  Roy  hors  dEngleterre 
loient  as  gages  le  Roy  du  jour  qils  departiront 
hors  des  countees  ou  ils  feuront  efluz  et  auxint 
lcftatut  fait  Ian  vint  &  quint  le  dit  Aiel  qe  nul 
homme  foit  arte  de  trover  gentz  darmes  hobelers 
narchiers  autres  qe  ceux  qi  tiegnent  par  tiel  fer- 
vice fil  ne  foit  par  commune  affent  &  grante  faite 
en  parlement  foient  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez  en 
toutz  pointz  Parainfi  toutes  voies  qe  par  force  ou 
colour  de  la  dire  fupplicati-n  ne  dafoin  eftatut  fur 
ceo  affaire  les  Seignurs  nautres  qi  ount  terres  & 
poffeffions  en  paiis  de  Gales  ou  en  le  marche  dicell 
ne  foient  en  aicun  manere  excufez  de  lour  fervice 
&  devoirs  de  lours  dites  terres  &  poffeffions  dues 
ne  dafcuns  autres  devoirs  ou  chofes  a  les  quelles 
ils  ou  afcuns  de  eux  font  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le 
Roy  efpecialment  obligez  combien  qe  yceux  Seig- 
nurs_  &  autres  aient  -utres  terres  &  poffeffions 
dedeinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  ne  qe  les  Seignurs 
ou  autres  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qils  foient 
qi  tiegnent  par  efcuage  ou  autre  fervice  due  an 
Roy  afcuns  terres  ou  poffeffions  dedeinz  le  dit 
Roialme  ne  foient  afcunement  excufez  de  faire 
les  fervices  &  devoirs  des  ditz  terres  ou  poffeffions 
dues  ne  qe  les  Seignurs  chivalers  efquiers  nautres 
perfones  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qils  foient  qi 
tiegnent  &  ont  de  la  grant  ou  confirmation  de 
noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  terre  poffeffions  fees  an- 
nuitees  empenfions  ou  autres  profitz  annuelx  ne 
foient  nafcun  de  eux  foit  excufez  de  lour  fervice 
affaire  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  par  tiel  mar.ere 
come  ils  font  tenuz  par  caufe  des  terres  poffeffions 
fees  annuitees  empenfions  ou  profitz  fuifditz. 


1  Geo.  I.  Stat.  2.  c.  14.  7  Geo.  2.  c.  23.  30  Geo.  2. 


31  Geo.  2. 


2.  c.  20.  fee.  I.  Sf  33  Geo.  2.  c.  22  £?  24.  containing  ne-ai  Regulations  of  the  Militia 

CAP.     XIV. 
A  Labourer  fhall  not  be  retained  to  work  by  the  Week. 

Exp.  5  EJ.  c.  4.  TTEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  nul  laborer  foi  retiegne  pur  lowere  par  femaigne  ne  qe  nuls  laborers  car- 
J.  penters  cementers  tegulers  plaitrers  doubers  coverours  des  maifons  nautres  laborers  quielconqes  priegnent 
lowere  pur  jours  de  feftes  ne  pur  veile  des  feftes  ou  ils  ne  laborent  forfqe  al  heure  de  none  finon  pur  demy 
jour  fur  peine  qe  tiel  laborer  carpenter  cementer  teguler  plafterer  douber  coverour  des  maifons  ou  autre  la- 
borer quelconqe  qi  prendra  a  contraire  de  ceft  eftatut  paie  au  Roy  pur  chefcun  foitz  qil  avera  enfi  fait  a  con- 
traire  xxs. 


CAP.     XV. 

Merchants  fhall  beftow  their  Money  received  upon  other  Merchandifes  of  this  Realm. 


TTEM,  It  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  all 


the  Merchants,  Strangers,  and  Denizens,  which 

*  bring  Merchandifes  into  this  Realm  of  England,  and 

*  the  fame  do  fell  within  the  Realm,  and  receive  Eng- 
'  VJh  Money  for  the  fame,  that  they  fhall  beftow  the 

Enforced  by  5  H.  c  fame  Money  upon  other  Merchandifes  of  England, 
for  to  carry  the  fame  out  of  the  Realm  of  England, 
without  carrying  any  Gold  or  Silver  in  Coin,  Plate, 
orMafs,  out  of  the  faid  Realm,  upon  Pain  of  Forfei- 
ture of  the  fame,  faving  always  their  reafonable  Cofts.' 

See  farther  concerning  the  Exportation  of Gold  and  Silve, 


4.  c.  9 

ifl  6.  c.  6. 

27  H.  I.  c.  3. 

11  Ed.  4.  c.  I. 

3  H.  7.  c.S. 

•which  lajl  men- 

tionedStalutei  are  continued  for  twenty  Tear*,  by  7  Ed.  6.  C.  6 

10  Ann,  c.  26.  tCit,.  i.  c.  II.  £f  izGco.  z.  c,  26. 


ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  toutz  les  mar- 
chantz  aliens  eftranges  &  denze 


enzeins  qamefneitt 
marchandifes  en  Engleterre  &  les  vendent  deinz  le 
Roialme  &  la  monoie  dEngleterre  pur  ycelles  re- 
ceivent  qils  mettent  mefme  la  monoie  fur  autres 
marchandifes  dEngleterre  pur  les  amefner  hors  du 
Roialme  dEngleterre  fanz  emporter  afcun  or  ou 
argent  en  coigne  plate  ou  maffe  hors  du  dit  Roialme 
fur  peine  de  forfeiture  dicell  Sauvez  toutes  foitz 
leur  coftages  raifonables. 

1 5  Car.  2,  c.  T-  fee,  12.    Dcy  zoW.  %.c.z%, 

CAP. 

3 


A.  D.  1402.  Anno  quarto  Henri ci  IV.  Cap.  16 — 18.       451 

CAP.    XVI. 

No  Perfon  lhall  carry  Gold  or  Silver  out  of  the  Realm  without  the  King's  Licence*. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 

ITEM  come  en  diverfes  ordinances  &  eftatutz  devant  ces  heures  faitz  ordeignez  foit  &  eftabliz  qe  nulEXP- 
homme  de  quele  eftat  ou  condition  qil  foit  amefne  nenvoie  ne  face  amefner  nenvoier  or  nargent  en 9  Ed'  3" flat' =' 
monoie  nen  veflel  nen  plate  hors  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  fanz  efpeciale  congie  &  licence  noftre  dit  Seig-C,'R]  2-  ftat,  ,- 
nur  le  Roy  Et  por  ce  qe  mefmes  les  ordinances  &  eftatutz  font  molt  profitables  &  vaillables  pur  luy  &  purc.2. 
tout  fon  Roialme  fils  feufTent  mys  en  due  execution  Mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  de  ladvis  &  afient  des  2  H-  6'  c>6- 
Seignurs  fuifditz  &  al  efpeciale  prier  des  ditz  communes  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  qe  les  ditz  ordinances  &r4ndfeetbeRc- 
eftatutz  foient  tenuz  &  gardez  &  mys  en  due  execution.     Et  ft  afcune  perfone  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition£re',T,,'ri«1 

•1     r    •  r  •  r  r  •  •  /T  I  lit..     tOrepQWS:  ^bap- 

qu  loit  amefne  ou  envoie  ou  race  a-nelner  ou  en.  oier  or  ou  argent  en  monoie  venel  ou  en  plate  hors  du  dit «,-. 
Roialme  fanz  efpeciale  congie  du  Roy  finon  pur  fes  expenfes  raifonables  come  defluis  eft  dit  ait  celuy  qi  le 
purra  efpier  fur  les  plei-e  &  loiale  certification  ent  aftaire  as  Barons  de  lefcheqer  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  la 
tierce  partie  de  tiele  chofe  enfi  efpie  pur  fon  travail  a  durer  tanq  a  prochein  parlement. 

*  This  Chapter  is  mifplaced  in  the  Print.     It  follows  Cap.  XXXIV.  upon  the  Roll. 

CAP.     XVII. 

Infants  are  not    to   be   received  into  the  Order  of  Friers  without   the  Confent  of  their 

Parents,   &c. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  nul  frere  de  les  quatre  ordres  ceftaffavoir  freres  Menoirs  Auguftins  Prech-  O  B. 
our-i  &  Carmelitz  deforenavant  preigne  ne  receive  aucun  enfaunt  en  leur  dit  ordre  ill  ne  foit  entrez  en  lage 
de  quatorfze  anz  fanz  affent  de  fon  piere  &  miere  ou  autres  fes  profcheins  amys  de  fane  ou  autres  fes  amys 
ou  tutours  en  qi  garde  tiel  enfant  ferra  continuelment  converfant  ou  demorrant.  Et  qe  nul  tiel  frere  de  nul 
des  ditz  ordres  amefne  embefd  nefloigne  ne  face  amefner  embefdler  nefloigner  par  luy  ne  par  autre  aucun 
tiel  enfaunt  hors  del  lieu  ou  il  ferra  enfi  primerement  pris  ou  refceux  tanqa  autre  lieu  par  un  an  entier  prof- 
chein  enfuant  tiel  prife  ou  receit  en  le  dit  ordre.  Et  li  afcun  tiel  enfant  foit  enfi  pris  receuz  ou  detenuz  encon- 
tre  la  voluntee  des  fes  ditz  pier  &  miere  ou  de  fes  autres  amys  ou  tutours  fuifditz  ou  qil  foit  amefnez  em- 
beiillez  ou  efloignez  del  lieu  ou  il  ferra  enfi  primerement  pris  ou  receux  tanq  autre  lieu  &  mefmes  les  pier 
ou  miere  ou  autres  fes  amys  ou  tutours  fuifditz  aient  fait  requeft  al  miniftre  provincial  gardein  ou  priour  de 
tiel  ordre  ou  lieu  ou  le  dit  einfant  eft  ou  ferra  enfi  pris  receux  ou  detenuz  &  ils  ne  veullent  faire  liveree  de 
mefme  leinfant  a  fez  ditz  piere  ou  miere  ou  autres  fes  amys  ou  tutours  fuifditz  fuent  mefmes  les  pier  ou  miere 
qu  autre  fes  ditz  amys  ou  tutours  au  Chanceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  &  ait  mefme  leChaiKeller 
poair  par  auctoritee  du  parlement  denvoier  pur  les  miniftres  ou  provincialx  de  les  ditz  quatre  ordres  gardein 
ou  priour  del  lieu  ou  tiel  enfant  enfi  ferra  pris  receuz  ou  detenuz  de  temps  en  temps  &  de  les  punir  fe- 
lonc  la  difcretion  du  dit  Chanceller  &  felonc  ce  qe  le  cas  requiert  celle  partie.  Et  au  fyn  qe  reft  eftatut  & 
ordinance  tiegne  lieu  pur  tout  temps  advenir  frere  Johan  Zouche  miniftre  del  ordre  des  freres  Menours 


en 


Engleterre  frere  William  Pikworth  provincial  del  ordre  des  freres  Prechours  en  Engleterre  frere  William  de 
Welle  provincial  del  ordre  des  freres  Auguftins  en  Engleterre  &  frere  Eftephen  de  Patryngcon  provincial 
del  ordre  des  freres  Carmelites  en  Engleterre  efteantz  en  leur  propres  perfones  devaunt  le  Koy  &  les  Scig- 
nurs  efpirituels  &  temporelx  &  les  communes  de  Roialme  en  plein  parlement  en  mettantz  leur  maynes  dex- 
tres  fur  leur  pices  firent  ferement  &  promiftrent  en  mefme  le  parlement  de  tenir  garder  obfervir  &  perfournir 
Jeftatut  &  ordinance  fuifdites  pur  eux  &  leur  fuccefiburs  a  toutz  jours. 

CAP.     XVIII. 
The  Punifhment  of  an  Attorney  found  m  Default. 


TEM  pur  pleufeurs  damages  &  mefchiefs  qont 
_  advenuz  devaunt  ces  heures  as  diverfes  gentz  du 
Roialme  par  le  grant  nombre  des  attournees  nient 
fachantz  naprifes  de  la  loye  come  ils  foloient  eftre 
pardevant  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  toutz  les  at- 
tournees foient  examinez  paries  Juftices  &  par  leur 
difcretions  leur  nouns  mys  en  rolle  &  ceux  qi  font 
bons  &  vertuoufes  &  de  bone  fame  foient  receux  & 
jurrez  de  bien  &  loialment  fervir  en  leur  offices  & 
en  efpecial  qils  ne  f  cent  nulle  fuyte  en  foreine 
countee  &  foient  les  autres  attornees  ouftez  par  la 
difcretion  des  ditz  Juftices  &  qe  leur  rrieiftres  ove 
queux  ils  feurent  attornees  foient  garniz  de  prendre 
Autres  en  leur  lieux  parenft  qen  le  mefne  temps 


c.  1-,. 


"  jTEM,  For  fundry  Damages  and  Mifchiefs  that  wiiatSorc «( 
"  i-  have  enfued  before  this  Time  to  divers  Perfons Mcn  "ui!  ^ 
"  of  the  Realm  by  a  great  Number  of  Attornies,  igno-  AtIt0!1."'Ci"•- 
"  rant  and  not  learned  in  the  Law,  as  they  were  wont?  h  6  fjo 
"  to  be  before  this  Time;"   (2)   '   it  is  ordained  ahdlGe'o.'a.'c.a 
'  ftablifhed, _ That  all  the  Attornies  ftiall  be  examined' 
'  by  the  Juftices,  and  by  their  Difcretions  their  Names 
'  put  in  the  Roll,  and  they  that  be  good  and  vertuous, 
and  of  good  Fame,  fhall  be  received  and  'worn  well 
'  and  truly  to  ferve  in  their  Offices,  and  efpecially  that 
'  they  make  no  Suit  in  a  foreign  Countv;  and  the 
'  oeher  Attornies  fhall  be  put  out  by  the  Difcretion  of 
'  the  faid  Juftices;    (3)  and  that  their  Mafters,'  for 
'  whom    they   were  Attornies,     be   warned   to   take 
'  others  in  their  Places  fo  that  in  the  mean  Time  no 
Mmm  2  'Damage 


452        Cap  19,  20. 


Anno  quarto  Henrici  IV. 


A.  D.  1402. 


20  H.  6.  f.  37. 
Ero.  Attur,  33. 


Damage  nor  Prejudice  come  to  their  faid  Mailers. 
(4)  And  if  any  of  the  faid  Attornies  do  die,  or  do 
reafe,  t  e  Juftices  for  the  ti-ne  being  by  their  Difcre- 
tion  fhall  make  another  in  his  Place,  which  is  a  ver- 
tuous  Man  and  learned,  and  fworn  in  the  fame  Mari- 
ner as  afore  is  faid  ;  (<;)  and  if  any  fuch  Attorney 
be  hereafter  notorioufly  found  in  any  Default  of  Re- 
cord, or  o'.herwife,  he  fhall  forfwear  the  Court,  and 
never  after  be  received  to  make  any  Suit  in  any 
Court  of  the  King.  (6)  And  that  this  Ordinance 
be  holden  in  the  Exchequer  after  the  Difcretion  of 
the  Treafurer,  and  of  the  Barons  there.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
damage  ne  prejudice  adviegne  a  leur  ditz  meiftrez. 
Et  fi  aucun  des  ditz  attourneez  devie  ou  cefle  qe 
les  Juftices  pur  le  temp;  eftean'z  par  leur  difcre- 
tions  facent  autre  en  fon  lieu  qi  foit  homme  ver- 
tuous  &  fachant  &  jurrez  en  mefme  le  manere  come 
deffuis.  Et  fi  afcuntie!  attournee  foit  notoirenient 
trovez  en  defaut  de  record  ou  autrement  en  temps 
advenir  qil  forfuire  la  courts  &  qe  ja-rimis  il  ne 
foit  refceu  a  nulle  fuite  faire  en  aucune  Courte  de 
Roy  &  qe  mefme  cefte  ordinance  foit  tenuz  en 
lefcheqer  felonc  la  difcretion  del  treforer  &  des  Ba- 
rons illoeqes. 


CAP.     XIX. 

No  Officer  of  a  Lord  of  a  Franchife  fhall  be  Attorney  in  the  fame. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  nul  fenefchall 
bailiff  ne  miniftre  des  Seignurs  des  franchifes 
qont  retourne  du  brief  foit  attornee  en  nul  plee 
deinz  la  franchife  ou  baillie  dont  il  eft  ou  ferra  tiel 
officer  ou  miniftre  en  aucun  temps  advenir. 


CAP.     XX. 

Customers,  Controllers,  &V.  fhall  abide  upon  their  Office,    and  make   no  Deputies ;   and 
every  Cultomer  fhall  be  fworn  to  anfwer  the  King  all  Profits. 


14B.  1.  c.  10 
J7  Rz.c.  5. 
1  H.4.  c.  13. 


"Enforced  by  1 3 
K.4.C.5. 


4   7  TEM  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  the 

'    '    Statute  made  in  the  firft  Year  of  our  Lord  the 

'  King  that  now  is,  That  C-iftomers  and  Controllers 

'  in  every  Port  of  England  fhall  abide  upon  their  Of- 

4  fices   in  their  proper  Perfons,  without  making  any 

'  Deputy   or  Lieutenant   in  their  Names,  be   firmly 

4  holden  and  kept  in  all  Points;   (2)  joined,  to  the 

'  fame,  That  they  fhall  be  fworn  to  do  the  fame  from 

4  Time  to  Time  upon  Pain  of  Imprifonment,  and  to 

4  pay  to  the  King  an  CI.  if.ihey  do  contrary.     (3) 

4  Alfo  it  is  accorded  and  affented,  that  the  Lieutenant 

4  of  the  King's  chief  Butler,  and  the  Searcher,  fhall 

4  be  refident  in  the  fame  Manner,  and  upon  the  fame 

4  Pain  of  an  C  1.   to  pay  the  one  half  to  our  Lord  the 

4  King,  and  the  other  half  to  him  that  will  fue  for  the 

4  fame  againft  fuch  Cuftomers,  Controllers,   Lieute- 

4  nant,  or  Searcher,    not  refident;   (4)  and  thateve>y 

4  Cuftomer  from  henceforth,  upon  the  yielding  of  his 

4  Account  in  the  Exchequer,  be  fworn  by  his  Oath  to 

4  anfwer  lawfully  to  the  lame  Lord  the  King,  without 

4  Fraud  or  Deceit,  of  all  Manner  of  Profits  and  Com- 

4  modifies  for  the  Payment  of  any  Affignment,  be  it 

by  Tail,  or  in  any  other  Manner  whatfoever.     (5) 

And  that  all  Manner  of  Merchandifes  entering   in 

the  Realm  of  England,  or  going  out  of  the  fame,  fhall 

inCreeksandntt'  be  charged  and  difcharged  in  the  great  Ports  of  the 

11 H.  6.c.  15.  4  Sea,  and  not  in  Creeks  and  frnall  Arrivals,  upon 
4  Pain  to  forfeit  all  the  Merchandifes  fo  charged  or 
4  difcharged  to  our  Lord  the  King,  except  Veifels  or 
4  Merchandifes  arriving  in  fuch  little  Creeks  and  Arri- 

See  31 11.  0.  c.c. '  vals  by  Cohertion  of  Tempeft  of  the  Sea.' 

j  El.  c.  11. 

I.   8.  which  put  Cuflmirs,  CSV.  ur.de  farther  Rcftritliottt, 


3H.6.C.3. 


Merchandife 
(hail  be  charged 
and  difcharged 


ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  leftatut  fait 
Ian  primer  le  Roy  noftre  Seignur  qoreft  de  ce 
qe  les  cuftumers  h  controllours  en  chefcun  port 
dEngleterre  demo^rgent  fur  leur  offices  en  leur 
propres  perfones  fanz  aucun  deputee  ou  lieutenant 
faire  en  leur  nouns  foit  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez 
en  toutz  pointz  adjoj.ftez  a  ycel  qe  a  ce  faire  its 
foient  jurrez  de  temps  en  temps  fur  peine  dempri- 
fonement  de  paier  au  Roy  C  li.  fils  facent  le  con- 
traire.  Et  auxint  accordez  eft  h  affentuz  qe  le 
lieutenant  du  chief  botiller  du  Roy  &  le  fercheour 
foient  refidentz  en  mefme  la  manere  &  fur  mefme 
la  peine  de  C  li.  a  paiere  lun  moitee_  a  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  &  lautre  moite  a  celuy  qi  voet  fuir 
pur  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  devers  ticux  ' 
cuftumers  controllours  lieutenant  ou  fercheour 
nient  refidentz.  Et  qe  chefcun  cuftumer  defore 
enavaunt  fur  fon  accompt  rendre  en  lefcheqer  foit 
jurrez  par  fon  ferement  de  refpondre  loialment  a 
mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  fanz  fraude  ou  male 
engine  des  toutz  maners  p  ofitz  &  commoditees 
pur  paiement  dafcun  affignement  foit  il  par  taille  ou 
autrement  par  lui  ou  aucun  autre  refceuz  ou  a 
refceivers  pur  achate  dafcun  taille  ou  en  autre 
manere  queconqe.  Et  qe  toutz  maneres  des  mar- 
chandifes  entrantz  en  la  Roialme  dEngleterre  ou 
iffantz  dicell  foient  chargez  &  d  :fchargez  en  les 
grantz  portz  du  mier  &  nemye  en  crykes  &  petitz 
arrivails  fur  peine  des  toutes  les  marchandifes  iffint 
chargez  ou  defchargez  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy 
forfaire  forfpris  veffeux  ou  marchandifes  apphantz 
en  tieux  petitz  crykes  &  arrivails  par  cohertion  de 
la  tempefte  du  mier. 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1402. 


Anno  quarto  Henrici   IV.  Cap. 


21  —  23, 


453 


Searchers  fhall  not 
Ex  Rot.  in  Turr. 


C  A   P.     XXI. 

let  any  their  Offices  to  ferm, 
Lond. 


or  occupy  them    by  Deputy. 


ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  les  fercheours 
en  chefcun  port  dEngleterre  foient  chargiez  & 
jurrcz  qils  ne  leffent  a  ferme  leur  office  de  fercherie 
ne  les  occupient  par  deputee  et  qils  ne  preignent 
defore  enavaunt  de  nulles  meftres  des  niels  de  lour 
office  de  fercherie  faire  nul  argent  ne  monoie  pur 
leur  bienvenuz  &  bienalees  ne  nul  autre  chofe  pur 
yce.31  come  il  ad  efte  pris  &  levez  devant  ces  heures 
autrement  qe  ne  ferra  ordeignez  a  eux  pur  lour 
office  par  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy.  Et  qe  nul 
fercheour  foit  hoft  a  nul  marchant  ne  maryner.  Et 
en  cas  qafcun  fercheour  fac:  le  contrair  de  ceft 
eftatut  &  ce  duement  provee  foit  mefme  le  fercheour 
oufte  de  fon  office  pur  toutz  jours  &  face  fyn  & 
ranceon  a  la  volentee  du  Roy. 

This  Chapter  follow: 


XT  EM  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  the 
Searchers  in  every  Port  of  England  ihn\\  be  charged 
and  fworn,  That  they  fhall  not  let  to  !erm  their 
Offices  of  fearching,  nor  occupy  the  fame  by  a  De- 
puty ;  (2)  and  that  from  henceforth  they  take  of 
no  Matters  of  Ships  for  their  Office  of  fearching,  any- 
Silver  or  Monty  for  their  Welcome  and  Farjwel,  nor 
any  other  Thing  for  the  fame,  as  it  hath  been  taken 
and  received  before  this  Time,  otherwife  than  (hall 
be  ordained  to  them  for  their  Office  by  our  Lord  the 
King;  (3)  and  that  no  Searcher  be  Hoft  to  an  Mer- 
chant or  Mariner.  (4)  And  in  cafe  that  any  Sear- 
cher do  contrary  to  this  Statute,  and  that  duly 
proved,  the  fame  Searcher  fhall  be  put  out  of  his 
Office  for  ever,  and  make  Fine  and  Ranfom  at  the 
King's  Will.' 
Cap.  XVI.  on  the  Roll. 


See  1 3  FJ,  4.  c, 

5.  enforcing  th$ 
Rejtdence  of 
Searchers,  Of  i , 


See  the  References 
to  the  foregoing 
Chapter, 


CAP.     XXII. 

The  Remedy  where  by  the  King's  Prefentation  any  Incumbent  is  put  forth. 


IT  E  M  come  ordeigne  foit  par  eftatut  fait  Ian 
vint  &  quint  le  dit  Roy  Edward  Aiel  noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  E.oy  qe  fi  le  Roy  ferra  collation  ou 
prefentement  a  nulle  benefice  en  autri  droit  qe  le 
title  fur  qi  il  fe  fondera  ferroit  bi.-n  examine  qil 
ferroit  verrai  &  a  quel  heure  qe  avant  juggement 
rendu  le  title  foit  trove  par  bone  enformation  nient 
verroi  ne  jouft  foit  la  collation  ou  prefen  ement  ent 
faitz  repellez  &  anientez.  Et  enoutre  foit  ordeigne 
&  eftabli  en  eftatut  fait  apres  en  temps  du  Roy 
Richard  qe  fi  le  Roy  prefente  a  afcun  benefice 
oi  foit  plein  dafcun  incumbent  qe  le  prefentee  le 
Roy  ne  foit  refceu  par  lordinarie  tanqe  le  Roy  eit 
recoverez  fon  prefentement  par  proces  de  ley  en  fa 
courte  demefne  &  fi  afcune  prefentee  du  Roy  foit 
autrement  refceu  &  le  incumbent  oufte  fanz  due 
proces  come  defuis  eft  dit  commence  le  dit  incum- 
bent fa  fuyte  deinz  un  an  apres  la  induction  de 
prefentee  du  Roy  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  confi- 
derant  le  grant  mefchief  du  dit  incumbent  celle 
partie  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  de  laffent  avauntdit 
qe  fi  aucun  tiel  incumbent  foit  ouftee  de  fon  be- 
nefice fanz  proceffe  en  la  manere  fuifdite  qe  le  dit 
incumbent  iffint  ouftee  fanz  proceffe  puiffe  eftre  a 
large  &  fuir  remedie  par  le  dit  eftatut  &  comencer 
fa  elite  feute  en  ce  cas  a  quel  temps  qe  luy  plerra 
deinz  Ian  ou  apres  a  fa  volentes  &  ce  fibien  pur 
temps  paffe  come  pur  temps  advenir  nient  contre- 
fteant  le  dit  terme  enfi  limite  par  le  dit  eftatut. 


IT  E  M,  Whsreas  it  is  ordained  by  the  Statute 
made  the  twenty  fifth  Year  of  King  Edward. 


:5"E<3.  3  flat.  3. 
:.  3. 

Grandfather  to  our  Lord  the  King,  that  if  the  King 
make  Collation  or  Prefentment  to  any  Benefice  in 
another's    Right,    that    the  Title    whereupon    he 
groundeth  him  lhould  be  well  examined  that  it  be 
true;    (2)  and  at  what  Time,    before   Judgement 
given,  the  TLle  be  found  by  good  Information  un- 
true and  unjuft,  the  Collation  or  Prefentment  thereof 
made,    fhall  be  repealed  and   adnulled.     (3)   And 
moreover,  in  a  Statute  made  after  in  the  Time  of 
King  Richard,    it  was  ordained  and  eftabiiihed, 
That  if  the  King  prefent  to  any  Benefice  that  is  full  13  R.  2.  flat.  r. 
of  any  Incumbent,  that  the  King's  Prefentee  fhall c- '• 
not  be  received  by  the  Ordinary,    till  the  King  hath  1     oi'  2?9' 
recovered  his  Prefentment  by  Procefs  of  the  Law  in 
:  his  own  Court ;   (4)   and   if  any  Prefentee  of  the 
King  be  otherwife  received,  and  the  Incumbent  put 
out  without  due  Procefs,  as  afore  is  faid,  the  fame 
Incumbent  fhall  commence  his  Suit  within  a  Year 
after  the  Indu£tion   of  the  Prefentee  :"    '   (5)  Our 
Lord  the  King  confidering  the  great  Mifchief  of  the 
Incumbent  in  this  Behalf,    hath  o;dained  and  fta- 
blifhed,  by  the  Affent  aforefaid,  That  if  any  fuch 
Incumbent  be  put  out  of  his  Benefice  without  due 
Procefs  in  the  Manner  aforefaid,  that  the  faid   In- 
cumbent fo  put  out  without  Procefs,  may  be  at  large, 
and  fue  for  his  Remedy  by  the  faid  Statute,  and  be- 
gin his  Suit  in  this  Cafe  at  what  Time  fhall  pleafe 
him,  within  the  Year,    or  after,  at  his  Will;    and 
that  as  well  for  the  Time  paft,  as  for  the  Time  to 
come,  notwithftanding  the  Term  fo  limited  by  the 
faid  Statute.' 


C  A  P.      XXIII. 

Judgements  given  fhall  continue  until  they  fhall  be  reverfed  by  Attaint  or  Error 

fTEM  come  fibien  en  plee  roial  come  perfonel 
-*-  apres  juggement  renduz  en  les  courtes  noftre 


lqH.6.  f.  39, 


apres  j   t 
Seignur  le  Roy  les   parties  font   faitz   venir  fur 


ITEM,  Where  as  well  in  Plea  real  as  in  Plea  per- Dyer  3 15,321 
fonal,  after  Judgement  given  in  the  Courts  of  376- 

T  ~vA    t-U^   TT\r,rr     thp  PsmVs    he    mnci°    fn   rnmev"       -* 


the  Parties  be  made  to  come , 


335> 


our  Lord  the  King,  ia«.  j.....™  ~~  -~  -- — , 

griefe  peine  a  la  foith  devant  le  Roy  mefmes  a  la    "  upon  grievous  Pain,  fometime  before  the  King  him-  3  Bulftr,  42, 

"  felf,47,  wjt, 


454        Cap.  24 — 28,  Anno  quarto  Henrjci.  A.  D.  1402 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
foith  devant  le  confeil  du  Roy  h  a  la  foith  en  par 
lement  de  ent  refpondre  de  novel  a  grant  anientife- 
ment  des  parties  fuifditz  &  en  fubverfion  de  la 
commune  loie  de  la  terre  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz 
qapres  juggement  rendu  en  les  courtesnoftre  Seignur 
le  Roy  les  parties  &  leur  heirs  en  fcient  en  pees 
tanqe  le  juggement  foit  anientiz  par  atteinte  ou  par 
errour  fi  errour  y  ad  come  il  ad  efte  ufez  par  la  loie 
en  temps  des  progenitours  noftre  dit  Seignur  le 
Roy. 


"  felf,  fometime  before  the  King's  Council,  and  fome- 
"  times  to  the  Parliament,  to  anfwer  there  of  new,  to 
"  the  great  Impoverifhing  of  the  Parties  aforefaid,  and 
"  in  the  Subverfion  of  the  common  Law  of  the  Land  ;" 
'  (2)  it  is  ordained  and  ftablifhed,  That  after  Judge- 
'  ment  given  in  the  Courts  of  our  Lord  the  King,  the 
'  Parties  and  their  Heirs  fhall  be  thereof  in  Peace, 
'  until  the  Judgement  be  undone  by  Attaint  or  by 
Cn  ,,  '  Error,  if  there  be  Error,  as  hath  been  ufed  by  the 

Dr.  and  Stud.     '  Laws  in  the  Times  of  the  King's  Progenitors.' 


c- lS-  This  Chapter  follows  Cap.  XXI.  on  the  Roll. 

C  A  P.     XXIV. 
Aulnage  of  Cloths  may  be  let  to  Ftrm  by  Improvement. 

w         1      T  TEM  come  nadgairs  en  temps  du  Roy  Rkhar.d  fecond  ordeinez  eftoit  par  eftatut  qe  launage  des  draps 

Dyer  301. °'  2°    -^    parmy  le  Roialrne  ne  ferroit  mys  a  ferme  a  grant  damage  de  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  annuelment  ordeignez 

17R.  2.  c.  2.    eft  &  accordez  en  dit  parlement  qe  le  dit  aunage  purra  tftre  commys  a  ferme  ou  en  emprowement  folonc 

ladvys  de  Treforer  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  &  des  Barons  de  Lefcheqer  le  dit  eftatut  fait  a  contraire 

31  H.  6.  c.  5.    nient  conteftreant. 

C  A  P.     XXV. 

An  Hoftler  fhall  not  make  Horfe-bread.     How  much  he  may  take  for  Oats. 

The  Penalty  on 

an  Heftier  of-  jTEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  leftatut  des  vitarllers  &  hoftilers  &  autres  vendours  des  vitaillez  fait 
tn"dStatute  of11  ^an  trefz'fme  du  ^£  ^-oy  Richard  foit  tenuz  &  gardez  &  mys  en  due  execution.  Et  fi  afcun  hoftiler 
1-  R.2.  fiat.  i.face  a  contrair  &  ce  duement  provee  encourge  mefme  loftikr  de  temps  en  temps  la  peine  de  la  treble  value 
c.  S.  del  payn  fait  par  luy  en  fon  hoftell  ou  aillours  a  contrair  du  dit  eftatut.     Et  auxi  encourge  mefme  loftiler 

Cro.  Jac.  609.    la  quatreble  value  de  ceo  qil  avera  pris  outre  un  mail  de  chefcun  bufell  des  aveyns  outre  la  commune  pris  en 

32  h.  8.  41.      marchee  et  ceo  fibien  a  feute  de  Roy  come  de  partie. 

So  much  ot  this  '  * 

Statute  as  concerns  the  Execution  of  the  Part  of  the  Stat,  of  13  R.  2.  ftat.  1.  c.  8.  relating  to  Horfe-bread,  is  repealed  by  21  Jac.  1,  c.  21.  &  c.  28. 

CAP.      XXVI. 

EngliJIomen  fhall  not  be  convicl:  by  WelJIomen  in  Wales. 

Rep.  21  Jac.  1.  yTEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  nul  Englois  liege  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  foit  convi£t  par  aucun  Galois 
c'z3'  X  deinz  franchife  ou  dehors  en  aucun  countee  hundred  ou  courte  deinz  la  terre  de  Gales  dequelconqe  chofe 

finon  par  Engloifes  &  del  profchein  vifnee  U  gentz  debone  fame  &  nient  procurez.     Ne  qe  les  burgoifes 
Engloifes  qont  efpoufez  femmes  Galoifes  aient  franchifes  ovefqe  les  burgeoifes  Engloifes. 

CAP.     XXVII. 

There  fhall  be  no  Walters,  Vagabonds,  &V.  in  Wales. 


Altered  26  H. 
8.  c.  6.27H. 
S.  z.  26. 


TT  E  M  pur  efchuir  plufeurs  aifeafes  &  mefchiefs  qont  advenuz  devaunt  ces  heures  en  la  terre  de  Gales 
par  plufeurs  weftours  rymours  miniftralx  &  autres  vacabondes  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  nul  weftour 
rymour  miniftrall  ne  vacabond  foit  aucunement  fuftenuz  en  la  terre  de  Gales  pur  faire  kymorthas  ou  coillage 
fur  la  commune  poeple  illoeqes. 

CAP.      XXVIII. 


There  fhall  be  no  Congregations  in  Wales. 


Rep.  21  Jac,        TTE 


J.C.  2iS 


E  M  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  nuls  commauvaes  ou  congregations  foient  faitz  ou  foefFertz  eftre 
faitz  par  les  Galoifes  en  aucune  partie  de  Gales  pur  aucuns  confeilx  ou  purpofes  faire  ou  prendre  fil  ne  '| 
foit  pur  evidente  caufe  &  neceftaire  &  par  licence  de  les  chiefs  officers  &  miniftres  del  Seignorie  celle  parties 
ou  rielc  chofe  fe  ferra  &  en  prefence  de  mefme  les  officers  &  miniftres  fur  peine  demprifonement  &  de  faire 
fyn  &  ranceon  a  la  voluntee  du  Roy. 

CAP. 


A.  D.  1402.  Anno  quarto  Henrici  IV.  Cap.  29 — 35.        455 


CAP.     XXIX. 
IVelJhmen  fhall  not   be  armed. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
T  EM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  deforenavaunt  nul  homme  Galois  foit  armee  ne  porte_  armure  defcn-  Al-™d  26  B. 
fible  as  vilks  marchees  efglifes  ne  congregations  nen  ycelles  nen  les  hautes  chemyns  en  aftraie  du  paix  011  8-  c.  6^ 
des  liges  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  fur  peine  demprifonement  &  de  faire  fyn  &  ranceoh  a  la  voluntee  du  Roy  27  H- 8>c- *H; 
forfpris  ceux  qi  font  loialx  liges  a  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy. 

CAP.     XXX. 

No  Visual  or  Armour  fhall  be  carried  into  Wales. 


1 


I 


TEM  ordeignez   eft   &  eftabliz    qe   nul  homme  En  lois  ne  Galois  de  quel   eftat   ou  condition  qil  Rep.  21  Jae.  1. 


I 


(bit  envoie  namefhe  par  colour  de  marchandife  ou  autre  voie  aucun  vitail  ou  armure  as  quielconqes 
parties  de  Gales  fanz  efpeciale  congie  de  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ou  de  fon  confeil  hi  ne  foit  pur  leftufF 
&  eftore  des  chaftelx  &  vilLes  Engloifes  fur  peine  de  forfeiture  dicelles  vitail  &  armure.  Et  qen  chefcune 
partie  de  la  marche  de  Gales  &  villes  marchees  foient  coneftables  efluz  pur  enquer  fercher  &  arefter  toutz. 
tielx  vuailles  &  armures  &  aient  mefmes  les  coneftables  pur  leur  travail  la  fifme  partie  des  tielx  forfeitures 
enfi  par  eux  trovez. 

c  a  p.   xxx r. 

A  Weljhman  fhall  not  have  any  Houfe  of  Defence. 

TEM   ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  nul  Galois  ait  chaftel  fortereffe  ne  maifon  defenfive  de-fon  propre  neRep.  21  Jac.  1. 
dautre  a  garder  autrement  qe  neftoit  ufez  en  temps  le  Roy  Edward  Conquerour  de  Gales  fur  peine  dec,  28. 
forffaiture  diuelles  leftat  Devefqe  5c  autres  Seignurs  temporelx  come  pur  leur  corps  propres  tantfoulement 
exceptz, 

CAP.     XXXII. 

No  Weljhman  fhall  be  an  Officer. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  nul  homme  Galois  foit  fait  juftice  chamberleyn  chanceller  treforer  vif-  Rep.  21  Jac.  1. 
cont  fenefchall  coneftable  du  chaftell  receivour  efchetour  coroner  ne  chief  forefter  ijautre  officer  quiel-c.  28. 
conqe  ne  gardein  de  recordes  ne  lieutenant  en  nul  des  ditz  offices  en  nullie  partie  de  Gales  ne  de  confeil 
daucun  Seignur  Englois  non  obftante  aucune  patente  faite  a  contraire  cum  claufula  non  obftante  licet  Wal- 
licus  natus  forfpris  les  Evefqes  en  Gales  &  de  ceux  &  des  autres  queux  le  Roi  noftre  Seignur  ad  tro.vez  fes 
bons  &  loialx  lieges  il  voet  eftre  advifez  par  fon  confeil. 

CAP.     XXXIII. 

Catties  and  walled  Towns  in  Wales  fhall  be  kept  by  Englijbmett* 

IT  H  M  pur  le  plus  fufEciente  garde  de  la  terre  de  Gales  &  au  fyn  qe  homme  purra  avoir  la  meilloure  Rep-  «_Jac,  1. 
conuffance  de  les  conditions  du  poeple  dicelle  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  les  garnifons  des  chaftelx  &  c«  *2' 
des  villes  murrez  illoeqes  foient  purveuz  &  eftuffez  fufficientment  des  vaillantz  perfones  Engloifes  eftranges 
a  les  Seignories  ou  les  ditz  chaftelx  &  villes  font  affiz  &  nemye  de  nul  mixt  homme  des  ditz  parties  & 
Seignories  en  Gales  ou  la  l^arche  dicelle  tanqe  la  dite  terre  de  Gales  foit  autrement  juftifiez  h  appeifez  pur. 
temps  advenir. 

CAP.     XXXIV. 
No  EngUJh  Man  that  marriech  a  Weljh  Woman  fhall  be  in  any  Office  in  Wales. 

r  TEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  nul  homme  Englois  mariez  a  aucun  Galois  del  amiftee  ou  aliance  deRep.  n  j«*»j, 
I    Owen  ap  Glendourdy  traitour  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ou  a  autre  femme  Galoife  puis  la  rebellion  du  dit  c.  28, 

Owen  ou  en  temps  advenir  foi  ferra  marier  a  afcune  femme  Galoife  foit  mys  en  aucun  office  en  Gales. ou  en. 

la  marche  dicelle. 

CAP,      XXXV. 
Shoemakers  and  Cordwainers  may  tan  Leather,  notwithstanding  the  Statute  of  13  Rich,  i, 

Stat.  i.e.  12. 

ITEM  come  en  leftatut  fait  Ian  trefzifme  le  Roy  Richard  fecond  entre  autres  chofes  ordeignez  eftoit  e  X  P. 
qe  nul  fuour  ne  cordewaner  deuft  ufer  le  miftier  de  tanner  et  qe  celui  qi  fift  a  contraire  forsferroit  toutz  Rep.  5  El  c.  U 
les  quirs  iffint  tannez  &  toutes  les  botes  iffint  overez  &  outre  ce  reint  a  la  volentee  du  Roy.     Et  porce  qe  &  '  J*-"'  »•  c« 
noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  ad  entenduz  qe  grant  damage  &  defceit  y  ad  par  colour  du  dit  eftatut  diverfement "• 

com.© 


45 ^        Cap.  r,  2. 


Anno  quinto  Henrici  IV. 


A.  D. 


1403. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
come  par  la  petition  des  communes  a-luy  baillez  en  dit  parlement  y  purra  apparoir  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roy  de  laffent  Iz  advys  des  ditz  Seignurs  &  al  prier  de  mefmes  les  communes  voet  &  ad  ordeignez  qe  les 
fuours  &  cordewaners  puiflent  tanner  quirs  come  ils  cnt  ufez  en  temps  paffe  non  obftant  acun  eftatut  fait  a 
contraire  pariffint  qe  les  quirs  qi  ferront  tannez  enapres  fi'cien  par  les  tanners  come  par  les  fuours  &  corde- 
waners fuifditz  foient  affaiez  &  fignez  ove  un  figne  de  ferre  a  ce  affigner  par  les  mair  ou  baillifs  coneftables 
ou  chief  gardeiri  de  la  ville  ou  tielx  quirs  ferront  overez  ou  par  aucun  leur  depute  a  ce  faire  par  fon  ferement 
devant  qe  tielx  quirs  foient  venduz  ou  mys  a  vent  ou  mys  a  aucun  overaigne.  Et  fi  aucuns  quirs  foient 
venduz  ou  mys  a  vent  ou  mys  a  aucun  overaigne  encontre  la  forme  fuifdite  qiis  foient  forsfaitz  au  Roy  Et  qe 
cell:  eftatut  fcit  mys  en  afTais  &  tiegne  lieu  tanqa  profchein  parlement. 


Statutes    made    at    Weft  minder,    Anno    5    H  e  n.    IV.    and    Anno 


Dom. 

O  R  to  remedy  and  redrefs  divers  Mifchiefs, 
Damages,  and  Grievances,  {hewed  to  our 
Lord  the  King  in  his  Parliament  holden  at 
Wejiminjler  the  Morrow  after  St.  Hillary,  the  fifth 
Year  of  his  Reign  ;  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King,  by 
the  Advice  and  Affent  of  his  Lords  Spiritual  and 
Temporal,  and  at  the  Requeft  of  his  Commons  of 
his  Realm  of  England,  come  to  the  fame  Parliament, 
hath  ordained  and  ftablifhed  divers  Statutes  and  Or- 
dinances in  the  Form  as  followeth." 


I4O3. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  14. 
U  P.  remedier  &  recoeverir  pleufeurs  mef- 
chiefs   damages    &   grevances   monftrez   a 
noftre  foveraigne  Seignur  le  Roy  en  fon  par- 
lement tenuz  a  Weltm'  lendemaigne  de  feint  Hil- 
ler  Ian  de  fon  regne  quint  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  de  ladvis  &  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  & 
temporelx  &  a  la  requeft  des  communes   de   fon 
Roialme  dEngleterre   venuz   a  dit    parlement  ad 
ordeignez  &  eftabliz  diverfes  eftatutz  &  ordinances 
en  la  fourme  qenfeute. 


EXP. 

Enforced  by  7  H. 
4.  c.  5. 


CAP.      I. 

Lands  affigned  to  certain  Traitors  to  the  Ufe  of  others  mall  not  be  forfeited  to  the  King. 

Rimerement  qe  nul  des  manoirs  terres  ou  tenementz  des  queux  monfieur  Henry  Percy  ou  monfieur 
Thomas  Percy  Cont  de  Wyrceftre  ou  autres  traitours  qi  feurent  al  batail  de  Shrv/vefbury  encontre  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  &  lour  ligeance  eftoient  feifiz  ou  aucun  de  eux  eftoit  feifi  joint  ovefqe  autres  ou  foulement 
par  eux  mefmes  del  feoftement  des  autres  a  autri  oeps  ou  pur  la  grande  affiance  qe  gentz  qi  eux  enfeofferont 
avoient  a  eux  de  faire  h  parfournir  lour  volente  &  dont  ils  ne  feurent  enfeoffez  deftre  enheritez  mais  de 
parfournir  la  volente  de  lour  feoffbur  ne  nulle  parcelle  dicelles  manoirs  terres  ou  tenementz  combien  qe 
tielx  feoffehientz  foient  faitz  par  fyn  ou  autrement  fanz  monftrer  fait  provant  la  condition  foient  ou  foit 
aucunement  fcrfaitz  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  Et  ft  aucuns  douns  ou  grantes  foient  faitz  par  noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roi  des  ditz  ma  oirs  terres  ou  tenementz  ou  aucune  parcelle  dicelles  a  ferme  ou  autrement  qe 
tielx.  douns  &  grantes  foient  de  tout  voides  &  de  nul  value  a  toutz  jours.  Et  qe  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy 
ait  la  forfaiture  des  terres  &  tenementz  des  ditz  monfieur  Henry  Si  monfieur  Thomas  &  de  les  autres  traitures 
fftfditz  des  queux  ils  ou  aucun  de  eux  feurent  ou  feuft  par  eux  mefmes  ou  feveralment  enheritables  ou  enhe- 
ritable  par  d  fcent  ou  par  droit  purchace  ou  des  queux  autres  feurent  enfeoffez  joint  ovefqe  eux  ou  autres 
foulement  a  leur  oeps  par  fyn  ou  en  autre  rnanere  quelconqe. 

CAP.      II. 

The  Penalty  of  him  which  procureth  Pardon  for  an  Approver  that  committeth  Feiony  again. 


"  T  TEM,  Eecaufe  that  divers  common  and  noto- 
"  i-  rious  Felons  be  indicated  of  divers  Felonies,  Mur- 
"  ders,  and  Rapes  in  divers  Countries,  and  upon  the 
fame,  as  well  before  the  King's  Juftices,  as  before 
"  the  King  himfelf,  arraigned  of  the  fame  Felonies, 
"  and  for  Safeguard  of  their  Lives  they  become 
"  Provers,  to  fuch  Intent,  that  in  the  mean  Time  by 
"  Brokage,  Grants,  and  Gifts  to  be  made  to  divers 
"  Perfons  to  purfue  and  have  their  Charters,  and  then 
"  after  their  Deliverance  they  become  more  notorious 
"  Felons  than  they  were  before;"  '  (2)  it  is  ordained 
'  and  ftabliftied,  That  if  any  Perfon,  of  v/hat  Eftate 
'  or  Condition  that  he  be,  Man  or  Woman,  pray  or 


TEM  porce  qe  plufeurs  communes  &  notoirs 
larons  font  enditez  des  diverfes  felonies  mur- 
dres  &  rapes  es  diverfes  paiis  &  fur  ycelles  auxibien 
devant   les  Juftices  noftre  Seignur  le   Roy  come 
devant  le  Roy  mefmes  &  arettez  des  mefmes  les 
felonies  &  pur  falvation  de  lour  vies  ils  devcignent 
I  provours  a  tiel  entent  qen  le  mefne  temps  par  bro- 
|  cage  &  grauntz  douns  faire  as  diverfes  gentz  de 
1  purfuir  6c  avoir  lour  chartres  &  puis  apres  lour  de- 
liverance ils  deveignent  plus  fortz  notoirs   larons 
qils  ne  feurent  pardevant  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz 
I  qe  ft  :  ucune  perfonc  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qil 
I  foit  homme  ou  femme  prie  ou  purluie  ou  face  prier 

ou 

3 


A.  D.  1403.  Anno  quinto  Henrici  IV, 


Cap.  3  -6.       457, 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ou  purfuir  defqre  enavant  pur  afcun  del  laron  iffint 
atteint  par  fon  coniffance  demefne  pur  aucune 
chartre  de  pardon  avoir  qe  le  noun  de  celuy  ou  cele 
qi  purfuie  tiel  chartre  foit  mys  en  mefme  la  chartre 
faifant  mention  qe  mefme  la  chartre  eft  grante  a 
fon  inftance  et  ft  celuy  a  qi  tiel  chartre  eft  grante 
apres  fa  deliverance  devient  laron  qe  celuy  qenfi 
purfua  pur  fa  chartre  encourge  la  peyne  de  cent 
liveres  a  lever  al  oeps  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy. 


purfue,  or  caufe  to  be  prayed  or  purfued  from  hence- 
forth, for  any  fuch  Felon  fo  attainted  by  his  own 
Confeffion,  to  have  any  Chartej  of  Pardon,  that  the 
Name  of  him  or  her  that  purfueth  fuch  Charter  be 
put  in  the  fame  Charter,  making  mention,  that  the 
fame  Chaiter  is  granted  at  his  or  her  Inftance  ?  (3) 
and  jlf  he  ,to  whom  fuch  Charter  is  granted,  after  his 
Deliverance  becometh  a  Felon  again,  that  the  fame 
Perfon  which  did  fo  purfue  for  his  Chaiter,  fliall. 
incur  the  Pain  of  an  CI.  to  be  levied  to  the  "King's 
Ufe.' 


CAP.      III. 

Watches  fhall  be  made  upon  the  Coafts  as  they  were  wont  to  be. 


ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  les  agaites  af- 
-»  faires  fur  le  coft  du  mier  par  tout  le  Roialme 
foient  faitz  par  nombre  des  gentz  es  lieux  &  en 
fourme  &  manere  come  ils  foleient  eftre  faitz  en 
temps  paffe  &  qen  ce  cas  leftatut  de  Wynceftre 
foit  tenuz  &  gardez  &  qen  les  commiflions  de  la 

5aix  defore  affaires  foit  mys  ceft  article  Et  qe  les 
uftices  de  la  paix  aient  poairdent  faire  inquifition 
en  lour  feflion  de  temps  en  temps  &  de  punir  ceux 
qi  font  trovez  en  defaut  folonc  le  tenure  du  dit 
eftatut. 


c   T  T EM  it  is  ordained  and  ftabliftied,   That  $1^13  Ed.  1. flats. 
'   i  Watch  to  be  made  upon  the  Sea  Coaft  through  thee- 4-    Add-.^ 
'  Realm  mail  be  made  by  the  Number  of  the  People,^-  3- '•  H- 
'  in  the   Places   and  in  Manner  and  Form,  as  they  Z8** 

'  were  wont  to  be  made  in  Times  paft,  and  that  in  the 
'  fame  Cafe  the  Statute  of  JV'mchejhr  be  obferved  and 
'  kept;  (2)  and  that  in  the  Commiflions  of  the  Peace 
'  hereafter  to  be  made  this  Article  be  put  in,  That  the 
'  Juftices  of  Peace  have  Power  thereof  to  make  Inquiry 
'  in  their  Seffions  from  Time  to  Time,  and  to  punifh 
'  them  which  be  found  in  Default  after  the  Tenor  of 
'  the  faid  Statute.' 


CAP.      IV. 

It  fhall  be  Felony  to  ufe  the  Craft  of  Multiplication  of  Gold  or  Silver. 

ITEM  ordeignez  xft  &  eftabHz  qe  nully  deforenavant  ufe  de  multiplier  or  ou  argent  ne  ufe  le  art  deRep.  hy  1  W. 
multiplication  Et  ft  null  le  face  &  de  ceo  foit  atteint  qil  encourge  la  peyne  de  felonie  en  ce  cas.  &  M.  ft.  1.  c.30. 

C  A  P.     V. 
It  fhall  be  Felony  to  cut  out  the  Tongue,  or  pull  out  the  Eyes  of  the  King's  liege  People. 


[TEM  porce  qe  pleufeurs  malfaifours  de  jour 
■■■  en  autre  batent  naufrent  emprifonent  &  mahey- 
fnent  plufeurs  des  liges  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  et 
puis  de  purpos  coupent  lour  langes  ou  ouftent  lour 
oils  ordeignez  eft  &  eftablez  qen  tiel  cas  les  malfai- 
fours qenli  couperont  les  langes  ou  oufterontles 
oils  daucuns  des  liges  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  & 
ceo  duement  trovez  &  provez  qe  tiel  fait  fuift  fait 
de  malice  purpenfe  encourgent  la  peine  de  felonie. 


"  ITEM,  Becaufe  that  many  Offenders  do  daily Keiyng  65. 

"  A  beat,  wound,  imprifon,  and  maim  divers  of  the 

"  King's  liege  People,  and  after  purpofely  cut  their 

"  Tongues,  or  put  out  their  Eyes  j"  '  (2)  it  is  or- 

4  dained  and  ftabliftied,  That  in  fuch  Cafe  the  Offen- 

i  ders  that   fo  cut  Tongues,  or  put  out  the  Eyes  of  By  rz  &  1 1  Car, 

'  any  the  King's  liege  People,  and  that  duly  proved !;•/;' '"  m°'k<°'" 

'  and  found,  that  fuoh  Deej  was  done  of  Malice  pre-^^fe 

'  penfed,  they  fhall  incur  the  Pain  of  Felony.'  Bemfit  c/cZgy, 


de 


C    A   P.     VI. 


The  Penalty  for  making  an  AfTauit  upon  any  Servant  of  any  Knight  in  Parliament. 


ITEM  porce  qe  Richard  Cheddre  efquier  qi 
feuft  yenuz  a  ceft  prefent  parlement  ovefqe 
Thomas  Brook  chivaler  un  des  chivalers  efluz  a 
mefme  le  parlement  pur  le  countee  de  Somerf  h 
meynal  ove  le  dit  Th°mas  feuft  horriblement  batuz 
naiifrez  emblemiz  &  maheymiz  par  Johan  Salage 
autrement  appellez  Johan  Savage  ordeignez  eft  &c 
eftabliz  qe  par  tant  q^e  le  dit  horrible  fait  feuft  fait 
deinz  le  temps  du  dit  parlement  qe  proclamation 
foit  fait  la  ou  mefme  le  horrible  fait  fe  fift  qe  le  dit 
Johan  appierge  &  foy  rende  en  bank  le  Roy  deinz 
an  quarter  dun  an  apres  la  proclamation  faite  &  fil 
Vqu  I. 


ti  TTEM,  Becaufe  that  Richard  Chcdder  Efq u ire,  E«fimd  ly\ 
_L  which  was  come  to  this  Parliament  with  Thomas **■  6-  c>  JI 
''  Broke  Knight,  one  of  the  Knights  chofen  to  the  fame 
"  Parliament  for  the  County  of  Somerfd,  and  menial 
"  Servant  .with  the  faid  Thomas,  was  horribly  beaten, 
"  wounded,  blemifhed,  and  maimed  by  one  John  Sa- 
"  /age,  otherwife  called  John  Savage),'  (2)  '  it  is  or- 
'  dained  and  ftabliftied,  That  feeing  the  fame  horrible 
'  Deed  was  done  within  the  Time  of  the  faid  Parlia- 
'  ment,  that  Proclamation  be  made  whete  .the  fame 
'  horrible  Deed  was  done,  That  the  faid  John  appear 
*  and  yield  him  in  the  King's  Bench  within  a  Quarter 
Nun  of 


11 


45»        C  7,  8. 


of  a  Year  after  the  Proclamation  made  ;  (3)  arid  if  he 
do  not,  the  fame  John  fhall  be  attainted  of  the  faid 
Deed,  and  pay  to  the  Party  grieved  his  double  Da- 
mages, to  he  taxed  by  the  Difcretion  of  the  Judges 
of  the  faid  Bench  for  the  time  being,  or  by  Inqueft, 
if  Need  be,.  (4)  arid  alio  he  fhall  make  Fine  and 
Ranfom  at  the  King's  Will.  (5)  Moreover  it  is  ac- 
corded in  the-  fame  Parliament,  that  likewife  it  be 
done  in  time  to  come  in  like  Cafe.'' 


Anno  quinto  H e  n r i c i  IV.  A.  D.  1403. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ne  le  face  foit  mefme  celuy  Johan  atteint  de  la  fait 
fuifdit  &  paie  au  partie  endamagee  fes  damages  a 
double  a  taxer  par  difcretion  des  Juges  du  ditBank 
pur  le  temps  efteantz  ou  par  enqueft  fd  embofoigne 
&  face  fyn  &  ranceon  a  la  volente  du  Roy.  Et 
outre  ce  accordez  eft  en  dit  parlement  qe  fembla- 
blement  foit  fait  en  temps  avenir  en  cas  fem- 
blable. 


cap.    vn. 

Merchant  Strangers  fhall  be  tried  in  this  Realm,  as  Denizens  be  in  others. 


c 

^  H.  3-.  fiat.  1.   ' 
e.  30.  6. 

9  Ed-.  3.  flat,  i.( 

G.    I. 

2.5  Ed.  3,  flat.  4.  % 

c.  z.  • 

2  R.  2.  flat.  1.    c- 
c.  1.  • 

1 1  R.  2.  c.  7. 
CorJiimJ  by  4  H.  s 
5.  c.  5.     But  fesi6 
j3drvent:±rcy&. 


TEM,  it  is  ordained;and  eftablifhed,  that  all  the 
Merchants  Strangers,  of  what  Eftate  or  Condi- 
tion that  they  be,  coming,  dwelling,  or  repairing 
within  the  Realm  of  England,  fhall  be  entreated  or 
demeaned  within  the  fame  Realm  in  the  Manner, 
Form,  and  Condition,  as  the  Merchants  Denizens 
be,,  or  mail  be  entreated  or  demeaned  in  the  Parts 
beyond  the  Sea,  (2)  upon  Pain  to  forfeit  to  the  King 
all  the  Goods  and  Chatties  of  fuch  Merchants 
Strangers,  (3)  and  upon  Pain  of  Imprifonment  of 
the  Bodies  of  fuch  Merchants  Strangers.' 

R.  2.  c.  I.    5  H.  4.  c.  9.    6  H.  4.  c.  4.  which  put  Merchant  Strangers 


ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  toutz  les 
marchantz  aliens  de  quell  eftat  ou  condition  qils 
foient  venantz  demurrantz  ou  repairantz  deinz  le 
Roialme  dEngleterre  foient  traitez  &  demefnez 
deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  en  manere  forme  &  con- 
dition come  les  marchantz  deinzeins  font  ou  ferront 
traitez  &  demefnez  es  parties  depar  delea  fur  peine 
de  forsfaire  au  Roi  toutz  les  biens  &  chateux  des 
ditz  marchantz  aliens  &  fur  peine  demprifonement 
des  corps  de  mefmes  les  marchantz  aliens. 

under  Jotae  ReJirtElitms,    See liketvife  12  H.  y .  c.  6.  concerning  Merchant 


CAP.      VIII. 

In  what  Cafes  the  Defendant  may  he-allowed  to  wage  his  Law,  or  plead  to  an  Inqueft. 


"  TTE M,  To  efchew  divers  Mifchiefs  which  have 
"  A  been  and  be  from  Day  to  Day,  as  well  within  the 
"■  City  of  London,  as  within -other  Cities  and  other 
"  Places  within  the  Redm  of  England,  {%)  for  that 
"  divers  feigned  Suits  of  Debt  have  been  taken,  as  well 
"  by  the  People  of  the  faid  Cities  as  of  other  Places, 
"  againft  divers  People,  furmifing  to  them  by  their 
"  faid  Suit,  that  they  had  made  Accompt  before  Au- 
"  ditors  amgned,  of  divers  Receipts,  Duties,  and  Con- 
5'  tracts  had  betwixt  them,  and  that  they  were  found 
"  in  Arrearages  upon  the  fame  Accompt  in  divers 
"  great  Sums,  (3)  fuggefting  by  the  fame  Suits  fome- 
**  time  their  Apprentices,  and  fometime  other  of  their 
"  Servants,  to  be  the  Auditors,  where  there  was  never 
"  Receipt  nor  Duty  betwixt  fuch  Parties,  and  where 
"  the  faid  Apprentices  nor  Servants  did  any  Thing 
"  know  of  fuch  Accompt,  to  the  Intent  to  caufe  them, 
"  againft  whom  fuch  Suits  were  taken,  to  put  them  in 
"  Inqueft  in  the  fame  Suits,  and  to  put  them  from  the 

Vytr,  f.  145,     "  waging  of  their  Law  in  fuch  Cafe  ;  (4)  by  Reafon 

"  whereof,  by  fuch  favourable  Inquefts  taken  there  - 

"  upon  of  the  Neighbours  of  thofe  which  have  profe- 

"  cuted  fuch  Suits,  divers   have  been  condemned   in 

1  '  "  great  Sums,  to  the  great  impoverishing  and  undoing 

XcHw.  82b.  '-'  of  them:"  '  (5)  It  is  ordained  and  ftablifhed,  That 
'■  the  Juftices  in  the  King's  Courts,  and  other  Judges, 
v  before  whom  fuch  Suits  and  Actions  in  all  fuch  Cafes 
■  in  Cities  and  Boroughs  fhall  be  fued  and  taken,  fhall 

*  have  Power  to  examine  the  Attorneys,  and  others 

*  whom  pleafe  them,  and  thereupon  to  receive  theDe- 
'  fcndants  to  their  Law,  or  to  try  the  fame  by  Inqueft, 

*  after    the  Difcretion    of    the   Juftices  and  Judges 

*  aforefaid,'  i  I 


ITEM  pur  efchuer  diverfes  mefchiefs  queux 
ount  eftez  &  font  de  jour  en  autre  fibien  deinz 
la  Citee  de  Londres  come  deinz  autres  Citees  & 
aillours  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  de  ceo  qe 
diverfes  feyntes  fuy  tes  de  dette  ount  efte  prifes  fibien 
par  gentz  des  ditz  citees  come  de  aillours  devers 
plufours  gentz  furmettantz  a  eux  par  lour  fuite 
qils  duiffent  avoir  accomptez  devaunt  auditours 
affignez  de  diverfes  refceites  duetees  &  contradlz 
parentre  eux  eues  &  qils  feurent  trovez  en  arrerages 
fur  mefme  lacompt  en  diverfes  grandes  fommes 
furmettantz  par  mefmes  les  fuites  afcun  foitz  lour 
apprentices  &  aucun  foitz  autres  de  lour  fervantz- 
eftre  les  auditours  la  ou  il  navoit  unqes  aucun 
refceit  ne  duetee  parentre  tielx  parties  &  la  ou 
les  ditz  apprentices  ne*  fervantz  riens  ne  favoient 
de  tiel  accompt  al  entent  par  faire  eux  devers 
queux  tielx  fuites  furont  prifes  de  eux  mettre  ea 
enquefte  en  mefmes  les  fuytes  &  de  eux  ouftier  de 
la  gagier  de  lour  ley  en  tiel  cas  par  ont  pleufeurs 
par  tieux  favourables  enquefr.es  fur  ceo  prifes  de  les 
veifyns  de  ceux  qi  ount  prifes  tielx  fuites  ount  efte 
condempnez  en  plufours  graundes  fommes  en. 
grauntarrerifTement  Sz  deftruction  de  eux  ordeignez 
eft  &  eftabliz  qe  les  Juftices  en  les  courtes  du  Roy 
&  autres  Juges  devant  queux  tielx  fuites  &  actions 
ferront  en  toutz  tieux  cafes  en  citees  &  burghs  & 
prifes  &  fuiz  eient  poair  dexaminer  les  attournees. 
&  autres  queux  lour  femblera  et  fur  ceo  de  receiver 
les  defendantz  a  lour  loie  ou  de  le  trier  par  enquefte 
felonc  les  difcretions  des  Juftices  &  Juges  avaunt-. 
ditz, 


CAP.. 


A.  D.  1405. 


Anno -quinto  H e nrici  IV.  \ 


C.  9- 


■ir. 


459 


C  ,A   P.  -IX,     -  ..  -.  ...      „ 
Merchants  Aliens  fhall  imploy  their  Monies  upon  the  Commodities  of  this  Realm, 
Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 


ITEM  pur  meultz  garder  or  &  argent  deinz  le 
Roialme  dEngleterre  &  pur  lencrece  de  les  com- 
moditees  du  dit  Roialme  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz 
qe  les  eftatutz  ent  faitz  au  darrein  parlement  foient' 
tenuz  &  gardez  &  mys  en  due  execution  ajouftant 
a  ycelles  qe  les  cuftumers  &  countrerollours  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  es  toutz  les  portz  dEngleterre  preig- 
nent  fufficiente  feurte  pur  toutz.  maners  de  mer- 
chandifes  amefnez  par  les  marchantz  aliens  & 
eftranges  venantz  &  repairantz  es  ditz  portz  au 
fyn  qe  la  monoie  prife  pur  les  ditz  merchandifes 
ferra  emploiez  fur  les  commoditees  du  Roialme 
fauvant  lour  cuftages  raifonables  come  en  le  dit 
eftatut  eft  contenuz  plus  au  plein.  'Et  outre  ceo 
ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  les  ditz  marcharitz  aliens 
&  eftraunges  vendent  lour  ditz  merchandifes"  enfy 
apportez  deinz  le  dit  Roialme  deinz  uri  quartere 
dun  an  prochein  apres  leur  venue  en  ycell  et  auxi 
qe  la  monoie  qe  ferra  deliverez  par  efchaunge  en 
Engleterre  foit  emploiez  fur  commoditees  de  mefme 
le  Roialme  deinz  icell  Roialme  fur  peyne  de  forfei- 
ture dicelle  monoie.  Et  qe  null  marchant  alien 
neftrange  vende  null  manere  de  merchandifes  a 
autre  marchant  alien  ou  eftrange  fur  peyne  de  for- 
feiture de  mefme  la  marchandife.  Et  auxi  ordeig- 
nez eft  &  eftabliz  qen  chefcun  citee  ville  &  port 
du  meer  dEngleterre  ou  les  ditz  marchantz  aliens 
'&  eftranges  font  ou  ferront  repairantz  foient  affig- 
nez  a  mefmes  les  marchantz  fufficiantz  hoftes  par 
le  maires  vifcontz  ou  baillifs  de  ditz  citees  villes 
&  portz  du  meer  et  qe  les  ditz  marchantz  aliens  & 
eftranges  ne  foient  demurrants  en  autre  lieu  finon 
©vefqe  les  ditz  hoftes  enfy  a  affigners  et  qe  mefmes 
les  hoftes  enfi  aiTigners  preignent  pur  lour  travaill 
en  manere  come  feuft  accuftumez  en  auncien 
temps. 


ITEM,    For   the  better  keeping  of  Gold   and  ^  Part  repealed 
Silver  within  the  Realm  of  England,  and  for  the1^6  H'  *•  c'  4- 
'  Increafe  of  the  Commodities,  of  the   faid  Realm, "J,,^4,^'  '|" 
(2)  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  the  Statutes h.  6.  c.  3.~    - 
thereof  made  at  the  laft  Parliament,  fhall  be  conti- %«!'#«/ ty  4  E. 
nued   and  kept,    and   put  in  due   Execution;    (3)*"  c' 6' 
joyned  to  the  fame,  Thatdie  Cuftomers  and  Con-  f'^iJ^f^ 
trailers  of  our  Lord  the  King,  in  all  the  Ports  of  3  h.  7.  e.g. 
England,  ftiall  take- fufficient  Sureties  for  all  MannerwfcA  hjl  men- 
iof  Merchandifes  brought  by  the  Merchants  Aliens"'""^ Statutes 
and   Strangers,    coming    and   repairing,  to   the   ^"^r^T'^Ed 
Ports,  to  the  Intent  that  the  Money  taken  for  the|°fi'g7  sl 
faid  Merchandife  fhall  be  imployed  upon  the  Com- 
modities of  .the  Realm,  faving  their  reafonable  Cofts, 
as  in  the  fame  Statute  more  fully  is  contained.     (4)  Within  what 
And  moreover  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,.  that  the  aI™*^^",'8 
faid  Merchants  Aliens  and  Strangers  fhall  fell  their  their  MeAhan- 
faid  Merchandifes  fo' brought  within  the  faid  Realm, dife. 
within  a  Quarter  of  a  Year  next  after  their  coming 
into  the  fame  ;  and  alfo  that  the  Money,  which  fhall 
be  delivered  by  Exchange  in  England,  be  imployed 
upon  the  Commodities  of  the  Realm,  within   the 
fame  Realm,  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  the  fame 
Money.      (5)    And  that    no  Merchant   Alien   nor  One  Alien  (hall 
Stranger  fell  any  Manner   of  Merchandife  to  anvfellnoMerchan- 


any 
Pain  of 


dife  to  another 


other  Merchant  Alien  or  Stranger,   upon   1  am  ui  A]ie 
Forfeiture  of  the  fame  Merchandife.'-  (6)   And  alfo~,g  h.  6.  c.  4. 
it  is  1  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  in  every  City,  Hofts  ftall  be 
Town,  and  Port  of  the  Sea  in  England,  where  the  appointed  to 
faid  Merchants  Aliens   or  Strangers  be,  or  fhall  be"e£nhsants 
repairing,    fufficient  Hofts  fhall'  be  affigned   to   the 
fame  Merchants,  by  the  Mayor,  Sheriffs,  or  Bailiffs 
of  the  faid  Cities,  Towns,  and  Ports  of  the  Sea; 

i"])  and  that  the  faid  Merchants  Aliens  and  Strangers 
lall  dwell  in  no  other  Place,,  but  with  their  faid 
Hofts  fo  to  be  affigned  ;  and  that  the  fame  Hofts,  fo 
to  be  affigned,  fhall  take  for  their  Travel  in  the4H.  5.  c.  5. 
Manner  as  was  accuftomed  in  old  Time.'  4  Ed-  4,  <:•  6. 


C    A    P.     X. 


Juftices  of  Peace  fhall  imprifo 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  diverfes  coneftables  des 
chaftelx  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngletere  font  af- 
fignez  par  commiffions  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
juftices  de  la  pees  h  par  colour  des  ditz  com- 
miffions preignent  gentz  as  queux  ils  font  malve- 
uilantz  &  les  emprifonont  deinz  res  ditz  chaftelx 
tanqils  eient  fait  fyn  &c  raunceon  ove  les  ditz  cone- 
ftables pur  lour  deliverance  avoir  ordeignez  eft  & 
•eftabliz  qe  nully  foit  emprifonez  par  afcuns  juftices 
de  la  pees  finon  en  commune  gaole  favant  as  Seig- 
nurs  &  autres  qont  gaoles  lour  franchifes  en  ce 
cas. 

C   A 

The  Fermors  of  Aliens  fhall  pay  their 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  les  fermours 
&  occupiours  quielconqes  des  manoirs  terres 
ienementz  h  autres  poffeffions  des  aliens  paient 
&  foient  tenuz  de  paier  toutz  maners  des  difmes 
jent  dues  .  as  parfons  .&  vicairs  de  feinte  efglife  es 


n  none  but  in  the  common  Gaol. 

"  TTEM,  Becaufe  that  divers  Conftables  of  Caftlesg  Co.  it9. 

"  X  within  the  Realm  of  England  be  affigned  to  be Cr0' E1- 829> 

"  Juftices  of  Peace  by  Commiffion  of  our  Lord,  the 

"  King,  and  by  Colour  of  the  faid  Commiffions  they 

"  take  People,   to  whom  they  bear  Evil  Will,    and 

"  imprifon  them  within  the  faid  Caftles,  till  they  have 

"  made  Fine  and  Ranfom  with  the  faid  Conftables  for 

"  their  Deliverance;"  '  (2)  it  is  ordained  and  eftaT 

'  blifhed,  That  none  be  imprifoned  by  any  Juftice  of 

'  the  Peace,  but  only  in  the  common  Gaol ;  faving  to 

'  Lords  and  other  (which  have  Gaols)  their  Franchife 

'  in  this  Cafe.' 


P.      XL 

Tithes  to  the  Parfon  of  the  fame  Parifhes. 

s  TTEM,  It  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  the 
'  -"-  Fermors,  and  all  Manner  of  Occupiers  of  the 
*  Manors,  Lands,  Tenements,  and  other  Poffeiions  of 
Aliens,  fhall  pay  and  be  bound  to  pay,  all  Manner 
4  of  Difmes  thereof  due  to  Parfons  and  Vicars  of  holy 
Nnn  2  .■     ,.       :    ■    ■  •  '  .«  Church', 


46©       C.  12—14. 


Anno  quinto  Henrici  IV.  A.  D. 


Regift.  179  b. 


Enforced  by  %  H. 
5.  c.  3.  *with  ad- 
ditional Penalty, 


Church,  in  whofe  Parifhes  the  fame  Manors,  Lands, 
Tenements,  and  Poffeffions  be  fo  affeffeii  and  due, 
as  the  Law  of  holy  Church  requireth,  notwithftand- 
ing  that  the  faid  Manors,  Lands,  Tenements;,  or 
other  Poffeffions  fee  feized  into  the  King's  Hands,  or 
notwithstanding  any  Prohibition  made  or  to  be  made 
to  the  contrary.' 


I4O3. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
quelx  paroches  mefmes  les  manoirs  terres  tene- 
mentz  ou  poffeffions  font  iffint  affiz  &  dues  come 
la  loye  de  feinte  efglife  demande  nient  contrefteant 
qe  les  ditz  manoirs  terres  tenement  ou  autres  pof- 
feffions font  feifiz  es  mayns  noftre  dit  Seignur  le 
Roy  &  non  obftante  aucune  prohibition  faite  ou 
affaire  a  coritraire. 


CAP.     XII. 

Execution  may  be  awarded  upon  a  Statute  once  fhewed  in  Court. 


TTEM,  It  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  when 
any  Statute  Merchant  is  certified  into  the  Chan- 
cery, and  thereupon  a  Writ  awarded  to  the  Sheriff, 
and  returned  into  the  Common  Place,,  and  the  Sta- 
tute there  once  fhewed,  that  howfoever  the  Procefs 
after  the  fame  fhewing  be  discontinued,  that  at  what 
Time  the  Party  fueth  to  have  the  Procefs  reeon- 
tinued,  and  to  have  Execution  of  the  Statute  Mer- 
chant aforefaid ;  that  the  Juftices  of  the  Bench, 
wiiere  the  Statute  was  once  (hewed,  may  upon  the 
fame  Record  make  and  award  full  Execution  of  the 
Statute  Merchant  aforefaid,  without  having  the  Sight 
or  fhewing  thereof  another  Time  after ;  (2)  and 
that  this  Statute  hold  Place  of  all  Statutes  Merchant, 
not  fully  executed  at  this  Time.' 


ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  qaunt  afcun 
eftatut  marchant  foit  certifie  en  la  Chauncellarie 
&  fur  ceo  brief  agarde  al  vifcont  &  retourne  en  le 
commune  bank  &  leftatut  illoeqes  un  foitz  monftre 
qe  eombien  qe  le  proceffe  apres  celle  demonftrance 
foit  difcontinue  qa  quele  heure  qe  la  partie  fue  de 
recontinuer  le  procefie  &  davoir  execution  del  efta- 
tut marchant  qe  les  Juftices  del  bank  en  quel  lefta- 
tut feuft  un  foitz  monftrez  puiffent  fur  c;Ile  record 
faire  &  agarder  plein  execution  del  eftatut  marchant 
avauntdit  fanz  avoir  de  ceo  autrefoitz  vieu  ou  de- 
monftrance enapres  et  qe  ceft  eftatut  tiegne  lieu  de 
toutz  eftatutz  marchantz  a  ceft  foitz  nient  pleine- 
ment  executz. 


CAP.      XIII. 


What  Things  may  be  gilded  arid  laid  on 

ITEM,    Whereas  many  fraudulent  Artificers, 
imagining  to  deceive  the   common  People,  do 
daily  make  Locks,    Rings,    Beads,    Candlefticks, 
Harnefs  for  Girdles,  Hilts,  Chalices,  and  Sword- 
pomels,  Powder-boxes,  and  Covers  for  Cups,  of 
Copper  and  of  Latten,  ani  the  fame  overgilt  and 
filver  like  to  Gold  or  Silver,  and  the  fame  fell  and 
put  in  Gage  to  marry  Men,  riot  having  full  Know- 
ledge thereof,  for  whole  Gold  and  whole  Silver,  to 
the- great  Deceit,  Lofs,  and  Hiftderance  of  the  com- 
mon People,  and  the  Wafting  of  Gold  arid  Silver;" 
(2)  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  no  Artificer, 
nor  other  Man  whatfoever  he  be,  from  henceforth 
fhall  gilt  nor  fiver  any  fueh  Locks,  Rings,  Beads, 
Candlefticks,  Harnefs  for  Girdles,  Chalices,  Hilts, 
nor  Porhels  of  Swords,  PoWder-boxes*  nor  Covers 
for  Cups,  made  of  Copper  or  Latten,  upon  Pain  to 
forfeit  to  the  KingCs.  at  every  Time  that  he  fhall 
be  found  guilty,    and  to  make  Satisfaction  to  the 
Party  grieved  for  his  Damages ;  (3)  but  that  (Chalices 
always  excepted)   the  faid  Artificers  may  work,  or 
caufe  to  be  wrought,  Ornaments  for  the  Church  of 
Copper  and  Latfert,  and  the  fame  gilt  or  filver,  fo 
that  always  in  the  Foot,  or  in  fome  other  Part  of 
every  fuch  Ornament  fo  to  be  made,  the  Copper  and 
the  Latten  fhall  be  plain,  to  the  Intent  that  a  Man 
may  fee  whereof  the  Thing  is  made,  for  to  efchew 
the  Deceit  aforefaid.' 


with  Silver  or  Gold,  and  what  not. 

ITEM  por  ce  qe  pleufeurs  defloialx  artificers, 
ymaginantz  a  deceiver  le  commune  poepk  font 
de  jour  en  autre  firmalx  anelx  bedes  ehandelers 
gipferrynges  chalices  hikes  &  pomekx  defpeies  pou- 
der-boxes  lienes  &  burfels  pur  hanapes  de  cupre  St 
de  laton  &  les  fuiforront  &  fuifargentent  femblables 
a  or  &  argent  &  les  vendent  &  mettent  a  gage  as 
plufours  hommes  nient  eiantz  pleine  coniffance  de 
ce  pur  or  entier  &  argent  entier  a  grant  deceit 
perde  &  arreriffement  de  commune  poeple  &  ani- 
entiffement  &  deftru<Sion  dor  &  dargent  ordeignez 
eft  &  eftabliz  qe  nul  artificer  nautre  homme 
qeconqe  defore  enavant  fuiforre  ne  fuifargente 
nulles  tielx  firmalx  anelx  bedes  ehandelers  gipfer- 
rynges chalices  hikes  ne  pomelx  des  efpeies  pouder- 
boxes  lienes  ne  burfels  pur  hanapes  faitz  de  cupre 
ou  de  laton  fur  peine  de  forfaire  au  RoyCs.  a 
chefcun  foitz  qil  ferra  trovez  coupable  &  de  faire 
gree  a  partie  pur  fes  damages  Mais  qe  chalices 
touteditz  exceptz  les  ditz  artificers  purBont  faire  & 
overer  ornamentz  de  Seinte  efglife  de  cupre  &  de 
laton  &  les  fuiforrer  &  fuifargenter  parainfi  toutes- 
foitz  qen  la  pie  ou  en  autre  partie  de  chefcun  orna- 
ment enfi  affaire  foit  la  cupre  ou  laton  plain  a  fyn 
qe  homme  purra  veier  dont  la  chofe  eft  faite  pur 
efchuir  la  deceit  avauntdite. 


CAP.     XIV. 
Inrolling  of  Writs  in  the  common  Place  whereupon  Fines  be  levied 

TTEMporce 


«tTE  M,  Whereas  many  Feet  of  Fines  of  Lands 
'*  1  and  Tenements  within  the  Realm  of  England 
**  remaining  in  the  King's  Treafury,  and  the  Notes  of 
'*  fuch  Fines  remaining  in  the  common  Bench,  have 


qe  plufeurs  pies  des  fins  des  terres 
J.  &  tenementz  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  de- 
rhurrantz  en  le  trefore  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  les 
notes  de  tielx  fyns  demurantz  en  le  commune  Bank 

aient 

3 


A*  D.  1403.  Antio  quinto 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
aient  efte  devant  ces  heures  enbefilez  &  autres  pies 
&  notes  de  fyns  fauxefrient  contreovez'  &  mys  en 
lour  lieux  par  deceit  &  commettement  daucuns  par 
ont  pleufours  des  gentz  de  Roialme  ont  efte  gran- 
dement  endamages  avant  ces  heures  &  purront 
eftre  difheritez  eh  temps  advenir  ordeignez  eft  & 
eftablez  qe  toutz  les  briefs  de  covenant  &  toutz 
autres  briefs  fur  queux  fyns  ferront  levez  en  temps 
avenir  ovefqe  les  briefs  de  dedimus  poteftatem  fi 
aucuns  y  foient  oVe'  toutz  les  cOftiifances  &  notes 
dicelles  avarit  ce  qils  foient  treihez  hors  de  com- 
mune banfc  par  le  ejrograffer  foient  enrollez  en  un 
rolle  deftre  de  recorde  pur  toutz  jours  a  demurrer 
firi  la  faufe  garde  du  chief  clerk  du  commune  Bank 
&  de  fez  iucceffburs  foubz  launcieh  fee  de  vingt 
&  deux  deniers  accuftume  a.  paiers  au  chief  elerk 
piir  lentree  daccorde  de  ehefcun  fyn  fanz  plus 
outre  paier  au  fyn  qe  fi  les  notes  en  la  garde  de  ci- 
rdgfaffer  ou  les  fyns  foient  embefilez  qe  lem  avera 
recours  au  dit  rolle  pur  ent  avoir  execution  come 
il  averdit  fi  les  fynes  ne  feuflent  point  embefilez  et 
qe  toutz  les  briefs  de  covenants  &  toutz  autres 
briefs  fur  queux  fyns  ont  efte  levez  du  temps  paflfe 
foient  auxi  de  record  et  enoutrei  de  toiitz  les  fyns 
que'ux  font  ore  tarde  embefilez  en  le  treforie  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  par  gentz  difeonuz  qe  les  notes  & 
briefs  de  covenantz  des  ditz  fyns  embefilez  demu- 
rantz  en  le  garde  de  cirograffer  fi  purront  eftre 
trovez  qe  a  la  partie  monftrant  partie  des  ditz  fyns 
embefilez  tielx  notes  &  briefs  de  covenant  demo- 
ergent  de  recorde  fi  avant  come  mefmes  ceux  fyns 
euffent  efte  fi  nul  embifilenaent  diceux  neuft  efte 
faite. 


Henrici  IV. 


C.  15. 


461 


been  before  this  Time  imbefilled,  and  other  Feet 
and  Notes  of  Fines  falfly  counterfeit  and  fet  in  their 
Places,  by  Deceit  and  F alfhood  of  fome,  whereby 
many  People  of  the  Realm  have  been  greatly  enda- 
maged before  this  Time,  and  may  be  dilherited  in 
the  Time  to  come  ;"  '  (2)  it  is  ordained  and  efta- 
blifhed,  That  all  the  Writs  of  Covenant,  and  all 
other  Writs  whereupon  Fines  (hall  be  levied  in  Time 
to  come,  with  the  Writs  of  Dedimus  potejiatem,  if  5  Co.  39. 
any  be,  with  all  Knowledges  and  Notes  of  the  fame,  - 
before  that  they  be  drawn  out  of  the  common  Bench 
by  the  Cyrographer,  fhall  be  inrolled  in  a  Roll,  to 
be  of  Record  for  ever,  to  remain  in  the  fafe  Cuftody 
of  the  chief  Clerk  of  the  common  Bench,  and  of  his 
Succeflbrs,  for  the  old  Fee  of  xxii  Pence,  accuftomed- 
to  be  paid  to  the  chief  Clerk,  for  the  entering  of  the 
Concord  of  every  Fine,  without  paying  any  more  ; 
(3)  to  the  Intent  that  if  the  Notes  in  the  Cuftody  of 
the  Cyrographer,  or  the  Fines,  be  imbefilled,  a  Man 
may  have  Recourfe  to  the  faid  Roll  to  have  Execu- 
tion thereof,  as  he  fhould  have  if  the  Fines  were  not 
imbefilled  ;  (4)  and  that  all  the  Writs  of  Covenant^ 
aftd  all  other  Writs,  whereupon  Fines  haie  been 
levied  in  Times  paft,  fhall  be  alfo  of  Record.  (5) 
And  moreover,  all  the  Fines  that  were  now  late 
imbefilled  in  the  Treafury  of  our  Lord  the  King  by, 
Perfons  unknown,  if  the  Notes  and  the  fame  Writs 
of  Covenant  of  fuch  Fines  imbefilled  remaining  in 
the  Cuftody  of  the  Cyrographer  may  be  found,  that 
then  to  the  Party  fhewing  Part  of  the  Fines  imbe- 
filled, fuch  Notes  and  Writs  of  Covenant  fhall  re- 
main of  Record  as  far  forth  as  the  fame  Fines  fhou'd: 
have  been,  if  no  imbefilling  thereof  had. been  made." 


CAP.     XV. 

The  King's  Pardon  of  the  Suit  of  his  Peace,  Treafons,  Rebellious  Trefpaffes,  &V.  with  feme 

Exceptions. 

ITEM  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  de  fa  grace,  efpeciale  par  affent  de  toutz  les  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx-E  X  P, 
&  a  la  requeft  des  communes  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  efteantz  ad  pardonez  a  toutz  fez  lieges  .&  fubgies 
defon  Roialme  dEngleterre  &  du  paiis  de  Gales  hi  de  les  marches  dEfcoce  la  feute  de  fa  pees  qe  a  luy  envers 
eux  &  ehefcun  de  eux  appertient  &  pur  toutz  maners  detrefons  infurrections  rebellions  meforifions  felonies 
&  trefpaffes  faitz  ou  perpetrez  devartt  le  xiiij.  jour  de  Januar'  qe  feuft  le  primer  jour  de  ceft  prefent  parle- 
ment forfpris  ceux  qe  font  en  prifone  ou  en  garde  pur  caufe  de  trefon  &  forfpris  murdres  &  rapes  des 
femmes  controvours  de  feal  du  Roy  fefours  de  fauxe  monoie  &  felons  qi  font  corporelement  detenuz  en 
prifon  ou  leffez  a  mainprife  ou  en  bailie  &  auxint  les  utlagaries  fi  nulles  en  eux.  ou  aucun  de  eux  foient- 
pronunciez  pur  celles  enchaifons.     Et  auxi  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  ad  pardonez  a  toutz  fes  lieges  &  fub- 
gies du  Roialme  paiis  &  marches  fuifditz  &  a  chefcune  de  eux  qi  font  de  prefent  adherentz  a  fez  ene- 
mys  ou  rebelx  qi  veullent  revenir  &  obeier  a  leur  ligeance  deinz  quarant  jours  apres  la  proclamation  de 
ceftes  grace  &  pardon  faitz  la  feute  de  fa  pees  pur  toutz  maners  de  trefons  infurfe&ions  rebellions  felonies, 
trefpaffes  &  mefprifions  faitz  ou  perpetrez  par  eux  ou  afcun  de  eux  avant  lour  rendre  ou  venue  einz  a, 
lour  ligeance  Et  auxint  les  utlagaries  fi  nulles  en  eux  ou  aucun  de  eux  foient  pronunciez  pur  celles  enchai- 
fons.    Parainfi  qe  ceux  du  pans  de  Gales  fe  rendent  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  ou  a  le  Prince  de  Gales 
ou  a  Duk  dEverwyk  ou  a  lour  lieutenantz  ou  deputez  et  qe  ceux  de  les  marches  dEfcoce  fe  rendent  a. 
noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  ou  a  Johan  iitz  du  dit  Roy  Gardeyn  del  Eftmarche  ou  a. Count  de  Weftmerland; 
Gardeyn  del  vVeftmarche  vers  Efcoce  ou  a  leur  lieutenantz  ou  deputez.     Purveuz  toutesfoitz  qe  William 
Serle  Thomas  Warde  de  Trumpyngton  qi  fe  pretende  &  feigne  deftre  Roy  Richard  &  Amye  Donett 
naient  nenjoient  nul  avauntage  par  caufe  de  ceftes  grace  &  pardon  mes  qils  foient  exgreflement  exceptz  hors . 
de  pardon  &  jjrace  avauntditz* 


Statutes 


4-6  2-       C. 


Anno  fexto  Henrici  IV. 


A.  D. 


1404. 


Ce  ZQv 


E  X  P. 


•t  tr,ft.  JI7. 


Statutes  made  at  Coventry,  Anno  6  Hen.  IV.  and  Anno  Dom.  1404. 

CAP.      I. 

The  Penalty  of  thofe  which  pay  to  the  Court  of  Rome  more  for  the  Firft-fruits  of  any 

Bifhoprick,  &c.  than  had  wont  to  be  paid. 

Ex  Rot.  In  Turr.  Lond.  m.  10. 
C'B. /^ijH.S.  |^UR  la  grevoufe  compleint  faite  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  par  fa  commune  en  fon  parlement  tenux  a 
^^  Coventre  le  vjmejour  dOcStobr'  Ian  de  fon  regne  fifme  del  horrible  malveife  &  dampnable  cuftume 
t — M  qeft  entroduce  de  novell  en  la  cour  de  Rome  qe  nulle  perfone  hable  nautre  avera  provifion  daucune 
Ercevefchie  pu  Evefchie  qe  fe  voidera  jufques  a  tant  qe  ele  ait  compofe  ovec  la  chambre  lappoftoil  de  paier 
graundes  &  trop  exceffives  fommes  de  monoie  tant  pur  les  primers  fruitz  de  celle  Ercevefchie  ou  Evefchie 
come  pur  autres  meindres  fervices  en  la  dite  courte  et  qe  mefmes  les  fommes  ou  la  pluis  grande  partie  dicelles 
foient  paiez  devaunt  lamayn  quelles  fommes  paffent  le  treble  ou  le  double  au  meins  de  ce  qe  eftoit  acuftume 
dauncien  temps  deftre  paie  a  la  dite  chambre  &  autrement  a  caufe  de  tielles  provifions  par  ont  grande  partie 
de  trefore  de  Roialme  a  efte  amefnez  &  emportez  a  la  dite  courte  &  ainfi  ferra  en  temps  avenir  en  trefgrande 
empoveriffement  de  les  Ercevefchies  &  Evefchies  deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  &  aillours  deinz  les  Seignories  de 
Roi  par  dehors  fi  fur  ceo  de  covenable  remede  ne  foit  purveu  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  a  lonur  de  Dieu 
fibien  pur  efchuer  le  damage  de  fon  Roialme  come  les  perils  des  almes  de  ceux  qi  deuflent  eftre  avancez  as 
aucuns  Ercevefchies  &  Evefchies  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  &  aillours  deinz  les  Seignories  mefme  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  par  dehors  mefme  le  Roialme  de  ladvis  &  afient  des  grauntz  de  fon  Roialme  en  mefme  le  par- 
lement ad  ordeinez  &  eftabliz  qe  ceux  &  chefcun  de  eux  qi  paient  ou  paie  a  la  dite  chambre  ou  autrement  pur 
tielx  fruitz  &  fervices  greindres  fommes  de  monoie  qe  nont  efte  acuftumez  deftre  paiez  dauncien  temps  paflez 
ils  &:  chefcun  de  eux  encourgent  &  encourge  la  peine  de  forfaiture  de  quant  qils  purront  forfaire  envers 
mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy. 


The  Statute  of  1  H. 


CAP.      II. 
4.  c.  6.  touching  Petitions  to  be  made  to  the  King  for  Lands,   Offices, 
&c.  fhall  not  extend  to  the  Queen  or  Princes. 


ITEM  come  en  le  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  Ian  primere  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy"  qoreft  entre  autre  chofes 
ordeigne  fuift  &  eftabliz  qe  toutz  ceux  qi  deflors  enavaunt  demanderoient  du  Roi  terres  tenementz  rentes 
offices  annuitees  ou  autres  profitz  queconqes  ferroient  expreffe  mention  en  lour  petitions  de  la  value  de  la 
chofe  enfi  a  demander  &  auxi  de  ceo  qils  ount  ewe  de  doun  du  Roi  ou  des  autres  fes  progenitours  ou  pre- 
deceffours  pardevaunt.  Et  en  cas  qils  ne  firent  tiele  mention  en  lour  ditz  petitions  &  ceo  duement  prove  fer- 
roient les  lettres  patentz  de  Roy  ent  faitz  nient  vaillables  ne  de  null  force  neffeclre  mays  de  tout  revokez  re- 
pellez  &  adnullez  pur  toutz  jours  ove  puniffment  de  ceux  qenfi  averoient  fait  tiel  defceit  au  Roy  come  cenx 
qi  ne  ferroient  pas  dignes  denjoier  leffecl  &  benefice  des  lettres  patentes  a  eux  grauntes  celle  partie.  Noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  Roy  de  ladvis  &  affent  fuifdit  ad  ordeignez  &  declarrez  en  mefme  ceft  parlement  qe  la  Roigne, 
ne  les  fitz  du  Roi  ne  nulluy  de  eux  foient  contenuz  en  la  dit  eftatut  ne  reftreintz  par  ycell  a  demander  & 
receiver  de  doun  de  Roy  terres  tenementz  &  autres  poffeffions  quelconqes  eins  qils  &  chefcun  de  eux  eient 
&  enjoient  &c  ait  &  enjoie  tout  ce  qils  ou  aucun  de  eux  ont  ou  ad  de  doun  ou  graunt  du  Roi  au  prefent  & 
qils  demanderont  ou  receiveront  ou  afcun  de  eux  demandera  ou  receivera  de  doun  ou  graunte  de  Roi  en 
ternps  advenir  fanz  ent  eftre  moleftez  ou  grevez  par  vertue  de  leftatut  avaundit. 

C    A    P.      III. 

Commifiions  fhall  be  fent  to  inquire  of  the  Accompt  of  Sheriffs,  Efcheators,  &c. 


'  YTEM,  Whereas  divers  of  the  Sheriffs,  Efchea- 
'  X  tors,  Aulnegers,  Cuftomers,  Comptrollers,  and 
'  other  the  King's   Officers,   accomptable   in  many 
'  Parts  of  the  Realm,  do  defraud  and  deceive  our  faid 
'  Lord  the  King  yearly  in  their  unlawful  and  untrue 
'  Accompt,    concealing  and  receiving  to   their  own 
c  Ufe  the  greater  Part  of  that  which  rightfully  ought 
'  to  pertain  to  the  King,  to  his  great  Damage  and 
*  Lofs  ;"  '  (2)  our  faid  Lord  the  King,    by  the  Ad- 
vice and  Afient  aforefaid,  hath  ordained,  That  pre- 
ftntly  after  every  final  Accompt  given  and  made  by 
the  Officers  and  Cuftomers  aforefaid  before  the  Ba- 
rons of  the  Exchequer  of  our  Lord  the  King,    the 
Tenour  of  the  Accompt  of  every  of  the  faid  Officers 


ITEM  por  ceo  qe  pleufours  des  vifcountz  efche- 
tours  alnyours  cuftumers  countrollers  &  autres 
officers  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  acomptablez  en 
pleufours  parties  del  Roialme  defraudent  &  def- 
ceyvent  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  annuelement 
fur  lour  defloialx  &  nient  verroies  accomptz  con- 
celantz  &  retenantz  a  lours  propres  oeps  la  grein-. 
dre  partie  de  ceo  qe  droiturelment  apertener  de- 
veroit  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  avaundit  a  fon  tref- 
graunt  damage  &  perde  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy 
de  ladvis  &  afient  fuifditz  ad  ordeignez  qe  m™yn- 
tenaunt  apres  chefcun  final  acompt  renduz  &  faitz 
par  les  officers  &  cuftumers  avaunditz  devaunt  les 
Barons   de   lefcheqer    noftre    dit  Seignur  le  Roi 

le 


A.  D.  1404. 


Anno  fexto  Henrici  IV. 


C.  4.       463 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
le  tenure  de  lacompt  de  chefcun  des  ditz 
officers  de  mote  en  mote  foit  envoie  as  countees  en 
les  queux  les  ditz  acomptantz  eftoient  officers  en- 
femblement  ove  commiffions  directz  a  les  plus 
loialx  &  difcretes  perfones  pur  enquerrer  &  cer- 
tifier de  les  profitz  queux  les  acomptantz  avaunt- 
ditz  ount  receuz  deinz  les  countees  fuifditz  en 
noun  &  al  oeps  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  par 
eux  en  manere  avaundit  fur  lour  ditz  acomptz  a 
lours  propres  oeps  &  profet  defceivablement  con- 
celez  &  retenuz.  Et  en  cas  qe  les  ditz  accompt- 
antz  foient  atteintz  de  lour  dit  fraudes  &  defceites 
qils  encourgent  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  la 
peyne  de  la  treble  de  ce  dont  ils  ferront  convictz 
&  lour  perfones  a  prifone  tanqe  ils  aient  fait  fyne 
&  raunceon  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  avaundit  fo- 
lonc  la  difcretion  de  fez  J uges. 


'  from  time  to  time  {hall  be  fent  into  the  Counties 
'  where  the  fame  Accomptants  be  Officers,  together 
'  with  Commiffions  directed  to  the  moft  lawful  and 
'  difcreet  Perfons,  to  inquire  and  certify  the  Profits 
'  which  the  faid  Accomptants  have  received .  within 
'  the  faid  Counties,  in  the  Name  and  to  the  Ufe  of 
'  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  by  them  in  the  Manner 
'  aforefaid  upon  their  faid  Accompts  deceitfully  con- 
'  cealed  and  received  to  their  own  proper  Ufe  and 
'  Profit.  (3)  And  in  cafe  that  the  faid  Accomptants 
'  be  attainted  of  their  faid  Frauds  and  Deceits,  they 
'  fhall  incur  to  our  Lord  the  King  the  Penalty  of  the 
'  Treble  of  the  fame  whereof  they  fhall  be  fo  convict, 
'  and  their  Bodies  to  Prifon,  until  they  have  made  Fine 
'  and  Ranfom  to  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  according  to 
'  the  Difcretion  of  his  Judges,' 


CAP.      IV. 

Aliens  fhall  not  carry  forth  of  the  Realm  Merchandifes  brought  in  by  Aliens, 


ITEM  come  en  le  darrein  parlement  tenuz  a  I 
Weftm'  entre  autres  chofes  ordeignez  efloit  qe  j 
les  merchantz  aliens  &  eftranges  venderoient  lour 
merchandifez  deinz  un  quartre  dun  an  profchein 
apres  lour  venue  en  ycelle  R.oialme  Noftre  Seig- 
nur le  Roi  veiant  la  dite  ordinance  molt  damage- 
oufe  &  mefchevous  fibien  pur  luy  mefmes  &  fon ' 
Roialme  come  pur  les  ditz  merchantz  aliens  &  ef-  j 
ftranges  de  ladvys  &  affent  fuifdites  ad  ordeinez  i 
&  eftabliz  qe  la  dite  ordinance  foit  de  tout  voide  & 
adnullez  pur  toutz  jours  et  qe  mefmes  les  mer-  j 
chantz  aliens  &  eftranges  foient  a  lour  liberale  dif-  I 
pofition  a  vendre  leur  dites  merchandifes  en  manere 
come  ils  feurent  devaunt  la  faifance  du  dite  ordi- 
nance Sauvez  toutesfoitz  les  franchifes  &  libertees 
de  la  Citee  de  Londres.     Et  purveux  auxi  toutes- 
foitz qe  les  ditz    marchantz   aliens    &  eftranges 
namefhent  ne    facent    amefner   aucunement  hors 
du  Roblme  aucunes  merchandifes  amefnez  deinz 
mefme  le  Roialme  par  les  merchantz  aliens  &  ef- 
tranges avauntditz. 


ITEM,  Whereas  in  the  Parliament  holden  at  A  Repea!  of  Co 
_  Wefimiqftfr,  amongft  other  Things  it  was  01-™^° f  ^ Stl" 
dained,  That  the  Merchants  Aliens  and  Strangers c"  Q.°as5dotii4' 
fhould  fell  their  Merchandifes  within  a  Quarter  of  a  aifign  Merchants 
Year  next  after  the  coming  thereof  into  the  Realm;"  Aliens  to  fell 
(2)  our  Lord  the  King  feeing    the  faid  Ordinance their  Merchan~ 
hurtful  and  prejudicial,  as  well  for  himfelf  and  his ^tTerof^' 
Realm,  as  for  the  faid  Merchants  Aliens  and  Stran-  Year> 
gers,  by  the  Advice  and  Affent  aforefaid,    hath  or- 
dained and  ftablifhed,  That  the  faid  Ordinance  be 
utterly  void  and  adnulled  for  ever  ;   (3)  and  that  the 
fame  Merchants  Aliens   and   Strangers  be  at  their 
free  Difpofition,  to  fell  their  Merchandifes  in   the 
Manner  as  they  did  before  the  making  of  the  faid 
Ordinance ;    (4)  faving  always  the  Franchifes  and. 
Liberties  of  the  City  of  London.     (5)   And  further 
provided  always,    That  the  faid  Merchants  Aliens 
and  Strangers  fhall  not  carry  or  caufe  to  be  carried 
out  of  the  Realm,  any  Merchandifes  brought  within 
the  Realm  by  the  Merchants  Aliens  and  Strangers 
aforefaid.' 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  7  He  n.  IV.  and Anno  Dom,  1405=. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  12. 

NO  S T R E  Seignur  le  Roi  a  fon  parlement 
tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  primere  jour  de  Marce 
Ian  de  fon  regne  vijme  de  ladvis  &  affent 
des  Seigmrs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a  la  requeft 
des  communes  en  mefme  le  parlement  ad  ordeignez 
&  eftabliz  diverfes  ordinances  &  eftatutz  en  la 
forme  qenfeute., 


OUR  Lord  the  King-,  at  his  Parliament  holden. 
at  Weftminfter  the  Firft  Day  of  March,  the 
Seventh  Year  of  his  Reign,  by  the  Advice 
and  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal, 
and  at  the  Requeft  of  the  Commons  in  the  fame 
Parliament,  hath  ordained'  and  eftablifhed  divers 
Ordinances  and  Statutes  in  the  Form  as  followeth." 


€.A  P.     S, 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church,  and  of  all  Cities  and  Perfons,  &t,   and  of  all 
■  Statutes  not  repealed.     Peace  fhall  be  kept,  &c. 


JRimerement  qe  feint  efglife  eit  toutz  fez  li- 
bertees &  fraunchifes  et  qe  toutz  les  Seignurs 


'  T?1RST,  That  holy  Church  have  all  Her  Liberties 
'  JP    and  Franchifes  ;    (2)    and   that   all   the  Lords 


JL     Dertees  M  irauncnues  et  qe  toutz  les  oeignurs        jl"    and  franchues  ;    (2;    ana   tnat   an   tne  .Lords 
efpirituelx  &  temporelx,  &  touts  les  citees  burghs 1 '  Spiritual  and  Temporal,,  and  all  the  Cities,   Bo- 


rousrh? 


> 


464  C.  2,  3. 


Anno  feptimo  H  e  n  r  i  c  i  IV. 


1  H.  4. 
zH.A. 


roughs,  and  Towns  franchifed,  have  and  enjoy  all 
their  Liberties  and  Franchifes,  which  they  have  of 
the  Grant  of  the  King's  Progenitors,  and  of  the 
Confirmation  and  Grantof  our  Lord  the  King  that 
now  is.  (3)  And  that  the  Great  Charter,  and  the 
Charter  pr  the  Foreft,  and'  all  the  Ordinances  and 
Statutes  made  in  the  Time  of  our  Lord  the  King> 
and  in  the  Time  of  his.  Progenitors,  not  repealed,  be 
firmly  holden  and  kept,  and  duly  executed  in  all 
Points.  (4)  And  that  the  Peace  within  the  Realm 
be  holden  and  kept,  fo  that  all  the  King's  liege  Peo- 
ple and  .Subjects  may  from  henceforth  fafely  am' 
peaceably  so,  tome,  and  abide,  according  to  the 
Laws  and  Ufage-;  of  the  fame  Realm.  (5)  And  that 
good  Juftice  and  even  Right  be  done  to  every  Per- 
fon  ;  faving  to  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King  his  Re- 
gally and  Prerogative.' 


A.  D.  1405, 

Ex  Rott.  in  Turr.  Lpnd. 
&  villes  enfraunchifes  aient  &  enjoient  toutz  les 
libertees  &  fraunchifes  queux  ils  ont  du  graunte 
des  progenitours  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  &  de  la 
confirmation  &  du  graunte  mefme  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roy.  Et  qe  la  Grande  Chartre  &  la  chartre  de 
la  Foreft  &  touz  les  ordinances  &  eftatutz  faitz  en. 
cemps  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  &  en  temps  de 
fes  dit,-  progenitours  nient  repellez  foient  ferme- 
nent  tenuz  gardez  &  duement  executz  en  toutz 
pointz.  Et  qe  la  paix  deinz  le  Roialme  foit  tcnuz 
&  gardez  iffmt  qe  toutz  fes  loialx  lieges  &  fubgitz 
mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  purront  defore  fauve- 
ment  &  paifiblement  aler  venir  &  demurrer  folonc 
les  loyes  h  ufages  de  mefme  le  Roialme.  Et  qe 
bone  juftice  &  ovel  droit  foit  fait  a  chefcuny  fau- 
vaunt  a  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  fes  regalie  & 
prerogative. 


CAP.     II. 

The  Realms  of  England  and  France  intailed  to  the  King  and  his  four  Sons  by  Name. 

ITEM  de  la  requeft  &  de  laflent  des  ditz  Seignurs  and  communes  en  dit  parlement  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz 
qe  lenheritement  de  la  corone  &  de  les  Roialmes  dEngleterre  &  de  Fraunce  &  de  toutz  les  autres  Seig- 
nuries noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  pardelea  la  meer  ovefqe  toutz  les  appurtenances  foit  mys  &  demoerge  en  la 
perfone  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  &  en  les  heirs  de  fon  corps  iflantz  &  en  efpecial  a  la  requeft  &  de 
laffent  fuifditz  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabhz  prononciez  defcernez  &  declarrez  qe  monfieur  le  Prince  Henry 
eifne  fitz  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  foit  heir  apparent  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  pur  luy  fucceder  en  les  f  if- 
ditz  -corone  Roialmes  &  Seignuries  pur  les  avoir  ove  toutz  les  appurtenances  apres  Je  de*es  dicell  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  a  luy  fo  a  fes  heirs  de  fon  corps  iflantz.  Et  fil  devie  fanz  heir  de  fon  corps  iftant  qadonqes 
toutez  les  fuifdites  corone  Roialmes  fo  Seignuries  ove  toutz  les  appurtenances  remaignant  a  mon  Seignur 
Thomas  fecunde  fitz  noftre  <lit  Seignur  le  Roy  &  a  les  heirs  de  fon  corps  iflantz.  Et  fil  devie  fanz 
iffue  de  fon  corps  iflant  qadonqes  toutz  les  fuifditz  corone  Roialmes  fo  Seignuries  ove  toutz  les  appurte- 
nances remaignent  a  mon  Seignur  John  tierce  fitz  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  &  a  fes  heirs  de  fon  corps 
iffantz.  Et  fil  devie  fanz  heir  de  fon  corps  iflant  qadonqes  toutz  les  fuifdit  corone  Roialmes  &  Seignuries 
ove  toutz  les  appurenances  remaignent  a  mon  fieur  Umfrey  quart  fitz  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  &  a  fes 
heirs  de  Ion  corps  iflantz. 

C   A    P.     III. 

The  Rolls  of  Eftreats  (hall  be  made  certain. 


"  TTEM,  Whereas  divers  People  of  the  Realm  do' 
"  J.  lofe  Iflues,  Fines,  and  Amerciaments  in  the 
"  Court  of  our  Lord  the  King,  at  the  Suit  of  any 
"  Party,  and  alfo  Iflues  and  Amerciaments  in  Inquefts 
"  and  Juries,  wherein  they  be  impanelled  betwixt 
"  Party  and  Party  in  the  faid  Court ;  whereupon  the 
"  Bailiffs  of  Sheriffs  and  their  Receivers,  and  the 
"  Bailiffs  of  Franchifes  and  their  Receivers,  which 
"  gather  the  green  Wax,  do  levy  the  fame  Iflues, 
"  Fines,  and  Amerciaments  by  Eftreats  fent  to  .them, 
"  and  delivered  out  of  the  Place  where  they  were  for- 
"  feit,  by  obfeure  and  ambiguous  Words,  containing 
"  the  Sum  fo  loft,  not  making  mention  by  exprefs 
"  Words  of  the  Caufe  of  the  Lofs,  nor  the  Day  of 
"  the  Term,  nor  betwixt  what  Parties,  nor  the  Na- 
"  ture  of  the  Writ  in  which  the  fame  Iflues,  Fines, 
"  and  Amerciaments  were  loft,  (z)  fo  that  the  faid 
"  Officers  do  leyy  the  Sum  two  or  three  Times^,  and 
"  fometime  the  double  Sum  contained  in  their  Ef- 
"  tre.ts,  to  the  great  Grief  and  Impoverishing  of  all 
"  the  People  ;"  '  (3)  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  thah 
*  the  Juftices  and  Judges,  before  whom  fuch  Iflues  or 
'  Amerciaments  be  or  fhall  be  forfeit,  in  time  to  come 
1  fhall  charge  the  Clerks  of  the  Eftreats  in  the  Places 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  plufours  gentz  de  Roialme  per- 
dpnt  iflues  fines  &  amerciamentz  en  la  court 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  a  la  fuyt;  dafcune  partie  et 
auxi  iflues  &  amerciamentz  en  enqueftes  &  jures 
es  queux  ils  font  enpanelles  parentre  .partie  &  partie 
en  la  court  avauntdite  Sur  qoy  les  baillifs  des  vifij 
countz  &  lours  refceivours  &  baillifs  des  fran- 
chifes &"  lours  refceivours  qui  coillent  la  verte  cere 
levont  les  iflues  fines  §J  amerciamentz  avaunditz 
par  eftretes  a  eux  maundes  Si  liyerez  h°rs  de  la 
place  ou  ils  furent  forfaitz  par  pbfeures  &  dotifs 
parols  contenantz  la  fpmeimnt  perdue  nient  fe- 
fantz  mention  par  expreffe  parol  de  caufe  de  la 
perde  rie  del  jour  del  terme  rtentre  quelx  parties 
ne  la  nature  del  brief  es  queux  ycelles  iflues  fyries 
&  amerciamentz  furent  perduz  iffint  qe  les  mi- 
niftres  avauntditz  levont  la  fome  deux  foiiz  ou 
trois  foitz  &  aucune  foitz  la  double  fomme  conte- 
r.ue  en  leurs  eftretes  a  grand  grcvance  &  empove- 
riffernent  de  tout  le  poeple  Ordeignez  eft  &  efta- 
bliz qe  les  Juftices  &  Jugges  devaunt  queux  iflues 
&  amerciamentz  font  &  ferront  forfaitz  en  temps 
advenir  chargent  les  clercs  des  eftretes  en  les  places 
en  les  queux  les  iflues  &  amerciamentz  font  ou 

ferront 


A.  D.  1405.  Anno  feptimo  Henrici  IV. 


C  4>  5-        465 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ferront  forfaitz  par  leur  ferementz  de  faire  &  qils 
facent  les  rolles  des  eftretes  des  ditz  iflues  &  amer- 
ciamentz  diftinctement  par  exprefle  parol  del 
caufe  del  perde  del  terme  del  an  &  de  la  nature  del 
brief  &  parentre  queux  parties  tielx  iflues  &  amer- 
ciamentz  font  ou  ferront  perduz  fibien  en  la  fuite 
du  Roy  come  en  la  fuite  de  partie  et  qe  leftatut 
fait  en  temps  le  Roy  E.  tierce  Ian  de  fon  regne 
xlii.  de  coillet  de  vert  cere  foit  tenuz  &  gardes  en 
toutz  pointz. 


'  where  fuch  Iflues  and  Amerciaments  be  or  mall  be 

'  forfeit,  by  their  Oath  to   be  made,  that  they  make 

'  the  Rolls  of  the  Eftreats  of  fuch  Iflues  and  Amercia- 

'  ments  diftindtly  by  exprefs  Word,  of  the  Caufe  of 

'  the  Lofs,  of  the  Term,  of  the  Year,  and  the  Nature 

*  of  the  Writ,  and  betwixt  what  Parties  fuch  Iflues 

'  and  Amerciaments  be  or  fliall  be  loft,  as  well  in  the 

'  King's  Suit,  as  in  the.  Suit  of  the  Party;  (4)  and  A  Confirmation 

'  that  the  Statute  made  in  the  Time  of  King  Edward  °f  <ke  Statute  of 

f  the  Third,  the  two  and  fortieth  Year  of  his  Reign,tauMnl'glttei- 

'  forgathering  of  green  Wax,  beholden  and  kept  in,  r.s  of  green 

'  all  Points.'  v/ax. 


CAP.      IV. 

No  Protection  allowable  for  a  Gaoler  which  letteth  a  Prifoner  efcape. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  quant  diverfes  gentz  dettours 
font  condempnes  a  leurs  creditours  par  due  j 
proces  du  loy  &  commys  a  prifone  ceftafi'avoir  as 
gaoles  de  Marefchalcie  Bank  du  Roy  Flete  & 
aillours  as  autres  prifones  en  diverfes  citees  villes  : 
&  burghs  deins  le  Roialme  les  gardeins  des  gaoles  ' 
&  prifones  fuifditz  de  leur  propre  audtorite  leflent 
les  dettours  fuifditz  aler  a  large  a  leur  volunte  et 
la  ou  par  eftatut  eft  ordeigne  qe  fi  aucune  gaoler 
lefleroit  tiel  prifoner  aler  a  large  par  mainprife  ou 
en  bailie  cadonqes  la  perfone  envers  qi  le  dit  pri- 
foner eftoit  condempne  averoit  fa  actione  &  reco- 
verer  envers  le  dit  gaoler  mefmes  yceux  gardeins 
purchacent  a  eux  mefmes  protection  du  Roy  pa- 
rency  qe  les  creditours  fuifditz  par  ycelles  protec- 
tions font  delaiez  &  tariez  de  leur  duete  &  droitu- 
rele  recoeverer  fibien  envers  les  ditz  gardeins  des 
gaoles  come  les  prifoners  fuifditz  a  trefgrand  pre- 
judice &  damage  del  commune  poeple  &  deroga- 
tion de  la  commune  loy  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz 
qe  nul  protection  foit  vaillable  ne  allouable  na- 
cunement  alloue  en  tiel  cas. 


ITEM,  Becaufe  that  when  divers  Perfons,  being 
Debtors,  be  condemned  to  their  Creditors  by  due 
Procefs  of  the  Law,  and  committed  to  Prifon,  that 
is  to  fay,  to  the  Gaols  of  the  Marjhalfea,  King's 
Bench,  Fleet,  and  other  Prifons,  in  divers  Cities, 
Boroughs,  and  Towns  within  the  Realm,  the  War- 
dens of  the  Gaols  and  Prifons  aforefaid,  of  their  own 
Authority,  do  let  the  faid  Debtors  to  go  at  large  at 
their  Will;  (z)  and  whereas  by  a  Statute  it  was  1  R.  2.  c  iz. 
ordained,  That  if  any  Gaoler  do  let  fuch  Prifoner 
to  go  by  Mainprife,  or  in  Bail,  that  then  the  Perfon 
to  whom  the  Prifoner  is  condemned, ,  fhall  have  his 
Action  and  Recovery  againft  the  faid  Gaoler,  (3) 
the  fame  Wardens  do  purchafe  to  them  the  King's 
Protection,  whereby  the  faid  Creditors  by  the  fame 
Protection  be  delayed  and  deferred  from  their  Duty 
and  rightful  Recovery,  as  well  againft  the  fid  War- 
dens of  the  faid  Gaols,  as  againft  the  faid  Prifoners, 
to  the  great  Damage  and  Prejudice  of  the  common 
People,  and  Derogation  of  the  Common  Law  :" 
(4)  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  no  Protec- 
tion be  available,  nor  by  any  Means  allowed  in  fuch  J3  Ed.  r,  flat.  1. 
Cafe.'  "       c.  11. 


C    A   P.      V. 

The  King  (hall  not  have  the  Forfeiture  of  thofe  Lands  whereof  certain  Traitors  were  feifed  to 

the  Ufe  of  others. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  nulls  des  chaftelx  manoirs  terres  tenementz  fees  advowefons  ne  nule  EXP. 
parcelle  dicelles  des  queux  Henry  Percy  jadys  Cont  de  Northumbr'  ou  Thomas  jadys  Sire  de  Bardolf,  #  .  f,  ,, 
ertoient  feifez  ou  afcun  de  eux  eftoit  feifi  jointement  ovefqe  autres  ou  foulement  par  eux  mefmes  ou  aucuns 
de  eux  foulment  par  luy  mefmes  de  feffement  des  autresa  autri  oeps  ou  pur  la  grand  affiance  qe  gentz  qi  eux 
enfeofferent  avoient  a  eu-x  de  faire  ou  perfournir  lours  voluntees  et  dont  lis  ne  furent  enfeorrez  deftre  enheritez 
a  leur  propre  oeps  mes  de  perfournir  la  volunte  de  leurs  feoffburs.  ou  la  volunte  des  feoffours  de  lours  feof- 
fours  combien  qe  tielx  feoffementz  foient  faitz  par  fyn  ou  autrement  fanz  monftrer  fait  provanc  la  condition 
foient  ou  foit  afcunement  feifez  en  leg  mains  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  ne  a  luy  forfaitz.  Et  ii  afcun.  dons 
ou  grauntes  foient  faites  par  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  des  ditz  chaftelx  manoirs  terres  tenementz  fees  ou  ad- 
vowefons ou  dafcun  parcell  dicelles  a  ferme  ou  autrement  qe  tielx  dons  ou  grantes  foient  de  tout  voides  &  de 
nule  value  a  toutz  jours.  Purveux  toutesfoitz.qe  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  ait  la  forfaiture  des  chaftelx  ma- 
noirs terres  tenementz  fees  &  advowefons  des  quelx  les  ditz  nadgairs  Cont  de  Northumb'  ou  le  dit  Sire  de 
Bardolf  ou  afcun  de  eux  furent.ou  fuit  par  eux  mefmes  ou  feveralment  enheritables  ou  enheritable  par  defcent 
ou  par  droit  purchace  ou  des  quelx  autres  furent  enfeoffez  joint  ovefqe  eux  ou  autres  foulement  a  leur  oeps 
par  fya  ou  en  autre  manere  quelconqe. 


Vol.  I. 


Oca 


C  A  P. 


466       C.  6 — 9. 


Anno  feptimo  Henrici  IV.  A.  D.  1405, 


OB. 

13  R.  2.  flat.  2 

c.  Z&3. 


2  H.  4.  c.  4. 
See  13  El.  c. 


CAP.      VI,   ' 
The  Penalty  of  him  which  purchafeth  a  Bull  to  be  difcharged  of  Tithes. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  nule  perfone  religioufe  ou  feculer  de  quel  eftate  ou  condition  qil  fort 
qi  par  colour  dafcuns  bulks  contenauntz  tiel  privilege:  deftre  quite  des  difmes  appurtenantes  as  efglifes  pa- 
rochielx  prebendes  hofpitals  ou  vicaries  devaunt  Ian  du  regne  le  Roy  Richard  fecond  puis  le  conqueft  pii- 
miere  ou  depuis  purchacez  nient  executz  mette  en  executions  aucuns  tielx  bulles  enfi  purchafes  ou  afcuns 
tielx  bulles  appurchaces  en  temps  advenir.  Et  qe  fi  defore  nule  tiel  perfone  religioufe  ou  feculer  de  quel  eftat 
ou  condition  qil  foit  par  colour  de  tiels  bulles  deftourbe  afcuns  perfons  de  feint  efglife  prebenders  gardeins  des 
hofpitals  ou  vicaires  parenfi  qils  ne  purront  prendre  ne  enjoier  les  difmes  a  eux  duez  ou  regardantz  de  lours 
ditz  benefices  qe  tiel  deftourbour  encourge  autielx  proces  &  peine  come  eft  ordeignez  par  eftatut  fait  vers 
ceux  de  lordre  de  Cifteux  Ian  fecondc  noitre  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft. 

2.  for  lie  Penalty  of  bringing  Bulls,  Ice.  from  Rome. 

CAP.      VII. 
Arrow-heads  fhall  be  well  boiled,  brafed,  and  hard. 


JXifNces  of  Peace 
and  chief  Offi- 
cers of  Cities, 
&c.  may  inquire 
of  and  punifh 
Offenders, 


ITEM,  Becaufe  the  Arrow-fmiths  do  make  many 
faulty  Heads  for  Arrows  and  Quarels,  defective, 
not  well,  nor  lawful,  nor  defenfibLe,  to  the  great 
Jeopardy  and  Deceit  of  the  People,  and  of  the 
whole  Realm  ;"  '  (2)  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed, 
That  all  the  Heads  for  Arrows  and  Quarels  after 
this  Time  to  be  made,  fhall  be  well  boiled  or  brafed, 
and  hardened  at  the  Points  with  Steel  5  (3)  and  if 
any  of  the  faid  Smiths  do  make  the  contrary,  they 
fhall  forfeit  all  fuch  Heads  and  Quarels  to  the  King, 
(4)  and  fhall  be  alfo  imprifoned,  and  make  a  Fine 
at  the  King's  Will  ;  (5)  and  that  every  Arrow- 
head and  Quarel  be  marked  with  the  Mark  of  him 
that  made  the  fame.  (6)  And  the  Juftices  of  Peace 
in  every  County  of  England,  and  alfo  the  Mayor 
and  Sheriffs,  and  Bailiffs  of  Cities  and  Boroughs, 
within  the  fame  Cities  and  Boroughs,  fhall  have 
Power  to  enquire  of  all  fuch  deceitful  Makers  of 
Heads  and  Quarels,  and  to  punifh  them  as  afore  is 
faid.' 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  les  arroufmythes  font  plufours- 
_  teftes  de  fetes  &  quarelx  dsfec~tifs  nient  bien  ne- 
loialment   ne    deffenfablement    a    grant    perill  &. 
defceit  du  poeple  &  de  tout  le  Roialme  Ordeignez 
eft  &  eftabliz  qe  toutz  les  teftes  de  fetes  &  quarels 
defore  enavaunt  affairs  foient  boilles  ou  brafes  & 
dures  a  la  point  daffer  et  fi  afcuns  des  ditz  arrou- 
fmythes les  facent  a  contrarie  qils  forsfacent  toutes-, 
tielx  teftes  &  quarels  au  Roy  &  foient  emprifonez. 
&  ent  facent  fyn  a  la  volunte  du  Roy.   Et  qe  chef- 
cun  tefte  des  fetes  &  quarels  foit  feigne  dune  figne 
de  celuy  qe  le  fift.     Et  eient  les  juftices  de  la  pees 
en  chefcun  counte  dEngleterre  &  auxi  les  mairs 
vifcontes   &  baillifs   des   citees   &    burghs    deinz 
mefmes   les   citees   &   burghs    poair  denquer   des 
toutz  tieux  faux  fefours  de   teftes  &  quarels  &  de 
les  punir  par  manere  come  deffuis  eft  dhv 


CAP.      VIII. 

No  Provifion,  Licence,  or  Pardon  fhall  be  granted  of  a.  Benefice  full  of  an  IacumbenL 


1.5  EJ.  yfiu.  6 


.6.'  TTEM,  To  efchew  many  Diffenfions,  Difcords 
'  JL  and  Debates,  and  divers  other  Mifchiefs  very 
like  to  rife  and  grow  becaufe  of  many  Provifions 
made,  and  to  be  made,  by  the  Pope,  and  alfo  in 
refpe£r.  of  Licences  granted  upon  the  fame  by  the 
King  our  Sovereign  Lord  ;  it  is  ordained  and  ef- 
tabliihed,  That  no  Licence  or  Pardon,  fo  granted 
before  this  Time,  nor  to  be  granted  in  Time  to 
come,  fhall  be  available  to  any  Benefice  full  of  any 

Mfi-cedby  -      '  Incumbent,  at  the  Day  of  the  Date  of.  fuch  Licence 

5,  c.  4.     J      'or  Pardon  granted.' 


ITEM  pur  efchuir  plufours  diffenfions  difcordez- 
&  debates  &.  diverfes  autres  mef.hiefs  verray.- 
fembhibles  a  fourdre  &  avenir  a  caufe  des  plufours. 
provifions  faitz  &  affairs  par  lappoftoill  &  auxi  a. 
caufe  des  licences  fur  ce  grantez  par  le  Roi  noftre 
foveraigne   Seignur   Ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe 
nul  tiel.  licence  ou    pardon  ainfi  graunte  devant 
ces  heures  ne  a  grander  en  temps  advenir  ne  foit 
vailable  a  afcune  benefice  plein  daucun  incumbent 
a  jour    de   la  date    de  tiel  licence  ou   pardone 
grante. . 


CAP;      IX.. 
All  Merchandifes  may  be  fold  in  grofs,  as  well  to  all  others*  as  to  Citizens  of  London; 

ITEM,  Whereas  at  the  grievous  Complaint  made  TTEM  come  a  la.grevoufe  eompleiht  des  ditz 

by  the  Commons  in  the  faid  Parliament,  it  is  -"-  communes  fait  en  parlement  foit  monftrez  co- 

fhewed,  how  that  in  old  Time  it  was  ufed  and  ac-.  ment  dancien  temps  ufez   eftoit    &  accouftumez . 

cuftomed,  that  as  well  the  Cloths-makers  and  Dra-  qe  fibien  les  drapers  &  vendours  des  draps  de  que- 

pers  of  whatfoever  Place  of  the  Realm,  repairing  conqe  lieu  de  Roiaume  repairantz  &;■  confluantz . 

and  having  Recourfs  to  the  City  of  London,  as  other  al  Citee  de  Loundres  come  autres  merchantz  ove- 

4  diverfeji 


A.  D.  1405.         Anno  feptimo  Henrici   IV. 


C*  10,  11.       467 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
diverfes  tnerchandifcs  come  de  vyns  feer  oilc  & 
cere  &  autres  chofes  appurtenantz  as  merchandifes 
ejecerceantz  &  repairantz  &  confluantz  al  dite 
Citee  ont  achatuz  &  venduz  en  gros  fibien  ove 
aliens  come  deinzeins  de  les  draps  &  autres  mer- 
chandifes fuifditz  a  lour  volunte  &  pleifer  paiantz 
en  ycelle  partie  tantfoulement  cuftumes  &  autres 
devoirs  ent  refonablement  duez  &  unqes  par  mefme 
le  temps  ne  furont  deftourbez  ou  en  afcune  ma- 
nere  impedez  de  vendre  ou  achater  en  gros  ove 
merchantz  aliens  ou  denzeins  de  tielx  draps  & 
merchandifes  a  lour  volunte  &  pleifer  mes  fole- 
ment  a  retaill  Et  ja  foient  fibien  les  ditz  drapers 
come  les  autres  merchantz  fuifditz  par  les  Mair 
Vifcountz  Aldermannes  drapers  &  marchantz  de 
Loundr  s  deftourbez  de  jour  en  autre  de  vendre  & 
achater  en  la  rranere  fuifdit  fibien  en  gros  come  a 
retaill  &  grevoufement  &  continuelement  con- 
ftreintz  de  vendre  lour  draps  &  merchandifes  fuif- 
ditz tantfoulement  as  merchantz  &  autres  enhabi- 
tantz  la  dite  Citee  a  finguler  avauntage  &  profit  deux 
de  Lo  ndres  &  fibien  commune  damage  &  perde 
des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  les  com- 
munes du  Roiaume  come  de  les  ditz  drapers  & 
merchantz  enfi  grevez  &  evident  enfample  &  oc- 
cafion  as  tielx  drapers  &:  merchantz  enfi  grevez 
de  lour  retraiher  de  la  dite  Citee  enavaunt  fi  re- 
mede  ne  foit  purveu  le  pluiftoft  en  ceft  partie  Or- 
deignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  fibien  les  drapers  &  ven- 
dours  des  draps  come  autres  merchantz  ove  lour 
diverfes  merchandifes  come  de  vyns  ferre  feel 
&  cere  &  autres  chofes  appurtenauntz  as  mer- 
chandifes foient  francz  de  vendre  en  gros  lour 
draps  ferre  feel  &  cere  &  autres  lour  merchandifes 
fibien  as  quelxconqes  lieges  du  Roy  come  a  les  ci- 
tezeins  de  Londres  non  obftant  aucune  franchife 
ou  libertees  grauntez  a  contraire. 


Merchants,  with  divers  Merchandizes,  as  Wine, 
Iron,  Oil,  and  Wax,  and  other  Things  pertaining 
to  Mcrchandife,  excrcifing,  repairing,  and  having 
Recourfe  to  the  faid  City,  have  bought  and  fold  in 
Grofs,  as  well  with  Aliens  as  with  Denizens,  of 
the  Cloths  and  other  Merchandifes  aforcfaid,  at 
their  Will  and  Pleafure,  paying  in  this  Behalf  only 
the  Cuftoms  and  other  Devoirs  thereof  reafonably 
due  ;  (2)  and  never  in  all  the  faid  Time  were  dif- 
turbed,  or  in  any  Manner  hindered  to  fell  or  buy 
in  Grofs  with  Merchants,  Aliens,  or  Denizens,  of 
fuch  Cloths  and  Merchandifes,  at  their  Will  and 
Pleafure,  but  only  to  retail  ;  (3)  and  now  of  late  as 
well  the  fame  Cloth-makers,  as  other  the  Mer- 
chants aforefaid,  by  the  Mayor,  Sheriffs,  Aldermen, 
Drapers,  and  Merchants  of  London,  be  daily  dif- 
turbed  and  let,  to  fell  and  buy  in  the  Manner  afore- 
faid, as  well  in  Grofs  as  in  Retail,  and  grievoufly 
:  an  t  continually  conftrained  to  fell  their  faid  Cloths 
and  Merchandifes  only  to  the  Merchants  and  Inha- 
bitants of  the  faid  City,  to  the  fingular  Profit  and 
Advantage  of  them  of  London,  and  alfo  to  the  S  Co,  12X. 
Damage  and  Lofs  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Tem- 
'  poral,  and  the  Commons  of  this  Realm,  as  of  the 
;  faid  Cloth-makers  and  Merchants  fo  grieved,  and 
'  a  plain  Enfample  and  Occafion  to  (uch  Cloth- 
:  makers  and  Merchants  fo  grieved,  to  withdraw 
;  themfelves  from  the  faid  City  from  henceforth,  if 
•  Remedy  be  not  rather  provided  in  this  Behalf;" 
(4)  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  as  well  the 
Drapers  and  Clothfellers,  as  other  Merchants,  with 
their  fundry  Merchandifes,  as  of  Wine,  Iron,  Oil, 
and  Wax,  and  other  Things  pertaining  to  Merchan- 
difes, fhall  be  free  to  fell  in  Grofs  their  Cloths,  Iron, 
Oil,  and  Wax,  and  other  their  Merchandifes,  as 
well  to  all  the  King's  liege  People,  as  to  the  Citiz  ns 
of  London,  notwithstanding  any  Franchife  or  Liberty 
granted  to  the  contrary.' 


C    A    P.      X. 

The  Length  and  Breadth  of  Cloth  of  Ray  and  Coloured. 

"I  TEM  come  es  diverfes  parlementz  de  Seignur  E.  nadgairs  Roy  dEngleterre  Aiel  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy 
•*  qoreft  eftoit  ordeignez  qe  le  drap  de  ray  ferroit  en  longure  de  xxviii.  aulnes  &  en  laeure  vi.  quarters  & 
le  entier  draps  de  coloure  en  longure  de  xxvi.  aulnes  mefure  par  le  dorfe  &  en  laeure  de  vi.  quarters  &  di' 
au  fyne  qe  lune  drape  &  lautre  entier  ewe  &  tondue  ferroit  en  longure  de  xxiiij.  aulnes.  Et  ore  les  faifours 
des  ditz  draps  font  leurs  draps  fubtilement  iflint  qapeyne  le  drape  contient  xxi.  aulnes -ou  xxii.  aulnes  &  de 
meindre  laeure  qe  ne  ferroit  par  grant  partie  en  defceit  &  a  grand  damage  du  commune  poeple  du  Koialme 
Ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  le  drape  de  colour  contiegne  en  lpngure  xxviii..  aulnes  &  le  drap?  de  ray  a  tant 
mefurez  fanz  deffbler  les  draps  &  en  laeure  come  devaunt  eft  ordeignez  par  eftatut.  Et  li  les  fefours  des 
draps  facent  defore  leurs  draps  de  meindre  longure  ou  laeure  qe  mefmes  les  faifours  forsfacent  les  draps  qe 
f  rront  trovez  par  laulneour  de  meindre  longure  ou  laeure  et  qe  laulneour  les  preigne  &  les  delivere  al  °-ar» 
derobe  al  oeps  de  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy. 


Repealed  by  5  Sc 
6  Ed.  t.  c'6. 
43  El.  c.  10. 
4  Jac.   I.   c.  3. 
4  H.  4.  c.  6. 
11  H.  4.  c.  7. 
3  H.  4.  c.  4. 


CAP.      XI. 

Commifiioners  not  receiving  a  Commiffion  lhall  be  difcharged  upon  Oath. 


ITEM  come  pleufeurs  des  lieges  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roy  foient  afllgnez  par  les  commiflions  pur 
fa  ire  &  parfournir  lacontenuedicellesaucuns  doier 
&  terminer  &  aucuns  denquere  &  certifier  &  au- 
trement  par  ont  mefmes  les  commiflioners  font 
grevoufement  conftreintz  par  proces  hors  de  lef- 
cheqer  par  caufe  des  ditz  commi.T.ons  Et  par  celle 


ITEM,  Whereas  many  of  the  King's  liege  Peo- 
ple be  afiigned  by  his  Commiflions  to  do  and 
perform  the  Content  of  the  fame,  fome  to  hear  and 
determine,  fome  to  enquire  and  certify,  and  oth .  r- 
wife,  whereby  the  famo  Commifiioners  be  grievously 
difbamed  by  Procefs  out  of  the  Exchequer,  by 
reafon  of  the  faid  CoinmilTions,  and  by  that  Occa- 
Ooo%  f)0a 


468  C.  12,  13. 


Anno  feptimo 


4H.4. 


"  fion  do  lofe  great  Ifiues,  where  the  faid  Commiffion- 
"  ers  did  never  know  of  fuch  Commiffions,  nor  the 
"  fame  Commiffions  ever  came  to  th«ir  Hands,  to  the 
"  great  Damage  and  Hinderance  of  many  of  the 
"  King's  Subjects  ;"  '  (2)  it  is  ordained  and  eftab- 
'  lifhed,  That  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer  fhall 
'  have  Power  to  receive  the  Oath  of  fuch  Commif- 
'  fioners  of  their  Excufe  and  Difcharge  of  the  Receipt 
'  or  Occupation  of  the  faid  CommirTions  ;  (3)  and 
'  alfo  that  the  fame  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  and  the 
c  Juftices  of  the  one  Bench  and  the  other,  fliall  have 
'  .Power,  by  Writ  of  Dedimus  Potejiatem,  to  receive 
'  fuci  Oaths  in  the  Country  ;  and  that  the  fame 
'  Juftices  fhall  thereof  certify  the  faid  Barons  in  the 
'  .Exchequer  from  time  to  time,  and  that  upon  the 
*  fame,  the  (aid  Barons  fhall  difcharge  the  faid  Com- 
4  miffioners;  (4)  ana  in  like  wife  it  ihall  be  done  for 
'  the  Heirs,  Executors,  or  Land-Tenants  of  the  faid 
'  .Commiffioners.  (5)  Provided  always,  That  fuch 
'  Oaths  be  not  taken  but  in  Cafe  of  Commiffions  of 
'  Oyer  and  Determiner,  and  of  Enquiry  and  Certifying 
'  only.' 


Henrlci  IV.  A.  D.  1405. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
caufe  perdont  grandes  iffues  la  ou  les  ditz  commif- 
miffioners  unqes  ne  furent  fachantz  de  tielx  com- 
miffions ne  unqes  mefmes  les  commiffions  devein- 
dront  en  lour  mains  a  grand  damage  &  difeafe  des 
plufours  des  lieges  duRoy  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz 
qe  les  Barons  de  lefcheqer  aient  poair  de  refceiver  les 
fermentz  de  tielx  commiffioners  de  leurs  excufation 
&  difcharge  de  la  refceit  ou  occupation  de  tielx 
commiffions.  Ex  auxi  qe  mefmes  les  Barons  Ec 
les  Juftices  de  lun  Banc  &  de  lautre  aient  poair 
par  breve  de  dedimus  poteftatem  de  refceiver  tielx 
feremen'tz  en  paiis  Et  qe  mefmes  les  Juftices  ent 
certifient  les  ditz  Barons  en  Lefcheqer  de  temps 
en  temps  Et  qe  fur  ce  mefm?s  les  Barons  difchar- 
gent  les  ditz  commiffioners  et  femblablement  foit 
fait  pur  les  heirs  executpurs  on  terretenantz  di- 
o^'les  commiffioners.  Purveux  toutesfoitz  qe  tielx 
ferementz  ne  foient  prifes  mes  en  cas  de  commif- 
fions doier  &  terminer  &  denquer  &  certifier  t  nt- 
fculement. 


JXP. 
5  H.  4.  e.  1. 
7  H.  4.  c.  5. 


cap.    xir. 

Thofe  Lands  fhall  not  be  forfeited  to  the  King,  whereof  Traitors  were  feized  to  the  U'fe 

of  others. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  null  des  manoirs  terres  ou  tenementz  des  queux  John  nadgairs  Count 
de  Salefbirs  qi  fuift  decollez  a  Circeftre  ou  monfieur  Thomas  Blount  &  toutz  autres  qi  furent  prifes  a 
Circeftre  &  amefnez  a  Oxenford  ou  autres  qi  furent  ajuggiez  traitours  aillours  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre 
puis  le  venue  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  en  la  dit  Roialme  eftoient  feifez  ou  afcun  de  eux  eftoit  feifi  joint 
ovefqe  autres  ou  foulement  par  eux  mefmes  de  feoffament  des  autres  a  autri  oeps  ou  pur  la  grand  affiance 
qe  gentz  qi  eux  enfeofferent  avoient  a  eux  de  faire  &  parfournir  leurs  volunte  &  dont  ils  ne  furent  enfeoffez 
deftre  enheritez  mes  de  parfournir  la  volunte  de  leur  feoffbur  ne  null  parcell  dicelles  manoirs  terres  ou  tene- 
mentz combien  qe  tieux  feoffementes  foient  faitz  par  fyn  ou  autrement  fanz  monftrer  fait  provant  la  condi- 
tion foient  ou  foit  aucunement  forfaitz  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy.  Et  fi  au;uns  dons  ou  grauntes  foient 
faitz  par  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  des  ditz  manoirs  terres  ou  tenementz  ou  aucuns  parcelles  dicelles  a  ferme 
ou  autrement  qe  tielx  dons  &  grantes  foient  de  tout  voides  &  de  null  value  a  tout  jours.  Pourvieux  toutef- 
foitz  qe  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  ait  la  forfaiture  des  manoirs  terres  &  tenementz  des  queux  le  dit  nadgairs 
Count  de  Salefbirs  ou  le  dit  monfieur  Thomas  &  les  autres  defluifditz  ou  aucun  de  eux  furent  ou  fuift  par 
eux  mefmes  ou  feverahnent  enheritablez  ou  enheritable  par  defcent  ou  par  droit  purchace  ou  des  queux  au- 
tres furent  enfeoffez  joint  ovefqe  eux  ou  autres  foulement  a  leur  oeps  par  fyn  ou  en  autre  manere  que-. 
conqe. 


CAP.      XIII. 

Impotent  Perfons  that  be  outlawed  may  make  Attornies. 


Capias  ad  fatk- 
facicndum. 


"  ITEM,  Whereas  many  of  the  King's  liege  Peo- 
"  •*■  pie  be  outlawed,  and  many  waved,  by  erroneous 
"  Procefs  in  Law,  and  be  fo  impotent  in  their  Bodies, 
**  by  divers  Maladies  and  Infirmities,  that  they  cannot 
"  come  in  their  proper  Perfons  before  the  King  in  his 
"  Bench,  there  to  make  their  Suit  to  reverfe  fuch  er- 
"  roneous  Procefs  ;"  '  (2)  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifh- 
'  ed,  That  every  Juftice  of  the  one  Bench  and  of  the 
'  other,  and  alfo  the  chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  fhall 
4  have  Power  to  examine  the   fame  Perfons,    having 

*  fuch  Malady  and  Difeafes  openly  known,  and  there- 
'  upon  may  the  fame  Juftices  and  Baron,  and  every  of 

*  them,  by  their  Difcretion,  record  their  Attorney  in 
'  th  s  Cafe.     (3)  Provided  always,  That  in  the  Writ 

*  of  Capias  ad  fatisfaciendum  the  common  Law  fhall 
«  hold  Place.' 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  plufours  des  lieges  du  Roy 
font  utlages  &  plufours  waiviez  par  proces  er- 
roine  du  loye  &  font  ft  impotentz  de  leurs  corps 
par  diverfes  maladies  &  infirmitees  qils  ne  purjront 
en  leurs  propres  perfones  venir  devant  le  Roy  en 
fon  Banc  illoeqes  affaire  leur  feute  pur  tiel  proces 
erroine  reverfer  Ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  chef- 
cun  Juftice  de  lun  Banc  &  de  lautre  &  auxi  le 
Chief  Baron  de  Lefcheqer  ait  poair  dexaminer 
ycelles  perfones  aiants  tiels  maladies  Si  infirmi- 
tees overtment  conuz  &  fur  ce  purront  mefmes  les 
Juftices  &  Baron  &  chefcun  de  eux  par  lours  dif- 
cretions  recorder  attourne  en  ceft  cas.  Pourveux 
toutesfoitz  qen  le  breve  de  capias  ad  fatisfaciend' 
courge  la  commune  ley. 

CAP. 


A.  D.  1405. 


Anno  feptimo  H  s  n  r  i  c  i  IV. 


C.  14,  15.        469 


CAP.      XIV. 


The  Statute  of  1  Hen.  4.  c.  7.  and  1  Rich.  2.  c.  7.  touching  the  giving  and  taking  of  Li- 
veries confirmed.  No  Congregation  or  Company  fhall  make  any  Livery  of  Cloth  or 
Hats. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 


ITEM  come  ils  foit  ordenne  per  eftatut  fait  Ian  du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft  pri  niere  qe  nulle 
Ercevefqe  Evefqe  Abbe  ne  Priour  ne  null  autre  homme  de  Seint  efglife  ne  temporell  de  quele  eftate  ou 


e  Rep.  3  Car.  I, 


c.  4. 


condition  qil  foit  deinz  le  dit  Roialme  doigne  aucune  livere  de  drap  a  nully  mes  foulment  a  fes  maynalx  £c 
officers  &  a  ceux  qi  font  de  lour  confaill  fibien  efpirituelx  come  temporelx  apprifez  de  lune  ou  lautre  loye 
flir  peyne  de  faire  fyne  &  raunceon  a  la  volunte  du  Roi  Ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  fibien  cell  eftatut  come 
leftatut  de  livere  des  chaperons  fait  en  temps  du  Roy  Richard  fecond  foient  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez  & 
mys  en  due  execution  adjoufte  a  ycell  qe  ft  aucune  chivaler  ou  aucune  autre  perfone  de  meindere  eftate  doune 
aucune  tiel  livere  de  drap  ou  des  chaperons  contre  la  forme  des  ditz  eftatutz  qil  encourge  la  peine  de  C  s. 
par  chefcun  tiel  livere  de  drap  ou  des  chaperons  appaiers  au  Roy  atant  des  foitz  qil  ferra  la  contrarie  de  cell 
eftatut  au  ordinance.  Et  qe  celuy  qi  refceive  aucune  tiel  livere  de  drap  ou  des  chaperons  encourge  fem- 
blablement  la  peyne  de  xl  s.  apaiers  au  Roy  come  difluis  eft  dit  et  eit  celuy  qe  vorra  fuir  en  cea  cas  la  moite 
<le  tielx  peins  pur  fon  travaill  et  ne  foient  les  ditz  peins  aucunement  pardonez.  Et  outre  ce  accordez  eft  qe 
nulle  congregation  ou  compaignie  fe  face  de  ti.l  livere  de  drap  ou  des  chiperons  as  collages  propres  dicell 
congregation  ou  compaignie  fur  peine  qe  chefcun  homme  dicelle  congregation  ou  compaignie  qi  face  la 
contrarie  de  celle  ordinaunce  ou  eftatut  paie  au  Roy  xls.  les  glides  &  fraternitees  &  auxi  les  gentz  de  meftere 
des  citees  &  burghs  deinz  le  Roialme  qi  font  fonduz  ou  ordeignez  a  bon  entent  &  purpos  tantfoulement  ex- 
ceptz.  Et  aientles  Juftices  as  afiifes  prendre  poair  denqjere  de  temps  en  temps  en  leurs  feiEons  de  les  ma- 
tiers  defuis  dites  &  de  ceo  certifier  en  le  banc  du  Roy.  Pourveux  toutesfoitz  qen  temps  de  guerre  bien  life 
as  Seignurs  chivalers  &efquiers  qi  travailleront  en  tiel  guerre  de  doner  leur  livere  de  vefture  ou  des  chaperons 
tielx  &  en  tiele  guyfe  come  meultz  leur  femblera  pur  temps  de  tiel  guerre  fanz  aucunement  eftre  moleftez, 
ou  enquietez  celle  partie  par  force  ou  vertue  de  ceft  eftatut. 

CAP.      XV. 

The  Manner  of  the  Election  of  Knights  of  Shires  for  a  Parliament. 


ITEM  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  al  grevoufe  com- 
pleint  de  fa  communalte  del  non  dewe  election 
des  chivalers  des  countees  pur  le  parlement  queux 
aucuns  foitz  font  faitz  de  affection  des  vifcountz 
&  autrement  encountre  la  forme  des  briefs  as  ditz 
vifcountz  directe  a  grand  efclaundre  des  countees 
&  retardation  des  bufoignes  del  communalte  du  dit 
countee  noftre  Soverein  Seignur  le  Roy  vuillant  a 
■ceo  purveier  de  remedie  de  laffent  des  Seignurs  ef- 
pirituelx &  temporelx  &  de  tout  la  communalte  en 
ceft  prefent  parlement  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz 
qe  defore  enavaunt  les  elections  des  tielz  chivalers 
foient  faitz  en  la  forme  qenfeute  ceftaffaver  qe  al 
profchein  countee  a  tenir  apres  la  livere  du  brief 
du  parlement  proclamation  foit  fait  en  plein  coun- 
tee de  le  jour  &  lieu  de  parlement  &  qe  toutz 
ceux  qe  illoeqes  font  pi  efentz  fibien  futerez  due- 
ment  fomonies  pur  cele  caufe  come  autres  attend- 
cnt  la  election  de  lours  chivalers  pur  le  parlement 
et  adonqes  en  pleine  counte  aillent  al  election  li- 
fceralment  &  indifferentement  non  obftant  aucune 
prier  ou  comaundement  au  contrarie  et  apres  qils 
foient  efluz  foient  les  perfones  efluz  prefentz  ou 
abfentz  foient  lour  nouns  efcriptz  en  endenture 
deflbutz  les  fealx  de  toutz  ceux  qe  eux  eilifent  & 
tacchez  au  dit  breve  du  parlement  quele  endenture 
iflint  enfealez  &  tacchez  foit  tenuz  pur  retourne 
du  dit  brief  qant  as  chivalers  des  countees.  Et 
qen  briefs  de  parlement  affairs  en  temps  advenir 
foit  mys  cefte  claufe   «  Et  ele&ionem  tuam  in) 


1  |TEM,  Our  Lord  the  King,  at  the  grievous 4 Iaft.  10, 48. 
'   A   Complaint  of  his  Commons  in  this  prefent  Par- 
'  liament,   of  the  undue  Election  of  the  Knights  of 
'  Counties  for  the  Parliament,    which  be  fometime 
'  made  of  Affection  of  Sheriffs,  and  otherwife  againft 
'  the  Form  of  the  Writs  directed  to  the  Sheriff,    to 
'  the  great  Slander  of  the  Counties,   and  Hindrance 
"•  of  the  Bufinefs    of   the   Commonalty   in   the  faid 
*  County  •"  '  (2)  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King,  wil- 
ling therein  to  provide  Remedy,  by  the  Altent  of 
the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  the  Com- 
mons in  this  prefent  Parliament  affembled,  hath  or- 
dained and  eftablifhed,   That   from  henceforth  the 
Elections   of  fuch   Knights   fhall   be  made   in   the 
Form  as  followeth  ;    (that  is  to   fay)   at  the  next 
County  to  be  holden  after  the  Delivery  of  the  Writ 
of  the  Parliament,  Proclamation  fhall  be  made  in  the 
full  County  of  the  Day  and  Place  of  the  Parliament, 
(3)  and  that  all  they  that  be  there  prefent,  as  well 
Suitors  duly  fummoned  for  the  fame  Caufe,  as  other, 
fhall  attend  to  the  Election  of  the  Knights  for  the 
Parliament,  (4)   and  then  in  the  full  County  they 
fhall  proceed  to  the  Election  freely  and  indifferently, 
notwithftanding  any  Requeft  or  Commandment  to 
the  contrary  ;  (5)  and  after  that  they  be  chofen,  the 
Names  of  the  Perfons  fo  chofen   (be  they  prefent  or 
abfent)  fhall  be  written  in  an  Indenture  under  the 
Seals  of  all  them  that  did  choofe  them,  and  tacked  to 
the  fame  Writ  of  ths  Parliament ;  which  Lidenture, 
fo  fealed  and  tacked,  fhall  be  holden  for  the  Sheriff's 
Return   of  the  faid  Writ,    touching  the  Knights 
of  the  Shires.     (6)  And  in  the  Writs  of  the  Parlia- 
ment to  be  made  hereafter,   this  Claufe   fhall   be 
put :'   "  Et  eleftionem  tuam  in  pleno  comitatu  tuo  A  Claufe  to  be 

**  factamulfertedin*veiy 


47°       C«  *6>  17.  Anno  feptimo  Henrici  IV.  A.  D.  r 


Writ  of  the 
.Parliament. 


405. 

[  Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

*'  factam  diftincle  &  apcrte  fub  figillo  tuo  &  figillis  ;  '  pleno  comitatu  tuo  faclam  diftin<£lc  &  aperta 
,ccd,  '.'  eorum  qui  ele&ioni  illi  interfuerint  nobis  in  can-  '  tub  figillo  tuo  &  figillis  eorum  qui  eledlioni  illl 
' ammdld by  11H."  cellaria  noftra  ad  diem  &  locum  in  brevi  contentos  '  interfuerint  nobis  in  Cancellaria  noftra  ad 
4.  c.  1.  "  certifices  indiiate."  '  -diem  &  Jocum  in  brevi  content'  certifices  indi- 

■6H.  6.  c.  4.  I  '  late.' 

23  H.  6.  c.  ,j». 

.See  faither   i.H:  5-  '•  I-     8  #•  6.  r.  7.     10H.  6.  c.  3.      23  J7.  6.  c.  10.     27  H.  8.  f.  26.     35  H,  S.  r.  n.     7  £f  S  ^.  3.  c,  4,  7,  £f  25.     10  .Ami,  f.  23. 
azslr.n.  fiat.  1.  c-  !■     '8  Geo.  2,  c.  18.     19'Geo.  2.  c.  28.     am/  31  Geo.  2.  <r.  14.  for  the  due  EleSlim  of  Knights  of  the  Shires. 

*  Read  c.  -14. 

CAP.      XVI. 

Annuities  granted  by  the  King  or  his  Anceftors,  of  an  elder  Date,  fhall  be  paid  before  them 

that  were  granted  of  a  latter  Date. 

■I  X;p.  "r  TEM  come  nadgairs  fuggeftion  fuift  fait  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  en  fon  parlement  tenuz  aWeftm'  en  les 

J.  oetaves  de  feint  Hillary  Ian  de  fon  regne  quart  par  les  communes  adonqes  efteantz  en  le  dit  parl;'ment  q-3 
par  la  ou  plufours  perfones  avoient  en  regarde  de  leur  bon  fervice  fibien  du  grant  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qo- 
reft  come  des  grantez  du  Roy  Edward  Aiel  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  &  de  Roy  Richard  fon  darrein 
■predeceffbur  certeins  annuitees  apprendrez  pur  terme  de  lour  vies  des  iffues  &  revenuz  de  diverfes  countees 
dEngleterre  par  les  mains  des  vifcountz  des  ditz  countees  pur  le  temps  efteantz  et  qe  autres  perfones  de 
pluife  puifne  temps  par  vertue  des  lettres  patentes  a  eux  grantez  par  aucuns  des  ditz  Rois  des  certeins  fommes 
apprendrez  des  ifiuez  des  ditz  countees  a  terme  devie  ou  en  autre  manere  en  furcbargede  mefmes  les  coun- 
tees par  favour  ou  par  doune  ont  efte  paiez  entrelelfez  les  primiers  grauntes  ou  plufours  de  eux  nient  paiez 
a  graunt  tort  &  contre  droit  &  reafon  &  veraifemblable  deiheritefon  de  ceux  eufi  de  primes  grauntez  Or- 
deignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  ceux  qont  lettres  patentes  effecTruelx  &  de  force  deifne  date  foient  primierement 
;paiez  folonc  lefFecT:  dicelles  &  de  les  garantz  fufEceantz  fur  ce  faitz  Sauvant  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  les 
profres  faitz  ou  affairs  en  fon  Efcheqer  et  fauvant  ce  qeft  grante  a  noftre  Dame  la  Roigne  &  les  fitz  du  Roy. 
Et  fi  aucune  vifcount  cuftumer  ou  aucune  autre  paie  a  afcuny  eiant  lettres  patentes  de  puifne  date  &  leffe 
afcun  autre  eiant  lettres  patentes  de  eifne  date  nient  paiez  exceptz  ceux  qi  devaunt  font  exceptz  qe  celuy 
.qi  enfi  face  ne  foit  excufez  ne  difchargiez  envers  ceux  qi  ont  lour  lettres  patentes  deifne  date  par  afcuns 
tielx  paiementz  enfi  faitz  a  ceux  eiantz  lour  lettres  patentes  de  puifne  date  ne  difchargez  hors  de  lefcheqer 
ttanqe.il  ait  fait  gree  a  partie  folonc  ley  &  refon  &  damage  folonc  le  difcretion  des  Barons  de  lefcheqer. 

CAP.      XVII. 

No  Man  fhall  put  his  Son  or  his  Daughter  to  be  an  Apprentice,  unlefs  he   have  Twenty 

Shillings  in  Land  or  Rent;  but  eveiy  Perfon  may  put  his  Son  or  Daughter  to  School. 

Repealed  by       JTEM  ordergnez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  les  bons  eftatutz  faitz  en  temps  le  noble  Roy  Edward  Aiel  noftre  Sei- 
'8  H  6.  c.  1 1.    j^  gnur  qoreft  Ian  de  fon  regne  xxv.  &  les  eftatutz  faitz  a  Cantebrigge  en  temps  du  Richard  nadgairs  Roy 
z,x  ,"JJ"  c"  r"    dEngleterre  Ian  du  fon  regne  xijme  touchantz  laborers  artificers  &  autres  fervantz  de  hufbandrie  foient  tenuz 
r.  27.  ■u.'biebpn-  &  gardez  en  toutz  points  &  mys  en  due  execution.     Et  come  en  le  dit  eftatut  fait  a  Cantebrigg  entre  autres 
■vid.s  that  no  Mcr-  zrtictiles  foit  contenuz  qe  celuy  ou  cele  qi  ufi  de  laborer  a  la  charue  ou  charette  ou  autre  labour  ou  fervice  de 
chams,  &c.  may     hufbandrie  tanqe  il  foit  dage  de  xij.  ans  qe  de  cele  temps  enavaunt  il  demoerge  a  cele  labour  fanz  eftre  mys 
'bu'^i^hi'p    a  rneftiere  ou  artifice  et  fi  aucune  covenaunt  ou  licence  foit  fait  deflors  enavaunt  a  contrarie  foit  tenuz  pur 
[rents" maTdiipend  liul  Nient  obftant  quele  article  &  les  bons  eftatutz  avaunt  faitz  par  toutz  les  partiez  du  Roialme  les  enfantz 
Forty  shillings     neez  dedeinz  les  villes  &  Seignuries  de  Upland  des  queux  lour  pi  rs  &  miers  nont  de  terre  ou  de  rente 
■cf  Freehold.         nautre  viver  fi  noun  lour  fervice  ou  meftere  par  lour  ditz  piers  li  mieres  &  autres  lour  amys  font-  mys  de 
fervir  &  iiez  apprentices  as  diverfes  artifices  dedeins  les  citees  &  burghs  du  Roialme  a  la  foitz  al  age  de  xij. 
ans  &  a  la  foitz  dedeinz  de  dit  age  &  ce  pur  lorgoil  de  vefture  &  autres  males  cuftumes  qe  fervantz  ufent 
en  ycell  pariffint  qil  y  ad  ii  grant  chierte  de  laborers  &  autres  fervantz  de  hufbandrie  qe  les  gentils  et  autres. 
gentz  du  Roiaume  font  grahdement  empoverez  par  la  caufe  fuifdite.     Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  le. 
mefchief  fuifdit  &  Vuillant  fur  ceo  purvoir  de  remede  de  ladvis  &  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  tempo- 
relx  &  a  la  requeft  des  ditz  Communes  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  qe  null  homme  ou  femme  de  quele  eftate 
ou  condition  qil   foit  mette  fon  fitz  ou  file  de  quele  ag"  qil  foit  de  fervir  come  apprentice  a  null  meftere 
nautre  laboure  dedeinz  citee  ou  burgh  dedeinz  le  Roialme  finon  qil  eit  terre  ou  rent  a  la  value  de  xx  s.   par 
an  a  meins  mes  qil  'oit  mys  de  fervir  a  autiel  labour  foit  il  deinz  cit :  ou  burgh  ou  dehors  come  fes  ditz 
piere  ou'miere  ufent  ou  autres  labours  come  leur  eftates  r-  quicrgent  fur  psyn  denprifonement  dun  an  &  de 
faire  fvn  &  raunceon  a  la  volunte  du  Roy.     Et  fi  aucun  covenaunt  foit  fait  dafcun  tied  enfaunt  de  quele  eftat 
oil  foit  a  contraire  foit  tenuz  pur  nul.     Purveux  toutesfoitz  qe  chefcun  homme  ou  femme  de  quele  eftate  ou, 
condition  qil   foit  foit  fraunc  de  met'tre  fon  fitz  ou  file  dapprendre  lettereure  a  qelconqe  efcole   qe   leur- 
pleft  dcinz  le  Roialme.     Et  qe  defore  enavaunt  chefcun  qi  voct  faire  fon  fitz  ou  file  apprentice  a  afcune 
m.ftre  deinz  citr:e  ou  burgh  qil  porte  au  mair  ou  bailif  de  tiel  citee  ou  burgh  une  bille  enfealle  defToutz  les 
f;  alx  de  deux  jufticcs  du  pees  del  countee  en  quele  tiel  enfant  eft  nee  tefmoignant  la  value  de  terre  ou  de  rent 
■de  fez  ditz  pier  ou  mier  come  defluis  eft  dit.     Et  qe  null  homme  ou  femme   refceyve  afcun  apprentice  a 
contraire  de  ceft  ordinaunce  fur  paine  de  paier  au  Roy  Cs.  fibien  al  fuyte  de  Roy  come  de  chefcun  qi  vost 

pleindre 


A.  D. 


Anno  feptimo   Henrtci    IV. 


C.  1 8.        471 


1405. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
pleindre  fibien  devaunt  les  juftices  de  pees  come  en.  autre  court  du  Roy  &  eit  celuy  qi  vorra  fuir  celle  partie 
lune  moitee  pur  fon  labour  &  le  Roy  lautre  moyte.  Et  qe  en  chefcun  lete  foit  il  en  mayn  du  Roy  ou  dautre 
quiconqe  liege  du  Roy  foient  un  i'oitz  par  an  toutz  les  laborers  &  artificers  demurantz  dedeinz  le  dit  lete 
fermentez  de  fervir  &  prendre  pur  lour  fervice  folonc  la  forme  des  ditz  eftatutz  &  fils  refufent  de  ce  faire 
foient  ils  mys  en  ceppes  deinz  la  ville  ou  ils  font  pris  par  trois  jours  faunz  bailie  ou  mainprife  tanqe  ils  le 
vuillent  faire  de  gree  &  dilloeqes  foient  mys  a  profchein  gaole.  Et  qe  chefcun  ville  ou  Seignurie  qe  faille  de 
leur  ceppes  parency  qils  ne  foient  faitz  devaunt  le  feft  de  Pafqe  profchein  advenir  encourge  devers  le  Roy  la 
peine  de  C  s.  deftre  levez  &  paiez  en  eidi  de  la  xvme  a  granter  en  temps  advenir. 

C  A    P.      XVIII. 

None  fhall  be  punifhed  for  reprefling  of  the  late  Riots-. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  nul  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  ou  temporelx  chivalers  ou  efquiers  du  E  X  P, 
Roialme  ne  null  autre  perfone  de  queconqe  eftate  ou  conditione  qil  foit  ne  foit  aucunement  grevezmo- 
leftez  enquietez  ou  endamagez  pur  aucune  chofe  faite  par  eux  ou  par  aucune  deux  ou  pur  lour  chivache  ou 
purfuite  fait  ovefqe  le  Roy  ou  a  fon  comandement  pur  chaftefir  Sz  punir  les  riotes  &  infurrections  qont  efte 
faitz  diverfement  &  as  diverfes  foitz  deiz  le  Roialme  d.puis  le  venue  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  en  ycel 
Roialme  mes  qils  &  chefcun  deux  ent  foient  &  foit  outrement  quitz  releffez  pardonez  &  difdamagez  a  touz 
jours.. 


Statutes,    made    at 


Gloucefter,     Anno    9 
Domi    1407. 


H  e  n.   IV..    and   Anno 


Rex  vicecomiti  Kane' falutem. .    Quedam  ftatuta  &.  ordinationes  in  ultimo  parliaments  noftro  edita  tibi. 

mittimus  in  forma  patenti  fub  eo  qui  fequitur  tenore. 


Ex  Rot.,  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  u. 
.OUR  ceo  qe  diverfes  compleintes  ount  efte 
faitz  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  par  les  com- 
munes de  fon  roiaume  en  le  parlement  tenuz 
a  Glouceftre  le  xxmt  jour  dOctobr'  Ian  du-  regne 
noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  rioefifme  Mefme  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  voillant  remedier  les  ditz  com- 
pleintes de  ladvis  be  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx 
&.  temporelx  &  a  les  inftance  &  requeft  des  ditz 
communes  ad'  fait  ordeiner  &  eftablier  diverfes  or- 
dinances &  eftatutz  en  la  forme  qenfuyt. 


Ecaufe  that  divers  Complaints  have  been  made 
to  our  Lord  the  King  by  the  Commons  of 
this  Realm,  in  the  Parliament  holden  at  Glou- 
cejler  the  twentieth  Day  of  Offobcr,  in  the  Ninth 
Year  o.  the  Reign  of  our  faid  Lord  King  Henry 
the  Fourth  after  the  Conqueft ;  the  fame  our  Lord 
the  King,  willing  to  remedy  the  faid  Complaints, 
by  the  Advice  and  Affent. of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and 
Temporal,  and  at  the  Inftance  and  Requeft  of  the 
faid  Commons,  hath  caufed  to  be  ordained  and  fta- 
blifhed  divers  Statutes  and  Ordinances,  in  Form  as  ■ 
followeth.'.' 


c  a.  p.    r. 

A  Confirmation  of  all  Liberties,  except  thofe  granted  to  the  Scholars  of  Oxfords 


PRimierement.  qe  feinte  efglife  ait  toutes  fes  li- 
bertees  &  franchifes- et  qe  toutes  les  Seignurs 
efpirituelx  &. temporelx  &  les  autres  lieges  du  Roy 
aientz  libertees  &  franchifes  &  toutz  les  citees  & 
burghs  du  roiaume  aient  &  enjoient  toutz  lour  li- 
bertees &  franchifes  queux  ils  ount  des  grauntz  de 
les  progenitours  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  &  de  fon 
graunt  demefne  ou  conferment  Forfpris  la  franchife 
ore  de  novell  grauntee  a  les  efcolers  del  univerfitee 
dOxenford  et  qe  la  Graunde  Chartre  &  la  Chartre 
de  la  Forefte  &c  toutz  autres  bons  eftatutz  avaunt 
ces  heures  faitz  &  nient  repellez  eftoient  en  lour 
force.. 


« 


FIRST,    That  holy.  Church   have  all  her  Li- 
berties and  Franchifes;    (2)   and  that   all  the: 
Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  other  the  King's  • 
liege  People,  having-  Liberties  and  Franchifes,  and 
all  Cities  and  Boroughs  of  the  Realm,  have  and  en- 
joy their  Liberties  and  Franchifes,  which  they  have 
of  the  Grants  of  the  Progenitors  of  our  Lord  the 
King,  and  of  his  own  Grant  or  Confirmation,  except 
the  Franchife  now  late  granted  to  the  Scholars  of  the 
Univerfity  of  Ox.nford;    (3)    and   that   the.  Great 
Charter,  and  the  Ctiarter  of  the  Foreft,  and  all  other, 
good  Statutes  made  before  this  Time,  and  not  xe.-r~ 
pealed,  ftand  in  their  Force,'. 


c:a.p," 


472       C.  2 — 5. 


Anno  nono  Henrici  IV. 


A.  D. 


1407, 


CAP.      II. 

Kendal  Cloth  lhall  not  be  fealed,  nor  Aulnage  paid  for  it. 


i  H.  4.  c.  19.    TTEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  null  drap  appellez  Kendale  dount  la  dufzeine  ne  parTe 
Farther  provided  J.  nu\\  feaj  <ju  j^0y  jg  aulnage  petit  ne  graunt  foit  aucunement  enfeale  ne  aulnage  ent  paie  E 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

Ie  vi  s.  viij  d.  de 
_j  Et  qe  les  poffef- 
gy  7  Jac"  *'  fours  des  tielx  draps  purront  mefmes  les  draps  nient  enfealez  franchement  vendre  faunz  riens  ent  forsfaire  au 
39  El.  c.  20.     Roy  non  obftant  aucun  eftatut  ou  ordinance  fait  a  contrair. 

But  fee  II  &  12  W.  3.  c.  20.  -which  lakes  away  Aulnage  Duties, 

CAP.      III. 

Felons  in  South  Wales  lhall  be  taken,  or  the  Country  (hall  fatisfy  for  their  Offences. 

Rep;  21  Jac.  i.JTEM  touchant  les  felonies  &  robberies  faitz  deinz  aucune  Seignurie  de  South-Gales  ordeignez  eft  & 
X  eftabliz  qe  les  gentz  du  paiis  ou  les  felons  font  neez  recettez  ou  demurrantz  prendront  les  ditz  felons  & 
les  amefneront  al  gaole  de  mefme  la  paiis  ou  ils  ferront  prifes  ou  autrement  foient  ils  chargez  &  facent  fatif- 
faction  de  les  felonies  &  robberies  fuifditz  a  les  parties  &  ce  par  lordinaunce  &  agard  del  Seignur  de  mefme 
le  Seignurie. 

CAP.      IV. 

Difclaimer  in  Felony  in  Wales  fhall  be  utterly  excluded  and  put  out. 


28. 


See  27  H.  8 


*  T  T  E  M,  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  no 

*  JL  Thief  nor  Felon  in  Wales,    openly  known,    be 
'  fuffered  to  difclaim  out  of  the  Seigniory  where  the 

*  Felony  was  done,  and  that  fuch  Manner  of  difclaim- 
.  *  in-?  be  utterly  put  out ;  (2)  and  that  as  well  the  laid 

'  Thieves  openly  known,  as  other  Thieves,  be  put  to 
'  anfwer,  as  privy  to  the  Indictments  or  Accufements 

*  in  the  fame  Seigniories  where  the  Thieves  be  taken, 

*  without  being  delivered  by  difclaiming,  or  by  Letters 
'  of  Mark  in  any  Manner.' 


IT E M  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  nul  laron  ne 
felon  en  Gales  overtement  conuz  ne  foit  fuffert 
pur  defclaimer  hors  del  Seignurie  ou  la  felonie 
fuift  fait  &  qe  tiel  manere  de  defclayme  foit  de  tout 
ouftiez  Be  qe  fibien  les  ditz  larons  overtement  conuz 
come  autres  larons  foyent  mys  a  refpoundre  come 
privez  as  enditementz  ou  accufementz  en  mefmes 
les  Seignuries  ou  les  larons  font  prifes  fanz  eftre 
deliverez  par  difclaymer  ou  par  lettres  de  marche 
en  aucune  manere. 


t.  26.  concerning  'ke,  Laws  to  be  ujed  in  Wales. 


CAP.      V. 


Lords  of  ancient  Demefn,  or  Mayors,  &c.  named  Diffeifcrs  in  Aflife,  to  take  away  their 

Franchife. 


«  Mi— Before 
the  Jujlices  align- 
ed in  Plea  of 
hand. 


"  TTEM,  Whereas  divers  People  do  oftentimes  fue 
"  J.  Affifes  of  Novel  dejjeifin,  or  other  Writs  of  Plea 
"  of  Land  *  at  the  Common  Law,  of  Lands,  Tene- 
"  ments,  and  Rents  being  within  franchifed  Towns, 
"  and  ancient  Demefn,  againft  certain  Perfons,  and 
"  caufe  to  be  named  alfo  in  th  ir  faid  Affifes  and 
"  Writs  the  Mayor  and  Bailiffs,  and  Commonalty  of 
"  the  Franchifes,  and  the  Lords  and  Bailiffs  within 
"  ancient  Demefn  aforefaid,  whereas  of  Truth  they 
"  be  not  Diffeiffors,  nor  Tenants  of  the  faid  Lands, 
"  Tenements,  or  Rents  fo  being  in  Plea,  but  named 
*'  by  Collufion  and  Fraud,  to  bar  and  exclude  the  faid 
"  Mayors,  Bailiffs,  and  Commonalty,  and  the  faid 
<c  Lords  and  Bailiff's  of  ancient  Demefne,  .of  their 
"  Franchifes  and  Liberties,  Cognifance,  and  Jurif- 
"  diction  of  their  Court  before  them  :"  '  (2)  it  is  or- 

*  dained  and  eftablifhed,  That  in  fuch  Affifes  or 
'  Writs  purchafed  or  fued  from  henceforth,  or  at  this 
'  prefent    depending  betwixt  any  Parties  before  any 

*  fuch  Juftices  at  the  Common  Law,  in  which  fuch 
c  Mayor,  Bailiffs,  and  Commonalty,  or  Lords  or 
'  Bailiffs  of  ancient  Demefne  be  named,  that  the  fame 
'  Juftices  fhall  firft  inquire  by  the  faid  Affifein  the 

*  Country,  whether  the  faid  Mayor,  Bailiffs,  and 
'  Commonalty,  or  Lords  or  Bailiffs  of  ancient  De- 
'  mefne   (if  they  require  it  before  fuch  Juftices)  be 


1  TEM  come  diverfez  gentz  fuont  fovent  foitz 
A  affifes  de  Novell  diffeifine  &  autres  briefs  de 
plee  de  terre  devant  Juftices  affignez  en  le  plee  de 
terre  a  le  commune  ley  des  terres  tenementz  & 
rentes  efteantz  deins  villes  franchifes  &  auncien 
demefne  envers  certeins  perfones  &  fount  nomcr 
auxint  en  lour  ditz  affifez  &  briefs  les  mair  baillifs 
&  cornminalte  des  fraunchifes  &  les  Seignurs  & 
baillifs  dauncien  demefme  fuifditz  ou  ils  ne  font  en 
verite  diffeifours  ne  tenantz  des  ditz  terres  tene- 
mentz ou  rentz  iffint  en  plee  efteauntz  par  collu- 
fion &  fraude  de  voidre  &  excluder  les  ditz  mair 
baillifs  &  comminalte  &  les  ditz  Seignurs  & 
baillifs  dauncien  demefne  de  lour  fraunchifes  li- 
bertees  conifances  &  jurifdicT:ions  avoir  de  lour 
court  devant  eux  Ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qen 
tielx  affifes  ou  briefs  purchafez  ou  fuez  defore  ena- 
vaunt  ou  a  prefent  pendantz  parentre  queconqes 
perfones  devant  aucunes  tiels  Juftices  a  le  comune 
ley  es  queux  tielx  mair  baillifs  comminaltee  Seig- 
nurs ou  baillifs  dauncien  demefne  foient  nomez  qe 
les  ditz  juftices  primes  enqucrgent  par  la  dite  aflife 
en  paiis  ft  les  ditz  mair  baillifs  communaltee  Seig- 
nurs ou  baillifs  dauncien  demefne  ce  demaundent 

»  devant 


A.  D.  1407. 


Anno  nono  Henrici  IV. 


C.  6,  7.        473 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun-.  Lond. 
devant  tielx  Juftices  fils  foient  diffeifours  Ou  te- 
nantz en  tiel  cas  ou  foient  nomes  par  collufion 
&  fraude  come  defuis  eft  dit.  Et  fi  trove  foit  qils 
He  font  mye  diffeifours  ne  tenantz  des  ditz  terres 
tenementz  ou  rentz  eins  acquitez  devant  mefmes 
les  Juftices  &  trovez  qils  font  nomes  par  collufion 
&  fraude  en  la  forme  fuifdite  qen  tiel  cas  les  ditz 
Juftices  facent  abater  &  caffer  les  ditz  briefs  ou 
brief  daififes  &  autres  briefs  purchafes  en  la  forme 
fuifdit  et  qe  les  ditz  pleintifs  ou  pleintif  foient  & 
foit  en  la  greve  mercy  le  Roy  noun  obftaunt  qe 
autres  diffeifours  on  tenantz  foient  nomez  &  trovez 
en  tielx  affifes  ou  briefs. 


Diffcifors  or  Tenants  in  that  Cafe,  or  be  named  by 

Collufion  and  Fraud,  as  afore  is  laid.     (3)  And  if  it  Enforcal hy&H, 

be  found  that  they  be  notDiffeiffors,  nor  Tenants  of*,  c.  16. 

the  faid  Lands,  Tenements,   or  Rents,  but  acquit 

before  the  fame  Juftices,    and   found  that  they  be 

name'  by  Collufion  and  Fraud  in  the  Form  afore - 

faid,  That  in  fuch  Cafe  the  Juftices  fliall  caufe  the 

faid  Writs  of  Affifes,  or  other  Writs  purchafed   in 

the  Form  aforefaid,  to  be  abated  and  adnulled  ;    (4) 

and  that  the  faid  Plaintiff  or  Plaintiff's  fhall  be  in 

grievous  Mercy  of  the  King,   notwithftanding  that 

other  Tenants  or  Diffeifors  be  named  or  found  in 

fuch  Affifes  or  Writs.' 


CAP.     VI. 

A  Repeal  of  the  Statute  of  7  Hen.  4.  cap.  10.  touching  the  Length  and  Breadth  of  Cloth 


of  Ray. 


I 


TEM  come  en  leftatut  fait  au  parlement  tenuz  a-Weftm'  Ian  feptifme  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  ordeignez 
I  eftoit  &  eftablizqe  les  draps  ds  ray  conteneroient  en  longure  xxviii.  aulnes  mefurez  par  le  lift  et  en  laieure 
f  i.  quarters  et  fi  les  feiiours  des  ditz  draps  feroient  deflors  dour  draps  de  meindre  longure  ou  laieure  qe  mef- 
mes les  feifours  forfacent  les  draps  queux  ferront  trovez  par  launeoure  de  meindre  longure  ou  laieure  come  en 
le  dit  eftatut  pluis  pleinement  eft  contenuz  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  confideraunt  le  4it  eftatut  en  partietrop 
grevous  &  damageous  de  ladvis  &  aflent  des  Seignurs  &  a  lefpecial  requeft  des  ditz  communes  ad  ordeignez 
&  eftabliz  qe  les  fefours  des  ditz  draps  de  ray  &  les  vendotlrs  dicelles  foient  auxi  frankes  en  les  fefour  &  vent 
dicelles  come  ils  feurent  devant  le  dit  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  &  qe  le  dit  eftatut  fait  en  le  dit  parlement 
touchant  ceft  matier  foit  de  tout  caffez  &  adnullez  &  de  null  force  ne  value  a  touz  jours.  Et  outre  ce  noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  Roy  de  fa  grace  efpeciale  ad  pardonez  a  les  ditz  fefours  des  draps  de  ray  &  les  vendours  dicelles 
la  forfaiture  &  tout  ce  qe  a  luy  appertient  ou  en  aucune  manere  purra  appertiner  par  cell  enchefon. 


OB. 

11  H.  4.  c.  6. 
1?  H,  4.  c.  4. 
5  &  6  "Ed.  6,  c.  6, 
43  El.  c.  ip.  - 
4  Jac,  1.  c,  2. 


CAP.     VII. 

Goods  fhall  be  chargeable  for  the  Payment  of  the  Quinzime,  where  they  were  at  the  Time 

when  the  fame  was  granted. 


ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  toutz  maners 
des  foreins  eiantz  terres  tenementz  beftes  biens 
ou  chateuz  deins  aucuns  villes  al  jour  del  graunt 
'^afcune  difme  ou  quinzifme  ou  dautre  taxe  que- 
conqe  combien  qils  amefnent  lour  beftes  ou  em- 
portent  lours  biens  &  chateux  hors  dicell  ville 
apres  le  jourde  graunt  fuifdit  qe  mefmes  les  foreins 
&  chefcun  de  eux  foient  &  foit  contributours  & 
contributor  ovefqe  ceux  demurrantz  en  tielx  villes 
a  chefcun  tiel  difme  xvme  ou  taxe  queconqe.  Et 
■qe  les  coillours  de  -mefme  la  difme  quinzifme  ou 
taxe  pur  le  temps  efteantz  deinz  tielx  villes  eient 
poair  par  auclorite  de  lour  office  de  taxer  &  affeffer 
tielx  foreins  folonc  lour  quantite  de  lour  biens 
chateux  &  poffeffions  efteantz  es  ditz  villes  a  les 
jours  des  grauntz  dicelles  difme  quinzifme  ou  taxe 
&  pur  les  fommes  as  queux  ils  ferront  affeffez  ou 
taxez  diftreindre  en  queconqe  lieu  deins  le  counte 
fibien  devaunt  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  foit  refpon- 
duz  de  les  entiers  fommes  qateignent  as  tielx  villes 
come  apres.  Purveux  toutz  foitz  qe  nul  home  ne 
femme  foit  chargez  deux  foitz  pur  null  tielx  beftes 
ne  chateux  aucunement  par  celle  enchefon. 


TEM,    It  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed,    That  all  1  Ed.  3.  fist. 
Manner  of  Foreigners  having  Lands,  Tenements, c-  6- 
*  Goods,  and  Chatties,  within  any  Towns  at  the  #  ^a  B:af.^ 
Day  of  Grant  of  any  Difme  or  §htinhime,  or  of  any 
other  Tax   whatfoever,     although    they   lead   away 
their  Beafts,  or  carry  away  their  Goods  and  Chatties 
out  of  the  fame  Town  after  the  Day  of  the  faid 
Grant,  that  the  fame  Foreigners,  and  every  of  them, 
fhall  be  contribi  tory  with  the  Inhabitants  of  fuch 
Towns  to  fuch  Difme.,  Fifteen,  or  Tax  whatsoever. 
(2)  And  that  the  Collectors  of  the  fame  Dififtz,  ghtiii- 
zime  or  Tax  for  the  Tims  being,  within  fuch  Towns, 
fhall  have  Power  by  Authority  of  their  Office  to 
tax  and  affefs  fuch  Foreigners  according  to  the  Quan- 
tity of  their  Goods,  Chatties,  and  Poffeffions,  being 
in  the  faid  Towns  at  the  Days  of  the  Grant  of  ihe 
faid  Difme,  Qdnzime  or  Tax,   (3)  and  for  the  Sums 
whereto  theybe  affeffed  or  taxed,  to  diftrain  in  every 
Place  within  the  County,  as  well  before  that  our  (aid 
Lord  the  King  be  anfwered  of  the  whole  Sums  that 
attain  to  fuch  Towns,  as  after.    (4.)  Provided  always,  None  (hail  be 
That  no  Man  nor  Woman  be  two  Times  charged  <wi«  charge* 
for  any  fuch  Beafts,  Goods,  nor  Chatties,  m  ariyfor  b,s  Goods' 
wife  by  occaiion  thereof. 


\ou  L 


Pp'P 


C  A  P. 


474       C.  8—10. 


Anno  nono  Henrici  IV. 


A.  D. 


1407. 


EXP. 


CAP.      VIII. 

The  carrying  of  Money  out  of  the  Realm  to  the  Court  of  Rome  prohibited  ;  and  all  Statutes 
againft  Provifors,  and  Tranflation  of  Archbifhopricks,  &V.  confirmed. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Loud. 

ITEM  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  coment  en  diverfes  maners  la  monoye  de  fon  Roiaume  dEn- 
gleterre eft  traihez  hors  dicell  a  la  court  de  Rome  en  efchaunge  par  provifours  pur  provifions  purchaifcr 
de  lappoiftoill  &  tranflations  de  Erchevefchies  &  Evefchies  a  trefgraunt  empoveriffement  de  fon  dit  Roiaume 
ad  ordeignez  &eftabliz  par  kffent  fuifdit  qe  toutz  les  eftatutz  &  ordinances  faitz  encountre  provifours  tran- 
flations des  Erchevefchies  &  Evefchies  lour  executours  procuratours  notoirs  fautours  maintenours  &  recep- 
tours  fibien  en  le  temps  Seignur  E.  nadegairs  Roy  dEngleterre  &  en  temps  du  R.  darrain  Roy  dEngleterre 
come  en  temps  de  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft  ove  toutz  les  peins  &  additions  a  yceux  foient  deforena- 
Su  9  H.  5.  fiat,  vant  firmement  tenuz  &  gardez  en  toutz  pointz  la  moderation  des  eftatutz  avauntditz  a  noftre  dit  Seignur 
a  •'  9-  le  Roy  avaunt  ces  heures  fait  non  obftant. 

CAP.     IX. 

Elections  to  fpiritual  Promotions  fhall  be  free,  and  not  interrupted  by  the  Pope  or  the  King. 


Alteied  25  H. 
8.  c.  io. 

*Add  Elediw 
•^  Net  in  Ong. 


ND  that  from  henceforth  all  the  Elections  of  all 
Archbifhopricks,  Bifhopricks,  Abbies,  Prio- 
ries, Deanries,  and  other  Dignities  *,  or  any  other 
EIe&cns.i ,.  be  free,,  without  being  in  any  wife  inter- 
rupted by  the  faid  Pope,  or  by  Commandment  of  our 
faid  Sovereign  Lord  the  King.  Provided  always,  That 
our  faid  Sovereign  Lord  the  King  have  as  freely  his 
Liberties  and  Prerogatives,  as  any  of  his  noble  Pro- 
genitors hath  had  before  this  Time,  and  as  he  him- 
i'eif  had  at  the  Time  of  the  making  of  this  Statute.' 


ET  qe  toutz  les  elections  des  toutz  Erchevef- 
chies Evefchies  Abbeies  Priories  Deanes  on 
autres  dignites  electives  qiconques  foient  deforena- 
vaunt  frankes  fanz  eftre  en  nulle  manere  deftour- 
biez  par  lappoftoill  avauntdit  ou  par  maundement 
de  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy.  Purveux  toutz  foitz 
qe  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  eit  auxi  franchement. 
fez  libertee  &  prerogatiff  come  aucune  de  fes  no- 
bles progenitours  ad  eue  devant  ces  heures  ou 
come  luy  mefmes  ad  a  ceft  temps  de  fefance  de 
ceft  eftatut. 


SXP, 


C  A  P.     X. 

A  Pardon  granted  by  the  King  to  all  that  have  purcha-fed  Provifions,  or  Tranflations  to- 

Archbifhopricks,  Bifhopricks,  &c. 

1  T  outre  ceo  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ad  pardonez  &  pardon  a  toutz  yceux  qount  purchafez  pro- 
4  yifions  ou  tranflations  des  Erchevefchies  ou  Evefchies  purchafes  &  executz  ou  nient  executz  devant 
yceft  primier  jour  de  Decembr'  &  toutz  lour  procuratours  notoirs  fautours  &  executours  toutz  maneres  des- 
trefpafles  contcmptes  forfeitures  &  mefprifions  par  eux  ou  aucuns  deux  faitz  entour  la  dit  purchafe  ency 
qils  purront  en  apres  lour  grace  mettre  en  lexecuticn  iibien  par  eux  mefmes  come  par  lour  procuratours  no- 
toirs &  executours  avauntditz. 

ET  ideo  tibi  precipirnus  cjuod  ftatim  vifis  prefentibus  ftatuta  &  ordinationes  predicta  in  fingulis  locis  infra 
ballivam  tuam  ubi  magis  expediens  fuerit  &  nsccffe  publice  ex  parte  noftra  proclamari  &  notificari  ac 
quantum  in  te  eft  firmiter  &  inviolabiliter  teneri  &  obfcrvari  facias  juxta  tenorem  eorundem  Et  hoc  nulla- 
tenus  omittas.     T.  R".  apud  Weftai'  primo  die  Febr.uarii  anno  nono. 


Statutes    made    at  Weftminfter,    Anno   n    Hen.    IV..     and.    Anno 

Dora.    1409. 


)Y  the  Advice  and  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spiri- 
tual and  Temporal,  and  at  the  H  equeft,  In- 
ftance,  and  Suit  of  the  Commons,  being  in 
the  Parliament  hoiden  at  TVellminjhry  in  the  Fif- 
teenth of  St.  Hilary,  the  Eleventh  Year  of  the 
Reign  of  King  Henry  the  Fourth  ;  the  fame  our  1 
Lord  the  King  h  ith  ordained  divers  Statutes  and  Or-  j 
dinanccs  in  the  Form  as  followeth."  J 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  10. 
E  ladvys  &  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx 
&  temporelx  &  a  les  graundes  inftance  & 
prier  des  communes  eftcantz  en  le  parlo 
ment  tenuz  a  Weftm'  en  la  quinfzeine  dc  Seint 
Hiller  Ian  del  regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  unf- 
zifme  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ad  ordeignez- 
&  eftabliz  diverfes  ordeignances  Si  eftatutz  en  la 
forme  qenfuyte, .  » 

•    CAP.. 


A.'D.  1409,  Anno  undecimo  Henrici  IV. 


C. 


475 


CAP.      I. 

The  Penalty  on  a  Sheriff  for  making  an  untrue  Return  of  the  Election  of  the  Knights  of 

Parliament. 


Ex  Rot.  in  lurr.  Loud, 

PRimerement  come  en  le  parlement  tenuz  a 
Weftm'  Ian  du  regne  noftre  dit  Seignur  le 
Roy  feptifme  ordennez  fuit  &  eftabliez  par  eftatut 
en  confervation  de  les  franchifes  &  libertees  del 
election  des  chivalers  de  countees  ufez  parmy  le 
Roialme  certeine  forme  &  manere  de  la  election  de 
tielx  chivalers  come  en  le  dit  eftatut  pluis  pleine- 
ment  eft  contenuz  &  partant  qen  mefme  leftatut 
nul  peine  fuit  ordeigne  ne  mys  en  efpeciale  fur  ks 
vifcontz  des  countees  fils  ferroient  afcuns  re- 
tournes  a  contrair  de  mefme  leftatut  ordeigne  eft 
&  eftablie  qe  les  Juftices  as  aflifes  prendre  aient 
poair  denquer  en  lour  feflions  des  aflifes  de  tielx 
retournes  faitz  et  fi  par  enqueft  &  due  examination 
trovee  foit  devaunt  mefmes  les  Juftices  qe  afcun 
tiel  vifcont  ait  fait  ou  face  en  apres  afcun  retoume 
encontre  la  tenure  du  dit  eftatut  qe  mefme 
le  vifcont  encourge  la  peyne  de  C  li.  a  paiers  a 
noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy.  Et  outre  ceo  qe  les 
chivalers  des  countees  enfi  nient  duement  retournez 
perdent  lour  gages  du  parlement  dancien  temps 
acuftumez. 


H.  6.  c.  2.     23  H.  6.  c.  1 
Geo,  2.  c.  28.  and  31  Geo. 


27  H.  S.  c.  26.     15  H.  S.  r.  11.     7 
c.  14,  for  tie  due  EletlioH  of  Knights  of 


IRST,    Whereas   in  the  Parliament  hoiden  at7H-4-  c-  >S> 
Weftmhiflcr,  the  Seventh  Year  of  the  Reign  of8  Ht  6'  c'  7> 
our  faid  Lord  the  King,    there  was  ordained  and 
eftablifhed  by  a  Statute  for  the  Prefervation  of  tn.e 
Liberties    and   Franchifes   of  the   Election   of  the 
Knights  of  the  Shire  ufed  through  the  Realm,   a 
certain  Form  and  Manner  of  the  Election  of  fuch 
Knights,  as  in  the  faid  Statute  more  fully  is  con- 
tained ;   (2)  and  forafmuch  as  in  the  fame  Statute 
no  Penalty  was  ordained  or  limited  in  fpecial  upon 
the  Sheriffs  of  the  Counties,  if  they  make  any  Re- 
turns to  the  contrary  o.   the  fame  Statute  ;"  '  (3) 
it  is  ordained  and  ftabliihed,  That  the  Juftices  af- 
figned  to  take  Aflifes,   fhall  have  Power  to  inquire  in 
their  Seflions  of  Aflifes  of  fuch  Returns  made  ;    (4) 
and  if  it  be  found  by  Inqueft,    and  due  Examination 
before  the  fa:,  e  Juftices,  that  any  fuch  Sheriff  hath 
made,  or  hereafter  make,  any  Return  contrary  to  the 
Tenor  of  the  faid  Statute,  that  then  the  fame  Sheriff 
fhall  incur  the  Penalty  of  One  hundred  Pounds  to  be  1  H.  5.  c.  t, 
paid  to  our  Lord  the  King  ;   (5)  and  moreover,  that6  H  "   ' 
the   Knights  of  the   Counties   fo   unduly   returned,  \\^ 
fhall   lofe  their   Wages   of  the   Parliament,  of  ol ' ' 
Time  accuftomed.'  < 

laAnn.  c.  23.     12  Ann.  flat.  I.   c,   5,      iS 

*  Reed  14. 


%W.  3.  e.i)7,& 
Shires. 


CAP.     II. 


No  common  Hoftler  fhall  be  a  Cuftomer,  Comptroller,  or  Searcher. 


ITEM  ordeinez  eft  &~  eftabliez  qe  null  homme 
qi  tient  commune  hofterye  en  afcune  citee  ou 
burgh  dEngleterre  foit  cuftumer  controullour  tro- 
nour  ou  fercheour  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  &  ceo 
pur  efchuer  les  damages  &  perde  qent  purront 
avenir  par  le  favour  qe  tielx  communes  hoftiliers 
purront  ou  voillent  faire  as  marchauntz  &  autres 
lour  holies  en  lour  offices  deffuifditz. 


CAT 

Records  fhall  not  be  amended  or 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  Juftices  des 
aflifes  par  commiflion  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  en 
ks  countees  de  Roialme  aprendre  aflignez  &  aflig- 
ners  deforenavant  facent  deliverer  pleinement  en 
treforie  noftr;  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  toutz  les  recordes 
de  ks  aflifes  de  novell  difieihne  de  mordaunceftre 
&  des  certifications  ove  toutz  ks  appurtenances  & 
appendances  devaunt  eux  determinez  chefcune  fe- 
cunde  an  apres  qe  le  plee  ent  foit  determine  & 
juggement  rendu  fanz  pluis  delaie.  Et  qe  les  re- 
cordes &  ks  proceffes  des  pkes  realx  &  perfonelx  j 
&  daflifes  de  novell  diffeifine  de  mortdaunceftre  & 
certifications  &  dautres  dont  juggement  foit 
renduz  &  enrolkz  ou  chofe  touchant  tielx  pkes 
ne  foient  en  afcune  manere  amendez  ne  empeirez 
par  novel  entre  des  clerks  ou  par  record  ou  chofe 
certifier  ou  tefmoigner  ou  commandement  dafcun 
Juftice  qiconqe  en  null  terme  apres  qe  tiel  jugge- 
ment en  tielx  pkes  foit  donez  &  enrollez. 


« 


T  E  M,  It  is  ordained  and  ftablifhed,  That  no 
Man  which  holdeth  a  common  Hoftry  in  any 
City  or  Borough  of  England,  fhall  be  a  Cuftomer, 
Comptroller,  Finder  a,  nor  Searcher  of  the  faid  Lord*  Tronour. 
the  King;  (2)  and  that  to  efchew  the  Damage  and 
Lofs,  which  thereof  may  happen,  by  the  Favour 
that  fuch  common  Hoftkrs  may  or  will  do  to  Mer- 
chants and  other  their  Guefts  in  their  faid  Offices.'     Enforcedly  20 

H.  6.  c.  5.. 
.        III. 

impaired  after  Judgement  inrolled. 

ITEM,  It  is  ordained  and  ftablifhed^  That  the  Juftices  of  Affife 
Juftices  afligned,  and  to  be  affigned,  to  take  Af-  ^a"  dd;ver  im° 
fifes  by  Commiflion   of  our  Lord  the  King   in  tke^J™^*6 
Counties  of  the  Realm,    from  henceforth  fhall  caufefifej  g>c.  ev.ery 
to  be  delivered  fully  in  the  King's  Treafury,  all  thefcrond  Year.' 
Records  of  Aflifes  of  Novel  dijjeijir,,  of  MortdanceJIer,§  Ed'  3'  ft^  J- 
and  of  Certifications,  with   all    the   Appurtenances c'  5- 
and  Appendances  before  them  determined,  every  fe- 
cond  Year,  that  the  Plea  thereof  be  determined,  and 
Judgement  given   without   more  Delay.     (2)  And  ■ 
that  the  Records  and  Procefs  of  Picas  real  and  per-    ■ 
fonal,  and  of  Aflifes  of  Novel  dijfei/in,  or  Mortdc'n- 
ce/ier,    and  Certifications,   and   of  others,    whereof 
Judgement  is  given  and  inrolled,  or  Things' touch- 
ing fuch  Plea,  fhall  in  no  wife  be  amended  nor  im-.  • 
paired  by  new  entering  of  the  Clerks,    or  by  the 
Record   or   Thing   certified    in  Witnefs   or   Com- 
mandment  of  any  Juftice,  in  no  Term  after  that 
fuch  Judgement  in  fuchPkns  is  given  and  irfrolkd.-' 

~pPP  2  cap; 


476        C.  4-— 6.  Anno  undecimo  Hrnrici  IV.  A.  D.  1409. 

CAP.    iv. 

He  that  playeth  at  unlawful  Games  prohibited  by  the  Statute  of  12  Rich.  2.  c.  6.  fhall  be 

fix  Days  impriibned. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Loud. 
Rep.  jj  h.  s.     T  TEM  come  en  leftatut  fakaCantebr'  Ian  du  regne  le  Roy  Richard  feconde  dufzifme  entre  autres  chofes 
c  9.  i    accorde  eftoit  Si  ailentuz  qe  les  fervantz  &  laborers  de  hufbandrye  Si  laborers  Si  fervantz  des  artificers 

&  des  vitelers  aient  arkes  Si  fetes  Si  les  ufent  les  Dymenges  &  jours  de  feftes  Sz  leffent  toutoutrement  les 
jeues  as  pelotes  fibien  a  main  come  a  pee  Si  les  autres  jeues  appellez  coites  dices  gettre  de  peer  kayles  &  au- 
tres tielx  jeues  importunes  et  qe  les  vifcontz  mairs  baillifs  &  coneftables  aient  poair  darefter  toutz  les  contre- 
venantz  come  en  le  dit  eftatut  eft  contenuz  plus  au  plein  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  voet  qe  le  dit  eftatut  (bit 
fermement  tenuz  &  gardez  Adjouftez  a  ycell  qe  chefcun  tiel  laborer  ou  fervantqe  face  a  contraire  de  mefme 
leftatut  ait  emprifonement  de  vi.  jours.  Et  aient  les  mairs  &  vifcontz  ou  les  mairs  &  baillifs  des  citees  Si 
burghs  Sc  ies  coneftables  en  autres  villes  poair  de  mettre  ceft  eftatut  en  execution  de  temps  en  temps  Et  fils 
ne  facent  enl  execution  paient  au  Roy  les  mairs  Si  vifcontz  ou  les  mairs  &  baillifs  defuifditz  pur  chefcun  lour 
defaute  xxs.  Et  les  coneftables  ouconeftablede  chefcune  ville  qi  ne  facent  ou  face  autiele  execution  de  ceft 
eftatut  paient  &  paie  au  Roy  a  chefcun  lour  defaute  vi  s.  viii  d.  Et  aient  les  Juftices  des  affifes  poair  den- 
quere  en  ceo  cas  en  lour  fel^ons  de  temps  en  temps  de  les  contrariantz  de  cell  eftatut  &  dent  certifier  en  la 
Chancerie.. 

CAP.     V. 

Gaily  Half-pence  fbali  not  be  current  in  Payment  in  this  Realm. 

O  B„  TTEIVf  pur  ceoqe  les  Galyhalpenys  courgent  communement  en  le  Roialme  pur  paiement  en  derogation 

■*■  de  le  corone  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  &  en  grande  deceit  de  la  commune  poeple  ordeinez  eft  &  eftabliz 
qe  les  ditz  Gaiihalpenyes  jammes  ne  courgent  en  paiement  ne  en  autre  manere  deinz  le  Roiaulme  dEngle- 
terre  fur  peyne  de  forfaiture  dycelles  &  enouter  qe  les  Gaiihalpenyes  en  quy  maines  qils  foient  trovez  deinz 
le  dit  Roialme  foient  forfaitz  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  apres  les  deux  moys  profcheins  enfuantz  la  pro- 
clamation de  ceft  eftatut.  Et  outre  ceo  voet  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qe  toutz  les  eftatutz  &  ordinances 
faitz  devant  ces  heures  par  luy  ou  par  ces  nobles  pragenftours  nient  repellez  fibien  de  la  moneye  dEfcoce 
come  de  la  moneye  des  aultres  Roialmes  &  parties  de  pardeia  le  meer  foient  tenuz  Sz  gardez  &  mys  en  due 
execution. 

CAP.    VI. 

Cloths  mail  not  be  tacked  and  plaited  together  before  the  Aulneger  hath  fet  his  Seal  to  them. 

7  H.  4.  c.  10.    T  T  E  M  come  par  leftatut  fait  Ian  du  regne  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  feptifme  ordeinez  eftoit  qe  chefcun 
dlrftTOd^th""        c9urt  drap  fait  deinz  le  Roialme  tiendroit  par  affife  la  longure  de  xxviij.  verges  par  le  crefte  &  chefcun 
\VorTchtl  \n     duffeine  de  drap  la  longure  de  xiiij.  verges  par  le  creft  &  les  rayes  contiegnerent  en  longure  par  le  lifte 
thi.  Aft,  fee      mefurez  mefme  la  longure  ceftaffavoir  le  drap  entier  xxviij.  verges  &  le  dufteine  xiiij.  verges  et  certeines 
11 H.  6.  c.  9.    perfones  daulneurs  a  ceo  affignez  parmy  le  Roialme  preignantx  lour  charge  en  lefcheker  de  bien  &  loial-  ■ 
ment  fanz  fnvude  fercher  &  furveier  ticlx  maneres.  draps  &  duffeins  qe  chefcun  de  eux  en  fa  nature  tien- 
droit fa  longure  &  laeure  come  leftatut  fuifdit  requiert  eiantz  yceux  aulneours  poair  &  au£torite  depar 
noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  de  faire  duement  lour  dit  office  &  de  enfealer  ove  le  leal  al  office  fuifdit  affigne 
toutz  les  draps  &  duffeins  fuifditz  teignantz  lour  longure  Si  laeure  daffife  fuifdite  parenfi  qe  le  poeple  fanz 
donte  purroit  eftre  feure  qe  par  le  garrant  dicell  enfeallure  les  draps  Si  duffeins  fuifditz  teignerent  lour 
longure  Si  laeure  folonc  la  forme  del  eftatut  fuifdit  noun  obftant  quell  eftatut  certeines  gentz  &  principal- 
ment  en  les  parties  de  Weft  faifantz  tielx  maneres  draps  queux  neteignent  laffife  de  lour  mefure  fuifdit 
auxibien  en  rayes  come  en  plain  drap  &  en  efpeciale  ou  le  court  drap  duift  tenir  la  longure   de  xxviij. 
verges  il  ne  tient  qe  xxiij.  verges  Si  lou  le  duffein  de  drap  duift  tenir  xiiij.  verges  il  ne  tient  qe  xj.  verges 
Si  pur  conceler  yceft  deceit  de  mefure  les  fuifditz  gentz   enfi  faifantz  tielx  draps  Si  duffeins  les  facent  pliter 
&  takker  enfemble  maintenant  apres  qils  foient  faitz  et  qant  les  aulneours  veient  ceux  draps  enfi  takkez 
enfemble  ils  les  enfealent  fanz  faire  pluis  de  ferche  ou  furveu  de  mefure  dycell  a  grande  difceit  &  arrerifle- 
ment  fibien  as  Seignurs  come  as  communes  del  Roialme  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  les  mefchiefs 
fuifditz  &  veulant  fur  ceo  purvoier  de  remede  del  advys  Si  affent  des  Seignurs  fuifditz  &  a  la  requefte 
des  ditz  communes  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliez  qe  un  novell  feal  eiant  figne  &  merche  differentz  de  laun- 
c  ien  feal  de  dit  office  de  launeour  foit  fait  &  delivere  a  les  aulneours  fuifditz  &  qe  apres  qe  mefme  le  feal 
enfy  de  novell  affaire  foit  delivere  as  ditz  aulneours  proclamation  foit  fait  overtement  en  les  ditz  parties  de 
Weft  Si  aillours  parmy  le  Roialme  qe  null  perfone  faifant  tielx  maneres  draps  Si  duffeins  en  mefme  les 
parties  de  Weft  naillours  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  foit  fi  hardy  de  takker  &  pliter  emfemble  tielx  ma- 
13  R.  z.  flat.  j.  neres  draps  devant  qe  laulneour  eit  fait  fon  ferche  Si  furveu  duement  de  yceux  draps  qils  tiegnent  lour 
'•  "•  longure  &  laeure  ordeignes  par  le  dit  eftatut  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  dycell  et  qe  le  dit  aulneour  apres  ceo= 

metter 


A.  D.  1409.  Anno  11  ndecimo  Henri ci  IV.  C.  7 — 9.        477 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
mette  le  dit  novel  feal  de  fon  office  as  tielx  maneres  draps  &  dufleins  favant  toutfoitz  qeles  draps  &  dufc 
feins  de  colour  &  dc  ray  queux  font  enfealez  ovec  launcien  feal  fuifdit  avant  la  proclamation  faite  puiflent 
avoir  lour  cours  dertre  venduz  fanz  afcun  impediment  empefchement  ou  diftreinte  fur  eux  affaire  par  les 
ditz  aulneours  ou  afcun  autre  officer  parenter  le  jour  du  dite  proclamation  et  le  fefte  de  feient  Pere  ad  vin- 
cula  profchein  avenir.     Et  en  cas  qe  afcun  aulneour  en  faifant  fon  dit  office  face  le  contrair  de  celt  eftatut  The  Penalty  on 
&  de  ceo  foit  duement  atteint  qal  primier  foitz  qil  ferra  iffint  atteint  il  perde  x  li.  &  al  feconde  foitz  xx  li. an  Aulneger  for 
a  levers  &  paiers  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  de  toutz  fes  terres  &  tenementz  biens  &  chateux  en  qi  mains  ™l  £"°rmins 
qils  foient  &  al  terce  foitz  fon  corps  areituz  &  toutz  fes  biens  &  chateux  a  la  volunte  du  Roy.     Et  outer 
ceo  voet  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qe  celuy  qi  vorra  fuir  pur  le  Roy  ou  pur  luy  mefmes  eit  la  fuite  dat- 
teindre  tiel  aulneour  enfi  faifant  a  contrair  de  ceft  eftatut  et  ait  mefme  le  purfuant  pur  fon  travail  la  quart  • 
partie  de  la  peine  de  x  li.  ou  xx  li.  defuifditz  folonc  ceo  qe  le  cas  aviendra  favant  as  Seignurs  &  autres  lour  ,T  h.  6.  c.  o. 
franchifes  fi  afcuns  y  aient  en  ceo  cas.  oif.  Byu&  iz 

W.  3.  c.  20.  •whiih  tela  away /ixInJgt  Ditties, 

CAP.     VII. 

Merchant  Strangers  fhall  pay  the  Cuftoms,  &c.  granted  to  the  King  by  the  Commons  for 

Cloth  cut  in  Pieces,  or  Garments,  proportionably  after  the  Rate  of  a  whole  Piece. 

ITEM  par  la  ou  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  en  ad  la  cuftume  &  fubfide  en  la  forme  contenue  en  la  graunte  E  x  ^ 
de  fes  communes  &  entre'  autres  de  chefcun  drap  de  fcarlet  &  autre  drap  dentier  grr.yn  une  certeine 
cuftume  ore  eft  il  enfi  qe  certeins  marchantz  aliens  en  la  Citee  de  Loundres  et  en  autres  villes  demurrantz 
ount  pris  &  teignont  graundes  hoftielx  &  meaifons  en  les  queles  ils  font  fole  inheritantz  &  achatent  afcun 
foitz  come  en  un  an  mill  ou  ii.  mill  draps  de  blanket  fyne  ou  pluis  &  les  font  teintrere  de  lour  grayn  de- 
mefne  en  fcarlet  ou  fangwyne  &  en  autres  colours  dentier  grayn  ou  de  demy  grayn  &  puis  font  trencher 
tielx  draps  a  petites  peces  de  v.  ou  vj.  verges  ou  de  pluis  ou  de  meins  &  ent  fount  diverfes  garnementes  &  les 
empackent  en  lour  ditz  hoftielx  &  en  mefmes  les  packes  fotilment  empackent  layn  fyn  or  &  argent  en  plate 
&  afcun  foitz  ils  mettent  tielx  layn  or  &  argent  en  barelx  &c  autres  veffelx  &  les  amefnent  hors  du  Roialme 
fanz  afcun  cuftume  ou  fubfide  paier  pur  ycell  defoutz  le  colour  de  tielx  garnementz  iffint  faitz  par  caufe  qe 
tielx  garnementz  ne  font  pas  cuftumables  et  iffint  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  par  tielx  marchantz  aliens  enfi 
en  lour  hoftielx  folement  demilrrantz  eft  de  jour  en  autre  grandement  de  fes  cuftume  &  fubfide  defraude  & 
defceua  grande  damage  &  prejudice  de  luy  en  cell  partie  Ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  toutz  marchantz  aliens 
deforenavant  paient  les  fubfide  &  cuftume  fibien  pur  tielx  garnementz  folonc  lafferant  ceftaffavoir  fi  iiij.. 
ou  v.  ou  vi.  tielx  garnementz  conteignent  un  drap  de,ntier  grayn  qadonqes  ils  paient  la  cuftume  &  fubfide 
come  pur  un  drap  de  fcarlet  entier  fi  meyns  meyns  &  fi  pluis  pluis  come  auxi  des  draps  graynez  &  toutz 
autres  draps  de  layn.  Et  outre  ceo  accordez  eft  &  affentuz  en  le  dit  parlement  qe  commiffions  foient  faitz. 
as  certeines  perfones  denquer  fi  les  ditz  aliens  aient  riens  fait  ou  attemptez  a  contrair  de  les  eftatutz  devant 
ces  heures  faitz  en  ceo  cas  &  dent  certefier  en  la  Chauncerie  noftre  Seignor  le  Roy. 

CAP.     VIII. 

The  Lord  Chancellor  fhall  fend  the  Eftreats  of  Exchanges  taken  of  Merchants  into  the 

Exchequer  every  fifteen  Days. 

ITEM  come  en  leftatut  fait  aWeftm'  Ian  xiiij.  le  Roy  Richard  feconde  ordeignez  foit  &  eftabliz  qeoF. 
pur  chefcune  efchaunge  qe  delors  ferroit  fait  par  merchantz  a  la  court  de  Rome  ou  aillours  qe  les  ditz  14  R>  *•  c-  av 
merchandes  foient  firmement  &  furement  liez  en  la  chancellarie  dachatter  deinz  trois  moifes  apres  la  dite 
efchange  fait  merchandifes  de  leftapie  come  layns  quirs  pealx  lanutz  plumbe  ou  eftain  bureformage  draps  ou. 
autres  commoditees  de  la  terre  a  la  value  de  la  fomme  iffint  efchaunge  fur  forfaiture  dycell  ordeignez  eft  & 
eftabliez  qe  le  dit  eftatut  foit  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez  &  mys  en  due  execution  Adjouftant  a  ycell  qe  le 
Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  de  quinfzeine  en  quinfzeine  envoie  leS  extremes  des  briefs 
defchange  en  lefcheker  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  et  qe  les  Treforer  &  Barons  du  dit  Efcheker  aient  poair  par 
auiftorite  de  parlement  dexaminer  les  cuftumers  en  ceo  cas  &  de  punir  ceux  qi  ferront  trovez  coupables.  eru- 
contre  la  forme  du  dit  eftatut  folonc  la  contenue  dycell. 

CAP.     IX. 

Jurors  in  Indictments  fhall  be  returned  by  the  Sheriff,  or  Bailiffs,  without  the  Denomination,,,^  ujla.r 

of  any.  '•  -"■  3s- 

*  iZ.EJ.  1.  c.  9,7 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  ore  tarde  enqueftes  feurent    "  TTEM,  BeCaufe  that  now  of  late  Inquefts  werej4  e'J.  I'/c.  4. 
prifez  a  Weftm'  des  perfones  as  juftices  deno-     "  A  taken  at  Weftminjler,  of  Perfons   named  to  th^-E^-  3-  ?■  m 
mez  faunz  due  retourne  de  vifcont  des  queux  per-     "  Juftices,    without  due  Return  of   the   Sheriff,    of"  H- 7- c-24- 
fones  afcuns  furent  utlagez  devant  les  ditz  Juftices     "  which  Perfons  fome  were  outlawed  before  the  faid^H^-  ^'^^ 
de  record  &  afcuns  fuezal  feintewarie  purtrefon&    "  juftices  of  Record,  and  fome  fled  to  Sanctuary  forCro,  qI.  1'^ 

Treafon,3  Ihft.  Zi,  33., 


47 8        C.  i. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Henrici  IV. 


A.  D. 


"  Trcafon,  and  fome  for  Felony,  there  to  have  Re- 

"  fage,  by  whom  as  well  many  Offenders  were  indicl:- 

"  ed,  as  other  lawful  liege  People  of  our  Lord  the 

w  King,  not  guilty,  by  Confpiracy,  Abettment,  and 

"  falfe  Imagination  of  other  Perfons,  for  their  fpecial 

"  Advantage  and  fingular  Lucre,  againft  the  Courfe  of 

"  the  Common  Law  ufed  and  accuftomed  before  this 

"  Time;'-'    '  (2)  our  faid  the  Lord  the  King,    for  the 

6  greater  Eafe  and  Qiiietnefs  of  his  People,  will  and 

1  granteth,    That  the  fame  Indictment  fo  made,  with 

'  all  the  Dependence  thereof,   be  revoked,   adnulled, 

1  void,  and  holden   for  none  for  ever;    (3)  and  that 

'  from  henceforth  no  Indictment  be  made  by  any  fuch 

.  '  Perfons,  but  by  Inquefts  of  the  King's  lawful  liege 

c  People,   in  the  Manner  as  was  ufed  in  the  Time  of 

'  his    noble  Progenitors,   returned  by  the   Sheriffs  or 

*  Bailiffs  of  Franchifes,  without  any  Denomination  to 

Jones  198.        c  the  Sheriffs  or  Bailiffs  of  Franchifes  before  made  by 

'  any  Perfon  of  the  Names  which  by  him  mould  be 

'  empanelled,    except  it  be  by  the  Officer    of  the  faid 

'  Sheriffs  or  Bailiffs  of  Franchifes,  fworn  and  known, 

'  to  make  the  fame,    and  other  Officers  to  whom  it 

'  pertaineth  to  make  the  fame,  according  to  the  Law 

See  farther for  the '  of  England.     (4)  And  if  any  Indictment   be  made 

Qualification  and  <■  hereafter  in  any  Point  to  the  contrary,  that  the  fame 

Duty  °f3«™ ;  1  c  Indigent  be  alfo  void,  revoked,  and  for  ever  holden 

j.c.zi.  4W.3.     for  none. 

c.  3.     5&8.C.5.    23  ff.  8.  c.  13.    35  ff.  8.  c.  6.    it  El.  c.  6.    2  Sf  3  Ed.  6.  C;  32.    4  £? 
7..     6  Ceo.  2,  c.  37.     24  Geo.  2.  c.  iS,  fee.  1.  and  29  Geo.  2.  c.  19.  fie.  I. 


\f; 


1411. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Tun-.  Lond. 
afcuns  pur  felo'nie  pur  illoeqes  avoir  refuyte  par 
queux  iibien  plufours  miffaifours  eftoient  enditez 
come  autres  loialx  lieges  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  nient 
coupables  par  confpiracie  abbettement  &  faux  yma- 
gination  dautres  perfones  pur  lour  efpeciale  avan- 
age  &  lucres  propres  encontre  la  cours  de  la  com- 
mune ley  avant  ces  heures  ufez  &  accuftumez  no- 
ftre dit  Seignur  le  Roy  pur  greindre  eafe  &  quiete 
de  fon  poeple  voet  &  graunte  qe  mefme  lenditement 
I  iflint  fait  ovefqe  touiz  les  dependences  dicell  foit 
j  revokez  adnullez  voide  et  tenuz  pur  null  pur  toutz 
1  jours  &  qe  deforenav-ant  null  .enditement  foit  fait 
•  par  afcuns  tielx  perfones  einz  par  enqueftes  des 
?  loialx  lieges  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  en  manere 
j  come  fuit  ufe  en  temps  de  fes  nobles  progenitours 
J  par  les  vifcounts  ou  baillifs  des  franchifes  duement 
J  retournez  fanz  afcune  manere  denomination  as  dkz 
I  vifcontz  ou  baillifs  de  franchifes  devant  fait  par  af- 
l  cune  perfone  des  nouns  queux  ferront  par  luy  em- 
;  panellez  fil  ne  foit  par  les  miniftres  des  ditz  vif- 
i  contz  ou  baillifs  de  franchifes  a  ceo  faire  jurrez  & 
j  commys  &  les  autres  miniftres  as  queux  il  apper- 
j  tient  de  ceo  faire  folonc  la  ley  dEngleterre.     Ft  fi 
j  afcun  enditement  foit  fait  en  temps  avenir  en  afcune 
;  manere  a  contraire  foit  mefme  lenditement  auxint 
!  voide  adnullez  revokez  &  tenuz  pur  null  a  toutz 
I  jours. 

5  IV.  &  M.  c.  24.    7  £f  8  W.  3.  c.  32.  3  Geo.  2.  c.  26.  4  Geo.  2.  c. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,   Anno    13    Hen.  IV.  and  Anno 

Dota.    14 11. 


H  E  Tuefday  being  on  the  Morrow  of  All 
Souls,  the  Thirteenth  Year  of  the  Reign  of 
our  Lord  King  Henry  the  Fourth,  the  fame 
our  Lord  the  King,  by  the  Advice  and  Affent  of  the 
Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  at  the  Requeft 
of  the  Commons  being  in  the  faid  Parliament  holden 
at  JVe/lminJhr,  hath  caufed  to  be  ordained  and  fta- 
blimed  divers  Statutes  and  Ordinances  in  Form  as 
followeth." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  q. 
Arefdy  lendemayn  des  almes  Ian  du  regns 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  trefzifme  mefme 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  de  ladvis  &  affent 
des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a  la  requeft 
des  Communes  efteantz  en  fon  parlement  tenuz  a 
Weftm'  fift  ordeigner  &  eftablir  diverfes  ordinances 
&  eftatutz  en  la  fourme  qenfeute. 


C  A  P.      I. 

A  Confirmation  of  all  Liberties,  faving  a  Franchile  granted  to  the  Scholars  of  Oxford. 


•  Aii  andtUt 
ell  the  Lords 
Spiritual  and 
'Temporal,   and 
ether  Liege  Men 
of  the  Kir.g,  hav- 
ing Liberties  and 
franebifiesy 

9  H.  4.  c.  i. 


*  T?Irft,  That  holy  Church  have  all  her  Liberties] 
'  Jl*  and  Franchifes*,  (2.)  and  all  the  Cities  and 
'  Boroughs  of  the  Realm  have  and  enjoy  all  their 
'  Liberties  and  Franchifes,  which  they  have  of  the] 
'  Grant  of  our  Lord  the  King's  Progenitors,  or  of  his' 
'  own  Grant  or  Confirmation,  except  the  Francbife 
'  now  late  granted  to  the  Scholars  of  the  Univerfity 
4  olOxenford;  (3)  and  that  the  Great  Charter,  and 
'  the  Charter  of  the  Foreft,  and  all  other  good  Statutes 

*  made  before  this  Time,   and  not  repealed,  ftand  in 
'  their  Force' 


Rimierement  qe  feint  efglife  eit  toutz  fes  liber- 
tees  &  franchifes  &  qe  toutz  les  Seignurs  efpi- 
rituelx h  temporelx  &  les  autres  liges  duRoy  eiantz 
libertees  &  franchifes  &  toutz  les  citecs  _&  burghs 
du  Roialme  eient  &  enjpient  toutz  leur  libertees  & 
franchifes  queux  ils  ount  de  graunte  de  les  progeni- 
tours noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  &  de  fon  graunte 
demefne  ou  conferment  forfpris  la  franchife  ore 
tarde  graunte  a  lefs  efcolers  de  univerfite  dOxen- 
ford  et  qe  la  Graund  Chartre  &  la  Chartre  de  la 
Forefte  &■  toutz  autres  bones  eftatutz  avaunt  ces 
hoeures  faitz  &  nient  repellcz  eftoifent  en  lour  force. 

C  A  P. 


A.  D.  1411.         Anno  decimo  teftio  Henrici  IV.  C.  2—4.        479 

c  A  P.    II. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  8  Rich.  2.  cap.  2.  touching  Juftices  of  Affile  and  Gaol- 
delivery,  for  to  long  as  it  fhall  pleafe  the  King. 

Ex  Ret.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

IT  E  M  ordeignez  eft  &  cftablis  qe  leftatut  fait  Ian  vii.je  le  Roy  Richard  fecond  en  le  quell  fount  con-  E  x  P, 
tenuz  les  parols  qenfeuent :   '  ITEM  concordatum  eft  &  ftatutum  quod  nullus  homo  de  lege  fit  de33H.  3.  24, 

-  et  quod  Capitalis 
ilas  deliberand'  fet 
_.egis  fiat  ficut  pro  majori  parte  centum  annorum  proximo  prete- 
'  ritorurn  fieri  confuevit'  foit  tenuz  &  gardez  nonobftant  afcim  eftatut  ou  ordinance  fait  a  contraire.  Et 
qe  nul  Chief  juftice  de  Banc  le  Roy  foit  afcunement  en  apres  fait  juftice  as  affifes  prendre  en  afcun  counte 
deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  forfpris  en  le  counte  de  Lancaftre.  Et  qe  ceft  eftatut  teigne  force  tancome  y 
plerra  au  Roy  pur  i'alvation  de  fa  prerogatifv 

CAP.     III.. 

A  Confirmation  of  feveral  Statutes  of  1  Hen.  4.  cap.  7.     7  Hen.  4.  cap.  12.    &  1  Rich.  2V 

cap.  7..  touching  giving  and  taking  of  Liveries. 

ITEM  come  en  leftatut  fait  Ian  primer  noftre  Seignur-  le  Roy  qore  eft  ordeignez  eftoit  qe  mil  ErcevefqeRep-  3.car,  u 
Evefqe  Abbe  ne  Priour  ne  nul  autre  homme  de.feinte  efglife  ne  temporel  de  quel  eftat  ou  condition  qilc.  4. 
ferroit  dorroit  aucune  liveree  de  drap  a  nully  mais  foulement  a  fez  meynalx  &  officers  &  a  ceux  qi  font  de 
lour  confeil  fibien  efpirituelx  come  temporelx  aprifez  de  lune  ou  autre  loye  fur  peyn  de  faire  fyn  &  ratinceon 
a  la  volente  de  Roy.  Et  puis  apres  en  leftatut  fait  Ian  feptifrne  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ordeignez  eftoit 
&  efbbliz  qe  fibien  eel  eftatut  come  leftatut  de  liverc  des  chaperons  fait  en  temps  du  Roy  Richard  fecond 
foient  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez  &  mys  en  due  execution  Adjoufte  a  icell  qe  fi  afciSn  chivalar  ou  aucun 
autre  perfone  de  meyndre  eftat  doun;  aucune  tiel  liveree  de  drap  ou  des  chaperons  contre  la  fourme  des  ditz 
eftatutz  qil  encourge  la  peine  de  C  s.  pur  chefcun  tiele  livere  de  drap  ou  des  chapt  rons  a  paiers  au  Roy  a 
tant  des  foitz  qil  ferra  la  contraire  de  celle  eftatut  ou  ordinance..  Et  qe  celuy  qe  refceive  aucune  tiel  livere 
de  drap  ou  des  chaperons  encourge  femblablement  la  pcyne  de  xls.  a  paiers  au  Roy  come  defiuis  eft  dit  &  ait 
ce-luy  qi  vorra  fuir  en. ceo  eas  la  moyte  de  tielx  peines  pur  fon  travaill  et  ne  foient  tielx  peines  aucunement 
pardonez.  Et  outre  ceo  qe  nul  congregation  ne  compaignie  fe  face  de  tiel  liveree  de  drap  ou  des  chaperons 
as  collages  propres  dicell  congregation  ou  compaignie  fur  peine  qe  chefcun  homme  dicell  congregation  ou 
compaignie  qi  face  la  contraire  des  ditz  ordinances  ou  eftatut  paie  au  Roy  xls.  les  gildes  &  fraternitees  & 
auxi  les  gens  de  miftier  des  citees  &  burghs  deinz  le  Roialme  qi  font  fonduz  ou  ordeignez  a  bon  entent  & 
purpos  tantfoulemenc  exceptz.  Et  aient  les  Juftices  as  afiifes  prendre  poair  denquerer  de  temps  en  temps  en 
lour  feflions  de  les  matiers  fuifditz  &.  de  ceo  certifier  en  le  Bank  du  Roy.  Pourveuz  toutesfoitz  qen  temps  de 
guerre  bie«  life  as  Seignurs  chivalers  &  efquicrs  qitravaiileroni  en  tiel  guerre  de  doner  lour  fiveree  de  vefture 
ou  des  chaperons  tielx  &  en  tiel  guyfe  come  mielx  leur  femblera  pur  temps  de  tiel  guerre  fanz  afcunement 
eftre  moleftez  ou  eaqiiletezs  celle  partie  par  force  ou  vertue  du  dit  eftatut  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant. 
le  dit  eftatut  molt  profitable  pur  eafe  &  quiete  de  luy  &  de  tout  fon  Roialme  de  ladvys  &  aflent  des  ditz  Sei- 
gnurs efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a  lefpeciale  requeft  des  ditz  Communes  Voet  &  graunte  qe  les  ditz  eftatatz- 
foient  tenuz  &  gardez  &.  mys  en  due  execution  folonc.  les  fourme  &  effedf  diceiles.. 

C  A  P.      IV. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  7  Hen.  4.  cap.  10.  and  11  Hen.  4.    cap.  6.  &c.  touching 
the  Length  and  Breadth  of  Cloths  of  ray,  and  coloured  Cloths. 

ITEM  come  en  diverfes  eftatuitz  faitz  devaunt  cez  hoeures  fibien  en  temps  de  Roy  Edward  Aiel  noftre  Rep.  ;&6  Ed,'. 
Seignur  leRoy  qore  eft  come  en  temps  de  Richard  nadgairs  Roy  dEngleterre  ordeigne  eftoit  &  eftabliz6.  c.  6. 
qe  les  draps  de  ray  &  de  colour  tiendroient  certeine  longure  &  laeure  come  il  eft  contenuz  en  les  ditz  efta-43  E1-  c-  *°- 
tuitz  plus  au  plein.     Et  en  le  parlement  noftre  Seignur  ]e  Roy  qore  eft  Ian  de  fon  regne  feptifrne  ordeignez  'r  J?c'  J'  c'~'' 
foit  &  eftabliz  qe  le  drap  de  colour  contiegne  en  longure  xxviij.  aulnes  &  le  drap  de  ray  a  tant  mefurez  fanz"1     ' 4' 
defoier  les  draps  et  qe  le  drap  de  ray  tiegne  en  laeure  vi.  quarters  &  le  drap  de  colour  tiegne  en  laeure  vi; 
quarters  &  di'  au  fin  qe  lun  drap  &  lautre  eawe  &  tondu  foit  en  longure  de  xxiiij.  aulnes  fur  p  .yne  qe  l?s 
faifours  des  tielx  draps  forfacent  les  ditz  draps  qi  ftiront  trovez  par  lahieour  de  meindre  longure  ou  laeure 
&  qe  lalneour  les  preigne  &  les  delive-re  al  garclerobe  al  oeps  de.rnefinc.  noftre  Seignur  leRoy..    Et  auxi  per 
un  a:.tre  eftatut  fait  Ian  unfzifme  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  qore  eft.  pur  oufter  les  gr  undes  fraudes  Igdeoeijts3 
de  les-.aalneours  parmy  le  Roialme  diverfes  ordinances  eftauliffementz  &  puni'iementz  foient  faitz.  &  ordeignez' 
en  ceo  cas  come  en  les  eftatutz  faitz  les  ditz  ans  feptifrne  &  unfzifme  noflre  dit  Seignur  le.  Roy  qore  eft  pluis- 
pleinement  eftx  ntenuz  Mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  de  ladvys  &  afloat  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  t< -mpo— 
relx  &  a  la  requeft  des  ditz  Communes  ad  ordeignez. &:eftabliz  qe  les  ditz  eftatutz  faitz -.les  ditz.ans  feptifrne' 
&  unfzifme  foient  fermement  tenuz  &  gardes  &  mys  en  due  execution,.  " 

G  A  P,. 
4" 


480       C.  5  —7. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Henrici  IV.         A.  D.  1411, 


CAP.    V. 

All  Cuftomers,  Comptrollers-,  &V.  fhall  be  refident  upon  their  Offices. 


.  c.  10. 

•  c-  5- 
c  15. 


TEM  it  is  ordained  and  ftabliftied,  That  the 
Statutes  made  of  Cuitomers,  Comptrollers,  Lieu- 
tenants of  the  chief  Butler,  and  of  Searchers,  the 
mil  and  fourth  Years  of  our  faid  Lord  the  King  that 
now  is,  be  kept  and  holden ;  (2)  and  moreover  it  is 
ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  all  Manner  of  Cu- 
ftomers, and  Comptrollers,  Gangers  of  Wine,  and 
Searchers  through  the  Realm,  fhall  be  continually 
refident  and  abiding  upon  their  Offices,  and  in  fpecial 
at  the  Time  of  the  Charge  and  Difcharge  of  Ships  and 
Veffels,  entering  in  the  Ports  of  England,  and  pairing 
out  of  the  fame,  (3)  fo  that  110  fuch  Officer,  after  the 
Time  above  named,  be  abfent  from  his  faid  Office  by 
three  Weeks  at  the  mod,  upon  Pain  to  lofe  his  laid 
Office,  unlefs  he  be  commanded  and  charged  in  fpe- 
cial of  Record  to  be  in  the  King's  Courts,  or  other- 
wife  in  the  King's,,  Service  of  Record,  as  afore  is 
faid.' 


14.  R.  3 
17  R.  : 
1  H.4. 

4  H.  4.    C.  29.       C 

See  3  H.  6.  c.  3.  ( 
~,iH,  6.   c.s> 
&'  1  El.c.  n. 

&  8.    ivbicb  put  CitJIomeiSf  &?c.  ttrnkr  farther  Rftng'iGm* 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  les  eftatutz 
faitz  de  les  cuftumerscontrerollours  lieutenantz 
de  chief  botellere  &  de  les  fercheours  Ian  primer  & 
Ian  quart  le  Roy  qore  eft  foient  tenuz  &  gardez. 
Et  outre  ceo  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabli  qe  toutz  ma- 
nures des  cuftamers  contrerollours  gaugeours  de 
vins  &  fercheours  parmy  le  Roialme  foient  conti- 
nuelment  refeantz  et  demorantz  fur  leur  offices  & 
en  elpecial  al  temps  de  les  charge  &  defcharge  de 
les  niefs  &  veflelx  entrantz  les  portz  dEngleterre  &c 
paffantz  hors  dicelles  iffint  qe  nul  tiel  officer  apres 
le  temps  deffuis  nome  foit  abfente  de  fon  dit  office 
par  trois  femaignes  a  plus  fur  peine  de  perdre  fon 
dit  office  fil  ne  foit  comandez  &  chargies  en  efpecial 
de  record  deftre  en  les  courtes  du  Roy  ou  autre- 
ment  en  fervice  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  de  record 
come  defiuis  eft  dit. 


CAP.     VI. 

No  Gaily  Half-pence  or  Foreign  Money  fhall  be  current  within  this  Realm. 

ITEM  come  en  leftatut  fait  Ian  unfzifme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qore  eft  ordeignez  eftoit  &  eftabliz  qe 
les  Galyhalpenies  deflors  ne  courgerent  en  paiement  ne  en  autre  manere  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre 
fur  la  peine  de  forfaiture  dicell.  Et  enoutre  que  les  Galyhalpenyes  en  qi  mains  oils  ferroient  trovez  deinz 
le  dit  Rcialme  ferroient  forfaitz  au  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  et  auxi  qe  toutz  les  eftatutz  &  ordinances 
faitz.  par  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  ou  par  fez  nobles  progenitours  fibien  de  la  monoye  dEfcoce  come  de  la 
monoye  des  autres  Roialmes  &  parties  de  pardela  la  miere  ferroient  tenuz  &  gardez  &  mys  en  due  execfi- 
tion  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  la  graunde  deceit  fibien  de  les  ditz  Galyhalpenies  come  de  la 
2  H.  4.  c  6.  monoye  des  autres  Roialmes  &  parties  de  pardela  la  mier  voet  qe  mefmes  les  eftatutz  foient  fermement 
11  H,  4.  c.  5.    tenuz  &  gardez  &  mys  en  due  execution  en  toutz  pointz. 

CAP.     VII. 
The  Juftices  of  Peace  and  the  Sheriffs  fhall  arreft  thofe  which  commit  any  Riot,  &c.  inquire  of 

them,  and  record  their  Offences. 

1  tTEM  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed.  That  if  any 


Bra.  Riots,  5. 
7  Ed.  4.  f.  18. 
Riym.  386. 


5  R.  2.  ftat.  I, 
c.  7. 

15  R.  2.  c.  2. 
Inquiry  of  the 

Offenders. 


Riot,  Aflembly,  or  Rout  of  People  againft  the 
Law,  be  made  in  Parties  of  the  Realm,  that  the  Ju- 
'  ftices  of  Peace,  three,  or  two  of  them  at  the  leaft, 

*  and  the  Sheriff  or  Under-Sheriff  of  the  County  where 
'  fuch  Riot,  Aflembly,  of  Rout  fhall  be  made  here- 

*  after,  fhall  come  with  the  Power  of  the  County  (if 

*  Need  be)  to  arreft  them,  and  fhall  arreft  them  ;    (2) 

*  and  the  fame  Juftices  and  Sheriff,  or  Under-Sheriff, 

*  fhall  have  Power  to  record  that  which  they  fhall  find 
'  fo  done  in  their  Prefence  againft  the  Law;  (3)  and 
'  that  by  the  Record  of  the  fame  Juftices  and  Sheriff", 
'  or  Under-Sheriff,    fuch  Trefpailers    and  Offenders 

*  fhall  be  convidl:  in  the  fame  Manner  and  Form  as  is 
'  contained  in  the  Statute  of  Forcible  Entries.  (4/ 
'  And  if  it  happen  that  fuch  Trefpaffers  and  Offen- 
'  ders  be  departed  before  the  coming  of  the  faid  Ju- 
'  ftices   and  Sheriff,  or  Under-Sheriff,  that  the  fame 

*  Juftices,  three,  or  two  of  them,  fhall  diligently  in- 
'  quire  within  a  Month  after  fuch  Riot,  Aflembly, 
'  or  Rout  of  People  fo  made,  and  thereof  fhall  hear  and 
4  determine  according  to  the  Law  of  the  Land.. 


ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  fi  aucun  riot 
affemblee  ou  rout  des  gentz  encontre  la  loie  fe 
face  en  aucune  partie  de  Roialme  qe  les  Juftices  de 
paix  trois  ou  deux  de  eux  a  meyns  &  le  vifcont  ou 
fouth  vifcont  du  counte  ou  tiel  riote  affembk  ou 
rout  fe  ferra  enapres  veignent  ove  le  poair  de  counte 
ft  bofoigne  ferra  pur  eux  arefter  &  eux  areftent  & 
aient  mefmes  les  juftices  &  vifcont  ou  fouth  vifcont 
poair  de  recorder  ceo  qils  troevent  enfi  fait  en  leur 
prefence  encontre  la  ley  et  qe  par  le  record  de 
mefmes  les  Juftices  &  vifcont  ou  fouth-vifcont 
foient  tielx  trefpaffours  &  meffaifours  convielz  en- 
manere  &  fourme  come  il  eft  contenuz  en  leftatut 
de  forcibles  entrees.  Et  fil  adviegne  qe  tielx  tref- 
paffouri  &  meffaifours  foient  departiz  devaunt  la 
venue  des  ditz  Juftices  &  vifcont  ou  fouth-vifcont 
qe  jnefmes  les  Juftices  trois  ou  deux  de  eux  en- 
quergent  diligealment  deinz  un  moys  apres  tiel 
riote  aflemble  ou  route  de  gentz  enfy  faitz  Si  ent 
oient  &  terminent  folbnc  la-  loye  de  la  terre. 


Et 


A.  D.  1411. 


Anno  decimo  tertio  Henrici  IV. 


•C.  7.        481 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

Et  fi  la  veritee  ne  poet  eftre  trove  en  maner  come 
deiTuis  eft  dit  adonqes  deinz  un  moys  lors  profchein 
enfuiant  certifient  les  ditz  Juftices  trois  ou  deux  de 
eux  &:  le  vifcont  ou  fouth-vifcont  fuifditz  devaunt 
le  Roy  &  fon  counfeil  tout  le  fait  &  les  circum- 
ftances  dicell  quell  certificat  foit  daudel  force  come 
le  prefentment  de  xij.  fur  quel  certificat  foient  les 
ditz  trefpaflburs  &  meffaifours  mys  a  refponce  & 
ceux  qi  ferront  trovez  coupables  foient  puniz  fo- 
lonc  la  difcretion  du  Roy  &  de  fon  dit  confail. 

Et  fi  tielx  trefpaflburs  &  meffaifours  traverfent 
la  matire  enfy  certifie  foient  celles  certificat  &  tra- 
vers  mandez  en  banc  le  Roy  pur ,  y  eftre  triez  & 
terminez  come  la  ley  demande  et  fi  mefr.es  les  tref- 
paflburs &  meffaifours  ne  viegnent  my  devaunt  le 
Roy  &  fen  counfail  ou  en  Bank  le  Roy  a  primer 
mandement  adonqes  foit  fait  autre  mandement  di- 
rect a  vifcount  de  countee  de  prendre  les  ditz  tref- 
paflburs &  mefFaifours  fils  purront  eftre  trovez  & 
eux  amefner  a  certein  jour  devaunt  le  Roy  &  fon 
dit  counfail  ou  en  bank  le  Roy.  Et  fils  ne  purront 
eftre  trovez  qe  le  vifcont  ou  fouth-vifcont  face  pro- 
clamation en  pleine  countee  profchein  eniuiant  la 
liveree  du  feconde  mandement  qils  viegnent  de- 
vaunt le  Roy  &  fon  dit  counfail  ou  en  bank  le  Roy 
ou  en  la  chauncellarie  en  temps  de  vacation  deinz 
trois  femaignes  lors  profcheins  enfuiantz.  Et  en 
cas  qe  mefmes  les  trefpaflburs  &  meffaifours  ne 
viegnent  mye  come  devaunt  eft  dit  &  la  proclama- 
tion faite  &  retourne  foient  ils  conviitz  &  atteintz 
de  les  riote  affemble  ou  route  deffuifditz  non  ob- 
ftant  aucun  eftatut  ou  ordinance  fait  a  contraire. 

Et  en  outre  qe  les  juftices  de  la  paix  demurrantz 
les  pluis  profcheins  en  chefcun  counte  ou  tiel  riote 
affemble  ou  route  des  gentz  fe  ferra  en  apres  en- 
femblement  ove  le  vifcont  ou  fouth-vifcont  de 
mefme  le  counte  &  auxi  les  Juftices  daffifes  pur  le 
temps  qils  ferront  illoeqes  en  lour  feflions  en  cas  qe 
aucun  tiel  riote  affemble  ou  route  fe  ferra  en  lour 
prefence  facent  execution  de  ceft  eftatut  chefcun 
fur  peine  de  C  li.  a  paiers  au  Roy  a  tant  des  foitz 
qils  ferront  trovez  en  defaut  del  execution  de 
mefme  leftatut. 


'  II.    And  if  the  Truth  cannot   be  found  in   the  Certificate  of  a 
Manner  as  is  afore  faid,  then  within  a  Month  theriRiot-  and  the 
next  following,  thej-ftices,  three,  or  two  of  them,  ^j^™"' of 
and  the  Sheriff  or  Under-sheriff,  fhali  certify  before 
the  King  ;md  his  Council  all  the  Deed  and  Circum- 
ftances  thereof,  (2)  which  Certificate  fhall  be  of  like 
Force  as  the  Prefentment  of  Twelve ;   upon  which 
Certificate  the  faid  Trefpaffers  and  Offenders  fhali  be 
put  to  anfwer,  and  they  which  fhall  be  found  guilty,    . 
lhali  be  punilhed  according  to  the  Difcretion  o'i  the 
King  and  his  Council. 

'  III.    And  if   fuch   Trefpaffers  and  Offenders  do  A  Traverfe  of 
traverfe  the  Matter  fo  certified,  the  fame  Certificate  a  Riot  triable 
and  Traverfe  fhall  be  fent   into  the  King's   Bench, 'j£,^!fK'ns'3 
there  to  be   tried  and    determined    as  the  Law  re-   "nc  ' 
quireth.     (2)    And    if    the    fame    Trefpaffers*  do*Add  a-ndof- 
not   appear  before  the  King  and    his    Council,     oif"^en' 
in  the  King's  Bench,  at  the  firft  Precept,  then  fhall 
be  another  rrecept    directed  to  the   Sheriff  of   the 
County,   to  take  the  faid  Trefpaffers  and  Offenders, 
if  they  may  be  found,  and  to  bring  them  at  a  certain 
Day  before  the  King  and  his  Council,  or  into  the 
King's  Bench.     (3)  And  if  they  cannot  be  found,  Conviaion  of 
That  the  Sheriff  or  Under-Sheriff  fhall  make  Pro-  ™?^/Ar  . 
clamation  in  his  full  County  next  enfuing  the  Deli-  J^^     ?" 
very  of  the  fecond  Precept,   that  they  fhall  appear 
before  the  King    and    his  faid  Council,    or   in  the 
King's  Bench,   or  in  the  Chancery  in  the  Time  of 
Vacation,    within   three   Weeks  then  next  follow- 
ing.      (4.)     And    in     cafe    the    fame   f  Offenders  f  ah  Tref- 
come    not   as    afore    is    faid,    and    the    Proc!ama-/«#'-i  and 
tion  made  and  returned,  they  fhall  be  convict  and 
attainted  of  the  Riot,  Affembly,  or  Rout  aforefaid, 
notwithftanding  any  Article  or  Ordinance  made  to 
the  contrary. 

'  IV.  And  moreover,    That  the  Juftices  of  Peace  The  Penalty  of 
dwelling  nigheft  in  every  County  where  fuch  Riot,  the.next  Juftices 
Aiiembly,  or  Rout  of  People  fhall  be  made  hereafter,  office  ° 
together  with  the  Sheriff"   or  Under-Sheriff  of  the 
fame  County,  and  alfo  the  Juftices  of  Afilfes  for  the 
Time  that  they  fhall  be  there   in  their  Seffion,   in  _ 
cafe  that  any  fuch  Riot,  Affembly,  or  Rout  be  made    *£  3, 3'c  g 
in  their  Prefence,  fhall  do  Execution  of  this  Statute,  See  farther  2.  H. 
every  one  upon  Pain  of  an  Hundred  Pounds,  to  be  5.  flat. 
paid  to  the  King  as  often  as  they  fhall  be  found  in  "  Hi  7 
Default  of  the  Execution  of  the  fame  Statute.' 


c.  S. 

=•  7- 


3  fi? 4  Ed.  6.  c.  5.     1  Mar.  jejf.  z.  c.  n.    I  Et.  c.  16.  and  i  Geo.  I,  fiat.  2. 


7- 

21  H.  S. 


by  ivb'ich  lafi  A3  certain  Kinds  of  R'.sts  are  made  Felony  tu'jtbout  Beneft  f  Clergy. 


Thus  end  the  Statutes  of  Kino;  HENRY   the  Fourth. 


"Voi   I. 


Q.qq 


Anno 


i 


C.  !•  2» 


Anno  primo  Henrici  V.  A.  D.  141 3. 


Anno  primo  HENRICI  V. 

Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter  in  the  Firji  Tear  of  the  Reign  of  King 
Henry  the  Fifths  and  in  the  Tear  of  our  Lord  141 3. 


EO 


UR  Lord  the  King,  at  his  Parliament  holden 
at  We/iminjier  in  the  Third  Week  of  Ea/lcr, 
the  Firft  Year  of  his  Reign,  by  the  Advice 
and  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal, 
and  at  the  fpecial  Inftance  and  Requeft  of  the 
Commons  of  this  Realm,  hath  ordained  and  efta- 
blifhed  divers  Statutes  and  Ordinances  in  the  Form 
following." 


Ex  Rot.  InTurr.  Lond.  m.  8. 
OSTRE  Seignur  le  Roy  a  fon  parlement 
tenuz  a  Weftm'  a  les  trois  femaignes  de 
Pafche  Jan  de  fon  regne  primere  de  ladvis 
&  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a 
les  efpecialx  inftaunce  &  requeft  des  Communes 
de  fon  Roialme  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  diverfes 
ordinaunces  &  eftatuts  en  la  fourme  qenfeute. 


CAP.     I. 

What  Sort  of  People  fhall  be  chofen,  and  who  (hall  be  the  Choofers  of  the  Knights  and 

BurgefTes  of  the  Parliament. 


Raft.  446.  6  T7IR.S.T,  That  the  Statutes  of  the  Election  of 
4  J?  the  Knights  of  the  Shires  to  come  to  the  Parlia- 
4  ment,  be  holden  and. kept  in  all  Points;  (2)  adjoin- 
4  ing  to  the  fame,  That  the  Knights  of  the  Shires 
4  which  from  henceforth  fhall  be  chofen  in  every  Shire, 
4  be  not  chofen  unkfs  they  be  refident  within  the  Shire 
4  where  they  fhall  be  chofen  the  Day  of  the  Date  of 
4  the  Writ  of  the  Summons  of  the  Parliament ;  (3) 
4  and  that  the  Knights  and  Efquires,  and  others  which 
4  fhall  be  Choofers  of  thofe  Knights  of  the  Shires,  be 
4  alfo  refident  within  the  fame  Shires,  in  Manner  and 
4  Form  as  is  aforefaid.  (4)  And  moreover  it  is  or- 
'  dained  and  eftablifhed,  That  the  Citizens  and  Bur- 
'  geffes  of  the  Cities  and  Boroughs  be  chofen  Men, 
'  Citizens  and  BurgefTes  refiant,  dwelling  and  free  in 
«  the  fame  Cities  and  Boroughs,  and  no  other  in  any 
«  wife.' 

35  H.  8.  c.  11.    7  Sf  8  IV.  3.  t.  4,  7,  & 25.    30  Arm.  c.  23.     12  Ann.  flat 
14.   far  the  due  E/effion  of  Knights  if  tie.Sbiret,  &.c. 
*  Read  14. 


c.  15. 


7H.  4, 

See J artier  II  if. 

4.  c.  I. 

6  H.  6.  e.  4. 

8  H.  6.  c.  7. 

10  H.  6.  c.  2. 

43  H.  6.  c.  10. 

33  H.6.  c.  15* 

17  H.  8.  c.  26 


Rimerement  qe  les  eftatutz  faitz  de  la  election-, 
des  chivalers  des  countees  pur  venir  au  parle- 
ment foient  tenuz  &  gardez  en  toutz  pointz  adjou- 
ftant  a  ycelles  qe  les  chivalers  des  countees  qe  de- 
fores  ferrount  efluz  en  chefcun  countee  ne  foient 
efluz  fils  ne  foient  refeauntz  deinz  les  countees  ou 
ils  ferrount  iffint  efluz  le  jour  de  la  date  du  brief  de 
fomons  de  parlement  et  qe  les  chivalers  &  efquiers 
&  autres  qi  ferrount  eflifours  des  tielx  chivalers  des 
countees  foient  auxi  refeauntz  deins  mefmes  les 
countees  en  maniere  &  fourme  come  deffus  eft  dit. 
Et  outre  ceo  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  les  citeins 
&  burgeifes  des  citees  &  burghs  foient  efluz  hom- 
ines citeins  &  burgeifes  refeauntz  demurrauntz  & 
enfraunchifes  en  mefmes  le  cites  &  burghs  &  nul- 
les  autres  en  nulle  manere.. 


c.  5.    18  Geo.  a,   c.  18.    19  Ceo,  2.  c.  28.   and  3 1  Geo.  2.  e. 


CAP.     II. 

A  Confirmation  of  former  Statutes  touching  Wears,  Mills,  Kidels,  &c. 


a5Ed..3.ftat,4.tt 
c.  4. 

45  Ed.  3.C.2.  « 
l.H.  4.  e.  12.  *.< 
4  H.  4.  ■;.  ij.     <c 


farther  frfii'idid 
firhyijU.b.  c.    < 
9.   11  Ed.  4.  c.  < 
7.    3  Jac.  1.  c. 

m,    7  Jae,  i.e 


T  E  M,.  Becaufe  that  great  Complaint  hath  been 
made  to  our  faid  Lord  the  King  in  this  prefent 
"  Parliament,  for  that  the  Statutes  made  in  the  Time 
*•'  of  his  noble  Progenitors  Kings  of  England,,  of  the 
4'  levying  and  ftraiting  of  Wears,  Mdls,  Stanks, 
"  Stakes,  and  Kidels,  be  not  kept  according  to  the 
''  Form  and  Effect  of  the  fame  Statutes,  to  the  great 
"  Damage  of  the  People  of  the  Realm  of  England;" 
4  (2)  oui  faid  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  by  the  Ad- 
*  vice  and  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal, 
4  and  at  thcRjqueft  of  the  faid  Commons,  will  and 
4  giant,  That  the  faid  Statutes  and  Ordinances  be 
'  furely  holden  and  kept,  and  put  in  due  Execution,' 
19.     k&-]V/,  3,  c.  16.  and  1  Geo.  j.  flat,  %,  c,  18, 


ITEM  pur  ce  qe  graunde  compleinte  ad  efte 
faite  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  en  le  dit  parle- 
ment de  ce  qe  les  eftatutz  faitz  en  temps  de  fes 
nobles  progenitours  de  les  enhanceur  &  eftreiture 
des  gors  des  moleyns  eftankes  eftakes  &  kideux 
ne  font  pas  tenuz  ne  gardes  folonc  les  fourme  & 
effect  de  mefmes  les  eftatuts  a  graunt  damage  du: 
poeple  &  du  R.oialme  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy 
de  ladvis  &  affent  fuifditz  &:  a  la  requeft  des  dites. 
communes  voet  &  graunte  qe  les  dirz  eftatuts  foient, 
ferment  tenuz  &  gardes  &  mys  en  due  execution.. 


CAP, 


A.  D.  1413* 


Anno  primo  Henrici  V„ 


C.  3—5.       48  3 


CAP.      III. 

The  Penalty  for  forging  or  publishing  a  falfe  Deed. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond, 

ITEM  par  la  ou  pleufeurs  des  lieges  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  queux  ount  manoirs  terres  ou  tenementz  parRep.  5  El. 
purchace  ou  par  difcent  de  heritage  ou  en  autre  manere  entendaunt  a  eux  pour  eftre  en  pees  &  tran-c.  14. 
quillite  en  lour  ditz  tenures  come  ils  foloient  diverfes  malveis  perfones  aucuns  de  lour  teftes  demefne  &  au-Keilw-  ,t0-  &» 
cuns  par  faux  confpiracie  &  covyne  fubtilement  ymaginent  &  forgent  de  novell  diverfes  faux  faitz  &  muni- 
mentz  &  les  fount  pronuncier  pupplier  &  lifre  pour  enveogler  &c  chaungier  les  coers  des  bons  gentz  du^ff' Fet"^  gf  f 
paiis  &  pur  anynter  &  trobler  les  poffeffions  et  title  des  ditz  lieges  par  la  quele  ymagination  &  fauxitee  plui-c^J^  iJ^Ca, 
fours  des  ditz  lieges  de  lour  poffeffions  font  troublez  &  vexez  &  toutditz  en  awere  demurrauntz  de  lours,  c,  25. 
poffeffions  &  eftat  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  veullant  purvoir  de  remedie  de  ladvis  &  affent  fuifditz  &  a  la  re- 
queft  des  ditz  Communes  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  qe  la  partie  enfi  grevez  ait  fa  feute  en  ce  cas  &  recoevere 
fes  damages  &  face  la  partie  convict  fyn  &  raunceon  a  la  volunte  du  Roy. 

CAP.      IV. 

Sheriffs  Bailiffs  (hall  not  be  in  the  fame  Office  in  three  Years  after.    Sheriffs  Officers  fhall  not 

be  Attorn  ies. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  les  lieges  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roy  nofent  my  purfuir  ne  compleindre  des  ex- 
torfions  &  oppreffions  a  eux  faitz  par  les  miniftres 
des  vifcountes  ceftaffavoir  par  fouthvifcountz  clerks 
des  vifcountes  refceyvours  &  b;iilirs  des  vifcountes 
a  caufe  qe  les  ditz  fouthvifcountes  clerks  refceivours 
&  baillifs  des  vifcountes  fount  fy  continuelment  dc 
an  en  an  demurrauntz  ovefqe  les  vifcountes  enter- 
chaungeablement  en  un  office  ou  en  autre  Noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  de  ladvis  &  affent  fuifdit  &  a  la  re- 
queft  des  ditz  Communes  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz 
qe  ceux  qi  fount  baillifs  de:  vifcountz  par  un  an  ne 
foient  en  nul  tiel  office  par  les  trois  ans  profchein 
enfuantz  forfpris  les  bailliffs  des  vifcountes  queux 
font  enheriteez  en  lour  vifcountees  et  qe  null  fouth- 
vifcount  ne  clerk  de  vifcount  refceivour  ne  baillif 
de  vifcount  foit  attourne  en  aucun  court  de  Roy 
pur  le  temps  qil  eft  en  office  au  aucun  tiel  vifcount. 


'  T  T  E  M,  For -as  much  as  the  King's  liege  People 
'  JL  dare  not  purfue  or  complain  of  the  Extortions 
'  and  of  the  OppreiTions  to  them  done  by  th   Officers 
;  of  Sheriffs,  that  is  to  fay,  by  Under-Sheriffs;  Clerks 
\  of  Sheriffs,  Receivers  and  Bailiffs  of  Sheriffs,  be- 
[  caufe  that  the  faid  Under-Sheriffs,  Clerks,  Rcceiv- 
"  ers,  and  Bailiffs  be  continually,  from  Year  to  Year, 
;  abiding  with  the  Sheriffs  interchangeably  out  of  one 
£  Office  into  another ;"  '  (2)  our  Lord  the  King,  by 
the  Advice  and  Affent  aforefaid,  and  at  the  Requelt 
of  the  faid  Commons,  hath  ordained  and  eftablimed, 
That  they  which  be  Bailiffs  of  Sheriffs  by  one  Year, 
fhall  be  in  no  fuch  Office  by  three  Years  next  fol- 
lowing, except  Bailiffs  of  Sheriffs  which  be  inheri- 
table in  their  Sheriffwicks.     {3)  And  that  no  Under- 
SherifF,  Sheriff's  Clerk,  Receiver,  nor  Sheriff's  Bai- 
liff,   be  Attorney  in   the  King's  Courts  during  the 
Time  that  he  is  in  Office  with  any  fuch  Sheriff.' 


CAP.     V. 


In  which  Original  Writs  Additions 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qen  chefcun ' 
brief  original  des  actions  perfonelx  &  appelles 
&  enditementz  en  queux  exigend'  ferra  agardez  qa 
les  nouns  des  defendauntz  en  tieux  briefs  originalx 
appelles  &  enditementz  foient  faitz  additions  de 
lour  eftat  ou  degree  ou  de  miftere  &  les  villes  ou 
hamelles  ou  lieux  &  les  countees  des  queux  ils 
furent  ou  fount  ou  en  queux  ils  font  ou  ferront 
converfauntz.  Et  ft  par  proceffe  fur  les  ditz  briefs 
originalx  appelles  ou  enditementes  en  queux  les 
ditz  additions  foient  entreleffez  aucunes  utlagariez 
foient  pronunciez  qils  foient  voidez  irritez  &  tenuz 
pur  null  &  qe  avaunt  les  utlagaries  pronunciez  les 
ditz  briefs  &  enditementes  foient  abatuz  par  excep- 
tion du  partie  par  la  ou  en  icelles  les  ditz  additions 
foient  enterleffez.  Purveux  toutfoitz  qe  mefq  les 
dites  briefs  dadtions  perfonelx  ne  foient  accordauntz 
as  recordes  ou  faits  par  la  fuperplufage  des  additions 
fuifditz  qe  pour  celle  caufe  Ms  ne  foient  abatuz  Et 
qe  les  clerks  de  la  Chauncellarie  fouth  qi  noms  tiels 
briefs  ifferount  efcriptz  ne  enterleflent  ne  facent 


of  the  Defendants  Names  fhall  be  put. 


4.  Ed.  4.  (.  10, 
6  Co.  67. 


TEM   it  is   ordained   and  eftablilhed,  That  inCr°;  ra^  |j^ 
every  original  Writ  of  Actions  Perfonals,  Ap-Dyei-  46.' 
peals,  and  Indictments,  and  in  which  the  Exigents™.  Addit.  4, 
fhall  be  awarded,  in  the  Names  of  the  Defendants  in  5'  7>  8>  9»  IO» 
fuch  Writs  Original,  Appeals  and  Indictments,  Ad- if*  *&■*}'. *9' 

...  r.     ,.    .   °         ",       »  r    ,     .     -~n  t-.         '  r  icr.  Brier,  10, 

ditions  fnall  be  made  of  their  Lliate  or  Degree,  or3e(  40,  47,49, 
Myftery,  and  of  the  Towns,  or  Hamlets,  or  Places,  51,  6r,  67,  72, 
and  Counties,  of  the  which  they  were,  or  be,  or  in  75-  io9>  I2S» 
which  they  be  or  were  converfant;   (2)  and  if  byj2|'  "5'  'g9' 
Procefs  upon  the  faid  Original  Writs,  Appeals,  or;2|,'  a3|'  *  ^' 
Indictments,    in  the   which  the  faid  Addition   be2  Leon.  283, 
omitted,  any  Utlagaries  be  pronounced,  that  they  bezoo. 
void,  fruftrate,  and  holden  for  none;   (3)  and  that 3  H'6-  V-  >>• 
before  the  Utlagaries  pronounced,  the  faid  Writs  and?  ^f^. 
Indictments  fhall  be  abated  by  the  Exception  of  the ~  Mod. "139. 
Party,    where    in  the  fame  the  faid  Additions   be  1  Shower  16. 
omitted.     (4)  Provided   always,    That   though  the  Hob.  129. 
faid  Writs  of  Additions  Perfonals  be  not  according  toSllrH  uiase  °f 
the  Records  and  Deeds,    by  the  Surplufage  of  the^/'^.^" 
Additions  aforefaid,  that  for  that  Caufe  they  be  not  Mod.  Cail-i  in 
abated  1(5)  and  that  the  Clerks  of  the  Chancery,  Uw  52. 
under  whofe  Names  fuch  Writs  fnall  go  forth  written, 
Qjqq  2  *  fhall 


omifiion  des  ditz  additions  come  deffuis  eft  dit  fur 
peyne  deftre  puniz  affaire  fyn  a  Roy  par  difcretion 
de  Chanceller.  Et  comen'cera  cefte  ordinance  a 
tenir  lieu  a  feute  de  partie  de  la  feft  de  Seint  Michel 
profchein  enavaunt. 


»  Read  -M 


j.84        C.  6 — 8.  Anno  primo  Henrici  V.  A.  D.  1413. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond 
{hall  not  leave  out,  or  make  Omifllon  of  the  faid  Ad- 
ditions as  Is  afore  faid,  upon  Pain  to  be  punifhed, 
anJ  to  mak;  a  Fine  to  the  King,  by  the  Difcretion 
of  the  Chancellor.     (6)  And  this   Ordinance  {hall 

See  S  H.  6.c  12. "  begin  to  hold  Place  at  the  Suit  of  the  Party,  from  the 

5  El.  c.  ij.       '  Feaft  of  St.  Michael  next  enfuing  forward/ 

•where   Want  of  Additions  is  not  amende  ble. 

C    A    P.     VI. 

No  Weljhman  fhall  take  Revenge  againft  thofe  Englijfjmen  which  did  purfue  their  Friends  in 

the  late  Rebellion. 

EXP.  TTEM  come  en  temps  dicefte  rebellion  dc  Gales  plufours  des  loialx  lieges  r.oftre  Seignur  le  Roy  fibien 

J.  Englois  come  Galois  ount  efte  en  diverfes  parties  de  Gales  fur  le  chaftifement  des  rebelles  illoeques  par 
comaundement  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  &  fon  counfail  a  quele  temps  aucuns  des  ditz  rebelles  fibien 
a  chivall  come  a  pec  trovez  armez  en  feere  de  guerre  encountre  lour  foy  &  ligeaunce  feurent  tuez  &  aucuns 
mahaymez  batuz  naufrez  prifez  &  emprifonez  lour  biens  &  chateux  emportez  par  les  ditz  lieges  a  caufe 
fuifdit  come  bien  lift  folonc  ce  qe  par  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  &  fon  counfail  alors  eftoit  ordeigne  en  celle 
partie.  Et  ce  nonobftant  plufours  des  ditz  rebelles  efteauntz  unqore  en  vie  &  autres  de  fank  profchein  a 
ceux  rebellez  enfy  mortz  ou  lour  amys  ore  de  jour  en  autre  fount  quarelles  &  graunde  purfuyte  envers  les 
ditz  foialx  lieges  demurrauniz  ou  refeauntz  en  icelles  parties  &  en  les  countes  piuis  profcheins  a  Gales  efte- 
auntz furmettauntz  en'  eux  qils  tiel  chofe  come  deftuis  eft  dit  a  eux  mefmes  ou  a  lour  cofyns  ou  amys  fauxe- 
inent  ount  faitz  pur  la  quel  ils  demaundont  de  les  ditz  foialx  lieges  haut  amendes  manailauntz  qils  autre- 
ment  vorrount  eftre  fur  ce  avengez  paront  les  ditz  foialx  lieges  font  grevoufement  vexez  en  plufours  parties 
&  Seignories  de  Gales  aucuns  deux  par  enditementz  acufementz  ou  empechementz  &  aucuns  par  manafles 
riiftreffes  prifez  &  aucuns  par  lour  corps  prifez  &c  emprifonez  tanqe  al  temps  qils  ount  fait  gree  a  eux  en 
celle  partie  ou  qils  vorrount  eux  excufer  de  la  mort  de  tielx  rebelx  enfy  tuez  par  un  ailach  folonc  la  cuftume 
de  Gales  ceft  a  dire  par  le  ferement  de  C  C  C.  hommes  &  de  toutz  tielx  autres  trefpafles  avant  efpecifiez  eux 
acquiter  a  trefgraunde  damage  &  anientifement  de  les  ditz  foialx  lieges  &  malveys  enfample  en  temps  avenir 
ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  tiel  querele  action  ou  demaunde  ne  foit  fait  defore  enavaunt  par  art  ne  par  en- 
gyne  a  aucun  de  les  foialx  lieges  par  null  de  ceux  quelles  ount  efteez  rebelles  ne  per  lour  adherantz  foit  il 
cofyn  allye  ou  amy  ne  par  nul  autre  qeconqe  fur  peine  de  paier  a  partie  greve  fes  damages  a  treble  &  deftre 
emprifonez  par  deux  ans  apres  ce  qil  foit  convict  &  outre  ce  de  faire  fyn  &  ranceon  celle  partie  devaunt 
qil  foit  deliverez  hors  du  prifone. 


cap.    vir. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  13  *  Rich.  2.  c.  3.  retraining  Aliens  to  accept  any 

Benefices  in  England. 


OB.  -j  XEM  come  en  le  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  en  temps  de  Roy  Richard  fecond  Ian  de  fon  reigne  trezifme 

X  ordeignez  eftoit  qe  nul  alien  Fraunceys  naveroit  nenjoieroit  null  benefice  deins  cefte  Roialme  pour  certeins 
caufes  qe  aviegnent  &  puiffent  avenir  mes  qils  ferroient  deliverez  &  voidez  tout  nettement  hors  du  Roialme 
devaunt  certein  temps  en  le  dit  ordinaunce  limitez  come  en  icell  eft  pleinement  contenuz  &  a  quele  heure  qs 
aucuns  priories  aliens  conventuelx  ou  aucun  autre  benefice  ou  office  duez  par  title  du  Roy  voident  par  le  ces 
ou  deces  des  ditz  priours  &  autres  occupiours  qadonqes  eftoient  durauntz  les  guerfes  honeftes  perfones  En- 
glcis  y  foient  myfes  en  lieu  de  eux  pur  accompler  le  divine  fervice  &  null  des  enemys  deffuifduz  &  nient- 
ccnirefteaunt  la  dite  ordinaunce  les  ditz  aliens  Fraunceys  par  male  ymagination  &  brocage  de  contenuer  les 
malveys  mefci.iefs  du  dit  ordinaunce  purchacent  lettres  patentes  de  Roy  deftre  denzeins  &  lieges  du  Roy  et 
jurent  de  ce  continuer  al  entent  doccupier  &  enjoier  les  ditz  benefices  &  iffint  unquore  occupiount  plufours 
benefices  encountre  la  dite  ordinaunce  parount  les  aliens  Fraunceys  fount  encrefcez  en  arerifment  des  lieges 
du  Roy  &  graund  trefour  de  Roy  &  de  fon  Roialme  emportent  hors  de  Roialme  &  le  counfeil  du  Roy  dif- 
coveront  as  enemys  de  Fraunce  a  graunde  damage  du  Roy  &  de  Roialme.  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  confide- 
raunt  les  mefchiefs  fuifditz  voet  qe  les  ditz  ordinaunces  foient  ferment  tenuz  &  gardez  &  mys  en  due  execu- 
tion forfpris  ies  priours  aliens  conventuelx  &  auxi  toutz  autres  priours  qount  inftitution  &  induction  parainfi 
qjls  foient  catholiks  &  qils  facent  feurtee  qils  ne  difcovererount  ne  ferrount  difcoverer  le  counfail  &  lez  fe- 
cretz  du  Roialme. 

CAP.      VIII. 

All  Irifi  Men  and  Irijh  Clerks  Beggars,  fhall  depart  this  Realm  before  the  firft  Day  of 

November,  except  Graduates,  Serjeants,  E9V. 

r'  XV'  m  H"l  TEM  pur  quiete  &  tranquiilite  deins  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  &  pur  lencres  &  eftufFement  de  la  terre 
Expbincdby  1 H.  j^  jt,-]^^  ordeignez  eft  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  qe  toutz  Irrois  &  clercs  Irrois  mendinauntz  appellez 
1  'u.l.t.%.     chaumbcrdeakyns  foient  voidez  hors  du  Roialme  parentre  le  feft  de  Seint  Michel  profchein  avenir  &  le  feft 

dc 

3 


A.  D.  1413.  Antlo  primo  Henrici ■  V.  C.  9 — 10.       485 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
de  toutz  Seintz  profcp.ein  enfuantz  fur  peine  de  perdre  lour  biens,  &  deftrs  emprifonez  al  volunte  da  Roy 
forfpris  ceux  qe  fount  graduates  en  les  efcoles  &  fergeauntz  &  apprentices  de  ley  &  c:ux  qi  fount  enheritez 
en  Engleterre  &  religioufes  profeffez  Et  forfpris  auxi  les  merehauntz  neez  en  Irland  de  bon  fame  &  lour  ap- 
prentices a  prefent  demurrauntz  en  Engleterre  &  ceux  ove  queux  le  Roy  voet  defpenfcr.  Et  qe  toutz  ceux 
Irrois  qount  benefkesNou  offices  en  la  terre  dlrland  demurgentfurlourbenenc.es  &  offices  fjr  peine  de  perdre 
&  forsfiure  les  profitz  de  lour  benefices  &  offices  pur  la  defenfe  de  la  rerre  dlrland  avauntdite. 

C   A   P.      IX. 

The  Revenues  of  Calais  fhall  be  employed  to  the  Maintenance  ofei.lt. 

|TEM  pur  ce  qen  le  temps  de  noble  Roy  Edward  le  tierce  &  de  Roy  Richard  le_  fecond  toutz  leso  B. 
-*  revenuz  profites  &  commoditees  des  terres  tenementz  pefcheries  cuftumes  &  autres  profitz  qeconqej  a  les 
ditz  Roys  regardauntz  en  les  ville  &  marches  de  Caleys  eftoient  ordeignez  deftre  levtz  pair'  le  treforer  de 
Caleys  pur  le  temps  efteaunt  en  fupportation  des  charges  de  mefmes  les  ville  &  marches  ct  depuis  graunde 
partie  diceux  ad  efte  reftreint  par  vertue  des  diverfes  lettres  patentes  as  diverfes  capitaines  &  autres  plufours 
perfones  fibien  par  le  dit  R.oy  Richard  come  par  noftre  trefredoute  Seignur  le  Roy  Henry  quart  pier 
noftre  Seignur  le  R.oy  qore  eft  a  eux  ent  faitz  dount  aucuns  par  colour  de  ferme  nient  refonable  &  ies  autres 
faunz  riens  ent  rendre  a  graunde  damage  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  &  arrerifment  des  paiementz  fur  la 
fuftentation  des  ditz  ville  &  marches  affaires.  .Et  auxi  pur  ce  qe  plufours  offices  des  coilioursdes  deniersr 
provenauntz  des  ditz  revenuz  cuftumes  profitz  &  commodites  les  queux  le  dit  treforer  de  Caleys  en  les  temps 
fuifditz  ordeigna  &  affigna  as  perfones  fufficiauntz  pur  queux  ils  voudra  refpondre  adurerez  h  a  eflfre  remoe- 
vez  folom  qe  meult  luy  fembla  al  profit  du  Roy  ount  efte  depuis  encountre  les  auneiens  ordinances  &  lefta- 
tut  en  parlement  ent  fait  par  diverfes  lettres  patentes  as  diverfes  perfones  fibien  par  le  dit  Roy  Richard 
come  par  noitre  Seignur  le  Roy  Henry  fuifdit  a  eux  ent  faitz  as  termes  de  lour  vies  h  autrement  occupies 
&  par  colour  de  lour  ditz  lettres  patentes  aucuns  diceux  a  ce  qeft  dit  le  pluis  negligentment  ferviz  iiiu::-.'. 
eftre  juftifiez  par  le  treforer  fuifdit  a  graunde  damage  &  arrerifment  des  paiementz  fuifditz  en  temps  pafie: 
Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  veullant  efchuier  tielx  damages  en  ternps  advenir  de  ladvys  &:  affeht  l'uifditz  &alj 
requeft  des  ditz  Communes  voet  &  ad  ordeigne  &  eftubliz  qe  toutz  les  lettres  patentes  faitz  as  capiuins  &. 
autres  perfones  qeconqes  fibien  des  toutz  maners  des  rentz  terres  tenementz  cuftumes  pefcheries  &  autres 
revenuz  profitz  &  commodites  queconqes  en  les  ditz  ville  &  marches  come  des  offices  des  coillours  de  tout'/ 
rentz  cuftumes  revenuz  profitz  &  commodites  a  eux  ent  faitz  avaunt  ces  heures  encontre  les  ordinaunces 
fuifditz  foient  de  tout  revokez  &  adnullez  et  qe  les  ditz  revenues  profitz  &  commodites  loient  refumez  es 
mains  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  &  myfez  fur  la  fuftentation  des  payenientes.  &  chargies  a  les  ditz  ville  & 
inarche  regardauntz.  Sauvant  toutfoitz  qe  monfieur  Thomas  Due  de  Clarence  frere  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy 
ne  foit  reftreint  par  cefte  ordinaunce  &  eftatut  de  nulls  de  fes  poffeffions  es.  ditz,  rharche  et  qe  null  cap'itjfira 
des  chaftelx  illoeqes  foient  ouftez  de  mefme  lour  chaftelx  ne  de  la  garde. dicelles  par  force  de  cefte  ordin:unict«. 
&  eftatut. 

C    A    P.     X. 

By  what  Meafure  Purveyors  fhall  take- and  buy  Corn. 

ITEM  come  en  temps  des  nobles  progenitours  noftre  Seignur  ie  Roy  ordeigne  foit  qe  une  mefure  dc-s  bleei  O  B, 
ferroit  par  tout  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  ceftaffavoir  viij .  buffelx  pur  la  quarter  &  qe  chefcun  bufftll  con-  **  Car' 2-  c-  24« 
tiendra  oept  ga'ons  par  force  de  queux  ordinaunces  tiel  mefure  ad  efte  ufeove  un  bufi'el  du  dit  quarter  cumie 
&  nient  cbilauntz  les  ditz  bones  ordinaunces  &  ufages  les  purveours  des  blees  fibien  pur  loftel  le  pier  noftre, 
Seignur  le  Roy  come  pur  loftiel  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qore  eft  ount  pris  devaunt  ces  heures  pur  les  ditz  ho- 
ftieix  continuelment  neof  buffelx  de  furment&  dautres  blees  pur  le  quarter  &  ce  plufours  foitz  par  mefure 
nient  enfeale  &  auxi  nient  rafe  encountre  la  Volunte  des  vendurs  dicelles  &  faunz  due  pris  mys  furycelle  fo- 
lonqe  "a  ley  de  la  terre  &  auxint  fount  les  vendours  de  carier  les  ditz  blees  a  quel  lieu  lour  pieft  faunz  riens. 
paier  pur  la  cariage  Et  auxi  les  marchauntz  &  citezeins  de  Loundres  ufent  de  prendre  de  chefcun  vendour 
pur  la  quarter  de  furment  noef  bufiels  par  un  mefure  ufe  deins  ladite  Citee  appelle  le  Faat  ove  un  bufiell  mys 
fur  la  dit  faat  &  unqore  fount  hs  vendurs  paier  un  maill  pur  la  rnefurage  de  chefcun  quarter  &  preignant  pur 
un  quarter  des  aveyns  dys  bufklx  paroun:  les  acha'tours  des  blees  en  le  paiis  ne  le  voiiknt  mye  achater  ix^tenJor.  Meafure 
prendre  pur  le  quarter  des  blees  fi  noun  en  mefme  la  manere  come  les  purveours  fufditz  &z  ceux' de -la  dite  called  theFaie, 
Citee  ufent  de  prendre  en  graund  arrerifment  &  perpetuel  deftrudtion  de  les  cominaltes  fuifditz. 

Ordeignez  eft  &  cftabliz  qe  toutz  les  ditz  bones  ordinaunces  foient  fermement  tenuz  &  gard*  z  folonc  lef7 
fe£t  dicelles  et  qe  nul  purveour  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  nautre  ne  ufent  enapres  dachatre  ne  prendre  aucuns  blees 
par  autre  mefure  fi  non  oept  bufielx  raiez  pur  le  quarter  et  qe  nul  foit  tenuz  autrement  a  deliverer  pur.  hi 
quartier  fi  noun  oept  buffelx  rafez  come  avaunt  eft  dit  &  auxint  qe  paiement  foit-  fait  preftement  pur  la  cariage 
et  qe  fi  aucun  purveour  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ou  autre  perfone  achate  ou  preigne  aucuns  bles  autrement  ou 
par  autre  mefoure  fi  noun  oept  bufielx  raiez  pur  la  quartre  come  en  les  ditz  ordinaunces  eft  contenuz  &  de 
ce  foit  atteint  eit  lenprifonement  dun  an  &  qil  paie  au  Roy  cent  fould  et  a  la  partie  qe  fsfente  greve  aut're4  £<*•  v  c.  3. 
cent  fould  et  ce^ataunt  de  foitz  qe  aucun  deux  de  ce  foit  atteint  et  qe  la  partie  qe  voille'fuer  eit  action  fouri-23  Ed"  3-  flat« 
duz  fur  la  cas  Et  qe  les  Juftices  de  la  pees  eient  poair  denquerrer  &  pie  tenir  de  toutz  les  chofes  avadntBitz'g  Ed.'j.  c.  t. 
&  fur  ceo  faire  puniffement  come  avaunt  eft  dit  fibien  al  fuite  de  Roy  come  de  partie  Et  qe  defore "riens  foit ii  H.  6.  c.  8, 
pris  pur  la  mefurage  des  tielx  blees  en  aucune  manere.  t'uH.7.  c,4« 

•  Statutes 


486 


Stat.  i. 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  V. 


A.  D.  1414. 


The  Caufcs  of 
the  Ereftion  of 
Hofpitals. 


«  H.  7.  f.  14. 


Statutes  made  at  Leicefter,  Anno  2  Hen.  V.  Stat,  1.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1 41 4. 


OUR  Lord  the  King,  at  his  Parliament  hold- 
en  at  Leicejler  the  laft  Day  of  April,  the 
Second  Year  of  his  Reign,  by  the  Advice 
and  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal, 
and  at  the  fpecial  Inftance  and  Requeft  of  the  Com- 
mons of  his  Realm  in  the  fame  Parliament  affem- 
bled,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed  divers  Ordi- 
nances, Declarations,  and  Statutes,  made  in  the 
Form  as  followeth." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  7. 

N"OSTRE  Seignur  le  Roy  a  fon  parlement 
tenuz  a  Leyceftr'  le  darrein  jour  de  Aprill 
Ian  de  fon  regne  feconde  de  ladvys  &  affent 
(  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a  les  efpe- 
I  dales  inftance  &  requeft  des  Communes  de  fon 
I  Roialme  en  mefme  le  parlement  efteantz  ad  or- 
I  deigne  &  eftable  diverfes  ordinances  declarations 
I  &  eftatutz  en  la  fourme  qenfuyt. 


CAP.     I. 

Ordinaries  mall  inquire  of,  and  reform  the  Eflates  of  Hofpitals. 


FIRST,  Forafmuch  as  many  Hofpitals  within  the 
Realm   of  England,    founded   as  well   by  the 

noble  Kings  of  .his  Realm,  and  Lords  and  Ladies 

both  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  as  by  divers  other  Ef- 

tates,  to  the  Honour  of  God  and  of  his  glorious 

Mother,    in  Aid  and  Merit  of  the  Souls  of  the  faid 

Founders,  to  the  which  Hofpitals  the  fame  Founders 

have  given  a  great  Part  of  their  moveable  Goods  for 

the  Buildings  of  the  fame,  and  a  great  Part  of  their 

Lands  and  Tenements,  therewith  to  fuftain  impotent 

Men  and  Women,  Lazers,  Men  out  of  their  Wits, 

and  poor  Women  with  Child,  and  to  nourifh,  re- 
lieve, and  refrefh  other  poor  People  in  the  fame,  be 

now  for  the  moft  Part  decayed,  and  the  Goods  and 

Profits  of  the  fame,  by  divers  Peribns,  as  well  Spi- 
ritual as  Temporal,  withdrawn  and  fpent  in  other 

Ufe,  whereby  many  Men  and  Women  have  died 

in   great  Mifery  for  Default  of  Aid,   Living,   and 

Succour,  to  the  Difpieafure  of  God,  and  Peril  of  the 

Souls  of  fuch  Manner  of  Spenders  :"  '  (2)  The 
King  our  Sovereign  Lord,  confidering  the  merito- 
rious and  devout  Intents  of  the  Founders  aforefaid, 
and  the  unaccuftomed  Government  in  the  fame, 
hath  by  the  Advice  and  Affent  aforefaid,  ordained 
and  eftablifhed,  That  as  to  the  Hofpitals  which  be 
of  the  Patronage  and  Foundation  of  the  King,  the 
Ordinaries,  by  virtue  of  the  King's  Commiffions  to 
them  directed,  fhall  inquire  of  the  Manner  and 
Foundation  of  the  faid  Hofpitals,  and  of  the  Gover- 
nance and  Eftate  of  the  fame,  and  of  all  other  Mat- 
ters neceffary  and  requifite  in  this  Behalf,  and  the 
Inquifitions  thereof  taken  (hall  certify  in  the  King's 
Chancery.  (3)  And  as  to  other  Hofpitals  which  be 
of  another  Foundation  and  Patronage  than  of  the 
King,  the  Ordinaries  fhall  inquire  of  the  Manner  of 
the  Foundation,  Eftate,  and  Governance  of  the 
fame,  and  of  all  other  Matters  and  T'hings  neceffary 
in  this  Behalf,  and  upon  that  make  thereof  Correc- 
tion and  Reformation  according  to  the  Laws  of  holy 
Church,  as  to  them  belongeth. 

CAP.      II. 
A  Corpus  cumtaufa,  or  Certiorari,  to  remove  him  who  is  in  Execution  at  another  Man's  Suit 
TTEM,  Forafmuch  as  many  Men  have  been  con 


EN  primes  pur  taunt  qe  plufeurs  hofpitalx  de- 
denz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  founduz  fibien 
par  les  nobles  Rois  de  mefme  le  Roialme  &  Seig- 
nurs &  dames  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  come  par 
autres  de  diverfes  eftates  al  honour  de  Dieu  &  de 
fa  glorioufe  meere  en  eide  &  merit  des  almes  de  les 
ditz  foundours  as  queux  hofpitalx  mefmes  les 
foundours  ont  donez  grandement  de  lour  biens 
moebles  pur  ledifications  dicelles  &  grandement 
de  lour  terres  &  tenementz  pur  ent  fuftener  viegles 
hommes  &  femmes  lazars  hommes  &  femmes  hors 
de  lour  fennes  &  memories  povres  femmes  enfein- 
tez  &  autres  povres  Sc  la  nurrir  relever  &  refreffer 
en  ycelles  font  ore  pur  la  greindre  partie  encheiz 
&  les  biens  &  profitz  dicelles  par  diverfes  perfones 
efpirituelx  &  temporelx  retraitz  &  defpenduz  en 
autri  oeps  paront  plufeurs  hommes  &  femmes  ont 
moruz  en  graund  mefchief  pur  defaute  de  eide  vi- 
vre  &  focour  al  difpiefance  de  Dieu  &  perill  des 
almes  de  tieux  malveis  defpendours  le  Roy  noftre 
Seignur  treffoverain  confiderant  les  memories  & 
devoutes  ententes  de  les  foundours  avauntditz  & 
auxi  les  malveis  &  infolent  governance  en  ycelles 
euz  del  advis  &  aflent  fuifdit  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablie 
qe  quant. as  hofpitalx  queux  font  del  patronage  & 
fundation  le  Roy  les  ordinaire  par  vertue  des  com- 
miflions le  Roy  a  eux  adreffez  enquergent  del  ma- 
ner  de  la  fundation  des  ditz  hofpitalx  &  de  la  go- 
vernance &  eftat  dicelles  &  de  toutes  autres  matiers 
en  cefte  partie  neceffairs  &  bofoignables  &  linquifi- 
tions  ent  pris  certifient  en  la  Chauncelbrie  leRoy. 
Et  quant  as  autres  hofpitalx  qi  font  dautri  fundation 
&  patronage  qe  de  Roy  les  ordinairs  enquergent 
del  manere  de  la  fundation  eftat  &  governance  di- 
celles &  de  toutz  autres  maters  &  chofes  bofoigna- 
bles celle  partie  &  fur  <e  facent  ent  correction  & 
reformation  felonc  les  loies  de  feinte  efglife  come 
a  eux  appertient. 


"  X  demned  in  the  Courts  of  our  Lord  the  King,  and 
"  in  the  Courts  of  his  Progenitours,  as  well  within  the 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  pleufeurs  gentz  ont  eftez  con- 
dempnez  en  les  courtz  noftre  dit  Seignur  le 
Roy  &  en  les  courtz  de  fez  nobles  progenitours  fi- 
bien 


A.  D.  1414 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  V. 


Stat. 


1. 


4S7 


Ex  Hot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
bien  deinz  la  Citee  de  Loundres  come  en  autres 
citees  &  burghs  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  & 
par  vertue  de  tielx  condempnations  ont  cftez  corn- 
mis  a  la  prifone  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  pur  y  de- 
morer  tanque  ils  ont  fait  gree  as  pleintifs  vers 
queux  ils  furent  comdempnez  &  apres  par  lour 
fuggeftions  faitz  en  la  Chauncellarie  noftre  Seig- 
nur le  Roy  ont  euz  diverfes  briefs  appellez  certio- 
rari corpus  cum  caufa  hois  de  la  Chauncellarie 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  direclz  as  vifcountz  ou  gar- 
deins  dez  prifones  ou  tielx  gentz  condempnez 
font  detenuz  pur  avoir  lour  corps  ove  la  caufe 
denprifonment  de  les  condempnez  fuifditz  en  la 
Chancellarie  as  jours  contenuz  en  les  ditz  briefs 
apres  queux  briefs  enfemblement  ovefqe  le  corps 
&  la  caufe  de  condempnation  retournez  en  la 
Chauncellarie  fuifdite  les  ditz  gentz  iffint  con- 
dempnez ont  eftez  deliverez  en  la  Chauncellarie 
avauntdit  par  bailie  ou  par  mainprife  ou  a  large 
fanz  bailie  ou  mainprife  encontre  laflent  &  volume 
des  ditz  pleintifs  &  fanz  afcun  gree  faire  as  ditz 
pleintifs  de  les  fommes  en  queux  ils  font  condemp- 
nez encontre  la  leie  de  la  terre  &  iffint  demurgent 
les  ditz  pleintifs  fanz  remedie  en  anientifement  de 
leftat  de  tielx  pleintifs  &  en  defefaunce  des  jug- 

fementz  rend  z  en  les  courtz  avauntditz  noftre 
it  Seignur  le  Roy  voillant  ent  faire  remedie  del 
advys  &  affent  avauntditz  &  a  la  requefte  des 
Communes  fuifdites  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablie  qe  ft  af- 
cun tiel  brief  de  certiorari  corpus  cum  caufa  foit 
graunte  ou  ferra  graunte  en  temps  avenir  &  fur  le 
Sit  brief  foit  retourne  qe  le  prifoner  qeft  iftint  de- 
tenu en  prifone  foit  condempne  par  juggement 
qe  maintenant  foit  remande  ou  demurge  conti- 
nuelment  en  prifone  folonc  la  ley  de  la  terre  fanz 
eftre  leflez  aler  par  bailie  ou  par  mainprife  encon- 
tre la  volunte  des  pleintifs  fuifditz  tanqe  lour  foit 
fait  gree  de  les  fommes  iffint  adjuggez. 


I 


c  City  of  London,    as  in  other  Cities  and  Boroughs 
£  within  the  Realm  of  England,  and  by  the  virtue  of 
:  fuch  Condemnations  have  been  committed  to  the 
:  Prifon  of  our  Lord  the  King,  there  to  remain  until 
:  they  have  made  Agreement  to  the  Plaintiffs  to  whom 
;  they  were  condemned;  (2)  after  by  their  Suggef- 
'  tionmade  in  the  Chancery  of  our  Lord  the  King,  they 
'  have  had  diversWrits  called  Certiorari,  and  Corpus  cum 
'  Caufa,  out  of  the  Chancery  of  our  faid  Lord  the  King, 
'  directed  to  the  Sheriff",  or  Keepers  of  the Prifons  where    . 
!  fuch  Perfons  condemned  be  holden,  to  have  their 
'  Bodies,  with  the  Caufe  of  Imprifonment  of  the  con- 
'  demned  aforefaid,  in  the  Chancery,  at  the  Days  con- 
'  tained  in  the  faid  Writs  ;  (3)  after  which  Writs,  to- 
'  gether  with  the  Body,  and  the  Caufe  of  the  Condem- 
'  nation,  returned  in  the  Chancery  aforefaid,  the  faid 
'  Perfons  fo  condemned  have  been  delivered  in  the 
'  Chancery  aforefaid  by  Bail  or  by  Mainprife,  or  en- 
'  larged  without  Bail  or  Mainprife,  againft  the  Aflent 
'  and  Will  of  the  faid  Plaintiffs,    and  without  any 
'  Agreement  made  to  the  faid  Plaintiffs  of  the  Sums  in 
'  the  which  they  be  condemned,  againft  the  Law  of 
'  the  Land;  and  fo  remain  the  faid  Plaintiffs  without 
'  Remedy,  in  Hinderance  of  the  State  of  fuch  Plain- 
'  tiffs,  and  in  defeating  of  the  Judgements  given  in 
:  the  Courts  aforefaid  :"    '  (4)  Our  Lord  the  King,  4  H.  6.  f.  8, 
willing  herein  to  provide  Remedy,    by  the  Advice  2°  ?*■  *•  £*3- 
and  Affent  aforefaid,  and  at  the  Requeft  of  the  fore-^  Ed  '    '  f'g12' 
faid  Commons,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  24  Ed.  3.  V.  17. 
if  any  fuch  Writ  of  Certiorari,  or  Corpus  cum  caufa, 
be  granted,  or  fhall  be  granted  at  any  Time  hereafter, 
and  upon  the  faid  Writ  if  it  be  returned,  that  the 
Prifoner  which  is  fo  holden  in  Prifon  is  condemned 
by  Judgement  given  againft  him,  that  prefently  he 
fnall  be  remanded,  where  he  fhall  remain  continually 
in  Prifon  according  to  the  Law  and  Cuftom  of  the 
Land,  without  being  let  to  go  by  Bail  or  by  Main- 
prife againft  the  Will  of  the   faid  Plaintiffs,   until 
Agreement  be  made  to  them  of  the  Sums  fo  ad- 
judged.' Eitz.  N",  B.  242, 


CAP.     III. 
A  Copy  of  the  Libel  in  the  Spiritual  Court  fhall  be  delivered. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  diverfes  lieges  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roy  font  citez  de  jour  en  autre  dapparoir 
en  courte  Chriftiene  devaunt  juges  efpirituelx  a  y 
refpondre  as  diverfes  perfones  ftbien  des  chofes  qe 
touchent  frank  tenement  dette  trefpaffez  covenantz 
&  autres  des  queux  la  conifance  appertient  al 
courte  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  come  de  matrimonie 
&  teftament  &  qant  tielx  perfones  iffint  citeez  ap- 
piergent  &  demandent  un  libell  de  ceo  qe  lour  eft 
furmys  pur  eftre  enformez  a  doner  lour  refpons 
illoeqes  ou  autrement  a  purchacer  brief  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  de  prohibition  felonc  lour  cas 
quell  libell  lour  eft  denie  par  les  ditz  juges  efpi- 
rituelx al  entent  qe  tielx  perfones  ne  ferront  mye 
par  nul  tiel  brief  aidez  encontre  ley  &  as  graundes 
damages  de  tielx  perfones  iffint  empledez  Noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  Roy  del  advis  &  aflent  fuifditz  Sc  a 
la  prier  des  ditz  Communes  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablie 
qe  a  quelle  heure  la  copie  de  la  libell  eft  graUntable 
par  la  ley  qil  foit  graunte  &  livere  a  la  partie  fanz 
difficult^. 


T  E  M,  Forafmuch  as  divers  of  the  King's  liege"  Co-  6l< 
People  be  daily  cited  to  appear  in  the  Spiritual  'I Co'  **" 
Court  before  Spiritual  Judges,  there  to  anfwer  to  di- 
vers Perfons,  as  well  of  Things  which  touch  Free- 
hold, Debt,  Trefpaffes,  Covenants,  and  other  Things 
whereof  the  Cognifance  pertaineth  to  the  Court  of 
our  Lord  the  King,  as  of  Matrimony  and  Tefta- 
ment;  (2)   and  when  fuch  Perfons  fo  cited  appear 
and  demand  a  Libel  of  that  which  againft  them  is 
furmifed,  to  be  informed  to  give  their  Anfwer  there- 
unto, or  otherwife  to  purchafe  a  Writ  of  our  Lord 
the  King,  of  Prohibition,  according  to  their  Cafe,1  Lutw- 134. 
which  Libel  to  them  is  denied  by  the  faid  Spiritual4, Ed- 4-  f-  37»- 
Judges,  to  the  Intent  that  fuch  Perfons  fhould  not^  ■ BuiftT  **~ 
be  aided  by  any  fuch  Writ,  againft  the  Law,  and  to  120.     '     "  ' 
the  great  Damage  of  fuch  Perfons  fo  impleaded  :" 
(3)  Our  faid  Lord  the  King,  by  the  Advice  and  Af- 
fent of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  at  the 
Requeft  and  Inftance  of  the  faid  Commons,  hath  or- 
dained and  eftablifhed,  That  at  what  Time  the  Libel 
is  grantable  by  the  Law,  that  it  may  be  granted  and" 
delivered  to  the  Party  without  any  Difficulty.'  Ra(t  ■&& 

CAP. 


488 


Stat.  i. 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  V. 


A.  D.  1414. 


C    A    P.      IV. 

What  Juftices  of  Peace  muft  be  Refident  in  the  fame  Shire;  and  at  what  Times  they  muff 

hoid  their  Quarter-SelTions. 


a  Cambridge, 


12  R.  2.  c.  3. 

Juftices  of  the 
Peace  may  fend 
their  Writs  for 
fugitive  Servants 
or  Labourers  to 
every  Sheriff  of 
England. 
Rep.  5  El.  c.  4. 


What  juftices 
of  Peace  and 
Quorum  murt  be 
refiant  in  the 
fame  Shire, 
what  not. 


At  what  Times 
Tutrices  of  the 
Peace  mail  hold 
their  Quarter 
Si-ffiorn. 
36  Ed.  3.  c.  12, 
12  R.  2.  c.  10. 
Twice  in  the 
Y^ir  rufficient 
in  MMliJtx  by 
14  H.  6.  c.  4. 


T  E  M,  Forafmuch  as  the  Servants  and  Labour- 
ers of  the  Shires  of  the  Realm  do  flee  from 
County  to  County,  becaufe  they  would  not  be  jufti- 
fied  by  the  Ordinances  and  Statutes  by  the  Law  for 
them  made,  to  the  great  Damage  of  Gentlemen  and 
others,  to  whom  they  fhould  ferve,  becaufe  that  the 
faid  Ordinances  and  Statutes  for  them  ordained  be 
not  executed  in  every  Shire;"  '  (2)  our  Lord  the 
King,  willing  in  this  Cafe  to  provide  a  Reme.'y,  by 
the  Advice  and  Affent  aforefaid,  and  at  the  Requeft 
of  the  faid  Commons,  hath  ordained  and  ftablilhed, 
That  the  Statute  of  Labourers  made  at  Canterbury,"- 
and  all  other  good  Statutes  of  Labourers  made,  and 
not  repealed,  be  firmly  holden  and  kept,  and  put  in 
due  Execution.  (3)  And  moreover,  That  the  Ju- 
ftices of  Peace  have  Power  to  fend  their  Writs  for 
fuch  fugitive  Labourers,  to  every  Sheriff  of  the  Realm 
of  England,  and  to  make  fuch  Procefs  as  the  Statute 
requireth,  to  bring  them  before  them  to  anfvver  to 
our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King,  and  to  the  Parties,  of 
the  Contempts  and  Trefpaffes  made  or  done  againft 
the  Ordinances  and  Statutes  aforefaid,  in  like  Man- 
ner as  the  juftices  have  Power  to  fend  to  every  She- 
riff for  the  Felons  before  them  indicted.  (4)  And 
alfo  that  all  the  Statutes  and  Ordinances  of  Labour- 
ers, Servants,  and  Artificers,  before  this  Time  made, 
and  not  repealed,  be  exemplified  under  the  Great 
Seal,  and  fent  to  every  Sheriff  of  the  Realm  of  Eng- 
land, thereof  to  make  Proclamation  in  full  County, 
and  after  this  Proclamation  fo  made,  that  every  She- 
riff lhall  caufe  the  faid  Exemplification  to  him  di- 
rected, to  be  delivered  to  the  Juftices  of  the  Peace  in 
his  County  named  of  the  Quorum,  or  to  one  of  them, 
to  remain  with  fuch  j  uffices  which  be,  or  ftiall  be, 
for  the  better  putting  of  the  forefaid  Statutes  and  Or- 
dinances in  due  Execution.  (5)  And  in  Shires  where 
divers  CommiiTions  of  the  Peace  be  made,  there  fliail 
bi  fo  many  Exemplifications  of  the  Statutes  and  Or- 
dinances aforefaid  made,  as  be  CommiiTions  of  the 
Peace  in  the  fame  Shires,  and  fent  to  the  Sheriff  to 
make  Proclamation,  and  to  deliver  the  fame,  as  is 
afore  faid. 

'  II.  And  that  the  Juftices  of  the  Peace  iu  every 
Shire  name]  of  the  QuStium,  be  Reliant  within  the 
fame  Shire,  except  Lords  named  in  the  Comreiffion 
of  the  Peace  ;  and  alfo  except  Juftices  of  the  one 
Bench,  and  of  the  other,  the  Chief  Baron  of  the 
Exchequer,  Serjeants  at  the  Law,  and  the  King's 
Attorney,  for  the  Time  that  the  fame  Juftices,  Chief 
Baron,  Serjeants  at  the  Lav/,  and  the  King's  Attor- 
ney, be  intending  and  occupied  in  the  King's  Courts, 
or  otherwife  in  forne  other  Place  occupied  in  the 
King's  Service;  (2)  and  make  their  Seffions  four 
Times  by  the  Year,  that  is  to  lay,  In  the  firft  Week 
olter  the  r  eaft  of  Saint  Michael,  and  in  the  firft  Week 
after  the  Epiphany,  and  in  the  firft  Week  after  the 
Claufe  of  Eajler,  and  in  the  firft  Week  after  the 
Tranflation  of  Saint  Thomas  the  Martyr,  and  more 
often,  if  Need  be.  (3)  And  that  the  fame  Juftices 
hold  their  Selfions  throughout  the  Realm  of  England 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  pur  tant  qe  les  fervantz  &  laborers  de3 
countees  du  Roialme  fenfuent  des  countees  es 
countees  a  caufe  qils  ne  voudrent  eftre  juftifiez 
par  les  ordeignanccs  par  ley  fur  eux  faitz  a  graunt 
damage  des  gentils  &  des  autres  as  queux  ils  ferve- 
rent  a  caufe  qe  ies  ditz  ordeignances  &  eftatutz 
fur  eux  faitz  ne  font  mye  executz  en  toutz  coun- 
tees noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  voillant  purvoir  de  re- 
medie  ceft  partie  del  affent  &  advys  avantditz  h  a 
la  requeft  des  ditz  communes  ad  ordeigne  &  efta- 
blie  qe  leftatut  de  laborers  fait  a  Cantebrigg  & 
toutes  autres  bones  eftatutz  des  laborers  faitz  & 
nierit  repellez  foient  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez  & 
mys  en  due  execution.  Et  outre  ceo  qe  les  Ju- 
ftices du  pees  eient  poair  de  mander  lour  briefs 
pur  tielx  laborers  fugitifs  a  chefcun  vifcount  dEng- 
leterre  &  de  faire  autieix  proceffes  come  leftatut 
des  laborers  requiert  pur  eux  amefner  devaunt  eux 
a  refpondre  a  noftre  Siegnur  le  Roy  &  a  les  par- 
ties des  contemptz  &  trefpaffez  faitz  encountre  les 
ordeignances  &  eftatutz  Lifditz  en  maner  come  les 
ditz  juftices  ont  poair  de  mander  a  chefcun  vifcount 
pur  larons  devaunt  eux  enditez.  Et  auxi  qe  toutz 
les  eftatutz  &  ordeignances  des  laborers  fervantz  & 
artificers  devaunt  ces  heures  faitz  &  nient  repellez 
foient  exemplifiez  defoutz  le  grauntz  feal  &  mandez 
a  chefcun  vifcont  dEngleterre  dent  faire  proclama- 
tion en  pleine  countee  &  puis  celle  proclamation 
faite  qe  chefcun  vifcont  face  deliverer  la  dite  ex- 
emplification a  luy  direct  as  juftices  <le  la  pees  en 
fon  countee  nomez  en  la  Quorum  ou  a  un  de  eux 
a  demurrer  envers  tielx  juftices  qi  font  ou  ferront 
pur  le  mielx  mettre  les  ditz  eftatutz  &  ordeignances 
en  due  execution.  Et  es  countees  ou  diverfes  com- 
miffions  de  la  pees  font  faitz  foient  atantz  des  ex- 
emplifications des  eftatutz  &  ordeignances  avaunt-  ■ 
ditz  faitz  come  font  commiffions  de  la  pees  en 
mefme  le  countee  &  mandez  a  vifcont  a  faire  pro- 
clamation &  les  liverer  come  deffuis  eft  dit. 

Et  qe  les  juftices  de  la  pees  en  chefcun  countee 
nomez  en  la  Quorum  refeantz  deinz  mefme  le 
counte  exceptz  Seignurs  nomez  en  la  commiffion 
de  pees  h  auxi  exceptz  les  Juftices  de  lun  Banc 
&  .  dc  lautre  chief  Baron  de  lefcheqer  fergeantz  de 
la  leie  &  attournes  du  Roy  pur  le  temps  qe  mefmes 
les  Juftices  chief  Baron  fergeantz  &  attournez  font 
entendantz  &  occupiez  en  les  courtz  du  Roy  ou 
aiilours  occupiez  en  fervice  le  Roy  facent  lour  fef- 
fions  quatre  foitz  par  an  ceftaffavoir  en  la  primer 
femaigne  apres  le  feft  de  Seint  Michel  iz  la  pri- 
mer femaigne  apres  le  feft  de  Tiphaine  h  en  la 
primer  femaigne  apres  le  claufe  de  Paflc  &  en  la 
primer  femaigne  apres  la  tranflation  de  Seint  Tho- 
mas le  martir  k  pluis  fovent  fi  meftier  foit.  Et  qe 
mefmes  les  Juftices  tiegnent  lour  feffions  parmy 
tout  EngHerre  en  mefmes  les-  femaignes  chefcun 

an 


A.  D.  1414. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Tun-.  Lond. 
an  defore  en  avaunt  &  auxi  qe  les  juftices  de  la 
pees  deformes  eient  poair  dexaminer  fibien  toutz 
maners  laborers  fervantz  &  lour  meftres  come  ar- 
tificers parlour  ferementz  de  toutz  maters  &  chofes 
pareux  faitz  a  contrarie  des  eftatutz  &  ordinances 
avauntditz  &  fur  ceo  de  les  punir  fur  lour  coni- 
fance  felonc  leffba  de  les  eftatutz  &  ordeignances 
avauntditz  ftcome  ils  feurent  convi&z  par  enqueft. 
Et  qe  le  vifcount  de  chefcun  countee  en  Engleterre 
face  bien  &  duement  fon  office  celles  parties  fur 
peyn  de  perdre  au  Roy  xx  livers. 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  V. 


Stat. 


1. 


489 


l.  1  &  2  P.  &  M.  c.  13. 
Geo.  2.  c.  24.  16  Geo.  2. 
xo.  and  30  Geo.  z.  c.  24. 


2©' 3  P.  &  M.  c. 
c.  18.     iS  Geo.  2. 


10.     jjac.  j.  e.  5. 
c.  20.     23  Geo.  2.  1 


'  in  the  fame  Weeks  every  Year  from  henceforth.    (4)  Juftices  of  Peace 
'  And  alfo  that  the  Juftices  of  Peace  from  henceforth  J™^*™nse„_ 
'  have  Power  to  examine  as  well  all  Manner  of  La-  ^""Ynd  other 
'  bourers,  Servants,  and  their  Mafters,   as  Artificers,  Matters,  and  a r- 
'  by  their  Oaths,  of  all  Things  by  them  done  contrary  tificers,  by  their 
'  to  their  faid  Ordinances  and  Statutes,   and  upon  that°aths' 
'  to  puniih  them  upon  their  Confeffion,  after  the  Ef- 
'  fedt   of  the  Statutes    and   Ordinances   aforefaid,    as  See  farther «»- 
'  though  they  were  convia  by  Inqueft.     (5)  And  ^^"pfJe'fiTif. 
1  the  Sheriff  in  every  Shire  of  the  Realm  of  England (,_  Ct  ,,,'  j  ej\ 
'  fhall  do  well  and  duly  his  Office  in  this  Behalf,  upon  4.  c.  2.   1  R. 
'  Pain  to  lofe  and  to  forfeit  to  our  Lord  the   King  ^-3-   3  H.  7. 
'  twenty  Pounds.'  u£H,lc' ' 

1  I  Mar. fiat.  2. 

21  Jac.  1.  c.  12.     6  Geo.  1.  c.  21,  fee.  10.      q  Geo.  I,   c.  j.      5  Geo.  2.   e.    iS  Csf  19.   1$ 
26.  fee,  11.     24  Geo.  2.  c.  44,  &  55.     26  Geo.  z.  c.  14,  &  27.     27  Geo.  2.  c.  16)  & 


CAP.      V. 

Procefs  againft  Felons  dwelling  in  Tyndal  or  Exhamjhire  in  Northumberland. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  depar  les  communes  del 
countee  de  Northumbr'  ont  efte  faitz  trefgre- 
1  voufes  compleints  a  noftre  tres  foveraigne  Seignur 
le  Roy  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  de  ceo  qe  pleu- 
feurs  murdres  trefons  homicides  roberies  &  autres 
malfaitz  a  plufeurs  fez  loialx  lieges  de  mefme  le 
counte  par  gentz  demurrantz  en  icell  countee  de- 
deins  les  franchifes  de  Tyndale  &  Exhamfhire  ou 
le  brief  le  Roi  ne  court  mys  ja  tarde  ont  efte  per- 
petrez  autrement  qe  nont  efte  faitz  ou  conuz  par- 
devant  atant  de  peril  de  les  ditz  lieges  du  Roy  qe 
fanz  due  remedie  cells  partie  mettre  ils  noferent  a 
y  demorer  longement  enavant  a  caufe  qe  tielx  mal- 
fefours  font  enli  favorez  par  tielx  franchifes.  No- 
ftre dit  Seignur  le  Roy  del  advis  &  affent  avant- 
ditz  &  al  requeft  des  ditz  Communes  ad  ordeigne 
&  eftablie  qe  ft  afcune  perfone  des  ditz  franchifes 
de  Tyndale  &  Exhamfhire  refceant  ou  demurant 
deinz  ycelles  de  quell  eftat  ou  condition  il  foit  face 
murdres  trefons  homicides  ou  robberies  ou  confent 
.de  Jes  faire  hors  des  ditz  franchifes  de  Tyndale  & 
Exhamfhire  proceiTe  foit  fait  devers  luy  par  la  com- 
mune leie  tanqe  il  foit  utlage  &  qe  apres  tiele  ut- 
lagarie  pronuncie  &  retourne  facent  ent  les  juftices 
devaunt  queux  tiele  utlagarie  foit  retourne  certifi- 
cation a  tieux  miniftres  ou  a  tiel  miniftre  des  ditz 
franchifes  come  a  eux  femblera  meulz  celle  partie 
folonc  lour  difcretion  &  foit  tiel  feloun  pris  par  tiel 
miniftre  ou  tielx  miniftres  &  fez  terres  h  tene- 
ments biens  &  chateux  efteantz  deinz  icelles  fran- 
chifes feifez  es  mains  des  Seignurs  de  mefmes  les 
franchifes  de  Tyndale  &  Exhamfhire  pur  le  temps 
efteantz  come  forfeitz  &  qe  les  autres  terres  &  te  - 
nementz  biens  &  chateux  de  tiel  felon  efteantz  hors 
de  mefmes  les  franchifes  demurgent  entierment  au 
.  Roy  &  as  autres  Seignurs  aiantz  ent  franchifes 
come  forfaitz  favant  toutzfoitz  au  Roy  les  forfai- 
tures  dautiels  murdrours  traitours  homLidours  rob- 
bours  &  autres  malfefours  queconqes  &  dautres 
chofes  queux  a  luy  appertiegnent  come  de  droit  de 
fa  corone. 


"    ITE  M,  Forafmuch  as  by  the  Commons  of  the  4  I"ft'  ~l^ 
"   J,  County  of  Northumberland  grievous  Complaints 
"  have  been  made  to  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King  in 
"  this  prefent  Parliament,    for  that  many  Murders, 
"  Treafons,    Manflaughters,    Robberies,    and   divers 
"  other  Offences,  to  many  of  the  faichful  liege  People 
"  of  the  fame  County,  by  People  dwelling  in  the  fame 
"  County  within  the  Franchife  of  Tyndal  and  Exhatn- 
:'  Jhire,  where  the  King's  Writ  runneth  not,  now  of 
:'  late  have  been  perpetrated  otherwife  than  have  been 
:<  done  or  known  before  this  Time,  to  fo  many  Perils 
:'  of  the  faid  liege  People  of  our  Lord  the  King,  that 
:'  without  due  Remedy  in  this  Behalf  provided,  they 
:'  dare  no  longer  there  dwell,  becaufe  that  fuch  Offen- 
''  ders  be  fo  favoured  by  fuch  Franchifes ;"    '  (2)  our 
:  faid  Lord  the  King,   by  the  Advice  and  Affent  afore- 
:  faid,  and  at  the  Requeft  of  the  faid  Commons,  hath 
;  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  That  if  any  Perfon  of  the 
faid  Franchifes  of  Tyndal  and  Exhamjlnre,  refiant  or 
dwelling  in  the  fame,  of  what  Eftate  or  Condition 
that  he  be,  do  any  Murders,  Treafons,  Manflaugh- 
ters, or  Robberies,  or  Confent  to  do  them,  out  of  the 
faid  Franchifes  of  Tyndal  and  Exhamfhire^  Procefs  fhall 
be  made  againft  him  by  the  Common  Lav/  until  he  be 
outlawed;    (3)  and  that  after  fuch  Outlawry  pro- 
nounced and  returned,  the  Juftices  before  whom  fuch 
Outlawry  is  returned  fhall  make  thereof  Certificate 
to  fuch  Minifter  or  Minifters  of  the  faid  Franchifes, 
as  to  them  fhall  feem  beft  in  this  Behalf,  according 
to.  their  Difcretion  ;    (4)  and   fuch   Felon  fhall  be 
taken  by  fuch  Minifter  or  Minifters,  and  his  Lands 
and  Tenements,  Goods  and  Chatties,  being  within 
the  fame  Franchife,  feifed    into  the  Hands  of  the 
Lords  of  the  fame  Franchifes  of  Tyndal  and  Exham~ 
fhire  for  the  Time  being,   as  forfeit;    (5)  and  that 
the  other  Lands  and  Tenements,  Goods  and  Chat- 
ties of  fuch  Felon,  being  out  of  the  fame  Franchifes, 
fhall  wholly  remain  to  the  King,    and  to  other  Lords 
having  thereof  Franchife,  as  forfeit ;   (6)  faving  al- 
ways to  the  King  the  Forfeitures  of  fuch  Murderers, 
Traitors,  Manflayers,  Robbers,  and  other  Offenders, 
and  of  other  Things  which  to  him  do  belong  as  of  ExtcneeJ  fy  9R. 
the  Right  of  his  Crown.'  5-  M-J-  c  7. 

°  By  14  El.  c.  13, 

Hexham  ar.d  Hexamfhire  declafei  to  be  within  the  Csafrfya/"Northumberian<I« 


Vol,  L 


Rr 


CAP, 


49° 


Stat. 


i. 


Anno  fecundo  H  e  n  r  i  c  i  V. 


A.D. 


1414, 


CAP.      VI. 

Breaking  of  Truce  and  Safe  Conduit  fhall  be  High  Treafon.     In  every  Port  there  fhall  be  a 

Confervator  of  the  Peace  and  Safe  Conduct. 


4  Inffi.  152. 
Some  have  bro- 
ken Truces  and 
Safe  Conduces, 
and  others  have 
received  and 
maintained 
them. 


Breaking  of 

Truce  and  Safe 

Gonduas  fliall 

Be  HighTrea- 

fon. 

Rep.  20  H.  6. 

c.  11. 

1  Ed.  6.  c.  12. 

I  M.  feiH  1. 


A  Confervator 
of  the  Truce 
fliall  be  appointed 
in  every  Port  of 
the  Sea. 

The  Authority 
of  the  Conferva- 
tor  of  the  Truce. 


Death  oFa  Man 
excepted  out  of 
the  Gonfervator's 
Authority. 


T  E  M,    Forafmuch  as  before  this  Time  divers 
People,  comprifed  within  the  Truces  made  as 
well  by  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  as  by  his  no- 
ble Father,  and  alfo  divers  other  People  having  Safe 
Conducts,  as  well  of  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is, 
as  of  his  noble  Father,  have  been  fome  flain,  robbed 
and  fpoiled,  by  the  King's  liege  People  and  Subjects, 
as  well  upon  the  main  Sea,  as  within  the  Ports  and 
Coafts  of  the  Sea  of  England,  Ireland,  and  of  Wales, 
whereby  the  faid  Truces  and  Safe  Conducts  have  been 
broken  and  offended,  to  the  great  Difhonour  and 
Slander  of  the  King,  and  againft  his  Dignity ;    (2) 
and  the  faid  Manflayers,  Robbers,  Spoilers,  and  Of- 
fenders of  the  faid  Truces  and  the  King's  Safe  Con- 
ducts, as  is  afore  declared,  have  been  by  divers  of  the 
King's  liege  People  and  Subjects  within  the  Coafts 
of  divers  Counties,  received,  abetted,  procured,  con- 
cealed, hired,  fuftained,  and  maintained  :"   '  (3)  Our 
faid  Lord  the  King,  by  the  Advice  and  AfTent  afore- 
faid,  and  at  the  Requeft  of  the  faid  Commons,  hath 
ordained    and    declared,    That    fuch   Manflaughter, 
Robbery,  Spoiling,  Breaking  of  Truce  and  Safe  Con- 
ducts, and  voluntary  Receit,  Abetment,  Procurement, 
Concealing,  Hiring,  Suftaining,  and  Maintaining  of 
fuch  Perfons,  to  be  done  in  Time  to  come  by  any  of 
the  King's    liege  People    and  Subjects    within    the 
Realm  of  England,  Ireland,   and  Wales,  or  upon  the 
main  Sea,  fhall  be  adjudged  and  determined  for  High 
Treafon  done  againft  the  King's  Crown  and  his  Dig- 
nity.   (4)  And  in  every  Port  of  the  Sea  fhall  be  made 
and  afligned  from  henceforth  by  the  King,  by  his  Let- 
ters Patents,  one  lawful  Man  called  a  Confervator  of 
the  Truce  and  the  King's  Safe  Conducts,  which  fliall 
have  forty  Pounds  Lands  by  the  Year  at  the  leaft. 
(5)  And  that  the  Confervator  have  Power  and  Autho- 
rity by  the  faid  Letters  Patents,  and  alfo  by  Commif- 
fion  of  the  Admiral  of  England,  to  inquire  of  all  fuch 
Treafbns  and  Offences  to  be  done  againft  the  Truce 
and  Safe  Conducts  upon   the  main  Sea,  out  of  the 
Body ^of  the  Counties,   and  out  of  the  Franchifes  of 
the  Five  Ports  of  the  King,  as  the  Admirals  of  the 
Kings  of  England  before  this  Time  reafonably,  after 
the  oid  Cuftom  and  Law  on  the  main  Sea  ufed,  have 
done  or  ufed.     (6)  And  alfo  that  the  faid  Confervator 
have  like    and  the  fame  Power  to  punifh  all  them 
which  be  or  fhall  be  indicted  or  accufed  before  him, 
aswell  at  the  King's  Suit  as  at  the  Party's,  of  any 
thing  to  be  done  againft  the  Truce  and  the  King's 
Safe  Conducts  upon  the  main  Sea,  out  of  the  Body 
of  the  Counties  and  Liberties  of  the  Realm  of  Eng- 
land, and  out  of  the  Franchife  of  the  Five  Ports,  by 
fuch  Procefs,  Examination,  Proofs,  Determination, 
Judgement,  and  Execution,  as  Admirals  of  the  Kings 
of  England  before  this  Time  reafonably,  according 
to  the  old  Cuftom  and  Law  upon  the  main  Sea  ufed, 
have  done  or  ufed. 

'  II.  Saving  the  Determination  of  the  Death  of  a 
Man  in  this  Behalf,  and  the  Execution  of  the  fame, 
fhall  be  always  referved  to  the  faid  Admiral,  or  to  his 
general  Lieutenant  out  of  the  faid  Franchifes  of  the 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

TEM  pur  ceo  qe  devaunt  ces  heures  diverfes 
gentz  comprifez  deinz  les  trieues  fibien  faitz 
par  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qore  eft  come  par  fon 
trefnoble  pier  Et  auxi  autres  diverfes  gentz  aiantz 
faufconduitz  fibien  de  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy 
qore  eft  come  de  fon  dit  trefnoble  pier  ount  eftez 
afcuns  tueez  afcuns  robbes  &  defpoillez  par  les 
lieges  &  fubgitz  de  Roy  fibien  fur  le  haut  mer  come 
deinz  les  portz  &  coftes  de  meer  dEngleterre  dlr- 
land  &  de  Gales  parount  les  ditz  trieues  &  fauf- 
conduitz ount  efte  rumpez  &  offenduz  a  graunde 
difhonure  &  defclaundre  de  Roy  &  encountre  fa 
dignite.  Et  les  ditz  tuers  des  hommes  robbours 
fpoilleurs  &  offendours  de  les  ditz  trieues  &c  fauf- 
conduitz du  Roy  come  deffuis  efte  declaree  ount 
efte  par  diverfes  lieges  &  fubgitz  de  E_oy  deinz  les 
coftes  de  diverfes  countees  recettez  abettez  procu- 
rez  counfeillez  loueez  fuftenez  &  maintenuz.  No- 
ftre dit  Seignur  le  Roy  del  advis  &  affent  fuifditz 
&  al  priere  des  dites  Communes  ad  ordeine  &  de- 
claree qe  tielx  tuerie  robberie  efpoillerie  rumperie 
des  trieues  &  faufconduitz  de  Roy  &  voluntaries 
receit  abettement  procurement  counfeill  louere 
fuftenance  &  maintenance  de  tielx  perfones  af- 
faires en  temps  avenir  par  afcuns  des  lieges  & 
fubgitz  de  Roy  deinz  les  roialmes  dEngleterre  dlr- 
land  &  Gales  ou  fur  le  haut  meer  foient  adjuggez 
&  determinez  pur  haut  trefon  f.  it  encountre  la 
corone  &  dignite  de  Roy.  Et  qe  en  chefcun  port 
de  meere  foit  fait  &  afiigne  defore  enavaunt  par 
le  Roy  par  fez  lettres  patentz  un  loial  homme  ap- 
pelle  Confervatour  des  trieues  &  faufconduitz  de 
Roy  qi  eit  xl.  liverees  du  terre  par  an  a  meyns. 
Et  qe  le  dit  confervatour  eit  poair  &  auctorite 
par  les  ditz  lettres  patentz  &  auxi  par  commiffion 
del  Admiral  dEngleterre  denquerer  de  toutz  tielx 
trefons  &  ofFenfes  affairez  encountre  les  trieues  & 
faufconduitz  de  Roy  fur  le  haut  meere  hors  des- 
corps  des  countees  &  hors  del  fraunchife  des  cink 
portz  de  Roy  come  les  Admiralles  des  Roys  dEng- 
leterre devant  ces  heures  refonablement  folonc 
launcien  cuftume  &  leye  fur  le  meere  ufez  ount 
faitz  ou  ufez.  Et  enfement  qe  le  dit  confervatour 
eit  autiele  &  mefme  le  poair  de  punir  toutz  ceux 
qi  fount  ou  ferrount  enditez  ou  accufez  devaunt 
luy  fibien  a  fuyte  de  Roy  come  a  fuyt  de  partie 
dafcune  chofe  affaire  encountre  les  trieues  &  fauf- 
conduitz de  Roy  fur  le  haut  meere  hors  des  corps 
des  countees  &  libertees  de  roialme  dEngleterre  & 
hors  de  le  dit  fraunchife  de  cynk  portz  par  tieles- 
proces  examination  proves  determination  jugge- 
ment  &  execution  come  les  Admiralles  des  Roys 
dEngleterre  devant  ces  heures  refonablement  fo- 
lonc launcien  cuftume  &  ley  fur  la  meer  ufez  ount 
faitz  ou  ufez. 

Forfqe  qe  la  determination  de  mort  de  homme 
ceft  partie  &  lexecution  dicell  foient  tutditz  re- 
fervez  a  dit  admirall  ou  a  fon  lieutenant  general 
hors  de  la  dit  franchife  des  ditz  cink  portz.     Et  qe 


A.  D.  1414. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
le  dit  confervatour  eit  plein  poair  &  audtorite  den- 
querer  fibien  deinz  libertees  &  franchifes  come  de^- 
hors  par  gentz  enhabitantz  deinz  le  corps  de  coun- 
tee et  liberte  ou  le  dit  port  eft  de  toutz  tielx  trefoils 
&  offenfes  affaires  encountre  les  trieues  &  faufcon- 
duitz de  Roy  deinz  les  corps  de  countee  &  liberte 
ou  le  dit  port  eft  &  de  fair  envers  tieux  a  enditerz 
devaunt  luy  proces  en  la  fourme  enfuant  ceftaffa- 
vpir  par  Capias  &  Exigendes  qi  ifferont  fibien  en 
mefmes  les  countees  des  quelles  eft  fuppofe  tieux 
enditez  eftre  come  en  les  countees  lou  tieux  endi- 
tementz  font  prifez  les  queux  capias  &  exigendes 
en   ambideux   countees    foient    returnables   a   un 
mefme  jour  &  qe  le  primer  Capias  en  ambideux 
countees  eit  jour  de  retourne  par  un  moys  a  meyns 
&  en  cas  qe  Capias  &  Exigendes  foient  cefte  partie 
agardes  qe  les  nouns  &  furnouns  de  tieux  a  endi- 
turs  &:  la  ville  &  de  counte  &  la  miftiere  dont  ils 
font  foient  efpecifiez    en  lenditementz  &  en  les 
proceffes  dicelles.      Et  qe  le  dit  confervatour  eit 
plein  poair  doier  a  fuyte  de  queconqe  qi  foi  vou- 
dra  pleindre  devaunt  luy  dafcune  offenfe  a  la  partie 
fait  encountre  les  ditz  trieues  &  faufconduitz.     Et 
qe  deux  hommes  apprifez  de  ley  foint  nomez  &  af- 
fociez  en  chefcune  commiffion  de  Roy  affaire  a  tiel 
confervatour.     Et  qe  le  dit  confervatour  &  les  ditz 
hommes  apprifez  de  ley  en  la  dite  commiffion  a  luy 
affociez  eient  plein  poair  &  audtorite  de  fair  due 
deliverance  folonc  la  ley  de  la  terre  de  tielx  en- 
ditez devant  le  dit  confervatour  des  chofes  affairez 
deinz  le  corps  de  countee  ou  lebertee  ou  le  dit  port 
eft  encountre  les  ditz   trieues  &  faufconduitz  de 
Roy  &  determiner  tieux  fuytes  commencez  a  fuyt 
de  qiconqe  partie  qi  foy  v  oudra  pleindre  devaunt 
Je  dit  confervatour  dafcune  offenfe  a  luy  fait  en- 
countre les  ditz  triues  &  faufconduitz  &  en  due 
redreffe   &  remedie   faire.      Et  qe   les  ditz  deux 
hommes  iffint  a  le  dit  confervatour  affociez  foient 
affiftentz  et  entendantz  a  dit  confervatour  pur  faire 
les  deliverances   et    determination    en    manere   et 
fourme  avauntditz  qant   ils  fount  par  le  dit  con- 
fervatour refonablement  requis.     Et  qe  le  dit  con- 
fervatour et  les  ditz  deux  hommes  de  ley  foient 
jurrez  qils  ne  null  de  eux  prendra  ou  prendront  de 
nully  finoun  de  Roy  fee  doun  louere  gage  regarde 
ne  brocage  en  afcun  manere  celle  partie  en  deftour- 
bance  de  due  inquifition  et  puniffement  de  tielx 
traitours  et  offendours  avauntditz.      Et  qe  le  dit 
confervatour  ferra  refeant  en  le  port  et  lieu  ou  il 
ferra  affigne  confervatour  come  avaunt  eft  dit.     Et 
prendra  chefcun  confervatour  pur  le  dit  office  chef- 
cun  an  xl.   li.  de  Roy  a  meyns.     Et   qils  foient 
jurrez  qe  fi  afcune  perfone  de  quele  condition  ou 
eftat  qil  foit  eux  ou  afcune  de  eux  procure  excite 
ou  abette  de  faire  afcun  chofe  a  contrarie  dicefte 
ordinance  &  le  ferement  avauntdit  qe  chefcun  de 
eux  ferra  due  relation  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ou 
a  la  Chanceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  fi 
haftiment  come  bonement  purra  faunz  concelle- 
ment  en  afcun  point  fur  piene  demprifonement  & 
faire  fyn  &  ranceon  a  voluntee  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roy.     Et  qe  le  dit  confervatour  eit  un  feal  de  Roy 
ordeigne  pur  le  dit  office.     Et  qe  le  maiftre  de 


Anno   fecundo   Henrici    V. 


Stat. 


1. 


49* 


Five  Ports.     (2)  And  that  the  faid  Confervator  have 
full  Power  and  Authority  to  inquire,  as  well  within 
Liberties  and  Franchifes  as  without,  by  Men  inhabit- 
ing within  the  Body  of  the  County  and  Liberty  where 
the  faid  Port  is,  of  all  fuch  Treafons  and  Offences  to 
be  done  againfi  the  Truces,  and  againft  the  King's 
Safe  Conducts,  within  the  Body  of  the  County  and  Li- 
berty where  the  faid  Port  is,   (3)  and  to  make  againft  procef,  to  be 
thofe  Perfons  before  him  fo  indicted,  fuch  Procefs  as  yarded  againfc 
here  followeth,  that  is  to  fay,  by  Capias  and  Exigent, thok  that  be 
which  {hall  as  well  go  into  the  Counties  of  which  fuch  ""i'** 
Men  fo  indicted  be  fuppofed  to  be,  as  into  the  Coun- 
ties where  fuch  Indictments  be  taken  ;  (4.)  which  Ca- 
pias and  Exigent  aforefaid  in  both  Counties  fhall  be  re- 
turned at  one  Day,  and  that  the  firft  Capias  in  both 
Counties  have  Day  of  Return  by  a  Month  at  the  leaft : 

(5)  And  in  cafe  that  the  Capias  and  Exigent  be  awarded  The  Additions 
in  this  Behalf,  that  the  Names  and  Surnames  of  fuch  of  che  Parties 
Perfons  fo  indicted,  and  the  Town  and  the  County,  'ndi&ed  fliall  be 
and  Myftery  whereof  they  be,  fhall  be  fpecified  and  de-  inferted- 
clared  in  the  Indictments  and  Procefles  of  the  fame. 

(6)  And  that  the  faid  Confervator  have  full  Power  to 
hear,  at  every  Man's  Suit  which  will  complain  before 
himfelf,  *  or  his  Lieutenant,  of  any  Offence  done  to  »  Not  in  Grig. 
the  Party  againft  the  faid  1  ruces  and  Safe  Conducts. 

'  ["])  And  that  two  Men  learned  in  the  Law  be  namedT»oM™lea™- 

and  affociate  in  every  Commiffion  of  our  Lord  the e^  j? ,  thcJ">w 
;  King  to  be  made  to  fuch  Confervator.     And  that  the  lnle  cf^lT 

faid  Confervator,  and  the  faid  Men  learned  in  the  Law,  vator's  Com- 
'  in  the  Commiffion  to    hi  n  affociate  f  and  ajjigned,  million.    The 
;  (hall  have  full  Power  and  Authority,  to  make  Delive-  Authority  of  the 
;  ranee,  according  to  the  Law  and  Ufage  of  the  Land,^™^™"1 
'  of  fuch  Men  fo  indicted  before  the  faid  Confervator,  c;ateS. 
'  of  Things  to  be  done  within  the  Body  of  the  County 
'  or  Liberty  where  the  faid  Port  is,   againft  the  faid 
"  Truce  and  the  King's  Safe  Conducts,  and  to  deter- 
:  mine  fuch  Suits  commenced  at  any  Man's  Suit  which 
'  will  complain  before  the  faid  Coniervator,  of  any  Of- 
'  fence  done  to  him  againft  the  faid  Truce  and  Safe 
'  Conducts,  and  thereof  to  make  due  Redrefs  and  Re- 
'  medy.     (8 )  And  that  the  faid  two  Men  to  the  faid 
'  Confervator  fo  affociate,  be  affifting  and  attending  to 
'  the   faid  Confervator  to  make  the  Deliverances  and 
;  Determination  in  the  Manner  and  Form  aforefaid, 
'  when  they  be  by  the  faid  Confervator  reafonably  re- 
'  quired.     (9)  And  that  the  faid  Confervator,  and  the  The  Oath  of  the 
'  faid  two  Men  of  Law,  be  fworn,  that  they,  nor  noneConfervataran* 
'  or  them,  fhall  take  Fee,  Gift,  Hire,  Wages,  Reward,  Aflbciates. 
'  or  Brokage,  of  any  other  than  of  the  King  in  any  wife 
'  in  this  Behalf,  in  Hinderance  of  due  Execution  and 
'  Punifhment  of  fuch  Traitors  and  Offenders  aforefaid. 
'  (10)  Andthatthe  faid  Confervator  fhall  berefiantin  the 
'  Port  and  Places  where  he  fhall  be  Confervator  affigned 
'  as  aforefaid ;    (11)  And  every  Confervator  fhall  take 
'  yearly  for  the  faid  Office  Forty  Pounds  of  the  King 
'  at  the  leaft  ;    (12)  and  that  they  be  fworn,  that  if  any 
'  Perfon,  of  what  Eftate  or  Condition  foever  he  be,  pro- 
'  cure,  excite,  or  abet  them,  or  any  of  them,  to  do  any 
'  Thing  contrary  to  this  Ordinance  and  Oath  aforefaid, 
'  that  every  of  them  fhall  make  due  Relation  to  our  So- 
'  vereignLord  the  King,  or  to  the  Chancellor  of  Eng- 
'  land  for  the  time  being,  as  fpeedily  as  he  well  may, 
'  without  Concealment  in  any  Point,  upon  Pain  of  Im- 
'  prifonment,  and  to  make  Fine  and  Ranfom  at  the 
'  Kino-'s  Pleafure,     ( 13)  And  that  the  faid  Confervator  The  Coritemtbr 
'  have  a  Seal  of  our  Lord  the  King  ordained  for  the  faid  <h»"  have  a  Seal, 
'  Office.  (14)  And  that  the  Mafter  of  the  Ship,  Barge, 
R  r  r  2  'or 

-J-  Not  in  Ong, 


492        Stat.  i. 


Anno  fecund  o  Henrici  V. 


A.  D.  1414. 


The  Office  of 
the  Mafter  and 
PoOVObr  of  a 
th:p. 

What  fhall  be 
inroDcd  by  tiae 
t'onieivator. 


The  Confervator  ' 
{kail  be  informed  t 
of  all  Things       4 
taken  from  the 
King's  Enemies 
by  me  Mariners. ' 


"What  Forfeitures ' 
the  Admiral 
Stall  have. 


The  Authority 
rfthe  Conferva- 
lors  within  the 
i-  iie  Ports. 


The  Warden  of- 
the  Five  Ports 
(hall  have  all  the 
forfeitures  there. 


or  Balinger,  or  other  Veffel  in  the  faidPort,  be  fworn, 
and  the  Foffeffor  alfo,  if  he  be  prefent,  before  the  faid 
Confervator,  before  that  he  pafs  out  of  the  faid  Port, 
that  he  fhall  not  attempt  to  do  any  Thing  againft  the 
faid  Truce  and  the  King's  Safe  Conduces.  (15)  And  al- 
fo that  the  faid  Confervator  fhall  caufe  to  be  inrolled  of 
Record  before  him,  as  well  the  Names  of  fuch  Owners 
and  Mafters,  as  the  Names  of  their  Ship,  Barge,  Ba- 
linger, or  other  Veffel,  together  with  the  Number  of 
the  Mariners  in  the  fame  being.  ,  (16)  And  if  they 
take  any  Thing  of  the  King's  Enemies,  or  of  any 
others,  they  fhall  caufe  to  be  brought  fuch  Things 
taken  into  the  Port,  and  thereof  make  full  Information 
to  the  faid  Confervator,  before  that  they  thereof  make 
Difcharge  or  Sale  ;  if  it  be  not  that  by  Force  of  Wind, 
Tempeft,.  or  of  Enemies,  or  fome  other  reafonable 
Caufe,  fuch  Ship,  Barge,  Balinger,  or  other  Veffel, 
muft  enter  into  another  Port  for  the  Prefervation  of 
the  fame  Veffel,  or  other  Caufe  reafonable  ;  and  that 
then  they  fhall  make  full  Information  to  the  faid  Con- 
fervator, or  to  the  Confervator  of  the  Port  in  which 
the  faid  Veffels  arrive  or  enter,  of  the  Prize,  and  of 
the  Quantity  of  the  Thing,  receiving  a  Letter  tefti- 
monial  under  the  faid  Seal  of  the  aforefaid  Conferva- 
tor, by  the  which  the  Confervator  of  the  faid  Port, 
whereof  the  Veffel  or  Veffels  fhall  go  out,  may  have 
Notice  of  the  Quantity,  and  alfo  of  the  Value  of  the 
Goods  and  Chattels  fo  taken.  (17)  And  if  any  Pof- 
feffor  or  Mafter  of  any  Ship  or  other  Vefie],  go  out  of 
any  Port  of  the  R.ealm  of  England,  or  difcharge  his 
Ship  or  Veffel  againft  the  Form  of  this  Ordinance, 
that  fuch  Ship  or  Veffel,  together  with  the  Prize  taken 
in  the  fame  duly  made,  fhall  be  forfeit  to  the  King, 
(18)  and  the  Body  of  the  Poffeffor  or  Mafter  of  fuch 
Ship  or  Veffel  committed  to  Prifon,  there  to  remain 
until  he  hath  made  a  Fine  and  Ranfom  to  the  King. 
'  III.  Provided  always,  That  no  Poffeffors  of  Ships 
going  out  of  any  Port  fhall  make  any  Fine  nor  Ran- 
fom, or  havelmprifonment  of  Body,  if  the  fame  Pof- 
feffors be  not  in  the  fame  Ships.at  the  Time  of  the  Of- 
fence committed  againft  this  Ordinance.  (2)  And  the 
faid  Admiral  fhall  have  the  Forfeitures  in  all  Cafes 
out  of  the  fame  Franchife  of  Five  Ports  aforefaid,  as 
he  hath  had-,  and  hath  been  accuftomed  of  right  to  the 
Office  of  the  Admiral  of  England,  before  the  making 
of  this  Ordinance.  (3)  And  that  all  fuch  Conferva- 
tors  to  be  made  within  the  faid  Five  Ports  have  the 
fame  Authority  and  Power  by  the  King's  Letters  Pa- 
tents, and  Commiffion  of  the  Warden  of  the  fame 
Ports  for  the  time  being,  to  inquire  of  fuch  Offences 
to  be  done  upon  the  main  Sea  within  the  Franchifes 
of  the  Five  Ports  out  of  the  Body  of  the  Counties, 
and  to  punifh  all  them  which  fhall  be  before  the  faid 
Confervator  of  the  fame  Offences  indicted  or  accufed, 
by  like  Procefs,  Examination,  Proofs,  Determination-, 
Judgement,  and- Execution,  as  the  faid  Admirals  rea- 
fonably,  according  to  the  old  Cuftom  and  Law  upon 
theSeaufed,  have  done  and  ufed  out  of  the  faid  Fran- 
chife of  the  Five  Ports  ;  (4)  faving  that  the  Determi- 
nation of  the  Death  of  a  Man  in  this  Behalf,  and  the 
Execution  of  the  fame,  fhall  be  within  the  fame  Fran- 
chife of  the  Five  Ports  referved  to  the  faid  Warden, 
or  to  his  general  Lieutenant-  there  ;  (5)  and  that  the 
fame  Warden  fhall  have  all  the  Forfeitures  there^  in 
all  fuch  Cafes  as  he  hath  had,  and  have  been  accuf- 
tomed of"  right  to  the  Office  of  the  Warden  of  the  Five 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ffef  barge  balenger  ou  autre  veffell  en  le  dit  port 
foit  jurre  &  le  poffeffour  auxi  fil  foit  prefent  de- 
vaunt  le  dit  confervatour  avaunt  qil  palie  hors  de 
dit  port  qil  nattemptera  riens  encontre  les  ditz 
trieues  &  faufconduitz  de  Roy.  Et  qe  le  dit  con- 
fervatour face  enroller  de  record  devaunt  luy  fibien 
les  nouns  de  tielx  poffeffours  &  maiftres  come  les 
nouns  de  lour  nief  barge  balengere  ou  autre  vef- 
fell enfemble  ovefqe  le  nombre  des  mariners  en  icelt 
efteantz.  Et  fils  preignent  riens  des  enemys  de 
Roy  ou  dautres  qiconqes  qils  tiele  prife  ferrount 
amefher  en  le  dit  port  &  ent  ferrount  pleine  en- 
formation  a  dit  confervatour  devaunt  qils  ent  fa- 
cent  defcharge  ou  vende  fi  ne  foit  qe  par  force 
de  vent  de  tempeft  ou  des  enemys  ou  autre  caufe 
refonable  tiel  nief  barge  balengere  ou  autre  veflell 
doit  entrer  en  autre  port  pur  falvation  de  mefme 
le  veffell  ou  autre  caufe  refonable.  Et  qils  adonqes 
facent  plein  enformation  a  dit  confervatour  ou  a 
le  confervatour  de  le  port  en  quell  les  ditz  vef- 
felx  arriveront  ou  entreront  de  la  dite  prife  &  de 
la  quantite  dicelle  pregnant  lettre  teftimoriiale  foutz 
le  dit  feal  de  le  dit  confervatour  par  quele  le  con- 
fervatour de  le  port  dount  les  veffeux  ou  veffell 
ifferont  011  iffit  purra  avoir  notice  de  la  quantite  &. 
value  des  biens  iffint  prifez.  Et  fr  afcun  poffeffour 
ou  meftre  dafcun  nief  ou  autre  veffell  iffe  hors  daf- 
cun  port  du  Roialme  ou  face  defcharger  fon  nief 
ou  veffell  encountre  la  fourme  dicefte  ordinance  qe 
tiel  nief  ou  veffell  enfemble  ovefqe  la  prife  par  ycell 
duement  fait  foit  forfaite  a  Roy  &  le  corps  du  pof- 
feffour au  maiftre  de  tiel  1  ief  ou  veffell  commys  a 
prifone  a  y  demorer  tanqe  il  eit  fait  fyn  &  raunceon 
a  Roy. 

Purveu  qe  nulles  poffeffours  des  niefs  iffantz 
hors  dafcun  port  ne  face  fyn  ou  ranceon  neient 
emprifonement  du  corps  ft  mefmes  les  poffeffours 
ne  foient  en  mefmes  les  niefs  en  temps  de  mef- 
prifion  encontre  cefte  ordenance  faite.  Et  ait  le 
Admirall  avantdit  les  forfeitures  en  toutz  cafes 
hors  de  la  dite  franchife  de  cynk  portz  avanditz 
come  il  ad  eu  &  ad  efte  accuftume  de  droit  al 
office  de!  Admirall  dEngleterre  avant  la  fefance 
de  cefte  ordeignance.  Et  qe  toutz  tieux  confer- 
vatours  affairez  dedeinz  les  ditz  cynk  ports  eient 
mefme  laudtorite  &  poair  par  Iettres  patentz  du 
Roy  &  commiffion  del  gardein  de  mefmes  les 
ports  pur  le  temps  efteant  denquerer  de  tielx 
offenfes  affaires  fur  le  haute  meer-  dedeinz  les 
fraunchifes  des  ditz  cynk  ports  dehors  les  corps 
des  countees  &  de  punir  toutz  ceux  qi  ferront 
devant  ycell  confervatour  de  mefmes  les  offenfes 
enditez  ou  accufez  par  autiels  proces  examina^ 
tion  proves  determination  juggement  &  execu- 
tion come  les  ditz  Admiralx  refonablement  fo- 
lonc  launcien  cuftume  &  ley  fur  le  meer  ufez 
ont  faitz  &l  ufez  hors  de  la  di  e  franchife  de 
cynk  ports  forfqe  qe  la  determination  de  mort 
de  homme  celle  partie  &  lexecution  dicell  foient 
dedeinz  mefme  la-  franchife  de  les  cynk  ports, 
refervez  a  dit  gardein  ou  a  fon  lieutenant  ge- 
neral illoeqes.  Et  qe  mefme  le  gardein  eit 
toutz  les  forfeitures  illoeqes-  en  toutz  cas  come 
il  ad'  eu  &  ad  eftee  accuftumee  de  droit  al  of- 
fice du  gardein   des  cynk   ports,  fuifditz    avant 

ceftes 


A.  D.  1414.  Anno  fecundo  H  e  n  r  1  c  1   V.  Stat.  1.        493 


Ex  Ret.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ceftes  heures.  Et  qe  les  dites  confervatours  & 
chefcun  de  eux  eient  &  ait  poair  de  faire  pleine 
execution  dicefte  ordinance  en  la  iburme  avant- 
dite.  Et  qe  cefte  ordeignance  tiegne  lieu  & 
force  pur  chofe  affaire  ou  attempter  encontre 
mefme  lordinance  apres  la  proclamation  dicefle 
ordinance  &  declaration  faire. 


'  Ports  aforefaid  before  this  Time  ;   and  that  the  faid 

'  Confervators,    and  every  of  them,   have  Power  to 

'  make  full  Execution  of  this  Ordinance  in  the  Form 

'  aforefaid.     And  this  Ordinance  fhall  hold  Place  and 

c  Force,  for  any  Thing  to  be  done  or  attempted  againd^"  A'W'i)'  h* 

'  this  fame  Ordinance,  after_the  Proclamation  of  this^./ ^  j 

'  Ordinance  and  Declaration  made.'  H.6,  cz.anet 

fee  4  H.  5.  c.  7.  in  what  Cafes  Levers  of Marque  pall  he  granted. 

CAP.      VII. 

The  Intent  of  the  Hereticks  called  Lollards.     Magiftrates  fhall  affift  the  Ordinaries  in  extir- 
pating Herefies  and  punifhing  Hereticks.     Penalty  on  Hereticks  convict. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  grandes  rumours  congregations  &  infurrections  cy  en  Engleterre  par  diverfes  lieges  le  3  Ir[ft-  4°<  43- 
Roy  fibien  par  ceux  qi  furent  del  fedte  de  herefie  appelle  Lollardrie  come  par  autres  de  lour  confederacies Rn  '  S]L^' 
excitation  &  abbettement  fe  firent  jatard  al  entent  de  adnuller  &  fubverter  la  foy  Chriftiene  &  la  leie  Dieuc.  ,' 
dedeins  mefme  le  Roialme  &  auxi  a  deftruer  nofire  treffoverain  Seignur  le  Roy  mefmes  &;  toutz  maners  eftates  2  H.  4.  c.  15. 
dicell  Roialme  fibien  efpirituelx  come  temporelx  &  auxi  toute  manere  policie  &  les  leies  de  la  terre  finalment.  -5  H-  8.  c.  14, 
Mefme  nofire  Seignur  le  Roy  al  honour  de  Dieu  &  en  confervation  &  fortification  dela  foie  Chriftiene  &  auxi Rep;  '  EcL  6' 
en  falvation  de  fon  eftat  roiale  &  de  leftat  de  tout  fon  Roialme  voiilant  encontre  la  malice  detieux  heretiks  &j'Ef'c,  Ib 
Lollardes  mettre  pluis  overte  remedie  &  pluis  due  puniftement  qe  nont  eftee  euz  &  ufez  en  le  cas  pardevant 
iffint  qe  pur  poure  de  mefmes  les  leie  &  puniftement  tieux  herefies  &  lolardries  purront  le  pluiftoftceffer  en 
temps  avenir  del  advis  &  affent  fuifditz  &  a  la  priere  des  ditz  Communes  ad  ordeigne  &  efiablie  qen  primes 
les  Chaunceller  Treforer  Juftices  de  lun  Banc  &:  de  lautre  Juftices   daffifes  Jufticcs   du  pees  vifconta. 
mairs  &  baillifs  des  citees  &  villes  &  toutz  autres  officers  eiantz  governance  du  poeple  qore  font  &  qe  pur  le 
temps  ferront  facent  ferement  en  prifes  de  lour  charges  &  occupations  de  mettre  lour  entiere  peine  &  dili- 
gence douftier  &  faire  ouftier  ceffer  &  deftruir  toutz  maners  herefiez  &  errours  appellez  vulgairementLoilar- 
dries  deinz  les  lieux  es  queux  ils  exoercent  lour  offices  &  occupations  de  temps  en.  temps  a  tout  lour  poair  & 
qi]s  affiftent  a  les  Ordinairs  &  lour  commiffairs  &  les  favorent  &  meinteignent  a  tantz  de  foitz  come  a  ceo 
faire  ils  ou  afcun  de  eux  a  ceo  ferra  ou  ferront  requy fez  ou  requys  par  mefmes  les  ordinaries  ou  lour  commiffa- 
ries  Iffint  qe  les  ditz  officers  Si  miniftres  qant  ils  travaillent  ou  chivachent  pur  arrefte  dafcun  lollard  ou  faire 
affiftence  al  inftance  &  requeft  des  Ordinaries  ou  lour  comrr.iffairies  par  vertue  diceft  eftatut  qe  mefmes  les 
Ordinaries  ou  commiftaries  paient  pur  lour  coftages  refonablement  &  qe  les  fervices  du  Roy  a  qi  mefmes  les 
officers  font  primerement  ferementz  foient  preferrez  toutz  autres  eftatuitz  pour  la  libertee  de  feinte  efglife  & 
les  miniftres  dicell  &  en  efpeciale  pur  la  correction  &  punition  des  heretiks  &  lollardes  faitz  devant  ces  heures 
'  &  nient  repelles  efteiantz  en  lour  force.    Et  auxi  qe  toutz  perfones  conviclez  de  herefie  de  qeconqe  eftat  con- 
dition ou  degree  qils  foient  par  les  ditz  Ordinaries  ou  lour  commiftaries  relinquez  a  feculer  main  folonc  les  leies 
de  feinte  efglife  perdent  &  forfacent  toutz  lour  terres  &  tenerr  entz  queux  ont  en  fee  fimple  en  manere  qenfuit 
ceftaffavoir  qe  le  R.oy  eit  toutz  les  terres  &  tenementz  queux  les  ditz  conviftes  ount  en  fee  fimple  &  queux 
font  tenuz  de  luy  immediate  come  forfaitz  &  qe  les  avtres  Seignurs  des  queux  Is  terres  &  tenementz  de  tielx 
eonvi<ftz  foient  tenuz  immediate  apres  cea  qe  le  Roy  foit  ent  feifi  &  refpondu  del  an  jour  &  gaft  eient  liveree 
hors  de  main  le  Roy  des  terres  &  tenementz  avaunditz  iffint  deeux  tenuz  come  ad  efie  ufee  en  cas  datteindre 
des  felonies  forfpris  les  terres  &  tenementz  queux  font  tenuz  des  Ordinaries  ou  lour  commiftaries  devant  queu-x 
afcuns  tieux  empechez  de  hertfie  foient  convidtz  les  queux  terres  &  tenementz  entierment  remaindrent  a  Roy 
come  forfaitz  &  outre  ceo  qe  toutz  les  biens  &  chateux  de  tieux  conviifz  foient  forfaitz  a  noftre  treflbveraiii 
Seignur  le  Roy  pariffint  qe  nulle  perfone  convict  de  herefie  &  relinquez  a  feculer  main  folonc  les  leies  de  feinte 
eglife  forface  fes  terres  avaunt  qil  foit  snort.  Etfi  afcun  tiele  perfone  iffint  convict  foitenfeoffe  foit  il  par  fyn 
par  fait  ou  fanz  fait  en  terres  ou  tenementz  rentes  ou  fervices  en  fee  ou  autrement  en  q.ueconqe  manere  ou  eit 
afcuns  autres  pofleffions  ou  chateux  par  doun  ou  graunte  dafcuny  perfone  ouperfones  a  autri  oeps  qe  al  oeps  de 
tielx  convicfz  qe  mefmes  les  terres  tenementz  rentz  ne  fervkes  nautres  tieux  peffeffions  ne  chateux  ne  foient 
forfaitz  a  noftre  foverain  Seignur  le  Roy  en  nully  manere.     Et  outre  ceo  qe  les  Juftices  du  Bank  le  Roy  &  Ju- 
ftices de  pees  &  juftices  daffifes  prendre  eient  pleine  poair  denquerer  de  toutz  yceux  qi  teignent  afcuns  erroufs 
ou  herefies  eome  lollardes  &  queux  fount  lour  maintenours  recettours  fautours  fufte:gnours  communes  efcrivers 
de  tieux  livres  fibien  de  lour  fermons  come  de  lour  efcoles  conventicles  congregations  &  confederacies  &  qe 
cefte  claufe  foit  mys  es  commiffions  des  juftices  de  la  pees.     Et  ft  afcuns  perfones  foient  enditez,  dafcuns  des 
pointz  fuifditz  eient  les  ditz  Juftices  poair  de  agarder  vers  eux  capias  et/pit  le  vifcount  tenuz  darrefkr  la 
perfone  ou  perfones  enfy  endite  ou  enditeez  ft  toft  come  il  les  purra  trover  par  luy  ou  par  fes  officers.    Et  pur 
tant  qe  la  conufance  des  herefies  errours  ou  lollardries  apperteignent  as  Jugesjde  feinte  efglife  &  nemye  as 
Juges  feculers  foient  tieux  enditeez  liverez  as  Ordinaries  des  lieux  ou  a  lour  cummiffaries  par  indentures  en- 
tre  eux  affaires  dedeinz  x.  jours  apres  lour  areft  ou  pluis  toft  fi  ceo  purra  eftre  fait  purrent  eftre  acquitez  ou 
convielz  par  les  leies  de  feinte  efglife  en  cas  qe  yceux  perfones  ne  foient  enditez  dautre  chofe  dount  la  conu- 
fance appertient  ;is  Juges  &  officers  feculers  en  quell  cas  apres  ceo  qils  foient  acquitez  ou  deliverez  devaunt 
Juges  feculers  de  tiel  chofe  appurtenan':  as  Juges  feculers  foient  en  voiez  enfeure  garde  as  ditzOrdinariez  ou  a 
tour  commiff'riez  &  a  eux  liverez  par  indentures  come  defuis  pur  y  eftre  acquitez  ou  conviftz  dicell  herefies 
errours  ou  lollardries  come  avaunt  eft  dit  felonc  les  leies  de  feinte  efglife  &  ceo  deinz  le  terms  luiitlit.     Pur- 
veu  qe  les  ditz  enditementz  ne  foient  prifez  en  evidence  fi  non  pur  enformation  devaunt  les  Juges  elpirituelx 
encountre  tieux  enditez  mes  qe  les  OrdinariesccromencenxJom.pracxs_en.yers  tieux.enditez.  en  mefme  la-ma- 


494-       Stat.  i. 


Anno  fecundo  H  £  n  r  i  c  i  V. 


A.  D. 


1414- 


Et  fi  afcun  foit  enditee  de  herefie 
leffe  a  mainpris  deins  les  ditz  dis 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ncre  come  nulle  enditement  y  fuiffe  eiantz  null  regard  a  tielx  enditementz. 
■errour  ou  lollardrie  &  pris  par  le  vifcount  ou  autre  officer  de  Roy  foit  il 

jours  par  bon  feurete  pur  quell  les  ditz  vifcontz  ou  autres  officers  voillent  refpondre  Iffint  qe  la  dite  perfone 
iffint  enditee  foit  prefte  deftre  delivere  as  ditz  Ordinaries  ou  a  lour  commiflaries  devant  le-fyn  de  le  difme 
jour  fuifdit  fil  purra  afcunement  pur  maladie  et  ait  chefcun  Ordinarie  fuffifantz  commiflaries  ou  commiffair 
demurant  en  chefcun  countee  en  lieu  notable  pariffint  qe  fi  afcun  del  endite  foit  pris  qe  les  ditz  commiffairs 
ou  commiffair  poet  eftre  garny  en  le  lieu  notable  ou  il  eft  demurant  par  le  vifcount  ou  afcun  de  fes  officer* 
pur  venir  a  lagaole  le  Roy  en  mefme  le  counte  de  la  refceiver  mefme  lendite  par  endentures  come  defuis. 
Et  qen  les  enqueftcs  en  ceo  cas  apprendrez.fac.ent  les  vifcontz  &  autres  officers  as  queux  il  appent  empa- 
neller  bones  &  fufficeantz  perfonesnientfufpeclez  ne  procures  ceftaffavoir  tielx  qi  eient  au  meyns  chefcun  de 
eux  qi  ferra  enli  empanelle  en  tielx  enqueftez  deinz  le  Roialme  C.  s.  de  terres  tenementz  ou  de  rent  par  an 
fur  peine  de  perdre  al  oeps  le  Roy  vingt  livres  &  ceux  qi  ferront  empanellez  en  tielx  enqueftez  en  Gales  eit 
chefcun  de  eux  a  la  value  de  xl  s.  par  an.  Et  fi  afcune  tiel  perfone  foit  areftue  foit  il  par  lordinairs  ou  par 
les  officers  ou  miniftres  de  Roy  efchape  pu  debrufe  prifone  avant  qil  foit  acquite  devant  lordinaire  foient  fes 
biens  6:  chateux  queux  il  avoit  le  jour  de  tiel  arreft  forfaitz  au  Roy  &  fes  terres  &  tenementz  queux  il  avoit 
mefme  le  jour  feifez  auxi  es.  mains  le  Roy  &  eit  le  Roy  ent  les  profitz  du  dit  jour  tanqe  il  foi  rende  a  mefme 
la  prifone  dont  il  efchapa.  Et  qe  les  avanditz  Juftices  eient  pleine  poair  denquerer  de  toutz  tielx  efchapes 
&  debrufere  des  prifdnes,&.  auxi  de  les  terres  tenementz  biens  &  chateux  de  tielx  enditez  purveu  qe  fi  afcun 
tiel  enditee  ne  retourne  a  dite  prifone  &  devie  nient  convidl  bien  life  a  fes  heirs  dentrer  en  les  terres  &  tene- 
mentz lour  aunceftre  fanz  autre  purfuite  faire  au  Roy  pur  celle  caufe.  Et  qe  toutz  yceux  qont  libertees  & 
franchifes  roialx  en  Engleterre  come  le  counte  de  Ceftre  le  countee  &  libertee  de  Durefme  &  autres  fem- 
blables  Si  auxi  toutz  les  Seignurs  qont  jurifdi£tions  &  franchifes  roialx  en  Gales  ou  les  briefs  du  Roy  ne 
curront  mye  eient  femblable  poair  pour  executer  &  mettent  en  execution  en  toutz  pointz  ceftes  articles  par 
eux  ou  par  lour  officers  par  maner  come  ferroiit  les  Juftices  &  autres  officers  du  Roy  defuis  declarez. 


C    A    P.      VIII. 

Commiffions  fhall  be  awarded  to  inquire  of  a  Riot,  and  of  the  Juftices  Default  therein. 


A  Rehearfal  of 
the  Statute  of 
13  H.  4.  c.  7. 
provided  againft 
thofe  that  com- 
mit any  Riot, 
Rout,  or  unlaw- 
ful Affemblv. 


•  Add  then,        « 


T  E  M,  Whereas  it  is  contained  in  the  Statute 
made  the  Thirteenth  Year  of  the  noble  King 
Henry,  Father  to  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is, 
amongft  other  Things,  That  if  any  Riot,  Affembly, 
or  Rout  of  People  againft  the  Law  be  made  in 
any  Part  of  the  Realm,  then  the  Juftices  of  the 
Peace,  three  or  two  of  them  at  the  leaft,  and  the 
Sheriff  or  Under- Sheriff'  of  the  County  where  fuch 
Riot,  Affembly,  or  Rout  fhall  be  made  hereafter, 
mould  come  with  the  Power  of  the  faid  County,  if 
Need  were,  to  arreft  them,  and  them  fhould  arreft  ; 
(2)  and  the  fame  Juftices,  Sheriff,  or  Under- Sheriff, 
fhould  have  Power  to  record  that  which. they  found 
fo  done  in  their  Prefence  againft  the  Law ;  and  that 
by  Record  of  the  fame  Juftices,  Sheriff,  or  Under- 
Sherifr,  fuch  Trefpaffers  or  Offenders  fhould  be  con- 
vift  in  Manner  and  Form  as  is  contained  in  the  Sta- 
tute of  Forcible  Entries.  (3)  And  if  it  happen  that 
fuch  Trefpaffers  or  Offenders  were  departed  before 
the  coming  of  the  Juftices,  Sheriff,  or  Under-She- 
riff,  that  the  fame  Juftices,  three  or  two  of  them, 
fhould  diligently  inqire  within  a  Month  after  fuch 
Riot,  Affembly,  or  Rout  of  People  fo  made,  and 
the  fame  hear  and  determine  according  to  the  Law 
of  the  Land  ;  (4)  and  if  the  Truth  could  not  be 
found  in  Manner  as  afore  is  faid,  *  within  a  Month 
then  next  enfuing,  the  faid  Juftices,  three  or  two  of 
them,  and  the  Sheriff  or  Uffder-Sheriff,  fhould  cer- 
tify before  the  King  and  his  Council  all  the  Deed 
and  Circumftance  of  the  fame  ;  which  Certificate 
fhall  be  of  like  Force  as  the  Prefentment  of  twelve 
Men,  upon  which  Certificate  the  faid  Trefpaffers  and 
Offenders  fhall  be  put  to  anfwer,  (5)  and  they 
which  be  found  guilty,  fhould  be  punifhed  according 
to  the  Difcretion  of  the  King  and  his  Council.  (6) 
And  moreover,  that  the  Juftices  of  Peace  dwelling 
neareft  in  every  County  where  fuch  Rout,  Affem- 
bly, and  Riot  of  People  fhould  be  made  hereafter, 


ITEM  come  contenu  foit  en  leftatut  fait  Ian 
trefzifme  del  trefnoble  Roy  Henry  piere  a 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qore  eft  entre  autres  qe  fi 
afcun  riote  affemblee  ou  route  des  gentz  encontre 
la  leye  fe  ferroit  en  afcune  partie  de  Roialme  adon- 
qes  les  juftices  du  pees  trois  ou  deux  de  eux  au 
meyns  &  le  vifcont  ou  foutz-vifcont  de  counte 
ou  tiele  riote  affemble  ou  route  fe  ferroit  enapres 
viendrent  ove  le  poair  du  dit  counte  fi  bofoigne 
ferroit  pur  eux  arefter  &  eux  areftrent  &  eullent 
mefmes  les  juftices  vifcount  ou  fouth-vifcount 
poair  de  recorder  ceo  qils  troverent  enfi  fait  en 
lour  prefence  encountre  la  leie  et  qe  par  le  record 
de  mefmes  les  juftices  vifcount  ou  fouth-vifcount 
ferroient  tielx  trefpaffours  ou  malfefours  convielz 
en  manere  &  fourme  come  eft  contenu  en  leftatut 
de  forcibles  entrees.  Et  fil  aviendroir,  qe  tielx 
trefpaffours  &  malfefours  fuiffent  departiez  de- 
vaunt  le  venue  des  ditz  juftices  &  vifcont  ou 
fouth-vifcont  qe  mefmes  les  juftices  trois  ou  deux 
de  eux  enquergerent  diligealment  deins  un  moys 
apres  tiel  riote  affemble  ou  route  des  gentz  enfi 
faitz  &  ent  oierent  &  terminerent  folonc  la  leye 
de  la  terre  et  fi  la  verite  ne  purroit  eftre  trove  en 
maner  come  devant  eft  dit  adonqes  deins  un  moys 
lors  profchein  enfuant  certifierent  les  ditz  juftices 
trois  ou  deux  de  eux  &  le  vifcount  ou  fouth-vif- 
count fuifditz  devant  le  Roy  &  fon  confeil  tout  le 
fait  6c  les  circumftances  dicell  quell  certificat  foit 
de  autiel  force  come  la  prefentement  dexij.  Sur 
quel  certificat  foient  les  ditz  trefpaffours  &  malfe- 
fours mys  a  refpons  &  ceux  qi  font  trovez  coupa- 
bles  foient  puniz  folonc  la  difcretion  du  Roy  &  de 
fon  dit  confeil.  Et  outre  ceo  qe  les  juftices  de  la 
pees  demorantz  le  pluis  profchein  en  chefcun 
countee  ou  tiel  route  affemble  ou  riote  de  gentz  fe 
ferroit  en  apres  cnfcmblement  ovefqe  le  vifcont  ou 
2  fouth- 


A.  D.  1414. 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  V. 


Stzt  r.        495 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
fouth-vifcount  de  mefme  les  countees  &  auxi  les 
juftices  daffifes  pur  le  temps  qils  ferront  en  lour 
feffions  en  cas  qe  afcun  tiel  riote  affemble  ou  route 
fe  ferroit  en  lour  prefence  ferroient  execution  de 
ceft  eftatut  chefcun  fur  peine  de  C.  li.  appaierez 
au  Roy  atantz  de  foitz  qils  ferroient  trovez  en  de- 
faute  del  execution  de  mefme  leftatut.  Et  pur 
tant  qe  pleufeurs  riotes  routes  &  affemblees  ont 
efte  faitz  en  diverfes  parties  du  Roialme  puis  la 
confection  &  proclamation  du  dit  eftatut  a  caufe 
qe  mefme  leftatut  nad  mye  efte  mys  en  due  execu- 
tion come  noftre  treffoverain  Seignur  le  Roy  lad 
concieu  par  diverfes  &  hidoufes  compleintz  a  luy 
faitz  en  cefte  prefent  parlement  Mefme  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  voillant  fur  ceo  faire  pluis  greindre 
remedie  del  advys  &  affent  avantditz  &  al  priere 
des  ditz  Communes  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablie  qe  fi 
defaute  foit  trovee  en  les  ditz  deux  juftices  de  la 
pees  ou  juftices  daffifes  &  le  vifcount  ou  foutz- 
vifcount  del  countee  ou  tiel  riote  affemble  ou  route 
fe  ferra  touchant  lexecution  qils  doient  faire  par 
vertue  del  dit  eftatut  &  dont  mefme  leftatut  fait 
mention  qadonqes  al  inftance  de  la  partie  grevee 
iffera  commiffion  le  Roy  defouz  fon  graunt  feal 
denquerer  fibien  de  la  veritee  del  cas  &  de  la  ma- 
tier  originale  pur  la  partie  compleignante  come  de 
le  defaute  ou  defautes  des  ditz  juftices  vifcount  ou 
foutz-vifcount  celle  partie  fuppofez  a  adreffer  as 
fufficeantz  perfones  indifferentz  a  la  nomination 
&  advis  du  Chaunceller  dEngleterre  &  qe  les  ditz 
commiffioners  meintenant  envoient  en  la  Chaun- 
cellerie  les  enqueftes  &  matiers  devant  eux  ceile 
partie  prifez  &  trovez.  Et  outre  ceo  qe  les  co- 
roners de  mefme  le  countee  pur  le  temps  efteantz 
ou  tiel  riote  affemble  ou  route  fe  ferra  ferront  les 
panelles  fur  la  dite  commiffion  retournables  pur 
le  temps  qe  le  vifcount  iffint  en  defaute  fuppofce 
eftoife  en  fon  office  les  quelles  coroners  retourne- 
ront  nulles  perfones  mes  tielx  qe  ont  terres  tene- 
mentz  ou  rent  a  le  value  de  x.  li.  par  an  a  meyns. 
Et  auxi  qe  mefmes  les  coroners  retourneront  fur 
chefcun  des  dites  perfones  a  empanellerz  a  le 
primer  jour  qant  iffuez  font  a  perdrez  xx.  s.  au 
meyns  &  a  feconde  jour  xl.  s.  a  meyns  &  a  tierce 
jour  C.s.  a  meyns  &  a  chefcun  jour  apres  le  dou- 
ble au  meyns  les  queux  iffues  iffint  retournez  par 
caufe  de  non  apparance  de  tielx  empanellez  ferront 
ajuggez  come  forfaitz  au  Roy  h  a  fon  oeps  leva- 
bles.  Et  fi  defaute  foit  trove  en  les  ditz  coroners 
touchant  le  retourne  de  tielx  gentz  a  empanellerz 
ou  touchant  le  retourne  dautielx  iffues  come  avant 
eft  dit  qe  chefcun  de  eux  perdra  al  oeps  le  Roy  xl. 
li.  Et  fil  aveigne  qe  le  dit  vifcount  enfi  rette  en 
defaute  foit  defcharge  de  fon  office  a  temps  qe  tiel 
commiffion  iffera  hors  de  la  Chauncellerie  qadon- 
qes le  novell  vifcount  de  mefme  le  counte  fon  fuc- 
ceffour  immediat  ou  mediat  pur  le  temps  efteant 
&  nient  les  coroners  de  meifme  le  countee  ferra 
le  panell  fur  celle  commiffion  retournable  en  les 
maner  &  fourme  come  les  ditz  coroners  ferront  en 
temps  qant  le  vifcount  iffint  rette  en.  defaute  efteit 
en  fon  office.  Et  qe  mefme  le  novell  vifcount 
eneourgera  autiele  peine  de  xl..  li.  enve-rs-  le  Roi, 


"  together  with  the  Sheriff  or  Under-Sheriff  of  the 

"  fame  Counties,  and  alfo  the  Juftices  of  Affifes  for 

"  the  Time  that  they  fhall  be  in  their  Seffions,   in 

"  cafe   that   any  fuch    Riot,    Affembly,    or  Rout  be- 

"  made  in  their  Prefence,    fhall  make  Execution  of 

"  this  Statute,  every  one  of  them  upon  Pain  of  an 

"  C.  li.   to  be  paid  to  the  King,  as  often  as  they  fhali 

"  be  found   in   Default   of  Execution    of  the    fame 

"  Statute.       (7)    And     forafmuch    as     many    Riots, 

''  Routs,  and  Affemblies  have  been   made  in   divers 

"  Parts  of  the  Realm,  fince  the  making  and  Procia- 

"  mation  of  the  fame  Statute,  becaufe  that  the  fame 

"  Statute  hath  not  been  put  in  due  Execution,  as  our 

"  Sovereign  Lord  the  King  hath  perceived  by  divers 

"  and  grievous  Complaints  to  him  made  in  this  pre- 

"  fent  Parliament  ;"    '   (8j  the  fame  our  Lord  the  Commiffions 

'  King,  willing  hereof  to  provide  a  better  Remedy,  by  ""!'  be. awanied 

'  the  Advice  and  Affent  aforefaid,  and  at  lie.  Suit  rfJu^S  "Jf  the 

'  the    faid  Commons,   ha'h  ordained   and  ftablifhed,  juftices  and 

'  That  if  Default  be  found  in  the  faid  two  Juftices  of  SheriffsDefaults, 

'  the  Peace,  or  Juftices  of  Affifes,  and  the  Sheriff  or4  I1UI..184.. 

'  Under-Sheriff  of  the  County,  where  fuch  Riot,  Af- 

'  fembly,  or  Rout  fhall  be  made,  touching  the  Execu- 

'  tion  that  they  ought  to.  make  by  Virtue  of  the  faid 

'  Statute,  and  whereof  the  faid  Statute  maketh  Men- 

'  tion,  that  then  at  the  Inftance  of  the  Party  grieved, 

'  the  King's  Commiffion  fhall  go  out  under  his  Great 

'  Seal,  to  inquire  as  well  of  the  Truth  of  the  Cafe, 

'  and  of  the  original  Matter  for  the  Party  Complainant,. 

'  as  of  the  Default  or  Defaults  of  the  faid  Juftices,. 

'  Sheriff,  or  Under-Sheriff,  in  this  Behalf  fuppofed, 

c  to  be  directed  to  fufficient  and  indifferent  Perfons,  at 

'  the  Nomination  and  by  the  Direction  of  the  Chan- 

'  cellor  of  the  Realm  of  England ;    (9)  and  that  the 

'  faid  Commiffioners   prefently  fhall  return   into  the 

'  Chancery  the  Inquefts  and  Matters  before  them  in 

'  this  Behalf  taken  and  found  ;   and  moreover,   that The  Coroners 

'  the  Coroners  of  the  fame  County  for  the  time  bein?,  """  T  ur\rh?-' 

c    •  1   •    1       r^  r      1       t>  •  \  rr       i  i  t-«     fc     lnqueft,   ard  ofr 

in   which   County   fuch  Riot,   Aiiembly,    or   Rout  what  Sufficiency 
'  fhall  be  made,  fhall  make  the  Panel  upon  the  faid  the  jurors  (hall 
'  Commiffion  returnable  for  the  Time  that  the  Sheriff" be- 
'  fo  fuppofed  in  Default  fhall  continue  in  his  Office,. 
'  (11)  which  Coroners  fhall  return  no  Perfons,   but^J^^ 
:  only  fuch  which  have  Lands,.  Tenements,  or  Rents re°u°n  upon&e- 
'  to  the  Value  of  xl.  by  Year  at  leaft;  (12)  and  alfo  jurors,  and- 
'  that  the  fame  Coroners  fhall  return  upon  every  of  the  upon  what  Fe* 
1  faid  Perfons  empanelled  at  the  firft  Day  when. Iffues  nalty- 
'  be  to  be  loft,  xx  s.  at  the  leaft,   and  at  the  fecond 
;  Day  xl  s„  at  the  leaft,  and  at  the  third  Day  C.  s.  at 
'  the  leaft,  and  at  every  Day  after  the  Double  at  the 
:  leaft  ;  which  Iffues  fo  returned  by  Caufe  of  Non- 
1  appearance  of  fuch  Perfons  empanelled,  fhall  be  ad- 
:  judged  as  forfeit  to  the  King,  and  leviable  to  his  Ufe  5; 
:  (13)  and  if  Default  be  found  in  the  faid  Coroners^. 
\  touching  the  Return  of  fuch  Perfons  to  be  empanel- 
:  led,  or  touching  theReturn  of  fuchlffues,as  afore isfaid,. 
;  that  every  of  them  fhall  forfeit  to  the  King's  Ufe  Where  tbeShe*.- 
:  forty  Pounds  ;  (14)  and  if  it  happen  that  the  faid c'L^ffia!!'* 
:  Sheriff  fo  reputed  in  Default,  be  difcharged  of  hisre°u°net^eijaUPy^ 
;  Office  at   the    lime  that  fuch- Commiffion' fhall  be 
'  awarded  out  of  the  Chancery,  that  then  the   new 
;  Sheriff  of  the  fame  County,  his  Succeffor  mediate  or 
\  immediate  for  the  time  being,  and  not  the  Coroners 
;'  of  the  fame  County,  fhall  make  the  Panel  upon  this 
"  Commiffion  returnable  in  Manner  and  Form,  as.  the 
:  faid  Coroners  fhould  do  in  Time  wh~n  the  Sheriff  fo- 
'--reputed'  in  Default- continued  in  his  Office;    (15) 

"  and! 


496        Stat.  1. 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  V. 


A.  D.  1414, 


A  Writ  dire&ed 
■out  of  the  Chan- 
cery to  inquire 
«f  Riots. 


A  Riot  (hall  be 

TeprelTed  and 

inquired  of  at 

the  King's 

Charges. 

*   Add   and  re 

turning. 


The  Puniihment 
of  Rioters, 


E3c.l1  able  Perfon 
/hall  be  afiiftant 
to  the  Juftices 
and  Sheriff  to 
reprefs  Riots. 


Bailiffs  of 
Franchifes. 


Riots  committed 
in  Cities,  Bo- 
roughs, and 
Towns  Corpo- 
rate. 

*  u  farther  1 1  II. 

7.  ..  7. 

19  H.  7.  c.  13. 
:i  //.  8.y.  20.   3 
•without  Bern/it  ofth 


and  that  the  fame  new  Sheriff  fhall  incur  like  Pain 
of  forty  Pounds  to  the  King,  if  any  Default  in  him 
be  found  touching  the  Return  of  other  Perfons  by 
him  empanelled,  which  have  not  Lands,  Tenements, 
or  Rents  to  the  Value  of  Ten  Pounds  by  Year,  or 
of  returning  fuch  Iffues  which  the  faid  Coroners  be 
above  charged  to  return,  as  the  faid  Coroners  are  to 
lofe  to  the  King  in  this  Behalf.     (16)  And  that  the 
Chancellor  of  England  for  the  time  being,  as  foon  as 
he  may  have  Knowledge  of  fuch  Riot,  Affembly,  or 
Rout,  fhall  caufe  to  be  fent  the  King's  Writ  to  the 
Juftices  of  the  Peace,  and  to  the  Sheriff  or  Under- 
Sheriff  of  the  County  where  they  be  fo  made,  that 
they  fhall  put  the  Statute  in  Execution  upon  the 
Pain  contained  in  the  fame  ;  and  though  that  fuch 
Writ  come  not  to  the  faid  Juftices,  Sheriff,  orUnder- 
Sheriff,  they  fhall  not  be  excufed  of  the  Pain  afore- 
faid if  they  make  not  Execution  of  the  faid  Statute. 
'  II.  Provided  always,  That  the  faid  Juftices,   and 
other  Officers  aforefaid,  fhall  execute  their  Offices 
aforefaid  at  the  King's  Cofts,  in  going  and  continu- 
ing *  in  doing  their  faid  Offices,  by  Payment  thereof 
to  be  made  by  the  Sheriff  of  the  fame  County  for  the 
time  being,  by  Indentures   betwixt  the  Sheriff  and 
the  faid  Juftices,  and  other  Officers  aforefaid,  to  be 
made   of  the  Payment  aforefaid,    whereof  the   faid 
Sheriff  upon  his  Account  in  the  Exchequer  may  have 
due  Allowance  ;   (2)  and  that  fuch  Rioters  attainted 
of  great  and  heinous  Riots,   fhall  have  one  whole 
Year's    Imprifonment   at   the   leaft,    without  being 
let  out  of  Prifon  by  Bail,  Mainprife,  or  in  any  other 
Manner,  during  the  Year  aforefaid  ;   (3)   and   that 
the   Rioters  attainted  of  petty  Riots  fhall  have  Im- 
prifonment as  beft  fhall   feem  to  the  King  or  to  his 
Council  ;   (4)  and  that  the  Fines  of  fuch  Rioters  at- 
tainted, fhall  be  by  the  faid  Juftices  increafed  and  put 
to  greater  Sums  than  they  were  wont  to  be  put  in 
fuch   Cafes  before  this  Time,  in  Aid  and  Suppor- 
tation  of  the  Juftices  and  other  Officers  aforefaid  in 
this  Behalf;  (5)  and  that  the  King's  liege  People 
being  fufficient  to  travel  in  the  County  where  fuch 
Routs,  AfTemblies,  or  Riots  be,  fhall  be  affiftant  to 
the   Juftices,     Commiffioners,    SherifF,    or   Under- 
Sheriff  of  the  fame  County,  when  they  fhall  be  rea- 
fonably  warned,  to  ride  with  the  faid  Juftices,  Com- 
miffioners, and  Sheriff,  or  Under-Sheriff,   in  Aid  to 
refift  fuch  Riots,  Routs,  and  Affemblies,  upon  Pain  of 
Imprifonment,  and  to  make  Fine  and  Ranfom  to  the 
King ;  (6)  and  that  the  Bailiffs  of  Franchifes  fhall 
caufe  to  be  impanelled  fufficient  Perfons  as  before, 
upon  Pain  to  lofe  to  the  King  forty  Pounds,  in  cafe 
that  fuch  fufficient  Perfons  may  be  found  within  the 
fame  Franchifes  ;    (7)  and  that  like  Ordinances  and 
Pains  fhall  hold  Place,   and  take  Effe£t   in  Cities, 
Boroughs,  and  other  Places  and  Towns  infranchifed, 
which  have  Juftices  of  the  Peace  within  the  Cities, 
Boroughs,  and  other  Places  aforefaid;  (8)  and  that  1 
this  Statute  ihall  begin  to  hold  Place  prefently  after 
the  Proclamation  thereof  made.'  | 

&  4Ed.  6. 

e  Ckr^y. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
fi  afcun  defaute  en  luy  foit  trovee  touchant  !e  re- 
tourn  dautres  perfones  par  luy  a  empanellerz  qi 
nont  terres  tenementz  ou  rent  a  le  value  de  x.  I. 
par  an  ou  de  retourne  dautielx  iffues  come  les  ditz 
coroners  font  fuifchargiez  de  retournir  ficome  les 
ditz  coroners  font  a  perdre  envers  le  Roy  ceft  partie. 
Et  qe  le  Chauncelier  dEnglet;rre  pur  le  temps 
efteant  ft  toft  come  il  purra  avoir  conufance  dautiel 
route  affemble  ou  riote  il  face  envoier  brief  le  Roy 
as  juftices  de  la  pees  &  a  vifcont  ou  foutz-vifcont 
del  countee  ou  ils  font  iffint  faitz  qils  mettent 
leftatut  ent  fait  en  execution  fur  la  peine  contenue 
en  ycelle.  Et  coment  qe  tiel  brief  ne  veigne  mye 
as  ditz  juftices  &  vifcont  ou  foutz-vifcont  eux  ne 
ferront  pas  excufez  de  la  peine  avantdite  fils  ne 
facent  mye  execution  del  eftatut  fuifdit. 


Purveu  qe  les  juftices  &  autres  officers  fuifditz 
ferront  lour  offices  fuifditz  as  coftages  du  Roy  en 
alant  demorant  &  retournant  en  fefantz  lour  dites 
offices  per  paiement  ent  affaire  par  le  vifcount 
de  mefme  le  countee  pur  le  tempts  efteant  par 
endentures  entre  le  dit  vifcont  &  les  ditz  juftices 
&  autres  officers  fuifditz  afaires  de  le  paiement 
fuifdit  dont  le  dit  vifcont  fur  lbn  accompte  en  Ief- 
cheqer  purra  avoir  due  allouance.  Et  qe  tielx 
riotours  atteintz  de  grauntz  &  haynofes  riotes 
eient  emprifonement  dun  an  entier  a  meyns  fanz 
eftre  leffe  hors  du  prifone  par  bailie  mainprys  ou 
en  autre  maner  durant  Ian  fuifdit.  Et  qe  les 
riotours  atteintz  des  petitz  riotes  eient  emprifone- 
ment come  femble  melx  a  Roy  ou  a  fon  confeill. 
Et  qe  les  fyns  dicelles  riotours  atteintz  foient  par 
les  ditz  juftices  encreffez  &  mys  a  greindres  fom- 
mes  qils  ne  foloient  eftre  mys  en  tielx  cafes  devant 
cej  heures  en  aide  &  fupportation  de  les  coftages 
des  juftices  &  autres  officers  fuifditz  celle  partie. 
Et  qe  les  lieges  du  Roy  efteantz  fufficeantz  pur 
travailler  en  le  countee  ou  tielx  routes  affembles 
ou  riotes  font  foient  affiftentz  as  juftices  commif- 
fioners vifcont  &  foutz-vifcont  de  mefme  le  coun- 
tee qant  ils  ferront  refonablement  garniz  pur  chi- 
vacher  ove  les  ditz  juftices  commiffioners  &  vif- 
cont ou  foutz-vifcont  en  aide  de  refiftence  de  tielx 
riotes  routes  &affemblez  fur  peine  demprifonement 
&  faire  fyn  &  ranceon  a  Roy.  Et  qe  les  baillifs 
des  franchifes  facent  empanel  ler  fufficeantz  gentz 
come  defuis  fur  peine  de  perdre  au  Roy  xl.  Ti.  en 
cas  qe  tielx  perfones  fufficeantz  purront  eftre 
trovez  deinz  mefmes  les  franchifes.  Et  qe  fem- 
blables  ordeignances  &  peines  teignent  lieu  & 
force  en  citees  burghs  &  autres  villes  &  lieux 
enfranchifez  queux  ount  juftices  de  la  pees  deins 
les  citees  burghs  villes  &  autres  lieux  fuifditz  et 
qe  ceft  eftatut  commencera  a  tenir  lieu  meinte- 
naunt  apres  la  proclamation  en  fait. 


5.     I  M.  f-ff.  2.  c.  12.     1  El.  c.  16.    and   i  Geo.  I.  flat.  a.  c.  5.    by  tob'ieh  laft  Ail  certain  Kinds  of  Riots  arc  made  Fchny 


CAP.      IX. 
A  Remedy  to  punifh  him  that  doth  commit  Felony,  and  flee  into  an  unknown  Place. 


ITEM,  Forafmuch  as  great  and  grievous  Com 
plaints  have  been  made  to  our  Sovereign  Lord 
the  King,  by  the  Commons  in  this  prefent  Parlia- 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  graunde   &  grevoufe  com- 
pleint  ad  cfte  fait  a  Roy  noftre  foverain  Seig- 
nur  par  les  communes  en  ceft  prefent  parlement 

de 


,A.  D.  1414. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond, 
.de  diverfes  murdres  homicides  robberies  bateries 
affembkes  de  gentz .  en  graund  noumbre  par  ma- 
nere   dinfurrection  -&    de    diverfes    autres    rebel- 
lions &c  riotes  &   apres  tieux    maffaitz :  les   ditz 
felons    &,  meffefoures    fenfuent   &_  retrehent    as 
•diverfes  boys  &  lieux  covertez  &  difconuz  &  ail- 
lours  a  lentente  &  purpos  de  voider   lexecution 
de  la  commune  ley  &  qils  ne  ferroknt  afmefnez 
a  refpounfe  felonc  proces  de  la  ley  Sur  quoy  noftre 
dit  foverain  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  la  fuifdite 
compleint  par  affent   des   Seignurs  efpirituelx  & 
temporelx  en   mef  vie  le  parkment  affemblez  ad 
ordeine  &eftabliza  larequdte  des  ditz  Communes 
qe  fi  afcuny  en  temps  avenir  viegne  en  la  Chaun- 
cellarie  &  face  compleint  duement  qe  afcun  tiel 
felon  ou   maffefour  come  avaunt  eft  dit   fen   eft 
fuy  ou  retrehet   a   afcun   tiel   lieu  ou  aillours   a 
k'li tente  fuifdit  foit  fur  tiel  compleint  une.  bilk 
rumciantment  fait  pur  le  Roy  &  ait  ie  Chaunceller 
dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  apres  tiele  bille 
a  luy  liveree  fil  poet  eftre  enformez  duement  tiele 
bille  contenir  veritee  poair  de  faire  folonc  fa  dif- 
cretion  u'n  brief  de  Capias  a  la  fuite  de  Roy  di- 
rect  a  vifcount  de   eountee   ou   countees  on   les 
ditz  murdres  homicides  robberies  bateries  &  au- 
tres nieffaitz  font  fuppofez  par  la  dite  bills  eftre 
faitz  &S  perpetrez  retournabks  en  la  dite  Chaun- 
cellarie  i.  certeinjour.     Et  fi  les  .perfones  en  .le 
<dit- brief  eontenuz  foient!  prifez  par  le  dit  vifcount 
ou  foy  ■  r  ndent  en  mefrne J  la  Chauncellarie  qa- 
donqes  foient   tielx  perfones  mys   en  garde  ou  a 
mainprife  felonc  la  difcretion  du  Chaunceller.  .  Et 
outre  foit  maunde  denquerer  de  tielx  malfaitz  & 
fur  ceo  foit  fait   come   la  lei 3   demande.      Et  ft 
le   vifcount  retourne  a  jour  de  Capias   retourn- 
1able  qe  ks  p'erfpnes   fen  ycelles  comprifez  par.af- 
•cun  de-  les  caufes  fuifditz  ne  purront   eftre   par 
•luy-prifez  ne  mefmes  les  perfones  ne  foi  rerident 
■en   la   dite   Chauncellerie    qadonqes    face'' le   dit 
•chaunceller  faire  brief  de  proclamation  direct  au 
'dit  vifcount  retournable  en  Banc  du  Roy  a  certein 
jour  qil  face  proclamation  en  deux  countees  qe 
les  perfones  en  le  dit  brief  nomez.  veignent  a  dit 
jour  en  le  fuifdit  banc  pur  y  refpondre  a  la  matier 
compris  en  la  dite  bille  fjir.peme  deftre  convictz 
de  la'  matier  compris    deins   la    dite   bille  .&   en 
-chefcun   tiel  brief  de   proclamation  foit  contenu 
4a  fubftance  de  la  matier  compris  deins  la  dite  bille 
■&  ills   ne  veignent-  ajaufde  tiele  proclamation 
retournee  foient  adonqes   tenuz   &  adjuggez  .pur 
convictz   &   atteintz  come   defuis   eft   dit   &  ■  fils 
veignent  a  la  proclamation  foit  de  eux  enquis  & 
fait  en  manere  come  defuis  eft  dit. 

Purveu  qe  ks  fuggeftrons  de  tielx  riotes  foient 
iefmoignez  a  le  Chaunceller  dEngleterre  par  let- 
ires  enfeakz  defoutz  les  feals  de  deux  juftices  du 
;pees  a  meirts  &  le  vifcount  del  eountee  ou  tielx 
riotes  ferront  devant  ceo  qe  tiel  brief  de  Capias 
foit  graunte  en  quel  brief  de  Capias  foit  fibien  la 
-matiere  expreffe  quel  eft  compris  deins  mefme  la 
biile  come  en  le  brief  de  proclamation  ent  affaire. 
•Et  ft  tiel  cas  aveigne  en  le  eountee  palatyn  de 
Lancaftre  ou  aillours  en  franchife  la  ou  il  y  ad 
•    Vol.  I. 


Anno  fecundo  Henri  c -j.  V. 


•Stat. 


1. 


497 


"  ment,  of  divers  Murders,  Manslaughters,  Robberies, 
"  Batteries,  Affemblies  of  People  'in  great  Number  in 
"  Manner  of.Infurreclion,  and  of  divers  other  Rebcl- 
"  lions  and  idiots,  and  after-  fuch  Offences  the  fai'd 
"  Felons_  and  Offenders  flee,    and  withdraw   them- 
"  felves  into  divers  Woods  and  fecret  Places  and  lin- 
"  known,  and  elfewhere,  to  the  Intent  and  Purpofe 
"  to  avoid  the  Execution  of  the  Common  Law,    and 
"  that  they  might  not  be  brought  to  anfwer*  ;;;  "  (2)*.  Add  according 
-   whereupon  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King,  confidering'0  PiocefscfLtvy. 
'  the  aforefaid  Complaint,  by  the  Advice  and  Affent 
'  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal  in  the  fame  ■ 
'  Parliament  affembled,   hath  ordained  and  ftablifhed 
'  at  the  Requeft  of  the  laid  Commons,  That  if  any 
'  Ircrfon  hereafter  come  into  the  Chancery,  and  make 
'  Complaint  duly,  that  any  fuch  Felon  or  Offender, 
.'  a.s  afpre.  is  faid,  flee  or  withdraw  himfelf  into  any 
'  fuch   Place,    or, elfewhere,   to'  the  Intent  aforefaid, 
'  upon   fuch  a  Complaint  a  Bill  fhall  be  fufEciently 
'  made  for -the  King  ;  (3)  and  the  Chancellor  of  Eng- 
'  land  for  the  Time  being,  after  fuch  a  Bill  to  him 
'  delivered,  if  he  may  be  duly  informed  that  .fuc  1  a 
'  Bill'  cpntairieth' Truth,'  fhall  have  Power  to  make  ac- 
'  cording,  to  his  Difcretion  •  a  Wi  it  of  Capias  at  the 
'  King's  Suit,  directed  to  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  or 
'  Counties  where  the  faid  Murders,  Manllaughters, 
['.  Robberies,   Batteries,    and   other  Offences  be   fup- 
•  '  pqfed  by  the  faid  Bill  to  be  done  and-  perpetrate,  re- 
.'  turnable  in  the  faid  Chancery  at  a  certain  Day.     (4)  The  Party  ac- 
'  And  if  the. Perfons  in  the  faid  Writ  contained   befur«>is '££?£ 
'  taken  by  the  faid  Sheriff,  or  yi  Id  themfelves  in  the0^;eeldet™  ' 
'  fame  Chancery,  that  then  fuch  Perfons  fhall  be  put  himfelf. 
'  in  Ward  or  to  Mainprife,  according  to  theDifcretion 
'  of  the  Chancellor.     (5)  And  moreover  be  it  com- 
,  '  manded    to   inquire   of  fuch    Offences,    and    upon 
'  that  fhall  be  done  as  the  Law  requireth.     (6)  And  The  sheriff  re- 
'  if  the -Sheriff  return  at  the  Day  of  the  Capias  return'- turne!b<  th,t 
'  able, .'that -the  Perfons  in. the  fame  comprifed  for.  any  ^j£*  canaot 
of  thefe  Caufes  aforefaid,  cannot  be  by  him  taken, 
neither  the  fame-  Perfons,  do;  yield  themfelves  in  the.  ..' 

faid  Chancery,. that  then  the  faid  Chancellor  fliall  - 
caufe  to  be  made  a  Writ  of  Proclamation  directed 
to  the  faid  Sheriff,  returnableun  the  King's  Bench  at 
a  certain  Day,  that  he  fhall  make  Proclamation  in 
two  Counties  that  the'Perfons  named  in  the  faid  Writ 
fhall  corns  at  the  faid  Day  in  the  Bench  aforefaid, 
there  to  anfwer  to  the  Matter  comprifed-  within  the 
faid  Bill,  upon  Pain  to  be  convict  of  the  Matter  coni-  ' 
prifed  in.  the  faid  Bill  ;•  (7)  and  that  in -every  fuch 
Writ. of  Proclamation  fhall  be  contained  the  Sub'- 
ftance  of  the  Matter  comprifed  within  the  faid  firll :  "  ■ 
(8)  And  if  they  come  not  at  the  Day  of  fuch  Procla- 
mation returned,  then  {hall  they  be  holden  and  ad- 
judged for  convict  and  attainted  as  aforefaid  ;  and  if 
they  come  at  the -Proclamation,  it  fhall  be  of  them  in- 
quired and  done  in  Manner  as  above  is  faid. 

'    II.    Provided    always,    That   the' "Sugpeflions    ofTfie-Srigfee&ioM 
fuch  Riots  be  teftiSed'.to  the  Chancellor  of  En{ /«•;,-/ J'  ^ ' ;>';'."  , 
by  Letters  feakd  under  the  Seals  ct  two  Jtiiuces  At under  flii.gga^ 
the  Peace  at  the  leaft,  and  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  two  Judices 
where  fuch  Priots  fhall  be  made,  beforethat  the  W  rit  1  Peace  and  the 
of Capias  be  granted;  (2)  in  which  Writ  of  Gapias^hznti- 
the  Matter  which  is  comprifed  within- the  fame  Lili 
fhall  be  as  well  expreffed,  as  in  the  Writ  of  Procla- 
mation thereof  to  be  made.      (3)  And  if  fuch  CafeRl0tsrc0mimitted 

v     -  -   .         .       r-^  t-»   i  r  t  ,t  lr  in  a  county 

happen   in  the  County  Palatine  01  Lanca/ie?-,   or  6Mewhere  there  ;s  a 
in  any  Franchife  where,  there  is  a  Chancellor  and  a  chancellor  and 

S  S  S  *   Seal,a  Seal, 


49  5       Stat.  li 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  V.         A.  D.  1414. 


*  Seal,  that  then  the  Chancellor  of  England  lhall  cauk 

*  to  be  written  or  fent  by  the  Kings  Writ  to  the 
r  Chancellor  of  fuch   County  or  Franchife,    all  the 

*  Suggeftion  in  the  faid  Bill  comprifed,  commanding 

*  him  to  make  fuch  Execution  as  in  the  faid  Article  is 

*  comprifed ;  (4)  fo  always  that  the  King's  Writ  fhall 
'  not  run  out  of  the  Chancery  of  England  in  fuch  a 

*  County  or  Franchife,  otherwife  than  hath  been  ufed 
'  in  Time  paft;  (5)  and  that  this  Ordinance  fhall 
«  ftand  in  his  full  Force  until  the  End  of  the  next  Par- 
'  liament.' 


Made  perpetual 

by  %  H.  6.  c.  14, 

Ste  lie  References  to  tie  foregoing  Chapter, 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Chaunceller  &  feal  qadonqes  le  dit  Chaunceller 
dEngleterre  face  efcriver  ou  envoier  par  brief 
du  Roy  a  le  Chaunceller  de  tiel  countee  ou  fran- 
chife toute  la  fuggeftion  en  la  dite  bille  compris 
commandant  a  luy  de  faire  tiel  execution  come  en 
le  dit  article  eft  compris  iffint  toutz  foitz  qe  brief 
du  Roy  hors  de  la  Chauncellarie  dEngleterre  ne 
courge  en  tiel  Countee  ou  franchife  autrement  qe 
nad  efte  ufee  en  temps  paffe  &  qe  cefte  ordinance 
eftoife  en  fa  force  tanqe  al  fyn  du  profchein  par- 
lement. 


Other  Statutes    made    at  Weftminfter,   Anno   2  H  e  n.   V.    Stat.  2. 

W  Anno  Dom.    i4I4« 


OU  R  Lord  the  King,  at  his  Parliament  holden 
at  Weftminfter,  the  Monday  next  after  the 
TJtas  of  St.  Martin,  the  fecond  Year  of  his 
Reign,  by  the  Advice  and  Aflent  of  the  Lords  Spiri- 
tual and  Temporal,  and  at  the  fpecial  Inftance  and 
Requeft  of  the  Commons  of  his  Realm  then  there 
aflembled,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed  divers  Or- 
dinances and  Statutes  in  the  Manner  and  Form  as 
follaweth." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  5. 

NO  S  T  R  E  Seignur  le  Roy  a  fon  parle- 
ment  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  Lundy  apres  les 
oeptaves  de  feint  Martyn  Ian  de  fon  regne 
feconde  del  advis  &  aflent  des  Seignurs  efperi- 
tuelx  &  temporelx  &  a  les  efpecialx  requefte 
&  inftance  des  Communes  de  fon  Roialme  adonqea 
illoeqes  aflemblez  ad  ordeine  fait  &  eftablie  diveries 
ordinances  &  eftatutz  en  la  fourme  qenfuit. 


CAP.     L 

What  Sorts  of  Men  fhall  be  Juftices  of  the  Peace. 


4  Tnft.  5T. 
I  Ed.  3.  ftat.  2. 
c.  161    4  Ed.  3. 
c.  1.     18  Ed.  3. 
Jiat.  2.  c.  2. 
34  Ed.  3.  c.  I. 

IT.  R.  2:.   C.   10. 

33  R.  a,  Jiat.  1. 
r.  7. 


See  farther- for  the 
T&  2  P.&M. 
(P«o.  X.  K.  18,  18 


*  T7IRST,   That  the  Juftices   of  the  Peace  from 


henceforth  to  be  made  within  the  Counties  of    JL     enavaunt  affaires  deinz  les  countees  dEngle-- 

*  England,  fhall  be  made  of  the  moft  fufficient  Perfbns  terre  foient  faitz  de  les  pluis  fufficeantz  per- 
'  dwelling  in  the  fame  Counties,  by  the  Advice  of  the    fones.  demurantz  en  mefmes  les  countees  par  adr- 

*  Chancellor  and  of  the  King's  Council,  without  taking  vis  du  Chanceller  &  confeylL  le  Roy  fanz  prerb- 
'  other  Perfons  dwelling  in  foreign  Counties  to>  execute  dre  autres  perfones  demurantz  en .  foreins  coun*- 
'  fuch  Office,  except  the  Lords  and  the  Juftices  of  Af-  "tees  a  tiel.  office  occupier  forfpris  les  Seignurs 
'  fifes  now  named,  and  to  be  named  by  the  King  and  |&  Fes  juftices  daffifes  ore  nomez  &  anomerz  pap 

*  his  Council ;  and  except  all  the  King's  chief  Stew-    le  Roy  &  fon  confeil  &  forfpris   auxi  les  chiefs 

*  ards  of  the  Lands  and  Seigniories  of  the  Dutchy  of  ^fenefchalx  du  Roy  des  terres  &  Seignuries  del  Du- 
4  Lancafter,  in  the  North.  Parts,,  and  in. the  South,  for  Fchee  de  Lancaftre  en  le  north.  Si  le  fouth  pur  le 

*  the  time  being.''  [temps  efteantz..  ® 

SZualif  cations  and  Duty  of  Juftices  of  the  Peace  1%  H.d.  c.  Ti,  I  Ed.  4.  c.  2.  1  R.  3.  c.  3.  3  H.  7.  c.I.  4  H.  7.  c.  TX,  I  M.fat,.z.  c.  8«- 
e.  13.  2;  &  3  P.  &f  M.  c.  10.  7  Jac.  1.  c.  5.  21  Jac.  1.  c.  12.  6  Geo.  1.  c.  21.  fee.  10.  9  Geo.  1.  c.  7.  5  Geo.  2.  c.  18  fef  19.  16 
Cre.2,f.-2o.     aj.Gffl.  z.  c.  2.6.     xUfGeoi  2,,  c.  44  £S  55.     26  Geo.  2..  e.  14,  (3  27..    27 Geo.  2,.  c,.  16  Sf  20.  and  ^oGeo.  z.c,  24. 


TTYRknerement  qe  les  juftices  de  la  pees  jTcfbre 


36E3w^.  fat. 
c.  8. 

Rep.  21  Jac. 
c.  28, 


CAP.     1L 

The  Yearly  Wages  of  Chaplains  and  Pariffi  Priefts  fettled 

'■  T  T'E  M  par  la  ou  eft  contenue  en  kftatut  fait  la  xxxvij.  le  Roy  E.  tierce  puis  le  conqueft  qe  mil  chape- 
Jt  L  in  parochiell  ou  annuell  prendrok  pur  foude  par  an  qe  vj*  marc'  ou  cynk  a  pluis  les  chapeleins  pare- 

'  chielx  &  annuelx  qore  font  ne  vorrent  fervir  qe  pur  x.  li.  ou  xij.  marcz  ou  x.  marcz  par  an  a  meyns  en- 
countre  la  foum.e  du  dit  eftatut  &  a  graund  damage  deles  lieges  du  Roy  come  il  ad  fentu  de  la  compleynt 
de  la  communalte  de  fa  terre  le  Roy  voillant  a  ceo  mettre  remedie  eneafe  de  fa  dite  communalte  ad  ordeigne 
&  eftablie  qe  nuls  chapekins  annuelers  dedcinz  le  Roialme  preignent  defore  enavaunt  pluis  pur  lour  emier 
falarie  par  Ian.  ceftaflavoir  pur  fez  table  vefture  &  autres  neceflaires  qe  vij.  marcz  ne  1  s  chapeleins  parochielx 
qr  font  ou  ferront  rct.nuz.a  fervir  cures  preignent  defore  enavaunt  pur  lour  entier  falarie  annual  ceftaflavoir 
pur  les  chofes  avauntditz  finon  viij.  marcz  fil  ne  foit  par  licence  del  Ordinarie  iflint  qe  la  fomme  entier  licencie 
par.  lordinarie  ne  pafle  ix.  marcz,. 

a.  C  A  P.- 


A.D.  1414.         Anno  fccundo  Henrici  V. 


Stat.  2.       499 


CAP.     III. 

Of  what  Eflate  thofe  Jurors  muft  be,  which  are  to  pafs  touching  the  Life  of  Man,  Plea  real, 

or  Forty  Marks  Damages. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  le  Roy  confiderant  les  grandes  mef- 
chiefs  &  defheritances  qe  de  jour  en  autre 
aveignent  parmy  tout  le  Roialme  fibien  en  cas 
de  mort  de  homme  come  en  cas  de  franc  te- 
nement &  es  autres  cafes  par  ceux  qi  paffent  es 
enqueftes  en  les  ditz  cafes  qi  font  communes  ju- 
rours  &  autres  qi  nont  qe  poie  de  vivre  mes  par 
tieux  enqueftes  &  les  queux  nont  riens  a  per- 
dre  par  caufe  de  lour  faux  ferementz  paront  ils 
le  pluis  legierment  offendent  lour  confcience  et 
voillant  ent  avoir  correction  &  amendement  ad 
ordeigne  &  eftablie  par  affent  des  Seignurs  & 
Communes  fuifditz  qe  null  perfone  foit  admys 
de  pafl'er  en  afcune  enquefte  fur  trial  de  mort 
de  homme  ou  en  afcune  enquefte  parentre  partie 
&  partie  en  plee  real  nen  plee  perfonell  dont  le 
dette  ou  les  damages  declarez  amontent  a  qua- 
rant  marcz  fi  mefme  la  perfone  neit  terres  ou 
tenementz  de  annuell  value  de  quarant  fouldz 
outre  les  reprifes  difcelles  Mint  qil  foit  chalan- 
gee  par  la  partie  qe  afcun  empanelle  en  mefmes 
les  cafes  nad  my  terres  ou  tenementz  a  le  value 
annuell  de  quarant  fouldz  outre  les  charges  come 
avaunt  eft  dit. 

the  Qualifications  of  Jurors  1  r  H.  7.  c.  21  &  24.  4  H.  8.  c.  3.  5  H. 
&  M.  c.  24.  fee.  15.  7  &  8  W.  3.  c.  32.  3  &  14  Ann,  c.  iS.  3  Geo. 
Knit.  117. 


ITEM,  The  King  confidertng  the  great  Mifchiefs*  R°"  39?- 
and  Difherifons  which  daily  happen  through  all  j^31"^ by  * 
the  Realm  England,  as  well  in  Cafe  of  Death  of  a  8* 

Man,  as  in  Cafe  of  Freehold,  and  in  other  Cafes,  by   • 
them  which  pafs  in  Inquefts  in  the  faid  Cafes,  which 
be  common  J  urors,  and  other  that  have  but  little  to 
live  upon  but  by  fuch  Inqueft,  and  which  have  no- 
thing to  lofe  becaufe  of  their  falfe  Oaths,  whereby 
they  offend  their  Confciences  the  more  largely;   (2) 
and  willing  thereof  to  have  Correction  and  Amend- 
mend,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  by  Affent  of  the 
Lords  and  Commons  aforefaid,  That  no  Perfon  fhall 
be  admitted  to  pafs  in  any  Inqueft  upon  Trial  of  the1!  Ed,  i.Jtat.  u 
Death  of  a  Man,  nor  in  any  Inqueft  betwixt  Party '•  "$• 
and  Party  in  Plea  real,  nor  in  Plea  perfonal,  whereof  *g  EJ_  \'//Jt\  l\ 
the  Debt  or  the  Damage  declared  amount  to  forty c.  9. 
Marks,  if  the  fame  Perfon  have  not  Lands  or  Tene-28  Ed.  3.  0  13. 
ments  of  the  yearly  Value  of  forty  Shillings  above  all  34  Ed.  3.  c,  4. 
Charges  of  the  fame  ;   (3)  fo  that  it  be  challenged  bjf£~  ^  '•  "' 
the  Party,   that  any  fuch  Perfon    fo   impanelled  ingH^'  {.  5*. 
the  fame  Cafes  hath  not  Lands  or  Tenements  of  the  10  H.  6.  f.  7, 
yearly  Value  of  forty  Shillings  above  the  Charges, ?»  »*• 
as  afore  is  faid.'  »V  {-'l- 

is  H.  7.  r.  14. 

See  farther  for 
i.  c.  5.  23  H.  8.  c.  13.  3;#.  8.  c.  6.  27  £/.  c.  6.  2  &  3  Ed.  6-  c.  32.  4fef  5W. 
2.  c,  25.     li.Gci,  2.  c.  7.    6  Geo,  2.  c.  37.    24 Geo,  z,  c.  18.  fee,  I.  end  29  Geo.  2.  c,  19. 


CAP.     IV. 
There  (hall  be  no  gilding  of  Silver  Ware,  but  of  the  Allay  of  EngUJIi  Sterling. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  les  orfeours  dEngleterre 
de  lour  commune  covyn  &  ordinance  ne  voil- 
lent  my  vendre  les  chofes  de  lour  miftier  endor- 
rez  finon  a  double  pris  de  le  pois  dargent  di- 
celles  le  quell  femble  a  Roy  trop  outrageous  & 
trop  exceffive  pris  le  Roy  pur  laife  de  fon  poe- 
ple  voillant  ceo  remedier  ad  ordeine  &  eftablie 
qe  toutz  les  orfeours  dEngleterre  fuiforrent  null 
argent  pier  qe  del  allaie  defterling  Englois  &  qils 
preignent  pur  la  libre  de  Troy  orre  xlvj.  s.  viij.d. 
a  pluis  &  de  greindre  pois  &  de  meindre  felonc 
la  quantite  &:  lafferante  de  mefme  la  fomme  et 
qe  ceo  qe  ferra  par  eux  fuiforre  defore  enavaunt 
foit  de  refonable  pois  &  non  pas  exceffive  et  ft 
mil  orfeour  face  le  contraire  forferra  a  Roy  la 
value  de  la  chofe  vendue. 


ITEM,  For  that  the  GoHfmiths  of  £Vzg-W,  of 
their  Covin  and  Ordinances,  will  not  fell  the 
Wares  of  their  Myftery  gilt,  but  at  the  double  Price 
of  the  Weight  of  the  Silver  of  the  fame,  which  feem- 
eth  to  the  King  very  outrageous  and  too  exceffive  a 
Price;"    '  (2)  the  King  for  the  Eafe  of  his  People, 
wiling  to  remedy  the  fame,   hath  ordained  and  efta- 
blifhed, That  all  the  G  ldfmiths  of  England  ihill  gild  Rep.  in  part  at 
no  Silver  worfe  than  of  the  Allay  of  the  Englifl)  Ster-  J^-  >■  <=•  *S. 
ling,  and  that  they  take  for  a  Pound  of  Troy  gilt  butThe  pouni 
Forty  fix  fhillings  eight  pence  at  the  moff,    (3)  and  Troy  of  Silver 
of  greater  Weight,  and  lefs,  according  to  the  Quan-  gilt  (hall  be 
tity  and  Rate  of  the  fame  Sum;   and  that  which  mall^  for4fo' 
be  by  them  gilt  from  henceforth  fhall  be  of  reafona- 
ble  Price,   and  not  exceffive  ;    (4)  and  if  any  Gold- 
fmith  do  contrary  to  this  Statute,   he  fhall  forfeit  to 
the  King  the  Value  of  the  Thing  fo  fold.'  5  H.  4.  c.  13; 


CAP.     V. 

If  a  Weljloman,  on  Procefs  awarded  againlt  him  for  detaining  an  EngUJhman,  refufe  to  appear, 
he  fhall  be  outlawed,  and  Writs  fhall  be  iffued  to  apprehend  him. 

ITEM  pur  tant  qe  puis  la  rebe'Iion  de  Gales  jatard  refourme  plufeurs  des  rebeux  de  Gales  ove  autres  a  Altered  27  H.  8, 
eux  adherentz  ove  force  &  armes  en  maner  de  guerre  afcun  foitz  par  jour  &  afcun  foitz  par  noet  omc' l6, 
venuz  en  les  countees  de  Salop'  Hereford'  U  Glouc'  &  en  autres  lieux  a  mefme  la  paiis  adgifantz  &  en  di- 
verfes  bois  &  autres  lieux  en  icelles  parties  mufciez  &  loggez  ont  traiteroufment  &  felonoufment  pris  pleu- 
fcurs  de  les  foialx  lieges  du  Roy  afcuns  chivachantz  entour  lour  merchandifes  &  lour  autres  bofoignes  fe- 
fantz  &  afcuns  en  lour  maifons  ou  ils  furent  demurantz  fefantzlour  overaignes  &  lour  b.ufbandrie  en  la  r>pes 

S  s  i  2  Dieu 


£66        Stat.  2.  Anno  fecundo  Henr'-ictv*.   -         A.  D.  14,14. 

Ex  Rot.  in.  Turr.  kond. 
Dieu  &  le  Roy  &  mefmes  ceux  lieges  du  Roy  enft  prifez  ont  amefnez  hors  de  lour  paiis  as  diverfes  parties 
de  Gales  &  les  ont  gardez  &  detenuz  ovefqe  eux  en  les  mountaignesdicelles  parties  de  Gales  par  un  demy 
an  afcun  fcitz  pluis  &  afcun  foitz  meins  tanqe  ils  ont  raunceonez  afcun  dcs  ditz  lieges  a  C  li.  &  afcun  pluis 
felonc  lour  afferante  en  femblable  mariere  come  eft  ufee  err  terre  de  guerre  a  trefgraund  damage  &  mefchief 
de  le  poeple  des  ditz  countees  &  paiis  &  a  malveis  enfample  fil  ne  foit  le  pluis  toit  remedie  ftcome  le  Roy  a 
la  grevouie  compleinte  de  fa  communalte  ad  conceu.  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  voillant  encountre  tieux  mef- 
faifours  mettre  due  puniffement  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablie.qe  les  juftices  du  pees  deinz  les  countees  dEngleterre 
affignez  pur  le  temps  aient  poair  denquerer  oier  determiner  toutz  maners  tielx  trefons  &.  felonies  iibien  a 
fuite  de  Roy  come  a  fuite  de  partie  Iffint  qen  cas  qe  tiolx  malfefours  ne  vorront  apparoir  devaunt  les  ditz 
juftices  a  refpoundre  come  la  ley  demaunde  celle  partie  tanqe  ils  foient  folonc  la  cuftume  du  Roialme  dEng- 
leterre utlagez  adonqes  mefmes  Ils  juftices  certiftent  par  lours;  lettres  defoubz  lours  feslx,  les  officers  tie 
les  Seignuries  es  quelx  tieix  utlagez  foient  retretz  demorantz  ou  refeantz  de  la  utlagarie  fur  eux  iffint 
pronun.je  et  qe  mefmes  les  officers  fur  mefrne  la  certification  preignent  les  corps  de  mefmes  les  utlagez 
&  facent  execution  fur  eux  en  mefrne  le  Seignurie  come  la  ley  le  demaunde  faunz  fy.n  ou  redemption  celle 
partie  affaire., 

CAP:     VI. 

Merchandifes  of  the  Staple  (hall  not  be  exported  beyond  Sea  without  the  King's  Licence, , 

until  they  be  firft  brought  to  the  Staple. 

OB.     1  jTEM  come  en  le  parlement  tenuz  Ian  primer  del  Roy  Henry  quart  puis  le  conqueft  pier  a  Roy  qore 

a  R.  2.  flat.  1.  JL    eft  del  advis  &  afTent  des  Seignurs  &  Communes  affemblez  en  ycell  ordeyne  fuit  &  affentuz  qe  leftaple 
C-J!-  des  leins  quits  peaux  lanutz  plumbe  &  eftain  ferroit  entierment  a  Caleys  Save  qe  toutz  les  merchantz  de 

L.Ed  a'c\    Jeil-  Vcnys  Cateloigne  Arago:  m  &  des  autres  Roialmes  terres  &  paiis  vers  le  Weft  efteantz  del  amiftee  da 
.,,  Roy  qi  vorroient  amefner  a  Harnptcn  ou  aillours  deiriz  le  Roialme  carraks  nieis  galeis  ou.  autres  veffcux 

ehargez  ou  defchargez  y  pe;rroient  frairehemcnt  vendre  lour  merchandifes  a  qi  lour  plerroit  &  illoeqes  re- 
charger  lour  ditz  vtlieux  des  leins  quirs  peaux  lanutz  plumbe  eftain  &  des  autres  merchandifes  del  eftaple 
&:  fianchement  les  amefner  en  lour  peiis  vers  le  Weft  felonc  la  fourme  del  eftatuit  ent  fait  Ian  fecond  du 
Roy  Richard  feconde  puis  le  conqueft.  Et  fave  auxi  a  les  burgeis  &  merchantz  de  la  ville  de  Berewyk 
fur  Twede  &  a  les  refceantz  &  enhabitantz 'en  ycelle  qils  purroient  achater  leins  quirs  &peaulz  lanutz 
iibien  del  crefceance  de  Tevedale  &autres  lieux  deins  le  Roialme  dEfcoce  &  autres  del  crefceance  dEngle- 
terre ceftaifavoir  de  tout  eel  lieu  qeft  entre  les  eawes  de  Twede  &Coket  come  del  crefceance  dautres  parties 
deinz  le  Roialme  dEfcoce  &  mefmes  les  leins  peaulx  &  quirs  tanqe  al  port  du  dite  ville  de  Berewyk  amefner 
&:  carier  as  foreins  parties  ou  les  mettre  a  vent  en  la  dite  ville  de  Berrewyk  folonc  la  fourme  &  ^  ffeft  dune  ordi- 
nance ent  fait  Ian  primer  le  dit  Roy  Richard.  Et  ore  foit  il  qe  certeins  merchantz  fibien  de  les  ifles  de 
Jerfey  &  Gernfey  come  autres  merchantz  de  les  parties  de  Bretaigne  &  de  Guyenne  achatent  "es  diverfes 
lieux  de  Cornewaille  eftain  entier  nient  funduz  &  lamefnent  &  envoient  a  vendre  as  diverfes  .parties  de 
Fraunce  Normandie  Bretaigne  Guienne  &  aillours  qe  a  la  dite  eftaple  &  auxi  diverfes  autres  merchantz  fibien 
deinfzeins  come  eftraungers  achatent  &  envoient  eftain  founduz  appelle  fhotentyn  hors-  du  Roialme  a  les 
parties  de  Flaundres  Holand  Sehnd  &  autres  parties  de  dela  aillours  qe  a  mefme  leftaple  encountre  la  fourme 
del  dite  ordinance  iffint  darreii  ement  fait  a  trefgraund  fraude  perde  &  damage  a  Roy  come  de  fes  cuftumes 
&  auxi  arrerifment  de  toutz  !es  reparantz  al  eftaple  avauntdite  come  le  Roy  eft  de  ceo  apris  a  la  motion  de 
fez  Communes  ore  prefentz  le  Roy  confiderant  mefme  lordinance  eftre  neceffaire  &  profitable  pur  luy  &  fa. 
dite  eftaple  voet  graunte  &  comaunue  qele  eftoife  en  fa  force.  Et  outre  ceo  le  Roy  del  afTent  dcs  Seignurs 
efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  des  Communes  cy  aiiemblez  en  cefte  parlement  voet  &  ordeigne  qe  nuls  lains 
peaux  quirs  plumbe  eftain  entier  ou  founduz  appelle  fhotentyn  nautre  merchandife  del  eftaple  queconqe 
defore  enavaunt  foient  enyo'iez  ou  amefnez  a  nulles  parties  de  dela  fanz  ceo  qils  foient  prirrierment  apportez 
a  la  dite  eftaple  feionc  la  fourme  de  la  dite  ordinance  fait  le  dit  an  primerdu  dit  Roy  Henry  fur  peyne  de 
forfeiture  de  toutz  les  merchandifes  par  tiel  manere  envoiez  ou  amefnez  "hors  du  Roialme  fil  ne  foit  par 
licence  du  Roy  &  forfpris  ceux  perfones  lieux  &  chofes  qi  font  forfprifes  en  mefme  lordinance  fait  le  dit  an 
primer  le  fufdit  Roy  Henry,  pur  le  temps  qe  les  perfones  des  lieux  iffint  forfprifez  foient  del  amiftee  le 
Roy  &  ceo  en  la  fourme  contenue  en  ycelle  ordinance.  Et  outre  ceo  qe  chefcuny  forfprifez  ceux  qi  forit 
avaunt  forfprifez  qi  envoiera  ou  amefnera  afcuns  tieux  merchandifes  de  leftaple  hors  du  le  Roialme  dEngle- 
terre en  t -reps  avenir  trovera  bon  &  fufficeante  furetee  au  Roy  devaunt  fez  cuftumers  de  le  lieu  ou  mefmes 
les  merchandifes  ferront  prifez  &  cuftumez  deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  avaunt  ceo  qil  en  departira  ove  celles 
merchandifes  qil  les  amefnera  a  la  dite.  eftaple  primerment  en  la  fourme  avauntdite  fil  nek  licence  du  Roy 
come  deffuis  eft  dit. 

A  Statute  madeatVtfeftminftery  Anno  3  Hen.  V.  and  Anno  Dom.  1415. 


T  the  Parliament  holden  ztWeJlminJler  the 
Monday  next  after  the  Feaft  of  All  Saints^ 
the  third  Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Henry 
"  the  Fifth,,  a  Statute  was  made  by  the- King  our 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  4. 

AIT  afTavoir   qe  a   le  parlement  tenuz  a. 

Weftm'  le  Li.ndy  profchein  apres  le  feft 

de  toutz  Saintz  Ian  du  regne  le  Roy  Henry 

quint  apres  le  conqusft  tierce  fuit  fait  un  eftatut 


2  pan 


A.  D.  1415. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
par  le  Roy  del  afient  de  toutz  les  Seignurs  e{piri 
tjielx  &  temporelx.  a-  lefpeciale  requefte.de^-Com 
mune's  dEngleterre  aflemMez  illoeqes  pur  le  com 
mune  bien  &  profit  de  lout  le  Roialme. 


Anno  f er'tio  He n: rt ei'V. 


•Stat. 


■ 
r. 


501 


"  Xord,  with  the  Affent  of  all  the  Lords  Spiritual 
"  and  Temporal,  and  at  the  Requeft  of  the  Carn- 
,  mons  of  England  there  affembled,  for  the  common 
"  Profit  and  Weal  of  the  Realm." 


•  .  -  ■  -  ••■         C    A    P.      I. 

It  (hall  be  Felony  to  import  or  offer  in  Payment  any  Sort  of  Money  forbidden  by  former 

Statutes. 

CEftafTavoir  qe  les  Galyhalpens  &  la  moneie  .appelle  Sefkyn  &  Doydekyn  &  tout'e  manere  moneie  dEf-  o  ff. 
coce  dargent  foient  de  tout  ouftez  &  ne  courgent  en  apres  pur  null  paiement  deinz  le  Roialme  dEng-  2  H-  °'  c- 
leterre,  adjouftant  a  ycell  qe  proclamation  foit  fait  pm"  toutz  les  countees  dEngleterre  dedeinz  franchifes  & 
dehors  &  dedeinz  citees  &  burghs  &  aillours  qe  toutz  yceaux  qi  aient  Galyhalpens  Sefkyns  ou  Doydekyns 
les  apportent  a  les  efchaunges  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  parentre  cy  &  le  fefte  de  Pafqe"  profchein  avenir 
pur  eftre  illoeqes  debrufez  &  ceo  qeft  trove  bone  argent  pur  eftre  illoeqes  ferrez  &  coynez  en  mayls  Engleys 
et  qe  toutz  yceux  qi  apres  le  dit  feft  de  Pafqe  afcuns  Galyhalpens  Sefkyns  ou  Doydekyns  facent  coynent 
achatent  ou  apportent  en  le  dit  Roialme  dEngleterre  pur  les  vendire  ou  mettre  en  paiement  deinz  mefme  le 
Roialme  &  de  ceo  foient  atteintz  foient  adjuggez  come  felons  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  &  qils  forfacent  toutz 
lours  terres &  tenementz  biens  Si  chateux  et  qe  les  Seignurs  des  queux  tielx  terres  &  tenementz  font  tenuz- 
eient  ent  les  forfaitures  come  en  autres  cafes  de  felonie.  Et'fi  alcun  liege  ou  lieges  du  Roy  ou  afcun  autre 
perfone  mettent  Galyhalpens  Sefkyns  ou  Doydekyns  en  paiement  ou  receyvent  en  paiement  deinz  le  Roialme 
dEngleterre  &  de  ceo  foient  duement  atteintz  forfacent  a  chefcun  foitz  qils  fount  tiel  paiement  ou  refceyt 
C  s.  dount  le  Roy  eit  lun  moite  &  celuy  qi  voet'fuer  pur  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  pur  les  ent  atteindre  lautre 
moite.  Et  qe  fibien  les  juftices  de  la  pees  deinz  toutz  les  countees  dEngleterre  come  mairs  &  baillifs  deinz 
citees  &  burghs  &  fenefchalx  des  Seignurs  en  vieu  de  frank  plegge  eient  poair  denquerrer  par  bons  enqueftes 
devaunt  eux  apprendrez  de  toutz  les  maters  avauntdkz  et  qe  les  ditz  mairs  &  baillifs  apres  les  ditz  enqueftes 
devaunt  eux  prifez  mefmes  les  inquifitions  m  iundent  devaunt  les  juftices  de  la  pees  des  countees  es  queux  les 
ditz  citees  ou  burghs  font.  Et  qe  les  ditz  juftices  de  la  pees  eient  poair  fibien  fur  les  ditz  inquifitions  enfy 
devaunt  tielx  mairs  &;  baillifs  prifez  &  devaunt  ies  ditz  juftices  come  ayaunt  eft  dit  maundez  come  fur  autres 
inquifitions  devaunt  mefmes  les  juftices  de  la  pees  en  lour  feffions  apprendres  touchant  les  maters  avauntdite.  ■ 
de  faire  proceife  &  de  agarder  capias  &  exigend'  &  toutz  les  ditz  maters  oier  &'  terminer  folom  lours  difcre- 
tions  come  en  autres  cales  de  felonie  &  treipafks  ad  efce  ufee  devaunt  ces  heures. 


A  Statute    made'  at  Weftminfter,     Anno  3   Hen,    V.     Stat.  2. 


Anno    Dom. 


14x5. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  4. 
O  S  T  R  E  Seignur  le  Roy  a  fon  parle- 
ment  tenuz  a  Weftnr  le  Lundy  le  fef- 
zifme  jour  de  Marcz  Ian  de  fon  regne 
tierce  del  advis  &  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx 
&  temporelx  &  a  la  requefte  des  Communes  af- 
femblez  en  mefme  le  parlement  ad  ordeignez  & 
eftabliz  diverfes  ordinances  &  eftatutz  en  la  fourme 
qenfuit. 


"  if. 

I 

u 


U  R  Lord  the  King,  at  his  Parliament  holden: 
at  IVe/iminJier  the  Monday  the  Sixth  "  Day  a  Sixteentft,. 
of  March,  the  Third  Year  of  his  Reign,, 
by  the  Advice  and  Afient  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and. 
Temporal,  and  at  the  Requeft  of  the  Commons, 
aflembled  in  the  fame  Parliament,  hath  ordained 
and  eftabiifhed  divers  Statutes  and  Ordinances  in  the 
Form  following." 


C   A   P.      I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church,  and  of  all  Perfons,  Cities,  &c 


PRimerement  qe  feint  efglife  eit  toutz  fes  liber- 
tees  &  franchifes  et  qe  to.utz  les  Seignurs  efpi- 
rituelx &  temporelx  &  les  autres  lieges  du  Roy 
eiantz  liberties  &  franchifes  &  toutz  les.  citees  & 
burghs  du  Roialme  eient  h  enjoient  toutz  lour  li- 
bertees  &  franchifes  queux  ils  o.unt  des  grantes  de 
les  progenitours  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  &  de  la  con- 
fermement  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ou  fon 
grante  demefne  forfpris  ceux  franchifes  &  libcaces 
queux  font  repellez  en  ceft  prefer  c  parlement  & 
ceux  qe'font  repellablez  par  la  commune  leie. 


'  I  R  S  T,  That  holy  Church  have  all  her  Liber- 
ties and  Franchifes,.  and  that  the  Lords  Spiri- 
tual and  Temporal,  and  othei  the  King's  liege  Peo- 
ple, having  Liberties  and  Franchifes,,  and  all  the  Cir 
ties  and  Boroughs  of  the  Realm,  have  and  enjoy  all 
their  Liberties  and  Franchifes,  which  they  have  had 
of  the  Grant's  of  the  King's  Progenitors,  and  of  "the 
Confirrnadon  of  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King,  or  his 
Grant ;  -(2)  except  always  thofe  Franchifes  and  Li- 
berties whLh  be  repealed  in  this  prefent  Parliament, 
ancf  mote  tliav'be'repealable  by  the  Common  J-  -.' 

CAP* 


503       Stat.  2* 


Anno  tertio  Henrici  V. 


CAP.    II. 


A.D. 


*4*S> 


IXP. 

-5  H.  5.  c.  9. 

3  H.  6.  c.  n 


■  C,  13.  _/or  ?itf 
Dijjoluthn  of 
■Abbeys,  .Sec, 


EXP, 


Privilege  given,  to  certain  Abbots,  csV.  to  make  their  Attorpies  in  the  Courts  of  Stancliffe 

and  Frendles. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  :pur  ceo  qe  plufeurs  Abbees  priours  &  autres  religeoufes  y  foient  dont  afcuns  font  del  fundation  no- 
ftre Seignur  le  Roy  &  afcuns  del  foundation  dautres  Seigneurs  du  Roialme  demurantz  fibien  deinz  le 

D*  countee  dEverwyk  come  en  le  countee  de  Lancaftre  dont  afcuns  ont  poueflions  deinz  les  wapentakes  de 
Stayneclif  wapentake  &  Frendeles  wapentake  en  Craven  en  le  dit  countee  dEverwyk  &  afcuns  nemy  vers 
^queux  plufeurs  gents  de  jour  en  autre  par  procurement  &  abettement  des  baillives  approvers  des  courts  des 
<ditz  wapentakes  &  des  fenefchalx  qi  teignent  plees  es  ditz  courts  &  des  fermers  des  profitz  &  revenuz  des 
sditz  courts  feynont  &  procurent  par  eux  &  autres  de  lour  covyn  &  aflent  diverfes  pleints  &  plees  de  dette 
£z  trefpas  &  autres  plees  diverfes  es  courts  des  ditz  wapentakes  et  la  ou  mefmes  les  abbees  Sc  priours  viegnont 
as  ditz  courts  pur  lour  defendre  de  tieux  torcenoufes  pleints  &  plees  &  priont  &  proferont  as  fenefchalx  & 
baillives  des  ditz  courts  de  faire  lour  attournes  en  tieux  plees  les  ditz  fenefchalx  &  baillives  les  refufent  &  ne 
veullentrefceiver  tieux  attournes  de  tieux  Abbees  &  priours  en  null  plee  de  dette  de  trefpas  nen  autre  plee 
Et  qexnttre  ceo  mefmes  les  fenefchalx  &  baillives  de  lour  auctorite  demefne  amerciont  les  ditz  Abbees  et- 
Priours  pur  chefcun  pleint  a  primer  foitz  xij.  d.  &  a  chefcun  autre  foitz  pur  chefcun  des  ditz  pleintz  x.  s. 
&  xx  s.  &  pluis  a  lour  voluntee  a  trefgrande  damage  &  anientifment  de  les  Abbees  &  Priours  avauntditz  & 
encontre  refon  &  la  commune  ley  de  la  terre.  Si  ad  le  Roi  ordeigne  en  remedie  de  les  ditz  grevances  qe 
toutz  tieux  Abbees  &  Priours  &  lour  fucceffours  &  chefcuny  de  eux  enfy  vexez  ou  a  vexerz  es  ditz  courts 
purront  faire  lour  attournees  ou  attournee  generalx  ou  i  eneral  ceftaflavoir  chefcune  de  eux  defoutz  le  com- 
mune feal  de  fa  maifon  pur  gainer  &  perdre  en  chefcun  manere  de  plee  de  dette  &  trefpas  &  en  autre  plee 
queconqe  moevee  au  amoveer  es  ditz  courts  &  en  toucz  autres  courts  dedeinz  les  wapentakes  avauntditz. 
Et  qe  les  fenefchalx  &  baillives  des  ditz  courtes  receivent  les  ditz  attournees  iffint  faitz  &  nomez  fanz  afcun 
contradiction.  Et  fi  mefmes  les  fenefchalx  ou  baillives  refufent  de  receiver  afcun  ou  afcuns  tieux  attournees 
ou  attournee  iffint  faitz  &  nomez  affaire  ou  a  nomer  qadonqes  les  ditz  fenefchalx  &  baillives  a  chefcun  foitz 
de  tiel  refufer  de  tielx  attournees  forfacent  &  encourgent  le  peine  de  dys  livres  a  Roi.     Et  qe  les  ditz  Abbees 

•  fc  Priours  ou  lour  fucceffours  es  ditz  courts  nen  afcune  deux  pur  afcune  nonfuite  ou  defaute  ne  foient  amer- 
ciez  en  null  manere  autrement  qe  feculers  perfones.  Et  qe  cefte  ordinance  eftoife  en  fa  force  par  tout  lari 
profchein  avenir  &  tanqe  a  le  parlement  mefme  Ian  profcheinement  enfuant. 

CAP.     III. 
All  Britom  not  made  Denizens  (hall  depart  the  Realm  upon  Pain  of  Death. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qc  plufeurs  Bretons  font  jatard  venuz  deinz  le  Roialme  afcuns  de  eux  demurantz  entour 
la  perfone  du  Roigne  en  fon  hoftell  &  afcuns  bien  pres  le  dit  hoftell  &  aillours' deinz  mefme  le  Roialme 
pur  oier  favoir  &  entendre  les  fecretes  du  Roialme  &  les  difcoverer  as  Bretons  qi  font  les  grendres  enemys  a 
Roi  &  a  fon  Roialme  &  pur  lemporter  les  moneie  &  joialx  hors  du  dit  Roialme  en  grande  prejudice  h  da- 
mage a  Roi  &  a  tout  le  Roialme  come  le  Roi  a  le  grievous  compleinte  des  ditz  Communes  eft  de  ceo  appris 
Si  voet  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  &  ad  ordeigne  qe  toutz  tieux  Bretons  en  loftiel  du  Roigne  &  autres  qi 
demurgent  pres  mefme  loftiel  &  aillours  nient  faitz  deinfzeins  foient  voidez  hors  du  Roialme  &  qe  procla- 
mation foit  fait  qe  les  ditz  Bretons  fe  voident  hors  du  Roialme  parentre  cy  &  le  fell:  de  Seint  Johan  le  Bap- 
liftre  profchein  avenir  &  ceo  fur  peine  de  vie  &  de  membre. 

CAP.      IV. 
All  Provifions,  Licences,  and  Pardons  of  a  Benefice  full  of  an  Incumbent  mail  be  void. 


7H.4.  c.  8. 
1  Roll  4.53. 


ITEM,  Whereas  in  the  Time  of  King  Henry 
the  Fourth,  Father  to  our  Sovereign  Lord,  whom 
God  forgive,  the  Seventh  Year  of  his  Reign,  to 
efchew  many  Difcords  and  Debates,  and  divers  other 
Mifchiefs  which  were  likely  to  rife  and  happen,  be- 
caufe  of  many  Provifions  then  made,  or  to  be  made, 
by  the  Pope,  and  alfo  of  Licences  thereupon  granted 
by  the  faid  late  King,  amongit  other  Things  it  was 
ordained  and  ftablimed,  That  no  Licence  or  Pardon 
fo  granted  before  the  fame  Ordinance,  nor  after  to  be 
granted,  mould  be  available  to  any  Benefice  full  of  an 
Incumbent  at  the  Day  of  the  Date  of  fuch  Licence  or 
Pardon  granted  :  (2)  Notwithstanding  feveral  Per- 
fons  having  Provifions  of  the  Pope  of  divers  Bene- 
fices in  England,  and  elfewnerc,  and  Licences  Royal 


TEM  combien  en  temps  le  Roi  Henry  quart 
.  pier  a  Roi  noftre  treffoverain  Seignur  qi  Dieu  af- 
foille  Ian  de  fon  regne  feptifme  pur  efchuer  plufeurs 
difcordes  &  debates  &  diverfes  autres  mefchieves  ver- 
raifemblables  a  fourder  &  avenir  a  caufe  des  plufours 
provifions  adonqes  faitz  &  affairz  par  lappoftoill  & 
auxi  des  licences  fur  ceo  grauntez  par  le  dit  nadgairs 
Roi  entre  autres  chofes  ordeignez  eftoit  h  eftabliz 
qe  null  tiele  licence  011  pardon  enfy  grantee  parde- 
vaunt  mefme  lordinance  ne  a  grantier  en  apres  fer- 
roit  vaillable  a  afcune  benefice  plein  dafcun  incum- 
bent a  jour  del  date  de  tiele  licence  ou  pardon 
grante.  Nientlemeins  divedes  perfones  eiantz  pro- 
vifions de  lappoftoill  de  diverfes  benefices  en  Engle- 
terre  &  aillours  &  licences  roialx  put  executer  les 

ditz 


A.  D.  1415.         Anno  tertio  Henrici  V* 


Stat.  2, 


5°3 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
ditz  provifions  ont  par  colour  dicelles  provifions  & 
licences  &  acceptations  des  ditz  benefices  fubtiel- 
ment  ouftez  diverfes  perfones  de  lour  benefices  es 
queux  ils  ont  eftez  incumbentz  par  long  temps  dell 
collation  des  verraies  patrons  efpirituelx  a  eux  faitz 
duement  a  lour  entent  a  finall  deftrucfion  &  enerva- 
tion deflates  dicelx  incumbentz  leRoi  voillant  ouf- 
tier  tiele  mefchief  Si  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablie  qe  toutz 
les  incumbentz  de  qeconqes  benefices  de  feinte  ef- 
glife  del. patronage  collation  ou  prefentation  des  pa- 
trons efpirituelx  puiffent  peifiblement  &  quietement 
enjoier  &  enjoient  lour  ditz  benefices  fanz  eftre  in- 
quietez  moieftez  ou  grevez  afcunement  par  afcuny 
par  colour  de  tieux  provifions  ou  licences  &  accep- 
tations queconqes.  Et  qe  toutz  les  licences  &  par- 
dons fur  &  pur  tieux  provifions  faitz  en  afcun  ma- 
nere  foient  voidez  &  de  null  value.  Et  fi  afcuny  fe 
fente  grevee  molefte  ou  inquiete  afcunement  defore- 
navaunt  par  afcuns  ou  afcuny  par  colour  de  tieux 
provifions  licences  pardons  ou  acceptations  qe  mef- 
mes  les  grevours  moleftours  ou  inquietours  &  chef- 
cuny  de  ceux  eient  &  encourgent  ait  &  encourge 
les  peines  &  punifiementz  en  les  eftatutz  &  ordeign- 
ances  des  provifours  avant  ces  heures  faitz  conte- 
nuz  &  ceo  par  proces  de  premunire  facias  fourmee 
fur  le  cas  et  qe  la  partie  qi  purfuera  mefme  le  brief 
recovera  fes  damages  a  treble  fi  les  defendantz  en 
mefme  le  brief  nomez  ou  afcuny  dicelles  foient  ou 
foit  conviftz  ou  convict  cefte  partie. 


to  execute  the  faid  Provifions,  have,  by  Colour  of  the 
fame  Provifions,  Licences,  and  Acceptations  of  the 
faid  Benefices,  fubtilly  excluded  divers  Perfons  of 
their  Benefices,  in  which  they  have  been  Incumbents 
by  a  long  Seafon,  of  the  Collations  of  the  Patrons 
fpiritual,  to  them  duly  made  to  their  Intent,  to  the 
utter  Deftrucrion  and  Subverfion  of  the  Eftates  of  the 
faid  Incumbents:"   '  (3)  The  King  willing  to  re- 
move fuch  Mifchief,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed, 
That  all  the  Incumbents  of  every  Benefice  of  holy 
Church,  of  the  Patronage,  Collation,  or  Prefentation 
of  fpiritual  Patrons,  may  peaceably  and  quietly  en- 
joy, and  fhall  enjoy  their  faid  Benefices,  without  be- 
ing inquieted,  molefted,  or  any  wife  grieved  by  any 
Colour  of  fuch  Provifions,  Licences,  and  Accepta- 
tions whatfocver ;    (4)  and  that  all  the  Licences  and 
Pardons  upon  and  by  fuch  Provifions   made  in  any 
Manner,  fhall  be  void  and' of  no  Value.     (5)  And  if 
any  feel  himfelf  grieved,  molefted,  or  inquieted  in  any 
wife  from  henceforth  by  any  by  Colour  of  fuch  Pro- 
vifions, Licences,  Pardons,  or  Acceptations,  that  the 
fame  Molefters,  Grievers,  and  Inquieters,  and  every 
of  them,  fhall  fuffer  and  incur  the  Pain  and  Punifh- 
ments  contained  in  the  Statutes  of  Provifors  before *£&'■  3-  $*■& 
this  Time  made,  and  that  by  Procefs  of  Pramunire 1°R-3"C-  5- 
facias  formed  upon  the. Cafe ;   (6)  and  that  the  Party 
which  fhall.  fue  by  the  fameWrit,  fhall  recover  his 
treble  Damages,  if  the  Defendants  named  in  the  fame- 
Writ,  or  any  of  them,  be  convidt  in  that  Behalf.' 


See-  5-  Et.  c.  »». 
again/}  maintaining the  Authority  of  the  See  oj"Rome,and  13  El.  c,  2.  againjl  bringing  Bulk,  &Ci_/rcroRonic„ 


CAP.     V. 

In  which  Courts  an  Attaint  may  be  brought  upon  a  falfe  Verdift  given  in  the  City  of  Lincoln* 

and  by  whom  it  fhall  be  tried. 


ITEM  combien  par  eftatut  fait  en  la  par- 
lement  tenuz  a  \  eftm'  Ian  du  reigne  le  Roi 
Richard  feconde  puis  le  conqueft  trefzifme  or- 
deigne fuit  &  eftablie  qen  affifes  jurees  &  toutz 
autres    enqueftes    queux    delors    ferroient    prifez 

fjarentre  partie  et  partie  devaunt  les  mair  &  bal- 
ives  de  la  citee  de  Nichole  qi  pur  le  temps  fer- 
ment fi  afcune  des  parties  delors  foi  pleindroit  de- 
faux  ferement  fait  par  tielx  affifes  jurees  ou  en- 
queftes latteint  luy  ferroit  grantee  &.  Ie  record 
ferroit  mandee  par  brief  en.  Banc  lie  Roy  ou  en 
commune  Banc  et  qe  le  vifcont  arraieroit  le  pa- 
nell  del  juree  de  tiele  atteinte  des  foreins  fanz 
mander  al  franchife  du  dite  citee  et  qe  les  Jus- 
tices prendroient  mefme  la  juree  de  mefmes  les 
foreins  nient  contreefteant  afcune  franchife  gran- 
tee au  dite  citee  ou  autre  ufage  a  contrarie..  Ja- 
femeins  pur  tant  qe  Sir  Henry,  nadgairs  Roi. 
dEngleterre  pier  a  noftre  treflbverain  Seignur 
avauntdit  le  xxi.  jour  de  Novembr'  Ian  de  Ton 
regne  unfzifme  par  fes:  lettres  patentz  entre  au- 
tres graunta  as  mair  &  comminalte  de  la.  dite 
citee  qe  le  noun  des.  Baillives  de  mefme  la  citee 
ferroit  tranflatee  en;  le-  noun  des  Vifcontz  et.  qe 
mefme  la  citee  les-:  fuburbes  &  le  purceint  di- 
cell  forfpris  le  chaftell  &  le  bayle  de  Lincoln  & 
les  mures  &  foffes  dicell  alors  pur  toutz  jours  fer- 
roit appelle.  le  Countee  del  citee  de  Lincoln  plu- 
feurs  gentz  font  &  ont  efteez  en  ambiguite  le  quell 
hammer  qi-  plemdre  fe  vorra  de  faux  ferement  fait 


u 


ITEM,  Whereas  by  the  Statute  made  in  the  Par-ijR1. 2.  fiat..i», 
liament  holden  at  Wejiminjler  the-  Thirteenthc  is.. 
Year  of  King  Richard  the  Second^  it  was.  ordained, 
and  ftablifhed,,  That  in  Affifes,  Juries,  and  all  other 
Inquefts,.  which  thenceforth  fhould.be  taken  betwixt 
Party  and  Party,  before  the  Mayor  and  Bailiffs  of 
the  City  of  Lincoln,  which  for  the  Time  fhould  be«„ 
if  any  of  the  Parties  then  did  complain  him  of  falfe 
Oath  made  by  fuch  Affifes,  Juries,  or  Inquefts,  that 
the  Attaint  fhould  be  granted  to  him,, and  the  Record 
fhould.  be  fent  by  Writ  into  the  King's  Bench,  or; 
into  the  common  Ben  h  ;    (a)  and  that  the  Sheriff 
fhould  array  the  Panel  of  the  Jury  of  fuch  Attaint,, 
of  Fo:  eigns,  without,  fending,  to  the  Franchife  of  the 
find  City;    and  the  Juftices  fhould  take  the  fame- 
Jury  of   the   fame  Foreigns,   notwithstanding    any 
Franchif.;  granted  to  the  faid  City,   or  any   other 
Ufage  to  the  contrary.     (3)  Neverthelefs,  forafmuch, 
astheLord  Henry,  late  King  of  England,  Father, 
to  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King  aforefaid,  the  Twem- Tlie  Name-of1 
ty-nrft  Day  of  November,  the  Thirteenth  *  Year.-  of  fr*^^  ^""k 
his  Reign,  by  his  Letters  Patents,   amongft  others, theVlme'"" 
granted  to  the  Mayor  and  Commonalty  of  the  faid  The  Sheriffs,, 
City,,  that  the  N:me  of  Bailiffs  of  the  fame  City 
fhould  be  tranflated  into  the  Name  of  Sheriffs ;-  and 
that  the  fame  City,   Suburbs,  and  Precindt  of  the 
fame  (except  the  C  ftle  of  Lincoln,  and  the  Walls 
and  Ditches  of  the  fame)  fhould  for  ever  be  called: 
The  County  of  the  City  of  Lincoln;-,  divers  People  he 
and  have  been;  in  Doubt,,  whether  a  Man  that:  will! 

*■  cemglain. 
*  EUmmh. 


504       §tat;  2. 


Ans,i<J  tertjio  HENRicr  V. 


A-  D.  1415. 


Upon  a  falfe 
"Verdi£t  given 


City  of  Lincoln, 
an  Attaint  may 
be  brought 
triable  by  Fo- 
reigners, 


Ex  Rot.  iwTurr.  Lond. 
en  le  countee  du  dite  citee  puiffe  par  force  del 
eftatuit,  fuifdit  avoir  brief  de  atteinte  adreiter  a 
vifcont  del  countee  de  Nichole  deftre  arraie  oaf 
gentz  de  mefme  le  countee  ou  nemy  &  auxuu; 
dautres  articles  &  points  de  mefme  leftatut  le 
Roy  voillant  oufter  toutz  maners  ambiguitees  & 
awereftees  cefte  partie  Sj.  ad  ordeigne  grante  &j 
eftablie  qen  affifes  jurees  &  autres  enqueftes  qe- 
conqes  qi  font  &  ferront  prifez  parentre  partie 
et  partie  devaunt  les  mair  &  baillives  ou  vifij 
cont  del  countee  de  la  dite  citee  de  Nichole  qi 
pur  le  temps  furent  &  ferront  ou  afcuns  de  eux> 
fi  afcun  des  parties  foi  pleint  de  faux  ferement 
fait  par  tieux  affifes  jurees  ou  enqueftes  brief 
datteint  luy  foit  grantee  adreffer  al  vifcont  del 
dit  countee  de  Nichole  pur  le  temps  efteant  &c 
County  of  Lincoln  for  the  time  being,  and  the  fame  j  le  record  foit  mandee  par  brief  en  Banc  le  Roy 
Record  fhall  be  lent  by  a  Writ  into  the  King's  Bench,  ou  en  commune  Banc  et  qe  le  viicont  del  coun- 
pr  into  the  common  Bench ;' (5)  and  that  the  Sheriff  j  tee  de  Nichole  qi  pur  le  temps  ferra  arraie  le 
of  the  County  of  Lincoln,  which  for  the  Time  fhall  be,    panell  del    juree    de    tiel   atteinte  des    gentz  del 

countee  du-  Nichole  Et  qe  les  juftices  du  Roy 
&  de  fes  heirs  preignent  mefme  la  juree  del 
countee  de  Nichole  folonc  lentent  &  leffecl  del 
dit  eftamit  les  ditz  lettres  patentz  ou  riens  leins 
contenuz  ou  afcune  poffeffion  ou  autre  chofe 
par  force  de  mefmes  les  lettres  euz  ou  faitz  ou 
.afcune  franchife  grantee  ou  a  grantier  .as  cite^- 
zeins  du  elite,  citee  qui  a  lour  fucceflburs  ou  au- 
tre ufage  a  contraire  ou  ceo  qe  la  dite  pitee  dp 
Nichole  eft  enfy  fait  incorporate  countee  par 
luy  mefmes  &  fe.eree  del  countee  de  Nicole 
non  obftantz. 


"  complain  of  a  falfe  Oath  made  in  the  County  of  the 
"  faid  City  after,  by  Force  of  the  faid  Statute,  fhould 
''  have  a  Writ  of  Attaint  directed  to  the  Sheriff'  of  the 
"  County  of -Lincoln,  to  be  arrayed  by  the  People  of 
"  the  fame  County,  or  not,  an,d  alfo  of  other  Articles 
"  and  Points  of  the  faid  Statute;"  '  (4)  the  King  wil- 
'  ling  to  remove  all  Manner  of  Ambiguities  and  Doubts 
<ar°&c\  of  the'  -  m  tn's  Behalf,  hath  ordained,-  granted,  and  eftablifh- 
Co'unty  of  the     '  ed,  That  in  Affiles,  Juries,  and  all   other  Inquefts 
which  be  and  lhall  be  taken  betwixt  Party  and  Party, 
before  the  Mayor  and  Bailiffs,  and  before  the  Sheriff 
of  the  County  of  the  City  of  Lincoln,  which  for  the 
Time  is,  and  fhall  be,  or  any  of  them,  if  any  of  the 
faid  Parties  do  complain  of  a  falfe  Oath  made  by  fuch 
Affifes,  Juries,  and  Inquefts,  a  Writ  of  Attaint  fhall 
be  granted  to  him,   directed  to  the  Sheriff  of  the  faid 

and  the  fame 


*  fhall  array  the  Panel  qf  the' Jury  of  fuch  Attaint  of 
-*  People  of  the  County  of  Lincoln  ;  and  that  the  Juftices 
'  of  the  King  and  of  his  Heirs  fhall  take  the  fame  Jury 
c  of  People  of  the  County  of  Lincoln,  according  to  the 
4  Intent  and  EffecT:  of  the  laid  Statute,  notwithstanding 
'  the  faid  Letters  Patents,  or  any  thing  therein  con- 

*  tained,  or  any  Poffeffion  or  other  Thing  by  the  Force 

*  of  the  fame  Letters  had  or  made,  or  any  Franchife 
'  granted,  or  to  be  granted  to  the  Citizens  of  the  faid 

*  City,  or  to  their  Succeffors,  or  other  Ufage  to  the 
'  contrary,  or'that  the  'faid  City  of  Lincoln  is  fo  made 

•  AMQmtyfy*  incorporate*.' 

itjelf  and  je-vered  from  the  County  of  Lincoln 
37  H.  8.  c.  5. 


See  farther  concerning  Attaints  II  //.  6.  c'4.     15  H,  6.  c.  5.      18  H.  6.  c,  2,     11  H.  7,  c.  21.     23  H.  S.  c.  3,  ar.i' 


*  Add  Great 
Grandfather  to 
our  Sovereign 
Lord. 


Repealed  by         * 

I  Mar.  feff.  r.     < 

c.  1.  and  revived  ^ 

by  5  El.  c.  II. 

farther  enforced  }y  1 8  El. 


i  :    C     A    P. 
It  fhall  be  Treajon  to  clip, 

T  E  M,  Becaufe  that  before  this  Time  great 
Doubt  and  Ambiguity  hath  been,  whether  that 
"  Clipping,  Waffling,  and  Filing  of  the  Money  of 
"  the  Land,  ought  to  be  judged  Treafon,  or  not,  for- 
"  afmuch  as  no  Mention  thereof  is  made  in  the  De- 
"  claration  of  the  Articles  of  Treafon  made  in  the 
"  Parliament  holden  the  Twenty-fifth  Year  of  King 
"  Edward  the  Third*;"  '  (2)  the  fame  our  Lord 
'  the  King,  willing  to  d.cide  fuch  Doubt,  and  to  put 
'  the  fame  in  a  Certainty,  hath  declared  in  this  prefent 
'  Parliament,  that  fuch  Clipping,  Warning,  and 
'  Filing,  fhall  be  adjudged  for  Treafon,  and  they 
*  wfeich  fo  do  clip,  wafh,  and  file  the  Money  of  the 
Land,  fhall  be  judged  Traitors  to  the  King  and  to 
the  Realm,  an'  fhall  incur  the  Pain  of  Treafon.' 

and  6&  7  Tf.  3.  c.  17.  Jcc.  9. 


VI. 

wafh,  or  file  Money. 


1 


T  E  M  pur  ceo  qe  devaunt  ces  heures  grande 
doute  &  awereufte  ad  efte  le  quelf  la  tonfure 
loture  &  fylyng  de  la  moneie  de  la  terre  duiilent 
eftre  adjuggez  trefon  ou  nient  a  caufe  qe  null  men- 
tion ent  eft  fait  en  la  declaration 'des  articles  de 
traifon  faitz'  en  le  parlement  tenu  Ian  vingt  &  quint 
del  noble  Roi  Edward  befaiel  a  noftre  dit  treffo:- 
verain  Seign-ur  le  Roi  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  voillarit  oufter  tiel'e  doute  &  le  mettre  en  cer- 
tcin  ad  declarree  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  qe  tieux 
tonfure  loture  Sc  filer  foient  adjuggez  pur  traifon 
&  qe  ceux  qi  tondent  lavent  &  hlent  la  rnoneie  de 
la  terre  foient  adjuggez  traitours  a  Roi  &  a  le 
Roialme  &  encourgent  la  peine  du  traifon. 


.CAP.      VII. 

What  Juftices  fhall  have  Authority  to  hear  and  determine  the  Offences  of  falfifying  of  Money. 


TEM,  Becaufe  counterfeiting,  clipping,  waffl- 
ing, and  other  Falfity  of  Money  of  the  Land, 
is  much  more  ufed,  and  daily  doth  more  abound, 
than  it  was  wont,  for  that  the  Punifhment  of  the 
fame  pertaineth  not  to  any  Judges  of  the  Realm,  but 
tx>  the  King's  Juftices  before  himfelf,  or  by  fpecial 
Commiffions  thereto  affigned,  and  it  is  very  likely 
there  will  be  Deftrucliion  of  the  Money,  unlefs  hafty 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  contrefaiture  tonfure  & 
loture  &  autre  fauxine  de  la  moneie  de  la  terre. 
eft  le  pluis  ufee  &  pluis  fe  habunde  de  jour  en  autrS* 
qe  ne  foleit  a  caufe  qe  le  puniffement  dicelles  nap- 
pertient  a  afcun  jugedu  Roialme  finoun  as  Juftices 
du  Roi  devaunt  luy  mefmes  ou  devaunt  Juftices 
par  efpecialx  commiffions  a  ceo  affignez  a  ver- 
raifemblable  deftruitiou  de  la  dite  moneie  finon 

qe 


A.  D.  1415.  Anno  tertio  Henrici  V. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
qe  pluis  haftive  execution  &  remedie  foit  ordeigne 
come  le  Roi  a  le  grevous  compleint  des  ditz  com- 
munes ad  conceu  Mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy 
voillant  ceo  remedier  Si  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablie  qe 
!es  Juftices  du  Roi  as  afiifes  prendre  affignez  & 
aflignerz  en  toutz  les  countees  dEngleterre  eient 
poair  par  commiffion  le  Roi  doier  &  terminer 
en  lour  feffions  fibien  de  contrefaiture  &  de  lap- 
porte  de  tieux  fauxe  moneie  en  Engleterre  come 
de  tonfure  loture  &  chefcune  autre  fauxine  du 
dite  moneie.  Et  qe  les  juftices  de  la  pees  parmy 
le  Roialme  eient  poair  par  commiffion  le  Roi  den- 
querer  de  toutz  tieux  maters  &  fur  ceo  faire  proces 
par  capias  tantfoulement  vers  ceux  qi  devaunt  eux 
i'erront  ent  enditez. 


Stat.  2.        505 


Execution  and  Remedy  be  provided,  as  the  King 
by  the  grievous  Complaint  of  the  Commons  hath 
perceived  ;"  '  (2)  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  willing 
to  remedy  the  fame,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed. 
That  the  King's  Juftices  affigned  to  take  Affifes  in  all 
the  Counties  of  England  null  have  Power  by  the 
King's  Commiffions  to  hear  and  determine,  in  their 
Seffions,    as  well  of  the  counterfeiting,  and  of  the 
bringing  of  fuch  falfe  f/Ioney  into  the  Realm,  as  of 
clipping,  wafhing,  and   every  other  Falfity  of  the    . 
faid   Money;    (3)   and   that   the  juftices   of  Peace 
through  the  Realm  fhall  have  Power  by  the  King's 
Commiffions    to    inquire   of  all   fuch  Matters,   and$      ^  c_  ,,_ 
thereupon   to  make  Procefs  by  Capias  only  againik-witbrejjx&ioit 
thod  which  before  them  fhall  be  thereof  indicted.'      Trial  of  Pan, 


CAP.      ▼III. 

Ordinaries  fhall  take  no  more  for  proving  of  Teflaments,  wich  their  Inventories,  than  was 
taken  in  the  Time  of  King  Edward  the  Third. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  les  communes  du  Roialme  ont  fovent  en  diverfes  parlementz  compleinez  de  ceo  qe  les 
Ordinaries  preignont  pur  la  probation  dun  teftament  &  autres  chofes  a  les  offices  en  ycell  partie  regar- 
dantz  afcun  foitz  xl.  s.  ou  lx.  s.  &  afcun  foitz  pluis  encontre  droit  &  ley  &  autrement  qe  lem  foleit  paier  pur 
yceux  en  temps  le  Roy  Edward  befaiel  a  Roi  noftre  Seignur  treflbverain  ceftaflavoir  ii.  s,  vj.  d.  ou  v.  s.  a 
pluis  par  ont  le  teftament  del  teftatour  ne  poet  eftre  execut  folonc  la  darrein  voluntee  de  mefme  le  teftatour  a 
grande  damage  &  arerifment  des  ditz  communes.  Re  Roi  voillant  pur  le  bien  &  laife  de  fon  poeple  oufter 
tiele  oppreffion  &  mettre  remedie  en  le  cas  Si  ad  ordeigne  qe  null  Ordinarie  preigne  deforenavant  pur  la  pro- 
bation dun  teftament  ovefqe  le  inventarie  &  pur  les  autres  chofes  a  ycell  regardantz  riens  pluis  qe  ne  fuift 
ncuftume  &  ufee  cell  partie  en  temps  du  dit  befaiel  a  Roy  fur  peine  de  rendre  a  cely  qi  fe  fente  eftre  grevee  le 
treble  iffint  receu  fil  voille  fuer  par  cours  de  la  commune  ley  Parainfly  qe  toutz  maners  executours  rendent 
lour  aecomptes  as  Ordinaries  entierment  des  biens  lour  teftatours.  Et  qe  cefte  ordinance  eftoife  en  fa  force 
tanqe  a  fyn  del  an  profchein  avenir  &  outre  ceo  tanqe  a  le  parlement  mefme  Ian  profcheinement  enfuant. 


EXP. 

31  Ed,  3.  ftat.  1, 
c.  4. 

Enforced  by  Z I 

H.  8.  c.  5.  •ab'uh 
afartains  the  Fee.' 
to  be  taken. 


Statutes    made    at  Weftminfter,     Anno  4  Hen.  V.  and  Anno 

Dom.   1416. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  3. 

AU  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  xix,  jour 
dOftobr'  Ian  du  regne  le  Roy  Henry 
quint  puis  le  conquefte  quarte  mefme 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  del  aflent  des  PrelatzDucs 
Counts  &  Barons  &  a  les  efpecialx  inftance  & 
requefte  des  Communes  aflemblez  en  ceft  prefent 
parlement  ad  fait  ordeine  &  eftablie  c^rteins  ef- 
tatutz  &  ordeinances  en  la  fourme  qtnfuit. 


AT  the  Parliament  holden  at  Wejlminjler  the 
nineteenth  Day  of  Oflober,  the  fourth  Year 
of  the  Reign  of  King  Henry  the  Fifth  af- 
ter the  Conqueft  ;  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King,  with 
the  Aflent  of  the  Prelates,  Dukes,  Earls,  Barons, 
and  at  the  fpecial  Inftance  and  Requeft  of  the  Com- 
mons affembled  in  the  fame  Parliament,  hath  caufed 
to  be  ordained  and  ftablifhed  certain  Statutes  and 
Ordinances,  in  the  Form  as  followeth." 


CAP.     I. 

A  Confirmation  of  all  former  Statutes  not  repealed. 


PRimeremcnt  qe  la  Grande  Chartre  &  laChartre 
de  la  Forefte  &  toutz  autres  eftatutz  &  ordei- 
nances faitz  en  fon  temps  &  es  temps  de  fes  no- 
bles progenitours  Rois  dEngleterre  &  nient  repel- 
iez  foient  fennesient  tenuz  ii  gardez  en  toutz 
pbiritz. 


FIRST,  That  the  Great  Charter,  and  the  Charter 
of  the  Foreft,  and  all  other  Statutes  and  Ordi- 
nances made  in  his  Time,  and  in  the  Time  of  his 
noble  Progenitors  Kings  of  England,  and  not  re- 
pealed, fhall  be  firmly  holden  and  kept  in  all  Points.' 


Vo*  I. 


Ttt 


C  A  P. 


.506  C.   2 5. 


Anno  quarto  Henrici  V.  A.  D.  14.16. 


4  Inft.  107. 


a  Sound, 


CAP.     11. 

Sheriffs  fhall  have  Allowance  upon  their  Accompts  of  Things  cafual. 


ITEM,  That  all  the  Sheriffs  of  England  fhall  have 
Allowance  upon  their  Accompts,  by  their  Oaths, 
of  Things  cafual,  as  of  Eftreats  that  be  a  not  in 
Ferm  nor  in  Demand  ;  (2)  but  of  all  fuch  Things 
that  be  or  run  in  yearly  Ferms  or  yearly  Demands, 
they  fhall  be  charged  to  the  King,  as  the  Sheriffs 
have  been  charged  in  that  Cafe  in  Times  part.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
TEM  qe  toutz  les  vifcontz  dEngleterre  eient 
allouance  fur  lour  accompts  par  lour  fere- 
mentes  des  chofes  cafuels  come  des  extretz  qe  ne 
fonnent  ne  courgent  my  en  ferme  nen  demande 
annuell  mes  de  toutz  ceux  chofts  qe  fonnent  ou 
courgent  en  tieux  fermes  annuelx  ou  demandez  an- 
nuelx  foient  iis  chargez  envers  le  Roi  come  les  vif- 
contz ont  eltez  chargez  devant  ces  heures  en  le  cas. 


Rep.  21  Jiic , 
e.  28.  * 


CAP.     III. 

No  Man  fhall  make  any  Pattens. of  Afp,  upon  Pain  of  an  hundred  Shillings. 

1.  T  T  E  M  qe  les  patynmakers  dedeinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  defore  enavaunt  ne  facent  afcuns  patyns  ne 
A  clogges  del  maerefme  appelle  afpe  fur  peine  de  paier  a  Roi  C  s.  a  chefcun  foitz  qe  les  ditz  patynmakers 
fount  afcuns  patyns  ou  clogges  du  dit  maerefme  &  qe  chefcun  qi  voet  fuer  pur  le  Roy  eit  lune  moite  de  la 
peine  ifTint  forfaite  parainii  qe  les  flecchers  parmy  le  Roialme  vendent  lour  feetes  a  pluis  aife  &  refonable 
pris  defore  enavaunt  qe  ne  foleient  vendre  avant  ces  heures. 


*Read  ijac.  1.  r-  *5> 


CAP.      IV. 


SXP.. 


The  Penalty  affigned  by  the  Statute  of  12  Rich.  II.  cap.  4.  for  giving  or  taking  of  exceffive 

Wages,  fhall  be  impofcd  upon  the  Taker  only. 

TEM  come  en  un  eftatut  fait  a  Cantebrigge  en  temps  du  Roi  Richard  feconde  puis  le  conqueft  Ian  de 
fon  regne  dufzime  ordeignez  eftoient  certeins  louers  par  an  pur  baillives  &  autres  fervantz  de  houfbondrie- 
'&  auxint  pur  autres  fervantz  &  laborers  fibien  dedeinz  citees  &  burghs  come  aillours  parmy  le  Roialme. 
Et  qe  fi  null  doune  ou  preigne  par  covenant  par  an  pluis  qe-  neft  efpeeifiee  en  le  dit  eftatut  qe  a.  le  primer 
foitz  qils  fuiilent  ent  atteintz  iibien  les  donours  come  les  parnours  paierent  lexcefle  iflint  donee  &  a  la  feconde 
foitz  le  double  del  exceffe  iilint  donee.  Et  pur  tant  qe  les  donours  qant  ils  ont  eftee  ferementez  devaunt  les 
juftices  de  la  pees  ne  voileient  tiel  exceffe  en  null  manere  prefenter  pur  efchuer  lour  puniffement  demefne  a 
trefgrande  perde  a  Roy  come  de  res  fynes  &  amerciamentz  pur  le  concelement  &  grevous  damage  as  Seig- 
nurs  &  autres  gentz  du  Roialme  par  caufe  de  noun  due  puniffement  des  defautes  de  les  fervantz  &  laborers 
avantditz  come  le  Roi  lad  entendu  del  compleint  de  fes  Communes  deffuifditz  Si  ad  ore  ordeigne  mefme  nof- 
tre  Seignur  le  Roy  qe  la  peine  de  le  donour  foit  oufte  cefte  partie  &  qe  la  peine  contenuz  en  le  dit  eftatuit 
courge  tout  foulement  fur  le  parnour  Et  qe  cefte  ordinance  teigne  lieu  &  force  tanqe  a  le  feft  de  Seint  Mi- 
cheii  profchein  avenir  &.  delors  tanqe  a  fya.de  deux  ans  profcheins  enfuantz. 

C    A    P.      V. 

How  Merchants  Strangers  fhall  be  ufed,  and  Hofts  appointed  for  them. 


A  Confirmation  <• 
8/  the  Statute  oftc 
5  H.  4.  c.  7  &  4{ 

5.  concerning 
the  ufmjof  Mer--" 
chants  Strangers.  "■ 


*  Add  axdufcn 
Peine/  Jmfiri-       « 
bnment  of  lie  Bo-  tc 
■diet  sfju'b  Met-  ti 


ITEM,,  Whereas  in  a  Statute  made  in  the  Time 
of  King-  Henry  the  Fourth  after  the  Conqueft, 
the  fifth  Year  of  his  Reign,  it  was  ordained  and  ftab- 
lifhed,  That  all  the  Merchants  Aliens,  of  what 
Eftate  or  Condition  they  be,  coming,  abiding,  o'rre- 
fident  within  the  Realm  of  England,  fhould  be  en- 
treated and  demeaned  within  the  fame  Realm  in  the 
fame  Form,  Manner,  and  Condition,  as  the  Mer- 
chants Denizens  be  or  fhall- be  entreated  or  demeaned 
in  the  Parties  beyond  the  Sea,  and  in  no  other  Man- 
ner, upon  Pain  to  forfeit  to  the  King  all  the  Goods 
?nd  Chatties  of  the  faid  Merchants  Aliens *.  (2) 
And  alfo  it  was  ordained  and  ftablifhed  in  the  Time 
of  the  faid  late  King  Henry,  amongft  other  Things, 
by  Statute,  That  in  every  City,  Town,  and  Port 
of  the  Sea  of  England,  where  the  faid  Merchants 
Aliens  or  Strangers  be,  or  fhall  be  repairing,  fuf- 
ficient  Hofts  fhall  be  affigned  to  the  fame  Merchants 


ITEM  come  en  un  eftatut  fait  en  le  temps  del 
Roi  Henry  quarte  puis  le  conqueft  Ian  de 
fon  regne  quint  ordeine  fuit  &  eftablie  qe  toutz 
les  merchantz  aliens  de  quell  eftat  ou  condition- 
qils  foient  venantz  demorantz  ou  repairantz  deinz 
le  Roialme  dEngleterre  foient  traitez  &;  demefnez 
deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  en  manere  fourme  & 
condition  come  les  merchantz  deinfzeins  font  ou 
ferront  traitez  ou  demefnez  es  parties  de  par  dela 
&  en  null  autre  manere  fur  peine  de  forfaire  a 
Roi  toutz  les  bieris  &  chateux  des  ditz  merchantz 
aliens  &  fur  peine  demprifonement  des  corps  de 
mefmes  les  merchantz  aliens.  Et  enfement  or- 
deine fuit  &  eftablie  en  temps  du  dit  nadgairs 
Roi  Henry  entre  autres  chofes  par  eftatut  qert 
chefcun  citee  ville  &  port  du  meer  dEngleterre 
ou  les  ditz  merchantz  aliens  &  eftranges  font  ou 
ferrront  repairantz  foient  affignez  a  mefmes  les 

merchants 


A.  D.  14.16.  Anno  quarto 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
merchantz  fufficeantz  hofties  par  les  mairs  vif- 
contz  ou  baillives  des  ditz  villes  &  ports  du  meer 
et  qe  les  vitz  merchantz  aliens  &  eftranges  ne 
foient  demurantz  en  autre  lieu  finon  ovefqe  les 
ditz  hofties  enfi  a  affignerz  et  qe  mefmes  les  hofties 
enfi.  a  affignerz  preignent  pur  lour  travaill  en  ma- 
nere  qe  fuit  accuftumez  en  auncien  temps.  Et 
pur  tant  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ad  entendu  qe 
mefmes  les  eftatutz  nont  efte  mi  fez  en  execution 
Si  voet  &c  grante  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
treffoverain  qe  ycelles  eftatutz  foient  firmement 
tenuz  &  gardez  en  toutz  points  &  mys  en  due 
execution  de  ceo  enavaunt  folonc  la  cbntenu  en 
ycelles. 


Henrici  V. 


C.  6,  7.        507 


by  the  Mayors,  Sheriffs,  or  Bailiffs  of  the  faid  Ci- 
ties, Towns,  and  Ports  of  the  Sea;    (3)  and  that 
the  Merchants  Aliens  and  Strangers  lhall  not  remain 
in  other  Places,  but  with  the  faid  Hofts  fo  to  be 
affigned ;  and  that  the  fame  Hofts  fo  to  be  affigned 
lhall  take  for  their  Labour   in   the   fame  Manner 
as  was  accuftomed  of  old  Time:"    '  (4)  And  fors''CIJ  H-  !■ "■  5' 
that  our  Lord  the  King  hath  perceived  that  the  famE'"""™"'£Afer" 
Statutes    have  not  been    put  in  due  Execution,  he„«"        *" 
willeth  and  granteth,  That  the  fame  Statutes  lhall 
be  firmly  holden  and  kept  in  a:l  Points,  and  put  in 
due  Execution   from    henceforth   according   to   the 
Purport  of  the  fame.' 


CAP.      VI. 

Penalty  on  Irijh  Prelates  for  collating  an  Irijhman  to  a  Benefice  in  England,  or  bringing  an 
Irijhman  to  Parliament  to  difcos'er  the  Counfel  of  Englifomen  to  Rebels. 

ITEM  come  ordeine  fuit  en  temps  de  les  progenitours  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  par  eftatuit  fait  en  la  terre  o  B. 
dlrland  qe  null  dlrrois  nation  ferroit  eflu  par  election  en  Ercevefqe  Evefqe  Abbe  Priour  ne  en  null 
manere  receu  nacceptee  a  null  dignite  ne  benefice  dedeinz  mefme  la  terre.  Et  foit  il  qe  plufours  tieux  Irrois 
par  force  des  certeins  lettres  de  licence  a  eux  faitz  par  les  lieutenantz  du  Roi  illoeqes  daccepter  &  receiver 
tieux  dignitees  &■  benefices  font  promotz  &  avancez  as  Ercevefchees  &  Evefchees  dedeinz  la  dite  terre  les 
queux  font  auxi  lour  collations  as  Irrois  clercs  des  dignitees  &  benefices  illoeqes  encontre  la  forme  &  effect: 
du  dit  eftatut.  Et  par  la  ou  ils  font  ditez  peeres  de  parlement  en  mefme  la  terre  ils  amefnent  ovefqe  eux 
as  parlementz  &  confeils  tenuz  illoeqes  Irrois  fervantz  par  ont  les  privitees  de  les  Engleis  en  mefme  la  terre 
ont  eftee  &  font  de  jour*  n  autre  defcoverez  a  les  Irrois  gentz  rebelx  a  Roi  a  trefgraunde  peril  &  mefchief 
de  les  loialx  lieges  du  Roi  en  mefme  la  terre.  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  defirant  a  ceo  mettre  remedie  pur 
3a  feurte  de  fes  loialx  fubgitz  del  affent  des  Seignurs  avantditz  &  a  la  requefte  des  ditz  Communes  voet  & 
grante  qe  le  dit  eftatut  eftoife  en  fa  entier  force  &  qe  bien  &  duement  foit  gardez  &  pleinement  executz 
fur  fa  grievous  indignation.  Et  outre  ceo  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablie  del  afferit  &  requeft  avantditz  qe  ft  af- 
cuns  tieux  Ercevefqes  Evefqes  Abbes  ou  Priours  del  Irrois  nation  rebeulx  a  Roi  font  de  cea  en  avant  on 
ont  faitz  en  arere  collations  ou  prefentementz  as  benefices  de  Seinte  efglife  eri  la  dite  terre  dlrland -encontre 
la  forme  de  mefme  leftatut  ou  amefnent  ovefqe  eux  entre  les  Engleis  illoeqes  as  parlementz  confeils  ou  au- 
tres  affemblees  dedeinz  mefme  la  terre  afcuns  Irrois  rebeulx  a  Roi  pur  conuftre  les  privitees  &  eftat  des 
ditz  Engleis  &  les  defcoverer  a  les  rebeulx  qadonqes  foient  maintenant  de  temps  en  temps  toutz  lour  tem- 
povaltees  feifiez  es  mains  du  Roi  a  demurrerz  en  ycelles  tanqe  ils  eient  faitz  fufficeantz  fynes  a  Roi  cell 
partie.  Et  auxi  qe  toutz  les  lieutenantz  du  Roi  &  de  fes  heirs  en  la  dite  terre  dlrland  foient  toutoutrement 
defenduz  &  reftreintz  defore  enavant  de  chefcun  manere  poair  avoir  a  doner  ou  grander  afcuns  tiels  licences 
ou  pardons  en  le  cas  as  perfones  Irrois  nient  Engleis.  Et  qe  treftoutz  tieux  licences  nient  executz  faitz  & 
granteez  par  Its  lieutenantz  du  Roi  en  mefme  la  terre  avant  ces  heures  &  auxi  par  eux  a  grantierz  de  ceil 
enavant  foient  voides  &:  de  null  force  ne  value. 

CAP.     VII. 

In  what  Cafes  Letters  of  Marque  may  be  granted. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  le  Roi  noftre  foverain  Seig- 
nur ad  oiez  &  concieu  a  la  grievous  compleint 
■de  la  Comminalte  de  fon  Roialme  en  ceft  prefent 
parlement  de  ceo  qe  par  cajjfe  dun  eftatuit  fait 
en  fon  parlement  tenuz  a  JLeyceftre  le  darrein 
jour  dAverill  Ian  de  fon  regne  feconde  en  quel 
eftatut  il  eft  contenuz  qe  les  romperies  des  trieues 
&  faufconduitz  &  voluntries  receit  abettement 
procurement  confeil  lower  fuftenance  &  maiute 
nance  des  rompours  de  trieues  &  faufconduitz  du 
Roi  noftre  foverain  Seignur  par  fes  lieges  affairtr^ 
delors  enavant  dedeinz  les  Roialmes  dEngleterr 
&  Irland  &  la  paiis  de  Gales  &  fur  le  haut  meer 
foient  ajuggez  &  terminez  pur  haut  traifon  fait 
encontre  la  corone  &  dignite  du  Roi  a  caufe  de 
-quell  eftatut  combien  qe  les  fubgitz  du  Roi  foient 
£revez  encountre  les  trieues  ils  noofent  foy  pur- 


sT'EM,  Becajife  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  Kings  E.  5.  .-.  s, 
hath  heard  and  conceived,  at  the  grievous  Com- 
plaint of  the  Commons  of  his  Realm  in  this  Parlia- 
ment, for  that  in  refpect  of  a  Statute  made  at  his 
Parliament  holden  at  Leieijler  the  Iaft  Day  of  April 
the  Second  Y.ar  of  his  Reign,  in  which  Statute  is 
contained,  That  the  breaking  of  Truce  and  of  fate 
Conducts,  and  willing  Receit,  Abetment,  Pro- 
curement, Counfel,  Hiring,  Suftair.ing,  and  Main- 
taining of  Breakers  of  Truce,  and  of  the  fafe  Con- 
duces of  the  King  our  Lord,  to  be  made  by  his 
liege  People  from  henceforth  within  the  Realm  ef 
England  and  Ireland,  and  the  Country  of  Jtfaies%*AAi,  mJ 
upon  the  main  Sea,  (hall  be  judged  and  determined 
for  High  Treafon  done  againft  the  Crown  and  the 
Kings  Dignity  ;  (2)  by  Reafon  of  which  Statute, 
though  the  King's  Subjects  be  fo  much  grieved 
T  1 1  2  «  as  inft 


508       C.  7. 


Anno  quarto  H  e  n  r  i  c  1  V. 


A.  D.  1 41 6. 


''"lie  Manner 
hew  to  obtain 
i-rttc-rs  of 
M/arquev 


?,.-Crer'  of 
Marque  where 
Trute  is  brolcen 
in  Scotland,  or 
the  Marches 
thereof. 
Repealed  by  4 
Jac.  1.  c.  1.  fo 
far  as  it  concerns 
the  People  of 
Scotland. 


"  againft  the  Tr..ce,  that  they  dare  not  provide  Re- 
"  niedy  by  Way  of  Act,  for  that  the  King's  Enemies, 
f  as  well  m  the  Parts  beyond  the  Sea,  as  in  the  Realm 
"  of  Scotland,  have  hereof  taken  great  Courage  to 
"  grieve  the  King's  faithful  liege  People,  in  flaying 
"  fome  of  them,  and  in  taking  fome  of  them  Priioners, 
"  and  alio  taking  their  Goods  and  Chatties,  againft 
"  the  Tenor  of  the  Truce,  as  well  upon  the  main 
"  Sea,  as  upon  the  Marches  of  Scotland,  whereof  the 
4'  faid  Commons  have  humbly  befeeched  our  faid  So- 
"  vereign  Lord  the  King  to  provide  Remedy  ;"  '  (3) 

*  the  King  willing,  as  well  in  this  Cafe  as  in  other,  to 
'  take  Order  for  the  Imdemnity  of  his  liege  People 
'  and  faithful  Subjects,  hath  declared  in  this  prefent 
'  Parliament,  That  of  all  Attempts  made  by  his  Ene- 
4  mies  upon  any  of  his  faithful  liege  People,  againft 
'  the  Tenor  of  any  Truce  taken  before  this  Time, 
'  wherein  is  no  exprefs  Mention  made,  that  all  Marques 
'  and  Reprifals  fhail  ceafe,  the  fame  our  Sovereign 
'  Lord  the  King  will  grant  Marque  in  due  Form 
c  to  all  them  that  feel  themfelves  in  this  Cafe  grieves!, 
'  (4)  and  our  faid  Lord  the  King  will  do  the  like  to 
4  all  his  liege  People  that  feel  them  grieved  againft  the 
'  Tenor  of  any  Truce,  which  betwixt  him  and  any  of 
6  his  Enemies  fhall  be  newly  taken  hereafter.  (5) 
4  And  to  the  greater  Comfort  of  his  faithful  liege  Peo- 

*  pie,  to  the  intent  that  they  may  the  more  readily, 

*  and  without  long  Delay,  have  Remedy  in  this  Ca(e, 

4  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King  will,  That  if  he  or  they 

5  that  feel  them  grieved  againft  the  Tenor  and  Form 
'  of  fuch  Truce  within  the  Realm  of  England,  out  of 
4  the  faid  Marches  of  Scotland,  or  upon  the  Sea,  or  in 
■*  the  Parties  beyond  the  Sea,  fhall  complain  to  the 
4  Keeper  of  the  Privy  Seal,  which  for  the  Time  fhall 
4  be,  who  after  fuch  Complaint  heard  and  perceived, 

*  thereof  fhall  make  to  the  Party  Complainant  (if  he 
c  the  fame  require)  Letters  of  Requeft  under  the  Privy 
4  Seal  in  a  due  Form.  And  if,  after  fuch  Requeft 
4  made,  the  Party  required  do  not  make,  within  a  con- 

*  venient  Time,  due  Reftitution  or  Satisfaction  to  the 

*  Party  grieved,  then  the  Chancellor  of  England  for 

*  the  time  being  fhall  caufe  to  be  made  to  fuch  Party 
4  grieved  (if  he  that  demand)  Letters  of  Marque  under 
4  the  Great  Seal  in  a  due  Form.  (6)  And  as  for  Re- 
'  medy  to  be  ordained  for  the  King's  liege  People  and 
4  Subjects,  that  feel  them  grieved  in  the  Realm  of 
t  Scotland,  or  in  England  at  the  Marches  joining  to  Scot- 
4  land,  againft  the  Form  of  fuch  Truce  as  afore  is 
'  faid,  our  Lord  the  King  fhall  give  Power  by  Com- 
'  miffion  to  the  Wardens,  as  well  of  the  Eaft  Marches, 
4  as  of  the  Weft  Marches,  toward  Scotland  and  to 
'  every  of  them,  to  hear  the  Complaints  of  all  them 
'  his  liege  People  and  Subjects  which  be  or  fhall  be 

*  grieved,  and  to  caufe  thereupon  to  be  made  Requeft 
'  by  Letters  to  be  delivered  to  him  which  hath  done, 

6  or  fhall  do,  fuch  Grievance,  or  to  the  Wardens  of 
'  the  Marches,  or  Confervator  of  the  Truce  of  the 
4  Parties  of  Scotland,  if  he  may  well  do  it ;  or  other- 
'  wife  to  make  Proclamation  in  open  Places  upon  the 
'  Marches,  that  he  or  they  which  have  done  fuch 
4  Grievances  againft  the  Truce,  fhall  make  due  Refti- 

*  tution  or  Satisfaction  to  the  Party  grieved  ;  (7)  and 
4  if  they  do  it  not  within  a  convenient  Time,  then  at 
4  the  Inftance  of  every  of  the  King's  liege  People  and 
4  Subjects,  which  thereof  feeleth,  or  fhall  feel  him- 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
voier  de  remedie  par  voie  de  fait  Purtant  Ies  enne- 
mys   du   Roy    noftre   foverain   Seignur   fibien   es 
parties   depar   dela  la  meer  come    en    Roiaume 
dEfcoce  en  ont  pris  graunde  corage  de  grever  les 
foialx  lieges  du  Roy  en  tuant  afcuns  de  eux  & 
afcuns  en  preignaunt  priioners  &  auxi  en  preig- 
nant  lour  biens   &  chateux  encountre  le  tenure 
des  trieues  fibien  fur  le   haut  meer  come  en  les 
marches  dEfcoce  defuifdit  dont  le  fuifdit  commi- 
na'te  humblement  ad  fupplie  noftre  dit  Seignur 
le  Roi  de  Remede  voillant  le  Roi  noftre  dit  Seig- 
nur en  ceo  cas  &  autres  toutditz  purvoier  a  lin- 
dempnitee  de  fes  lieges  &  foiaux  fubgitz  ad  de- 
clarez  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  qe  de  toutz  at- 
temptatz  faitz  par  fes  ennemys  fur  afcuns  de  fes 
foialx  lieges  encountre  le  tenure  daucunes  trieuves 
devant  ces  heures   prifes  en  les  quelles  neft  pas 
fait  exprefie  mention  qe  toutz  marques  reprifaillei 
cefferont  mefme   noftre  Seignur  le  Roi   a  toutz 
qi  lour  fentiront  en  tiel  cas  grevez  Voet  grauntier 
marque  en  due  forme  et  pareillement  ferra  noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  Roi  a  toutz  fes  lieges  qi  fe  fentiront 
grevez   encontre   le   tenure  daucuns    trieuves   qe 
contre  luy  et  aucuns  fes  enemys  ferront  de  novel 
prifez  en  temps  avenir.     Et  a  la  greindre  confo- 
lation  de  fes  ditz  foialx  lieges  au  iyn  qils  purront 
pluis  preftement  &  fanz  longes  delaies  avoir  remede 
en  ceo  cas  Voet  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qe 
cellui  ou  ceux  qi  fe  fentira  ou  fentiront  grevez  en- 
countre le  teneur  &  fourme  de  tielles  trieuves  de- 
deins  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  hors  de  les  fuifditz 
marches  dEfcoce  ou  fur  le  meer  ou  es  parties 
pardela   foy   compleindra    ou    compleindront    an 
Gardein  du  prive  feal  qi  pur  le  temps  ferra  qi  tiel 
compleint  oiee  &  entendue  ent  ferra  pur  la  partie 
compleignante   lettres   de   requeft  foutz  le   prive 
feal  en  due  fourme.     Et  fi  apres  tiel  requeft  faite 
la  partie  requife  ne  ferra  dedeinz  temps  covenable 
due  reftitution  ou  fatisfaction  a  la  partie  grevee 
adonqes  le  Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps 
efteant  ferra  faire  a  tiele  partie  grevee  fi  le  voet 
demander   lettres   de  marque   defoutz    le    grande 
feal  en  due  fourme.     Et  qant  a  purveance  de  re- 
mede pur  les  lieges  &  fubgitz  du  Roi  qi  fe  fen- 
tont  ou  fentiront  grevez  en  dit  Roiaume  dEfcoce 
ou  en  Engleterre  es  marches  adjoignantz  au  dit 
Roiaume   dEfcoce    countre    la    forme    de    tielles 
trieuves  come  deffuis  le  Roy  noftre  Seignur  dourra 
poair  par  commiflion  as  gardeins  fibien   de  lEft 
marche  come  de  la  Weft  marche  vers  Efcoce  &  a 
chefcun  de  eux  pur  oier  les  compleints  de  toutz 
yceux  de  fes  lieges  &  fubgiz  qi  enfi  font  ou  ferront 
grevez  &  pur  faire  fur  ceo  eftre  faite  requeft  par 
lettres  a  bailler  a  cellui  qi  ad  ou  avera  fait  la  grev- 
ance  ou  a  gardein  de  la  marche  ou  confervatour 
de  les  trieves  pur  la  partie  dEfcoce  fi  fe  purra  bo- 
nement  faire  ou  autrement  de  faire  proclamation 
en  lieux  publiks  fur  la  marche  qe  cellui  ou  ceux 
qi  avera  ou  averont  fait  tiels  grevances  encountre 
les  trieuves  ent  face  ou  facent  due  reftitution  ou 
fatisfaction  a  la  partie  grevee  et  fils  ne  le  facent 
point  dedeins  temps  covenable  adonqes  al  inftance 
de  chefcun  des  lieges  &  fubgiz  du  Roi  noftre  Seig- 
nur qi  en  fente  ou  en  fentira  eftre  greveez  en  tiel 

cas 


A.  D.  1416.  Anno  quarto  He nric  1  V.  C.  8.        509 

Ex  Rot.  in  Tmr.  Lond. 

felf  grieved  in  fuch  Cafe,  Letters  of  Marque  be  given 
in  due  Form  under  the  Seals  of  the  fafd  Wardens, 
or  under  his  Seal  to  whom  the  Complaint  faall  be 
made  in  this  Cafe,  without  any  Difficulty' 


cas  pur  y  douncr  lettres  de  marque  en  due  fourme 
defoutz  les  fealx  des  ditz  gardeins  ou  defoutz  le 
feal  de  cellui  de  eux  a  qi  la  co;r.pleinte  ferra  fake 
en  ceo  cas  fanz  difficulte  aucune. 


CAP.     VIII. 
The  King's  Pardon  of  the  Suit  of  his  Peace,  and  of  certain  Iftlies  loft. 

ITEM  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  de  fa  grace  efpeciale  par  affent  de  toutz  les  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  tern- EX  P. 
porelx  &  a  la  requelte  des  communes  en  cert  prefent  parlement  efteantz  ad  pardonee  &  releffee  a  toutz  fes 
lieges  Si  a  chefcuny  de  eux  toutz  maneres  fynes  iffues  &  amerciamentz  &  toutz  autres  forfaitures  peynes 
pecuniers  dettes  Si  demandes  tanqe  al  fomme  de  vynt  &  fys  fouldz  &  oept  deniers  &  dedeinz  devant  le 
xix.  jour  dO&obr'  qi  fuit  le  primer  jour  de  ceft  parlement  efchuez  terminez  &  a  determinez  &  auxi  ad 
pardonee  Si  releffe  toutz  maners  fynes  Si  amerciamentz  de  &  pur  toutz  maners  trefpaffes  offenfes  mefpri- 
fions  contempts  confpiracies  confederacies  negligences  ignorances  concelements  Si  deceits  faitz  ou  perpe- 
tretz  devant  le  dit  xix.  jour  pur  les  quelles  ou  quell  le  fyn  ou  amerciament  eft  ou  ferra  affis  en  temps  avenir 
al  fomme  fuifdite  &  dedeinz.  Et  auxint  chateux  des  futives  Si  de  felons  waifs  Si  ftraies  Si  chateux  de  ceux 
queux  font  utlagez  &  les  chateux  des  felons  de  foi  mefmes  qau  Roi  apperteignent  ou  pur  afcuns  des  caufes 
fuifditz  en  afcune  manere  purront  apperteigner  devaunt  le  fuifdit  xix.  jour  tanqe  a  la  fomme  avantdite  & 
dedeinz  forfaitz  et  les  utlagaries  fi  queux  en  les  ditz  lieges  du  Roi  ou  afcun  de  eux  par  celles  enchefons  ou 
afcune  dicelles  foient  pronunciez.  Purveu  toutfoitz  qe  null  enjoife  benefice  de  ceft  pardon  qeft  ou  ferra 
charge  ou  chargeable  outre  la  dite  fomme  pur  les  caufes  fuifditz  ou  afcuns  dicelles.  Et  outre  ceo  noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roi  de  fa  grace  efpeciale  ad  pardonee  Si  releffee  a  fes  ditz  lieges  la  fuite  de  fa  pees  qe  a  luy  envers- 
eux  appertient  par  caufe  dafcune  traifon  fait  ou  perpetree  par  eux  ou  afcun  de  eux  devaunt  le  dit  xix.  jour 
dOclobr'  pur  lenfreindre  des  trieues  du  Roy  &  faufconduitz  &  auxint  les  utlagaries  fi  quelles  vers  eux  ou 
afcun  de  eux  foient  pronunciez  par  celles  enchefons.  Et  auxi  voet  le  Roi  qe  chefcun  de  fes  ditz  lieges  fibiert 
del  countee  palatyn  de  Lancaftre  come  aillours  deinz  fon  Roialme  dEngleterre  enjoice  cefte  pardon  fanz  fuer 
chartre  ou  brief  cell  partie. 

A  Statute  made  at  Weftminfter,    Anno   5   Hen.  V.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1417. 

All  Perfons  until  the  next  Parliament  may  make  their  Attornies  in  Wapentakes,  Hundreds, 

and  Court  Barons. 

Cotton  MS.    Nero,  C.  r. 
EX  yicecomki  Ebor.  fafutem.  Scias  quod  in  parliamento  noftro  apud  Weftm'  ultimo  tento  ordinatumExp.  3  IT.  $. 
extitit  et  conceffum,   quod  omnes  ligei  noftri,   tarn  religiofi  quam  feculares,   Si  eorum  quilibet,/'"-  *•  ***>• 
facere  poffmtet  poflit  ufque  ad  parliamentum  proxime  futurum  attornatos  fuos,  ubi  attornati  jacent,- 
in  propriis  perfonis  fuis,  in  quocunque  placito  debiti  tranfgreflionrs  feu  alterius  contractus  cujufcunque,  moto- 
feu  movendo,  in  quibufcunque  wapentachiis  hundredis  &  curiis  baronum  per  totum  regnum,  coram  fene- 
fcallis  ibidem  aut  eorum  deputatis,  ad  lucrandum  vel  perdendum  in  eifdem  placitis.     Et  fi.  di£ti  fenefcalli< 
hujufmodi  attornatos  admittere  recufaverint,    tunc  ipfi   &  eorum  quilibet  penam  quadraginta  folidorum 
fingulis  vicibus  &  temporibus  hujufmodi  recufationis  penes  nos  incurrat  &  incurrant.     Et  ideo  tibi  preci- 
pimus,  quod  ordinationem  illam  in  fingulis  locis  comitatus  tui,  ubi  magis  expediens  fuerit  &  neceffe,  pub- 
lice  proclamari  &  obfervari  facias  juxta  formam  &  efFectum  ejufdem.     T.  Johanne  Duce  Bedford  Cuftode- 
Anglie  apudSVeftm'  fexto  decimo  die  Januarii  anno  regni  noftri  quinto. 

A  Statute  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno   7  Hen.  V.  and  Anno 

Dom.  141 9. 

A  Rem«dy  againfl:  thofe  that  indicl:  others  of  Felony  committed  in  a  Place  where  there  i» 
none  fuch.     Procefs  againft  Makers,  &c.  of  falfe  Deeds, 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  3^ 

HENRICUS   Dei  gratia  Rex  Anglie  &  "  T  TTENRY  King  of  England,  &e.  to  his  Chae- 

Francie  &  Dominus  Hibernie  Cancellario  "    I — i    cellor  in  the  County  Palatine  of  Lancafte?;-, 

fuo  comitatus  palatini  Lancaftrie  falutem.  "  Ml.  JL 
Sciatis  quod  pro  eo  quod  gentes  nonnulle  ex  ma- 


"  JL  JL  Greeting,    Know  ye,  That  forafmuch  'as 

"  divers  Men  of  Malice  and  Envy,  and  for  Gain  and 

2  '*  Revenge,. 


5io 


Anno  feptimo  Henrici  V. 


Continued  by  9  H. 
5.  flat.  1.  c.  I. 
Confirmed  by  \  S 
H.  6.  c.  12. 


The  l:ke  Pr.occft'; 
ifcall  be  awarded 
againft  him  that , 
niaketh  and  pub- 
Jiflieth  fajfe' 
Deeds  by  Capias 
and  Exigent)  as 
in  Writs  ot'Trd"- 1 
pafs. 
Rep.  5  El.  c.  14. 


:  Revenge,  have  often  caufed  to  be  indidted  and  ap- 
;  pealed  divers  of  our  true  liege  People,  of  Treafons 
:  or  Felonies  in  the  County  of  Lancajlcr,  pretending 
;  by  thofe  Appeals  and   Indictments,    that  the   faid 
;  Treafons  or  felonies  were  committed  in  a  certain 
'  Place,  where  of  Truth  no  fuch  Place  is  had  in  the 
!  faid  County  where  the  faid  Appeal  and  lndidiment 
'  is  made,  to  the  great  Damage  and  Peril  of  fuch  our 
'"  liege  People,  conlidering  that  fome  Jo  appealed  and 
:  indicted  dare  not  appear  before  the  Juflices  in  their 
:  proper  Perfons,  to  anfvver  thereof,  for  Fear  of  beat- 
:  ing,  maiming,  or  killing  of  them,  by  the  Confpi- 
:  rators  or  Procurers  of  the  fame  Appeals  and  Indict- 
'  ments,  as  by  the  Commons  of  the  Realm  of  England, 
'  in  our  laft  Parliament  holden  at  Wcftminjler,  by  their 
'  Petition   there   exhibited,    grie'voufly   complaining, 
:  was  fhewed  :"    '  (2)  It  is  ordained  in  the  fame  Par- 
liament, by  the  Affent  of  the  Prelates   and   Great 
Men  of  the  fame  Realm  there  being,  at  the  Requeft  of 
the  faid  Commons,  for  the  common  Profit  and  Qui- 
etnefs  of  the  People  of  the  fame  Realm,  That  every 
Juftice  which  hath  Po  »ver  to  hear  and  determine  fuch 
Treafons  and  Felonies  within  the  faid  County,  by 
the  Oath  of  Twelve  Men  (of  whom  every  one  fhall 
have  Freehold  in  the  fame  County  to  the  yearly  Va- 
lue of  an  Hundred  Shillings  above  all  Charges)  before 
that  the  Exigent  be  awarded,  without  Allegation  of 
the  Party,  as  well  in  the  Party's  Abfence  as  his  Pre- 
fence,    fhall   inquire  of  Office,    whether  any   fuch 
Place  be  in  the  County  where  fuch  Appeals  or  In- 
dictments be  made,  or  to  be  made,  or  not;   (3)  and 
if  it  be  found  that  there  is  no  fuch'Place  within  the 
fame  County,  then  fuch  Appeals  and  Indictments, 
and  the  Procefs  thereupon  made,    or  to  be  made, 
fhall  be  void,  and  holden  for  none  ;  and  that  in  fuch 
Cafe  the  Indidtors  aforefaid  be  punifhed  by  Imprifon- 
ment,  Fine,  and  Ranfom  by  the  Difcretion  of  the 
faid  Juflices.     (5.)  And  that  .this  prefent  Ordinance 
and  Remedy  extend  as  well  to  Appeals  and  Indictments 
not  determined  before  this  Time,  as  to  Appeals  and  In- 
dictments to  be  taken  hereafter;   (6)  and  if  any  Exi- 
gent from  henceforth  be  awarded,  before  that  fuch 
Inquifition  of  Office,  as  afore  is  faid,  be  taken,  that 
the  fame  Exigent,  and  the  awarding  thereof,  be  like- 
wife  void  and  holden  for  none.'     Continued  by  9  Hen. 
5.  c.  1.  made  perpetual  18  Hen.  6.  c.  12. 

'  II. ,  Provided  that  this  prefent  Ordinance  have 
Strength,  and  extend  only  until  the  next  Parliament. 
(2)  And  alfo  know  ye,  That  in  the  faid  Parliament, 
of  the  Affent  and  Requeft  aforefaid,  it  was  ordained 
and  ltablifhcd,  That  in  Writs  to  be  purchafed 
againft  thofe  that  forge  or  make  untrue  Charters  or 
Miniments,  and  them  proclaim,  or.caufe  to  be  read, 
like  Procefs  fhall  be  made  by  Capias  and  Exigent, 
a ,  in  Writs  of  Trefpafs.  (3)  And  therefore  we 
command  you,  firmly  injoining,  That  immediately 
after  the  Sight  hereof,  you  caufe  this  Statute  and 
Ordinance  openly  to  be  proclaimed  in  the  Places 
within  the  fame  County  where  fhall  be  mod  ex-. 
pedientand  neceffary,  as  well  within  Liberties  as  with- 
out ;  (4)  and  that  alfo  you  caufe  all  and  fingular  our 
Juftices,  having  Power  to  hear  and  determine  Felo- 
nies and  Treafons  v/iihin  the  faid  County,  fully  o 

3 


A.  D.  1419, 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  L'ond.  • 
litia  &  inimicitia  ac  propter  lucrum  h  vindidtam 
div.rfos  iideles  ligeos  noftros  de  proditionibus  five 
feloniis  in  comitatu  Lancaftrie  frequentius  indictari 
&  appellari  fecerunt  pretendentes  per  appella  feu 
indidtamenta  ilia  quod  predicte  proditiones  aut 
felonie  perpetrate  fuerunt  in  certo  loco  ubi  de  veri- 
tate  talis  locus  in  comitatu  predicto  in  quo  appel- 
lum  vel  indidtamentum  factum  exiftit  non  habetur 
ad  grave  dampnurn  &  periculum  ligeorum  noftro- 
rum  hujufmodi  confiderato  quod  quidam  fie  appel- 
lati  &  indidtati  coram  jufticiar'  ad  refpondend' 
inde  ob  metum  verberationis  rnahemii  feu  interfec- 
tionis  eorundem  per  ipforum  appellorum  feu  indic- 
tamentorum  conlpiratorcs  aut  ea  fieri  procurantes 
in  propriis  -perfonis  comparere  non  audent  prout 
per  coaimunitatem  rcgni  noftri  Anglie  in  ultimo 
parliamento  noftro  apud  Weftm'  tento  exiftentem 
per  petitionem  fuam  in  parliamento  illo  exhibitam 
fuerat  graviter  conquerendo  monftratum  ordinatum 
extitit  in  codem  parliamento  de  affenfu  Prelatorum 
procerum  &  Magnatum  didti  regni  noftri  Anglie 
ibidem  exiltentium  ad  requifitionem  didte  Commu- 
nitatis  pro  communi  utilitate  &  quiete  populi  ejuf- 
dem  regni  noftri  quod  quilibet  Juftitiarius  qui  ad 
hujufmodi  proditiones  &  felonias  infra  comitatum 
predidtum  audiendum  &  terminandum  poteftatem 
habet  per  facramentum  duodecim  virorum  quorum 
quilibet  liberum  tenementum  in  predidto  comitatu 
valoris  annui  centum  folidorum  ultra  reprifas  opti- 
neat  priufquam  exigenda  adjudicata  fuerit  abfque 
partis  allegatione  tarn  in  partis  abfentia  quam  pre- 
fentia  inquirat  ex  officio  utrum  aliquis  talis  locus 
eft  in  comitatu. ubi  appella  feu  indidtamenta  ilia 
funt  facta  five  facienda  necne.  Et  fi  compertum 
fuerit  quod  talis  locus  non  habetur  infra  eundem 
comitatum  tunc  appella  &  indictamenta  ipfa  & 
proceffus  inde  fadtus  feu  faciejidus  fint  vacua  & 
pro  nullis  habeantur  et  quod  in  cafu  illo  indidta- 
tores  prcdidti  per  imprifonamentum  finem  ii  re- 
demptionem  per  difcretionem  Juftitiariorum  pre- 
didtorum  puniantur.  "  Et  quod'prefens  ordinatio  & 
remedium  tarn  ad  appella  &  indidtamenta  non  de- 
terminata  ante  hec  tempora  capti  q.uam  ad  appella 
&  inclidbimenta  in  futurum  capienda  fe  extendant 
&  fi  que  exigenda  antequam  hujufmodi  inquifitio 
ex  officio  ut  fupradidtum  eft  capiatur  decetero 
fuerit  adjudicata  quod  tunc  exigenda  et  adjudi- 
catio  Hie  fimiliter  fint  vacue  &  pro  nullis  habe- 
antur. 

Provifo  quod  prefens  ordinatio  vigorem  habeat 
&  fe  extendat  ufque.ad  pariiamentum  proximo 
futurum  duntaxat.  Ft  ulterius  fciatis  quod  in 
parliamento  predidto  de  affenfu  &  requifitione 
prcdidtis  ordinatum  fuerat  &  ftatutum  quod  in 
brevibus  verfus  ecs  qui  fabricant  feu  faciunt  cartas 
five  munirr.enta  minus  vera  &  ea  proclamant  &  legi 
faciunt  perquirendis  fiat  proceffus  confimilis  per 
Capias  h  exigendam  ut  in  brevibus  de  tranfgref- 
fione.  Et  ideo  vobis  mandamus  finniter  injun- 
gentes  quod  ftatim  vifis  prefentibus.  ordinationem 
&  ftatutum  predidta  in  iocis  infra  comitatum  ilium 
ubi  magis  expediens  fuerit  &  necefle  tarn  infra 
libertates  quam  extra  publice  proclamari  deman- 
detis  necnoii  omnes  Sc  fingulos  juftitiarios  noftros 
poteftatem  audiendi  Sz  terminendi  felonias  &  pro- 
ditiones   infra    comitatum   predictum  habentes  de 

di&is 


A.  D.  1419. 


Anno  fepti-mo  Henrici  V. 


511 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr,  Lond. 
dictis  ordinatione  &  ftatuto  per  literas  veftras  te- 
norem  eorundem  continentes  plenarie  inftrui  & 
certiflcari  faciatis  indilate.  Tefte  Johanne  Duce 
Bedfordie  Cuftode  Anglie  apud  Weftm'  x.  die 
Decembr'  anno  regni  noftri  feptimo. 


be  inftructed,  and  without  Delay  to  be  certified  of 
the  faid  Ordinance  and  Statute  by  your  Letters,  con- 
taining the  Tenour  of  the  fame.  I  Witnefs,  &c.  the 
Sixteenth  Day  of  December,  the  Seventh  Year  of 
our  Reign.  (5)  And  by  Petition  in  the  Parliament 
holdert  at  Wejlminjler  the  Second  Day  of  December, 
the  Eighth  Year  of  the  fame  King,  a  like  Writ  was 
made  ;  faving  that  the  Tej/e  of  the  fame  Writ  was, 
Witnefs  Humfrey  Duke  of  Gloucester,  Protetlor  of 
England,  at  Weftrhinfter,  the  Tenth  Day  of  January, 
the  Eighth  Year,  &c.' 

REX  vicecomitibus  London'  falutem.     Sciatis  quod  pro  eo  quod  gentes  &c.  ut  fupra  ufque — ut  in 
brevibus  de    tranfgreilione.     Et  tunc  fie :    Et  ideo  vobis  precipimus  firmiter  injungentes  quod  C2V.. 
ut  fupra  ufque  ibi —  &  necefle  et  tunc  fc — publice  proclametis  feu  proclamari  faciatis.     Tefte  ut  fupra>. 
Confimilia  brevia  diriguntur  fingulis  vicecomitibus  per  Angliam. 


A  Statute  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno    8   Hen.  V.,  a7td  Anno 

Dom.  1420.. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  2. 
U  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  fecond 
jour  de  Decembr'  Ian  du  reigne  le  Roy 
Henry  quint  puis  le  conqueft  oep- 
tifme  'mefme  noftre .  Seignur  le  Roy  del  afTent 
des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a  les  ef- 
peciale  inftance  &  requeft  des  Communes  afiem- 
blez  a  ceo  mefme  parlement  fift  ordeiner  & 
eflablir  certeins  eftatutz.  &  ordinances  en  la 
fourme  qenfuit. 


T  the  Parliament  holden  at  Wcjiminfter  the 
Second  Day  of  December,  the  Eighth  Year 
of  the  Reign  of  King  Henry  the  Fifth, 
the  fame  our  Lord  the  King,  by  the  Affent  of  the 
Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  ■  and  at  the  fpecial 
Inftance  and  Requeft  of  the  Commons  aftembied  in- 
the  fame ,  Parliament,  hath  caufed  to  be  ordained 
and  ftablifhed  certain  Statutes  and  Ordinances,  in, 
the  Form  following." 


CAP.      I. 

Parliament  Writs  being  awarded  in  the  Name  of  the  King's  Lieutenant,  mall  not  be  ftayed 

by  the  King's  Return  into  England. 

Rimerernent  pur  ceo  qe  par  la  grace  de  Dieu  final  pees  fe  prift  nadgai'rs  parentre  noftre  foverain  Seignur  E  S,K, 
le  Roy  &  le  Roy  det  ranee  fon  pier  en  ttel  fourme  qe  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  ferra  nomee  Heir  & 
Regent  du  Roialme  de  France  durant  la  vie  de  fon  dit  pier  &  avera  la  governance  dicell  &  apres  la  mort  de 
rneime  fon  pier  le  dit  Roialme  &  le  corone  de  France  remaindront  a  noftre  foverain  Seignur  le  Roy  &  a  fes 
heirs  pur  toutz  jours  Si  eft  il  vraifemblable  qe  pur  la  bon  governance  f-bien  du  dit  Roialme  de  France  come 
d;  ceft  Roialme  dEngleterre  le  dit  noftre  foverain  Seignur  afcun  foitz  ferra  decea  &  afcun  foitz  dela  le  meer 
felonc  ceo  qe  meulx  femblera  afa  fage  difcretion  pur  la  meillouf  governance  de  lun  &  lautre  Roialme  pur 
tant  ordeinez  eft  &  eftabhz  qe  ft  en  temps  avenir  noftre  dit  foverain  Seignur  le  Roy  efteant  es  parties  pardcfi 
face  fummoner  fon  parlement  en  ceft  Roialme  par  fes  brieves  defoutz  le  tefte  de  fon  lieutenant  qore  eft  on  qi 
pur  le  temps  ferra  &  apres  lez  fummons  de  tieux  parlements  hors  du  Chaiincellarie  le  Roy  ifluez  noftre  dit 
beignur  le  Roy  arrive  en  ceft  Roialme  qe  par  tiel  arrivaille  de  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  tiel  parlement  ne 
ferra  dilfolvee  mes  mycell  puiffe  leRoy  noftre  foverain  Seignur  proceder  fanz  novell  fomons  dicelL 

C   A   P.      IL 
Certain  Gold  or  Silver  mall  be  brought  to  the  Mint  inftead  of  Wool!  or  Tin  tranfported, 

ITEM  ordeinez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  chefcun  merchant  eftranger  achatant  lains  dEngleterre  pur  les  amefner.O  B,. 
es  parties  del  Weft  ou  aillours  nient  venantz  a  leftaple  pur  eftre  illoeqes  venduz  portera  au  maiftre  del 
rnynte  de  la  Tour  de  Loundres  de  chefcun  fak  un  unce  de  bullion  dor  &  en  mefme  la  manere  de  trois  peces 
deltein  un  unce  de  bullion  dor  ou  la  value  en  bullion,  dargent  fur  peine  de  forfaire  mefmes  les  lains  &  eftein 
o.u  la  value  dicelles  au  Roy. 


C  A.  R. 


5i2       C.  3. 


Anno  o£tavo  Henrici  V. 


A.  D.  1420. 


CAP.      III. 

What  Things  only  may  be  gilded,  and  what  laid  on  with  Silver. 


S  H.  4.  c.  13. 


c  TTEM,    That  none  from   henceforth  fhall  gild 

*  A  any  Sheaths,  nor  Metal,  but  Silver,  and  the  Or- 
'  nament9  of  holy  Church ;  (2)  nor  fhall  filver  no  Me- 
'  tal  but  Knights  Spurs,  and  all  the  Apparel  that  per- 

*  taineth  to  a  Baron,  and  above  that  Eftate  :  upon  Pain 
1  of  Forfeiture  to  the  King  ten  Times  as  much  as  the 
'  Thing  fo  giit  is  of  Value,  and  fhall  have  alfo  one 

*  Year's  Imprifonment.     (3)  And  the  Juftices  of  Peace 

*  fhall    have  Power  to  inquire  thereof,    and  that  to 

*  determine.     (4)  And  he  that  will  fue  for  the  King 

*  in  this  Behalf,  fhall  have  the  third  Part  of  the  faid  pe- 
4  cuniary  Pain. 

'  II.  Provided,  That  this  laft  Ordinance  fhall  begin 

*  to  hold  Place  at  the  Feaft  of  Eafter  next  coming.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lend. 

IT E M  qe  nulle  perfone  enorre  en  temps  ave- 
nir  afcuns  dez  gemes  appelles  fhethes  ne  me- 
taille  finon  argent  &  les  ornaments  de  feint  efglife 
ne  argente  null  metaille  forfpris  les  efperons  des 
chivalers  &  tout  lapparaille  qe  appertient  au  baron 
&  defuis  celle  eftate  fur  peine  de  forfaire  au  Roy 
dys  foitz  a  tant  come  la  chofe  ifTint  enorree  foit 
de  value  &  avera  auxi  lemprifonement  dun  an. 
Et  eient  Juftices  de  la  pees  poair  dent  enquerrer 
&  ceo  terminer  et  celuy  qi  ferra  la  fuit  pur  le  Roy 
cefte  partie  ait  la  terce  partie  de  la  dit  peine  p*» 
cuniere. 

Purveu  qe  cell  darrain  ordeinance  comencera  a 
tenir  lieu  a  le  feft  de  Pafk  profchein  avenir. 


7H.5. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  9  Hen.  V,  Stat.  1.  and 

Anno  Dom.  142 1. 


AT  the  Parliament  holden  at  Weflrmnjler  the 
Second  Day  of  May,  the  Ninth  Year  of  the 
Reign  of  King  Henry  the  Fifth  after  the 
Conqueft ;  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King,  by  the  Af- 
fent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  at 
the  fpecial  Inftance  and  Requeft  of  the  Commons, 
afTembled  in  the  fame  Parliament,  hath  caufed  to  be 
ordained  and  ftablifhed  certain  Statutes  and  Ordi- 
nances in  the  Form  following." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  2. 

AU  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  fecondc 
jour  de  Maii  Ian  du  reigne  del  Roy 
Henry  quint  puis  le  conqueft  noe^ 
vefme  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  del  a/Tent 
des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a  les 
efpeciale  inftance  &  requeft  des  Communes  af- 
femblez  a  ceo  mefme  parlement  flft  ordeiner  & 
eftablir  certeins  eftatutz  &  ordinances  en  la  fourme 
qenfuift. 


CAP.     I. 

A  Continuance  of  the  Statute  of  7  Hen.  5.  touching  Indictments. 


>  Roll  41  j. 


Made  perpetual 
by  18  H.  6. 


'  T?  I R  S  T,  That  the  Statute  made  in  the  Parlia- 
'  A/  ment  holden  at  Wefiminjler  in  the  Seventh  Year 
'  of  the  Reign  of  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  touching 
*  Appeals  and  Indictments,  ftand  in  his  Force,  and 
hold  Place,  till  the  next  Parliament  to  be  holden 
after  the  King's  Return  from  beyond  the  Sea  into 
England.' 


EN  primes  pur  ceo  qe  plufeurs  gents  par  ma- 
lice enemite  &  vengeance  facent  fovent  foitz 
les  foialx  lbges  du  Roy  eftre  appellez  ou  enditez 
en  diverfes  countes  des  traifons  ou  de  felonies  fup- 
pofant  par  les  ditz  appelles  ou  enditements  qe  les 
ditz  traifons  &  felonies  furent  faitz  en  un  certein 
lieu  L  ou  il  nad  tiel  lieu  en  cell  countee  ou  len- 
ditement  eft  fait  ne  tiel  lieu  come  eft  ou  ferra  de- 
claree  par-  les  ditz  appelles  ordeines  eft  qe  les  ditz 
appelles  &  enditementz  &  le  proces  dicelles  foient 
voidez  &  tenuz  pur  null  et  qe  les  ditz  appelles  ou 
enditez  point  avoir  brieves  de  confpiracie  vers  lour 
enditours  procurours  &  confpiratours  &  recoverer 
lour  damages  &  qe  les  ditz  enditours  procurours  & 
confpiratours  foient  auxi  puniz  par  emprifonement 
fyn  &  raunceon  pur  avantage  du  Roy  par  difcre- 
tion  dez  Juftices.  Et  qe  ceft  ordinance  &  remedic 
fextendent  auxibien  des  appelles  &  enditementz 
prifez  devaunt  ces  heurs  en  temps  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roy  quoreft  nient  determinez  come  des  appelles 
ou  enditements  aprendrefz  en  temps  avenir  et  qe 
ceft  ordinance  eftoife  en  fa  force  tanqe  a  profchein 
parlement  a  tenir  puis  la  revenu  noftre  dit  Seignur 
le  Roy  en  Engleterre  de  pardela. 

CAP, 


A.  D.  1421. 


Anno   nono   Henrici    V. 


Stat. 


1. 


5*3 


CAP.      II. 

No  Perfon  outlawed  in  the  County  of  Lancafier  lhall  forfeit  any  Lands  or'  Goods  but  fuch  as 

he  hath  in  the  fame  County. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  ordeinez  eft  qe  null  dez  lieges  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  vers  queux  exigende  ferra  agardee  ou  utlagez  EXP. 
a  fuit  de  Roy  noftre  ibverain  Seignur  en  temps  avenir  ou  al  fuit  de  partie  en  le.countee  de  Lancaltre  for-  '8  H.  6.  c  13, 
face  afcuns  de  fes  biens  chatieux  terres  ou  tenementz  en  autres  countees  forfprifes  fes  biens  chatieux  terres10  £!  *•  c'  2" 
ou  tenementz  queux  les  ditz  utlages  ont  en  mefme  le  counte  de  Lancaftre.     Purveu.  toutz  voiez  qe  leftatutH,^  '  c' 
fait  Ian  primer  de  Roy  Henry  quart  pier  noftre  dit  foverain  Seignur  encontre  les  gents  del  countee  de"  Ceftr'  j  h,  4.  c.  18, 
qe  font  as  plufeurs  lieges  du  Roy  en  diverfes  countees  dEngleterre  plufeurs  homicides  murdrez  robberies  ' 
bateries  trefpas  &  autres  rioutes  &  malefaitz  eftoife  en  fa  force  non  obftant  ceft  prefente  ordinance  et  qe  ceft 
ordinance  eftoife  en  fa  force  tanqe  a  parlement  qe  ferra  primerement  tenuz  puis  la  revenue  noftre  dit  fove- 
rain Seignur  en  Engleterre  de  pardela. 

CAP.     III. 

Protections  granted  to  them  that  be  in  the  King's  Service  in  Normandy  or  France,  or  which 

lhall  pafs  with  him  into  France.' 


I 


T  E  M  par  la  ou  la  prife  des  affifes  generalment  ad  longement  ceflez  par  tout  le  Roialme  par  caufe  duneE  X  P. 


ordinance  fait  par  le  Roy  a  fa  feconde  paffage  vers  les  parties  de  Normandie  &  par  fon  confeil  le  Roy  con-4  H-  6>  c'  z-^ 
fiderant  les  defaifes  &  damages  queux  plufeurs  de  fes  lieges  ont  euz  &  fuftenuz  parmy  celle  ceffer  ad  com-1'1'  •  4-  c-  -« 
mandee  qe  fes  J uftices  teignent  les  affifes  parmy  fon  Roialme  par  manere  accuftume.  Et  qs  pur  evitier 
defheritances  des  perfones  qi  font  paffez  ore  &  pafleront  en  ceft  prefent  voiage  du  Roy  noftre  foverayn 
Seignur  qe  Dieu  lefploit  &:  auxi  de  les  perfones  qi  font  demurantz  en  le  fervice  du  Roy  es  parties  de  Nor- 
mandie &  de  France  ordeinez  eft  &  purveuz  qe  en  chefcun  protection  ove  la  claufe  volumus  affaire  pur  que- 
conqe  de  mefmes  les  perfones  foit  en  la  claufe  de  exception  contenuz  en  ycell  omiffion  de  certes  paroles  af- 
fifis  nove  diffeifine  &  qe  toutz  ceux  protections  foient  alouables  &  alouez  pur  eux  &  chefcun  deeux  en  toutz 
les  courts  du  Roy  &  aillours  ou  tiel  protection  foit  mys  avant  pur  afcun  tiel  perfone  en  toutz  plees  daffifes 
fibien  de  novell  diffeifine  come  de  frefh  force  faunz  afcune  difficultee.  Purveu  toutz  voiez  qe  les  jugge- 
mentz  arendrerz  defore  enavant  en  tieux  affifes  arrannez  ou  arrannerz  ne  foient  my  prejudicielx  a  afcunes 
des  ditz  perfones  iffint  demurrantz  en  le  fervice  du  Roy 'pardela  come  devant  eft  -die  qont  afcun  chofe  en 
reverfion  ou  en  remayndre  en  terres  ou  tenementz  dont  tieux  affifes  font  ou  ferront  arrannes  fils  qont  ea 
reverfion  ou  en  remayndre  en  tielx  terres  ou  tenementz  ne  foient  nomes  en  mefmes  les  affifes  mes  queles 
foient  envers  eux  tout  voidez.  Et  durera  ceft  ordinance  tanqe  a  parlement  qe  ferra  primerement  tenuz  puis 
la  profchein  revenue  du  Roy  en  Engleterre.  Et  fi  ceft  ordinance  touchant  les  ditz  perfones  iffint  demu- 
rantz en  le  fervice  du  Roy  pardela  &  auxi  touchant  les  ditz  perfones  qont  paffes  &  pafferont  en  le  dit  voiage 
ne  foit  my  fufficeant  pur  laife  &  feurte  de  eux  accordez  eft  auxi  et  affentuz  qe  lez  Seignurs  du  confeil  du 
Roy  pur  le  temps  efteantz  eient  plein  poair  par  aucvtorite  de  ceft  parlement  de  mettre  ordeiner  &  purvoier 
fufficiant  remedie  pur  le  aife  &  feurete  de  treftoutz  mefmes  lez  perfones  come  pur  eux  &  chefcune  de  eux 
femblera  as  ditz  Seignurs  le  pluis  vaillable  &  expedient  en  la  cas  folonc  lour  bones  advis  &  dilcretions. 

CAP.      IV. 

The  Juftices  may  amend  Defaults  in  Records  or  Procefs  after  Judgement  given. 

ITEM  come  oydeine  fuit  &  eftable  en  lefta-- 
tut  fait  Ian  quatorfzifme  del  Roy  E.  tierce 
puis  le  conqueft  qe  pur  mefprifion  du  clerk  en 
qeconqe  place  qe  ceo  foij  ne  foit  proceffe  du 
plee  anientie  ne  difcontinue  par  mefprendre  en 
efcrivant  un  lettre  ou  un  filable  trop  ou  trop 
-poy  mes  fi  toft  come  la  chofe  ferra  apercieu  par 
chalange  du  partie  ou  en  autre  manere  foit  ha- 
ftiment  amendee  en  due  fourme  fanz  doner  avan- 
tage  au  partie  qe  ceo  chalengera  pur  caufe  de 
tiel  mefprifion  le  Roy  noftre  foverayn  Seignur 
confiderant  la  diverfitee  doppinions  queux  len 
avoit  fur  le  dit  eftatut  &  pur  mettre  la  chofe  en 
le  pluis  overte  conifance  ad  declares  &  ordeinez 
au  prefent  par  auftorite  du  ceft  parlement  qe 
[  les  Juftices  devaunt  queux  tiel  plee  ou  recorde 
eft  fait  ou  ferra  pendant  {ibien  par  adjourne- 
ment  come  par  voie  derrour  ou  autrement  eient 
Vol.  I. 


"  T  TEM,  Whereas  it  was  ordained  and  ftablifhedi4EiJ.3.  flat.  1. 
"   i-    in  the  Statute  made  the  fourteenth  Year  of  King^-  6* 
"  Edward  the  Third  after  the  Conqueft,  that  for  Mif-8  R-  2l  c'  4> 
"  prifion  of  the  Clerk  in  any  Place  wherefoever  it  be, 
"  the  Procefs.  of  the  Plea  fhould  not  be  avoided  nordi-f- 
"  continued,  by  miftaking  in  writing  one  Letter  or 
"  Syllable  too  much  or  too  little,  (2)  but  as  foon  as  the 
"  Thing  is  perceived,  by  Challenge  of  the  Party,  or  in 
"  other  Manner,  it  fhould  haftily  be  amended  in  a  due 
"  Form,  without  giving  Advantage  to  the  Party  that 
"  challengeth  the  fame  becaufe  of  fuch  Mifpriiion ;" 
'  (3)   the  King  our  Sovereign  Lord,   conftderirfg  the  Dyer  342. 
'  Diverfity  of  Opinions  which  have  been  upon  the  faid  5  t-0,  45' 
'  Statute,  and  to  put  the  Thing  in  more  0pen  Knbw- 
'  ledge,  hath  declared  and  ordained  at  this  Time,   by 
'  Authority  of  this  prefent  Parliament,   That  the  Ju- 
'  ftices  before  whom  fuch  Plea  or  Record  is  made,  or  ' 
'  lhall  be  depending,  as  well  by  Adjournment,  as  by 
Uu,u  "  Way 


514       &at'  *• 


AD. 


Made  ptrpetual 
by  4  H.  6.  c.  3. 
8  H.  6.  c.  12. 
15.    See-farther 


*  Way  of  Error,  or  otherwife,  fhall  have  Power  and 

'  Authority  to  amend  fuch  Record   and  Procefs,    as 

4  afore  is  faid,  according  to  the  Form  of  the  fame  Sta- 
'■  tute,  as  well  after  Judgement  in  any  fuch  Plea,  Re- 

5  cord,  or  Procefs  given,  as  before  Judgement  given  in 
'  any  fuch  Plea,  Record,  or  Procefs,  as  long  as  the  fame 
'  Record  and  Procefs  is  before  them,  in  the  fame  Man- 
'  ner  as  the  Juftices  had  Power  to  amend  fuch  Record 
5  and  Procefs  before  Judgement  given  by  Force  of  the 
'  faid  Statute  made  in  the  Time  of  the  faid  King 
'  Edward.  (4)  And  that  this  Ordinance  endure  till 
'  the  Parliament  that  fhall  be  firft  holden  after  the  Re- 
'  turn  of  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King  into  England 
'  from  beyond  the  Sea.' 

•what  DtfeSls  are  amendable  10  H.  6.  c.  4.    iS  H.  6.  c.  9.     5  Eliz.  c.  23. 


Anno  nono  H  e  n  r  i  c  i  V.  /\  u.  142 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
poar  &  auctorite  de  amender  tiels  recorde  &  pro- 
ces  come  avaunt  eft  dit  folonc  la  forme  de  mef- 
me  leftatuit  fibien  apres  juggement  en  tiel  plee 
recorde  ou  proces  renduz  come  avaunt  le  jugge- 
ment renduz  en  tiel  plee  recorde  ou  proces  tant 
come  les  ditz  recorde  &  proces  foient  devaunt 
eux  en  mefme  le  manere  come  Juftices  avoient 
poiar  de  amendre  tielx  record  &  proces  avaunt 
juggement  renduz  par  force  del  dit  eftatuit  en 
temps  du  dit  Roy  E.  fait  come  defuis.  Et  durrera 
ceft  ordinance  tanqe  a  parlement  qi  ferra  tenuz 
primerement  apres  la  revenue  du  noftre  foveraia 
Seignur  en  Engleterre  de  pardela. 


27  El.  c.  5.  and  4  Ar.n,  c.  16. 


XP. 


CAP. 


During  four  Years  the  King  may  aflign  Sheriffs,  &c.  to  continue  in  their  Offices  above  one 
Year,  notwithltanding  the  Statute  of  14  Edward  3.  Stat.  1.  cap.  7. 

T  E  M  come  par  eftatuit  fait  a  Weftm'  Ian  du  reigne  le  Roy  E.  tierce  puis  le  conqueft  quatorzifme 
ordeigne  foit  &  eftable  qe  null  vifcount  demureroit  en  fa  bailie  outre  un  an  &  qe  adonqes  ferroit  autre 
covenable  ordeigne  en  fon  lieu  qi  ufTe  terres  fufficeantz  en  fa  baillie.  Et  qe  null  efchetour  demurreroit  en 
fon  office  outre  un  an.  Et  combien  qe  au  temps  de  la  fafance  du  dit  eftatuit  plufeurs  vaillantz  &  fuffice- 
antz perfones  y  furent  en  chefcun  counte  dEngleterre  pur  occupier  &  governer  celles  offices  bonement 
envers  le  Roy  &  toutz  fes  lieges.  Et  pur  tant  qe  fibien  par  peftilences  diverfes  dedeinz  le  Roialme  come 
par  les  guerres  dehors  y  ne  ad  tiel  fufficiantee  a  prefent  Si  eft  ordeignez  en  ceft  parlement  qe  le  Roy  par 
laudtoritee  dicell  purra  faire  les  vifconts  &  efchetours  parmy  le  Roialme  a  fa  voluntee  tanqe  au  fyn  de 
quatre  ans  forfpris  en  les  countees  es  queux  certeins  perfones  font  enheriteez  de  tieles  maners  offices  le  dit 
terme  comenceant  a  la  profchein  election  de  tieux  officers  le  dit  eftatut  fait  le  dit  an  quatorfzifme  ou  afcun 
autre  eftatut  ou  ordinance  fait  au  contrarie  non  obftant  et  qe  ycelles  officers  foient  perfones  fufficeantz  &  de 
bone  fame  &  qe  lez  vifcontz  aient  due  allouance  dan  en  an  durant  mefme  le  terme  en  lour  accomptes  & 
auxi  pardons  ceftaffavoir  ceux  qi  bofoignent  avoir  tieux  pardons  &  ceo  par  advis  du  confel  du  Roy  &  ficomt 
refon  &  confeience  demandent. 

CAP.      VI. 

The  Mint  ihall  be  at  Calais. 


2  X  P.  TTEM  le  Roy  pur    laife   dez    merchantz    &   antres    demurantz  &   refeantz   a  Caleis    &   auxi    pur 

JL  lencres  de  fa  moneie  voet  &  ad  ordeignee  qun  fon  mynte  &  auxi  fon  cunage  foient  euz  &  ufez 
deinz  mefme  la  ville  de  Caleis  tant  come  y  plerra  au  Roy  falves  a  luy  ceo  qe  a  luy  de  droit  appent  del 
mynte  &  cunage  avauntditz. 

C  A  P.     VII. 

The  Statute  provided  2  H.  5.  Stat.  1.   c.  5.  for  Offenders  in  TyndaT  and  Exb'amjhire,.  (hall  be 

extended  againft  the  like  Offenders  in  Ride/dale. 


a-H.  5.  ftitt  x. 
c-5- 


ITEM,  Whereas  in  the  Parliament  holden  at 
Leicefter  the  laft  Day  of  April,  the  Second  Year 
"  of  the  Pv.eign  of  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King  that 
"  now  is,  at  the  grievous  Complaint  made  to  him  there 
"  by  certain  of  his  Commons,  for  that  many  Murders, 
"  Treafons,  Manflaughters,  Robberies,  and  other  Of- 
*ubm.  "  fences  were   committed  *  by  divers   of  the  King's 

fAiilj Ptrfoiiif"  liege  People,  f  dwelling  within  the  Franchifes  of 
"  Tyndal  and  ExhamJJiire,  by  Favour  of  the  Franchife, 
"  where  the  King's  Writ  doth  not  run,  to  the  great 
"  Mifchief  and  Peril  of  the  faid  liege  People;.  (2)  it 
"  was  ordained  and  ftablifhed,  That  if  any  Perfon  of 
"  the  fame  Franchifes,  refidcnt  and  abiding  within  the 
"  fame,  of  what  Eftate  or  Condition  that  he  be,  com- 
"  mit  any  Murders,  Treafons,  Manflaughters,  Rob- 
H  heries,,  or  confent  to  do  the  fame  out  of  the  faid 


ITEM  come  en  le  parlement  tenuz  a  Ley~ 
ceftre  le  darrein  jour  dApprill  Ian  del  reigne 
noftre  treffoverayn  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft  feconde 
a  la  grevous  compleint  fait  au  Roy  illoeqes  par 
certeins  fes  communes  de  ceo  qe  plufeurs  mur- 
dres  trefons  homicides  robberies  &  autres  mafFaitz 
as  plufeurs  fes  lieges  par  gentz  demurantz  de- 
deins  les  franchifes  de  Tyndale  Sc  Exhamfhire 
ou  brief  le  Roy  ne  court  mye  par  favour  d.'  celles 
franchifes  furent  perp;tres  a  grande  mefchief  Si 
peril  des  ditz  lieges  du  Roy  ordeigne  fuit  &  eftable 
qe  fi  afcune  perfone  des  ditz  franchifes  refeant 
ou  demurant  deinz  ycelles  de.  quelle  eftate  ou  con- 
dition il  fuiffe  face  murdres  trefons  homicides  ou 
robberies  ou  confente  de  les  faire  hors  des  ditz 

franchifes. 

4r 


A.  D.  1421. 


Anno  nono  Henrici  V. 


Stat.  1.        515 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
franchifes  proces  foit  fait  devers  luy  par  la  com- 
mune ley  tanqe  il  foit  utlagee  et  qe  apres  tile 
utlagarie  pronuncie  &  retournee  facent  ent  les 
Juftices  devaunt  queux  tiele  utlagarie  foit  re- 
tournee certification  a  tieux  miniftres  ou  a  tiel 
miniftre  dez  fuifditz  franchifes  come  a  eux  fem- 
blera  meultz  celle  partie  folonc  lour  difcretion  & 
foit  tiel  felon  pris  par  tiel  miniftre  ou  tieux 
miniftres  &  fes  terres  &  tenementz  biens  &  cha- 
tieux  efteantz  deinz  ycelles  franchifes  feifiez  es 
mains  des  Seignurs  de  mefmrs  les  franchifes  pur 
le  temps  efteantz  come  forfaitz  Et  qe  les  autres 
terres  &  tenementz  biens  &  chatieux  de  tiel  fe- 
lon efteantz  hors  de  mefmes  les  franchifes  demur- 
gent  entierement  au  Roy  &  as  autres  Seignurs 
aiantz  en  franchife  come  forfaitz  Salvant  toutz 
foitz  au  Roy  les  forfaitures  dautiels  murdrours 
traitours  homicidours  robbours  &  autres  maf- 
faifours  queconqes  &  dautres  chofes  queux  a  luy 
apperteignent  come  de  droit  de  fa  corone.  Et 
pur  tant  qe  femblables  murdres  trefons  homicides 
robberies  confentements  &  maffaites  par  diverfes 
perfones  larons  &  felons  appellez  Intakers  & 
Outputters  demurantz  deinz  la  franchise  de  Ri- 
defdale  en  quele  franchife  le  brief  du  Roy  ne 
court  mye  come  eft  dit  ont  eftee  fnitz  jatard 
en  diverfes  lieus  en  les  countees  de  Northumbr' 
Cumbr'  Weftmerl'  &  aillours  hors  de  mefme  la 
franchife  de  Ridefdale  par  favour  &  focour  de  mefme 
la  franchife  dont  null  redrefce  vers  eux  nad  eftee 
eu  par  les  leies  ceo  enarere  ufez  a  trefgraunde 
mefchief  peril  &  damage  a  le  poeple  iffint  gre- 
vez  come  le  Roy  par  clamous  pleint  a  luy  fait 
en  cefte  prefent  parlement  lad  pleinement  en- 
tendu.  Noftre  foveraigne  Seignur  voillant  ceo 
remedier  ft  ad  ordeignes  &  eftablez  en  ceo  mef- 
me parlement  qe  autieux  proces  certification  & 
execution  foient  faitz  defore  enavaunt  vers  tieux 
murdrours  traitours  homicidours  robbous  con- 
fentours  &  maffefours  demurantz  ou  refeantz  de- 
deinz  la  dit  franchife  de  Ridefdale  pur  caufe  de 
lour  maffaitz  faitz  dehors  mefme  la  franchife  de 
Ridefdale.  Et  auxi  tieux  maners  forfaitures  en- 
courgent  en  toutz  pointz  fibien  envers  le  Roy 
come  envers  toutz  autres  perfones  come  fuit  01- 
deigne  vers  les  ditz  maffaifours  de  Tyndale  & 
Exhamfhire  par  le  dit  eftatuit  fait  a  Leyceftre 
"&  folonc  la  fourme  &  equite  de  mefme  leftatuit 
Salvant  toutz  foitz  au  Roy  ceo  qe  a  luy  appertient 
celles  parties  come  de  droit  de  fa  corone. 


Franchifes,  Procefs  fhall  be  made  againft  him  by  the 
Common  Law  till  he  were  outlawed ;    (3)  and  that 
after  fuch  Outlawry  pronounced,  and  Return  made 
thereof,   the  Juftices  before  whom  fuch  Outlawry 
fhall  be  returned,  fhould  thereof  make  Certificate  to 
fuch  Minifter  and  Minifters  of  the  faid  Franchifes, 
as  to  them  beft  fhould  feem  in  this  Behalf,  according 
to  their  Difcretion  ;    (4)   and  fuch  Felon  fhall  be 
taken  by  fuch  Minitler  or  Minifters,  and  his  Lands 
and  Tenements,  Goods  and  Chatties,   being  within    ' 
the  fame  Franchifes,  feifcd  into  the  Hands  of  the 
Lords  of  the  fame  Franchifes  for  the  time  being,   as 
forfeit;    (5J  and  that  the  other  Lands  and  Tene- 
ments, Goods  and  Chatties  of  fuch  Felons  out  of 
the    fame  Franchifes,    fhall  wholly  remain  to  the 
King,  and  to  other  Lords  having  thereof  Franchifes, 
as  forfeit ;    (6)  faving  always  to  the  King  the  For- 
feitures of  fuch  Murderers,  Traitors,  Manflayers, 
Robbers,    and    all    fuch   Offenders,    and   of  other 
Things,  which  to  him  pertain  as  of  the  Right  of  his 
Crown.    (7)  And  forafmuch  as  like  Murders,  Trea- 
fons,  Manflaughters,  Robberies,  Confents,  and  Of- 
fences by  divers  Perfons,  Thieves,  and  Felons,  cal- 
led Intakers  and-  Out£arters,\  dwelling  within  the*  Outputters.. 
Franchife  of  Ridefdale,  in  which  Franchife  the  King's 
Writ  doth  not  run,  as  it  is  faid,  have  been  done  now 
of  late  in  divers  Places  in  the  Counties  of  Nntbum- 
berland,  Cumberland,  Wejtms  land,  and  eifevi 
of  the  fame  Franchife  of  Ridefdale^  by  Fa.vou,r  aj\a 
Succour  of  the  fame  Franchife,  whereof  no  Redrefs 
towards  them  hath  been  had  by  the  Laws  heretofore 
ufed,  to  the  great  Mifchief,  Peril,  and  Damage  of 
the  People  fo  grieved,  as  our  Sovereign  Lord   the 
King,  by  the  grievous  Complaint  to  him  made  in 
this  prefent  Parliament,  hath  fully  perceived  :"  '  (8J 
Our  faid  Sovereign  Lord  the  King,  willing  to  remedy 
the  fame,  hath  ordained  and  ftablifhed  in  the  fame 
Parliament,  That  fuch  Procefs,  Certificate,  and  Ex- 
ecution fhall  be  made  hereafter  againft  fuch  Murder- 
ers, Manflayers,  Robbers,  Confenters,  a.:d  Offenders, 
abiding  or  refident  within  the  faid  Franchife  of  Ridef- 
dale, for  their  Offences  done  out  of  the  faid  Franchife 
-of  Ridefdale.     (9)  And  alfo  fuch  Manner  of  Forfei- 
tures fhall  run  in  all  Points,  as  well  to  our  Sovereign 
Lord  the  King,  as  to  all  other  Perfons,  as  it  was  or- 
dained for  the  faid  Offenders  of  Tyndal  and  Exba:ur 
/hire  by  the  faid  Statute  made  at  Leicejier,  and  accord- 
ing to  the  Form  and  Equity  of  the  fame  Statute; 
(10)  faving  always  to  the  King  that  which  pertaineth  $.,.,,  h.-..c.b. 
to  him  in  this  Behalf,  as  of  the  Right  of  his  Crown.'   14  ei.  c.  13. 

Hexham  and  HixhamfhiiC  declared  to  be  iviirb:i:  the  County  of  Northumberland, 


CAP.     VIII. 

Certain  Scholars  of  Oxford to  be  banifhed  the  Univeriity  for  certain  Offences. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  plufeurs  efcolers  &  cleris  del  univerfite  dOxenford  difcomiz  armez  &  arraiez  a  faireE  X  P. 
de  guerre  ont  fovent  ouftez  &  diffeftez  diverfes  perfonez  de  lour  terrez  &  tenementz  en  les  countees 
dOxenford  Berk'  &  Buk'  &  auxint  ont  chacez  ove  chiens  &  levercrs  en  diverfes  garennes  parks  &  fbreftes 
en  mefmes  les  countees  fibien  par  jour  come  par  noet  &  pris  defines  &  dames  levers  &  conyns  mancceantz 
outre  ceo  les  gardeins  dicelles  le  lour  vies  &  auxi  ove  fort  main  ont  pris  e'ercs  convidz  de  felonie  par  due 
.  proces  de  leie  hors  del  garde  dordinaries  &  ceux  prifoners  ont  amefnes  ovefqe  eux  &  lefiez  aler  a  large  come 
le  Roy  par  overt  compleint  &  tefmoignance  a  luy  fait  en  ceil:  parlement  lad  entendue.  Noftre  dit  foverain 
Seignur  voillant  a  ceo  mettre  remedie  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliz  en  mefme  le  parlement  qe  due  proces  vers 
tielx  efcolers  maffefours  pur  lour  offenfes  foit  fait  come  la  commune  leie  &  auxi  les  eftatuitz  de  la  terre  requi- 
rent  folonc  le  cas  tanqe  ils  veignent  a  refpons  ou  foient  utlages.  Et  fi  afcun  tiel  efcoler  foit  enfi  utlagee 
adonqes  les  Juftices  devaunt  queux  celle  utlagarie  foit  retournee  facent  certifier  le  Chanccller  del  univerfite 

Uuu  2  fuifdite 


516        Stat.  i. 


Anno  nono  Henrici  V. 


A.  D.  142*. 


.  ....  Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

fuifdite  pur  le  temps  eftearit  de  mefme  lutlagarie  et  qe  mefme  le  Chaunceller  fur  cell  certification  eu  face 
"banner  maintenant  &  fanz  difficulte  tieux  utlages  hors  de  mefme  luniverfite  fur  peine  qe  appent.  Et  qe 
ceft  ordinance  durera  tanqe  a  profchein  parlement  a  tenir  puis  le  revenue  de  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  en 

Engleterre  de  pardela. 

CAP.     IX. 

No  Abbot  or  Prior  (hall  be  appointed  by  any  Bifhop  to  collect  Difmes  or  Subfidies  out  of  tho 

County  where  he  dwelleth. 

XX P.  &  OB.  TTEM  pur  taunt  qe  les  Abbees  &  Priours  dEngleterre  ont  eu  &  fuftenu  graundez  damages  perdes  co- 
X  ftages  et  difaifes  avaunt  ces  heurs  parmy  ceo  qils  ount  eftee  par  Lerchevefqes  et  Evefqes  de  mefme  le 
'Roialme  affignes  de  coiller  les  difmes  grauntez  as  Roys  dEngleterre  par  les  Clergies  trop  longement  de  lour 
maifons  &  auxi  en  diverfes  diocefes  &c  countes  come  ils  ont  monftrez  auRoy  par  lour  petition  baillez  en  ceft 
parlement  le  Roi  eiarrt  a  ceo  confederation  ad  ordeine  &  eftable  qe  null  Abbe  ne  Priour  dedeinz  le  dit  Roialme 
foit  par  afcun  Ercevefqe  ou  Evefqe  defore  enavant  ordeine  deftre  coillour  dafcuns  difmes  ou  fubfides  hors  de 
cell  countee  ou  il  eft  demurrant  ou  converfant.  Et  eftoife  ceft  ordinance  en  fa  force  tanqe  a  parlement  qi 
ferra  primerement  tenuz  apres  la  revenue  de  noftre  foveraign  Seignur  en  Engleterre  de  pardela. 

C  A  P.    X. 

Keels  that  carry  Sea-Coals  to  Newcaftle  fhall  be  meafured  and  marked. 


Explained  fey 
3oCar.2.  ftat.i." 
1.  8.  and  farther  it 
provided  for  by    ts 
6  &  7  W.  3.   c.  . 
10.  and  1 1  Geo. 
4.   C,  I  J.  " 


IT  E  M,  Whereas  of  every  Chaldron  of  Sea-Coals,  ' 
which  be  or  fhall  be  fold  to  People  not  franchifed 
in  the  Port  of  the  Town  of  Newcaftle  upon  Tyne,  ' 
Two  Pence  be  due  to  the  King  of  Cuftom,  (2)  and 
in  the  fame  Port  be  certain  Veffels  called  Keels,  by 
which  fuch  Coals  be  carried  from  the  Land  to  the 
Ships  in  the  faid  Port ;  and  every  of  the  faid  Keels 
ought  to  be  of  the  Portage  of  Twenty  Chaldrons, 
and  according  to  the  fame  Portage,  the  Cuftom  is 
thereof  taken  to  the  King's Ufe  ;    (3)  there  be  now 
certain  People,  that  of  late  have  made  fuch  Keels  of 
the  Portage  of  twenty  two  or  twenty  three  Chal- 
drons, whereof  the  Cuftom  hath  been  taken  accord- 
ing to  the  Portage  of  twenty  Chaldrons  only,  in  De- 
ceit of  our  Lord  the  King,  as  he  hath  perceived  by 
Complaint  in  this  Parliament ;"    '  (4)  it  is  therefore 
ordained  and  ftablifhed  againft  fuch  Deceits,  that  all 
the  Keels  which  now  be,  and  hereafter  fhall  be  in 
the  faid  Port,  fhall  be  meafured  by  certain  Commif- 
fioners  thereto  affigncd  by  the  King,,  and  marked  of 
what  Portage  they  be,   before  that  any  Carriage  be 
made  by  the  fame,  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  to  the 
King  all  the  Veffels  called  Keels,  by  which  any  fuch 
Coals  fhall  be  carried,  before  that  they  be  marked  in 
the  Manner  aforefaid.' 


ITEM  par  la  ou  de  chefcun  chaldre  de  char- 
bons  maritifmes  qe  font  &  ferront  vendus  as 
gents  nient  y  franchifes  en  le  port  del  ville  del 
Novell  Chaftell  fur  Tyne  font  dues  au  Roy  deux 
deniers  de  cuftume  &  en  mefme  le  porte  font  cer- 
teinz  veflelx  appellez  Keles  par  les  queux  tielx 
charbons  font  caries  de  la  terre  jefqes  a  les  naefs 
en  le  dit  port  &  doit  chefcun  des  ditz  keles  eftre 
del  portage  de  vint  chaldres  &  folonc  mefme  le 
portage  la  dite  cuftume  ent  eft  pris  al  oeps  du 
Roy  font  ore  certeinz  gentz  qont  fait  jatard  tieles 
keles  del  portage  de  xxij.  ou  xxiij.  chaldres  dont 
la  cuftume  ad  eftee  pris  folonc  le  portage  de  xx. 
chaldrez  tantfoulement  en  deceite  du  Roy  ficome 
le  Roy  lad  entendu  par  compleint  en  ceft  parle- 
ment Si  ad  il  ordeine  &  eftabliz  encountre  tiele 
deceite  qe  toutz  les  keles  qore  font  &  ferront 
en  temps  avenir  en  le  dit  port  foient  mefures  par 
certeinz  commifiioners  a  ceo  aflignerz  par  le  Roy 
&  merches  de  quell  portage  y  foient  devaunt  ceo 
qe  afcun  cariage  foil  fait  par  icelles  fur  peine  de 
forfaire  au  Roy  toutz  les  veffelx  appellez  Keles 
par  les  queux  afcuns  tieux  charbons  ferront  ca- 
ries devaunt  ceo  qe  ils  foient  merchez  en  le  ma- 
nere  avauntdit. 


CAP.     XI. 

No  Englijh  Gold  fhall  be  received  in  Payment  but  by  the  King's  Weight. 


ITEM,  to  avoid  the  Deceits  and  Perils  which 
long  have  continued  within  the  Realm  by  Wafh- 
ers,  Clippers,  and  Counterfeiters  of  the  Money  of 
the  Realm  of  England,  to  the  great  Lofs  and  Damage 
of  all  the  People  of  the  fame  Realm;"    '  (2)  the 
King,  by  the  Advice  and  Aflent  of  all  the  Lords  and 
Commons  aflembled  in  this  Parliament,  hath  ordain- 
ed and  ftablifhed,  That  from  Chrijlmas  Even  next 
coming,  none  of  the  King's  liege  People  (hall  receive 
any  Money  of  Engl/Jh  Gold  in  Payment,  but  by  the 
King's  Weight  thereupon  ordained.'     ty  ,(3)  And  be- 
csufe  a  great  Part  of  the  Gold  novo  current  in  Pay- 

8 


ITEM  pur  oufter  periles  &  deceites  queux 
longement  ont  contenus  dedeinz  le  Roialme 
parmy  les  lavours  tonfours  &  co'ntrofaitours  de 
la  moneie  dEngleterre  a  trefgrairndes  mefchtefs  & 
damages  a  toutz  gents  de  mefme  le  Roialme  le 
Roy  par  advis  &  aflent  de  toutz  les  Seignurs  & 
communes  aflembles  en  ceft  parlement  ad  ordeinez 
&  eftables  qe  de  la  veille  del  fefte  de  Novel  pro- 
chein  avenir  enavaunt  null  liege  du  Roy  receivera 
afcune  moneie  dor  Engleis  en  paiment  finon  par 
le  pois  du  Roy  fur  ceo  ordeines.  Et  pur  tant 
qe  graunde  partie  del  ox  de  prefent  currant  en 

paiement, 


A.  D.  1421. 


Anno  nono  Henrici   V. 


Stat.  1. 


5*7 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
paiment  neft  mye  de  droiturell  pois  ne  de  bdne 
allai  y  faute  ceo  remettre  a  le  cune  au  fyne 
qil  poet  eftre  novelment  cunez  de  jouft  pois  & 
bone  alleie  &  ceo  ferra  eftre  a  graunde  pcrde  & 
coftages  des  fubditz  du  Roy  fil  ne  fuy  pleilxux 
relever  en  ceo  cas  ft  ad  le  Roy  de  fa  grace  ef- 
peciale  rernis  &  pardonee  a  toutz  fez  liges  qi  pa- 
rentre  cy  k  le  cli.t  feft  de  Novell  ferront  cuner 
de  novel  a  le  cunage  du  Roy  dedeinz  le  Toure 
de  Loundres  lour  monoie  dor  qe  ne  foit  de  jouft 
pois  ne  de  bone  allaie  ceftaffavoir  tout  ceo  qi  a 
fuy  appertient  pur  cell  novel!  cunage  de  tiel 
ore  come  defuis  Salvez '  a  le  meftre  del  mynte 
&  as  autres  officers  dicelle  ceo  qi  a  eux  appar- 
tient  refonablement. 


"  went    is   not  of  rightful  Weight  nor  of  good  Allay" 

'  the  fame  fhajl  be  fent  to  the  Coine,  to  the  Intent 

'  that  it  fhall  be  newly  coined  of  juft  Weight  and  of 

'  good  Allay;'    "  and  becaufe  that  Jliall  be  to  the  great  The  fe  Lines  in 

"  Lofs    and    Co/Is    of    the   King's   Subjecls,     wilefs    it  tl"  I">'M  Letter 

"  pleafe  him  to   relieve   them  in  this  Cafe;"    '(4)  OM^^";, 

'  Sovereign  Lord  the  King,  of  his  fpecuvl  Grace,  hath  t\lnl0:  the  Su- 

'  remifed  and  pardoned  to  all  his  liege  People,  which  tutes  published 

'  betwixt  this  and  the  faid  Feaft  of  Chriftmas  fhall  caulJe  by  Pulton,  Kible, 

'  to  be  coined  of  new  at  the  King's  Coinage  within  the  fc-  ^Jt  aic  in 

'  Tower  of  London,  their  Money  of  Gold  that  is  not  of    J 

'  juft  Weight  nor  of  good  Allay,  that  is  to  fay,   all 

'  that  to  him  pertaineth  for  this  new  Coinage  of  fuch 

'  Gold  as  afore;   (5)  faving  always  to  the  Mafter  of 

'  the  Mint,  and  to  other  Officers  of  the  fame,  that 

'  which  to  them  reafonably  pertaineth.' 


c  a  p.    xir. 

Writs  purchafed  by  the  Wardens  of  Rcchefter  Bridge,  or  againft  them,  fhall  be  good,  though 

fome  of  them  die  or  be  removed. 


ITEM  ordeinez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  toutz  les 
briefs  par  les  gardeins  de  le  novell  pont  de 
Roucheftre  &  lours  fucceflburs  apurchacerz  ou  par 
autres  encountre  eux  apurchacers  foient  maintenus 
&  fuftenuz  par  la  ley  et  combien  qe  les  ditz  gar- 
deins ou  afcun  de  eux  foit  ou  foient  amo.vez  ou 
expulfez  de  lour  dit  office  ou  devie  ou  deviorrt  pen- 
danfz  les  ditz  briefs  nientmains  mefmes  les  briefs 
eftoient  &  foient  bons  &  eftectuelx  en  ley  pur 
toutz  jours. 


c  -ITEM  it  is  ordained,  That  all  the  Writs  to  be 

'   1    purchafed  by  the  Wardens  of  the   new  Bridge 

'  of  Roehefler,  and  their  Succeffors,  or  by  other  againft 

'  them  to  be  purchafed,  fhall  be  maintained  and  con- 

'  tihued  by  the  Law  of  England;    (2)  and  although 

'  that  the    faid  Wardens,    or   any  of  them,    be  xe- 

'  moved  or  expulfed  from  their  faid  Office,    or  do 

'  die,  hanging  the  faid  Writs,   neverthelefs  the  fame 

'  Writs  fhall  ftand  to  be  good  and  effedualin  thec     <,  _, 

«  Law  for  ever.'  f*'|f  i'^!7' 

•which  an  altered ly  I  Ann. flat.  I.  c.  it. 


Other  Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  9  Hen.  V.  Stat.  2.   and' 

Anno  Dom.  1421. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  »z.  i. 

AParlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  primer  jour  de  Decembr'  Ian  du  regne  del  Roi  Henry  quint  puis  le 
conquefte  noevifme  mefme  noftre  Seighur  le  Roi  "del  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a 
la  requefte  des  Communes  dEngleterre  aflemblez  en  ceo  mefme  parlement  ad  fait  certeins  orde- 
nances  pur  le  commune  bien  &  profit  du  Roialme  en  fourme  qenfuitf 

C    A    P.      I. 

A  Confirmation  of  all  Statutes  made  touchingMoney. 

PRimerement  qe  toutz  les  eftatuts  &  ordenances  qont  eftee  faitz  en  temps  des  nobles  progenitours  du  RoiE  5  P* 
touchantz  le  bone  &  loial  governance  defes  moneies  dor  &  dargent  nient  repellez  foient  bkn.&  firme- 
ment  gardez  &  tenuz  en  toutz  pointz. 

CAP.     II. 

All  Men  may  refort  to  the  King's  Exchanges,  or  to  the  Tower,  to  have  Money  new  coined. 

ITEM  le  Roi  ferra  ordeiner  en  quantqe  kn  poet  bonement  fes  efchanges  de  moneie  dor  &  dargentEXP. 
en  la  Citee  de  Loundres  &  aillours  deinz  le  Roialme  pur  laife  de  fon  poeple  qi  ferront  tenuz  en  lieux 
overtes  en  hautes  rues.  Et  qe  toutz  ceux  qi  vorront  venir  a  le  Tour  de  Loundres  pur  y  avoir  moneie  de 
novel  cunee  ils  y  averont  moneie  cunee  &  ent  ferront  deliverez  dedeinz  oept  jours  folonc  la  verraie  value  de 
ceo  qils  apporteront  illoeqes  paintz  pur  les  feignurage  &  cunage  dor  lafterant  de  v.  s.  pur  la  livre  de  Tour 
ct  pur  les  feignurage  &  cunage  dargent  xv.  d.  a  la  livre  de  Tour  fanz  pluis  et  qe  ceux  qi  ne  vorront  ap- 
procher  a  le  Tour  a  ceo  faire  mes  vorront  ent  eftre  deliverez  a  les  efchanges  paient  pur  lefchange  de  laf- 
ferant  dun  noble  un  denier  &  pur  le  dimy  noble  ob'  et  pur  la.  quarte  pariie  ferling  ovefqe  les  feignurage  & 
cunage  come  devaunt  eft  dit.  CAP. 


518       Stat,  2.  Anno  nono  Henrici  V.  A.  D,  1421, 

cap.    111. 

At  the  King's  Exchanges  good  Money  fliall  be  delivered  to  the  Parties,  or  elfe  he  that  doth 

receive  it  may  refufe  it. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
I X  P.  y  T  E  M  qe  les  meiftres  &  overours  de  la  moneie  &;  auxi  les  efchangeours  en  toutz  lieux  on  moneie  ferra 

X  faite  ou  changee  foient  tenuz  de  deliverer  &  pair  a  le  poeple  ceo  qe  a  eux  doit  appertenir  pur  dele  ex- 
change de  bone  &  loial  moneie  dEngleterre  par  &  de  jouft  pois  ou  par  nombre  al  election  de  cely  qi  le 
refceivera  fanz  delaie  ou  difficulty  qeconqe.  Et  ft  par  cas  il  aveigne  qe  afcun  notable  defaute  en  pois  ou  en 
allaie  foit  trovee  qe  Dieux  defende  fur  la  deliverance  ou  paiement  affaire  a  la  Tour  fuildite  ou  a  lefchanges 
fuifdites  qe  bien  lirra  a  chefcuny  qi  trovera  tiel  defaute  devant  qil  paffe  la  place  ou  il  le  refceivra  de  refufer 
ceo  qe  foit  defe&if  et  qe  le  meiftre  ou  efchangeour  foit  tenuz  de  luy  deliverer  fufficeant  moneie  pur  ycell 
fanz  delaie  &  de  faire  refounder  ceo  qi  ferra  enfy  troves  defectif. 

CAP.      IV. 

The  Officers  of  the  Exchanges  fhall  bring  to  the  Tower  all  the  Gold  or  Silver  which  they  buy 

or  exchange. 


tXP. 


IT E M  qe  ceux  qi  ferront  gardeins  &  governours  &  miniftres  de  les  efchanges  hors  del  Tour  foient 
tenuz  &  obligez  dapporter  ou  faire  apporter  tout  lor  &  argent  qils  refceiveront  par  voie  defchange 
ou  achateront  par  colour  de  lour  office  a  la  Tour  de  Loundrez  pur  y  eftre  founduz  &  fait  en  moneie  en 
augmentation  &  encres  de  la  moneie  pur  profit  du  Roialme  &  aife  du  poeple  ianz  eftre  venduz  alienez 
ou  mvs  a  null  autre  oens. 


ou  mys  a  null  autre  oeps. 


C    A    P.      V. 

The  Mint  fhall  be  at  Calais. 


*■  X  P.  T  T  E  M  qe  la  mynte  du  Roi  foit  cunez  &  fait  a  Caleis  en  manere  come  ad  eftee  fait  &  cunez  en  temps  de 

•  Cttifrmid  fyiH.  x  fts  nobles  progenitours  en  aife  du  le  poeple  Auxi  qil  foit  del  pois  &  allaie  folonc  la  fourme  &  manere 
'  c'   '  come  il  eft  fait  &  governe  a  la  Tour  de  Loundres. 

CAP.     VI. 

The  Allay  and  Weight  of  Money. 

IX  P.  TTEMqe  tout  la  moneie  dor  &  dargent  qe  ferra  fait  a  la  Tour  de  Loundres  &  a  Caleis  ou  aillours  deinz 

3  lhft.  92.         x.  ]e  Roialme  dEngleterre  par  au&orite  roial  foit  fait  de  auxi  bone  allaie  &  de  jouft  pois  come  il  eft  a  la 
Tour  au  prefent  fait. 

CAP.      VII. 

The  Weight  of  Gold  fhall  be  fenc  to  every  City. 

I X  P.  j  T  E  M  qe  le  Roi  ferra  ordener  bones  &  jouftz  pois  del  noble  demy  noble  &  ferling  dor  ovefqe  les  rates  a 

A  ceo  neceflaries  pur  chefcun  citee  burgh  &c  ville  merchee  du  Roialme  a  deliverez  par  le  Treforer  dEngle- 
terre a  ceux  qi  les  vorront  avoir  a  fyn  qils  ne  foient  deceux  par  fauxes  cohtrovours  &  ceux  qi  ufentfauxes 
pois  en  deceit  de  le  poepie. 

CAP.      VIIL 

Inquiry  and  Punifhment  of  Falfities  of  Weights. 

EXP.  "I  T  E  M  qe  les  juftices  du  pees  les  vifcounts  efchetours  &  autres  fufficeantz  perfones  a  affignerz  par  le  Roi 

34  E.  3.  c.  5.  J.  aient  poair  par  commiffion  denquerrer  de  tieux  fauxeturs  &  controVours  de  fauxe  pois  &  de  les  prendre 
&  emprifoner  &  en  prifon  detenir  fanz  mainprife  tanqe  ils  foient  ent  atteintz  Ou  acquitez  et  ills  foient  attejntz 
demurgent  lour  corps  en  prifon  tanqe  ils  eient  faitz  fynes  Si  ranceon  folortc  la  difcretion  des  ditz  juftices  et 
ge  meimes  les  juftices  aient  poair  dent  enquerer  oier  &  determiner  a  tant  de  foitz  come  lour  femblera  pluis 
bofoignable. 

CAP. 


A.  D.  14.21.  Anno  nono  Henrici  V.  Stat.  2.        519 

CAP.      IX. 

The  Law  of  Exchange  between  the  Merchants  of  Rome  and  thofe  of  England. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  come  en  un  eftatut  fait  Ian  du  regne  del  Roi  Richard  feconde  quatorzifme  ordeignee  foit  qe  purE  XP. 
chefcun  efchange  qe  ferra  fait  par  merchants  a  la  courte  de  Rome  ou  aillours  qe  les  ditz  merchants  ibient.11  "•  4-  c-  *• 
fermement  &  feurement  liez  en  la  Chancellerie  dachater  deinz  trois  mois  apres  le  dit  efchange  fait  merchan-  '4    '  z'  c'  2" 
difes  de  leftaple  come  lains  quirs  peaux  lanutz  &  plumbe  ou  eftein  bure  furmage  draps  ou  autres  commodites 
de  la  terre  a  la  value  de  la  fomme  iffint  efchangee  fur  forfaiture  dicell  et  difoient  en  ceft  prefent  parlement 
tieux  merchants  qils  noifent  foi  obliger  pur  obferver  leffec~l  du  dit  eftatut  a  caufe  qe  dedeinz  trois  mois  . 
apres  tiele  efchange  fait  ils  ne  purroient  achatier&  faire  efkipper  put  paffer  as  parties  pardela  tielx  merchan- 
difes  come  defuis  a  la  value  de  la  fomme  enfy  changee  &  enfy  pur  defaute  des  tielx  changeours  y  duift  avoir 
faille  tiele  efchange  &  par  diverfes  colours  &  fubtilitees  la  moneie  du  Roi  ferroit  veraifemblablement  en  pri- 
vite  apportez  as  parties  pardela  &  tielx  merchandifes  come  defuis  ne  ferroient  achatiez  par  tielx  merchants 
changeours  a  graunde  damage  du  Roi  &  de  fon  Roialme  ft  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  ne  fuiffe  purveu  de  re- 
medie  Sy  eft  il  pur  tant  ordeigne  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  pur  profit  du  Roi  &  du  Roialme  qe  toutz  mer- 
chants qi  ferront  autieux  efchanges  a  la  courte  fuifdite  ou  aillours  qils  &  chefcun  de  eux  foient  &  foit  obligez 
perfonelement  en  la  chancellerie  fuifdite  par  reconifance  dachater  deinz  noef  mois  apres  mefmes  les  efchanges 
faitz  femblables  merchandifes  &  commodites  come  defuis  eft  dit  a  la  value  de  les  fommes  iflint  efchangez 
fur  peine  de  forfaiture  dicelles  le  dit  eftatut  fait  le  dit  an  quatorzifme  non  obftant.     Et  que  toutz  les  ordi^- 
nances  fuifdites  dureront  tanqe  au  parlement  profcheinement  a  tenir. 

CAP.      X. 

Collectors  of  Difmes,.  &c.  which  be  charged  in  Account  for  their  Companions,  fhall  have  an 

Action  of  Debt  aeainft  them. 


-o" 


ITEM  par  la  ou  diverfes  collectours  des  difmes  &  quinfzimesgrantez  au  Roi  des  biens  temporelx  ont  eftez  E  X'.E.\ 
aflignez  en  chefcun  countee  du  Roialme  afcuns  de  eux  ont  purpofez  a  rendre  loialment  lour  accompte  & 
afcuns  nemy  pariffint  qe  qant  brieves  du  Roi  ont  iffuez  as  vifcounts  pur  faire  venir  les  ditz  colleftours  en 
lefcheqer  pur  accompter  ill'oeqes  les  loialx  de  eux  ont  venuz  &  portez  le  rate  de  lour  colledt  &  les  autres 
par  brogage  &  fubtilite  foi  ont  abfentez  &  ne  voidrent  venir  ne  paier  lour  rate  illoeqes  &  enfy  les  loialx  ne 
purroient  eftre  defchargez  mes  entierment  chargez  des  fommes  qe  lour  compaignons  abfentz  duiffent  avoir 
paiez  &  auxi  mys  en  prifon  fovent  foitz  &  lour  terres  &.  tenementz  feifez  es  mains  du  Roi  tanqe  ils  uflent 
paiez  au  Roi  la  rate  de  la  colleft  de  lour  ditz  compaignons  a  trefgraunde  mefchief  &  deftruftion  des  plufours 
loialx  lieges  du  Roi  come  ad  eftee  entendue  a  la  grevoufe  comp'.eint  fait  par  la  Communalte  dEngleterre  cy 
en  ceft  prefent  parlsment  ft  ell  pur  mettre  remedie  en  le  cas  ordeinez  en  ceo  mefme  parlement  de  laffent  des 
Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  efteantz  en  ycell  &  a  la  requefte  de  la  dite  Communalte  qe  les  colle£tours 
des  tieux  difmes  &  quinfzifmes  aient  recoverer  par  adtion  de  dette  envers  lour  compaignons  de  les  fommes 
queux  ils  ont  enfy  paiez  &  paieront  pur  eux  enfemblement  ovefqe  lour  doubles  damages.  Et  durera  ceft  dar- 
rein ordenance  tanqe  au  parlement  qi  ferra  primerement  tenuz  apres  la  revenue  du  Roi  en  Engleterre., 

cap.    xr. 

Certain  Roads  and  Bridges  about  Abingdon  fhall'  be  repaired. 

T  E  M  come  monftre  fuift  en  ceft  parlement  par  la  dite  Communalte  par  lour  commune  petition  comeni  P  R. 
le  chemyn  qi  foiextende  de  la  ville  de  Abendon  vers  Dorcheftre  en  le  countee  dOxenford  outre  leaue  de  5«8H.  6.C.2S. 
Thamyfe  par  les  lieux  de  Burford  &  Culhamford  parentre  les  dites  villes  de  Abendon  ct  Dorcheftre  parmy^T.  J"ah"g  f 
les  foil  &  franchifes  &  deinz  les  boundes  &  franchifes  del  Abbe  de  Abendon  de  fon  manoir  de  Culham  en  droit  jyalfr  ^fSm— 
de  fa  efglife  de  noftre  Dame  de  Abendon  par  quell  les  lieges  du  Roi  &  de  fes  progenitours  iiloeqs  paffantz  ont  ford. 
eux  lour  cariage  &  franc  pailage  fibien  ove  charettes  come  ove  lour  chivalx  biens  chatieux  &  merchandifes 
du  temps  dont  memorie  ne  court  fait  jatard  par  cretein  de  eaue  a  tant  furunduz  qe  null  purroit  iiloeqs  paffer 
ne  tieux  cariage  fanz  peril'  de  perdre  lour  vies  biens  chatieux  &  merchandifes  iiloeqs  faire  tanqe  certeins  gentz 
du  dite  ville  de  Abendon  de  lour  propre  biens  &  dalmoigne  des  gentz  la  entour  enhabitantz  ont  faitz  un  pont 
outre  le  dite  lieu  appelle  Burford  &  un  autre  pont  outre  le  dit  lieu  appelle  Culhamford  &  eient  auxi  del  affent 
de  dit  Abbe  &  fon  covent  enlargez  enhancez  faitz  &  reparailez  le  dit  chemyn  parentre  les  lieux  &  pontes 
fuifditz  en  laeure  ove  -les  foffes  de  mcfme  le  chemyn  de  ambedeux  parties  quatre  perches  &  oept  pees  entout 
&  eient  auxi  plantes  &  fifchez  fur  les  ripes  des  ditz  foffes  pluis  profchein  a  chemyn  certeins  arbres  appellez 
poplers  &  wyllughes  ore  crefceantz  pur  amendement  &  reparation  du  dit  chemyn  as  heurs  &  temps  bofoig- 
nables  en  temps  avenir  Sur  qoi  confiderez  les  grandes  aife  &  profit  qe  aviendront  ales  lieges  du  Roy  parmy 
ceux  ponts  &  chemyn  fi  que  ils  purront  continuer  del  affent  des  ditz  Seignurs  &  a  la  requefte  de  la  dite  Com- 
munalte ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  en  ceo  mefme  parlement  qe  les  ditz  ponts  &  paffages  outre  ycelles  &  auxi; 
le  dit  chemyn  parentre  mefmes  les-ponts  de  la  laeure  come  deffuis  eft  dit  foient  &  remaignent  a  toutz  jours. 
.  communes  ponts  paffages  &  chemyn  as  queconqes  iiloeqs  paffantz  ou  paffer  voillantz  fibien  a  chival  come  a 

pee; 


52-0        Stat.  2. 


.".  Anno  nono  Henri ci  V. 


A.  D.  142 1. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
pee  &  en  autre  manere  &  ove  toutz  maners  des  cariages  et  qe  life  a  toutz  lieges  du  Roi  les  ditz  ponts  paf- 
fages  chemyn  &  foffes  en  la  laeure  &  forme  fuifditz  faire  reparailler  enhancer  de  novell  edifier  &  efcurer  & 
autres  tieux  arbres  fur  les  ditz  ripes  de  novell  planter  &  richer  &  en  les  difcz  foffes  argill  marie  gravell  8c 
terre  fower  &  prendre  &  de  autieux  arbres  les  branches  &  germmes  fibien  de  ceux  queux  font  ore  illoeqes 
planter  come  de  ceux  qilloeqes  ferront  plantez  as  temps  bofoignables  &  fefonables  couper  &  prendre  pur  la 
reparation  des  ponts  chemyn  &  paffage  avantditz  fi  fovent  come  lour  plerra  pur  toutz  jours  fanz  impediment 
ou  empefchement  de  nully  afcun  title  ou  intereffe  qiqe  foit  des  ditz  Abbe  &  covent  en  le  foil  de  les  eaue 
paffages  chemyn  &  foffes  avantditz  ou  en  le  foil  ou  leaue  en  quell  les  ditz  ponts  font  ou  ferront  edifiez  en 
les  ditz  lieux  ou  en  afcun  parcell  dicell  nient  obftantz.  Salve  toutfoitz  le  droit  du  Roi  &  falvez  auxi  as  ditz 
Abbe  &  covent  &  a  lour  fucceffours  lour  libertees  &  franchifes  dedeinz  &  en  les  ponts  chemyn  paffes  eaues 
&  foffes  avantditz  ficome  ils  avoient  adevant  en  les  ditz  chemyn  foil  &  eaue  &  auxi  toute  la  pefcherie  en  leaue 
defoutz  les  ditz  ponts  .&  en  les  foffes  fuifditz  perpetuelment. 

Thus  end  the  Statutes  of  King  HENRT  the  Fifth. 


Anno  primb  HENRICI  VI. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter  in  the  Firjl  Year  of  the  Reign  of  King 
Henry  VI.  and  in  the  Tear  of  our  Lord  14.22. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  12. 
U  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  Lundy 
profcheyn  devant  le  feft  de  Seint  Martyn 
Ian  de  regne  du  Roy  Henry  fifine  puis 
le  conquest  primer  mefme  le  Roy  de  ladvis  & 
affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a 
les  efpecialx  inftance  &  requeft  des  Communes 
dEngleterre  efteantz  en  mefme  le  parlement  fift 
faire  ordiner  &  eftablire  diverfes  ordinances  & 
eftatutz  en  la  fourme  qenfuit. 


AT  the  Parliament  holden  at  Weftminjier  the 
Monday  next  before  the  Feaft  of  St.  Jldartin, 
the  Firft  Year  of  the  Reign'  of  our  Sovereign 
Lord  King  Henry  the  Sixth  ;  the  fame  King,  by 
the  Advice  and  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and 
■Temporal,  and  at  the  fpecial  Inftance  and  Requeft 
of  the  Commons  of  the  Realm  of  England,  being 
affembled  in  this  prefent  Parliament,  hath  caufed  to 
be  ordained  and  eftablifhed  divers  Ordinances  and 
Statutes  in  the  Form  following." 


CAP.     I. 

The  King's  Council  may  affign  Money  to  be  coined  in  as  many  Places  as  they  will. 


1  N  primes  ordeines  eft  pur  le  profit  du  Roy  & 
j  laife  de  fon  poeple  qe  les  Seignurs  de  le  coun- 
cil du  Roy  pur  le  temps  efteanfz  purront  affrgner 
par  auctorite  du  dit  parlement  meftres  &  operers 
a  faire  monoie  dor  &  dargent  &  a  tenir  les  ef- 
chautiges  de  moneie  fibien  en  la  citee  dEverwik 
come  en  la  ville  de  Briftuit  &  auxi  es  tants  des 
lieux  come  femblera  as  ditz  Seignurs  bone  &  ne- 
cefiarie  folonc  lour  bons  advis  Sc  difcretions  afcun 
eftatute  ou  ordinance  fait  au  contrarie  non  ob- 
ftant. 


!  " 
it 

a 


FIRST,  It  is  ordained  and  eftablilhed,  for  the 
Profit  of  the  King,  and  the  Eafe  of  his  People, 
That  the  Lords  of  the  King's  Council  for  the  time 
being  may- affign,  by  Authority  of  the  faid  Parliament, 
Maffers  and  Workmen  to  make  Money  of  Gold  and 
Silver,  to  hold  the  Exchanges  of  Money  as  well 
in  the  City  of  York  as  in  the  Town  of  Briftol,  and 
alfo  in  as  many  Places  as  to  the  faid  Lords  fhall 
feem  nec'effary,  according  to  their  good  Advice  and 
Difcretion,  any  Statute  or  Ordinance  made  to  the 
contrary  notwithstanding." 


CAP.      II. 

All  the  Statutes  of  Purveyors  fhall  be  proclaimed  in  every  County  four  Times  in  the  Year. 

OB        c        f  TEM  qe  toutz  les  eftatuits  &  ordinances  faitz  des  purveours  &  achatours  &  nient  repelles  foient  gardez 

o.  24.T2    ar-2  A  &  executz  tn  toutz  pointz  &  auxi  pioclamez  en  toutz  countes  parmy  le  Roialme  par  mandementz  du 

Roy.     Et  qe  cht  fcun  vifcont  dEngleterre  apres  ceo  qil  eit  refcieu  les  ditz  eftatutz  pur  ent  faire  proclamation 

j  ai  thl  mandenn  nt  les  face  proclaimer  chefcun  anquatre  foitz  parmy  fa  baillie  fur  peine  de  paier  auRoy  a 

cntfcune  foitz  qil  ent  faille  cent  fouldz  et  qe  fur  meime  le  peine  chefcun  des  ditz  vifcounts  face  deliverance 

du 


A.  D.  1422.  Anno  primo  Henrici  VI.  C.  3 — 5.        521 

Ex  Rot.  in  furr.  Lond.  , 
du  dit  mandement  a  fon  fucceflour  entnediate  par  endenturs  entre  eux  affairs  parent  M  poet  faire  femblable 
proclamation  pur  le  temps  qil  eftois  en  fon  office  pur  le  aife  &  feurte  de  le  poeple.     Et  qe  chefcun  tiel  fuc- 
ceffaur  apres  cell  maundement  par  luy  refceu  face  autiels  proclamations  quatre  foitz  par  an  &  autiel  delive- 
rance du  dit  mandement  ferra  a  fon  fucceffour  come  defTuis  fur  le  peine  avauntdite.  20  H.  6.  c.  8. 

CAP.     III. 
What  Sort  of  Irijhmen  only  may  come  to  dwell  in  England. 


TEM  pur  tant  qe  diverfes  homicides  murdres  rapes  roberies  &  autres  felonies  riotes  conventicles  &  male-'  °  E- 
faitz  jatarde  ount  eftez  faitz  en  diverfes  countees  dEngleterre  par  gentz  neez  en  Irlande  reparantz  a  la^1lp?r(Ti'3°m 


vilie  deOxenford  &  illoeqes  demurrantz  defoutz  la  jurifdiiStion  del  univcrfite  dOxenford  a,grande  peure  de^—^^gf1^ 

tout  manere  poeple  demurrant  la  environ  come  par  toute  laCommunalte  du  Roialme  aflemblez  en  ceft  parle- Realm,  £tV„ 

ment  fuift  grevoufment  de  ceo  compleint  en  le  mefme  le  Roy  del  affent  avaundit  &  a  la  requefte  de  mefme 

la  Communalte  ad  ordeinez  qe  toutz  gentz  neez  en  Irland  foient  voidez  hors  de  Roialme  dedeins  le  jnois 

prochein  apres  le  proclamation  faite  de  cefte  ordinance  fur  peine  de  perdre  lour  biens  &;  deftre  emprifonez 

a  la  voluntee  du  Roy  forprifez  graduates  en   les  efcoles  &  hommes  aiantz  benefices  de  Seinte  efglife  en  r"fi  ^ttorts 

Engleterre  &  hommes  de  leye  en  Engleterre  &  ceux  qi  font  enherites  en  Engleterre  Sc  ceux  qont  piere  &  "^ed-  w*"* 

miere  Englois  religioufes  profeffez  merchantz  burgeois  &  autres  enhabitants  deins  citees  &  burghes  delione/a,,^  £" 

fame  queux  purront  trover  feurte  de  lour  bon  port  &  femmes  maries  as  Engloys  qi  font  de  bone  fame  &  qe 

toutz  ceux  Irrois  qont  benefices  ou  office  en  la  terre  dlrland  demurgent  fur  lour  benefices  &  offices  illoeqs 

fur  peine  de  perdre  &  forfaire  les  profites  delour  benefices  &  office  pur  le  defens  de  la  terre  dlrland  avaunt- 

dit  accordant  al  ordinance  fait  en  temps  du  Roy  Henry  quint  Ian  de  fon  regne  primer  et  qe  les  .graduates 

&  hommes  benefices  trovent  feurtee  de  lour  bone  port  &  qils  ne  preignent  fur  eux  la  principaltee  dafcune  '  H.  5.  c  S, 

fale  ou  hoftell  mes  demurgent  lis  entre  autres  efcolers  Englois  defoutz  la  principaltee  dautres.     Et  outre  ceo^2"""'  l1^! 

qe  ceux  Efcolers  dlrland  qi  ne  font  my  graduates  .&  font  del  obeifance  de  Roy  trovent  feurte  de  lour  bone  "fota^e  ^"1C1^'S 

porte  en  manere  come  les  ditz  graduates  ferront  en  la  fourme  avauntdite.     Et  qe  toutz  efcolers  dlrland 

efteantz  en  Engleterre  a  prefent  qi  vorront  demurrer  icy  facent  aportere  chefcun  aparluy  au  Chaunceller  An  J/v/Wn  (kill 

dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  devaunt  le  feft  de  Seint  Johan  le  Baptiftre  profchein  avenir  lettres  defibutz  brins  a  Teft|- 

le  feal  de  le  lieutenant  ou  Juftice  dlrland  tefmoignantz  qils  font  del  obeifarice  du  Roy  et  qe  de  ceux  qi  nap-  ™°1'3t\  '»' '" 

portent  mie  tieux  lettres  parentre  cy  et  le  dit  feit  de  Seint  Johan  foit  fait  come  des  rebelles  au  Roy.     Et  de  obeifance.  '"*  S 

celle  feft  de  Seint  Johan  enavaunt  nule  perfone  neez  en  Irland  entre  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  a  demurrer  .tsn 

la  dite  univerfitee  dOxenford  ou  de  Cantebrigg  ou  aillours  dedeins  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  fil  ne  porte  au 

dit  Chaunceller  autieux  lettres  tefmonialx  fur  peine  deftre  puniz  come  rebell  au  Rov. 

r  r  '!  See  2  H.  6.  <:.  ?. 

obliging  Iri/hmen  to  give  Security  for  their  good  ^bearing. 

C  A  P.     IV. 

The  Matter  of  the  Mint  mail  fend  to  the  Mint  to  be  coined  all  the  Gold  and  Silver  that  fell 

come  to  his  Hands  by  Exchange. 

ITEM  combien  qe  y  ad  efte  ordeinez  ce  enarere  qe  celay  qi  foit  meftre  del  minte  ne  tiendra  my  lefehaunge  EXP. 
du  Roy  Nientlemayns  le  Roy  del  afient  des  Seignurs  &  Communes  avauntditz  voet  &  graunte  qe  le  meftre  9  H-  5-  <=•  4' 
del  minte  a  la  Toure  de  Loundres  qore  eft  &  qi  pur  le  temps  ferra  puifte  avoir  &  tenir  lefehaunge  du  Roy  en  2  H-'6,  *■  "• 
Ja  Citee  de  Loundres  tanqe  a  le  parlement  profcheinement  a  tenir  parenfi  qe  mefme  le  meftre  tout  ceo  qe 
viendra  a  lefchange  en  plate  ou  en  made  ferra  envoiera  la  mynt  pur  y  eftre  cuniez  de  temps  en  temps  tanqe 
a  la  fuifdit  parlement  preignant  pur  lefehaunge  dele  noble  en  le  dit  efchange  un  denier  ■&  male  tan tfoul e- 
ment. 

CAP.      V. 

A  certain  Allowance  made  to  thofe  which  were  retained  to  ferve  King  He  n.  5.  in  his  Wars. 
Provifion  for  the  Redemption  of  the  Jewels  mortgaged  by  King  Hen.  5. 

r""EM  a  la  fupplication  de  les  Seignurs  &  capitains  qi  font  en  vie  qont  endentez  ovefqe  le  trefgracious  u  x  P, 
Roy  Henry  piere  au  Roy  qoreft  en  toutz  fes  guerres  &  les  executours  auxi  de  ceux  qi  font  a  Dieu  co- 
mandez  qi  avoient  endentes  ovefqele  dit  Roy  le  piere  fait  par  lour  petition  baillez  en  ceft  parlement  le  Roy 
•del  affent  de  toutz  les  Seignours  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  auxi  de"  toutz  les  communes  efteantz  en  ceo  mefme 
parlement  voet  &  grante  qe  les  tierces  &  tierce  del  tierce  de  toute  manere  dez  gaignes  gaignez  par  voie  de 
guerre  au  ditRoy  le  piere, appurtenauntz  jour  de  fon  moriant  fibien  des  prifoners  prifescome  dautres  gaignes 
de  guerre  purront  eftre  deductz  &  rebatuz  par  loiale  accompte  en  lefcheker  du  Roy  fur  lesfomine.5  des  gages 
a  eux  duez  par  le  dit  Roy  le  piere  felonc  leftecT:  de  les  endentures  ent  faitz.  Purvieu  toutz  foitz  qe  de  ceo 
•qe  fur  le  dit  aecompt  foit  trovez  dues  par  les  ditz  accomptantz  outre  les  gages  fuifditz  foit  par  eux  pai- 
ir.ent  fait  et  adonqes  foient  les  ditz  accomptantz  lour  heirs  executours  &  terretenantz  apres  celles 
accprrvptez  &  gree  faites  quites  &  defchargez  pur  toutz  jours.  Et  outre  ceo  le  Roy  voet  &  ad  ordeine 
.del  afient  des  Seignours  k  Comminalte  avaunditz  qe  toutz  ceux  as  queux  le  dit  Roy  le  piere  avoit  gagez 
Vol,  L'  X  xx  joialx 


$12       C.  6. 


Anno  primo  Henrici  VI. 


A.  D.  1422. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
joialx  ou  amtres  chofes  foient  devaunt  le  confell  du  Roy  devaunt  le  feft  de  Seint  Johan  le  Baptiftre  profchein 
avenir  ovefqe  mefmes  les  chofes  &  joialx  &  en  cas  qils  ne  foient  fatisfiez  alors  de  lour  duitez  celles  parties  ou 
dedeins  un  dimy  an  apres  mefme  le  reft  qadonqs  paiez  au  Roy  pareux  tout  ceo  qe  mefmes  les  chofes  &  joialx 
foient  trovez  de  greindre  value  qils  ne  furent  my  mifes  en  gage  aient  ils  en  pees  &  fanz  empechement  du  Roy 
apres  le  fufdit  dimy  an  toutz  icelles  joialx  &  chofes  fils  ne  foient  aunciens  joialx  de  la  corone  &  qils  &  lour 
heirs  terretenauntz  &  executours  &  chefcun  de  eux  foient  &  foit  de  mefmes  les  joialx  &  chofes  qi  ne 
font  aunciens  joialx  de  la  corone  quitez  &  defchargez  envers  le  Roy  apres  le  dit  dimy  an  toutoutre- 
ment.  < 

CAP.      VI. 

The  Stat,  of  9  Hen.  5.  c.  9.  touching  Security  for  Exchanges  to  be  made  by  Merchants  of 
the  Court  of  Rome^  revived,  and  continued  till  the  next  Parliament. 

EXP.  TTEM  come  bien  qe  en  leftatuit  fait  Ian  du  regne  del  Roy  Richard  feconde  quatorfzifme  ordeinez  fuit 
X  qe  pur  chefcun  efchange  qe  ferroit  par  merchants  a  la  courte  de  Rome  ou  aillours  les  ditz  merchantz 
ferroient  fermement  &  feurement  liez  en  la  Chauncellerie  dachater  deinz  trois  mois  apres  la  dit  efchaunge 
fait  merchandifes  de  leftaple  come  lains  quirs  peaux  lanuz  &;  plumbe  ou  eftein  bure  furmage  draps  ou  autre 
comoditees  de  la  terre  de  la  value  de  la  fomme  iffint  efcbangee  fur  forfaiture  dicell  Nientlemains  en  le  par- 
lement  tenuz  le  primer  jour  de  Decembr'  Ian  du  regne  del  Roy  Henry  quint  noevifme  pur  certeins  caufea 
dcclarez  en  icell  ordeinez  fuit  en  le  mefme  pur  profit  du  Roy  &  du  Roialme  qe  toutz  merchantz  qi  delors 
ferroient  autiels  efchanges  a  la  courte  fuifdite  ou  aillours  qils  &  chefcun  de  eux  ferroit  &  ferroient  obligez 
perfpnelment  en  la  Chauncellarie  fuifdite  par  reconifance  dachater  deinz  noef  mois  apres  mefmes  les  efchanges 
faitz  femblables  merchandifes  &  commoditees  come  deffuis  eft  dit  a  la  value  de  les  fommes  iffint  efchanges 
fur  peine  de  forfaiture  dicelles  le  dit  eftatuit  fait  le  dit  an  quatorfzime  non  obftant  et  qe  celle  darrein  ordi- 
nance dureroit  tank  au  parlement  delors  profcheinement  a  tenir  le  Roy  pur  tant  qe  fentuz  furent  les  ditz 
caufes  iffint  declarez  en  le  dit  parlement  tenuz  le  dit  an  noevifme  refonables  &  auxi  qe  mefme  lordinance  fuit 
terminez  &  expirez  par  le  commenc.ment  de  ceft  darrain  parlement  ad  ordeinez  en  ceft  darrein  parlement 
qe  toutz  les  merchantz  qi  ferroient  autielx  efchanges  a  la  dite  courte  de  Rome  ou  aillours  qils  &  chefcun  de 
eux  foient  &  foit  obligez  perfonelment  en  h  Chauncellarie  du  Roy  par  reconifance  dachater  dedeinz  noef 
mois  apres  tielx  efchanges  faitz  femblables  merchandifes  &  commoditees  come  avaunt  eft  dit  a  la  value  de  les 
fommes  iflint  efchaunges  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  dicelles  non  obftant  le  dit  eftatuit  fait  le  dit  an  quatorfzime 
et  qe  ceft  prefent  ordinance  durera  tanqe  au  parlement  profcheinment  a  tenir. 


Statutes  madeat  Weftminfter,  Anno  2  Hen.  VI.  and  Anno  Dom.  1423. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  12. 

HENRICUS  Dei  gratia  Rex  Anglie  &  Francie  &  Dominus  Hibernie  vtcecomiti  Middlefexie  falutem. 
Quedam  ftatua  &  ordinationes  in  ultimo  parliamento  noftro  edita  tibi  mitti  nus  in  forma  patenti  man- 
dates quod  ftatuta  &  ordinationes  ilia  in  locis  infra  ballivam  tuam  ubi  magis  expediens  fuerit  publice  ex 
parte  noftra  proclamari  &  ea  quantum  in  te  eft  firmiter  obfervari  facias  juxta  tenorem  eorundem. 

T.  meipfo  apud  Weftm'  primo  die  Julij  anno  regni  noftri  fecundo, 
"  /%  T  the  Parliament  holden  at  Wejlminfier  the  /%  U  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le 
'<  /-\  Twentieth  Day  of  OSiober,  in  the  Second 
''  J.  %.  Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Henry  the  Sixth 
"  after  the  Conqueft,  by  the  Advice  and  Affent  of  the 
"  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  at  the  fpecial 
"  Inftance  and  Requeft  of  the  Commons  of  England  be- 
"  ing  in  the  fame  Parliament,  certain  Ordinances,  De- 
"  clarationa,  and  Statutes  were  made  and  ftablifhed  to 
"  the  Honour  of  God,  and  for  the  Wealth  of  the 
"  King  and  of  his  Realm,  in  the  Form  following." 


parlement  tenuz  a  vveitm  le  xx" 
jour  dOclobr'  Ian  du  regne  del  Roy  Hen- 
ry le  fifme  puis  le  conqueft  fecond  par 
avys  Si  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  tempo- 
relx  &  a  les  efpeciales  inftances  &  requeft  des 
communes  dEngleterre  en  mefme  le  parlement 
efteantz  certeinz  ordinances  declarations  &  efta- 
tutz  furent  faitz  &  eftabliez  al  honour  de  Dieu  & 
pur  le  bien  du  Roy  &  de  fon  dit  Roialme  en  la 
forme  enfuant. 


CAP.      I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Liberties  of  the  Church,  and  of  all  Perfons,  Cities,  &c. 


'  T?  I R  S  T,  That  holy  Church,  and  all  the  Lords 

4  Jp    Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  all  other  the  King's 

'  People,    having  Liberties  and  Franchifes,    and  alfo 

*  all  the  Cities  and  Boroughs,  fhall  have  and  enjoy 
'  all  their  Liberties  and   Franchifes   well    ufed,    and 

*  not    repealed,    nor  by  the  Common  Law   repeal- 
■  able.' 


ET  primes  qe  feinte  efglife  &  toutz  les  Seignurs 
fpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  toutz  les  autres 
lieges  du  Roy  aiantz  libertees  &  fraunchifes  & 
auxi  toutz  les  citees  &  burghs  aient  &  enjoient 
toutz  lour  libertees  &  fraunchifes  bien  ufez  & 
nient  repellez  ne  par  la  commune  ley  repella- 
blez. 

CAP. 


A.  D.  1423.  Anno  fecundo  Henri ci  VI.- 


C. 


3- 


523 


CAP.     II. 

A  Remedy  for  the  Matter,  fcfr.  of  the  Hofpical  of  St.  Leonard  in  York,  to  recover  a  Thrave 

of  Corn  due  to  them,  &c. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  come  lofpitall  de  feint  Leonard  dEver- 
wyk  qi  eft  de  la  fundation  de  les  nobles  pro- 
genitours  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  jadis  Roys 
dEngleterre  &  de  fon  patronage  en  la  primere 
fundation  dicell  eftoit  endowe  par  les  ditz  pro- 
gen  itoirs  du  Roy  dun  thrave  des  blees  a  prendre 
annuelment  de  chefcun  charue  arant  deinz  les 
countees  dEverwyk  Cumberland  WeftmerP  & 
Lancaftre  deinz  la  province  dEverwyk  des  quels 
thraves  les  maiftre  &  frers  du  dit  hofpitall  &  lour 
predeceflburs  ount  efte  feifez  du  temps  dount  me- 
morie  ne  court  come  parcell  de  la  primer  fundation 
du  dit  hofpitall  &  icelles  ount  pris  levez  Sc  coillez 
al  feft  de  feint  Martyn  en  yver  chefcun  an  tanqe 
ore  tarde  que  diverfes  gentz  dez  ditz  countees 
deinz  la  province  fuifdite  mefmes  les  thraves  ount 
detenuz  dount  les  ditz  maiftre  &  frers  nount  reme- 
die  fufficeant  ne  covenable  a  la  commune  ley  a 
graunt  anienteflement  du  dit  hofpitall  &  overt 
fubtrad/tion  del  fuftenaunce  des  ditz  maiftre  & 
frers  fi  lour  ne  foit  purveu  de  remedie  come  de 
ceo  fuit  compleint  en  le  dit  parlement  le  Roy  con- 
fidere  les  premi lies  del  affent  &  requeft  avauntditz 
ad  ordeinez  &  eftabliez  qe  les  ditz  maiftre  &  frers 
&  lour  fucceffours  pur  le  temps  efteantz  puiflent 
lever  coiller  &  prendre  les  ditz  thraves  deinz  le 
province  fuifdite  en  les  lieux  ou  il  devent  de  droit 
&  foloient  folonc  la  cuftume  &  ufage  en  mefmes 
les  lieux  euz  pardevant.  Et  auxi  qe  mefme  le  meif- 
ftre  &  fes  fucceffours  pur  le  temps  efteantz  aient 
de  temps  en  temps  action  par  briefs  ou  pleintz  de 
dette  ou  de  detenu  a  lour  plefir  envers  toutz  ceux 
&  chefcun  de  eux  qi  mefmes  les  thraves  enfi  de  droit 
au  dit  hofpitall  duez  detiegnent  ou  afcun  partie 
dicell  pur  recoverer  devers  eux  &  chefcun  deux  les 
ditz  thraves  ovec  lour  damages  enz  cell  partie. 


Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  les  parties  ovec  queux  les 
ditz  meiftre  &  frers  ou  lour  predeceflburs  font  ac- 
cordez  pur  tielx  thraves  par  compofitions  entre 
eux  faitz  &  enfealez  ne  foient  chargez  de  pluis  qe 
neft  compris  en  mefmes  les  compofitions  pur  les 
pofiefHons  qe  les  ditz  parties  avoient  al  temps  del 
fefance  des  compofitions  avauntditz. 


'  TTEM,  Whereas  the  Hofpital  of  St.  Leonard  of  The  Hofpital  of 
'  J.  York,  which  is  of  the  Foundation  of  the  Proge-  St-  £«»<»<<  in 
'  nitors   of  our  faid  Lord  the  King,   late  Kings    of^J^"- 
'  England,  and  of  his  Patronage,  in  the  firft  Foun-  Thrave°of  Corn 
'  dation  of  the  fame,  was  endowed,  by  the  faid  Proge--0f  every  Plough 
'  nitors  of  the  King,  of  a  Thrave  of  Corn  to  be  taken  Earing  within 
'  yearly  of  every  Plough  Earing  within  the  Counties  the  Counties  of 
'  of  York,   Cumber/and,    Weftmerland,    and   Lancafter,  S^^j'Tnl 
'  within  the  County  of  York,  of  which  Thraves  the  ham-a/l™  '  *" 
'  Mafter  and  Brethren  of  the  faid  Hofpital,  and  their 
'  Predeceflbrs    have  been  feifed,    the  Time   whereof 
'  runneth  no  Memory,  as  Parcel  of  the  firft  Foun- 
:  dation  of  the  faid  Hofpital,  and  the  fame  they  have 
;  levied  and  gathered  at  the  Feaft  of  St.  Martin  in 
;  Winter  every  Year,  till  now  late  that  divers  People 
:  of  the  faid  Counties,  within  the  Province  aforefaid, 
;  have   withholden   the  fame  Thraves,    whereof  the 
1  faid  Mafter  and  Brethren  have  no  fufficient  nor  co- 
:  venable  Remedy  at  the  Common  Law,  to  the  great 
:  Damage  of  the  faid  Hofpital,  and  open  Subtraction 
:  of  the  Suftenance  of  the  faid  Mafter  and  Brethren, 
:  if  Remedy  be  not  for  them  provided,  as  Complaint 
;  was  thereof  made  in  the  faid  Parliament  :"    '   (2)  The  Remedy 
The  King  confidering  the  Premifles,  of  the  Affent  which  the 
and  Requeft  aforefaid,  hath  ordained  and  ftablifhed,  Mafters  ofSt- 
That  the  faid  Mafter  and  Brethren,  and  their  Sue-  L*™'l % £°£ 
ceffors   for  the  time  being,   may  levy,   gather,  and  [0  recover  their 
take  the  faid  Thraves  within  the  Province  aforefaid,  Duties, 
in  the  Places  where  they  ought  of  Right,  and  were 
wont,  after  the  Cuftom  and  Ufage  had  in  the  fame 
Places  heretofore.     (3)  And  alfo  that  the  fame  Maf- 
ters  and   Succeflbrs  for  the   time    being  fhall   from 
time  to  time  have  Actions  by  Writs  or  Plaints  of 
Debt  or  Detinue  at  their  Pleafure,    againft  all  them 
and  every  of  them  that  detain  the  fame  Thraves  fo  of 
Right  due  to  the  faid  Hofpital,  or  any  Part  of  them, 
to  recover  the  faid  Thraves  againft  them,  and  every  of 
them,  with  their  Damages  in  this  Behalf. 

'  II.  Provided  always,  That  the  Parties  with  whom  a  Remedy  for 
the  faid  Mafter  and  Brethren,  or  their  Predeceffors,  the  Proprietors 
be  accorded  for  fuch  Thraves  by  Compofitions  made  which  have  com- 
and  fealed  betwixt  them,  fhall  of  no  more  be  charged  ^"jj^ 
than  is  comprifed  within  the  fame  Compofitions,  for  Brethren,"  "" 
the  PoiTemons  that  the  faid  Parties  had  at  the  Time 
of  the  making  of  the  aforefaid  Compofitions.' 


CAP.      III. 
John  Duke  of  Bedford,  being  in  the  King's  Service  in  France,  fhall  be  received  to  defend  his 

Right  by  Attorney. 

ITEM  ordinez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  Johan  Due  de  Bedford  uncle  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qeft  dela  le  meer  es 
parties  de  Iraunce  en  le  fervice  du  Roy  en  toutz  maners  des  plees  moevez  &  amoevtrs  envers  afcune 
perlon  ou  perfones  des  terres  &  tenementz  dount  la  reverfion  ou  la  remeindre  eft  au  dit  Due  joint  ou  feverall 
a  Ion  propre  oeps  foit  par  fon  attourne  ou  attourneez  receu  a  defendre  fon  droit  &  en  mefme  la  manere  ait 
H  enjoie  toutz  maners  benefices  &  avantages  ficome  il  fuift  prefent  en  fa  propre  perfone.  Et  qe  cefte  ordi- 
nance le  extende  fibien  ac  receites  des  reverfions  &  remeindres  apurchacers  &  againers  au  dit  Due  iointment 
&  ievera  ment  a  fon  oeps  demefne  come  a  receites  des  reverfions  &  remaindres  qil  ad  a  prefent  tana  me  il 
ferra  en  le  fervice  du  Roy  depardela. 


Xxx 


C  A  P, 


EXP. 


524        C.  4 — 6.  Anno  fecundo  Henrici  VI.         A.  D.  1423. 

C    A    P.     IV. 

All  Merchandifes  of  the  Staple  paffing  out  oi  England,  Wales,  and  Ireland,  mail  be  carried  to 

Calais,  lb  long  as  the  Staple  is  at  Calais. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
2-X  P.     |"TEM  corns  le  trelhoble  Roy  Edward  puis  leconqueft  tierce  ordeina  fon  eftaple  deftre  a  la  ville  de  Caleys 
-*-  &  qe  lender  repaier  des  lains  pealx  lanus  quirs  plurr.be  eftain  bure  formage  &  toutz  autres  merchandifes 
exceptz  drops  lanuz  &  harank  fore  paffantz  hors  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  &  fes  terres  de  Gales  &  dlrland 
&  fa  ville  de  Berwyk  fur  Twede  ferroit  a  dite  ville  de  Caleys  et  puis  au  parlement  tenuz  Ian  primer  du  Roy 
Henry  le  quart  fuift  ordeine  qe  leftaple  des  leins  quirs  pealx  lanuz  plumbe  &  eftaine  ferroit  entierment  a 
Caleys.     Salve  qe  les  merchauntz  de  janue  Venife  Cateloigne  Aregoine  &  les  autrez.  Roialmes  terres.  ou 
pais  vers  le  Weft  efteant-z  del  amiftee  du  Roy  purront  efkipper  a  Hampton  en  carrakes  niefs  galeys  &  autres- 
veflealx  lains  quirs  pealx  lanuz  plumbe  eftaine  &  autres  merchaundifes  de  leftaple  &  les  amefner  au  lour  pais 
vers  le  Weft  folonc  la  forme  de  leftatut  ent  fait  Ian  fceonde  du  Roy  Richard  feconde  puis  leconqueft  et 
auxi  fauve  a  les  burges  &  merchauntz  de  Berwyk  fur  Twede  certein  bienfice  pur  amefner  les  lains  del  cref- 
ceur  parentre  les  ewes  de  Twede  et  Coket  au  dit  lieu  de  Berwyk  &  les  efkipper  vers  queux  parties  qe  lour 
plena  dela  le  meer.     Et  combien  qe  les  ditz  eftatutz  en  le  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  Ian  du  Roy  Henry 
le  quint  Pier  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft  feconde  furent  confermez  &  enoutre  fuift  ordeine  en  mefme 
le  parlement  qe  nulles  lains  pealx  lanuz  q  ..irs  plumbe  efhin  entier  ou  founduz  appellez  Ihotentynne  nau- 
tre  merchandife  de  leftaple  qeconqe  delors  enavaunt  ferroient  envoiez  ou  amefnez  a  nulles  partiez  dela  le 
meer  fanz  ceo  qils  ibient  primerement  apportez  ale  dit  eftaple  folonc  la  forme  du  dite  ordinaunce  fait  le 
dit  an  primer  fur  peine  de  forfeiture  de  toutz  les  merchaundifes  par  tiel  maner  envoiez  ou  amefnez  hors 
du  Roialme  111  ne  lbit  par  licence  du  Roy  &  forfpris  ceux  perfons  biens  &  chofes  qi  fount  forfprifez  en 
mefme  lordinaunce  fait  le  dit  an  primer  iicome  en  les  ditz  eftatutz  eft  contenuz  pluys  au  plein.     Nientle- 
raeins  les  quirs  &  eftain  founduz  appellez  Ihotentynne  achatuz  &  purveux  cy  en  Engleterre  noun't  eftea 
amefnez  a  le  dit  eftaple  de  Caleys  folonc  la  forme  dez  ditz  eftatutz  mes  paflent  en  Flaundres  Holand  & 
Seland  a  trefgraund  damage  &  amenufement  de  les  cuftumes  &  fubfidies  duez  a  Roy  his  furent  amefnez  a 
la  ville  de  Caleys  le  Roy  volant  yceux  damages  &  amenufement  eviter  de  lavis  &  requeft  fufditz  ad  ordinez 
&  eftablez  qe  toutz  les  eftatutz  ent  faitz  &  nient  repellez  foient  tenuz  &  gardez  &  mys  en  due  execution 
et  qe  lentier  repair  des  lains  pealx  lanuz  quirs  plumbe  eftain  entier  ou  founduz  appellez  ihotentynne  &  de 
toutz  autres  merchandifes  appurtenantz  a  leftaple  paffantz  hors  de  Roialme  dEngleterre  &  des  paiis  de  Gales 
&  Jrland  foit  an  dit  lieu  de  Caleys  &  a  null  lieu  aiilours  dela  le  mere  tant  come  la  dite  eftaple  Jerra  a  mefme  ' 
la  ville  de  Caleys  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  del  verraie  value  de  les  merchandifes  qi  paifent  aillours  forfpris  a  les 
parties  devers  la  Weft  en  les  ditz  eftatutz  ent  faitz  nomez  et  qe  null  licence  deforenavauntfoit  grantez  au  con- 
trarie  except  pur  les  lains  pealx  lanuz.  &  quirs  de  Northumbr'  Weftmerl'  Cumber'  &  levefchee  de  Durefme 
falve  la  prerogative  du  Roy.     Purveux  toutz  foitz  qe  ft  afcuns  merchantz  foubz  colour  dafcune  licence 
efkippent  afcuns  lains  del  crefceure  dafcune  partie  del  countee  dEverwyk  ou  dautre  paiis  dii  Roialme  finon. 
de  la  crefceure  de  mefmes  les  parties  de  NorthumberF  Weftmerl'  Cumber'  &  levefchee  de  Durefme  ils  for- 
fairont  au  Roy  la  value  de  toutz  les  leins  enfy  efkippez  &  auxi  ils  perdront  le  benefice  du  mefme  la  licence 
&  qe  celuy  qi.  lefpiera  &  ent  fait  notice  au  Treforer  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  avera  la  quart  partie 
de  la  forfaiture  par  luy  enfi  notifie..    Item  ordeignez  eft  qe  null  licence  foitfaite  a  nully  de  carier  les  flcightes 
Iaines  des  countees  de  Sutht'  Kent  Suffez  &  dEverwyk  a  nulles  parties  de  pardela  forfqe  a  Caleys  tanqe  al. 
profchein  padement  Salvez  auxi  la  prerogative  du  Roy. 

CAP.     V. 

The  Penalty  if  any  carry  Wool'Is  or  Fells  not  cuftomed  out  of  the  Realm  to  any  Place  faving: 

to  Calais.. 

2X  P.  T  TEM  pur  eeo  qe  unnoTsell  efkippefbn  eft  trose  a  la  peele  de  Foddray  en  le  counte  de  Lancaftre  de- 
JL  la  quelle  peele  &  dautres  criks  d'einz  le  Roialme  plufours  lains  fount  amefnez  a  Ernemuthe  en  Seland  Sc 
a  plufours  autres  lieux  de  pardela  faunz  cuftume  ou  fublide  ent  duement  paier  au  Roy  et  les  merchauntz 
veignent  a  Develyn  en  Irland  &  illeoqes  preignent  lour  cokettes  &  parent  pur  chefcune  peer  des  lains  a  lour, 
propre  dit  ij.  d.  fi'come  le  Roy  adefte  de  ce  pleinement  enforme  en  le  djit  parlement  a.  trefgraunde  defceit  & 
fraude  du  Roy  ordeignez  eft  &  eftablez  qeftafcune  perfone  amefne  ou  face  amefner  afcuns  lains  ou  pealx  la- 
nuz nient  cuftumez  hors  du  Roialme  as  autres  lieux  ae  a  la  dite  eftaple  de  Caleys  qil  forface  au  Roy  la  value. 
de  les  merchaundifes  enfi  efkippez  &  fon  corps  a  prifone  tanqe  il  ad  fait  &  paiez  fyn  &  raunccon  et  qe  cdy 
qent  face  notice  a  Treforer  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  &  le  trefpaffbur  de  ceo  duement  convidt  av.era. 
la  quarte  partie  de  la  forfaiture  ait  Roy  duez  celle  partie. 

C  A.  P.     TI. 

For  what  Caufes  only  Gold  or  Silver  may  be  carried  out  of  the  Realm. 

firrwtlon  "  TTEM,  Whereas  by  King  Henry  the  Fifth,  Fa-     TTEM  come  par  le  Roy  Henry  le  quint  pie 
Siati^te  °  "  A  ther  to  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  it  was  or-     J.  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft  eftoit  ordeignez 


A  Confirmation 
of  the 


that'the  M,nt     "  da'ned,  That  a  Mint  of  Gold  and  Silver  fhould  be 
ftiii  beatCtf/«,j.  "  holden  within  the  Town  of  Calais,,  whereby  great 


KXr, 


5 


qe  un  mynt  dor  &  dargent  ferroit  tenuz  dedeins  la. 
ville  de  Caleys  par.  la  quell  graunde  fubitaunce 

dh 


A.  D.  1423. 


Anno  fecundo  He  n  r i  ci  VI. 


C. 


525 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
de  monoie  dor  &  dargent  ad  efte  apportez  deinz 
le  Roialme  la  quelle  monoie  par  diverfes  perfones 
ad  efte  &  eft  de  jour  en  autre  afportez  hors  dicell  a 
Burdeaux  &  Flaundrcs  &  aillours  encontre  leftatu.t 
fait  &  purveux  celle  partie  daunciene  temps  come 
de  eeo  ad  eftee  grevoufement  compleint  en  ceft 
parlcment  Ordinez  eft  fc.  afientuz  qe  mefme  lefta- 
tut  foit  tenuz  &  gardez  &  mys  en  due  execution. 
Et  en  outre  ordinez  eft  &  eftablez  qe  null  or  ou 
argent  foit  afportez.  hors  du  Roialme  au  contrarie 
du  dit  eftatut  iil  ne  foit  pur  paiement  des  guerres 
&  foudiours  du  Roy  de  pardela  fur  paine  de  for- 
faiture  de  la  value  de  la  fomme  del  monoie  qenfi 
foit  apportez  hors  de  Roialme  deftre  levee  de  celuy 
qi  la  mefnera  afportera  ou  envoiera  hors  dicell  et 
qe  celluy  qi  lefpiera  &  ferra  ent  notice  au  confcill 
ou  au  Treforer  dEngleterre  avera  la  quart  partie 
de  la  forfaiture  enfy  duez  au  Roy  forfpris  les  raun- 
ceons  pur  finaunce  des  prifoners  Englois  prifez 
&  apprendres  de  pardela  &  la  monoie  qe  les  foude- 
ours  emporterount  ovec  eux  pur  lour  refonables 
collages  &c  auxi  pur  chivalx  boefs  berbeis  &  autres 
chofes  acchatez  en  Efcoce  apporterez  ou  amef- 
nerez  as  parties  adjoinantz  iffuit  qe  la  monoie  a 
envoier  pur  finance  des  ditz  prifoners  ou  a  empor- 
ter  par  les  ditz  foudeours  as  parties  de  pardela  ne 
foit  fait  fanz  efpeciale  licence  du  Roy.  Et  pur 
ceo  qil  eft  fuppofez  qe  la  monoie  &  lor  du 
Roialme  eft  afportez  hors  dicell  par  merchauntz 
aliens  ordeinez  eft  &  eftabliez  qe  les  merchantz 
aliens  trovent  feurtee  en  la  Chauncerie  chefcune 
compaignie  pur  ceux  de  fa  compaigne  qe  null 
deux  namefnera  hors  du  Roialme  null  or  nargent 
contre  la  forme  du  dit  eftatut  fur  la  peine  de  for- 
faiture dicell  or  ou  argent  ou  de  la  value  dicell  & 
ft  afcun  de  eux  face  la  contrarie  &  ceo  duement 
provez  &  celuy  enfy  fefaunt  foit  alez  outre  le  meer 
adonqes  les  plegges  de  la  compaigne  paierount  au 
Roy  la  forfaiture  fuifdite  dent  celly  qi  lavera  ef- 
piez  &  le  done  a  conuftre  au  Treforer  ou  a  confeill 
du  Roy  avera  la  quart  partie  come  defuis. 


•Subftance  of  Money  of  Gold  and  Silver  hath  been 
brought  within  the  Realm,  (2)  which  Money  by  di- 
vers Perfons  hath  been,  and  is  daily,  carried  out  of 
the  fame  to  Burdeaux,  Flanders,  and  other  Places, 
againft  the  Statute  in  old  Times  made  and  provided 
in  this  Behalf,  as  hath  been  grievoufly  complained  in 
this  Parliament ;"    '  (3)  it  is  ordained  and  aileuted, 
That  the  fame  Statute  be  holden  and  kept,  and.  put. 
in  due  Execution.     (4)  And  moreover  it  is  ordained  N°  Gold  or 
and  eftablifhed,  That  no  Gold  nor  Silver  fhall  be"^r'"/nfa['thbe  r 
carried  out  of  the  Realm  contrary  to  the  faid  Statute,. the'Reaim   but 
unlefs  it  be  for  Payment  of  Wars,  and  the  King's.  tor  the  Caufes 
Soldiers  beyond  the  Sea,  upon  Pain  of  F01  feiture  of  herein  excepted,, 
the  Value  of  the  Sum  of  Money  fo  carried  out  of  ther9  EJ-  3-  ft"£-  *• 
Realm,  to  be  levied  of  him  that  fhall  bring,   carry,  c'^'       „ 
or  fend  it  out  of  the  fame  Realm:   (5.)  and  that  he  £  2.' 
which  efpieth  it,  and  thereof  giveth  Knowledge  to  2  h.  4.  c.  ?. 
the  Council,  or  to  the  Treafurer  of  England,,  ihall4#-4~  c-  rS 
have  the  fourth  Part  of  the  Forfeiture  fo  due  to  the®1 1&-     Ss-  *■ 
King,  (6)  except  the  Ranfoms  for  Fines  of  Engiijhc[  9Ed  . _  8>  _ 
Prifoners  taken  and  to  be  taken  beyond  the  Sea,  and 
the  Money  that  the  Soldiers  fhall  carry  wi;h  them 
for  their  reafonable  Cofts,  (7)  and  alfo  for  Horfes, 
Oxen,  Sheep,  and  other  Things  bought  in  Scotland, 
to  be  lent  and   carried  to  the  Parties  adjoining;   (8) 
fo  that  the  Money  to  be  fent  for  the  Fines  of  the 
faid  Prifoners,  or  to  be  carried  by  the  faid  Soldiers 
to  the  Parties  beyond  the  Sea,  be  not  done  without 
the  King's  fpecial  Licence,     (a)  And  becaufe  it  is  Merchants 
fuppofed  that  the  Money  of  Gold  of  the  Realm  is  j^cn"/ *ac"rJe 
carried  out  of  the  fame  by  Merchants  Aliens,  it  is  n^Gol^ouYof 
ordained  and  ftablii'lied,  That  the  Merchants  Aliens  the  Realm, 
fhall  find  Surety  in  the  Chancery,  every  Company 
for  them  of  their  Company,  that  none  of  them  fhall  Seefarthi^cm- 
carry  out  of  the  Realm  any  Gold  or  Silver  againft cl'™t'a fio r'lf  x~ 
the  Form  of  the  faid  Statute,  upon  Pain  of  ForfeL-  Gold  and  Silver 
ture  of  the  fame  Gold  or  Silver,  or  the  Value  of  the  27  H.  6.  c. 
fame  ;  (10)  and  if  any  of  them  do  the  contrary,  and  3  H-  7-  c-  8. 


.H. 


that  duly  proved,    and   he   fo  doing  be  gone   ^,^  £,  , 
the  Sea,_  then  the  Pledges  of  his  Company  fhall  pay  Car\  2'_  c'_  ' 
to  the  King  the  faid  Forfeiture,  whereof  he  that  fhall  6f  10  Wy  3 
efpy  it,  and  thereof  give  Notice  to  the  Treafurer,  or  *s-   ia'Am. 


3' 

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T 
9 


to  the  King's  Council, 
is  aforefaid..' 


fhall  have  tie  fourth  Part  as  25- 


Gee 

12 


2&.. 


G«0, 


CAP.      VII. 

The  Penalty  of  a  Cordwayner  ufing  the  Myftery  of  a  Tanner, 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  les  quirs  par  les  cordewaners  qi  ufent  la  miftere  de  tanners  &  auxi  plufburs  des  quirs  ReP-  5  B1-  c- 
par  les  tanners  tannez  font  cy  deceivabiement  tannez  qe  les  botes  folers  &  autres  necefTaries  ent  faitz  & '  J3C' 1,cz 
fount  en  trop  poy  de  temps  gaftez  &  diftruitz  a  caufe  de  la  male  tanner  de  les  quirs  fuifditz  a  graund  de- 
ceit &  perde  de. tout  la  comunalte  du  Roialn-e  Ordeignez  eft  &  eftablez  qe  li  afcun  cordewaner  du  Roialme' 
ufe  le  miftere  de  tanrer  duraunt  le  temps  qil  ufe  la  miftere  de  cordewaner  qil  forface  au  Roy  pur  chefcun, 
quir  par  luy  ou  par  afcun  autre  a  fon  oeps  tannez  vi.  s.  viij.  d.  et  ft  les  cordewaners  trovent  notoir.e  defaute 
en  les  quirs  par  les  ditz  tanners  tannez  ou  a  tanners  qe  le  tanner  dicelles  quirs  enfy  defectifs  forface  au  Roy 
en  mefme  le  maner  pur  chefcua  quir  iffint  defecStif  vi.  s.  viij.  d.  et  qe  celuy  qi  ceo  voet  fuier  eit  lune  moite 
pur  fon  travaille  &  le  Roy  lautre  moite  et  qe  les  Juftices  de  lune  Bank  &  de  lautre  Juftices  des  afTifes  Juftices- 
de  pees  Juftices  de  Ceftre  &  de  Lancaftre  maires  des  citees  &  des  burghs  eiantz  poiar  come  juftices  de  pees 
eiant  poiar  denquerer  pur  oier  &  terminer  les  articles  &  les  matiers  fuifditz  fibien  al  fuite  de  Roy  come  de 
partie  ou  eux  attein£ter  par  examination  fibien  al  fuite  de  Roy  come  de  partie  al  difcretion  des  juftices  Si 
maires  fuifditz.  Et  qe  ceft  eftatut  &  ordeignaunce  comencerent  a  tenir  lieu  &  foient  mys  en  execution,  a. 
feft  de  Nowell  profchein  aventr. 


CAP, 


526       C.  8,  9.  Anno  fecundo  Henrici  VI.  A.  D.  1423. 

cap.     vnr. 

IriJImen  reforting  into  the  Realm,  fhall  put  in  Surety  for  their  good  absaring. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

.jj".j  TfTEM  come  ordeine  foit  en  le  darrein  parlement  entre  autres  qe  toutz  gentz  neez  en  Irland  foient 

X   voidez  hors  de  Roialme  dedeins  le  mois  profchein  apres  la  proclamation  fait  de  cell  ordinaunce  fur 

peine  de  perdre  lour  biens  &  deftre  emprifonez  a  la  volunte  du  Roy  forfpris  certein  perfones  en  mefme  lor- 

dinance  forfprifez  et  qe  les  graduates  &  hommes  beneficez  troverent  leurte  de  lour  bon  port  et  qils  rtt 

preignent  fur  eux  la  principake  dafcun  fale  ou  hoftell  mes  demoergent  ils  entre  autres  efcolers  Engloys 

defoubz  la  principalte  dautres  &  outre  ceo  qe  ceux  efcolers  dlrland  qi  ne  font  mye  graduates  &  fount  del 

obeiffaunce  du  Roy  trovent  feurte  de  lour  bon  port  en  manere  come  les  ditz  graduates  ferront  en  la  forme 

avauntdit.     Et  qe  toutz  efcolers  dlrland  efteantz  alors  en  Engleterre  qi  vorroient  demurer  ycy  ferroient  ap- 

porter  chefcun  aparluy  au  Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  devaunt  le  feft  de  Seint  Johan  le 

Baptiftre  darrein  paffez  lettres  defoubz  le  isal  de  le  lieutenant  ou  Juftice  dlrland  tefmoignantz  qils  fount 

del  obeifance  du  Roy  &  qe  de  ceux  qi  napporterent  my  tieux  lettres  devant  mefmes  le  feft  de  Seint  Johan 

foit  fait  come  des  rebelles  au  Roy.     Et  qe  de  cele  feft  de  Seint  Johan  enavant  null  perfone  neez  en  Irland 

entre  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  a  demurrer  en  la  univerfite  dOxenford  ou  de  Cantebrigg  ou  aillours  dedeinz 

le  Roialme  dEngleterre  fil  napport  au  dit  Chaunceller  autieux  lettres  tefmoignalx  fur  peine  deftre  puniz 

come  rebell  au  Roy. 

Who  (hall  take       jrt  pur  tant  ^£n  ja  ,j;te  ordinaunce  ne  fuit  pas  mention  faite  devant  qi  ne  en  quele  manere  la  feurte  de 

hilhmen  that       bon  Port  come  defuis  ferra  trove  Ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliez  qe  les  chauncellers  des  univerfitees  dOxenford 

will  refort  into    &  Cantebrigg  pur  le  temps  efteantz  chefcun  deux  dedeinz  fa  jurisdiction  preigne  les  feurtes  aprendrez  des 

the  Realm  ac-    efcolers  deinz  mefr.es  les  univerfitees  &  les  certifient  en  la  Chauncellarie  de  Roy.     Et  qe  les  juftices  du 

cording  to  the    pees  en  COuntees  &  mairs  &  baillifs  deinz  citees  &  borghs  enfranchifez  aient  poair  de  prendre  devaunt  eux 

1    "   '  tiel  maner  feurtee  de  bon  port  &  de  fai-re  execution  envers  eux  qi  demorgent  ou  facent  en  contrarie  le  dite 

ordinaunce  decy  enavant. 


3- 


CAP.      IX. 

The  Money  called  Blanks  fhall  be  wholly  put  out. 

■x  lift  c2  T'TEM  ordeinez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  proclamation  foit  fait  par  toutz  les  countes  dEngleterre  deins  fraun- 

1  chifes  &  dehors  &  deins  citees  villes  burghs  &  aillours  qe  tout  la  monoie  appelle  Blankes  foient  en  tout 
ouftez  &  voidez  hors  du  Roialme  devant  le  left  de  feint  Johan  le  Baptiftre  profchein  avenir  &  enoutre  qe 
null  homme  apres  le  dit  feft  paie  ou  refceive  pur  paiment  en  afcun  maner  deinz  le  dit  Roialme  le  dit  monoie 

3  H.  5.  c  1.  appelle  blankes  fur  mefme  la  peine  contenuz'&  ordeinez  par  eftatut  fait  Ian  tierce  le  Roy  Henry  pier  noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  Roy  encountre  toutz  ceux  qi  paiont  ou  refceivont  pur  paiement  le  monoie  appelle  Galyhalpens 
Sufkyns  &  Dodekyns  deins  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  fufdit. 

A  Penalty  on  deceitful  Workers  of  Gold  and  Silver  Embroidery. 

EXP.  JTEM  pur  ceo  qe  diverfes  defautes  font  trovez  en  loveraigne  de  diverfes  perfons  occupiantz  le  miftier  de 
J.  brouderie  ordeinez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  tout  loveraigne  &  fluff  de  brouderie  dor  ou  dargent  de  Cipre  ou  dor 
de  Luke  mellee  ovec  laton  de  Spayne  &  mys  a  vent  en  deceit  des  lieges  du  Roi  foit  forf  it  au  Roy  ou  as 
Seignurs  &  autres  aiantz  fraunchifes  dautielx  forfaiturs  ein  quy  franchife  autiel  overaigne  foit  trovee.  Et  du- 
rera  ceft  ordeinance  tanqe  al  parlement  procheinment  avenir. 

Concerning  the'Reverfal  of  Outlawries  pronounced  againft  Perfons  whilft  abroad  in  the  King's 

Service. 

EXPo  TTEM  ordeinez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  fi  afcun  utlagarie  fur  afcun  homme  efteaunt  hors  du  Roialme  en  le 
JL  fervice  de  Roy  ovec  luy  mefmes  ou  defoubz  afcun  capitain  foit  pronuncie  &  fur  ceo  le  Roy  ou  le  capi- 
tain  morege  devant  qe  tielz  utlagariez  foient  reverfez  &  la  partie  qe  purfue  de  reverfer  afcune  tiel  utlaga- 
rie a  caufe  fufdit  voet  allegger  fon  capitain  deftre  mort  qe  adonqs  fa  demoeure  al  temps  des  ditz  utlagaries 
foit  certifiez  par  les  executours  ou  miniftrours  des  tielx  capitains  ou  clerkes  de  lours  monftres  ou  afcun  autre 
notable  perfone  folonc  la  discretion  des  Juftices  en  mefme  le  manere  come  le  capitain  ceo  deuft  avoir  cer- 
tifiez fil  feufTe  en  vie  purveux  toutfoitzqe  laverrement  foitreceu  pur  noftre  Seignur  leRoy  qe  le  captain  eft 
en  plein  vie  &  auxi  qe  la  partie  feuft  en  Engleterre  en  temps  de  tielx  utlagaries  pronunciez  fi  avant  come 
ad  efte  fait  devant  ces  heurs  en  cas  qe  le  captain  fuift  en  plein  vie.  Et  durera  ceft  ordinance  tanqe  al  par- 
lement piofcheinment  avenir. 

Tke 


A.  D.  1423. 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  VI. 


C.  10,  11.        527 


The  Juftices  fhall  inquire  into  and  remove  certain  Nufances  on  the  Thames. 

Ex  Rot.   in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  deu  ferche  Si  correction  neft  pas  fait  en  leawe  de  Thamife  dehors  les  boundes  de  la  EX  P. 
fraunchife  de  Loundres  en  les  countes  de  Surr'  Kent  &:  Effex  ploufours  mefchief;  ore  tarde  ount  eftee 
faitz  de  deftrudtion  des  gentz  nifs  Si  merchandifes  &  frie  de  p^flbn  par  les  weres  kydelles  &  trunkes  la 
efteantz  noefantz  ordeinez  eft  Si  afientuz  qe  feveralx  commiffions  foient  faitz  as  Juftices  de  pees  des  ditz 
countez  pur  le  temps  efteantz  derquerrer  des  tieux  noifantz  dehors  la  dite  fraunchife  de  Londres  fi  fovent 
come  bofoigne  foit  &  de  certifier  de  temps  en  temps  en  le  bank  le  Roy  ceo  qent  ferra  trovee  par  les  inqui- 
fitions  enfi  affairs  et  facent  les  Juftices  de  dit  Banke  fur  les  ditz  certifications  autielx  procefies  envers  eux- 
qenfi  ferront  trovez  trefpaffours  come  lour  meulx  femblera  par  la  ley  &  facent  eux  remoever  lour  anoefantz 
enfy  faitz  Salvez  a  chefcun  fon  droit  &  title  en  les  weres  kydelx  &  trynkes  avauntditz.  Et  durera  celle  or- 
dinaunce  tanqe  al  parlement  profcheinment  avenir. 

C  A  P.     X. 

What  Manner  of  inferior  Officers  ihall  be  appointed  in  the  King's  Courts. 


IT' EM  al  entent  qe  le  pluis  bone  &  feure 
governaunce  foit  euz  dedeins  les  courtes  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  a  fon  profit  &  al  eafe  de  fon  poe- 
ple  qont  a  purfuer  &  affaire  en  ycelles  Ordeinez 
eft  Si  eftabliz  qe  toutz  les  officers  faitz  par  let- 
tres  patentz  roialx  deins  les  ditz  courtes  qont 
poiar  Si  audlorite  par  vertue  de  lour  office  daun- 
cien  temps  accuftumes  de  faire  clercs  &  minifties 
deins  mefmes  les  courtes  foient  chargez  &  jurrez 
de  faire  tielx  clercs  &  miniftres  pur  quels  ils  voil- 
lent  refpoundre  a  lour  perill  qi  foient  fufficeantz 
foialx  Si  entendantz  a  ceo  qe  a  eux  appertient 
au  efploit  fibien  de  les  bofoignes  du  Roy  come  de 
fon  poeple. 


XT  E  M,  To  the  Intent  that  better  and  more  fure  . 
Government  be  had  witnin  the  Courts  of  our  Lord 
the  King,  for  his  Profit,  and  Eafe  of  his  People, 
which  have  to  purfue  and  to  do  in  the  fame ;  it  is 
ordained  and  ftabiifhed,  That  all  the  Officers  made 
by  the  King's  Letters  Patents  Royal  within  the  faid 
Courts,  which  have  Power  and  Authority,  by  virtue 
of  their  Offices  of  old  Times  accuftomed,  to  appoint 
Clerks  and  Minifters  within  the  fame  Courts,  fhall 
be  charged  and  fworn  to  appoint  fuch  Clerks  and  Mi- 
nifters, for  whom  they  will  anfwer  at  their  Peril, 
which  be  fufficient,  faithful,  and  attending  to  that 
which  pertaineth  to  them  in  Pe  formance  of  the  Bur 
finefs,  as  well  of  the  King  as  of  his  People.'  4  inft,  114, 


CAP.      XI. 

The  feveral  Meafures  of  Veffcls  of  Wine,  Eels,  Herrings,  and  Salmon. 


ITEM  combien  qen  auncien  temps  fuift  ordeinez 
Si  loialment  ufez  qe  toneux  pipes  tercians  hog- 
geftiedes  de  vyn  de  Gafc'oigne  barrelles  de  harank 
&  danguilles  Si  buttes  de  famon  veignant  par  vote 
de  merchandife  en  ceft  terre  hors  des  eftraunges 
pais  &  auxi  faitz-  en  mefme  la  terre  ferroient  de 
certein  mefure  ceftaflavoir  le  tonell  de  vyn  de  **  Si 
x  i  galons  le  pipe  de  **  Si  vi  galons  la  tercian  de  fuj  & 
Hii  galons  le  hoggefhede  de  lxiii  galons  le  barell 
de  harank  Si  danguilles  de  xxx  galons  pleinement 
pakkez  le  butte  de  famon  de  "j  &  iiij  galons  pleine- 
ment pakkez  nientlemains  par  ymagination  Si  fub- 
tylite  ount  jatard  eftee  faitz  tieux  vefleux  de  pluis 
petite  mefure  a  graunde  perde  &  defceit  au  Roy 
&  de  fon  poeple  dount  en  cefte  parlement  fuift 
priez  efpecialment  de  remedie  Si  eft  ordeinez  Si 
eftablez  qe  null  homme  apres  le  fyn  de  xii  moys 
le  feft  de  Pafque  profchein  avenir  profcheinement 
enfuantz  apporte  en  le  royalme  dEngletere  de  qel 
paiis  qe  ceo  foit  ne  face  deins  mefme  le  royalme  to- 
nell de  vyn  fil  ne  conteigne  del  mefure  dEngle- 
terre  *jj  &  xij-  galons  le  pipe  **,  vj  galons  Si  enfy  fo- 
lonc  lafferaunt  le  tercian  &  le  hoggefhede  de  vyn  de 
Gafcoigne  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  de  mefme  le  vyn 
ne  barrell  de  harank  ne  danguilles  fils  ne  conteign- 
ent  xxx  galons  pleinement  pakkez  ne  butte  de  fal- 
mon  fil  ne  conteigne  fhj  &  iiij  galons  pleinement 
pakkez  ne  kynderkyns  tercians  &  ferdekyng;  de 
harank  ne  danguilles  ne  de  famon  forfqe  folonc  laf-. 


ITEM,  Whereas  in  old  Time  it  was  ordained *7 EJ-  i-M-  r* 
and  lawfully  ufed,  That  Tuns,  Pipes,  Tertians, c%  %'    3*  Ed-  3" 
Hogfheads  of  Gafco'ign  Wine,  Barrels  of  Herring  and-^  "2i  "f-  'j, 
of  Eels,  and  Butts  of  Salmon,  coming  by  way  of 
Merchandife  into  this  Land  out  of  ftrange  Countries,    . 
and  alfo  made  in  the  fame  Land,  fhould  be  of  cer- 
tain Meafure;  that  is  to  fay,  The  Tun  of  Wine  CC 
lii.  Gallons,   the  Pipe  C  xxvi.  Gallons,  the  Tertian    . 
lxxxiv.  Gallons,  the  Hogfhead  lxiii.  Gallons,   the  - 
Barrel  of  Herring  and  of  Eels  xxx.  Gallons  fully 
packed,  the  Butt  of  Salmon  lxxxiv.  Gallons  fully 
packed  ;   neverthelefs,  by  Device  and  Subtilty  now 
late  fuch  Veflels  have  been  of  much  lefs'Meafure,  to 
the  great  Deceit  and  Lofs  of  the  King  and  of  his 
People,  whereof  fpecial  Remedy  was  prayed  in  the 
Parliament;"    '  (2)    it   is  ordained  and  ftabiifhed, 
That    no  Man,   after  the  End  of  Twelve  Months 
from  the  Feaft  of  Eqjler  next  coming,   fhall  bring 
into  the  Realm  of  England,  from  what  Country  fo- 
ever  it  be,  nor  make  within  the  fame  Realm,  a  Tun 
of  Wine,  except  it  contain  of  the  Er.glijh  Meafure 
CC  lii.  Gallons,  the  Pipe  C  xxvi.  Gallons,   snd  fo 
after  the  Rate  the  Tertian  and  the  Hogfhead  of  Gaf- 
coin  Wine,  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  the  fame  Wine ; 
(3)  nor  Barrel  of  Herring,  nor  of  Eels,  unlefs  they 
contain  xxx.  Gallons  fully  packed  ;  nor  Butt  of  Sal- 
mon, unlefs  it  contain  lxxxiv.  Gallons  fully  packed; 
nor  Kinderkins,  Tertians,  and  Firkins  of  Herring, 
nor  of  Eels,  nor  of  Salmon, ,  but  after  the  Rate  fully 

packed, 


52-3       C.  ifZ» 


Anno  fecunad©  He;nri  c  i  VL 


A.  D.  1423, 


S.elSH.6. 

c.  17. 

I  R.  3.  c.  13. 

14, 


iS  H.  S.  c. 


*  packed,  after  the  Feaft-of  tbe.Nativfty  of  St.  yobn  <the 

*  Baptiji  next  coming,  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  the 
s  faid  Herring,  Eels,  and  Salmon,  fo  brought  or  made 

*  contrary  to  this  Ordinance,  in  what  City,  Borough, 
'  and  Town  of  the  Realm,  or  in  any  Part  of  England, 
4  that  fuch  Defaults  be  found,  to  the  Lord  of  the  fame 

*  Town  ;    (4)  and  that  he  which  will  fue  and  prove  the 

*  faid  Defaults,  fhall  have  the  fourth  Part  of  the  -fame 
4  Forfeiture.     (5)  And  the  Juftices  of  Peace  in  all  the 

*  Counties  of  England,  and  Mayors  and  Bailiffs,  having 

*  Power  to  inquire  of  the  Peace,  fhall  inquire,  hear, 

*  and  determine  all  the  fame  Defaults.     (6)  And  that 

*  this  Ordinance  extend  and  have  Strength,  as  well 
4  within  the  County  of  Chefter,  as  elfewhere.' 

concerning  gauging  ofVeJJ'eh  of  Wine,  &c. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
feraunt  \pleinement  pakkez  .puis  le  feft  deNativitee 
de  Seint  Johan  le  Baptiftre  pro'fehein  avenir  fur 
peyne  de  forfaiture  de  les  harank  anguilles  &  famon 
avauntditz  enfy  apportez  ou  faitz  au  contrarie  de 
ceil:  ordinaunce  en  quell  citee  burgh  &  ville  du 
royalme  ou  en  afcune  partie  dEngleterre  qe  tieuK 
defautez  foient  trovez  au  Seignur  de  mefme  la  ville 
et  qe  celluy  qi  voet  fuer  &  prover  les  ditz  defautz 
avera  la  quart  partie  de  mefme  la  forfaiture.  Et  qe 
les  j  tiftices  du  pees  en  toutz  les  countes  dEngleterre 
mairs  &  baillifs  aiantz  poair  denqerer  de  peax  en- 
quergeroient  &  terminent  toutz  iceux  defautz.  Et 
qe  celt  ordeignaunce  foi  extende  &  eit  force  fibien 
dedeins  le  countee  de  Ceftre  come  aillouxs. 


The  Matter  of 
the  Mint  (hall 
keep  his  Allay 
in  making  of 
white  Money, 


The  Office  and 
Duty  of  the 
King's  Affayer 
or  the  Mint, 


-f  Read  each  of 
them  beini  fiuvrn-. 


The  Office  of 
the  Controller 
of  the  Mint. 
The  Matter  of 
the  Mint  fhall 
convert  into 
Coin  all  the 
Gold  and  Silver 
■which  he  ihall 
receive.     The 
Mailer  of  the 
Mint  (hall  mak; 
imall  Money. 


CAP.      XII. 

The  Office  and  Duty  of  the  King's  Allayer,  Controllour,  and  Mafter  of  the  Mint. 


IT  E  M,  To  the  Intent  that  the  more  Bullion  may 
be  brought  to  the  Mint,  and  the  greater  Plenty 
of  white  Money  be  made  and  current  within  the 
Realm,  for  the  Eafe  and  Profit  of  the  Commona'.ty  of 
the  fame,  it  is  ordained  and  ftablifhed,  That  the  Ma- 
iler of  the  Mint  fhall  keep  his  Allay  in  the  making 
of  white  Money  according  to  the  Form  of  his  Inden- 
ture ;  (2)  and  that  the  fame  Mafter  receive  of  every 
Perfon,  that  fhall  bring  any  Silver  to  the  Mint,  the 
fame  Money  at  the  true  Value  as  it  is  worth  accord- 
ing to  the  fame  Allay,  upon  Pain  to  pay  to  the  Party 
his  double  Damages.  (3)  And  alio  to  the  Intent  that 
this  Ordinance  may  the. better  and  more  juftly  be. 
obferved,  it  is  ordained,  That  the  King's  Affayer, 
which  is  a  Perfon  indifferent  betwixt  the  Mafter  of 
the  Mint  and  the  Merchant,  and  alfo  the  Control- 
ler of  the  Mint,  fhall  be  prefent  when  any  fuch 
Bullion  -of  Silver  is  brought  to  the  Mint,  to  the  In- 
tent that  the  faid  Affayer  may  rightfully  -fet  the  Va- 
lue of  the  fame  according  to  the  *  Law,  in  cafe  of 
Variance  betwixt  the  Mafter  and  the  Merchant ; 
and  the  Controller  to  controul  as  well  Silver  that  is 
brqught  to  the  faid  Mint,  as  carried  out  of  the  fame, 
f  every  two  Days  faithfully  and  indifferently  to  do 
their  Duty,  without  taking  any  Reward  other  than 
the  Fee  which  they  fhail  take  of  the  King,  upon 
Pain  to  yield  double  Damages,  as  afore  is  faid ; 
(4)  and  that  the  Affayer  and  Controller  be  credi- 
ble, fubftantial,  and  expert  Men,  having  perfeft 
Knowledge  in  the  Myftery  of  Goldfmiths,  and  of 
the  Mint.  (5)  And  alfo  that  neither  the  Mafter  of 
the  Mint,  nor  the  Exchanger  for  the  time  being,  fell, 
nor  caufe  to  be  fold,  nor  aliene  to  any  other  Uie  but 
to  the  Coin,  no  Manner  of  Gold  nor  of  Silver 
wrought  or  unwrought,  coined  or  not  coined,  or 
Bullion  which  is  brought  to  the  Mint,  or  to  the 
Exchange,  but  apply  the  fame  only  to  the  Money, 
according  to  the  Form  of  the  faid  Indenture,  upon 
the  Pain  contained  in  the  fame  Indenture.  (6)  And 
that  the  fame  Mafter  of  the  Mint  caufe  to  be 
ftricken,  from  time  to  time,  Half-Nobles,  Farthings 
of  Gold,  Groats,  Half-Groats,  Pence,  Half-Pence, 
and  Farthings,  for  the  Eafe  of  the  People,  according 
to  the  Tenor  of  the  Indenture  made  betwixt'  the 
King  and  him,  upon  the  Pain  contained  in  the  fame, 
fo  that  the  common  People  may  have  Recourfe  to  the 
Exchange  for  fmall  Gold  and  white  Money,  as  they 
reafonably  fhall  need,' 
Read^%. 


IT  E  M  a  lentent  qe  le  pluis  greindre  bullion 
puiffe  eftre  apporte  a  le  mynte  &  le  grendre 
plente  de  blank  Money  eftre  faitz  &  currant  deinz 
le  Roialme  pur  le  aife  &  profit  du  communaltc 
dicelle  ordeinez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  le  maiftre  del  mynt 
garde  fon  allaie  en  la  fefance  de  la  blank  monoie 
folonc  la  forme  de  fa  endenture  et  qe'  mefme  le 
meiftre  refceive  de  chefcun  hommeqi  portera  afcun 
argent  a  la  mynt  mefme  largent  a  la  verroie  value 
come  il  vault  folonc  mefme  lallaie  fur  peine  de  paier 
le  double  damage  a  la  partie.  Et  auxi  al  entent  qe 
ceft  ordeignance  puiffe  le  meulx  &  pluis  jouftement 
eftre  gardez  ordeinez  eft  qe  laffaiour  du  Roy  qi  eft 
perfone  indifferent  parentre  le  maiftre  del  mynt  & 
le  merchant  &  auxi  le  countrollour  del  mynt  foient 
prefentez  qant  afcun  tiele  bullion  dargent  foit  porte 
a  le  mynte  a  lentent  qe  le  dit  affaiour  puis  droite- 
ment  mettre  le  value  dicell  folonc  lallaie  en  cas  del 
variaunce  parentre  le  maiftre  -etle  merchant  et  le 
countrollour  a  countrouller  fibien  largent  qeft  ap- 
portez en  la  dit  mynt  come  afportez  hors  dicell 
chefcun  deux  jurrez  de  faire  foialment  &  endeffe- 
rentment  lour  devoir  fanz  afcun  rcgarde  prendre 
autre  qe  le  fee  qils  preignont  du  Roy  fur  la  peine 
de  paier  double  damage  com  defuis  et  qe  ceux 
affaiour  &  countroullour  foientz]vaillaintz  crediblez 
&  expertez  perfones  aiantz  notoier  fcience  en  le 
miftier  dorfeour  &  de  mynt.  Et  auxi  qe  le  maiftre 
del  mynt  ne  le  chaungeour  pur  le  temps  efteant 
vende  ne  face  vendre  ne  aliene  a  null  autre  oeps 
forfqe  a  le  coigne  null  maner  dor  ne  dargent  overe 
ou  nient  overee  coignee  ou  nient  coignee  ou  bullion 
qeft  portez  a  la  mynt  ou  a  lefchaunge  mes  icell 
applie  toutfoulment  a  le  monoie  folonc  la  forme  de 
lendenture  avantdite  fur  la  peine  contenuz  en 
mefme  lendenture.  Et  qe  mefme  le  maiftre  del 
mynt  face  ferire  de  temps  en  temps  demy  nobles 
ferlynges  dor  groffes  demy  groffes  deniers  males  & 
ferlinges  pur  le  aife  du  poeple  folonc  le  tenour 
del  dite  endenture  fait  parentre  le  Roy  &:  luy  fur 
la  peine  contenuz  en  ycell  iflint  qe  le  communs 
poeple  puis  avoir  recours  a  lefchaunge  pur  petit 
or  &  blanke  monoie  come  ils  refonablement  bofoig- 
neront. 


C  A  P. 


A.  D.  14234 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  VI. 

CAP.      XIII. 
The  Price  of  a  Pound  of  Silver  in  Plate,   Piece,  or  Mafs. 


c. 


13, 14. 


529 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

IT  E  M  pur  ceo  qe  graunde  efcarcite  de  blank  monoie  eft  dedeins  le  Roialme  a  caufe  qe  argent  eft  achatuzRe  ,,  jac.  r, 
&  venduz  nient  coignuez  a  la  price  de  xxxij.  s.  la  li'  du  troie  la  ou  mefme  le  li'  neft  pluis  de  value  a  lec.Ts. 
coigneqe  xxxij.  s.  abatuz  pur  le  cunage  xij.  d.  Ordeinezeft&  eftabliz  pur  lencrece  de  la  dit  blank  monoie  qe 
null  homme  de  quell  eftate  ou  condition  qil  foit  deinz  le  dit  Roialme  nachate  nevende  null  argent  en  plate  de 
peffe  ne  en  mafle  efteant  fi  bone  dallaie  come  le  fterling  outre  xxxs.  le  livre  du  troie  outre  la  facion  fur  le 
peine  de  forfeiture  de  la  double  value  datant  come  il  achate  ou  vende.en  contraire  de  cefte  ordinaunce  &  qe 
lune  moite  (bit  forfait  al  oeps  du  Roy  &  lautre  moite  al  oeps  de  celuy  qe  voet  fuer  &  prover  mefme  la  for- 
feiture. Purveux  toutz  foitz  qe  ceux  qi  alent  a  le  coigne  puiffent  avoir  &  prendre  del  maiftre  de  mefme  le 
coigne  folonc  ceo  qe  eft  loialment  contenuz  en  les  endentures  parentre  leRoy  et  le  dit  maiiire  en  faitz.  Et 
auxi  le  maiftre  de  la  mynt  fufdit  pur  le  temps  efteant  puis  prendre  &  deliverer  ficome  il  eft  contenu  en  les  ditz 
endentures  fanz  pluis  prendre  pur  laife  U  profit  de  le  commune  poeple. 

CAP.      XIV. 
The  Finenefs  of  Harnefs  of  Silver,  and  the  Marks  with  which  it  fhall  be  marked. 


IT  E  M  qe  null  orfeour  ne  overour  dargent  deinz 
la  Citee  de  Loundres  vende  null  overaigne  dar- 
gent fil  ne  foit  auxi  fyne  come  le  fterlyng  forfpris 
ceo  qe  bofoigne  foudure  en  la  fefance  le  quell  foit 
alowe    folonc  ceo    qe   la   foudour   foit    neceffarie 
pur  eftre  overee  en  ycell.     Et  qe  null  orfeour  ne 
juellour  nautre  homme  qe  oepere  harneis  dargent 
mette  null  dicell  a  vendre  deinz  la  dite  Citee  de~ 
vant  ceo  qe  foit  touchee  ovec  le  touche  del  teaft 
de  libarde  ceo  qe  puife  refonablement  porter  mefme 
le   touche  &    auxi   ove   un  marque   ou  figne  del 
overour  dicell  fur  peine  de  la  forfaiture  dela  dou- 
ble come  defuis  eft  dit  et  qe  le  marque  ou  figne 
-de  chefcun  orfeour   foit   conuz  a  les  gardeins  de 
mefme  le   mifter.      Et  fil  poet  eftre  trove  qe  le 
dit  o-ardein  de  la  touche  fuifdite  touche  afcun  del 
hernoys  ovek  le  teft  del  libard  fil  ne  foit  auxi  fyne 
en  allaie  come  lefterlyng  qe  adonqes  le  dit  gar- 
dein  de  le  touche  pur  chefcune  chofe  eify  prove 
nient  fi  bon  en  alaye   come   le  dit  efterlyHg  for- 
face  la  double  value  au  Roy  &  a  la  partie  come  il 
eft  ycy  defuis  recite.      Et  auxi  femblablement  eft 
ordelne  en  la  citee  dEverwyk  Novell  Chaftell  fur 
Tyne    Lincoln  Narwice  Briftowe    Salefbury    & 
Coventre  qe  chefcun   ait  diverfes  touches  folonc 
Jordinance    des    mairs    baillifs   ou    governours   de 
jnefmes  les  villes  et  qe  null  orfeour  nautres  over- 
ours   dargent  ne   gardeyn    des    ditz    touches   de- 
deins ycelles  villes  mette  a  vente  ne  touche  null 
argent  en  autre   manere  qe   neft    ordeine    parde- 
vant  deinz   la  Citee   de   Loundres    fur  peine  del 
forfaiture  avantdit.      Et  enoutre  qe   null   orfeour 
nautre  overour  dargent  dedeinz  le  Roialme  dEn- 
o-leterre  ou  null  touche  eft  ordine  come  defuis  eft 
dit  overee  null  argent  fil  ne  foit  auxi  fyn  en  alaie 
come  lefterlyng.     Et  qe  lorfeour  ou  loverour  di- 
cell argent  mette   fur  ycell  fon  marque  ou  figne 
devant  ceo  qe  le  mette  a  la  vent  et  fil  foit  trove 
qe  ne  foit  auxi  fine  come   lefterlyng  qadonqs  .le 
overour  dicell  forface  le  double  value  en  manere 
&  forme  come  il  eft  devant  recitez  deinz  le  Citee 
de  Loundrez.     Et  qe  les  juftices  de  la  pees  mairs 
&  baillifs  &  toutz  autres  aiantz  poair  come  juftices 
ie  pees  eient  enquergent  &  determinent  par  bille    ' 
Vol    I. 

;*  Thefe  Words  in  the  Italick  Letter 


IT  E  M,  That  no  Goldfmith,  nor  Worker  of  Sil-None  (hall  fell 
ver  within  the  City  of  London,  fell  any  Work-any  Work  of 
manfhip  of  Silver,   unlefs  it  be  as  fine  as  the  Ster-^llver'  un'ers ,lt 
ling,  except  the  fame  need  Souder  in  the  making,^"^?  as '  e 
which  fhall  be  allowed  according  as  the  Souder  is 
neceffary  to  be  wrought  in  the  fame.     (2)  And  thatnor  until  it  be 
no  Goldfmith   nor  Jeweller,    nor    any    other    thattouched,  and 
worketh  Havnefs  of  Silver,  ftidl  fet  any  of  the  famem,rked  with  the 
to  fell  within  the  City,  before   that  it  be   touched ^nMark. 
with   the  Touch  [of  the  Leopard's  Head,   if  it  may 
reafonably  bear  the  fa?ne  Touch*]   and  alfo  with  the 
Mark  or  Sign  of  the  Workman  of  the  fame,  upon 
Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  the  Double,  as   afore  is  faid ; 
and  that  the  Mark  and  Sign  of  every  Goldfmith  be 
known  to  the  Wardens  of  the  fame  Craft.     (3)  And  The  Penalty  on 
if  it    may    be  found,    that  the  faid  Keeper  of  therhe  Keeper  of 
Touch  touch  any  fuch  Harnefs  with  the  Leopard's'^ Touch'  who 

tT       «  '  -,  J ,  Tn*  -Ait  1        n  -oucnetn  any 

Head,    except  it  be  as  line  in  Allay  as   the  Ster-Veffcl  not  r„f. 

ling,  that  then  the  Keeper  of  the  Touch,   for  every  ficient  in  Allay. 

Thing  fo  proved  not  as   good  in  Allay  as  the  faid 
'  Sterling,  fhall  forfeit  the  double  Value  to  the  King 
•  and  to  the  Party,  as  is  above  recited.     (4)  And  alfo  Several  Cities 
:  it  is  likewife  ordained  in  the  City  of  York,  Netv-^i  Towns  fhall 


cajile  upon  Tine,   Lincoln,   Norwich,   Brijiow,    Sc 


Iff  have  feveral 


alt  I 


Touches. 


bury,  and  Coventry,  that  every  one  fhall  have  di- 
vers Touches,  according  to  the  Ordinance  of  the 
Mayors,  Bailiff's,  or  Governors  of  the  fame  Towns ; 
.(5)  and  that  no  Goldfmith,  nor  other  Workers  of 
Silver,  nor  Keeper  of  the  faid  Touches  v.'ithin  the 
fame  Towns,  fhall  fet  to  Sale,  or  touch  any  Sil- 
ver in  other  Manner  than  is  ordained  before  within 
the  City  of  London,  upon  Pain  of  the  faid  Forfei- 
ture. (6)  And  moreover  that  no  Goldfmith,  or 
other  Worker  of  Silver  within  the  Realm  of  Eng- 
land, where  no  Touch  is  ordained  as  afore  is  faid,  fhall 
work  any  Silver,  except  it  be  as  fine  in  Allay  as  the 
Sterling,  and  that  the  Goldfmith  or  Worker  of  the 
fame  Silver  fet  upon  the  fame  his  Mark  or  Sign 
before  he  fet  it  to  Sale;  (7)  and  if  it  be  found, 
that  it  is  not  as  fine  as  the  Sterling,  that  then  the 
Worker  of  the  lame  fhall  forfeit  the  double  Value, 
in  Manner  and  Form  as  before  is  recited  within,  the 
City  of  London.  (8)  And  the  Juftices  of  Pcacfe,  juftices  of  the 
Mayors  and  Bailiffs,  and  all  other  having  Power  as^eace.  Mayors, 
Juftices  of  Peace,  fhall    hear,    inquire,   and  deter- i*>,ma>'  in<|u,ire 

J  X7.  7  c        •        oi,  hear,  and  dc- 

Yyy  irorie,ce;m!ne'lhe  Qf_ 

lave  been  omitted  informer  Editions,  fcnces  **>*&&< 


530       C  15. 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  VI. 


«  mine,  by  Bill,  Plaint,  or  in  other  Manner,   of  all 

'  that  do  contrary  to  the  faid  Ordinances,  and  thereof 

'  to  make  due  Execution   by  their  Difcretions.     (9) 

'  Provided  always,   That  if  the  Matter  of  the  Mint 

'  which  now  is,  or  which  for  the  Time  fhall  be,  of- 

'  fend,  or  have  offended  in  his  Office  of  the  faid  Mint, 

*  that  then  he  be  punifhed  and  juftified  according  to 

'  the  Form  of  the  faid  Indentures.' 


?.8Ed.  1.  flat.  3 

C.  20. 

Enforced  by  37 

Ed.  3.  c.  7. 

17  Ed.  4.  c.  I. 

iS  El.  c.  J5. 

Farther  provided  for  by  12  &  13  W.  3.  e.  4.     I  Ann.  flat.  1.  c.  9.     10  Ann.  c.  26.     6  Ceo. 


A.  D.  1423. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
plcint  ou  en  autre  manere  ''e  toutz  ceux  qi  fa- 
cent  le  contrair  de  mefmes  les  ordinances  &  ent 
facent  due  execution  folonc  lour  difcretions.  Pur- 
veux  toutz  foitz  qe  ii  le  maiftre  del  mynt  qore 
eft  ou  quy  pur  le  temps  ferra  offende  ou  ad  often- 
duz  en  fon  office  du  dit  mynte  qadonqs  foit  il 
corrected  juftifie  folonc  la  forme  de  les  endentures 
avauntditz. 

1.  c.  11.     12  Geo.  2.  c.  26.  and  15  Geo.,%.  c.  20.  fee.  S. 


Juftices  may  punifh  Servants,  Mafons,  Carpenters,  ciJV.  for  taking  unreafonable  Wages. 

EXP.  TTEM  come  en  le  temps  de  noble  Roy  Henry  pier  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft  en  fon  parlenrnt  tc- 
■*:  nuz  a  Leycettre  Ian  de  fon  regne  fecunde  foit  ordeigne  qc  les  juftices  de  pees  en  chefcune  counte  dEn- 
o-leterre  duifient  examiner  toutz  maners  de  fervantz  en  lour  countees  qi  preignent  falaries  excedauntz  la 
dite  ordinance  &  les  punir  folonc  mefme  lordinance  ordeinez  eft  &  aflentuz  qe  les  ditz  juftices  aient  poiar 
dappeller  &  de  fair  venir  devant  eux  par  venire  facias  &  diftringas  les  maiftres  aiantz  &  occupiantz  les  ditz 
fervantz  &  par  attach'  mefmes  les  fervantz  &  ycelles  examiner  de  le  doner  de  lour  falarie  &  la  prife  de  ceo 
oils  donent  a  lour  ditz  fervantz.  Et  fil  foit  trove  par  examination  ou  en  autre  manere  qe  les  ditz  maiftres 
donent  pluis  qe  accordant  au  dite  ordinance  qe  adonqes  les  ditz  maiftres  qi  pluis  donent  &  chefcun  de  eux 
qi  pluis  done  paieront  &  paiera  au  Roy  pur  chefcune  falarie  paiez  a  afcune  fervant  contrarie  lexceffe  &  qe 
a  mefme  lordinance  mefmes  les  fervantz  enfi.  preignauntz  &  ent  par  lour  coniffance  ou  en  autre  loial  ma- 
nere atteintz  eient  lemprifonement  dun  mois  faunz  bailie  ou  mainprife.  Et  fiafcun  vifcont  baillif  de  fraun- 
chife  gaoler  ou  afcun  autre  aiant  la  garde  dez  prifons  deinz  fraunchife  ou  dehors  ou  afcun  de  lour  deputees 
mette  afcune  tielle  perfone  au  bailie  ou  mainprife  qe  adonqes  il  perdra  au  Roy  pur  chefcun  tiel  homme  lefte 
a  baiile  ou  a  mainprife  xxs.  et  qe  lez  juftices  de  pees  aient  poair  dappeller  devant  eux  par  attach'  mafons 
carpenters  tilers  thakkers  daubers  &  toutz  autres  laborers  &  eux  examiner  et  fils  tiovent  par  examination 
ou  en  autre  manere  qe  afcune  des  ditz  perfones  ad  pris  a  contrarie  a  les  leies  &  ordinances  faitz  devant  ces 
heurs  pardevant  qe  adonqes  celluy  qeft  trove  end  preignant  ait  lemprifonement  dun  moys.  Et  qe  mefmes 
les  juftices  aient  poair  dappeller  devant  eux  par  attach'  taillours  cordewaners  tanners  bochers  pefchours  & 
cariours  de  peflbn  hoftilers  &  toutz  autres  artificers  &  vitaillers  &  de  eux  affeffer  &  chefcun  de  eux  a 
vendre  &  prendre  folonc  les  difcretions  des  ditz  juftices  &  fi  afcun  de  eux  preigne  le  contrarie  a  mefme 
laffeffion  &  de  ceo  par  examination  ou  en  autre  manere  foit  trove  coupable  qe  adonqs  mefmes  les  perfones 
enfy  trovez  coupablez  &  chefcun  deux  face  &  facent  fyn  folonc  les  difcretions  des  juftices  &  ait  lemprifone- 
ment dun  moys  faunz  baill  ou  mainprife  come  defuis  eft  dit.  Et  qe  ceft  ordinance  extende  fibien  deinz; 
citees  &  burghs  ou  ils  ount  poair  &  au£toritee  come  juftices  de  pees  come  en  les  countees  fuifditz.  Et 
endurera  ceft  ordinance  tanqe  ai  parlement  profcheynment  avenir. 

CAP.      XV. 

No  Man  (hall  faften  Nets  to  any  thing  over  Rivers. 


The  Penalty  of 
thofe  which  do 
faften  Trinks  or 
other  Nets  over 
any  River. 


In  what  Sort 
Owners  of 
Trinks  may  fifh 
with  them. 


ITEM  it  is  ordained,  That  the  ftanding  of  Nets 
and  Engines  called  Trinks,  and  all  other  Nets, 
which  be  and  were  wont  to  be  faftened  and  hanged 
continually  Day  and  Night,  by  a  certain  Time  in 
the  Year,  to  great  Pofts,  Boats,  and  Anchors,  over- 
thwart  the  River  of  Thames,  and  other  Rivers  of  the 
Realm,  which  Standing  is  a  Caufe  of  as  great  and 
more  Deftrudtion  of  the  Brood  and  Fry  of  Fifh, 
and  Difturbanee  of  the  common  Paffage  of  Veffels, 
as  be  the  Wears,  Kydels,  or  any  other  Engines, 
be  who  ly  defended  for  ever;  (1)  and  that  every 
Perfon  that  fetteth  or  faftentth  them  hereafter  to 
fuch  Pofts,  Boats,  and  Anchors,  or  like  Thing, 
continually  to  ftand  as  afore  is  faid,  and  be  duly 
thereof  by  the  Courfe  of  the  Law  convict,  fhall 
forfeit  to  the  King  C  s.  at  every  Time  that  he  is  fo 
proved  in  Default.  (?)  Provided  always,  That  it 
fhall  be  lawful  to  the  PofTeiTors  of  the  faid  Trinks, 
if  they  be  of  Affife,  to  fifh  with  them  in  all  feafon- 
able  Times,  drawing  and  pulling  them  by  hand, 
as  other  Fifhers  do  with  other  Nets,  and  not  faf- 
tening  or  tatking  the  faid  Nets  to  Pofts,  Boats,  and 
Anchors,  continually  to  ftand  as  afore  is  faid  ;  (4) 
faving  always  to  every  of  the  King's  liege  People 
their  Right,  Title,  and  Inheritance  in  their  Fifhings 
in  the  faid  Water.' 


ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  le  ftation  des 
reis  &  engines  appellez  trynkes  &  de  toutz 
autres  maners  reis  qi  font  &  foloient  eftre  fichez 
&  attachez  continuelment  de  noet  &  jour  par  cer- 
tein  temps  del  an  as  grauntz  poftes  batels  &  an- 
chres  au  travers  la  rivere  de  Thamife  &  autres 
rivers  du  Roialme  quele  ftation  eft  caufe  &  occa- 
fion  del  auxi  graund  &  pluis  deftruftion  del  brode 
&  frie  de  peffon  &  deftourbance  del  commune  paf- 
fage del  veffeulx  come  font  les  weres  kydelx  ou 
nulles  autres  engines  foit  tout  outrement  defenduz 
pur  tout  temps  avenir  et  qe  chefcun  qi  les  mette 
ou  fiche  deforenavant  as  tielx  poftes  batelx  &  an- 
chres  ou  chofe  femblable  pur  continuelment  eftoi- 
fer  come  dit  eft  &  ent  foit  duement  &  par  cours 
de  ley  convi£tz  forfacc  au  Roy  C  s.  a  chefcun 
temps  qil  eft  enfi  provee  en  defaut.  Purvieux  tout- 
foitz  qe  bien  life  as  poffeffours  des  ditz  trynkes  fils 
foient  daffife  pefchier  ovec  eux  en  tout  temps  fei- 
fonable  les  entraihantz  &  conveiantz  par  main 
come  autres  pefchours  font  ove  autres  reis  &  non  fi- 
chantz  &  attachantz  les  ditz  reyes  as  poftes  batelx 
&  anchres  pur  continuelment  eftoifer  come  dit  eft 
Salvant  toutfoitz  a  chefcun  liege  du  Roy  lour 
droit  title  &  enheritatince  en  lour  pefcheries  en  la 
ewe  avauntdit. 

CAP. 


A.  D.  1423. 


Anno  fecundo  Henrici  VI. 


C.  16,  17.        531 


CAP.      XVI. 
Perfons  in  the  Reverfion  may  fue  for  their  Right  to  Eftates,.    notwithftanding  any  Defaults 

committed  by  the  former  Poffeffors. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  come  ordeigne  foit  par  eftatut  fait  a  Weftm'  Ian  du  regne  le  Roy  E.  fitz  le  Roy  H.  trefzime  qe.  EXP. 
fi  breve  foit  porte  vers  le  baron  &:  fa  femme  ou  envers  tenant  a  terme  de  vie  a  terme  dautre  vie  ou 
par  le  curtefie  ou  tenant  en  le  taill  apres  poflibilite  diffue  exteint  &  le  baron  ou  tielx  tenauntz  fount  de- 
pute apres  defaute  ou  voillent  rendre  al  demaundant  fon  demande  qe  fi  le  femme  ou  ceux  a  qi  le  reverfion 
eft  veignent  devant  juggement  rendu  qils  ferront  receux  a  defendre  lour  droit.  Et  pur  ceo  qe  les  Juftices  du 
Roy  font  ore  en  graunt  awereuftee  fi  le  baron  ou  afcun  des  ditz  tenauntz  font  defaut  apres  defaut  ou  ren- 
dent  la£tion  as  demaundant  les  queux  defautz  ou  redditions  font  recordez  a  un  terme  &  des  certeins  caufes 
les  Juftices  moevantz  le  juggement  mis  en  refplte  &:  jour  don  outre  tanqal  profchein  terma  fi  ceux  en  la 
reverfion  ferront  receux  a  celle  darrein  terme  a  defendre  lour  droit.  Et  pur  ouftier  tiel  aweroufte  &  doute 
ordeinez  eft  &  declarez  par  ladvis  &  affent  fuifditz  qe  ceux  en  reverfion  purront  eftre  receux  a  defendre  lour 
droit  fils  veignent  a  afcun  temps  devant  juggement  rendu  en  tielx  cafes  devant  declarez  accordant  a  les 
forme  &  parols  en  le  dit  eftatut  contenuz.  Et  qe  ycefte  ordinaunce  fe  extende  as  briefs  unqore  pendantz 
&  le  juggement  unqore  nient  renduz  come  en  actions  defore  enavaunt  amovers.  Et  durera  cefte  ordinance 
tanqal  parlement  profchinement  avenir. 

CAP.     XVII. 
Perfons  indicted  of  High  Treafon  efcaping  out  of  Prifon  fhall  be  adjudged  Traitors. 

ITEM  come  en  temps  le  noble  Roy  E.  tiers  apres  le  conqueft  Ian  de  fon  regne  xxv.  a  fon  parlement  E  X  p. 
tenuz  a  Weftm'  furent  declarez  par  eftatut  en  le  dit  parlement  quelles  chofes  duifTent  eftre  ditz  traifon 
entre  queux  fi  homme  fuift  enditez  appellez  ou  pris  par  fufpecion  de  graund  traifon  &  pur  cefte  caufe  com- 
mife  &  detenuz  en  prifon  du  Roy  &  puis  tiel  prifone  efchape  hors  de  prifon  de  Roy  declaration  ne  fuift  faite 
avant  ces  heurs  le  quele  tiel  efchape  ferroit  adjugge  traifon  ou  nient  ordeinez  eft  &  declarez  par  au&orite 
diceft  prefent  parlement  par  eftatut  qe  fi  afcune  perfone  foit  endite  appelle  ou  pris  pur  fufpecion  de  graunt 
traifon  come  avant  eft  dit  et  foit  commys  &  detenuz  en  prifone  du  Roy  pur  celle  caufe  &  efchape  volunte- 
rement  hors  du  dit  prifone  qe  tiel  efchape  foit  adjugge  &  declare  traifon  fi  tiel  perfone  ent  foit  duement  at- 
teint  folonc  le  ley  de  cefte  terre.  Et  eient  les  Seignurs  du  fee  en  tiel  cas  les  efchetes  &  forfeitures  des  terres 
&  tenementz  de  eux  tenuz  de  tielx  perfones  iffint  atteintz  come  de  ceux  qi  font  atteintz  de  petite  traifon. 
Et  teignent  ceft  ordinance  &  declaration  lieu  &  effecl:  del  xx  jour  dOclobr'  darrein  pafl'e  tanqe  au  parlement 
profcheinement  avenir. 


Statutes    7nade  at  Weftminfter, 

Dom. 


Anno 

1424. 


Hen.  VI.  and  Anno 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  g. 

NO  ST  RE  Seignur  le  Roy  par  advys  & 
affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  tempo- 
relx  &  a  lefpecial  requeft  des  Communes 
en  cefte  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  darrein  jour 
dAverill  Ian  de  fon  regne  tierce  ad  ordinez  & 
eftabliz  certeins  ordinances  &  eftatuts  a  lonour  de 
Dieu  &  pur  le  bien  de  fon  Roialme  en  la  fourme 
enfuant. 


=a 


^UR  Lord  the  King,  by  the  Advice  and  Af- 
fent of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal, 
and  at  the  fpecial  Requeft  ©f  the  Commons, 
affembled  in  this  Parliament,  holden  at  Wejhninjhr 
the  laft  Day  of  April,  the  Third  Year  of  his  Reign, 
hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed  certain  Ordinances  and 
Statutes,  to  the  Honour  of  God,  and  for  the  Weal 
of  his  Realm,  in  the  Form  following." 


CAP.      I. 

Mafons  fhall  not  confederate  themfelves  in  Chapiters  and  Affemblies. 

EN  primes  come  par  les  annuelx  congregations  &  confederacies  faitz  par  les  mafons  en  lour  generalx0  b. 
chapitres  affemblez.  le  bon  cours  &  effect  des  eftatuts  de  laborers  font  publiquemcnt  violez  &  difrumpez3  ini>.  59. 
en  fubverfion  de  la  leye  &  grevoufe  damage  de  tout  le  commune  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  voillant  en  ceo  cas 
purvoir  de  remedie  par  advis  &  affent  fuifditz  &  a  la  efpecial  requeft  des  ditz  Communes  ad  ordinez  &  efta- 
bliz qe  tieux  chapitres  &  congregations  ne  foient  defore  tenuz.  Et  fi  afcuns  tielx  foient  faitz  foient  ceux 
qi  fount  faire  affembler  &  tenir  iceux  chapitres  &c  congregations  fils  ent  foient  conviiStz  adjuggez  pur  felons 
et  qe  toutz  les  autres  mafons  qi  viegnent  as  tielx  chapitres  &  congregations  foient  puniz  par  emprifonement 
de  lour  corps  &  facent  fyn  &  raunceon  a  la  vol  ante  au  Roi. 

Yyy2  CAP, 


532        C  2—4. 


Anno  tertio  Henrici  VI. 


A.  D.  1424. 


CAP.      II. 

Sheep  fhall  not  be  tnnfported  beyond  Sea  without  the  King's  Licence. 


By  8  El.    c. 

made  Felony, 


*  Arid  or  ranfe 
to  bejhipped. 


Sic  IK,  H.  ?.  r.  , 
Tt^.  what  Number 
of  Steep  any  Per- 


TEM,  Becaufe  that  divers  Perfons  do  from 
Time  to  Time  carry  out  of  the  Realm  great 
Number  of  Sheep  with  Fleeces  into  Flanders,  and 
other  Countries  beyond  the  Sea,  and  there  they 
fhear  them,  and  fell  as  well  the  fame  Sheep,  as  the 
Woolls  of  the  fame,  to  Men  of  the  fame  Country, 
fo  that  by  fuch  Perfons  the  Sheep  within  the  faid 
Country  of  Flanders,  and  other  Parts,  in  fhort  Time 
be  likely  to  be  much  increafed,  to  the  great  Deceit, 
Lofs,  and  Damage  of  our  Lord  the  King,  of  his 
Cuftoms  and  Subfidies  of  the  faid  Woolls,  and  alfo 
to  the  great  Hindrance  of  all  the  Realm,  and  Dimi- 
nution and  Abatement  of  the  Price  of  Woolls,  as 
well  at  the  Staple  at  Calais,  as  here  in  England,  un- 
lefs  Remedy  be  provided  in  this  Behalf;"  '  {%)  our 
faid  Lord  the  King,  confidering  the  Premiffes,  by  the 
Advice  and  Affent,  and  at  the  Requeft  aforefaid, 
hath  ordained  and  granted  by  the  Authority  of  the 
faid  Parliament,  That  no  Manner  of  Perfon,  of  what 
Eftate  or  Condition  that  he  be,  hereafter  be  fuffered 
to  fhip  *  within  the  Realm  of  England  any  Sheep, 
fleeced  or  fhorn,  into  the  faid  Country  of  Flanders, 
or  to  any  other  Parts  beyond  the  Sea,  except  it  be  to 
victual  the  Town  of  Calice  and  the  Marches  thereof. 
(3)  And  that  every  Man  that  may  be  efpied,  which 
under  the  Colour  of  victualling  of  the  fame  Town 
and  Marches  of  Calice,  paffeth  into  any  other  Places, 
than  to  the  fame  Town  and  Marches,  with  any 
Sheep  fleeced  or  fhorn  (except  he  have  the  King's 
Licence)  fhall  forfeit  to  the  King  the  fame  Sheep, 
or  the  Value  thereof,  as  oftentimes  as  he  fhall  be 
found  in  Default.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
T  E  M  pur  ceo  qe   plufours  diverfes  perfones 
amefnent  hors  du  Roialme  de  temps  en  temps 
grande  nombre  des  berbees  lanutz  en  Flaundres  & 
autres  paiis  de  pardela  lc  meer  &  la  ils  fount  eux 
tonder  &  vendent  fibien  mefmes  les  berbees  come 
les  laines  dicelles  as  hommes  de  mefme  la  paiis  If- 
fint  qe  par  tielx  perfones  les  berbees  deinz  mefme 
la  paiis  de  Flaundres  &  autres  parties  deins  brief 
temps  font  veraifemblablez  deftre  grandement  en- 
crecez  &  multipliez  a  trefgrande  deceit  perde  & 
damage  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  de  fes  cuftumes 
et  fubiidies  des  ditz  laines  &  auxi  grande  arreriffe- 
ment  de  tout  le  Roialme  &  amenufement  &  de- 
preffion  de  la  price  des  lains  fibien  a  leftaple  de 
Caleis  come  cy  en  Engleterre  fil  ne  foit  purveu  de 
'  remedie  celle  partie  noftre  dit  Seignur  confiderant 
;  les  premiffes  de  lad  vis  affent  &  requeft  fuifditz  ad 
ordinez  &  grantez  par  aucforite  du  dit  parlement 
qe  null  maner  de  pcrfone   de  quele  eftat  ou  con- 
dition qil   foit  de  cy  enavaunt  foit  fuffrez  drfkip- 
per  ou   faire   efkipper  deinz  le  Roialme   afcunes 
berbees  lanutz  ou  tonduz  en  la  dite  paiis  de  Flaun- 
dres ou  autres  parties   de  pardela  le  mser  fil  ne 
foit  pur  la  vitailler  de  la  ville  de  Caleys   &  les 
marches  dicelles.     Et  qe  chefcun  homme  qe  poet 
eftre  efpiez  qe  foubz  colour    de  vitailler  du  dite 
ville  ou  marches  de  Caleys  qil  pafle  a  afcun  autre 
lieu  qe   a  mefmes  les  vijle  &  marches  ovefqe  af- 
cuns  berbees  lanuz  ou  tonduz  fil  ne  ait  licence 
roialle  qil  forface  au  Roy  mefmes  les  berbees  ou 
le  value  dicelles  fi  fovent  defoitz  come  ilfoit  trove 
defeclif. 


pK  may  ke^p.  And  fee  14  Geo.  2.  c.  6.  making  Sheep-Jieal'wg  Felony  without  Clergy. 


CAP.     III. 

The  Penalty  of  a  Cuftomer,  &c.  concealing  the  King's  Cuftom. 

TEM    it  is  ordained   and  eftablifhed,    That   if 
any  Cuftomer,  Collector,   or   Controller  of  the 


»  Add  or  at  the    c 
Suit  f  any  oilier    c 
Perfon  for  the        c 
King!  jidvon- 
tagu 


10. 

■5- 


14  R.  2. 

17  R.  2. 

1  //.  4.  c.  13. 

Dyer  238. 

4  H.  A.   C..ZO. 

ij  H.  4,    c.  5. 


OB. 


King's  Cuftoms  of  Cockets  of  Cloths,  of  Subfi- 
dies of  Tunnag<;  or  Poundage,  in  any  Port  or 
Place  of  England,  be  duly  attainted  ar  convict  at 
the  King's  Suit,  *  of  falfe  concealing  of  the  King's 
Cuftom  or  Subfiuy  duly  entered  and  paid  by  any 
Merchant,  that  then  the  faid  Cuftomer,  Collec- 
tor, or  Controller  fo  duly  attainted  or  convict  by 
the  Lav/,  {hall  lofe  and  forfeit  to  the  King  the 
treble  Value  of  the  Merchandifes  fo  duly  custom- 
ed, and  make  Fine  and  Ranfom.  (2)  And  he 
that  will  fue,  fhall  have  the  Thisd  Part  for  his 
Labour.' 

'«  31  //.  6.   c.  5.     1  El.  c.  11.  f.  7.     ] 3  El.  c.  9.  <whxch  put  Cujlonien, 


TEM  ordinez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  ft  afcune  cuf- 
tumer  colledtour  ou  countrollour  des  cuftumes 
duRoi  de  cokettes  de  draps  del  fubfidies  del  tonage 
ou  pondage  en  afcun  port  ou  lieu  dEngleterre  foit 
duement  &c  loialment  atteinte  ou  convictz  al  fuyte 
du  Roi  ou  al  fuyte  dafcune  autre  perfone  pur  la- 
vauntage  du  Roi  de  faux  concelement  de  cuftume 
ou  fublidie  du  Roi  duement  entre  h  paie  par  af- 
cune merchant  qadonqes  le  dit  cuftumer  collectour 
ou  countrollour  enft  duement  atteint  &  convict  par 
la  ley  perde  &  forface  au  Roi  le  treble  value  des 
merchandifes  enfi  duement  cuftumez  &  face  fyn  & 
raunceon.  Et  ft  afcun  homme  le  voet  fuer  ait  le 
tierce  partie  pur  fon  labour. 

Boc.  under  farther  Rcjlrill'wns. 


CAP.      IV. 

Licence  may  be  granted  to  convey  Butter  and  Cheefe  to  any  Place. 

IT  EM  come  par  un  eftatut  fait  en  temps  de  le  trcfnoble  Roi  E.  tierce  puis  le  conqueft  ordinez  cftoit 
qc  leftaple  &  les  merchandifes  de  leftaple  ferrcient  mefnez  a  Caleys  entre  queux  merchandifes  ordinez 
fuift  par  mefme  leftatut  qe  bure  &  formage  ferroient  merchandifes  de  leftaple  par  quelle  ordinance  plufours 
perft .nes  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  ont  euz-  graunde  perde  &  damage-  pur  ceo  qe  les  ditz  bure  &  formage  font 
L  tendre  merchandifes  qtfs  ne  puiioni  attendre  lour  merchants  ficornc  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  ad  conceu  a  la 

2.  grevouu 


A.  D.  1424. 


Anno  tertio  Henrtci  VI. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr,  Lond. 
grevous  compleint  de  fes  Communes  defuifditz  Mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  voillant  purvoir  dc  remedie Altered  by  18 
celle  partie  par  advis  &  affent  fuifditz  ad  ordine  &  eftablie  qe  celuy  qi  voet  amefner  bure  &  formage  afcunesH-6'  c-  3- 
auvres  parties  qe  a  le  dit  eftaple  fua  au  Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  pur  licence  avoir  celle  jf'  -^  '  k  z 
partie  et  qe  mefme  le  Chaunceller  ait  poiar  du  luy  faire  autielles  licences  defoubz  le  graunde  feal  du  Roi ,  ,'& ,.  Ca ' 
ii  lui  femblera  affaire  folonc  fa  difcretion.  c.  26. 


■5" 

Jar.  2.. 


CAP. 


V. 


Commiffions  may  be  awarded  to  certain  Perfons,  to  reform  the  River  Ley,  running  from 

Ware  to  Thames. 

T  E  M  come  en  le  darrein  parlement  fuift  graunte  qe  un  commiflion  pur  la  eawe  appellez  la  Ley  une  des 
grandes  rivers  qi  fextende  de  la  ville  de  Ware  jefqe  al  eawe  deThamife  en  les  countes  de  HertP  ElTex'  & 
Midd'  pur  furveier  redreffer  &  amender  toutz  les  defauts  en  la  dite  eawe  pur  le  paffage  des  niefs  &z  batelx 
ficome  en  les  ordinances  &  eftatuts  en  temps  des  nobles  progenitours  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  eft  contenuz 
et  pur  ceo  qe  la  dite  commiflion  fuift  direfte  as  diverfes  graundes  Seignurs  &  autres  perfones  qi  a  ceo  ne 
poient  entendre  ordinez  eft  &  eftabliz  qe  le  Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  ait  poiar  de  granter 
tielx  commiflions  a  tout  temps  qe  bofoigne  ferra  as  tielx  perfones  indifferentz  demurrantz  la  environ  qi  a  ceo 
melx  favent  &  poent  entendre  de  enquerer  redreffer  &  amender  toutz  les  defautz  en  la  dite  eawe  efteantz 
fibien  par  diverfes  trenches  hors  du  dite  eawe  faitz  come  de  toutz  autres  maners  eftankes  eftakes  kidelx  goors 
ou  moleyns  anufantz  de  paffage  des  batelx  en  la  dite  eawe  efteantz  ou  faitz  folonc  le  purport  &  tenure  des 
eftatuts  en  ceo  cas  purveux  &  ordinez. 


PR.  9  H.  6.  eg, 
13  Eliz.  c.  18.. 
Stat.  9   H.  6. 
c.  9.  is  to  the 
fame  Purpofe, 
and  to  continue 
for  3  Years. 


Statutes   made  at  Leicefter,    Anno   4  Hen.   VI.    a?%d  Anno 

Dom.  1425. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  9. 

GE  U  X  font  les  eftatuts  &  ordinances  faitz 
par  noftre  trefoverain  Seignur  le  Roi  par 
advis  &  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  & 
temporelx  &  a  la  efpeciale  requeft  des  Communes 
de  fon  Roialme  en  fon  parlement  tenuz  a  Leyceftr' 
le  xviij5  jour  de  Feverer  Ian  de  fon  regne  quart 
efteantz  a  lonour  de  Dieu  &  pur  le  bien  cafe  & 
profit  de  fon  Roialme. 


T 


H  E  S  E  be  the  Ordinances  and  Statutes 
made  by  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King,  by 
the  Advice  and  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual 
and  Temporal,  and  at  the  fpecial  Requeft  of  the 
Commons  of  his  Realm,  in  his  Parliament  holden  at 
Leicefter,  the  Eighteenth  Day  of  February,  the  Fourth 
Year  of  his  Reign  being,  to  the  Honour  of  God,  and 
for  the  Weal,  Profit,  and  Eafe  of  his  Realm." 


CAP.      I. 

Every  Sheriff  mall  return  fiich  Writs  as  be  directed  to  him  at  fuch  Days  as  they  be  returnable, 
and  fhall  warn  thofe  Jurors  which  be  impanelled. 

1  N  primes  pur  ceo  qe  grevoufe  compleinte  ad  efte  fait  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  par  les  communes  de  fon 
/  Roialme  en  cefte  parlement  qe  la  ou  diverfes  briefs  al  feute  de  partie  font  feveralment  direcStz  as  vif- 
counts  du  Roialme  pur  prendre  diverfes  perfones  par  lour  corps  mefmes  les  vifcounts  apres  les  briefs  a  eux 
enfi  direftz  pieignent  grandes  fommes  de  moneye  des  parties  qi  font  enfi  purfuez  pur  lour  mainprife  et  enou- 
tre  les  ditz  vifcounts  preignent  grandes  fommes  de  moneye  pur  embefiler  les  briefes  du  Roi  en  diverfes  cafes 
a  grande  impediment  &  arreriffement  des  parties  purfuantz  &  grande  oppreffion  &  empoveriffement  de  le 
commune  poeple  du  Roialme.  Et  la  ou  briefs  font  directz  as  ditz  vifcounts  pur  empaneller  diverfes  perfones 
pur  paffer  en  enqueftes  parentre  parties  &  lour  nouns  retourner  &  certifier  en  les  courtes  du  Roi  mefmes  les 
vifcounts  retournent  &  certifiount  par  vertue  des  ditz  briefs  les  nouns  des  diverfes  homines  empanellez  fanz 
afcun  garnifement  a  eux  ent  fait  a  lour  grande  perde  &  damage  ordinez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  chefcua  vifcount 
pur  le  temps  efteant  retourne  les  briefs  a  lui  directz  en  les  courtes  du  Roi  as  tielx  jour.-,  come  ils  fount  re- 
tournablez.  Et  qe  mefmes  les  vifcountz  facent  garnir  en  temps  tefonable  toutz  ceux  perfones  empantllez 
pur  paffer  en  enqueftes  en  les  courtes  du  Roi  qils  puiffent  apparer  a  aelx  jours  come  ils  out  par  les  briefs 
du  Roi.  Et  fi  afcun  vifcount  face  le  contrarie  dalcune  des  ditz  articles  adonqes  la  partie  qi  fe  feme  greve 
puiffe  fuer  par  bille  ou  brief  fur  fon  ens  affaire  vers  le  vifcount  ftbien  en  lefcheqer  come  en  afcun  autre  court 
du  Roi  en  queux  feutes  ft  le  dit  vifcount  foit  conviclre  qe  la  partie  qi  fue  rccovere  en  mefme  la  feute  double 
damage.  Et  qe  les  juftices  de  pees  fenefchalx  des  feates  Sc  hundi  edes  eient  poi  ir  denqucrrer  de  tielx  mefpri- 
fons  &  defauts  des  dits,  vifcounts  &:  de  certifier  lour  ditz  enquerrez  devaunt  les  Juftices  del  deliverance  ifftnt 
qils  purrent  mettre  les  parties  a  r  ("pounce  fur  quele  refpounce  fils  foient  trove  coupablez  ils  facent  fyn  & 
raunceon  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi.  Et  endurera  ceft  ordinance  tanqe  al  profchein  parlement.  Et  qu.int  a 
les  lefiiz  au  mainpriz  foient  les  eftatuts  faitz  pardevaiuit  &  nient  repellez  efteaatz.cn  lour,  force  &  tenuz  h. 
gardez  en  toutz  points,  C  A  P", 


EXP. 


534       C.  2,  3.  Anno  quarto  Henrici  VL  A.  D.  1425. 

cap.    ir. 

A  Rehearfal  and  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  9  Henry  5.  cap.  3.  touching  Protections 
granted  to  thofe  who  were  in  the  Wars  in  Normandy  or  France. 

;«.;c    .  Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

EXP.  TTEM  come  au  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  feconde  jour  de  Maij  Ian  de  regne  le  Roi  Henri  quint 

Sun  Ed.  4.  _£  puis  le  conqueft  piere  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qoreft  ix.  pur  ceo  qe  la  prife  des  affifes  generalment  fuit 
longement  ceffez  par  tout  le  Roialme  a  caufe  dune  ordinance  fait  par  le  dit  nadgairs  ,  _oi  confiderant  les  de- 
feafes  &  damages  queux  plufours  de  fes  lieges  avoient  euz  &  fuftenuz  parmy  celle  cefler  commaunda  qe  les 
Juftices  teignerent  les  affifes  parmy  fon  Roialme  par  manere  accuftume.  Et.pur  eviter  defheritaunces  des  per- 
fones qe  lors  feurent  paffez  &  pafferent  en  le  viage  du  dit  nadgairs  Roy  &  auxi  les  b  rfones  qi  furent  demur- 
rantz  en  le  fervice  mefme  le  Roi  es  parties  de  Normandie  &  de  Fraunce  ordinez  eftoh  &  purveux  qen  chefcun 
protection  ove  la  claufe  Volumus  affaire  pur  qeconqe  demefmes  les  peffones  ferroit  en  la  claufe  dexception 
contenuz  en  icelle  omiffion  de  ceftes  paroles  affife  nove  diffeifine  et  qe  toutz  ceux  pretentions  foient  alloua- 
blez  &  allouez  pur  eux  &  chefcun  de  eux  en  toutz  les  courtes  du  Roi  &  aillours  ou  tiele  protection  foit  mis 
avaunt  pur  afcune  tiele  perfone  en  toutz  plees  daffifes  fibien  de  novell  diffeifine  come  de  frefch  force  fanz  afcun 
difficulte.  Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  les  juggementz  arendrez  delors  enavaunt  en  tielx  affifes  arrannez  ou  ar- 
rannerz  ne  ferroient  mye  prejudicielx  as  afcuns  des  ditz  perfones  iffint  demurrantz  en  le  fervice  du  Roi  parde- 
la  come  devaunt  eft  dit  qavoient  afcun  chofe  en  reverfion  ou  en  remaindre  en  terres  ou  tenements  dont  tieux 
affifes  furent  ou  ferroient  arrannez  fils  qavoient  en  reverfion  ou  en  remaindre  en  tielx  terres  ou  tenements  ne 
ferroient  nomez  en  mefmes  laffifes  mes  qels  ferroient  envers  eux  tout  voidez  et  dureroit  cefte  ordinance  tanqal 
parlement  qi  ferroit  primerement  tenuz  puis  la  profchein  revenue  du  dit  nadgairs  Roi  en  Engleterre.  Et  fi 
mefme  lordinance  touchant  les  dnz  perfones  qi  lors  furent  paffez  ou  pafferent  en  le  dit  viage  ne  fuit  my  fuf- 
ficiant  pur  leafe  &  feurte  de  eux  Accordez  fuit  auxi  &  affentuz  qe  les  feigneurs  du  counfeill  du  Roi  pur  le 
temps  efteantz  averoient  plein  poiar  par.auitorite  du  dit  parlement  de  mettre  ordiner  &  purvoir  fufficiant  re- 
medie  pur  leafe  &  feurte  de  treftoutz  mefmes  les  perfones  come  pur  eux  &  chefcun  de  eux  fembleroit  as  ditz 
Seignurs  pluis  vaillable  &  expedient  en  la  cas  folonc  lour  bone  advis  &  difcretions  la  quele  ordinance  eft  de- 
termine par  la  mort  du  dit  nadgairs  Roi.  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  confiderant  le  bone  &  greable  fervice  qe 
plufours  de  fes  foialx  lieges  luy  ount  faitz  &  fount  &  faire  covient  de  jour  en  autre  es  parties  de  pardela  en 
le  compaine  de  fon  heal  Uncle  le  Regent  de  France  Due  de  Bedford  &  de  fes  deputees  &  voillant  pur  tant 
pur  lour  eafe  &  feurte  femblablement  ordiner  &  purvoir  en  ceo  cas  de  ladvis  &  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx 
&  temporelx  &  auxi  des  Communes  de  cefte  parlement  ad  ordinez  qe  la  dite  ordinance  fait  le  dite  an  ixe 
eftoife  come  eftatut  &  ley  effectuell  &  availlable  en  toutz  points  pur  toutz  perfones  qi  font  au.prefent  & 
ferront  enapres  demurrantz  en  le  fervice  du  Roi  en  le  companie  du  dit  Regent  ou  de  fes  deputees  es, parties 
de  France  &  Normandie  a  durer  del  primer  jour  de  Juyn  Ian  du  regne  du  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  quoreft 
quart  tanqal  fyn  de  trois  ans  lor;  profchein  enfuantz.  Purveu  toutz  voies  qe  toutz  les  entrees  affairz  apres 
le  dit  primer  jour  de  Juyn  ne  foient  comprifez  en  cefte  prefent  ordinance  h.  qe  null  qi  terra  autielx  entrees 
apres  le  dit  primer  jour.de  Juyn  ait  afcun  benefice  de  mefme  lordinance. 

This  follows  Cap.  V .  upon  the  Roll. 

c  a  p.   in. 

Juftices  in  certain  "Cafes  may  amend  their  Records  according  to  former  Statutes. 


"  T  T  E  M,  Whereas  at  the  Parliament  holden  at 
"  1  Weftminjier  the  Second  Day  of  May,  the  Ninth 
"  Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Henry,  Father  of  our 
"  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  it  was  rchearfed,  how 
"  that  at  the  Parliament  holden  at  Wejlminjier  the  xiv. 
"  Year  of  King  Edward  the  Third,  it  was  ordained 
"  by  the  Authority  of  the  faid  Parliament,  That  for 
"  Mifprifion  of  a  Clerk,  in  whatfoever  Place  it  be, 
"  no  Procefs  or  Plea  fhould  be  undone  nor  difcon- 
"  tinued,  by  Overfight  in  writing  a  Letter  or  Sylla- 
"  ble  too  much  or  too  little,  (2)  but  as  foon  as  the 
"  Thing  were  perceived  by  Challeng;  of  the  Parties, 
"  or  in  other  Manner,  it  fhould  be  haftily  amended  in 
"  due  Form,  without  giving  Advantage  to  the  Party 
"  that  challengeth  t-h;  fame  becaufe  cf  fuch  Mif- 
"  prifion  ;  (3)  the  faid  late  Kiiig  Henry,  confidering 
'*-  the  Diversities  cf  Opinions  which  Men  had  upon 
"  the  faid  Statute,  and  to  put  the  Thing  in  more  open 
*■'  Knowledge,    did  declare  and  ordain  by  Authority 


ITEM  come  au  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le 
ij.  jour  du  Maij  Ian  du  regne  le  Roi  Henri 
pier  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qoreft  ixc"reherce  fuift 
coment  au  parlement  tenuz  a  'Weftm'  Ian  du 
regne  le  Roi  E.  tierce  xiiij  ordeigne  fuit  par  aucto-  , 
rite  du  dit  parlement  qe  pur  mefprifion  de  clerc 
en  queconqe  place  ceo  foit  ne  foit  proceffe  de  plee 
aniente  ne  difcontinue  par  mefprendre  •  en  efcri- 
vant  une  lettre  trop  ou  trap  poy  mes  fitoft  come 
le  chofe  ferra  aperceive  par  chalange  des  parties 
ou  en  autre  manere  foit  haftivement  amende  en 
du  fourme  fanz  doner  avantage  a  partie  qe  ceo 
chalange  pur  caufe  de  tiel  mefprifion  le  dit  nad- 
gairs Roi  Henri  confiderant  la  diverfite  doppi- 
nions  qe  lem  avoit  fur  le  dit  eftatuit  &  pur  mettre 
le  chofe  en  pluis  overt  conyfauns  declara  &  or- 
dina  par  audtorite  du  dit  parlement  tenuz  le  dit 

an 


A.  D.  1425. 


Anno  quarto  Henrici  VI, 


C.  4>  5- 


S35 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
an  ix*  qe  les  Juftices  devaunt  queux  tiel  plee  ou 
recorde  eft  fait  ou  ferra  pendant  fibien  par  ajourne- 
ment  come  par  voie  derrour  ou  autrement  eient 
poair  &  auitorite  damender  tielx  recorde  &  pro- 
ceffe come  devaunt  eft  dit  folonc  la  fourme  de 
mefme  leftatuit  fibien  apres  juggement  en  tiel 
plee  recorde  ou  pioceffee  renduz  come  devaunt  le 
juggement  renduz  en  tielx  plee  recorde  ou  procefle 
tant  come  les  ditz  recorde  &  proceffe  foient  devaunt 
eux  en  mefme  la  manere  come  Juftices  avoient 
poair  demender  tielx  recorde  &  proceffe  devaunt 
juggement  renduz  par  force  du  dit  eftatuit  en 
temps  le  dit  Roi  E.  fait  come  defuis  la  quele  ordi- 
nance endureroit  tanqe  al  profchein  parlement 
qi  ferroit  primerment  tenuz  apres  le  revenue  du 
dit  Roi  Henri  le  pier  en  Engleterre  de  pardela 
et  la  quele  ore  eft  determine  par  le  mort  du  dit 
nadgairs  Roi  Henri  le  pier  le  Roi  noftre  fove- 
rein  Seignur  par  advis  &  affent  fuifditz  ad  ordine 
&  eftablie  qe  le  dit  eftatuit  &  effect  dicell  fait  le 
dit  an  ix=  teigne  force  vigour  &c  effect  en  chefcun 
recorde  &  proceffe  fibien  apres  juggement  renduz 
fur  verdit  paffe  come  fur  matiere  en  leie  plede 
come  eftatut  vaillable  &  effectuell  en  ley  a  toutz 
jours  adurer.  Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  celt  eftatut 
ne  fe  extende  as  recordes  &  proceffes  es  parties 
de  Gales  ne  as  recordes  &  proceffes  par  queux 
afcune  perfone  eft  ou  ferra  utlage  al  fuyt  daf- 
cuny. 

C    A 


:  of  the  faid  Parliament  holden  the  faid  Ninth  Year, 
;  That  the  Juftices  before  whom  fuch  Plea  or  Re- 
;  cord  is  made,  or  ftiall  be  depending,  as  well  by  Ad- 
:  journment,  as  by  Way  of  £rror  or  otherwife,  fhall 
;  have  Power  and  Authority  to  amend  fuch  Record  and 
:  Procefs,  as  well  after  Judgement  given  as  before,  by 
;  Force  of  the  faid  Statute  made  in  the  Time  of  the 
:  faid  King  Edward,  which  Ordinance  fhould  en- 
:  dure  till  the  next  Parliament,  which  fhould  be  firft 
'•  holden  after  the  Return  of  the  faid  King  Henry  the 
;  Father  into  England  from  beyond  the  Sea,  and  which 
:  now   is  determined  by  the  Death  of  the  faid  late 
:  King  Henry   the  Father :"    '  (4)  Our  Sovereign 
Lord,  by  the  Advice  and  Affent  aforefaid,  hath  or- 
dained and  eftablifhed,  That  the  faid  Statute,    and 
the  Effect  of  the  fame,  made  the  faid  Ninth  Year, 
fhall   hold  Strength,    Force,    and    Effect,    in  every 
Record  and  Procefs  of  the  fame,  as  well  after  Judge- 
ment given  upon  a  Verdict  paffed,  as  upon  a  Matter 
in  Law  pleaded,  as  a  Statute  available  and  effectual 
in  Law  to  endure  for  ever.     (5)  Provided  always, 
That  this  Statute  do  not  extend  to  Records  and  Pro- 
ceffes in  the  Parts  of  Wales,  nor  to  Records  and  Pro- 
ceffes whereby  any  Perfon  is  or  fhall  be  outlawed  at 
any  Man's  Suit.' 


A  Confirmation 
of  the  Statute  of 
14  Ed.  3.  ftat. 
I.  c.  6.  &  9  H. 

5.  c.  4.  autho- 
rifing  Juftices  to 
amend  Records. 

See  farther  S  H. 

6.  c,  12  &?  15. 
10  H.  6.  c.  4. 
18  H.  6.  c.  9. 
5  El.  c.  23.  27 
El,  c.  5.  and  4 
Ann.  c.16.  what 
Defects  may  be 
amended  and 
what  net* 


P.      IV. 


The  Writs,  Suits,  and  Proceffes  now  depending  of  certain  that  were  late  made  Knights,  fhall 

not  abate  for  that  Caufe. 

ITEM  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  de  ladvis  &  affent  fuifditz  ad  ordine  &  eftablie  qe  toutz  les  briefs  fuites   E  X  P. 
&  proceffes  qe  toutz  les  chivalers  qi  furent  faitz  chivalers  par  le  Roi  en  temps  de  ceft  parlement  tenuz  ou 
pendantz  &  qe  chefcun  de  eux  ad  pendantz  nient  determinez  foient  bones  &  effectuelx  nient  abatablez  par  la 
ley  par  caufe  quils  font  faitz  chivalers  ou  par  caufe  qe  afcune  de  eux  eft  fait  chivaler. 

C    A    P.      V. 

Licence  given  to  all  the  King's  Subjects  to  tranfport  Corn. 

ITEM  come  le  no'rle  Roy  Richard  feconde  puis  le  conqueft  qe  Dieu  affoille  a  fon  parlement  tenuz  a 
Weftm'  al  quinfzeine  de  Seint  Hillar  Ian  de  fon  regne  xvij.  a  la  efpeciale  requeft  des  Communes  de  mefme 
le  parlement  graunta  licence  a  toutz  fes  lieges  de  fon  Roialme  dEngleterre  defkipper  &  amefher  blees  hors 
du  dit  Roialme  as  queux  parties  qe  lour  plerra  horfpris  as  enemys  paiantz  les  fubfidees  &  devoirs  ent  duez 
nient  contrefteant  afcun  ordinance  proclamation  ou  defenfe  fait  devaunt  a  contrarie  Nientmiens  mefme  le 
nadgairs  Roi  vouloit  qe  fon  counfeil  purroit  reftreindre  le  dit  paffage  qant  lour  fembleroit  bofoignable  pur 
profit  du  Roialme  [Noftre  Seignur  1;  Roy  a  la  efpeciale  requeft  des  communes  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  & 
de  ladvis  &  affent  fuifditz  voet  &  graunte  qe  le  dit  eftatuu  foit  tenuz  &  gardez  en  toutz  points  ilfint  qe  fon 
counfeiil  puiffe  reftreindre  le  dit  paffage  qant  lour  femblera  pur  profit  du  Roialme.] 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno   6  Hen.  VI.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1427. 


A  Confirmation 
of  the  Statute  of 
17  R.  2.  c.  7. 
giving  Licence  to 
all  the  King's 
Subjefts  to  carry 
Corn  out  of  the 
Realm. 

The  Stat.  17  R. 
z.  c.  7.  is  re- 
pealed by  21  Jac, 
j.c.28.  i&z 
Ph.  &M.  c.  s. 
I  Jac.  1.  c.  25. 
3  Jac.  1.  c.  11. 
21  Jac.  1,  c.28 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  7. 

N'OSTRE  Seignur  le  Roy  a  fon  parlement 
tenuz  a  Weltm'  a  la  Quinfzifme  de  Seint 
Michell  Ian  de  fon  regne  vjme  par  advys 
&  affent  des  Seignurs  efbirituelx  &  temporelx  & 
al  efpeciale  requeft  des  Communes  de  fon  Roialme 
5 


kUR  Lord"  the  King,  at  his  Parliament  hold- 
en ntJFeJlminJler,  theFifteenth  oi&t.M'uhae!^ 
the  Sixth  Year  of  his  Reign,  by  the  Advice 
and  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal, 
and  at  the  fpecial  Inftance  and  Requeft  of  the  Com- 


mons 


53&       C.  i,  2* 


Anno  fexto  Henri ci  VI. 


3  Lift.  3j. 


aforesaid. 


"  mons  of  his  Realm  in  the  faid  Parliament  ailembkd, 
"  hath  caufed  to  be  made  certain  Statutes  and  Ordi- 
"  nances  to  the  Honour  of  God,  and  for  the  Weal  and 
"  Eafe  of  his  People,  in  <the.  Manner  and  Form  fol 
"  lowing." 


A.  D.  1427. 

Ex  Rot.  in  T-m-r.  Lond. 
en  le  dit  parlement  affemblez  ad  fate  faire  certeins 
eftatutz  &  ordinances  a  fonur  de  Dieu  &  pur  le 
bien  &  eafe  de    fon  poeple  en  la  forme  qen- 
fuyt. 


•jv/ 


UL 


CAP.      I. 


Within  what  Time  a  Capias  awarded  againft  any  Perfon  indicted  in  the  King's  Bench  mail 

be  returnable. 


Cnf.md  %  H.  6. 


FIRST,  For  that  divers  of  the  King's  faithful 
Subjects,  by  falfe  Pradtice,  Covin,  and  Confpi- 
racy  of  certain  evil  Perfons,  be  indicted  before  our 
Lord  the  King  in  his  Bench,  of  divers  Felonies  and 
Treafons,  by  fufpedt  Jurors,  hired  and  procured  to 
the  fame  by  Confederacy  and  Covin  of  the  faid  Con- 
fpirators ;    (2)  by  Force  of  which   Indictments   a 
Capias   is  awarded  to   the  Sheriffs  of  the  County 
-where  the  faid  Bench  is,  returnable  within  two  or 
four  Days,   at  which  Day,  if  the  Party  fo  indicated 
come  noc,  an  Exigent  is  awarded,  whereby  the  Goods 
and  Chatties  of  fuch  Perfons  indicted  be  forfeit  to 
;  our  Lord  the  King,  to  the  utter  Undoing  of  divers 
:  of  the  King's  faithful  Subjects,  as  the  fame  our  Lord 
;  the  King  hath  conceived  by  the  grievous  Complaint 
;  of  the  faid  Commons,  made  to  him  in  the  faid  Par- 
:  liament ;"  '  (3)  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  willing  in 
this  Cafe  to  provide  Remedy,  hath  ordained,  by  the 
Advice  and  Affent  *  of  the  faid  Lords,  That  before 
any  Exgent  be  awarded  againft  fuch  Jferfons  indicted 
before  the  King  in  his  faid  Bench,  Writs  of  Capias 
fhall  be  directed,  as  well  to  the  Sheriff  or  Sheriffs  of 
the  County  wherein  they,  he  indicted,  as  to  the  She- 
riff or  Sheriffs  of  the  County  whereof  they  be  named 
in  the  Indictments  ;   (4)  the  fame  Capias  having  the 
Space  of 'Six  Weeks  at  the  leaft,  or  longer  Time,  by 
the   Difcretion  of  the  faid  Juftices,  if  the  Cafe  re- 
quire it,  before  the  Return  of  the  fame  ;   (5)  which 
Writs  fo  returned,  the  Juftices  fhall  proceed  in  the 
Manner   as  they  have  done  before  this  Time :  (6) 
And  if  any  Exigent  be  awarded,  or  any  Outlawry 
pronounce?  hereafter  againft  fuch  Perfons   indicted, 
before  the  Return  of  the  faid  Writs,  the  fame  Exi- 
gent fo  awarded,    with   the  Outlawry  thereof -pro- 
'nounced,  fhall   be  void  and   holden  for  none.     (7) 
And  this  Ordinance  fhall  endure   as  long  as   fhall 
pleafe  the  King.' 


EN  primes   rjur  ceo  qe  divers  des  loialx  lieges 
noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  par  faux  ymagina- 
tion  comettement  &  confpiracie  des  certeins  male- 
fefours  font  enditez  devaunt  le  Roy  en  fon  bank 
de  diverfes  felonies  &  trefons  par  jurrours  fufpe&z 
&  a  ceo  par  confederacie  &  conjecture  des  ditz 
confpiratours   lowez    &    procurez   par  force  des 
queux  enditementz  capias  eft  agarde  al  vifcount 
del  countee  ou  le  dit  Bank  eft  retournable  deinz 
deux  ou  quatre  jours  a  quell  jour  fi  la  partie  endite 
ne  veigne  exigend'  eft  agarde  par  qoi  les  biens  & 
chateux  des   ditz  enditz  font  forfaitz  au  Roy  a 
final   deftruction    de   divers    des   loialx  lieges   de 
noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Ray  ft  come  mefme  noftre 
Seignur   ad  conceu  a  la  grevoufe   compleint  des 
ditz  Communes   a  luy  faite  en  le  dit  parlement 
noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  voillant  en  ceo  cas  pur- 
voir   de   remedie    ad   ordine   par  advys    &    affent 
fuifditz  qe  avant  qe  afcun  exigende  foit  agardez 
envers  tielx  enditez  devaunt  le  Roy  en  fon  dit  Bank 
foient   briefs   de  capias  diredtz    fibien  al  vifcont 
ou  vifcontz  del  countee  en  le  quell  ils  font  enfi 
enditez  come  al  vifcount  ou  vifcountz  del  countee 
dount  i's  font  nomez  en  les  enditementz  aiantz 
mefmes  les   capias   lefpace   des    fys   fepmains    au 
meynes  ou  pluis  long  temps  par  les  difcretions 
des  Juftices  fi  le  cas  ceo  requirt  devaunt  la  retourne 
dicelles  les  queux  briefs  iffint  retournez  precedent 
les  Juftices  en  maner  come  ils  ount  fait  devaunt 
ces  heurcs  et  fi  afcune  exigende  foit  agarde  ou  af- 
cune    utlagarie   pronuncie   en   apres   envers   tielx 
enditez  devaunt  le  retourne   des    ditz   briefs    foit 
celle  exigende  iffint  agarde  ovec  la  utlagarie  ent 
pronuncie  voide  &  tenuz   pur  null.      Et  durera 
cefte  ordinance  tanqil  plerra  a  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roy. 


c.   10.  nvbhh  is  confirmed  by  To  H.  6,  c.  6. 


CAP.      II. 


How  long  Time  the  Copies  of  Panels  in  A'fiife  fhall  be  delivered  to  the  Parties  before  the 

Seffions  of  the  Juftices. 


B.a.  irj 


"  TTEM,  Becaufe  that  divers  of  the  King's  liege 
"  |  People  in  Times  paft  have  been  difherited,  for 
"  that  in  fpecial  Affifes  the  Tenants  and  Defendants 
"  could  not  have  Knowledge  nor  Copy  of  the  Panel 
*"  of  them  that  be  impanelled  to  pafs  in  the  faid  Affifes, 
"  to  inform  them  of  their  Right  and  Titles  before  the 
"  Tay  of  the  Seffion  that  the  Affifes  ftioukl  be  demand- 
.  ed  ;"."'  (2)  our  Lord  the  King,  willing  thereof  to 
'  provide  Remedy,  hath  ordained  and  eftabiifhed,  That 
'  the  Panels  of  the  Affifes  fhall  be  arrayed,  and  a 
'  Copy  indented  of  the  fame  by  the  Sheriff  delivered 
!  to  the  Plaintiffs,  Tenants,  and  Defendants  fix  Days 


TEM  pur  ceo  qe  divers  des  lieges  noftre  Seignur 
_Te  Roy  avaunt  ces  heures  ount  eftez  delheritz 
a  caufe  q[en  les  efpeciales  affifes  les  tenantz  &  de- 
fendantz  ne  purront  my  avoir  conifance  ne  copy 
de  la  panell  de  ceux  qi  font  empanellez  pur  palfer 
en  les  ditz  affifes  pur  eux  enformer  de  leur  droit 
&  titles  devaunt  le  jour  de  la  feffion  qe  les  affiles 
ferront  demandez  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy 
voillant  de  ceo  purvoier  de  remedie  ad  ordine 
&  eftablie  qe  les  .panelles  des  ditz  affifes_  foient 
arraiez  &  copie  endentee  dicelles  fiat  le  vifcount 
deliveree  a  les  plaintifs  tenantz  &  defendantz  par 

vi.  jours 


vi.  jours  a  meins  devaunt  la  feflion  des  Juftices  fi 
eux  les  demandent.  Et  qant  a  la  retourne  ou 
refpouncedes  baillifs  des  fraunchifes  facent  ils  lour 
retournez  ou  refponce  as  vifcountz  en  tielx  ef- 
pecialx  aflifes  viij.  jours  devaunt  la  feflion  en  ma- 
nere  come  defuis.  Et  ceo  fur  peine  de  xl.  li.  a 
paiers  par  les  vifcontz  ou  bailliffs  a  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roy  a  tant  de  foitz  Come  ils  ou  afcun  de  eux 
fount  ou  face  la  contrarie  de  ceft  ordinaunce. 


A.  D.  1427.  Anno  fexto  Henrici    VI.  C.  3.        537 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

at  the  leaft  before  the  Seflion  of  the  Juftices,  if  they 
the  fame  demand  ;  (3)  and  as  to  the  Return  or  An- 
fwer  of  the  Bailiffs  of  Franchife--,  they  fhall  make 
their  Returns  or  Anfwers  to  the  Sheriffs,  of  fuch 
fpecial  Aflifes,  fix  Days  before  the  Seflions  in  the 
Manner  aforefaid  ;  (4)  and  that  upon  Pain  of  Forty 
Pounds  to  be  paid  by  the  faid  Sheriffs  or  Bailiffs  to 
our  Lord  the  King,  as  often  as  they,  or  any  of  t  em, 
do  or  caufe  to  be  done  contrary  to  this  Ordinance  or  ,,  - ,  .  „  _., . 

statute.  Ey,JV.v  c.it 

'fie.  7.  Perfom  tried  for  High  Treafon,  &c.  fhall have  Copies  of  Panels,  &c. 

C  A  P.     III. 

The  Juftices  of  Peace,  &V.  fhall  affign  the  Wages  of  Artificers  and  Workmen  by  Procla- 
mation ;  and  the  Penalty  of  thofe  that  take  more. 

ITEM  come  ordine  foit  en  le  parlement  tenuz  a  Cantebrigge  Ian  xij.  le  Roy  Richard  feconde  puis  leE  X  P. 
conqueft  combien  chefcun  fervant  de  hufbondrie  prendra  par  Ian  pur  fon  fervice.     Et  fi  afcun  face  \zCmfirmcdhyfR. 
contrarie  de  cell  ordinaunce  &  de  ceo  foit  atteint  qil  paie  ceftaffavoir  fibien  le  donour  come  le  parnour  lat'J^Jj}  jv  ,  ej. 
value  del  exceffe  iflint  done  ou  prife.     Et  al  feconde  defaute  de  lour  atteindre  la  double  value  de  tiel  ex-c  V" 
ceffe.    Et  al  tierce  defaut;  la  tierce  valu.     Et  fi  le  dit  parnour  neit  dount  paier  la  dit  exceffe  qil  avera  la  pri- 
fon  de  xl.  jours.   Et  auxi  par  un  autre  eftatut  fait  al  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  Ian.  xiij.  de  mefme  le  nadgairs 
Roy  ordine  foit  qe  les  juftices  de  la  peas  en  chefcun  countee  en  lour  feflions  tenuz  entre  Pafque  &  SeintMi- 
chell  facent  proclamation  par  lour  difcretion  folonc  la  chiertee  des  vitails  comebien  chefcun  mafon  carpenter 
teguler  &  autres  artificers  &  overours  &  auxint  artificers  par  joumes  fibien  en  Auguft  come  en  autre  temps  del 
an  folonc  lour  degree  prendrent  le  jour  ovefqe  maungier  &  boier  ou  faunz  maungier  &  boier  entre  les  feflions 
fuifditz  come  chofe  par  eftatut  les  queux  eftatutz  ne  fount  my  gardez  ne  mys  en  execution  ceftaffavoir  le 
primer  eftatut  a  caufe  qe  le  puniffement  en  ycell  eft  trop  dure  fur  les  maiftres  des  tielx  fervantz  en  taunt  qils 
ferroient  deftitutz  des  fervantz  fils  ne  voillent  paffer  lordinaunce  del  eftatut.     Et  le  feconde  eftatut  a  caufe  qe 
null  peine  eft  limite  encountre  celuy  qi  face  le  contrarie  de  mefme  leftatut.     Noftre  Seignur  leRoy  voillantz 
en  ceo  cas  purvoier  de  remedie  ad  ordine  par  auftorite  de  ceft  parlement  qe  les  juftices  de  pees  en  chefcun 
countee  pur  le  temps  efteantz  &  leMair  de  Citee  deLoundres  pur  le  temps  efteant  &  les  mairs  &  baillifs  en 
chefcun  citee  burgh  &  ville  eiantz  tiel  poair  &  auftorite  come  ount  juftices  de  la  peas  qils  defore  aient  poair 
&  audtorite  de  faire  proclamation  en  lour  plein  feflion  un  foitz  par  an  &  enfy  en  chefcun  burgh  &  ville  marche 
deins  lour  jurifdiction  comebien  chefcun  fervant  de  hufbondre  prendra  pur  fon  fervice  par  Ian  adonqes  pro- 
chein  enfuant  &  qils  facent  deux  foitz  proclamatiouns  en  deux  feflions  par  eux  a  tener  parentre  les  feftes  de 
Pafque  &  feint  Michell  &  en  chefcun  burgh  &  ville  marche  comebien  chefcun  artificer  &  overour  prendra 
par  le  jour  &  par  le  fepmayn  ove  manger  &  boier  ou  faunz  manger  &  boier  fibien  en  Auguft  come  en 
autres  temps  del  an.     Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  fi  afcun  foit  retenu  par  le  fepmayn  pur  hufbondrie  ou  autre  la- 
bour qil  ne  preigne  riens  pur  les  feftivalx  jours  en  tiel  fepmayn  ne  pur  dimy  jour  pur  les  veigles  des  tielx 
feftes.     Et  qe  chefcun  tiel  proclamation  iflint  affaire  foit  tenuz  come  chofe  par  eftatut.     Et  fi  afcun  fervant 
artificer  ou  overour  face  le  contrarie  de  tiel  proclamation  iflint  affaire  &  de  ceo  foit  atteint  al  fuite  de  Roy  qil 
forface  au  Roy. chefcun  temps  la  value  de  fon  lower.     Etfil  nad  dont  faire  gree  au  Roy  qil  ait  la  prifon  de  xl. 
jours  faunz  eftre  leffe  a  bailie  ou  a  maynpris  en  afcun  maner.    Et  qe  les  juftices  de  peas  mairs  &  baillifs  avaunt- 
'ditz  pur  le  temps  efteantz  aient  poair  &  auctorite  doier  &  terminer  tielx  offenfes  fibien  al  fuit  de  Roy  par 
fuggeftion  &  furmys  come  de  partie  qi  foit  en  tiel  cas  greve  &  fur  ceo  de  faire  &  agarder  briefs  de  capias  a 
tauntz  des  foitz  qe  lour  femble  bien  affair  envers  tielx  fervantz  artificers  &  overours  al  fuite  de  chefcun  qi 
foi  fent  en  tiel  cas  greve  retournable  devaunt  eux  mefmes  ou  autres  juftices  de  la  pees  mairs  &  baillifs  pur 
le  temps  efteantz' a  certein  jour  en  lour  feflion  a  quell  jour  fi  tiel  fervant  artificer  ou  overour  veigne  devaunt 
les  ditz  juftices  mairs  ou  baillifs  par  force  des  tielx  briefs  ou  en  autre  maner  qe  mefmes  les  juftices  mairs  & 
baillifs  aient  plein  poair  &  auctorite  dexaminer  par  lour  difcretion  fibien  tielx  fervantz  artificers  &  overours 
come  lour  maifters  comebien  tielx  fervantz  artificers  &  overours  preignent  par  Ian  par  le  jour  &  par  le  fep- 
mayn.    Et  fils  trovent  par  tielx  examinations  ou  par  plee  parentre  meifmes  les  fervantz  artificers  &  ove- 
rours &  lour  maiftres  le  contrarie  eftre  fait  de  tielx  proclamations  iflint  affairez  qe  les  ditz  fervantz  artifi- 
cers oyerours  &  laborers  foient  punys  en  la  fourme  fuifdit.     Et  qils  rendent  al  partie  greve  fez  damages  a 
double.     Et  fi  afcun  de  eux  departe  ou  enfue  en  autre  countee  qe  bien  life  as  ditz  juftices  mairs  &  baillifs 
pur  le  temps  efteantz  de  faire  &  grauntier  briefs  de  Capias  tantz  &  tielx  queux  fount  bofoignables  direftz  as 
vifcontz  des  countees  ou  tielx  fervantz  artificers  laborers  &  overours  enfuent  de  prendre  lour  corps  retourna- 
ble devaunt  eux  a  quel  hoeur  qe  lour  pleft  iflint  qe  fils  veignent  par  tiel  proceffe  qils  foient  mys  en  prifon 
tanqe  ils  trovent  fuffifaunt  feurte  de  bien  fervir  lour  maiftres  fufditz.     Et  qe  ceft  eftatut  comence  a  tenir 
lieu  quant  al  puniffement  des  tielx  fervantz  retenuz  par  Ian  ou  par  la  dimy  an  apres  la  feft  de  feint  Micheil 
prcchein  avenir  pur  les  offenfes  en  cell  partie  par  eux  faitz  apres  mefme  la  feft.     Et  qe  toutz  les  mairs  & 
baillifs  queux  fount  gardeins  du  pees  en  afcuns  citees  villes  ou  burghs  du  Roialme  pur  le  temps  efteanti. 
aient  femblable  poair  correction  &  execution  du  dit  ordinaunce  iflint  affaire  &  de  toutz  eftatutz  de  laborer 
deinz  lez  ditz  citees  villes  &  burghs  come  les  juftices  du  pees  ont  en  lour  countees.     Et  outre  qe  les- ditz 
juftices  du  peas  en  chefcun  countee  Sc  les  ditz  mairs  &  baillifs  en  chefcun  ti  1  cites  ville  it  burgh  eiant 
poair  &  au£toritee  de  faire  proclamation  &  execution  de  &  en  les  preniiffez  ficome  devaunt  eft  dit,     Et  du- 
rera  ctft  ordinaunce  tanqe  al  fyn  del  prochtin  parlement. 
Vol.  I.  Zzz,  CAP. 


53'*       C.  4. 


Anno  fexto  Henrici  VI. 


A.  D.  1 


4.27. 


CAP.     IV. 

The  Sheriffs  Traverfe  to  an  Inqueft  found  touching  returning  Knights  of  Shires  for  the 

Parliament. 


A  Rehearfal  of 
the  Statute  of  7 
H.  4.  c.  15. 
touching  the 
Form  of 
choofing  of 
Knights  for  the 
Parliament. 


By  the  Stat,  of 
II  H.  4.  c.  I. 
Juftices  of  Affife 
ihall  inquire  of 
undue  Returns 
of  Knights  of  the 
Parliament. 


The  Knigh's 
chofen  for  the 
Parliament, 

and  Sheriff's  of 
Counties,  may 
have  their  Tra- 
vrrfe  of  an  Of- 
fice found  againft 
them. 


ITEM,  Where  it  was  ordained  and  eftablifhed  in 
the  Seventh  Year  of  Kin^  Henry  the  Fourth, 
Grandfather  of  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  that 
Knights  of  Shires  for  the  Parliament  fliould  be  chofen 
in  the  Manner  and  Form  following ;   that  is  to  fay, 
at  the  next  County  to  be  holden  after  the  Delivery  of 
the  Writ  of  the  Parliament,  Proclamation  ihall  be 
made  in  the  full  County  of  the  Day  and  Place  of  the 
Parliament,  (2)  and  that  all  they  which  be  prefent 
there,  as  well  Suitors  duly  fummoned  for  this  Caufe, 
as  other,  ihall  attend  to  the  Election  of  their  Knights 
for  the  Parliament ;  (3)  and  then  in  full  County  they 
ihall  proceed  to  the  Election  freely  and  indifferently, 
notwithftanding  any  Requeft  or  Commandment  to  the 
contrary ;  (4)  and  that  after  they  be  chofen,  whether 
fuch  Perfons  chofen  be  prefent  or  abfent,  theirNames 
ihall  be  written  in  Indentures,  under  the  Seals  of  all 
the  Choofers,  and  annexed  to  the  (aid  Writ  of  Pa  - 
liament,  which  Indenture,  fo  fealed  and  tacked,  ihall 
be  holden  for  the  Return  of  the  faid  Writ,  as  to  the 
Knights  of  the  faid  Shires  :    (5)   And  alfo  in  the 
Writs  of  the  Parliament  hereafter  to  be  made,  this 
Claufe  ihall  be  put  in  the  Manner  as  followeth  :  Et 
eledionem  tuam  in  pleno  comitatu  tuo  faclam  diftincle 
&  aperte  fub  figlllo  tuo  &  Jig  Mis  eorum  qui  cleclioni  illi 
interfuerint,  nobis  in  cancellaria  nqfira  ad  diem  iff  lo- 
cum in  brevi  contentos  certifiers  indilate.     (6)  And  for 
that  in  the  fame  Statute  no  Pain  was  ordained,  nor 
fpecially  fet  upon  the  Sheriffs  of  the  County,  if  they 
make  their  Return  contrary  to  the  faid  Statute,  it 
was  ordained  and  eftablifhed  the  Eleventh  Year  of 
the  faid  King  Henry  the  Fourth,  That  the  Juftices 
of  Aflifes  fhould  have  Power  to  inquire  in  their  Sef- 
fions  of  Affifes  of  fuch  Returns  made  ;  (7)  and  if  it 
be  found  by  Inqueft  and  due  Examination  before  the 
fame  Juftices,  that  any  fu:h  Sheriff  hath  made,  or 
hereafter  ihall  make,  any  Return  contrary  to  the  Te- 
nor of  the  faid  Statute,  that  the  fame  Sheriff  fhould 
incur  the  Pain  of  an  hundred  Pounds,  to  be  paid  to 
our  faid  Lord  the  King.     (8)  And  moreover,  that 
the  Knigiits  fo  unduly  returned  ihall  iofe  their  Wages 
of  the  Parliament  in  old  Times  accuftomed  ;  (9)  to 
the  great  Mifchief  of  Sheriffs  and  Knights  of  the 
Shire,  which  be  forebarred  and  put  out  of  their  An- 
fwer  againft  fuch  Inquefts  of  Office  taken  before  the 
faid  Judges,  becaufe  of  the  Statute  and  Ordinance 
aforefaid;"    '  (10)  our  Lord  the   King  willing  in 
this  Cafe  to  provid.-   Remedy,    hath  ordained    and 
eftablifh'-d,    That    all    the   Knights   of  the   Shires 
chofen  for  thi3  prefent  Parliament,  and  the  Sheriffs 
of  the  fame  Counties  againft  whom  any  Inquefts  or 
Offic.s  of  undue  Election  be  found  before  the  Juf- 
tices of  Aflifes,  ihall  have  their  Anfwer  and   Tra- 
verfe to  fuch  Inquefts  of  Office  taken  ;  (11)  and  alfo 
al)  the  Knights  from  henceforth  fo  to  be  chofen,  and 
the  Sheriffs  that  ihall   make  fuch  Elections,    ihall 
have  their  Anfwer   and  Traverfe  to  fuch  Inquefts 
and  Offices  before  any  Juftices  of  Affifes  hereafter 
to  be  taken  ;  (12)  and  the  faid  Knights  and  Sheriffs 


Ex  Ret.  in  Turr.  Land. 

ITEM  comeordeigne  foit  &  efta.lie  Ian  feptifane 
le  Roy  H.  quart  Aiel  noftre  Seig  ur  le  Roy 
qoreft  qe  chivalers  des  coumees  pur  le  parlemenc 
foient  efluz  en  maner  &  fourme  qenfuite  ceftaffa- 
voir  qe  al  prochein  countee  a  tenir  apres  l.t  livere 
de  brief  de  parlement  proclamation  foit  fait  en 
plein  countee  del  jour  &  lieu  de  parlement  &  qe 
toutz  ceux  qi  illoeqes  fount  prefentes  fibien  feu- 
tours  duement  fummenez  pur  cell  caufe  come 
autres  entendent  a  la  election  de  lour  chivalers 
pur  le  parlement  &  adonqes  en  plein-  countee- 
alent  a  la  eledfion  liberalment  &  endiferement 
non  obftant  afcun  prier  ou  commaundement  a 
contrarie  h  apres  qils  foient  efluz  foient  les  perfonz 
eflieux  prefentz  ou  abfentz  foient  lour  nouns  ef- 
criptz  en  endentures  defoubz  les  feales  de  toutz 
ceux  qi  eux  efiifount  &  tachez  au  dit  brief  de  par- 
lement quele  endenture  iffint  enfealez  &  tachez 
foit  tenuz  pur  la  retourne  de  dit  brief  qant  as 
chivalers  des  countees  et  qe  en  brief  de  parlement 
affair  en  temps  avenir  foit  mys  cefte  claufe  Et 
eledionem  tuam  in  pleno  comitatu  tuo  faclam  fub 
figillo  tuo  &  figillis  eorum  qui  eleclion'i  illi  inter- 
fuerint  nobis  n  cancellaria  v.ejlra  ad  diem  cjf  locum 
prediclos  ccrtifi  es  irullate.  Et  pur  tant  qe  en 
mefme  leftatut  null  peine  fuift  ordinez  ne  mys  en 
efpecial  fur  les  vifcountz  des  countees  fils  facent' 
afcun  retourne  al  contrarie  du  dit  eftatut  ordine 
fuift  &  eftablie  Ian  xj*  le  dit  Roy  Henry  quart 
qe  les  Juftices  as  Affiles  prendre  eient  poair  den- 
querer  en  lour  feffions  des  affifes  de  tielx  retournes 
faitz  &  fi  par  enqueft  &  due  examination  trove 
foit  devaunt  mefmes  les  Juftices  qe  afcun  tiel  vif- 
count  eit  fait  ou  face  en  apres  afcun  retourne  en- 
countre  la  tenure  du  dit  eftatut  qe  mefme  le  vif- 
count  encourge  la  peine  de  C  li.  apaiers  au  noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  Roy.  Et  outre  ceo  qe  les  chivalers 
des  countees  enfi  nient  duement  rctournez  perdent 
lour  gagez  de  parlement  auncienment  accuftumez 
a  trefgraund.  mefchief  des  vifcountz  &  .chivalers 
des  countees  qi  fount  forbarrez  &  oufteez  de  lour 
refpounce  encountre  tielx  enqueftes  dofHce  prifez 
devaunt  les  ditz  Juftices  a  caufe  de  les  ftatut  & 
ordeignaunce  fuifditz  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  voil- 
lant  en  ceo  cas  purvoir  de  remedie  ad  ordeigne 
&  eftable  qe  toutz  les  chivalers  des  countees  pur 
ceft  prefent  parlement  efluz  &  les  vifcountz  di- 
celles  countees  envers  queux  afcuns  enqueftes  ou 
offices  de  noun  due  election  font  trovez  devaunt 
les  Juftices  d.ifiifes  aient  lour  refpounces  &  travers 
envers  les  ditz  enqueftes  &  offices  et  auxi  toutz 
les  chivalers  defore  enavaunt  iffint  a  eflierz  &  les 
vifcontz  qi  ferront  tielx  elections  aient  lour  re  7 
fpounce  &  travers  envers  tielx  enqueftes  &  offices 
devaunt  afcuns  juftices  des  affifes  defore  appren- 
drez.    Et  ne  foient  les  ditz  chivalers  &  vif  ountz 

endamages 


A.  D.  1427. 


Anno   fexto    Henrici    VI. 


C  5.        539 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
endamagez  envers  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  ou  fes 
fucceffours    per   afcun   tiel    enqueft   pris   ou    ap- 
prcndre  tanqe  ils  foient  d-uement  conviftz  folonc 
la  forme  de  la  ley. 

c.  2.    23  B.  6.  c.  10,  and  j.-,    27  H.  8.  c.  26.     3c  H.  S.  c.  11.     7  £f  8  W.  3.  c.  4,   7,  {»  25 
Iq  Ct'o.  2.  r.  28.  and  31  Gtrc.  2.  c,  14.  _/t>r  fie  </.v?  Election  of  Knights  of  the  Shins, 


'  fhall  not  be  endamaged  un!o  our  faid  Lord  the  King, 
'  or  his  Succeflburs,  tor  any  fuch  Inqueft  taken  or  to 
'  be  taken,  until  they  be  duly  convict  according  to  ^e  See  farther  3  H. 
'  Form  of  the  Law.'  6.c.  7.  !0h.  i,. 

iS. 


10  Ami.   c.  23.     12  Ann.  fat,  I.  c.  5.     18  Ota.   z- 


CAP.      V. 

Several  Commifiions  of  Sewers  fhall  be  granted.     The  Form  of  the  Commiffion.  ; 


ITEM  noftre  treffoverein  Seignur  le  Roy  de 
ladvys  &  affent  fuifditz  confiderantz  les  graun- 
ues  damagez  &  perdes  qore  tarde  fount  avenuz 
par  les  graunaes  creteines  del  eawe  en  diverfes 
parties  du  Roialme  &  qe  plufours  grcindres  damages 
font  verifemblablement  avenirs  fi  remedie  ne  foit 
hafrivement  puryeu"  ad  ordine  &  graunte  qe  par 
dys  ans  procheinement  enfuantz  feveralx  com- 
niilnons  dc  few.ers  foient  faitz  as  diverfes  perfones 
par  le  Chauncelier  dEngleterre  pur  .!e  temps 
efteant  a  nomers  en  toutz  les  parties  de  Roialme 
qe  meftier  ferra  folonc  la  fourrne  enfuant : 


of 


" 


"  TTEM,  Our  Sovereign  Lord  the"  King,  by  ther°mmi,riom  ? 
"  I    Advice   and   Affent    aforefaid,    confidering   the^rs^  '- 

,,  t-.  1   t      n-  i-i  i  1    °i  granted  durm.i 

great  Damage  and  Loites,  which   now  late  be  hap-tcil  yeais. 
"  pened  by  the  great  Inundation  of  Waters  in  divers 
"  Farts  of  the  Realm,  and  that  much  greater  Damage 
"  is  very  like  to  enfue,    if  Remedy  be  not  fpeediiy 
"  P£Pvided,  hath  ordained  and  granted,  That  during 
Ten'  Years    next   enuring   feveral   Commifllons   of 
'  Sewers  fhall  be  made  to  divers  .Perfons  by  the  Chan- 
cellor of  England  for  the  time  being,  to  be  fent  into 
all  Parts,  of  the  Realm  where  fhall  be  needful,   ac- 
"  cording  to  the  Form  that  followeth  :"- 

REX  dile£ris  &  fidelibus  fuis  A.  B.  &  C.  falutem.     Sciatis  quod  cum'  wallie  foffata  guttere  fewere  pontes  The  Form  of 
calceta  &  gurgites  per  cofteram  maris  Si  marifci  infra  fines  Si  limites  de  Lyndefey  in  comitatu  Lincoln' th.eCommi'rion 
per  impetum  maris  fluxus  .&  refluxus  ac  inundationes  &  trencheas  aquarum  dulcium  per  diverfa  loca  adH_  g""18'    2J 
mare  defcendentium  adeo  rupta  funt  &  confracla  quod  quamplura  dampna  ineftimabilia  pro  defe£tu  repa- 
rationis  eorundem  walliarum,  fpffatorum  gutterarum  fewerarum  pontium  calcetorum  &  gurgitum  tempori- 
bus  retroaftis  evenerunt  ibidem  &  adhuc  timendum  eft  quod  longe  majora  infra  breve  tempus  evenient 
nifi  fuper  hoc  celerius  adhibeatur  remedium  oportunum  Nos  pro  eo  quod  ratione  dignitatis  noftre  regie  ad Commiflioners 
providendum  falvationi  regni  noftri  Anglie  circumquaque  fumus  aftri£ti  Volentes  in  hac  parte  congruum  &"la1'  >nHul^  of 
feftinum  remedium  adhiberi  Aflignavimus  vos  &c.  quorum  &c.  unum  efle  volumus  jufticiarios  noftros  adanj™yanLCS; 
prediota  wallias  foffata  gutteras  feweras  pontes  calceta  Si  gurgites  ac  trencheas  prediftas  fupervidend'  &  adDefal,[t  tne 
inquirend'  per  facramentum  tarn  militum  quam  aliorum  proborum  &  legalium  hominum  de  comitatu  pre-happened. 
didto  tarn  infra  libertates  quam  extra  per.  quos  rei  Veritas  melius  fciri  poterit  per  quorum  vel  cujus  defectum  insui,y  who 
hujufmodi  dampna  contigerunt  ibidem  &  qui  terras  &  tenementa  tenent  vel  communiam  pafture  feu  pifcarie^1  Lands> 
in  partibus  prediftis  habent  vel  etiam  defenfionem  commodum  &  falvationem  qualitercumque  habent  vel  pi(]lln„  "|'e^ 
habere  poterunt  tarn  periculo  propinquiores  quam  ab  eodem  remotiores  per  predidta  wallias  fafTata  gutteras  and  who  may 
feweras  pontes  calceta  &  gurgites  ac  etiam  dampnum  vel  commodum   per  trencheas  illas  &c  ad  omnes  illoshaveLofs  by  the 
pro  quantitate  terrarum  Si  tenementorum  fuorum  five  per  numeriim  acrarum  five  per  carucatas  pro  rata^nn°.vances>  or 
portionis  tenure  fue  feu  pro  quantitate  communie  pafture  vel  pifcarie  fue  ibidem  diftringendum  una  cum,^"^  b/t',he 
ballivis  libertatum  &  aliorum  locorum  de  comitatu  &  locis  predicts   Si  ad  predicta  wallias  foffata  gutteras  Diftraining  Cot"' 
feweras  pontes  calceta  &  gurgites  in  locis  neceffariis  reparand'  &  ad  ea  vel  alia  quotiens  &  ubi  neceffe  fue-  Reparations, 
rit  de  novo  faciend'  ac  ad  trencheas  prediclas  in  locis   neceffariis  mundand'  &  fi  needle  fuerint  obftruend' 
Ita  quod  aliquibus  tenentjbus  terrarum  feu  tenementorum  hujufmodi  vel  communiam  pafture  feu  pifcarie 
Habentibus  diviti  vel  pauperi  ant  alteri  cujufcumque  conditipnis  ftatus  vel  dignitatis  fuerit  qui  defenfionem  None  /hall  be 
commodum  Si  falvationem  per  predidta  wallias   foffata  gutteras  feweras1  pontes  calceta  &  gurgites  feu  etiam 'Paicd  th*t 
dampnum  per  trencheas  predictas  qualitcrcunque  habent  vel  habere  poterunt  five  fuerint  infra  libertates  fivepeay  ij"61" 
extra  nullatenus  parcatur  in  hac  parte.     Et  ad  agiftamenta  fuper  foffata  maris  pro  falvatione  partium  predic-^Moj        °  s' 
tarum  juxta  numerum  acrarum  five  perticarum  per  vos, &c.  quorum  &c.  unum  efl'e  volumus  de  novo  mime- 5  Co.  100.  ' 
rand'  &  quotiens  &  ubj  neceffe  fuerit  de  novo  faciend'  Si  ad  certos  diligentes  &  fideles  cuftodes  pro  falvatione  1°  Co.  141. 
predi&a  deputarYd'  &  ad  audiend  computum  de  colleftoribus  denariorum  quos  ex  hac  caufa  levari  Si  in  repa-Takl-n^  the  A 
ratione  &  emendatione  didlrorum  walliarum  foffatorum  gutterarum  fewerarum  pontium  calcetorum  &  gurgi- count  of  the 
turn  aut  obftructione  trenchearum  prediclarum  poni  contigerit  &  ad  diftringend'  per  vos  &c.  quorum  &c.  Collectors, 
unum  effe  volumus  vel  per  alios  quos  ad  hoc.duxeritis  deputand'.  pro  arreragiis  hujufmodi  colledtionis  quo- Diftraining  for 
tiens  opus  fuerit  &  videritis  expedire  Ac  ad  ftatuta  &  ordinationes  pro  falvatione  &  corifervatione  coftere  maris lhe  Arrearages 
&  marifci    prediftorum  ac  partium    adjacentium    neceffaria   et    opportuna  juxta  leges    &  confiiettidines"/ theCollec- 
Fr.arifci    de   Romeney   f.iciend'    &   ordinand'    &   ad  omnia  &   fingula    premilla  tarn    ad    feclam  jioftram  Makin g  of  Or- 
quam   aliorum   quorumcunque    coram  vobis    in    hac   parte    conq.ueri  volentium    audiend'    &   terfniriand' dinances  for  the 
fecundum  legem   &   confuetudinem  regni   noftri  Anglie   ac  confuetudmem   marifci  de   Romeney   fupra-  Defence  of  the 
di£ti  necnon   ad   tot  foffatores    &  alios  operarios  &  laboratores    quot  pro  operationibus    ik  reparationi-^e,!-j>a^k^ 
bus  predieiis  fufficere  poterunt  pro  competenti  falario  eis  in  hac  parte  fohendo  ob  grandem  &  fcftinam  boaur1."ss  °0  w*\ 
neceffjtatem   inftantem  capiend'  &  in  operationibus  &  reparationibus  prediclis   ponend".     Et  ideo  vobis  ;n  tne  Repa. 
mandamus  quod  ad  certos  dies  &  loca  quos  vos  &c.  quorum  Sic.  unum  efie  volumus  ad  hoc  provideritis  pre- rations. 
4i|fta  v/alljas  foffata  gutteras  feweras  pontes  calceta  gurgites  CV  trcn.  hens  fupervi-Jcu.;^  &  premiffa  omnia  & 

Z  z  z  2  fing'  la 


54° 


C.  6. 


Anno  fexto  Henrici  VI. 


Punishment  of 
thrrn  which  do 
jwglect  or  refute 
to  repair  their 
Portion  afliened. 
The  Sheriffs 
and  Jurors  ihall 
be  attendjnt 
upon  the  Com- 
miflloners  of 
S  wers. 
SH.  6.  c.  3. 
23  H.  6.  c.  9*. 
6H   8.  g.  10. 
3  Jac.  1.  c.  14. 
7  Ann.  c.  10. 
See  farther  con- 
cern ng  Servers  8 
c.  S.  1  Mar.  flat. 

*  Read  c.  8. 


OBi 


A.  D.  1427. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
fingula  facialis  &  cjrpleatis  audiatis  &  terminetis  in  forma  predi£ta  Ita  quod  pro  defectu  reparationis  eorun- 
dem  walliarum  foffatorum  gutterarum  fewerarum  pontium  calcetorum  &  gurgitum  ac  obftruc"tionum  tren- 
chearum  predi&arum  dampnum  vel  periculum  aliquod  non  eveniat  ullo  modo.  Et  omnes  illos  quos  negli- 
gentes  vel  rebelles  in  reparatione  &  fatSione  portionum  ipfos  inde  contingentium  inveneritis  per  diftricSHones  & 
amerciamenta  ac  aliis  viis' &  modis  quibus  melius  expedire  videritis  ad  defeftus  hujufmodi  celeriter  reficiend' 
&  emendand'  compellatis  &  omnia  que  per  vos  ordinari  &  fieri  contigerint  in  hac  parte  tarn  infra  libertates 
quam  extra  faciatis  firmiter  obfervari  fadturi  inde  quod  ad  juftitiam  pertinet  fecundum  legem  &  confuetudi- 
nem  regai  noftri  Anglie  Salvis  nobis  amerciamentis  ac  aliis  ad  nos  inde  fpecStantibus.  Mandavimus  enim  vi- 
cecomiti  noftro  comitatus  predidti  quod  ad  certos  dies  &  loca  quos  vos  &c.  quorum  &c.  unum  efte  volumus 
ei  fcire  fac'  venire  fac'  coram  vobis  &c.  quorum  &c.  tot  &  tales  probos  &  legates  homines  de  balliva  fua  tarn 
infra  libertates  quam  extra  per  quos  rei  Veritas  in  premiflis  melius  fciri  poterit  &  inquiri.  In  cuius  &c 
Tefte&c. 

H.  6.  c.  3.    18  K.  6.  c.  10.    23  H.  6.  c,  8.    12  Ed.  4.  c.  6.    4  H.  7.  e,  1.   6  II.  8.  c.  10.    23  H.  8.  c.  5.    25  H.  8.  c.  10.     3  & 4  Ed.  6. 
3.  c.   II.    13  El.  c.  9.    3  Jac.  I,  c.  14.    12  Car.  2.  c.  6.    22  &  23  Car.  2.  c.  17.    2  IV.  &  M.  JeJ]\  2.  c.  8.  fee.  14.  and-]  Ann.  c.  9  £f  10. 

CAP.      VI. 

All  Merchants  may  fbip  Merchandife  in  Melcomb  Haven,  and  carry  them  to  Calais. 

ITEM  ordeine  eft  par  au&orite  ie  mefme  le  parlement  qe  chefcun  marchaunt  Cbien  denfzein  come  aliene 
puifle  franchement  &  fauvement  ellcepper  lains  quirs  pealx  lanuz  &  autres  merchandifes  de  leftaple  en  le 
port  de  Melcombe  en  le  countee  de  Dorfefe  &  dilloeqes  les  amefner  a  leftaple  de  Caleys  paiantz  les  cuftumez 
&  fubfidies  duez  au  Roy.  Et  qe  null  merchaunt  foit  empefches  moleftes  ou  greves  par  le  Roy  ne  fes  heirs 
pur  null  efkippefon  des  -merchandifes  avantditz  en  le  dit  port  afcun  ordinance  efteant  ou  proclamation  fait 
au  contrarie  nient  obftant. 


Statutes  made   at  Weftminfter,     Anno 

Dom.  1429. 


8   Hen.  VI.  and  Anno 


TO  the  Laud  and  Honour  of  Almighty  God, 
and  of  the  holy  Mother  the  Church,  our 
moft  noble  Chriftian  Lord  Henry,  by  the 
Grace  of  God  King  oi  England  and  France,  and  Lord 
of  Ireland,  in  his  Parliament  holden  at  Wejlminjler 
the  Morrow  after  St.  Matthew  the  Apoftle,  the 
Eighth  Year  of  his  Reign,  by  the  Advice  and  Af- 
fent  of  the  Prelates  and  Great  Men  of  his  Realm  of 
England,  and  at  the  fpecial  Requeft  and  Affent  of  the 
Commons  of  the  fame  Realm  being  in  the  faid  Par- 
liament, hath  made  certain  Statutes  and  Ordinances 
for  the  common  Profit  of  the  faid  Realm,,  and  efpe- 
cially  for  the  good  and  wholfome  Government  and 
due  Execution  of  the  Law  to  be  had  in  the  fame,  in. 
the  Form  following." 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  6. 

AD  omnipotentis  Dei  &  fandte  matris  ee- 
clefie  laudem  &  honorem  ChriftianiiTimus 
dominus  nofter  Henricus  Dei  gratia  Rex 
Anglie  &  Francie  &  Dominus  Hibernie  illuftris 
in  parliamento  fuo  apud  Weftm'  in  craftino  faniSti 
Mathei  Apoftoli  anno  regni  fui  odtavo  tento  de 
avifamento  Si  afienfu  Prelatorum  procerum  & 
Magnatum  regni  fui  Anglie  &  ad  fpecialem  re- 
quifitionem  ac  de  aflenfu  Communitatis  ejufdem 
regni  in  parliamento  predidto  exiftentium  quedam 
ftatuta  &  ordinationes  pro  communi  utilitate  di£ti, 
regni  &  prefertim  pro  bona  &  fana  gubernatione 
ac  debita  legis  executione  habend'  in  eodem  fecit 
in  forma  fubfequentL 


C   A    P.      I. 

The  Clergy  of  the  Convocation  mail  have  fuch  Liberty  as  the  Great  Men  and  Commonalty 

which  come  to  the  Parliament. 


'  T?IRST,  Becaufe  the  Prelates  and  Clergy  of  the 

'  J?    Realm  of  England  called  to  the  Convocation,. 

'  and  their  Servants  and  Familiars  that  come  with  them 

'  to  fuch  Convocation,  oftentimes  and  commonly  be 

'  arrefted,  mqleft'ed,  and  inquieted;"    '  (2)  our  fail 

Lord  the  King,  willing  gracioufly  in  this  Behalf  to 

provide  for  the  Security  and  Qu'tetnefs  of  the  faid 

Prelates  and  Clergy,  at  the  Supplication  of  the  fame 

Prelates  and  Clergy,  and  by  the  Anent  of  the  Great 

Men    md  Commons    aforefaid,    hath  ordained   and 

eftablifhed,  That  all  the  Clergy  hereafter  to  be  called 


IN  primis  quia  Prelati  &  Clerus  rej»ni.  Anglie  ad. 
convocationem  evocati  eorumque  fervierites  &■ 
familiares  qui  cum  eifdem  ad  convocationem  hu- 
jufmodi  veniunt  fepius   ac  frequenter   areftantur 
moleftantur  &   inquietantur  Volens  igitur  diftus 
dominus  nofter  Rex  pro  fecuritate  &  quiete  di&o- 
,  rum  Prelatorum  &  Cleri  in  hac  parte  profpicere 
J  gratiofe  ad  fupplicationem  eorundem  Prelatorum 
1  tk    Cleri!  &   de  afTenfu    procerum   Magnatum    & 
Communitatis  prediclorum  ordinavit&  ftatuit  quod 
',  vocandi  in  futurum  ad  convocationem  Cleri  pre- 

textu 


A.  D.  1429.  Anno  o6lavo  Henrici  VI. 


C.  2, 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
textu  brevis  regii  eorumque  fervientes  &  familiares 
eadem  libertate  five  immunitate  veniendo  expec- 
tando  &  redeundo  plene  gaudeant  &  utantur  per- 
petuis  futuris  tempdribus  qua  gaudent  &  gaudere 
confueverunt  five  gaudere  debent  in  futurum  pro- 
ceres  five  Magnates  &  Communitas  regni  Anglie 
ad  parliarhentum  domini  Regis  vocati  five  vo- 
candi. 


541 


to  the  Convocation  by  the  King's  Writ,  and  their 

Servants  and  Familiars,  fhall  for  ever  hereafter  fully 

ufe  and  enjoy  fuch  Liberty  or  Defence  in  coming, 

tarrying,    and   returning,    as    the   Great   Men   and 

Commonalty  of  the  Realm  of  England,  called  or  to 

be  called  to  the  King's  Parliament,  do  enjoy,  and 

were  wont  to  enjoy,  or  in  Time  to  come  ought  to    H       c  f) 

enjoy.'  11H.6.  V.  ii. 

injiiEix  Penalty  on  thofe  tvbo  fjj/ault  any  that  come  to  Parliament. 


CAP.     II. 

No  Merchants  of  England,  fhall  enter  into  the  Dominion  of  the  King  of  Denmark,  but  at 

Northbarn. 

ITEM  quia  cariffimus  avunculus  Regis  Rex  Dacie  Norwegie  &  S  wecie  ficut  ex  intimatione  fua  idem  do-  Rep.  1  H.  8. 
minus  Rex  accepit  confiderans  multiplicia  &  grandia  perditiones  pericula  dampna  &  difpendia  que  tamc-  »• 
fibi  &  fuis  quam  aliis  forinfecis  &  extraneis  etiam  amicis  &  fpecialiter  fubditis  didii  domini  noftri  Regis  de 
regno  fuo  Anglie  ex  introitu  ingreffu  &  tranfitu  perfonarum  hujufmoni  forinfecarum  &  extranearum  in  reg- 
num  fuum  Norwegie  &  alia  dominia  diftridtus  territoria  jurifdidtiones  &  loca  fibi  fubdita  &  fubjecta  prefertim 
in  infulas  fuas  dePynmark  &  alibi  tarn  in  perfonis  quam  in  eorum  rebus  &  bonis  nuper  evenerunt  pro  vitan- 
dis  hujufmodi  perditionibus  periculis  dampnis  &  difpendiis  &  ne  fimilia  quod  abfit  evenirent  in  futurum  or- 
dinavit  &  ftatuit  quod  omnes  &  finguli  extranei  tarn  Anglici  quam  alii  ad  &c  in  regnum  fuum  Norwegie  & 
alia  dominia  diftridtus  territoria  jurifdidtiones  infulas  et  loca  predidta  caufa  obtinendi  vel  habendi  pifces  aut 
alia  quecunque  mercandifas  five  bona  navigio  applicare  &  accedere  volentes  applicent  &  veniant  ad  villam 
fuam  de  Northbarn  ubi  didtus  Rex  Dacie  ftapulam  fuam  pro  concurfu  extraneorum  &  fpecialiter  Anglicorum 
ad  exercitium  hujufmodi  mercandifarum  ftatuit  fpecialiter  &  ftabilivit  concedendo  dictis  Anglicis  quod  ipfi 
ibidem  gaudebunt  in  omnibus  &  per  omnia  eifdem  favoribus  privilegiis  &  prerogativis  quibus  gaudebant  ipfi 
de  Hanfa.  Volens  igitur  didtus  dominus  nofter  Rex  diledtionem  affinitatem  &  amicitias  que  inter  prefatum. 
Avunculum  fuum  incliteque  memorie  nobiles  progenitores  fuos  regna  terras  dominia  diftridtus  territoria  ju- 
rifdidtiones &  loca  fua  predidta  ac  ipfum  dominum  noftrum  Regem  &  indite  recordationis  nobiles  progeni- 
tores fuos  vaflalos  fubditos  regna  terras  &  dominia  fua  ab  olim  &  a  longiffimis  retro  temporibus  coaluerunt 
firmiter  obfervari  nee  aliquid  per  dominum  noftrum  Regem  quod  abfit  aut  fuos  attemptari  vel  fieri  per  quod 
hujufmodi  amicitiis  prejudicium  aliquod  irrogari  pofiet  vel  inferri  aut  inimicitie  diffenfiones  vel  debate  gene- 
rari  de  avifamento  dominorum  fpiritualium  &  temporalium  ac  Communitatum  regni  fui  Anglie  in  prefenti 
parliaments  congregatorum  ftatuit  prohibendo  ne  quis  ligeorum  vel  fubditorum  fuorum  de  regno  fuo  Anglie 
proprie  temeritatis  aufu  contra  ordinationem  prohibkionem  &  interdidtum  ipfius  Avunculi  fui  fuperius 
memorata  &  in  contemptum  eorundem  regna  terras  dominia  diftridtus  territoria  jurifdidtiones  &  loca  didti 
Regis  Dacie  ingredi  leu  intrare  prefumat  fub  pena  forisfadture  omnium  bonorum  fuorum  mobilium  &  irnpri— 
fonamenii  perfone  fue  ad  voluntatem  Regis. 


CAP.     III. 
Commiffioners  of  Sewers  may  execute  their  own  Ordinance. 


ITEM  noftre  Seignur  Ie  Roi  connderant  eo- 
ment  au  darrein  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm' 
Ian  de  fon  Roialme  fifme  ordine  &  grante  eftoit  par 
audtorite  dit  dit  parlement  qe  feveralx  commiffions 
de  fewers  ferroient  faitz  as  diverfes  perfones  par  le 
Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  a 
nomerz  en  toutz  \es  parties,  de  Roialme  ou  meftier 
ferroit  fouz  certein  forme  en  les  ditz  ordinance  & 
grante  contenuz  par  quelles  ordinance  &  grante  les 
ditz  commiffioners  navoient  poair  ne  audtorite  de 
fair  parfourner  ne  dexecuter  les  chofes  comprifes 
deinz  les  ditz  commiffions  et  pur  ceo  ad  ordine  & 
eftablie  par  audtorite  de  cefte  prefent  parlement  qe 
toutz  tielx  commiffioners  aient  poair  pur  fair  or- 
diner  &  executer  eftatuits  ordinances  Si  autres 
affairz  folonc  leffedt  &  purport  dez  commiffions 
avauntditz.. 


a.  6.  c 

SUt,  c. 


jo.    23  M.  6.  c.  8\ 
9.     3  Jac,  I,  f,  14. 


iz  Ed.  4.  c.  6.    4  H.  j.  e-.  1.    6  H. 
12  Car,  2,.  c.6.     2a  &  23  Car.  2.  <v 


*7 


ITEM,  Our  Lord  the  King  confidering  how  at  6  H.6.  c.5. 
the  laft  Parliament  holden  at  Wejlminjter,    the 
fixth  Year  of  his  Reign,  he  did  ordain  and  grant,  by 
Authority  of  the  faid  Parliament,  That  feveral  Com- 
miffions of  Sewers  fhould  be  made  to  divers  Perfons 
by  the  Chancellor  of  England  for  the  time  being  to 
be  named,  in  all  Parts  of  the  Realm  where  {hall  be 
needful,  under  a  certain  Form  in  the  faid  Ordinance 
and  Grant  contained  ;  (1)  by  which  Ordinance  and 
Grant  the  faid  Commiffioners  had  no  Power  nor  Au- 
thority to  do,    perform,   nor  execute  the  Things 
comprifed  within  the  faid  Commiffions  ;"    '  (3)  and 
therefore  he  hath  ordained  and  ftablifhed,  by  Autho- 
rity of  this  Parliament,  That  all  fuch  Commiffioners 
fhall   have  Power  to  do,    ordain,    and  execute  the 
Statutes,  Ordinances,  and  other  Affairs  to  be  made 
according    to  the  Effedt  and  Purport  of   the  faid;„    ,.    , 
Commiffions.*  Se*firt£«~c^ 

cermng  brzveri  J  5 
c.  10.  23  H.  8.  c.  5.  25  H.  3.  c.  10.  3  &4EJ.  6.  c.  8.  »  Mar, fiat.  3°  c.  11.  113; 
,    2.  W.  &  M.  fejf,  2.  e.  8.  ftc  14.    7  Ann.  c.  9  &  10. 

.      CAP. 


542      .C.  4,  5. 


Anno  odlavo  Henrici  VI, 


A.  D. 


1429. 


CAP.      IV. 

None  (hall  buy  nor  wear  a  Livery  to  have  Maintenance  in  any  Quarrel. 

Ex  Ret.  inTurr.  Lo.nd. 
Rep.  3  Car.  1.    "TTEM  come  ordine  foit  par  diverfes  eftatuits  faitz  en  temps  dez  nobles  progenitoars  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
«,  4.  X  qe  null  chivaler  ou  afcun  autre  de  meindre  eftate  doneroit  afcun  liveree  dez  draps  ou  des  chaperons  as 

autres  qe  a  fes  menialx  &  officers  &  hommes.  apprifez  dune  ley  ou  de  lautre  fur  peine  de  C.  s.  deftre  levez 
del  donour &  xl.  s.  del  parnour  a  tant  de  foitz  qils  facent  le  contrarie  et  celluy  qi  voet  fuer  eit  la  moitee 
du  dite  peine  apres  ceo  qils  foient  ent  duement  conviftz  et  que  juftices  des  affifes  prendre  &  juftices  de  pais 
en  chefcun  countee  dEngleterre  aient  poair  de  temps  en  temps  en  lour  feffions  denquerer  dez  ditz  matiers 
&  les  oier  &  terminer  come  en  lez  ditz  eftatuitz  &  ordinances  pleinement  appiert  les  queux  eftatuits  &  or- 
dinances ne  ount  mye  efte  duement  gardez  a  caufe  qe  icelx  qi  facent  le  con-trade  dez  ditz  eftatuits  &  ordi- 
nances devaunt  les  ditz  juftices  ne  poent  eftre  enditez  pur  graundes  maintenances  en  icell  partie  euz.  Noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  voillant  tiel  maintenance  oufter  ad  ordine  par  lauctorite  fuifdite  qe  lez  juftices  fuifditz  aient 
poair  par  mefme  lau£torite  ftbien  aL  fuite  de  Roi  come  del  partie  dagarder  briefs.de  attach'  &  diftreiTe 
envers  toutz  ceux  qi  defore  enavant  facent  le  contrarie  dez  eftv.tuitz  &  ordinances  fuifditz  en  les  countees 

•  ou  ils  teignent  lour  feffions  direitz  as  vifcouitts-de  mefmes  kz  countees  retournablez  devaunt  les  ditz  juftices 
ou  lez  juftices  pur  le  temps  efteantz  en  lour  feffions  et  ft  retourne  foit  par  lez  ditz  vifconts  qe  iceux  vers 

•  queux  les  ditz  briefs  liferent  ne'  ount  riens  'adonqds  foient  agardez  envc  s  eux  Capias  '&  Exigend'  en  manere 
come  ferra  fait  envers  eux  qi  font  enditez  devaunt  j uftices  du  paix  des  trefpas  fait  ove  force  &  ar'mes  encountre 

-  le  paix  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi.  Et  fils  appargerrt  as  afcuns  des  ditz  briefs  aient  les  ditz  juftices  poair  par 
aucTrorite  fuifdite  deux  examiner  dez  matiers  fuifditz  &  ceux  qils  trovent  par  examination  qi  ont  faitz  le 
contrarie  des  ditz  eftatuits  &  ordinances  encoergent  la  peine  en  les  ditz  eftatuitz  &  ordinances  comprifez 
ceftaffavoir  le  donour  C.  s.  &  ie  parnour  xl.  s.  a  tant  de  foitz  qils  facent  le  contrarie  en  manere  &  forme 
come  ils  duiilent  fils  ent  feuflent  par  enqueftes  duement  devaunt  lez  ditz  juftices  convi&z  iffint  qe  les  ditz 
eftatuits  &  ordinances  foy  extenderont  qant  a  Iexarninar'ion  as  liveres  depuis  le  feft  de  Nowell  profchein 
avenir  a  donerz  encountre  la  forme  dez  eftatuits  devaunt  ces  hcures  ent  faitz.'  Purveu  qe  la  dite  ordinance 
fe  extende  fibien  en  les  countees  de  Ceftre  &  Lancaftre  purlexamination  &  proceffe  come  devaunt  eft  dit 

■  ■  de  le  juftice  de  Ceftre  ou  fon  lieutenant  illoeqes  come  pur  examination  de  les  juftices  del  countee  de  Lan- 

•  caftre  enfi  affairz  encountre  toutz  iceux  qi  ferront  le  contrarie  dez  ditz  eftatuitz  &  ordinances  en  temps 

•  avenir.  Purveu  auxi  qe  toutz  eftatuits  &  ordinances  devaunt  faitz  &  nient  repellez  des  liverees  dez  draps 
par  Seignurs  donez  ou  a  donerz  encountre  la  forme  de  mefmes  les  eftatuits  eftoifent  en  lour  force  et  qe  ceft 
eftatuit  ne  extende  my  qant  al  execution  des  examinations  as  Vifcounts  deLoundres  Mairs  pur  le  temps  qils 

'  font  officers  fergeantz  de  ley  al  temps  qils  preignent  mefme  leftate  fur  eux  &  commenceours  e'n  lez  Univer- 

•-  fitees  deinz  le  Koialme  dEngleterre  al  temps  de  lour  comencements  ne  as  ceux  qi  par  les  temps  fuifditz  de 

eux  preignent  liverees.     Et  auxi  qe  toutz  ceux  qi  preignont-af'cuns  tielx  liverees  de  draps  ou  chaperons  dafcun 

•  Seignur  efpirituel  ou  temporel  ou  dafcune  dame  de  ou  en  Engleterre  encountre  la  form?  dez  eftatuits  fuif- 
ditz foient  femblablement  examinez  &  puniz  en  manere  come  ceux  qi  preignont  tielx  liverees  dez  chivalers 

■  ou  autres  de  meindre  eftate  come  defuis.  Purveu  toutz  foitz  qen  temps  de  guerre  bien  life  as  Seignurs  chi- 
valers &  efquiers  qi  travailleront  en  tiel  g  serre  de  doner  lorn-  liverees  de  vefture  ou  dez  chaperons  a  lour 
foudiours  tielx  &  en  tiel  guyfe  come  meulx  lour  femblera  &  qe  bien  life  a  tielx  foudiours  de  prendre  &  ufer 
tielx  liverees  de  draps  ou  de  chaperons  pur  le  temps  de  tiel  guerre  fanz  afcunement  eftre  moleftez  en  cell 
partie  par  force  ou  vertue  de  cell  eft..ti)it.  Et  enoutre  ii  afcune  perfone  de.  quell  .eftate  ou  condition  qil 
foit  apres  le  feft  de  Nowel  fuifdit  de  fa-  auctorite  demefne  &  colbges  po-pres  achate  ou  ufe  pur  fa  vefture 
afcun  draps  ou  chaperons  appellez  liverees  del  fort  ou  feute  dafcun  Seignur  dame  chivaler  efquierou  autre 

■  perfone  qiconqe  pur  avoir  de  eux  fupportation  focour  ou  niaintenaunce  en  aicun  qucrell  ou  ;Attre  maner 
qeconqe  qil  ent  duement  convitt  par  examination  ou  par-autre  maner  avaunt  par  eftatuitz  declaree  encoerge 
la  peine  devaunt  limiteede  ceux  qi  preignont  liverees  dez  Seignurs  &  autres  per-fones  luifditz  et  outre  ceo 
eient  lemprifonement  dun  an  entier  fanz- eftre  lefle  au  baill  ou  a  mainprife  pur  lour  fauxtee  &  fbtill  ymagt- 
nation  en  ceil-e  partie. 

C  A  P.     V, 

T£very  Ci;v  and  Borough  mall  have  a  common  Balance  and  Weight. 
Who  may  buy  WooJl  and  Y'arn. 


"  TTEM,  Whereas  by  the  Great  Charter  of  the  Li- 

',*  J  \   berries  of  the  Realm  of  England,  and  by  a  Statute 

"  made  the  Twenty  f  fifth  Yc  \r  of  King  Edward 

"  the  Third,  it  was  ordained,  and  by  a  Statute  made  in 

"  the  Thirteenth  Year  of  King  Richard  the  Second, 

"  confirmed,    That    one  Weight   and   one   Meafure 

"  fhould  be  through  all  the  Realm  of  England,  as  well 

y  "  qut  of  the  Staple  as  within  ;  (2)  and  in  the  fame  Sta- 

1  Ed.~3.j!ai'.u  tute  of  the  faid  noble  King  Edward,  it  is  contain- 


•  9  H.  3.  ftat.  1 
c.  10*. 

51  H.  3.  flat.  1. 
ffalb. 

14  Ed.  3.  ftat,  I 

C.  12. 

25   Ed.  3 
1.  c.  6-t 


flat." 


Ed.  3.  ftat. 


c.  10. 


ITEM  come  .  par  la  Graunde  Chartre  dez 
1'ibertees  du  Roialme  &  par  eftatuit  fait  Ian 
xxvj-.  du  Roy  E.  tierce'  ordine  foit  &  par  efta- 
tuit fait  Ian  xiij'\  du  Roi  Richard  le  feconde 
confermee  qe  uhe  pois  &  une  mefure  foit  par- 
my  tout  le  Roialme  fibien  hors  de  leftaple  come 
dedeinz  &  en  mefme  leftatuit  du  dit  Roi  E. 
conteBU    foit   qe    k  -pois    appellez  Auncell   pur 

graundes 


Read  c.  25.  '  J  Read  flat.  5.  c.  9  ©"  20. 


A.  D.  1429. 


Anno  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


C.  5. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
graundes  damages  &  focilx  deceites  faitz  par 
icell  a  le  commune  poeple  foit  tout  outrement 
leflez  fa  qe  lez  lains  fa  I  toutz  maners  dez 
chofes  poifatlez  achatez  ou  (venduz  foient  poi- 
fez  par  la  balance  .  iffint  qe.  la  lang;  de  ba- 
launce  ;nencline  a  lune  partie  ne  a  lautre  ovefqe 
poifes  enfealez.  fa  accordantz  a  ieftandard  de 
lefcheker  et  celuy  ■  >q.i  face  le  contrarie  al  da- 
mage del  vendouriorface.au  Roi  la  value  d  s 
biens  enfi  poifez  ou  mefurez  et  qe  la  partie 
compleignant  ait  fez  damages  an  quatreble.  Et 
par  le  dit  eftatuit  du  dit  Roi  Richard  addez 
foit  qe  le  trefpaffour  foit  emprifone  par  deux 
ans  fa  face  fyn  fa  raunceon  a  la  volunte  le  Roi 
et  qe  les  juftices.  da  pees  aieht  poair  denquerer 
dez  ditz  defautes  fibien  al  fuite  de  Roi  come 
de  partie  Noftre  Seigfiur  le  Roi  par  aurftorite' 
de  cefte  parlement  ad  ordine  qe  lez  ditz  efta- 
tuttz  foient  fermement  tenuz  fa  gardez  fa  eftroit- 
ment  executz. 


Et  enoutre  pur  efchuer  plufours  graundes  mef- 
chiefs  qount  avenuz  deinz  le  dit  Roialme  par 
lez  ditz  auncelles  et  efpecialment  pur  deftruer 
la  fauxetee  de  les  regratours  du  file  appellez 
Yernchoppers  ordinez  eft.  par  noftre  dit  Seignur 
le  Roi  fa  par  auflorite  fuifdite  qen  chefcune 
citee  burgh  &  ville  du  Roialme  foit  une  com- 
mune balance  ovec  communes  poifes  enfealez 
fa  accordantz  a  Ieftandard  de  lefcheqer  fur  la 
commune  coftage  du  dite  cite  burgh  ou  ville 
en  la  garde-  del  mair  ou  conftables  dicell  as 
queux  balaunces  &  communes  poifes  toutz  les 
enheritantz  de  mefme  la  citee  burgh  ou  ville 
qi  nount  tielx  poifes  fa  autres  qount  fils  "voii- 
ient  puiffent  franchement  poifer  fanz  rien  ent 
paier  preignant  nkntmeins  dez  foreins  pur  chef- 
cune trett  dedeinz  le  pois  de  xl.  li.  i.  qua'  fa 
pur  chefcun  trett  parerrtie  xl.  fa  C.  li.  i.  &b. 
fa  pur  chefcune  trett  parentre  C.  et  A  li,  i.  d. 
a.  le  pluis  dont  lez  poifes  ferront  main  tenuz  & 
lofficer  loialment  poifluit  regardez  p.ir  la  difcre- 
tion  des  chiefs  dicell  citee  bur.,.h  ou  ville  fo- 
lonc  fa  entendance  a  la  dtte  occupation  foit  rl 
pluis  ou  meins.  Et  qe  null  homme  achate  file 
de  laine  appelle  Wollenyern  fil  ne  voet  ent  faire 
drap  ne  ufe  pois  ne  mefure  ne  autre  chofe  en 
lieu  de  pois  ou  mefure  qe  ne  foit  enfealez  fa 
accordant  a  le  dit  eftandard  ne  mette  afcun 
chofe  a  icell  par  voie  de  pendure  ou  coverture 
ou  en  afcun  autre  maner  qe  puifle  encrecer  la 
mefure  ou  le  pois  ou  etnpeiier  la  balaunce  pur 
avoir  fon  naturell  cours  fur  les  forfaiture  & 
peine  defuifditz.  Et  qe  les  juftkes  de  pees 
mairs  baillifs  fa  fenefchalx  des  fraunchifes  aient 
poair  par  auctorite  fuifdite  dexaminer  les  tref- 
paflburs  en  ceo  cas  fa  pur  enquerer  en  efpe 
cial  de  toutz  trefpaffours  encountre  ceft  orii- 
nance  fa  a  fair  execution  dieux  qi  fount  tro- 
vez  defe£lifs  par  enqueftes  ou  par  examination 
affair  par  lez  ditz  juges  ou  officer  en  ceo  cas 
en  maner.  come  defuis  eft  dit.  Et  qe  cefte 
ordinance  foit  tenuz    fa  obfervez   de  le  feft  de 


543 


ed,  That  the  Weight  called  Auncel,  for  the  great  1.  c.  ».    uEJ. 
Hurt  and  fubtile  Deceits  done  by  the  fame  Meafure  3- c-  S&f>- 
to  the  common  People,  fhall  be  utterly  left,  and  fet  "3  R'  -•  ftat'  *• 
apart,  (3)  and  the  Woolls,  and  all  other  Manner  of  j' A  2   e  , 
Merchandifes,    and    all    other  Things   weighable, 
bought  or  fold,  mall  be  weighed  by  the  Balance,  fo 
that  the  Tongue  of  the  Balance  do  not  incline  more 
to  the  one  Party  than  the  other,  with  Weights  fealed, 
and  according  to  the  Standard  of  the  Exchequer  ; 
(4)  and  he  that  doth  contrary,  to  the  Damage  of  the 
Seller,  fhall  forfeit  to  our  Lord  the  King  the  Value  • 
of  the  Goods  fo  weighed  or  meafured  ;   (5)  and  that 
the  Party  Complainant  fhall  have  his  quatreble  Da- 
mages.    (6)  And  by  the  faid  Statute  of  the  faid  no- 
ble King  Richard,  it  was  added,  That  the  Offender 
fhall  be  imprifoned  by  two  Years,  and  make  Fine 
and  Ranfom  at  the  Will  of  our  Lord  the  King;   (7) 
and  that  the  Juftices  of  Peace  fhould  hive  Power  to 
inquire  of  the  faid  Defaults,  as  well  at  the  Suit  of 
our  Lord  the  King,  as  the  Parties;"  '  (8)  our  Lord 
the  King,  by  the  Authority  of  this  Parliament,  hath 
ordained  and  eftabliflied,  That  the  Statutes  and  Or- 
dinances aforefaid  fhall  be  firmly  kept  and  holden, 
and  ftraitly  executed.' 

'  II.  And  moreover,  for  to  efchew  divers  great  Mif- 
chiefs  which   have    happened  within  the  Realm   of 
England  by  the  faid  Auncel,   and  efpecially  for  to 
deftroy  the  Falfhood  of  the  Regrators  of  Yarn,  cal- 
led Feme  Choppers,    (2)  it  is  ordained  by  our  faid  Lord 
the  King,   by  Authority   aforefaid,    That  in  everyEvery  City, 
City,  Borough,   and  Town  of  the  Realm  of  Eng-  Boroueh,  and 
land,    a   common   balance  fhall  be,    v/ith   common Town,  ffla" 
Weights  fealed,    and   according  to  the  Standard  of Baiance'and10" 
the  Exchequer,  upon  the  common  Cofts  of  the  faid  Weights. 
City,  Borough,  or   Town,    in  the  keeping   of  the 
Mayor  or  Conftable 'of  the  fame;   (3)  at  which  Ba- 
lance and  common  Weight,    all  the  Inhabitants  of 
the  fame'  City,  Borough,  or  Town,   that  have  not 
fuch  Weights,  and   other  "that  have,   if  they  will, 
may  freely  weigh  without  any  Thing  paying;    (4) 
taking  neverthelefs  of  Foreigns   for  every  Draught 
within  the  Weight  of  xl.  li.  a  Farthing,  and  for  every 
Draught    betwixt    Forty  Pound    and    an    Hundred 
Pound,   an  Halfpenny    and  fo?   every  Draught  be- 
twixt an  Hundred  Pound   and   a  Thoufand  Pound, 
a  Penny  at  the  moft  ;   (5)  whereof  the  Weights  fhall 
be  maintained,    and   the  Officer  lawfully  weighing 
rewarded  by  $he  Difcretion  of  the  chief  Men  of  the 
City,  Borough,  or  Town,  according  to  his  Attend- 
ance to  his  faid  Bufmefs,  be  it  more  or  lefs.     (6)No  n,jan  ^h 
And  that  no  Man  buy  Yarn  of  Wooll,  called  Wool-  buy  Woollen 
len  Yarn,  unlefs   he  will   make  Cloth  thereof,  nor  Yam,  unlefs 
ufe  Weight  nor  Meafure,  nor  other  Thing  in  thej^wi"m£k= 
Place  of  Weight  or  Meafure,  that  is  not  fealed  ac-^,0'^"™'^ 
cording  to  the  faid  Standard,  nor  fet  any  Thing  to c.  2g,         '    ' 
the  fame  by  the  Way  of  Tacking  or  Hiding  a,  or  in  a  gy  way  0f 
any  other  Manner  that  may  increafe  the  Meafure  or  hanging  or  co- 
Weight,    or   let   the    Balance    to  have   his   natural venng. 
Courfe,    upon   the  Forfeiture  and  Penalty  aforefaid. 
(7    And  that  the  Juftices  of  Feace,  Mayors,  Bailiffs, 
and  Stewards  of  Fran. hifes,  have  Power  by  Autho- 
rity aforefaid  to  examine  the  Trefpahers  in  this  Cafe, 
and  to  inquire  in  efpecial  of  Offenders  againft  this 
Ordinance,    and  to  do  Execution  of  them  that  be 
found  faulty  by  Inquefts,  or  by  Examination  to  be 
made  by  the  faid  Judges  or  Officers  in  this  Cafe,  in 
the  Manner  as  afore  is  faid.     (8)  And  that  this  Or- 

'  dinance 


544-       C.  6,  7. 


Anno  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


dinance  be  holden  and  obferved  from  the  Feaft  of 
Eajier  next  enfuing,  for  ever.  (9)  And  that  every 
City,  upon  Pain  of  Ten  Pounds,  every  Borough 
upon  Pain  of  an  Hundred  Shillings,  and  every  Town 
where  a  Conftable  is,  upon  Pain  of  Forty  Shillings, 
have  a  common  Balance  with  Weights  according  to 
the  faid  Standard,  within  two  Months  after  Procla- 
0H6  c  6&8  '  mat'on  made  of  this  Ordinance ;  which  Penalty  fhall 
11  H.  6.  c.  8.  "'  be  levied  to  the  Ufe  of  our  Lord  the  King,  as  often  as 
11  H.  7.  c.  4.    '  they  fhall  be  faulty  after  the  faid  Proclamation.' 

Farther  provided  for  by  u  H.  7.  c.  3.  16  Car.  1.  c.  19.  and  22  Car.  2.  c.  8. 


The  Forfeiture 
of  a  City  or 
Town  wanting 
common  Ba- 
lance and 
Weights. 


A  D.  1429. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr*  Lond. 
Pafqe  profchein  enfuant  pur  toutz  jours.  Et  qe 
chefcun  citee  fur  peine  de  x.  li.  chefcune 
burgh  fur  peine  de  C.  s.  &  chefcune  ville  ou 
un  coneftable  eft  fur  peine  de  xl.  s.  ait  une 
commune  balaunce  ovec  poifes  accordantz  a  le 
dit  eftandard  dedeinz  deux  mois  apres  procla- 
mation faite  de  cefte  ordinance  les  quelles  peines 
ferront  levez  al  oeps  de  Roi  a  tant  de  foitz 
qils  ferront  trovez  defeclifs  depuis  la  proclama- 
tion deffuifdite. 


Rep.  1  Ed.  6 

C.   12. 

9  Geo.  1.  c.  2 
makes  it  Felony 
fend  Letters,  de- 
manding Money, 


CAP.    VI. 

If  any  threaten  by  calling  of  Bills  to  burn  a  Houfe,  if  Money  be  not  laid  in  a  certain  Place  ; 
and  after  do  burn  the  Houfe  :  Such  burning  of  Houfes  fhall  be  adjudged  High  Treafon. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  a  la  grevoufe  compleint  a  luy  fait  par  les  Communes  de  fon 
Roialme  en  ceft  parlement  ad  entendu  qe  diverfes  graundes  mefchiefs  &  fubtielx  felonies  ou  robberies 
•■  ore  tarde  font  avenuz  &  faitz  en  la  ville  de  Cantebrigge  &  aillours  en  lez  countees  de  Cantebrigge  &  Effex 
'"&  en  autres  lieux  dEngleterre  par  gents  malefefours  defconuz  queux  fount  diverfes  billes  diredtz  as  diverfes 
gents  de  mefmes  les  ville  countees  &  autres  lieux  dEngleterre  lour  comaundant  de  mettre  diverfes  graundes 
fommes  dargent  en  certeins  lieux  ou  lez  ditz  mesfaifours  ceo  purront  legierment  emporter  fanz  eftre  prifez 
ou  aperceux  certifiantz  en  lez  ditz  billes  qe  fils  ne  mettent  lez  deniers  en  les  lieux  par  lez  ditz  billes  affignez 
as  certein  jour  qe  lez  ditz  mesfaifours  ferrount  le  pluis  graunde  &  outrageous  vengeaunce  qils  poient  a  toutz 
iceux  qi  ne  voudrent  my  tielx  fommes  illoeqes  mettre.  Et  pur  ceo  qe  tielx  fommes  nount  pas  efte  mys  en 
diverfes  lieux  folonc  le  purport  de  mefmes  les  billes  plufours  meafons  biens  &  chateux  de  diverfes  perfones 
ount  eftee  felonoufement  &  traiteroufement  au  Cantebrigge  &  aillours  en  les  countees  &  lieux  fuifditz  arfez 
&  tout  outrement  anientez  parount  le  poeple  de  les  ville  countees  &  autres  lieux  fuifditz  fount  graunde- 
ment  empoeverez  &  en  point  deftre  finalment  deftruitz  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  voillant  en  ceo  cas 
purvoier  de  remedie  ad  ordinee  par  auclorite  de  ceft  parlement  qe  toutz  tielx  arfures  dez  meafons  de  qiqe 
perfone  foient  adjuggez  haut  trefon.  Et  qe  cefte  ordinance  fextende  auxibien  a  tielx  arfures  faitz  puis  le 
primer  jour  du  regne  de  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  tanqe  en  cea  come  as  arfures  affairz  en  temps  avenir  Salvant 
toutz  foitz  as  toutz  Seignurs  &  autres  perfones  lour  libertees  &  fraunchifes  ficome  ad  efte  fait  &  ufe  devaunt 
ces  heures  en  cas  de  forfaiture  de  feldnie. 

cap.    vir. 

What  Sort  of  Men  fhall  be  Choofers,  and  who  fhall  be  chofen  Knights  of  the  Parliament. 


7  H.  4.  e .  1 5 
6  H.  6.  c.  4. 


T  E  M,  Whereas  the  Elections  of  Knights  of 
Shires  to  come  to  the  Parliaments  of  our  Lord 
the  King,  in  many  Counties  of  the  Realm  of  Eng- 
land, have  now  of  late  been  made  by  very  great, 
outragious,  and  exceflive  Number  of  People  dwel- 
ling within  the  fame  Counties  of  the  Realm  of  Eng- 
land, of  the  which  moft  Part  was  of  People  of  fmall 
Subftance,  and  of  no  Value,  whereof  every  of  them 
pretended  a  Voice  equivalent,  as  to  fuch  Elections  to 
be  made,  with  the  moft  worthy  Knights  and  Efquires 
dwelling  within  the  fame  Counties,  whereby  Man- 
flaughters,  Riots,  Batteries,  and  Divifions  among  the 
Gentlemen,  and  other  People  of  the  fame  Counties, 
fhall  very  likely  rife  and  be,  unlefs  convenient  and 
due  Remedy  be  provided  in  this  Behalf;"  '  (2)  our 
Lord  the  King,  confidering  the  Premiffes,  hath  pro- 
vided, ordained,  and  ftablilhed,  by  Authority  of  this 
prefent  Parliament,  That  the  Knights  of  the  Shires 
to  be  chofen  within  the  fame  Realm  of  England  to 
'  come  to  the  Parliaments  of  our  Lord  the  King  here- 
'  after  to  be  holden,  fhall  be  chofen  in  every  County 
'  of  the  Realm  of  England,  by  People  dwelling  and  re- 
'  fident  in  the  fame  Counties,  whereof  every  one  of 
Whatij  required  '  them  (hall  have  free  Land  or  Tenement  to  the  Value 
of  theCandi-  «  of  Forty  Shillings  by  the  Year  at  the  leaft  above  all 
'  Charges ;    (3J  and  that  they  which  fhall  be  fo  chofe 


The  Qualifi- 
cations ot  the 
Electors. 
I   H.  5.   r,  r. 
io  H.  6.  c.  2 


date 


ITEM  come  lez  elections  dez  chivalers  dez 
countees  efluz  a  venir  as  parlements  du  Roi 
en  plufours  countees  dEngleterre  ore  tarde  ount 
efte  faitz  par  trop  graunde  &  exceflive  nom- 
bre  dez  gentz  demurrantz  deinz  mefmes  les 
countes  dount  la  greindre  partie  eftoit  par  gentz 
finon  de  petit  avoir  ou  de  null  valu  dount  chef- 
cun  pretende  davoir  voice  equivalent  quant  a 
tielx  elections  faire  bve ,  les  pluis  valantz  chi- 
valers ou  efquiers  demurrantz  deinz  mefmes  les 
countes  dount  homicides  riotes  bateries  &  de-; 
vifions  entre  les  gentiles  &  autres  gentz  dc 
mefmes  Ijs  countes  verifemblablement  fourdront 
&  ferront  ft  covenable  remedie  ne  fait  purveu 
en  celle  partie  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  confide- 
rant  les  premiffes  ad  purveu  &  ordene  par  auc- 
torite  de  ceft  parlement  qe  les  chivalers  des 
countes  deins  le  Roia'me  dEngleterre  a  efliers 
a  venir  a  les  parlements  en  aprcs  a  tenirs  foient 
efluz  en  chefcun  counte  par  gentz  demurrantz 
&  refeantz  en  icelles  dount  chefcun  ait  frank 
tenement  a  le  valu  de  xl  s.  par  an  al  meins 
outre  les  reprifes  &  qe  ceux  qi  ferront  enfy 
efluz   foient  demurantz  &   refeantz    deins   mef- 

mei 


A.  D.  1429.  Anno  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


C  8,  9.        545 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Loud. 
mes  les  countcs  &  ceux  qi  ount  lc  greindrc 
nombre  de  yceulx  qi  potent  expendre  par  an 
xl  s.  &  outre  come  defuis  eft  dit  fount  retour- 
nez  par  les  vifcontz  de  chefcun  countee  chi- 
valers  pur  le  parlement  par  indentures  enfeal- 
les  parentre  les  ditz  vifcountz  &  les  ditz  efli- 
fours  ent  affaires.  Et  eit  chefcun  vicont  dEng- 
leterre  poair  par  au&orite  fuifdite  dexaminer  fur 
les  feintz  Evangelies  chefcun  tiel  elifour  come- 
ben  il  poet  expendre  par  an  &  ft  afcun  vif- 
count  retourne  chivalers  pur  venir  au  parle- 
ment au  contrarie  de  yceft  ordinaunce  qe  les 
Juftices  des  affifes  en  lour  _  feffions  des  affiles 
aient  poar  par  auiftorite  fuifdite  de  ceo  enquer- 
er.  Et  ft  par  inqueft  ceo  foit  trove  devaunt 
mefmes  les  juftices  &  le  vifcount  de  ceo  due- 
ment  atteint  qadonqs  le  dit  vifcount  encourge 
la  peine  de  C.  li.  a  paiers  a  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roy  &  auxi  qil  ait  imprifonement  par  un  an 
faunz  eftre  leffez  au  bailie  ou  mainprife  &  qe 
les  chivalers  pur  le  parlement  au  contrarie  la 
dite  ordinance  retournez  perdent   lour  gages. 

Purveu  toutfoitz  qe  celluy  qi  ne  poet  expendre 
xl  s.  par  an  come  defuis  eft  dit  ne  foit  en  afcun 
manere  eflifour  des  chivalers  pur  le  parlement.  Et 
qe  en  chefcun  bricfe  qe  iffera  en  apres  as  vifcount 
pur  eflier  chivalers  pur  le  parlement  foit  mention 
fait  des  ditz  ordinances. 

23.     12  Am.  flat.  I.  c.  5  Sf  6.     IS  Ceo.  2.  c.  I 


fhall  be  dwelling  and  refident  within  the  fame  Coun-  6  H.  6.  c.  *. 

ties  ;   (4)  and  iuch  as  have  the  greateft  Number  of^1'^1  h*  IO 

them  that  may  expend  Forty  Shillings  by  Year  and    '    '  c*  *' 

above,  as  afore  is  (aid,  fhall  be  returned  by  the  She-. 

riffs  of  every  County,  Knights  for  the  Parliament, 

by  Indentures  fealed  betwixt  the  faid  Sheriffs  and  the 

faid  Choofers  fo  to  be  made.     (5)  And  every  SheriffTlie  Sheriff 

- -ired  to 


of  the  Realm  of  England  fhall  have  Power,  by  the::r'!'0W1 
faid  Authority,  to  examine  upon  the  Evangelifts  eve-.E]'a  ne 
ry  fuch  Choofer,  how  much  he  may  expend  by  the  0.1  h 
Year  ;   (6)  and  if  any  Sheriff"  return  Knights  to  coir.e  tfieir 
to  the  Parliament  contrary  to  the  faid  Ordinance,  the  Juft'cet  0|  ff- 
Juftices  of  Affifes  in  their  Seffions  of  Affifes  fhall  have" 


Eh-dtois  upon 
,  touching 
Eftjtcs. 


liqu 
the  Returns 
to 


Power,  by  the  Authority  aforefaid,  thereof  to  inquire;  0f  Knights  t 
(7)  and  if  by  Inqueft  the  fame  be  found  before  theParliam  t. 
uftices,   and  the  Sheriff  thereof  be  duly  att 


t 

Juftices,  and  the  Sheriff  thereof  be  duly  attainted,  Pen,lty  on  tlie 
that  then  the  faid  Sheriff  fhall  incur  the  Pain  of  an, ^'rIi"™?' 
hundred  Pounds,  to  be  paid  to  our  Lord  the  King, ,,  h..>.  c. 

by,  a  Year,  with- 33  H.  6.  < 
and  that  thei.R'aft.  446- 


15- 


rttjmed  ihail 
"Icfc  their 
'  Wages. 


and  alio  that  he  have  Imprifonment 

out  being  let  to  Bail  or  Mainprife  ;   (8) 

Knights  for  the  Parliament  returned  contrary  to  the  Knights  fairly 

faid  Ordinance,  fhall  lofe  their  Wages 

'  Provided  always,  That  he  which  cannot  expend 

Forty  Shillings  by  Year,  as  afore  is  faid,  fhall  in  no  ^ 

wife  be  Choofer  of  the  Knights  for  the  Parliament ;  T.Jc7l'o.' 

(z)  and  that  in  every  Writ  that  fhall  hereafter  go  S.  c.  26. 

forth  to  the  Sheriffs  to  choofe  Knights  for  the  Par-8-  c- ."■ 

liament,  Mention  be  made  of  the  faid  Ordinances.'  3' c'  4. 

7  25.     10  Ann 

19  Gee.  z.  c.  28.  and  3 1  do.  2.  e,  14.  fir  the  due  EhiT.on  ofKnigbls  of  the  Shires. 


23  H. 

35/f. 

j&i 
,7,& 


CAP.     VIII. 

The  Statute  of  6  Hen.  6.  c.  3.  confirmed,  touching  the  Wages  of  Labourers,  Servants, 

Artificers,  and  Workmen. 

TEM  come  en  le  darrein  parlement  ordine  eftoit  un  bon  Sz  notable  eftatut  &  ordinance  des  fervauntz  Rer'  3  c"  4* 
artificers  overours  &  laborers  comebien  chefcun  deux  prendroit  par  Ian  dymy  an  jour  cu  fepmain  & 
dautres  chofes  comprifes  deinz  mefmes  leftatut  &  ordinance  les  quelles  ore  fount  expires  a  caufe  qils  ne  furent 
ordinez  a  durer  forfqe  au  profchein  parlement  delors  a  tenir  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  qe  les  ditz 
eftatutz  &  ordinance  furent  alors  faitz  pur  le  bien  &  profit  de  fon  Roialme  &  qils  ferront  molt  profitables  a 
mefme  le  Roialme  ftls  purroient  endurer  &  eftre  obfervez  ad  ordinez  par  auctorite  de  ceft  parlement  qe  les 
ditz  eftatut  &  ordinance  foient  tenuz  &  gardez  &  mys  en  due  execution  tanqe  le  Roy  ad  autrement  declare 
fa  volunte  en  plein  parlement. 

CAP.     IX. 

The  Duty  of  Juftices  of  Peace  where  Land  is  entered  upon  or  detained  with  Force. 


TEM  come  par  le  Roy  Richard  nadgairs 
Roi  dEngleterre  puis  le  conqueft  feconde  a 
fon  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  lendemain  des 
almes  Ian  de  fon  reign  xv;nc  entre  autres  chdfes 
ordinez  eftoit  &  eftabliez  qe  les  eftatuts  &  ordi- 
nances faitz  &  nient  repellez  de  ceux  qi  fount 
entrees  ove  fort  main  en  terres  tenementz  ou 
autres  poffeffions  qeconqs  &  lour  teignent  eins 
•ve  force  et  auxi  de  ceux  qi  fount  infurre£tions 
riotes  routes  chivaches  ou  affembles  en  diftourbance 
de  la  peas  ou  de  la  commune  ley  ou  en  affraie  del 
poeple  ferroient  tenuz  &  plenernent  executes. 
Et  outre  ceo  ordine  eft  par  mefme  leftatut  qe 
toutz  les  foitz  qe  tiels  forcibles  entres  foient  faitz 
&  pleint  ent  veigne  as  juftices  de  peas  ou  afcun 
deux  qe  mefmes  les  juftices  ou  juftice  preignent 
ou  preigne  poair  del  countee  frc  voifent  ou  voife 
al  lieu  ou  tiel  force  foit  fait  &  fils  trovent  ou  trove 

Vol..  I. 


TEM,  Whereas  by  the  noble  King  Richard  The  Statute  of 
late  King  of  England,  after  the  Conqueft  the  Se-  i;  R.  2.  c.  2. 
"  cond,  at  his  Parliament  holden  at  Wejbninjler  the  touching  For- 
"  Morrow  after  All-Souls,    the  Fifteenth  Year  of  his  cib'e  ^."tries. 

et   n    ■  n      ,1         -4-.I  •  •  ...  ,  rehearled  and 

Keign,  atnongit  other  L  hings,  it  was  ordained  and  confirmed. 
"  eftablifhed,  1  hat  the  Statutes  and  Ordinances  made,  <  Co.  48. 
"  and  not  repealed,  of  them  that  make  Entries  with  Hob-  94- 
"  ftrong  Hand  into  Lands  or  Tenements,  or  other  Pof-  K-e'lw-  z07> 
"  feffions  whatfoevcr,  and  them  hold  with  Force,  and20  " 
"  of  them  that  make  Infurrections,  Riots,  Routs,  Ri- 
"  dings,  and  Affemblies,  in  Difturbance  of  thePeare, 
"  or  of  the  Common  Law,  or  in  Affray  of  the  People, 
"  fhould  be  holden  and  fully  executed.    (2)  And  more- 
"  over  it  is  ordained  by  the  fame  Statute,  That  at  aU 
"  Times  that  fuch  forcible  Entries  be  made,  and  Com- 
"  plaint  thereof  come  to  the  Juftices  of  Peace,  or  any 
"  of  them,  that  the  fame  Juftices  or  Juftice  fha!l  take 
"  the  Power  of  the  County,  and  fhail  go,  or  one  oi 
"  them  fhall  go,  to  the  Place  where  fuch  Force  is  made  ; 

A  a  a  a  "  (3} 


546       C.  9. 


Anno  o6iavo  Henrici  VI.         A.  D.  1429. 


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Place  forcibly,  after  fuch  Entry  made,  they  ihould 
be  taken  and  put  in  the  next  Gaol,  there  to  remain 
convict  by  the  Record  of  the  fame  Juftices  or  Juf- 
tice,  until  they  have  made  Fine  and  Ranfom  to  the 
King  ;  (4)  and  that  all  the  People  of  the  County,  as 
well  Sheriff?  as  other,  {hall  be  attending  to  the  faid 
Juftices,  and  to  aflift  them  to  arreft  fuch  Malefactors, 
upon  Pain  of  Imprifonme-nt,  and  to  make  Fine  and 
Ranfom  to  the  King.     And  that  in   the  fame  Man- 
ner be  done  of  them  that  make  forcible  Entries  into 
Benefices  or  Offices  of  holy  Church,  as  in  the  fame 
Statute  is  contained  more  at  large. 
"  If.  And  for  that  the  faid  Statute  doth  not  extend 
to  Entries  in  Tenements  in  peaceable  Manner,  and 
after  holden  with   Force,  nor  if  the  Perfons  which 
enter  with  Force  into  Lands  and  Tenements,  be  re- 
moved and  voided  before  the  coming  of  the   faid 
Juftices  or  Juftice,  as  before,  nor  any  Pain  ordained 
if  the  Sheriff  do  not  obey  the  Commandments  and 
Precepts  of  the  faid  Juftices  for  to  execute  the  faid  Or- 
dinance, many  wrongful  and  forcible  Entries  be  daily 
made  in  Lands  and  Tene  rents  by  fuch  as  have  no 
Right,  arid  alio  divers  Gifts,  Feoffments,  and  Eif- 
cohtinuances  fometim.es  made  to  Lords,  and  other 
puiffant  Perfons,  and  Extortioners  within  the  f.ud 
Counties  where  they  be  converfant,  to  have  Mainte- 
nance, and  fome  times  to  fuch  Perfons  as  be  un- 
known to  them  fo  put  out,   to  the  Intent  to  delay 
and  defraud  fuch  r'ghtful  Poffeffors  of  their  Right 
and  Recovery  forever,  to  the  final  Difherifon  of  di- 
vers of  the  King's  faithful  liege  People,  and  likely 
daily  to  increafe,  if  due  Remedy  be  not  provided 
in  this  Behalf:"  '  (2)  Our  Lord  the  King  confider- 
ing  the  Premifies,  hath  ordained,  That  the  laid  Sta- 
tute, and  all  other  Statutes  of  fuch  Entries  or  Aliena- 
tions made  in  Times  paft,  fhall  be  holden  and  duly 
executed;   (3)  joined  to  the  fame,  That  from  hence- 
forth where  any  doth  make  any  forcible  Entry  in 
Lands  and  Tenements,  or  other  Poffeilions,  or  them 
hold  forcibly,  after  Complaint  thereof  made  within. 
the  fame  County  where  fuch  Entry  is  made,  to  the 
Juftices  of  Peace,_or  to  one  of  them,  by  the  Party 
grieved,  that  the  juftices  or  Juftice  lo  warned,  with- 
in a  convenient  Tine  thai!  caufe,  or  one  of  them 
{hall  caufe,    the  faid   Statu  e   duly  to  be  executed, 
and  that  at  the  Cofts  of  the  Party  fo  grieved. 
'  III.  And  moreover  though  that  fuch  Perfcns  ma- 
king fuch  Entry  be  prefent,  or  elfe  departed  before  the 
coming  of  the  faid  Juftices  or  Juftice,  notwithftand- 
ing,  the  fime  Juftices  or  Juftice  in  fome  good  Town 
next  to  the  Tenements  fo  entered,  or  in  fome  other 
convenient  Place,  according  to  their  Difcretion,  fhall 
have,  or  either  of  them  fhall  have,   Authority  and 
Power  to  inquire  by  the  People  of  the  fame  County, 
as  well  of  them  that  make  fuch  forcible  Entries  in 
Lands  and  Tenements,  r.s  of  them  which  the  fame 
hold  with  Force  ;   (2)  and  if  it  be  found  before  any 
of  them,  that  any  doth  contrary  to  this.  Statute,  then 
the  faid  juftices  or  Juftice  fhall  caufe  to  refeife  the 
Lands  and  Tenements  fo  entered  or  holden  as  afore, 
and  fhall  put  the  Party  fo  put  out  in  full  Poffefiion 
of  the  fame  Lands   and  Tenements   fo   entered   or 
len  as  before.     (3J  And  if  any  Perfon,  after  fuch 
Entry  into  Lands  or  Tenements  holden  with  Force, 
a  Feoffment  or  other  Difconti nuance  to  any 
Lord  or  other  Perfon,  to  have  Maintenance,  or.  to 


Ex  Rot.,  in  Turr.  Lond. 
afcuns  tenauntz  tiel  lieu  forciblement  apres  tiel 
entre  faic  foient  prifez  &  mifez  en  profchien  gaoie 
a  v  demurer  conviftz  de  record  de  mefmes  ks 
juftices  ou  juftice  tanqe  ils  eient  faitz  fyn  &  raun- 
ceon  au  Roy.  Et  qe  toutz  gentz  de  counte  fibien 
vifcountz  come  autres  foient  entendantz  as  ditz 
juftices  de  eux  enforcier  pur  areftier  tiels  male- 
faifours  fur  peine  demprifonement  &  de  faire  fyne 
h  raunceon  au  Roy.  Et  qe  en  mefme  le  manere 
foit  fait  de  ceux  qi  fount  forcibles  entres  en  bene- 
fices ou  office  de  ■  feint  efglife  come  en  mefme 
leftatut  eft  contenuz  pluis  au  plein. 

Et  pur  taunt  qe  le  dit  eftatut  nextende  my  as- 
entres  en  tenementz  en  peifible  manere  &  apres 
tenuz  ove  force  ne  ft  les  perfones  qentront  ove 
force  en  terres  ou  tenementz  foient  remoevez  & 
voidez  devaunt  le  venu  des  ditz  juftices  ou  juftice 
came  devaunt  ne  null  peine  ordine  fi  le  vifcount 
ne  obeie  my  les  maunderr  entz  h  precepts  des 
ditz  juftices  pur  executier  lordinance  fuifdit  plou- 
fours  torcenoufes  &  forcibles  entres  fount  faitz  de 
jour  en  autre  en  terres  &  tenementz  par  ceux  qi 
droit  nount.  Et  auxi  diverfes  douns  feoftementz 
&  difcontinuancesr  afcun  foitz  faitz  as  Seignurs 
&  autres  perfones  puiffantz  &  extortioners  deins 
les  countes  ou  ils  fount  converfantz  pur  main- 
tenance avoir  &  afcuns  foits  as  tiels  perfones  enfy 
ouftez  difconuz  a  tiel  cntent  pur  delaier  &  de- 
frauder  tiels  droiturelx  pofiefTours  de  lour  droit 
&  recoverer  a  toutz  jours  a  final  difheritcfon  de 
plufours  des  foials  lieges  de  Roy  &  femblable  eft 
dencrefcer  de  jour  en  autre  fi  du  remedie  ne  foit 
purveu  celle  partie.  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  con- 
liderant  les  premifies  ad  ordene  qe  le  dit  eftatut 
&  toutz  autres  eftatutz  de  tiels  entres  ou  alie- 
nation devaunt  faitz  foient  tenuz  &  duement  exe- 
cutz  Ajouftant  a  icelle  qe  {1  defore  en  avaunt 
afcun  face  tiel  forcible  entre  en  terres  tenementz 
ou  autres  poffeffions  ou  eux  tiegne  forcibiernent 
apres  compleint  ent  fait  dehis.  mefme  le  counte 
lou  ti?l  entre  foit  fait  as  juftices  de  peas  ou  un  de 
eux  par  la  parte  greve  qe  les  juftices  ou  juftice 
enfy  gamy  deins  temps  covenable  facent  ou  face 
duement  executer  le  dit  eftatut  ot  ceo  as  collages 
del  partie  enfy  greve. 

Et  outre  ceo  cement  qe  tLlx  perfones  faifantz 
tiel  entre  foient  prefentz  ou  voidez  devaunt  la 
venudes  ditz  juftices  ou  juftice  nientmeins  mefmes 
les  juftices  ou  juftice  en  afcun  hone  viile  pluis 
profchein  as  tenementz  enfy  entrez  ou  en  afcun 
lieu  covenable  folonc  loure  difcretion  eient  & 
chefcun  de  eux  eit  au£lorite  &  poair  denquerer  par 
gentz  de  mefme  le  countee  auxibien  de  ceux  qi 
fount  tielx  forcibles  entrees  en  terres  &  tf-nementz 
come  de  ceu  ;  qi  eux  teignent  ove  force.  Et  fi 
trove  foit  devaunt  afcun  deux  qe  afcun  face  le 
contrarie  de  ceft  eftatut  adonqs  les  ditz  juftices 
ou  juftice  facent  ou  face  refeifer  les  terres  &  tene- 
mentz enfy  entrez  ou  tenuz  come  devaunt  & 
Hiettre  la  partie  enfy  oufte  en  plein  poffefiion  de 
mefrr.es  les  terres  &  tenementz  come  devaunt 
entrez  ou  tenuz.  Et  fi  afcune  perfone  apres  tiel 
entre  en  terres  ou  tenementz  tenuz  ove  force  face 
feoffement  ou  autre  difcontinuance  a  afcun  Seignur 
ou    autre   perfone    pur  maintenauncc  ■  avoier   ou 

pur 


A.  D.  1429. 


Anno  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
pur  toller  &z  defrauder  le  pofTeflbur  de  fa  recoverer 
en  afcun  maner  fi  apres  en  affile  ou  autre  action 
ent  deftre  prife ,  ou  purfuez  devaunt  Juftices  des 
affiles  ou  autres  Juftices  le  Roy  qiconqs  par  deu 
enquerre  ent  apprendre  purra  duement  eftre  prove 
meimes  les  feoffementz  &  difcontinuances  eftre 
faitz  purmaintenaunce  come  defuis  eft  dit  qe  adon- 
qes  tielx  feoffementz  ou  autre  difcontinuance  enfy 
come  devaunt  faitz  foient  voidez  irritez  &  tenuz 
pur  nulle. 

£t  auxi  quant  les  ditz  Juftices  ou  Juftice  ferrent 
tielx  enquerrez  come  devaunt  facent  ou  face 
lour  garrantz  &  precepts  direfts  al  vifcount  de 
mefme  le  counte  luy  comaundant  depar  le  Roy 
de  fair  venir  devaunt  eux  &  chefcun  deux  perfones 
fufficiantz  &  indifferentz  pluis  profcheins  demur- 
rantz  entour  les  tenementz  enfy  entrez  come 
devaunt  denquerrer  de  tielx  entreez  dount  chef- 
cun qi  ferra  empanelle  denquerer  en  celle  partie 
ai:  terre  ou  tenement  de  annuel  value  de  xl.  s.  par 
an  au  meins  outre  les  reprifes.  Et  qe  le  vifcount 
retourne  ifluez  fur  chefcun  deux  au  jour  de  primer 
precept  retornable  xx.  s.  &  al  feconde  jour  xl.  s. 
&  al  tierce  foitz  C  s.  &  au  chefcun  jour  apres  le 
double.  Et  fi  afcun  vifcount  ou  bailly  deinz 
fraunchife  aiantz  retourne  de  briefe  du  Roy  foit 
lacche  &  ne  face  duement  execution  des  ditz 
prcceptz  a  luy  dire£tz  pur  tielx  enquerrez  faire  qil 
forface  devers  le  Roy  xx.  li.  pur  chefcun  defaut  & 
outre  face  fyn  &  raunceon  au  Roy. 


Et  qe  auxbien  les  Juftices  ou  Juftice  avauntditz 
come  les  Juftices  des  affifes  a  lour  venir  en  pais  pur 
affiles  prendre  eient  &.  chefcun  de  eux  ait  poair 
doier  &  terminer  tielx  defautes  &  negligences 
des  ditz  yifcontz  &  baillifs  &  chefcun  de  eux 
auxibien  par  bille  al  fuite  del  partie  greve  pur  luy 
mefme  come  pur  le  Roy  a  fuier  come  par  endite- 
ment  a  prendre  pur  le  Roy  foulement.  Et  fi  le 
vifcount  ou  bailly  foit  duement  atteint  en  celle 
partie  par  enditement  ou  par  bille  qe  celuy  qi 
fue  pur  luy  &  pur  le  Roy  eit  une  moitee  de  la 
forfaiture  de  xx.  li.  enfemblement  ove  fes  cofcages 
&  expenfes.  Et  qe  mefme  la  proceffe  foit  fait 
vers  tidx .  enditees  ou  fuez  par  bille  en  celle 
partie  ficome  ferroit  vers  enditez  ou  fuez  par 
briefe  de  trefpafs  fait  .ove  force  &  armes  encoun- 
tre  la  peas  du  Roy. 

Et  outre  ceo  fi  afcun  perfone  foit  oufte  011 
difleifie  dafcuns  terres  ou  tenementz  ove  forcible 
manere  ou  oufte  peifiblemerit  oc  apres  tenuz  de- 
hors ove  forte  main  oit  apres  tielle  entre  afcun 
■feoffernent  ou  difcontinuance  en  afcune  manere 
ent  foit  fait  pur  defrauder  &  toller  le  droit  del 
pofTeflbur  qe  la  partie  greve  en  celle  partie  eit 
affile  de  novell  dilteifeine  ou  briefe  de  trefpas  vers 
tiel  diffeifour.  Et  fi  la  partie  greve  recovere  par 
affife  ou  par  action  de  trefpafs  &  trove  foit  par1 
verdit  ou  en  autre  manere  par  due  forme  en  ley 
tj.e  la  partie  defendant  entra  ove  force  en  terres  &| 
tenementz  ou  eux  par  force  apres'  fon  entree 
tiendra  qe  le  pleyntif  recovera  fes  damages  au 
treble  vers  le  defendant  &  outre  ceo  qil  face  fyn 
&  raunceon  au  Roy.      Et   qe   rhairs  jufticrs '  ou; 

:fifi'  ue's  citee'sViTfes' 


C.  9.        547 


■j-uilice  de  peas  vifcount  &t  baflfr 


take  away  and  defraud  the  PolTeflbr  of  his  Recovery  4  H.  7.  f.  iS. 
in  any  wife,  if  after  in  Affife,  or  other  Action  there- ^J0-  E^'  l84- 
of  to  be  taken  or  purfued  before  Juftices  of  Affifes,  461)582',  654) 
or  other  the  King's  Juftices  whatfoever,  by  due  In- 738,' 915! 
quiry  thereof  to  be  taken,  the  fame  Feoffments  andCro.jac.  17,  19, 
Difcontinuances  may  be  duly  proved,  to  be  made  for-!1'  41,  '48> 
Maintenance,  as  afore  is  faid,  that  then  fuch  Feoffs  cro'car.aoi4' 
ments,  or  other  Difcontinuance,  fo  as  before  made, 
fhall  be  void,  fruftrate,  and  holden  for  none. 

c  IV".   And  alfo  when  the  faid  Juftices  or  Juftice  The  Juftices 
make  fuch  Inquiries  as  before,  they  fhall  make,  or ^P?'^0  the 
one  of  them  fhall  make,  their  Warrants  and  Pre-  tur"'a  \"™\a 
cepts  to  be  directed  to  the  Sheriff  of  the  fame  County,  ;rquire  of  tor- 
commanding  him  of  the  King's  Behalf  to  caufe  to  cibk  Entries, 
come  before  them,  and  every  of  them,  fufficient  and 
indifferent  Perfons,  dwelling  next  about  the  Lands 
fo  entered  as  before,  to  inquire  of  fuch  Entries,  (1)  Juror  to  have 
whereof  every  Man,    which  fhall  be  impanelled'  to  4°>  Pet  Ann- 
inquire  in  this  Behalf,  fhall  have  Land  or  Tenement 
;  of  the  yearly  Value  of  Forty  Shillings  by  Year  at 
:  the  leaft,  above  Reprifes.     (3)  And  that  the  Sheriff 
return  Iiiues  upon  every  of  them  at  the  Day  of  the  ftrff. 
:  Precept  returnable  xx.  s.    and   at   the  fecond  Day 
;  xl.  s.    and  at  the    third   Time  C.  s.  and  at  every 
;  Day  after,  the  double.     (4)  And  if  any  Sheriff  &£^afthe£fs 
;  Bailiff  within   a   Franchife,   having  Return   of  the  ^"^^ 
:  King's  Writ,    be   flack,    and   make  not  Execution  Duty. 
;  duly  of  the  faid  Precepts  to  him  directed  to  make 
\  fuch  Inquiries,  that  he  fhall  forfeit  to  the  King  xx. 
1  li.  for  every  Default,  and  moreover  fhall  make  Fine 
:  and  Ranfom  to  the  King. 

'  V.  And  that  as  well  the  Juftices  or  Juftice  afore- 
'  faid,  as  the  Juftices  of  Affifes,  and  every  of  them,  at 
'  their  coming  into  the  Country  to  take  Affifes,  fhall 
6  have,  and  e'very  of  them  fhall  have,  Power  to  hear 
'  and  determine  fuch  Defaults  and  Negligences  of  the 
'  faid  Sheriffs  and  Bailiffs,  and  every  of  them,  as  well  .     . 

'  by  Bill  at  the  Suit  of  the  Party  grieved  for  himfelf 
'  as  for  the  King,  to  fue  by  Indictment  only  to 
'  be  taken  for  the  King.  (2)  And  if  the  Sheriffor  Bailiff* 
'  be  duly  attainted  in  this  Behalf  by  Indictment,  or  by 
'  Bill,  that  he  which  fueth  for  himfelf  and  for  the  King 
'  have  the  one  Moiety  of  the  Forfeiture  of  xx.  li.  to- 
'  gether  with  his  Cofts  and  Expences.  (3)  Arid _ that 
'  the  fame  Procefs  be  made  againft  fuch  Perfons  indidted 
'  or  fued  by  Bill  in  this  Behalf,  as  fhould  be  againft 
'  Perfons  indicted  or  fued  by  Writ  of  Trefpafs  done  w[lat  A<a;on 
'  with  Force  and  Arms  againft  the  Peace  of  the  King.    n„,.  i,c  had  a- 

'  VI.  And  moreover,  "if  any  Perfon  be  put  out,  orgainft  him  who 
'  .'iffeifed   of  any  Lands   or   Tenements   in    fordble d<it'1  Vat  ovt> 
'  Manner     or  put  out   peaceably,    and   after  holdeh  ™  *«P  "^ 

out  with  ftrong  Hand  ;  or,  after  Inch  bntry,  anyF()rct.,  Savil  68. 
'  Feoffment  or  Difcontinuance  in  any  wife  thsttdf  iH.y.f.ig.  6H. 
'  be  made,  to  defraud  and  take  away  the  Right  of  the  jr.f-ia-'oH  7.f. 
'  PolTeflbr;  that  the  Party  grieved  in  this  Behalf  fhall  £  '^H-'-t:.'~>- 
'  have  Affife  of  Novel  dljjeifm,  or  a;  Writ  of  Trefrjafs  ^'^e,  %\ 
'  againft  fuch  Diffeifor.  (2)  And  if  the  Party  grieved  js,- i.'i'-,-^'  30,' 
'  recover  by  Affife,  or  by  Action  of  Trefpafs,  and  it  45.  kI-i.  -.f.a. 
'  be  found 'by  Verdift,  or  in  other  Manner  by  due  IO  Ed- -:•  '"■  .»-• 
'  Form  in  the  Law,  that  the  Party  Defendant  ent*<?dga^*  ™£ 
.'  with  Force  into  the  Lands  and  Tenements,  or  thefne.  116.'  uCo. 
'  after  his  Entry  did  hold  with  Force,  that  the  Plaintiff  30.  Cro.  El.  93, 
•  fhall  recover  his  Treble  Damages  againft  the  Defcri-9°- *"'6>6S"' 'j*? 
'  dant:  (3)  and  moreover,  that  he  make  Fine  and  Ran-  ™;6;f-™:  ™ *' 
'  fom  to  the  King.  And  that  Mayors,  Juftices^  or  J  ui-  ,_  f,  2g>  Dver)  f. 
'  tice  of  Peace,  Sheriff's,  and  jjuilifi's  of  Cities,  Towns,  '14I.  Br.>.  Force, 
Aaaa  2  '  andse,  lEulft.iiS. 


548        C.  10. 


Anno  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


A.  D.  1429. 


2  Leon.  52.   Co. 
pi.  f.  315.  c 

'J'heAnthority  ef 
the  chief  Officers 
in  Cities,  &.:  to' 
reprcfs  Force.  In-  c 
ierced  rtr,-^  e:¥-      c 
fjahnibj  31  EI. 
c.  ir. 

They  may  keep 
th:ii  Land  by       * 
Force,  who  have  c 
had  three  Years  4 
Pofiefiion.  , 

j  S..lk.  356,     1 
Inft.  257,    5  R.2 


and  Boroughs,  having  Franchife,  have  in  the  faid 
Cities,  Towns,  and  Boroughs,  like  Power  to  remove 
inch  Entries,  and  in  other  Articles  aforefaid,  rifjng 
within  the  fame,  as  the  Juftices  of  Peace  and  Sheriffs 
in  Counties  and  Countries  aforefaid  have. 
'  VII.  Provided  always,  That  they  which  keep  their 
Poffeffions  with  Force  in  any  Lands  and  Tenements, 
whereof  they  or  their  Anceftors,  or  they  whole  Ef- 
tate  they  have  in  fuch  Lands  and  Tenements,  have 
continued  their  PoiTefhons  in  the  fame  by  three  Years 
or  more,  be  not  endamaged  by  Force  of  this  Statute.' 

.  ftat.  1.  c.  7.    4H.  4,  c.  8.    23  li,  3.  c.  14.  and.  fie  i.}  Jac.  1.  c.  15 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
h  burghs  aiantz  franchife  eient  en  les  ditz  citees 
villes  &  burghs  autiel  poair  de  tielx  entrees  ouftier 
&  en  autres  articles  defuifdites  emergentz  deinz 
ycelles  come  ount  les  juftices  de  peas  6t  vifcountes 
en  countees  &  p-is  fuifdites. 

Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  ceux  qi  gardent  par  force 
lour  poffefiions  en  aicuns  terres  ou  tenementz 
dount  lis  ou  lour  aunceftres  ou  ceux  queux  eftat 
ils  ount  en  tiels  terres  &  tenementz  ount  contenuz 
lour  poffeffions  en  ycelles  par  trois  ans  ou  pluis 
ne  foient  my  endamagez  par  force  de  celie  eftatut. 

lubiib  enables  Jvjiices  11  give  Rejli'Ut.oti  in  c.riain  Ca^es. 


Inforced  by 

a 

jo  II.  6.  c,  6. 

cc 

3  Inft.  31. 

tc 

The  Inconve- 

it 

niencies  of  in- 

dicting  or  ap- 

a 

pealing  any 
Perfon  in  one 

a 

County  that  is 

a 

cenverfant  in 
another* 

11 
cc 

«c 

C  A  P.     X. 

PrGcefs  awarded  againft  thofe  which  dwelling  in  foreign  Counties  be  indicted  or  appealed. 

TEM  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  co- 
ment  diverfes  perfones  pur  lour  fingu'er  ven- 
ton  geance  &  nient  de  dr.it  malicioufment  par  fotile 
have  caufed  and  procured  many  ol  his  faithiul  liege 
People  falfly  to  be  indiCted  and  appealed  of  feve'ra) 
Treafons,  Felonies,  and  Trefpaffes,  before  Juftices 
of  the  Peace,  and  other  CorniriiiTioners  and  Juftices, 
and  others  having  Power  to  take  Indictments  or 
Appeals  in  divers  foreign  Counties,  Liberties,   and 

-r-»  .-,-  ■/•.-i  ,  >         ■  ,    •      i  1  ,-    •    1      T    • 


ITEM,  Our  Lord  the  King  confidering  how  di- 
vers  Perfons    for   their   private    Revenge,    and 
not   of  Right,    malicioufly    by  fubtile   Imaginatk 


Procefs  upon 

Indictments  of 

Perfons  dweiiinj 

in  foreign 

Counties, 

20 H.  £.-  c.  6. 


1  eh.  *.  f.  i- 

i9  H.  6.  f.  1. 

Sin.  Procefs, 
ȣ2. 


Franchifes  of  England,  in  which  the  laid  Lieges 
be  not,  nor  at  any  Time  were,  convcrfant  nor 
44  dwelling  ;  (2)  by  Force  of  which  Indictments  and 
"  Appeals,  and  the  Proceffes  upon  them  made  in  t  .e 
"  faid  Counties,  Franchifes,  and  Liberties,  the  faid 
"  Perfons,  fo  indicted,  have  been,  and  daily  be  put 
"  in  Exige?it,  and  after  outlawed,  and  thereupon  their 
"  Goods  and  Chatties,  Lands  and  Tenements  for- 
"  feit,  and  they  in  great  Jecpardy  of  their  Lives, 
"  whereas  the  laid  Perfons  fo  iniicted,  appealed,  or 
£  put  in  Exigent,  or  outlawed,  had  never  Knaw- 
'  ledge  of  fuch  Indictments,  Appeals,  Exigents,  or 
"  Outlawries;  (3")  which  Faifhood  and  Malice  daily 
"  doih  abound  and  inevcafe  111  divers  Counties,  Li- 
"  beriks,  and  Franchifes  of  England',  in  great  Hinder- 
"  ance,  Lofs,  and  perpetual  DcitruCtion  of  many 
6'  of  his  faid  faithful  and  innocent  li:-ge  Peopk,  and 
"  very  likely  to  increaie  hereafter,  if  convenient  Re- 
"  medy  be  n  :t  ordained  and  provided  in  this  Behalf." 

'  II.  And  therefore  the  fame  our  .Lord  the  King, 
'  of  his  fpecial  Grace,  and  by  Authority  of  this  Par- 
'  liament,  for  Eafe  and  Tranquillity  of  his  faithful 
'  Lieges  of  this  Realm,  hath  caufed  to  be  ordained 
6  and  ftablifhed,  That  upon  every  Indictment  or  Ap- 

*  peal  by  the  which  any  of  the  faid  Li  ges  dwelling 
'  in  other  Counties  than  ther s  where  fuch  indictment 
'  or  Appeal  is  or  fhall  be  taken  of  TreTon,  Felony, 
1  and  Trefpafs,  to  be  taken  hereafter  before  the  Juf- 
'  tices  of  Peace,  or  before  any  other  having  Power  to 

*  take  fuch  Indictments  or  Appeals,  or  other  Commif- 
1  fioners  or  Juftices  in  any  County,  Franc  ife,  or  Li- 
'  berry  of  England,  before  any  Exigent  awarded  upon 
'  any  Indictment  or  Appeal  in  the  Form  aforefaid  to 
'  be  taken,  that  prefently  after  the  firft  Writ  of  Capias 
4  upon  every  fuch  Indictment  or  Appeal  awarded  and  re- 
'  turned,  that  another  Writ  of  Capias  be  awarded, 
'  dire£ted  to  the  Sheriff  of  the  County,  whereof  he 
'  which  is  fo  indiCted  is  or  was  fuppofed  to  be  con- 

*  verfant  by  the  fame  IndiCtment,  returnable  before  the 

*  fame   Juftices   or   Commiffioners    before    whom   he 

*  is  indiCted  or  appealed  at  a  certain  Day,  containing 


ymagination  ount  faitz  &  procurez  de  fauxment 
enditer  &  appeller  diverfez  de  fez  foialx  lieges 
de  diverfes  trefons  felonies  &  trefpas  devaunt 
juftices  de  peas  &  autres  commiffioners  &  juftices 
&  autres  aiantz  poiar  de  prendre  enditementz  cu 
appelles  en  diverfes  foreins  countees  libertees  be 
fraunchifes  dEngleterre  es  queux  les  ditz  lieges 
ne  fount  ns  unqes  feuffent  converfantz  ne  de- 
murantz  par  force  des  queux  enditementz  &  ap- 
pelles &  les  proceffes  fur  eux  faitz  en  les  ditz  coun- 
tees fraunchifez  h  libertees  les  ditz  perfones  enfy 
enditez  ount  efte  &  de  jour  en  autre  fount  mys 
en  exigent  &  puis  utlagez  &  fur  ceo  lour  biens 
&  chatieux  terres  &  tenementz  forfaitz  &  eux  en 
grande  peri'e  de  lour  vies  la  ou  les  ditz  perfones 
enfy  enditez  appellez  ou  mys  en  exigent  ou  ut- 
lagiz  navcient  unqs  coniffance  de  tielx  endite- 
mentz appellez  exigentz  ne  utlagaries  les  queux 
fauxine  &  malice  de  jour  en  autre  habundent  & 
encrefcent  en  divers  countees  libertees  &  fraun- 
chifes dEngleterre  en  graunt  anientefment  perde 
&  perpetuell  deftruCtion  de  plufours  de  fez  ditz 
foialx  &  inno:entz  lieges  &  verifemblab'e  eft  den- 
crefcer  en  apres  fi  remedie  covenable  ne  foit  ordene 
&  purveu  en  celle  partie. 

Et  pur  ceo  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  de 
fa  grace  efpeciale  &  par  auCtorkee  de  ceft  par- 
lement  pur  eafe  falvation  &  tranquillite  de  fez 
foialx  lieges  de  ceft  Roialme  ad  fait  ordiner  & 
eftablir  qe  fur  chefcun  enditement  ou  appelle  par 
la  quelle  afcuns  des  ditz  lieges  d.murrantz  en 
autres  countees  qe  la  ou  tiel  enditement  ou  appeli 
foit  ou  ferra  pris  de  trefon  felonie  &  trefprefe 
apprendre  en  apres  devaunt  juftices  de  peas  ou  de- 
vaunt  afcun  autre  aiant  poair  de  tielx  enditementz 
ou  appelles  prendre  ou  autres  commillioners  ou 
juftice  en  afcun  countee  fraunchife  ou  libertee 
dEngleterre  devaunt  afcun  exigend'  agarde  fur 
afcun  enditement  ou  appelle  en  la  forme  avaunt- 
dite  aprendre  qe  maintenant  apres  le  primere  briefe 
de  capias  fur  chefcun  tiel  enditenent  ou  appelle 
agarde  &  retourne  qe  un  autre  briefe  de  capias  foit 
agarde  direCte  al  vifcount  del  countee  dount  celly 
qi  eft  enfy  enditez  eft  ou  fuift  fuppofe  deftre  con- 
verfant  par  mefme  lenditement  retournablc  devaunt 
mefmes  les,  jufiices  ou  commiffioners  devaunt 
queux  il  eft  endite  ou  appelle  a  un  certein  jour 

conteinant 


A.  D.  1429.         Anno  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


C.  10, 


11. 


54-9 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
conteinant  la  fpace  de  trois  mois  de  la  date  du 
dit  darrein  briefe  ou  les  countes  fe  teigner.t  de 
mois  en  mois  &  la  ou  les  countees  fount  tenuz 
de  fys  fepmains  en  fys  fepmains  ait  lefpace  de 
quatre  mois  tanqal  jour  de  retourne  de  mefme  le 
briefe  par  quel  briefe  de  feconde  Capias  foit  con- 
tenuz  &  comaunde  a  mefme  le  vifcount  de  prendre 
celuy  qi  eft  enfy  endite  ou  appelre  par  fon  corps 
hi  poet  eftre  trove  deins  fa  baillie.  Ei  fil  he  poet  i 
mye  eftre  trove  deins  fa  baillie  qe  le  dit  vifcount 
face  proclamation  en  d:ux  countees  devaunt  le 
retourne  de  mefme  le  briefe  qe  celuy  qeft  enfy 
endite  ou  appelle  appierge  devaunt  les  ditz  juftices 
ou  commifiioners  en  le  countee  libertee  ou  fran- 
chife  ou  il  eft  endites  ou  appellez  al  jour  contenu 
en  le  dit  darrein  briefe  de  Capias  a  refpoundre 
a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  &  au  pa'-tie  de  la 
felonie  trefon  ou  trefpaffe  dount  il  eft  enfy  enditez 
ou  appellez  apres  quel  fecond  briefe  de  Capias 
enfy  fe'rvy  &  retournee  fi  celuy  qi  eft  enfy  enditez 
bu  appellez  ne  veigne  al  jour  de  mefme  le  briefe  de 
Capias  retourne  foit  exigend'  agardez  envers  tielx 
endites  ou  appellez  &  chefcun  de  eux. 

Et  fi  afcun  exigend'  enapres  foit  a  garde  fur  afcun 
tiel  eriditernent  ou  appelle  countre  la  forme  avaunt- 
dite o±  afcun  utlagarie  fur  ceo  pronunciez  foit 
iibien  cell  exigend'  enfy  agarde  come  la  utlagarie 
fur  ceo  pronuncie  &  chefcun  de  eux  tenuz  pur 
null  &  voide  et  qe  la  partie  fur  qi  tiel  exigend' 
encountre  la  forme  avauntdite  foit  agarde  ou  ut- 
lagarie pronuncie  ne  foit  endamage  ne  mys  a  perde 
de"fes  biens  ou  chatieux  terres  ou  tenementz  ne  de 
fa  vie. 

Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  leftatut  fait  en  le  dar- 
rein parlement  des  proceffes  affairs  en  tielx  cafes 
devaunt  le  Roy  en  fon  Bank  eftoife  en  fa  force. 
Et  enoutre  mefme/noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ad  grantee ' 
par  auctoritee  fufdite  qe  chefcun  enditez  ou  appelle 
en  la  forme  avauntdite  de  cy  enavaunt  apres  ceo 
qii  foit  par  verdit  duement  acquitee  qil  eit  briefe 
&  action  fur  fon  cas  envers  chefcun  procurour  de 
tie  x  enditementz  ou  appellez  et  foit  autie'e  pro- 
ceffee  fur  &  en  mefme  le  briefe  come  en  briefe  <.J'e 
trefpas  fait  ove  force  &  armes  et  fi  tiel  procurour 
foit  atteint  en  celle  partie  qe  le  pleintif  recovere 
fez  damages  au  treble. 

Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  cert  ordinance  ne  fe  ex- 
tende  mye  as  enditementz  ou  appellez  prifez  ou 
apprendrez  deinz  le  countee  de  Ceftre. 

Purveu  auxi  qe  fi  afcun  des  ditz  lieges  ou  afcun 
de  lour  heirs  foit  ou  ferra  appelle  ou  enditez  de 
felonie  ou  trefon  &  au  temps  de  mefme  le  felonie 
ou  trefon  fuppofez  eft  ou  feuft  converfaunt  deinz 
le  countee  dount  lenditement  ou  appelle  fait  men- 
tion qe  autielle  proceffe  foit  fait  vers  tiel  endite 
ou  appelle  come  ad  efte  ufe  devaunt  ces  heurs. 


the  Space  of  Three  Months  from  the  Date  of  the 
faid  laft  Writ,  where  the  Counties  be  holden  from. 
Month  to  Month  ;  and  where  the  Counties  be  holden 
from  Six  Weeks  to  Six  Weeks,  he  fliall  have  the 
Space  of  Four  Months,  until  the  Day  of  the  Return 
of  the  fame  Writ ;   (2)  by  which  Writ  of  fecond  Ca- 
pias,  be  it   contained  and  commanded  to  the  fame 
Sheriff",  to  take  him  which  is  fo  indicted  or  appealed, 
by  his  Body,  if  he  can  be  found  within  his  Baili- 
wick ;    (3)  and  if  he  cannot   be  found  within  his-  - 
Bailiwick,  that  the  faid  Sheriff  fliall  make  Proclama- 
tion in  two  Counties  before  the  Return  of  the  fame 
Writ,    that  he   which    is    fo    indicted  or  appealed 
fhall  appear  before  the  faid  Juftices  or  Commiffioners 
in  the  County,  Liberty,    or  Franchife  where  he  is 
indicted  or  appealed,  at  the  Day  contained  in  the 
faid  laft  Writ  of  Capias,  to  anfwer  to  our  Lord  the 
King,  or  to  the  Party,  of  the  Felony,  Treafon,  or 
Trefpafs,    whereof  he   is  fo   indicted  or  appealed ; 
(4)  after  which  fecond  Writ  of  Capias  fo  ferved  and 
returned,    if  he  which    is   fo  indicted   or   appealed 
;  come  not  at  the  Day  of  the  fame  Writ  of  Capias  re- 
;  turned,  the  Exigent  fhall   be  awarded  againft   fuch 
'  Perfons  indicated  or  appealed,  and  every  of  them. 
'    III.    And  if  any  Exigent  hereafter   be  awarded  Hob.  766. 
upon   any  fuch  Indictment  or   Appeal   againft  the  3  Co'  59* 
Form  aforefaid,   or  any  Outlawry  be  upon  that  pro- 
:  nounced,  as  well  the  Exigent  fo  awarded,  as  the  Out- 
lawry upon  that  pronounced,    and   every  of  them, 
'  fhall  be  holden  for  none  and  void  ;   (2)  and  that  the 
;  Party  upon  whom  fuch   Exigent  againft  the  Form. 

•  aforefaid  is  awarded,  or  Outlawry  pronounced,  be 
:  not  endamaged,  nor  put  to  Lofs  of  his  Goods  or 
;  Chatties,  Lands  or  Tenements,  nor  of  his  Life. 

'  IV.  Provided  always,  That  the  Statute  made  in6H.  6.  c.  1. 
:  the  laft  Parliament,  of  Proceffes  to  be  made  in  fuch An  Aaion  uP- 
;  Cafe  before  the  King  in  his  Bench,  ftand  in  his  Force. on  ^m,  h„. 

...  o      ,         _  -riiT^-        maintainable  by- 

■  (2;  And  moreover,    the   fame  our  .Lord   the  King  Ine  Party  in- 

■  hath    granted  by  Authority   aforefaid,    That  every  a:aed  or  ap- 

1  Perfon   indicted   or  appealed  in  the  Form  aforefaid  P"led  againft 
'  from  henceforth,    after   that  he  be  duly  acquit   byJ^^™^" 
'  Verdict,  that  lie  fhall  have  a  Writ  and  Action  upon  Kei.  f'2Il 
'  his  Cafe,  againft  every  Procurer  of  fuch  Indictments  Raft.  123* 
'  or  Appeals  ;  and  like  Procefs  fhall  be  upon  and  in 
'  the  fame  Writ,  as  in  a  Writ  of  Trefpafs  done  with 
'  Force  and  Anrs;  (3)  and  if  fuch  Procurer  be  at- 
'  tainted  in  this  Behalf,  that  the  Plaintiff  fliall  recover 
'  his  treble  Damages. 

'  V.  Provided  always,    That  this  Ordinance  fhall 

*  not  extend  to  Indictments  or  Appeals  taken  or  to  be 
'  taken  within  the  County  of  Chefler. 

'  VI.  Provided  alfo,  That  if  any  of  the  faid  Lieges,  A  Man  Maed 
'  or  any  of  their  Heirs,  be  or  fhall  be  appealed  or  in-  or  appealed  in> 
'  dieted  of  Felony  or  Treafon,  and  at  the  Time  of  the  "£    "j"?1.^ 
'  fame  Felony   or  Treafon  fuppofed,    he  is  and  was  converrant  fhall 
'  converfant  within  the  County  whereof  the  Indictment  be  protVcuteA 
'  or  Appeal  ma>  eth  Mention,  the  like  Procefs  be  made  as  formerly. 
'  ag.iinft  fuch  Perfon  fo  indicted  or  appealed,  as  hath 
'  been  ufed  always  before  this  Time.' 


CAP.      XI. 

The  Citizens  of  London  may  take  Apprentices  according  to  their  ancient  Cufloms. 

See  Jppendix* 


CAP. 


550       C  12. 


Anno  odavo  Henrici  VI. 


A.  D.  1429. 


CAP.      XII. 

No  Judgement  or  Record  fhall  be  reverfed  for  any  Writ,  Procefs,  &c.  rafed. 
in  Records  may  be  amended  by  the  Judges,  and  what  not. 


What  Defects 


No  Judgement 
nor  Record 
mall  be  reverfed 
nor  avoided  for 
any  Writ,  Re- 
turn, Procefs, 
&c.   rafed  or 
interlined. 
Dyer  105,  180, 
S25,  232,  25o, 
342. 

5  Co.  45. 
S  Co.  138. 
Cro.  Jac.  119. 
Cro.  Car.  271. 


The  Judges 
may  reform  all 
Defefts  in  Re- 
cords which  be 
Mifbriiioa  of 
the  Clerk. 
34  Ed.  3.  flat.  1. 
c.  6. 

gH.  5.  c.  4. 
4  H.  6.  c.  3. 
8  H.  6.  c.  15. 
4  Mod.  6,  247, 

What  Defcfts  in 
Reccrds  may  not 
bz  amended. 
27  El. 


I  H. 


5- 


*  Second 


Variance  al- 
ledjed  be- 
tween a  Re- 
cord and  the 
Certificate 
thereof,  fhall  be 
fey  the  Judges 
amended. 


Imbezilling  of 
a  Record,  where 
by  any  Judge- 
ment (ball  be 
leverfed,  is 
Felony. 

S  R.2.    C.  A. 

S  Co.  160.  ' 
2  Roll  44. 


T  E  M  our  Lord  the  King  hath  ordained  and 
eftabliihed  by  the  Authority  of  this  prefent  Par- 
liament, That  for  Error  affigned,  or  to  be  affigned, 
in  any  Record,  Procefs,  or  Warrant  of  Attorney, 
Original  Writ  or  Judicial,  Panel  or  Return,  in  any 
Places  of  the  fame  rafed  or  interlined.,  or  in  any  Ad- 
dition, SubftrarSrion,  or  Diminution  of  Words,  Let- 
ters, Titles,  or  Parcel  of  Letters,  found  in  any  fuch 
Record,  Procefs,  Warrant  of  Attorney,  Writ,  Panel, 
or  Return,  which  Rafings,  Interlinings,  Addition, 
Subtraction,  or  Diminution,  at  the  Dilcretion  of  the 
King's  Judges  of  the  Courts  and  Places,  in  which  the 
faid  Records  or  Procefs  by  Writ  of  Error,  or  other- 
wife,  be  certified,  do  appear  fufpedted,  no  Judgement 
nor  Record  fhall  be  reverfed  nor  adnulled. 
'  II.  And  that  the  King's  Judges  of  the  Courts  and 
Places  in  which  any  Record,  Procefs,  Word,  Plea, 
Warrant  of  Attorney,  Writ,  Panel,  or  Return,  which 
for  the  Time  fhall  be,  fhall  have  Power  to  examine 
fuch  Records,  Procefs,  Words,  Pleas,  Warrants  of 
Attorney,  Writs,  Panels,  or  Return,  by  them  and 
their  Clerks,  and  to  reform  and  amend  (in  Affirmance 
of  the  Judgements  of  fuch  Records  and  ProcelTes)  all 
that  which  to  them  in  their  Dilcretion  feemeth  to  he 
Mifprifion  of  the  Clerks  in  fuch  Record,  Proceffes, 
WorJ,  Plea,  Warrant  of  Attorney,  Writ,  Panel,  and 
Return  ;  (2)  except  Appeals,  Indictments  of  Trea- 
fon  and  of  Felonies,  and  the  Outlawries  of  the  fame, 
and  the  Subftance  of  the  proper  Names,  Surnames, 
and  Additions  left  out  in  Original  Writs  and  Writs 
of  Exigent,  according  to  th?  Statute  another  time 
made  the  *  Firjl  Year  of  King  Henry  Father  to  our 
Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  and  in  other  Writs  con- 
taining Proclamation;  (3)  fo  that  by  fuch  Mifprifion 
of  the  Clerk  no  Judgement  fhall  be  reverfed  nor  ad- 
nulled. (4)  And  if  any  Record,  Procefs,  Writ,  War- 
rant of  Attorney,  Return,  or  Panel  be  certified  defec- 
tive, otherwife  than  according  to  the  Writing  which 
thereof  remaineth  in  the  Treafury,  Courts,  or  Places 
from  whence  they  be  certified,  the  Parties  in  Affirm- 
ance of  the  Judgements  of  fuch  Record  and  Procefs 
fhall  have  Advantage  to  alledge,  that  the  fame  Wri- 
ting is  variant  from  the  faid  Certificate,  and  thai' 
found  and  certified,  the  fame  Variance  .fhall  be  by 
the  faid  Judges  reformed  and  amended  according  to 
the  firft  Writing. 

'  III.  And  moreover  it  is  ordained,  That  if  any  Re- 
cord, or  Parcel  of  the  fame  Writ,  Return,  Panel, 
Procefs,  or  Warrant  of  Attorney  in  the  King's  Courts 
of  Chancery,  Exchequer,  the  one  Bench  or  the  othei'j 
or  in  his  Treafury,  be  willingly  ftolen,  taken  away, 
withdrawn,  or  avoided  by  any  Clerk,  ©r  by  other. 
Perfon,  becaufe  whereof  any  Judgement  fhall  be  re- 
verfed ;  that  fuch  Stealer,  'I  aker  away,  Withdrawer, 
or  Avoider,  their  Procurators,  Counfeliors,  and  Abet- 
tors, thereof  indicted,  and  by  Procefs  thereupon 
made  thereof  duly  convict  by  their  own  Confeffion, 
or  by  lnqueft  to  be  taken  of  lawful  Men,  whereof 
the  one  half  fhall  be  of  the  Men  of  any  Court  of  the 
fume  Courts,  and  the  other  half  of  other,  fhall  be 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ad  ordine  &  efta- 
b!e  par  auctorite  de  ceft  prefent  parlement  qe 
pur  errour  affigne  ou  afligner  en  afcune  recorde 
procefTe  garaunt  dattourne  brief  original  ou  judicial 
panell  ou  retourne  en  afcuns  lieux  dicelx  rafez  ou 
entrelinez  ou  en  afcun  addition  fubtraclion  ou  di- 
minution des  paroles  lettres  titles  ou  parcelles  des 
letfres  troves  en  afcun  tiel  recorde  procefTe  garraunt 
dattourne  brief  panell  ou  retourne  queux  rafures  en- 
trelinez addition  fubtrarSHon  ou  diminution  al  dif- 
cretion  des  Juges  le  Roi  des  courtes  &  places  en 
queux  les  ditz  recordes  ou  proceffe  par  briefe  der- 
rour  ou  autrement  fount  certinez  appiergent  fuf- 
pectz  ne  foit  afcune  juggement  ne  recorde  reverfe 
nc  adnulle. 

Et  qe  les  Juges  le  Roi  des  Courtes  &  places 
en  queux  afcun  recorde  proceffe  parole  plee  ga- 
raunt dattourne  brief  panell  ou  retourne  pur  le 
temps  foit  eient  poair  dexaminer  tielx  recordes 
procefle  paroles  plees  garrauntz  dattourne  brief 
panell  &  retourne  par  eux  &  lour  clerks  &  de 
reformer  &  amender  en  affermance  des  jugge- 
mentz  de  tielx  recordes  &  procefTe  tout  ceo  .qe 
a  eux  en  lour  difcretion  femble  eftre  mefprifion 
de  clerk  en  tielx  recordes  proceffe  parole  plee 
garraunt  dattourne  brief  panell  &  retourne  for- 
fprife  appelez  enditementz  de  trefoil  &  des  fe- 
lonies &  lutiagaries  dicelles  &  la  fubftance  de 
propres  nouns  furnouns  &  additions  entrelefiez 
en  briefs  originalx  briefs  dexigent  folonqe  lefta- 
tut  autre  foitz  fait  Ian  feconde  le  Roi  Henr.i 
pier  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qor  eft  &  en  autres 
briefs  contenantz  proclamation  Mint  qe  par  tiel 
mefprifion  de  clerk  ne  foit  afcun  juggement  re- 
verfe nc  adnulle.  Et  fi  afcun  recorde  procefle 
briefe  garraunt  dattourne  retourne  ou  panell  foit 
certifie  defective  autrement  qe  accordant  a  hj 
fcripture  qe  ent  demoert  en  les  Treforie  Courtes 
ou  lieux  dount  ils  fount  certinez  eient  les  par- 
ties en  affermance  des  juggementz  de  tielx  .re- 
corde &  procefTe  avauntage  dalegger  qe  mefme 
la  fcripture  eft  variaxint  al  dit  certificate  &  ceo 
trove  &  certifie  foit  mefme  la  variaunce  par  les 
ditz  Juges  rcfourme  &  amende  accordant  a. dit 
primer  fcripture. 

Et  outre  ceo  eft  ordine  qe  fi  afcun  recorde  ou 
pareell  dicel  brief  retourne  panell  proceffe  ou  gar- 
raunt dattourne  en  les  Courtes  le  Roi  de  Chaun- 
cellarie  Efcheqer  lun  bank  ou  lautre  ou  en  fa  tre- 
forie foit  voluntierment  emble^emporte  retre.it  _ou 
avoide  par  afcun  clerk  ou  autre  perfone  A  'caule 
de  quell  afcun  juggement  foit  reverfj  qe  tiel  em- 
blour  emportour  retreiour  &  avoidour  lour  pro- 
curatours  counfeillours  &  abbettours  ent  enditez 
&  par  proceffe  fur  ceo  fait  ent  duement  convictz 
par  lour  propre  confeffion  ou  par  er.quelte  ap- 
prendre  des  loialx  homrnes  dount  la  moite  foit 
des  homrnes  dafcun  Court  de  mcfme  les  Courtes 
&  lautre  moite    dautres    foient  adjuggez    pur  L- 

lons 


A.  D.  1429. 


Anno  odlavo  Henrici  VI. 


C.  r3>  T4-       5Sl 


Ex  Rot.  in  Twr.  Lond. 
Ions  &  encourgent  la  peine  de  felonie.  Et  qe 
les  Juges  de  les  ditz  Courts  de  lun  bank,  ou 
lautre  eient  poair  doier  &  terminer  tielx  defautes 
devaunt  eux  &  dent  faire  punition  come  devaunt 
eft  dit. 

Pui-veu  toutz  foitz  qe  ft  afcun  tiel  rccorde  pro- 
ceffe  briife  garraunt  dattourne  panell  ou  rctourne 
ou  parcell  dicel  foit  a  prefent  ou  en  apres  ferra 
exempliiie  en  la  Chauncellarie  le  Roi  ibubz  lb  11 
graunde  leal  &  tiel  exemplification  illeoqes  de  re- 
corde  enrolle  faunz  afcun  rafure  en  une  mefme 
lieu  en  mefme  lexemplification  h  lenrollemcnt  ci- 
cell  -qe  alors  pur  null  errour  afligne  ou  affigner 
en  les  ditz  recordes  proceffes  briefs  garaunt  dat- 
tourne panell  ou  rctourne  en  afcun  lettre  parole 
claufe  ou  matier  dicell  variaunt  ou  contrariaunt 
a  dite  exemplification  &  lenrollement  ne  foit  nulle 
juggement  des  ditz  recordes  &  procefle  reverfe  ne 
adnulle. 


judged  for  Felons,  and  fliall  incur  the  Pain  of  Felony. 
(2)  And  that  the  Judges  of  the  laid  Courts  of  the  one 
Bench  or  of  the  other,  have  Power  to  hear  and  deter- 
mine fuch  Defaults  before  them,  and  theiecf  to  make 
due  Punifhment  as  afore  is  fad. 

'  IV.  Provided  always,   That  if  any  fuch  Record,  A  Record  ex- 
Procefs,  Writ,  or  Warrant  of  Attorney,  Panel,  «i'f,m?[ir'^tu^" 
Return,  or  Parcel  of  the  fame,  be  now,  or  hereafter  *A  mw\\e&\n 
lhall  be  exemplified  in  the  King's  Chancery  under.the  Chancery, 
the  Great  Seal,  and  fuch  Exemplification  there  ofnoctobe 
Record  inrolled  without  any  Rafing  in  the  famePlacercverk'l)- 
in  the  Exemplication  and  the  Inrollment  of  the  fame, 
that  another  Time  for  any  Error  affigned,  or  to  be 
afligned  in  the  faid  Record,  Procefs,  Writ,  Warrant 
of  Attorney,  Panel,  or  Return,  in  any  Letter,  Word, 
Claufe,  or  Matter  of  the  fame  varying,  or  contrary 
to  the  faid  Exemplification  and  the  Inrollment,  there 

;  {hall  be  no  J  udgement  of  the  faid  Records  and  Pro- 

;  cefs  reverfed  nor  adnulled.' 

c.  9.      5  El.  c.  23.  and 4  Ann. 


■tier  ic  K, 
6.  i.  4.  -lIH.  6. 
16.  what  Defefls  may  be  atntndtd  and  ivbst  n*t. 


CAP.      XIII. 

There  fliall  not  be  excepted  in  the  Protections  of  thofe  that  fhall  go  with  the  King  into  France^ 

Affile  of  Novel  Dijfeifin.     See  Appendix. 


C    A    P.      XIV. 

Riotous  Perfons  committing  of  Felonies,  and 'then  fleeing  into  fecret  Places. 


TEM  pur  ceo  qe  graunde  &  grevoufe  com- 
pleint  fuift  feit  a  E.oi  Henri  jadis  Roi  dEng- 
leterre    pier   noftre  Seignur   le  Roi   qoreft  a  fon 
parlement   tenuz    a  Leyceftr'    Ian    de   fon    regne 
ieconde    par    les    Communes    de    fon    parlement 
avauntdit  de  diverfes  murdres  homicides  robories 
bateries    affemblees  des  gentz  en  graunde  rioum- 
bre  par  maner  dinfurrections  &  de  diverfes  autres 
rebellions  &  riotes  &  apres  tielx  mefraites  les  ditz 
felouns  &  mesfaifours  fenfurent  &  retraherent  as 
diverfes    boys   &    beux  .  covertez    &   difconuz   & 
aillours    a    lentent    &   purpos   de  voider   lexecu- 
tion  de  la  commune  ley  &  qils  ne  ferroient  mcf- 
nez  a  refpounce  folonc  proces  de  la  ley  Sur  qoy  ! 
le   dit   nadgairs  Roi    conflderant   la   fuifdit   com- 
pleint par  aflent  des  Seignrrs  efpirituelx  &  tem- 
porelx    en   mefme   le    parlement    afiesnblez  avoit 
ordinez  &  eftabliez  a  la  requeft  des  ditz  Com- 
munes qe  ft  afcuny  en  temps  avenir  veigne  en  la 
Chauncellarie  &  face  compleint  duea.ent  qe  afcun 
tiel  felon  ou  malefaifour  come  s vaunt  eft  dit  fen 
eft  fuy  &  retrahet   a   afcun  tiel  lieu   ou  aillours 
al  enten-  fuifdit  foit  fur  tiel  compleint  une  bille 
fufficeantment  fait  pur  le  R.oy  Et  eit  le  Chaun- 
celler   dEngieterre    pur    le    ternps    efteant    apres 
tiel  bille    a   lu     lyvere    ftl    poet    eftre    enformez 
duement  tiel  bille   contener  verite  poair  de  faire 
folonc  fa  difcrecion   mi  brief  de  Capias  a  la  fuite 
du  Roy  direft  al  vifcont  de  countee  ou  countees 
ou  les  dites   murdres   homicides  robories  bateries 
&  autres  mesfaitz  fount  fuppofez  par  la'dite  bille 
eftre   faitz    &   perpe:rez    retournable    m   la    dite 
Chauncellarie  a  certeine  jour.     Et  fi  les  perfones 
en   le    dit    brief'  contenuz    foient    prilez   par   le 
dit  vifcount  ou  foy  reddent  en  mefme  la  Chaun- 
cellarie   qadonqes    foient   tielx   perfones   mys   en 
garde  ou    a    maynprife    folonc   la.difcretion  da 


TEM,    For  that  great  and  grievous  Complaint^  K.  5.  fist,  i. 
was  made  to  King  Henry,   late  King  of  Eng-Q-  9' 
"  land,  Father  to  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  at  his 
"  Parliament  holden  at  Leicefter  the  Second  Year  of  his 
"  Reign,  by  the  Commons  of  his  Parliament  afortv 
"  faid,  of  divers  Murders,  Manflaughters,  Robberies, 
"  Batteries,  Afiemblies  of  People  in  great  Number  in 
"  Manner  of  Infurreciions,  and  of  divers  other  Rebel- 
"  lions  and  Riots;     (2)   and  after  fuch  Offences  th? 
"  faid  Felons  and  Offenders    did  flee  and  withdraw 
"  themfelves  to  divers  Woods   and  fecret  Places  un- 
"  known,  and  elfewhere,  to  the  Intent  and  Purpofe  to 
"  avoid  the  Execution  of  the  Common  Law,  and  that 
"  they  might  not  be  brought  to  anfwer  according  to 
"  the  Frocefs  of  the  Common  Law :   (3)  Whereupon 
"  the  faid    late  King  confidering  the  aforefaid  Com- 
"  plaint,  by  the  Advice  and  Aflent  of  the  Lords  Spiri- 
"  tual  and  Temporal  in  the  fame  Parliament  aftembled, 
"  did  ordain  and  ftablifh,  at  the  Requeft  of  the  faid 
"  Commons,  That  if  any  *  after  come  into  the  Chan-*  t'^^f'11"- 
"  eery,  and  make  Complaint  duly,  that  any  fuch  Felon 
"  or  Offender  as  aforefaid  hath  fled  or  withdrawn  him 
*'  to  any  fuch  Place,  or  elfewhere,  to  the  Intent  afore- 
"  faid,  upon  fuch  Complaint  a  Bill  fhall  be  fufficiently 
"  made  forthe  King.  (4)  And  the  Chancellor  of  Engiandvnak  awarded 
"  for  the  t'me  being,  after  fuch  Bill  to  him  delivered,  againfl  the  Of- 
"  if  he  may  be  duly  informed  that  fuch  Bill  containeth  fendetSi 
"  Truth,  fliall  have  Power  by  his  Difcretion  to  awrrd 
"  a  Writ  of  Capias  at  the  S^  it  of  our  Lord  the  King, 
"  directed  to  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  or  Counties 
"  where  the  faid  Murders,  Manflaughters,  Robb  ries, 
"  Batteries,  and  other  Offences  be  fuppofed  by  the  faid 
"  Bill  to  be  done  and  committed,  returnable  in  the  faid 
"  Chancery  at  a  certain  Day;   (5)  and  if  the  Perfons 
"  fpecifted  in  the  faid  Writ  be  taken  by  ,he  faid  Sheriff, 
"  or  yield  themfelves  in  the  fame  Chancery,  that  then 
"  fuch  Perfons  be  put  in  Prifon  or  to  Mainprife,  ac— 

"  cording 


C.  14. 


Anno  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


A.  D.  1429 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
cording  to  the  Difcretion  of  the  Chancellor ;   (6)  and  \  Chaunceller    &  outre  foit  maunde  denquerer  de 


u 
cc 


cc 


The  Statute  of 
a  H. 5.  ftat.  1. 
c.  9.  of  thofe 
that  do  commit 
Murdir,  (3c. 
and  aftct  flee 
in'o  Wood^, 
made  perpetual. 


A  Prcvifion 


"  moreover  it  fhall  be  commanded  to  inquire  of  fuch 
"  OfFences,  and  upon  that  fhall  be  done  as  the  Law 
"  requireth.     (7)  And  if  the  Sheriff  return  at  the  Day 
"  of  the  Capias  returnable,  that  thePerfons  in  the  fame 
"  comprifed,  for  any  of  the  fameCaufes  aforefaid,  can- 
"  not  be  taken  by  him,  nor  the  fame  Perfons  do  yield 
"  themfelves  in  the  faid  Chancery,  that  then  the  faid 
"  Chancellor  fhall  caufe  to  be  made  a  Writ  of  Procla- 
"  mation,    directed  to  the  Sheriff,   returnable  in  the 
"  King's  Bench  at  a  certain  Day,  that  he  make  Procla- 
"  mation  in  two  Counties,  that  the  Perfons  named  in 
"  the  faid  Writ  come  at  the  faid  Day  into  the  aforefaid 
"  Bench,  there  to  anfwer  to  the  Matter  comprifed  in 
"  the  faid  Bill,  upon  Pain  to  be  convict  of  the  Matter 
"  comprifed  within  the  faid  Bill ;    (8)  and  in  every  fuch 
"  Writ  of  Proclamation  fhall  be  contained  the  Sub- 
"  fiance  of  the  Matter  comprifed  in  the  faid  Bill;   (9) 
"  and  if  they  come  not  at  the  Day  of  fuch  Proclama- 
tion returned,  then  they  fhall  be  holden  and  adjudged 
for  convict,  and  attainted  as  afore  is  faid;    (10)  and 
if  they  come  at  the  Proclamation  it  fhall  be  inquired 
of  them,  and  done  in  the  Manner  as  afore  is  faid. 
"  (11)  Provided  that  the  Suggeftions  of  fuch  Riots  be 
"  fignifted  to  the  Chancellor  of  England  by  Letters 
"  fealed  under  the  Seals  of  two  Juftices  of  the  Peace  at 
"  the  leaft,  and  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  where  fuch 
"  Riots  fhall  be,  before  that  fuch  Writ  of  Capias  be 
granted;    (  2)  in  which  Writ  of  Capias  the  Matter 
which  is  comprifed  within  the  fame  Bill  fhall  be  as 
"  well  expreffed,  as  in  the  Writ  of  Proclamation  there- 
*'  of  to  be  made.     (13)  And  if  fuch  a  Cafe  happen  in 
"  the  County  Palatine  of  Lancq/hr,  or  elfewhere  in 
"  Franchifcs  where  there  is  a  Chancellor  and  a  Seal, 
*'  that  then  the  faid  Chancellor  of  England  caufe  to  be 
"  written  or  fent  by  the  King's  Writ  to  the  Cnancellor 
of  fuch  County  or  Franchife,  all  the  Suggeftion  in 
the  faid  Bill  comprifed,  commanding  him  to  make 
fuch  Execution  as  in  the  faid  Article  is  comprifed ; 
"  (14)  fo  always  that  the  King's  Writ  out  of  the  Chan- 
"  eery  of  England  fhall  not  run  in  fuch  County  or 
"  Franc  ife  otherwife  than  hath  been  ufed  in  Time 
*-'  palled,  and  that  the  faid  Ordinance  fhall  ftand  in  his 
"  Force  ti  1  the  End  of  the  next  Parliament.  (15)  Our 
"  Lord  the  King  confidering  that  divers  other  Murders, 
"  Manila-  ghters,  Robberies,  Batteries,  Affemblies  of 
"  People  in  great  Number  in  Manner  of  Infurrections, 
"  and   divers  other  Rebellions  and  Puots,   have  been 
"  made  in  divers  Counties  of  the  Realm  fince  the  ma- 
"  king  of  the  faid  Statute,  not  punifhed,  becaufe  that 
"  the  faid  Statute  held  no  Force  but  until  the  End  of 
"  the  Parliament  then   next  following;"    '  hath  or- 
'  dained  and  ftablifhed,    by  Authority  of  this  prefent 
Parliament,  That  the  faid  Statute  mall  now  be  kept, 
and  firmly  holden  for  a  Statute  for  ever,  as  well  of 
Murders,  Manflaughters,  Robberies,  Batteries,  Af- 
femblies of  People  in  great  Number  in  Manner  of 
Infurredtions,  and  divers  other  Rebellions  and  Riots 
made   and  committed    before  the  Beginning  of  this 
prefent  Parliament,  as  in  Time  to  come. 
'  II.  Provided  always,  That  it  be  toftified  by  two 
Juftices  of  the  Peace  of  the  Counties  where   fuch 
Riots  fhall  be  fuppofed,  that  the  common  Fame  and 
Voice  runneth   in  the  fame   Counties   of  the  fame 
Riots,  before  that  the  Writ  of  Capias  fhall  be  award- 
ed.    (2)  Provided  alfo,  That  if  any  fuch  Cafe  hap- 
•     »u_  /•..:.  1  ^ ..__  D-i-..-    _  _r  r /■    . 11L 


it 
a 


wheieanyofth"  pen  in  the  faid  County  Palatine  of  LancaJ/er,  or  die- 


tielx  mesfaitz  &   fur   ceo    foit    fait  come   la   ley 
demaunde.     Et  ft  le  vifcounte  retourne  a  jour  de 
Capias  retournable  qe  les   perfones  en  icell  com- 
prifez  par   afcun  de  les  caufes  fuifdites  ne   pur- 
ront  eftre  par  luy  prifez  ne  mefmes  les  perfones 
ne  foi  rendent  en  la  dite  Chaunceilarie  qadonqes 
face  le  dit  Chaunceller  faire  briefe  de  proclama- 
tion direct  a  dit  vifcounte  retournable  en  bank  le 
Roi  a  certein  jour  qil  face  proclamation  en  deux 
countees  qe  les    perfones  en  le  dit  brief  nomez 
veignent  a  dit  jour  en  le  fuifdit  bank  pur  y  ref- 
poundre  a  la   matier  compriz  deinz  la  dite  bille 
fur  peyne  deftre  convictez  de  la  matier  compriz 
deinz    la    dite  bille   et    en   chefcun   tiel  brief  de 
proclamation  foit   contenuz   la  fubftaunce    de   la 
matier  compriz  deins  la  dite  bille  &  fils  ne  veign- 
ent a  jour   de  tiel   proclamation   retourne   foient 
adonqcs  tenuz  &  adjuggez  pur  convictez   &   at- 
teintez  come  defuis  eft  dit.     Et  fils  veignent  a  la 
proclamation    foit    de    eux   enquis    &  fait   en    la 
maner  come  defuis  eft  dit.      Purveu  qe  les  fug- 
geftions   de    tielx  riotes    foient    tefmoignez   a   le 
Chaunceller  dEngleterre  par  lettres  enfealez  de- 
foubz  les  fealx  de  deux  juftices  de  pees  au  meins 
&  le  vifcounte  del    countee   ou   tielx  riotes   fer- 
rount  ■  devaunt  ceo   qe   tiel   brief   de  Capias  foit 
graunte    en  quell  brief  de  Capias  foit   fibien    la 
matier  exprelte   que'e   eft  compris    deins    mefme 
la  bille   comme  en  le  brief  de   proclamation  ent 
affaire.      Et  ft  tiel  cas  aveigne  en  le  counte  pa- 
latyn  de  Lancaftr'  ou  aillours  en  fraunchife  la  ou 
il  v  ad  Chaunceller  &  feal  qadonqes  le  dit  Chaun- 
celler  dEngleterre   face    efcriver   ou   envoier    par 
brief  du  Roi  a  le  Chaunceller  de  tiel  countee  ou 
fraunchife    tout    la   fuggeftion    en    la    dite    bille 
compriz  commaundant  a    luy  de    faire  tiel  exe- 
cution come  en  le  dit   article  eft  compriz   iffint 
tout  foitz  qe  brief  du  Roi  hors  de  la  Chauncel- 
lar'   dEngleterre    ne   courge    en   tiel   countee   ou 
fraunchife  autrement  qe  nad  eftee  ufee  en  temps 
paffe.      Et  qe   la  dite   ordinaunce    eftoiferoit   en 
fa    force,  tanqe    al   fin    del    profchein   parlement. 
Noftre    Seignur  le   Roi    conliderant    qe    diverfes 
murdres  homicides  robories  bateries  affemblees  des 
gentz  en  graunde  noumbre  par  maner  de  infur- 
rettions  &  diverfes  autres  rebellions  &  riotes  ount 
eftee  faitz  en  diverfes  parties  du  Roialme  puis  la 
faifaunce  de  dit  eftatuit  nient  punifez  a  caufe  qe 
le  dit  eftatuit  ne  tenoit  force  forfqe  a  la  fin  del 
parlement   adonqcs    profchen   enfuant    ad    ordine 
&    eftablie    par   auclorite  de  ceft    prefent   parle- 
ment qe  la   dit  jadis  eftatuit   ore    foit   tenuz   8c 
fermement  gardez  pur  eftatuit  en  tout  temps  ave- 
nir  fibien  de  murdres  homicides   robories  bateries 
afTeinblees    des    gentz   en   graunde    noumbre   par 
maner  de  infurrecfions  &  de  divers  autres  rebel- 
lions &  riotes  faitz  &  perpetrez  devaunt  le  com- 
mencement de   ceft   prefent  parlement    come   en 
temps  avenir. 

Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  tefmoigne  foit  par  deux 
juftices  de  peas  des  countees  ou  tielx  riotes  fer- 
ront  fuppoicz  qe  commune  fame  &  voice  court 
en  mefmes  les  countees  de  icelx  riotes  devaunt 
ceo  qe  le  brief  de  Capias  ferra  agarde.  Purveu 
auxi  qe  ft  afcun  tiel  cafe  aveigne  en  le  dit 
countee  palatyn  de  Lancaftre  ou  aillours  en  lieu 

enfraunchife 


A.  D.  1429. 


Anno  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


C«  *5>  l6-       553 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
tenfraunchife  la  ou  y  ad  Chaunceller  Si  feal  qe 
adonqes  le  dit  Chaunceller  de  tiel  countee  ou  lieu 
enfraunchife  pur  le  temps  efteant  apres  compleint 
a  luy  duement  fait  &  tefmoigne  par  juftice  ou 
lieutenant  de  juftice  &  vifcount  de  tiel  countee 
palatyn  ou  lieu  enfraunchife  pur  le  temps  efteant 
en  la  forme  fuifdit  eit  femblable  poair  de  agarder 
Capias  &  briefs  de  proclamation  avauntditz  come 
le  dit  Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps 
efteant  ad. 


'  where   in 


a   Place  enfranchifed,    where  there  is    a 
Chancellor  and  a  Seal,   that  then  the  faid  Chancellor  a  p)aC( 


faid  Offences 
be  committed  in 


of  fuch  County  or  Place  enfranchifed,  for  the  timechifed. 
being,  after  Complaint  to  him  duly  made  and  tefti- 
ried  by  a  Juftice,  or  the  Lieutenant  of  a  Juftice, 
and  Sheriff"  of  fuch  County  Palatine  or  Place  en- 
franchifed, for  the  time  being,  in  the  Form  afore- 
faid,  fhall  have  like  Power  to  award  a  Capias  and  a 
Writ  of  Proclamation  aforefaid,  as  the  faid  Chan- 
cellor of  England  *  hath.'  .  *  f°r  lhc  T''«* 

*>  being 


CAP.     XV. 


The  Juftices  may  in  certain  Cafes  amend  Defaults  in  Records. 


ITEM  ordeigne  eft  &  eftablie  qe  les  Juftices 
du  Roy  devaunt  queux  afcune  mefprifion  ou 
defaute  foit  ou  ferra  trove  foit  il  en  afcun  re- 
cordes  &  procefles  qore  fount  ou  ferrount  pen- 
dantz  devaunt  eux  fibien  par  voie  derrour  come 
autremeut  ou  en  lez  retournez  dicelles  faitz  ou 
affairez  par  vifcountz  coroners  baillifs  des  fraun- 
chifes  ou  autres  qeconqes  par  mefprifion  des  clerks 
dafcuns  des  ditz  Courtz  du  Roi  ou  par  mefpri- 
fion dez  vifcountz  foutzvifcountz  coroners  lour 
clercs  ou  autres  officers  clercs  ou  miniftres  qe- 
conqes en  efcrivant  un  lettre  ou  un  filable  trop 
ou  trop  poie  aient  poiar  damender  tielx  de- 
fautes  &  mefprifions  folonc  lour  difcretion  & 
par  examination  ent  par  les  ditz  Juftices  apren- 
dre  ou  lour  femblera  bofoignable.  Purveu  qe 
ceft  eftatut  ne  fe  extende  as  recordes  &  pro- 
cefles es  parties  de  Gales  ne  as  recordes  &  pro- 
cefles dutlagaries  des  felonies  &  trefons  Si  les 
dependantz  dicelles. 

9  H.  5.  ftat.  1.  c.  4.  4  H.  6.  c.  3.  8  H.  6.  c,  12.    See  farther  10  H. 
be  amended  and  <what  not* 


ITEM,  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed.  That  theSCo.  162. 
King's  Juftices,  before  whom  any  Mifprifion  or l  Ro11 44"?» 
Default  is  or  fhall  he  found,  be  it  in  any  Records  and 
Procefles  which  now  be,  or  fhall  be,  depending  be- 
fore them,  as  well  by  Way  of  Error  as  otherwiie,  of 
in  the  Returns  of  the  fame,  made  or  to  be  made  by 
Sheriffs,    Coroners,   Bailiffs    of  Franchifes,    or  any 
other,  by  Mifprifion  of  the  Clerks  of  any  of  the  faid 
Courts  of  the  King,  or  by  Mifprifion  of  the  Sheriffs, 
Under-iherifts,  Coroners,  their  Clerks,  or  other  Of- 
ficers, Clerks,  or  other  Minifters  whatsoever,  in  wri- 
ting one  Letter  or  one  Syllable  too  much  or  too  lit- 
tle,  fhall  have  Power  to  amend  fuch  Defaults  and 
Mifprifions  according  to  theirDifcretion,  and  by  Ex- 
amination thereof  by  the  faid  Juftices  to  be  taken  D      _    . 
where  they  fhall  think  needful.     (2)  Provided  that ^&f 'n* 
this  Statute  do  not  extend  to  Records  and  Procefles  Outlawries. 
in  the  Parts  of  Wales,    (3)  nor  to  the  Procefles  and  14  Ed.  3.  ftat.  »■ 
Records  of  Outlawries  of  Felonies,   and  Treafons, c-  6- 
and  the  Dependences  thereof.' 

c.  4.  18  H.  6.  c.  9.  5  EHx,  c,  23.  27  El'.x,  c.  5.  and  4  Ann.  c.  16. 


S  R:  2.  c.  4. 

I  H.  5.  c.  5. 
lahat  Defecii  may 


CAP.     XVI. 

By  what  Perfons  Efcheators  fhall  find  an  Office,  and  in  what  Time  he  fhall  Certify  it. 
Patent  made  of  Lands  feifed  upon  an  Inqueft. 


A 


TEM  pur  efchuer  lez  dolours  grevancez  &  dif- 
heretifons  qi  de  jour  en  autre  aveignent  as  plu- 
lburs  lieges  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  par  les  efchetours 
de  ceo  qils  preignent  enqueftes  denquerer  devaunt 
eux  fibien  par  vertue  des  briefs  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roy  come  de  lour  office  favourablement  &  noun 
duement  par  gentz  nient  empanellez  ne  retournez 
a  eux  par  les  vifcountz  des  countes  &  pluiftoft  pur 
lour  propre  gayne  &  pur  difheretifon  des  lieges  no- 
ftre Seignur  le  Roy  qe  pur  profit  mefme  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  Et  auxi  de  ceo  qe  les  terres  &  tene- 
mentz  des  plufours  lieges  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy 
fount  feifezes  mains  noftre  Seignur  leRoy  fur  tielx 
enqueftes  &  autres  &  leffez  par  le  Chaunceller  ou 
Treforer  a  ferme  devaunt  ceoqe  mefmes  les  enque- 
ftes foient  retournez  en  la  Chancellarie  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roy  eft  ordine  par  auftorite  de  ceft  pre- 
fent  parlement  qe  nul  efchetour  ne  commiffioner 
preigne  afcunement  afcun  enqueft  denquerrer  finon 
des  gentz  retournez  &  empanellez  par  le  vifcount 
en  le  counte  deins  quell  il  eft  efchetour  ou  commif- 
iioner.  Et  ft  afcun  efchetour  ou  commimoner 
-preigne  enquefte  des  "gentz  qi  ne  fount  mye  enpa- 
cielleZ  ne  retournez  par  le  vifcount  come  defuis  eft 
<lit  &  ent  par  examination  ou  autrement  al  fuite  de 

Vox    L 


TEM,  To  efchew  the  Dolours,  Grievances,  andAn  Efcheatt* 
Difherifons,  which  dailv  do  happen  to  many  of'.fha11  "?ke,  n° 

T~     t?"        >       1*  Tl  it        ^1        T^  r  1      .  r  1  inqueft,    but  ba- 

the King  s  liege  reople  by  the  tlcbeators,  for  tnat  fuc\  pcrrons  as 

they  take  Inquefts,   to  inquire  before  them,  as  welliie  returned  by    - 
by  Virtue  of  the  King's  Writs,  as  of  their  Offices,  the  sheriff. 
favourably  and  not  duly,  by  People  not  impanelled Raft-  f*'-  3'5' 
nor  returned  to  them  by  the  Sheriffs  of  the  Counties, 
and  more  often  for  their  private  Gain,  and  for  tlv? 
Difherifon  of  the  King's  liege  People,  than  for  the 
Profit  of  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King,    (2)  and  alfo 
for  that  the  Lands  and  Tenements  of  many  of  the 
King's  liege  People  be  feifed  into  the  King's  Hands 
upon  fuch  Inquefts,  or  let  to  ferm  by  the  Chancellor 
or  Treafurer,  before  fuch  Inquefts  be  returned  in  the 
Chancery;"  '  (3)  our  Lord  the  King  hath  ordained, 
by  the  Authority  of  this  prefent  Parliament,  that  no 
Efcheator  or  Commiffioner  take  in  any  wife  any  In- 
queft to  inquire,   but  of  People  returned  ahd  imp.i-' 
nelled   by  the  Sheriffs  in  the  County  within  which 
he  is  Efcheator  or  CommiiT.ener.     (4)  And  :if  anyW™:Li™'' 
Efcheator  or  Commiffioner  take  Inquefts  of  People  ,';'.''d,,n^  rh.e 
which  be  not  impanelled  nor  returned  by  the  Sheriff", ,  '"^  \n  i„"  *£ 
as   is  afore  faid, '  and    thereof  by 'Exam':nation,    oror-  offce,  (hail 
otherwife,  at  the  Suit  of  the  Party,  which  for  him- be  let  to  term, 
■felf  or  for  the  King,  or  any  other  Perfon  that  will  V3  H* 6-  *■  *• 


Bb.bb 


-fue- 


554       C.  1 6. 


The  Lands  fhall 
be  let  to  feim  to 
him  that  ten- 
dered! a  Traverfe 
to  the  Office. 
36  Ed.  3.  flat.  1. 
c.  13.. 

j  H.  8.  c.  10. 
23  H.  6.  c.  17, 
Kel.  f.  i78. 


36  Ed.  1.  flat. 
I.  c.  13. 


Efcheators  and 
Commiffioners 
fhall  return  an 
Office  found 
before  them. 
1.8  H.  6.  c.  7. 


Fd'-thc  prmlded 
fur  by  I  H.  8. 

c.  8.  and  2  e"  3 c-  for  ever. 
£<*.  6.  c.  8. 


fue,  be  duly  convict,  for  every  Inqueft  fo  taken  that 
he  incur  the  Pain  and  Forfeiture  of  xl.  li.  to  be  paidj 
that  is  to  fay,  the  one  Half  to  the  King,  and  the 
other  Half  to  the  Party  grieved,  at  whofe  Suit  he  fhall 
be  convict.  (5)  And  that  no  Lands  nor  Tenements 
feifed  into  the  Hand  of  our  Lord  the  King,  upon 
fuch  Inquefts  taken  before  the  Efcheators  or  Com- 
miffioners, be  not  in  any  wife  let  nor  granted  to  ferm 
by  the  Chancellor  or  Treafurer  of  England,  or  any 
other  the  King's  Officer,  until  the  fame  Inquefts  and 
Verdicts  be  fully  returned  in  the  Chancery,  or  in 
the  Exchequer,  (6)  but  all  fuch  Lands  and  Tene- 
ments fhall  intirely  and  continually  remain  in  the 
Hands  of  our  Lord  the  King,  until  the  faid  Inquefts 
and  Verdicts  be  returned,  and  by  a  Month  after  the 
fame  Return,  if  it  be  not  fo  that  he  or  they  which 
feel  them  grieved  by  the  fame  Inquefts,  or  putting 
out  of  their  Lands  and  Tenements,  come  jnto  the 
Chancery,  and  profer  themfelves  to  traverfe  the  faid 
Inquefts,  and  then  offer  to  take  the  fame  Lands  or 
Tenements  to  ferm  ;  (7)  and  if  they  fo  do,  that  then 
the  fame  Lands  or  Tenements  be  committed  to  them, 
if  they  fhew  good  Evidence,  proving  their  Traverfe 
to  be  true,  after  the  Form  of  the  Statute  made  the 
thirty  fixth  Year  of  King  Edward  III.  after  the 
Conqueft,  to  hold  until  the  Iffue  taken  upon  the 
fame  Traverfe  be  found  and  difcufied  for  the  King, 
or  for  the  Party,  finding  fufficient  Surety  to  purfue 
the  faid  Traverfe  with  Effect,  and  to  render  and  pay 
to  our  Lord  the  King  the  yearly  Value  of  the  Lands 
whereof  the  Traverfe  fhall  be  fo  taken,  if  it  be  dif- 
cufied for  the  King.  (8)  And  if  any  Letters  Patents 
of  any  of  the  Lands  or  Tenements  be  made  to  the 
contrary  to  any  other  Perfon,  or  let  to  ferm  within 
the  faid  Month,  after  the  faid  Month  of  Return, 
they  fhall  be  holden  for  none.  (9)  And  that  the- 
Efcheators  or  Commiffioners,  upon  Pain  of  the 
Forfeiture  of  xx.  li.  to  be  paid,  that  is  to  fay,  the 
one  Half  to  the  King,  and  the  other  Half  to  the 
Party  at  whofe  Suit  he  fhall  be  convict,  return  the 
Inquefts  before  them  taken  into  the  Chancery  of  our 
Lord  the  King,  or  into  the  Exchequer,  within  a 
Month  next  after  the  taking  of  the  fame.  And  every 
Man  which  will  fue  for  the  King  fhall  have  the  Suit 
in  this  Behalf.  (10)  Provided  always,  That  this 
Statute  begin  and  take  Effect  and  Force  in  the  Feaft 
of  Eafter  next  coming,    and  not  before,,  to  endure 


Anno  o&avo  Henrici  VI.  A.  D.  1429. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
partie  qe  pur  luy  mefmes  ou  pur  le  Roy  ou  autre 
perfone  qeconqe  voille  purfuer  foit  convict  due- 
ment  pur  chefcun  enqueft  enfy  priz  qe  encourge 
la  peine  &  forfaiture  de  xl.  li.  a  paiers  ceftaffaver 
lun  moite  au  Roi  &  lautre  moite  au  partie  a  qi 
fuyte  il  ferra  convict.  £t  qe  nulles  terres  ne  te- 
nementz  feifez  es  mayns  noitre  Seignur  le  Roy  fur 
enqueftez  prifez  devaunt  les  efchetours  ou  com- 
miffioners ne  foient  afcunement  lefiez  ne  grauntez 
a  ferme  par  le  Chaunceller  ou  Treforer  dEngleterre 
ou  autre  officer  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qiconqe  tanqe 
qe  mefmes  les  enqueftes  &  verditz  foient  retournez 
pleinement  en  la  Chauncellarie  ou  en  lefchequer 
mes  demoergent  toutz  tielx  terres  &  tenementz  en- 
tierment  &  continualment  es  mains  noftre  Seignur 
le  Roy  tanqe  les  ditz  enqueftes  &  verditz  foient  re- 
tournez &  par  un  mois  apres  mefme  le  retourne  fi 
iffint  ne  foit  qe  celuy  ouceux  qi  fente  ou  fentent  eux 
grevez  par  mefmes  les  enqueftes  ou  ouftez  de  lour 
terres  ou  tenementz  veignent  en  la  Chauncellarie  & 
foy  proferont  de  traverfer  lez  ditz  enqueftes  &c  foy 
ofteront  de  prendre  mefmes  les  terres  &  tenementz 
a  ferme.  Et  qe  ft  iffint  fount  qe  adonqes  mefmes  lez 
terres  &  tenementz  foient  commiz  a  eux  fils  mon- 
ftrent  bones  evidencez  provantz  lour  travers  eftre 
verrois  folonc  la  fourme  de  leftatut  fait  Ian  xxxjc  le 
Roy  E.  tiers  puis  le  conqueft  a  tenir  tanqe  lifiue  fur 
mefme  le  travers  pris  foit  &  difcuffu  pur  le  Roy  ou 
pur  le  partie  trovant  fufficiant  fuerte  de  fuir  le  dit 
travers  ove  effect  &  de  rendre  &  paier  a  noftre  Seig- 
nur le  Roy  le  annuel  value  des  tenementz  dont  le 
travers  enfi  ferra  priz  fil  foit  difcuffe  pur  le  Roy,. 
Et  fi  afcuns  lettres  patentz  des  afcuns  terres  ou  te- 
nementz foient  faitz  aucontrarie  a  afcun  autre  per- 
fone ou  lefiez  a  ferme  deins  le  dit  moys  apres  le  dit 
mois  du  retourne  foient  voidez  &  tenuz  pur  null. 
Et  qe  les  efchetours  &  commiffioners  fur  peine  de 
forfaiture  de  xx.  li.  a  paiers  ceftaffavoir  lun  moite 
al  Roi  &  lautre  moite  al  partie  a  qi  fuyt  il  ferra 
convict  retournent  en  la  Chauncellarie  noftre  Seig- 
nur le  Roy  ou  en  lefchequer  lez  enqueftes  devaunt 
eux  prifez  deins  un  moys  profcheyn  apres  la  prife 
dicelles.  Et  eyt  chefcun  qi  voet  fuyr  pur  le  Roy 
la  fuyte  en  ce  1  partie.  Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  ceil 
eftatut  commence  &  preigne  effeft  &  force  en  la 
feft  de  Pafqe  profchein  avenir  a  durer  perpetuel-, 
ment  &  nemye  devaunt,. 


CAP.      XVII. 


Wools,  Fells,  ci?<r.  (hipped  out  of  England,  Wales,  or  Ireland,  for  any  Place  but  Calais,  (hall  be 
forfeited  by  the  double,  except  by  Merchants  of  Jean,  Venice,  &.c.     See  Appendix. 

CAP.      XVIII. 
Certain  Ordinances  made  for  the  Prices  of  Merchandifes,  and  Maintenance  of  the  Town  and 

Mint  at  Calais.     See  Appendix. 

C    A    P.      XIX. 
if  a  Mariner  fhall  receive  into  his  Ship  any  Merchandifes,  or  carry  them  to  any  other  Place, 
than  to  the  Staple  at  Calais,  the  Goods  and  Ship  fhall  be  forfeited.     See  Appendix. 

CAP.     XX. 

No  Merchant  oF  Calais  fhall  buy  beyond  the  Sea  any  Merchandife  of  the  Staple. 

See  Appendix. 
4,  **  CAP;. 


A.  D. 


Anno  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


C.  21— -23, 


1429. 

CAP.      XXI. 

A  Repeal  of  all  Licerlces  granted  to  Men  of  Newcaftle  and  Berwick,  to  carry  Merchandifes  to 
other  Places  than  to  Calais.     The  Penalty  for  carrying  of  Merchandifes  of  the  Staple  into 

Scotland.     See  Appendix. 


sss 


CAP.     XXII. 

What  is  requifite  to  be  done  in  winding  and  packing  of  Wool. 

beard  any  Wooll. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  graunt  arerifment  aveigne 
au  Roy"  de  fez  cuftumes  &  fubfidies  par  ceux 
qi  clakkent  &  forcent  les  bones  lains  du  Roialme 
pur  eux  carier  dehors  dicell  en  eftraunges  paiis 
ordinez  eft  qe  null  eftraunger  ne  face  forcer  clak- 
ker  ne  barder  null  maner  des  leins  pur  carier 
hors  du  Roialme  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  de  mefmes 
lez  lains  ovefqe  le  double  value  dicell  &  dem- 
prifonement  de  fon  corps.  Et  qe  null  pakkur 
dez  lains  ne  face  deins  le  dit  Roialme  forfqe  bone 
&:  due  pakkure  ne  qe  null  face  null  inwynde  deins 
la  tefone  des  lains  a  lenrollement  de  fes  lains  ne 
mette  en  icell  lokkes  pelwoll  tarre  peers  fablon 
terre  ne  herbe  ne  null  autre  ordeur  et  qiqe  le 
face  eit  la  partie  qe  fe  fente  greve  envers  luy  fa 
adtion  a  la  commune  ley  de  trelpas  5t  deceit. 


None  fhall  force,  clack,  or 


23  H.  8.  c.  17.  See  farther  concerning  the  Exportation  ofJVcolt&c.  12  Car, 
TV.  3.  c.  10.  4  Ann.  c.  7.  3  Geo.  r.  c.  21.  4  Geo,  1.  c.  Hi  5  Geo. 
29  Geo.  2,  c.  33.  and  30  Gen.  2.  c.  12. 


ITEM,  For  as  much  as  great  Hinderance  cometh 
to  the  King  in  his  Cuftoms  and  Subfidies  by 
them  that  do  clack  and  force  the  good  Wools  of  the 
Realm,  to  carry  them  out  of  the  fa>ne  into  ftrange 
Countries  ;"  '  (2)  it  is  ordained,  That  no  Stranger 
fhall  caufe  to  be  forced,  clacked,  nor  bearded,  any 
Manner  of  Woolls,  to  carry  them  out  of  the  Realm, 
upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  the  fame  Woolls,  with 
the  double  Value  of  the  fame,  and  of  Imprifonment 
of  his  Body.  (3)  And  that  no  Wool-packer  fhall 
make  within  the  Realm,  bu;  good  and  due  Packing  ; 
(4)  and  that  no  Man  make  any  Inwinding  within 
the  Fleece  of  Woolls  at  the  rolling  up  of  his  Woolls, 
nor  put  in  the  fame  Locks,  Peltwooll,  Tar,  Stones, 
Sand,  Earth,  Grafs,  nor  any  Dirt ;  (5)  and  if  any 
do,  he  that  feeleth  him  grieved  fhall  have  his  Action 
at  the  Common  Law,  of  Trefpafs  and  Deceit.'  Farther  provided 

for  3  Ed.  4.  c.  1. 
c.  32.  13  &  14  Car.  2.  c.  18.  7  ty  8  W.  3.  c.  28.  9  £?  10  W.  3.  ,..  .0-  ,0g,, 
'.II.      5  Gt'd  2.  f.  21,     12  Geo.  2,  c.  21.     25  Geo.  2.  c.  14.     26  GCj,  z,c.  Sfifii. 


CAP.     XXIII. 

No  Thrums  of  Woollen  Yarn  fhall  be  carried  out  of  the  Realm. 


ITEM  pur  taunt  qe  les  textours  deins  le 
Roialme  fount  &  devaunt  ces  heours  ount 
eftez  accuftumez  quant  ils  ount  overez  un  drap 
bien  pres  le  fin  de  trencher  a  part  a  lour  finguler 
avantage  les  files  qi  demuront  nient  texez  &  les 
appellent  thrommes  a  graunde  deceit  de  ceux  as 
queux  les  dit  draps  fount  &  mefmes  les  thrommes 
vendount  a  tielx  perfones  qe  icelles  amefnent  en 
Flaundres  &  autres  eftraunges  paiis  come  bone 
merchanJife  tut  foit  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ent 
nad  null  profit  de  cuftume  ne  fubfidee  qar  defoubz 
le  colour  de  tielx  thrommes  diverfes  perfones  fibien 
eftraungiers  come  deinfzeins  engrocent  &  coillent 
es  diverfes  parties  du  dit  Roialme  graunde  quan- 
tite  des  files  des  fines  lains  appellez  Wollenyarn 
&  icelles  amefnent  es  dites  eftraunges  parties  & 
ent  facent  bones  draps  ency  qe  defoubz  ceft  fub- J 
tile  colour  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  eft  chefcun  an! 
graundement  defraudez  de  fez  cuftumes  &  fubfi- 
dees  qe  a  luy  devoient  fourder  fils  feuflent  pleine-  : 
ment  oeverez  dcinz  le  dit  R.oialme  ou  autrement 
fils  ne  feOFSnt  oeverez,  mes  en  lains  amefnez  a 
leftaple  de  Caleis.  Pur  qoy  ordinez  eft  qe  null 
homme  ne  carie  ne  amefne  hors  du  Roialme  null 
maner  des  thrommes  ne  files  des  lains  appellez, 
Wollenyarn  defoubz  colour  de  thrommes  fur  pain 
dc  forfaiture  de  la  double  value  dicell.  I 


ITEM,  Becaufe  the  Weavers  within  this  Realm 
be  and  heretofore  have  been  accuftomed,  that 
when  they  wrought  a  Cloth  near  the  EnJ,  to  cut 
away  for  their  private  Profit  the  Thread  which  is 
left  unwoven,  and  call  the  fame  Thrums,  and  to  the 
great  Deceit  of  the  Owners  of  the  fame  Cloths,  they 
fell  the  fame  Thrums  to  fuch  Perfons  which  carry 
them  into  Flanders  and  other  Places*,  though  the*  Adl1  «»£■«* 
King  have  thereof  no  Profit  of  Cuftom  nor  Sublidy :  MercUadasc. 
(2)  For  under  the  Colour  of  fuch  Thrums  divers 
Perfons,  as  well  Strangers  as  Denizens,  do  ingrofs 
and  gather  in  divers  Parts  of  the  faid  Realm,  great 
Quantity  of  Woollen  Thread,  called  Woollen 
Yarn,  and  the  fame  do  carry  to  the  faid  ftrange 
Parts,  and  thereof  make  good  Cloths ;  (3)  fo  that 
under  this  fubtil  Colour  the  King  is  yearly  greatly 
defrauded  of  his  Cuftoms  anJ  Subfidies,  which 
ought  to  rife  to  him,  if  they  were  fully  wrought 
within  the  faid  Realm,  or  elfe  if  they  were  not 
wrought,  but  in  Woolls  brought  to  the  Staple  of 
Calais:"  '  (4)  Wherefore  it  is  ordained,  That  no 
Man  fhall  carry  or  convey  out  of  the  faid  Realm 
any  Manner  of  Thrums,  or  Woollen  Yarn  under 
Colour  of  Thrums,  upon  Pain  to  forfeit  the  double 
Value  of  the  fame.'  23  h.  6.  c.  3* 


Bbbb  a 


CAP. 


556       C.  24 — 26. 


Anno  o&avo  Henrici  VI.  A.  D.  1429. 

CAP.      XXIV. 

None  fhall  pay  Merchants  Aliens  in  Gold,  but  in  Silver.     Merchandife  fhall  not  be  fold  to 

an  Alien,  but  for  prefent  Payment. 


No  Man  fli  all  be 
compelled  to 
pay  Gold  to  a 
Merchant  Alien, 
4  H.  7.  c.  13*. 
*  Read  13. 


No  Englishman 
ihall  fell  his 
Goods  to  a  Mer- 
chant Alien,  but 
for  prefent  Pay- 
ment, or  other 
Merchandife. 
slltsrecL  by  9  H. 
6.  c  i. 


"  TTEM,  For  that  Merchants  Aliens  of  late  have 
"  J.  taken  in  Cuftom,  that  when  they  fell  any  of 
"  their  Merchandifes  to  any  Perfon  within  the  Realm, 
"  they  will  not  demand  nor  receive  for  any  Payment 
"  for  the  fame  any  Manner  of  Silver,  as  they  were 
"  wont,  but  only  Gold  Nobles,  Half  Nobles,  and 
"  Farthings,  which  from  time  to  time  thejr  do  carry 
"  out  of  the  Realm  into  other  ftrange  Countries, 
"  where  they  be  changed  to  their  Increafe,  and  forged 
"  in  other  Coins,  fo  that  they  gain  in  the  Allay  of 
"■  every  Noble  Twenty  Pence,  againft  the  Tenour 
"  of  the  Statutes  thereof  made,  and  to  the  great  Pre- 
"  judice  of  this  whole  Realm." 

'  II.  Our  Lord  the  King  willing  in  this  Cafe  to 
'  provide  Remedy,  hath  ordained,  That  no^  Merchant 
'  Alien  ihall  conftrain  nor  bind  any  of  the  King's  liege 
'  People  by  Promife,  Covenant  or  Bond,  to  make  him 
'  Payment  ihr  Gold  for  any  Manner  of  Debt  which 

*  to  him  may  be  due,    nor  refufe  to  receive  Payment 

*  in  Silver  for  any  Manner  of  fuch  Duty  or  Debt,  upon 
'  the  Pain  of  "the  double  Value  of  the  fame.  (2)  And 
s  alfo  to  efchew  the  great  Loffes  which  divers  Perfons 
'  of  this  Realm  of  England  have  had,  and  alfo  be 
'  likely  to  have,  for  their  Loans  made  of  their  Mer- 
c  chandifes  to  Merchants  Aliens,  which  have  fled 
'  with  the  fame,  and  daily  take  Sanctuaries,  it  is  or- 
'  dained,  That  no  Englijhman  fhall  fell  within  this 
'  Realm,  or  caufe  to  be  fold  hereafter,  to  any  Mer- 
'  chant  Alien,  any  Manner  of  Merchandifes,  but  only 
'  for  ready  Payment  in  hand,  or  elfe  in  Merchandifes 
'  for  Merchandifes,  to  be  paid  and  contented  in  hand, 
'  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  the  fame.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

TEM  pur  ceo  qe  les  merchantz  aliens  jatarde 
ount  prife  en  cuftume  qe  quant  ils  vendont 
afcuns  de  lour  merchandifes  a  afcun  perfone  deins 
le  Roialme  ils  ne  voillent  demaunder  ne  receiver 
pur  afcun  paiement  pur  icell  null  maner  dargent 
ficome  ils  foloient  faire  mes  foulment  or  nobles 
dimi  nobles  &  ferlyngs  les  queux  de  temps  en 
temps  ils  amefhent  hors  dm  Roialme  en  autres 
eftraunges  paiis  lou  ils  fount  chaungiez  a  lour  en- 
crece  &  forgez  en  autres  coignes  enfy  qils  gaig- 
nent  en  lallaie  de  chefcun  noble  xx  d.  encontre 
le  tenure  des  eftatutz  ent  faitz  a  graunde  preju- 
dice du  Roi  &  de  fon  Roialme  univerfell. 

Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  en  ceo  cas  voillant 
purvoier  de  remedie  ad  ordine  qe  null  marchant 
alien  ne  ferra  arter  ne  lier  afcun  des  lieges  du  Roi 
par  pact  covenant  ne  lige  de  luy  faire  paiement 
en  or  pur  nulle  manere  de  dette  qi  a  luy  poet 
eftre  due  ne  refufe  de  receiver  paiement  en  argent 
pur  afcun  maner  de  tiel-  duete  ou  dette  fur  peyn 
de  double  value  dice]] .  Et  auxi  pur  efcheuer  le 
graunde  perde  qe  divers  perfones  de  ceft  Roialme 
ount  euz  &  font  femblablez  davoir  par  lour  ap- 
preftz  faitz  de  lour  merchandifes  as  merchantz 
aliens  qount  enfuez  ovec  icelles  hi  de  jour  ei  autre 
preignent  fanctuaries  ordinez  eft  qe  null  Englois 
ne  vende  deinz  ceft  Roialme  ne  face  vendre  de 
ceft  jour  en  avaunt  a  null  marchant  alien  null 
maner  de  merchandifes  mes  foulement  pur  preft 
paiement  en  moneye  ou  autrement  en  merchandifes 
pur  merchandifes  pur  eftre  paiez  &  content  en. 
main  fur  peyn  de  forfaiture  dicell... 


CAP.     XXV. 

The  Mayor  of  the  Staple  of  Calais  fhall  continue  two  Years  in  his  Office.     See-  Appendix. 

C    A    P.      XXVI. 

The  Penalty  if  in  any  Action  the  Defendant  make  Default  to  put  the  Lords,  Mayors,  l£c, 

from  their  Jurifdiction.. 


"  TTEM,  It  is  ordained  by  the  Authority  aforefaid, 
'■  J.  That  in  all  Writs  of  Affifes,  and  of  Actions  per- 
'  ional,  fued  or  to  be  fued  before  the  King  in  his 
'  Bench,  Juftices  of  the  Common  Place,  or  any 
'  other  the  King's  Juftices  for  he  time  being,  of  any 
4  Lands  or  Tenements,  or  of  any  thing  being,  and 
1  rifing  within  any  Seignory,  Franchife,  or  antient 
'  Demefne,   whereof  tne  Cognizance   or,  Jurifdiction 

*  ought  to-  pertain  to  any  Lords,    Mayors,    Bailiffs, 

*  Citizens,  Burgeffes,  or  Commonalty  of  fuch  Seigno- 
*■  ries,  Franchifes,  or  antient  Demefne,  that  then  if 
'  any  Defendant  in  any  fuch  Aiiife,  or  other  Actions 

*  perfonal,  make  any  Default,  to  put  out,,  exclude,. 
*•  and  expel  the    aforefaid   Lords,   Mayors,    Bailiffs, 

*  Citizens,  Burgeffes,  01  Cornmonaly  of  their  Cog- 
'•  nizance  or  Franchife,  that  the  Juftices,  at  the  Re- 
*'  queft  of  the  faid  Lords*,  Mayors,  Bailiffs,  Citizens, 
*•  Burgeffes,.  or  Commonalty,   fhall  make  Inquiry  by 

*  the  Affile,  where  fuch  Exception  is  alledged  m  Af- 


ITEM  ordinez  eft  par  auftorite  defufdite  qen. 
toutz  briefs  daffifes  &  daiSHons  perfonelx  fues- 
ou  a.fuers  devaunt  le  Roi. en  fon. bank  Juftices  de 
commune  Bank  ou  autres  Juftices  le  Roi  qiconqe 
pur  le  temps  efteantz  dafcuns  terres.  tenementz. 
ou  autres  chofes  efteant  ou  furdaunt  deinz  afcuns^ 
Seignurie  fraunchifc  ou  auncien  demefne  dount 
la  conufance  ou  jurifdiction  doit  aperteigner  as 
afcuns  Seignurs  mairs  baillifs  citezeins  burgeys 
ou-  communalte  de  tielx  Seignurs  fraunchife  ou; 
auncien  demefne  qe  adonqes  li  afcun  defendant  en. 
afcun  tiel  affife  ou  autres  actions  perfonelx  face 
defaute  pur  ouftier  &  excluder  les  ditz  Seignurs 
mails  baillifs  citezeins  burgeys  ou  communalte 
de  lour  fraunchife  ou-  conufance  qe  les  Juftices 
al  requeft  dez  ditz  Seignurs  mairs  baillifs  citezeins 
burgeys  ou  communalte  facent  enquerer  par  laffife- 
ou  tiel  exception  eft  alegge  en  affife  &  en  actions 

perfonelx. 


A.  D.  1429. 


Anno  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


C.  27 — 29. 


557 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
perfonelx  par  enqueftz  apprendre  devaunt  Ies  Juf- 
tices  fi  tielx  defautes  foient  faitz  come  defuis  eft 
dit  ou  nemye  en  queulx  affife  &  enqueft.  iffint 
apprendre  fibien  les  pleintifs  come  les  Seignurs 
mairs  baillifs  citezeins  burgeys  &  communalte 
purront  aver  lour  chalaunge.  Et  fi  trove  foit  par 
ticlx  affiie  ou  enqueftes  iffint  apprendres  qe  tielx 
defautes  ioient  faitz  par  collufion  pur  oultier  & 
excluder  les  ditz  Seignurs  mairs  baillifs  citezeins 
burgeys  ou  communalte  de  lour  fraunchife  liber- 
tees  conufances  ou  jurifdiction  qe  en  tielx  cafes 
les  ditz  briefs  foient  abatuz  &  lez  pleintifs  foient 
en  la  mercy  le  Roy  par  confideration  qil  eft  ordine 
par  lellatuit  fait  Ian  du  reigne  le  Roy  Henry  Aiel 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  ixm(:  qe  fi  afcun  mair  baillif 
communalte  ou  Seignur  dauncien  demene  foit 
nome  en  briefs  daffife  par  collufion  pur  eux  ouftier 
de  lour  conufance  ou  jurifdiclion  en  cell  partie 
qe  les  juftices  primes  enquergent  par  laffife  du 
paiis  de  tiel  collufion  fi  les  ditz  Seignurs  mairs 
bailifs  ou  communalte  le  demandent.  Et  fi  trove 
foit  par  tiel  inquifition  qils  foient  iffint  nomez 
par  collufion  qadonqes  le  brief  abatera. 


fife3,   and  in  Actions   perfonals  by  Inquefts   to  be 
taken  before  the  Juftices,  if  fuch  Defaults  fhall  be 
made  as  afore  is  laid,  or  not :  (2)  In  which  Affife 
and  Inquefts  fo  to  be  taken,    as  well  the  Plaintiffs, 
as  the  Lords,  Mayors,  Bailiffs,  Citizens,  Burgeffes, 
and  Commonalty  may  have  their  Challenge,      (3J9H-4-  c-  p 
And  if  it  be  found  by  fuch  Affifes  or  Inquefts  fo  to  ^a>'°rs' • ?ail.!ffi* 
be  taken,  that  fuch  Defaults  fhall  be  made  by  Col-^j^^ 
lufion,  to  put  out  and  exclude  the  faid  Lords,  May-namcd  Diffeifors* 
ors,    Bailiffs,    Citizens,  Burgeffes,    or  Commonalty  in  Affife  by  Col- 
of  their  Franchifes,  Liberties,  Cognizances,  or  Ju-lufion>  t0Put 
rifdiaion,  that  in  fuch  Cafes  the  fairf  Writs  Jfhall  ^mn£nl 
be   abated,  and  the  Plaintiffs  fhall  be  in  the  King's  °gn' 
Mercy  :   (4)  by  Confideration  that  it  is  ordained  by 
the  Statute  made  the  Ninth  Year  of  the  Reign  of 
King  Henry,  Grandfather  to  our  Lord  the  King,, 
That  if  any  Mayor,  Bailiff,  Commonalty,  or  Lord 
of  antient  Demefne  be   named  in  Writs  of  Affifes 
by  Collufion,  to  put  them  out  of  their  Cognizance 
or  Jurifdicfion  in  this  Behalf,  that  the  Juftices  firft 
fhall  inquire  by  the  Affife  of  the  Country,  of  fuch 
Collufion,    if  the  faid  Lords,    Mayors,    Bailiffs,  or 
Commonalty  the  fame  require  ;  (5)  and  if  it  be  found, 
by  fuch  Inquifition,  that  they  be  fo  named  by  Col- 
lufion, that  then  the  Writ  fhall  abate.' 


CAP.     XXVII. 

A  Remedy  for  the  Inhabitants  of  Tewkejbury  in  the  County  of  Gloucefter,  againft  the  Commo- 
nalty of  the  Foreft  of  Dean,  &c.  to  prevent  future  Robberies  and  Injuries  in  the  Navigation 
on  the  Severn.     See  appendix. 

CAP.      XXVIII. 

There  fhall  be  a  Bridge  made  over  the  Water  of  Burford,  and  another  over  the  Water  of  ^on^Rcu- 

Culhamford  in  the  County  of  Oxford, 

CAP.      XXIX.. 
An  Inqueft  fhall  be  De  medietate  lingua ,  where  an  Alien  is  Party. 


ITEM  come  en  le  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm' 
Ian  xxvij"lc    du   Roi   E.    tierce    entre    autres 
chofes  en  favour  &   libertee   des   merchantz   ef- 
traungiers  repairantz  en  le  Roialme  dEngleterre 
ordine  foit  qe  fi  plee  ou  debate  foit  moeve  devaunt 
le  mair  de  leftaple  entre  les  marchantz  ou   mi- 
niftres  dicell  &  fur  ceo  pur  trier  la  verite  enquefte 
ou  proeve  foit  apprendre  fi  lun  partie  &  lautre 
foit   eftraunge  foit   trie   par  eftraunges  &   fi   lun 
partie  &  lautre  foit  deinfzein  foit  trie  par  deinfzeins 
et  fi  lun   partie  foit  deinfzein  &  Jautre  alien  foit 
lun  moite  de  deinfzeins  &  lautre  moite  des  aliens 
et   enoutre  qen   toutz  rnaners    des    enqueftes   & 
proeves  qi   ferroient  apprendres   ou   affairs   entre  | 
aliens  &  deinfzeins  foient  ils  merchantz  ou  autres 
fibien  devaunt  le  mair  de  leftaple  come  devaunt  1 
qeconqes  autres  juggez  ou  miniftres  tout  foit  le 
Roi  partie  foit  lun  moitee  del  enqueft  ou  proeve 
dez  deinfzeins   &  lautre  moitee  des  aliens  fi  tantz 
des  aliens  foient  en  la  ville  ou  lieu  ou  tiel  enqueft 
ou  proeve  foit  apprendre  qe  ne  foient  my  parties 
ne  ove   les  parties   en  contractz   plees    ou  autres 
querelles  dount  tielx  enqueftes  ou  proe  es  de;  vent 
eftre  prifez  et  ft  tant  dez  aliens  ne  foient  point 
2. 


'  TTEM,  Whereas  in  the  Parliament  holden  2X.WeJi- 18  Ed.  3.  e.  1,3, 
c  X  minjier  the  Twenty-eighth  Year  of  King  Ed- 
'  ward  the  Third,  amongft  other  Tnings  in  Favour 
''  and  Liberty  of  the  Merchants  Strangers  repairing: 
'  into  the  Realm  of  England,  it  was  ordained,  That 
'"'  if  a  Plea  or  Debate  be  moved  before  the  Mayor  of 
"  the  Staple  amongft  the  Merchants  or  Minifters  of" 
'"'  the  fame,  and  for  to  try  the  Truth  thereof  an  In- 
"  queft  or  Proof  is  to  be  taken,  if  the  one  Party  and. 
"  the  other  be  ftrange,  it  fhould  be  tried  by  Strangers  ;•. 
"  {%)  and  if  the  one  Party  and  the  other  be  Denizens,. 
"  it  fhould  be  tried  by  Denizens;  (3)  and  if  ther 
"  one  Party  be  Denizen,  and  the  other  an  Alien,  the 
"  one  half  fhould  be  of  Denizens,  and  the  other  half 
"  Aliens  ;  (4)  and  moreover,  that  in  all  Inquefts  and. 
"  Proofs  which  fhall  be  taken  and  made  betwixt 
"  Aliens  and  Denizens,  be  they  Merchants  or  other, 
"  as  well  before  the  Mayor  of  the  Staple,  as  before 
"  any  other  Judges  or  Minifters,  although  our  Lord 
"  the  King  be  Party,  the  one  half  of  the  Inqueft  or 
"  Proof  fhould  be  of  Denizens,  and  the  other  half  of 
"  Aliens,  if  there  be  fo  many  A  iens  in  the  Town  or 
"  Place  where  fuch  Inqueft  or  Proof  is  to  be  taken, 
Ci  that  be  not  Parties,  nor  with  the  Parties  in  Con— 
"  tracts,  Pleas,  or  other  Quarrels-,  whereof  fuch  In- 
"  quefts,  or  Proofs  ought. to.  he  taken.}  (5  1  ajad.if  there- 

""her 


55S       (C.  29. 


5.  H.  5.  flat.  2, 


-w  be  not  fo  many  Aliens,  then  fo  many  Aliens  mail 
"  be  put  in  fuch  Inquefts  or  Pipaf  ab  (hall  be  found 
"  in  the  fame  Places  or  Towns  which  be  not  Parties 
"  thereunto,  nor  with  the  Parties  as  before  is  faid,. 
"  and  the  Remnant  of  Denizens-  which,  be  good.  Men,, 
"  and  not  fufpecl:  of  the  one  iJarty  nor  of  the  other. 
"  (6)  Sithence  which  Ordinance  the  faid  Merchants 
"  Aliens  have  been  always  demeaned  and  ruled,  as  well 
■"  in  the  Staples,  as  in  other  of  the  King's  Courts, 
"  after  the  Form  of  the  faid  Ordinance,  untii  now 
"  of  late  they  have  been  thereof  retrained  and  im- 
"  peached  by  Colour  of  another  Statute  made  in  the 
"  Parliament  holden  at  Wtjhninjter  the  Second  Year 
"  of  King  Henry,  Father  to  our  Lord  the  King  that 
"  now  is ;  (7)  by  which  Statute,  for  the  great  Mif- 
sc  chiefs,  Damages,  and  Difherifons,  which  daily  do 
"  happen  through  the  Realm,  as  well  in  cafe  of  the 
"  Death  of  a  Man,  as  in  cafe  of  Freehold  and  other 
"  Cafes,  by  them  that  pafs  in  Inquefts,  in  the  faid 
"  Cafe,  which  were  common  Jurors,,  and  other  which 
ci  had  but  little  or  nothing  to  live  uy.on  but  by  fuch 
"  Inquefts,  and  which  had  nothing  to  lofe  becaufe 
"  of  their  falfe  Oaths,  whereby  they  do.  the  more 
"  lightly  offend  their  Confciences ;  ( 8 )  and  for  Amend- 
"  ment  and  Correction  thereof  to  be  had,  it  was  or- 
"  dained  and  ftablifhed,  That  no  Perfon  be  admitted 
"  to  pafs  in  any  Inqueft  upon  Trial  of  the  Death  of 
"  a  Man,  nor  in  any  Inqueft  between  Party  and  Party 
"  in  Plea  Real  or  Perfonal,  whereof  the  Debt  and  the 
"  Damages  declared  do  amount,  to  Forty  Marks,  ex- 
"  cept  the  fame  Perfon  have  Lands  or  Tenements 
"  to  the  yearly  Value  of  Forty  Shillings  above  all 
"  Charges  ;  (9)  becaufe  of  which  Reftraint  and  Im- 
"  peachment  fo  made  to  divers  Merchants  Aliens, 
"  many  of  the  fame  Merchants  Aliens  have  with- 
"  drawn,  and  daily  do  withdraw  them,  and  efchew 
"  to  come  and  be  converfant  on  this  Side  the  Sea,  and 
"  likely  it  is,  that  all  the  fame  Merchants  Aliens  will 
"  depart  out  of  the  fame  Realm  of  England,  if  the  faid 
"  laft  Statute  be  not  more  plainly  declared,  and  the 
"  faid  Merchants  Aliens  ruled,  governed,  and  de- 
meaned in  fuch  Inquefts,  according  to  the  firft  Or- 
dinance aforefaid,  to  the  great  diminifhing  of  the 
King's  Subfidies,  and  grievous-Lofs  and  Damage  of 
all  his  faid  Realm  of  England.  (10)  Our  Lord  the 
"  King  confidering  the  Premiffes,  and  how  that  it  was 
"  not  the  Meaning  of  the  faid  late  King,  nor  of  the 
"  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal  of  the  faid  Parliament, 
''  tohinder  or  prejudice  the  faid  firft  Ordinance  by  the 
"  faid  laft  Statute,  (11)  and  that  the  faid  laft  Statute 
"  was  made  in  refpeiSt  of  the  Mifchiefs  and  Difhc- 
"  rifons  that  happened  by  the  falfe  Oaths  of  the  com- 
"  mon  Jurors  of  the  Realm  of  England,  as  it  appear- 
"  eth  by  exprefs  Words  of  the  fame  Statute,  and  how 
"  that  the  faid  Merchants  Aliens  be  not  common  Ju- 
"  rors,  nor  inhabiting  within  the  faid  Realm,  nor 
"  may  not  purchafe  nor  enjoy  any  Lands  orTenements 
"  in  the  fame,  without  the  King's  fpecial  Licence ;" 
A  Confirmation  «  (12)  and  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King  willing  therein 

»sti!dStaTe»of' to  provide  for  the  Weal  and  Profit  of  him  and  al1 

oraaining'thataij.'  his  Realm,  and  to  efchew  the  Damages  and  Incon- 

fhall  be   «  yeniencies  which  may  eafily  happen  in  this  Behalf, 

Dt  mediate     ^c  an(j  ^Ifo  to  give  to  the  faid  Merchants  Aliens  the 

&lfen  it  Piny.    '  greater  Courage  and  Defirc  to  come  with  their  Wares 


Anno  odlavo  Henrici  VI.  A.  D.  1429 

Ex  Rot.  inTiirr.  Lond. 
adonqes  foient  myz  en  tielx  enqueftes  oil  proeves 


a 
k 

a 
a 


tantz  des  aliens  come  ferront  trovez  en  mefmes 
.les  lieux.  ou  villes  qi  a  ceo  ne  foint  my  parties  ne 
ove  les  parties  come  devaunt  eft  dit  &  le  reme- 
naunt  des  deinfzeins  qi  foient  prodes  homines 
&  nient  fufpicioufes  a  lun  partie  ne  a  lautre. 
Depuis  quell  ordinance: les  ditz  marchantz  aliens 
ojnt  efte  tout  temps  demefnez  &  reulez  fibien 
en  les  ditz  eftaples  come'  en  les  autres  Courtes  du 
Roy  folonc  la  forme  dicell  ordinance  tanqe  jatarde 
qils  ent  ount  efte  reftreintz  &  empefchiez  par 
colour  dun  autre  eftatuit  fait  en  le  parlement  tenuz 
a  Weftm'  Ian  du  regne  le  Roi  fL  pier  noftre  Seig^ 
nur.  le  Roi.qoreft  feconde  par  quell  eftatut  pur  les 
graundes  mefchiefs  &  deiheritances  qe  de  jour 
en,  autre  av*eignoient  parmy.  le  Roialme  dEngle- 
terre  fibien  en  c<is  de  morte  de  home  come  en 
cas.  de  franc  tenement:  &  en  autres  cafes'  par  ceux 
qi  pafierent  es  enqueftes  en  les  dites  cafes  qi 
feurent  communes  jourrours  So  autres  qi  navoient 
qe  poie  de  vivere  mes  par  tielx  enqueftes  &-  lez 
queux.  navoient  rien  a  perdre  par  caufe  de  lour 
faux  ferementz  parount  ils  le  pluis  legierment 
oftenderent  lour  confciences  &  pur  correftion  & 
amendement  ent  avoir  ordine  fuift  &  eftablie  qe 
null  perfone  foit  admys  de  paffer  en  afcun  enqueft 
triall  de  morte  de  homme  ne  en  afcun  enquefte 
parentre  partie  et  partie  en  plee  reall  ou  perfoneil 
donntr  le  dette  &  lez  dammages  declarez  amoun- 
tent  a  xl.  marcs  ft  mefme  la  perfone  nait  terres 
ou  tenementz  del  annuel  value  de  xl.  s.  par  an 
outre  les  reprifes  dicelles  A  caufe  de  quell  reftreint 
&  empefchement  enfy  faitz  as  ditz  merchantz 
aliens  piufours  de  mefmes  lez  marchantz  aliens 
lour  ount  retraihez  &  fe  retrahent  de  jour  en  autre 
&  efchuent  de  venir  &  converfer  par  decea  & 
verifemblable  eft  qe  treftoutz  mefmes  les  mar- 
chantz aliens  lour  voillent  departier  hors  de 
mefme  le  Roialme  ft  le  dit  darrein  eftatut  ne 
foit  pluis  overtement  declarez  &  lez  ditz  mer- 
chant aliens  reulez  governez  &  demefnez  en  tielx 
enqueftes  folonc  la  fourme  del  primer  ordinaunce 
defuifdite  a  trefgraunde  amenafement"  des  fub- 
fidees  du  Roi  &  grevoufe  perde  &  dammage  a 
tout  fan  Roialme  avauntdit.  Noftre  dit  Sejgnur 
le  Roi  confiderant  les  premiffcs  &  qil  ne  fuift 
my  lentention  du  dit  nadgairs  Roi  ne  de  les  Seig- 
nurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  de  fon  dit  parlement 
de  deroger  ou  prejudicer  a  le  dit  primer  ordi- 
naunce par  le  dit  darren  eftatut  &  qe  mefme  le  ■ 
darrein  eftatut  fuift  fait  a  caufe  des  mefchiefs 
&  difheritances  qavenoient  per  lez  faux  ferementz 
des  communes  jurrours  du  Roialme  ficome  il 
appiert  par  expreffcs  paroles  de  mefme  leftatut 
&  coment  les  ditz  marchantz  aliens  ne  font  mye 
communes  jurrours  ne  cnhcritables  deinz  le  dit 
Roialme  ne  purront  purchacer  nenjoier  afcuns 
terres  ou  tenementz  en  icell  faunz  efpeciall  li- 
cence du  Roi.  Et  voillant  pur  ceo  mefme  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  purveier  pur  le  bien  &  profit  de 
lay  &  de  fon  dit  Roialme  &  pur  efcheuer  les  dam- 
mages &  inconveniences  qi  purront  legierment 
aver.ir  en  cell  partie  et  auxi  pur  doner  as  ditz 
merchantz  aliens  le  greindre  corage  &  talent  dc 

venir 


A.  D.  1430. 


Anno  nono  Henrici  VI. 


C. 


559 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
venir  ove  lour  merces  &  merchaadifes  en  ceft 
Roialme  de  ladvys  &  affent  des  Scignurs  efpirituelx 
&  temporelx  efteantz  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  ad 
declaree  le  dit  darrein  eftatut  fait  en  temps  de 
Ton  dit  pier  noun  eftre  afcunement  prejudiciell  au 
elite  primere  ordinaunce  ne  fe  extendre  mes  tant- 
foulement  a  les  enqueftes  aprendres  parentre 
deinfzein  &  deinfzein  ■&  nemy  a  les  autres 
enqueftes  &  proeves  defufdites  &  la  dite  primere 
ordinance  deftre  effeiStuell  &  eftoier  en  fa  force 
&  deftre  myz  en  due  execution  folonc  la  forme 
dicell  le  dit  darrein  eftatut  ou  ceo  qe  lez  aliens 
riount  my  terres  ou  tenementz  a  le  value  de  xl.  s. 
par  an  folonc  la  contenue  de  mefme  le  darrein 
eftatut  meat  contrifteant. 


and  Merchandifes  into  this  Realm,  by  the  Advice  and 
Affent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  being 
in  this  prefent  Parliament,  hath  declared  the  faid  lalt 
Statute,  made  in  the  Time  of  his  Father,  to  be  in 
no  wife  prejudicial  to  the  faid  Ordinance,  nor  to  ex- 
tend itfelf  but  only  to  the  Inquefts  to  be  taken  be-  And  the  Statute 
twixt  Denizen  and  Denizen,  and  not  to  other  In-" _*    '  ^m!"j 
quefts  and  Proofs  aforefaid ;  (13)  and  the  faid  firftto  inqu'efts  taken 
Ordinance  to  be  effectual  and  ftand  in  Force,  and  between  Denizen 
to  be  put  indue  Execution  according  to  the- Form  and  Denizen, 
of  the  fame,  notwithftanding  the  laid  laft  Statute,  or 
that  the  Aliens  have  not  Lands  or  Tenements  to  the 
Value  of  Forty  Shillings  by  the  Year,  according  to 
:  the  Purport  of  the  fame  laft  Statute  and  Ordinance.' 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  9  Hen.  VI.  and  Anno  Dom.  1430. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun-.  Lond. 

AU  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  Vendredy 
profchein  devar.t  le  fell  de  Seint  Hillary 
Ian  du  -regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qoreft 
noefifme  diverfez  eftatutz  &  ordenaunces  feurent 
faitz  &  or.dinez  par  advis  &  affent  des  Seignurs 
efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a  la  efpeciall  requeft 
des  Communes  du  Roialme  en  le  dit  parlement 
affemblez  en  la  fourme  qenfuit. 


T  the  Parliament  holden  at  Wejhnmfter  the 
Friday  next  before  the  Feaft  of  St.  Hillary, 
the  Ninth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Lord 
"  the  King  that  now  is,  divers  Statutes  and  Ordi- 
"  nances  were  made  and  eftablifhed  by  the  Advice 
"  and  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal, 
"  and  at  the  fpecial  Requeft  of  the  Commons  of  the 
"  Realm  affembled  in  the  faid  Parliament,  in  the  Form' 
"  following," 


GAP.      I. 

All  Affiles  and  Niji prius  fhall  be  adjourned  during  this  Parliament,  until  certain  Days.. 

See  Appendix. 

CAP.      II. 

Englifi  Merchants  may  fell  their  Merchandife  to  Aliens,  giving  them  only  fix  Months  Credit, 
notwithftanding  the  Statute  of  8  Hen.  6.  c.  24.     See  Appendix* 

C    A    P.     III. 
The  Proceedings  againft  Owen  Gkndour,  attainted  of  High  Treafon,  fhall  ftand  good,   not- 
withftanding any  Error,  Mifprifion,  &c,  but  fhall  not  prejudice  his  Heirs.  See  Appendix. 

CAP.      IV. 

An  Identitate  nominis  maintainable  by  Executors,  csV. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  avaunt  ces  heures  diverfes 
utlagaries  ount  efte  pronunciez  en  divers  des 
lieges  du  Roi  fibien  devaunt  leftatut  dadditions  fait 
a  Weftm'  Ian  primer  le  Roi  Henri  quint  pier  a 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qoreft  come  depuis  a  caufe 
des  queles  utlagaries  les  c  rps  dautres  gentz  eiantz 
autielx  &  femblables  nouns  come  ceux  qi  feurent 
utlagez  en  fait,  avoient  ount  efte  prifez  &  emprifo- 
nez  &  lours  bier.s  &  cbateulx  pur  celle  caufe  par 
lefchetours  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  &  fes  nobles 
progenitours  feifez  et  combien  qe  par  le  commune 
ley  du  Roialme  brief  de  idemptitate  nominis  ad 
eftee  maintenable  pur  mefme  la  perfone  qe  en  la 
fourme  fuifdite  fuift  n  olefte  &  creve  nepurquant  fi 
afcune  perfone  des  ditz  lieges  eiant  fembiable  noun 
come  afcun  autre  perfone  de  melmez  les  lieges  qen 


T  E  M,  For  that  before  this  Time  many  Outlaw- 1 «,  j,  c.  5, 
ries  have  been  pronounced  againft  divers  of  the 
King's  liege  People,  as  well  before  the  Statute  of 
Additions       ade    at  TVcftminfter  the  Firft  Year  of 
King  Henry  the  Fifth,  Father  to  our  Lord  the  King 
that  now  is,  as  fithence,  in  refpecl:  of  which  Outlaw- 
ries, the  Bodies  of  other  Perfons  having fuch  and  like 
Names  as  they  had  which  were  outlawed  indeed, 
have  been  taken  and  imprifoned,  and  their  Goods 
and  Chatties  for  this  Caufe  feifed  by  the  Efcheators 
of  the  King' and  of  his  noble  Progenitors  :    (2)  And  37  Ed.  3.  c.  2.. 
although  that  by  the  Common  Law  of  the  Re  1m  a  Rat-  ¥>!• 
Writ  of  Idem  titate  nominis  hath  been  maintainable  for 
the  fame  Perfon,1  which  in  the  Form  aforefaid  was 
molefted  and  grieved ;   neverthelefs  if  any  Perfon  of 
the  faid  Lieges,,  having.like  Name  as  any  other  Per- 

"  fon- 


56°       c-  5- 


Anno  nono  Henrici  VI. 


A.D. 


1430. 


An  Idemptitate 
tiom'wis  main- 
tainable by  the 
Executots  of  a 
Teftator  wrong- 
fully molefted 
by  colour  of  2ny 
Outlawry. 


RegTft.  194. 


:  fon  of  the  fame  liege  People  which  was  outlawed  in 
;  Deed,  had  made  his  Executors,  and  died,  often  it 
;  happened,  that  by  Malice  and  fubtil  Imaginations 
;  the  Goods  and  Chatties  of  fuch  Teftator,  which  had 
:  the  fame  Name  as  he  had  which  was  outlawed  in 
;  Deed,  were  feifed  and  efcheated  to  the  Hands  of  our 
;  Lord  the  King  and  of  his  Progenitors,  in  Retardation 
;  of  the  Execution  of  the  Teftament  of  every  fuch 
'  Teftator,  for  the  Doubt  which  hath  been,  whether 
;  any  Executors  may  by  the  Common  Law  have  a 

Writ  of  Idemptitate  nominis,  or  not."  '  (3)  Where- 
fore to  take  away  and  remove  all  fuch  Ambiguities 
and  Doubts  in  this  Cafe  hereafter,  of  the  Affent  and 
Advice  aforefaid,  and  at  the  fpecial  Requeft  of  the 
faid  Commons,  it  is  ordained  and  eftablifhed  by  Au- 
thority of  this  Parliament,  That  a  Writ  of  Idemptitate 
nominis  be  granted  and  made  good  and  maintainable 
for  the  Executors  of  every  Teftator,  to  the  fame  Ef- 
fr.cSf.  that  the  fame  Adfion  of  Idemptitate  nominis  was 
maintainable  before  this  Parliament  for  any  Perfon 
himfelf  which  was  or  might  have  been  molefted  or 
grieved  becaufe  or  by  colour  of  any  fuch  Outlawry. 

(4)  And  that  this  Ordinance  fhall  have  relation  and 
force,  by  Authority  aforefaid,  for  the  Executors  of 
every  Teftator,  as  well  of  every  Outlawry  pro- 
nounced againft  any  Perfon  at  any  Time  before  this 
Parliament,  as  of  all  Manner  of  Outlawries  to  be 
pronounced  againft  any  Perfon  in  Time  to  come.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
fait  fuift  utlage  avoit  fift  fes  executours  &  moruft 
fovent  avient  qe  par  malice  &  fubtilx  ymagina- 
tions  les  biens  &  chateux  de  tiel  teftatour  qe  avoit 
mefme  le  noun  come  celuy  qi  fuift  utlage  en  fait 
avoit  eftoient  feifez  &  efchetez  es  mains  noflxe 
dit  Seignur  le  Roi  &  de  fes  ditz  progenitours 
en  retardation  del  execution  del  teftement  de 
checun  tiel  teftatour  pur  le  doute  qad  eftee  de 
ceo  qe  afcuns  executours  purroient  par  la  com- 
mune ley  avoir  brief  de  idemptitate  nominis  ou 
noun.  Sur  quoy  pur  toller  &  remover  toutz 
tielx  doutes  &  ambiguites  en  ceft  cas  en  apres  del 
affent  &  advis  fuifditz  &  a  la  efpecial  requeft  des 
ditz  Communes  ordeinez  eft  &  eftablez  par  auc- 
torite  de  ceft  parlement  qe  brief  de  idemptitate  no- 
minis  foit  &  poet  eftre  graunte  &  done  bone  & 
maintenable  pur  les  executours  de  chefcun  tefta- 
tour auxibien  &  de  mefme  leffecT:  come  la  dite  ac- 
tion de  idemptitate. nominis  fuift  maintenable  de- 
vaunt  ceft  parlement  pur  afcune  perfone  mefme  qi 
fuift  ou  purroit  avoir  efte  molefte  ou  greve  par 
caufe  ou  colour  dafcune  tiel  utlagarie.  Et  qe  cefte 
ordenaunce  ait  relation  &  force  par  lauctorite  fuif- 
dite  pur  executours  de  chefcun  teftatour  fibien  de 
chefcune  utlagarie  pronuncie  en  afcun  perfone  a 
afcun  temps  devaunt  ceft  parlement  come  de  toutz 
maners  dutlagaries  pronvinciez  en  afcun  perfone  en 
temps  avenir. 


S  H.  6.  c. 


Zf, 


CAP.      V. 

All  Men  fhall  have  free  PafTage  in  Severn  with  Goods,  Chattels,  &c. 


Tartcer  prwidtd 

/or  19  H.  7. 

c.  *3. 

s-j  H.  S,  c.  12. 


IT  E  M,  Becaufe  the  River  of  Severn  is  common 
to  all  the  King's  liege  People,  to  carry  and  re- 
carry  within  the  Stream  of  the  faid  River,  to  Briftol, 
Gloncefter,  and  JVorcefter,  and  other  Places  adjoining 
to  the  faid  River,  all  Manner  of  Merchandifes  and 
other  Goods  and  Chatties,   as  well  in  Trowes  and 
Boats,  as  in  Flotes  commonly  called  Drags,  in  every 
Part  joining  to  the  faid  River;    (3)  within  which 
River  many  JVeljhnen  and  other  Perfons  dwelling  in 
divers  Places  joining  to  the  faid  River,   have  now 
late  affembled  in  gre^t  Number,  arrayed  in  Manner 
of  War,   and  taken  fuch  Flotes,   otherwife   called 
Drags,  and  them  have  hewed  in  Pieces,  and  with 
Force  and  Arms  beaten  the  People  which  were  in 
fuch  Drags,  to  the  Intent  that  they  fhould  hire  of 
the  faid  Weljhynen  and  other  Perfons,  for  great  Sums 
of  Money,  Boats,  and  other  Veffels  for  Carriage  of 
fuch  Merchandifes,  and  other  Goods  and  Chatties, 
to  an  evil  Example  and  great  Impoverifhment  of  the 
faid  liege  People,  if  Remedy  be  not  haftily  provi- 
ded ;"  (3)  it  is  ordained  by  Authority  of  this  Parlia- 
ment, That  the  faid  liege  People  of  the  King  may 
have  and  enjoy  their  free  Paffage  in  the  faid  River 
with  Flotes  and  Drags,  and  all  Manner  of  Merchan- 
difes, and  other  Goods  and  Chatties,  at  their  Will, 
without  Difturbance  of  any  ;    (4)   and  if  any  be  dif- 
turbed  of  hi;  free  Paffage  in  the  faid  River,  the  Party 
grieved  fhall  have  his  Action  according  to  the  Courfe 
of  the  Common  Law.' 


ITEM  pur  tant  qe  la  ryver  de  Severne  eft 
commune  a  toutz  les  leiges  du  Roi  de  carier 
&  recarier  deinz  le  ftreme  uu  dit  ryver  a  Bri- 
ftuyt  Glouceftre  &  Worceftre  &  autres  lieux  au 
dit  river  adjoynantz  toutz  maners  des  merchan- 
difes &  autres  biens  &  chateux  fibien  en  trowes 
&  batelx  come  en  flotes  autrement  appellez  dragges 
en  chefcun  partie  adjoynant  au  dit  river  deinz  quell 
river  divers  Galeis  &  autres  perfones  demurantez 
en  divers  lieux  adjoynantz  au  dit  river  ount  ore 
tarde  affembles  en  graunde  noumbre  arraiez  en 
faire  de  guerre  &  pris  tielx  flotus  autrement  ap- 
pellez dragges  &  eux  ount  trenchez  en  peces 
&  ove  force  &  armes  batuz  lex  gentz  queux 
feurent  en  tielx  flotus  a  lentent  qils  lowerent 
des  ditz  Galeys  &  autres  perfones  pur  graunde 
fumme  de  moneye  batelx  &  autres  veffelx  pur. 
cariage  des  tielx  merchandifes  &  autres  biens  & 
chateux  a  malveis  enfample  &  graunde  empo- 
veriffment  des  ditz  lieges  Ills  ne  foient  hufti- 
ment  remediez.  Si  eft  ordinez  par  auctorite  de 
ceft  parlement  qe  les  ditz  lieges  du  Roi  pur- 
ront  avoier  &  enjoier  lour  frank  paffage  en  le  dit 
river  ove  flotus  &  dragges  &  toutz  maners  des 
merchandifes  &  autres  bens  &  chateux  a  lour 
volunte  faunz  defturbaunce  de  nully.  Et  fi  afcun 
foit  deftourbe  de  fon  frank  paffage  en  le  dit  river 
ait  la  partie  greve  fa  aclion  folonc  le  cours  de  la 
commune  ley. 


C  A  P. 


A.  D.  1430.  Anno  nono  Henrici   VI. 


C.  6 — 9.       561 


CAP.      VI. 

The  Burgeffes  of '  Dorcbefter  fhall  have  their  Weighing  by  Twelve  Miles  about,  &c. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  affentuz  qe  par  force  del 
eftatut  fait  en  le  darrein  parlement  des  poifes 
accordantz  a  leftandard  de  lefcheker  a  eftre  euez 
en  chefcune  citee  burgh  &  ville  deinz  le  Roialme 
ne  foient  les  burgeis  del  burgh  de  Dorcheftre  de- 
ftourbez  de  lour  droit  de  ufer  lour  poifures  par  xij. 
Ieuges  environ  mefme  le  burgh  ufantz  toutz  foitz 
tielx  poifez  come  en  le  dit  eftatut  fount  exprimez 
et  qe  null  droit  ou  title  de  poifure  foit  accrue  a 
afcuny  par  force  de  mefme  le  darrein  eftatut  en 
deftourbaunce  del  droit  des  burgeis  del  burgh  de 
Dorcheftre  defuifdit. 


'   T  T  E  M  it  is  ordained  and  afiented,  That  by  ForceBy  the  Seatufe 
'  A.  of  the  Statute  made   in  the  laft  Parliament,   ofs  H.  6.  0  5. 
'  Weights  according  to  the  Standard  of  the  Exchequer^  ^iefs,f 
<  to  be  had  in  every  City,  Borough,  and  Town  withirino7bfdffturabed 

the  Realm,  the  ijurgelles  of  the  Borough  of  Dorcbefter  t0  ufe  their 
'  fhall  not  be  difturbed  of  their  Right,    to  ufe   theifWYighing  by  ia 
'  weighing  by  twelve  Miles  round  the  fame  Borough, Miles  about  the 
'  ufing  always  fuch  Weights  as  in  the  faid  Statute  be  ame' 
'  expreffed  ;   (2)  and  that  no  Right  nor  Title  of  weigh- 
'  ing  grow  to  any  by  Force  of  the  fame  laft  Statute,  in 
'  Difturbance  of  the  Right  of  the  faid  Burgeffes  of  the 
'  faid  Borough  of  Dorcbejler.' 


CAP.      VII. 

No  Sheriff,  &c.  of  the  County  of  Hereford  fhall  extort  Money,  or  do  Wrong  in  his  Turn,  by 

Colour  of  his  Office.     See  Appendix. 

CAP.     VIII. 
The  Weight  of  a  Wey  of  Cheefe. 


ITEM  come  il  ad  efte  dauncien  temps  ac- 
cuftumez  en  toutz  les  countees  dEngleterre  qe 
les  formages  qe  duffent  eftre  venduz  par  la  wey 
ferroit  poifee  par  le  auncell  et  pur  ceo  qe  a  le 
darrein  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  fuift  ordeigne 
qe  les  ditz  auncelles  a  caufe  de  la  graunde  deceite 
dicelles  ferroient  deftruitz  &  autres  poifes  couch- 
antz  ferroient  celle  partie  ordeinuz  et  eft  ainfi 
qe  les  poverez  gentz  du  Roialme  fount  graunde- 
ment  deceux  par  les  dits  poifes  couchant  a 
caufe  qils  neient  conifaunce  combien  des  livres  le 
wey  de  formage  tient  par  les  ditz  poifez  couch- 
auntz.  Et  pur  ceo  au  fin  qe  les  ditz  poverez 
gentz  ne  ferroient  en  celle  partie  deceux  ficome 
ils  ount  eftee  depuis  le  dit  darrein  parlement  or- 
dine  eft  par  auctorite  de  ceft  parlement  qe  le  pois 
dun  wey  dun  formage  puiffe  tenir  xxxij.  cloves 
ceftafiavoir  chefcun  clove  vij.  li.  par  les  ditz  poifes 
cochantz. 


"  TTEM,  Whereas  it  hath  been  of  old  Times  ac-8  H. 
"  X  cuftomed  in  all  the  Counties  of  England,  that  all 
"  the  Cheefes  which  ought  to  be  fold  by  the  Wey 
"  fhould  be  weighed  by  the  Auncel,  and  becaufe  that 
"  at  the  laft  Parliament  holden  zxIVeJlminfter  it  was  or- 
"  dained,  That  the  faid  Auncels,  in  refpecl  of  the  great 
"  Deceit  of  the  fame,  fhould  be  deftroyed,  and  other 
"  Weights  couching  fhould  be  in  this  Beh  If  ordain- 
"  ed;  and  it  is  fo,  that  the  poor  People  of  the  Realm 
"  be  greatly  deceived  by  the  faid  Weights  couching, 
"  for  that  they  know  not  how  many  Pounds  the  "Wey 
"  of  Cheefe  doth  contain  by  the  faiJ  Weights  couch- 
"  ing."  '  (2)  And  therefore  to  the  Intent  that  the 
'  faid  poor  People  fhall  not  be  in  thij  Behalf  deceived, 
'  as  they  have  been  fithence  the  faid  laft  Parliament, 
'  it  is  ordained  by  the  Authority  of  this  Parliament, 
'  That  the  Weight  of  a  Wey  of  Cheefe  may  contain 
'  xxxii.  Cloves,  that  is  to  fay,  every  Clove  vii  li.  by 
'  the  faid  Weights  couching.' 


6.  c. 


C.  2. 

6.  c.  <,. 

15. 


CAP.      IX. 

The  Chancellor  of  England  may  grant  his  Commiffion  to  certain  Perfons  to  fcour  and  amend 
the  River  Ley  in  the  Counties  of  EJfex,  Hertford,  and  Middlefex. 

ITEM  come  ordeine  foit  par  eftatut  fait  en  temps  le  Roi  E.  puis  le  conqueft  tierce  Ian  de  fon  regne  xxv.  Pr.  and  txo.  15 
qe  toutz  les  gortz  moleyns  eftankes  eftakes  piles  &  kidelx  queux  feurent  mys  en  les  graundes  rivers  d£.n-  Edi  3-  flat-  4- 
gleterre  en  temps  de  Sir  Edward  nadgairs  Roi  dEngleterre  fitz  le  Roi  Henri  &  puis  par  les  queux  niefej"^' 
&i  foatelx  fount  deftourbez  qils  ne  poient  paffer  ficome  ils  foloient  ferront  amoevez  &  nettement  abatuz.     Et ,  k.  6 
coment  puis  en  le  parlement  de  Sire  Henry  nadgairs  Roi  dEngleterre  pier  a  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qorefti3  El. 
tenuz  Ian  de  fon  regne  primer  ordeigne  foit  qe  fibien  le  dit  eftatut  fait  le  dit  an  xxv.  come  un  autre  eitatut 
fait  en  temps  du  dit  Roi  E.  tierce  Ian  de  fon  regne  xlv.  en  toutz  lour  articles  ferront  tenuz  &  fermement 
obfervez  ajouftant  a  icelles  qe  commiffions  ferront  faitz  as  fufficeantz  perfones  pur  eftre  juiiices  en  chefcun 
countee  dEngleterre  ou  bofoigne  ferra  pur  furveier  &  garder  toutz  les  eawes  &  graundes  rivers  deins  le  dit 
Roialme  &  les  defautes  corriger  &  amender  &  due  execution  dez  ditz  eftatutz  folonc  lour  eftecT:  affaire  fibien 
per  lour  furveu  avifement  &  difcretion  come  par  inquifitions  deins  libertees  &  dehors  cnt  apprendrez  qant 
bofoigne  ferra  8c  a  toutz  ies  premiffes  oier  &  terminer.     Et  nient  obftantz  toutz  les  ditz  eftatutz  &  plu- 
fours  autres  eftatutz  faitz  pur  la  confervacie  de  les  ditz  graundes   rivers  il  y  ad  fi  graunde  noumbre  des 
fhelpes  deins  la  river  de  Ley  qeft  en  les  countees  dEffex  Hertf  &  Midd'  qe  court  del  pount  de  la  ville  de 
Ware  jefqe  al  river  de  Thamife  ies  queux  fnelpes  fount  fakz  &  avenuz  par  force  &  cours  del  dite  eawe  de 
Vol.  I,  Cccc  Ley 


Anno  nono  Henrici  VI. 


AD. 


562        C.  10,  11.  /xnno  nono  henrici  vi,  a  u.  1430. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Ley  qe  niefs  &  batelx  ne  poient  paffer  par  la  dite  eawe  de  Ley  ficome  ils  foloient  pur  ceo  qe  null  poier 
ne  au£rorite  eft  done  par  r.ull  eftatut  fait  devaunt  coment  ne  en  quell  maner  les  dites  fhelpes  poient 
eftre  amoevez  ficome  par  une  petition  baillezen  ceft  parlement  par  les  Communes  dicell  fuift  pleinement 
declarez.  Sur  qoy  par  advis  &  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  h  auxi  a  la  requeft  des  ditz 
Communes  graunte  &  ordeigne  qe  le  Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  purra  affigner  certeins 
fufficeantz  commiffioners  qi  averont  poierpar  auclorite  de  ceft  parlerrent  pur  remoever  &  garter  toutz  les 
ditz  fhelpes  hors  del  dit  river  de  Ley  fur  les  riparies  de  mefme  le  river  parenfi  qe  afcun  poet  eftre  trove 
qe  voet  emprendre  de  ceo  faire  faunz  oul'.cr  le  droit  dafcuny.  Et  en  cas  qe  afcun  cheivfauns  ou  creau.  ce 
des  afcuns  fommes  de  moneye  foient  ou  poient  eftre  fait  pur  oufter  &  amoever  les  ditz  fhelpes  qadonqes  les 
commiffioners  del  dit  river  pur  le  temps  efteantz  par  eux  &  par  lour  deputees  purront  par  auctorite  de 
mefme  le  parlement  prendre  &  coiiler  de  chefcun  nief  &  batell  frete  paffant  ou  veignant  en  mefme  la  river 
iiij.  d.  pur  le  repaiement  des  ditz  creaunces  faitz  ou  faires  et  pur  la  confervacie  c.u  dit  rivere  faunz  tielx 
fhelpes  tanqal  fine  de  trois  ans  profcheins  avenirs. 

CAP.      X. 

E  X  P.  Sf  Obf. 

ijiiH. i.e.  13.  A  Rehearfal  and  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  oj  3  Henry  5.  cap.  2.  authorifing  certain  Ab- 
{fJtihjJfiT"  bots  and  otr>er  Religious  Perfons  to  make  their  Attornies.     See  Appendix. 

CAP.     XI. 
Proclamations  before  a  Writ  be  awarded  to  the  Bifhop  to  certify  Baftard'/. 


TEM,  Whereas  by  a  Supplication  delivered  in I 
this  prefent  Parliament  by  the  Commons  of  the 
fame,  it  was  declared  by  Ma  garet  Dutchefs  of  Cla- 
"  rejice,  Johan  Dutchefs  of  York,  'Sifters,  and  amongft 
"  other  Heirs  to  Edmond  Earl  of  Kent,  Richard  Duke 
"  of  York,  Rich  rd  Earl  of  Salifiury,  and  Alice  his 
"  Wife,  Ralph  Earl  of  JFeJlmorland,  John  Lord  of 
"  Typtoft  and  of  Powys,  and  Joyce  his  Wife,  and  Henry 
"  Gray,  Coufins,  and  other  of  the  Heirs  of  the  faid 
"  Edmond  late  Earl,  as  in  the  fame  Supplication  is  fup- 
"  pofed;  that  is.  to  fay,  the  faid  Duke,  Son  to  Anne 
"  Daughter  of  Alianour,  another  of  the  Sifter  of  the 
"  faid  Edmond;  the  faid  Alice,  Daughter  to  Alianour 
"  another  Sifter  of  the  faid  Edmond. ;  the  faid  Ralph, 
"  Son  to  Elizabeth  another  Sifter  of  the  {aid  Edmond ; 
*'  the  faid  'Joyce,  Daughter  to  the,  fame  Alianour  Mo- 
"  tber  of  Anne ;  and  the  faid  Henry  Gray,  Son  to  Johan 
"  Daughter  of  the  fame  Alianour  :  (2)  That  whereas 
"  Alianour,  Wife  to  James  Lord  Audley,  pretending, 
"  calling,  and  affirming  herfelf  Daughter  and  Heir  to 
"  the  faid  Edmond  lat;  Earl  of  Kent,  and  begotten  and 
"  born  in  Marriage  pretenced,  had  betwixt  him  and 
"  Conffance  late  Wife  of 'Thomas  Lord  Defpcnfer,  where 
"  by  the  faid  Supplication  ic  is  fuppofed,  that  the  faid 
"  Alianour,  Wife  to  the  faid  Johns',  is  Baftard,  and 
"  never  was  any  Marriage  made,  had,  nor  folemnized 
"  betwixt  the  (aid  Edmond  and  Comiancs,  (3)  but  the 
"  faid  Edmond  (by  the  Ordinance,  'Will,  and  Agree- 
"  ment  of  King  Henry  the  Fourth,  Grandfather  to 
"  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  after  great,  notable, 
"  and  long  Ambaffage  had  and  fent  to  the  Duke  of 
"  Millain,  for  a  Marriage  to  be  had  betwixt  the  faid 
"  Edmond  and  Luce,  Sifter  to  the  faid  Duke  of  Millain) 
"  did  take  to  Wife,  and  openly  and  folemnly  married 
"  the  faid  Luce  at  London  ;  the  faid  Con/lance  then  living, 
"  and  being  there  prefent,  not  claiming  the  faid  Ed- 
"  mond  to  her  Hufband,  nor  any  Dower  of  his  Lands 
"  after  his  Deceafe  ;  (4)  which  Marriage  betwixt  the 
"  faid  Edmond  and  Luce  fo  had  and  folemnized,  conti- 
"  nutd  without  any  Interruption  of  the  faid  Conjlance, 
"  or  of  any  other,  during  the  Life  of  the  faid  Edmond, 
"  as  divers  Lords  and  other  credible  and  notable  Per- 
"  fons  of  the  faid  Realm  do  well  remember;  and  how 
"  after  the  Deceafe  of  the  faid  Edmond,  the  faid  Luce 
"  was  endowed  of  his  Lands  as  his  lawful  Wife,  con- 
"  tinuing  thereof  her  Eftate  peaceably  all  her  Life. 


TEM  come  par  une  fupplication  bailie  en  ceft 
parlement  par  les  Communes  dicell  eftoit  decla- 
rez par  Margarete  Ducheffe  de  Clarence  Johan 
Ducheffe  dEverwyk  foers  &  entre  autres  heirs  a  Ed- 
mond nadgairs  Count  de  Kent  Richard  Due  dEver- 
wyk Richard  Count  de  Sarifbirs  &  Alece  fa  femme 
Rauf  Count  de  Weftmerland  John  Sire  de  Tip- 
toft  &  de  Powys  &  Joiufe  fa  femme  &  Henri  Gray 
cofyns  &  autres  des  heirs  du  dit  Edmond  nadgairs 
Count  ficome  en  mefme  la  fupplication  eft  fup- 
pofez  ceftaffavcir  ler  dit  Duk  fitz  a  Anne  file  a 
Alianore  une  autre  des  foers  du  dit  Edmond  la 
dite  Aleyfe  file  a  Alianore  une  autre  foer  du  dit 
Edmond  le  dit  Rauf  fitz  a  Elizabeth  une  autre 
foer  du  dit  Edmond  la  dit-  Jojoufe  file  dite  Alia- 
nore mere  a  Anne  Si  le  dit  Henri  Grey  fitz  a 
Johanne  file  a  mefme  la  Alianore  qe  la  ou  Alia- 
nore femme  a  James.  Sire  dAudeley  pretendant 
appellant  &  afrermant  luy  mefme  file  &  heir  au  dit 
Edmond  nadgairs  Count  de  Kent  &  engendre  &' 
nee  en  efpoufelx  pretenfez  euez  parentre  luy  & 
Cuftance  nadgairs  femme  aThoma  Sire  Defpenfer 
la  ou  par  la  dit  fupplication  eft  fuppofe  qe  la  dite 
Alianore  feme  au  dit  James  eft  baftard  &,  jammes 
nulles  efpoufelx  feurent  en  fait  euez  ou  folempni- 
fez  parentre  les  ditz  Edmond  &  Cuftaunce  mes  qe 
le  dit  Edmond  par  lordinaunce  volunte  &  agree- 
ment du  Roi  Henri  le  quart  aiel  noftre  Seignur.  le 
Roi  qoreft  depuis  graunde  notable  &  longe  ambaf- 
fiatt  euez  &  enjoiez-  a  le  Dukede  Melayne  pur  ma- 
nage a  eftre  euez  parentre  le  dit  Edmond  &  Luce- 
foer  au  dit  Duk  de  Melayne  prift  a  femme  &  over- 
tement  &  folempnement  efpoufa  la  die  Luce  a. 
Loundres  vivant  cell  temps  la  dite  Cuftaunce  &  il- 
loeqes  efteant  prefent  nient  clamant  le  dit  Edmond 
a  fon  baron  ne  afcun  dower  de  fes  terrez  puis  fon 
deceffe  les  queux  efpoufilles  parentre  le  dit  Edmond 
&  Luce  enli  euz  &  folempnifez  continuerent  faunz 
afcun  interruption  du  dite  Cuftaunce  ou  dafcun 
autre  durant  la  vie  du  dit  Edmond  ficome  divers 
Seignurs  &  autres  credibles  &  notables  perfones 
du  dit  Roialme  ount  bien  en  lour  memorie  et  co- 
ment puis  la  deceffe  du  dit  Edmond  lavaundite 
Luce  fuift  endowe  de  fes  terres  come  fa  loyall 
femme  continuant  en  fon  eftate  peifiblement  par 
tout  fa  vie.  Nientmeins 


A.  D.  1430. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Loud. 
Nientmeins  la  due  Alianore  femme  James  fur 
graunde    fubtilite  proceffe   ymagine   prive   labour 
&  autres  menes  &  voies  coloures  a  lentent  qele 
deveroit  eftre  certefiez  muliere  par  afcun  ordinarie 
en  cas  qe  baftardie  ferroit  alegge  en  fa  perfone  ad 
porte  a  ceo  qeft  dit  en  examination  devaunt  cer- 
teins  jugges  en  courtz  Chriftien  &  efpirituel  nient 
enfourmez  ne  aiantz   conifaunce  du  dit   fubtilite 
proceffe  ymagine  prive   labour    colourez    mefnes 
&   voies   certeines   fubornatz   proves   &   perfones 
de  fa  affent  &   covine  depoufantz  pur  ele  come 
en  efpoufelx  euez  &  folempnif  z  parentre  les  ditz 
Edmond  &  Cuftaunce  &  la  dite  Alianore  femme 
James  pur  eftre  engrendrez  &  neez  dedeins  mef- 
mes  les  efpoufelx  les  ditz  Ducheffe  Duke  dEver- 
wyk  Count  de  Sariibirs  Aleife  Count  de  Weft- 
merland  John  Sire  de  Tiptoft  Joioufe  &  Henri 
ne  null  deux  ent  nient  garniz  ne  fachaniz  tanqe 
par  longe  temps  apres  la  dite  depofition  fait  dount 
les  ditz  fuppliantz  fe  doutent  eftre  grevez  &  em- 
pefchez  de  lour  enheritaunce  euez  par  le  dit  Ed- 
mond par  autre   fubtilite  &  labour   en  ley  tem- 
porell  a  eftre  laboure  &  oevere  par  les  ditz  Sire 
dAudeley   &  Alianore  fa   femme   ficome   ils    vo- 
loient  prendre   afciin   action  envers  afcunes  per- 
fones de  lour  affent  &  covyne  ou  autrement  faire 
afcuns   perfones  de  tiel  afient  &  covyne  prendre 
une  action  envers  eux  ficome  il  eft  fuppofe   qils 
lour  ordignent  a  ceo  faire  en  la  quell  action  par 
les  affent  &  covyne  fuifditz  baftardie   deut  eftre 
allegge   en    la   perfone   du    dite  Alianore   femme 
James  et  fur  ceo  par  affent  &  covyne  iffue  eftre 
pris  &  un  brief  deftre   envoie  a  afcun  ordinarie 
ou   lour  plerroit    nient    advertife  des   ditz  fubti- 
lite affent  &  covyne  pur  certifier  fi  la  dite  Alia- 
nore femme  James   fuift  muliere  ou   nemye   de- 
vaunt  quell  ordinarie  mefme  la  Alianore  femme 
James  voet  alegger    de  prover  luy   mefmes   mu- 
liere par  la  dite  depofition  des  ditz  fubornatz  pro- 
vez  &  adonqes  la  partie  eu  come  adverfarie  en- 
vers les  dits  Sire  dAudeley  &  Alianore  fa  femme 
en  la  dit  action  pris  ou  appnndre  par  affent  & 
covyne   fuifditz   ne  veulle   null   prove  ne  matier 
alegger   ne  defence   fair  devaunt  le   dit  ordinarie 
envers   mefmes  les  Sire  dAudeley  &  Alianore  fa 
femme    mes   la  fuffrer  la  matier  devaunt  le   dit 
ordinarie  proceder   folonc   lentent    des    ditz   Sire 
dAudeley  &  Alianore  fa  femme  parenfi  qe  veri- 
femblable  eft  qe  mefme  lordinarie  verroit  certifier 
la  dite  Alianore  femme  James  muliere  la  quelle 
certiflcat  ifJlnt  eu  &  fait  deuffoit  par  la  ley  dEn- 
gleterre  difheriter  les  ditz  Ducheffe  Duk  dEver- 
wyk  Count  de  Sariibirs  Aleyfe  Count  de  Weft- 
merl'  John  Sire  de  Tiptoft  Joyoufe  &  Henri  & 
lour  iffue  pur  toutz  jours  de  lentier  enheritaunce 
a'vauntdit.     Sur  qy  les  premiffes  tendierment  con- 
fiderez  &  pur  eviter  tielx  fubtielx  dimeritaunces 
fibien  en  le  dit  cas  come  en  autres  cafes  fembla- 
bles  en  temps  avenir  del  advis  &  affent  des  Seig- 
nurs   efpirituelx   &   temporelx  &  auxi  a  la  fpe- 
cial  requeft   des  ditz   Communes   en    ceft  parle- 
ment  aflernblez  ordeinez  eft  &  eftablez  par  auc- 
torite  de  mefme  la  parlement  qe  fi  la  dite  Alia- 
nore femme  James  foit  certifie  muliere  en  afcun 
court  devaunt  ces  heures   qe  null  maner  de  tiel 
certiflcat  pardevaunt    fait    pur   la    dite  Alianore 


Anno  nono  Henrici  VI. 


C. 


11, 


S63 


"  II.  Neverthelefs    the  faid  Alianour,  the  Wife  of  a  fecret  Practice 
'  fames,  upon  great  Subtilty,  Proccfs  imagined,  privy to  P'ove  on<: 
'  Labour,   and  other  Means  and  coloured  Ways,  toMul"r  in  the- 
'  the  Intent  that  fee  ought  to  be  certified  Midler^ {££,' •" ,BXri. 
'  fome  Ordinary,  in  Cafe  that  Baftardy  mould  be  al- 
'  ledged  in  her  Perfon,  hath  brought  (as  it  is  (aid)  in 
'  Examination  before  certain  Judges  in  the  Spiritual 
'  Court,  not  informed,  nor  having  Knowledge  of  the 
'  faid  Subtilty,  imagined  Procefs,    privy  Labour,   and 
:  coloured  Ways,  certain  fuborned  Pro  >fs  and  Perfons 
;  of  her  Affent  and  Covin,    depofing  for  her,   that  the 
'  faid  Alianour,  the  Wife  of  jdmes,  was  bego:ten  within 
;  Marriage,  had  and  folemnized  betwixt  the  faid  Ed- 
'  mond  and  Conftancc  ;  the  faid  Dutchefs,  the  Duke  of 
'  York,  and  Earl  of  Salifbury,  and  Alice,  Earl  of  Weft- 
'  merland,  "John  the  Lord  of  Typtoft,  'Joyce,  and  Henry, 
'  nor  any  of  them  thereof  warned,  nor  knowing  until 
'  long  Time  after  the  Depofition  fo  made,  whereof  the 
'  faid  Suppliants  do  fear  them  to  be  grieved  and  im- 
'  peached  of  their  Inheritance  had  by  the  faid  Edmond, 
'  by  another  Subtilty  and  Labour  in  the  Temporal 
'  Law,  to  be  praftifed  and  wroug.it  by  the  faid  Lord 
'  of  Audley  and  Alianour  his  Wife;    (2)  as  if  they  will 
'  commence  any  A£lion  againft  any  Perfons  of  their 
:'  own  Affent  and  Covin,  or  otherwife  will  caufe  fuch 
;'  Perfons  of  fuch  Affent  and  Covin  to  purfue  an  Ac- 
:c  tion  againft  them,   as  it  is  fuppofed  that  they  intend 
:'  to  do  ;   in  which  Action,  by  the  Covin  and  Affent  A  Praflice  to 
;'  aforefaid,  Baftardy  ought  to  be  alledged  in  the  Peiv  Provue  one  Mu!!er 
■'  fon  of  the  faid  Alianour,  Wife  of  Jaws,  and  there^  Law^oT"" 
;'  upon  by  the  Affent  and  Covin  an  Iffue  is  to  be  taken,  indeed  a  Baftard. 
;'  and  a  Writ  to  be  fent  to  fome  Ordinary  (where  it 
:'  pleafe  them,   not  advertifed  of  the  faid  Subtilty,  Af- 
;'  fent,  and  Covin)   to  certify  if  the  faid  Alianour,  the 
;'  Wife  of  James,  be  Midier  or  not,  before  which  Or- 
;'  dinary  the  fame  Alianour,  Wife  of  James,  will  al- 
"  ledge  and  prove  herfelf  Midier  by  the  faid  Depofi- 
"  tions  of  the  faid  fuborned  Witneffes ;    and  then  the 
"  Party  reputed  as  Adverfary  againft  the  Lord  of  Aud- 
"  ley  and  Alianour  his  Wife,   in  the  faid  Action  taken 
"  or  to  be  taken  by  Affent  and  Covin  aforefaid,  will 
"  alledge  no  Proof  nor  Matter,  nor  make  any  Defence 
"  before  the  faid  Ordinary  againft  the  fame  Lord  Aud- 
"  ley  and  Alianour  his  Wife,  but  fuffer  the  Matter  be- 
"  fore  the  faid  Ordinary  to  proceed  according  to  the 
"  Meaning  of  the  faid  Lord  of  Audley  and  Alianour  his 
"  Wife ;   fo  that  it  is  very  likely,  that  the  fame  Ordi- 
"  nary  will    certify    the   faid  Alianour,    the  Wife  of 
"  James,  Midier;    (3)   which  Certificate  fo  had  and 
"  made,  ought  by  the  Law  of  England  to  difherit  the 
"  faid  Dutcheffes,  Duke  of  Tori;  Earl    of  Salifbury, 
"  Earl  of  Weftmerhnd,   John  Lord  of  Typtoft,  Alice, 
"  Joyce,   and  Henry;  and  their  Iffue  for  ever,  of  the 
"  whole  Inheritance  aforefaid."    '  (4)  Whereupon  the 
'  Premiffes  tenderly  confidered,  and  to  efchevv  fuch  fub- 
'  til  Difherifons,  as  well  in  the  faid  Cafe,   as  in  other 
'  Cafes  like  in  Time  to  come,  by  the  Advice  and  Af- 
'  fent  of  all  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  andal- 
6  fo  at  the  fpecial  Requeft  of  the  faid  Commons,   in 
'  this  Parliament  affembled,  it  is  ordained  and  eftabliih- 
'  ed  by  Authority  of  this  Parliament,  That  if  the  faid 
'  Alianour,  the  Wife  of  James,   be  certified  Midier  in 
'  any  Court  before  this  Time,  that  no  Manner  of  Cer- 
'  tificate  heretofore  made  for  the  faid  Alianour,  Wife 
'  of  James,  fliall  in  any  wife  put  to  prejudice,  bind, 
'  indamage,  nor  conclude  any  Perfon  or  Perfons,  but 
Cccc  2  '  him 


564       C.  11. 


Anno  nono  Henrici  VI.  A.  D.  1430. 


*  Add  or  to  It 
p'wtd. 


Proclamations 
before  a  Writ 
awarded  to  the 
Ordinary  to  cer- 
tify Bafiardy, 


him  or  his  Heirs  that  was  Party  to  the  Plea.  (5) 
And  from  henceforth  all  Juftices  of  or  in  the  Courts 
where  any  Plea  is  or  fhall  be  depending,  taken,  or 
moved,  in  which  Plea,  fo  depending,  taken,  or 
moved,  Baftardy  is  or  lhall  be  alledged  againft  any 
Perfon  Party  to  the  fame  Plea,  and  thereupon  an  If- 
fue  joined,  *  which  by  the  Law  ought  to  be  certified 
by  the  Ordinary,  that  the  Judges,  or  one  Judge  of 
or  in  the  Courts  where  the  faid  Plea  is  or  fhall  be 
depending,  taken,  or  moved,  before  the  Time  that 
any  Writ  of  Certificate  pafs  out  of  the  fame  Court 
to  the  Ordinary,  to  certify  upon  the  Iffue  fo  joined, 
or  to  be  joined,  fhall  make  Remembrance  under  their 
Seals,  or  his  Seal,  at  the  Suit  of  the  Demandant  or 
Tenant,  Plaintiff  or  Defendant  in  the  Plea,  in  which 
the  Baftardy  is  or  fhall  be  alledged,  reciting  the  Iiiue 
that  is  joined  in  the  fame  Plea  of  Baftardy,  and  cer- 
tifying to  the  Chancellor  of  the  King  of  England  for 
the  Time  being,  to  the  Intent  that  thereupon  Pro- 
clamation be  made  in  the  faid  Chancery  by  Three 
Months,  once  in  every  Month,  that  all  Perfons  pre- 
tending any  Intereft  to  object  againft  the  Party  which 
pretendeth  himfelf  to  be  Mulier,  that  they  fue  to  the 
Ordinary  to  whom  the  Writ  of  Certificate  is  or  fhall  be 
directed,  to  make  their  Allegations  and  Objections 
againft  the  Party  which  pretendeth  him  to  be  Mulier, 
as  the  Law  of  holy  Church  requireth  ;  (6J  and  the 
faid  Chancellor  having  Notice  of  the  faid  Remem- 
brance and  Iffue  joined,  and  being  required  by  the 
faid  Demandant  or  Tenant,  Plaintiff-  or  Defendant 
having  the  faid  Remembrance,  to  make  the  faid  Pro- 
clamation as  afore  is  faid,  the  fame  Chancellor  for 
the  Time  being  fhall  caufe  to  be  made  Proclamation 
in  the  Form  aforefaid;  (7)  and  the  Proclamation  fo 
made  fhall  certify  in  the  Court  where  the  faid  Plea  in 
which  the  Baftardy  is  alledged  another  Time  fhall  be 
depending.  (8)  And  that  the  Judges  of  or  in  the 
Court  where  the  fame  Plea  is  or  fhall  be  depending, 
taken,  or  moved,  before  any  Proclamation  fo  to  be 
made  in  the  Chancery,  make  one  Time  fuch  Procla- 
mation openly  in  the  fame  Court,  and  alfo  another 
Tims  when  the  Proclamation  fhall  be  certified  by  the 
Chancellor  of  England,  and  made  in  the  Form  above 
rchearfed  :  (9)  and  then  the  faid  Judge  fhall  award 
the  faid  Writ  of  Certificate  to  the  Ordinary,  to  cer- 
tify upon  the  Iffue  fo  joined,  or  to  be  join  d-  (ic) 
and  if  any  Writ  of  Certificate  be  made  or  granted, 
before  that  all  the  Proclamations  in  the  For  •■  afore- 
faid be  made  and  certified,  that  then  the  faid  Writ  of 
Certificate,  and  the  Certificate  of  the  Ordinary  there- 
upon made  or  to  be  made,  fhall  be  void  in  Law,  and 
of  none  Effect.  (11)  And  if  any  Writ  before  this 
Time  be  directed  to  any  Ordinary,  to  certify  if  the 
faid  Alianour,  Wife  of  James,  be  Ballard  or  not,  and 
at  this  Time  not  certified,  if  it  be  certified  hereafter 
by  Virtue  of  the  faid  Writ,  that  the  fame  Certificate 
of  the  faid  Ordinary  fo  made,  be  void  and  of  none 
Effea.' 


Kaft.  29,  105, 

280.  Farther 

frmfomrelamzbcreto  18  El.  c.  3.     7  Jac.  I.  c,  4,     3  Car.  I,  c.  4,  and  6  Geo.  z,  c. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
femme  James  mette  a  afcun  prejudice  lye  enda- 
mage ne  conclude  afcun  perfone  ou  perfones  forfqe 
celuy  &  fes  heirs  qi  fuift  fait  partie  a  la  plea 
Et  qe  defore  enavaunt  toutz  Juges  de  ou  en  les 
courtz  la  ou  afcun  plee  eft  ou  ferra  pendant  pris 
ou  moeve  en  queux  plees  enfi  faitz  pendantz  pris 
ou  moevez  baftardie  eft  ou  ferra  allegge  envers 
afcun  perfone  partie  a  mefme  le  plee  &  fur  ceo 
iffue  joinee  ou  a  joyner  le  quell  par  la  ley  droit 
eftre  certifie  par  lordinarie  qe  lez  Juges  ou  un  Juge 
de  ou  en  les  courtz  ou  le  dit  plee  eft  ou  ferra  pen- 
dant pris  ou  moeve  devaunt  le  temps  qe  afcun 
brief  de  certificat  paffe  hors  de  cell  court  al  ordina- 
rie  pur  certifier  fur  liffue  enfi  joyne  ou  a  joyner 
face  une  remembrance  defouth  lour  fealx  ou  fon 
feal  al  fuyt  le  demaundant  ou  tenant  pleintif  ou 
defendant  en  le  plee  en  quell  baftardie  eft  ou  ferra 
allegge  recitant  liffue  qelt  joyne  en  mefme  le  plee 
de  baftardie  &  certifiant  a  le  Chaunceller  du  Roi 
dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  a  lentent  qe  fur 
ceo  proclamation  foit  fait  en  la  dite  Chauncerie 
par  trois  moys  un  foitz  en  chefcun  moys  qe  toutz 
les  perfones  qi  pretendent  afcun  intereffe  pur  ob- 
jecter  encountre  la  partie  qe  luy  pretende  deftre 
muliere  qils  fuent  al  ordinarie  a  qi  le  brief  de  cer- 
tificat eft  ou  ferra  direct  pur  faire  lour  allegeaunces 
&  objections  envers  la  partie  qe  luy  pretende  de- 
ftre muli  re  ficome  la  ley  de  Seint  efglife  requiert 
Et  le  dit  Chaunceller  eiant  notice  del  dit  remem- 
braunce  &  iffue  joynee  &  requis  par  le  dit  demaun- 
dant ou  tenant  pleintiff  ou  defendant  avauntditz 
aiant  mefme  la  remembraunce  de  fair  la  dite  pro- 
clamation come  defuis  eft  dit  mefme  le  Chaunceller 
pur  le  temps  efteant  ferra  fair  proclamation  en 
la  fourme  avauntdit  &  la  proclamation  enfi  fait 
certifiera  en  la  court  ou  le  dit  plee  en  quell  la 
baftardie  eft  allegge  alors  ferra  pendant.  Et  qe 
les  Juges  de  ou  en  la  court  ou  le  dit  plee  eft  ou 
ferra  pendant  pris  ou  moeve  devaunt  afcun  procla- 
mation enfi  affaire  en  la  Chauncerie  facent  un 
foite;  autiel  proclamation  overtement  en  mefme  la 
court  &  auxi  autre  foitz  quant  les  proclamations 
ferront  certifiez  par  le  Chaunceller  &  en  la  fourme 
reherce  faitz  et  adonqes  le  dit  Juge  agardera  le 
dit  brief  de  certificat  al  ordinarie  pur  certifier  fur 
iffue  iffint  joynee  ou  a  joyner.  Et  fi  afcun  brief 
de  certificat  foit  fait  ou  graunte  devaunt' ceo  qe 
toutz  les  ditz  proclamations  en  la  fourme  devaunt 
rebel  ce  foient  faitz  &  certifiez  qe  adonqes  cell  brief 
de  certificat  et  le  certificat  del  ordinarie  fur  ceo 
faite  ou  affaire  foit  voide  en  ley  &  de  null  effect, 
t  fi  afcun  brief  devaunt  ceft  temps  foit  direct  a 
afcun  ordinarie  pur  certifier  fi  la  dite  Alianore 
femme  James  foit  baftard  ou  nemye  &  a  ceft  temps 
nient  certifie  fil  foit  certifie  enapres  par  vertu  du 
dit  brief  qe  mefme  le  certificat  du  dit  ordinarie  enfi 
fait  foit  voide  &  de  null  effect. 


J»- 


Statutes 


A.  D.  1432.  Anno   decimo   Henrici    VI. 


C.  i~3*       565 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  10  Hen.  VI.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1432. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

NO  S  T  R  E  Seignur  le  Roi  a  fon  parle- 
ment  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  xijc.  jour  de 
Maij  Ian  de  fon  regne  difme  a  lonour 
de  Dieu  &  pur  le  bien  de  luy  &  fon  Roialme 
&  pur  la  tranqillite  &  eafe  de  fon  poeple  de 
ladvis  &  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  tem- 
porelx  &  a  la  efpeciale  requcft  des  Communes 
en  mefme  le  parlement  affemblez  ad  fait  ordeiner 
&  eftabler  diverfes  eftatuitz  &  ordinaunces  en  la 
fourme  qenfuift. 


OUR  Lord  the  King,  at  his  Parliament  holden 
at  Weftminfter  the  Twelfth  Day  of  May,  the 
Tenth  Year  of  his  Reign,  to  the  Honour  of 
God,  and  for  the  Wealth  of  him  and  his  Realm, 
and  for  the  Tranquillity  and  Eafe  of  his  People,  by' 
the  Advice  and  Aiicnt  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and. 
Temporal,  and  at  the  fpecial  Requeft  of  the  Com- 
mons in  the  fame  Parliament  affembled,  hath  caufed 
to  be  ena£ted  and  eftablimed  divers  Statutes  and  Or- 
dinances in  the  Form  following." 


C    A    P.      I. 

Recognifances  taken  before  the  Mayor,  &,c.  of  Calais  fhall  be  effectual  in  England.   See  Appendix. 

CAP.      II. 

Certain  Things  required  in  him  who  lhall  be  a  Choofer  of  the  Knights  of  Parliament. 


TEM  come  au  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm' 
lendemain  de  Seint  Mattheu  lappoftle  Ian 
du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  oeptifme  or- 
dine  eftoit  &  eftable  par  au&orite  de  mefme  le 
parlement  qe  les  chivalers  des  toutz  countees 
deins  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  a  efliers  pur  venir 
as  parlementz  en  apres  a  tenirs  foient  efluz  en 
ohefcun  countee  par  gentz  demurantz  &  re- 
feantz  en  icelles  dount  chefcun  ait  frank  te- 
nement a  la  value  de  xl,  s.  par  an  au  meins 
outre  les  reprifes  fur  certein  peine  rontenuz 
en  mefme  leftatuit  nient  fefiant  expreffe  men- 
tion en  icell  qe  chefcun  qi  ferroit  eflifour  daf- 
cuns  tielx  chivalers  averoit  frank  tenementz  a 
la  value  de  xl.  s.  au  meins  outre  les  reprifez 
deins  mefme  le  countee  ou  afcun  tiel  eflifour 
ovefqe  autres  femblables  ferroit  tiel  election  ou 
aillours.  Efc  pur  taunt  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi 
voillant  faire  du  dit  eftatuit  pleine  declaration 
del  advis  &  affent  fuifditz  &  a  la  requeft  des 
dites  Communes  ad  ordine  qe  les  chivalers  de 
toutz  les'  countees  deins  le  dit  Roialme  a  efliers 
pur  venir  a  les  parlementz  en  apres  a  tenirs 
foient  efluz  en  chefcun  countee  par  gentz  de- 
murantz &  refeauntz  en  icelles  dount  chefcun 
ait  frank  tenement  a  la  value  de  xl.  s.  par  an 
au  meins  outre  les  reprifes  deins  mefme  le  coun- 
tee ou  afcun  tiel  eflifour  foi  voet  meller  dafcun 
tiel  election. 


ITEM  come  au  parlement  tenuz   a  Weftm'    "  ITEM,  Whereas   at  the  Parliament  holden  at8H.  6.  c.  7, 
lendemain    de    Seint   Mattheu   lappoftle    Ian    "  JL   Weftminfter  the  Morrow  of    St.   Matthew   the 

Apoftle,  the  Eighth  Year  of  the  King  that  now  is, 
it  was  ordained  by  the  Authority  of  the  fame  Parlia- 
ment, That  the  Knights  of  all  Counties  within  the 
Realm  of  England,  to  be  chofen  to  come  to  the  Par- 
liaments hereafter  to  be  holden,  fhould  be  chofen  in 
every  County  by  People  dwelling  and-refiant  in'  the 
fame,  whereof  every  one  fhall  have  Freehold  to  the 
Value  of  Forty  Shillings  by  Year  at  the  leaft,  above 
all  Charges,  upon  a  certain  Pain  contained  in  the 
fame  Statute;   (2)  not  making  expfefs  Mention  in 
the  fame,  that  every  Man  that  fhall  be  Choofer  of 
any  fuch  Knights,  ihall  have  Freehold  to  the  Value 
of  Forty  Shillings  at  .the  leaft,  above  all  Charges, 
within  the  fame  County  where  fuch  Choofer  with 
other  like  fhall  make  fuch  Election,  or  elfewhere  :" 
(3)   And  therefore  our  Lord  the  King,  willing  to 
make  plain  Declaration  of  the  faid  Statute,  by  the 
Advice  and  Affent  aforefaid,  and  at  the  fpecial  Re- 
queft of  the  faid  Commons,  hath  ordained,  That  the 
Knights  of  all  Counties  within  the  faid  Realm,  to  be 
chofen  to  come  to  Parliaments  hereafter  to  be  holden, 
fhall  be  choftn  in  every  County  by  People  dwelling 
and  refiant  in  the  fame,  whereof  every  Man   fhall 
have  Freehold  to  the  Value  of  xl.  s.  by  the  Year7H.  4.  c.  it, 
at  the  leaft,    above    all  Charges,    within  the    fame  11H.4.  c.  i. 
County  where  any  fuch  Choofer  will  meddle  of  any  x  H>  ;■  c-  '■ 
fuch  Eleaion.'  %  H-f-  f-  4- 

cee   jarth^r     23 

H.  6.  c.  10,  (S  14.     27  H.  8.  e.  26.     35  H.  8.  c,  II.     7  &f  S  W.  3.  c.  4,  7,  &  25.     10  Ann.  c.  23.     12  Ann,  flat.  I.  c,  5.     18  Geo.  2.  c.  18.     19  Ca.  2, 
(.  28,  and  31  Geo.  2.  c.  14.  for  tie  due  Eleftiom  of  Knights  of  the  Sbiru,  Sec. 


CAP.     III. 

A  Letter  of  Requeft  fhall  be  granted  by  the  Keeper  of  the  Privy  Seal  to  any  of  the  King's 
Subjects,  from  whom  Goods  fhall  be  taken  by  the  Subjefts  of  Denmark. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  a  la 
grevoufe  compkint  a  luy  fait    en    iceft  par- 
lement par   les   Communes  de  fon  Roialme   ef- 
teantz  en  icell  eft  enfourme  qe  plufours  de  fes 
2 


"  TTE  M,  Becaufe  that  our  Sovereign  Lord  the 
"  _§_  King,  at  the  grievous  Complaint  to  Sim  made  in 
"  this  Parliament  by  the  Commons  of  his  Realm  of 
"  England  being  La  this  Parliament,  is  informed,  That 

"  many 


566       G-4>  & 


Anno  deeimo  Henrici  VI. 


"  many  of  his  fajthfuHiege  Peo.pie  be  greatly  impove-. 
"  rifhed,:  undone,  arid*  in  point  td  be  deftroyed,  by  the 
*••  King  of  Denmark  and  his  Lieges,  which  be  of  the 
"  Amity  of  the  King  our  Sovereign  Lord,'  b'eeatife  that 
"  they  do  daily  take  of  his  faid  faithful  Subjects  their 
"  Goods,  fo  that  they  have  takerf  of  Merchants  of 
"  Tork'znd  Kingjlon  upon  Hull  Goods  and-  Merchan- 
"  difes  to  the  Value  of  Five  Thoufand  Pounds  within 
""'  a  Year,  and  of  other  Liege9  and  Merchants  of  the 
"  Realm  of  England'  Goods  and  Ghattles  to  the  Value 
"  of  Twenty  Thoufand  Pounds,  whereof  they  have  no 
"  Remedy  of  the  faid  King  of  Denmark,  nor  of  none 
"  other,  forafmuch  as -none  of  them  cometh  within  the 
"  Realm  of  England,  nor  nothing  have  in  the  fame 
"  Realm-  of  England,  and  that  the  Goods  be  taken  out 
"  of  the -fame  Realm:"  '  The  King  willing  to  pro- 
•*  Add  by  the     «  vide  Remedy  for  his  faid  liege  People,  *  hath  or- 

af^hi7dJIe"U  dained  and  eftablimed>  That  >f  the  Goods'  of  any  of 
"Jorejai  ,  <  ^  -  jj  ^;s  j^jgggg  ^e  or  fllajj   be  taken  by  the  laid 


King  of  Denmark,  or  any  of  his  faid  Lieges,  the  'fez  d-itz  lieges  ait  le  dit  gardein  du  prive  feal 
Keeper  of  the  Privy  Seal  for  the  Time  being  fhall 
have  Power  to  make  to  the  Party  grieved  Letters  of' 
Requeft  under  the  Privy  Seal,  without  any  other 
Ptirfuit  to  be  made  to  any,  for  Reftitation  to  be  had 
of  the  Goods  fo  taken  and  to  be  taken.  And  if  Re- 
ftitution be  no .  made  by  fueh  Letters,  the  King  our 
Sovereign  Lord, ;  by  the  Advice  of  his  Council,  .fhall 


'  provide  to  the  Party  grieved  his  > covenable  Remedy^ 
5  according  as  the  Cafe  reqjiireth,'  ,  •    , 


•  A.  D.  14.32. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
foialx  lieges  fount  TgraundfiHientempoverez  ani- 
entez  &  en  point"  "deftre  deftruitz  par  le  Roi  de 
Denmark  &  fez  lieges  qi  fount  del  ariiiftee 
du  Roi  noftre  Seignur  a  caufe  qils  preignent 
de  jour  en .  autre  de  fez-  ditz  foklx  lieges  lour 
bsens  pariffint  qils  ount  pris  des  marchauntz 
dEverwyk  ScKynge^on  fur  Hull  biens  &  mar- 
chandifez  a  la  value  de  v.  m  li.  dedeins  un  an 
&  dautres  lieges  &  marchantz  du  Roialme  biens 
'&  chateux  a  la '  value  de  xx.  &  li.  dount  ils 
nount  remedie  du  dit  Roi  de  Denmark  ne  de 
null  autre  a  caufe  qe  null  de  eux  veigne  deins 
le  Roialme  dEngleterre  ne  riens  ount  en  icell 
&  qe  les  biens  fount  prifez  hors  de  mefme  le 
Roialme.  Mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  voil- 
lant  a  fez  ditz  lieges  purvoier  de  remedie  del 
adyis  &  afTent  fuifditz  ordine  qe  fi  les  biens 
-dafcuns  de  fez  ditz  lieges  foient  ou  ferront  pri- 
fez  par   le    dit  Roi   de   Denmark   ou   afcuns   de 


pur  le  temps  efteant  poiair  de  faire  au  partie 
gteve  lettres  de  requeft  defoubz  le  prive  feal 
faunz  autre  purfuke  affaire  a  afcuny  pur  re- 
ftitution avoir  des  biens  iffint  prifez  &  apren- 
drez.  Et  fi  reftitution, ne  foit  fait  par  tielx  let- 
tres fe  Roi  noftre  Seignur  par  advis  de  fon 
counceill  purveiera  ai  partie  greve  covenable  re- 
medie folonc  -ceo  qe  le  cas   rtquiert. 


C    A    P.      IV. 

The  Penalty  of  him  that  maketh  a  falfe  Entry,  that  the  Plaintiff  doth  offer' him felf  in  Perfon, 
'     !  .     ■  •  where  he  doth  not. 

'•"  T  T  EM,  Tor  that  divers  "of  the  King's  liege  Peo- 

*'f  'A  pie'  before  this  Time  have  been  outlawed,   arid 

-  "  greatly  vexed  and  Tfquieted  in  divers  Suits,  as  well 

**     \\c*rr\vt*     fhfi     K    1  n n     in      n  1  c     KpnA         oc     in    tH#=   C    v"\mmr»n 


-  His  Counftl. 

Made  perpetual 
by  j8H.  6.  eg 


before  the  King  in  his  Bench,  as  in  the  Common 
'"  Bench,  in  the  Records  of' which  Suits  the  Entries 
"'■  have  been  made,  that  the  Plaintiffs  in  the  fame  Suits 
'"  Obtulerunt  fe \in  propria perfona'Jha,  where  the  fame 
''Plaintiffs  never  appeared  to -Rich  Suits,  nor  had 
"  Knowledge  of  the  fame, '  in  great  Mifchitf  of  the 
1  "  faid  liege  People,  if  Remedy  be  not  provided  in  this 
'"  Behalf;"  '(2)  our  Lord  'the  King  willing  in  this 
-  Cafe  to.  provide  Remedy,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifh- 
c  ed  by  Authority  of  this  prefent  Parliament,  That  no 
'  Manner  Fylifer,  Exigenter,  nor  any  other  Officer, 
*  from  henceforth  fhall  make  fuch  Entry  in  any  Man- 
'  ner  Suit,  except  that  the  Plaintiff  in  the  fame  Suit,- 
'  before  that  fuch  Entry  be  made,  do  appear  in  his 
'  proper  Perfon  before  fome  of  the  faid  Juftices  of  the 
'  Place  where  the  Plea  is  or  fhall  bedepending;  (3) 
'  and  there  he  fhall  be  fworn  upon  a  Book,  That  he 
4  is  the  fame  Perfon  in  whofe  Name  the  faid  Suit  is 
'  fued,  or  that  fome  other  credible  Perfon  of  the 
4  King's  a  Council  make  fuch  Oath  for  him.  (4) 
'  And  thjs  Ordinance  fhall  endure  till  the  next  Par- 
'  liament.' 

And  farther  provided  fr  by  32//.  8.  c,  30.     i&  3  Ed.  6.  c.  32.  and  i8.£/. 


TEM  pur  ceo  qe  divers  des  lieges  du  Roi 
avaunt  ces  hoeures  ount  eftee  utlagez  &  graun- 
dement  vexez  &  diffeifez  en  divers,  feutez  fibien 
devaunt  le  Roi  en  fon  Bank  come  en  le  com- 
mune' Bank  en  les  recordes  des  queux  feutes 
les  entres  ount  eftee  faitz  qe  les  pleintifs  en 
mefmes  les -feutes  optulerunt  fe.  in  propria  per- 
fona  fua  lou  mefmes  les  pleintifs  unqes  nap- 
parerount  as  tieulx  feutes  ne  conifaunce  avoi- 
ent  dicelles  en  graunde  mifchief  des  ditz  lieges 
fi  remedie  ne  foit  purveu  en  cell  partie  noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  voillant  en  ceo  cas  purvoir  de 
remedie  ad  ordine  par  auclorite  de  ceft  parle- 
ment  qe  null  filicer  exigenter  ne  autre  officer 
defore  enavaunt  ferra  tiel  entree  en  afcun  feute 
finon  qe  1c  pleintif  en  mefme  la  fute  avaunt  qe 
afcun  tiel  entre  foit  fait  appierte  en  fa  propre 
perfone  devaunt  afcun  des  juftices  de  lieu  ou 
le  pice  eft  ou  ferra  pendant  &  illeoqes  foit  ju- 
ree  fur  un  liver  qil  eft  mefme  la  perfone  en 
qi  noun  la  dite  fuite  eft  fue  ou  qe  autre  crea- 
ble  perfone  de  fon  counfeill  face  tiel  ferement 
pur  luy.  Et  durera  ceft  ordinaunce  tanqal  prof- 
chein  parlement.  .    , 


14. 


CAP.      V. 

A  Rehf  arfal  of  the  Statute  of  21  R.  2.  c.  18.  touching  the  Maintenance  of  certain  Places 


about  Calais.     See.  Appendix. 


CAP. 


A.  D.  1432, 


Anno  decimo  H  e  n  r  i  c  i  VL 


C.  6.        567 


c  A  P.     VI. 

What  Procefs  (hall  be  awarded  upon  an  Indictment  removed  into  the  King's  Bench. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lonck 

ITEM  come  au  parkment  tenuz  a  Weftm' 
Ian  du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  qoreft  viije 
ordine  eftoit  qe  fur  chefcune  enditement  ou  appell 
par-  la  qudl  afcuns  des  lieges  du  Roy  demurrantz 
en  autres  countees  qe  la  ou  tiel  enditement  ou 
appell  foit  ou  ferra  pris  de  trefoil  felonie  ou  tref- 
pafs  apprendre  en  apres  devaunt  Juftices  de  peas 
ou  devaunt  afcun.  autre   eiant-  poiar  de   prendre 
tielx  enditementz  ou  appeliez  ou  autres  commil- 
fioners   ou  Juiiices  en-  afcun   countee   fraunchife 
ou    libertee   dEngleterre   devaunt    afcun    exigent 
agarde  far  afcun  enditement  ou  appell  en  la  fourme 
avauntdite  apprendre  qemaintenantapres  le  primer 
brief  da  capias  fur  chefcun-  tiel  enditement-  ou  ap- 
pell agarde  &  retourne  qe  un  autre  brief  de  Capias 
foit  agarde  direct  al  vifcount  del  countee  dount 
celuy  qeft  enfy  endite  ou  appelle   eft  ou  fuift  fup- 
pole  d.ftre  converfant  par  mefme  lenditement-  ou 
appell   retournable   devaunt   mefmes    les  juftices 
ou  commiffioners  devaunt  queux  il  eft  endite  ou 
appelle  a  un  certein  jour  conteignant  leipace  de 
trois  mois  del  date  de  mefme  le  brief  c\  le  retourne 
dicell  come  par  mefme  leftatuit  pleinement  appiert. 
Par  quell   claufe   du   dit  eftatuit  ceftaifavoir  re- 
tournable  devaunt  mefme    les   Juftices  ou   com- 
miflioners devaunt  queux  il  eft  endite  ou  appelle 
afcuns   entendount  qe  le  brief  de  Capias  ordure 
par  le  dit  eftatuit  qe  ferra  direct  al  vifcount  del 
countee  dount  celuy  qeft  enfi  endite  ou  appelle  eft 
ou  fuift  fuppofe  deftre  converfant  par  mefme  lendite- 
ment ou  appell  ferra  retourne  devaunt  mefme  les 
Juftices  ou  commiffioners  ou  autres  devaunt  queux 
lenditement  cu  appell  fuift  pris  &  nounpas-ailiours. 
Et  ymaginantz  pur  deif  auder  &  anientifer  "le  dit 
eftatuit  fuent  pur  remoever  tielx  enditementz  & 
appeliez  hors  des  mains  les  Juftices  &  commif- 
fioners aviuntditz  en   le  Bank,  le  Roi  &  ailloars 
par  Certiorari  &  autrement  les  parties  enfi  er.ditz 
ou  appeliez  nient  fac  ;antz  et  fus  ceo  fuent  pro- 
ceffe  ufe  a  la  commune  ley  devaunt   la  fefaunce 
du  dit  eftatuit  en  le  Bank  le  Roi  &  aillours  ap- 
pres  tiel   remoevernent    en  '  g-raunde   empoveriffe- 
ment  &  vexation  des  loialx  lieges- du  Roy.     Pur 
qoy    noftre    Seignur   le    Roi  del    advis   &;    affent 
fufditz  &  al  efpeciall  requeft  des  ditz  Communes 
par  actorite   fuifdite  ad   ordine  qe  le  dit  eftatuit 
foit  tenuz   &    gardez    &  mys   en   due   execution 
en   toutz   pointz   adjouftant   a  bell   qe-  fi  afcuns 
tielx   enditementz  prifez   ou   apprendres  devaunt 
afcuns  des  juftices  du  peas  ou  devaunt  afcun  autre 
eiant  poiar  de  prendre- tielx  enditementz  ou  appell 
ou  autres  juftices  ou  commiffioners  en  afcun  coun- 
tee fraunchife  ou  libertee   dEngleterre  foient-  r-e- 
moevez  devaunt  le  Roi  en  fon  Bank  ou  aillours 
par   Certiorari,  ou   autrement    qe    adonqes   apres 
tiel  remoevernent  devaunt  afcun  exigend'  agarde 
fur  afcun  tiel  enditement  ou  appell  en  la  fourme 
avauntdite  pris  ou  apprendre  qe  maintenant  apres 
le  primer  brief  de  Capias  fur  chefcun  tiel  endite- 
ment ou   apell  agarde   &    retourne    qe  un    autre 
brief  de  Capias  foit  agarde  direct  al  vifcount  del 


'   TTEM,  Whereas  in  the  Parliament  holden  at  3.H.  6.  c  i*. 
'   JL  JFejfmiiiJitr  the  Eighth  Year  of  the  King  that 
1  now  is,-  it  was  ordained,  That  upon  every  Indict  - 
'  ment  or  Appeal,  by  the  which  any  of  the  King's 
'  liege  People,  dwelling  in  other  foreign  and  divers 
'  Counties  than  where  fuch  Indictment  or  Appeal  is   - 
'  or  fhali  be  taken,  ofTreafon,  Felony,  or  Trefpaf>, 
'  to    be    taken    hereafter    before   Juftices    of   Peace, 
'  or  before    any   other   JuftiCe    whatfoever,    having 
'  Power  to  take  fuch  Indictments  or  Appeals^  or  other 
''  Commiffioners  or  Juftices   in  stiiy  County,    Fran- 
''  chife,  or  Liberty  of  England,    before  any  Exigent 
'  awarded   upon  -any  Indictment  or   Appeal   in   the 
L'  Form  aforefaid  to  be  taken,  that  prefently  after  the 
:'  firft  Writ  of  Capias  upon  every  fuch  Indictment  or 
"  Appeal  awarded  and  returned,    that  another  Writ 
"  of  Capias  fhali  be  awarded,,  .directed  to  the  Sheriff 
"  of  the  County,    whereof  he  that'  is  fo'  indicted  or 
"  appealed  is  or  was  fuppofed  to  be  converfant  by  the 
"  fame  Indictment  or  Appeal,  returnable  before  the 
"  fame  Juftices. or  Commiffioners,    before  whom  he 
is  indicted  or  appealed,  at  a  certain  Day,  contain- 
"  ing  the  Space  of.  Three  Months  from  the  Date  of 
"•  the  fame  Writ  to-  the  Return  of  the  fame,  as  by  the 
"  fame   Statute    plainly    appeareth.      (2)    By  which 
"  Claufe  of  the  fame  Statute,  that  is  to  fay,  Returnable 
"  before  the  fame  Juftices    or  Commiffioners   before 
"  whom  he  is  indicted  or  appealed,    lome  do  think 
"  that  the  Writ  of  Capias  ordained  by  the  (aid  Statute, 
".which  fhali  be  directed  to-  the  Sheriff*,    whereof  *  Add  of  the 
"  he  that  is  fo  indicted  or  appealed  is  or  was- fuppofed  County. 
"  to  be  converfant  by  the  fame  Indictment  or:  Apv 
"  peal,  fhali  be  returned  before  the  fame  Juftices  or 
"  Commiffioners,    or  other,  before  whom  the  Indict- 
"  m.nt   or   Appeal    was   taken,    and   not   elfewhere. 
"  (3)  And  imagining  to  defraud  a  d  make  fruftrate  A  Confirmation 
"  the  faid  Statute,  do  fue  to  remove  fuch  Indictments  0:  the  Statute  8 
"  and  Appeals  out  of  the  Hands  of  the  Juftices  or  touch'inVprocefs 
"  Commiffioners  aforefaid  into  the  King's  Bench  and  u„on  indict- 
"  elfewhere-  by  Certiorari  and  otherwife;  unknown  to  the  merits  of  Perfons 
"  Party  fo  indicted  f,  and  thereupon  fue  the  Procefs  dwelling  in  fo- 
"  ufed  at  the  Common  Law  before  the  making  of  the  £|n  c°untles- 
"  faid  Statute  in  the  King's  Bench  and  elfewhere,  after  $  Aid  ir'appealed, 
"  the  removing,  to  the  great  impoverifhing  and  Vexa- 
"  tion  of  the  King's  faithful  Subjects."     '  (4)  Where- 
'  fore  the  fame  our  Lord    the  King,    by  the  Advice 
'  and  Affent  aforefaid,    and  at  the  ipecial  Requeft  of 
'  the  faid  Commons,  by  Authority  aforefaid  hath  or- 
'  dained,  That  the  faid  Statute  be  holden  and  kept,  . 
'  and  put  in  due  Execution  in  all  Points  ;  (5)  joined  Procefs  when 
'  to  the  fame,  that  if  any  fuch  Indictments  taken,   orthe  aforefaidln- 
'  to  be  taken,  before  any  Tuftices  of  Peace,  or  before  diftmcnts>f.'r* 

c  l       l       •        n        J  1        ,-     u  v     j-  n  'lre  removed  into 

any  other  having  rower  to  take  men  indic-tments-orthe  King's 
'  Appeals,  or  other  Juftices  or  Commiffioners  in  anyBench. 
'  County,  Franchife,  or  Liberty  of  England,  fhali  be 
'  removed  before  the  King  in  his  Bench  or  elfewhere, 
'  by  Certiorari  or  otherwife,  then  after  fuch  removing, 
'  before  any  Exigent  awarded  upon  any  fuch  Indict- 
'  ment  or  Appeal  in  the  Form  aforefaid  taken,  or  to 
'  be  taken,  that  prefently  after  the  firft  Writ  of  Capias 
'  upon  every  fuch  Indictment  or  Appeal  awarded  and 
'  returned,   that  another  Writ  of  Capias  be  awarded, 

*  directed 


56S       C.  7. 


Anno  decimo  Henrici  VI. 


A.  D.  1432. 


•f  Add  and  more- 
over to  make  Pro- 
cefi  according  to 
the  EffcB  and 
Purport  of  the 
faidfrji  Statute. 


Pro  Jufticiarii 
Servientibus 
ad  Legem  & 
-'.frornat.  Do- 
mini Regis. 


directed  to  the  Sheriff"  of  the  County,  whereof  he 
that  is  fo  indi£ted  or  appealed  is  or  was  fuppofed 
to  be  converfant  by  the  fame  Indictment  or  Appeal, 
returnable  before  the  King  in  his  Bench  at  a  certain 
Day,  containing  the  Space  of  Three  Months  or 
Four  from  the  Date  of  the  faid  laft  Writ  of  Capias, 
according  to  the  Manner  and  Form  that  the  Juftices 
of  Peace,  and  other  in  the  faid  firft  Statute  contained, 
ought  to  have  done,  before  fuch  removing  after  the 
making  of  the  faid  firfr.  Statute  f.  (6)  And  if  any 
fuch  Exigent  be  hereafter  awarded  upon  any  fuch 
Indictment  or  Appeal  after  fuch  removing  againft 
the  Form  aforefaid,  or  any  Outlawry  thereupon 
pronounced,  as  well  the  fame  Exigent  fo  awarded, 
as  the  Outlawry  ■■; thereupon  to  be  pronounced,  and 
every  of  them,  fhall  be  holden  for  none  and  void, 
according  as  in  the  faid  firft  Statute  is  more  fully 
contained.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Eond. 
countee  dount  celuy  qeft  enditee  ou  appelle  eft 
ou  fuift  fuppofe  deftre  converfant  par  mefme  len- 
ditement  ou  appelle  retournable  devaunt  le  Roi 
en  fon  Bank  a  un  certein  jour  conteignent  lefpace 
de  trois  mois  ou  quatre  mois  del  date  del  dit  dar- 
rein brief  de  Capias  folonc  les  maner  &  fourme 
qe  les  juftices  de  peas  &  autres  en  le  dit  primer 
eltatuit  contenuz  deuffent  avoir  fait  avaunt  tiel 
remoevement  puis  la  fefaunce  du  dit  primer  efta- 
tuit  &  enouftre  de  ent  faire  proceffe  folonc  leffecT: 
&  purport  del  dit  primer  efratuit.  Et  fi  afcun  exi- 
gende  foit  agarde  enapres  fur  afcun  tiel  endite- 
ment  ou  appell  apres  tiel  remoevement  encountre 
la  fourme  avauntdite  ou  afcun  utlagarfe  fur  ceo 
pronuncie  foit  fibien  celle  exigende  enfi  agarder 
come  lutlagarie  fur  ceo  a  pronuncier  &  chefcun 
de  eux  tenuz  pur  null  &  voide  folonc  ceo  qen 
le  dit  primer  eftatuit  eft  contenuz  pluis  au  plein. 


CAP.     VII. 

All  Wools  and  Woollfels  that  fhall  be  carried  to  any  other  Place  than  to  Calais,  fhall  be 
forfeited  to  the  King  and  the  Finder.     See  Appendix. 

In  Rotulo  Parliament i  tenti  apud  Wefim  duodecimo  die  Maij  Anno  Regni 
Regis  Henrici  Sexti  pojl  conquejlum  decimo  Stat.  2.f 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

JTEM  quedam  alia  Petitio  exhibita  fuit  prefato  Domino  Regi  in  Parliamento  predidto  per  prefatos 
Communes  pro  Jufticiariis  Servientibus  ad  Legem  &  Attornato  Domini  Regis  in  hec  Verba  Priount 
les  Communes  a  iceft  prefent  Parlement  affemblez  qe  pleafe  a  noftre  Soverain'  Seignur  le  Roi  par  advis 
des  tres  reverentz  &  tres  gracious  Seignurs  a  iceft  prefent  Parlement  affemblez  confiderer  coment  les  Juftices 
de  Bank  le  Roi  &  del  Commune  Bank  les  Juftices  as  affifes  prendre  affignez  les  Sergeantz  et  lattourney 
du  Roi  pur  le  temps  efteantz  devaunt  ces  hoeures  feurent  tout  temps  paiez  en  mayns  de  lour  fees  &  re- 
gardes  du  Roi  par  les  Treforerez  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteantz  annuelment  en  les  termes  de  Pafque  & 
Seint  Michell  par  ouelles  portions  tanqe  al  temps  de  William  Kynwolmerfhe  jatarde  Treforer  dEngleterre 
et  puis  oils  feurent  mys  de  prendre  pur  lour  payment  affignementz  des  dettours  de  Roi  queux  par  tiels  af- 
fignementz  a  la  foitz  riens  faunz  regarde  payer  ne  voillent  des  queux  dettours  les  ditz  Juftices  Sergeaunlz  &c 
Attourne  ount  eftee  &  fount  trefmalement  ou  trop  tarde  &  ove  grauntes  delayes  ou  jammes  payez  &  outre 
fouvent  fount  mys  de  querer  &  efpier  dettours  du  Roi  des  queux  ils  voillent  avoir  lour  affignementz  la  ou 
ils  nount  ne  faunz  graunde  daunger  &  diligence  avoir  poient  conifaunce  de  tielx  dettours  ne  a  eux  efpier  & 
querer  &  pur  lour  payementz  treter  attendre  ne  poient  faunz  leffer  faire  lour  office  et  fervice  a  Roi  &  le  poe- 
ple  deliverer  &  qe  expedient  a  Roi  &  a  fon  poeple  ou  honefte  ou  convenient  as  offices  des  ditz  Juftices  Ser- 
geai'ntz  &  Attourne  neft  il  mye  de  querer  &  efpier  les  ditz  dettours  &  eux  par  daungerous  mefnes  entreter 
pur  lour  payment  aver  queux  a  la  foitz  pur  ceo  faire  defiront  &  demaundont  eftre  regardez  ou  non  refo- 
nablement  favourez  encountre  le  ferement  des  ditz  Juftices  Sergeantz  &  Attourne  <k  de  confiderer  auxi  les 
graundes  &  continuelx  coftages  &  expenfes  qe  les  ditz  Juftices  fount  en  lour  entendaunce  en  faifant  lour 
ditz  offices  &  fervicez  a  Roi  &  le  graunde  perde  &  damage  qils  ount  de  lour  fees  &  gayne  de  ceo  qils  fount 
affignez  Juftices  qamounterount  a  graunt  part  pluis  qe  lour  ditz  fees  &  regardes  de  Roi  et  fur  ceo  par  auc- 
torite  diceft  prefent  parlement  d'ordiner  qe  les  ditz  Juftices  Sergeantz  &  Attourne  de  Roi  pur  le  temps 
efteantz  &  chefcun  de  eux  foient  paiez  es  mains  de  lour  ditz  fees  &  regardes  de  Roi  en  les  ditz  Termes  par 
les  mains  des  Treforers  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteantz  et  qe  mefmes  les  treforers  foient  tenuz  a  ceo  faire 
par  iffint  qe  les  ditz  Juftices  Sergeantz  &  Attourne  ne  covyendra  pur  la  purfuite  de  lour  ditz  paymentz  aver 
de  leffer  faire  lour  ditz  office  &  fervice  a  Roi  deliverer  le  poeple  qount  a  faire  en  lour  offices  avauntditz.  Qua 
quidem  petitione  in  parliamento  predicto  lerSta  audita  &  intelledta  de  avifamento  &  affenfu  predictis  prefate 
petitioni  taliter  fuit  refponfum  Fiat  prout  petitur. 

+  This  is  mentioned  as  a  Statute  ir*  the  Old  Abridgement,  and  called  Statutum  per  fe.     But  it  feems  to  have 
been  refpited,  for  it  is  not  entered  upon  the  Statute  Roll,  and  was  not  publifhed  as  a  Statute. 


Statutes 


-A.  D.  1433. 


Anno  undecimo  Henrici  VI. 


C.  1—3.        569 


Statutes  made   at  Weftminfter,    Anno  11  Hen.  VI.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1433. 


o 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

NOSTRE  Seignur  le  Roy  a  fon  parlement 
tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  viij.  jour  de  Jule  Ian 
de  fon  regno  unzifme  a  la  reverence  de 
Dieu  &  pur  le  bien  du  poeple  de  fon  Roialme  del 
advis  &  aflent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  tem- 
porelx  de  mefme  le  Roialme  &  a  la  elpeciale 
requeft  dez  Communes  de  fon  dit  Roialme  en 
fon  dit  Roialme  efteantz  par  aucforite  de  mefme 
le  parlement  ad  fait  ordeigne  &  eftable  certeins 
eftatuitz  declarations  &  ordenaunces  en  la  fourme 
qenfuit. 

CAP.      I. 

They  that  dwell  at  the  Stews  in  Southwark  fhall  not  be  impanelled  in  Juries,  nor  keep  any 

Inn  or  Tavern  but  there.     See  appendix. 

CAP.      II. 
The  Penalty  where  a  Sheriff  is  named  a  Diffeifor  in  an  Affife. 


U  R   Sovereign  Lord  the  King,  at  his  Par- 
liament holden  at  TVeftminfter  the    Eighth 
Day  of  July,  the  Eleventh  Year  of  his  Reign, 
to  the  Reverence  of  God,  and  for  the  Weal  of  the 
"  People  of  his  Realm,  by  the  *  Aflent  of  the  Lord-s  *  Aii  M«™. 
"  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  at  the  fpecial  Requeft""'' 
"  of  the  Commons  of  his  Realm  in  his  (aid  Parlia- 
"  ment  affembled,  by  Authority  of  the  fame  Parliament, 
"  hath  ordained  and  ftabliihed  divers  Statutes,  Decla- 
"  rations,  and  Ordinances,  in  the  Form  following." 


ITEM  come  divers   gentz  fovent   foitz  fuent 
affifcs  de  novell  diffeifyn  devaunt  Juftices  af- 
•fignez  envers  diverfez  perfones  &  par  fubtillite  & 
collufion  pur  avoir  lour  brefs  de  loures  ditz  aflifes 
-dire&z  as  coroners  dez  countees  ou  les  tenementz 
fount  pur  faire  execution  dicell  brefs  fount  nomer 
■en  loures  ditz  aflifes  le  vifcount  de  mefme  le  coun- 
te  une  dez  difleifoures  lou  il  neft  ne  unqes  fuift 
.diffeifour  ne  tenaunt  dez  tenementz  en  demaunde 
parount  fovent  foitz  lez  ditz  aflifes  fount  agardez 
par  defaute  dez   tenantz  quex  nount  my  conu- 
faunce  de  ceux  aflifes  en  tant  qils  ne  trovent  my 
afcune  aflife  envers  eux  en  la  felace  de  vifcount 
&   nount   afcune   fufpecion  de  afcune   tiel    aflife 
.priz  envers  le  vifcount  &  eux  Noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  voillant   en  ceo  cas  purvoir  de  remedie  del 
aflent  &  auclorite  fuifditz  ad   ordeigne  qen  tous 
tiels  aflifes  purchafez  &  a  prefent  pendantz  ou  a 
purchafers    defore  enavaunt   parentre    queconqes 
.oerfones   devaunt   afcuns   tieux  Juftices  en  quex 
aflifes  afcune  tiel  vifcount  foit  nomez  deffeifour  fi 
lez  tenantz  en  lez  ditz  aflifes  ou  afcun  de  eux 
voil  averrer  qe  le  dit  vifcount  neft  ne  unqes  fuift 
diffeifour  ne  tenaunt  dez  tenementz  en  demaunde 
mais  fuift  nome  diffeifour  par  collufion  foit  laver- 
rement  receuz.     Et  ft  trove  foit  par  la  dit  aflife 
qe  le  dit  vifcount  ne  foit  ne  unqes  fuit  difleilor 
ne  tenaunt  dez  tenementz  en  demaunde  mais  fuift 
nome  diffeifour   par   collufion   adonqes    lez    ditz 
Juftices  facent  abater  &  caffer  le  dit  brief  purchafe 
-ou  purchafer  en  la  fourme  fuifdit  &  qe  lez  plein- 
tifs  ou  pleintife  foient  ou  foit  en  le  greve  mercy  le 
Roi. 


ITEM,  Whereas  feveral  Perfons  do  often  fue  Af- 
fifes   of  Novel  dijfeifin    before   Juftices    affigned 
againft  divers  Perfons,  and  by  Craft  and  Collulion, 
to  have  their  Writs  of  their  laid  Aflifes  directed  to 
the  Coroners  of  the  Counties  where  the  Tenements 
be,  to  make  Execution  of  the  faid  Writs,  do  name 
in  their  faid  Aflifes  the  Sheriff  of  the  fame  County 
one  of  the  Diffeifors,  where  he  is  not,  neither  ever 
was  Diffeifor  or  Tenant  of  the  Tenements  in  De- 
mand, whereby  oftentimes  the  faid  Aflifes  be  award- 
ed by  the  Default  of  the  Tenants  which  have  no 
Knowledge  of  thofe  Aflifes,  for  that  they  found  not 
any  Aflife  againft  them  in  the  File  of  the  Sheriff, 
nor  have  any  Suspicion  of  any  fuch  Aflife  taken 
againft  the  Sheriff'  and  them  j"  '  (2)  our  Lord  the 
King,  willing  in  this  Cafe  to  provide  Remedy,  of 
the  Aflent  and  Authority  aforefaid,  hath  ordained, 
That  in  all  fuch  Aflifes  purchafed,  at  this  Time  de- 
pending, or  hereafter  to  be  purchafed,  between  any 
Perfons  whatfover  they  be,  before  any  fuch  Juftices, 
in  which  Aflifes  any   fuch   Sheriff  is    named   Dif- 
feifor, if  the  Tenants  in  the  faid  Aflifes  or  any  of 
them  will  aver,  that  the  faid  Sheriff  is  not,  nor  ever 
was,   Diffeifor,   nor  Tenant  of  the  Tenements  in 
Demand,  but  was  named  Diffeifor  by  Collufion,  the 
Averment  fhall  be  received.     (3)  And  if  it  be  found 
by  the  faid  Aflife,  that  the  faid  Sheriff  is  not,  nor 
ever  was,  Diffeifor  nor  Tenant  of  the  Tenements 
in  Demand,  but  was  named  Diffeifor  by  Collufion, 
then  the  faid  Juftices  fhall  caufe  to  be  abated  and 
quafhed  the  faid  Writ  purchafed,  or  to  be  purchafed 
in  the  Form  above-faid  ;  (4)  and  that  the  Plaintiffs 
or  Plaintiff"  be  in  the  grievous  Mercy  of  the  King.' 


CAP.      III. 

An  Affife,  &V.  maintainable  againft  the  Pernor  of  the  Profits. 


ITEM  come  par  eftatuit  fait  Ian  quart  le  Roy 
Henry   pier  noftre  Seignur  le   Roi    quoreft 
.«ntre  autres  ordene  foit'  qe  les  diffeifez  eiant  lour 
Vol.  I. 


"  TTEM,  Whereas  by  a  Statute  made  the  Fourth 4  h. 4.  c, 
"  X  Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Henry,  Grandfa- 
"  ther  of  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,   amongft 
Dddd  "other 


570 


C. 


Anno  undecimo 


"  dther  Things  it  was  ordained,  That  the  Diffeifees 
"  fhall  have  their  Actions  againft  the  Diffeifors  du- 
"  ring  the  Lives  of  the  Difleiiors,  fo  that  fuch  Diffeifors 
"  thereof  take  the  Profits  at  the  Time  of  the  Suit  com- 
"  menced,  as  in  the  fame  Statute  is  contained  more  at 
"  large.  The  which  Statute,  according  to  the  Opi- 
"  nion  of  many,  hath  been  intended  in  Writ:;  of  Af- 
"  fife  of  Nov.- 1  diffeifin  only,  and  as  great  Mifchief  it 
"  is  to  the  Parties  Demandants  in  other  Jft  rits  fued 
"  and  grounded  upon  Novel diffeifin,  as  in  Affife."  '  (2) 
'  Wherefore  our  Lord  the  King,  willing  all  Manner 
c  of  Opinions  and  Doubts  in  that  Behalf  to  cenfe, 
.'  hath  ordained  by  the  Affent  and  Authority  aforefaid, 
-  That  in  all  Manner  of  Writs  grounded  upon  Novel 
'  diffeifin^  the  Diffeifees  fhall  have  their  Recoveries,  if 
'  they  will,  by  fuch  Writs,  againft  the  Diifeifors  or 
'  their  Feoffees,  as  well  as  they  fhall  have  in  Affife  of 
'  Novel  diffeifin,  fo  that  the  fame  Diffeifors,  or  their 
'  Feoffees,  againft  whom  the  Writ  fhall  be  brought, 
'  thereof  take  the  Profits  at  the  Time  of  the  Writ  pur- 
'  chafed,  not.**khftanding  any  Gifts  of  Feoffments 
made  to  other  Perfons  for  to  delay  the  Demandants  ' 


E  R.  3.    C,  9. 

Farther  pr-mided  for  by  I  H.  7.  c.  I,     27  H. 


Henrici  VI.         A.  D.  1433. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Tun-.  Lond. 
action  envers  lez  diffeifoures  durant  la  vie  mefmes 
lez  diffeifoures  parenfi  qe  tiels  lez  diffeifoures  ent 
preigne  lez  profettes  al  temps  del  f-ite  commence 
licome  en  mefvne  leftatuit  eft  contenuz  pluis  au 
plein.  Le  quell  eftatut  folonqe  loppinion  dez 
plufours  ad  efte  entenduz  es  brefs  daffifes  de  novel 
diffeifin  tontfolement  &  fi  graundement  mefchefe 
eft  a  les  parties  demaundantz  en  autres  briefs  fuez 
&  found  ,z  fur  novell  diffeifin  come  en  affife.  Et 
voillant  par  tant  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le-  Roi 
tous  maners  oppinions  &  doutes  en  ceft  parte 
ceffer  ad  ordene  par  laffent  &  auctorite  fuifditz 
qen  tous  maners  dez  briefs  fonduz  fur  le  novell 
diffeifin  lez  deffeifez  eient  lour  recoverer  fils  voil- 
lent  par  dels -briefs  envers  lez  diffeifoures  ou  lour 
feftees  auxibien  come  ils  averoient  en  affife  de 
novell  diffeifin  pariffint  qe  mefmes  lez  diffeifoures 
ou  lour  feftees  vers  qui  ou  quex  le  brefe  ferra  porte 
ent  pregne  ou  pregnent  lez  profettz  al  temps  del 
bref  purchace  rtieiit  contrefteant  afcufts  dons  ou 
feffementz  faitz  as  autres  perfones  pur  delaier  lez 
demaundantz. 


C    A    P.      IV. 


The  Plaintiffs  in  Atfairit  fhall  recover  their  Cofts  and  Damages. 


The  feveral 

Pleas  and  De-      " 

lays  that  were      €t 


TEM,  Our  Lord  the  King,  by  the  grievous  Com- 
plaint of  his  Commons,    confidering  the   Mif- 
chiefs  had  within  the  Realm,  and  yet  not  remedied, 

Jtommral^r"  and  alfo  the  Sreat  Damage  and  Difherifon  that 
"  cometh  by  the  ufual  Perjury  of  Jurors  impanelled 
"  upon  Inquefts,  as  well  in  the  Courts  of  our  Lord 
"  the  King,  as  of  other,  the  which  Perjury  doth 
"  abound  and  increafe  daily  more  than  it  was  wont, 
"  for  the  great  Gifts  that  fuch  Jurors  take  of  the  Paf- 
"  ties  in  Pleas  fued  in  the  faid  Courts  ;  (2)  wherefore 
"  the  greater  Part  of  People  that  have  to  fue  in  the 
"  faid  Courts,  leave  their  Suits  for  the  Mifchiefs 
"  aforefaid,  and  namely  in  refpeft  of  the  Delays  that 
"  be  in  the  Writs  of  Attain  s  ;  for  that  in  Times  paft 
"  in  Writs  of  Attaints,  when  the  Grand  Jury  had 
"  appeared  in  Court,  and  were  ready  to  pafs,  one  of 
"  the  Tenants  or  Defendants,  of  of  the  petty  Jurors 
"  named  in  fuch  Writs,  fometime  have  pleaded  falfe 
"  and  faint  Pleas,  which  were  not  triable  by  the 
"  Grand  Jury  of  the  Attaint,  and  by  that  Means 
"  delayed  the  taking  of  fuch  Grand  Juries  until  fuch 
"  Pleas  were  tried.  And  after  fuch  Pleas  tried  and 
"  found  for  the  Plaintiffs,  another  of  the  Jurors, 
u  Tenants,  or  Defendants,  might  plead  another  fuch 
*■'  falfe  and  faint  Plea-  after  the  laft  Continuance  in 
"  the  fame  Attaints,  and  fo  every  of  the  Defendants, 
"  Jurors*  or  Tenants,  after  other,  might  plead  fuch 
"  falfe  and  faint  Plea,  and  delay  the  Grand  Jury  when 
"  it  was  ready  to  pafs ;  (3)  and  though  that  all  fuch 
(*  falfe  and  faint  Pleas  weie  found  againft  them  which 
"  pleaded,  no  Pain  was  given  them  by  the  Common 
"  Law,  (4)  in  regard  of  which  Delays,  the  Grand  Ju- 
"  ries  in  Attaints  have  been  often  grievoufly  vexed  and 
"  travelled,  and  the  Plaintiffs  in  fuch  At  aints  put  to 
"  fo  great  Cofts,  and  thereby  impoverifhed,  that  they 
"  could  not  profecute  their  faid  Suits,  wherefore  the 
"  Jurors  be  the  more  encouraged  to  be  perjured,  artd 
rnfcniJ  ind  tc  lQ  ^j^.  t^eir  faJj"e  Qatns  j.n  fuch  Cafes  :"  (5)  Ou-r 
rm^cd y-in.i  faia£oru  the  King,  willing  thereof  to.  proade  Re- 


IT  E  M  noftre  Seignuf  le  Roi  par  la  grevouie 
compleint  dez  fez  Communes  confiderant  lez 
graundes  niefchefs  ewez  deinz  le  Roialme  &  un- 
qore  nient  remedez  &  auxi  le  graunde  .  amage 
&  difheretifon  qavient  par  le  ufuell  perjure  dez 
jurroures  enpanellez  en  enqueftes  fibien  en  lez 
courtes  du  Roi  come  dautres  la  quell  perjure  ha- 
bunde  &  encrece  de  jour  en  autre  pluis  qe  foloit 
pur  lez  graundes  dounes  que  tiels  jurrours  preg- 
nent de  lez  parties  es  plees  fuez  en  lez  ditz  cour- 
tes a  taunt  qe  le  greindre  partie  dez  gentz  qount 
a  fuer  eh  lez  ditz  courtes  leffent  lour  fute  par 
lenchefon-  fuifdit  &  nomement  a  caufe  qe  lez  de- 
laies  que  foun.  en  lez  briefs  datteintes  purceo  qe 
avaun:  cez  heures  en  briefs  datteint  quant  le  graunde 
jure  ad  apparue  en  court  &  fuift  preft  de  paffer 
Un  dez  tenantz  ou  defendantz  ou  des  petites  jur- 
rours nomez  en  tielx  briefs  a  le  foith  ount  pledes 
feintes  &  fauxes  plefes  quex  fie  fuerent  triablez 
par  la  graunde  jure  de  latteint  &  paf  celle  caufe 
delaiez  la  pries  dez  tielx  graundes  juriees  tanqne 
tiels  plees  fuerent  triez.. .  Ft  apres  tielx  plees 
tiiez  &  trovez  pur  le  pleintifs  une  autre  dez  jur- 
rours tefiaumz  ou  defendantz  purrorit  pleder  une 
ailtre  tiel  fauxe  &  feinte  plee  plui's  lit  darrein. 
continuance  en  mefmes  lez  atteintez.  Et  iffint 
chefcune  dez  defendantz  jurours  ou  tenantz  apres 
lautre  parroit  pleder  tiel  feuxe  &  feinte  plee  &; 
delaier  la  graunde  juriee  quant  il  fuift  preft  de 
paffer.  Et  combien  qe  tous  tiels  faux  &  feinte 
plees  furent  trovez  envers  eux  qui  eux  plederent 
nulle  peine  fuift  done  envers  eux  par  la  commune 
ley  a  caufe  dez  quex  delaiez  lez  graundes  jur- 
iees en  atteintcs  ount  efte  fovent  grevoufement 
vexez  &  laborez  &  lez  pieintifs  en  tiels  atteintz 
myz  a  ft  graunde  collages  &  enfi  enpoverez  qils  ne 
p.irroient  fuer  avaunt  lours  dkz  fuites  par  que  lez 
jurrours  ount  efte  meulx  embaudez  deftre  perjurez 
&  fair  faux  ferementz  en  tielx  c«fes.     Et  voillant 

fur 

M 


A.  D.  1433. 

£.v  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
•fur  ceo  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  purvoier  de 
remedie  a  la  requeft  dez  ditz  Communes  &  de 
laffeut  des  Seignurs  defuifditz  ad  ordene  k,  eftable 
qe  les  parties  pleintifs  en  to  us  tiels  atteintez  reco- 
verount  lour  damages  &  coftaiges  envers  tous 
tielx  tenauntz  jurrours  &  defendant  qils  ount  fuf- 
tenez  en  cele  partie.  Et  qe  cell  eftatuit  foy  ex- 
tende  auxibien  as  briefs  datteintz  ore  pendantz 
come  as  briefs  datteintz  a  purchaferez  en. temps 
vaenir. 


Anno  imdecimo  Henrici  VI. 


C  5»  6-       57l 


rriedy,  at  the  Requeft  of  the  faid  Commons,  and  by 
the  Affent  of  the  Lords  above-faid,  hath  ordained  and 
eftablifhed,  That  the  Parties  Plaintiffs  in  all  fuch 
Attaints  fhall  recover  their  Damages  and  Colls 
againft  all  fuch  Tenants,  Jurors,  and  Defendants, 
which  they  have  fuftained  in  that  Behalf;,  and  that 
this  Statute  extend  as  well  to  Writs  of  Attaints  now 
hanging,  as  to  Writs  of  Attaints  to  be  purchafcd 
hereafter.' 


See  farther  7?^- 
hu'ioni  in  Attah.ti 
11  H.  7 .  c.  21 
fef  24.     19  II. 
7.  c.  3.  ami  37 
H.  8,  6.  5. 


CAP.      V. 

The  Remedv  where  a  Tenant  granted!  over  his  Eftate,  taketh  the  Profits,  and  committeth. 

Wafte. 


TEM  pur  ceo  qe  lou  diverfes  gentz  devaunt  cez  ] 
heures  ount  leffez  lour  terfes  &' tenement i  as  I 
diverfes  perfones  ceftaffavoir  a  terme  de  vie  ou  a  ; 
terme  dautre  vie  &  afcunes  a  terme  dez  anz  lez  j 
ditz  tenauntz  fovent  foitz    ount  graunte  &   leffe 
lour  eftate  quex  avoient  en  lez  ditz  terres  &  tene-  | 
meniz  a  plufoures  perfones  al  entent  qe  ceux  en  \ 
la  reverfion  ceftaffavoir  loure  leffoures  lours  heires 
ne  lour  aflignes  ne  dueent  avoir  conufaunce  des  i 
loures  nounes   &   puis  lez  ditz  premer  tenauntz  : 
continuelment  occupient  lez  ditz  terres   &  tene-  . 
mentz  &  ent  ■pregnent  lez  profettes  a  lour  pro- 
pre  ufe  &  en  lez  ditz  terres  &  tenementz  fount 
waft  &   deftru£tion    a  difheritaunce   de   ceux    en 
la  reverfion  ordeigne  eft  &  eftable  qe  ceux  en  la 
reverfion  en  tie!  cas  purroient  avoir  &  maintenere 
brief  de  Waft  envers  lez   di.z  tenauntz  a  terme 
de  vie  dautre  vie  &  dez  anz  &  ilTint  recoverer  en- 
vers eux  le  lieu   wafte  h  lours   trebles  damages 
pur  le  waft  iilint  par  eux  fait  ficome  ils  dueent 
avoir  fait  pur  le  waft  par  eux  fjj.it  devaunt  lez  ditz 
graunte  &  leffe  de  lour  eftate.     Purveu  toutz  foitz 
qe  cele  ordenaunce  ne  teigne  lieu  forfque  lou  lez 
premers   tenauntz  devaunt  lez  leffe  &  le  graunte 
de  lour  dit  eftate  en  le  man  ere  &  fourme  fuifditz 
fuerent  punisfhablez  de  waft  et  auxi  lou  apres  le 
ditz    graunt  &   leile   lez   ditz   premers   tenauntz 
dez  ditz  terres  &  tenementz  pregnent  lezprofettes 
a  lour   propre   o.pfe    demefne   al   temps   de    waft 
fait,     Et  qe  ceft  ordenance  foy  extente  auxibien 
al  waft  par  tielx   tenauntz  fait  devaunt  ceft  or- 
denance come  apres. 


ITEM,  Becaufe  that  divers  People  in  Times  paft 
have  let  their  Lands  and  Tenements  to  divers 
Perfons,  that  is  to  fay,  fome  for  Term  of  Life  o<r 
of  another  Man's  Life,  and  fome  for  Term  of  Years, 
:  the  faid  Tenants  have  oftentimes  let  and  granted 
:  their  Eftate  which  they  had  in  the  fame  Lands  and 
;  Tenements,    to  many  Perfons,  to  the   Intent  that 
;  they  in  the  Reverfion,  that  is  to  fay,  their  Leffors,  5  Co-  1" 
;  their   Heirs,     or    their    AfTigns,     might    not    have 
;   knowledge  .of  .their  Names,  and  after  the  faid  firft 
;  Tenants   continually  occupy   the   faid  Lands   and 
:  Tenements,  and  thereof  take  the  Profits   to  their 
:  proper  Ufe,  and  in  the  faid  Lands  and  Tenements 
:  commit  Wafte  and  DeftruiSHon,    to   the   Diffierit- 
:  ance  of  them  in  the  Reverfion  :"  '  (2)  It  is  ordained 
and  eiiabliftied,  That  they  in  the  Reverfion  in  fucb. 
Cafe  may  have  and  maintain  a  Writ  of  Wafte  againft 
the  faid  Tenants   for  Term  of  Life,    of  another's 
Life,  or  for  Years,  and  fo  recover  againft  them  the 
Place   wafted,    and   their   treble   Damages,   for  the 
Wafte  by  them  done,  as  they  ought  to  have  done  for 
the  Wafte  committed  by  them  before  the  faid  Grant 
and  Leafe    of  their  Eftate.      (3)   Provided  always, 
That   this  Ordinance   hold  not  Place,    but  where 
the    firft   Tenants  before   the  Leafe   and  Grant   of 
their  faid  Eftate  ,  in  the  Manner  and  Form  above- 
faid,  vyere  punifhable  of  Wafte  ;  (4)  and  alfo  vvlvre 
after  the  faid  Grant  and  Leafe  the  faid  firft  Tenants 
of  the  faid  Lands  and  Tenements  take  the  Profits 
at  the  Time  of  the  "Wafte  done,  to  their  own  proper 
Ufe.     (5)  And  this  Ordinance  fhall  extend  as  well 
to  Wafte  .by  fuch  Tenants  done  before  this  Ordi- 
nance, as  after.'   • 


CAP.      VI. 

No  Suit  pending  before  any  Juftices,  &c.  fhall  be  difcontinued  by  a  new  Conimiffion. 


TEM  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  confiderant  lez 
graundes  perdes  &  damages  que  fovent  foitz 
ount  avenuz  &  verifemblablement  avenderount 
apres  fibien  a  luy  mefmes  come  as  plufours  dez 
fez  leges  d*  ceo  qe  la  ou  fibien  divcrfez  endite- 
rnentez  &  f  tes  pur  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  come 
autres  futes  parentre  parte  &  parte  ount  efte 
prifez  devaunt  diverfez  juftices  de  pees  affignez 
par  diverfez  commiiTions  de  Roi  en  divcrfez  countes 
dEngieterre  &  diverfes  plees  &  procefles  fur  icelles 
enditementz  ount  fovent  efte  faitez  Si  pendantz 
devaunt    mefmes  les    juftices    nient    determinez 


ITEM,  Our  Lord  the  King  confidering  the  greats ?<:.-.• 
Loffes  and  Damages  which  oftentimes  have  come/-''  b  ' 
and  be  likely  to  come  hereafter,  as  well  to  himfel.fj.j^ 
as  to  many  of  his  Lieg:s,  for  that  where  as  well  di- 
vers Indictments  and  Suits  for  our  Lord  the  King,  as 
other  Suits  between  Party  and  Party,  have  been  taken 
before  divers  Juftices  of  the  Peace,  affigned  by  feve- 
ral  Commiflions  of  our  faid  Lord  the  King  in  divers 
Counties  of  England,  and  divers  Pleas  and  Proceffes 
upon  thofe  Indictments  have  often  been  made,   and 
hanging  before  the  fame  Tuftices  not  determined,  the 
D  d  d  d  %  "  which 


'prvbidid 
Ed.  6.  c. 
2  &  -j  P. 

18. 


572 


Anno  undecimo  Henri ci  VI. 


A.  D.  1433, 


which  Pleas  and  Proceffes  have  been  often  difcontinu- 
ed,  by  making  of  new  Commiflions  of  the  Peace  in 
thofe  Counties,  to  the  great  Lofs  of  our  faid  Lord  the 
King  and  of  his  Subjedts,  in  Delay  of  the  fame  Pleas 
and  Suits,  and  of  the  Deliverance,  of  his  faid  Sub- 
jects ;"    '  (2)  And  upon  that  our  Lord  the  King 
willing  to  provide  Remedy,  of  the  Affent  and  Au- 
thority aforefaid,  hath  ordained  and.eftablifhed,  That 
in  all  fuch  Pleas,  Suits,  and  Proceffes,  in  them  to  be 
taken  and  to  be  made  before  Juftices  of  the  Peace 
in  any  County  of  England,  the  faid  Pleas  and  Pro- 
ceffes in  fuch  Suits  to  be  done  fhall  not  be  difcon- 
tinued  by  fuch  new  Commiflions  of  the  Peace  to  be 
made,  but  thofe  Pleas  and'  Proceffes  fhall .  ftand  in 
their  Force.     (3)  And  the  Juftices  in  the  fame  new 
Commiflions  lo  afligned,  after  that  they  fliall  have 
the  Records  of  the  fame  Pleas  and  Proceffes  before 
them,  fhall  have  Power  and  Authority  to  continue 
the  faid  Pleas  and  Proceffes  ;  and  the  fame.Pleas  and 
Procefles,  and,  all  that  depend  upon  them,, to  hear 
and  finally  to  determine,  as  the  other  Juftices  might 
and  ought  to  have  done  of  and  in  the  fame,  jf  no 
new  Commiflion  hadbeen  made.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
lez  queux  plees  &  proceffes  fovent  ount  efte  dif- 
contenuz    par  faifaunces   de   novell   commiflions 
du  pees  en  icelles  countes  a  graunde  perde  noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  Roi  &  dez  fez  lieges  &  en  retarda-  • 
tion  dez  mefmes  lez  plees  &  futees  &  de  la  deli- 
veraunce  dez  fez  ditz  lieges.     Et  fur  ceo  noftra:- 
dit  Seignur  le  Roi  voillant  purvoier  de  remedie  de 
laffent   &  auc"torite  fuifditz  ad  ordene  &   eftable 
qen  tous  tielx  futes  &  plees  &  proees  en  icelles 
apprendres  Si  affaires  devaunt  juftices  de  pees  en 
afcune  counte  dEngleterre  lez  ditz  plees  &  proees 
en,  tiels    futes  affaires  ne  foient   my   difcontenuz  - 
par  tiels  novell  commiflions  de  pees  affaires  mes 
eftoient   mefmes   lez   plees    Si  proceffes   en-  lour 
force.      Et  eient  lez  juftices  de  mefmes  lez  no- 
vel commiflions  enfi  aflignez  apres  ceo  qils  ave- 
rount  lez-  recordes  dez  ditz  plees  &  proceffes  de- 
vaunt  eux  poair  &au£f.orite  dez  lez  ditz  plees:& 
proceffes  continuer  Sz  mefmes  lez  plees  &  proceffe 
&  tous  lez  dependantz  dieelles  oier  &  finalment 
determiner    ficome    lez    autres    juftices   purrount 
&  duiflent  avoir  fait  de  Sc  en  icelles  ft  null  novell 
commiflion  euft  efte  fait— 


GAP..    VII.. 

The  Statute  0F9.H/6.  c.  7.  which  reftraineth  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Hereford  to  take 
Money  by.  Extortion,  djiV.  revived  for.  Three  Years.     See  Appendix-.. 

e    A    P.      VIII. 
A  Confirmation  of  all'Statutes  made  touching  Weights  and  Meafures. 


1  H.  5.  c.  io(    "  T  TEM,  Whereas  in  the  Parliament  holden at  Wejl- 
"  J.  minfter  the  Firft  Year  of  King  Henry,,  Father  of 
"  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  it  was  ordained, 
"  That  all  the  Statutes  and  Ordinances  made  of  Mea- 
"  furesofCorn  fhould  be  firmly  holden  and  kept  after 
"  the  Effect  of  the  fame;  (2)  and  that  no  Purveyors 
"  of  the  King,  nor  of  other,  fhould  not  after  that  Time 
"forth  buy  nor  take  any  Corn  or  other  Meafure,  but 
"  by  eight  Bufhels  ftriken  for  the  Quarter^  and  that 
"  none  fhould  be  bound  otherwife  to  deliver  for  the 
"  Quarter  but  eight  Bufhels  ftriken  for  the  Quarter, 
"•  as  before  is  faid,  (3)  and  alfo  that  Payment  fhall  be 
"  made  prefently  for  the  Carriage  of  the  fame.  (4)  And 
*'  that  if  any  Purveyor  of  our  Lord  the  Kingy-  or  of 
"  other  P-erfon,  from  that  Time  forward  do  buy  or 
"  purvey  any  Corn  otherwife,  or  by,  other  Meafure, 
"  than  by  eight  Bufhels  ftriken  for  the  Quarter,  as  be- 
*«  fore  is  faid,  and  of  that  be  attainted,  he  fhall  have 
"  one  Year's  Imprifonment,  and  fhall  pay  to  the  King 
"  an  hundred  Shillings,  and  to  the  Party  that  feeleth 
"  him  grieved  another  hundred  Shillings  ;  and  that  as 
"  often  as  any  of  them  fhall  be  thereof  attainted  ;   (5) 
"  and  that  the  Party  that  will  fue  fhall  have  thereof -an 
*'  Action  grounded  upon  the  Cafe.     (6)  And  that  the 
"  Juftices  of  Peace  fhall  have  Power  to  inquire  and.  to 
"  hold  Plea  of  all  the  Things  aforefaid,    and  there - 
*'  upon  to  aflign  Punifhment,  as  well  at  the  Suit  of 
"  the  King  as  of  the  Party  ;{_-])  and  that  from  the  fame 
"  Time  forward  nothing  fhould  be  taken  for  the  mea- 
"  furing  of  fuch  Corn  in  any  Manner.     (8)  And  not- 
"  withstanding  the  faid  Ordinances  and  Statutes,   as 
"  well  the  Bakers,  and  all  other  Merchants  and  Buy- 
"  ers  within  the  Franchifc  and  City  of  London,  as  the 


TEM  come  en  le  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  Ian 
premer  de  Roi  Henr'  pier  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  quoreft  ordene  fuift  qe  toua  lez  eftatuit2L.5c 
ordenances  dez  mefures  dez.bleez  deuffent  eftre 
fermement  tenuz  &  garduz  folonqe  lenfeil  dicells. 
Et.qe  null  dez  purvoiours  de  Roi  nautre  ne  durf- 
fent  en  apres  ne  de  celle  temps  enavaunt  achater 
ne  prendre  afcuns  blees  par  autre  mefure  fmon-par 
viij-.  bufi'elx  rafez  pur  le  quarter  et  qe  null  ferrolt 
tenuz  autrement  a. deliverer  pur- le  quarter  finon 
viij,.  buffelx  rafez  pur  le  quarter  come  devaunt  eft 
dit  et  auxint  qe  paiement  ferroit  fait  preftement 
pur  le  cariage  dieelles.  Et  qe  ft  afcun.  purveiour 
ou  autre  perfone  dicelle  temps  enavaunt  accha^ 
teroit  ou  purveroit  afcuns  blees  autrement  ou  par. 
autre  mefure  finon  viij.  buffelx  pur  le  quarter  * 
come  avaunt  eft  dit  Si  de  ceo  ferroit  atteint  averoit 
lenprifonement .  dun  an  &  qil  paieroit  au  Roi  C. 
s.  &  a  parte  que  fe  fente  greve  autre  C.  s.  k  ceo 
atant  dez  foitz  qe  afcune  de  ceux  de  ceo  ferroit 
atteint.  Et  qe  la  parte  qe  voudroit  fuer  averoit  ent 
aftion  founduz  fur  la  cas.  Et  qe  lez  juftieesde 
la  pees  , duiffent  avoir  poair.  denquerer  &  plee 
tenere  dez  touz  lez  chofes  avauntditz.  &  fur  ceo 
de  faire  punifhement  fibicn  al  fuit  de  Roi  come  de 
parte.  Et  qe  de  celle  temps  enavant  riens  ferroit 
priz  pur  le  mefurage  dez  tiels  blees  en  afcune 
manere.  Et  nient  obftant  afcuns  ordenances  & 
eftatutz  fibicn  lez  piftour  &  tous  autres  marchantz 
Si  achaitours  deins  le-  franchifes  &  Cite  de  Londr.es 

come 


A.  D.  1433. 


Anno  undecimo  Henrici  VI. 


C.  8. 


573 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
come  lez  purveiours   le  Roi  dez   bleez  &  touz 
autres   marchauntz    &    communes    achatours   de 
blees  en  plufours  citees  villes  burghes  &  countees 
dEngleterre    continuelement    de    jour    en     autre 
achatent  &  pregnent  noef  buffelx  pur  le  quarter 
ceftaffavoir  lez  piftours    achatours   &   merchantz 
deins  le  fraunchifes  &  Cite  de  Londres  par  une 
veffell  appelle   le  Fat  que  contient  viij.   buffelx 
dez  blees   ove  un  autre  buffell  myz  a  icell   pur 
une  quartre  &  fount  lez  vendours  dez  ditz  blees 
encountre  lour  volunte  de  paier  une  maile  pur  le 
mefurage  de  chefcun  quarter  &   tous  lez  autres 
purveours  achatours  &  merchantz  dez  ditz  blees 
noef  buffelx    rafez   pur  le   quarter  encountre    la 
fourme  dez  ditz  ordenances  &  eftatuitz  &  en  con- 
tempt du  Roi  a  caufe  qe  lez  ditz  eftatuitz  &  or- 
denaunces  ne  fount  my  proclaymez  ne  myz  en 
execution  ne  lez  ditz  peynes  &  forfaitures  par  le 
dit  eftatuit  limitez  levez  folonque  lenfect  de  mefme 
leftatut.     Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roivoillant  mef- 
mes  leftatuit  &  ordenances  eftre  duement  tenuz 
&  garduz  par  affent  &  auctorite  fuifditz  ad  ordene 
qe  fibien    les    ditz    eftatuitz  come   leftatuit  dez 
poies   &   mefours   faitz   au   parlement   noftre   dit 
Seignur  le.Roi  quoreft  Ian  de  fon  regne  viij.  foient 
proclaymez  fibien  en  la  dite  Cite  de  Londres  come 
en  tous-  autres  citees  burghes  &  countes  dEngle- 
terre &  myz  en  due  execution  folonque  la  fourme 
&  lenfecl:  dicelles  Adjouftant  a  dit  eftatuit  fait  le 
dit  an  viij.  qen  chefcun  cite  burgh  ou  ville  du 
Roialme  (bit  une  commune  buflell  enfeale  &  ac- 
cordant a  leftandard  de  lefchekker  en  mefme  le 
manere  &  fourme  &  fur  mefmes  lez  peines  come 
en  mefme_  leftatuit  eft  fpecifie  de  une  commune 
balaunce  a  eftre  en  chefcune  tiel  cite  burgh   ou 
ville.     Et  qe  le  Mair  de  dit  Cite  de  Londres  & 
tous  autres  mairs  dez  tous  autres  citees  &  burghs 
dEngleterree  ou  il  y  ad  mair  &  tous  baillifs  dez 
citees  &  burghes  ou   mair  neft  &   tous   juftices 
du  pees  de  chefcun   counte  dEngleterre   pur  les 
temps  efte.nt  eit   &  eient  plein  poair  de  mettre 
tous  lez  ftatuitz  &  ordenances  avauntditz  en  deu 
execution  &  de  oire  &  terminere  tous  lez  defautes 
mefprifions  offenfes  &  trefpas  encountre  la  fourme 
&  lenfecl:  dez  ditz ■.  eftatuitz  &  ordenances   faitz 
ou  affaires   ou  perpetrez   fibien    al    fuit  du  Roi 
come  de  parte  qen  ceo  cas  fe  fent  greve  et  de  chef- 
cun autre  lieges  du  Roi  qen  celle  parte  voill  fuer 
pur  le  Roi  et  ceo  fibien  par  examination  dez  par- 
ties ou  afcune   deux    folonque   la  difcretion   dez 
ditz  mairs  baillifs  &  juftices  de   peas  come  par 
iffues  a  trier  par  inquifitions  duement   apprendre 
&  autres  plees   et  proceffes  de  la  ley  de  la  terre 
et  qe  fibien  la  parte  greve  come  chefcun  lege  de 
Roi  qui  fuer  voill  pur  le  Roi  eit  la  fuit  en  ceo  cas 
a  fa  volunte.     Et  qe  celly  qui   iflint  foit  atteint 
dafcune    defaute    mefprifion   offenfes    ou    trefpas 
fait  encountre  le  dit  eftatuit  fait  le  dit  an  premer 
paie  a  cely  a  qui  fute  il  foit  atteint  C.  s.  &  lez 
coftages  refonablez  de  fa  dit  fuit  &  au  Roi  autre 
C.  s.    Et  qe  fibien  le  Mair  de  Loundres  pur  le 
temps  efteant  apres  ceo  qil  foit  efluz  Mair  &  jure 
deins  la  dit  Citee  a  fon  premer  venue  a  lefcheker 
devant  le  Treforer. dEngleterre  &  lez  Baron s  de 


"  King's  Purveyors  of  Corn,  and  all  other  Merchants 

"  and  common  Buyers  of  Corn  in  many  other  Cities, 

"  Towns,  Boroughs,  and  Counties  of  England,  conti- 

"  nually  from  Day  to  Day,  do  buy  and  take  nine 

"  Bufhels  for  the  Quarter,  that  is  to  fay,  the  Bakers, 

"  Buyers,  and  Merchants  within  the  City  and  Fran- 

"  chifes  of  London,  by  a  Veffel  called  the  Fat,  which  A  Meafurc  in 

"  containeth    eight    Bufhels  of  Corn    with    another  L°"J°"  "lled 

"  Bufhel  of  Corn  put  to  that  for  a  Quarter  and  make 

"  the  Sellers  of  the  fame  Corn  againft  their  Will  to  ■ 

"  pay  one  Halfpenny  for  the  meafuring  of  every  Quar- 

"  ter,  and  all  the  other  Purveyors,  Buyers,  and  Mer- 

"  chants  of  Corn,  nine  Bufhels  ftriken  for  the  Quarter, 

"  againft  the  Form  of  the  faid  Ordinance  and  Statute, 

"  and  in  Contempt  of  our  Lord  the  King,  for  that 

"  the  faid  Ordinances  and  Statutes  be  not  proclaim- 

"  ed  nor   put  in  Execution,  nor   the   faid   Penalties 

"  and  Forfeitures,    limited   by  the  faid   Statute,    le- 

"  vied  according  to  the  EffecT:  of  the  fame  Statute." 

'  (9)  Our  faid  Lord  the  King,  willing  the  fame  Sta- 

'  tute  and  Ordinance  to  be  duly  holden  and  kept,   by 

'  the  Affent  and  Authority   abovefaid,  hath  ordained, 

'  That    as  well  the   faid  Statute,   as   the  Statute   of  A  Confirmation 

'  Weights  and  Meafures,  made  at  the  Parliament  of  °^he  Stcat^e  ot 

'  our  Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  the  Eighth  Year  of  ^  g  fj"  6'  c  * 

c  his  Reign,  be  proclaimed,   as  well  in  the   City  of  touching 

'  London,  as  in  all  other  Cities,  Bo  oughs,  and  Coun-  Weights  and 

'  ties  of  England,  and  put  in  due  Execution  after  the  Meafures. 

1  Form  and  EfFecT:  of  the  fame;  (10)  joining  to  the 

'  faid  Statute  made  the  faid  Eighth  Year,  that  in  every 

'  City,    Borough,    and  Town  of  the   Realm,    there  yhere  (ha!)  be  a  • 

'  fhall  be  a  common  Bufhel  fealeJ,  and  according  to  common  Bnfliel 

'  the  Standard  of  the  Exchequer,  in  the  fame  Manner  in  every  Towns 

'  and  Form,  and  upon  the  fame  Pain,  as  in  the  fame  "  H-  7-  c>4- 

'  Statute  is  fpecified  *  and  a  common  Balance  to  be  in  *  "f 

1  every  fuch  City,  Borough,  and  Town,     (n)  And 

'  that  the  Mayor  of  the  faid  City  of  London,  and  all 

'  other  Mayors  of  all  other  Cities  and  Boroughs  of 

'  England  where  there  is  a  Mayor,  and  all  Bailiffs  of 

'  Cities  and  Boroughs  where  there  is  no  Mayor,   and 

'  all  Juftices  of  Peace  in  every  County  of  England 

'  for  the  time  being,  fhall  have  full  Power  to  put  all 

'  the  Statutes  and  Ordinances  aforefaid  in  due  Execu- 

'  tion,   and  to  hear  and  determine  all  the  Defaults, 

'  Mifprifions,    Offences,    and   Trefpaffes   againft   the 

'  Form  and  EffecSt  of  the  faid  Statutes  and  Ordinances 

'  done,  or  to  be  done  or  committed,  as  well  at  the 

'  Suit  of  the  King,  as  of  the  Party  which  in  fuch  Cafe 

'  feeleth  himfelf  grieved,  and  of  any  other  of  the  King's 

'  liege  People,  which  in  this  Behalf  will  fue  for  the 

'  King,  and  that  as  well  by  Examination  of  the  Par- 

'  ties,  or  any  of  them,  according  to  the  Difcretion  of 

'  the   faid  Mayors,    Bailiffs,    and  Juftices   of  Peace, 

'  as  by  Iffues  to  be  tried,  bv  Inquifitions  duly  to  be 

'  taken,  and  other  Pleas  and  Proceffes  of  the  Law  of 

'  the  Land  ;  (12)  and  that  as  well  the  Party  grieved, . 

'  as  any  other  liege  Man  of  the  King,  that  will  fue 

'  for  the  King,  fhall  have  the  Suit  in  that  Cafe  at  his 

'  Will;  (13J  and  that  he  that  is  fo  attainted  of  any. 

'  Default,    Mifprifion,    Offence,    or    Trefpafs    done 

'  againft  the  faid  Statute  made  the  faid  firft  Year,  fhall . 

'  pay  to  him  at  whofe  Suit  he  is   thereof  attainted, 

'  C.'s.  and  his  reafonable  Cofts  of  the  faid  Suit,  and  All  Mayor* and 

'  to  the  King  another  C.  s.    (14)  And  that  as  well  the  Bailiff's  /hall  be 

«  Mayor  of  London  for  the  time  being,  after  that  he  is  '^^"^ 

'  choien  Mayor,  and  fworn  within  the  faid  City,  at  tutetouchin5 

'  his  firft  coming  to  the  Exchequer  before  the  Treafurer  weights  and  . 

'    Ot  Meafures  ;  , 


r574       C.  9,  10.  Anno  undecimo  Henrici  VI.  A.  D.  1433. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond 
'  of  England,  and  the  Barons  of  the  King's  Exche- 
'  quer,  as  every  of  the  faid  other  Mayors  and  Bailiffs, 
'  in  their  Oaths  to  be  made  for  their  laid  Offices,  fhall 
'  be  charged  and  fworn  to  do,  keep,  and  execute 
acd  accompt  for  '  all  the  Statutes  above  faid.     (15).  And  that  all  the 


Iefchekker  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  com  chefcune 
dez  ditz  autres  mairs  fa  baill  fs  en  lour  ferementz 
affairez  pur  lours  ditz  offices  fort  charge  fa  jure 
d-e  faire  garder  fa  executer  tous  leftatuitz  fuifditz. 
Et  qe  tous  lez  mairs  fa  bailiifs  dez  citees  &  burghes 
du  Roialme  accoumptantz  en  le  dit  efchequer  fa- 


thc  Profits  ac-    £  Mayors  and  Bailiffs  of  Cities  and  Boroughs  of  the 

JUng  by  tii-       '  Realm,    accomptable    in    the    faid   Ixchequer,    do  !  cent    annuelment   acompt  en    mefme    Iefchekker 

rforciaid  Statute,  '  yearly  accompt  in  the  faid  Exchequer  of  the  Profits  dez  profettes  fa  forfaitures  que  apprrteigner  puif- 

'  and  forfeitures  that  may  or  ought  to  pertain  to  our  fent  ou  duifferit  a  Roi  par  la  forme  dez  ditz  eita- 

'  Lord  the  King  by  the  Form  of  the  faid  Statutes,  tuitz  favant  tout  foitz  as  Seignurs   cites  fa  burghs 

*  (16)  Saving  al way  to  Lords,  Cities,  and  Boroughs,  loures  libertees  et  fraunch-ifes  ?rauntez  a  eux  par 

'  their  Liberties  and  Franchifes   granted  to  them  by  noftre  dit  Seignur-  le  Roi  oa  aicune  dez  fez  p.o- 

'  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  or  any  of  his  Progenitors,  genitours    merit  revokez  repellez   ou  anientz   et 

'  not  revoked,  repealed,  or  adnulled  ;  (17)  and  faving  favant  tous  foitz  qe  le  dit  eftatuit  fait  le  dit  an 

'  always,  That  the  laid  Statute  made  the  Firft  Year  premer  de  Roi  Henry  quint  &  tous  auxres  efta- 

'  of  King  Henry  the  Fifth,  and  all  other  Statutes  of  tuitz  des  mefures  fa  poies   avaunt  faitz  eitoient 

7?  .1         -jjc  iVleafures  and  Weights  afore  made,    fiand  in  their  en  lour  force. 

Farther  provided  ,    ~->  ,  °  ' 

firiyizH.7.        rorce.' 

c.  5.    16  Car.  1'.    c.  19.     ,22  Car.  a.  c.  S.     22  &  23  Car.  2,  c,  12,  and  I  Ann.  flit.  I.  c.  15. 

C    A    P.      IX. 

Of  what  Length  and  Breadth  Cloths  called  Stmts  fhall  be. 


'C* 


17  R.  2.  c. 


TEM  come  en  leftatuit  fait  Ian  xvij.  de  Roi  Richard  le  fecunde  puis  le  conqueft  ordene  fort  qe  chef- 
cune home  du  Roialme  purra  faire  fa  mettere  a  vende  fa  vendre  draps  fibjen  dez  Icerfeyes  come  auircs 
dez  tiels  longure  fa  lateure  come  luy  plerra  paiant  launage  fa   fubfide  fa  tous  autr.es  dpyoirs   ceftaffavGir  de 
chefcune  pires  d-  drape  folonqe  laferant  nient  countrefteant  afcune  ftatu.it  ordenaM.ee  proclamation  reftreint 
0.1  defenfe  fait  a  contrarie.     Et  qe  mil  vende  ou  mette  a  vendre  afcune  draps  avaunt  .qils  foient  aunez  par 
7  H.  4.  c.  to.    lalneour  du  R0j  fa  enfealez  de  feal  a  ceo  ordeigne  fur  le  peine  contenuz  en  leftatuit  en  fait.     Et  puis  en  lef- 
tatuit  ent  fait  Ian  feptifme  le  Roi  Henry  quart  Aiel  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  quor.eft  ordeine  fuift  auxi  qe  le 
drap  de  colour  contene  en  longure  xxviij.  aulnes  mefurez  par  le  dorce  fa  laeure  vj.  quarters  &  demy.     Et  fi 
11  H.  4.  c  6.    jez  f  ifours  dez  draps  ferroient  lours  draps  de  meindre  longure  ou  laeure  ils  ferrount  forfaitz  au  Roi.     Et 
pais  par  un  autre  eftamit  fait  Ian  unzifme  le  dit  Roi  Henry  le  quart  ordeine  fuift  qe  proclamation  ferroit  fait 
overtement  parmye  le  Roialme  qe  null  perfone  faifant  tielx  maners  dez  .draps  ou  dufzenes  deins  le  Roialme 
ferroit  cy  hardy  de  takker  &  pliter  enfemble  tiels  maners  dez  draps  devaunt  q£  lalneour  ad  fait  fon  ferche  fa 
furveue  duement  dicelles  draps  qils  teignerent  'lour  longeure  &  laeure  ordeine  par  le  die  eftatuit  darrein  fait 
rv°I  oa~e<7la'i   ^e  d'11  an  fePt'1'"ne  ficome  en  mefme  leftatuit  eft  contenu  pluis  au  plein.   Sur  quex  eftatuitz  faitz  le  temps  de  dit 
tarpreted   and  or'R0'  Henri  quart  diverfez  oppinions  ount  efte  tenuz  en  Iefchekker  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  ficome  mefme  noftre 
what  cloths  it  is  Seignur  le  Roi  ad  conceu  par  la  compleint  dez  Communes  de  fon  Roialme  noftre  Seignur  le  R:i  voillant 
meant  in  the  Sta- tielx  oppinions  ceifer  de  laffent  &  audforite  fuifditz  ad  declare  qe  ceft  parole  Drap  en  lez  ditz  eftatuitz  de- 
tuteoi  7  n.4.  c.  vaunt  reherfez  eit  relacion  &  foit  cntendu  a  lez  autres  draps  appelle'  brode  clothes  &  brode  dufaunes  & 
10.  &  11  h.  4.  nerny  as  autres  drap   &  peces  dez  draps  appellez  ftraites  faitz  ou  afaires  et  outre  ad  ordeine  &  eftable  qe  chef- 
Wh'r.tLcrgth      cune  home  poet  faire  mettre  a  vende  &  vendre  tous  maners  dez  draps  appellez  Strait  s  contenauntz  en  Ion-; 
and  Breadth  the  geure  xij.  aulnes  &  en  laeure  un  aulne  nent  euwez  ou  aucrement  xij.  aulnes  euwez  fanz  empefchement  daf- 
Cloths  called      cune  miniftre  de  Roi  paiadnt  a  Roi  launage  fubftdes  &  cuftomes  &  autres  devoirs  cefteaffavoir  de  chefcune 
Stmts  ihM         fjrap;  &  de  ch;fcune  pees  de  drape  folonqe  la  rate  en  lez  ditz  eftatuitz  contenuz.     Et  fi  lez  faifours  dez  tiels 
s^El."^.  \Z       draps  appjllez  Straites  facent  afcunes  draps  a  vendre  de  meindre  longeure  &  laeuve  qe  profchienment  defuis 
Cloths  (hall  not  eft  declare  qadonqcs  bien  life  al  alnour  de  couper  la  lift  a  lune  fyn  de  tous  tiels  ftraites  draps, nene  c  nteig- 
Lepui  toSalcun- nauntz  la  dit  longuere  h  mefme  le  drap  a  eftre  vendu  pur  une  remnaunt  ou  line  pece   et  nemy  pur  une 
t:l  tbeAulncger  jj-jp  &  qe  nuJi  t|eis  draps  foient  myz  a  vendre  tanque  lalnour  les  ad  mefurez  &  fait  par  fon  ferche  fa  mys 
themad     t  aa  cux  'e  ^'ea^  °u  ^■°'  a  ceo  orc^'ne  *"ur  peine  de  forfaiturc  di  ell.     Et  fi  afcune  aulneour  enfeale  afcune  tielx 
•■YjI  to  them,      draps  appellez  ftraites  nient  conteigni.untz  la  longeure  oc  laeur.  de  ftraites  fuifditz  &  ne  coupe  la  lift.,  dez 
The  Aulneger's  tous  tielx  draps  qui  ne  teignent  lez  ditz  longure  &  laeure  dez  ftraites  qadonqes  le  dit  lalneour  paie  au  Roi 
Penalty  foi  feal-  pur  chefcune  pece  de  drap.^  trove  d'.  fecb'fe  vj.  s.   viij.  d.  forfepris  tous  foitz  qe  tous  draps  appdlez  ftraites 
c^tli'  det(:a:'ve  faitz  ou  affairs  tanqe  al  jour  de  Nativite  de  Seint  Johan  Bapciftre  profthein  avenere  cient  licence  deftre 
5&6Ed.  6.c.  6.  venduz  &  livere  tanque  al  feft  de  Nowell  lors  profcliein  enfuant  de  queconqe  longeure  ou  laeure  qils 
4  &  5  Ph.  &M.  foient. 

c.    5.    4  Jac.  I.    c.  2.    Sie  II  &  12  W.  3.  c.  2.0.  for  taking  away  Aulnage  Dmia. 

CAP.      X. 
He  fhall  find  Sureties,  i£c.  that  fueth  to  defeat  an  Execution  upon  a  Statute. 

T  E  M  pur  ceo  qe  diverfez  perfones  deinz  ceft 

Roialme  devaunt  cez  houres  fovent  foitz  ount 

efte  priz  fa  areftes  par  diverfes  vifcountes  fa  aufres 

minifircs 


IT  E  ft  T,     Bccaufe    divers    Perfons    within    this 
Realm  in  Times  pad  often  have  been  taken  and     x 
yicfted  by  di>xrs  Sheriffs  and  other  Officers  of  the 


A.  D. 


I43S- 

Ex  Rot.  in  Tun 
miniftres  de  Roi  par  breis  hiantz  fibien  hors  de 
Ch.-.uncery  dc  Roi  come  de  fez  progenitours  pur 
execution  avoir  de  diverfez  reconifaunces  raitz  de- 
vaunt  lez  mairs  do  leitaplcs  de  diverfez  fommes  dez 
quex  fommes  icells  perfdnes  as  quex  la  duite  ap- 
pent  nount  remedi  covenabL  autre  qe  lez  ditz  ex- 
ecutions lez  quex  perfones  enfi  prifez  &  areftuz 
pur  lexecution  de  meimes  lez  reconifaunces  fount 
fovent  faitz  venir  par  diverfez  brefs  de  Corpus  cum 
caufa  devaunt  le  Roi  en  fa  Chauncery  hors  dez 
prifones  es  quex  i-L  fount  ifTint  detenuz  a  caufe  de 
tiel  execution  tk  illoqes  fuc-nt  en  monftrantz  Jiver- 
fez  endenures  &  autres  chofes  en  defaifaunces  de 
tiel  reconifances  -lipriiantz  bref  de  Scire  facias  de 
gamier  la  partie  ou  lez  parties  a  qui  purfuit  ils 
fount  enfi  prifez  &  areftuz  a  refpoundre  fur  icelles. 
Et  fur  ceo  fuerte  trove  au  Roi  en  fa  Chauncery  ount 
efte  deliverez  hors  du  prifone  nient  obftant  lour  dit 
arefte  pur  lexecutions  dez  tieix  reconufaunces  come 
defuis  eft:  dit  nulle  trovez  as  reconufez  as  quex  ils 
fount  iffint  obligez  de  eux  fatefier  dez  lours  duetees 
en  cas  qe  lez  maters  compris  deinz  lez  ditz  breifs 
de  Scire  facias  ne  foient  trovez  ne  adjuggez  pur  lez 
reconuffours  enfi  obligez  parount  lez  ditz  recomi- 
feez  ount  afcun  foitz  graundement  efte  delaiez  de 
lour  execution  &  afcun  foitz  lour  execution  ent 
toutoutrement  perduz  &  en  temps  avenir  verifem- 
blablement  a  perdre  a  caufe  qe  null  avantage  ou 
availl  ent  purra  venir  eftre  ou  acrefere  as  ditz' reco- 
nufez as  quex  tiels  perfones  fount  iffint  obligez  par 
la  dit  fuerte  enfi  trovez  au  Roi  pur  ceo  qe  mefmes 
les  perfones  iffint  obligez  par  pardon  de  Roi  pur- 
rount  eftre  quitez  &  difchargez  pur  touts  jours. 
Noftre  Seignuf  le  Roi  confiderant  qe  lez  ditz  reco- 
nufez as  quex  perfones  fount  obligez  fovent  foitz 
fount  fanz  remedie  fi  enfi  foit  qe  mefmes  lez  reco- 
nufours  nemy  voillont  purfuer  avaunt  les  ditz  breifs 
de  Scire  frcias  ovefq  e  effedt  ou  autrement  qe  la 
matere  de  lour  ditz  breifs  de  Scire  facias  foit  trove 
•ou  adjugge  countre  eux  &  fur  ceo  ils  foy  retraihent 
as  lieus  privileggez  ou  eux  aloinent  hors  du  Roialme 
ou  autre  ent  qils  ne  my  appergent  iffint  qe  lour 
corps  puiffent  ertre  myz  en  execution  a  trefgraunde 
arrerifement  &  anientifement  dez  tielx  reconufez 
en  temps  aveigner.  Et  auxi  pur  ceo  qe  le  Roi  eft: 
enheriteez  de  la  prifez  de  tiex  fuertes  a  luy  mefmes 
par  la  cours  de  fa  Chauncery  le  Roi  voet  qe  t  els 
fuertees  defore  eri  avaunt  foient  faitz  feveralment 
fibien  a  Roi  come  a  parte. 


Anno  undecimo  Henrici  VI. 

Lond. 


c. 


II, 


575 


'  King,  by  Writs  as  well  going  out  of  the  Chancery 

'  of  the  King,   as  of  his  Progenitors,  to  have  Exe- 

'  cution   of   divers   Recognifances   made   before    the 

'  Mayors  of  the  Staple,    of  divers  Sums,   of  which 

1  Sums  fuch  Perfons,   to  whom  the  Duty  belonged, 

1  had  no    convenient  Remedy,    other   than   the   laid 

'  Executions ;    (2)  which  Perfons,   fo  taken  and  ar- 

:  refted  for  Execution  of  the  fame  Recognifances,  be 

!  oftentimes  brought  by  divers  Writs  De  corpus  cum 

'  caufa  before  the  King  in  his  Chancery,  out  of  Pri- 

!  fons  in  the  which  they  be  fo  kept  by  Eorce  of  fuch  ■ 

;  Executions,   and  there  they  do  fue,  fhewing  fbr^te 

;  divers  Indentures,  and  other  Things  in  Defelance  of 

1  fuch  Recognifances,  defiring  Writs  of  Scire  ft  cias 

'  to  warn  the  Party  or  Parties  at  whofe  Suit  they  be 

'  taken -and  arretted,  to  anfwer  thereunto;    (3)  and  Cro.  Car.  67. 

:  thereupon,    by  Surety  found  to   the  King  in  the 

s  Chancery,   have  been  delivered  out  of  Prifon,   not- 

:  withftanding  their  faid  Arreft  for  the  Execution  of 

;  fuch  Recognifances,    as   above   is   faid,-  no  Surety. 

:  found  to  the  Recognifees  to  whom  they  be  fo  bound 

;  to  fatisfy  them   of  their  Duties,    in   cafe  that   the 

;  Matters  comprifed  within  the   faid  Writs  of  Scire 

'  faciasbe  not  found  nor  adjudged  for  the  Recognifors 

;  thereby  bound;    (4)  whereby,  the  faid  Recognifees 

'  have  been  fometime  greatly  delayed  of  their  Exe- 

'  cution,  and  fometime  their  Execution  utterly  loft, 

'  and  in  Time  to  come  likely  to  be  loft,    for  that  no> 

'  Advantage  nor  Avail  thereof  might  come,   be,   or' 

'  accrue  to  the  faid  Recognifees  to  whom  fuch  Per- 

'  fons  be  fo  bound  by  the  faid  Surety  fo  bound  to  the 

'  King,  feeing  the  fame  Perfon  fo  bound  may  by  the 

King's  Pardon  be  acquit  and  difcharged   for  ever,- 
'  (5)  Our  Lord  the  King  confidering  that  the   faid 
;  Recognifees,  to  whom  Perfons  be  bound,  are  often- 
1  times  without  Remedy,  if  fo  be  that  the  faid  Re-- 
;  cognifors  would  not  purfue  forth   their  faid  Writs  ; 
:  of  Scire  facias  with  Effect ;   or  otherwife,   that  the 
;  Matters  of  the  frid  Writs  of  Scire  facias  be  found 
'  or  adjudged  againft  them,  and  thereupon  they  with-  ■ 
;  draw  them  to  Places  privileged,  or  eloign  them  out 
;  of  the  Realm,  or  elfe  they  would  not  appear,  fo  that 
;  their  Bodies  might  be  put  in  Execution;    to   the 
;-  great  Hindrance  and  Undoing  of  fuch  Recognifees 
;  in  Time  to  come;     (6)  and  alfo  becaufe  that  the2R,3.  1,7-,. 
:  King  is  inherited  of  the  taking  of-  fuch  Sureties  to 
:  himfelf  by-  the  Courfe  of  the  Chancery;"   '  (7)  the- 

King  doth  will  that  from  henceforth  fuch  Sureties 

be  made  as  well  to  the  King  as  to  the  Party.! 


CAP.     XL 

The  Puniffiment  of  thofe  that  make  Affault  upon  any  that  come  to  the  Parliament; 


ITEM  le  Roi  voillant  purvoier  pur  la  efe  & 
tranqurllite  de   eux   qui   viendront  as    parle- 
mentz  ou  confels  du  Roi  de  fon  commaundement 
ad  ordergne  &  eftable  qe  fi  afcune  afaut  ou  afray 
foit    fait  a   afcune  Seignur  efpirituel  ou  temporel 
chivaler  de  co  un;e  citezin  ou:  burgeis  vehuz  au 
parlement  ou  a  counfeill  du  Roi    par   fon   com- 
maundement &  la  efteant  &  entendaht  a  parle- 
ment ou  a  counfeill  qadonqes  foit  proclamation  1 
fait  par  trois  joars- feveralx  en  le  pluis  overt  lieu.; 
de  la  ville  ou  laUk'nt  ou  affraie  ferra  enfi-  fait  qe  I 
la  parte  qui  face  tiel  affraye  ou-  a:  aute  foy  re:,  ie  1 
devaunt  .le  Roy  en  fon  Banke  deins  une  quarter 


ITEM,  The  King  willing  to  provide  for  the  Eafe 
and  Tranquillity  of  them  that  come  to  the  Par- 
liaments and  Councils  Of  the  King  by  his  Command- 
ment, hath  ordained  and  ftablifhed;  That  if  any  Af- 
fault or  Affay  be  made  to  ..ny  Lord  Spiritual  or 
Temporal,  Knight  of  the  Shire,  Citizen  or  Burgefs9 
come  to  the  Pa  liament,  or  to  other  Council  of  the 
King  by  his  Commandment,  and  th:re  being  and  at- 
tending at  theParlhment  or  Council,  that  then  Procla- 
mation thall  be  made  in  the  molt  open  Place  of  the 
Town  by  hree  feveral  Days,  where  the  Affault  or 
Affray  ftuil  be  made,  that  he  Party  tr.af  rflade  fiich« 
Affray,  of  Affault  yield  rumielf  tcfoie  the  King  in  his 

'TBench' 


$j6       C.  12—15. 


Anno  undecimo  H  e  n  r  i  c  i  VI. 


5H..4. 


•J  Piinti, 


Bench  within  a  Quarter  of  a  Year  after  the  Procla- 
mation made,  if  it  be  in  the  Time  of  the  Term, 
or  otherwife  at  the  next  Day  in  the  Time  of  the 
Term  following  the  faid  Qiiarter  ;  (2)  and  if  he  do 
not,  that  he  be  attainted  of  the  faid  Deed,  and  pay 
to  the  Party  grieved  his  double  Damages,  to  be  taxed 
by  the  Eifcretion  of  the  Juftices  of  the  fame  Bench 
for  the  Time  being,  or  by  Inqueft,  if  it  be  needful, 
and  make  Fine  and  Ranfom  at  the  King's  Will  ;  (3) 
and  if  he  come,  and  be  found  guilty  by  Inqueft,  by 
Examination,  or  otherwife,  of  fuch  Affray  or  Affaul't, 
then  he  fliall  pay  to  the  Party  fo  grieved  his  double 
Damages  found  by  the  Inqueft,  or  to  be  taxed  by  the 
Difcretion  of  the  faid  Juftices,  and  make  Fine  and 
Ranfom  at  the  King's  Will,  as  above  is  faid.' 


A.  D.  1433, 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
dune  an  apres  la  proclamation  fait  fil  foiet  el 
temps  da  terme  ou  autrement  al  profchein  jour 
en  le  temps  du  terme  enfuant  le  dit  quarter  et 
fil  ne  face  qil  foit  atteint  de  le  fait  fuifdit  &  paie 
al  parte  greve  fez  damages  a  double  a  taxer  par 
la  difcretion  dez  Juftices  du  dit  Bank  pur  le  temps 
efteant  ou  par  enqueft  fil  bofoigne  &  face  fyn  be 
raunceon  a  la  volunte  de  Roi.  Et  fil  veigne  & 
trove  foit  coupable  par  enqueft  par  examination  ou 
en  autre  maner  de  tiel  affraie  ou  affaute  paie  il 
adonqes  a  parte  enfi  greve  fez  damages  a  double 
trovez  par  enqueft  ou  a  taxer  par  la  difcretion  dez 
ditz  Juftices  &  face  fyn  &  raunceon  a  la  volunte 
du  Roi  come  defuis  eft  dit. 


C   A  P.     XII. 

What  Wax-Chandlers  fhall  take  for  their  Work  of  Yv'ax.     See  Appendix. 


CAP.      XIII. 
A  Confirmation  for  three  Years  of  the  Stat,  of  8  Hen.  6. 
Calais  fhall  be  fold  for  ready  Money. 


■c.  18.  That  Wooll,  &c.  brought  ta 
See  Appendix. 


CAP.      XIV. 
It  fhall  be  Felony  to  fhip  or  carry  any  Merchandifes  of  the  Staple  in  Creeks,  during  three  Years. 

See  Appendix. 

C    A    P.      XV, 
A  Cuftomer  fhall  difcharge  the  Merchant  that  hath  paid  his  Cuftom. 


ITEM,  For  that  our  Lord  the  King,  by  aPeti-1 
tion  to  him  delivered  in  the  fame  Parliament,  by 
the  Commons  of  the  fame,  for  the  Merchants  of  the 
Realm,  hath  perceived,  That  feeing  the  Cuftomers 
and  Controulers  in  the  King's  Ports  do  not  write  any 
Warrants  in  Difcharge  of  the  faid  Merchants  of  their 
Merchandifes  by  them  fhewed  and  duly  cuftomed, 
fome  as  well  coming  into  the  Realm,  as  paffing  out 
of  the  fame,  the  fame  Cuftomers  and  Controulers  do 
imbezil  the  King's  Cuftoms,  and  the  Merchants  be 
greatly  hindred,  becaufe  that  the  Warrants  might 
plainly  fhew  and  declare  their  due  Cuftom,  when 
they  be  unduly  impeached  in  the  King's  Exche- 
quer:" '  (2)  The  fame  our  Lord  the  King  confi- 
dering  the  faid  Deceits,  by  the  Advice,  Affent, 
and  Authority  abovefaid,  -hath  ordained.,  That 
the  faid  Cuftomers  and  Controulers  fhall  write, 
and  deliver  fuflicient  Warrants,  fealed  with  the 
Seal  of  their  Office  to  that  ordained,  to  the  faid 
Merchants,  and  to  every  of  them,  for  all  and 
every  of  their  Merchandifes  every  Time  by  them  to 
the  Cuftomers  and  Controulers  duly  fhewed ;  (3) 
and  that  the  faid  Merchants,  nor  any  of  them,  fhall 
any  Thing  pay  for  the  faid  Warrants,  but  only  their 
due  Cuftom.  (4)  And  in  cafe  that  any  Cuftomer 
or  Controuler,  in  any  of  the  faid  Ports,  f  do  the  con- 
trary, that  then  every  Merchant  fo  grieved  may  have 
an  Action,  by  Virtue  of  this  Ordinance,  to  puirfue 
againft  every  Cuftomer  or  Controuler  that  doth  the 
contrary,  in  every  Court  of  Record;  (5)  and  then 
every  Cuftomer  or  Controuler  fo  attainted  fhall  for- 
feit to  the  King  for  every  Default  Ten  Pounds,  and 
to  the  Merchant  thereby  grieved,  that  will  fue,  a 
Hundred  Shillings.' 


T  E  M  pur  ceo  qe  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  par 
une  petition  a  luy  bailie  en  mefme  le  parlement 
par  lez  Communes  dicell  pur  le  merchauntz  du 
Roialme  ad  entendu  qe  pur  tant  qe  lez  cuftomers 
&  counirollours  en  lez  portes  du  Roi  nefcrivent  af- 
cuns  garraunts  en  difcharges  des  ditz  marchauntz 
de  lour  merchandifes  par  eux  monftrez  &  duement 
cuftomez  afcuns  fibien  veignauntz  en  le  Roialme 
come  paffantz  hors  dicelle  mefmes  lez  cuftomers  & 
countroullours  embefilent  lez  cuftomes  du  Roi  & 
lez  ditz  merchauntz  fount  graundement  anientifez 
a  caufe  qe  lez  ditz  garrauntz  purroient  overtement 
declarer  &  monftrer  lour  due  .cuftome  quant  ils 
fount  fovent  nonduement  enpechez-  en  lefchekker 
du  Roi.  Mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  confiderant 
lez  ditz  diffeites  de  lavis  aflent  &  au&orite  fuifditz 
ad  ordeine  qe  lez  ditz  cuftomers  &  controllours  ff- 
crivent  &  deliverent  fufficiantz  garrantz  enfelez 
ovefqe  le  feal  de  lour  office  a  ceo  ordeinez  as  ditz 
merchauntz  &  a  chefcun  de  eux  pur  tous  &  chef- 
cune  de  lour  merchandifes  chefcun  foitz  par  eux 
as  ditz  cuftomers  &  controllours  duement  mon- 
ftrere  mefmes  lez  merchantz  ne  null  de  eux  rien 
paiant  pur  lez  ditz  garrantz  mes  folement  lour  due 
cuftome.  "Et  en  cas  qe  chefcun  cuftomer  ou  coun- 
trollour  en  afcune  dez  ditz  pointes  face  le  contrarie 
qadonqes  chefcun  merchant  enfi  greve  poet  avoir 
action  par  vertue  de  cefte  ordenance  a  purfuer  en- 
vers  chefcun  cuftomer  ou  countrollour  qui  face  le 
contrarie  en  chefcune  court  de  recorde  et  adonqes 
chefcun  cuftomer  &  countrollour  iffint  atteint  puife 
forfaire  au  Roi  pur  chefcun  defaute  x.  li.  &  a  le 
merchant  enfi  greve  qui  voill  fuer  C.  s. 

CAP. 


A.  D.  1435-         Anno  decimo  quarto  Henrici  VI. 


c-  *— 3-        577 


CAP.    XVI. 

The  Penalty  for  fealing  of  a  blank  Cocket  to  deceive  the  King  of  his  Cuftoms. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr,  Lond. 

ITEM  pur  tant  qe  le  Roi  noftre  Seignur  eft  graundement  difTeive  dez  fez  cuftumes  &  fubfides  de  ceo  qe 
lez  cuftumers  dez  ditz  portes  deins  le  Roialme  enfealent  blankes  efcrowes  en  parchemyn  appellez  blankes 
Cokkettez  ove  lour  feals  deputez  a  lour  office  &  eux  iffint  enfeallez  deliverent  as  merchantz  pur  entrere  & 
efcrivere  en  icelles  lour  biens  &  merchandifes  iflantz  hors  du  Roialme  as  parties  de  pardela  le  Roi  dez  fez 
cuftumes  &  fubfides  dez  tiels  biens  &  merchandifes  nient  refponduz  ne  paiez  ordene  eft  par  advis  &  auclo- 
rite  fuifditz  qe  fi  afcune  cuftumere  enfeale  afcune  tiel  blank  efcrowe  ove  le  feal  depute  a  fon  office  ou  ft  af- 
cune. merchant  entre  ou  efcrive  ou  face  entrer  ou  efcriver  en  tiel  blank  efcrowe  ou  chartre  iffint  enfeale  fez 
biens  ou  merchandifes  parront  defrauder  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  dez  fez  cuftumes  &  fubfides  foit  adonqes  fibien 
mefme  le  cuftumer  come  le  marchant  adjuggez  de  forfaire  touz  fez  biens  &  chateux  com  ils  forferoient  en 
cas  de  felonie  &  qe  ils  &  chefcune  de  eux  aient  lemprifonment  dez  trois  ans.  Et  durra  cell:  ordinaunce  par 
trois  ans  profchenement  enfuantz  apres  le  feft  de  feint  Hillar'  profchein  aveignere. 


EXP. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,    Anno  14  Hen.  VI.  and  Anno 

Dom.   1 4.35. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond, 
■yOSTRE  Seignur  le  Roi  Henri  le 
fifme  apres  le  conqueft  a  fon  parlement 
tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  xe  jour  dOiSlobre  Ian 
de  fon  regne  qatorfzifme  de  ladvis  &  affent 
des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a  la  ef- 
peciale  requeft  des  Communes  du  Roialme  en 
mefme  le  parlement  efteantz  ad  fait  faire  di- 
verfes  eftatutes  &  ordinances  a  lonour  de  Dieu 
&  le  bien  de  luy  &  fon  dit  Roialme  en  la 
forme  enfuant. 


"  /AUR  Lord  the  King  Henry  the  Sixth  after 
"  f  J  the  Conqueft,  at  his  Parliament  holden  at 
"  V_-^  IVeJiminJier  the  Tenth  Day  of  October,  the 
"  Fourteenth  Year  of  his  Reign,  by  the  Advice  and 
"  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  at 
"  the  fpecial  Requeft  of  the  Commons  of  the  Realm, 
"  being  in  the  fame  Parliament,  hath  caufed  to  be 
"  made  divers  Statutes  and  Ordinances,  to  the  Honour 
"  of  God,  and  for  the  Wealth  of  him  and  his  Realm, 
"  in  the  Form  following." 


CAP.      I. 

Juftiees  of  Nifi  prius  may  give  Judgement  of  a  Man  attainted  or  acquitted  of  Felony. 


EN  primes  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  ad  ordine 
par  auclorite  del  dit  parlement  qe  les  Juftiees 
devaunt  queux  inquifitions  enqueftes  &  jurres 
enavaunt  foient  prifez  par  brief  du  Roi  de  Ni- 
fi prius  jouft  la  forme  de  leftatut  ent  fait  eient 
poair  en  toutz  cafez  de  felonie  &  trefon  de  ren- 
dre  lour  jugement  fibien  lou  home  eft  acquite 
de  felonie  ou  de  trefon  come  lou  il  eft  ent  atteint 
a  jour  &  lieu  ou  les  ditz  inquifitions  enqueftes 
&  jurres  iffint  foient  prifes  &  adonqes  illeoqes 
de  agarder  execution  de  eftre  fait  par  force  de 
mefmes  les  jugementz. 


IRST,  Our  Lord  the  King  hath  ordained,  by  13  Ed.  i.  flat.  r. 
the  Authority  of  the  faid  Parliament,  That  the^  30. 
Juftiees  before  whom  Inquifitions,  Inquefts,  and  Ju-  *+  Ei' }'  ^at' 
ries,  from  henceforth  fhall  be  taken  by  the  King's  x'  c' 
Writ  called  Nifi  prius,  according  to  the  Form  of  the 
Statute  thereof  made,   fhall  have  Power  of  all  the 
Cafes  of  Felony  and  of  Treafon,  to  give  their  Judge- Dyer  f,  120. 
ments,  as  well  where  a  Man  is  acquit  of  Felony,  orI:>:ElJ-4-  f-  J9« 
of  Treafon,  as  where  he  is  thereof  attainted,  at  the 
Day  and  Place  where  the  faid  Inquifitions,  Inquefts 
and  Junes  be  fo  taken,  and  then  from  thenceforth  to 
award  Execution  to  be  made  by  Force  of  the  farce 
Judgements.'  See  father  cm- 

•*       °  cernwg  Trials  by 

Nifi  prius  35  H.  8.  c.  6*     18  £//«,  c.  12.     12  Geo.  x,  c,  31.     24  Geo.  2.  c.  iS.  fee*  5. 


CAP.     II. 

Woolls  and  Fells  fhall  not  be  exported  but  to  Calais.     Special  Exceptions  in  Favour  of 
King,  and  his  Council,  and  the  Merchants  of  Venice,  Jean,  &c.     See  appendix. 

CAP.      III. 

Where  the  Juftiees  of  Affife  of  Cumberland  fhall  hold  their  Seffions. 


the 


ITEM  come  par  eftatut  fait  en  temps  le  Roi 
Richard  ordine  foit  qe  les  Juftiees  Daffifes 
prendre  &   gaoles    deliverer   affignez  &  affigners 
Vol.  L 


T  E  M,  Whereas  by  a  Statute  made  in  the  Time  6  R .  2.  c.  5, 
b.  of  King  Richard  the  Second,  it  was  ordained, 
"  That  the  Juftiees  affigned,  and  10  be  affigned,  to  take 
Eeee  "  Affifes 


578        c«  4- 


Anno  decimo  quarto  Henrici  VI. 


A.D.  1435. 


2  H.  5.  c.  4. 


Affifes  and  deliver  Gaols,  fhall  hold  their  Seffions  in 
the  principal  and  chief  Towns  of  every  County, 
that  is  to  fay,  where  the  Shire-Courts  of  the  Coun- 
ties heretofore  were,  and  hereafter  fhall  be  holden  ; 
(2)  our  Lord  the  King  willing  the  fame  Statute  to 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
teignerent  lour  feffions  en  les  principalx  &  chiefs- 
villes  des  fingulers  countees  ceftaffavoir  la  ou  les 
countes  dicelles  countees  alors  feurent  ou  delors 
ferroient  tenuz  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  voillant 
mefme  leftatut  en  le  countee  de  Cumberland  eftre 


be  obferved  and  kept  in  the  County  of  Cumberland,  1  obfervez  &  gardes  confiderant  qe.la  citee  de  Car- 


confidering  that  the  City  of  Carlijle  is  the  principal 
and  chief  City  and  Town  of  the  faid  County,  and 
'  in  the  which  the  Si  ire-Court  of  the  fame  County 
;  hath  been  holden  before  this  Time  ;'"  *  hath  granted 
and  ordained,  by  the  Authority  of  the  fame  Parlia- 
ment, That  the  Seffion  of  the  J  uftices  to  take  Affifes, 
and  to  deliver  Gaols  in  the  County  of  Cumberland, 
be  holden,  in  Time  of  Peace  and  of  Truce,  in  the 
faid  City  of  Carlijle,  and  in  none  other  Place  within 
the  fame  County,  as  it  hath  been  ufed  and  accustom- 
ed of  old  Time.' 


doill  eft  la  principal  &  chief  citee  &  ville  du  dit 
countee  &  en  la  quelle  la  Counte  de  mefme  la 
Countee  ad  eftee  tenuz  devaunt  ces  hoeures  ad 
graunte  &  ordine  par  auctorite  de  mefme  le 
parlement  qe  la  feffion  des  Juftices  Daffifes 
prendre  &  de  gaoles  deliverer  en  le  dit  coun- 
tee de  Cumberland  foit  tenuz  en  temps  de 
pees  &  des  trieux  en  la  dite  citee  de  Cardoill 
&  en  null  autre  lieu  ou  place  deins  mefme  le 
countee  come  il  ad  eftee  ufe  5c  accuftume  daun- 
cien  temps. 


CAP.      IV. 

The  Juftices  of  the  Peace  of  Middle/ex  may  keep  their  Seffions  but  twice  in  the  Year. 


Saving  to  inquire  ' 
c(  Rir>::  or  !or-  c 
cible  Efitrits.        « 


T  E  M,  Whereas  it  was  ordained  by  a  Statute, 
That  the  Juftices  of  Peace  of  all  the  Counties  of 
"  England,  for  the  Time  being,  fhall  fit  and  hold  their 
"  Seffions  four  Times  by  the  Year,  to  inquire  and 
"  execute  all  Charges  contained  in  their  Commiffion, 
"  which  they  be  fworn  to  do  according  to  the  Form 
"  of  the  faid  Statute,  upon  a  great  Pain,  as  by  the 
"  fame  Statute  more  fully  appeareth :  (2)  Our  Lord 
"  the  King,  confidering  that  all  the  high  Courts  be 
"  fet  and  holden  in  the  County  of  Middlefex,  conti- 
"  nually  during  all  the  Four  Times  of  the  Term,  by 
"  which  Time  of  Term  the  Commons  inhabiting  in 
"  and  of  the  fame  County,  muft  attend  from  Time  to 
"  Time  to  inquire  of  all  the  Articles  to  the  faid  Courts 
"  belonging,  as  Reafon  and  Law  requireth,  and  that 
"  prefently  after  every  of  the  faid  Terms  ended,  the 
"  faid  Juftices  of  the  laid  County  do  fit  and  hold  their 
"  Seffions  in  the  fame  County,  as  they  ought  to  do, 
"  by  Force  of  the  faid  Statute,  more  to  avoid  the  faid 
"  Penalty,  than  for  any  other  neceffary  Thing  there 
"  to  be  inquired,  at  which  Seffions  they  caufe  to  come 
"  before  them  a  great  Part  of  the  Inhabitants  and 
"  Commons  of  the  faid  County  of  Middlefex,  to  in- 
"  quire  of  all  Manner  of  Things  as  to  them  is  given 
"  in  Charge  ;  and  by  that  Means  they  be  charged  and 
"  vexed  throughout  all  the  Year,  as  well  out  of  the 
"  Time  of  Term,  as  in  Time  of  Term,  fo  that  they 
"  have  no  Reft,  nor  Time  to  do  their  Husbandry, 
"  and  their  Labour,  to  get  their  Living  in  any  wife, 
"  to  their  utter  Undoing  if  they  be  not  relieved  in  this 
"  Behalf."  '  (3)  Therefore  the  fame  our  Lord  the 
'  King  willing  in  this  Cafe  to  provide  for  them  a  Re- 
'  medy,  hath  ordained,  by  the  Advice  and  Affent  afbre- 
'  faid,  and  at  the  Requeft  of  the  faid  Commons  of  the 
'  P.ealro,  That  the  Juftices  of  Peace  which  now  be, 
'  and  all  other  hereafter  for  the  Time  being,  in  the 
'  faid  County  of  Middlefex,  fhall  be  clearly  discharged 
'  of  the  faid  Penalty,  by  Authority  of  the  fame  Par- 
'  liament,  from  henceforth,  the  Court  of  the  King's 
'  Bench  being  fet  in  the  faid  County  of  Middljcx. 
(4)  Provided  always,  That  the  faid  Juftices  of  Peace 
of  the  faid  County  of  Middlefex,  for  the  Time  being, 
keep,  obfervc,  and  execute  the  Court  of  the  Seffions 
of  the  Peace,  two  Times  in  the  Year  at  the  leaft, 


ITEM  come  ordine  foit  par  eftatut  qe  les  juf- 
tices de  pees  de  toutz  les  countees  dEngleterre 
pur  le  temps  efteantz  feiront  &  tiendront  lour  fef- 
fions quatre  temps  par  an  pur  enquerrer  &  execu- 
ter  toutz  charges  contenuz  en  lour  commyffion 
le  quel  ils  fount  jurrez  de  faire  felonc  la  forme  du 
dit  eftatut  fur  graunde  peine  ficome  par  mefme  lef- 
tatut pluis  pleinement  appiert.  Noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  confiderant  qe  toutz  fes  hautz  Courtes  fount 
affiz  Si  tenuz  en  le  countee  de  Midd'  continuel- 
ment  durantz  toutz  les  quatre  temps  de  terme  par 
les  quelx  temps  de  terme  les  communes  Si  enha- 
bitantz  en  &  de  mefme  le  counte  coviendront  en- 
tendre de  temps  en  temps  denquerrer  toutz  les  ar- 
ticles as  ditz  Courtes  appurtenantz  come  reafon 
Si  ley  requirent  et  qe  maintenaunt  apres  chefcun 
des  ditz  termes  fines  les  ditz  juftices  du  peas  du 
dit  countee  de  Midd'  feiont  &  tiegnent  lour  fef- 
fions in  mefme  le  countee  come  ils  deuffent  faire 
par  force  du  dit  eftatuit  pluis  pur  eviter  la  dit  peine 
qe  pur  afcun  autre  chofe  neceffarie  illeoqes  deftre 
enquis  a  les  quelles  feffions  ils  fount  faire  venir 
devaunt  eux  graunde  partie  des  enhabitantz  & 
communers  du  dit  countee  de  Midd'  pur  enquer- 
rer des  toutz  maners  des  chofes  come  lour  fount 
donez  en  charge  &  iffint  ils 'fount  vexez  &  char- 
gez  parmye  tout  Ian  libien  hors  le  temps  de  terme 
come  en  le  temps  de  terme  ft  qe  ils  nount  afcun 
repofe  ne  temps  de  faire  lour  hufbandriez  &  lour 
labour  pur  lour  vivre  en  afcun  maner  gayner  a 
lour  final  deftruclion  fils  ne  foient  fuccurrez  en 
celle  partie.  Et  voillant  purtaunt  mefme  noftre 
Seignur  le  R.oi  en  ceo  cas  lour  purvoir  de  reme- 
die  ad  ordine  par  advis  &  affent  fuifditz  &  a.  la 
requeft  des  ditz  Communes  du  Roialme  qe  les 
juftices  du  peas  qore  fount  &  toutz  autres  pur  le 
temps  defore  efteantz  en  le  dit  countee  de  Midd* 
foient  tout  outrement  difchargez  de  la  dite  peine 
par  audforite  de  mefme  le  parlement  a  toutz  temps 
defore  avenirs  la  Court  du  Bank  le  Roi  efteant 
feant  en  le  dit  countee  de  Midd'.  Purveu  toutz 
foitz  qe  les  ditz  juftices  du  peas  del  dit  ountee  de 
Midd'  pur  le  temps  efteantz  gardent  obforvent  & 
executent  la  courts  des  feffions  du  peas  deu,;  foitz 

en 


A.  D.  1435. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  L°n<h 
en  Ian  au  meyns  &  plufours  de  temps  fil  bofoigne 
par  afcun  riote  ou  forcible  ehtre  fait  deins  mefme 
le  countee  de  Midd'  &c  ceo  fur  Ie  peine  &  forfei- 
ture de  tielx  fumrnes  come  fount  pur  ceo  ordinez 
par  afcun  ley  fait  devaunt  ces  hoeures  au  fyn  &c 
entcnt  qe  les  ditz  communes  &  enhabitantz  del  dit 
countee  de  Midd'  ne  foient  artes  ne  compelles  pur 
apparer  devaunt  les  juftices  de  peas  da  mefme  le 
countee  pur  le  temps  efteantz  forfqe  a  tiel  temps 
qi  fembleront  par  les  difcretions  de  mcfines  les  jus- 
tices du  peas  neceffaries  &  bofoignables. 

z  &  3  P.  &  M.  c.  10.    7  Jac.  I.  c.  5.     21  Jac.  1.  c.  12.    6  Gee 
c.  18.     18  Geo.  2.  c.  20.     23  Geo,  2,  c.  26.  fee.  11.     24  Get 


Anno  decimo  quarto  He  n  rici  VI. 


C.  c,  6. 


579 


'  and  more  often  if  Need  be,  for  any  Riot,  or  Forci- 
'  ble  Entry  made  within  the  fame  County  of  Middk- 
'  fex,  and  that  upon  the  Pain  and  Forfeiture  of  fuch 
'  Sums  as  be  for  that  ordained  by  any  Law  made  bc- 
'  fore  this  Time  :  to  the  End  and  Intent  that  the  faid 
'  Commons  and  Inhabitants  of  the  faid  County  of 
'  Middlefcx  be  not  inforced  nor  compelled  to  appear 
'  before  the  Juftices  of  Peace  of  the  fame  County  for 
'  the  Time  being,  but  at  fuch  Time  which  fhall  feem 
'  by  the  Difcretions  of  the  fame  Juftices  of  Peace  ne- 
'  ceflary  and  needful/ 

■0.  1.  c.  21.  fee.  ic.     9  Geo.  I,  c.  7.     5  Geo.  2.  c.  18  &  19.     15  G;n.  2.  c 
c.  44  &  55.     2S  Geo.  2.  c.  14^27.     27  Geo.  2.  c.  16  £f  2c.  and  30  Geo 


See  farther  con- 

cutrr?    /    r 

I,      "  18  II. 

6.  c.  11.    . 

4.    C.  2.       I  /'. 
c.  3.      3    //.   7.     C. 

1.  I  Mar.  //.■■/. 
i.  c.  8.  1  S  • 
P.  &M.  e.  13. 

24.    16  1      . 

2.  rr.  24. 


CAP.     V. 

Merchandifes  of  the  Staple  fhipped  in  Creeks  fhall  be  forfeited. 


See  Appendix. 


CAP.      VI. 

None  fhall  difturb  an  Alien  that  bringeth  in  Victuals  to  fell  in  Grofs,  or  by  Retalc. 


ITEM  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  enformez  par  les 
ditz  Communes  coment  en  leftatuit  fait  Ian  vi- 
le Roi  Richard  nadgairs  Roi  dEngleterre  feconde 
ordine  &  accorde  eftoit  qe  chefcun  forcin  &  alien 
efteant  del  amiftee  du  Roi  &  du  Roialme  tk  veinant 
deins  la  Citee  de  Loundres  &  autres  citees  burghs 
&  villes  deins  le  dit  Roialme  fibien  deins  fraunchife 
come  dehors  ovefqe  pefton  &  autres  vitailles  qe- 
conqes   illeoqes  demurantz   &  retournantz  ferroit 
deflors  defoubz  le  fauf  garde  &  efpecull  protection 
du  Roi  &  qe  bien  life  a  eux  &  a  chefcun  de  eux 
qils  puiffent  trencher  pefton  &  vitailx  fuifditz  par 
peces  &  a  taill  &  a  retaill  en  partie  ou  en  tout  ou 
en  gros  come  meulx  lour  femblera  vendre  &  lour 
profit  faire  faunz  empechement   ou   contredit  de 
hully  non  obftantz  afcuns  eftatutz  chartres  ordi- 
naunces  privileges  ou   cuftumes  faitz  ou  ewes  a 
contrarie  et  fur  ceo   par  un  autre  eftatuit  fait  Ian 
primer  le  Roi  Henri  q^art  fuit  ordine  &  eitable 
qe  les  ditz  ordinaunce  &  eftatuit  faitz  le  dit  an  vj'' 
ferroit  fermement  tenuz  &  gardez  &  duement  exe- 
cutz  folonc  la  forme  &  effect  dicelles  nient  con- 
triftesntz  afcuns  lettres  patentez  nadgairs  grauntz 
au  contrarie  as  peflbners  le  Loundres  come  en  le  dit 
eftatuit  fait  le  dit  an  primer  pleinement  appiert  a 
la  fupplication  des  ditz  Communes  ad  ordine  & 
eftable  par  auctorite  fuifdite  qe  les  ditz  eftatuitz 
foient  fermement  tenuz  _&  gardez  afcuns  autres 
eftatutz  ou  ordinaunces  faitz  au  contrarie  nient  ob- 
ftantz Ajouftantz  a  icell   qe   fi  afcun  homme  de- 
llourbe  afcun  forein  ou  alien  de  vendre  lour  peffons 
en  groos  ou  retail  le  en  partie  ou  en  tout  au  con- 
trarie dez  ditz  ordinaunces  &  de  ceo  foit  duement 
atteint  al  fuite  de  Roi   ou  de  partie  qadonqcs  il 
forfera  xl.  H.'  &  celuy  qi  voudra  fuer  pur  le  Roi 
ou  pur  luy  mefmes  avera  lune  moitee  &  le  Roi 
lautre  rmoitee  &  foit  tiel  fuyce  pris  pur  afcun  often  le 
fait  en  la  Cittee  de  Loundres  encountre  le  dit  ordi- 
nance pur  celuy  qi  veudra  fuer  pur  le  Roi  ou  pur 
luy  mefmes  en  quel  countee  qe  luy  plerra  des  coun 


tees  de  Midd'   hfertf 
Cittee  de  Loundres. 


Effex  Kent'  Surr'  ou  en  la 


TEM,  Our  Lord  the  King  is  informed  by  the  6  R.  2.  c.  10, 
faid   Commons,    how  in  the   Statute   made   the. 
Sixth  Year  of  King  Richard  the  Second,  late  ICing1 
of  England,    it  was  ordained   and    accorded,   That 
every  Foreign  and  Alien,  being  of  the  Amity  of  our 
Lord  the  King,  and  of  the  Realm,  coming  within 
the  City  of  London,  and  other  Cities,  Boroughs,  and 
Towns  within  the  faid  Realm  of  England,  as  well 
within  Franchifes- as  without,  with  Fifh,  and  other 
Victuals  whatfoevcr,   there  abiding  and  returning, 
'  fhould  be  from  thenceforth  under  tne  Safeguard  and 
;  fpecial  Protection  of  our  Lord  the  King,  and  that  it 
;  fhould  be  lawful  to  them,  and  to  every  of  them,  that 
;  they  might  cut  Fifh  and  Victuals  aforcfaid  by  Pieces, 
;  and  to  tail  and  retail  them  in  Part,  and  in  whole,  or 
:  in  Grofs,  as  they  fhall  think  belt-,  to  fell  and  make 
;  their  Profit,  without  Impeachment  or  Contradiction 
:  of  any,    notwi  hftanaing   any  Statutes,    Charters,, 
:  Ordinances,  Privileges,  or  Cuftoms  made  or  had  to 
1  the  contrary  ■   (2)  and  thereupon,  by  a  Statute  made  1  H.  4.  c,  17, 
;  the  Firft  Year  of  King  Hen,".y  the  Fourth,  it  was 
:  ordained  and  ftablifhecl,  That  the  faid  Statute  and 
:  Ordinance,    made  the  faid   .c.'i::t!r  Year,   fhould  be 
;  firmly  hblden  and  kept,  and  duly  executed,  after  the 
;  Form  and  Effect  of  the  fame,  riotwithftanding  any 
:  Letters  Patents  of  late  granted  to  the  Fifhmongers 
:  of  the  City  of  London,  as  in  the  faid  Statu. c,  in 
:  the  firft  Year,  fully  appcareth  ;"  '  by  the  Suppli- 
cation of  the  Commons  aforcfaid  hath  made,  ordained, 
and  ftahlifhed  by  Authority  aforcfaid,  That  the  f  i  I 
Statutes  fliall  be  firmly  holden  and  kept,  any  other 
Statutes  or  Ordi  -.ances  made  to  the  contrary  not- 
withftanding;  (3)  joined  to  the  fame,  That  if  aiwThe  Forfeiture 
Man  difturb  any  Foreign  or  Alien  to  fell  their  Pifh  of  i,im  who 
in  grofs  or  at  retail,  in  Part  or  in  whole,  contrary  to^urb"h  a.a 
the  faid  Ordinances,  and  thereof  be  duly  attainted jn 'vlftualsto 
at  the  Suit  of  the  King,  or  of  the  Party,  that  then  he  (e\i  triem  in  ^rof; 

fhall  forfeit  xli.     (4)  And  he  that  will  fu    foi   1 by  1  tail. 

Lord  the  King,  or  for  himfJf,  frrall  have  the  one 
half,  and  the  King  the  other  half.     (5)  And  fuch 
Suit  fhall  be  taken  for  any  Offence  committed  in  the 
City  of  London  againft  the  laid  Ordinance,  for  him 
which  will  fue  for  our  Lord  the  King,  or  for  himfelf,  9  Ed.  3.  ftat.  1, 
1  in  what  County  that  pleafeth  him,  of  the  Counties  Ci  '• 
;  of  Middlefcx,  Hertford,  EJJhx,  Kent,  Surrey,  or  in  th.  ^  ,.d2>3'  flu' 
;  City  of  London. f    '  11  R. '2.  c.  7. 


A'c£  3  Jac.  I, 

E  e  ee  2 


b.  giving  free  Liierty  tf  Trade  into  Spain,  Pertugi.  and  France, 

C  A  P, 


580        C.  7,  8.  Anno  decimo  quarto  Henrici  VI.  A.  D.  1435. 

CAP.      VII. 

Merchandifes  taken  in  Ships  of  the  King's  Enemies,  though  belonging  to  Foreigners  in  Amity 

with  the  King,  fhall  not  be  reftored. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
EXP.  y  T  E  M  noftre  Scignur  le  Roi  confiderant  par  le  gfeyoufe  compleint  a  luy  fait  par  les  ditz  Communes  les 
JL  aliens  del  amifte  du  Roi  frettent  &  chargent  les  niefs  &  autres  veffelx  des  enemys  noftre  dit  Seignur  dEf- 
payne  &  autres  quelle  chofe  fupporte  &  graundement  enforce  la  naveye  des  ditz  enemyes  &  auxi  il  eft  le 
pluis  fort  melne"  qe  enforce  ceux  de  la  Rochell  &  autres  divers  adveffaries  du  Roi.  Et  fil  aveigne  qafcuns 
niefs  ou  veffelx  des  ditz  enemyes  enfi  ove  afcuns  merchandifes  charges  foient  prifes  par  les  lieges  du  Roi  fur 
le  meer  les  ditz  aliens  del  amiftee  avauntditc  par  colour  de  faux  chartres  doubles  lettres  merches  contrefaitz 
&  faux  tefmoignes  de  lour  nation  clayment  &  demandent  les  biens  &  merchandifes  des  ditz  enemyes  enfy 
prifes  fur  le  meer  come  lour  biens  propres  &  a  mefrnes  les  biens  &  merchandifes  fount  reftores  a  graunde  ar- 
rerifment  de  ceux  qi  les  ount  prifes  &  abbaffement  du  corage  des  ditz  lieges.  Et  pur  taunt  noftre  dit  Seignur 
le  Roi  voillant  purvoier  de  remedie  ad  graunte  &  ordine  par  auftorite  fuifdite  entaunt  qil  ne  foit  contrarie  a 
les  lieges  faitz  parentre  luy  &  afcuns  de  fes  alies  qe  fil  aveigne  qafcuns  merchandifes  des  aliens  del  amiftee 
avauntdite  foient  prifes  par  les  ditz  lieges  apres  le  feft  de  Seint  Michell  larchangell  prochein  veignaunt  en 
afcuns  niefs  ou  veffelx  de  ditz  enemyes  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  nient  efteantz  defoubz  le  fauf  conduit  ou 
protection  du  Roi  qadonqes  les  ditz  lieges  eux  purront  reteigner  &  enjoier  faunz  afcun  empefchement  ou 
restitution  ent  affaire.  Et  durera  cefte  ordinaunce  pur  trois  ans  prochein  enfuantz  &  a  pluis  long  temps  fil 
pleafe  au  Roy. 

CAP.     VIII. 
The  Statute  of  2  Henry  5.  Stat.  1.  cap.  6.  touching  Breakers  of  Truce,  fufpended. 

EXP.  TTEM  come  ordine  foit  &  declare  par  eftatuit  fait  en  temps  le  Roi  Henri  pier  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy 
so  H.  6.  c  11.  JL  qoreft  Ian  de  fon  regne  feconde  pur  ceo  qe  devaunt  la  dite  ordinaunce  divers  gentz  comprifes  deins  les 
trieux  fibien  faitz  par  le  dit  nadgairs  Roy  come  par  fon  pier  Ayel  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  et  auxi  autres  aiantz 
faveconduitz  fibien  du  dit  nadgairs  Roi  Henri  le  pier  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  come  de  fon  dit  ayel  ount  eftee 
afcuns  tuez  afcuns  robbes  &  defpoilles  par  les  lieges  &  fubgittes  du  Roy  fibien  fur  le  hault  meer  come  deins 
les  poites  &  coftes  du  meer  dEngleterre  dlrland  &  Gales  parount  les  ditz  treues  &  faufconduitz  ount  efte 
rumpes  &  offenduz  a  graunde  difhonure  &  difdaundre  du  Roy  &  encountre  fa  dignite  &  les  ditz  tuers  des 
hommes  robbours  fpoillours  &  offendo'urs  de  les  ditz  trieux  &  faufconduitz  du  Roi  come  defuis  eft  declare 
ount  eftee  par  divers  lieges  &  fubgittz  du  Roy  deins  les  coftes  de  diverfes  countees  recettees  abettz  procurez 
confeillez  lowes  fuftenuz  &  manutenuz  qe  tielx  tuerie  robberie  efpoillerie  rumperie  des  trieux  &  faufcon- 
dui  ez  du  Roi  &  voluntaries  recett  abbettement  procurement  counfeill  lower  fuftenaunce  h  maintenaunce 
de  tielx  perfones  affairs  en  temps  avenir  par  afcuns  des  lieges  &  fubgitz,  du  Roy  deins  le  Roialme  dEngleterre 
dlrland  &  de  Gales  ou  fur  le  hault  meer  foient  adjugges  &  determinez  pur  hault  trefon  fait  encountre  la 
c  rone  &  dignitee  du  Roy.  Noftre  Seignur  le'Roy  confiderant  qe  les  peines  contenuz  &  efpecifies  en  le 
dit  eftatuit  fount  fi  rigorous  &  grevous  envers  les  lieges  &  fubgittz  du  Roy  &  eux  fi  ftreitementz  lient  qe  les 
adverfaries  &  enemyes  du  Roy  de  faire  guerre  envers  les  ditz  lieges  du  Roi  fount  graundement  embaudez  & 
confortes  et  plufours  des  ditz  lieges  &  fubgittes  du  Roi  auxibien  fur  le  meer  &  coftes  du  meer  come  en  les 
marches  du  Roi  alme  dEngleteere  fovent  ount  eftee  afcuns  difrobbes  &  difpoillez  &  afcuns  tues  parount 
plufours  de  mefrnes  les  lieges  enhabitantez  es  marches  &  coftes  fuifdites  fount  graundement  anientifes  em- 
poverez  &  en  point  deftre  hnalment  deftruitz  &  les  merchantz  &  mariners  du  Roi  de  paffer  fur  le  meer 
ovefqe  lour  niefs  &  veffealx  ove  lour  merchandifes  ou  autrement  en  faire  de  guerre  pur  le  faufgarde  du  meer 
fount  graundement  en  difcorages  &  embeasfhez  &  la  naveye  du  Roialme  en  point  deftre  deftruitz  &  les  ditz 
merchantz  de  faire  ou  renoveller  afcuns  niefs  ou  veffelx  toutoutrement  difcomfortes  ad  ordine  par  advis  affent 
h  auctorite  fuifditz  qe  null  des  ditz  lieges  &  fubgites  du  Roi  par  force  du  dit  eftatuit  pur  null  chofe  par  luy 
attempte  fait  ou  affaire  encountre  la  forme  &  tenour  du  dit  eftatuit  deins  fept  ans  profchein  enfuantz  apres 
le  dit  difme  jour  dO&obre  foit  en  afcun  maner  puniffe  empefche  moleftee  ou  greve  par  force  du  dit  eftatuit 
ne  null  peine  encourge  pur  icell  autrement  qil  duift  devaunt  le  faifance  du  dit  eftatuit  eins  qil  fes  heires  & 
executours  de  toutz  chofes  &  peines  contenuz  &  efpecifies  en  le  dit  eftatuit  come  par  force  de  mefme  leftatuit 
a  caufe  dafcune  offenfe  fait  durant  le  temps  fuifdit  envers  le  Roy  fez  heires  &  fucceffours  foit  toutoutrement 
^uietz  &  difchargee  pur  toutz  jours. 


Statutes 


A.  D.  1436.  -Anno  decimo  quinto  Henrici  VI. 


C.  1,  2.       581 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,    Anno  15  Hen.  VI.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1436. 


N 


Em  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
OSTRE  foverain  Seignur  le  Roi  Henry 
le  fifme  apres  le  conqueft  a  for.  parlemcnt 
tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  xxje  jour  de  Januaire 
Ian  de  fon  regne  xvme  de  ladvis  &  aflent  des  Seig- 
nurs  efpirituelx  &c  temporelx  &  a  lefpecialc  inftance 
£c  requeue  de  les  Communes  du  Roialme  en  mefme 
le  parlement  efteantz  ad  fait  ordeinez  &  eftabliez 
certeins  ftatutz  &  ordinances  al  honour  de  Dieu 
&  le  bien  &  profit  de  Juy  &  de  fon  dit  Roialme  en 
la  fourme  qenfuit. 


T  the  Parliament  holden  at  Wejhninjier  the 
One  and  twentieth  Day  of  ^January,  the 
Fifteenth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  King 
Henry  the  Sixth  after  the  Conqueft,  by  the  Advice 
and  Aflent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal, 
and  at  the  fpecial  Inftance  and  Requeft  of  the  Com- 
mons of  the  Realm ;  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King 
hath  caufed  to  be  ordained  certain  Statutes  to  the 
Honour  of  God,  and  the  Profit  of  him  and  his 
Realm,  in  the  Form  following." 


CAP.     I. 

Where  in  a  Suit  before  the  Marfhal,  the  Defendant  may  plead,  that  the  Plaintiff  or  he  are 

not  of  the  King's  Houfe. 


EN  primes  pur  ceo  qe  le-.  Senefchall  &  Maref- 
chall  de  Hoftell  du  Roy  &  lour  deputees 
avaunt  cez  heures  ount  tenuz  devaunt  eu'<  plees 
de  dette  detenu  &  autres  plees  perfonelx  m-oevez 
parentre  gentz  qi  ne  furent  de  mefme  loftell  en 
lour  recorde  faifantz  mention  qe  les  pleintifs  & 
defendants  de  mefme  les  plees  furent  del  dit  Ho- 
ftell &  a  lez  parties  defendants  en  mefmes  les  plees 
ne  allowent  lour  chaleng  &  exceptions  par  eux 
aleggez  qe  ils  mefmes  ou  les  pleintifs  en  mefmes 
ks  fuites"  ne  fount  pas  de  mefme  loftell  encoun- 
tre  les  leys  &  eftatuts  ent  avant  ces  heures  eus  & 
faitz  parount  divers  des  lieges  noftre  dit  Seignur 
le  Roi  en  fa  Court  devant  lez  ditz  Senefchall  & 
Marefchall  tenuz  fovent  foitz  encountre  le  leie 
fount  grevoufment  vexez  &:  entroublez  a  lour 
graunde  damage  &  anientiflement.  Noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roi  les  premifles  confiderez  ad  or- 
deine  par  audvtorite  de  mefme  le  parlement  qe  en 
chefcun  feurte  defore  enavaunt  pur  les  defen- 
dants aprendre  ils  ne  foient  eftoppes  par  tiel 
recorde  a  dire  qils  mefmes  ou  lez  pleintifs  en  mefr 
me  le  recorde  efpecifiez  ne  furent  al  temps  du 
dk  plee  ou  fuit  commence  del  Hoftell  du  Roy 
come  par  mefme  le  recorde  eft  fuppofe  eins 
eient  lez  ditz  defendants  lour  averement  a  dire  qils 
mefmes  ou  les  ditz  pleintifs  ne  furent  de  mefme 
loftell  a  temps  de  tiel  plee  ou  fuit  commence  le 
dit  recorde  ou  afcun  matier  deinz  icell  continuz 
nient  obftant. 

C  A 


"  THIRST,   Becaufe that  the  Steward  and  Marfhal  1  Buiftr.zoy. 

"  JP    of  the  King's  Houfe  and  their  Deputies  before 

"  this  Time  have  holden  before  them  Pleas  of  Debt, 

"  Detinue,    and  other  Pleas  perfonal  moved  betwixt 

"  People  which  were  not  of  the  fame  Houfe,  making 

"  mention  in  their  Records,  that  the  Plaintiffs  and  De- 

"  fendants  of-  the  fame  Pleas  were  of  the  faid  Houfe, 

"  (2)  and  do  not  allow  to  the  Parties  Defendants   iii 

"  the  fame  Pleas  their  Challenges  and  Exceptions  by 

"  them  alledged,   that  they  themfelves,  or  the  Plain- 

"  tiffs  in  the  fame  Suits,  be  not  of  the  fame  Houfes, 

"  againft  the  Laws  and  Statutes  before  this  Time  hadaS  Ed.  i.  ffas. 

"  and  made,  whereby  divers  of  the  King's  liege  Peo-  3-  c-  3- 

"  pie  in  his  Court  holden  before  the  faid  Steward  and ' 8  Ei-  vfiM- 

"  Marfhal    oftentimes  againft  the  Law  be  grievoufly  \£  I'  f 

"  vexed  and  troubled  to  their  great  Damr.ge  and  Hin-  T-  R.'j.  ftat.  i„ 

"  drance."     '  (3)  Our  faid  Lord  the  King,  confider- c.  a. 

'  ing  the  Premifles,  hath  ordained  by  Authority  of  the 

'  fame  Parliament,  That  in  every  Suit3  from  hence-3  Surcty- 

'  forth  againft  the  faid  Defendants  to  be  taken,  they 

'  fhall  not  be  eftopped  by  fuch  Record,   to  fay  that 

'  themfelves,   or  the  Plaintiffs  in  the  fame  Record  fpe- 

'  cified,  were  not  at  the  Time  of  the  faid  Plea  or  Suit 

'  thereof  commenced,  of  the  King's  Houfe,  as  by  the 

'  fame  Record  is  fuppofed ;    (4)  but  the  Defendants 

'  fhall  have  their  Averment  to  fay,  That  they  them- 

'  felves,  or  the  faid  Plaintiffs,  were  not  of  the  fame 

'  Houfe  at  the  Time  of  fuch  Plea  or  Suit  commenced, 

'  the  faid  Record  or  other  Matter  within  the  fame  con-jK  ,.  ff  g 

'  tained  notwithstanding..'  . .  i».  'before  ,<Uaw 

Murders  committed  in  the  King's  l/ouje pall  be  tried. 
P.        II. 


Corn  being  of  fmall  Price,  viz.  Wheat  at  Six  Shillings  and  Eight- pence,  and  Barley  at  Three 
Shillings  the  Quarter,  may  be  carried  forth  of  the  Realm  without  Licence. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  par  la  leie  ordeinee  null  home  poet  carier  ne  amefner  blees  hors  du  Roialme  dEngleterreA!terC[1  6!''  Jaa 
faunz  licence  du  Roy  par  caufe  de  quell  fermours  &  autres  homes  qi  ufent  manuoverement  de  lour  terre'"^'^  &aI 
ne  poent  vendre  lour  blees  finon  a  baes  prife  a  graunde  damage  de  tout  le  Roialme.     Noftre  Seignur  le  Roi^  h,^  c.  6.. 
voillant  en  ceo  cas  purvoier  de  remedie  ad  ordeinee  par  auctorite  deffuifdite  qe  bien  lirra  a  chefcun  homme 
elkipper  &  carier  toutz  maners  des  blees  &  graines  hors  de  cefte  Roialme  a  qiconqe  lieuqi  luy  plerra  forfpris 
tant  foulement  a  les  enemies  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  fi  fovent  &  tant  longement  come  un  quarter  de  frument 
nexcede  paes  le  price  vj.  s.  viij.  d.  &  un  quarter  dorge  iij.  s.  en  icell  porte  lou  frument  ou  orge  eft  tieimenl 
efkippes  &  ceo  faunce  afcun  licence  fuier  pur  icell  toutz  autres  ordinances  ent  avant  ces  heures  faitz  a  con- 
trarie  nient  obftantz.     Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  le  Roi  foit  content  de  fez  cuftumes  &  devoirs,     Et  duxera  icefte- 
ordinance  tanqe  al  procheine  parlemcnt..  C  A  P. 


582       C.  3,  4. 


Anno  decimo  quinto  Henrici  VI.         A.  D.  1436. 

CAP.     III. 

What  Things  be  requifite  to  make  a  Safe  Conducl  effectual. 


".  T  T  E  M,  Whereas  our  faid  Lord  the  King  of  late 
"  x  hath  granted  his  Letters  of  Safe  Conduct  to  cer- 
"  tain  Perfons  to  come  and  go  in  and  out  of  the 
"  Realms  and  Seigniories  of  England,  France,  and  Ire- 
*'  land,  with  certain  Number  of  Ships  charged  with 
"  their  Merchandifes,  and  that  Faith  and  Credit  mould 
"  as  well  be  given  to  the  Copy  called  Vidimus,  fealed 
"  under  the  Seals  authentique  and  approved,  as  to  the 
"  Original  of  the  faid  Letters ;  (2)  one  John  de  Gau- 
"  tier,  one-of  the  Perfons  aforefaid,  granted  and  deli- 
"  vered  the  Vidimus  of  the  faid  Safe  Conduct  to  fuch 
"  and  to  as  many  as  him  pleafed,  fealed  with  the  Seal 
"  of  him  that  calleth  himfelf  King  of  France,  under 
"  the  Colour  of  which  Vidimus  a  great  Navy  of  the 
"  adverfe  Part  was  affembled,  and  did  take  many  Ships, 
*  viSua&d  "  and  the  King's  liege  People  and  *.  Vicinal,  to  the 
"  Towns  and  Fortreffes  of  the  Adverfaries,  to  the  great 
"  Damage  of  the  King  and  of  the  liege  People  afore- 
"  faid,  as  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  at  the  grievous 
"  Complaint  to  him  made  by  the  laid  Commons  in  the 
'  faid  Parliament,  hath  perceived':"  ',,(3)  The  fame- 
our  Lord  the  King,  confidering  the, great  Inconve- 
niencies  which  might  enfue  by  fuch  and  other  which 
do  evil  ufe.his  Letters  of  Safe  Conduct,. and  .that  Un'^- 
ution  fome fpecial  <  der  Colour  of  fuch  Vidimus  a  whole  Navy  of  Ene- 
Caufe.  c  mjes  may  j^g  coloured,  and  daily  victual,  iluff,  and 

•f-Add  bh  Realms, -  refreih  their  Party,  in  great  Damage' of  f  his  Realm 
end  especially  of   '  of  England,  doth  will,   and  hath  commanded  by  the 
*  Authority  aforefaid,  to  the  Keepers. of  his  Great  and 
'  Privy  Seal,  that  they  fhall  not  fuffer'fuch  Claufe  Vi- 
'  dhnus  to  be  put  in  any  Safe  Conduct  from  henceforth 
'  to  be  granted,  unlefs  it  fo  be,  that  fome  great  or  fome 
'  notable  Caufe  or  Matter  move  the  fame  our  Lord  the 
'  King  to  grant  th;  fame  in  fuch  wife  ;   (4)  and  willeth 
'  alfo,  That  in  all  Safe  Conducts  to  be :. granted  from 
'  henceforth  to  any  Perfon  or  Perfons,   the  Name  of 
'  them,    of  the  Ships,  and  of  1  the  Mailers,    and  the 
hTc  s.        '  Number  of  the  Mariners,  with  the  Portage  of. the 
io  h.  6.  c.  8.    '  Ships,  fhall  be  expreffed^ 

31  H.  6.  c.  4.     Confirmed  by  14  Ed,  4.  c,  4, 


The  Claufe  c 

V.dimus  (hall  not  c 
be  put  in  a  Safe 
Conduct,  unlefs 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
T  E  M  par  la  ou  noilre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  nad- 
gairs  avoit  graunte  fes  lettres  de  faufe  conduyt 
as  certeins  perfons  pur  venir  &  aler  en  &  hors  de 
les  Roialmes  &  Seignuries  dEngleterre  Fraunce  &. 
Irlonde  ovefqe  certeine  nombre  des  niefs  charges 
ovefqe  lour  marchandifes  &  qe  foie  &  credance 
ferroit  done  fibien  a  la  copie  apellez  Vidimus  en- 
fealez  foubs  feales  autentiques  &  approvez  come 
al  originall  de  lez  ditz  lettres  un  John  le  Gautier 
un  de  les  perfons  defuifditz  graunta  &  delivera  le 
Vidimus  du  dit  fauf  conduyt  as  tielx  &  as  tauntz 
come  luy  pluiil  enfeales  foubz  le  feale  celuy  qi  foy 
appelle  Roy  de  Fraunce  foubz  umbre  de  quel  Vi- 
dimus un  graunde  navie  de  la  partie  adverfarie  fuifl 
affernble  &  prill  plufours  niefs  &  lieges  du  Roy 
&  vitailla  lez  villes  h  fortreffes  de  les  parties  ad- 
verfaries a  graunde  damage  du  Roy  &  de  fez  lieges 
fuifditz  fi  come  noilre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  a  la 
grevoufe  compleint  a  luy  en  fait  par  les  ditz  Com- 
munes lad  pleinment  entenduz  mefme  noilre  Seig- 
nur conhderant  lez  graundes  .inconvenientz  qucux 
purroient  efchier  par  tielx  &  autres  qi  malement 
ufent  fez  lettres  de  fauf  conduyt  &  qe  foubz  um- 
bre de  tielx  Vidimus  tout  un  entier  navie  des  ad- 
verfaries poet  eilre  umbrez  &  journement  vitailler 
eftoffer  &  refresiher  lour  partie  en  graunde  da- 
mage de  fez  Roialmes  &Tpecialment  dcTle  Roialae 
dEngleterre  voet  doner  en  couimaundement  a  les 
gardeins  de  fes  graunde  Sz  prive  fealx-  qjls  ne  foef- 
frent  pas  tiel  claufe  de  Vidimus  eilre  mys  en  null 
fiuf  conduyt  a  grauntiers  de- cy  enavaunt  ill  ne  if- 
fint  foit  qe  afcim  graunde  ou  notatjle  caufe  ou  ma- 
tier  moeve  mefme  noilre  Seignur  le  Roy  pur  ceo 
tielment  graunter.  Et  voet  auxi  par  auctofite  fuif- 
dite  qe  en.  toutz  fauf  conduyts  de  cy  enavaunt  a 
graunterz  a  afcun  perfon  ou  perfons  les  nouns  de 
iceux  ,de  les  niefs  &  de  les  maillres  &.  le  noumbre 
de  manners  ovefqe  le  portage  des  niefs  foient  ex- 
preifez. 


CAP.      IV. 

None  fhall  fue  z. Subpcena  until  he  find  Surety1  to  fatisfy  the  Defendant  his  Damages,  if  he 

do  not  verify  his  Bill; 


This  Chapter  is 
not  upon  the 
Roll. 


17  R.  2.  c.  6. 

Cr.  Conic,  24. 


'  T  E  M,  For  that  divers  Perfons  have  before  this 

Time  been  greatly  vexed  and  grieved  hy  Writs 

of  Subpcena,  purchafed  for  Matters  determinable- by 

•  the  Common  Law  of  this  Land,  to  the  great  Da- 

'  mage  of  fuch  Perfons  fo  vexed,  in  Subverfion  and 

'  Impediment  of  the  Common  Law  aforefaid;"  *■  (2) 

our  Lord  the  King  doth  command,  That  the  Statutes 

thereof  made  fhall  be  duly  obferved  according  to  the 

Form  and  Effect  of  the  fame,   (3)  and  that  no  Writ 

of  Subpcena  be  granted  from  henceforth  until  Surety 

be  found  to  fatisfy  the  Party  fo  grieved  and  vexed, 

for  his  Damages  and   Expences,    if   fo   be  that  the 

Matter  cannot  be  made  good,  which  is  contained  in 

the  Bill.' 


T E  M  pur  ceo  que  diverfes  perfones  ont  -avent  cez 
heurez  cfte  graundement  vexes  et  grevez  per 
briffes  de  fub  pena  purchaces  pur  matiers  determina- 
ble per  la  comen  ley  de  cejl  terre,  a  graund  damage 
de  tielx  perfoncz  iffint  vexes,  en  fubverfion  et  impedi- 
ment de  la  comen  ley  fuifdite  ;  Nojhe  Seignur  le  Roy 
voet  que  les  ejlatuitz  ent  faiiz  foient  d.uement  gardes 
foloncqut  la  four  me  et  effeel  dicelles  ;  et  que  null  briefe 
de  fub  pena  foit  graunte  de  cy  enavant,  tanque  feuriee 
foit  trove,  pur  fatisfier  la  partie  erfy  greve  et  vexe 
pur  fes  damages  et  expenfes,  ft  iffint  foit  que  le  ma- 
tier  ne  poet  pas  cjlre  fait  ban  quele  ejl  contenus  en 
la  billc. 


C  A  P. 


A.  D.  1436.  Anno  decimo  quinto  Henrici  VI. 

c  A  P.    v.     • 

What  Sort  of  Perfons  may  be  impanelled  upon  an  Attaint. 


c. 


5*3 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

ITEM  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  qe 
le  triall  de  vie  &  de  mort  terres  &  tenementz 
biens  &c  chateux  de  chefcun  perfon  de  fes  lieges 
dicefte  Roialme  touchan:  matiers  en  fait  par  le  leie 
de  mefme  le  Roialme  remaigne  &  eftaa  &  de  jour 
en  jour  verifemblablement  ell  pur  eftre  eue  &  Fait 
par  les  ferementz  des  enqiieftes  de  xij.   homines 
duement  fummones  en  fez  Courtes  et  auxi  qe  les 
graundes  pourleffe  &  inhonuteife  perjurie  qe  orri- 
blement   continue  &  journement   encreffe  en  les 
commune;   jurrours    du    dit   Roialme   a  la  pluis 
graunde  verifemblable  mefchief  qe  puis  cheier  al 
dit  Roialme  et  qil  eft  a  fuppofer  par  refon  qe  le  pluis 
fufriciantz  qe  hommes  foient  des  terres  &  tenementz 
le  pluis  nonfemblablement  ils  fount  a  eftre  tretcz 
ou  moevez  a  perjure  par  brocage  poure  ou  corrup- 
tion &  qe  en  chefcun  action  &  biief  dateint  au 
meyns  y  faut  eftre  xiij.  defendantz  fil  ne  foit  qe 
mort  dafcuny  de  eux  caufb  le  contrarie  des  queux 
xiij.  defendantz   chefcun  perfon  par  la  leie   poet 
avoir  feverall  plee  h  refponfe  triable  en  quecounqe 
countee    qe  luy  pleaft  del   Roialme  avauntdit  & 
chefcun  de  icelles  xiij.  plees  &  refponfes  triables 
hors  del  countee  en  quel  laction  &  brief  dateint 
eft  purfue  caufera  la  delaie  de  la  prife  de  graunde 
jure  dateint  jefqes  au  temps  qe  chefcun  des  ditz 
foreins  feveralx  refponfes  foit  trie.    Et  tout  foit 
qe  toutz  iceux  xiij.  foreins  feveralx  refponfes  & 
plees  chefcun  apres  auter  pur  caufer  plufours  de- 
laies  foient  plees  tries  &  trovez  countre  iceux  xiij. 
defendantz  ils  nount  afcun  prejudice  par  icels  ne 
les  pleintifs  en  les  ditz  actions  &  briefs  dateinz 
null    autre  avauntage   mes   qe  le  Court  du  Roy 
adonqes  de  proceder  a  la  prife  du  dit  graunde  June 
la  quell  par  fubtilitee  qe  de  jour  en  jour  encrefce 
purroit  caufer  la  delaie  des  pleintifs  en  les  ditz 
actions  &  briefs  dateint  par  x.  ans  ou  pluis  par 
commune    eftimation    ad    ordeine    par    laudlori  e 
avauntdite  pur  partie  de   remedie  de  la  mefcheef 
fuifdit  qe  null  vifcount  baillif  du  franchife  ne  co- 
roner en  actions  ou  briefs  dateint  du  plee  du  terre 
dannuell  value  de  xl.  s.  ou  pluis  ne  dacTrion  de  de- 
tenue  des  faitz  concernants  terres  &  tenements  de 
femblable  value  ou  pluis  ne-deplee  perfonell  dount 
le  juggement  de  recoverer  extende  a  la  fomme  de 
xl.  li.'  ou  pluis  retourne  ne  empanell  en  null  in- 
quifition  ne  enqueft  nulles  perfones  mes  ceux  en- 
habitantz  dedeins  fa  bailie  queux  a  cell  temps  eient 
eft-ate  a  lour  propre  opes  ou  ceux  as  queux  oeps 
autres  perfons  ount  eftate  de  fee  fimple  fee  taill  ou 
frank  tenement  en  terres  &  tenements  dannuell  Va- 
lue de  xx.  li'  ou  pluis  dedeins  fa  bailie  hors  del 
auncien  demefme  les  Cynk  portes   &   tenure   de. 
Gavelkynde  de  ne  meindres  iff  es  en  les  ditz  ac- 
tions datteint   retourne   en   la  Court   du   Roy   qe 
xl.  s.  a  le  primer  brief  de  diftrefle  &  cent  foulz  a 
le  fecunde  brief  de  diftreffe  h  le  double  a  chefcun 
autre    brief  de  diftreffe    envers    les   perfones   em- 
panelles.  &  retournes  pur  eftre  jurrez  en  mefmes 
les  actions.     Et  qe  null  perfone  de  meinrire  fuf- 
nciante  du-  frank  tenement  qe  dell  annuell  value 
de  xx.  li'  en  la  fourme  deffuifdit  foit  jurrie  en  la 


ITEM  our  Lord  the  King  confidering  that  the 
Trial  of  Life  and  Death,   of  Lands  and  Tene- 
ments,  Goods  and  Chatties  of  every  Perfon  of  his 
liege  People  of  this  Realm,    touching  Matters    in 
Deed,  bytheLawof  the  fame  Realm  remain  and 
ftand,   and  daily  is  very  likely  to  be  had  and  made, 
by  the  Oaths  or  Inquefts  of  Twelve  Men  duly  fum- 
moned  in  his  Courts;    (2)  and  alio  that  the  great  a"  Fcarlefs  and 
Perjury,  which  horribly  continueth,  and  daily  in- fhamelefs. 
creafeth  in  the  common  Jurors  of  the  faid  R.eaim,  is 
molt  likely  to  tend  to  the  greateft  Mifchief  which 
may  fall  to  the  faid  Realm ;    (3)  and  that  it  is  to  be 
fuppofed,  by  reafon  that  ths  more  fufficient  that  Men 
be  of  Laiids  and  Tenements,  the  more  unlikely  they 
are  to  be  drawn  or  moved  to  Perjury  by  Brocage, 
Power,  or  Corruption  ;  (4)  and  that  in  every  Action 
and  Writ  of  Attaint  at  the  leaft  there  muft  be  Thir- 
teen Defendants,  unlefs  that  the  Death  of  any  caufe 
the  contrary;    (5)    of  which  Thirteen  Defendants 
every  Perfon  by  the  Law  may  have  a  feveral  Plea  and 
Anfwer,    triable    in    whatsoever  County  that  him 
pleafeth  of  the  faid  Realm,    (6)  and   every  of  the 
fame  Thirteen  Pleas  and  Anfwers  triable  out  of  the 
County  in  which  the  Action  and  Writ  of  Attaint  is 
fued,   doth  caufe    the  Delay  of.  the  taking  of  the 
Grand  Jury  of  Attaint,  until  the  Time  that  every  of 
;  the  faid  foreign  feveral  Anfwers  be  tried;    (7)  And 
although  that  all  thefe  Thirteen  feveral  Anfwers  and 
1  Pleas,  every  one  after  other,  to  caufe  more  Delays,. 
;  be  pleaded,  tried,  and  found  againft  thefe  Thirteen 
;  Defendants,  they  themfelves  have  no  Prejudice  by 
;  the  fame,  nor  the  Plaintiffs  in  the  faid  Actions  and 
;  Writs  of  Attaint  no  other  Advantage,   but  that  the 
;  King's  Court  then  fhall  proceed  to  the  taking  of  the 
'  faid  Grand  Jury,  which  by  Subtilty  that  daily  in- 
;  creafeth  may  caufe  the  Delay  of  the  Plaintiffs  in  the 
;  faid  Actions  and  Writs  of  Attaint  by  Ten  Years  or 
;  more,   by   common  Eftimation;"     '  (8)  Hath  or- 
dained by  Authority  aforefaid,  for  Part  of  the  Re- 
medy of  the  faid  Mifchief,  That  no  Sheriff,  Bailiff 
of  Franchife,  nor  Coroner,  in  Actions  or  Writs  of 
Attaint  of.  Plea  of   Land,    of  the  yearly  Value  of 
xl.  s.  or  more,  nor  Action  of*  Attaint  of  Deeds  con-*  DetirM*- 
cerning  Lands  or  Tenements  of  like  Value,  or  more, 
nor  perfonal,  whereof  the  Judgement  of  the  Reco- 
very fhall  extend  to  the  Sum  of  Forty  Pounds,  or 
more,   fhall  return  nor  impanel  in  any  Inquifition 
nor  Inqueft,  any  Perfons  but  fuch  as  be  inhabiting, 
within  his  Bailiwick,'  which  have  Eftate  to  their  own 
Ufe,  or  they  to  whofe  Ufe  other  Perfons  have  Eftate, 
of  Fee-ftmple,  Fee-tail,  or  Freehold,  in  Lands  and 
Tenements,  of  the  yearly  Value  of  xx.  li.  or  more 
in  his  Baiiiwick,  out  of  ancient  Demefne,  the  Five 
Ports,  and  the  Tenure  of  Gavelkind,    (9)  nor  fhall  rS  H.  6.  c.  2.' 
return  in  the  King's  Court  lefs  Iffues  in  the  faid  Ac-What  I(J"es 
tions  of  Attaint,  than  xl.  s.  at  the  firft  Writ  of  Di-jj1?^  "T™* 
ftrefs,  and  C.  s..  at  the  fecond  Writ  ofDiftrefs,  and",;0™  Attaint.'0 
the  Oouble  of  every  other  W rit  of  Diftrefs  againft 
the  Perfons  impanelled  and  returned  to  be  fworn  in 
the  fame  Actions.      (10)  And  that  no  Perfon  of  lefs 
Sufficiency  of  Freehold  than  of  the  yearly  Value  of 
xx.  li.  in  the  Form  aforefaid,  fhall  be  fworn  in  the 

'  King's 


5S4 


C.  6; 


Anno  decimo  quinto  PIenrici  VI. 


A.  D.  1436. 


A  foreign  Plea 
pleaded  by  any 
of  the  Defen- 
dants lound  for 
the  Plaintiff. 
Keilw.  55. 


This  Statute 
doth  not  extend 
to  Cities  or 
Ejioughs. 


A  Remedy  if 
there  be  not  fuf- 
ficient  Men  in 
the  fame  Countv, 
who  have  Lands 
of  the  yearly 
Value  of  xx/. 


Farther  provided 
for  by  23  H.  8 


King's  Court  upon  any  ItTue  in  the  faid  Acfions  of 
Attaint,  if  he  be  for  the  fame  by  the  Plaintiffs  in  due 
Form  challenged.  (11)  And  that  alfo  as  often  as 
any  Sheriff,  Bailiff  of  Franchife,  or  Coroner,  do  con- 
trary to  this  Ordinance,  he  fhall  pay,  and  by  this 
Statute  be  bound  to  pay  to  the  King  x.  li.  and  to  the 
Plaintiffs  in  the  faid  Actions  and  Writs  of  Attaint  for 
their  Delay  other  x.  li.  (12)  And  if  any  of  the  fo- 
reign Anfvvers  and  Pleas  be  tried  and  found  againft 
any  of  the  faid  Defendants,  that  then  the  fame  Judge- 
ment againft  the  fame  Defendants,  and  for  the  laid 
Plaintiffs,  fhall  be  given  by  the  King's  Jufticcs,  and 
Confideration  of  his  Courts,  as  by  the  Law  fhould 
be  given  againft  the  fame  Defendants,  in  Cafe  that 
the  Grand  Jury  in  the  faid  Actions  and  Writs  of 
Attaint,  upon  the  Points  and  Articles  of  the  fame 
Writs,  had  paffed  againft  the  fame  Defendants,  and 
with  the  faid  Plaintiffs.  (13)  And  that  by  the  fame 
Judgements,  no  other  of  the  faid  Defendants,  but  they 
againft  whom  the  aforefaid  foreign  Anfwers  and  Pleas 
be  found  and  tried,  fhall  be  prejudiced  or  endamaged  ; 
(14)  and  that  this  Statute  touching  the  Office  of  She- 
riff, Bailiff  of  Franchife,  and  Coroner,  in  returning 
of  the  faid  Perfons  of  the  Sufficiency  of  Freehold  of 
the  yearly  Value  of  xx.  li.  and  that  no  Perfon  of 
lefs  Sufficiency  of  Freehold  be  fworn  in  the  faid  Ac- 
tions and  Writs  of  Attaint,  fhall  not  extend  to  Cities 
and  Boroughs  within  the  faid  Realm,  nor  to  the  In- 
habitants in  the  fame. 

'  II.  Provided  always,  That  if  in  any  of  the  faid 
Counties  there  be  not  Perfons  inhabiting  (under  the 
Eftate  of  a  Baron)  of  PolTeffion  of  Lands  and  Tene- 
ments of  the  yearly  Value  of  xx  li.  in  the  fame 
County,  in  the  Form  aforefaid,  to  fuffice  the  Num- 
ber to  be  impanelled  and  returned  in  the  faid  Actions 
and  Wriiis  of  Attaint,  that  then  the  Sheriff,  and 
Bailiffs  of  Franchifes,  and  Coroners  of  the  fame 
County,  fhall  impanel  and  return  in  the  fame  Ac- 
tions and  Writs,  Perfons  there  inhabiting,  of  the 
meft  fufficient  of  Poffeffion  of  yearly  Value  of  Lands 
and  Tenements  within  the  Value  of  xx  li.  in 
the  fame  County  in  the  Form  aforefaid;  (2)  and 
that  to  fuch  Perfons  the  faid  Challenge  extend  not, 
that  he  is  not  of  PolTeffion  of  Lands  and  Tenements 
of  the  yearly  Value  of  xx  li.  in  the  fame  County  ; 
(3)  and  that  as  often  as  any  of  the  fame  Sheriffs,  Bai- 
liffs, or  Coroners  do  contrary  to  this  prefent  Article, 
he  fhall  pay  to  the  King  x  li.  and  to  the  Plaintiffs 
x  li.  in  the  Form  aforefaid.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
Court  du  Roi  fur  null  iffue  en  les  ditz  actions  dat- 
tcint  fil  foit  pur  icell  par  les  pleintifs  en  due  fourme 
chalanges.  Et  qe  auxi  fovent  qe  afcun  vicount 
baillif  du  fraunchife  ou  coroner  face  le  contrarie 
de  cede  ordinance  qil  paie  &  par  ceft  eftatut  foit 
tenuz  a  paier  au  Roy  x.  li.  &  a  le;  pleintifs  en  les 
ditz  actions  &  briefs  datteint  pur  lour  delaies  au- 
tres  x.  li.  Et  qe  fi  afcun  des  ditz  foreins  refponfes 
&  plees  foit  trice  &  trove  encountre  afcun  des 
ditz  defendantz  qadonques  mefmes  les  j  uggementz 
coun'tre  mefmes  les  defendantz  &  pur  les  ditz  plein- 
tifs foient  dones  par  les  Juftices  du  Roy  &  conn- 
deration  de  fes  Courts  ft  come  par  la  leie  ferroit 
donee  envers  les  mefmes  defendants  en  cas  qe  le 
graunde  jurie  en  les  ditz  actions  &  briefs  datteint 
fur  les  points  &  articles  de  mefmes  les  briefs  paf- 
fez  encountre  mefme  les  defendants  &  ovefqe  les 
ditz  pleintifs.  Et  qe  par  mefmes  les  juggementz 
null  autre  des  ditz  defendantz  finon  ceux  vers 
qucux  les  avauntditz  foreins  refponfes  &  plees 
fount  troves  &  triez  foit  bleffez  ne  endamages.  Et 
qe  ft  eftatuit  touchant  loffice  de  vifcount  baillif 
de  fraunchife  &  coroner  en  retournant  des  per- 
fones  de  la  fufficiauntee  du  frank  tenement  dan- 
nuell  value  de  xx.  li.'  et  qe  null  perfone  de  mein- 
dre  fufficiante  du  frank  tenement  foit  jurie  en  les 
ditz  actions  &  briefs  datteint  ne  extende  pas  as  ci- 
tees  &  burghs  de  le  dit  Roialme  ne  a  les  enhabi- 
tantz en  icelles. 

Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  ft  en  afcuny  de  les  ditz 
countees  ne  foient  perfones  enhabitantz  defoubz  le 
ftate  de  baron  del  poffeffion  dez  terres  &  tenementz 
dannuell  value  de  xx.  li.  en  mefme  le  counte  en 
la  fourme  avantdit  a  fuffire  le  noumbre  pur  eftre 
empanelles  &  retournes  en  les  ditz  actions  Sc  briefs 
datteint  qadonques  le  vifcount  baillifs  de  franchifez 
&  coronours  de  mefme  le  counte  empanell  &  re- 
tourne  en  mefmes' les  actions  &  briefs  perfones  il- 
leoqes  enhabitantz  de  la  pluis  fufficiante  du  poffef- 
fion dannuell  value  de  terrez  &  tenementz  deinz  la 
value  de  xx.  li.  par  an  en  mefme  le  counte  en  la 
fourme  avauntdit  &  qe  a  ceux  perfones  nextende 
pas  lavauntdite  chalanges  qils  ne  fount  del  fuffici- 
ante des  terres  &  tenementz  dannuell  value  de 
xx.  li.  en  mefme  le  counte  &  ceo  auxi  fovent  qe 
afcun  de  mefmes  les  vifcountz  baillfs  ou  coroners 
face  le  contrarie  de  ceft  darrein  article  qil  paie  au 
Roy  x.  li.  &  au  ditz  pleintifs  x.  li.  en  la  fourme 
avantdite. 


c.    3.      And  let  .farthet  Relations  in  Anoints  i  j  H.  7.  c.  21  £f  24.     19  li.  7.  c.  3.  and  37  H.  8.  C.  5. 

C  A  P.     VI. 

A  Reftraint  of  unlawful  Orders  made  by  Matters  of  Guildes,  Fraternities,  and  other 

Companies. 


fori 


EXP. 
7.  c.  7. 


TEM  come  les  maiftres  gardeins  &  gents  des  plufurs  gildes  fraternitees  &  autres  companies  incorporatz 
demufantz  es  diverfes  parties  du  Koialme  fovent  par  colour  de  reule  &  governaille  &  autres  termes  en  ge- 
ncrall  parolles  a  cux  grauntes  &  confermes  parchirtres  &  lettres  patentz  des  progenitours  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  faeent  cntre  eux  mefmes  plufours  difloialx  &  meins  refonables  ordenaunces  tant  des  tielx  chofes  dount  la 
oonufaunce  puniffement  &  correction  foukment  parteignent  au  Roi  Seignurs  des  fraunchifes  &  autres  perfones 
&  parount  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  h  autres  fount  dilheritez  de  lour  franchifez  h  profitz  come  des  chofes 
qe  forwent  en  confederacie  pur  lour  finguler  profit  h  commune  damage  au  poeple.  Mefme  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roy  parad\is  &  alien  t  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  Si  temporelx  avauntditz  &  a  la  preier  des  Communes  deffuifditz 
a  ordeinc.'  par  auctorite  de  mefme  le  parkment  qe  les  meiftres  gardeins  &  gents  de  chefcun  tiel  gilde  frater- 
nitee  ou  compaince  incorporate  par  entre  cy  &  le  feft  de  Seint  Michiell  prochein  venaunt  portent  &  faeent  re- 
gillrer  de  recorde  devaunt  les  juftices  du  peas  en  countes  ou  devaunt  les  chief  governours  des  citees  burghs  & 
2  villes 


A.  D.  1436.  Anno  decimo  quinto  Henrici  VI. 


C7,  8.       585 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
villes  ou  tielx  gildes  fraternites  &  compaignes  fount  toutz  lour  lettres  patents  &  chartres.  Et  outre  ad  or- 
deinee  &  defendue  par  lauctorite  fuifdit  qe  defore  enavaunt  null  des  tielx  meillres  gardeins  ne  gents  face  ne 
ufe  null  ordeinaunce  qe  foit  en  defheritifon  ou  diminution  des  fraunchifes  du  Roy  ou  dautres  ne  encountre  le 
commune  profit  du  poeple  ne  null  autre  ordenaunce  de  charge  fil  ne  foit  primerement  difcufTee  &  approvee 
pur  bone  &  refonable  par  les  juftices  du  peasou  les  chief  governours  avauntditz  &  devaunt  eux  entree  de  re- 
corde  &  par  eux  revoquee  &  repelle  depuis  fil  foit  trovee  &  prove  par  eux  meins  loiall  ou  non  refonable  & 
ceo  fur  peine  de  perdre  &  forfaire  le  force  &  erFe£te  des  toutz  articles  en  lour  ditz  lettres  &  chartres 
comprifez  par  queux  ils  purroient  faire  entre  eux  mefmes  afcuns  ordenaunces  et  outre  de  perdre  &  paier  x.  li.' 
vol  Roy  pur  chefcun  ordeinaunce  qe  afcun  de  eux  face  ou  ufe  au  contrarie  auxi  fouvent  qil  ferra  de  ceo  par 
due  proceffe  &  loiall  maner  convict  de  record  devaunt  afcun  des  ditz  juftices  du  peas  ou  chief  governours  des 
citees  burghs  ou  villes.     Et  durera  cefte  ordeinaunce  tant  come  y  plerra  a  mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy.  • 

CAP.      VII. 

All  Perfons  Religions  and  Secular  may  make  their  general  Attornies  to  fue  or  plead  for 

them  in  every  Hundred  and  Wapentake. 

ITEM  noftre  dit  Seignur  par  affent  des  Seignurs  &  Communes  avauntditz  ad  ordeinee  &  eftable  par  auc-  E  x  p- 
torite  fuifdite  qe  defore  enavaunt  toutz  les  Abbes  Priours  &  autres  religiofes  &  lour  fucceffours  &  chefcun  20  ?; 3-  5* T0" 
deux  qeount  afcun  terres  tenements  ou  autres  poffeffions  deins  afcun  de  les  wapentakes  de  Staynclyf  wapen-c-3IO-'  ' 
take  &  Frendeles  wapentake  en  Craven  en  le  counte  dEverwyk  purront  faire  lour  attournes  ou  attournee  ge-7  R.2.  c  14. 
neralx  ou  generall  en  toutz  les  courts  deinz  les  ditz  wapentakes  &  chefcun  de  eux  ceftaffavoire  chefcun  des 
ditz  Abbes  Priours  &  religioufes  feveralment  defoubz  le  commune  feale  de  fa  meafon  pur  gayner&  perdre  en 
chefcun  maner  de  plee  par  afcun  ou  vers  afcun  deux  en  les  ditz  courtes  ou  afcun  deux  moevee  ou  amoeverz  & 
qe  les  ditz  Abbes  &  Priours  &  autres  religiofes  &  lours  ditz  attournes  &  chefcun  deux  purront  pleder  en 
les  ditz  courts  &  chefcun  de  eux  toutz  maners  des  plees  qe  fount  en  ley  pledables  &  en  ley  allowables  & 
qc  chefcun  fenefchall  &  baillif  de  ou  en  afcun  de  les  ditz  courtes  pur  le  temps  efteant  refceive  auxibien 
chefcun  attourney  en  le  manere  fuifdite  deftre  fait  come  les  ditz  plees  par  les  ditz  Abbes  Priours  &  religiofes  & 
par  lour  ditz  attournes  &  par  chefcun  deux  deftre  pledes  faunce  amercier  les  ditz  Abbes  Priours  &  religiofes 
ou  afcun  de  eux  en  le  manere  deffuifdit  ou  autrement  qe  perfones  feculers  en  femblables  cas  faunz  fraude 
ferront  amerciez  et  qe  chefcun  des  fenefchalx  &  baillifs  fuifditz  a  chefcun  foitz  qil  face  le  contrarie  de  ceft 
ordenaunce  forface  &  encourge  la  peine  de  x.  li.  au  Roi  &  qe  chefcun  perfone  qi  voet  fuer  pur  le  Roi  en  cell 
cas  eit  brief  de  dette  foundu  fur  ceft  eftatut  &  eit  lun  moite  pur  fon  labour  &  le  Roy  lautre  moite.  Et 
qe  en  mefme  la  manere  toutz  autres  Abbes  Priours  &  autres  religiofes  &  lour  fucceffours  8c  autres  feculers 
qiconques  deinz  ceft  Roialme  en  chefcun  hundreth  &  wapentake  deinz  mefme  le  Roialme  poient  faire  lour 
attournes  generalx  ou  generall  pur  pleder  pur  eux  &  chefcun  de  eux  en  la  fourme  fuifdit  ceftaffavoir  les 
ditz  Abbes  Priours  &  religiofes  defoutz  le  commune  feale  &  les  feculers  perfones  defoubz  lour  fealx.  Et  fi 
les  fenefchall  baillifs  ou  afcun  miniftre  de  afcun  tiel  hundreth  ou  wapentake  face  le  contrarie  dicelle  forface 
chefcun  deux  au  Roy  x.  li.  come  deffuis  eft  dit.  Et  dureront  iceftes  ordinaunce  &  eftablement  tant  come  y 
plerra  au  Roy. 

CAP.      VIII. 

No  Merchant  fhall  fhip  any  Merchandifes  of  the  Staple,  but  at  Wharfs  affigned,  &V. 

See  appendix. 


Statutes    made    at   Weftminfter.     Anno    1 8  Hen.  VI.    and 


Anno  Dom.   1439. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
■^'OSTRE  Seignur  le  Roi  Henry  le  fifme 
apres  le  conqueft  a  fon  parlement  tenuz  a 
Weftm'  le  lendemayn  de  Seint  Martin  en 
iver  le  xijme  jour  de  Novembre  Ian  de  fon  reigne 
xviije  al  onour  de  Dieu  &  pur  le  bien  de  luy  & 
fon  Roialme  de  ladvys  &  affent  des  Seignurs  ef- 
pirituelx  &  temporelx  &  les  Communes  en  mefme 
le  parlement  affemblcez  ad  fait  ordeigner  &  efta- 
blier  diverfes  eftatuitz  &  ordinances  en  lit  fourme 
xjenfuit. 


OUR  Lord  King  Henry  the  Sixth  after  the 
Conqueft,  at  his  Parliament  holden  at  Weft- 
minjier  the  Morrow  after  St.  Martin,  in 
Winter,  the  Twelfth  Day  of  November,  the  Eigh- 
teenth Year  of  his  Reign,  to  the  Honour  of  God,  and 
for  the  Weal  of  him  and  of  his  Realm,  by  the  Ad- 
vice and  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal, 
and  the  Commons  in  the  fame  Parliament  affembled, 
hath  made,  ordained,  and  ftablifhed  divers  Statutes 
and  Ordinances  in  the  Form  following." 


Vol.  I. 


Pfff 


CAP. 


;86       C. 


Anno  decimo  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


A.  D. 


*439- 


CAP.      I. 

Letters  Patents  fhall  bear  the  Date  of  the  King's  Warrant  delivered  into  the  Chancery. 


Farther  provided 
for^H.  S. 
C.   II. 


Plow.  f.  491. 
20  H.  7.  f.  8 
Dyer,  f.  133. 


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FIRST,  Whereas  by  Suit  made  to  the 
divers  Perfons,    it  hath  been  defired 


King  by 
by  their 
Petitions,  to  have  Offices,  Ferms,  and  other  Things 
of  the  Gift  and  Grant  of  the  King,  by  his  gracious 
Letters  Patents  thereof  to  them  to  be  made,  deiir- 
ing  by  the  fame  Petitions,  the  fame  Letters  Patents 
of  the  King  to  bear  Date  at  a  certain  Day  limited 
in  the  fame,  the  which  Day  is  often  long  before,  the 
King's  Grant  to  them  thereupon  made  have  born 
the  fame  Date,    by  reafon   whereof  divers  of  the 
King's  liege  People    having  fuch  Offices,    Ferms, 
and  other  Things  of  the  Gift  or  Grant  of  the  King, 
by  his  gracious  Letters  Patents  thereof  to  th;m  long 
Time  before  duly  made,  by  fuch  fubtil  Imagination 
of  fuch  Antedates  defired  by  fuch  Petitions,  of  fuch 
Offices,  Ferms,  and  other  Things,  often  have  been 
put  out,  amoved,  and  expelled,  againft  Right,  good 
;  Confcience,  and  Reafon  :"  '  (2)  Our  faid  Lord  the 
King,  willing  to  put  out  fuch  Imaginations,  by  the 
Advice  and  Aflent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Tem- 
poral aforefaid,  and  at  the  fpecial  Requeft  of  the  faid 
Commons,  hath  ordained,  by  Authority  of  the  fame 
Parliament,   That  of  every  Warrant  hereafter  fent 
by  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King,  or  his  Heirs,  to  the 
Chancellor  of  England  for  the  time  being,  the  Day  of 
the  Delivery   of  the  fame  to   the  Chancellor   fhall 
be  entered  of  Record  in  the  Chancery  ;   (3)  and  that 
the  Chancellor  do  caufe  Letters  Patents  to  be  made 
upon  the  fame  Warrant,  bearing  Date  the  Day  of  the 
faid  Delivery  in  the  Chancery,    and  not  before  in 
any  wife  ;   (4)  and  if  any  Letters  Patents  be  from 
henceforth  made  to  the  contrary,  they  fhall  be  void, 
fruftrate,  and  holden  for  none.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

PRimerement  come  par  fuite  fait  au  R.oy  par  di- 
vers gentz  ad  efte  defire  par  lour  petitions 
daver  offices  fermes  &  autres  ehofes  del  don  Sc 
graunte  du  Roy  par  fez  gracious  lettres  patentz 
ent  a  eux  a  faire  defirauntz  par  icell  petitions 
mefmes  les  lettres  patentz  du  Roy  de  porter  date 
a  certein  jour  iimite  en  icell  le  quell  jour  eft  fovent 
longement  devaunt  le  graunte  du  Roy  a  eux  faitz 
de  lour  ditz  petitions  parount  les  lettres  patentz 
du  Roy  a  eux  fur  ceo  faitz  cunt  porte  mefme 
la  date  a  caufe  de  quell  divers  lieges  du  Roy  eiantz 
tielx  offices  fermes  &  autres  ehofes  du  don  ou 
graunte  du  Roy  par  fez  gracious  lettres  patentz 
a  eux  longe  temps  devaunt  duement  fait  par 
tielx  fubtils  ymaginations  de  tiels  antedates  deftrez 
par  tiels  petitions  de  tiels  offices  fermes  &  autres 
chofez  fovent  ount  efte  ouftes  amoves  &  expelles 
encountre  droit  bon  confcience  &  reafon.  Noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  Roy  voillant  ouftier  tiels  ymagina- 
tions del  avys  &  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx 
&  temporelx  &  al  efpeciale  requeft  des  ditz  Com- 
munes ad  ordine  par  auftorite  de  rnefme  le  par- 
lement  qe  de  qeconqc  garrant  en  apres  par  mefme 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  ou  fez  heires  al  Chaunceller 
dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  addreffe  le  jour 
du  livere  dicell  al  Chaunceller  foit  entre  du  re- 
corde  en  la  Chauncerie  et  qe  le  Chaunceller  face 
faire  lettres  patentes  fur  mefmes  les  garrantz  por- 
tantz  date  le  jour  du  dit  livere  en  la  Chaunqerie 
&  nemy  devaunt  en  null  manere  et  fi  afcuns  lettres 
patentes  foient  defore  faitz  al  contrarie  foient 
voidez  irritez  &c  tenuz  pur  nulles. 


C    A    P.      II. 

They  which  have  Gavelkind  Lands  to  the  yearly  Value  of  Twenty  Pounds,  may  be  returned 


in  Attaints. 


15  H.  6.  c  5.  "  TTEM,  Whereas  in  the  Parliament  of  our  Lord 
"  A  the  King,  holden  at  Wejiminjier  the  Fifteenth 
"  Year  of  his  Reign,  among  other  Articles  it  was 
"  ordained,  That  no  Sheriff,  Bailiff  of  Franchife,  nor 
"  Coroner,  in  Action  or  Writs  of  Attaint  of  Plea  of 
"  Land  of  the  yearly  Value  of  xl.  s.  or  more,  nor  in 
"  Action  of  Attaint  of  Deeds  concerning  Lands  and 
"  Tenements  of  the  yearly  Value  of  xl.  s.  and  more, 
"  nor  in  perfonal  Action,  whereof  the  Judgement  of 
"  the  Recovery  extends  to  xl.  li.  or  more,  fhould 
"  return  or  impanel  in  any  Inquifition  or  Inqueft,  any 
"  Perfons  but  them  that  be  inhabiting  within  his  Baili- 
"  wick,  which  have  Eftate  to  their  Ufe  or  they  to 
"  whom  other  Perfons  have  Eftate  of  Fee-fimple,  Fee- 
"  tail,  or  Free-hold,  in  Lands  and  Tenements  of  the 

■"  yearly  Value  of  xx.  li.  or  more,  within  his  Baili- 
"  wick,  out  of  antient  Demean,  Five  Ports,  and  the 
'•'  Tenure  of  Gavelkind  ;  (2)  in  refpecT:  of  which  Or- 
"  dinancc,  feeing  within  the  County  of  Kent  there  be 
"  but  Thirty  or  Forty  Perfons  at  the  moft,  which  have 
"  any  Lands  or  Tenements  out  of  the  Tenure  of  Ga- 

.1  velkind,  becaufe  the  greater  Part  of  the  faid  County, 
"  or  \/ell  nigh  all,  is  of  the  Tenure  of  Gavelkind, 


I 


TEM  come  al  parlement  noftre  Seignur  leRoy 
tenuz  a  Weftm'  Ian  de  fon  reigne  xvme  entre 
autres  articles  foit  ordeigne  qe  null  vifcount  bailie 
de  fraunchis  ne  coroner  en  action  ou  briefes  dat- 
teyntes  de  plee  de  terre  de  annuell  value  de  xl.  s. 
ou  pluis  nen  action  de  atteynt  des  faitz  concernantz 
terres  &  tenementz  de  annuell  value  de  xl.  s. 
ou  pluis  ne  perfonell  aftion  dount  le  jugement 
de  recovere  extend  al  fomme  de  xl.  li.'  ou  pluis 
retourne  ne  empanelle  en  null  inquifition  ne  en- 
quefte  nulles  perfones  mes  ceux  enhabitauntz  deinz 
fa  bailie  qi  ount  eftate  a  lour  oeps  ou  ceux  as 
queux  autres  perfones  ount  eftate  de  fee  fimple  fee 
taille  ou  franclenement  en  terres  &  tenementz 
de  annuell  value  de  xx.  li.'  par  an  ou  pluis  deins 
fa  bailie  hors  de  auncien  demefne  cynk  portz 
&  la  tenure  de  Gavylkynde  par  caufe  de  quel 
ordenaunce  a  caufe  qe  deins  le  counte  de  Kent 
fount  qe  trent  ou  quarront  perfones  a  pluis  qe 
ount  afcuns  terres  ou  tenementz  hors  de  tenure 
de  Gavylkynde  pur  ceo  qe  la  grendre  partie  du 
dit  counte  ou  bien  pres  tout  eft  de  tenure  de 
Gavylkynde  les  queux  perfones  fount  continuel- 

ment 


A.  D. 


U39' 


Anno  decimo  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


C. 


3—5- 


587 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
merit  empanellez  &  retournez  en  les  ditz  acTrions 
datteintes  a  graunde  anientifment  &  empoveriff- 
ment  des  mefmes  les  perfones  noftre  dit  Seignur 
le  Roy  confiderant  les  premiffes  ad  graunte  ordine 
&  eftablie  par  lauiStorite  defuifdit  qe  iceux  homines 
qi  ount  eftat  a  lour  oeps  &  auxint  iceux  as  queux 
oeps  autres  hommes  ount  eftat  de  fee  fimple  fee 
taille  ou  franftenement  es  terres  &  tenementz 
dannuell  value  de  xx,  li.'  de  la  tenure  de  Ga- 
vylkynde  foient  retournez  &  empanellez  en  autitls 
atteintes  come  fount  defoubz  reciteez  les  queux 
atteintes  ne  fount  pas  ore  pendantz  mes  purrom 
pendre  en  temps  avenir  mefmes  en  les  manere 
&  fourme  come  afcun  autre  perfone  poet  eftre 
retournez  &  empanellez  par  force  du  dit  eftatuii 
fait  le  dit  an  quindfifme. 


"  which  Perfons  be  continually  impanelled  and  re- 

"  turned  in  the  faid  Actions,  to  the  great  Hindrance 

"  and  Impoverifhment  of  the  fame  Perfons  ;"    '  (v)  Farther premMi 

'  our  faid  Lord  the  King  confidering  the  Premiffes,/0'-  ^^"v8/ 

'  hath  granted,  ord.iined,  and  ftablilhed,   by  Autho-^(.^fr R " J,"_ 

'  rity  aforefaid,    That  thofe   Men  which  have  Eftate  ,jons  ,-„  Jitamts 

'  to  their  Ufe,  and  alfo  they  to  whofe  Ufe  other  Men  n  H.j.c.zi& 

'  have  Eftate,  of  Fee-nmple,  Fee-tail,  or  Free-hold,  24-    I9if-7- 

'  in  Lands  and  Tenements  of  the  yearly  Value  of  xx.  g  3;  ""   37  «• 

'  li.  of  the  Tenure  of  Gavelkind,  fhall  be  returned 

'  and  impanelled  in  all  fuch  Attaints  as.  be  above  re^ 

'  cited,  which  Attaints  be   not  now  depending,    but 

'  may  depend  in  Time  to  come,  in  the  fame  Manner 

'  and  Form  as  any  other  Perfon  may  be  returned  and 

'  impanelled  by  Force  of  the  faid  Statute  made  the. 

'  faid  Fifteenth  Year.' 


CAP.      III. 

Butter  and  Cheefe  may  be  tranfported  without  Licence. 

ITEM  come  en  leftatuit  fait  Ian  du  Roy  Richard  le  feconde  xxje  a  la  grevoufe  compleint  des  Com- 
munes monftrantz  coment  leftaple  fuift  limine  de  repoifer  a  Caleys  et  qe  toutz  maners  des  lains  pealx  la- 
nutz  hides  plumbe  eftain  furmage  bure  &  mell  iffantz  hors  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  deveroient  avoir  recourfe 
a  la  dit  lieu  de  Caleys  &  a  null  lieu  aillours  certeins  perfones  par  lour  divers  fuggeftions  ount  purchacez  li- 
cences avaunt  ceft  temps  dehors  carier  lains  &  autres  merchandifes  avauntditz  as  queux  parties  depa.dela  qe 
eux  pluft  del  amifte  du  Roy  as  queux  lour  licences  fe  extenderoent  faunz  venir  a  dit  lieu  de  Caleys  a  le 
graunde  avauntage  de  les  perfones  iffint  eiantz  licences  &  graunde  damage  diceux  qi  null  licence  ount  pur 
quoy  le  dit  Roy  par  auflorite  de  fon  parkment  tenuz  Ian  fuifdit  ordeina  &  eftablift  qe  le  dit  eftatuit  ftrroit 
tenuz  &  obfervez  quant  a  les  graundes  merchandifes  defuifditz  ceftaffavoir  lains  pealx  lanutz  eftain  & 
plumbe  tantfolement  faunz  afcun  licence  deftre  ent  grauntiez  finon  par  le  Roy  mefme.  Par  caufe  de  quel 
eftatuit  enfy  fait  le  Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  fovent  foitz  ad  luy  eftraungiez  de  grauntier 
licences  pur  furmage  &  bure  deftre  eu  a  afcun  autre  lieu  qe  tantfolement  a  dit  lieu  de  Caleys  a  graunde  damage 
du  commune  people  diceft  Roialme  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  coment  furmage  &  bure  eft  mer- 
chandife  qe  ne  poet  my  bien  eftre  obfervez  ne  attendier  fon  merchaunt  &  voet  prendre  grande  empeirement 
par  les  beftes  de  vermin  &  vermes  &  auxi  eft  tendre  &  de  fymple  price  qil  ne  poet  bien  porter  les  coftages 
de  leftaple  ad  ordeigne  par  lau£torite  defuifdit  qe  le  liege  people  du  Roy.  poet  amener  &  carier  hors  diceft 
Roialme  a  quy  parcie  lour  pleaft  del  amifte  du  P^oy  furmage  &  bure  faunz  afcun  licence  deftre  purfewez  en 
afcun  manere  paiant  pur  icell  les  cuftumes  &  fubudiez  ent  dewez  de  temps  en  temps  afcun  eftatut  fait  a 
contrarie  nient  obftant. 

Purveu  qe  le  Roy  le  poet  reftraigner  quant  luy  plerra. 

CAP.      IV. 

No  Merchant  Alien    fhall   fell  any  Merchandifes  in  England  to   another   Merchant   Alien. 
Mayors,  &c.  of  Cities  and  Towns  to  execute  this  Act.     See  Appendix. 


OB. 
21  R.  2.  c.'i7» 

3  H.  6.  c.  4. 
14  H.  6.  c. a. 


3  H.  6.  c.  4. 
1  &  2  Ph.  &  M. 


CAP.      V. 
None  appointed  to  be  a  Collector  of  a  Fifteen  in  a  City,  fhall  be  alfo  Collector  in  the  fame 

County,  except  he  hath  Lands,  &c. 


TEM  come  devaunt  cez  heures  al  temps  de 
chefcun  xv™5  &■  x"«  a  Roy  ou  a  fez  progenia 
tours  grauntez  colle&ours  de  mefme  le  x '""  deins 
les  citees  &  burghs  de  fon  Roialme  eiantz  cite- 
zeins  ou  burgeys  de  eux  veignauntz  al  parlement 
ount  fovent  efte  deputez  &  affignes  des  gentz  de- 
murantz  deins  .mefmes  les  citees  &  burghs  les 
queux  &  autres  gentz  demurantz  en  ycell  ount 
ore  tarde  fovent  foitz  eftez  faitz  colleftours  de  les 
xvrae  &  x"e  a  Roy  grauntes  fibien  en  les  countes 
deins  quell  mefmes  les  citees  &  burghs  fount  come 
deins  mefmes  les  citees  &  burghs  a  lour  graunde 
perde  &  dammage  &  femblable  deftre  en  apres  fi 
remedie  ent  ne  foit  purveux  mefme  noftre  Seignur 


ITEM,  Whereas  heretofore  at  the  Time  of  every 
<2>jin%ime  and  Dij'me  granted  to  the  King,  or  to 
his  Progenitors,  the  Collectors  of  the  fame  Difmes 
within  the-Cities  and  Boroughs  of  his  Realm,  having 
Citizens  or  Burgeffes  of  them  coming  to  the  Parlia- 
ment, have  often  been  deputed  and  afligned  of  Perr 
fons  dwelling  within  the  fame  Cities  and  Boroughs, 
which  and  other  Prrfons  dwelling  in  the  fame  have 
often  now  of  late  been  made  Collectors  of  the 
fame  ghtinzimes  and  Difmes  granted  to  the  King,  as 
well  in  the  Counties  within  which  the  fame  Cities  and 
Boroughs  be,  as  within  the  fame  Cities  and  Bo- 
roughs, to  their  great  Lofs  and  Damage,  and  likely 
more  to  be  hereafter,  if  Remedv  be  not  provided  ;" 
Ffffa  '(2) 


588 


C.  6. 


Anno  decimo  odlavo  H  i  n  r  ici  VI.         A  D.  1439. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Tuff.  Lond. 
le  Roy  voillant  encountre  tielx  perde  &  damage 
purvoier  de  remedie  en  ceft  parte  ordeigne  par 
lau&orite  defuifdit  qe  null  home  demurant  deins 
afcun  cite  ou  burgh  deins  le  dit  Roialme  de  la 
quell  cite  ou  burgh  il  ad  efte  ufe  devaunt  cez  heures 
&  unqore  eft  les  nouns  de  certeins  homes  par  les 
perfones  pur  la  dit  citee  ou  burgh  veignauntz  al 
parlement  deftre  deliverez  en  la  Chauncerie  du 
Roy  deftre  colle£tours  du  xme  en  mefme  le  citee  ou 
burgh  &  fur  qe  le  Roy  ad  mys  fez  lettres  patentz  a 
mefmes  les  perfones  iflint  nomes  &  deliveres  en 
fa  dit  chauncerie  deftre  colledrours  de  la  xmc  ou 
parcell  dicell  deins  la  dit  citee  ou  burgh  et  les 
queux  colleftours  ount  accomptes  &  fount  tenuz 
dacomprier  de  lour  receit  en  ceft  partie  immediat 
en  lefchequer  du  Roy  foit  en  afcun  manere  depute 
ne  affigne  deftre  colleitour  dafcun  xvmc  ou  afcun 
parcell  dicell  au  Roy  ou  fez  heires  grauntes  ou 
a  grauntiers  deins  afcun  countee  diceft  Roialme 
finon  qil  poet  expendre  en  le  countee  hors  du 
dit  citee  ou  burgh  es  terres  ou  tenementz  a  la  va- 
lue de  C  s.  par  an  outre  les  charges  &  reprifez. 


(2)  the  fame  our  Lord  the  King,  willing  againft 
luch  Lofs  and  Damage  to  provide  a  Remedy  in 
this  Behalf,  hath  ordained  by  the  Authority  afore- 
faid,  That  no  Man  dwelling  within  any  City  or 
Borough  in  the  faid  Realm,  of  which  City  or  Bo- 
rough it  hath  been  ufed  before  this  Time,  and  yet 
is,  the  Names  of  certain  Men  by  the  Perfons  for 
the  faid  City  or  Borough  coming  to  the  Parliament 
to  be  delivered  in  the  King's  Chancery,  to  be  Col- 
lectors of  Diftnes  in  the  fame  City  or  Borough,  and 
and  whereupon  the  King  hath  fent  his  Letters  Pa- 
tents to  the  fame  Perfons  fo  named  and  delivered 
in  his  Chancery,  to  be  Collectors  of  the  Difmes,  or 
Parcel  of  the  fame,  within  the  faid  City  or  Borough, 
and  the  which  Collectors  have  ufed  and  been  bound 
to  accompt  of  their  Receit  in  this  Behalf  immediately 
in  the  King's  Exchequer,  fhall  in  any  wife  be  de- 
puted nor  affigned  to  be  Collector  of  any  jghiinzime, 
or  any  Parcel  of  the  fame,  granted  or  to  be  granted 
to  the  King  or  his  Heirs  within  any  County  of  this 
Realm,  except  that  he  may  difpend  in  the  County 
out  of  the  faid  City  or  Borough,  in  Lands  or  Tene- 
ments, to  the  Value  of  an  Hundred  Shillings  by 
Year,  over  the  Charges  and  Reprifes.' 


C  A  P.    VI. 


S  H.  6.  c.  16. 


No  Lands  fhall  be  granted  by  Letters  Patents,  until  the  King's  Title  be  found  by  Inquifition. 
ITEM,  Whereas  in  a  Parliament  holden  -zlWeft- 


2  Leon 
185. 
<JoIdsb.  II 
pi.  I. 
Savil  70, 


H4. 


36  U.  3.  0  73. 


minfter,  the  Morrow  after  St.  Matthew  the  Apo 
ftle,  the  Eighth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Lord  the 
King  that  now  is,  among  other  Things  it  was  or- 
dained, That  no  Lands  or  Tenements  feifed  into 
the  King's  Hands  upon  Inquefts  taken  before  the 
Efcheators  or  Commiffioners,  fhall  not  be  granted 
nor  let  in  any  wife  to  ferm  by  the  Chancellor,  or 
Treafurer  of  England,  or  any  other  the  King's 
Officer,  until  the  fame  Inquefts  and  Verdicts  be  fully 
returned  into  the  Chancery,  or  into  the  Exchequer, 
(2)  but  all  fuch  Lands  and  Tenements  fhall  wholly 
and  continually  remain  in  the  King's  Hands,  until 
the  faid  Inquefts  and  Verdicts  be  returned,  and  by 
a  Month  after  the  fame  Return ;  if  it  be  not  fo  that 
he  or  they  which  feel  themfelves  grieved  by  the  fame 
Inquefts,  or  put  out  of  their  Lands  or  Tenements, 
come  into  the  Chancery,  and  offer  themfelves  to 
traverfe  the  faid  Inquefts,  and  offer  themfelves  to 
take  the  fame  Lands  or  Tenements  to  ferm  j  (3)  and 
if  they  fo  do,  that  then  the  fame  Lands  and  Tene- 
ments fhall  be  committed  to  them,  if  they  fhew  good 
Evidences  proving  their  Traverfe  to  be  true,  ac- 
cording to  the  Form  of  the  Statute  made  the  Six  and 
thirtieth  Year  of  Edward  the  Third,  to  hold  until 
the  Iffue  taken  upon  the  fame  Traverfe  be  found  and 
difcufled  for  the  King,  or  for  the  Party,  finding 
fufficient  Surety  to  purfue  the  faid  Traverfe  with 
Effect,  and  to  yield  and  to  pay  to  the  King  the 
yearly  Value  of  the  Lands  or  Tenements,  whereof 
the  Traverfe  fhall  be  fo  taken,  if  it  be  adjudged  for 
the  King;  (4)  and  if  any  Letters  Patents  of  any 
Lands  or  Tenements  be  made  to  any  other  Perfon 
to  the  contrary,  or  let  to  ferm  within  the  faid  Month 
of  the  Return,  they  fhall  be  void,  and  holden  for 
none.  (5)  The  which  good  Statute  and  Ordinance 
oivexs  Perfons  devifing  to  fubvert,  and  by  their  Sub- 


IT  E  M  come  en  le  parlement  tenuz  a  Weitra' 
Iendemayn  de  Seint  Mathe  lappoftel  Ian  da 
reigne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft  viijne  ordine 
foit  entre  autres  qe  nullez  terres  ne  tenementz 
feifiez  en  mayns  le  Roy  fur  enqueftes  prifes  devaunt 
les  efchetours  ne  commiffioners  ne  foient  afcune- 
ment  leffez  ne  grauntez  a  ferme  par  Chaunceller 
ou  Treforer  dEngleterre  ou  autre  officer  le  Roy 
qeconqe  tanqe  mefmes  les  enqueftes  &  verditz 
foient  retournez  plainement  en  la  Chauncerie  ou 
en  lefcheqer  mes  demurgent  toutz  tielx  terres  & 
tenementz  entierment  &  continuelment  en  lez. 
mayns  le  Roy  tanqe  les  ditz  enqueftes  &  verditz 
foient  retournes  &  par  un  moys  apres  mefme  le 
retoume  fi  iffint  ne  foit  qe  ceux  ou  celuy  qi  fente 
ou  fentent  eux  grevez  par  mefmes  les  enqueftz  ou 
ouftes  de  lour  terres  ou  tenementz  veignent  en  la 
Chauncery  &  foy  proferont  de  traverfer  les  ditz 
enqueftes  &  foy  offeront  de  prendre  mefmes  les 
terres  &  tenementz  a  ferme  foient  commys  a  eux 
fils  monftrent  bons  evidences  provauntz  lour  tra- 
verfe eftre  verroiez  folonc  la  fourme  de  leftatuit  fait 
Ian  xxxvi™e  le  Roy  E.  tierce  a  tener  tanqe  liffue 
fur  mefme  le  traverfe  pris  foit  trove  &c  difcuffe  pur 
le  Roy  ou  pur  le  partie  trovant  fuffifaunt  furete  de 
fuer  le  dit  traverfe  ove  effedte  &  de  rendre  &  paier 
au  Roy  le  annuell  value  des  terres  ou  tenementz 
dount  la  traverfe  enfy  ferra  pris  fils  foit  difcuffe  pur 
le  Roy  &  fi  afcuns  lettres  patents  des  afcuns  terres 
ou  tenementz  foient  faitz  a  contrarie  a  afcun  autre 
perfone  ou  leffe  a  ferme  deinz  le  dit  moys  de 
retourne  foient  voidez  &:  tenuz  pur  null.  Le  quel 
bon  eftatuit  &  ordenaunce  divers  perfones  ymagi- 
nante  a  fubverter  et  par  lour  fubtilite  de  fervir 

come 


A.  D.  1439. 


Anno  decimo  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


C.  7,  8.        589 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
come  de  null  purfuount  daver  tielx  dones  grauntes 
&  fermes  par  lettres  patentes  du  Roy  devaunt  afcun 
inquifition  011  tule  trove  pur  le  Roy  dicelx  preten- 
dauntz  tielx  dones  &  grauntes  nient  eftre  comprife 
ne  remedies  par  le  dit  eftatuit  nient  obftant  qil 
eft  en  owell  mefchief  de  le  dit  eftatuit.  Noftre 
Seignur  le  Roi  confiderant  les  premiffes  &  vciilant 
en  ceo  partie  purvoier  de  remedie  ad  ordcigne  par 
laudtorite  defuifdit  qe  nullez  lettres  patentes  foient 
faitz  a  afcun  perfone  ou  perfones  dafcunes  terres  ou 
tenementz  devaunt  inquis'  de  title  du  Roy  en 
yceux  trove  en  fa  Chauncerie  ou  en  fon  Efche- 
quyr  retourne  fi  title  du  Roy  en  yceux  ne  foit  trove 
de  recorde  ne  deinz  le  moys  apres  mefme  le  retourne 
fil  ne  foit  a  celuy  ou  ceux  qi  tende  ou  tendent  lour 
traverfez  come  defuis  eft  dit  et  fi  afcuns  lettres  pa- 
tentes foient  faitz  a  contrarie  foient  voides  &  tenuz 
pur  null. 


"  tility  to  ferve  as  for  no  Purpofe,  have  fued  to  obtain 

"  fuch  Gifts  and  Grants,  and  Ferms,  by  the  King's 

88  Letters   Patents,   before   any  Inquifition  or  Title 

"  found  for  the  King  of  the  fame,   pretending  fuch 

"  Gifts  and  Grants  not  comprifed  nor  remedied  by  the 

"  faid  Statute,  notwithftanding  that  it  is  in  like  Mif- 

"  chief  of  the  faid  Statute."     '  (6)  Our  faid  Lord  the  Bro.  Office,  56. 

'  King,  confidering  the  Premiffes,  and  willing  to  pro-  *"£  Grant,  91- 

8  vide  due  Remedy  in  this  Behalf,  hath  ordained,  by    y" '  ' 

8  the  Authority  aforefaid,  that  no  Letters  Patents  fhall 

'  be  made  to  any  Perfon  or  Perfons  of  any  Lands  or 

8  Tenements,  before  Inquifition  of  the  King's  Title  in 

8  the  fame  be  found  in  the  Chancery  or  in  his  Exche- 

'  quer  returned,  if  the  King's  Title  in  the  fame  be  not 

8  found  of  Record,  nor  within  the  Month  after  the 

8  fame  Return,  if  it  be  not  to  him  or  them  which  ten-  March  g 

8  der  their  Traverfes  as  afore  is  faid;  (7)  and  if  any  ,  ^cg_  *'IO 

8  Letters  Patents  be  made  to  the  contrary,  they  fhaU.Fanber pknied 

8  be  void,  and  holden  for  none.'  .fir  h  23  H.  fc. 


c.17. 


CAP.     VII. 
In  what  Time  an  Efcheator  fhall  return  an  Office  Found  before  him. 


ITEM  ordeigne eft  par  lau&orite  defuirdit  qe  en 
cas  qe  afcun  efchetour  preigne  afcun  office  de- 
vaunt luy  &  ne  retourne  mefme Toffice  en  la  Chaun- 
cerie ou  lefchequyr  du  Roy  deins  le  moys  apres  la 
prife  dicell  qil  outre  la  peyne  de  xl.  li.  les  queux  il 
ad  forfait  par  leftatut  fait  Ian  du  reigne  noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roy  oeptifme  foit  tenuz  a  paier  a  mefme 
noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  a  taunt  come  il  eft  endamage 
a  caufe  de  non  retourne  de  tiel  office.  Et  qe  le 
Chaunceller  dEngleterre  appelle  a  luy  le  Treforer 
dEngleterre  en  leffant  tieux  fermes  pur  due  execu- 
tion faire  de  dit  eftatut  fait  le  dit  an  oeptifme. 


ITEM  it  is  ordained  by  the  Authority  aforefaid, 
That  in  Cafe  that  any  Efcheator  take  any  Office 
before  him,  and  return  not  the  fame  Office  in  the 
Chancery,  or  in  the  King's  Exchequer,  in  the 
Month  after  the  taking  of  the  fame,  he  fhall  incur 
the  Pain  of  xl.  li.  which  he  hath  forfeit  by  the  Statute 
made  the  Eighth  Year  of  our  faid  Lord  the  King ; 
(2)  and  alfo  he  fhall  be  charged  to  pay  to  the  fame 
our  Lord  the  King  as  much  as  he  is  indamaged  in 
Refpe£t  of  not  returning  of  fuch  Office  ;  and  that  the 
Chancellor  of  England  call  to  him  the  Treafurer  of 
England  in  letting  fuch  Ferms,  to  make  due  Execu- 
tion of  the  faid  Statute  made  the  faid  Eighth  Year.'     8  h.  6. 


CAP.      VIII. 


16. 

8.  c.  8.  And  fee  2  Sf  3  Ed.  Enforced  by  i  H. 
6.  <■.  S.  fee.  3. 


What  Things  be  requisite  to  make  the  King's  Safe  Conduct  good. 


ITEM  come  plufours  gentz  des  communes  fuif- 
ditz  poffeffours  de  niefs  &  veffeaux  du  Roialme 
noftre  fovereigne  Seignur  les  maiftres  &  mariners 
de  tielx  niefs  &  veffeaux  parnours  des  niefs  & 
veffeaux  de  Spayne  &  dautres  parties  adverfaries 
&  enemeys  au  dit  noftre  foveraigne  Seignur  par 
le  fuyte  des  mercbauntz  aliens  del  amite  du  noftre 
Roy  fait  devaunt  le  Roy  &  fon  counfaill  &  afcun 
foitz  devaunt  le  Chaunceller  dEngleterre  ount 
efte  graundement  vexez  &  font  de  jour  en  autre 
de  ceo  qe  les  ditz  parnours  prifteront  lour  biens 
&  merchaundifes  chargez  en  mefmes  les  niefs  & 
veffeaux  de  Spayne  &  autres  parties  enemyes  fuif- 
ditz  &  afcun  foitz  par  faux  tefmoignes  marques 
&  lettres  teftimonialx  contrevez  fount  reftorez 
as  ditz  biens  &  merchaundifes  ove  lour  damages 
&  expenfes  a  graunde  &  grevoufe  damage  des  ditz 
poffeffours  maiftres  &  mariners  parnours  fuifditz 
difcorage  as  lieges  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  a 
faire  niefs  &  veffeaulx  et  en  amenufement  du  navie 
du  Roialme  fuifdit  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  con- 
fiderant la  matier  fuifdit  &  coment  les  biens  & 
merchaundifes  des  lieges  du  Roy  en  femble  cas 
chargez  &  prifez  fount  forfaitz  au  Roy  ad  or- 


TEM,  Whereas  many  People  of  the  Commons 
aforefaid,  Owners  of  Ships  and  Veffels  of  this 
Realm,  andtheMafters  and  Mariners  of  fuch  Ships, 
taking  Ships  and  Veffels  of  Spain,  and  of  other  Par- 
ties, Adverfaries  and  Enemies  to  our  faid  Lord  the 
King,  by  the  Suit  of  Merchants  Aliens  of  the  King's 
Amity,  made  before  the  King  and  his  Council,  and 
fometime  before  the  Chancellor  of  England,  have  been 
greatly  vexed,  and  be  daily,  for  that  the  faid  Takers 
do  take  their  Goods  and  Merchandifes  charged  in 
the  faid  Ships  and  Veffels  of  Spain  and  other  Parts, 
Enemies  aforefaid,  and  fometime  by  faife  Witnefs, 
Marks,  and  Letters  Teftimonials  contrived,  the  faid 
Aliens  be  reftored  to  the  faid  Goods  and  Merchan- 
difes with  their  Damages  and  Expences,  to  the  great 
and  grievous  Lofs  of  the  faid  Owners,  Mafters,  and 
Mariners,  Takers  aforefaid,  and  Difcouragement  to 
the  King's  liege  People  to  make  fuch  Ships  and  Vef- 
fels, and  in  Hindrance  of  the  Navy  of  the  Realm 
aforefaid ;"  8  (2)  our  faid  Lord  the  King  confider- 
ing the  Matter  aforefaid,  and  how  the  Goods  and 
Merchandifes  of  the  King's  liege  People  in  like  cafe 
charged  and  taken  be  forfeit  to  the  King,  hath  or- 
dained and  granted  by  the  Authority  aforefaid,  That 

'  the 


59° 


C. 


Anno  decimo  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


A.  D.  1439. 


15  H.  6.  c.  3. 
Explained  20  H. 
6.  c.  1.     31  H. 
6,  [4.  Confirmed 
iy  14  EJ.  4.  c.  4. 


'  the  faid  Merchants  Aliens,  at  their  Pleafure,  may 
'  charge  fuch  Ships  and  Veffels  of  Spain,  and  of  other 
'  Parts,  Adverfaries  and  Enemies  of  the  King,  if  the 
*  Mafters,  Owners,,  or  Merchants  of  fuch  Veflels  and 
'  Ships  having  Letters  Patents  of  the  King,  of  his 
Safe  Conduit,  Surety,  or  Safeguard  for  fuch  Ships 
or  Veffels,  and  Merchandifes,  making  Mention  of 
the  Name  of  the  Ships  or  Veffels,  and  of  the  Name 
of  the  Mafter  of  the  Ships  and  Veffels  ,  as  the  Man- 
ner is  ;  (3)  and  if  any  fuch  Ships  or  Veffels,  charged 
with  any  Merchandifes  of  fuch  Merchants  aforefald, 
be  taken  upon  the  Sea  by  the  King's  liege  People, 
not  having  the  King's  Letters  Patents,  as  afore  is 
faid,  within  the  Board  of  fuch  Ships  or  Veffels,  at 
the  Day  of  the  taking,  nor  that  fuch  Letters  Patents, 
at  the  Day  of  the  taking,  be  in  the  King's  Chan- 
cery enrolled  of  Record,  that  then  the  Takers  and 
Poffeffors  of  the  Goods  and  Merchandifes,  fo  taken, 
may  enjoy  and  hold  the  fame,  any  Statute  or  Ordi- 
nance made  to  the  contrary  notwithftanding  ;  (4) 
and  that  this  Statute  and  Ordinance  fhall  begin  to 
take  his  Force  at  the  Feaft  of  St.  Michael  next 
coming  ;  and  that  Proclamation  be  thereof  made 
upon  the  Sea-Coafts  incontinently  after  this  Or- 
dinance, to  the  Intent  that  the  faid  Merchants  Aliens 
may  have  Knowledge  of  the  fame  Ordinance.' 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
deignez  &  grauntez  par  lauctorite  defuifdit  qe 
les  dit  merchauntz  aliens  a  lour  volume  purront 
charger  tieulx  niefs  &  veffealx  de  Spaync  &  dau- 
tres  parties  adverfaries  &  enemyes  du  Roy  fi  les 
maiftres  poffeffours  ou  merchauntz  de  tielz  vef- 
fealx &  niefs  eient  les  lettres  patentes  du  Roy  de 
fon  faufconduit  fuerte  ou  faufsarde  pur  tielx  niefs 
veffeaulx  &  merchaundife  faifant  mention  du  noun 
de  niefs  ou  veffeaulx  a  de  noun  de  meftre  dicelles 
niefs  &  veffalx  ft  come  le  manere  eft  fi  afcuns 
tielx  niefs  ou  veffeaulx  chargez  ove  afcunes  mer- 
chaundifes  de  tielx  merchauntz  avauntditz  foient 
prifez  fur  meer  par  lieges  du  Roy  non  eiant  les 
lettres  patentz  du  Roy  come  avaunt  eft  dit  dedeins 
le  bord  de  tielx  niefs  ou  veffeaulx  a  jour  de  la 
prife  ne  qe  tielx  lettres  patentz  le  jour  de  la  prife 
foient  en  la  Chauncellarie  du  Roy  enrollez  de  re- 
corde  qe  adonqes  les  parnours  poffeffours  les  biens 
&  merchandifes  enfy  prifez  pourront  enjoyer  &c 
tenir  afcun  eftatuit  ou  ordenaunce  fait  en  la  con- 
trarie  non  obftant.  Et  qe  ceft  eftatuit  &  ordei- 
naunce  foit  commence  a  tenir  fa  force  a  la  feft 
de  Seint  Michell  prochein  veignaunt  et  qe  pro- 
clamation ent  foit  fait  fur  les  coftes  de  le  meer  toft 
apres  ceft  ordeinaunce  al  entent  qe  les  ditz  mer- 
chauntz aliens  pourrount  avoir  Conifaunce  de 
mefme  lordenaunce. 


C  A  P.     IX. 

The  Warrant  of  Attorney  fiiailbe  recorded  in  the  fame  Term  that  the  Exigent  is  awarded. 


10  H.  6.  c.  4. 


_A  falfe  Entry, 
that  the  Plsin- 
"  tiffin  a  Suit  duth 
offer  himfelt  in 
proper  Perfon, 
where  he  doth 
not. 


4T  Ed.  3.  f. 
Z  H.  4.  i.  3. 


TEM,  Whereas  in  a  Statute  expired,  made  the 
Tenth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Lord  the  King 
that  now  is,  it  was  contained,  That  feeing  divers  of 
the  King's  liege  People  before  that  Time  had  been 
outlawed,    vexed,   and  greatly  difquieted   in  divers 
Suits,  as  well  before  the  King  himfelf  in  his  Bench, 
as  in  the  Common  Bench,  in  the  Records  of  which 
Suits  the  Entries  have  been  made,  that  the  Plain- 
tiffs   in    the    fame    Suits    Obtuhrunt  fe  in  propria 
pcrfona  fua,   where  the  fame  Plaintiffs   in  the  fame 
Suits   did  not  appear  to  fuch  Suits,    nor  had  any 
Knowledge    of    the   fame,    to    the    great  Mifchief 
of  the  faid  liege  People,  if  Remedy  lhould  not  be 
provided  :   (1)  Our  Lord  the  King,  willing  in  this 
Cafe  to  provide  a  Remedy,  did  ordain,  by  Autho- 
rity of  the  fame  Parliament  holden  the  fame  Year, 
1  That  no  Fylifer,  Exigenter,  nor  any  other  Officer, 
'  from  the  fame  Time  lhould  make  any  fuch  Entry 
in  any  fuch  Suit,  except  that  the  fame  Plaintiff  in 
'  the  fame  Suit,  before  any  fuch  Entry  fhall  be  made, 
do  appear  in  his  proper  Perfon  before  fome  of  the 
Juftices  of  the  Place  where  the  Plea  was  or  fhall  be 
hanging  ;  (3)  and  there  fhall  be  fworn  upon  a  Book, 
that  he  was  the  fame  Perfon  in  whofe  Name  the 
faid  Suit  was  fued,  or  that  fome  other  credible  Per- 
fon of  his  Council  fhall   make  fuch  Oath  for  him. 
(4)  And  that  this  Ordinance  fhall  endure  until  the. 
next  Parliament   following."     '  (5)  Our  faid  Lord 
the  King  confidering  moreover  like  Damages,  which 
happen  as  well  to  him,  as  to  his  poor  liege  People 
and  Subjects,  for  that  in  the  Records  of  divers  and 
many  Outlawries,  the  Entry  is,  that  the  Parties  do 
appear  by  their  Attornies,  where  the  Attornies  have 
no  Warrant  of  Record,  by  reafon  whereof  the  faid 
5 


ITEM  come  en  un  eftatuit  determine  fet  Ian  du 
reigne  noftre  Seignur  -le  Roy  qoreft  xme  fuift 
contenuz  coment  pur  ceo  qe  divers  lieges  le  Roy 
avaunt  cez  heures  ount  efte  utlages  vexez  & 
graundement  diffeifez  en  diverz  fuytes  fibien  de- 
vaimt  le  Roy  mefme  en  fon  bank  come  en  le  com- 
mune -Bank  en  les  recordes  les  queux  fuytis  les 
entres  ount  efte  faitz  qe  le  pleintifs  en  mefme 
le  fuytes  optulerunt  fe  in  propria  perfona  fja  lou 
mefme  les  pleintifs  en  mefme  les  fuytes  nappare- 
runt  as  tielx  fuytes  ne  conufaunce  avoienc  de  cell" 
au  graund  mifchief  des  ditz  lieges  fi  remedie  ne 
ferroit  purveu  en  cell  partie.  Noftre  Seignour 
le  Roy  voillant  en  ceo  cas  purvoier  de  remedie 
ordeigna  par  auctorite  du  parlement  tenuz  mefme 
Ian  qe  null  philicer  exigenter  ne  autre  officer  de- 
pths mefme  le  temps  ferroit  tiel  entre  en  afcun. 
fuyte  finon  qe  le  pleintif  en  mefme  le  fuyte  avaunt 
qe  afcun  tiel  entre  ferroit  fait  apparage  en  le  propre 
perfone  devaunt  afcun  des  juftices  de  lieu  lou  le 
plee  fuift  ou  ferroit  pendant  &  illoeqes  ferroit  jure 
fur  un  livre  qil  fuift  mefme  la  perfone  en  qe  noun 
le  dit  fuyte  fuift  fuye  ou  qe  autre  creable  perfone 
de  fone  counfaill  ferroit  tiel  ferment  pur  luy.  Et 
qe  le  dit  ordeinaunce  dureroit  tanqe  al  prochein 
parlement  apres  ceo.  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy 
confiderant  outre  ceo  femblable  dairutgez  le  quel 
avient  fibien  a  luy  come  a  fez  povre  lieges  &  fub- 
jectz  pur  ceo  qe  en  les  recordes  des  divers  &  plu- 
fours  utlagaries  lentre  eft  qe  les  parties  apparent 
par  lour  attourneys  lou  les  attourneys  nount  gar- 
raimt  de  recorde  a  caufe  de  quel  les  ditz  utlaga- 
riez  fount  reverfable  &  pur  le  greindre  partie  rever- 
fez  ad  ordeigne  par  au<Storite  diceft  parlement  qe  le 

dit 


A.  D.  1439. 


Anno  decimo  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


C. 


10,  11, 


59i 


Ex  Rot.  in  Titrr.  Lond. 
dit  eftatuit  foit  afferme  tenuz  &  garde  a  durcr  a 
toutz  jours.  Et  qe  null  officer  contenuz  en  le  dit 
eftatut  face  le  contrarie  dicell  fur  peyne  de  torfere 
#1.  s.  a  Roy  chefcun  foitz  qe  il  eft  de  ceo  atteint 
par  due  examination  feet  par  afcun  des  Juftices  de 
mefme  le  place  devaunt  qe  afcun  entre  ou  recorde 
eft.  Et  qe  chefcun  attorney  qe  nad  fon  garraunt 
entre  de  recorde  en  toutz  fez  fuytz  en  les  queux 
proc'  de  Capias  &  exigent  eft  agardable  mefme  le 
terme  en  le  quel  lexigent  eft  agarde  ou  devaunt 
&  fur  ceo,  atteint  par  fembable  examination  pur 
chefcun  foitz  qe  il  iffint  offende  encourge  la  peyne 
avauntdit. 


C    A 


<■ 


Outlawries  be  reierfible,  and  for  the  moft  Part  re- 
verted, hat'i  ordained,  by  Authority  of  this  Par- 
liament, That  the  faid  Statute  be  aifirmed,  holden, 
and  kept  to  endure  for  ever.  (6)  And  that  no  Of- 
ficer contained  in  the  faid  Statute  (hall  do  to  the  con- 
trary of  the  fame,  upon  Pain  of  forfeiture  of  Forcy 
Shillings  to  the  King,  every  Time  that  he  of  that 
fhall  be  attainted  by  due  Lxamination  made  by  any 
of  the  Juftices  of  the  fame  Place,  before  whom  any 
Entry  or  Record  is.  (6)  And  that  every  Attorney 
which  hath  not  his  Warrant  entered  of  Record  in 
all  his  Suits  wherein  Procefs  of  Capias  and  Exigent 
be  awardable,  the  fame  Term  in  which  the  Exigent 
is  awarded,  or  before,  and  upon  that  be  attainted  by 
like  Examination,  for  every  Time  that  he  fo  offend-*- 
eth  he  fhall  incur  the  Pain  aforefaid.' 

for  by  32. H.  S.  c.  30.    a  &  3  Ed.  6.  c.  3Z 

P.      X. 


The  Statute  of 

10  H.  6.   c.  4. 
rt'hearfed  and 
made  perpetual. 


TV  Penalty  if 
a  1  Attorney 
records  not  his 
Warrant  the 
lame  Term  the 
Exigent  is 
awarded. 

Farther  prcvi'teil 
IS  El.  c.  14. 


Commiffions  of  Sewers  fhall  be  awarded  where  Need  fhall  require,  during  Ten  Years. 

ITEM  come  al  parlement  tenuz  a  Weflm'  a  la  quinfzifme  de  Seint  Michel  Ian  du  mgne  noftre  Seignur  le  EXP. 
Roy  fifme  pur  les  graundes  damagez  &  perdes  queux  aviendrent  par  les  graundes  cretens  del  ewe  du  Hcn"  6- 
miere  en  diverfez  parties  de  ceft  Roialme  par  auctorite  de  mefme  le  parlement  fuift  ordeigne  &  graunte  qe 
par  dys  ans  donqes  prochein  enfuantz  feveralx  commiffions  des  fewers  ferroient  faitz  as  diverfez  perfones  par 
le  Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  a  nomers  en  toutz  les  partiez  du  die  Roialme  qe  ineftier  fer- 
roit  folonc  la  fourme  qenfuit  en  mefme  leftatut  &  ore  tarde  en  diverfez  parties  del  dit  Roialme  par  les 
graundes  cretens  del  ewe  du  mier  plufours  villes  &  terres  en  graunde  quantite  fount  furroundes  &  diftroies  a 
trefgraunde  aniemifment  du  dit  Roialme  &  plufours  greindres  damages  fount  verifemblement  avenirs  fi  re- 
medie  ne  foit  haftement  purveu  en  cell  partie.  Le  Roy  voillant  purvoier  de  remedie  en  ceft  partie  ad  or- 
deigne &  eftablie  par  auct  Trite  diceft  prefent  parlement  qe  par  dys  ans  procheins  enfuantz  apres  ceft  prefent 
parlement  feveralx  commiffions  des  fewers  foi;nt  faitz  as  divers  perfones  par  le  Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur 
le  temps  efteant  a  nomers  en  toutz  les  parties  du  dit  Roialme  qe  meftier  ferra  folonc  la  fourme  &  lefreft  dune 
commiffion  contenuz  en  le  dit  eftatuit  mefme  Ian  fifme  &  outre  ceo  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablie  par  mefme  laucto- 
rite  qe  toutz  tielx  commiffioners  eient  poier  pur  faire  ordeigner  &  executer  eftatutes.  ordinaunces  &  autres 
affairs  folonc  leffe£t  &.purporte  des  ditz  commiffions. 

CAP.     XI. 

Of  what  yearly  Value  in  Lands  a  Juftice  of  Peace  ought  to  be. 


ITEM  come  par  les  ftatutz  faitz  en  temps  du 
nobles  progenitours  du  Roy  ordeigne  foit  qe 
en  chefcun  counte  dEngleterre  foient  affignez  juf- 
ticez  de  la  pluis  vaillaunt  du  mefmes  les  countees 
pur  garder  la  peas  &  autres  chofes  affaire  come  en 
mefmes  leftatutz  pleinement  eft  contenuz  les  queux 
eftatutz  nient  obftantz  en  plufours  countees  dEn- 
gleterre ore  tarde  ount  efte  deputez  &  affignez 
pluis  graunde  noumbre  qe  ne  foleit  avaunt  cez 
heures  dount  afcuns  fount  de  petit  avoir  par  queux 
les  gentz  ne  voillent  eftre  governez  ne  demefnez 
&  afcuns  pur  lour  neceiiite  fount  graunde  extor- 
tion &  oppreffion  fur  le  people  dount  graundez 
inconvenientz  fount  femblablez  de  furdier  de  jour 
en  autre  fi  remedie  ent  par  le  Roy  ne  foit  pur- 
veux.  Le  Roi  voillant  encontre  tielx  incon- 
venientz purvoier  de  remedie  ordeigne  &  eftablie 
par lauctorite  defuifdit  qe  null  juftice  du  peas  deins 
le  Roialme  dEngleterre  en  null  counte  foit  affigne 
ou  depute  fil  neit  terrez  &  tenementz  a  la  value 
de  xx,  li.  par  an  et  fi  afcun  foit  ordeigne  en  apres 
juftice  du  peas  en  afcun  countee  qi  nad  terrez  & 
tenementz  a  la  value  fuifdit  qe  il  de  ceo  notifie 
le  Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant 


ITEM,  Whereas  by  Statutes  made  in  the  Time'  Ed.  ,.  flat.  2. 
of  the  King's  noble  Progenitors,  it  was  ordain-0' '6i  *^-  3- 
:  ed,    That    in   every  County    of   England  Juftices ftat.'2!  c  -    1- 
'  fhould  be  affigned  of  the  moft  worthy  of  the  fame«.2'.  c'.io.it  R- 
=  Counties,    to  keep    the   Peace,    and   to   do   others,  ftat.  1.  c.  7, 
:  Things,  as  in  the  fame  Statutes  fully  is  contained;2  N-  5-  ft"'-  '• 
1  which    Statutes   notwithstanding,    now   of  late   in'"'4" 
'•  many  Counties  of  England,    the  greateft  Number 
:  have  been  deputed  and  affigned,  which  before  this 
;  were  not  wont  to  be,    whereof  fome  be  of  fmall 
:  Behaviour3,  by  whom  the  People  will  not  bego-a  Subftance. 
'  verned  nor  ruled,  and  fome  for  their  Neceffity  do 
1  great  Extortion  and  Oppreffion   upon  the  People, 
'  whereof  great  Inconveniencies  be  likely  to  rife  daily 
'  if  the  King  thereof  do  not  provide  Remedy  :"   '  (2) 
The  King  willing  againft  fuch  Inconveniencies  to*  Roll  *47- 
provide  Remedy,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  by 
Authority  aforefaid,  That  no  Juftice  of  Peace  within 
the   Realm   of  England,    in  any  County,    (hall   be 
affigned  or  deputed,  if  he  have  not  Lands  or  Tene- 
ments to  the  Value  of  xx.  li.  by  Year  ;  (3)  and  ifCro,  Jac  643. 
any  be  ordained  hereafter  to  be  Juftice  of  Peace  in 
any  County,  which  hath  not  Lands  or  Tenements 
to  the  Value  aforefaid,    that   he  thereof  fhall   give 
Knowledge  to  the  Chancellor  of  England  for  the 

c  time 


592 


i  Shower  399. 


C.   12. 


Anno  decimo  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


Certain  Perfons 
excepted,  to 
whom  this  Sta- 
tute doth  not 
extend. 


See  farther  for 
the  Qualifications 
and  Duty  of  Juj- 
tices  of  the  Peace 
I  Ed.  4.  c.  2.  1 
I.  c.  21.  fee.  to. 
26  Geo.  2.  c.  14 


'  time  being,  which  fhall  put  another  fufficient  in 
'  his  Place  ;  (4)  and  if  he  give  not  the  faid  Know- 
'  ledge  (as  before)  within  a  Month  after  that  he  hath 
'  Notice  of  fuch  Commiffion,  or  if  he  fit,  or  make  any 
'  Warrant  or  Precept  by  Force  of  fuch  Commiffion, 
'  he  fhall  incur  the  Penalty  of  xx.  li.  and  never- 
'  thelefs  be  put  out  of  the  Commiffion  as  before,  (5) 
'  and  the  King  fhall  have  one  Half  of  the  faid  Penalty, 
'  and  he  that  will  fue  for  the  King,  the  other  Half; 
'  and  he  that  will  fue  for  the  King,  and  for  himfelf, 
'  fhall  have  an  Action  to  demand  the  fame  Penalty  by 
'  Writ  of  Debt  at  the  Common  Law. 

'  II.  Provided  always,  That  this  Ordinance  fhall 
*  not  extend  to  Cities,  Towns,  or  Boroughs,  which 
'  be  Counties  incorporate  of  themfelves,  nor  to  Cities, 
'  Towns,  or  Boroughs  which  have  Juftices  of  Peace 
'  of  Perfons  dwelling  in  the  fame  by  Commiffion  or 
'  Warrant  of  the  King,  or  of  his  Progenitors.  (2) 
'  Provided  alfo,  That  if  there  be  not  fufficient  Perfons 
'  having  Lands  and  Tenements  to  the  Value  aforefaid, 
'  learned  in  the  Law,  and  of  good  Governance,  with- 
'  in  any  fuch  County,  that  the  Chancellor  of  England 
'  for  the  time  being  fhall  have  Power  to  put  other 
'  Difcreet  Perfons,  learned  in  the  Law,  in  fuch  Com- 
'  miffions,  though  they  have  not  Lands  or  Tene- 
'  ments  to  the  Value  aforefaid,  by  his  Difcretion.' 

R.  3.  c.  3.     3  H.  7.  c.  1.     I  M.  fiat.  2.  c.  S.      i  &  z  P.  (s?  M.  c.  13. 

9  Geo.  I-  c.  7.     5  Geo.  2.  c.  18  Gf  19.     15  Geo.  2.  c.  24.      16  Geo.  2 
©"27.     27  C«,  z.  c,  id  &  20.  and  30  Geo.  2.  c.  24. 


A.  D.  1439. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
le  quel  mette  un  aultre  fuffifaunt  en  fon  lieux 
et  fil  ne  face  le  dit  notification  come  devaunt 
deins  un  moys  apres  ceo  qe  il  ad  notice  du  tiel 
commiffion  ou  fil  feye  ou  face  afcun  garaunt  ou 
precept  par  force  du  tiel  commiffion  qe  il  ert- 
courge  la  peyne  de  xx.  li.  &  nientmeins  foit  oufte 
del  commiffion  come  devaunt  &  eit  le  Roy  lun 
moite  du  dit  peyne  &  celuy  qi  voet  fuer  pur  le  Roy 
lautre  moite  &  eit  celuy  qi  enfy  veult  purfuer  pur 
le  Roy  &  pur  luy  mefmes  aftion  a  demander 
mefme  la  peyne  par  brief  du  dette  al  commune 
ley. 

Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  ceft  ordenaunce  ne  fe 
extende  as  citees  villes  ou  burghs  queux  fount 
countees  incorporates  de  eux  mefmes  ne  as  citees 
villes  ou  burghs  qe  ount  juftices  de  peas  des  gentz 
demurantz  en  icell  par  commiffion  ou  graunte  du 
Roy  ou  de  fez  progenitours.  Purveu  toutz  foitz 
qe  Ills  ne  foient  gentz  fuffifauntz  eiantz  terres  & 
tenementz  a  la  *  value  fuifdit  apris  en  la  ley  &  de 
bon  governance  deins  afcun  tiel  counte  qe  le 
Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  eit 
poalr  de  mettre  autres  difcretz  apris  en  la  ley 
en  tielx  commiffions  mefqe  ils  ne  eient  terres  & 
tenementz  a  la  value  fuifdit  par  fa  difcretion. 

2  fif  3  P.  &  M.  c.  10.     7  Jac.  1.  c.  5.    si  Jac.  I.  c.  12.    6  Get. 
f.  18,     18  Geo.  2.  c.  20.    23  Geo.  2.  c.  26.     24  Geo.  2.  c.  44  S"  55. 


' 


CAP.     XII. 


9  H.  5.  fiat.  1. 
c.  1, 


Appeals  or  Indictments  of  Felony  committed  in  a  Place  where  there  is  none  fuch. 


A  Writ  of  Con- 
spiracy main- 
tainable againft. 
the  Indicators, 
Procurators, 
and  Confpira- 
rors. 

Kegifr.  134. 
Raft.  pi.  123. 


A  Confirmation 
of  the  Stat,  of  7 
H.  5.  c.  1.  &  9' 
H.  5.  c.  1.  ' 

touching  Appeals  c 
er  Indictments     t 
of  FeJony  or 
Treafon. 


TEM,  Whereas  in  the  Parliament  holden  af 
Wejlminjler  the  Second  Day  of  May,  the  Ninth 
Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Henry  the  Fifth,  Fa- 
ther to  the  King  that  now  is,  amongft  other  Things 
it  was  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  for  that  many 
People  by  Malice,  Envy,  and  Revenge,  caufe  of- 
ten the  King's  liege  People  to  be  appealed  or  in- 
dicted in  divers  Counties  of  Treafons  or  of  Felo- 
nies, fuppofing  by  the  faid  Appeals  or  Indictments, 
that  the  laid  Treafons  or  Felonies  were  done  in  a 
certain  Place  in  fuch  a  County  where  the  Indict- 
ment is  made,  or  fuch  a  Place  as  is  or  fhall  be 
declared  by  the  faid  Appeals,  where  no  fuch  Place 
is  in  the  fame  County,  that  the  Procefs  of  the  fame 
fhall  be  void,  and  holden  for  none ;  (2)  and  that 
the  Indictors,  Procurators,  and  Confpirators,  fhall 
be  alfo  punifhed  by  Imprifonment  and  Fine,  and 
Ranfom  for  the  King's  Advantage,  by  the  Dif- 
cretion of  the  Juftices  ;  (3)  and  that  the  faid  Ap- 
pellees or  Indictees  may  have  Writs  of  Confpiracy 
againft  their  Indicators,  Procurators,  and  Confpira- 
tors, and  fhall  recover  their  Damages.  (4)  And 
this  Ordinance  fhall  ftand  in  his  Force  until  the 
next  Parliament  to  be  holden  after  the  coming  again 
of  the  faid  late  King  into  England,  from  beyond  the 
Sea;  (5)  which  Statute  by  the  Deceafe  of  the  faid 
late  King,  by  Opinion  of  feme  is  expired,  and  by  the 
Opinion  of  fome  not  expired."  '  (6)  The  fame  our 
Lord  the  King  that  now  is,  confidering  that  the 
faid  Ordinance  v/as  good  and  profitable  for  the  Weal 
of  him  and  his  liege  People,  hath  declared  and  or- 
dained by  Authority  of  this  prefent  Parliament,  That 
the  faid  Ordinance  made  in  the  faid  Ninth  Year,  and 


TEM  come  al  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  al 
feconde  jour  de  May  Ian  du  regne  du  Roy 
Henry  quint  pier  au  Roy  qoreft  ixme  entre  autres 
ordeigne  fuift  &  eftablie  pur  ceo  qe  plufours  gentz 
par  malice  enmite  &  vengeance  facent  fovent 
foytz  des  foialx  lieges  du  Roy  eftre  appellez  ou 
enditees  en  divers  countees  des  trefons  ou  des 
felonies  fuppofantz  par  les  ditz  appelles  ou  en- 
ditementz  qe  les  ditz.  trefons  &  felonies  furent  faitz 
en  un  certein  lieu  en  tiel  countee  ou  lenditement 
eft  fait  ou  tiel  lieu  come  eft  ou  ferra  declare  par 
les  ditz  appelles  lou  null  tiel  lieu  eft  en  mefme 
le  countee  qe  le  proceffe  dicell  foient  voidez  & 
tenuz  pur  null  et  qe  les  enditours  procuratours 
&  confpiratours  foient  auxint  puniz  par  im- 
prifonement  fyn  &  ranfeon  pur  avantage  du  Roy 
par  difcretion  des  juftices  et  qe  les  ditz  appellez 
ou  enditees  purront  aver  briefs  de  confpiracie 
vers  lour  enditours  procuratours  &  confpiratours 
&  recoverer  lour  damages.  Et  qe  ceft  ordenaunce 
eftoife  en  fa  force  tanqe  a  prochein  parlement  a 
tenier  pluis  la  revenue  le  dit  nadgairs  Roy  en 
Engleterre  de  pardela  le  quel  eftatuit  par  ]e 
trefpaffement  du  dit  nadgairs  Roy  par  oppinion 
des  afcuns  eft  expire  &  par  oppinion  de  afcuns 
nient  expire.  Mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qo- 
reft confiderant  qe  la  dit  ordenaunce  fuift  bon  & 
profitable  pur  le  bien  de  luy  &  fez  lieges  ad 
declare  &  ordeigne  par  audtorite  diceft  prefent 
parlement  qe  la  dit  ordenaunce  fait  le  dit  an  ixrac 
&  enfy  par  la  mort  de  fon  dit  pier  come  afcuns 

entendent 
*  The  Word  Value  feems  to  be  wanting  here,  but  is  not  on  the  Roll. 


A.  D.  1439.  Anno  decimo  odlavo  Henrici  VI,        C.  13 — 15.        593 


Ex  Rot.  in  Ti/rr.  Lond. 
entendent  expire  &  nient  autrement  repelle  foit 
&  demurge  effe£luell   &  availlable  eftatuit  &   or- 
denaunce  en  ley  perpetuelment  a  durer. 


fo  by  the  Death  of  his  faid  Father,  as  fome  think, 
expired,  and  not  othcrwife  repealed,  (hall  be  and 
abide  ah  effectual  and  available  Statute  and  Ordi- 
nance in  Law  perpetually  to  endure.' 


CAP.     XIII. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  9  Hen.  5.  c.  2.  concerning  Forfeitures  on  Outlawries  in  the 

County  of  Lancajler. 

TEM  come  al  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  feconde  jour  de  May  Ian  du  regne  le  Roy  Henry  quint  pier    e  x  p. 
au  Roy  qoreft  ix"c  entre  autres  ordeigne  fuift  &  eftablie  qe  null  des  lieges  le  Roy  vers  queux  exigent  9  HH  5-  c-  *■ 
ferra  agarde  ou  utlages  al  fuyte  le  Roy  en  temps  avenir  ou  al  fuyte  du  partie  en  le  countee  de  Lancaftre  for-  z°  H  $]  ^  \\ 
face  afcuns  de  fez  biens  ou  chateux  terres  ou  tenementz  en  autres  countees  forfprifes  les  biens  &  chateux  terres  ' 
ou  tenementz  queux  les  ditz  utlages  ount  en  mefme  le  countee  du  Lancaitre.  Purveux  toutz  foitz  qe  leftatuit 
fe.it  Ian  primere  le  Roy  Henry  quart  pier  a  mefme  cefty  Roy  Henry  quint  encountre  les  gentz  del  countee 
de  Ceftre  qi  fount  as  divers  lieges  du  Roy  en  divers  countees  dEngleterre  divers  homicides  murdres  roberies 
bateriez  trefpaffez  &  autres  riotes  &  malefaitz  eftoife  en  fa  force  non  obftant  mefme  le  ordenaunce  et  qe  le  dit 
ordenaunce  eftoife  en  fa  force  tanqe  al  parlement  primerement  a  tener  puis  la  revenue  le  dit  nadgairs  Roy 
Henry  quint  en  Engleterre  de  pardela  le  quel  eftatuit  par  le  trefpaffement  du  dit  nadgairs  Roy  Henry 
quint  par  oppinion  dafcunz  eft  expire  &  par  oppinion  dafcunz  nient  expire.     Noftre  dit  ore  Seignur  le  Roy 
confiderant  les  premifles  ad  declare  &  ordine  par  auilorite  diceft  prefent  parlement  qe  la  dit  ordenaunce  en 
le  manere  &  forme  le  dit  an  ix™*  fait  &  enfy  par  la  mort  du  dit  nadgairs  Roy  Henry  quint  come  afcuns  en- 
tendent expire  &  nient  autrement  repelle  foit  &  demurge  effeftuel  &  availlable  eftatuit  &  ordenaunce  en  ley 
a  durer  tanqe  a  prochein  parlement  &  delors  imperpetuite  ft  iffint  foit  qe  parentre  cy  &  mefme  le  prochein 
parlement  null  tiel  inconvenience  aveigne  en  ceft  partie  pur  la  quel  il  femblera  au  Roy  &  a  les  Seignurs  du 
parlement  a  icell  temps  qe  il  ne  foit  expedient  ceft  ordenaunce  a  endurer  pluis  longe  temps  apres  mefme  le 
prochein  parlement. 

CAP.      XIV. 
The  Penalty  for  taking  Bribe  in  the  arraying  of  a  Jury. 

ITEM  come  les  graundes_ perjuries  de  jour  en  autre  haboundent  deinz  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  pluis  qe  EXP. 
ne  foloient  en  temps  pafle  a  caufe  des  favourables  arraiez  &c  panelx  fait  par  vifcountz  futhvifcountz  & 
autres  qi  ount  poer  affaire  ou  arraier  tielx  arraiez  ou  panelx  pur  graundes  dons  &  regardes  qils  preignount 
pur  ycelles  parount  divers  des  lieges  du  Roy  fount  diftieritez  &  anientifez  &  autres  mys  a  graunde  perde  de 
lour  biens  &  chateux  &  afcuns  a  graunde  peril  de  lour  vies  encountre  droit  bon  foye  &  confeience.  Le  Roy 
confiderent  les  premifles  &  auxi  voillant  ouftier  tielx  perjuriez  ad  ordeigne  &  graunte  par  auctorite  defuifdit 
qe  ii  afcun  vifcount  futhvifcount  ou  afcun  autre  qi  ad  poer  affaire  &  arraier  tielx  arraiez  &  panelx  preigne 
par  luy  ou  par  afcun  autre  a  fon  oeps  afcun  lower  don  ou  regarde  pur  faire  ou  arraier  tielx  arraiez  &  panelx 
qe  celluy  qi  foy  fent  greve  en  cell  partie  eit  fa  fuyte  par  brief  ou  par  bill  vers  le  vifcount  fouthvifcount  ou 
autres  qi  ferront  tielx  arraiez  ou  panelx  devauntles  Juftices  ou  les  ditz  arraiez  &  panelx  ferront  retournes  de 
recoverer  dys  foitz  a  taunt  qils  refceiveront  pur  tielx  arraiez  ou  panelx  affaire.  Et  eient  les  ditz  Juftices  poer 
par  auctorite  fuifdit  doier  &  terminer  tielx  fuytz  fibien  par  examination  des  defendauntz  en  ycell  fuytz  come 
par  triel  denqueftes  entapprendre  &  de  doner  juggement  pur  le  les  ditz  pleintifs  envers  les  ditz  defendauntz 
&  chefcun  de  eux  qi  enfy  ferront  trovez  coupablez  &  de  ceo  ag2rder  execution  et  en  chefcun  tiel  fuyt  par 
brief  foit  agarde  tiel  proceffe  come  ferra  agarde  en  brief  de  trefpas  fait  encountre  le  peas  du  Roy.  Purveu 
qe  chefcun  fuyt  qe  ferra  pris  envers  vifcountz  futhvifcountz  ou  autres  qi  ferroient  ou  arraieront  tielx  arraiez 
ou  panelx  foit  pris  en  mefmes  les  countees  ou  ils  ferront  vifcountz  futhvifcountz  ou  officers  a  temps 
de  tielx  panelx  ou  arraiez  affairs  ou  arraierz  et  qe  ceft  ordenaunce  comence  a  tenir  lieu  al  feft  de  Pafqs 
prochein  avenir  &  durera  tanqe  a  prochein  pariement  &  ft  a  prochein  femblera  au  Roy  &  a  les  Seignurs  qi 
adonqes  ferront  en  icell  parlement  ceft  ordenaunce  deftre  bone  ordenaunce  pur  le  bkn  du  Roy  &  de  fon 
Roialme  adonqes  icell  ordenaunce  endurera  perpetuejment  favant  tout  temps  a  chefcun  perfone  fez  liberte 
&  fraunchife. 

CAP.     XV. 

k  fhall  be  Felony  to  carry  Wooll  or  Woollfels  to  any  other  Place  than  to  Calais,  faving  fuch 
which  pafs  the  Streights  of  Mar-rock.     See  Appendix. 

Vol.  I.  GggS  CAP. 


594        C.  16,  17.  Anno  decimo  odlavo  Henrici  VI.         A.  D.  1439* 


CAP.     XVI. 

There  (hall  be  but  one  Meafure  of  Cloth  through  the  Realm  by  the  Yard  and  the  Inch,  and 
not  by  the  Yard  and  the  Handful,  according  to  the  London  Meafure. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
EXP.  T  T  E  M  come  41  foit  meritorie  &  almoigne  a  departier  la  veritec  de  la  difceit  fi  come  jatarde  en  un  parle- 

JL  merit  tenuz  a  Weftm'  la  fuift  oufte  un  rayme  de  difceit  qe  trefgraundemer.t  endamagea  plufours  hommcy 
le  quel  fuift  appelle  un  fhafte  autrement  appelle  un  pondre  autrement  appelle  un  hauncer  le  quel  greve  plu- 
fours foialx  hommes  et  come  ore  foit  a  confiderer  qe  graundes  difceites  foient  ore  ufez  les  queux  endamagent 
lez  poverez  faifours  des  draps  &  les  vendours  des  draps  en  mefurant  de  nient  raifonable  mefure  fibien  del  laet 
drap  &  ftreite  taunt  par  les  mayns  des  marchauntz  aliens  come  deinzeins  fibien  en  feire  market  citee  &  burgh 
ct  e'pecialment  en  la  Citee  de  Loundres  &  es  autres  lieux  lou  faifours  del  drap  &  vendours  del  drap  pluis 
communement  foient  ufez  &  covient  en  temps  avenir  eftre  repairantz  qare  lou  ils  foloient  mefurer  le  drap  par 
la  alne  &  le  pous  ore  ils  voillent  mefurer  par  lalne  &  la  pleyne  mayn  le  quel  accrefce  al  encrece  del  achatour 
deux  allies  du  chefcun  drap  de  xxiiij.  allies  la  quell  encrece  tourne  a  null  home  de  quel  degre  qil  foit  al  availe 
finon  tantfolement  a  le  dit  achatour  qar  quant  une  Seignur  achatera  fon  livere  il  le  trovera  en  la  mefure  ou 
en  la  price  et  iffint  fount  ils  oppreffez  ove  graund  irraifonable  mefurage  de  lour  draps  qar  lou  afcun  mar- 
ch unt  de  ceft  terre  forfpris  a  Loundres  voet  faire  un  drap  en  mefurant  xxiiij.  allies  ils  voillent  faire  ent  xxij. 
ou  meins  difant  qil  eft  la  mefure  de  Loundres  par  la  quel  opprefTion  plufours  homes  grevoufment  fount  en- 
damages. Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  les  premiffes  ordeignera  par  lauctorite  defuifdit  en  chefcun 
lieu  de  ceft  terre  deftre  une  certein  mefure  la  ou  eft  gardeyn  del  alnage  de  drap  qil  eit  une  corde  fait  de  foy 
ou  de  file  del  droit  mefure  en  manere  del  ftreite  tyffewe  enfeale  as  ambideux  fines  folonc  ladvys  de  les  Barons 
del  Efcheqer  et  chefcun  gardeyn  de  lalnage  paie  pur  fa  corde  la  quel  corde  foit  conteignant  en  longeure  xn\~ 
alnes  &  xij.  pous  &  la  dit  corde  figne  a  chefcun  alne  une  pous  et  a  la  fine  de  la  dimi  alne  une  dimi  pous 
le  quarter  de  une  alne  une  quarter  de  une  pous  pur  mefurer  une  entier  drap  ou  une  dofein  laet  ou  ftreite 
rnefurant  pur  la  dufein  de  drap  ewe  xij.  allies  &  xij.  pous  de  drap  fee  nient  ewe  xiiij.  alnes  &.  xiiij.  pons 
iffint  mefurant  la  longeure  jefqes  al  fine  de  la  drap  folonc  ceo  qil  de  longeure  en  la  manere  come  eft  defuis. 
reherce  quant  le  dit  gardeyn  de  la  alnage  eft  requiz  preignant  pur  fon  labour  pur  chefcun  entier  drap  de  laet 
drap  i.d.  et  pur  chefcun  dufein  laet  drap  ob'  et  pur  chefcun  entier  drap  de  ftreite  ob'  et  pur  chefcun  dufein. 
de  ftreite  drap  quadr'  et  en  la  Citee  de  Loundres  &  autres  citees  burghs  feires  &  merches  lou  drap  eft  pluis 
ufe  deftre  venduz  qe  illeofqes  foit  le  gardein  de  la  alnage  ou  fon  depute  preft  de  faire  droit  parentre  mar- 
chaunt &  marchaunt  fil  foit  requiz  purveu  qe  fi  le  marchaunt  veridour  eit  une  corde  enfeale  de  le  feal  roial 
del  Efcheqer  en  la  manere  defuis  reherce  preft  adonqes  luy  mefmes  a  mefurer  fon  drap  par  icell  en  manere 
raifonable  fils  ne  poent  accorder  de  mefurer  par  la  alne  afchun  franchife  nient  obftant  entier  drap  ou  une 
dufein  laet  ou  ftraite  &  fi  le  marchaunt  vendour  mefure  nient  droitment  &  fraudelefment  &  ceo  immediat 
poet  eftre  proevez  par  indifferentz  perfones  adonqes  il  forface  pur  chefcun  drap  vi.  s.  viij  d.  ij.  parties  au  Roy 
&  la  tierce  partie  a  celuy  qi  voet  fuer  &  fi  afcun  marchaunt  achatour  voet  refufier  ceft  ordenaunce  adonqes 
il  forface  C.  s.  ij.  parties  au  "Roy  la  tierce  partie  a  celuy  qi  voet  fuer  pur  icell  &c  iflint  foit  une  manere  del 
droit  mefure  ufe  en  tout  ceft  terre  fibien  come  droit  pois  et  qe  ceft  ordenaunce  endurera  tanqe  al  procheirt 
parlement.. 

CAP.      XVII. 
VelTds  of  Wine,  Oyl,  and  Honey,  fliall  be  gauged. 


TEM,  Becaufe  all  the  Tuns,  Pipes,  Tertians 

and  Hogfheads  of  Wine,  Oyl,  and  Honey,  ven^ 

Jible  within  the  Realm  of  England,  ought  and  were 

"  wont  according  to  the  anti'ent  Affife  of  the  fame 

"  Realm,  to  contain  a  certain  Meafure,  that  is  to  fay, 

"  Every  Tun  Twelve-fcore  and  Twelve  Gallons,  every 

"  Pipe  Six-fcore  and  Six  Gallons,  every  Tertian  Four- 

"  fcore  and  Four  Gallons,  and  every  Hogfhead  Three- 

Gonfirmeii  by  28"  fcore  and  Three  Gallons  ;  (2)  and  by  divers  Statutes 

H.  s.  c  14.  f.  5."  jt  hath  been  ordained,  That  the  Tuns  and  Pipes  of 

2  Leonard  ;S,     «   WLne  fl^J  be  gaugcd  ;    (3)  but  for  the  Gauging  of 

"  Tuns,  and  Pipss  of  Oyl  and  Honey,  or  of  Tertians 

"  and  Hogihe.ids  of  Wine,  no  Ordinance  hath  been 

"  made  in  certain  before  this  Time,  to  the  great  Da- 

"  mage  of  the  King  and  of  his  People."     '  (4)  The 

'  King  willing  againft  this  Damage  to  provide  a  Re- 

'  medy  in  this  Behalf,  hath  granted  and  ordained  by 

'-  Authority  aforefaid,  That  from  henceforth  all  Man- 

*  nerofTuns,  Pipes,  Tertians,  and  Hogfheads,  as  well 

•  Aid  ar.dH-.ncj  <■  0f  Wine  as  of  Oyl  .*,  to  be  fold  within  the  Realm5 


TEM  pur  ceo  qe  toutz.les  tonels  pipes  tertians 
&  hoggefhedes  de  vin.  oyle  &  mele  vendibles* 
deins  le  Roialme  dEngleterre  doient  &  foloient 
folonc  launcien  affife  de  mefme  le  Roialme  contei- 
ner  un  certein  mefure  ceftaffavoir  chefcun  tonell  J5 
xij  galons  chefcun  pipe  x,jWi.  galons  chefcun  tertiane 
r.ij-ii'j-  galons  chefcun  hoggefhed^.iij.  galons  &  par- 
divers  eftatuitz  foit  ordeigne  qe  les  tonels  &  pipes 
de  vin  foient  gaugez  mais  pur  le  gauger  de  tonels 
&  pipes  de  oyle  &  mele  ne  de  tertians  &  hogge- 
fhedes de  vin  null  ordenaunce  de  certein  eftoit  fait 
devant  cez  heures  au  graunde  damage  duRoy  &  dii 
fon  people.  Le  Roy  voillant  encountre  ceft  da- 
mage purvoier  de  remedie  en  ceft  partie  ad  graunte 
&  ordeigne  par  auclorite  defuifdit  qe  defore  ena- 
vaunt  toutz  maners  tonels  pipes  tertians- &  hogge- 
fhedes tant  de  vin  come  de  oyle  &  mele  a  vendre 
deins. le  dit  Roialme  foient  bien  &  loialment  gaugez 

par. 


A.  D.  1439. 


Anno  decimo  odavo  Henrici  VI. 


C.  18.       595 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
par  le  gaugeour  du  Roy  on  par  fon  deputce  devaunt 
qe  ils  foient  venduz  fur  peyne  de  forfaire  au  Roy 
tout  le  vin  oyle  &  mele  en  contrarie  venduz  ou 
la  value  dicell.  Et  en  cas  qe  afcun  perfone  de 
quelqe  paiis  qil  foit  defore  enavaunt  vende  a  afcun 
liege  du  Roy  pur  afcun  price  en  certein  afcun  tonell 
pipe  tertian  ou  hoggefhed  de  vin  oyle  ou  mele  qe 
defaille  afcunement  del  aflife  &  mefure  avauntdit 
qil  alowe  &  rebate  de  mefme  la  price  a  lachatour 
de  tiel  vin  oyle  &  mele  a  taunt  come  tiel  default 
par  la  rate  amontera  fur  peyne  de  forfaire  au  Roy 
le  value  de  tout  le  vin  oyle  &  mele  au  contrarie 
venduz  afcun  prive  covenant  fait  ou  affaire  entre 
le  vendour  &  lachatour  au  contrarie  de  ceft  orde- 
naunce  non  obftant.  Et  eit  chefcun  qi  efpie  afcun 
des  forfeitures  avauntditz  &c  ent  enforme  le  Trefo- 
rer  dEngleterre  ou  Ies  Barons  del  Efcheqer  le 
moite  de  mefmez  les  forfeitures  pur  fon  travaill. 


Purveux  toutz  foitz  qe  le  dit  gaugeour  preigne 
&  eit  pur  fon  labour  entour  le  gaugeour  de  chef- 
cun tonell  &  pipe  de  oyle  &  mele  ficome  il  prent 
&  ad  de  chefcun  tonell  &  pipe  de  vin  &  pur  chef- 
cun tertiane  Sc  hoggefhed  folonc  laffcrant. 


fhall   be  well  and   lawfully  gauged  by  the   King's 
Ganger,  or  by  his  Deputy,  before  they  be  fold,  upon 
Pain  to  forfeit  to  the  King  all  the  Wine,   Oyl,  and 
Honey,  contrary  fold,  or  the  Value  of  the  fame.    (5) 
And  in  cafe  that  any  Pcrfon,  of  what  Country  that, Abatement  fhall 
he  be,  from  henceforth  fell  to  any  of  the  King  s  liege  p^Mhl 
People,  for  any  Price  in  certain,  any  Tun,   Pipe,  Quantity  want- 
Tertian  or  Hogfhead  of  Wine,  Oyl,    and    Honey,ing.  4  Mid.  101. 
which  wanteth  in  any  wife  of  the  Allife  and  Meafure 
aforefakl,  that  he  allow  and  abate  of  the  fame  Price 
to  the  Buyer  of  fuch  Wine,   Oyl,  and  Honey,-  :;s 
much  as  fuch  Default  after  the  Rate  fhall  amount 
unto,  (6)  upon  Pain  to  forfeit  to  the  King  the  Value 
of  all  the  Wine,  Oyl,  and  Honey  to  the  contrary 
fold,  any  privy  Covenant  made  or  to  be  made  be- 
twixt the  Seller  and  the  Buyer  contrary  to  this  Ordi- 
nance notwithftanding.     (7)  And  every  Perfon  that 
efpieth  any  of  the  Forfeitures  aforefaid,  and  thereof 
doth  inform  the  Treafurer  of  England,  or  the  Barons 
of  the  Exchequer,  fhall  have  the  Half  of  the  fame 
Forfeitures  for  his  Labour.  F^fo^Ti' 

'  IF.  Provided  always,  That  the  faid  Gauger  take  J  \  °yu^lfp^,e 
and  have  for  his  Labour  for  the  gauging  of  every  Tun  of  Honey  or  Oyl. 
and  Pipe  of  Oyl  and  Honey,  as  he  taketh  and  hath  of^  £<*•  3- {tit- 
every  Tun  and  Pipe  of  Wine,  and  for  every  Tertian1-  c' 8-,        g 
and  Hogfhead  after  the  Rate.'  ^3R_ '    'cc' * ' 


CAP.      XVIII. 
How  much  a  Captain  fhall  forfeit  that  doth  detain  any  Part  of  his  Soldiers  Wages. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  le  Roy  eft  &  ad  efte  bien 
apris  de  plulburs  &  graundes  difceites  &  fauxins 
queux  ount  efte  faitz  a  luy  &  a  fon  Roialme  par 
.afcuns  de  les  capitains  qi  ount  avaunt  ceo  endentez 
ove  le  Roy  de  luy  fervire  en  le  fait  de  guerre  afcuns 
de  pardela  &  as  diverfes  parties  ficome  ils  fount  or- 
deignez  &  obligez  par  lour  endentours  et  afcuns 

•  en  fes  marches  de  pardecea  &  de  le  Roy  pur  lour 
gages' ount  efte  droitment  paiez  &  contentez  ac- 
cordant a  lour  ditz  endentours  pur  eux  &  pur  toutz 
lour  retenues   folonc  lour  degrees   de  les  quelles 

■  gages  plufours  des  ditz  capitains  ount  abufez  & 
priz  fur  eux  dabatier  fur  lour  foldeours  dafcun  pluis 
&  dafcun  meyns  iffint  qe  tielx  fur  queux  ils  ount 
abatez  nount  efte  de  poair  de  continuer  lour  fervice 
ne  ceo  parfourmer  come  de  droit  &  reafon  ils  du- 
i  fieri  t  aver  fait  &  fortunement  voilloient  aver  fait 
fils  uffent  efte  pleinement  paiez  le  quel  ad  caufe 
eux  decheier  a  robberie  &  pilage  fibien  devaunt 
lour  alance  de  pardecea  come  de  pardela  quant  ils  | 

•  la  vendrount  entre  autres  ad  efte  une  graunde  cauie 
de  la  longe  continuance  de  la  guerre  &  graunde 
damage  &  perde  qi  ount  cheiez  a  lez  Seignuries  du 
Roy  &  pays  en  fa  obefance  de  perdela  et  nient  ceo 
tantfolement  mes  perde  auxint  de  graunde  bien  qad 
efte  graunte  au  Roy  &  paie  en  la  fourme  avauntdit 
pur  la  defenfe  de  fa  terre. 


Le  Roy  voillant  encountre  autielx  damages  & 
perdes  purvoier  de  remedie  en  ctll  partie  ad  or- 
deigne  par  laucforite  fuifdit  qe  null  capitaine  qi 
defore  enavr.unt  avera  le  ccnduite  dautielx  retenues 
&  receivera  les  gages  le  Roy  pur  ceo  abata  de  fez 
fouldours  ne  de  afcun  de  eux  afcun  partis  de  lour 
gagez  finon  qil  foit  pur  !our  vefture  ceftaffavoir  ills 
4 


ITEM,  For  that  the  King  is  and  hath  been  well  The  Inconyeiu- 
certified   of   many  great  Deceits   and  Falfities,  fncifs  en.fuin§ 
which  have  been  done  to  him  and  to  his  Realm  by  y 


fome  of  the  Captains  which  have  before  this  Time  soldiers, 
indented  with  the  King  to  ferve  him  in  the  Feat  of 
War,  fome  beyond  the  Sea  and  in  divers  Parts,  as 
they  be  appointed  and  bounl  by  their  Indentures, 
and  fome  in  his  Marches  on  this  Side  the  Sea,  and 
their  Wages  have  been  truly  paid  and  contented  by 
the  King,  according  to  their  Indentures,  for  them 
and  for  all  their  Retinue,  according  to  their  Degrees, 
which  Wages  many  of  the  faid  Captains  have  abuied, 
and  taken  upon  them  to  deduce  from  their  Soldiers, 
of  fome  more,  and  fome  lefs ;    fo  that  fuch,  from 
whom  they  have  abated,  have  not  been  able  to  con- 
tinue their  Service,  nor  perform  the  fame  as  of  Right 
and  Reafon  they  ought  to  have  done,  and  peradven-  ■ 
ture  were  willing  to  have  done,  if  they  had  been 
fully  paid  ;  which  hath  caufed  them  to  fall  to  Rob- 
bery and  Pillage,  as  well  on  this  Side  the  Sea  before 
their  going,  as  beyond   the  Sea,  when  they  came 
thither ;   amongft  other  Things  it  hath  been  a  great 
;  Caufe  of  long  Continuance  of  the  War,  and  great 
:  Damage  and  Lofs  which  hath  fallen  to  the  Seigni- 
■  ories  and  Countries  of  the  King  in  his  Obeifance 
;  beyond  the  Sea,  and  not  only  that,  but  Lofs  alfo  of 
;  great  Treafure  which  hath  been  granted  to  the  King, 
:  and  paid  in  the  Form  aforefaid  for  the  Defence  of 
'  his  Land." 
'  II.  The  King,  willing  againft  fuch  Damages  and 
Loffes  to  provide  a  Remedy  in  this  Behalf,  hath  or- 
dained by  the  Authority  aforefaid,  That  no  Captain 
which  hereafter  fhall  have  the  Conduct  of  fuch  Re- 
tinues, and  fhall  receive  the  King's  Wages  for  theF<£ wh*'  Cau'e 
fame,  fhall  abate  of  his  Soldiers,  nor  any  of  them,  JjSSK^, 
any  Part  of  their  Wages,  except  it  be  for  their  Clo  h-  "wage's,  .ma  how 
G  g  g  g  2  '  ing,  much. 


596       C  19. 


Anno  decimo  o&avo  Henrici  VI. 


ing,  that  is  to  fay,  if  they  fhall  be  wag"d  for  half  a 
Year,  Ten  Shillings  a  Gown  for  a  Gentleman,  and 
Six  Shillings  Eight  Pence  for  a  Yeoman,  upon  Pain 
of  Twenty  Pound  for  every  Spear,  and  Ten  Pound 
for  a  Bow  to  the  King,  from  whom  he  did  abate 
upon  the  Tenour  of  the  fame.' 

far  bj  z'&  3  Ed. 6.  c.  2.  W4  &  5  P.  &  M.  c.  3. 


F-irth  rr  pro<v'itlct 


A.  D.  1439. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
foient  gagei  pur  un  dimi  an  x.  s.  une  robe  dime 
gentile  ;o  e  &  vj.s.  viij.  d.  pur  un  vadlet  fur 
peync  de  xx.  li.'  pur  chefcun  lance  &  x.  li.'  pur 
chefeun  arc  au  Roy  fur  qi  ii  abata  fur  le  tenure 
dioeit. 


P.      XIX. 

The  Penalty  of  a  Soldier  not  going  with,  or  departing  from,  his  Captain  without  Licence. 


3  Inft.  86. 


It  is  Felony  for  a 
Soldier  to  leave 
his  Captain 
without  Licence. 
Enforced  by  2  & 
j  Ed,  6,  c.  2. 


7  fj   7.  c.  1. 

6  Co.  27. 

9  Ed.  4.  f.  26. 

•  Cb';tfla:n. 

Chief  Officers  oi 
P  '.-  .  Ihal] 
arrcft  Soldiers 

■. z  frc.m 
Si  .;. 
1  .   n 
. 

i'.tiu-n 
be  tutd. 


ITEM,  Seeing  divers  and  many  Soldiers  before 
this  Time,  which  have  taken  Parcel  or  half  their 
Wages  of  their  Captains,  and  lb  have  muitered  and 
been  entered  of  Record  the  King's  Soldiers  before 
his  Commiffioners,  for  fuch  Terms  for  which  their 
Matters  have  indented,  have  fometime  prefently  after 
their  Mufter,  and  the  Receipt  of  Part  or  of  the 
whole  of  their  W;ges,  departed  and  gone  where  they 
would,  and  have  not  paired  the  Sea  with  their  faid 
Captains,  and  fome  pafled  the  Sea,  and  long  within 
their  Terms  departed  from  their  Captains  an  1  the 
King's  Service,  without  apparent  Licence  to  them 
granted  by  their  faid  Captains,  whereof  hath  grown 
lb  great  Damage  to  the  King  and  to  his  Realm,  and 
fo  many  Inconveniencies,  which  cannot  eafuy  be  ex- 
preffed,  as  of  long  Time  the  Experience  hath  {hew- 
ed, and  the  which  Soldiers  fo  doing,  as  much  as  in 
them  was,  decayed  the  Honour  and  Reverence  of 
the  King,  and  have  been  many  Ways  great  Caufers 
of  the  Lofl'es  which  have  enfued  in  his  Lands  and 
Seigniories  beyond  the  Sea,  and  the  Adventure  alfo 
of  the  Perfons  of  the  Lord*  and  Captains  which  did 
conduct  them." 

'  II.  The  fame  King  confidering  the  Premises,  and 
willing  againft  fuch  Inconveniencies  and  Damages  to 
provide  a  Remedy,  hath  ordained  by  the  Authority 
aforefaid,  That  every  Man  fo  muttering  and  re- 
ceiving the  King's  Wages,  which  departed!  from  his 
Captain  within  his  Term,  in  any  Manner  aforefaid, 
except  that  notorious  Sicknefs  or  Impediment  by  the 
Vifitation  of  God  (which  may  reafonably  be  known) 
fufFer  him  not  to  go,  and  which  he  fhall  certify  pre- 
fently to  his  Captain,  and  fhall  repay  his  Money,  fo 
that  he  may  provide  him  for  another  Soldier  in  his 
Place,  he  fhall  be  punifhed  as  a  Felon  ;  (2)  and  that 
the  Juftices  of  Peace  fhall  have  Power  to  inquire 
thereof,  and  to  hear  and  determine  the  fame.  (3) 
And  likewife  hath  ordained  by  the  fame  Authority, 
That  no  Soldier,  Man  of  Arms,  or  Archer,  io 
muitered  of  Record,  and  going  with  his  Captain  be- 
yond the  Sea,  fhall  return  into  England  within  the 
Term  for  which  his  Captain  hath  retained  him,  nor 
leave  his  Captain  there  in  the  King's  Service,  and  in 
Adventure  of  the  War,  except  that  he  hath  reasonable 
Caufe  fhewed  by  his  Captain,  and  by  him  to  the 
chief  in  the  Country  having  Royal  Power,  and  there- 
upon fhall  have  Licence  of  the  faid  *  Captain,  wit- 
neffed  under  his  Seal,  and  the  Caufe  of  his  Licence. 
(4)  And  who  that  fo  doth  mufter  of  Record,  and 
come  without  Letters  Tefthnonials  of  the  +  Captain 
(as  is  faid)  within  his  Term  on  this  Side  the  Sea, 
that  the  Mayors,  Bailiffs,  and  other  the  King's  Mi- 
,  at  what  Port  or  Place  they  fhall  arrive,  fhall 
have  Authority  to  put  them  in  Arrcft,  and  them  there 

■j    lit/tain. 


ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  diverfes  &  plufours  foldeours 
devaunt  ceit  temps  les  queux  ount  prifez  lour 
gages  parcell  on  dimi  de  lour  capitains  &  iflinc 
ount  monftrez  &  entreez  de  recorde  lez  foldeours 
du  Roy  devaunt  fez  cornmiflioners  pur  tielx  termes 
pur  quels  lour  maiftres  ount  endentez  ount  afcun 
temps  maintenaunt  apres  lour  monftre  &  la  reccit 
de  lour  gages  partie  ou  tout  departez  &  alez  lou 
ils  voillent  et  nouht  my  paffez  le  meer  ove  lour 
dftz  capitains  &  afcuns  paifez  lemeer  &longement 
deinz  lour  termes  departez  a  lour  capitains  &  a  le 
fervice  du  Roy  faunce  licence  apparent  grantez  a 
eux  par  lour  ditz  capitains  dount  ad  crewe  fy 
graunde  damage  au  Roy  &c  a  fon  Roialme  &  ii 
plufours  iiicor.ienementz  qe  ne  poient  legierment 
eftre  expreffez  ficome  de  longe  temps  la  experience 
ad  monftre  &  les  queles  foldeours  iffint  faifantz  en 
taunt  come  en  eux  fuift  anientereront  lonour  &  la 
reverence  du  Roy  &  ount  eftcz  plufours  graundtes 
caufeours  des  damage;  qe  cunt  cheiez  en  fez  terres 
&  Seignuries  de  pardela  &  laventure  auxint  de  les- 
perfones  de  les  Seignurs  &  capitains  qi  eux  condu- 
ce ount. 

Mefme  le  Roy  confidenrunt  l;s  premi/Tes  &  vts- 
iliant  encontre  tielx  inconveniencies  &  dammages 
ptir.oier  de  remedie  ad  ordeigne  par  lauctorite 
fuifdit  qe  chefcun  homme  iffint  mouftrant  &  re- 
ceyvant  les  gages  le  Roy  le  quel  departe  a  fori  ca- 
pitain  deins  fon  terme  en  afcun  manere  avauntdit 
ovefqe  ceo  qe  notoire  maladie  ou  impediment  par 
la  vifitation  de  Dieu  le  quel  poet  eftre  conuz  rai- 
fonnble  ne  luy  leffoet  &  le  quel  il  certifia  mainte- 
naunt a  fon  c.ipitain  &  repaie  fa  money  ficome  il 
poet  purvoier  luy  pur  un  autre  foldeour  en  fon  lieu 
foit  'punyfhe  come  un  felon  et  qe  les  juftices  de  la 
peas  eient  poair  denquerrer  de  ceo  &  doier  &  ter- 
miner en  icell.  Et  fetnblablement  ad  ordeigne  par 
mefme  lauftorite  qe  null  foldeour  home  darmes  ne 
archer  iffint  mouftrez  de  recorde  &  alant  ovefqe  fon 
capitain  de  pardela  reveigne  ycy  en  Engleterre 
deins  le  terme  pur  qi  fon  capitain  endentera  ne  leffa 
fon  capitaigne  la  en  le  Service  du  Roy  &  en  aven- 
ture  de  la  guerre  faunz  ceo  qil  eit  caufe  raifonable 
monftre  par  fon  capitain  &  par  luy  a  le  chief  en  le 
pays  eiant  le  poair  roial  &  fur  ceo  eit  licence  de  la 
dit  chifteyne  tefmoigne  defoubz  fon  feal  &  la  caufe 
de  fa  licence.  Et  qi  iffint  mouftree  de  recorde  & 
veigne  faunz  lettres  teftimonialx  de  le  chifteyn. 
come  defuifdit  deins  fon  terme  de  pardecea  qe'les 
mairs  baillifs  &  autres  miniftres  du  Roy  de  quel 
port  ou  lieu  en  qi  i!  ou  ils  arrivount  eient  audlorite- 
de  eux  mettre  en  areft  &  de  eux  la  garder  tanqe  de 

eux 


A.  D.  1442. 

Ex  Rot.  in  iW-i  Lond. 
■eax  foit'enquiz  eft  fil  poet  elite  trove  par  enquerre 
devaunt  juitices  de  la  peas  &  proevez  qils  ount 
ifihit  monftrez  de  r-ecorde  &  departiez  a  lour  capi- 
tals defuifditz  faunz  licence  come  eft  defuifdit  qe 
adonqes  iis  foient  puniz  come  felons. 


Anno  vicefimo  H  e  n  r  i  c  i  VI, 


C. 


1. 


597 


to  keep  until  it  be  of  them  inquired  ;  (5)  and  if  it  be 
found  by  Inquiry  before  Jufticcs  of  Peace,  and  proved 
that  they  have  fo  mufterc-d  of  Record,  and  departed 
from  their  Captains  aforefaid  without  Licence,  as 
afore  is  faid,  that  then   they  flnll  be   punifhed   as 

IT1     1  i 

H  f'   fine 


Felc 


ners  by  5  El.  c.  5.   f.  27.     45  EI.  c.  3.     31  Car.  2.  e.  1. 
&  iS.     And  fee  ibe yearly  -A3s-agah:Jl  Mutiny  and  Befertion. 


12  Am.  fl.it.  1.  <r.  13.      1  Geo.  t.  c.  47.     3  Ceo.  1.  c.  2.     22  Geo.  2.  c.  44. 


33 


Regi 
2  R 

ft.  iqi.     ~\ 
2.  Hat.  I. 

c.4. 

4& 

5  Ph.  &  M. 

c-  3 
Exte 

ldcd  to  Ma- 

riners  and  Gun- 

Gco. 

2.  c.  6,-  8, 

Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  20  Hen.  VI.  a?id  Anno 

Dom,  1442. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Twr.  Lond. 
'OSTRE  Seignur  le  Roy.a  fon  parlement 
tenuz  a  Wel'm'  le  jour  do;  Converfion  de 
Seint  Paule  le  xxv.  jour  de  Januar'  Ian 
de  fon  regne  xxe  a  lonour  de  Dieu  &  pur  le 
-bien  de  -luy  Sc  Ton  Roialme  de  ladvis  &  affent  des 
Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  ■&  a  la  efpecial 
.requeft  des  Communes  en  mefnie  le  parlement 
affembleez  ad  fait  ordeigner  &  eftableir  diveifez 
eftatuitz  &  ordinaunces  en  la  fourme  qenfuit. 


jUR  Lord  the  Thing,  at  his  Parliament  holden 
at  Jfrejhninjler,  the  Day  of  the  Converfion 
of  St.  Paul,  the  l  ive  and  twentieth  Day  of 
^janv.my,  the  Twentieth  Year  of  his  Reign,  to  the  Ho- 
nour of  God,  and  for  the  Weal  of  him  and  of  his 
Realm,  by  the  Advice  and  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spi- 
ritual and  Temporal,  and  at  the  fpecial  Requeft  of  the 
Commons  in  the  fame  Parliament  affembled,  hath,' 
made,  ordained,  and  eftablilhed  divers  Statutes  and'- 
Ordinances  in  the  Form  following," 


CAP.      I. 

All  Letters  of  Safe  Condu&s  fhall  be  inrolled  in  the  Chancery. 


PRimerement  come  poverez  -merchantz  diceft 
Roialme  de  jour  en  autre  fount  difrobbes  par 
les,  enemys  du  Roy  fur  le  mer  &  deins  mefmc-  le 
Roialme  de  lours  niefs  &  biens  &  merchaundifes 
de  graunde  richeffe  &  lour  corps  prifez  &  emprifonez 
ove  graunde  dureffe  &  myz  a  graunde  finaunces 
&  raunfon  &  les  poverez  lieges  du  Roy  demurantz 
pres  les  coftes  du  meer  hors  de  lours  propre  rnea- 
ibn  ove  lour  chateux  &  enfauntz  fur  le  terre 
•prifez  &  ove  les  ditz  enemys  ou  lour  pleft  amef- 
nez  queux  meichiefs  Veignent  pur  ceo  qe  les 
ditz  merchauntz  fount  difcoragez  ove  force  &. 
puiffans  de  niefs  &  de  gents  defenfibles  de  gardicr 
le  meer  &  les  coftes  dicell  a  caufe  qe  les  niefs 
biens  &  merchandifes  par  eux  prifez  des  ditz 
enemiz  du  Roy  fount  afcun  foitz  claimez  par  les 
enemys  du  Roy  par  colur  de  faufconducts  nicnt 
duement  purchacez  ne  de  recorde  enroliez  enfy 
qe  les  fubgetz  du  Roy  purrount  aver  notice  de 
eux  et  afcun  foitz  fount  claymez  par  marchantz 
eftraungez  del  amifte  du  Roy  deftre  a  eux  appur- 
tenauntz  par  colour  de  tefmoignfz  meins  verrois 
de  lour  nation  &  par  merches  lettres  &  chartres 
parte  par  eux  countrefaitz  &  per  tielx  provez  fur 
tielx  claimes  fount  reftorez  a  mefmes  les  biens 
&  merchandifes  treflbvent  foitz  prifez  en  niefs 
&  veflelx  appurtenauntz  a  les  enemyes  du  Roy 
&  les  ditz  enemyz  du  Roy  graundement  fount 
enrichez  &  lour  navie  fortement  encrece  &  la 
navie  &  merchandife  du  dit  Roialme  noftre  die 
Seignur  le  Roy  grevoufment  amenufez  &  tielx 
damages  &  i  convenientifez  de  jour  en  autre 
fount  verifemblable  dencrecer  &  avenere  a  dit 
Roialme. 


FIRST,  Whereas  poor  Merchants*  of  the  King*  N";"0r^ 
of  this  Realm  daily  be  robbed   by  the  King's  MAniefs  ?mnn£ 

V •  .,        c  j-'j-  t>-  .from  the  Non- 

Jinemies  upon  the  Sea,  and  in  divers  Rivers  andinro]Iment  ot- 
Ports  within  the  fame  Realm,  of  their  Ships,  Goods,Letters  of  Safe- 
and  Merchandifes,  of  great  Riches,  and  their  Bo-Condua. 
dies  taken  and  imprifoned  with  great  Durefs,  and 
put  to  great  Fines  and  Ranfoms,  and  the  King's 
-poor  Subjects  dwelling  nigh  the  Sea-coafts  taken  out 
of  their  own  Houfes,  with  their  Chattl.s  and  In- 
fants upon  Land,  and  carried  by  the  faid  Enemies 
where  it  pleafe  them  ;  (2)  which  Mifchiefs  come  by 
reafon  that  the  faid  Merchants  be  difcouraged  with.  - 
Force  and  Puiffance  of  Ships,  and  of  People  defen- 
fible,  to  keep  the  Sea  and  the  Coafts  of  the  fame,  . 
for  that  the  Ships,  Goods,  and  Merchandifes  by 
them  taken  from  the  faid  King's  Enemies,  be  fome- 
tirnes  claimed  by  the  King's  Enemies,  by  Colour  of 
Safe  Conducts  not  duly  purchafe.1,  nor  of  Record 
inrolled,.  fo  that  the  King's  Subjects  may  have  No- 
tice of  them,  (3)  and  fometime  be  claimed  by  Mer- 
chants Strangers  of  the  King's  Amity,  to  be  belong- 
ing to  them,  by  Colour  of  falfe  WitnefTes  of  their 
Nation,  and  by  Letters  of  Marque  and  Charters. 
party  by  them  counterfeited,  and  by  fuch  Proofs 
upon  fuch  Claims  be  reftored  to  the  fame  Goods 
and  Merchandifes  often  taken  in  Ships  and  Veffels 
belongii  g  to  the  King's  Enemies,  and  the  faid 
King's  Subjects  put  to  great  Vexation,  and  Lofs  of 
their  own  Goods,  (4.)  whereby  the  faid-  King's 
Enemies  be  greatly  enriched,  and  their  Navy  ftrong- 
ly  increafed,  and  the  Navy  and  Merchandife  of  the 
faid  Realm  of  our  Lord  the  King  greatly  diminifti- 
ed,  and  fuch  Damages  and  Inconveniencies  daily  be 
likely  to  increafe  and  come  to  the  faid  Realm  of  our 
faid  Lord  the  King,  if  fpeedy  Remedy  in  this  Cafe 
be  not  provided : 

II. 


59 


8        C. 


2. 


Anno  viceiimo  Henrici  VI. 


A.D. 


1442. 


All  Utters  of 

no:  inrolled  in 
Chancery,  to  be 
■void. 
18  K.  6.  c.  S. 


Prizes  of  Goods 
or  Merchandifes 
taken  from  the 
King's  Enemies 
not  to  be  re- 
stored, unlefs 
Letters  of  Safe 
Conduct  are  in- 
rolled  before 
their  Apprehen- 
lion, 


Provifo  for  the 
Indempnity  of 
the  Mariners, 
and  the  Proof  of 
tne  Inroliment. 


Fartbtr  provided 

fir  iy   31  H.  6. 


"  II.  Our  fard  Lord  the  King  considering  the  Pre- 
'  miifes,  and  that  if  People  of  the  King's  Amity  be 
'  feared    and   difcouraged    to   freight   the   Ships    and 
'   VefTels  of  the  King's  Enemies  and  Adverfaries,  their 
'  Navy  in  Time  to  come  will  he  decreafed  and  di- 
6  rr.inifhed,  and  the  Navy  of  the  King's  Subjects  and 
'  Friends  increafed  and  inlarged;"  '  by  the  Advice  and 
Aflent  aforefaid,   and  at  the  fpecial  Requeft  of  the 
faid   Commons,    to  efchevv  the  Milchiefs   aforefaid, 
hath  ordained  by  Authority  of  the  faid  Parliament, 
That  all  Letters  of  Safe  Conduct  to  be  granted  to 
the  King's  Enemies  and  Adverfaries,  or  any  other 
People  whatfoever,  fhall  be  inrolled  in  the  Chancery 
of  our  faid  Lord  the  King  of  Record,  before  that 
any  fuch  Letters  fhall  be  in  any  wife  delivered  to 
them  to  whom  the  fame  Letters  fhall  be  granted ; 
(2)  and  that  all  fuch  Letters  of  Safe  Conduct  here- 
after to  be  granted,  not  inrolled  of  Record  in  the 
faid  Chancery,  before  the  Delivery  to  them  to  be 
made  in  the  Manner  as  is  faid,  fhall  be  void,  and  of 
no  Force  nor  Effect. 

"  III.  And  moreover,  if  hereafter  any  Goods  or 
Merchandifes  be  taken  by  the  faid  Subjects  of  our 
Lord  the  King  upon  the  Sea,  or  the  Coafts  of  the 
fame,  charged  in  any  Ship  or  other  Vefiel,  which  is 
belonging  to  the  Enemies  or  Adverfaries  of  our  Lord 
the  King  for  the  time  being,  not  having  fufficient 
Letters  of  Safe  Conduct  inrolled  in  the  Form  afore- 
faid, that  they  which  fo  fhall  take  the  fame  Goods 
and  Merchandiles  fhall  them  enjoy  without  any 
Reftitution  thereof  to  be  made  in  any  wife,  to  what- 
foever Perfon  the  fame  Goods  and  Merchandifes 
fo  taken,  at  the  Time  of  the  taking  of  the  fame,  or 
before,  were  belonging. 

'  IV.  Provided  always,  That  the  Subjects  of  our 
Lord  the  King,  taking  luch  Ships  charged  with  Mer- 
chandifes, not  having  nor  fhewing  fuch  Letters  of 
Safe  Conduct  within  the  fame  Ships  at  the  Time  of 
the  faid  taking,  and  bringing  them  by  Force  to  a 
certain  Port  or  Place  within  the  faid  Realm,  fhall  not  be 
endamaged  in  their  Perfon  nor  Goods  for  fuch  taking, 
if  they  be  ready  to  make  fuJl  Reftitution  of  the  fame 
Ships  and  Merchandifes,  within  reafonable  Time, 
after  that  full  Knowledge  is  made  to  them  of  fufficient 
Letters  of  Safe  Conduct  for  the  fame  Ships  and  Mer- 
chandifes, inrciled  in  the  faid  Chancery  of  Record 
before  the  taking  of  then.  Provided  al fo,  That  this 
Ordinance  fhall  begin  to  hold  his  Force  at  the  Feaft 
of  Saint  Michael  the  Archangel  next  coming.' 

c.  4.  and  confirmed  by  14  Ed.  4.  c.  4. 


Ex  Rot,  in  Turr,  Lond. 
Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  confideraunt  les  pre- 
mifTes  &  qe  fi  gentz  del  amiftee  du  Roy  eient 
pavoire  &  difcorage  daffretter  les  niefs  &  veffelx 
de  les  enemyes  &  adverfaries  du  Roy  lour  navis 
en  temps  avenir  ferra  decreffe  &  amenufe  &  la 
navie  des  fubgitz  &  amyez  du  Roy  encreiTe  & 
enlarge  del  advys  &  aflent  defuifdit  &  a  lefpeciale 
requeft  des  ditz  Communes  pur  efchewer  les  myf- 
chiefs  fuifditz  ad  ordeigne  par  auctorite  du  dit  par- 
lement  qe  toutz  lettres  de  faufconduit  a  graun- 
tierz  a  les  enemys  adverfaries  du  Roy  ou  autre 
gentz  qeconqes  foient  enrollez  en  la  Chauncerie 
du  Roy  de  recorde  avaunt  qe  tielx  lettres  ferrount 
grauntez  et  qe  toutz  tielx  lettres  de  faufconduct 
en  apres  a  grauntiers  nient  enrollez  de  recorde  en 
la  dit  Chauncerie  avaunt  le  livere  a  eux  affaire  en 
la  manere  come  eft  dit  foient  voidez  &  de  null 
force  &  effc-ft. 


Et  enoutre  fi  en  apres  afcuns  biens  ou  mer- 
chandifes foient  prifez  par  les  ditz  fubgitz  du  Roy 
fur  le  meer  ou  les  coftes  dicell  chargez  en  afcun 
nief  ou  autre  veflell  qeft  appurtenaunt  a  les  enemiz 
oil  adverfaries  du  Roy  pur  le  temps  efteauntz  nient 
eiantz  lettres  de  faufconduitz  fuffifauntz  en  la 
fourme  fuifdit  enrolles  qe  ceux  qi  mefmes  les 
biens  &  merchandifes  enfy  prenderount  les  en- 
joyent  faunz  afcun  reftitution  ent  affaire  en  afcun 
manere  a  qeconqe  perfone  mefmes  les  biens  & 
merchandifes  enfy  prifez  al  temps  del  prys  de  ycells 
ou  devauut  furent  appurtenauntz. 


Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  fi  les  ditz  fubgitz  du  Roy 
preignantz  tielx  niefs  chargez  ove  merchandifes 
nient  eiantz  &  monftrantz  tielx  lettres  de  fauf- 
conduit deins  mefmes  les  niefs  al  temps  del  dit 
pris  les  amefnent  par  force  a  itn  certein  port  ou 
lieu  diins  le  dit  Roialme  ne  foient  endamagez  en 
lour  perfon  ne  biens  pur  tielx  prisfils  foient  preftez 
a  faire  plein  reftitution  de  mefmes  les  niefs  & 
merchandifes  dedeins  t^mps  refonable  apres  ceo 
qe  plein  notice  eft  fait  a  eux  de  lettres  de  fauf- 
conduct  fuffifauntz  pur  mefmes  les  niefs  &  mer- 
chandiies  enrollez  en  la  dit  Chauncerie  de  re- 
corde devaunt  le  pris  de  yceux.  Purveu  auxi 
qe  ceft  ordinaunce  comence  a  tenir  fon  force  a 
le  fefte  de  feint  Michell  larchaungell  profchein 
avenir. 


CAP.      II. 

No  Perfon  outlawed  with  in  the  County  of  Lancaftcr  (hall  forfeit  any  Goods  or  Lands  but 

thofe  which  he  hath  in  the  fame  County. 

R-d.  33  H.  6.  rTEM  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  ad  ordeigne  par  lauctorite  defuifdit  qe  null  de  fez  lieges  envers  q'leux 
X  exigent  ferra  agarde  ou  utlagarie  pronuncie  a  le  fuyte  du  Roy  ou  al  fuyte  de  partie  en  temps  avenir  en  le 
countee  de  Lancaftre  forface  afcuns  de  fez  biens  ou  chateux  terres  ou  tenementz  en  afcuns  countees  eiris 
'  tantfoulment  les  biens  &  chateux  terres  &  tenements  queux  les  ditz  uthgez  ou  ceux  envers  queux  tiel  exigent 
6.  ferra  agarde  en-le  dit  countee  de  Lancaftre  ount  en  mefme  le  countee.  Et  qe  par  reafon  dafcum  tiel  utlagarie 
a  le  fuyte  dautre  perfone  pronuncie  deins  le  dit  countee  de  Lancaftre  ne  foient  afcun  forbarre  ne  difable  dafcun 
manere  daction  ne  de  claymer  afcun  manere  de  enheritaunce  hors  de  mefme  le  countee  ne  difable  a  fuer 
chefcun  maner  daction  hors  de  mefme  le  countee  nient  obftant  tiel  utlagarie  fur  luy  pronuncie.  Purveu  toutz 
foitz  qe  leftatuit  fait  Ian  primer  le  Roy  Henry  quart  Aiel  du  dit  Roy  encountre  les  ditz  gentz  de  countee 


F.  X  P. 
0  H.   :.    c. 
i>>  H.  6.  c. 
j  1  H.  6.  c. 


A.  D,  1442 


2—5- 


Anno  vicefimo  Henrici  VI.  C. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
de  Ceftre  qi  fount  as  plufours  lieges  du  Roy  en  diverfe  coantees  dEngleterre  plufours  homicidies  murdres 
robbories  bateries  trefpafles  &  autres  riotris  malefaitz  eftoife  en  fa  force  celle  ordinaunce  nient  obftaunt  et  qe 
iceft  ordinance  endura  jefqe  al  fine  de  fept  ans  profchenunent  enfuantz. 


cap.   nr. 

It  fhall  be  High  Treafon  for  IVelJhmen  to  take  and  carry  away  Englijbmen  or  their  Goods  into- 
Wales,  or  there  to  withhold  them.     See  Appendix. 


599 


CAP.      IV. 

What  Duties  they  (hall  pay  to  the  King  which  carry  Wools  to  any  other  Place  than  to  the 

Staples. 

ITEM  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  a  graunte  &  ordeigne  par  lauctorite  defuifJit  qe  chefcun  merchaunt  dein- 
zein  pur  lains  peaix  Ianutz  &c  elteyne  qe  ferrount  chargez  &  efkippez  en  afcun  galey  carrek  ou  autre 
vefTeall  deftre  amefnez  &  cariez  par  le  mer  par  licence  du  Roy  ou  autrement  as  autres  lieux  &  portez  qe  a 
leftaple  du  Roy  paient  au  Roy  tielx  cuftumes  fubfidies  &  autres  devoirs  come  merchauntz  aliens  &  eftraun- 
gers  paierount  au  Roy  pur  tielx  merchandifes.  Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  cefte  graunte  ou  ordinaunce  ne  foy 
extende  pas  as  afcuns  peribnes  qe  ount  licence  par  les  lettres  patentz  du  Roy  faitz  a  eux  devaunt  «ez  heures 
de  efkipper  carier  ou  amefner  afcuns  lains  pealx  Ianutz  ou  efteine  as  autres  lieux  ou  portz  de  pardela  qe  al 
eftaple  de  Calys  mes  qels  foient  de  cell  ordinaunce  tout  outrement  forfpriz  &  exceptz. 

CAP.     V. 

No  Cuftomer,  &JV.  fhall  have  a  Ship  of  his  own,  ufe  Merchandife,  keep  a  Wharf  or  Inn,  or 

be  a  Factor. 


0  E. 


ITEM  come  al  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  Ian 
de  regne  du  Roi  Henri  le  quart  xj.  ordine  fuift 
&  eftablie  qe  null  home  qi  tient  commune  hof- 
trerie  en  afcun  citee  ou  burgh  diceft  Roialme 
foiet  cuftumer  controullour  ne  fercheour  &  ceo 
pur  efchuer  les  damages  &  prejudices  qi  dent  pur- 
ront  acrefcier  par  le  favour  qe  tielx  communes  hof- 
telers  purroient  &  veudroient  faier  as  marchauntz 
&  as  autres  lour  hoftes  en  lour  offices.  Et  ja- 
tarde  divers  cuftumers  countrollers  &  auxi  fer- 
cheours  countrollours  &  furveiours  des  fercheours 
ount  divers  hommes  pur  eftre  lour  clerkes  deputes 
&  miniftres  en  lour  ditz  offices  des  queux  clerkes  de- 
putes &  miniftres  afcuns  ount  nief.-.  de  lours  propres 
&  afcuns  eux  intromittent  del  frette  des  niefs 
auxint  achatent  &  vtndount  div.rfes  merchaun- 
difes  &  ount  &  occupiount  a  lour  propre  oeps 
diverfe-  wherwes  &  keyes  efteantz  par  les  ripes 
del  ewe  lou  commune  difcharge  des  merchaundife 
eft  eue  en  diverfe  portz  diceft  Roialme  par  qe 
fibien  graunde  deceit  &  damage  journement  acrei- 
cent  au  Roy  de  fez  cuftume  &  fubfidees  come 
graunde  perde  as  marchauntz  repairauntz  a  les 
portz  ou  les  ditz  clerks  deputees  &  miniftris 
occupient  les  ditez  offices  Des  queux  clerks  de- 
putees et  miniftres  auxi  pluifours  teignent  hoftries 
&  tavernes  &  auxi  gardent  wharves  &.  eux  & 
lour  fervitours  fount  factours  &  attournes  pur 
merchauntz  deinfms  &  alLns  par  qe  grandes  da- 
mages &  perdes  journement  accrefcent  au  Roy  en 
fez  cuftume  &  fubfidies  par  le  favour  qe  tielx 
clerkes  deputes  &  mi,  iftres  tieta  hoftries  taverns  & 
wharves  teygnauntz  faci'ent  as  marchauntz  &  as 
autres  lours  hoftes  en  les  ditz  offices  &  pluis 
greindre  damages  eft  fembleable  dent  accrefcier  en 
temp  avenir  ft  haftif  remedie  ne  foient  purvieu. 
Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  voillint  encountre  tielx 
damages  &  perdes  purvoier  de  remedie  en  celt  par- 


c.  JO. 

r.  5. 
•  '3- 


TEM,  Whereas  in  the  Parliament  holden  at  Weft-*  „  h,  4.  c.  1.. 
minjier  the  Eleventh  Year  of  the  Reign  of  King'Thc  Caaft  why 
"  Henry  the  Fourth,   it  was  ordained  and  ftablifhed, a  common  Hoft- 
"  That  no  Man  that  had  a  common  Hoftry.  in  any-^rih'i11  n"be  * 
"  City  or  Borough  of  this-  Realm,  lhall  be  Cuftomer,  troiiei-Tr    °r'" 
"  Controller,   nor   Searcher,  and  that  to  efchew  thesearcher. 
"  Damages  and  Prejudices  which  thereof  may  grow, 
"  by  the  Favour  that  fuch  common  Hoftlers  may  and  \t  ^  I 
"  will  make  to  Merchants,   and  to  other  their  Guefts  1  jj.\, 
"  in  their  Offices  :  (2)  And  now  of  late  divers  Cuftom- 
"  ers,  Controllers,  and  alfo  Searchers,  Controllers,  and 
"  Surveyors  of  Searchers,   have  divers  Perfons  to  be 
"  their  Clerks,  Deputies,  and  Minifters  in  their  faid 
"  Offices,  of  which  Clerks,  Deputies,  and  Minifters,: 
"  fome  have  Ships  of  their  own,  and  fome  of  them 
"  meddle  with  the  Freighting  of  Ships,    and  alio  buy 
"  and  fell  divers  Merchandifes,  and  thereof  occupy  to 
"  their  own  Ufe  divers  Wharfs  and  Keys,  being  by 
"  the  Water's  Sides,  where  common  Difcharge  of  di- 
"  vers  Merchandifes  is   had   in   divers  Ports   of  this 
"  Realm,  by  the  which  as  well  great  Deceit  and  Da- 
"  mages   daily  do  grow  to  the  King  of  his  Cuftoms 
"  and  Subfidies,  as  a  great  Lofs  to  Merchants  repair- 
"  ing  to  the  Ports  where  the  faid  Clerks,  Deputies,. 
"  and  Minifters  *  be  ;   (3)  alfo  many  hold  Hoftries  and  *  occupy  tbt  fa!d 
"  Taverns,  and  alfo  keep  Wharfs,  and  they  and  their offim.  'of  ■.'.)■.  h 
"  Servants  be  Faftors  and  Attornies  forMerchants,  De-  c"'"il>  D'/>"''« 
"  nizens,    and  Aliens,  by  which   great  Damage  and """  MUPri 
"  Lofs  daily  doth  grow  to  the  King  in  his  Cuftoms  and' 
"  Subfidies,    by  Favour  that  fuch  Clerks,  Deputies, 
"  and  Minifters  holding  fuch  Hoftries,  Taverns,   and 
"  Wharfs,  do  to  Merchants  and  to  other  their  Guefts 
"  in  the  faid  Offices,  and  greater  Damage  is  like  thereof 
"  to  grow  in  Time  to  come,   if  fpeedy  Remedy  be 
"'  not  provided  :"  '  (4)  Our  faid  Lord  the  King,  wilt 
'  ling  againft  fuch  Damages  and  Lofles  to  provide  a 
'  Remedy  in  this  Behalf,  hath  ordained  and  eftablifherL 

byy 


6oo       C  6— 8.  Anno  vicdimo  Henri ci  VI.  A.  D.  1442. 

-  Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

'  by  Authority  aforefaid,  That   no  Cuftomer,  Con-     tie  ad    ordeigne   &  eftablie  par  lauctorite   fuifdii 
'  trailer  of  the  Cuftoms,  Clerks,  Deputies,   Minifters,     qe   null  cuftumer  ne   countroller   de   la  cuftume 
'  nor  their  Servants,    Factors,    nor   Searchers,   Con- 
'  trailers  or  Surveyors  of  Searches,  nor  their  Clerks, 

*  Deputies,  Minifters,  or  Factors  {hall  have  any  Ships 
'  of  their  own,  (5)  or  fhaJl  buy  or  fell  by  way  or  by 
"*  colour  of  Merchandife,  (6 )  nor  they  {hall  not  meddle 
1  with  Freighting  of  Ships,  or  have  or  occupy  any 
4  fuch  Wharfs  or  Keys,  (7)  or  fhall  hold  any  Hoftries 
'  or  Taverns,  (8)  or  {hall  be  any  Factors  or  Attornies 
1  for  any  Merchant,  Denizen,  or  Alien,  (9)  nor  fhall 
'  be  Holts  to  any  Merchant  Alien,  (10)  upon  the  Pain 
'  of  xl.  li.  to  be  forfeit  as  often  as  they  do  the  contrary, 

*  that  is  to.  fay,  the  one  Half  to  the  King,  ani  other 
'  Half  to  him  that  will  fue  :in  this  Cafe  againft 
'  any  fuch  Pcrfon  doing  the  contrary.  This  Ordi- 
'  nance  to  begin  at  the  Feaft  of  Saint  Michael  next 

'.S«  31  B.  6.  c.  t  coming.' 

5.  ami  IS  El.  ° 

t,  9.  which  put  Cuflomirs,  <*<;.  under  farther  Rejiriaiom. 

C    A    P.      VI. 

A  Confirmation  for  Ten  Years  of  the  Statute  of  15  Hen.  6.  cap.  2.  touching  the  Tranfpor- 

tation  of  Corn  being  of  certain  Prices. 


clerks  deputes  ou  miniftres  ne  lour  fei  vauntz  ou 
facto  u  rs  ne  fercheours  countrollours  ou  furveiours 
des^  ferches  ne  lours  clerkes  deputes  miniftres  ou 
factours  eient  afcuns  niefs  de  lour  propres  ou  ac- 
chatent  ou  vendent  par  voie  ou  par  colour  de  mer- 
chaundife  ne  eux  entremittent  de  frett  de  niefs  ou 
eient  ou  occupient  afcuns  tielx  wherves  ou  keyes 
ou  teignent  afcuns  hoftries  ou  tavernes  ou  foient 
afcuns.  iadtours  ou  attournes  pur  afcun  marchaunt 
denies  ou  alien  ne  foient  holies  a  afcun  marchaunt 
alien  fur  le  peine  de  xl.  li.  deftre  forfait  fi  fovent 
coment  ils  fount  la  contrarie  ceftaffavoir  lune  moite 
au  Roy  &  a  celuy  qe  voet  fuer  en  ceft  cas  envers 
afcun  del  perfone  faifant  le  contrarie  lautre  moite. 
Ceft  ordinaunce  a  commencer  a  le  felt  de  feint 
Michel]  profchein  avenier. 


'o 


•EXP. 


TEM  come  a  le -parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  Ian  du  regne  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft  xvmc  pur  le 
commune  profit  de  tout  le  Roialme  &  en  efpeciall  pur  les  countes  adjoignantz  a  le  meer  ordeine  fuift 
Sc  eftablie  en  le  fourme  quenfuit.  '  ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  par  la  ley  ordeigne  nul  home  poet  carier  ne  amef- 
'  ner  bles  hors  du  Roialme  dEngleterre  faunz  licence  du  Roy  par  caufe  de  quel  fermours  &  autres 
'  homes  qi  ufent  manourment  de  lour  terre  ne  poent  vendre  lour  blees  fmon  a  baas  price  a  graunde  damage 
4  de  tout  le  Roialme.  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  voillant  en  ceo  cas  purvoier  de  remedie  ad  ordine  par  lau£to- 
'  rite  fuifdit  qe  bene  lirra  a  chefcun  home  efkipper  &  carier  toutz  maners  des  blees  &  graines  hors  de  ceft 
'  Roialme  a  qeconqe  li  u  qe  luy  plerra  forfpris  tantfoulment  a  les  enemys  du  Roy  fy  fovent  &  tant  longement 
*  come  un  quarter  de  frument  nexcede  pas  le  price  de  vj  s.  viij  d.  &  un  quarter  dorge  iij  s.  en  eel  port©  lou 
'  frument  ou  orde  eft  tielment  efkippe  &  ceo  faunz  afcun  licence  fuer  pur  icell  toutz  autres  ordinaunces 
'  avaunt  faitz  encountre  nient  obftantz.  Purveu  toutz  foitz  qs  le  Roy  foit  contente  de  fez  cuftumes  &  de- 
"*  vcirs  &  durra  ceft  ordinaunce  tanq;  al  profchein  parlement.'  Noftre  dit  Seignur  Je  Roy  pur  ceo  qe  ceft 
eftatuit  a  ore  neft  en  fa  force  &  qe  plufours  countees  adjojgnauntz  a  le  mer  ne  poient  vendre  la  futftaunce 
de  lour  bles  fmon  par  cariage  &  amefner  par  le  meer  ad  crdine  par  lauctorite  defuifdit  qe  leftatuit  &  ordi- 
naunce avauntdit  ore  expire  come  defuis  eft  dit  commence  a  tenir  fa  force  a  le  feft  del  Nativite  de  noftre 
Dame  profchement  enfuant  &  endure  apres  icell  feft  jefqs  al  parlement  profchenement  a  tenir  apres  mefme 
le  feft  iffint  qe  un  parlement  foit  tenuz  deins  les  dis  ans  proicheinement  enfnantz  puis  le' commencement 
diceft  prefent  parlement.  Et  fi  null  parlement  foit  tenuz  deins  mefmes  ies  dis  ans  adonqes  qil  endura  jefqes 
al  fyne  de  mefmes  les  x.  ans. 

c  a  p.    vi  r. 

If  any  carry  Merchandifes  into  Wales,  and  after  bring  them  into  England  not  cuftomed,  he 

lhall  forfeit  them. 

V£XP.  TTEM  grauntez  eft  &  ordinez  par  liuEtotite  defuifdit  qe  fi  afcun  en  apres  mefne  afcunz  merchaundifes 
X.  veignauntz  es  parties  de  pardcla  a  afcune  port  6u  lieu  deins  la  terre  de  Gales  &  puis  les  envoia  en  Engle- 
terre  &  illeoqes  les  difchargea  hors  dafcun  nief  ou  veflell  les  cuftumes  &  fubfidies  ent  a  Roy  nient  paiez  ou 
ft  afcun  perfone  en  afcun  des  ditz  portz  &  lieux  en  Gales  efkipa  afcuns  lains  pealx  lanutz  ou  autres  merchan- 
difes del  eftaple  deftre  amefnez  as  parties  de  pardela  nient  cuftumez  ou  le  fubfidie  ent  au  Roy  nient  paiez 
forface  mefmes  les  biens  &  merchaundifes.  Et  qe  le  Roy  eit  fuyt  en  cell  partie  en  le  countee  profchein  ad- 
joignaunt  en  Engleterre  a  le  port  ou  lieu  a  que  tielx  merchaundifes  ferrount  efkippez  ou  amefnez  en  Gales. 
£t  qe  ceft  ordinaunce  endura  tanqe  al  profchin  parlement. 

C  A  P.     VIII. 
In  what  Cafe  the  King's  Purveyors  that  would  take  Cattle,  may  be  refilled. 

"TTEM  ordeignez  eft  par  lauctoritc  defuifdit  qe  les  eftatuitz  devaunt  cez  heures  faitz  des  pourveours  k 
i  achatours  foient  tenuz  &  gardes  &  myz  en  due  execution.  Et  en  cas  qe  afcun  purveour  achatour  ou 
rp?.rnour  voille  preigner  ou  faier  purveance  on  achate  dafcun  chofe  a  le  value  de  xl  s.  ou  dedeins  dafcun 

r  peilbnc 


A.  D.  1442. 


Anno  vicefimo  Henrici  VI. 


C.  9,  10.       601 


Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
perfone  &  ne  face  preft  paiementen  poyn  qe  adonqes  bien  life  a  chefcun  des  lieges  le  Roy  lours  biens  &  cha- 
teux  reteigner  &  tielx  purveours  ou  parnours  refilter  &  en  null  manere  eux  fuffrcr  de  faire' tielx  purveanccs 
achates  ou  prifes.  Et  par  la  peas  meux  a  eftre  garde  qe  chefcun  conftable  tythyngman  ou  chief  plegge  de 
chefcun  ville  ou  hamell  ou  tielx  prifes  ou  purveances  fe  ferront  foient  eidant  &  affiftant  a  1c  polleflour  ou 
vendour  de  tielx  chofes  encountre  la  fourme  de  ceft  ordinance  apprendrez  de  faire  refiftence  en  la  fourme 
fuifdit  en  cas  qe  tielx  conftable  tythyngman  ou  chief  plegge  a  ceo  faire  foit  requiz  fur  peine  de  rendre  a 
la  partie  enfy  greve  la  values  de  chofes  enfy  prifez  ove  fes  damagez  au  double.  Et  qe  null  des  lieges  du  Roy 
foit  myz  en  parde  fyne  raunceon  ou  contempt  ou  endamage  par  le  Roy  ou  par  afcun  de  miniftres  ou  officers 
pur  tielx  reteigners  refiftences  &  non  fufRraunce.  Et  qe  null  des  ditz  miniftres  oil  officers  le  Roy  face 
arcfter  vcxer  ou  empleder  en  la  court  del  Marchalcie  ou  aillours  afcun  des  lieges  pur  tielx  reteigners  ou  non- 
fufferaunce  affaire  fur  peine  de  xx  li.'  a  perdre  lun  moite  de  ceo  al  Roy  &  lautre  moite  a  celuy  qe  voet  en  tiel 
cas  fuer.  Et  qe  les  jufticcs  de  la  peas  en  checun  counte  eient  poer  par  auctorite  de  ceft  ordenaunce  den- 
querer  oier  &  determiner  fibien  al  fuyt  du  Roy  come  de  celuy  qe  voet  fuer  dafcun  chofe  fait  encountre  ceft 
ordenaunce  &  de  ent  faire  due  punifhement  &  execution  &  agarder  damages  a  la  partie  pleintif  quant  afcun 
defendant  ent  foit  duement  convict.  Et  qe  en  checun  action  fur  ceft  ordenaunce  apprendre  chefcun  partie 
defendant  foit  a  ceo  mys  a  refpoundre  faunz  eide  de  Roy.  Et  qe  en  tielx  actions  apprendrez  foit  proceffe 
fait  come  en  brief  de  trefpas  fait  encountre  la  peas.  Et  qe  en  chefcun  commiffion  as  purveours  achatours 
ou  pernours  affaire  foit  ceft  ordenaunce  continue  &  expreife.  Et  en  outre  qe  ceft  ordenaunce  entre  autres 
eftatutzdes  purveours  devaunt  ces  heurez  faitz  foient  maundez  en  chefcun  counte  dEngleterre  as  vifcountz 
de  ceux  purclaymer  les  ditz  ordenaunces  &  eftatutz  en  les  fourme  &  manere  contenuz  en  leftatuit  des  pur- 
veours &  achatours  fait  Ian  du  regne  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  primer  fur  peine  contenuz  en  mefme  lefta- 
tuit. Et  outre  ceo  le  Roy  voet  &  commaunde  qe  leftatuit  fait  Ian  xxxyjc.  du  Roy  Edward  jadys  Roy 
dEngleterre  tierce  apres  le  conqueft  toucheant  purveours  dautres  perfones  qe  de  Roy  foit  mys  en  due 
execution. 

c.  24.  but  fee  13  Car.  2.  fiat.  1.  c.  8,     13  Gy  14  Car,  2.  c,  20.  and  like-wife  the  yearly 


36  Ed.  3.  c.  ( 
I  H.  6.  c.  2. 


2  H,  4.  c.  14. 
Obf.by  12  Car.  z. 
Mutiny  Aits. 


C    A 

Tlie  Order  of  Trial  of  Countefies 

TEM  cdme  contenue  foit  en  laGraundeChartre. 
_  entre  autres  en  la  fourme  qenfuyt :  '  Nullus  liber' 
'  r.omo  capiatur  aut  i  lp  ifi  netur  aut  diileifiatur  de 
1  libero  teriemento  fuo  aut  libertatibus  aut  liberis 
'  confuetudinibus  fuis  aut  utlagetur  aut  exulet  aut 
'  aliquo  modo  deftruatur  nee  fuper  cum  mittemus 
'  nee  fuper  eum  ibimus  nil!  per  legale  judicium  pa- 
'  rium  fuorum  vel  per  legem  terre.'  En  quele  ef- 
tatuit  neft  my  mention  fait  coment  femmes  dames 
de  graunde  eftate  par  caufe  de  lour  barons  peres 
de  la  terre  covertez  ou  foulez  ceftafiaver  Ducheffes 
Countefies  ou  Baroneffes  ferront  mys  a  refponder 
ou  devaunt  queux  Juges  els  ferront  juggez  fur  en- 
ditementz  de  tref<  ns  ou  felonies  par  eux  faitz  a 
caufe  de  quell  il  eft  une  ambiguite  &  doute  en  la 
ley  devaunt  queux  &  par  queux  tielx  dames  iffint 
enditez  ferront  myfez  a  refpondre  &  eftre  adjuggez. 
Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  voillarit  ouftier  tielx 
ambiguitees  &  doutes  ad  declare  par  lauftorite  de- 
fuifdit  qe  tielx  dames  iffint  enditez  ou  en  apres  a 
enditerz  de  afcun  trefon  ou  felonie  par  eux  faitz  ou 
en  apres  affai;ez  coment  qe  eles  foient  covertez  de 
Baron  ou  foules  qe  eles  ent  foient  mefnez  en  ref- 
ponfe  &  mys  a  refpondre  &  adjuggez  devaunt  tielx 
Jugges  &  peres  de  le  Roialme  ucorne  autres  peres 
de  le  Roialme  ferroient  fils  fuiffent  enditez  ou  em- 
pefchez  de  tielx  trefons  ou  felonies  faitz  ou  en 
apres  affairez  &  en  autiel  maner  &  fourme  &  en 
null  autre. 


P.      IX. 

,  cifV.  being  indicted  of  Treafon,  &c. 

TEM,  Whereas  it  is  contained  in  the  Great Ma8na Chart* 
Charter,  amongft  other  Things,  in  the  Formc'lp-  29' 
"  which  followeth  :  No  Freeman  fhall  be  taken  or  im- 
"  prifoned,  or  diffeifed  of  his  Freehold,  or  his  Liber- 
"  ties,  or  free  Cuftoms,  or  fhall  be  outlawed  or  banifh- 
"  ed,  or  in  any  wife  deftroyed,  nor  We  will  go  upon 
"  him,  nor  fend  upon  him,  but  by  the  lawful  Judge - 
"  ment  of  his  Peers,  or  by  the  Law  of  the  Land;  (2) 
"  in  which  Statute  is  no  Mention  made  how  Women, 
"  Ladies  of  great  Eftate,  in  refpect  to  their  Hufbands, 
"  Peers  of  .the  Land,  married  or  fole,  that  is  to  fay, 
"  Ducheffes,  Countefies,  or  Baronefies,  fhall  be  put  to 
"  anfwer,  or  before  what  Judges  that  they  fhall  be 
"  judged  upon  Indictments  of  Treafons,  or  Felonies 
"  by  them  committed  or  done,  in  Regard  whereof  it  is 
"  a  Doubt  in  the  Law  of  England,  before  whom,  and 
'  by  whom  fuch  Ladies  fo  indicted  fhall  be  put  to  an- 
"  fwer,  and  be  judged  ;."  '  (3)  our  faid  Lord  the  King,:600, 
'  willing  to  put  out  fuch  Ambiguities  and  Doubts,  hath 
'  declared,  by  Authority  aforesaid,  That  fuch  Ladies 
'  fo  indicted,  or  hereafter  to  be  indicted,  of  any  Trea- 
'  fon  or  Felony  by  them  done,  or  hereafter  to  be 
'  done,  whether  they  be  married  or  fole,  that  they 
'  thereof  fhall  be  brought  to  an  fwer,  and  put  to  an- 
'  fwer,  and  judged  before  fuch  Judges  and  Peers  of  the 
'  Realm,  as*  Peers  of  the  Realm  fhould  be,  if  they* 
'  were  indicted  or  impeached  of  fuch  Treafons  or  Felo- 
'  nies  done,  or  hereafter  to  be  done,  and  in  like  Manner 
'  and  Form,  and  none  otherwife.' 


5j. 


ii   stbir 


CAP.      X. 

Four  Wardens  of  the  Worried  Weavers  of  Norwich  appointed  yearly  to  infpect  and  regulate 
the  Worded  in  that  City,  and  two  in  Norfolk.  The  Length  and  Breadth  of  all  Sorts  of 
Worfteds  made  in  Norwich  and  Norfolk  affigned.  , 

ITEM  come  fjbien  en  la  citee  de  Norwich  come  en  le  countee  de  NorfP  foient  divers  perfones  les  queux  „\?f' 
facent  faux  draps  de  toutz  maners  worftedes  nient  efteantes  des  affifes  en  longcure  &  laeure  ficome  HsVej'  ?'  ''1 
e"te  doient  &  furent  dauncien  temps  accuftumez  &  les  flayes  &  file  fpedtantz  a  icell  nism  droitment  foient 
Vol.  I.  Hhhh  faitz 


6o2        C.  ii.  Anno  vicefimo  Henri ci  VI.  A.  D.  1442. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
faitz  Si  overez  en  graunde  deceit  fibien  des  deinfms  du  Roy  come  deles  eftraungiers  repairantz  a  iceftRoi- 
alme  les  queux  achatent  &  ufent  tiel  merchaundife  confiantz  qil  ferront  dedeins  come  il  monftre  dehors  lou 
de  verite  il  eft  contrarie  &  lou  worfted  fuift  afcun  temps  bele  merchandife  &  graundement  defire  &  amee 
en  les  parties  de  pardela  ore  par  la  caufe  qil  eft  de  faux  overaigne  &  de  faux  ftuffe  null  home  ent  face  counte 
le  quell  eft  graunde  damage  a  les  cuftumes  du  Roy  &  graunde  damage  &  prejudice  a  le  foiall  liege  poeple 
du  Roy.  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  voillant  encountre  tielx  damages  &  prejudice  purvoire  de  remedie  en 
ceft  partie  ad  ordeigne  par  lauctorite  defuifdit  qe  hommes  del  art  de  teftours  de  worftede  deins  la  dit  citee 
eient  poiare  chefcun  an  a  le  fefte  de  Pentecofte  de  eflier  quatres  gardeins  deins  la  dite  citee  de  mefme  la  art  & 
icelles  gardeins  daver  poiar  de  eflier  autres  deux  homes  de  mefme  la  art  en  le  dit  countee  hors  du  dit  citee  Sc 
toutz  icelles  gardeins  de  vener  devaunt  le  maire  du  dit  citee  pur  le  temps  efteant  le  lundy  apres  le  jour  de 
Corpus  Chritti  adonqes  profchen  enfuant  &  illeofqes  deftre  jurrez  devaunt  le  dit  maire  de  faire  droit  &  due 
fcrche  de  toutz  maners  worftedes  &  de  la  ftufr"  fpectantz  a  icelle  faitz  ou  affaires  deins  la  dit  citte  ou  countee 
&  qe  chefcun  pece  de  worfted  foit  purfuant  parmy  tout  le  drap  de  droit  overaigne  &  bone  &  covenable  ftuff  & 
qils  teignent  les  longeure  &  laeure  ficome  laffife  ad  efte  dauncien  temps  droitement  accuftume  ceftaffavoir 
beddes  de  le  pluis  graunde  afTife  en  longeure  xiiij.  alnes  largement  &  en  laeure  iiij.  alnes  largement  parmy 
tout  le  pece  &  beddes  de  la  mene  ailife  xij.  alnes  en  longeur  et  laeur  parmy  tout  le  pece  iij.  alnes  &  beddes 
de  la  pluis  petit  affife  x.  alnes  en  longeure  largement  &  ij.  alnes  &  dimi'  en  laeure  &  draps  appelles  Monkes 
clothes  xij.  alnes  en  longeure  a  le  meins  &  v.  quarters  en  laeure  &  drapes  appelles  chanon  clothes  v.  alnes  en 
longeure  &  vij.  quarters  en  laeure  &  drapes  appelles  clothes  vj.  alnes  en  longeure  &  ij.  alnes  en  laeure  &  dou- 
ble worfted  x.  alnes  en  longeure  &  v.  quarters  en  laeur  largement  &  dimi  dubles  vj.  alnes  en  longeure  &c  v. 
quarters  en  laeure  &  rolle  worfted  xxx.  alnes  en  longeure  dimi  alne  en  laeure  largement  &  qe  en  null  de 
'icells  worftedes  foyt  mys  lain  de  aignell  ne  lain  appelle  pell-wolle  &  qe  les  gardeyns  de  la  dit  arte  pur  le 
temps  efteantz  eient  poaire  &  audlorite  de  feifer  toutz  tielx  draps  &  ftuffe  iffint  trovez  defeftifs  &  qe  le  maire 
du  dit  citee  pur  le  temps  efteant  eit  poiar  par  la  dit  aucStorite  denquerer  oier  &  determiner  taunt  a  le  fuyte 
du  Roy  come  al  information  de  lez  ditz  gardeins  de  toutz  ceux  qi  fount  le  contrarie  diceft  ordenaunce  deinz 
la  dit  citee  &  enfemblable  les  juftices  de  la  peas  en  ledit  countee  hors  du  dit  citee  eient  poiar  denquerer  oier 
et  terminer  de  toutz  iceux  qi  fount  encountre  lez  premiffez  en  le  dit  counte  hors  du  dit  citee  &  fi  afcun  home 
ent  devaunt  le  dit  maire  ou  juftice  de  la  peas  foit  duement  convi£t  &  attaint  qe  adonqes  icells  worftedes  & 
ftuffe  iffint  trovez  defeitifs  foient  forfaitz  ceftaffavoire  lune  moite  de  tiel  forfaiture  au  Roy  &  lautre  moite  a 
les  gardeins  pur  le  temps  efteantz  du  dit  arte  &  qe  le  maier  pur  le  temps  efteant  du  dit  citte  &  les  juftices  de 
la  peas  en  le  dit  countee  eient  poaire  de  faire  tiel  proceffe  feveralment  envers  tiel  perfone  ou  perfones  qe 
ferront  trovez  defeiStlfs  par  enquerre  devaunt  eux  a  eftre  priz  de  afcun  chofe  fait  encountre  les  premiffes 
come  les  juftices  du  Roy  du  peas  fount  fur  enditementz  priz  devaunt  eux  de  trefpas  fait  ove  force  &  armes 
encountre  la  peas  du  Roy.  Et  qe  ceft  ordinaunce  commence  a  prendre  effect:  a  le  feft  de  Seint  Mi- 
chell  profchen  avener  &  qil  endura  jefqes  al  fine  de  trois  ans  profchen  enfuantz  apres  mefme  le  feft  de  Seint 
Michell. 

CAP.      XI. 

A  Repeal  of  fo  much  of  the  Statute  of  2  He  n.  5.  Stat.  1.  cap.  6.  as  maketh  the  breaking  of 

Truce  and  Safe  Conduces  High  Treafon. 

S  X  P.  TTEM  come  ordeigne  foit  &  declare  par  eftatuit  fait  Ian  du  regne  le  Roy  Henry  le  quint  pier  noftre  Seig- 
JL  nur  le  Roy  qoreft  feconde  pur  ceo  qe  devaunt  le  dit  ordinaunce  divers  gentz  compriz  deins  les  treues  ii- 
bien  faitz  par  le  dit  nadgairs  Roy  come  par  le  Roy  qoreft  &  auxi  autres  divers  eiantz  faufconduitz  fibien  de 
dit  nadgairs  Roy  Henry  le  quint  come  du  dit  nadgairs  Roy  Henry  le  quart  ount  efte  afcuns  tuez  afcune 
robbes  &  difpoillez  par  les  lieges  &  fubgitz  du  Roy  fibien  fur  le  haut  mer  come  deins  les  portz  &  coftes  da 
meer  dEngliterre  dlrland  &  de  Gales  parount  les  ditz  treues  &  faufconduclz  ount  efte  rumpes  &  offenduz  a 
graund  diihonour  &  difclaundre  du  Roy  &  encountre  fa  dignite  &  les  ditz  tuers  des  hommes  robbours  fpoil- 
lours  &  offendours  de  les  ditz  treues  &  faufconduitz  du  Roy  come  defuis  eft  declare  ount  eftez  par  diverfez 
lieges  &  fubgietz  du  Roy  deins  les  coftis  de  divers  countees  recettz  abetiez  &  procurez  counfeilles  lowez 
fuftenuz  &  maintenuz  qe  tiels  tuerie  robberie  efpoillerie  rumperie  des  trieux  &  faufconduclz  du  Roy  &  vo- 
luntariez  receit  abettement  procurement  counfell  lower  fuftenaunce  &  maintenaunce  de  tiels  perfones  affairez 
en  temps  avenire  par  afcuns  des  liegez  &  fubgitz  du  Roy  deins  le  Roialme  dEngliterre  dlrland  &  de  Gales 
ou  fur  le  haut  meer  foient  ajuggez  &  determinez  pur  haut  trefon  fait  encountre  la  corone  &  dignite  du  Roy. 
Et  pur  ceo  qe  les  paynes  contenuz  &  efpecifiez  en  le  ftatuit  avauntdit  fount  fy  rigorous  &  grevous  envers  les 
lieges  &  fubgiets  du  Roy  &  eux  fi  ftraitment  lient  qe  les  adverfaries  enemyz  du  Roy  de  faire  guerre  devers  eux 
fount  graundement  enbeaudez  &  comfortez  &  plufours  des  lieges  &  fubgiets  du  Roy  auxibien  fur  le  meer  & 
coftes  du  meer  come  en  les  marches  du  Roialme  dEngliterre  fovent  ount  efte  afcuns  difrobbez  &  difpoillez  & 
afcuns  tuez  parount  plufours  des  lieges  du  Roy  enhabitantz  en  marches  &  coftes  fuifditz  fount  graundement 
anientifez  &  empoverifez  &  en  point  deftre  finalment  deftruez  &  les  merchauntz  &  mariners  du  Roy  du  paf- 
fer  fur  le  meer  ove  lour  niefs  &  veffelx  ove  lour  merchaundifez  ou  autrement  en  faire  de  guerre  pur  faufgard 
du  meer  fount  graundement  ent  difcoragez  &  ent  enbasfhez  &  la  naveie  du  Roialme  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy 
en  point  deftre  deftruez  &  les  marchauntz  du  Roy  du  faire  ou  renoveller  afcuns  niefs  ou  veffelx  toutoutrement 
difcomfortz  al  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  xe  jour  dOftobr'  Ian  de  regne  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft 
xiiij me  le  penalte  juggement  &  determination  en  mefme  leftatuit  contenuz  fuift  myz  en  fufpens  &  re/pite  pur 
2  vij* 


A.  D.  1442. 


Anno  vicefimo  Henrici  VI. 


C. 


ii. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Tiirr.  Lond. 
vij.  ans  adonqes  profchen  enfuantz  come  par  leftatuit  ent  fait  en  mefme  le  parlement  pleinementappiertmef- 
me  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft  confiderant  lez  premiffez  &  qe  le  dit  temps  de  vij.  ans  eft  bien  pres  pane  ad 
ordeigne  par  au£torite  fuifdit  qe  null  de  fez  liegez  &  fubgitez  par  force  du  dit  eftatuit  pur  null  chofe  par  luy 
attempts  fait  on  affaire  en  apres  encountre  la  fourme  &  tenour  del  dit  eftatuit  quant  a  le  dit  peyne  de  trefon 
foit  en  afcun  maner  punisfhe  molefte  ou  greve  ne  null  peyne  encourge  pur  ycell  autrement  qil  duift  devaunt  le 
faifaunce  del  dit  eftatut  einz  qil  fez  heirez  &  executours  de  toutz  paynes  &  forfaitz  de  trefon  a  caufe  de  le 
dit  eftatut  envers  le  Roy  fez  heirez  &  fucceffours  foit  toutoutrement  quitez  &  difchargez  &  qe  ceft  orde- 
naunce  endura  tanqe  al  profchen  parlement, 

CAP.     XII. 

A  Reformation  of  the  Partition  of  Money  arifing  by  the  Sale  of  Woolls  and  Woollfels  by  the 
Mayor  and  Conftable  of  Calais,  ordered  for  feven  Years.     See  Appendix. 


603 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,    Anno  23  Hen.  VI.  and  Anno 

Dom.   1444. 


Cotton  MS.  Nero,  C.  r. 
i  N  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  xxv  jour 
de  Feverer  Ian  du  reigne  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roi  Henry  le  vi,  apres  le  conqueft  xxiii. 
mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  del  advys  et  affent 
de  les  Seignurs  efpirituelx  et  temporelx  et  les  Com- 
munes efteantz  en  le  dit  parlement  et  par  auftorite 
de  mefme  le  parlement,  fift  ordeigner  et  eftablier 
diverfez  ordeignauncez  et  eftatutz  en  le  maner  ct 
fourme  que  enfuift. 


AT  the  Parliament  holden  at  Weftminfter  the 
Twenty  fifth  Day  of  February,  the  Twenty 
third  Year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Henry 
the  Sixth  after  the  Conqueft,  the  fame  our  Lord  the 
King,  by  the  Advice  and  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spi- 
ritual and  Temporal,  and  the  Commons  being  in 
the  faid  Parliament,  by  the  Authority  of  the  fame 
Parliament,  made  to  be  ordained  and  ftablifned  di- 
vers Ordinances  and  Statutes  in  the  Manner  and 
Form  following." 


CAP.      I. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  36  Edw.  3.  fiat.  1.  c. 

King's  Purveyors. 


2.  and  other  Statutes, 


touching  the 


PRimerement  come  en  le  parlement  tenuz  Ian  xxxvi.  le  Roy  E.  le  tierce,  fur  lez  grevous  compleintz  faitz36^d'  l-f>>if- 
fur  purveours  dez  vitailles,  eftoit  ordeigne  et  eftablie,  que  null  home  dicelt  Roialme  averoit  pris,c-  2* 
forfque  foulement  le  Roi  et  la  Roigne  fa  compaigne  ;  Et  que  fur  tielx  purveauncez  affairs  pur  lez  hoftielx 
le  Roy  et  la  Roigne,  ferroit  preft  paiement  fait  en  poigne,  fcilicet  le  price  pur  quele  autielx  vitailles  fer- 
roient  venduz  communement  en  marchez  environ.  Et  qe  lez  heinous  nouns  dez  purveiours  ferroient 
chaungez  et  nommez  achatours  ;  et  ft  lachatour  ne  purroit  bonement  accorder  ove  le  vendour  de  ceo  que 
bufoigneroit,  adonques  lez  prifez  que  fe  ferroient  pur  lez  ditz  deux  hoftielx  ferroient  faitz  per  viewe  et  tef- 
moignaunce  et  appreciation  dez  Seignurs  ou  Baillifs  et  Conftablez  et  quatrez  prodez  hommez  de  chefcun 
ville,  et  ceo  per  endenture  affaire  per  entre  lez  achatours  et  lez  ditz  Seignurs  ou  Baillifs  Conftablez  ou  quatre 
hommez,  conteignauntz  le  quantite  de  lour  prife,  et  la  price,  et  de  lez  queux  perfonez.  Et  que  lez  prifez 
ferroient  faitz  en  covenable  &  eafe  manere,  faunz  duras,  reddour,  manaffe,  ou  autre  vilanie.  Et  que  lez 
prifez  et  achatez  ferroient  faitz  en  lieux  et  placez  ou  greindre  pleinte  y  ad,  et  ceo  en  temps  covenable.  £t 
que  pluis  ne  ferroit  prife,  que  ne  buibigne  en  fa  feafon  pur  lez  ditz  hoftielx.  Et  que  la  nombre  dez  ditz 
achatours  ferroient  amenufez  en  taunt  come  homme  purra  bonement.  Et  que  tielx  ferroient  achatours,  que 
ferroient  fufficeantz  de  refpondre  a  Roi  et  a  poeple.  Et  que  null  de  eux  averoit  depute.  Et  que  lez  Com- 
miffions ferroient  enfealez  du  graund  feal  et  chefcune  di.  an  reftituitz  en  la  Chauncerie,  et  autres  de  novelle 
faitz,  et  qe  en  lez  ditz  Commiffions  ferrount  comprifez  tout  la  matier  et  manere  de  lour  prifez  et  achatez, 
Et  que  null  homme  ferroit  tenuz  dobeier  as  achatours  dautres  Seignurs  countre  lour  gree  et  voluntee  ;  ne 
lez  achatours  dez  ditz  hoftielx,  fils  ne  firent  preft  paiement  en  poigne,  come  devaunt  eft  dit.  Ne  que  null 
homme  ferroit  mys  en  contempt  pur  caufe  de  difobeifaunce  faite  en  tiel  partie.  Et  que  lez  prifez  dez  toutz 
maiiers  dez  blees  &  brees  pur  lez  ditz  deux  hoftielx  ferroient  mefurez  per  mefure  accordaunt  al  eftandard, 
rafe  et  nient  comble.  Et  que  pur  lez  cariagez  dez  ditz  bleez  et  breez,  et  pur  toutz  autres  maners  dez  pri-4  ^-  3<  c-  3- 
fez  et  achatez  affairez  pur  lez  ditz  deux  hoftielx,  ferroit  preft  paiement  fait  en  poigne  en  mefme  la  manere  25  EJ-  3* 
corne  pur  prifez  et  achatz  fuifditz.  Et  que  pluis  de  cariage  ne  ferroit  pris,  que  ne  bufoigne,  et  ferroit  ne-c"  * 
ceffarie  en  cell  partie.  Et  fi  null  achatour  face  afcuns  prifez,  ou  achatez,  ou  pernour  de  cariage,  en  autre 
manere,  que  netf.  comprife  deinz  lour  Commiffions,  averoit  punifhement  de  vie  &  de  membre,  come  en 
autre  eftatut  eft  ordeigne  dez  purveiours.  Item  que  null  achatour  dez  vitaillez,  ne  pernour  de  cariage, 
preigne  ne  refceive  de  nulluy  don  ne  autre  bienfait  pur  difporte  faire,  ne  charge  ne  greve  null  homme  pur 

H  h  h  h  2  caufe 


fat.  5. 


604       C.  2 j  2"  Anno  vicefimo  tertio  Henrici  VI.  A.  D.  1444. 

Cotton  MS. 
caufe  dez  ditz  prifez  achatez  et  cariage?,  pur  haiour,  enemyte,  male  volunte,  &  procurement :  et  fil  face, 
et  de  ceo  ferroit  atteint  al  fuite  de  partie ;  rendra  a  la  partie  fez  damages  a  treble,  et  averoit  la  prifone  de 
deux  ans,  et  ferroit  reint  a  la  volunte  le  Roi,  et  puis  forjure  la  Court.  Et  fi  la  partie  ne  verroit  fuer,  ave- 
roit celluy  que  le  voudra  fuer  pur  le  Roi  le  tierce  denier  de  ceo  que  ferra  recovere  pur  fon  travaille,  et  nient- 
meyns  averoit  lachatour  et  pernour  la  penaunce  come  devaunt  eft  dit  en  mefme  cell  article.  Et  que  chef- 
cune  achatour  fur  fon  accompt  ferroit  declarer  et  diftinguer  feveralment  toutz  fes  prifez  &  achatez  de  chef- 
The  former  Sta-Cune  Countee  ville  et  perfone.  Et  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft,  confiderant  lez  premifTez,  ad  ordeigne 
u  cs  0      "'^y-gj;  commaunde,  per  lautStorite  de  fon  dit  Parlement,  qe  lez  ditz  eftatutz  defore  enavaunt  foient  duement 

ors  confirmed.  '    r  ,  11^  r         1        n      •  1      ,-  ■ 

gardez,  et  mys  en  execution      .Lt  ouftre  ceo  ad  ordeigne  per  meime  lauctonte,  que  cheicune  purveiour  et 

Purveyors  to  be  achatour,  devaunt  qil  eit  afcun  Commiffion,  terra  ferement  en  la  Chauncerie,  qil  ne  prendra  rien  de  la  poe- 

fworn.  pje  a  contrarie  dez  t|itz  ordeignauncez.     Et  ouftre,  pur  ceo  que  lez  povers  gentz  ne  fcunt  de  power,  ne 

ne  ofent,  faire  refiftence  envers  lez  di  z  purveiours  et  achatours,   ne  eux  fuer  per  la  ley,    coment  qils 

wrho  ™3l  "f"     fount  a  contrarie  as  ditz  eftatutz;  ad  ordeigne  per  mefme  lauftorite,  que  lez  ditz  appreifours,  et  auxint 

orsaftine  iik-'V  tout  'a  vl^e  ou  villez  adjoignauntz,  ft  bufoigne  foit,  foient  tenuz  de  faire  lour  devoir  et  poier,  de  refifter 

gaily.  lez  ditz  achatours  et  purveiours,  a  faire  a  contrarie  de  lez  ditz  eftatutz,  e»t  en  tant  come  en  eux  eft,  dexe- 

r  cuter  lez  ditz  eftatutz  fur  mefmez  lez  purveiours,  fils  foient  requis.     Et  que  celluy  que  eft  greve  de  fes 

,°  ,e  ;'a.u  e' biens  prifez,  a  contrarie  dez  ditz  ordeisrnauncez  et  eftatutz,  purra  eflier  davoir  acuon  de  dette  envers  lez 

jnedies  Mr  the        ,.  r         .  /  .,,  ...  ,      P  .  'rr  ...  rn  ,  ,. 

Party  wronged   'ditz  appreilours  vine  ou  villez,  et  cheicune  de  eux,  que  ne  fount  lour  devoir  en  reiiitence  dez  ditz  pur- 
by  the  Purveyors,  veiours  ou  achatours  en  la  fourme  avauntdit  quant  ils  fount  requis,  ou  autrement  envers  lez  ditz  pur- 
veiours et  achatours  et  chefcune  de  eux,  a  recoverer  le  treble  value  de  fez  biens  iffint  prifez,  et  ouftre  ceo 
fez  coftagez  et  damages  as  treblez.     Et  ft  afcun  purveiour  ou  autre  Officer  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi  face  trou- 
bler  ou  vexer  en  le  Marchalfie  ou  aillours  afcuns  dez  lieges  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi,  per  afcun  manere 
fuggeftion,  caufe  feyne,  ymagine  ou  colour  fur  eux,  a  caufe  dexecution  dez  ditz  ordeignauncez;   encourge 
la  peyne  de  xx.  li.  a  paier  a  la  partie  greve,  ouftre  fez  damages  et  coftagez  en  celle  partie  fufteignez ;    et 
qil  avera  fur  ceo  briefe  de  dette.     Et  que  chefcune  iflue  triable  en  ceft  aclion  ferra  trie  en  le  Countee  ou  le 
prife  dez  ditz  biens  foy  fift.     Et  que  lez  defendauntz  en  toutz  lez  ditz  cafez  ne  foient  admys  de  gager  lour 
ley.     Et  foient  mys  a  refpons  faunz  fourcher.     Et  que  effoin,  eide  du  Roi,  ne  protection  a  eux  foit  allowe. 
Et  que  le  fergeaunt  de  lacaterie  fatisfiera  toutz  lez  damages  dettez  et  executions  queux  ferrount  reco- 
The  Serjeant  of  verez  vers  chefcune  purveiour  et  achatour  defouth  luy  en  toutz  lez  cafez  fuifditz,  en  cas  que  le  purveiour 
the  Catery  ftall  ou  acnatour  ne  foient  fufneient  de  fatisfier.     Et  ait  la  partie  pleignaunt  fcire  facias  daver  execution  vers  le 
air  wer  or  t  e    dit  Sergeant  en  ceo  car,  et  que  ceftz  ordiesrnauncez  et  eftatuitz  foient  mys  as  lez  iuftices  de  la  peas  en 

Damages,  (Sc.  oi     .      r      *>   „  j  1  i_    r  1  c  11 

his  inferior  Pur-  cnelcun  Countee,  de  eux  proclaymer  cnelcune  an,  et  dent  enrourmer  ie  poeple. 

veyors.     ObJ.  by  12  Car,  2.  c.  24.    But  fee  13  Car.  z.Jlat.  1.  c,  8.     13  &  14  Car.  2.  c.  20,  and  aljo  the  yearly  Mutiny  A£is. 

CAP.      II. 

Whoever  fhall  pack  or  fhip  Thrums  or  Threads  to  pafs  beyond  the  Seas,  during  Three  Years 
next  coming,  fhall  forfeit  the  fame,  or  the  Value. 

EXP.  ITEM  noftre  dit  Seignur  Ie  Roi  ad  ordeigne  per  lauftorite  defuifdit,  que  nulle  homme  enapres.  face 
8  H.  6.  c.  23.  _|_  pakker  ne  efkipper  afcuns  thrommez,  ne  hlez  de  leyn,  en  afcune  manere  deftre  euez,  ou  de  palTer  hors 
de  fon  Roialme  Dengleterre  douftre  la  mear,  durant  le  terme  de  trois  ans  profcheinement  enfuantz,  fur  peyn 
de  forfeiture  dez  mefmez  lez  thrommes  et  file  de  layn,  ou  le  veray  value  dicelle,  a  Roi,  le  Roi  davoir  lune 
inoite  de  ceo,  et  celluy  que  efpiera,  trovera,  ou.provera,  ceo  forfeitable,  davoir  lautre  moite,  et  que  celluy 
que  pakka  a  efkipper  douftre  la  mear  afcuns  tielx  thrommez  ou  file  de  laine  enapres  a  contrarie  diceft  or- 
deignaunce  eit  emprifonement  dun  an,  et  ouftre  ceo  face  a  Roy  fyn  et  raunfon  pur  fa  ofFenfe  en  ceft  par- 
tie  ;  Sauvant  toutz  foitz  a  Roi  fon  avauntage  per  leftatuit  fait  en  le  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  Ian  oeptifme 
de  fon  noble  reigne  touchant  ceft  matier. 

CAP.     IIL 

Four  Wardens  of  Worfted  Weavers  fhall  be  chofen  yearly  during  Three  Years  next  coming, 
within  the  City  of  Norwich^  and  other  Four  within  the  County  of  Norfolk,  which  fhall  fee 
down  Orders  for  the  true  making  of  Worfteds  within  Norwich,  and  Norfolk,  and  Suffolk. 

EXP.  ITEM  come  en  le  darrein  parlement  du  Roy  tenuz  a  Weftm'  enter  autres  fuift  ena<Sez  &  graunte  per 
id  H.  6.  c.  10.  J_  lauc"i:orite  de  mefme  le  parlement,  que  lou  furent  fibien  deinz  la  citee  de  Norwich,  come  deinz  le  countee 
7  Ed.  4.  c.  1,  fjeNorfP5  diverfez  perfonez  qui  firent  faux  overeigne  dez  toutz  manerez  dez  worftedez,  nient  efteantz  de 
laiTifez  en  longieure  et  laieure,  ficome  ils  duiflent  eftre,  &  furent  dauncien  temps  accuftumez  ;  et  lez  flaiez  et 
filez  a  ceo  fpedtantz  fauxement  furent  faitz  et  overez,  en  graunde  difceit  fibien  dez  deinzeins  co;r.e  dez 
eftraungc-z  repairantz  a  iceic  Roialme,  que  ufoient  dachatier  tielx  merchaundifez,  confiantz  qils  ferroient  de- 
deinz  come  il  monftra  dehors,  lou  de  verite  il  fuift  contrarie  ;  Et  lou  worftedez  furent  en  afcun  temps  beal 
marchaundife,  et  graundement  defirez,  et  ameez  en  les'  partez  de  pardela,  pur  caufe  qil  fuift  de  faux  ove- 
raigne  et  de  faux  ftuffe  null  homme  ent  face  conte,  a  graund  damage  de  lez  cuftumes  du  Roy,  et  graund 
damage  et  prejudice  a  fon  foial  poeple  :  que  a  la  deftrudtion  dez  tielx  defaultz,  que  lez  hommez  de  la  dit 
art  de  la  dit  citee  averoient  poiar,  chefcun  an  a  le  fefte  de  Pentecoft,  deflier  quatre  Gardeinz  deinz  le  dit 

cite-i 


A,  D.  1444.  Anno  vicefimo  tertio  Henrici  VI.  C.  3.        605 

Cotton  MS. 
citee  de  mefme  lart,  et  icclles  Gardeins  davoir  poiar  deflier  autres  deux  hommes  en  le  dit  countce  hors  de 
la  dit  citee,  et  toutz  les  Gardeins  de  venir  devaunt  le  Mair  de  la  dit  citee  pur  le  temps  efteant  le  lundy  aprea 
le  jour  de  Corpus  Chrifti  adonqes  profchein  enfuant,  &  illoeques  deftre  jurrez  devaunt  le  Mair,  de  faire  vcray 
et  due  ferche  dez  toutz  maners  worftedez,  et  de  la  ftuffe  fpeftantz  a  ycelle,  faitz  ou  afFairs  deinz  la  dit  citee 
ou  countee,  et  que  chefcune  pece  de  worftede  foit  purfuant  per  mye  tout  le  drap,  de  droit  overaigne,  bon 
et  convenable  ftuffe,  et  qils  tiegnent  lez  longieure  et  laieure  ficome  laffife  ad  efte  dauncien  temps  droitement 
accuftume :  fcilicet  beddez  de  le  pluis  graund  affife  en  longieure  xiiij.  aulnez  largement  et  en  laieure  iiij. 
aulnez  largement  per  my  tout  la  pece,  et  beddez  de  la  mefne  affile  xij.  aulnez  en  longieure  et  en  laieure  per 
my  tout  la  pece  iij.  aulnez,  Et  beddez  de  la  pluis  petit  affife  x.  aulnez  en  longieure  largement  et  deux 
aulnez  &  di.  en  laieure,  et  draps  appellez  monkez  clothez  xij.  aulnez  en  longieure  a  le  meyns  et  v.  quarters- 
en  laieure,  Et  draps  appellez  Chanon'  clothez  v.  aulnez  en  longieure  et  vii.  quarters  en  laieure  ;  Et  draps 
Chanon  clothez  vi.  aulnez  en  longieure  et  deux  aulnez  en  laieure  ;  et  double  worftede  x.  aulnes  en  longieure 
et  v.  quarters  en  laieure;  et  di.  doublez  vi.  aulnez  en  longieure  et  v.  quarters  en  laieure  ;  et  rolle  worftede 
xxx.  aulnez  en  longieure  et  di.'auln^  en  laieure  largement.     Et  que  en  nulle  dicellez  worftedez  foit  mys 
layn  de  agnell  ne  layn  appelle  pellewolle  et  que  lez  Gardeinz  de  la  dit  arte  pur  le  temps  efteantz  averoient 
poiar  et  auftorite,  de  feifer  toutz  tielx  draps  et  ftuffe  iffint  trovez  defeftifs  ;  etque  le  mair  du  dit  citee  pur 
le  temps  efteantz  averoit  poair,  denquerer,  oier  et  terminer,  taunt  a  la  fuite  du  Roi  come  al  enformation  de 
lez  ditz  Gardeinz,  de  toutz  ceux  qui  fount  encountre  la  dit  ordeignaunce  deinz  la  dit  citee;  et  en. fem- 
blable  fourme  lez  juftices  de  la  peas  en  le  dit  countee  hors  de  la  dit  citee  averoient  poiar,  denquerer,  oier 
et  terminer  dez  toutz  ceux  qui  fount  encountre  lez  premiffez  en  le  dit  Counte  hors  du  dit  citee.    Et  fi  afcun 
homme  ent  devaunt  le  dit  mair  ou  juftices  de  la  peas  ferroit  duement  convict  &  atteint,  que  adonques  icelles 
worftedez  et  ftuffe  iffint  trove  defeftifs  ferroient  forfaitz,  fcilicet  lune  moite  de  tiel  forfeiture  a  le  Roi,  et 
lautre  moite  a  lez  Gardeins  du  dit  art  pur  le  temps  efteantz.     Et  que  le  mair  pur  le  temps  efteant  de  la  dit 
citee,  et  lez  juftices  de  la  peas  enledit  countee,  averoient  poiar  de  faire  tielx  proceffe  feveralment  envers  tielx 
perfonez  ou  perfone  q  ii  ferrount  trovez  defeftifs,.  par  enquerre  devaunt  eux  deftre  pris,  de  afcun  chofs 
fait  encountre  lez  premiffez,  ficome  lez  juftices  de  la  peas  fount  fur  enditement  pris  devaunt  eux  de  fait 
ove  force  et  armez  encountre  la  peas  du  Roi;  et  que  la  slit  ordeignaunce  commenceroit  apprendre  effect  a' 
la  fefte  de  Seint  Michell  profcheinement  enfuant  le  dit  parlement,  a  endurer  tanque  a  la  fyn  de  trois  ans.    Le 
Roi,  confiderant  lez  premiffez,  ad  ordeigne  per  lauftorite  de  fon  dit  parlement  tenuz  le  dit  xxv.  jour  de 
Feverer,  pur  la  bien  de  tout  fon  poeple  de  fon  dit  Roialrne,  et  en  amendement  dez  ditz  worftedez,  et  en  de- 
ftruftion  de  tout  manere  d  fceit  deftre  fait  et  overe  en  worftedez  per  ceux  qui  lez  overount,  et  lez  mefnez 
dicelles  ;  que  hommez  de  la  dit  art  deinz  la  dit  citee  eient  poiar  chefcun  an. a  le  fefte  de  Pentecoft,  deflire 
quatre  gardeinz  deinz  la  dit  citee  de  mefme  lart ;  et  auxint  en  femblable  manere  que  lez  artificers  hors  du- 
dit  citee,  fcilicet  en  le  counte  de  NorfF,  eient  poiar  chefcune  an  a  la  dit  feft  de  Pentecoft,  deflire  quatre  gar- 
deinz deinz  la  dit  counte  de  mefme  lart ;  et  qils,  ne  afcun  de  eux,  deftre  efiieux  per  lez  gardeinz  de  la  dit 
art  deinz  la  dit  citee,  afcun  aft  de  parlement  devaunt  ceft  temps  fait  a  contrarie  nient  obftaunt.     Et  que  lez 
ditz  gardeinz  en  lez  ditz  countee  et  citee  foient  Jurrez  devaunt  le  mair  du  dit  citee  et  le  fenechal!  del  duchie 
de  Lancaftr'  deinz  le  dit  counte  pur  le  temps  efteant,  fil  aveignera  la  deinz  dit  citee  eftre  prefent,  ou  au- 
trement  devaunt  le  mair  tauntfoulement,  le  dit  fenefchall  efteant  abfent  a  tiel  temps.     Et  que  toutz  lez  ditz 
gardeinz,    fibien  deinz  la  dit  citee  come  dehors,  ou  autrement  la  greindre  partie  diceux,  defoubz  icelle 
fourme  avaunt  reherce  eiluz  et  jurrez,  eient  pleyn  poiar  de  furveier  le  overaigne  de  lez  ditz  artificers,  et  qils 
facent  et  overent  bien  et  loialment,  et  de  faire  et  dordiner  autielx  rulez  et  ordeignauncez  deinz  la  dit  art, 
fi  fovent  come  il  femblera  a  eux  neceffarie,  come  ferrount  a  le  amendement  de  lez  ditz  worftedez  et  arte.. 
Et  que  autielx  rulez  et  ordeignauncez  per  eux  iffiat  faitz  et  ordeignez  deftre  per  lez  ditz  artificers  obeiez  et 
obfervez,  ou  autrement  lez  ditz  gardeinz  ceux  de  lez  ditz  artificers  qe  afjun  de  lour  ditz  reulez  et  ordei- 
nauncez  enfreynent  ou  fount  le  contrarie  per  lez  difcretions  dez  ditz  mair  et  fenefchall  de  punir.     Et  auxint 
que  nulle  homme  de  la  dit  arte  face  afcun  worftede,  faunz  ceo  qil  mette  fur  ceo  fon  figne  per  la  ordinaunce 
de  lez  ditz  gardeinz,  ou  autrement  lez  ditz  worftedez  foient  forfaitz  a  Roi.     Et  que  lez  ditz  gardeinz, 
fibien  deinz  la  dit  citee  come  d.inz  lez  counteez  de  NorfF'  et  Suff',  eient  pleyn  poiar  de  fercher  toutz  ma- 
ners worftedez,  ou  de  fair  fercher,  fibien  deinz  lez  lomez  come  dehors  lez  lomez,  et  que  tout  manere 
worfted  et  ftuffe  fpeftantz  a  ycelle  trove  per  eux  pur  afcun  caufe  avaunt  recite  defeftifs  per  lez  ditz  gardeinz, 
deftre  forfaitz,  fcilicet  lun  moite  as  lez  mairs  et  Baillifs  des  citees  et  burghs  ou  villez,  ou  as  chiefs  Sei- 
nurs  de  le  fee  de  et  en  tielx  lieux,  ficome  il  aveignera  autielx  worftedez  et  fluff  per  lez  ditz  gardeinz 
deftre  trovez    pur  afcun  caufe   avauntdit  defeftifs  et.  forfaitablez,    et  lautre  moite  a  lez   gardeinz  de  la 
dit  arte.     Et  qe  toutz  mairs  vifcounts  et  baillifs,  et  toutz  autres  officers,  foient  entendantz  eidauntz,  et 
fupportauntz  lez  ditz  gardeinz  en  lour  ferchez,  fi  fovent  come  eux  ou  afcun  de  eux  foient  per  lez  ditz 
gardeinz  ou  afcun  de  eux  refonablement  requis.     Et  que  ceft  ordeignaunce  endurera  tanqe  al  fyn  de  trois 
ans  profcheinement  enfuantz.     Purveu  toutz  foitz,  que  fi  il  aveigne,  lez  gardeinz  de  la  dit  arte,  fibien' 
deinz  la  citee  de  Norwiche  come  dehors,  ou  autrement  la  greindre  partie  de  eux,  en  manere  et  fourme 
avauntditz  efluez  et  jurrez,  de  faire  afcuns  tielx  reulez  et  ordeignauncez  come  defuis  eft  dit ;  que  mefmez 
lez  rulez  et  ordeignauncez  ne  foient  en  afcuns  maners  mys  en  execution,  devaunt  ceo  que  le  Roi  et  fon- 
counfaille  foient  de  eux  certifiez,  et  qil  fembla  a  Roy  et  fon  counfaill'  mefmez  lez  rulfiz  et  ordeignauncez 
expedientz  et  neceffariez  pur  la  bien  du  Roi  et  fon  Roialme. 

CAP, 


C.  4—7. 


Anno  vicefimo  tertio  H  e  n  r  i  c  i  VI. 


A.  D.  1444. 


CAP.      IV. 

Weljhmen  indicted  of  Treafon  or  Felony,  that  do  repair  into  Hereford/hire,  (hall  be  apprehended 
and  imprifoned,  or  elfe  purfued  by  Hue  and  Cry,  and  a  Forfeiture  of  thofe  which  do  not 
purfue  them.     See  Appendix. 

CAP.     V. 

A  Rehearfal  of  the  Statute  of  15  Hen.  6.  c.  2.  touching  Licence  to  tranfport  Corn,  when 
Wheat  doth  not  exceed  vis.  viiid.  the  Quarter,  and  Barley  iiis.  ivd.  and  the  fame  Statute 

made  perpetual. 

Cotton:  MS, 

Altered  by  1  Jac.  YTEM  come  en  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  Ian  du  reigne  le  Roi  qoreft  xv.  pur  la  commune  profit  de  tout 
i.  c.  15.  J_  le  Roialme  ordeigne  fuift  et  eftablie  en  la  fourme  qenfuift.     Item:  pur  ceo  que  per  la  ley  eft,  que  nulle 

Si  Jac.  1.  c's8,hornrne  poet  carier  ne  mefner  blees  hors  du  Roialme  dFngleterre,  faunz  licence  duRoi,  per  caufe  de  quele 
fermours  et  autres  hommez  qui  ufent  maynurement  de  lour  terre,  ne  p  Jent  vendre  lour  bleez,  finoun  a  bas 
pris,  a  graund  damage  de  tout  le  Roialme.  Noftre  Seignur  le  Roi,  voillant  en  ceo  cas  purvoier  de  reme- 
die,  ad  ordeigne  per  auctorite  fuifdit,  que  bien  lirra  a  chefcune  homme,  efkipper  et  carier  toutz  maners 
dez  blees  et  greinez  hors  diceft  Roialme  a  queconque  lieu  que  luy  plerra,  forfpris  tantfoulement  a  lez  ene- 
myez  noftre  Seignur  le  Roi,  fi  fovent,  et  tantlongement,  que  un  quarter  de  frument  ne  excede  pas  le  price 
de  vis.  viij  d.  et  un  quarter  dorge  iij  s.  en  ycelle  porte  lou  frument  et  orge  eft  tielment  eflcippe  ;  et  ceo 
faunz  afcun  licence  fuir  pur  ycelle  ;  toutz  autres  ordeignauncez  ava^nt  cez  hoeurez  faitz  a  contrarie  nient 
obftauntz.  Purveu  toutz  foitz,  que  le  Roi  foit  content  de  fez  cuftumez  et  devers.  Et  durera  ceft  ordeig- 
naunce  tanque  al  profchein  parlement.  Et  pur  ceo  que  ceft  eftatut  neft  pas  a  ore  en  fa  force,  et  que  plu- 
fours  counteez  adjoignauntz  a  le  mear  ne  poient  vendre  le  fubftaunce  de  lour  bleez,  finoun  per  cariage  et 
amefner  per  la  mear ;  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi,  confiderant  lez  premifTez,  ad  ordeigne  per  laudxorite  de 
fon  dit  parlement  tenuz  le  dit  xxv  jour  de  Feverer,  que  leftatut  et  ordeignaunce  avaundit  per  lauc/torite  de 
mefme  le  parlement  foit  perpetuel,  et  en  fa  force  a  toutz  jours  en  apres. 

CAP.      VI. 

The  Gathering  of  Head-pence  by  the  Sheriff  of  Northumberland  fhall  ceafe. 


T  E  M,  Whereas  the  poor  Commons,  and  the 
King's  faithful  liege  People  of  his  County  of 'Nor- 
thumberland, have  been  of  long  Time  oppreffed  and 
furcharged  by  the  Sheriffs  of  the  faid  County  for  the 
"  time  being,  levying  or  caufing  to  be  levied  of  their 
Sixty  "  Goods  and  Chatties,  to  the  Sum  of  *  Forty  Pounds, 

"  and  more,  called  Head-pence,  Two  times  in  feven 
"  Years,  that  is  to  fay,  every  Third  Year,  and  every 
"  Fourth  Year,  to  their  own  Avail,  without  any  Ac- 
"  count,  Profit,  or  Advantage  to  the  King,  and  with- 
"  out  any  lawful  Caufe  or  Ground,  but  of  their  great 
"  Extortion,  which  caufeth  divers  Men  to  labour  and 
"  expend  great  Goods  to  be  Sheriff,  when  the  faid 
"  Years  come,  to  the  great  Oppreffion  of  the  faid 
"  Commons;"  '  (2)  Our  Lord  the  King  confidering 
'  the  Premiffes,  hath  ordained  and  granted  by  the  Au- 
4  thority  aforefaid,  That  the  faid  Gathering  of  the  faid 
'  Head-pence  fhall  be  clearly  put  out  for  ever,  any 
'  Ufe  or  Cuftom  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  upon 

*  Pain  of  an  C  li.  to  be  paid,  the  one  half  of  the  fame 

*  to  the  King,  and  the  other  half  to  the  Party  which 
'  will  fue  for  the  Forfeiture  againft  the  Sheriff.  This 
'  Ordinance  to  begin  at  the  Feaft  of  the  Nativity  of 
'  St.  John  Baptijt,  which  fhall  be  in  the  Year  of  our 

*  Lord  M,  CCCC.  xlvi.' 


ITEM  come  lez  poverez  communes  et  foialx 
liegez  du  Roy  de  fon  counte  de  Northumbr' 
ount  efte  de  longe  temps  oppreffez  et  furchargez 
per  lez  vifcountz  du  dit  countee  pur  le  temps  ef- 
teantz,  levauntz  et  facentz  leve  de  lour  biens  et 
chateux  a  la  fomme  de  lx  li'.  et  pluis,  appellez 
Hedepeniez,  deux  foitz  en  vij  ans,  fcilicet  chef- 
cune tierce  an  et  chefcune  iiijc  an,  a  lour  propre 
availle,  faunz  afcune  accompt,  profit,  ou  availle  a 
Roi,  et  faunz  afcun  loial  avyce  ou  foundement, 
finoun  de  lour  graund  extorfion,  le  quele  caufa  di- 
verfez  hommez  de  laborer  et  expender  graundez 
biens  deftre  vifcount,  quant  lez  ditz  ans  veignent, 
a  le  pluis  greindre  oppreffion  de  lez  ditz  com- 
munes :  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy,  confiderant 
lez  premifTez,  ad  ordeigne  et  graunte  per  lauitorite 
fuifdit,  que  le  dit  collecT:  de  lez  ditz  hede  penyez 
foit  tout  ouftrement  ouftez  pur  toutz  jours,  afcun 
ufe  ou  cuftume  eue  a  le  contrarie  nient  obftaunt, 
fur  payne  de  C  li'  deftre  paiez,  lune  moite  dicelle 
a  Roi,  et  lautre  moite  dicelle  a  la  partie  qui  fua  la 
forfaiture  envers  le  vifcount.  Ceft  ordeignaunce  a 
commencer  a  la  feft  de  la  Nativite  de  feint  John  le 
Baptifte  que  ferra  en  lannoftre  Seignur  M.  CCCC. 
xlvje. 


CAP.      VII. 

No  Man  fhall  be  Sheriff,  Under-Sheriff,  &c.  above  a  Year. 


i4Ed  -.fiat.i  "  TTEivI,  Whereas  King  Edward  the  Third,  for 
c.  7,  *  "'   JL  divers  and  fpecial  Caufes,  in  his  Parliament  hold- 

1  Lutn.  153,     "  en  at  Weftminftery  the  Wednefday  next  after  Midlent, 


ITEM  come  le  Roi  E.  le  tierce,  pur  diverfez  et 
notablez   caufez   en    fon-  parlement   tenuz    a 
Weftm'  le  meikerdy  profchein  apres  le  di.5  qua- 

refme 


A.  D.  1444. 


Anno  vicefimo  tertio  Henrici  VI. 


C. 


Cotton  MS. 
refme  Ian  de  fon  reigne  xiije  pur  caufe  que  diverfez 
vifcountz  en  diverfez  counteez  dEngleterre  adon- 
ques  efteauntz   avoient  lour  officez,    afcuns    pur 
terme  dans  de  graunte  du  Roi,  et  afcuns  confiantz 
en  pluis   longe   continuance   en   lour  officez  per 
procurement  &c.    fluent    graundement   efbaudez, 
et  prifteront  fur  eux,  de  faire  plufours  et  diverfez 
oppreffions  a  le  liege  poeple  du  Roy  meyns  due- 
ment,  et  malement  et  fauxement  fervoient  le  Roi 
et  fon  poeple  ;  ordeigna  et  fift,  que  nulle  vifcount 
demureroit  ne  expecteroit  en  fon  office  ouftre  un 
an,  et  que  adonques  un  autre  covenable  et  fufficient 
homme  ferroit  ordeine  en  fon  lieu  per  le  Chaun- 
celler  et  Treforer  dEngleterie  et  le  chief  Baron 
del  Efchequer  et  autres  chefcune  an  en  lendemayn 
dez  toutz  almez  ;  ficome  il  appiert  en  le  dit  efta- 
tut :  Et  apres  cell  eftatut  iffint  fait,  per  un  autre 
eftatut  fait  a  Weftm'  en  le  parlement  du  dit  Roi 
tenuz  le  prim'  jour  May  Ian  de  fon  reigne  xlij 
ordeigna  et  fift,  que  null  vifcount,  fouthvifcount, 
ne  clerk  de  vifcount,    demureroit  ou  expecteroit 
en  fon  office  ouftre  un  an  ;  ficome  eft  ordeigne  per 
autres  eftatutz  faitz  devaunt  celle  temps  ;  ficome  il 
pluis  pleinement  appiert  perle  dit  eftatut  del  xlij  an. 
Et  ouftr'  ceo  per  un  autre  eftatut  fait  a  Weftm'  en 
le   xv  de   feint  Michell    Ian  du    reigne   du   Roy 
Richard  le  feconde  primer  fuift  ordeigne  et  fait, 
que  nulle  homme  que  avoit  eftee  vifcount  dafcun 
counte  pur  un  entier  an  ne  ferroit  eflieu  autrefoitz, 
ne  mys  en  la  dit  office,  deinz  trois  ans  adonques  prof- 
cheinz  enfuantz  ;  ftnoun  que  ne  foit  afcun  autre 
fufficeant  deinz  le   dit  countee ;  ficome  il   pluis 
pleinement  appiert  per  le  dit  eftatut  du  Roi  Rich- 
ard :  Et  come  en  diverfez  counteez  dEngleterre 
apres  la  fefaunce  dez  ditz   eftatutz   plufours  di- 
verfez vifcountes  ount  eftez  faitz,  et  ount  occu- 
piez  deinz  lez  ditz  counteez,  afcuns  x.  ans,    et 
afcuns  xij.  ans,  et  pluis,  a  le  graund  damage  du 
Roi  qoreft,  fez  prog-;nitours,  et  lour  poeple  deinz 
lez  ditz  counteez,  contrarie  a  lez  ditz  eftatutz, 
et  tout  autre  bon  rule,  et  veraie  femblablement  en 
temps  avenir  deftre  importable  damage,  overt  dif- 
heritaunce,  &  fupportation  domicidie  et  perjurre, 
et  graund  oppreflion  as  plufours  du  liege  poeple 
du  Roi,    confiderez   lez   graundez   confanguinite 
alliaunce   les  famulers   des  vifcountes,    fibien   de 
ceux  que  ount  eftee  devaunt  ceft  temps,  come  de 
ceux  que  ore  fount  en  les  ditz  counteez  :  Noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  Roi,  confiderant  les  premifTes,  ad 
ordeigne  per  lauftorite  fuifdit,  que  les  eftatutz  de- 
vaunt recitez   et  chefcun  de  eux  foient  duement 
obfervez    en   chefcune   countee  dEngleterre,    les 
Southvifcounts  et  touts  les  autres  officers  deinz 
la  Citee  de  Loundres  que  ore  fount  ou  ferrount 
tout  temps  excepts,  et  autielx  countees  tantfoule- 
ment  exceptz,  en  queux  divers  de  le  liege  poeple 
du  Roi  en  loffice  de  vifcount  a  ceft  jour  fount  en- 
heritez,  et  auxint  tielx  perfones  que  ount  eftate 
de  frank  tenement  en  loffice  de  vifcount  mefme 
ceft  jour  et  lettres   patents  a  eux  faitz  del  office 
de  vifcount  et  lour  Southvifcounts  et  Clerks  ex- 
cepts.    Et  fi  afcun  Vifcount  ou  Clerk  de  Vifcount 
occupia    office    de  Vifcount,    Southvifcount,    ou 
Clerk  de  Vifcount,  contrarie  a  afcuns  de  les  efta- 
tutz avaunt  recitez,  ou  encountre  leffecl:  ou  en- 
tent  difcun  de  eux,   exceptz   devaunt  exceptz  ; 
que  adonques  ceftuy  que  iffint  occupia,  foxfaira  la 


J, 


607 


"  the  Fourteenth  Year  of  his  Reign,  for  that  feveral 
"  Sheriffs  in  divers  Counties  in  England  then  being, 
"  had  their  Offices,  fome  for  a  Term  of  Years  of  the 
"  King's  Grant,  and  fome  trufling  of  longer  Conti- 
"  nuance  in  their  Offices,  by  Procurement,  ts'c.  were 
"  greatly  encouraged,  and  did  take  upon  them  to  do 
"  many  and  divers  Oppreffions  to  the  King's  liege  Peo- 
"  pie,  unduly,  and  evil,  and  falfly  to  ferve  the  King 
"  and  his  People,  did  ordain  and  ftablifh,    That  no 
"  Sheriff  fhould  tarry  and  abide  in  his  Office  above 
"  a  Year,  and  that  then  another  meet  and  fufficient 
"  Man  fhould  be  affigned  in  his  Place  by  the  Chancel- 
"  lor  and  Treafurer  of  England,  and  the  chief  Baron  of 
"  the  Exchequer,  and  other,  every  Year  in  the  Morrow 
"  of  All-Souh,  as  it  appeareth  in  the  faid  Statute;   (2) 
"  and  after  the  faid  Statute  fo  made,  by  another  Sta- 
"  tute  made  at  Weftmlnjler,   in  the  Parliament  of  the 
".  faid  King,  holden  the  firft  Day  of  May,  the  Forty-  4*  ?■&■  z-  <=•?» 
"  fecond  Year  of  his  Reign,  he  ordained  and  made, 
"  That   no  Sheriff,    or  Under-Sheriff,    nor  Sheriff's 
"  Clerk,  fhould  tarry  and  abide  in  his  Office  over  one 
"  Year,  as  it  is  ordained  by  other  Statutes  before  this 
"  Time,    as   it   appeareth   more   plainly   by   the  faid 
"  Statute  of  the  fame  Forty-fecond  Year.     (3)  AndiR,  2.  c.  n, 
"  moreover,  by  another  Statute  made  at  Wejhninfler, 
"  the  Fifteenth  of  St.  Michael,  the  Firft  Year  of  the 
"  Reign  of  King  Richard  the  Second,    it  was  or- 
"  dained  and  made,  That  no  Man  which  hath  been 
"  Sheriff  of  any  County  by  one  whole  Year,  fhall  be 
"  another  Time  chofen  nor  put  in  the  faid  Office  with- 
"  in  Three  Years  next  enfuing,  except  that  there  be  not 
"  other  fufficient  within  the  faid  County,  as  it  appeareth 
"  more  plainly  by  the  faid  Statute  of  King  Richard. 
"  (4)  And  whereas  in  divers  Counties  in  England,  after 
"  the  making  of  the  faid  Statutes,  many  and  feveral 
"  Sheriffs  have  been  made,  and  have  occupied  within  the 
"  faid  Counties,  fome  Ten  Years,  and  fome  Twelve 
"  Years,  and  more,  to  the  great  Damage  of  the  King 
"  that  now  is,  his  Progenitors,  and  their  People  within 
"  the  faid  Counties,  contrary  to  the  faid  Statutes,  and 
"  all  other  good  Rule,  and  very  like  in  Time  to  come 
"  to  be  to  their  importable  Damage,  and  openDifheri- 
"  fon,  upholding  of  Manflaughter,  Perjury,  and  great 
"  Oppreffion  to  many  of  the  King's  liege  People,  con- 
"  fidering  the  great  Confanguinity,  Alliance,  and  Fa- 
"  miliars  of  the  Sheriff,  as  well  of  them  as  have  been 
"  before  this  Time,  as  of  them  which  now  be  in  the 
"  faid  Counties  ;"  '  (5)  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  con-  i  Conffrmatfoa 
'  fidering  the  Premiffes,  hath  ordained  by  the  Autho-  °f  the  Statutes 
'  rity  aforefaid,  That  the  Statutes  before  recited,  and  ^°T^'^\e 
*  every  of  them,  fhall  be  duly  obferved  in  every  County  sheriffabove  one 
'  of  England.      (The   Under-Sheriffs,    and  all   other  year,  ©V. 
'  Officers  within  the  Ciy  of  London,   which  now  be,  28  Ed.  3,  c.  7. 
'  or  fhall  be,  at  all  Times  excepted  ;  and  fuch  Coun- 
'  ties  only  except,  in  which  divers  of  the  King's  liege 
'  People  be  inheritable  to  the  Office  of  Sheriff's  at  this 
'  Day,  and  alfo  fuch  Perfons  as  have  Eftate  of  Freehold 
'  in  the  Office  of  Sheriff's  at  this  Day,  and  except  the 
'  Letters  Patents  made  to  them  of  the  Office  of  Sheriffs, 
'  and  their  Under-Sheriffs  and  Clerks.)     (6)  And  if^^^f' 
'  any  Sheriff,    or  Under-Sheriff,   or  Sheriff's  Clerkj sheriffwick' 
'  occupy  the  Office  of  Sheriff,  Under-Sheriff,  or  She-above  one  Year. 
'  riff's  Clerk,  contrary  to  any  of  the  Statutes  afore  re-  Altered  bv  I3 
c  cited,  or  againft  the  Effect  or  Intent  of  any  of  them  Ed.  4.  c.'i.  £¥ 
'  (except  before  excepted)  that  then  he  which  doth  fou  Ed.  4.  c  7. 
'  occupy,  fhall  forfeit  the  Sum  of  CC  li.  yearly,  as- 

fc  long 


608       C.  5,  9. 


Anno  viceiimo  tertio  Henri ci  VI. 


All  Patents 
made  to  any  to 

be  Sheriffabove 
a  Year,  {hall  be 
void. 


Who  fliall  take 
the  Benefit  of 
the  Forfeiture. 
2  H.  7.  f.  67. 


89  H.  6.  c.  2. 


long  as  he  occupieth  contrary  to  the  Effect  of  the 
faid  Statutes ;  (7)  and  that  every  Pardon  hereafter 
to  be  made  for  fuch  Offence  or  Occupation,  or  For- 
feiture of  Sums  before  recited,  fball  be  void,  and  not 
available,  and  all  Patents  made,  or  to  be  made,  of  any 
the  faid  Offices  for  Term  of  Years,  for  Term  of 
Life,  or  in  Fee-Simple,  or  in  Fee-Tail,  to  any  of 
the  King's  liege  People,  (except  before  except- 
ed) mall  be  void,  and  of  no  Value,  by  the  fame 
Authority,  any  Claufe  or  Word  of  Non  ohftante  in 
any  wife  put  or  to  be  put  in  fuch  Patents  to 
be  made  notwithstanding.  (8)  And  moreover,  who- 
foever  will  take  upon  him  or  them,  to  have  or 
occupy  the  faid  Office  of  Sheriff,  by  virtue  of  fuch 
Grants  or  Patents  now  to  be  made  for  Term  of 
Years,  for  Term  of  Life,  Fee-Simple,  or  Fee.-Tail, 
'  fliall  ftand  for  ever  and  at  all  Times  difabled  to  be 
or  bear  the  Office  of  Sheriff  within  any  County  in 
England  by  the  fame  Authority.  (9)  And  that  every 
liege  Man  which  will  fue  for  the  faid  Sum  forfeit, 
againft  him  or  them  which  in  fuch  Manner  doth  for- 
feit or  fhall  forfeit,  mail  be  received  and  admitted  to 
fue  an  Action  of  Debt  in  his  own  Name  ;  our  Lord 
the  King  to  have  the  one  half  of  all  that  fhall  happen 
by  the  fame  Acfion  to  be  recovered  by  fuch  Suit, 
and  he  or  they  that  fo  purfue  to  have  the  other  half.' 


A.  D.  1444^ 

Cotton  MS. 
fomme  de  CC  li.  annuelment,  auxi  longement 
come  il  occupia  contrarie  al  effect  dez  ditz  efta- 
tutz.  Et  que  chefcune  pardon  en  temps  avenir 
deftre  fait  pur  tiel  offenfe,  occupation,  ou  forfai- 
ture  dez  hommez  avaunt  recitez,  ferroit  voidez 
et  nient  advailablez ;  et  toutz  patentz,  fait  et  af- 
fairs, de  afcun  de  les  ditz  offices  pur  terme  dans, 
tenr.e  de  vie,  en  fee  fimple,  ou  fee  taille,  a  afcun 
de  lez  liegez  du  Roi,  exceptz  devaunt  exceptz, 
foient  voidez  et  de  null  value  per  mefme  laudtorite, 
afcun  claufe  ou  parole  de  non  obftante  en  afcun 
tnys  ou  a  mettre  en  tielx  patentz  deftre  fait  nient 
obftauntz.  Et  ouftre  ceo  quiconque  prefume  fur 
luy  ou  fur  eux,  daccepter  ou  occupier  la  dit  office 
de  vifcount  per  vertue  dautielx  grauntez  ou  pa- 
tentz ore  affairez  pur  terme  dans,  a  terme  de  vie, 
fee  fimple,  ou  fee  taille,  deftoier  difable  perpe- 
tuelment  et  tout  temps,  deftre  ou  porter  loffice  de 
vifcount  deinz  afcun  Countee  en  Engleterre  per 
mefme  laucforite  ;  et  que  chefcune  liege  homme 
que  voet  fuer  pur  la  dit  fomme  forfait  envers 
celluy  ou  ceux  que  en  tiel  manere  forface  ou  for- 
facent  ferra  refceu  et  admys  de  fuer  action  de  dette 
en  fon  propre  noun,  le  Roy  davoir  lune  moite  de 
tout  ceo  que  aveignera  per  icelle  action  deftre  re- 
coverez  per  tiel  fuite,  et  celluy  ou  ceux  qui  if- 
lint  purfuera  ou  purfueront  da\  er  lautre  moite. 


EXP. 


CAP.     VIII. 

The  Chancellor  of  England  may  grant  Commifilons  of  Sewers  during  Fifteen  Years. 

ITEM  come  en  le  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  a  la  xv.  de  Seint  Michell  Ian  du  reigne  le  Roi  qoreft  vi.  pur 
.lez  graundez  damages  &  perdez  que  viendroient  per  lez  graundez  creteyns  del  eawe  en  diverfez  partiez 
dicefte  Roialme,  &  que  plufours  greindrez  damages  furent  femblablez  daver  venuz,  fi  remedie  ne  avoit  efte 
haftifment  purvieu,  pur  que  per  auftorite  de  noftre  dit  parlement  fuift  ordeigne  &  graunte,  que  per  x.  ans 
adonqs  profcheins  enfuantz  feveralx  Commiffions  dez  fewers  ferroient  faitz  as  diverfez  perfonez  per  le  Chaun- 
celler  du  Roy  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  nommez  en  toutz  partiez  dicefte  Roialme,  Iou  necelfarie  fer- 
roit, folonque  la  fourme  que  enfuift  en  mefme  leftatut :  per  que  lez  ditz  mefchief  furent  graundement  re- 
formez  &  amendez ;  &  come  jatarde  en  diverfez  partiez  dicefte  Roialme  per  graundez  creteins  del  ewe  plu- 
fours villez  5c  terrez  a  graunde  quantite  fount  furoundez  &  diftroiez,  a  graund  anientifment  diced  Roialme ; 
&  graundez  prejudice,  damage,  &  mifchifs,  fount  verifemblablez  de  cheier,  fi  remedie  ne  foit  haftifment 
pur  ceo  purveu  :  le  Roy  confiderant  lez  premiffez,  &  coment  lez  x.  ans  fount  paffez,  ad  ordeigne  per  lauc- 
torite  fuifdit,  que  durant  le  terme  de  xve  ans  profcheins  enfuantz  le  Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps 
efteant  eit  poiar  de  faire  hors  du  Chauncerie  du  Roy  Commiffions  dez  fewers  defuis  le  graund  feal  du  Roy,  en 
tiel  fourme  ficome  il  fuift  graunte  deftre  fait  per  leftatut  fait  le  dit  an  vj". 


CAP.     IX. 

No  Sheriff  fhall  let  to  ferm  his  County  or  any  Bailiwick.     The  Sheriffs  and  Bailiffs  Fees  and 

Duties  in  feveral  Cafes. 


4H.4. 

Hob.  13 
2;  H.  7 
Cio.  El. 
6%  17S,  191 
790.  271 


'  TTEM,  The  King,   confidering  the  great  Perjury, 
,  '  1  Extortion,    and   Oppreffion  which  be  and  have 
11  3n  '  been  in  this  Realm  by  his  Sheriffs,  Under-Sheriffs, 
'  and  their  Clerks,  Coroners,  Stewards  of  Franchifes, 
Bailiffs,  and  Keepers  of  Prifons,  and  other  Officers 
in  divers  Counties  of  this  Realm,  hath  ordained  by 
Authority  aforefaid,  in  efchewing  of  all  fuch  Extor- 
tion, Perjury,  and  Oppreffion,  that  no  Sheriff  fhall 
let  to  ferin,  in  any  Manner,  his  County,  nor  any  of 
his  Bailiwicks,  Hundreds,  nor  Wapentakes  ;   (1)  nor 
that   the    faid    Sheriffs,    Under-Sheriffs,    Bailiffs   of 
ftall  be  returned  <  Franchifes,  nor  any  other  Bailiff,  mail  return,  upon 
upon  Inqucfts.    <  any  Wri(.  or  precept  t0  them  direfted  to  be  returned 
'  any  Inquefts  in  any  Panel  thereupon  to  be  made, 


1  Roll  169. 


"Kone  of  the 

She    T    'Peers' 


ITEM  le  Roi  confiderant  lez  graundez  perjure 
extorfion  et  oppreffion,  queux  fount  et  ount 
efteez  en  celt  Roialme  per  fez  Vifcountz,  South- 
vifcountz,  et  lour  Clerks,  Coroners,  Senefchallx 
dez  Fraunchifez,  Baillifs  et  Gardeinz  dez  prifons, 
et  autres  Officers  en  diverfez.  Countecz  diceft  Roi- 
alme, ad  ordeigne  per  lauctorite  fuifdit,  en  ef- 
chuyng  dez  toutz  tielx  extorfions,  perjurie,  et  op- 
preffion, qu;  nulle  Vifcount  leffe  a  ferme  en  afcun 
manere  fon  Counte,  ne  afcun  de  fez  Baillifwiks, 
Hundredez,  ne  Wapentakez,  ne  que  lez  ditz 
Vifcountz,  Southvifcountz  Baillifs  dez  fraunchi- 
fez, ne  afcun  autre  Baillif,  retourne  fur  afcun  briefe 
ou  precept  a  eux  direct,  de  retourncr  afcuns  en- 

queftez. 


A.  D.  1444. 


Anno  vicefimo  tertio  Henrici  VI. 


C. 


609 


Cotton  MS. 
queftez  ou  afcuns  panellez  fur  ceo  deftre  fait,  af- 
cuns Baillifs,  Officers,  ou  fervauntz  a  afcun  de 
lez  officers  fuifditz,  en  afcun  panelle  per  eux  iffint 
affaire,  ne  que  null  de  lez  ditz  Officers  et  Minif- 
trez,  per  occafion,  ou  fouth  colour,  de  lour  office, 
preigne  afcun  autre  chofe  per  eux  ne  per  afcun  au- 
tre perfone  a  lour  oeps  ou  availle  dafcun  perfone 
per  eux  ou  afcuns  de  eux  deftre  arreftuz  ou  at- 
tachez,  ne  de  nulle  autre  pur  eux,  pur  le  leffer  daf- 
cun  arreft   ou   attachement    deftre    fait  per  lour 
corps,    ou  de   afcun   perfone  per  eux   ou   afcun 
de  eux  per  force  ou  colour  de  lour  office  aref- 
tuz   ou  attachez,    pur  fyn,  fee,  fewet  de  prifon, 
maynpris,   leffance  a  bailie,   ou  monftraunce  af- 
cun eafe  ou  favour  a  afcun  tiel  perfone  iffint  ar- 
reftuz  ou  arreftier,  pur  lour  regard  ou  profit,  ft 
noun  tiel  come  enfuift,   fcilicet   pur  le  Vifcount 
xx  d.  le  Bail'if  qe  face  larreft  ou  lattachement  iiij  d. 
&  le  Gaoler,  fi  le  prifoner  foit  commis  a  fa  garde, 
iiij  d.     Et  que  le  Vifcount,   Southvifcount,  Clerk 
de  Vifcount,   Senefchall  ou  Raillif  de  fraunchife, 
Servaunt  ou  Baillif,  ne  Coroner,  preigne  per  co- 
lour de  ion'  office,  per  luy  ne  per  afcun  autre  per- 
fone a  fon  ufe,  dafcun  perfone  pur  la  faifure  daf- 
cun retourne  ou  panelle  afcun  chofe,  et  pur  la  co- 
pie  dun  panell  iiij  d.  et  que  lez  ditz  Vifcountz,  et 
toutz.    autres    Officers   et  Miniftrez    avauntditz, 
lefferount  hors  du  prifon  toutz  maners  dez  perfo- 
nez  per  eux  ou  afcun  de  eux  arreftiers  ou  efteant 
en  lour  garde  per  force  dafcun  briefe,  Bille,  ou 
garraunt  en  afcun  a£iion  perfonell,   ou  per  caufe 
denditement  de  trefpas,    fur  refonable  fuerte  dez 
fufficeantz  perfonez  eiantz  fufficeaunte  deinz  lez 
Counteez  lou  tielx  perfonez  fount  iffint  leffez  a 
bailie  ou  maynpris,  de  garder  lour  jours  en  tielx 
lieux  come  lez  ditz  briefs  billez  ou  garrauntz  re- 
quirent;   tiel  perfone  ou   perfonez   qui  fount  ou 
ferrount  en  lour  garde  per  condempnation,  exe- 
cution, capias  utlagatum,  ou  excommunicatum,  fu- 
erte de  peas,  et  toutz  tielx  perfonez  qui  fount  com- 
mys  a  gard  per  efpecial  commaundement  dafcun  J  uf- 
tice,  et  vagerauntz  refufauntz  de  fervir  folonque  la 
fourme  del  eftatut  dez  laborers,  tauntfoulement  ex- 
ceptz.    Et  que  nulle  vifcount,  ne  nulle  dez  officers 
ou  miniftrez  fuifditz,  preigne  ou  face  de  prendre  ou 
faire  afcun  obligation  pur  afcun  caufe  fuifditz,  ou 
colour  de  lour  office,  fmoun  tauntfoulement  a  lour 
mefmez,    dafcun  perfone,    ne  pur  afcun  perfone 
qui  foit  en  lour  garde  per  le  cours  de  la  lcye,  forfque 
fur  le  noun  de  lour  office,  et  fur  condition  que 
la  dit  prifoner  appierge  a  le  jour  conteignuz  en  le 
dit  briefe  bille  ou  garraunt  et  en  tielx  lieux  come 
]e  dit  briefe  bille  ou  garrant  requiert.     Et  fi  afcuns 
de  lez  ditz  vifcountz  ou  autres  officers  ou  miniftrez 
fuifditz  preigne  afcun  obligvtion  en  autre  fourme 
per  colour  de  lour  officez,  qil  foit  voide.     Et  qil 
ne  preigne  pluis  pur  la  fefaunce  dafcun  tiel  obli- 
gation, garraunt,  ou  precept,  per  eux  deftre  fait, 
forfque  iiij.  d.     Et  auxint  que  chefcune  de  lez  ditz 
vifcountz  face  annuelment  im  depute  en  lez  courtz 
du  Roi  de  fa  Chauncerie,  Bank  du  Roy,  Com- 
mune Bank,  et  Lefchequer,  de  recorde,  devaunt 
ceo  qils  retournent  afcuns  briefs,  de  refceiver  toutz 
maners   dez  briefs  et  garrantz  a  eux  deftre  deli- 
verez;.     Et  qe  toutz  lez  vifcountz,  fouthvifcountz, 


clerks,    baillifs, 
Vol.  I. 


gaolers,    coroner?,    fenefchallx, 


'  any  Bailiffs,  Officers,  or  Servants  to  any  of  the  Of- 
'  ficers  aforefaid,  in  any  Panel  by  them  fo  to  be  made; 
'  (3)  nor  that  any  of  the  faid  Officers  and  Minifte.  ■■;, ,,  jj.  7.  r.  ,c; 
1  by  Occafion,  or  under  Colour  of  their  Office,  fhall  Dyer,  f.  irg. 
'  take  any  other  Thing  by  them,  nor  by  any  other  Per-  Lntv"h  5*' 
'  fon  to  their  Ufe,  Profit,  or  Avail,  of  any  Perfon  by  5  Mod'  "S 
'  them,  or  any  of  them,  to  be  arrefted  or  attached,  nor 
:  of  none  other  for  them,    for  the  omitting  of   any 
'  Arreft  or  Attachment  to  be  made  by  their  Body,  or 
'  of  any  Perfon  by  them  or  any  of  them,  by  Force  or 
'  Colour  of  their  Office,  arrefted  or  attached,  for  Fine, 
'  Fee,  Suit  of  Prifon,  Mainprife,  letting  to  Bail,  or 
'  fhewing  any  Eafe  or  Favour  to  any  fuch  Perfon  fo 
'  arrefted,  or  to  be  arrefted,  for  their  Reward  or  Profit, 
'  but  fuch  as  follow ;  that  is  to  fay,  For  the  Sheriff  Fees  for  Arrefli 
'  xx  d.  the  Bailiff  which  maketh  the  Arreft  or  At- "J  Attach- 
'  tachment,  Four  Pence,  and  the  Gaoler,  if  the  Pri-  j?c",ts' 
'  foner  be  committed  to  his  Ward,  Four  Pence;  (4-)'co  Dl3i6t 
'  And  that  the  Sheriff,  Under-Sheriff,  Sheriff's  Clerk,     '  F  ' 3  "' 
'  Steward  or  Bailiff  of  Franchise,  Servant  of  Bailiff  or  Feesf*p '^j0" 
'  Coroner,  fhall  not  take  any  Thing  by  Colour  of  his '¥■£&*.*££&■ 
c  Office,    by  him    nor    by  any  other  Perfon   to   hiscro.  El.76." 
'  Ufe,  of  any  Perfon  for  the  making  of  any  Return  3  Leon.  208. 
'  or   Panel,    and    for    the   Copy   of  any   Panel,    but 
'  ivd.     (5)  And  that  the  faid  Sheriffs,  and  all  other ^^j^ 
'  Officers  and  Minifters  aforefaid,  fhall  let  out  of  Pri-  ™^,.  lot*  c  ' 
'  fon  all  Manner  of  Perfons  by  them  or  any  of  them  Latch  23, 143. 
'  arrefted,  or  being  in  their  Curtody,  by  Force  of  any  Plow.  f.  60. 
'  Writ,  Bill,  or  Warrant  in  any  Aftion  Perfonal,  or  ^t0^'^ 
'  by  Caufe  of  Indictment  of  Trefpafs,  upon  reafon-"     e   al    °" 
'  able  Sureties  of  fufficient  Perfons,  having  fufficient 
'  within  the  Counties  where  fuch  Perfons  be  fo  let 
'  to  Bail  or  Mainprife,  to  keep  their  Days  in  fuch 
'  Place  as  the  faid  Writs,    Bills,    or  Warrants  fhall  Carthew  3oo. 
'  require.     (6)  Such  Perfon  or  Perfons  which  be  orlMod,227" 
'  fhall  be  in  their  Ward  by  Condemnation,  Execu- 
'  tion,  Capias  Utlagat'  or  Excommunicatum,  Surety  of 
'  the  Peace,  and  all  fuch  Perfons  which  be  or  mall  be 
'  committed  to  Ward   by  fpecial    Commandment  of2  Mod. '77- 
1  any  Juftice,   and  Vagabonds   refufing   to   ferve  ac-  \  si£  '3|°7' 
'  cording  to  the  Form  of  the   Statute  of  Labourers,  sau'nd.  161, 
'  only  except.     (7)  And  that  no  Sheriff,  nor  any  ofi6i. 
'  the   Officers   or  Minifters   aforefaid,    mail   take   or*  Amfcrli  1M4 
'  caufe  to  be  taken,  or  make,  any  Obligation  for  any2igeon-7  ' 107> 
'  Caufe  aforefaid,  or  by  Colour  of  their  Office,  but',  A'nde.r.  267. 
'  only  to  themfelves,  of  any  Perfon,  n:r  by  any  Per-Hob.  13. 
'  fon  which  fhall  be   in  their  Ward  by  the  Courfe  oftoto.  101. 
'  the  Law,  but  by  the  Name  of  their  Office,  and  uporfPy"'  fj  Il8» 
'  Condition    written,    that    the   faid    Prifoners    fhall \'^_ ^^  ^ 
'  appear  at  the  Day  contained  in  the  faid  Writ,   B1II3 co.59. 
'  or  Warrant,    and  in  fuch  Places  as  the  faid  Writs,  10  Co.  99. 
'  Bills,  or  Warrants  (hall  require.     (8)  And  if  any  of£r°-  J,ac-  2S6- 
'  the  faid  Sheriffs,  or  other  Officers  or  Minifters  afore- J".™.     r*  3°9' 
faid,- take  any  Obligation   in   other  Form  by  Oo-Savi'i  g,, 
lour  of  their  Offices,  that  it  fhall  be  void  ;  (9)  and  Hob.  71. 
that  he  fhall  take  no  more  for  the  making  of  any 
fuch  Obligation,  Warrant,    or  Precept  by  them  to 
be  made,  but  Four  Pence.     ( 10)  And  alfo  that  every %S$g£ff 
of  the  faid  Sheriffs  fhall  make  yearly  a  Deputy  inin  thc  King's 
the  King's    Courts   of   his   Chancery,    the   King's  courts. 
Bench,  the  Common  Pleas,  and   in  the  Exchequer, 
of  Record,  before  that  they  fhall  return  any  Writs, 
to  receive  all  Manner  of  Writs  and  Warrants  to  be 
delivered  to  them:   (11)  And  that  all  Sheriffs,  Un- 
der-Sheriffs,    Clerks,    Bailiffs,    Gaolers,    Coroners, 
Stewards,  Bailiffs  of  Franchifes,  or  any  other  Offi- 
cers or  Minifters,  which  do  csntrary  to  this  Ordi- 
I  i  I  i  '  nance  - 


6io       C  10. 


Anno  viceflmo  tertio  Henrici  VI.  A.  D.  1444. 


The  Forfeiture? 
of  the  Offender; 
and  who  fliail 
have  them. 


The  Sheriff  re- 
turning Cepi  Car 
2>ttstor  Reddidit fe 
Dyer,  f.  25. 


The  Warden  of 
the  Fleet  and  of 
the  PaJace  of 
Weji'minjkr  ex- 
empted. 
4  Co.  76. 
Dyer,  f.  319. 

See  3  Geo.  1.  c. 
l^.JecJj^.foriie 


nance  in  any  Point  of  the  fame,  fhall  lofe  to  the 
Party  in  this  Behalf  indamaged  or  grieved,  his  treble 
Damages,  (12)  and  fhall  forfeit  the  Sum  of  xl.  li. 
at  every  Time  that  they  or  any  of  them  do  the  con- 
trary thereof  in  any  Point  of  the  fame  ;  whereof  the 
King  fhall  have  the  one  Half,  to  be  employed  to  the 
Ufe  of  his  Houfe,  and  in  no  other  wife,  and  the  Party 
that  v.'ill  fue,  the  other  half.  (13)  And  that  the 
juftices  of  Affifes  in  their  Seffions,  Juftices  of  the 
one  Bench  and  of  the  other,  and  Juftices  of  Peace  in 
their  County,  fliail  have  Power  to  enquire,  hear, 
and  determine  of  Office  without  fpecial  Commifiion, 
of  and  upon  all  them  that  do  contrary  to  thefe  Ordi- 
nances in  any  Article  or  Point  of  the  fame.  (14) 
And  if  the  laid  Sheriffs  return  upon  any  Perfon, 
Cepi  Corpus,  or  Reddidit  fe,  that  they^  fhall  be 
chargeable  to  have  the  Bo"dies  of  the  faid  Perfons 
at  the  Days  of  the  Returns  of  the  faid  Writs,  Bills, 
or  Warrants,  in  fuc'a  Form  as  they  were  before  the 
making  of  this  Act. 

'  II.  Provided  always,  That  the  Warden  of  the 
King's  Gaol  of  the  Fleet,  and  of  the  King's  Palace 
of  Wejiminfter  for  the  time  being,  fhall  not  be  en- 
damaged nor  prejudiced  by  th  s  Ordinance  in  the 
Duty  of  his  Office.  And  alfo  that  this  Ordinance 
fhall  begin  at  the  F:aft  of  Eafter,  which  fhall  be  in 
the  Year  of  our  Lord  MCCCC  xlvi.' 

Penally  of  Sheriffs  taking  Fees  for  levying  the  King's  Debts. 


Cotton  MS. 
baillifs  dez  fraunchifez,  ou  afcuns  autres  officers 
ou  miniftrez,  queux  fount  le  contrarie  diceft  or- 
deignaunce,  ou  dafcun  point  dicelle,  perde  a  la 
partie  en  ycelle  endamage  ou  greve  fez  treblez 
damages  et  forface  la  fomme  de  xl.  Ii.  a  chefcune 
temps  que  eux  ou  afcun  de  eux  fount  le  contrarie 
dicelle  en  afcun  point  dicelle,  dount  le  Roi  davoir 
lune  moite,  ceo  deftre  emploiez  a  le  ufe  de  fon 
hoftiel,  et  en  null  autre  manere,  et  lautre  moite 
a  celluy  qui  ceo  voet  fuer.  Et  que  lez  Juftices 
dez  affifez  en  lour  feffions,  Juftices  del  un  Bank  et 
del  autre,  et  Juftices  de  la  peas  eii  lour  paiis,  eient 
poair  denquerer,  oier  et  terminer,  doffice,  faunz 
efpecial  comrniffion,  de  et  fur  toutz  iceux,  qui 
ferrount  le  contrarie  diceft  ordeignaunce  en  chef- 
cune article  ou  point  dicelle.  E  ft  lez  ditz  vif- 
countz  retournent  fur  afcun  perfone  cepi  corpus, 
ou  reddidit  fe,  qils  foient  chargeablez  davoir  le 
corps  dez  ditz  perfonez  a  lez  jours  de  la  retourne 
dez  ditz  briefs,  billez,  ou  garraunts,  en  tiel 
fourme  come  ils  furent  devaunt  la  fefaunce  diceft 
afle.  Purveu  toutz  foitz,  que  per  ceft  prefent  or- 
deignaunce le  Gardeyn  de  la  gaole  le  Roy  de  Flete, 
et  de  la  paleys  du  Roi  a  Weftminfter,  pur  le  temps 
efteant,  ne  foit,  endamage  ne  prejudice  en  fon 
duete  de  fon  office.  Et  auxint  que  ceft  ordeig- 
naunce commencera  en  la  feft  de  pafque  que  ferra 
en  Ian  de  noftre  Seignur  Jefu  Crift  M1.  CCCC 
xlvj'-. 


CAP.      X. 
The  Order  of  levying  the  Wages  of  the  Knights  of  the  Parliament. 


<c 


*  Add  to  them 


The  Pena  ty  if 

the  Sheriff, 
fcr  ■. .  levy  more 
Money  tl/an  is 
affcfiid. 


T  at  that  time      '- 


ITEM,  Whereas  before  this  Time  divers  Sheriffs  I 
in  divers  Counties  of  England,  by  Colour  of  i 
Writs  to  them  directed,  to  levy  the  Wages  of  the  ' 
Knights  of  the  Shires  for  the  time  being,  of  the  Par- 
liament of  the  King  that  now  is,  and  of  his  noble 
Progenitors,  have  levied  more  Money  than  hath 
been  due  to  the  faid  Knights,  and  more  than  they 
have  delivered*,  keeping  and  retaining  great  Part  of 
the  Money  to  their  own  Ufe  and  Profit,  to  their 
Officers  and  Servants,  to  the  great  Lofs  of  the  com- 
mon People  of  the  faid  Counties  :"  '  (2)  The  King, 
considering  the  Premifie-,  hath  ordained  by  the  Au- 
thority aforefaid,  That  the  Sheriff  of  every  County 
for  the  time  being,  in  the  next  County  Court  holden 
in  their  Counties,  after  the  Delivery  of  the  faid  Writs 
directed  to  them,  fhall  make  open  Proclamation, 
that  the  Coroners,  and  every  chief  Conftable  of  the 
Peace  of  the  faid  Counties,  and  the  Bailiffs  of  every 
Hundred  or  Wapentake  of  the  fame  County,  and  all 
other ^which  will  be  at  the  affeffing  of  the  Wages  of 
the  Knights  of  the  Shires,  fhall  be  at  the  next 
County  there  to  be  holden  to  affefs  the  faid  Wages  of 
the  faid  Knights;  (3)  and  that  the  Sheriff,  Under- 
fherift,  Coroners,  or  Bailiffs  for  the  time  being,  be 
there  at  the  fame  Time  in  their  proper  Perfon,  upon 
Pain  of  Forfeit. ire  to  the  King,  of  every  of  them 
that  maketh  Default,  Forty  Shillings.  (4)  At  which 
Time  the  faid  Sheriff  or  Under- fheriff,  in  the  Pre- 
fenc  of  the  1  that  fhall  come  +  to  the  fame,  and  of 
the  Suitors  of  the  fame  Counties  then  being  there, 
in  the  full  County  well  and  duly  fhall  affefs  every 
Hundred  to  that  affcflable  by  itfelf,  to  pay  a  certain 


TEM  come  devaunt  ceft  temps  diverfez  vif- 
countz  en  diverfez  counteez  Dengleterre  qount 
per  colour  des  briefs  direftz  a  eux,  pur  lever  lez 
gagez  de  lez  chivalers  de  lez  counteez  pur  le  temps 
efteantz,  de  lez  parlementz  du  Roy  qoreft,  et  de 
fez  noblez  progenitours,  ount  leve  pluis  d;  money, 
que  ad  eite  due  as  lez  ditz  chivalers,  et  pluis  qiis 
ount  deliverez  a  eux,  gardauntz  et  prcignauntz 
graunde  partie  du  dit  money  a  lour  ufe  et  profit  dc- 
mefne,  et  lour  officers  et  fervauntz,  a  trefgraunde. 
damage  de  la  commune  poeple  de  lez  ditz  counteez: 
le  Roi  confiderant  lez  premiffez,  ad  ordeigne  per 
laucStorite  fuifdit,  qe  le  vifcount  de  chefcune  counte 
pur  le  temps  efteant,  en  le  profchein  counte  tenuz 
en  lour  counteez  apres  la  deliveraunce  de  lez  ditz 
briefs  fait  a  eux,  face  overt  proclamation,  que  lez 
coroners,  et  chefcune  chief  conftable  de  la  peas 
dez  ditz  countees,  et  lez  baillifs  de  chefcun  hund- 
red ou  wapentak  de  mefme  le  counte,  et  toutz  au- 
trez  qui  voillent  eftre  a  le  aflefaunce  de  lez  gagez 
dez  chivalers  de  lez  Counteez,  foient  a  le  profchein. 
countee  illoquez  a  tenir,  daffeffer  lez  gagez  de  lez 
ditz  chivalers  ;  etque  le  vifcount,  ou  fouthvifcount, 
coroners,  ou  baillifs,  pur  le  temps  efteantz,  foient 
illoquez  a  mefme  le  temps  en  lours  propres  perfo- 
nez, fur  la  peyn  de  forfaiture  a  Roi,  de  chefcune 
diceux  qui  face  defaute  xl.  s.  a  qui  J  temps  le  vif- 
count ou  fouthvifcount,  en  prefence  diceux  qui  a 
celle  temps  viendront,  et  de  lez  fuitours  dez  ditz. 
counteez  adonqes  efteantz  la,  en  le  pleyn  counte 
bien  et  duement  ceffa  chefcune  hundred  a  ceo  affef- 
fable  per  luy  mefme  a  un  certayn  fomme,  de  paier 

pur 


A.  D.  1444,. 

Cotton  MS. 
pur  lez  gagez  dez  ditz  chivalers  de  lez  counteez, 
iffint  que  lenticr  fomme  dez  toutz  lez  hundredez 
nexcede  la  fommcN  que  ferra  dewe  a  lez  ditz  chiva- 
lers :  et  aprcs  ceo  en  mefme  le  counte  affefle  bien 
et  duement  chefcune  village  deinz  lez  ditz  hundre- 
dez a  ceo  affeflable,  a  un  certayn  fomme  pur  le 
paiement  de  lez  ditz  gagez,  iffint  que  lender  fom- 
me dez  toutz  lez  villez  deinz  afcun  de  lez  ditz 
hundredez  nexcede  la  fomme  afTeffe  fur  le  hundrede 
de  quell  eux  fount.  Et  que  lez  ditz  vifcountz, 
fouthvifcountz,  baillifs,  ne  null  autres  officers  pur 
la  caufe  iuifdit  leva  pluis  de  money  de  nulle  village, 
que  ceo  a  que  ils  furent  affeffez,  et  en  manere  et 
fourme  come  ils  fount  afleftez.  Et  ft  afcune  face 
on  voille  affeffer  afcun  hundred  ou  village  autre- 
ment  que  ell  avauntdit ;  qils  forfacent  pur  chefcun 
defaut  a  Roy  xx.  li.  et  a  chefcun  homme,  qui  voet 
fuer  en  ceft  cas  x.  li.  Et  que  lez  ditz  vifcountz  bien 
&  duement  levent  la  money  iffint  afTefTez  fur  lez 
ditz  villagez,  auxi  haftifment  come  ils  poient  bo- 
nement  apres  le  dit  afleftance,  et  icelle  deliverent  as 
lez  ditz  chivalers,  accordant  a  lez  briefez  de  ceo 
deftre  faitz,  fur  lez  ditz  peynez ;  et  celluy  qui 
voet  fuer  en  ceft  cas  foit  admys  a  ceo,  et  eit  pur  fa 
action  en  ceft  cas  un  fcire  facias  envers  celluy  qui 
offende  encountre  ceft  ordeignaunce.  Et  ft  le  de- 
fendant duement  garniz  en  ycelle  f  ;ce  defaulte,  ou 
autrement  appierge  et  foit  en  ycelle  convict ;  que 
adonques  lez  pleintifs  recoverent  envers  eux  qui 
iffint  font  convietz  x.  li.  a  lour  propre  ufe  ouftre 
lez  ditz  xx.  li.  ove  lour  damages  pur  lez  coftagez 
de  lour  fuitz  a  le  treble.  Et  que  lez  Juftices  de  le 
Bank  le  Roi  Juftices  de  commune  Bank,  Juftices 
daflifez  et  gaole  deliverer,  et  Juftices  de  la  peas  en 
lour  paiis,  eient  poiar  denquerer,  oier  et  terminer, 
dez  toutz  lez  ditz  defaultz,  fibien  per  enquerre  a 
la  fuite  du  Roi,  come  per  action  a  la  fuite  de  par- 
tie.  Et  que  toutz  tielx  expenfez  dez  chivalers  ne 
foient  levez  dafcuns  autres  villagez,  Seignouries, 
ou  lieux,  forfque  dez  tielx  come  ils  ount  efte  due- 
ment levez  devaunt  ceft  temps,  et  que  en  chefcune 
tiel  briefe  defore  affaire  pur  iever  lez  gagez  dez 
chivalers  foit  ceft  aft  comprehenduz. 


Anno  vicefimo  tertio  Henrici   VI. 


C. 


1 1. 


611 


Sum  for  the  Wages  of  the  Knights  of  th  •  S  ire,  fo 
that  the  whole  Sum  of  all  the  Hundreds  do  not 
exceed  the  Sum  which  fhall  be  due  to  the  fajd  Knights. 
(5)  And  after  that  in  the  fame  County,  they  ihall 
aflefs  well  and  lawfully  every  Village  within  the  faid 
Hundreds,  which  fhould  be  there  affeflable,  to  a  cer- 
tain Sum  for  the  Payment  of  the  faid  Wages  ;  fo  that 
the  whole  Sum  of  all  the  Towns  within  any  of  the 
faid  Hundreds,  do  not  exceed  the  Sum  aflefled  upon 
the  Hundred  of  which  they  be.  (6)  And  that  the 
faid  Sheriffs,  Under-fheriffs,  Bailiffs,  nor  any  other 
Officer,  for  the  Caufe  aforefaid,  mall  levy  mere 
Money  of  any  Village  than  that  whereunto  they 
were  affeffed  :  *  (7)  And  if  any  do  or  will  aflefs  any*  Aii  a>"1'" 
Hundred  or  Village  otherwife  than  is  aforefaid,  that;™"^ 
they  jfhall  forfeit  for  every  Default  to  the  King"'  eyar' 
Twenty  Pounds,  and  to  any  Man  which  will  fue 
in  this  Cafe,  Ten  Pounds. 

'  II.  And  that  the  faid  Sheriffs  well  and  duly  fhall  who  may  Pr°- 
Ievy  the  Money  fo  aflefled  upon  the  aforefaid  Villages,  ™a,\Z  b"' 
as  ipeedily  as  they  well  may  after  the  faid  afleffing,  wha'tWr.t. 
and  the  fame  fhall  deliver  to  the  faid  Knights,  accord- 
ing to  the  Writs  thereof  to  be  made,  upon  the  faid 
Penalties  ;  (2)  and  he  that  will  fue  in  this  Cafe,  fhall 
be  thereunto  admitted,  and  fhall  have  for  his  Action 
in  this  Cafe  a  Scire  facias  againft  him  that  offendeth 
contrary  to  this  Ordinance;   (3)  and  if  the  Defend- The  Penalty  on 
ant,  duly  warned  in  the  fame,  make  Default,  or  e]feoften<ic^s• 
appear,  and  be  in  the  fame  Convict,  that  then  the 
Plaintiffs    fhall  recover   againft    them   which  be  fo 
convict,  Ten  Pounds   to   their  own  Ufe,    over  the 
faid  Twenty  Pounds,  with  their  treble  Damages  for 
the  Cofts  of  their  Suits. 

'  III.  And  the  Juftices   of  the  King's  Bench,  and  The  Ksighta 
of  the  Common  Pleas,  Juftices  of  Affifes,  and  Gaol-  ^**1all^e 
delivery,    and   Juftices  of  Peace  in   their  Country,  thVaccuftomed 
fhall  have  Power  to  inquire,    hear,    and  determine  places, 
of  all   the  faid  Defaults,  as  well  by  Inquiry  at  the 
King's  Suit,    as  by  Action  at  the  Suit  of  the  Par- 
ties ;   (2)  and  that  all  fuch  Expences  of  Knights  {hall 
not  be  levied  of  any  other  Villages,  Seigniories,  or 
Places,  but  of  fuch  whereof  it  hath. been  levied  be- 
fore this  Time. 

'  IV.  And  that  in  every  fuch  Writ  from  henceforth  to 
be   made   to    levy  the  Wages  of  the   laid  Knights,-         „  , 
this  Act  fhall  be  comprehended  in  the  fame.'  ir  3r'r  ,^e  j    * 

n:«n(  of  ttc  Wage/' if  Knights  and  Burgtffe  ••.  Wain. 


C  A  P.     XI. 
The  Trial   fhall  be  made  when  the  Tenant  or  Defendant,  after  an  Iffue  joined,  pleadeth  a 


foreign  Plea,  where  the  fame  Writ  is  brought,  and  by  the  Jury  fo  returned. 
the  next  Parliament. 


To  endure  to 


ITEM  le  Roi  ad  ordeigne  et  eftablie  per  lauctorite  fuifdit,  que  ft  afcune  perfone  ou  perfonez,  tenauntz 
ou  defendauntz  en  afcune  action  realle  ou  perfonelle,  apres  ceo  qils  ount  pledez  al  iffue  en  afcun  (uite 
ou  action  et  liffue  joyne  et  entre  de  record,  et  un  venire  facias  de  la  juree  retourne,  que  fils  oii  afcun  de  eux 
apres  a  autre  jour  en  court  plede  afcun  foreyh  pie  triable  en  afcun  autre  counte  que  lo'u  le  briere  eft  porte  ou 
la  fuite  pris,  et  lez  demaundantz  ou  pleintifs  en  tielx  foreinz  pleez  pledent  a  iffue ;  que  tiel  iikie  eri  tiel  to- 
reyn  plee  foit  trie  ou  le  briefe  eft  porte  ou  la  fuite  pris,  et  per  mefme  la  jurree  iffint  retourne.  Et  que  ceft  act 
et  ordeignaunce  commencera  alafeftede  Pafque  que  ferraen  Ian  de  noftre  Seignur  Jefu  ChriftM.  CCCC  xlvj. 
et  endurera  tanque  al  profchein  parlement. 


I  i  ii 


C  A  P. 


612        C.  12.  Anno  vicefimo  tertio  Henrici  VI.  A.  D. 


1444. 


CAP.      XII. 

A  Servant  in  Husbandry  purpofing  to  depart  from  his  Mafter  muft  give  him  Half  a  Year's 
Warning,  or  elfe  he  (hall  ferve  him  the  Year  foliowing.  The  feveral  Wages  of  Servants  in 
Hufbandry,  and  of  Labourers,  with  Meat  and  Drink,  and  without. 

Cotton  MS. 
-iRcp,  5  El.  c.  4.  TTEM  le  Roi  ad  ordcigne  per  lau£torite  fuifdit,  que  chefcune  fervaunt  de  hofbondrie  purpofant  a  departier 
JL  de  fon  maifter  a  le  fyne  de  fon  .erme,  a  milieu  de  fon  terme,  ou  autrement  devaunt,  face  covenaunt 
ovefqe  un  autre  homme,  de  iuy  fervir  pur  le  profchein  an ;  fll  foit  en  tiel  cas,  come  la  ley  luy  voet  compelier 
de  fervir ;  et  qe  le  dit  fervaunt,  et  celluy  qui  iflint  fra  covenaunt  ove  luy  a  le  mye  lieu  de  la  dit  terme  ou 
devaunt,  garnifent  le  maifter  du  dit  fervaunt  de  la  dit  covenaunt  iflint  de  novell  fait,  iflint  que  mefme  le 
maiftre  puiffe  luy  purvoir  un  autre  fervaunt  encountre  le  fyn  de  fon  terme;  et  fi  afcun  covenaunt  ovefqe 
afcun  tiel  fervaunt  foit  autrement  fait,  ou  tiel  garnifhment  en  manere  et  fourme  fuifditz  ne  foit  eu ;  que 
mefme  le  covenaunt  foit  voide,  et  que  mefme  le  fervaunt  foit  compelie  de  fervir  fon  primer  maifter  pur  le 
profchein  an ;  finoun  qe  un  loial  et  refonable  caufe,  efteant  de  puifne  temps,  requira  le  contrarie.  Et 
auxint  que  lez  falariez  et  gagez  dez  fervauntz  laborers  et  artificers  nexcedent  pas  laffeffaunce  que  enfuift ; 
fcilicet  la  falarie  dun  baillif  de  hufbandrie  per  an  xxiij.s.  iiij  d.  et  vefture  price  de  vs.  ovefque  mangier  et 
boier;  de  un  chief  hine  un  charetter  un  chief  berger  xxs.  et  vefture  le  price  de  iiij  s.  ovefqe  mangier  et 
boier;  un  commune  fervaunt  de  hufbandrie  xvs.  et  vefture  price  de  xld.  un  femme  fervaunt  xs.  et  vefture 
price  de  iiij  s.  ovefque  maungier  et  boier;  un  enfaunt  deinz  age  de  xiiij  ans  vjs.  et  vefture  price  de  iij  s. 
ovefqe  mangier  &  boier.  Mefme  la  fourme  foit  obfervez  de  falarie  dez  fervauntz  ovefqe  hoftilers,  vitail- 
lers,  et  artificers  en  citeez,  burghs,  et  aillours  efteantz.  Et  tielx  que  meyns  defervient,  meyns  de  prendre: 
et  auxint  en  lieux  ou  meyns  eft  ufe  deftre  donez,  meyns  donent  defore  enavaunt.  Et  que  de  la  feft  de  Pafque 
jefqe  a  le  fcfte  de  feint  Michel  lez  gagez  dafcun  frank  mafon  ou  maiftre  carpenter  nexcede  pas  pur  le  jour 
iiij  d.  ovefqe  mangier  et  boier;  et  faunz  mangier  et  boier  vd.  ob.  un  maifter  tiler  ou  fclaiter,  un  rough 
mafon  et  mefne  carpenter,  et  autres  artificers  concernauntz  edification  iij  d.  per  le  jour  ovefqe  mangier  et 
boier ;  et  faunz  mangier  et  boier  iiij  d.  ob.  et  chefcune  autre  laborer  per  le  jour  ij  d.  ovefqe  mangier  et  boier  ; 
et  faunz  mangier  et  boier  iijd.  ob.  Et  de  la  feft  de  feint  Michell  jefqe  a  la  feft  de  Pafqe,  un  frank  mafon 
et  un  maifter  carpenter  per  le  jour  iij  d.  ovefqe  mangier  et  boier ;  et  faunz  mangier  et  boier,  iiij  d.  ob.  tiierr 
mefne  carpenter,  rough  mafon,  et  autres  artificers  avauntditz,  per  le  jour  ij  d.  ob.  ovefqe  mangier  et  boier  ; 
et  faunz  mangier  et  boier  iiij  d.  Et  chefcune  autre  artificer  et  laborer  per  le  jour  j.  dr.  ob.  ovefqe  mangier 
et  boier,  et  faunz  mangier  et  boier  iij  d.  et  qui  meinz  deferve,  meinz  deprendre.  Purveu  que  la  dit  aiief- 
faunce  nextenda  as  laborers  en  temps  dauft  entour  labour  dauft ;  en  quele  lez  gagez  dun  falchier  nexceda 
pas  le  jour  iiij  d.  ovefqe  mangier  et  boier ;  et  faunz  mangier  et  boier  vj  d.  un  homme  msffour  ou  charettour 
iijd.  per  le  jour  ovefqe  mangier  et  boier ;  et  faunz  mangier  et  boier  vd.  un  femme  laborer,  et  autres  la- 
borers, en  temps  dauft  per  le  jour  ijd.  ob.  ovefqe  mangier  et  boier  ;  et  faunz  mangier  et  boier  jiijd.  ob. 
et  tielx  que  fount  dignez  meyns,  meins  de  prendre.  Et  en  lieux  ou  meynz  eft  ufe  deftre  pris,  meyns  deftre 
prife  defore  enavaunt.  Et  que  nulle  artificer,  overer,  ne  laborer,  preigne  afcune  chofe  pur  le  jour  feftival, 
ne  pur  le  jour  ferial,  except  folonqe  la  rate  de  le  temps  de  le  jour  en  quele  il  labour.  Et  ft  afcune  perfone 
refufe  de  fervir  ou  laborer  accordant  a  lez  premiiTez,  que  chefcune  Juftice  de  la  peas  en  lour  countees  eient 
poiar  a  chefcune  temps,  dappeller  eux  a  examination  dicelle,  et  tielx  come  its  trovent  defeftifs  de  commit- 
ter a  gaole,  illoques  a  demurer,  tanqe  ils  ount  trovez  fufriceant  fuerte,  de  fervir  et  laborer  en  fourme  per  ley 
requis.  Et  fi  afcun  fervaunt,  artificer,  overer,  ou  laborer,  face  contrarie  a  lez  premiffez,  ou  denia  fon 
fervice  occupation  ou  labour,  pur  reafon  de  noun  donance  dez  gagez  ou  falariez  contrarie  a  ceft  eftatut ; 
qil  perde  a  la  partie  que  voet  fuer  en  ceft  partie  xxs.  Et  que  les  ditz  Juftices  de  peas  aient  poiar  doier 
et  terminer  toutz  maners  ofFenfez  faitz  encountre  la  fourme  diceft  eftatut,  ftbien  a  la  fuite  du  Roi,  come  a 
la  fuite  de  partie.  Et  que  chefcune  de  lez  liegez  du  Roi  poet  aver  la  fuite  envers  chefcune  perfon  que  of- 
fendra  en  afcune  point  encountre  ceft  eftatut ;  et  foit  le  procefle  en  ycelle  per  attachement,  un  capias,  et 
exigend'.  Auxint  que  les  Juftices  de  peas  aiTeiTent  nulle  fyn  fur  afcun  que  ferra  convict  devaunt  eux  de 
chofe  fait  encountre  afcun  eftatut  dez  laborers  ou  artificers,  ou  pur  cell  caufe  luy  mettera  en  la  grace  du 
Roi,  defoubz  iij  s.  iiij  d.  Et  auxint  qe  lez  Juftices  du  peas  per  mye  tout  le  Roialme  deux  temps  chefcune 
an  toutz  lez  eftatutz  dez  laborers,  artificers,  hoftillers,  vitaillers,  fervauntz,  et  vagerauntz,  devaunt  ceft 
temps  faitz  nient  revokez  ovefqe  ceft  eftatut  overtement  en  lour  feflions  facent  deftre  pronunciez,  auxint  que 
per  colour  de  tenour  de  meyns  tenementz,  que  la  hufbandrie  dicelle  fuffife  a  continuell  occupation  dun 
homme,  null  homme  foit  excufe  de  fervir  per  Ian,  fur  le  peyne  deftre  juftifie  come  un  vagerant.  Auxint  que 
Juftices  de  p;as  eient  poier,  de  prendre  toutz  fervauntz  retenuz  ovefqe  afcun  perfone  per  colour  de  hufban- 
drie, et  nient  duement  occupie  entour  ycell,  quelez  fervauntz  doient  per  la  ley  eftre  fervauntz  de  hufbandrie, 
hors  de  la  fervice  de  lour  maiftrez,  et  de  eux  compelier  de  fervir  en  loccupation  de  hufbandrie,  a  tielx 
come  requirent  lour  fervice,  et  d;  juftifier  eux  en  chefcune  point,  ficome  mefmez  lez  Juftices  ount  poiar 
de  juftifier  vagerauntz.  Et  que  ceft  eftatut  commence  deftre  de  force  et  executorie  en  la  feft  de  feinte- 
Mkhell.  que  ferra  en  Ian  noftre  Seignur  M.  CCCC.  xlvj.  et  en  nulle  manere  devaunt. 

CAP, 


A.  D.  1444.  Anno  vicefimo  tertio  Henri ci  VI.  C,  13,  14.        613 


CAP.    XIII. 

The  Penalty  of  a  Subject's  Taker  taking  any  thing  without  the  Owner's  Confent. 

Cotton  MS.  _ 
TEM  le  Roi  ad  ordeigne  et  eftablie,  per  lauetorite  fuifdit,  que  fi  afcun  achatour  ou  autre  officer  de  le 
Due  de  Gloucefter,  ou  dafcun  autre  Seignur  ou  perfon  de  quele  eftate  gree  ou  condition  qil  foit,  pre- 
fuma  fur  luy  de  prendre,  ou  autrement  preigne,  afcuns  vitaillez,  graynez,  feyne,  cariagez,  ou  afcun  autre 
chofe  queconqe,  qe  foit  de  afcun  de  lez  liegez  du  Roi,  en  afcun  manere  encountre  lour  volunte,  faunz  loial 
bargaine  perentre  lez  ditz  achatours  ou  ofEcers  et  la  dit  liege  poeple  de  ceo  deftre  fait,  a  le  ufe  du  dit 
Due  ou  afcun  autre  Seignur  pur  lour  hoftielx,  finoun  tantfoulcment  pur  le  Roi  et  la  Roigne  et  lour  ho- 
ftielx, que  adonqes,  fi  notice  ou  requeft  foit  fait  a  le  mair,  vifcount,  baillif,  conftable,  officers,  ou  autre 
de  lez  miniftrez  du  Roi,  de  lez  citeez  et  burghs  ou  autres  counteez  et  iieux  ou  tiel  pris  aveignera  deftre, 
que  adonques  le  dit  mair,  vifcount,  baillif,  conftable,  officer,  et  minifter,  a  qui  tiel  notice  et  requeft  ferra 
fait,  maintenaunt  prendra  et  arreftera  toutz  tielx  achatours  et  officers,  iffmt  fefauntz  ou  trefpaffauntz,  et  eux 
mettent  en  le  profchein  prifon  du  Roy,  illoquez  a  demurer,  et  nient  deftre  leffez  a  bailie  ne  maynpris,  tanqe 
al  temps  qils  ount  rebaillez  toutz  lez  vitaillez,  cariagez,  et  autres  chofez  iffint  prifez,  ou  le  verroie  value 
diceux.     Et  fi  lez  ditz  mair,  vifcount,  baillifs,  conftablez,  et  officers  avauntditz,  facent  le  contrarie  de  ceo,  The  Forfeiture 
que  adonques  iis  forferount  xx  li'.  dount  le  Roi  avera  lime  moite.,  et  ia  partie  de  que  tielx  chofez  fount  pri- of  Officers  who. 
fez  lautre  moite,  fil  voet  fuer  pur  un  action  de  dette,  en  la  quell  le  defendaunt  ne  fra  fa  ley.     Et  fi  il  ne"'11  not  a,?f 
voet  fuer,  celluy  que  voet  fuer  pur  le  Roy  et  luy  mefmez  avera  la  fuite  de  recoverer  a  luy  mefmez  lunein  thi:.  cafe. 
moite  de  ceo,  et  le  Roi  lautre  moite.     Et  fi  afcun  de  lez  ditz  achatours,  autre  que  du  Roi  et  du  Roigne, 
foit  duement  convict  de  tiel  meinz  loial  prife  come  devaunt  eft  recite  a  la  fuite  dez  tielx  partiez  come  lue- 
ront  envers  eux  en  ceile  partie  ;  qadonques  ils  rendront  a  la  partie  que  iffint  fua  le  treble  value  de  lez  vi- 
taillez ou  autres  chofez  iffint  prifez,  et  lez  coftagez  de  lour  fuitz  doublez,  et  pur  la  dit  trefpas  de  faire  fyn 
et  raunceon  a  Roi.     Et  que  en  toutz  tielx  actions  ou  fuitz  avauntditz  la  protection  du  Roi  ne  ferra  pas  al- 
lowe  ne  availlable  pur  le  defendaunt.     Et  ceft  ordenaunce  de  commencere  et  prendre  effect  a  la  fefte  de3  _      3-  c- 
Pafque  que  ferra  en  Ian  noftre  Seignur  M.  CCCC.  xlvj.     Purveu  tout  temps,  que  per  ceft  act  le  puniflfi-oi/ iyiiCar! 
men:  ordeigne  envers  lez  purv.eours  du  Roy  en.nulle  manere  foit  reftreint, .  c.  24. 


c.  6. 


XIV. 


C    A   ] 

Who  fhall  be  Knights  for  the  Parliament.     The  Manner  of  their  Election. 

where  one  is  chofen  and  another  returned. 


The  Remedy 


ITEM  come  per  audtorite  dun  parlement  tenuz 
aWeftm'  Ian  du  reigne  de  le  trefhonorable  pier 
du  Roi  qoreft  primer,  entre  autres  chofez  ordeigne 
fuift,  que  lez  citczeins  et  burgeifez  dez  citeez  et 
burghs  venauntz    au    parlement  ferroient  eflieux 
hommez  citezeins  et  burgeifez  refceauntz  demur- 
rauntz  et-  enfraunchifez  en  mefmez  lez  citeez  et 
burghs,  et  null  autres ;    come  en  mefme  leftatut 
pluis  pleynement  eft  conteignuz  :  lez  queux  cite- 
zeins burgeifez  et  nulle  autres  ount  tout  temps  en 
citeez  &  burghs  eftez  eflieux,  et  as  vifcountz  dez 
counteez  retournez,  et  fur  lour  retournez  refceux 
et  acceptez  per  lez  parlementz  devaunt  cez  hoeurez 
tenuz  :  Et  auxint  come  per  aurStorite  dun  parle- 
ment tenuz  a  Weftm'  Ian  du  reigne  le  Roi  qcreft 
oeptifme,  ordeigne  fuift,  en  quell  manere  et  fourme 
lez  chivalers  dez  counteez  a  venir  as  parlementz 
enapres  teniers  ferrount  eflieux,  et  comment  lez 
vifcountz  dez  mefmez  lez  countez  fur  ceo  ferroient 
lour  retournez,  come  en  mefme  leftatut  pluis  pley- 
nement appiert :  per  force  de  quele  eftatut  elections 
des  chivalers  a  venir  a  parlement  afcun  foitz  ount 
eftez  duement  faitz  et  loialment  retournez,  tanqe 
a  ore  tarde,  que  diverfez  vifcountz  dez  counteez 
du  Roialme  dEngleterre  pur  lour  finguler  availle  et 
lucre  112  ount  faitz  due  elections  dez  chivalers,  ne 
en  temps  covenable,  ne  bons  et  verroiez  retournez, 
et  afcun  foitz  null  retournez  dez  chivalers  citizeins 
et  burgeifez  loialment  efluz  pur  venir   as   parle- 
mentz ;  mez  ount  retournez  tielx  chivalers  citi- 
,zeijis  et  burgeifez,  que  ne  furent  unquez  duement 


c  15. 

C.   I. 


c.  7. 

C.   2.. 
C.  JO. 


T  E  M,  Whereas  by  Authority  of  a  Parliament  r  h.  5.  c.  1. 

holden  at  Weftminjler  the  Firft  Year  of  the  Reign  18  Geo.  2.  c.  18, 
of  King  Henry,  Father  to  the  King  that  now  is,  4  lnft- IO- 
amongit  other  Things  it  was  ordained,  That  the  Ci- 
tizens and  Burgeffes  of  Cities  and  Boroughs,  coming 
to  the  Parliament,  fhould  be  chofen  Men  Citizens 
and  Burgeffes  refident,  abiding,  and  free  in  the  fame 
Cities  and  Boroughs,  and  none  other,  as  in  the  fame7  h.  4 
Statute  more  fully  is.  contained  ;  (2)  which  Citizens  11  H.  4 
and  Burgeffes  *  have  always  in  Cities  and  Boroughs*  Add  *ndm 
been  chofen  by  Citizens  and  Burgeffes,  and  no  other,"'*"" 
and  to  the  Sheriff  of- the  Counties  returned,    and  6  if.  6.  c.  4, 
upon  their  Returns  received  and  accepted  by  the  Par- 
liaments before  this  holden.     (3)  And  alfo,  whereas  8  H.  6 
by  Authority  of  a  Parliament  holden  at  Weflminjhr-, I0  H-  6 
the  Eighth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  the  King  that  now13  U' 
is,  it  v/as  ordained  in  v/hat  Manner  and  Form  the 
Knights  of  the  Shires  coming  to  the  Parliaments 
from  thenceforth  to  be  holden  lhould  be  chofen,  and 
how  the  Sheriffs  of  the  fame  Counties  thereupon 
fhould  make  their  Returns,  as  in  the  fame  Statute 
more  fully  appeareth  ;  (4)  by  Force  of  which  Statute  The  feveral  De- 
Elections  of  Knights  to  come  to  the  Parliaments  ^uits  of  Sheriffs 
fometimes  have  been  duly  made,  and  lawfully  re-"  re'"rn'"5,of 
turned,  until  now  of  late,  that  divers  Sheriffs  of  thefcr"'e6i^piri'i4,t'' 
Counties  of  the  Realm  of  England.,  for  their  fingu-ment. 
lar  Avail  and  Lucre,  have  not  made  due  Elections 
of  the  Knights,  nor  in  convenient  Time,  nor  good 
Men  and  true  returned,  and  fometime  no  Return  of 
the  Knights,  Citizens,  and  Burgeffes  lawfully  chofen 
to  come  to  the  Parliaments  ;  (5)  but  fuch  Knights, 

"  Citizens,. . 


614        C.  14. 


Anno  vicefimo  tertio  Henrici  VI.  A.  D.  1444. 


The  Statutes  of 
a  H.  5.  c.  1.    7 

H.  4.  c.  15.  Sc 
'8  H.  6.    c.  7. 

•-confirmed. 


The  Sheriffs 
fhall  lend  out 
Precepts  to  the 
Mayors  and  Bai- 
liffs of  Cities  and 
Boroughs,  to 
ekcl  Citizens 
and  BurgefTes  to 
t'erve  in  Par- 
liament. 


The  Penalty  on 
a  Sheriff"  making 
an  undue  Return 
of  a  Member  of 
Parliament. 
11  H.  4.  c.  1. 
Carth.  132. 
1  Shower  353. 
Hob.  78. 
-  Lev    1 14. 
3  Lev-  30. 

1  Lut.  60. 

5  Mod.  3IT. 

2  Vent.  37. 
Farr.  13. 
2^Salk.  502. 

Carth.  132. 


The  Penalty  on 
a  Mayor  or  Bai- 
liff making  an 
undue  Return. 
4  Mod.  119. 


Citizens,  and  BurgefTes  have  been  returned,  which 
were  never  duly  chofen,  and  other  Citizens  and  Bur- 
gefTes than  thofe  which  by  the  Mayors  and  Bailiffs 
were  to  the  faid  Sheriffs  returned  ;   (6)  and  fometirne's 
,  the  Sheriffs  have  not  returned  the  Writs  which  they 
had  to  make  Election  of  Knights  to  come  to  the 
Parliaments,  but  tne  faid  Writs  have  imbefiled,  and 
moreover  made  no  Precept  to  the  Mayor  and  Bailiff, 
or  10  the  Bailiffs  or  Bailiff  where  no  Mayor  is,   of 
Cities  and  Boroughs,  for  ths  Election  of  Citizens  and 
Burgefies  to  come  to  the  Parliament,  by  the  Colour 
of  thefe  Words  contained  in  the  fame  Writs  ;  ghiod 
in  plena,  comitatii  tuo  eligi  facias  pro  comitatu  tuo  duos 
Mtlites,  et  pro  qualibet  civitate  in  comitatu  tuo   duos 
'  Cives,,  et  pi  0  quolibet  bur  go  in  comitatu  tuo  duos  Bur- 
geiifes';   (7)  and  alfo  becaufe  fufficient  Penalty  and 
convenient  Remedy    for    the  Party    in    fuch  Cafe 
grieved  is  not  ordained  in  the  faid  Statutes  agai-nft 
the  Sheriff,  Mayors,  and  Bailiffs,  which  do  contrary 
to  the  Form  of  the  faid  Statutes  :"  '  (8)  The  King 
confidering  the  Premiffes  hath  ordained  by  Authority 
aforefaid,  That  the  faid  Statutes  fhall  be  duly  kept  in 
all  Points;  (9)  and  moreover  that  every  Sheriff,  after 
the  Delivery  of  any  fuch  Writ  to  him  made,  fhall 
make  and  deliver  without  Fraud  a  fufficient  Precept 
under  his  Seal  to  every  Mayor  and  Bailiff,  or  to  Bai- 
liffs or  Bailiff  where  no  Mayor  is,  of  the  Cities  and 
Boroughs  within  his  County,  reciting  the  faid  Writ, 
commanding  them  by  the  fame  Precept,  if  it  be  a 
City,  to  choofe  by  Citizens  of  the  fame  City,  Citi- 
zens, and  in  the  fame  Manner  and  Form,  if  it  be  a 
Borough,  by  the  BurgefTes  of  the  fame,  to  come  to 
the  Parliament.   (10)  And  that  the  fame  Mayor  and 
Bailiffs,  or  Bailiffs  or  Bailiff  where  no  Mayor  is, 
fhall  return  lawfully  the  Precept  to  the  fame  Sheriffs, 
by  Indentures  betwixt  the  fame  Sheriffs  and  them  to 
be  made  of  the  faid  Elections,  and  of  the  Names  of 
the  faid  Citizens  and  Burgeffes  by  them  fo  chofen, 
and  thereupon  every  Sheriff  fhall  make  a  good  and 
rightful  Return  of  every  fuch  Writ,  and  of  every 
Return    by    the    Mayors    and    Bailiffs,    or   Bailiffs 
or    Bailiff    where    no   Mayor    is,    to    him    made. 
,(11)  And  that  every  Sheriff  at  every  Time  that  he 
doth  contrary  to  this  Statute,  or  any  other  Statutes 
for  the  Election  of  Knights,  Citizens,  and  BurgefTes 
to  come  to  the  Parliament  before  this  Time  made, 
fhall  incur  the   Pain  contained  in   the  laid  Statute 
made  the  faid  Eighth  Year,  and  moreover  fhall  for- 
feit and  pay  to  every  Perfon  hereafter  chofen  Knight, 
Citizen,  or  Burgefs  in  his  County,  to  come  to  any 
Parliament,  and  not  duly  returned,  or  to  any  other 
Perfon,  which  in  Default  of  fuch  Knight,  Citizen, 
or  Burgefs  will  fue,  an  Hundred  Pounds,  whereof 
every  Knight,  Citizen,  and  Burgefs  fo  grieved,  feve- 
rally,  or  any  oiher  Perfon  which  in  their  Default  will 
fue,  fhall  have  his  Action  of  Debt  againft  the  faid 
Sheriff,  or  his  Executors  or  Adminikrators,  to  de- 
mand and  have  the  faid  Hundred  Pounds,  with  his 
Colts  (pent  in   that  Cafe.     (12)  And  that  in  fuch 
Action  taken  by  Virtue  of  this  Statute,  the  Defendant 
fhall  not  wage  his  Law  of  the  Demand  aforefaid  in 
any  wife,  (13)  and  that  no  Defendant  in  fuch  Action 
fhall  have  any  Effoin.    (14)  And  in  the  fame  Manner 
at  every  Time  that  any  Mayor  and  Bailiffs,  or  Bair 
liffs  or  Bailiff  where  no  Mayor  is,  fhall  return  other 
than  thof;  v/hich  be  chofen  by  the  Citizens  and  Bur- 


Cotton  MS. 
eflieux,  et  autres  cittzeins  et  burgeifez,  que  ceux 
que  per  mairs  et  baillifs  as  ditz  vifcountz  furc-nt 
retournez  :  Et  afciin  foitz  lez  vifcountz  ne  ount 
retourne  les  briefs  qi's  avJent  pur  faire  elections 
dez  chivalcrs  a  venir  as  parkmentz,  einz  lez  ditz 
briefs  ount  embTdlez,  et  ouftre  nulle  precept  as 
mair  et  baillifs,  ou  as  baillifs  on  baillif  ou  mair 
neft,  dez  citeez  et  burghs  pur  elections  dez  cite- 
zeins et  burgeifez  de  venir  as  parlementz  firent, 
per  colour  de  ceflz  parolx  contenuz  en  lez  ditz 
briefs,  quod  in  pleno  comitatu  tuo  eligi  facias  pro 
comitatu  tuo  duos  milites  et  pro  qualibet  civitate 
in  comitatu  tuo  duos  cives  et  pro  quolibet  burgo  in 
comitatu  tuo  duos  burgenfes  :  Et  auxint  pur  ceo 
que  fufficeant  peyne  et  covenable  remedie  pur  la 
partie  en  tiel  cas  greve  ne  fount  pas  ordeignez  en 
lez  ditz  efcatutz  vers  lez  vifcountz  et  mairs  et  bail- 
lifs qui  facent  encountre  la  fourme  dez  ditz  eftatutz: 
le  Roi  confiderant  lez  premiffez,  ad  ordeigne  per 
..udforite  Tuifdit,  que  lez  ditz  eftatutz  foient  due- 
ment  gardez  et  obfervez  en  toutz  pointz.  Et 
ouftre  ceo  qtie  chefcune  vifcount  apres  la  livere  de 
chefcune  tiel  briefe  a  luy  fait,  ferra  et  delivera 
faunz  fraude  un  fufficeant  precept  defouth  fon  feal 
a  chefcune  mair  et  baillif,  ou  as  baillifs  ou  baillif 
ou  mair  neft,  deinz  citeez  et  burghs  deinz  fon 
countee,  recitant  le  dit  briefe,  eux  commandant 
per  mefme  le  precept,  deflier,  fi  foit  citee,  percite- 
zeins  de  mefme  la  citee  deux  citezeins,  et  en 
mefme  la  fourme  ft  foit  burgh,  burgeifez,  de  venir 
al  parlernent.  Et  que  mefmez  lez  mair  et  baillifs, 
ou  baillif  ou  mair  neft,  dez  citeez  &  burghs  retour- 
nent  loialment  le  dit  precept  a  mefme  le  vifcount 
per  endenturez  entre  mefme  le  vifcount  et  eux 
affaire, '  de  lez  ditz  elections,  et  dez  nouns  dez 
ditz  citezeins  et  burgeifez  iffint  per  eux  eflutz.  Et 
fur  ceo  que  chefcune  vifcount  face  bone  et  droit 
retourne  de  chefcune  tiel  brfefe,  et  de  chefcune  re- 
tourne per  mair  et  baillifs,  on  baillif  ou  mair  neft, 
a  luy  fait.  Et  que  chefcune  vifcount,  a  chefcune 
foitz  qui  il  face  le  contrarie  diceft  eltatut  ou  dafcun 
autre  eltatut  pur  election  dez  chivalers  citezeins  et 
burgeifez  de  venir  al  parlernent  devaunt  cez  hoeu- 
rez  fait,  encourge  la  peyne  contenu  en  le  dit  efta- 
tut  fait  le  dit  an  oeptifrne.  Et  ouftre  ceo  forface  et 
paie  a  chefcune  perfone  en  apres  eflieu  chivaler  ci- 
tezein ou  burgeis  en  fon  counte  de  venir  a  afcun 
parlernent,  et  nemye  pur  luy  duement  retourne, 
ou  a  afcun  autre  perfone  que  en  defaute  de  tiel  chi- 
valer, citezein,  ou  burgeis,  fuer  le  voet  Cli.  dont 
chefcun  chivaler,  citezein,  et  burgeis  iffint  greve 
feveralment,  ou  afcun  autre  perfone  qui  en.  lour 
defaulte  fuer  voet,  eit  fa  action  de  dette  envers  le 
dit  vifcount,  ou  fez  executours  ou  adminiftratours, 
a  demaunder  et  aver  lez  ditz  C  li.  ove  fez  coftagez 
en  c:ft  cas  defpenduz.  Et  que  en  tiel  action  pris 
per  vertue  diceft  eltatut  le  defendaunt  ne  gagera  fa 
ley  de  la  demaunde  fuifdit  en  null  manere.  Et  que 
nulle  defendaunt  en  tiel  action  avera  afcun  effbyn. 
Et  en  mefme  le  manere  a  chefcune  foitz  que  afcune 
mair  et  baillifs,  ou  baillifs  ou  baillif  ou  mair  neft, 
retournent  ou  retourne  autres  que  ceux  qui  font 
dluz  per  lez  citezeins  et  burgeifez  dez  citeez  et 

burghs, 


A.  D.  1444. 


Anno  vicefimo  tertio  Henrici  VI. 


C.  14.        615 


Cotton  MS. 
burghs,  ou  tielx  elections  font  ou  ferront  faitz, 
encourge  et  forface  a  Roi  xl.  li.  et  cnouftre  forface 
et  paie  a  chefcune  perfone  en  apres  eflieu  citezein 
ou  burgeis  a  venir  al  parlement,  et  nemye  per  mef- 
mez  lez  mair  et  baillifs,  ou  baillifs  ou  baillif  ou 
mair  neft,  retourne,  ou  autre  perfone  qui  en  de- 
faulte  de  tiel  citezein  ou  burgeis  iflint  eflieu  fuer 
voet,  xl.  li.  dont  chefcune  des  citezeins  et  burgey- 
fez  iflint  greve  feveralment,  ou  afcun  autre  perfone 
qui  en  lour  defaute  fuer  voet,  ait  fa  action  de  dette 
envers  chefcune  des  ditz  mair  et  baillifs,  ou  baillifs 
ou  baillif  ou  mair  neft,  et  envers  lour  executours 
ou  adminiftratours,  a  demaunder  et  aver  de  chefcune 
dez  ditz  mair  et  baillifs,  ou  baillifs  ou  baillif  ou 
mair  neft,  xl.  li.  ove  fez  coftagez  en  ceft  cas  ex- 
penduz ;  et  que  en  tiel  action  de  dette  pris  per 
force  diceft  eftatut  null  defendaunt  gagera  fa  ley  de 
la  dit  demaunde  en  null  manere,  ne  avera  afcun 
effoin. 

Et  que  chefcune  vifcount  qui  ne  face  due  elec- 
tion dez  chivalers  pur  venir  al  parlement  en  temps 
covenable,  fcilicet  chefcune  vifcount  en  fon  pleyn 
counte  per  entrc  le  houre  de  viije  et  le  hoeure  de 
xje  devaunt  le  none,  faunz  collufion  en  ceft  par- 
tie,  et  chefcune  vifcount  qui  ne  face  bon  et  verray 
retourne  dez  tielx  elections  dez  chivalers  de  venir 
al  parlement  en  temps  a  venir,  come  a  eux  ap- 
partient,  en  manere  et  fourme  fuifditz,  forface 
envers  le  Roi  C.  li.  et  encourge  la  peyne  de  C. 
li.  a  paier  a  celluy  qui  voet  fuer  envers  luy,  fez 
executours  ou  adminiftratours,  pur  ceft  caufe,  per 
voie  dadtion  de  dette,  ove  fez  coftagez  en  ce'lle 
partie  expenduz  fans  gager  de  ley  de  celle  de- 
maunde, ou  aver  eflbin,  come  devant  eft  dit. 

Purveu  tcrutz  foitz,  que  chefcun  Chivaler,  Cite- 
zein, et  Burgeis,  pur  venir  a  afcun  parlement  en 
temps  aveigner  a  tenir,  en  due  fourme  eflieu,  et 
noun  pas  retourne  come  defuis  eft  dit,  commence 
fa  action  de  dette  fuifdit  deinz  trois  mois  apres 
mefme  le  parlement  commence,  a  proceder  en  la 
dit  fuite  eftectuelment,  faunz  fraude;  et  ft  ifTmt 
ne  face,  eit  un  autre  qui  fuer  le  voet  le  dit  action 
de  dette,  come  devaunt  eft  dit,  de  aver  et  reco- 
verer  mefme  la  fomme,  ove  fez  coftagez  en  ceft 
partie  difpenduz,  en  manere  et  fourme  avauntdit  ;■ 
iflint  que  null  defendaunt  en  tiel  action  gagera  fa 
ley,  ne  foit  effoin  en  null  manere,  come  defuis  eft 
dit.  Et  fi  afcune  Chivaler,  Citezein,  ou  Burgeis, 
en  temps  aveignir  retourne  per  le  vifcount  de  venir 
al  parlement  en  la  manere  fuifdit,  apres  tiel  re- 
tourne per  afcun  perfone  foit  oufte,  et  un  autre 
mys  en  fon  lieu ;  que  tiel  perfone  iflint  mys  en  le 
lieu  ceftuy  qui  efte  oufte,  fil  accepte  fur  luy  deftre 
Chivaler,  Citezein,  ou  Burgeis,  a  afcun  parle- 
ment en  temps  avenir,  forface  devers  le  Roy  C. 
li.  et  C.  li.  al  Chivaler,  Ckezein,  ou  Burgeis,  iflint 
retourne  per  le  vifcount,  et  apres  come  devaunt  eft  dit 
oufte.  Et  que  ceft  Chivaler,  Citezein,  ou  Burgeis, 
qui  eft  iflint  oufte,  avera  action  de  'ette  dez  mef- 
mez  C.  li.  vers  tiel  perfone  iflint  mys  en  fon  lieu, 
fez  executours  ou  adminiftratours.  Purveu  toutz 
fo'tz,  que  il  commence  fa  fuite  deinz  trois  moys 
apres  le  parlement  commence  ;  et  fi  il  ne  face,  que 
eeliuy  qui  voet  fuer  avera  action  de.  dette  dez  met- 


geffes  of  the  Cities  or  Boroughs  where  fuch  Elections 
be  or  fliall  be  made,  mall  incur  and  forfeit  to  the 
King  Forty  Pounds  ;  and  moreover  fhall  forfeit  and 
pay  to  every  Perfon  hereafter  chofen  Citizen  or  Bur- 
gefs to  come  to  the  Parliament,  and  not  by  the  fame 
Mayor  and  Bailiff",  or  Bailiffs  or  Bailiff"  where  no 
Mayor  is,  returned,  or  to  any  other  Perfon  which  in 
Default  of  fuch  Citizen  or  Burgefs  fo  chofen  will 
fue,  Forty  Pounds,  whereof  every  of  the  Citizens  and 
Burgefles  fo  grieved  feverally,  or  any  other  Perfon 
which  in  their  Default  will  fue,  fhall  have  his  Action 
of  Debt  againft  every  of  the  faid  Mayor  and  Bailiffs, 
or  Bailiffs  or  Bailiff  where  no  Mayor  is,  againft  their 
Executors  or  Adminiftrators,  to  demand  and  have  of 
every  the  faid  Mayors  and  Bailiffs,  or  Bailiffs  or  Bai- 
liff where  no  Mayor  is,  Forty  Pounds,  with  his- 
Cofts  in  this  Cafe  expended;  (15)  and  that  in  fuch 
Action  of  Debt,  taken  by  Force  of  this  Statute,  no 
Defendant  in  any  wife  fliall  wage  his  Law  of  the  faid 
Demand,  nor  have  any  Effoin. 

'  II.  And   that  every  Sheriff"  that  maketh  no  due  AfwhatTime 
Election  of  Knights   to  come  to  the  Parliament  in  of  the  Day  the 
convenient  Time,  that  is  to  fay,  Every  Sheriff  in  his  ^''^  [fll^' 
full  County,  betwixt  the  Hour  of  Eight  and  the  Hour'^,^  a 
of  Eleven  before  Noon,    without  Collufion  in  this 
Behalf;   (2)  and  that  every  Sheriff"  that  maketh  not 
good  and  true  Return  of  fuch  Elections  of  Knights 
to  come  to  the  Parliament  in  Time  to  come,  as  to 
them  pertaineth,    in  Manner   and  Form   aforefaid ; 
fhall   forfeit  to  the  King  an  Hundred  Pounds,   and 
alfo  fhall  incur  the  Pain  of  an  Hundred  Pounds  to 
be  paid  to  him  that  will  fue  againft  him,  his  Execu- 
tors or  Adminiftrators,  for  this  Caufe,   by  Way  of 
Action  of  Debt,  with  his  Cofts  in  this  Behalf  ex- 
pended, without  waging  of  Law  of  his  Demand,  or 
as  afore  is  faid. 
Provided  always,  That  every  Knight,  Citi-  Suits  to  °e  com- 
zen,  and  Burgefs  to  come  to  any  Parliament  here-  ^unc!llrlth|ln 
after  to  be  holden,  in  due  Form  chofen  and  not  re-  afte7the  Parlia*- 
turned  as  afore  is  faid,  fhall  begin  his  Action  of  Debt  ment  be&un, 
aforefaid  within  three  Months  after  the  fame  Par- 
liament  commenced,   to  proceed  in  the   fame  Suit 
effectually  without  Fraud;  (2)  and  if  he  fo  do  not, 
another  that  will  fue  fhall  have  the  faid  Action  of' 
Debt  (as  it  is  before  faid)  and  fhall  recover  the  fame 
Sum  with  his  Cofts  fpent  in  this  Behalf,  in  Manner 
and  Form  aforefaid,  fo  that  no  Defendant  in  fuch 
Action  fhall  wage  his  Law,  nor  be  effoined  in  any 
wife,  as  afore  is  faid.     (3)  And  if  any  Knight,  Ci- The  Penalty  if- 
tizen,  or  Burgefs,  hereafter  returned  by  the  Sheriff3"?  chofcn 
to  come  to  the  Parliament  in  the  Manner  aforefaid,  J?  beKmshf. 

c         r     .      t  .       .  r»     r  1  Citizen,  or  cur^- 

after  luch  Keturn,  be  by  any  rerfon  put  out,  and  ger3,  be  put  our,, 
another  put  in  his  Place,  that  fuch  Perfon  fo  put  in  and  another  pat: 
the  Place  of  him  which  is  out,  if  he  take  upon  himln  his  Mace. 
to  be  Knight,.  Citizen,  or  Burgefs,  at  any  Parlia- 
ment in  Ti  ;  e  to  come,  fhall  forfeit  to  the  King  an 
Hundred  Pounds,  and  an  Hundred  Pounds    ;o  the 
Knight,  Citizen,  or  Burgefs  fo  return  d  by  the  She- 
riff, and  after,  as  afore  is  faid,  put  out.     (4.)  And 
that  the  Knight,  Citizen,  or  Burgefs  which  is  fo  put 
out  fliall  have  an  Action  of  Debt  of  the  fame  Cli. 
againft  fuch  Perfon  put  in  his  Place,  his  Executors, 
or  Adminiftrators  ;    (5)    provided  always,.  That,  he 
fliall  begin  his  Suit  within  Three  Months  after  the 
Parliament  commenced;   (6)  and  if  he  do  not,  then 
he  that  will  fue  fliall  have  an  Action  of  Debt  of  the 

'-  fane. 


having  Effoin,. 
'  III.  - 


616       C.  15,  16.  Anno  vicefimo-  tertio  Henrici  VI.  A..  D.  1444.. 


tVhat  Sorts  of 
Pcrfons  fliall  be 
chofen  Knights 
of  the  Shires. 


■  Arid  of  Birth   « 


See  farther  27  H.  1 
S.  c.  26.    35  //. 
8.-e.  11.  7  fif  8 
W.3.  c.4,  7,£f: 


fameC  li.  againfl:  him  which  is  put  in  Place  of  him 
that  is  fo  put  out  after  fuch  Return,  his  Executors, 
or  Administrators,  and  that  no  Defendant  in  fuch 
A£rion  fhall  wage  his  Law,  nor  be  efToined  -,  (7) 
and  that  fuch  Procefs  fhall  be  in  the  A£tions  afore  - 
faid,  as  in  a  Writ  of  Trefpafs  done  againfl:  the  Peace 
at  the  Common  Law  ;  (8)  fo  that  the  Knights  of  the 
Shires  for  the  Parliament  hereafter  to  be  chofen, 
fhall  be  notable  Knights  of  the  fame  Counties  for  the 
which  they  fhall  be  chofen,  or  otherwife  fuch  nota- 
ble Efquires,  Gentlemen  *  of  the  fame  Counties,  as 
fhall  be  able  to  be  Knights ;  (9)  and  no  Man  to  be 
fuch  Knight  which  ftandeth  in  the  Degree  of  a  Yeo- 
man, and  under.' 


Cotton  Ale. 
mez  Iez  C.  li.  envers  ceftuy  qui  eft  rnys  en  le  lieu 
ceftuy  qui  eft  iffint  apres  del  retourne  oufte,  fez 
executours  ou  adminiftratours.  Et  que  null  de- 
fendaunt  en  tiel  action  gagera  fa  ley,  ne  foit  ef- 
foin,  et  que  autiel  procelfe  foit  en  les  adtions 
avauntditz,  come  eft  en  briefe  de  trefpas  fait  ea- 
countre  la  peas  de  la  commune  ley.  Iffint  que  lez 
Chivalers  dez  Counteez  pur  le  parlement  enapres 
a  efliers  foient  notablez  Chivalers  dez  mefmez  lez 
counteez,  pur  lez  queux  ils  ferront  iffint  efluz,  ou 
autrement  tielx  notablez  efquiers,  gentils  hommez 
del  nativite,  dez  mefmez  lez  counteez,  come 
foient  ablez  deftre  chivalers,  et  null  homme  deftre 
tiel  chivaler  qui  eftoife  en  la  degree  de  vadlet  et 
defouth. 


10  Aim.  c.  23.     12  Ann.  fiat.  I.  c.  5,    19  Geo.  2.  c.  28..  and  3!  Geo,  2.  c.  14.  fir  the  due  Eletlhn  of Knights  of  the  Shires,  &i. 


CAP.      XV. 
The  Duty  of  a  Gauger,  and  when  he  fhall  have  his  Gauge  Penny. 


17  Ed.  $.Jtal.  I. 
c.  8. 
jl  Ed.  %.flat.  I.  ' 

<-.  5.  ■< 

.4  k.  2.  c.  1.     1 

18  H.  6.  c.  17.  , 

Confirmed  by  I  R, 

2-.  c.  13  and  ze\Yi.  8.  c.  14. 


TEM,  The  King  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed 
by  the  Authority  aforefaid,  l  hat  the  Penny, 
which  is  called  the  Gauge  Penny,  fhall  not  be  paid 
to  the  Gauger,  nor  to  any  other  in  his  Name,  until 
he  or  his  Deputies  have  gauged  the  Wines,  and  then 
he  to  take  and  receive  his  Penny  for  the  fame  in 
Gree,  without  more  Increafe  or  Advantage  to  claim 
for  it;  (2)  and  alfo  that  he  or  his  Deputy  be  ready 
to  do  the  Office  of  Gauger  in  all  Places,  when  he  to 
that  by  the  Party  fhall  be  required.;  (3)  and  that  to 
be  obferved  through  all  the  Realm  of  England,  upon 
the  Pain  comprifed  in  the  Statute  made  the  Seven  and 
twentieth  Year  of  the  noble  King  Edward  the 
Third,  of  the  gauging  of  Red  WTine  and  White 
Wine,  dulytobe  executed.' 


TEM  leRoi  ad  ordeigne  et  purveu  per  laudto- 
rite  fuifdit,  que  le  denier  que  eft  appelle  Is 
gauge  peny  ne  foit  paie  a  le  gaugeour,  ne  a  afcun 
autre  en  fon  noune,  tanqe  il  ou  fon  deputee  eit 
gauge  lez  vinez,  et  adonques  luy  de  prendre  et 
refceiver  fon  denier  pur  ceo,  en  gree,  faunz  pluis. 
encrece  ou  avauntage  pur  ceo  claymer.  Et  auxint 
qil  foit  preft,  ou  fon  depatee,  de  faire  loffice  da 
gaugeour  en  toutz  lieux,  quant  il  a  ceo  per  la 
partie  -foit  requis  ;  et  ceo  deftre  obfervez  per  mye 
tout  le  Roialme  du  Roi,  fur  la  peyne  comprife  en 
leftatut  fait  Ian  xxvij.  du  Roy  Edward  le  tierce, 
de  gaugier  dez  vinez  rouge  et  blanc,  duement 
eftre  execut. 


C  A  P.     XVI. 
When  and  where  an  EYcheator  fhall  take  his  Inqueft  of  Office,  and  his  Fee. 


34  Ed.  3.  «.  i3.-* 

.Enforctd  by  I  H.  c 
8.  r.  8.  which  .e 

is  made  perpetual 
by  3  H.  b.  c.  2. 


Leafes  (5ir.ll  be 
made  to  thofe 
whith  i!o  tender 
3  Trivcrfe  to  an  ' 
Olncc.  < 

3^  Ed.  3.  c.  14.  <; 
36  Ed.  3.  c.  i:.( 
£  H.  6.  c.  it. 
j8  H.  6.  c.  6. 


ITEM,  It  is  ordained,  by  Authority  aforefaid, 
That  every  Efcheator  fhall  take  his  Inquefts  of 
Office  by  virtue  ef  fhe  Writs  of  DUm  claujii  exire- 
mum,  and  all  other  Writs,  within  the  Month  after 
the  Delivery  of  fuch  Writs,.  (.2)  and  alfo  that  all 
fuch  Inquifitions  fha!l  he  taken  in  good  Towns  and 
open  Places  ;  (3)  and  that  none  of  them  fhall  take 
privily  nor  openly  by  him,  nor  by  any  Perfon,  for 
the  Execution  of  any  fuch  Writs  in  one  "County, 
nor  by  the  Occafion  thereof,  above  the  Sum  of  Six 
Shillings  and  Eight  Pence,  or  Thirteen  Shillings 
and  Four  Pence,  or  above,  where  his  Labour  and 
his  Cods  fhall  require  it,  {o  th:tt  the  Sum  which  he 
fo  fhall  take  do  not  exceed  in  the  Whole  the  Sum  of 
Forty  Shillings,  for  the  Execution  of  any  fuch  'Writ 
in  one  County  ;  (4)  and  if  any  Efcheator  do  contrary 
to  any  of  the  PremiiTes,  that  then  he  fhall  forfeit  the 
Sum  of  Forty  Pounds. 

'  II.  And  if  any.  Man  travel fe  an  Office  tr.ken  be- 
forc2ny  Efcheator  or  Commiffioner,  and  thereof  hath 
a  Stiire  facias  againft  any  Patentee,  that  in  this  Cafe 
no  Protection  fhall  be  allowed,  nor  allowable  ;  (2) 
and  as  to  anv  Grant  or  Lcafe  to  be  made  to  any  Per- 
fon which  fhail  travcrfe  any  fuch  Office,    that  the 


TEM  ordeigne  eft  per  Iau£lorite  fuifdit,  que 
chefcune  efchetour  .preigne  fez  enqueftez  dof- 
fice  per  vertue  dez  briefez  de  diem  claufit  extre- 
mum,  et  toutz  autres  briefs,  deinz  le  mois  apre9 
la  deliveraunce  dautielx  briefs,  et  auxint  que  toutz 
autielx  inquifitions  foient  prifez  en  bonez  villez, 
&  lieux  overtez  ;  et  que  nulle  de  eux  preigne, 
privement  ne  appiert,  per  luy  ne  per  autre,  ne 
per  afcune  mefne  perfone,  pur  lexecution  des  af- 
cunes  ticlx  briefs  en  un  counte,,  ne  per  loccafion 
de  ceo,  ouftre  la  fomme  de  vi.  S;  viij.  d.  ou  xiij.  s. 
iiij.  d.  ou  defouth  lou  fon  labour  et  fez  collages 
ceo  demaunderent,  iffint  que  la  fomme  qil  autie'l- 
ment  prendra  nexceda  en  tout  la  fomine  de  xl.  s. 
pur  lez  executions  dafcune  tiel  brief  en  un  coun- 
tee.  Et  fi  afcune  efchetour  face  le  contrarie  daf- 
cune de  lez  premiffez,  que  adonques  il  forfaoe  la 
fomme  de  xl.  li.  Auxint  que  li  afcune  homme 
traverfe  afcun  office  prife  devaunt  afcun  efchetour 
ou  commiffioner,  et  dent  eit  afcun  Scire  facias  en- 
vers- afcun  patentee,  que  en  cell  cafe  null  protec- 
tion foit  allowe  ne  allowable.  Et  quant  a  afcun 
graunt  ou  leez  a  faire  a  afcune  perfone  qui  tra- 
verfa  .afcun  tiel  office,  que  leftatutz  en  tiel  cas  de- 
vaunt 


A.  D.  1448.  Anno  vicefimo  feptimo  Henri ci  VI. 


C.  1. 


Cotton  MS. 
vaunt  ceft  eftatut  faitz  foient  duement  obfervez  ; 
-et  que  le  Roi  eit  la  moite  de  la  dit  forfaiture  de 
xi.  li.  et  que  la  partie  qui  en  ceil  partie  voet  fuer 
pur  le  Roi  et  luy  mcfme  eit  lautre  moite  dicelle. 


Statute  in  that  Cafe,  before  this  Time  made,  fhall 
be  duly  obferved  :  (3)  And  that  the  King  {hall  have 
the  Half  of  the  faid  Forfeiture  of  Forty  rounds,  and 
the  Party,  which  in  this  Behalf  will  fue  for  the  King 
and  himfelf,  fhall  have  the  other  Half  of  the  fame.' 


CAP.      XVII. 

No  new  Impofitions  (hall  be  laid  upon  them  which  buy  Wines  in  Gafcoyn  ox  Guy  en,  by  any  of 
the  King's  Officers  in  thofe  Parts,  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  Twenty  Pounds,  and  treble 


Damages. 


See  Appendix. 


617 


■Statutes  made  at  St.  Edmundsbury,  Anno  25  Hen.  VI.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1447. 

All  Statutes  made  againft  Weljhmen  confirmed.  All  Grants  of  Markets  and  Fairs  to  any 
Weljhman  fhall  be  void.  The  King's  Villains  in  North  Wales  fhall  be  conftrained  to  fuch 
Labour  as  they  have  done  before.     See  Appendix. 


■Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,    Anno  27  Hen.  VI.  W  Anno 

Dom.  1448. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 

AU  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  xij.  jour 
de  Febr.  Ian  du  reigne  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roy  Henry  vje  apres  le  conqueft  xxvije 
imefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  del  advis  &  afTent  des 
Seignurs  efpirituell  &  temporell  &  lez  Communes 
efteantz  en  le  dit  parlement  &  par  au£lorite  de 
mefme  le  parlement  ad  fait  ordener  &  eftablier  di- 
verges ordinances  &  eftatutes  en  lez  manere  & 
iburme  enfuantz. 


T  the  Parliament  holden  at  Weftminfter  the 
Twelfth  Day  of  February,  the  Seven  and 
twentieth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Lord 
King  Henry  the  Sixth  after  the  Conqueft,  the  fame 
our  Lord  the  King,  by  Advice  and  AfTent  of  the 
Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  the  Commons 
being  in  the  fame  Parliament,  hath  ordained  and  ef- 
tablilhed  divers  Ordinances  and  Statutes  in  Manner 
and  Form  following." 


C    A    P.      I. 

If  Woollen  Cloths  manufactured  in  England  fhall  be  prohibited  in  Brabant,  Holland,  and 
Zealand,  then  no  Merchandife  growing  or  wrought  there  within  the  Dominion  of  the  Duke 
of  Burgoin  fhall  come  into  England  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture. 

Rimerement  pur  ceo  qe  une  cerfeine  ordenaunce  ad  eftee  proclamee  publiee  &  eftroitement  gardee  en    EXP. 
lez  partiez  "de  Brabant  Holland  &  Zeland  qe  null  manere  de  draps  de  lain  fait  en  ceft  Roialme  dEn-  Conf.  for  feveo 
•gleterre  ne  viendra  en  lez  ditz  parties  la  eftre  vendues  afcunment  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  de  mefme  le  draps  piirXf"5  by , 
quoy  le  Roi  noftre  dit  fover-aigne  Seignur  pur  caufe  qeft  exprefTement  encountre  lez  trieux  &  appointementez  see  4  Edw.  4. ' 
faitz  &  pris  entre  fes  Roialmes  terres  &  fubgettes  dune  partie  et  les  terres  les  quelx  le  Due  de  Burgoigne  tientc.  5. 
&  occupie  de  lautra  partie  plufours  foitz  devaunt  ceft  temps  ad  fait  efcripre  fes  lettres  requifitories  &  envoya 
fes  meffages  pur  due  reformation  pur  avoire  efte  eue  en  ceft  partie  de  quoy  unquore  null  due  addreffe  eft 
ewe  a  trefintollerable  damage  de  toutz  les  communes  de  ceft  Roialme  par  caufe  qe  plufours  faifours  de  draps 
ceftafTavoir  hommes  textours  fullons  &  tinfturiers  &  femmes  pingnereffes  cardoreffes  &  filerefles  &  autres 
achatours  &  vendours  dicell  tielx  qi  ne  fcavent  null  autres  occupations  de  verraie  neceffite  font  conftraintez 
pur  leur  vivre  a  faire  les  occupations  et  tielx  deulx  qe  ne  fcevent  afaire  nul  autres  occupations  devienent 
come  udife  poeple  le  quel  les  provoque  apecchi  &  mavais  vie.    Le  Roy  confiderant  les  premifTes  ad  ordeigne 
par  lauftorite  defuifdit  qe  fil  ne  foit  qe  due  continuell  reformation  foit  fait  es  ditz  parties  de  Brabant  Holland 
&  Zeland  de  la  dit  ordeignaunce  entry  cy  &  le  feft  de  Seint  Michell  profchein  venant  Ai-nfi  qe  tout  manere 
de  draps  de  lain  faitz  en  ceft  Roialme  poet  venir  &  eftre  accepte  en  mefmes  les  parties  de  Holland  Brabant 
&  Zeland  la  eftre  uttrees  &  vendues  auxi  franchement  come  afcuns  autres  merchandifes  qe  lors  pur  defaulte 
de  ti el  reformation  en  cell  partie  null  manere  des  merchaundifes  ne  biens  del  croiffance  ne  overaygne  des 
terres  &  parties  les  quelx  le  dit  Due  tient  &  occupie  viegne  en  le  dit  Roialme  dEngleferre  apres  le  dit  feft 
fur  peine  de  forfaiture  de  les  merchandifes  ceftafTavoir  lune  moite  de  ceo  au  Roy  &  lautre  mokee  de  cell  a  ce- 
V01..I.  Kkkk 


618        C.  2 — 5.  Anno  vicefimo  feptimo  H  e  n  r  1  c  1  VI.         A.  D.  1 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
luy  qi  primerement  feifera  les  ditz  merchaundifes  en  quelxconqes  mayns  qils  foient  troves.  Et  qe  overte 
proclamation  foit  fait  fur  ceo  entre  cy  &  le  xvmc  jour  du  July  profchein  venant  dedeins  la  citee  de  Loundres 
&c  autres  lieux  neceffaries  &  convenientez  a  ceo.  Et  fi  afcune  fuyte  foit  comence  en  apres  pur  caufe  dafcune 
tiell  feyfyn  en  quel  afcune  ifTue  concernant  ceft  a£te  ferra  prife  qe  la  dit  iffue  foit  trie  en  le  countee  ou  la  dit 
leifyn  eft  ewe  et  en  null  autre  lieu  ceft  ordeignaunce  dendurer  jufques  au  profchein  parlement. 

CAP.      II. 

No  Licence  fhall  be  available  to  carry  Wools,   Fells,  or  Tin  to  any  Place  out  of  the  Realm, 

but  to  Calais.     See  Appendix. 

CAP.      III. 

Merchants  Aliens  fhall  beftow  all  their  Money  upon  other  Merchandifes,  and  carry  forth  no 
Gold  or  Silver,  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  thereof. 


I  X  P.  TTEM  qe  ou  il  eft  ordeigne  par  eftatute  fait  en  Ian  quart  du  reigne  le  Roy  Henry  le  quart  le  noble  pro- 

4  Inft-  51-  JL  genitour  du  noftre  foveraygne  Seignur  le  Roy  qoreft  qe  toutz  merchauntz  aliens  eftraunges  &  deinfzeins 

4  H.  4.  c.  15.    qj  amefnent  afcuns  merchaundifes  en  Engleterre  &  les  vendent  dedeins  le  dit  Roialme  tout  la  money  pur  les 
17  EJ.'a.'c.'i.  ditz  merchaundifes  refceu  ou  a  refcevoir  mettent  a  employer  pur  autres  merchaundifes  dEngleterre  a  carier 
3  H,  7.  c.  8.     hors  de  ceft  Roialme  faunz  emporter  ovefqe  eux  afcune  ore  ou  argent  en  coigne  plate  ou  maffe  hors  du  dit 
Roialme  fur  peyne  de  forfaiture  dicell  ceft  eftatute  nient  obftant  diverfez  merchauntz  aliens  eftranges  &  deinf- 
zeins journelment  en  diverfez  portes  hables  &  crekes  &c  autres  lieux  deins  le'dit  Roialme  apportent  frument 
blees  &  autres  merchaundifes  &  vitaill  pur  les  quelx  ils  refceivent  ore  &  argent  &  ycell  charroyount  ovefqe 
eux  hors  du  dit  Roialme  faunz  afcune  emploiement  du  dit  ore  &  argent  pur  afcuns  merchaundifes  de  ceft 
Roialme  en  graunde  damage  &  empoveryfhement  du  ceft  Roialme  &  diminution  du  coigne  du  Roy  en  de- 
faults de  due  ferche  eue  des  cuftumers  countrollours  &  fercheours  des  tielx  portes  hables  crekes  &  autres 
lieux  ou  cuftumers  countrollours  &  fercheours  ount  poiar  &  au£k>rite  de  faire  &  executer  lour  offices.    Noftre 
dit  foveraigne  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  les  premifles  ad  ordeigne  par  lau£torite  defuifdit  qe  fi  afcuns 
merchauntz  aliens  &  eftraunges  amefnent  apportent  ou  charroient  afcune  frument  bles  ou  afcuns  autres  mer- 
chaundifes ou  vitaill  en  afcune  hable  port  ou  creke  ou  autres  lieux  de  ceft  Roialme  qe  le  maire  baillifs 
portrefs  cuftumers  controllours  &  fercheours  &  autres  officers  illoefqes  de  dit  port  hable  ou  creke  ou  autres 
lieux  eient  &  chefcun  deux  eit  pleyn  audtorite  &  poiar  darefter  &  feifer  toutz  les  niefs  barges  &  autres  vef- 
feaux  charges  &  frettz  ove  frument  bles  ou  afcuns  autres  merchaundifes  ou  vitaill  apportez  en  ceft  Roialme 
dafcune  pais  hors  de  ceft  dit  Roialme  a  vendre  &  dapprendre  fufficiant  fuertee  de  toutz  les  ditz  merchauntz 
aliens  &  eftraunges  pur  le  dit  frument  blees  &  autres  merchaundifes  &  vitaille  ainfi  apportes  par  les  ditz 
merchauntz  aliens  &  eftraunges  venauntz  &  repairantz  as  ditz  portz  hables  &  crekes  &  autres  lieux  de  ceft 
dit  Roialme  qe  la  money  qe  ferra  prife  ou  refceu  pur  le  dit  frument  blees  &  autres  merchaundifez  ou  vitaille 
ferra  emploie  fur  les  merchaundifez  &  commoditees  de  ceft  Roialme  faunz  fraude  fubtilitee  ou  male  engyne. 
Et  fi  afcune  ore  ou  argent  en  coigne  plate  ou  maffe  par  merchauntz  aliens  eftranges  ou  deinfzeins  foit  carie 
hors  de  ceft  Roialme  prife  &  refceve  pur  frument  blees  ou  afcuns  autres  merchaundifez  ou  vitaill  apportes 
en  ceft  Roialme  dafcune  autre  pais  hors  de  ceft  dit  Roialme  en  contrarie  de  ceft  ordeignaunce  defuis  recitee  qil 
lirra  a  chefcun  perfone  de  purfuer  a£tion  de  dette  encountre  toutz  tielx  cuftumers  countrollours  &  ferchours 
&  chefcun  deux  en  coignifance  &  defaute  de  qi  ou  de  queux  encountre  leur  office  afcune  tiele  ore  ou  argent  en 
coigne  plate  ou  maffe  eft  eue  &  cariez  hors  de  ceft  Roialme  deftre  purfue  .en  tielx  countees  la  ou  tielx  fru- 
ment blees  ou  afcune  autre  merchaundife  ou  vitaill  eft  apportez  &  mys  a  vende  et  en  la  dit  aftion  ferra  fon 
demaunde  du  fomme  amountaunt  a  la  value  du  dit  frument  &  blees  merchaundifez  ou  vitaill.     Et  qe  lez 
parties  ou  partie  qe  eft  ainfi  fue  &  primerement  appiert  ferra  mys  a  refpondre  en  la  dit  aftion  &  ne  gaigera. 
point  fa  ley  en  la  dit  aftion  ne  effon  ne  protection  en  mefme  l:c~lion  ferra  pur  luy  ou  par  afcune  deux  al- 
louee.     Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  ceft  ordeignaunce  commencera  &  ferra  en  fa  force  a  la  xvme  del  Pafke  prof- 
chein venant  &  foy  endurera  jufqes  au  profchein  parlement.     Et  qe  proclamation  de  ceo  foit  fait  devaunt  le 
dit  xvmc  en  toutz  parties  de  ceft  Roialme  ou  frument  blees  &  autres  merchaundifes  ou  vitaill  fount  ou  fer- 
rount  apportez  en  ceft  Roialme  dafcuns  pais  hors  de  ceft  Roialme. 

CAP.      IV. 

A  Rehearfal  and  Confirmation  for  Three  Years  of  the  Statute  of  20  Hen.  6.  cap.  3.  provided 
againft  Weljhmen  that  take  any  Englijbmen,  their  Goods  and  Chatties,  and  carry  them  into 
Wales.     See  appendix. 

C    A    P.      V. 
Certain  Days  wherein  Fairs  and  Markets  ought  not  to  be  kept. 

TEM   confideratis   abhominabilibus   injuriis  &-. 


"  TTEM,  Confidering  the  abominable  Injuries  and 
"  X  Offences  done  to  Almighty  God,  and  to  his  Saints, 
"■  always  Aiders  and  fing  Jar  Amfters  inourNeceffities, 


T 

JL   oftenfis  omnipotenti  Deo  noftro  Sandtiique  fuis 
noftris  femper  in  neceffitatibus  adjutoribus  h  fuc- 


curforibus 


A.  D.  1448.  Anno  vicefimo  feptimo  Henrici  VI.  C.  5,  6.        619 


E.x  Rot.  hi  Turr.  Lond. 
curforibus  fmgularibus  caufa  feriarum  &  mcrca- 
torum  fuper  eorum  fumma  &  principalia  fefta 
veluti  in  fefto  Afcenfionis  Domini  die  corporis 
Chrifti  die  Pentecoftes  die  Dominica  Sanifte  Tri- 
nitatis  cum  aliis  diebus  Dominicis  Ac  etiam  in 
fummo  fefto  Affumptionis  beate  Marie  die  Om- 
nium SancTtorum  &  in  die  Parafceues  confuetu- 
dinaliter  •&  miferrime  in  regno  Anglie  tentorum 
&  ufitatorum  factis  &  perpetratis  in  quibus  prin- 
cipalibus  feftivalibufque  diebus  pro  magna  cupi- 
ditate  terrena  populus  voluntarie  plus  vexatus  & 
in  labore  corporali  deturbatus  exiftit  quam  aliis 
diebus  ferialibus  videlicet  in  infigendo  &  faciendo 
bothas  &  ftallas  portando  &  vehendo  levando  & 
collocando  mercimonia  fua  extrorfum  &  domor- 
fum  quafi  nichil  habentes  in  memoria  horribilem 
inquinationem  animarum  fuarum  in  emptione  & 
venditione  deceptivis  multimodis  mendaciis  &  falfo 
perjurio  cum  ebrietate  &  contentionibus  &  fpe- 
ciahter  fe  ipibs  &  eorum  iervienr.es  a  divino  fervitio 
fubtrahendo  prefatus  dominus  Rex  de  avifamento 
&  aflfenfu  dominorum  fpiritualium  &  temporalium 
ac  Communitatis  regni  fui  Anglie  in  dicto  parli- 
amento  exiftentium  nee  non  autoritate  ejufdem 
parliament^  ordinavit  quod  omnimoda  ferie  &  mer- 
cata  in  dictis  principalibus  feftis  &  diebus  Domi- 
nicis ac  die  Parafceues  penitus  ceffent  ab  omni- 
moda monftratione  aliquorum  bonorum  vel  mer- 
candifarum  necefl'ariis  viitualibus  exceptis  fub  pena 
forisfa&ure  omnium  bonorum  predictorum  fie 
monftratorum  domino  franchefie  ubi  hujufmodi 
bona  in  contrarium  iftius  ordinationis  funt  vel 
erunt  monftrata  quatuor  diebus  Dominicis  in  au- 
tumpno  exceptis.  Nichilominus  ex  fua  gratia 
fpeciali  auctoritate  fupradicta  concedens  poteftatem 
illis  qui  ex  antique  nullum  diem  ad  tenendum 
feriam  vel  mercatum  fjum  nifi  folummodo  fuper 
diebus  feftivalibus  prediftis  habent  ad  tenendum  ea 
aucr.0rit.1te  &  vigore  antique  conceffionis  fue  infra  tres 
dies  prox'  aute  fefta  predidta  vel  prox'  poft  cmn  pro- 
clamatione  prius  facia  ad  fimplicem  vulgarem  popu- 
lum  fuper  quern  diem  feria  predicta  tenebitur  femper 
certiorand'  abfque  aliquo  fine  feu  feodo  ad  ufum  do- 
mini  Regis  capiendo.  Et  illi  qui  habent  ex  antiquo 
per  fpecialem  conceffionem  dies  fufficientes  ante  fu- 
pradiiSta  fefta  vel  poft  plenum  numerum  dierumfuo- 
rum  obfervent  confimili  fupradicto  modo  ad  tenend' 
fuas  ferias  vel  mercata  diclds  diebus  feftivalibus  & 
Dominicis  ac  die  Parafceues  exceptis. 

Provifo  femper  quod  prefens  ordinatio  incipiat 
fumere  effectum  ad  feftum  fanc~li  Michaelis  proxi- 
mo futurum  &  non  ante  &  durabit  ufque  ad  proxi- 
mum  parliamentum  &  lie  deinde  nifi  in  dic£fc>  prox' 
parliaments  allegetur  monftretur  &  probetur  caufa 
rationabilis  pro  qua  videbitur  non  expediens  quod 
ordinatio  predifta  fie  perdurabit. 


becaufe  of  Fairs  and  Markets  upon  their  high  and 
principal  Feafts,  as  in  the  Feaft  of  the  Afcenfion   of 
our  Lord,  in  the  Day  of  Corpus  Chrifti,  in  the  Day  of 
TVhitfunday,   in  Trinity-Sunday,  with  oilier  Sundays, 
and  alfo  in  the  high  Feaft  of  the  Affumption  of  our 
Bleffed  Lady,  the  Day  of  Ail-Saint's,   and  on  Good- 
Friday,   accuftomably  and  miferably  holden  and  ufeid 
in  the  Realm  of  England;  in  which  principal   and 
feftival  Days,  for  great  earthly  Covetife,  the  People 
is  more  willingly  vexed,  and  in  bodily  Labour  foiled, 
than  in  other  ferial  Days,  as  in  fattening  and  making 
their  Booths  and  Stalls,  bearing  and  carrying,  lifting 
and  placing  their  Wares  outward  and  homeward,  as 
though  they  did  nothing  remember  the  horrible  defi- 
ling of  their  Souls  in  buying  and  felling,  with  many 
deceitful  Lyes,  and  falfe  Perjury,  with  Drunkennels 
and  Strifes,  and  fo  fpecially  withdrawing  themfelves 
and  their  Servants  from  divine  Service  ;"  '  (2)  the 
forefaid  Lord  the  King,  by  the  Advice  and  Affent 
of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  the  Com- 
mons of  this  Realm  of  England,  being  in  the  faid  Par- 
liament, and  by  Authority  of  the  fame  Parliament, 
hath  ordained,  That  all  Manner  of  Fairs  and  Markets  The  Penary  oa 
in   the  faid   principal  Feafts  and  Sundays,  and  GW-ll;ol"vl,»l'!1|l 
Friday,  fhall  clearly  ceafe  from  all  ihewing  of  anykeep , Ialrs  or   . 
Goods  or  Merchandifes  (neceffary  Victual  only  ex-^!"up0* 
cept)  upon  Pain  of  Forfeiture  of  all  the  Goods  afore-  ' 

faid,  fo  fhewed,  to  the  Lord  of  the  Franchife  or 
Liberty  where  fuch  Goods,  contrary  to  this  Ordi- 
nance, be  or  fhall  be  fhewed  (the  Four  Sundays  in 
Harveft  except.)  (3)  Neverthclefs,  of  his  fpecial 
Grace,  by  Authority  aforefaid,  granteth  to  them 
Power,  which  of  old  Time  had  no  Day  to  hold  their 
Fair  or  Market  but  only  upon  the  Feftival  Days 
aforefaid,  to  hold  by  the  fame  Authority  and  Strength 
of  his  old  Grant,  within  Three  Days  next  before  the 
faid  Feafts,  or  next  after,  Proclamation  firft  made  to  the 
fimple  common  People,  upon  which  D..y  the  aforefaid 
Fair  fnall  be  holden,  always  to  be  certified,  without 
any  Fine  or  Fee  to  be  taken  to  the  King's  Ufe.  (4) 
and  they  which  of  old  Time  have,  by  fpecial  Grant, 
fufficient  Days  before  the  Feafts  aforefaid,  or  after, 
fhall  in  like  Manner  as  is  afore  faid,  hold  their  Fairs 
and  Markets  the  full  Number  of  their  Days,  the  faid 
Feftival  Days  and  Sundays,  and  Good-Fridays,  (ex- 
cept.' 


'  II.  Provided  alwaysy  That  this  prefent  Ordinan  -e 
fhall  begin  to  take  Effect  at  the  Feaft  of  St.  Michael, 
next  coming,  and  not  before,  and  fhall  endure  until 
the  next  Parliament,  and  fo  forth,  except  in  the  faid 
Parliament  a  reafonable  Caufe  be  alledged,  fhewed, 
and  proved,  for  the  which  it  fhall  feem  not  expedi- 
ent that  the  forefaid  Ordinance  fo  fhall  endure.' 


C  A  P.     VI. 

The  King's  Pardon  granted  to  all  Priefts,  as  well  Secular  as  Religious,  of  feveral  Offences, 

Forfeitures,  &V.     See  Appendix. 


K  k  k  k  2 


Sin* 


620 


I. 


Anno  vicefimo  o#avo  Henrici  VI.         A  D.  1 449. 


Statutes    made    at   Weftminfter,. 

Anno  Dom. 


Anno 
1449. 


28  Hen.  VI.    and 


TO  the  Honour  of  God  and  of  holy  Church,. 
and  for  the  common  Wealth,  and  Profit  of  all 
the  Realm  of  England,  our  Lord  the  King, 
Henry  the  Sixth  after  the  Conqueft,  by  Advice  and 
Aflent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  at 
the  fpecial  Inftance  and  Requeft  of  the  Commons 
in  the  Parliament  afTemblcd  of  our  Sovereign  Lord 
the  King  that  now  is,  holder,  at  Weftminfter  the 
Sixth  Day  of  November,  the  Eight  and  twentieth 
Year  of  his  Reign,  by  Authority  of  the  fame  Par- 
liament, hath  ordained  and  eftabfiftied  certain  Ordi- 
nances and  Statutes  in  Manner  and  Form,  follow- 
ing. 


Ex  Ret.  in  Turr,  Lond. 

AL  honour  de  Dieu  &  de  feint  eglife  &  pur 
les  commune  bien  &  profit  de  tout  le 
Roialme  dEngleterre  Noftre  Seignur  le- 
Roy  Henry  puis  le  conquefte  fifme  del  advis  &c- 
affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a  les 
efpecialx  inftance  &  requeft  des  Communes  af~ 
femblez  au  fon  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  fifme 
jour  de  Novemb'  Ian  de  fon  reigne  xxviij"16  par 
lauctorite  de  mefme  le  parlement  ad  ordeignez  & 
eftabliez  certeins  eftatutz  &  ordenaunces  par  ma— 
nere  qe  enfuiu. 


c  a  p.    r. 

A  Rehearfal  and  Confirmation  for  Seven  Years  of  the  Statute  of  27  Hen.  6.  cap.  1. 


pro- 


hibiting the  Merchandifes  of  Holland,  Zealand^  and  Brabant  to  be  brought  into  this  Realm, 
until  Englijh  Cloth  may  be  fold  there.. 

EXP;  TJRimerement  qe  come  a  fon  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  Ian  de  fon  reigne  xxvijme  pur  caufe  de  certein 

4  Ed.  4.  c.  J-.  &.  ordenaunce  eue  proclamee  publiee  &  eftroitement  gardee  en  les  parties  de  Braband  Holand  &  Zeland 
qe  null  manere  de  draps  de  lain  fait  en  ceft  Roialme  dEngleterre  ne  viendroit  en  les  ditz  parties  illeoqes  eftre 
vendues  acunement  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  de  mefme  le  draps  pur  quoy  noftre  dit  foveraigne  Seignur  le  Roy 
pur  caufe  qil  fuift  exprefl'ement  encountreles  trieues  &  appointement  faitz  &  pris  entre  fes  Roialmes  terres  & 
fubgiettes  dune  party  &  les  terres  queux  le  Duke  de  Burgoyne  tient  &  occupie  en  lautre  partie  plufours  foitz 
devaunt  cell  temps  faifoit  efcripre  fes  lettres  requifitories  &  envoia  fes  meffages  pur  due  reformation  pur 
avoir  efte  eue  en  cell  partie  dount  uncore  null  due  redreiTe  eft  eue  a  trefintollerable  damage  de  toutz  les. 
communes  de  ceft  Roialme  pur  caufe  qe  plufours  faifours  de  draps  ceftaffavoir  hommes  tifferans  foullons  & 
tin£turiers  et  femmes  pingnerefles  cardoreffes  &  filerefles  &  autres  achatours  &  vendours  dicell  tielx  qi  ne 
fcevent  nulls  autres  occupations  de  verxaie  necefiite  font  conftraintz  pur  leur  vivre  a  faire  les  occupations 
et  tielx  deux  qi  ne  fcevent  null  autres  occupations  devienent  come  udife  poeple  le  quell  les  proveque  a 
pecchie  &  mavais  vie  et  fur  ceft  confideration  en  le  dit  parlement  le  dit  an  xxvijc  eftoit  ordeignez  qe  u  enfi 
neftoit  qe  due  continuell  reformation  feuflet  fait  en  les  ditz  parties  de  Brabant  Holand  &  Zeland  de  la  dite 
ordenaunce  entre  cell  temps  et  lefeftde  Seint  Michel!  donqes  profchein  enfuant  Ainfi.  qe  tout  maner  de  draps 
de  lain  fait  en  ceft  Roialme  peuffet  venir  &.  eftre  accepte  en  les  mefmes  parties  de  Brabant  Holand  &  Zeland- 
la  eftre  uttrees  &  venduz  auxi  franchement  come  afcunes  autres  merchandifes  qe  lors  pur  defaute  de  tiell 
reformation  en  cell  partie  null  manere  dez  merchaundifes  ne  biens  del  croifTance  ne  overaigne  dez  terres  & 
parties  les  queux  le  dit  Due  tient  &  occupie  ne  viendroit  en  le  dit  Roialme  puis  le  dit  feft  fur  peine  de  for- 
faiture de  les  merchaundifes  ceftaffavoir  lune  moite  de  ceo  au  Roy  &  lautre  moite  de  ceo  a  celluy  qi  pri- 
merernent  feiferoit  les  ditz  merchandifes  en  quelxconqes  mains  qe  ils  ferroient  troveez  etqe  fur  ceo  overtpro- 
clamation  ferroit  fait  entre  cell  temps  &  le  quinzifmejour  de  Juill  adonqes- profchein  enfuant  dedeins  la  Citee 
de  Loundres  &  autres  lieux  neceflaries  &  convenientez  a  ceo.  Et  ft  afcune  fuyte  fewoit  commence  apres 
cell  temps  eue  par  caufe  de  afcune  tiel  feifyn  en  quell  afcune  iftue  concernant  cell  ordinance  ferroiet  prife  qe 
le  dite  iffue  ferroiet  trie  en  le  countee  ou  la  dite  feifyn  ferroiet  eue  &  en  null  autre  lieu  le  quell  ordenaunce 
lendureroit  jufqes  a  profchein  parlement..  Et  pur  ceo  qe  par  la  fommonce  &  commencement  du  ceft  prefent. 
parlement  la  dite  ordenaunce  foit  pleinement  expiree  &  determinee  null  due  reformation  del  partie  du  dit 
Due  de  les  premiffes  enquore  eue.  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  conuderant  les  premiffes  del  advis  &  afient 
&  lauclorite  defuifditz  ad  ordeine  &  eftablie  qe  overt  proclamation  foit  fait  en  la  Citee  de  Loundres  &  autres 
lieux  necefTaries  &  convenientez  a  ceo  entre  ceo  &  le  feft  de  Seint  Peer  lad  vincle  prochein  venaunt  qe  fi  ainft. 
foit  qe  due  continuell  reformation  ne  foit  fait  &  eue  en  les  ditz  parties  de  Brabant  Holand  H  Zeland  entre 
ceo  &  le  feft  de  Seint  Michell  donqes  profchein  enfuant  Ainfi  qe  tout  maner  de  draps  de  laine  fait  en  ceft 
Roialme  poet  venir  &  eftre  acceptee  en  les  mefmes  parties  du  Brabant  Holand  &  Zeeland  la  eftre  uttrees  & 
venduz  auxi  franchement  come  afcuns  autres  merchaundifes  qe  lors  pur  defaute  de  tiel  reformation  en  cell 
partie  null  manere  des  merchaundifes  ne  biens  del  croifTance  ne  overaigne  des  terres  &  parties  queux  le  dit 
Due  tient  &  occupie  viendront  en  ceft  Roialme  apres  le  dit  feft  de  Seint  Michell  fur  peine  de  forfaiture  de 
les  merchaundifes  ceftafi'avoir  lune  moite  de  ceo  au  Roy  &  lautre  moite  de  ceo  a  celluy  qi  primerement  fei- 
fera  les  ditz  merchaundifes  en  quelxconqes  mains  qils  foient  trouves  et  fi  afcune  fuyte  foit  commence  en  apres 
pur  caufe  dafcune  tiel  feifine  en  quell  afcune  iiiue  concernant  ceft  ordenance  ferra  prife  qe  le  dit  irate  foit  trie 
en: lie  countee  ou  la  dite  feifine  eft  eue  &  en  null  autre  lieu  et  qe  ceft  ordenaunce  eixdurera  pur  fept  ans  fi  due 
reformation  ne  foit  fait  dedeins  cell  temps. 

CAP. 


A,  D.  1449.  Anno  vicefimo  o&avo  Henrici  VI.         C.  2 — 5.       621 

CAP.    11. 

The  Penalty  for  taking  any  Perfons  Horfes  or  Cart  without  the  Delivery  of  the  Owner,  or 
fome  Officer,  or  for  taking  Money  to  fpare  them. 


Ex  Rot.  hi  Tun:  Lond. 

ITEM  qe  come  diverfes  hoftillers  brafiers  &  autres  vitaillers  gardauntz  hoftries  &  autres  meafons  de  retaill    0B- 
des  vitailles  en  diverfes  lieux  en  cell  Roialme  ont  purchafes  lettres  patentz  du  Roy  afcunes  a  eux  pur12  ,2*' 

terme  de  vie  et  afcunes  a  eux  &  autres  jointement  pur  terme  de  lour  vies  pur  apprendre  chevaulx  &  char- 
rettes  pur  cariage  du  Roy  &  la  Roigne  pluis  pur  lour  fubtiel  &  fenglere  lucre  &  prouffit  qe  pur  afcun  foiall 
fervice  du  Roy  ou  de  Roigne  par  colour  des  queux  lettres  patentes  ils  joumelment  preignont  chevaulx '& 
eharrettes  ou  qe  null  bofoigne  foit  et  eux  amefnent  as  lour  hoftries  &  autres  lieux  de  lour  affinitee  et  il- 
loeqes  eux  fecretement  gardent  afcun  foitz  jufqes  a  tant  qils  ont  defpenduz  vint  deniers  ou  quarant  deniers 
de  leur  ftuffe  &  afcune  foitz  pluis  &  donqes  facent  les  pofieffours  des  ditz  cheveaux  &  charettes  pur  ceo  ap- 
paier  devaunt  qe  ils  poient  gaigner  deliverance  de  lour  chevaulx  &  charettes  &  afcuns  jufqes  a  tanqe  ils  ount 
faitz  fyne  ovec  eux  pur  tielx  chevaulx  &  eharrettes  a  leur  voluntee  et  dafcun  people  du  Roy  ils  preignont 
fines  pur  faire  tolleraunce  &  nemye  prendre  leur  chevaulx  ne  charettes  Ainfi  qe  diverfez  du  people  du 
Roy  en  ceft  noble  Roialme  font  graundement  endamagez  par  les  ditz  pernours  auxibien  pur  le  non  paie- 
ment  de  le  lower  de  des  ditz  chevaux  &  charettes  come  per  la  graunde  charge  qe  ils  ont  pur  leur  mangier 
&  fynes  faitz  pur  leur  deliveraunce  apres  qils  font  ainfi  prifez.  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  par  advis  Sc 
affent  deffuifditz  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliez  qe  toutz  tielx  lettres  patentz  grauntez  a  afcune  perfone  ou  per- 
fones  tenauntz  hoftries  braferie  ou  meafon  de  retaille  du  vitaill  ferront  voidez  &  de  null  effecT:  et  fi  afcune 
tiel  graunte  foit  graunte  a  afcune  tiel  perfone  ou  perfones  de  cy  enapres  qe  chefcuns  tielx  patentz  enfi  graun- 
tez foient  voidez  &  de  null  effecT:  et  qe  null  perfone  ne  perfones  preigne  ne  preignent  afcun  chevaul  ou  char- 
ret  en  af.un  lieu  dedeins  ceft  Roialme  mes  par  deliveraunce  du  maire  vifcount  bailliff  ou  coneftable  ou  tiel 
prife  ferra  eue  et  fi  afcune  tiel  perfone  ou  perfones  preigne  ou  preignent  afcun  chevaul  ou  charette  dafcune 
p;rfone  ou  perfones  fauns  aggreament  fait  a  le  poflefTour  pur  ceo  &  par  la  deliveraunce  du  maire  vifcount 
bailif  ou  coneftable  ou  tielx  prifes  ferront  euez  qe  lors  il  ou  ils  de  qi  ou  de  queux  chevaux  ou  charret 
font  ou  eft  enfi  prifes  &  il  ou  ils  de  qi  ou  de  queux  tielx  fines  ou  paiementz  come  eft  devaunt  reherfe  font 
prifes  eit  ou  aient  adtion  de  trefpafs  al  commune  ley  pur  tielx  prifes  et  qe  il  ou  ils  qi  enfi  foy  fent  ou  fen- 
tent  grevez  en  tiel  action  recovera  treble  damages  encountre  luy  ou  ceulx  qe  ainfi  preigne  ou  preignont  af-  3  Ed.  r.  c.  32. 
cun  chevaux  ou  charette  finez  ou  paiementz  encontrarie  de  ceft  ordenaunce*  Savant  toutz  jours  au  Roy* 21 R.  2.  c  5. 
fes  prerogatif  &  preemynence  de  &  en  les  premiffes..  *  For  *i  radio, 

cap.   m. 

The  King's  Pardon  to  thofe  that  were  Sheriffs  or  Clerks  the  laft  Year  before,  for  occupying 
their  Places  above  one  Year,  contrary  to  the  Statute  of  23  Hen.  6.  c.  8. 

ITEM  par  advis  affent  &  auctorite  defuifditz  ordeigne  eft  &  grauntee  qe  les  vifcounts  &  leur  futh-vif-  EXP. 
countz  &  clerkez  &  chefcun  deux  qi  eftoifent  pur  Ian  darrein  paffe  foient  quietez  &  difchargez  &  foit 
quite  &  difcharge  encountre  noftre  dit  foveraigne  Seignur  le  Roy  &  tout  fon  liege  people  de  les  penalteez  & 
forfeitures  de  CC  li.'  qe  ceux  ou  afcun  de  ceux  poient  ou  poet  cherrer  ou  encurrer  par  force  del  ftatute  fait 
Ian  vint  tierce  noftre  dit  foveraigne  Seignur  le  Roy  come  pur  loccupation  ou  exercife  de  loffice  du  vifcount 
pluis  longement  qe  par  an  par  tant  come  a  le  jour  profchein  apres  le  jour  de  toutz  almes  en  Ian  du  reigne 
noftre  dit  foveraigne  Seignur  le  Roy  qi  oreft  vint  feptifme  jufqes  al  left  del  purification  de  noftre  Dame 
donqes  enfuant  en  Ian  du  noftre  dit  foveraigne  Seignur  vint  feptifme.  Purveu  toutz  jours  qe  par  ceft  prefent 
ordenaunce  ceux  ne  null  de  ceux  foient  excufez  ou  difchargez  ou  foit  excufe  ou  difcharge  dafcun  autre  of- 
fenfe  ou  chofe  fake  par  eux  ou  afcun  deux  en  leur  ditz  ofEcez.  Auxi  purveu  qe  null  foit  amerciee  pur 
afcune  fuyte  commence  par  luy  encountre  afcun  perfone  a  recoverer  la  dit  penaltee  pur  pluis  longeur  occu- 
pation qe  par  an  par  tant  come  a  le  j.our  apres  le  dit  jour  de  toutz  almez  jufqes  le  dit  felt  de  la  purification- 
de  noftre  Dame. 

C  A  P.      IV. 

Felony  for  any  Weljh  or  Lancajhire  Man  to  take  other  Men,  their  Goods,  or  Chatties,  linden 
Colour  of  Diftrefs^  where  they  have  no  Caufe.     See  Jppendix. 

C   A    P.      V. 

The  Penalty  of  the  Officers  of  the  Cuftoms,  which  by  Colour  of  their  Offices  ffiall  diftrain 

any  Man's  Ships  or  Goods. 

ITEM  come  diverfes  baillifs  de  leaues  fercheours  "  TTEM,  Whereas  divers  Waterbailiffs,   Searchers, 

countroullours  du  ferche  &  autres  leur  deputees  "   J[_  Comptrollers  of  the  Search,  and  other  their  De- 

&  fervauntz  dedeins  les  portes  de  ceft  Roialme  &  "  puties  and  Servants  within  the  Ports  of  this  Realm, 

1  "  and 


62  2  C.   5. 


Anno  vicefimo  o6lavo  Henrici  VI. 


A.  D,  1449. 


The  Remedy 
■when  an  Officer 
of  the  Cuftoms 
doth  ruake  any 
Diftrefl'es  or  Ar- 
reft  upcn  any 
.Ships  tor  an  un- 
laiviul  Caufe. 


and  fpecially  within  the  Ports  of  Forney,  Plymouth, 
Dartmouth,   and  Pool,    by  Colour  of  their  Offices 
daily  do  wrongfully  take,  by  Conftraint  of  Diftreffes, 
and  Arrefts  upon  the  Ships,  Barges,  Balengers,  and 
other  Veffels,     Goods,    and  Merchandifes   of  the 
King's  liege  Merchants  of  this   faid  Realm,    and 
'  among  all  other  upon  the  King's  liege  A^erchants  of 
'   Gaf coign,   Giiien,   Ireland,    Guernfey,   and  Jerjey,  in 
'  their  coming  and  going   in   the  faid  Ports,    great 
'  Charges  and  Impofitions,  that  is  to  fay,  for  every 
'  Piece  of  Crefcloth  iv.  d.  for  every  hundred  of  Can- 
'  vas  vi.  d.  for  the  Weight  of  every  Ton  of  Iron  xii.  d. 
'  and  fometime  more,  and  likewife  of  all  other  Goods 
'  and  Merchants  of  the  faid  liege  People,  -and  other 
'  Merchandifes  of  the  King's  Amity ;    (2)  and    by 
'  fuch  wrongful  Diftreffes,  Arrefts,  Charges,  and  Im- 
'  pofitions,    they  do  difcourage  the   faid   Merchants 
'  freely  to  come  into  this  faid  Realm,  and  to  return, 
'  contrary  to  all  Law  and  Confcicnce,  to  the  great 
'  Prejudice  of  our  faid  Lord  the  King,  in  Lofs  of  his 
Cuftoms  and  Subfidies,  and  to  the  great  Damage  of 
'  the  faid  Merchants  and  their  Succeiibrs,  unlefs  due 
'  Remedy  thereof  be  had  in  the  fame  ;"  '  (3)  by  Ad- 
vice,  Affent,  and  Authority  aforefaid,  it  is  ordained 
and  eftablifhed,  That  the  laid  Merchants,  and  their 
Succeffors,  and  every  of  them,  of  all  fuch  Injuries, 
Diftreffes,  Arrefts,  Charges,   and  Impofitions  afore 
recited,  to  be  made  to  them,  or  any  of  them,  as  well 
by  fuch  Waterbailiffs,  Searchers,  and  Comptrollers 
of  the  Search,  as  by  Collectors  of  the  faid  Cuftoms 
and  Subfidies,  Comptrollers  of  the  fame,  Surveyors 
of  the  Cuftoms  and  Subfidies,  and  of  the  Search- 
packers,  or  any  other  Officers,  or  their  Deputies  or 
Servants  by  their  Commandment,  or  any  of  them 
hereafter,    may   have  thereupon  a  general  Writ  of 
Trefpafs  againft  fuch  Offenders,  and  every  of- them, 
according  to  the  Form  of  the  Law,  and  to  recover 
againft  them,  and  every  of  them  thereof  fo  convicted, 
Forty  Pounds ;    (4)   and   that  the  faid  Merchants, 
their  Succeffors,  and  every  of  them  fo  grieved  as  afore 
is  faid,  fhalj  purfue  the  faid  Writ  of  Trefpafs  againft 
the  faid  Offenders,  and  every  of  them,  for  fuch  In- 
juries, Diftreffes,  Arrefts,   Charges,  and  Impofitions 
fo  to  be  made  as  afore  is  faid,  within  two  Months 
next  after  fuch  Injuries,  Diftreffes,  Arrefts,  Charges 
and  Impofitions  to  be  made  by  them,  or  any  of  them, 
as  before  is  faid  ;  (5)  and  in  cafe  that  the  faid  Mer- 
chants, their  Succeffors,  or  fome  of  them,   do  not 
purfue  the   faid  Writ  of  Trefpafs  of  fuch  Injuries, 
Diftreffes,  Arrefts,  Charges,  and  Impofitions  aforefaid, 
againft  the  faid  Offenders,  nor  any  of  them,  within 
the  faid  two  Months,  that  then  it  fhall  be  lawful  to 
every  other  Perfon  of  the  King's  liege  People  to  pur- 
fue the  faid  Writ  of  Trefpafs  of  fuch  Injuries,  Dif- 
treffes, Arrefts,  Charges,  and  Impofitions,  to  be  made 
as  is  aforefaid,  againft  all  fuch  Offenders,  and  every 
•of  them,  according  to  the  Form  of  the  Law,  and  to 
recover  againft  them,  and  every   of  them  thereof  fo 
conviit,  Forty  Pounds,  the  King  to  have  the  one 
half,  and  he  or  they  which  will  purfue,  the  other 
half,' 


Ex  P.ot.  In  Turr.  Lond. 
en  efpeciall   dedeins  les  portes  de  Fowey  Piym- 
mouth  Dertmouth  &  Pole  par  colour  de  leur  offices 
torceoufment  chargeont  &  priegnont  ore  de  jour  en 
autre  par  dureffe  de  deftrefi'es  &  areftes  fur  les  niefs 
barges  ballengers  &  autres  veiffaulx  biens  &  mer- 
chauniifes  des  lieges  du  Roy  merchauntz  de  ceft 
dit  Roialme  et  entre  toutz  autres  fur  les  lieges  du 
dit  P.'jy  marchauntz  c'e  Gafcoigne  Guyan  Iriand 
Gernefey  &  Gerfey  en  lour  venaunt  &  alant  en  les 
ditz  portz  graundz  chargez  &  impofitions  ceftafla- 
v'eir  pur  chefcun   pece  de  crececloth  iiij.  d.    pur 
chefcun  centz  de  canvas  vj.  d.  pur  pois  de  chefcun 
tonell  de   ferre  xij.d.  &  afcune  foitz  pluis  &  fem- 
blablement  de  toutz  autres  biens  &  merchaundifes 
de  les  ditz  lieges  &  dautres  merchauntz  damitee 
noftre   dit  foveraigne  Seignar  le  Roy  ct  par  tielx 
enjuriofez  deftreflez  areftes  charges  &  impofitions 
empechent    les    ditz  merchauntz   franchement    a 
venir  en  ceft  dit  Roialme  et  a  paffer  encountre  toutz 
leyes  &  confcience  outre  toutz  cuftumes  &  fubfidies 
duez  a  noftre  dit  Seignour  le  Roy  en  anientifment 
des  fes  ditz  cuftumes  &  fubfidies  &  en  grand  da- 
mage &  arrerifnent  de.les  ditz  merchauntz  St  lour 
fucceffours  fmon  du  remedie  ent  ne  foit  eue  par 
advis  affent  Sc  auftorite  deffuifditz  ordeignez  eft  & 
eftabliez  qe  les  ditz  merchauntz  lour  fuccsiiours  & 
chefcun   deux    de    toutz   tiels   enjufiez   de'ftreffes 
:ireftes  chargez  &  impofitions  defuis  recitez  affaires 
a  eux  ou  a  afcun  deux  fibien  par  tielx  baillifs  del 
eaus  fercheours  &  countrollours  de  ferche  come  par 
collecfours  des  ditz  cuftumes  &  fubfidies  countrol" 
lours  de  les  mefmes  furveiours  des  cuftumes  &  fub- 
fidies &  du  ferche  pakkers  ou  afcuns  autres  officers 
lour  deputees  ou  fervauntz  par  lour  commaund- 
ment  ou  afcun  deux  enapres  peuffent  avoir  fur  ceo 
generall  bref  de  trefpas  encountre  tielx  meffaifours 
&  chefcun  deux  folonc  la  fourmc  de  ley  &  a  recpu- 
vcrer  encountre  ceux  &  chefcun  deux  enfi  de  ceo 
convictz  xl.  li'  &  qe  lez  ditz  merchauntz  lour  fuc- 
ceffours &  chefcun  deux  enfi  grevez  come  devaunt 
eft  dit  purfueront  &  purfuera  le  dit  brief  de  trefpas 
encountre  les  ditz  meffaifours  &  chefcun  deux  de 
tielx  enjuries  diftreffes  areftes  charges  &  impofitions 
ainfi  affairez  come  devaunt  eft  dit  dedeins   deux 
mois  profchein  apres  tielx  enjuries  defreffes  areftes 
charges  &  impofitions  affaires  par  eux  ou  afcun ' 
deux  come  devaunt  eft  dit  et  en  cas  les  ditz  mer- 
chauntz lour  fucceffours  ou  afcun  deux  ne  purfuent 
mie  le  dit  brief  de  trefpas  de  tielx  enjuries  deftreffes  ' 
areftes  charges  &  impofitions  deffuifditz  encountre 
les  ditz  meffaifours  ne  null  deux  dedeins  les  ditz  ' 
deux  mois  qe  lors  il  lirra  a  chefcun  autre  perfone 
de  les  lieges  du  Roy  a  purfuer  le  dit  brief  de  trefpas 
de  tielx  enjuries  diftreffes  areftes  charges  &  impo- 
fitions affaires  come  devaunt  eft  dit  encountre  toutz 
tielx  meffaifours  &  chefcun  deux  folonc  la  fourme 
de  ley  &  a  recoverer  encountre  ceux  &  chefcun  de 
ceux  enfi  dent  convictez  xl.  li.'  le  Roy  davoir  ent 
lune  moitee  &  il  ou  ilz  qi  purfuer  vorroiet  ou  vor- 
roient  Jautre  moite. 


, 


A.  D.  1450.  Anno  vicefimo  nono  H*enrici  VI. 


C. 


623 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,  Anno  29  Hen.  VI.  and  Anno 

Dom.  1450. 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  ?n.  6. 

NrOSTRE  foveraigne  Seignur  le  Roy  Henry 
puis  le  conquefte  fifme  a  fon  partem ent 
tenuz  a  Weftm'  en  le  feft  de  feint  Leonard 
Ian  de  fon  reigne  vint  novefme  del  advis  &  afient 
des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  a  la  requefl: 
des  Communes  en  mefme  le  parlement  aflemblez  & 
par  lauftorite  dicell  ad  ordeignez  &  eftabliez  di- 
verfes  ordenaunces  &:  eftatutz  en  la  fourme  qe 
enfeute. 


o 


UR  Sovereign  Lord  King  Henry  the  Sixth 
after  the  Conqueft,  at  his  Parliament  holden 
at  Wejiminjfcr  in  the  Feaft  of  St.  Leonard, 
the  Nine  and  twentieth  Year  of  his  Reign,  by  the 
Advice  and  Aflent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Tem- 
poral, and  at  the  Requeft  of  the  Commons  in  the 
fame  Parliament  aftembled,  and  by  the  Authority  of 
the  fame,  hath  ordained  and  ftablifhed  divers  Ordi- 
nances and  Statutes  in  the  Form  which  followeth." 


&e. 


given  to  the  King,  and  his 


CAP.     I. 

John  Cade  attainted  of  Treafon,  and  his  Lands,  Tenements, 

Blood  corrupt.     See  Appendix.. 

CAP.     II. 

A  Confirmation  of  the  Statute  of  2  Hen.  5.  Stat.  1.  c.  6.  ordained  againft  them  which  break 
Truces  and  Safe  Conduces,  and  appointing  Confervators  of  the  fame. 

ITEM  ordeignez  eft  &  eftabliez  qe  le  ftatute  fait  Ian  feconde  du  le  nadgaires  victorious  &  noble  Roy  E>X  P. 
Henry  pier  a  noftre  foveraigne  Seignur  le  Roy  qi  oreft  des  rumpours  des  treuez  &  faufconduites  fur  le 
haute  meere  &  autres  lieux  eftoife  en  fa  force  &  foit  confermez  adjouttant  a  ycell  qe  le  Chaunceller  dEngle- 
terre  pur  le  temps  efteant  appellant  a  luy  un  des  chiefz  Jufticez  dune  Bank  ou  de  lautre  eit  femblable 
poiar  iicome  ont  lez  confervatours  &  autres  commifnoners  en  mefme  leftatute  efpecifiez  Sauf  ou  il  eft  con- 
tenuez  en  le  dit  eftatute  qe  fi  il  ou  ilz  fur  queux  compleintz  ferront  faitz  nappiererei.t  mye  al  certein 
temps  ficome  il  eft  la  contenuz  qe  donqes  ferroient  agardez  Capias  &  exigend'  encountre  luy  ou  ceux  fur 
qi  ou  queux  il  eft  compleine  auxibien  a  vifcount  du  countee  de  qi  ils  font  fuppofez  deftre  come  al  vifcount 
du  countee  ou  la  dite  compleinte  ferroiet  faite  ordeignez  eft  en  ceft  prefent  parlement  qe  il  foit  agarde  brief 
du   Capias  al  vifcount   de  chefcun  de  les  ditz  countecz  commaundant  luy  fur  peine  de  cent  li.'  affaire 
overt  proclamation  en  cynk  counteez  continuejx  qe  la  partie  ou  parties  fur  quel  ou  queux  il  eft  compleine 
appierge  ou  appiergent  al  certein  jour  contenuz  en  mefme  le  brief  devaunt  le  dit  Chaunceller  ft  le  compleinte 
de  les  premiffes  foit  fait  devaunt  luy  folonc  la  fourme  contenuz,  en  le  dit  eftatut  et  fi  ils  nappiergent  mye  a 
mefme  le  jour  qe  donqes  ils  foient  atteintz  &  convifbz  al  partie  enfi  compleignaunt  de  les  offenfes  en  le  dite 
compleint  efpecifiez  et  qe  la  dit  partie  compleignaunt  foit  preferre  davoir  execution  devaunt  afcun  fefer  pur 
le  Roy  davoir  en  ceft  partie  nient  obftant  qe  ils  qi  enfi  ferront  defaute  ferront  atteintz  de  treafon.     Et  or- 
deignez eft  qe  null  perfone  qe  appiert  fur  afcun  tiel  compleint  ou  brief  deftre  agarde  encurge  en  la  peine  de 
treafon  contenuz  en  le  dit  eftatute.     Purveu  auxi  qe  fi  afcune  perfone  encountre  qel  tiel  brief  ou  proclama- 
tion ferra  agardez  foit  hors  de  ceft  Roialme  par  feete  de  merchaundife  ou  en  le  fervice  du  Roy  par  fon  com- 
maundement  le  temps  de  la  primer  proclamation  fait  fur  tielx  briefs  qe  donqes  mefme  la  perfone  ne  foit  en- 
damage par  cefte  acte  Ainfi  qe  il  appierge  perfonalment  devant  le  Roy  en  fa  Chauncerie  dedeins  une  mois 
profchein  apres  fon  venue  en  ceft  Roialme  a  refpoundre  a  cielx  compleintz.     Purveu  auxi  qe  null  poffeffour 
vitailler  ne  fetterforth  dafcun  nief  ou  veffeau  qi  ne  ferra  point  partie  a  afcun  tiel  offenfe  ne  procurour  coun- 
feillour  ne  abettour  a  le  fait  ent  ne  fcientement  ne  voluntariement  refceive  ou  preigne  afcun  partie  de  lez 
biens  enfi  robbez  &  defpoilez  fur  le  meere  foit  endamagez  par  ceft  ordenaunce.     Et  qe  ceft  ordenaunce  com- 
mencera  &  ferra  en  fa  force  le  prhner  jour  de  ceft  prefent  parlement  &  nemye  devaunt  et  endurera  par  cynk 
ans  profchein  enfuantz  et  qe  null  chartre  du  pardon  en  apres  a  grauntiers  foit  allouable  a  afcune  perfone  ou 
perfones  pur  afcuns  offenfez  faitez  contrarie  du  dit  eftatut. 

CAP.     III. 

AH  Letters  Patents  granted  to  the  Citizens  of  York  to  exempt  them  from  certain  Offices,  fhall 
be  void.     The  Penalty  of  a  Citizen  who  fhall  purchafe  fuch  Exemption. 

TEM  qe  come  graundez  enconveniencez  &  damagez  ont  avenuz  ore  tard  en  la  cite  dEverwik  &  plu-  P  R-*- 
fours  en  temps  avenir  font  femblablez  de  venter  fi  provifion  ent  ne  foit  eue  p  lr  ceo  qe  diverfez  &  certeinz 
perfonez  citezeins  du  dit  citee  ont  purchafez  &  gaignez  du  nolfre  foveraigne  Seignur  le  Roy  feveralx  lettrcs 
patentz  eux  par  ent  deftre  exemptz  de  lofficez  &  occupations  du  rmiraite  vifcounte  chamberleyn  colledtour 
dez  difmes  &  quinfzimez  &  citezcin  du  dit  ckee  pur  v  nir  as  parlemerttt!  nulrre'dit  foveraigne  Seignur  le 
Roy  ic  fez  heires  deinz  la  dit  citee.  Noftre  dit  foveraigne  Seignur  le  Roy  conliderant  tez  premiUez  par  ad- 
vis 


624       C.i — 3.  Anno  tricefimo  primo  Henrici  VI.  A.  D,  1452* 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
vis  &  affent  dcfuifditz  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablie  qe  toutz  tielx  lettres  patentz  a  afcun  perfone  ou  perfones  ore 
citezeins  du  dit  citee  ou  qi  en  temps  avenir  ferront  faitez  grauntez  ou  affaires  ou  a  grauntiers  foient  voides  & 
de  null  effect  et  outre  ceo  fi  afcun  citezein  du  dit  citee  ore  eftant  ou  qi  en  temps  avenir  ferra  purchace  ad- 
met  preigne  ou  gaigne  afcuns  tielx  lettres  patentz  par  ent  deftre  exemptez  dafcun  de  lez  o fficez  ou  occupa- 
tions devauntditz  deinz  mefme  la  citee  forface  xl.  li.'  lune  moite  a  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  &  lautre  moitee 
a  les  maire  &  citezeins  du  dit  citee  &  leur  fucceffburs  &  qe  le  maire  pur  le  temps  efteant  Sc  fez  fucceffoure 
puet  &  puiffent  avoir  &  maintener  adHon  du  dette  a  demaunder  lez  ditz  xL  li.'  encountre  chefcunny  de  la 
dit  perfon  ou  perfonz  tielx  lettres  patentz  dexemption  purchafant  admittant  preignant  ou  gaignant  lune 
moitee  de  les  ditz  xl.  li.'  ainfi  recoverez  deftre  al  oeps  noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy  &  fez  heirez  &  lautre  moitee 
deles  ditz  qarant  li.'  deftre  al  oeps  del  maire  du  dit  citee  pur  le  temps  efteant  &  de  lez  citezeins  de  mefme  la 
citee  &  leur  fucceffours  et  qe  en  tielx  actions  du  dette  en  apres  a  purfuerz  lez  parties  defendantz  ne  le  partie 
defendant  en  null  maner  foient  ne  foit  admis  a  leur  ley. 


Statutes    made 


at  Reading,   Anno   31  Hen.  VI. 
Dom.   1452. 


and  Anno 


T  the  Parliament  holden  at  Reading  the 
Sixth  Day  of  March,  the  One  and  thirtieth 
>  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Lord  King  Henry 
"  the  Sixth  after  the  Conqueft,  the  fame  our  Lord 
'"  the  King,  by  the  Advice  and  Affent  of  the  Lords 
"  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  the  Commons  being  in 
"  the  faid  Parliament,  and  by  Authority  of  the  fame 
"  Parliament,  hath  made,  ordained,  and  ftabliflied 
"  divers  Adts  ^nd  Statutes  in  the  Manner  and  Form 
"  following."     \ 


ig  le 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m. 

AU  parlement  tenuz  a  Redyng  le  fifme  jour 
de  Marche  Ian  du  reigne  noftre  Seignur  le 
Roy  Henry  vj""'e  puis  le  conqueft  xxxjmc 
mefme  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  del  advis  &  affent  des 
Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  &  lez  Communes 
efteantz  en  le  dit  parlement  &  par  auftorite  de 
mefme  le  parlement  fift  ordeigner  &  eftablier  divers 
ordenaunces  &  eftatutes  en  les  maner  &fourme  en- 
fuantezu 


CAP.     I. 

John  Cade  fhall  be  adjudged  a  Traitor,  and  all  Indictments  and  Ads  done  by  his  Authority 

fhall  be  void.     See  Appendix. 

CAP.      II. 

The  Penalties  for  thofe  who  fhall  difobey  the  King's  Writs,  &e.  or  not  appear  before- his 
Council  when  warned  by  Proclamation.     See  Appendix. 


Rep.  4  Jac.  1. 
c.  1. 


C    A    P.      III. 

Attachments  in  the  Eaft  and  Weft  Marches  fhall  be  made  in  Cumberland,  TVeJlmerland,  Nor- 
thumberland, and  the  Town  of  Newcajlle  only. 

ITEM  pur  ceo  qe  come  les  gardeins  de  les  marches  adjoignauntez  a  Seotlond  appellez  la  Eftmarche  &  la 
Weftmarche  ount  ufes  par  lour  miniftres  afaire  attachementz  &?  dattachier  hommes  par  lour  corps  en  les 
countees  de  Northumberl'  CumberP  &  Weftmerl'  &  en  la  ville  de  Novellcaftell  fur  Tyne  &  en  nullz  autres 
lieux  a  refpoundre  as  enditementz  prifes  en  les  courtes  appellez  Warden  courtes  des  ditz  marches  pur  attemp- 
tates  fuppofes  eftre  faitz  encountre  la  vertue  des  treues  deins  les  ditz.  countes  &  ville.  Et  ore  tarde  ies  mi- 
niftres &  officers  des  ditz  courtes  afcun  foitz  pur  lour  ftnguler  lucre  &  afcune  foitz  pur  malice  qe  eux  ont 
portez  as  certeins  perfones  ount  attache  &  preignent  fur  eux  de  jour  en  autre  dattachier  diverfes  &  plufours 
perfones  ben  governes  parlour  corps  fibien  en  le  counte  dEverwyk  come  en  autres  lieux  hors  dafcun  des 
ditz  countees  de  Northumberl'  Cumberl'  ou  Weftmerl'  ou  ville  de  Novellchaftell.  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roy 
confiderant  les  premiffes  par  lauftorite  defuifdit  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablie  qe  fi  afcun  miniftre  dafcun  de  les  ditz 
courtes  attache  afcun  perfone  par  fon  corps  ou  par  fes  biens  hors  dafcun  de  les  ditz  countees  de  Northumbr' 
Cumbr'  ou  Weftmerl'  ou  ville  de  Novellchaftell  a  refpondre  en  afcune  de  les  ditz  courtes  ou  par  colour  ou 
caufe  dafcun  manere  de  prefentruent  prifc  ou  apprendre  en  afcun  de  les  ditz  courtes  qe  il  lirra  a  chefcun  per- 
fone le  quel  aviendra  enfi  deftre  attache  de^  faire  rcfiftence  &  nient  dobeier  null  tiel  attachement  et  ft  afcune 
perfone  foit  endammage  ou  greve  par  afcun  tiel  attachement  qil  poet  avoir  en  cell  partie  aftion  de  trefpas  ou 
faulx  emprifoncment  encountre  ceux  qi  afcun  tid  attachement  en  apres  ferront  ou  facent  aft'aire  _&  en  ceo  a 
recoverer  treble  damages  ft  en  afcun  de  les  a&ions  le  niatier  plede  paffc  ou  foit  adjuge  pur  le  plaintif  en  ceo 
et  le  defendaunt  davoir  emprifonement  de  deux  am  &  oukre  ceo  appaier  au  Roy  C  s.  Et  qe  les  juftices  de 
peas  en  lour  feffions  de  peas  vifcountcs  en  lour  tournes  &c  auxi  fenefchals  des. ietes  en  les  letes  par  eux  a 

teniers 


A.  D.  1452.  Anno  tricefimo  primo  Henrici  VI.  C.  4,  5. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Tun:  Lond. 
tcniers  eient  poiar  denquerrer  de  toutz  tielx  attachcmentez  faitz  ou  affaires  hors  dafcun  des  ditz  countees 
de  Weftmerl'  Cumbr'  ou  Northumbr'  ou  ville  de  Novellchaftell  et  en  ceo  et  fur  ceo  a  fere  &  proceder  come 
eux  puiffent  fere  &  proceder  fur  prefentments  prifes  devaunt  eux  en  leur  feflions  de  peas  tournes  ou  lctes 
de  trefpas  ou  affraies  faitz  encountre  la  peas  du  Roy. 

CAP.      IV. 

The  Remedy  for  him  who  having  a  Safe  Conduct  is  robbed  upon  the  Sea. 


625 


ITEM  noftre  dit  foverayne  Seignur  le  Roy  par 
audtorite  defuifdit  ad  ordeigne  &  eftablie  qe  fi 
afcun  de  fez  fubgiettz  attempt  ou  ofFende  fur  le 
meer  ou  en  afcun  port  dedeins  le  dit  Roialme  foubz 
lobeifaunce  du  Roy  encountre  afcun  perfone  ou  per- 
lbnes  eftranges  efteantz  fur  le  meer  ou  en  afcun 
port  defuifdit  per  voye  damyte  liege  ou  treues  ou 
par  force  du  faufconduyt  ou  faufgarde  du  Roy  en 
afcun  manere  &  en  efpeciall  en  attachant  dafcun 
tiel  eftraunge  perfone  robbant  ou  defpoillant  de  luy 
de  nief  ou  afcuns  autres  maners  des  biens  ou  en- 
countre afcun  autre  perfone  de  fon  liege  poeple  le 
Chaunceller  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  come 
pur  la  deliveraunce  dafcune  tiel  perfone  iffirit  at- 
tache deftre  ewe  et  con«e  pur  reftitution  affaire  a 
chefcun  tiel  perfone  enfi  robbe  ou  difpoile  de  nief 
ou  biens  ou  de  la  value  ent  eit  auctorite  appellant  a 
luy  afcun  des  Juftices  de  June  ou  de  lautre  bank  fur 
bille  ou  billes  du  compleynt  fait  a  luy  en  cell  partie 
pur  faire  autiell  proceffe  hors  de  la  dit  Chauncellarie 
fibien  encountre  toutz  tielx  ofFendours  a  les  amener 
en  la  Chauncerie  du  Roy  illeoqes  a  refpoundre  as 
parties  iflint  gvevees  en  ceft  partie  come  encountre 
afcun  autre  perfone  ou  perfones  as  quelx  mains 
afcun  tiel  perfone  iflint  attache  nief  ou  biens  ferra 
ou  ferrount  venuz  come  pur  deliveraunce  &  refti- 
tution  par  eux  affaires  de  mefmez  les  perfone  nief 
&  biens  come  femblera  a  mefme  le  Chaunceller 
pluis  expedient  &  necefTarie.  Et  fur  telle  procefie 
enii  fait  hors  de  la  dit  Chauncellarie  le  dit  Chaun- 
celler plus  avant  a  proceder  en  cell  matier  fi  le  cafe 
enfi  requiert  par  advis  dafcun  tiel  Juftice  de  faire 
la  perfone  &  perfones  eftranges  iflint  greves  davoir 
pleyn  deliveraunce  &  reftitution  dafcun  tiel  perfone 
enii  attache  et  de  toutz  tielx  niefs  et  biens  et  aufli 
de  toutz  leurs  coftes  expenfes  &  deperdes  faitz  & 
fuffrez  par  eux  en  ceft  partie  et  tout  maner  dexe- 
cution  fur  ceo  de  faire  hors  de  la  dit  Chauncerie  en 
tiel  fourme  come  femblera  au  dit  Chaunceller  plus 
expedient  &  necefTarie  pur  tiel  deliveraunce  &  refti- 
tution deftre  euez  appellant  a  luy  afcun  tiel  Juftice 
come  devant  eft  dit.  Ceft  afte  a  commencer  & 
prendre  effect  le  primer  jour  de  Maij  Ian  du  dit 
Roy  xxxij. 


ITEM  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King,  by  Autho-15  H.  6.  c.  3. 
rity  aforefaid  hath  ordained  and  eftablifhed,  Th"atlS  lu  6>  '"•  s- 
if  any  of  his  Subjects  attempt   or  offend  upon  the20  l1'  6"  "  '" 
Sea,  or  in  any  Port  within  the  faid  Realm,  under 
the  King's  Obeifance,  againft  any  Perfon  or  Perfons 
Strangers,    being  upon  the  Sea,    or  any  other  Port 
atorefaid  by  way  of  Amity,  League,  or  Truce,  or 
by  Force  of  the  King's  Safe  Conduct  or  Safeguard 
in  any  wife,  and  efpecially  in  attaching  of  any  fuch 
ftrange  Perfon,  robbing  or  fpoiling  of  him,  his  Ship, 
or  any  other  Manner  of  Goods,  or  againft  any  other 
Perfon  of  his  liege  People ;  the  Chancellor  of  Eng- 
land for  the  time  being  (as  well  for  the  Deliverance 
of  any  fuch  Perfon  fo  attached  to  be  had,  as  to  make 
Reftitution  to  every  fuch  Perfon  fo  robbed  or  fpoiled  2  r.2.  f, ». 
of  Ship  or  Goods,    or  of  the  Value  thereof)  fhall  3  Buliir.  z8. 
have  Authority,  calling  to  him  any  of  the  Juftices 
of  the  one  Bench  or  of  the  other,  upon  a  Bill  or  Bills 
of  Complaint  to  him  made  in  this  Behalf,  to  make 
fuch  Procefs  out  of  the  faid  Chancery,  as  Well  againft 
all   fuch  Offenders,  to  bring  them  into  the  King's 
Chancery,  there  to  anfwer  to  the  Parties  fo  grieved 
in  this  Behalf,  as  againft  any  other  Perfon  or  Ferfona 
to  whofe  Hands  any  fuch  Perfon  fo  attached,  Ship 
or  Goods  fhall  come,  as  for  the  Delivery  and  Refti- 
tution by  them  to  be  made  of  the  fame  Perfon,  Ship, 
and  Goods,  as  fhall  feem  to  the  fame  Chancellor 
moil  expedient  and  neceflary.     (2)  And  upon  this 
Procefs  fo  made  out  of  the  faid  Chancery,  the  faid 
Chancellor  further  to  proceed  in  this  Matter,  if  the 
Cafe  do  fo  require,  by  Advice  of  any  fuch  Juftice, 
to  make  the  Perfon  and  Perfons  Strangers  fo  grieved 
to  have  full  Delivery  and   Reftitution  of  any  fuch 
Perfon  fo  attached,  and  of  all  fuch  Ships  and  Goods, 
and  alio  of  all  their  Cofts,  Expences,  and  Loffes  dif- 
burfed  and  fuffered  by  them  in  this  Behalf,  and  there- 
upon to  award  all  Manner  of  Execution  out  of  the 
faid  Chancery,  in  fuch  Sort  as  fhall  feem  to  the  faid 
Chancellor   moft  expedient   and  neceffary  for   fuch 
Delivery  and  Reftitution  to  be  had,  calling  to  him 
any  fuch  Juftice  as  afore  is  faid.     This  A6t  to  begin 
and  take  Effect  the  Firft  Day  of  May,  the  Two  and 
thirtieth  Year  of  the  faid  King.'  r   *     ,.   „, 

o  Conpitnai  fry.  T4 

Ed,  4.  c.  4. 


CAP.     V. 

No  Cuftomer,  Comptroller,  &e.  fhall  have  any  Eftate  certain  in  his  Office. 


TEM  qe  come  eftoit  ordeigne  par  leftatute  fait 
en  le  temps  du  Roy  Richard  fecund  qe  null 
fercheour  gaugeour  del  vyne  aulnour  tronour  poi- 
four  colle£tour  des  cuftumes  &  fubfidies  ou  coun- 
trollour  averoit  eftate  en  fon  office  pur  terme  de  vie 
ou  terme  des  ans  mes  qe  les  ditz  ofHcez  demurroi- 
ent  defoubz  la  governaunce  du  Treforer  dEngle- 
terre pur  le  temps  efteant  auxi  eftoit  ordeigne  par 

Vol.  L 


"  IT  TEM,  Whereas  it  was  ordained  by  a  Statute  1 
"  J.  made  in  the  Timeof  King  Richard  the  Second, 
"  That  no  Searcher,  Ganger  of  Wines,  Auineger, 
"  Finder5,  Weigher,  Collector  of  Cuftoms  and  Sub-3 
"  fidies,  or  Comptroller,  (hall  have  Eftate  in  his  OfF.ce 
"  for  Term  of  Life,  or  for  Term  of  Years,  but  that 
"  the  faid  Officers  fhall  remain  under  the  Government 
"  of  the  Treafurer  of  England  for  the  time  being;  (2) 
L 1  11  "  and 


626 


C.  6. 


Anno  tricefimo  primo  Henrici  VI. 


4  H.  4-  c  24.  "  and  where  it  was  ordained  by  the  Statute  made  in 
"  the  Time  of  King  Henry  the  Fourth,  That  the 
"  Aulnage  of  Cloths  within  this  Realm  may  be  eom- 
"  mitted  to  Ferm,  or  in  Approvement,  according  to 
"  the  Direction  of  the  Treafurer  of  England  for  the 
"  time  being,  as  in  the  faid  Statutes  more  fully  is  de- 
"  clared ;  (3)  yet  that  notwithstanding  divers  Peribns 
"  have  obtained  the  King's  Letters  Patents  of  the  faid 
"  Offices  and  Aulnage,  fome  for  Term  of  Life,  and 
"  fome  for  Terms  of  Year,  to  the  great  Prejudice  of 
"  the  King  and  of  his  People,  and  contrary  tq  the  faid 
"  Statutes:"  '  (4)  Our  faid  Lord  the  King  considering 
'  the  Premiffes,  hath  ordained  by  the  Authority  afore - 
'  faid,  That  all  Letters  Patents  made  of  any  of  the 
c  faid  Offices  or  Aulnage  to  any  Perfori,  againft  the 
'  Effect  of  the  faid  Statutes,  fhall  be  void,  and  of  no 

Dyer  303-  «  Force;  (5  J  and  that  no  Letters  Patents  of  any  of  the 
'  faid  Offices,  or  Aulnage,  fhall  be  made  hereafter,  but 
\  by  Warrant  of  Bill  fealed  by  the  Treafurer  of  Eng- 
'  land  for  the  time  being,  fent  by  him  into  the  Chan- 
'  eery,  as  it  hath  been  accuftomed  before  this  Time. 

4-Ina,  us,  '  II.  And  that  all  Letters  Patents  made,  or  to  be 

'  made  hereafter,  of  the  faid  Offices  or  Aulnage,  by 
'  other  Warrant  than  by  Bill  of  the  Treafurer,  fhall 
'  he  void,  and  of  no  Effect.  (2)  Provided  always, 
'  That  this  Act  fhall  not  extend,  nor  be  prejudicial 
'  nor  hurtful  to  our  Sovereign  Lady  the  Queen,  the 

*  Prince,  the  Duke  of  Buckingham,  to  the  Inheritors 
'  of  Henry  late  Duke  of  Warwick,  nor  to  the  Mayor 

*  and  Commonalty  of  London,  nor  to  the  Mayor,  Bai- 

*  liffs,  and  Commonalty  of  the  City  of  Winchefter, 
'  as  to  any  Grant  or  Grants,  Demife  or  Demifes  of  the 
S  Aulnage,  or  any  Grant  or  Grants  of  any  Sum  or 
'  Sums  of  Money  of  the  Ferm  of  the  Aulnage,  to  them 
'  granted,  made,  or  confirmed,  nor  to  any  Comptrol- 
c  ler  having  any  Offices  out  of  the  King's  Ports,  nor 
4  to  jfobn  Penycok  Efquire,  nor  to  Gyles  Seinclo  Efquire, 
'  nor  to  any  of  the  King's  or  Queen's  Houfhold  Ser- 
vants, of  any  Grant  or  Grants  of  any  Office  or 
Offices  to  them  made  before  this  Time,  with  the 
Fees  and  Wages  of  old  Time  due  and  accuftomed.' 

Hi  fee.  8  •  ivbicb  puts  Cvftomirs  under  farther  ReftritTwm. 


74  R.  2,  CIO. 
17  R.  2.  c.  5. 
1  H.  4.  c.  13. 
13  H.  4.  c.  5. 

Sic  likewife  I  El. 


A.  D.  1452; 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
leftatut  fait  en  temps  du  Roy  Henry  le  quart  qe 
launage  de  draps  deins  ceft  Roialme  poet  eftre 
commis  a  ferme  ou  en  approvement  folonc  ladvys- 
du  Treforer  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  come 
en  les  ditz  eftatutez  plus  plainement  foit  declare 
Unqore  ceo  nient  obftant  diverfez  perfones  ont 
opteignez  lettres  patentes  du  Roy  des  ditz  offices 
&  aulnage  afcuns  pur  terme  de  vie  &  afcuns  pur 
terme  des  ans  au  graunde  prejudice  du  R.oy  &  du 
people  &  encountre  lez  ditz  eftatutez.  Noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  les  premiffes  ad  ordeigne 
per  auctorite  defuifdit  qe  toutz  lettres  patentes 
faitz  dafcun  dts  ditz  offices  ou  aunage  al  afcun 
perfone  encountre  leffect.es  de  les  ditz.  eftatutez 
foient  voides  &  de  null  force.  Et  qe  nullz  lettres 
patentes  dafcun  des  ditz  offices  ou  aunage  foient 
faitz  en  apres  mes  par  garrant  de  bille  enfeale  par 
le  Treforer  dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  en- 
voiez  par  luy  en  la  Chauncellarie-  come-  il  ad  efte 
accuftume  devaunt  ceft  temps- 

Et  qe  toutz  lettres  patentes  faitz  ou  affaires  en 
apres  des  ditz  offices  ou  aulnage  par  autre  garraunt 
qe  par  bille  du  Treforer  foient  voidez  &  de  null 
effect.  Purveu  toutz  foitz  qe  ceft  acte  nextende 
pas  ne  foit  prejudiciall  ne  damageous  a  noftre  fove- 
rayn  Dame  la  Roigne  le  Prince  le  Due  de  Buk'  as 
enheriters  de  Henry  jades  Due  de  Warr'  ne  as 
Maire  &  Comminalte  de  Loundres  ne  as  les  maire 
baillifs  &  comminalte  de  cite  de  Wyncheftre  come 
a  afcune  graunte  ou  grauntes  dimife  ou  dimifes  del 
aulnage  ou  afcun  graunte  ou  grauntes  dafcun 
fomme  ou  fommes  de  money  del  ferme  del  aulnage 
a  ceux  grauntez  faitz  ou  confernez  ne  a  null 
countroller  eiant  afcuns  offices  hors  du  portes  du 
Roy  ne  a  Johan  Penycok  efquier  a  Gyles  Seinclo 
efquier  ne  a  afcun  des  meriall  fervauntes  du  Roy 
ne  fervauntez  du  Roigne  dafcun  graunte  ou  graun- 
tes dafcun  office  ou  offices  fait  a  ceux  devaunt  ceft- 
temps  ove  les  fees  &  gages  de  launcien  temps  duez. 
&  accuftumez. 


CAP.     VI. 

The  Statute  of  20  Hen.  6.  c.  2.  touching  the  Forfeiture  of  them  which  be  outlawed  in  the 

County  of  Lancafter,  made  perpetual. 

T*=p.  33  H.  6,    T  T  EM  qe  come  au  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  Ian  vintifme  du  Roy  qoreft  eftoit  ordeigne  par  auctorite  de 
e.  2.  J[  mefme  le  parlement  qe  null  perfone  dez  lieges  du  Roy  encountre  quell  lexigent  ferra  agarde  ou  utlagarie 

pronunce  al  fuyte  du  Roy  ou  al  fuyte  de  partie  en  temps  avenir  en  le  counte  de  Lancaftre  forface  afcuns  de 
fez  biens  ou  chateux  terres  ou  tenementes  en  afcun  autre  counte  forque  foulement  lez  biens  &  chateux  terres 
&  tenementes  le  queux  les  perfones  enfi  outlages  ou  ils  encountre  queux  tiel  exigent  ferra  agarde  en  le  dit 
counte  de  Lancaftre  ount  en  mefme  le  counte  et  par  reafon  dafcun  tiel  utlagarie  al  fuyte  du  Roy  ou  al  fuyte 
dafcun  autre  perfone  pronounce  deinz  le  dit  counte  de  Lancaftre  ne  foit  forbarre  ne  difable  dafcun  manier 
daftion  ne  a  claimer  afcun  manere  denheritaunce  hor3  de  mefme  le  counte  ne  difable  a  purfuer  afcun  manier 
dadtion  hors  de  mefme  le  counte  nient  obftant  autiel  utlagarie  encountre  luy  pronounce  come  en  le  dit  efta- 
tute  plus  plainement  appiert  le  quell  eftatute  oreft  expire  pur  caufe  qil  eftoit  ordeigne  dendurer  mes  pur  fept 
ans  adonqes  profchein  enfuantez  le  quel  eftatute  fuift  profitable  &  neceffarie  a  lez  lieges  du  Roy.  Noftre  dit 
Seignur  le  Roy  lez  premiffez  confiderant  par  advis  &  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  en  le  dit 
parlement  affemblez  al  requeft  dez  ditz  Communes  &  par  auctorite  de  mefme  le  parlement  ad  ordeigne  & 
cftablie  qe  le  dit  jadis  eftatute  foit  en  fa  force  &  vertue  Preignant  effect  &  force  a  darrein  jour  de  Marche 
Ian  de  fon  reigne  xxx,  &  a  ycelluy  jour  perpetuelment  dendurer, 


CAP. 


A.  D.  145 2 .  A nno  tricefimo  primo  Henr-ici  V J.  C.  ■ 7,  ■  8.        627 

c   A   p.     VII. 

Fees,  Wages,  and  Rewards  due  to  the  King's  Officers,  fhall  not  be  comprifed  within  the    . 
Statute  of  Refumption  made  in  the  Eight  and  twentieth  Year  of  the  King's  Rei^n. 

■  Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond: 

ITEM  qe  come  en  le  parlement  tenuz  a  Weftm'  le  fifme  jour  de  Novembre  Ian  du  reigne  noftre  Seignur  EXP. 
le  Roy  vint  feptifme  en  lact  del  refumption  entre  autres  chofes  fuift  ordeigne  &  eftablie  par  lauclorite  de  33  H.  6.  f/  34. 
mefme  le  parlement  qe  il  plerroit  a  luy  de  prendre  refumer  feifer  &  reteigner  en  fez  maines  &  potTeffion  toutz  9  Ed-  4-  f'  '• 
honours  chaftelx  Seignouries  villes  villages  manoirs  terres  tenementes  rentes  reverfions  waftes  fees  fennes  & 
■fervice  ove  toutz  lour  appurtenaunces  en  Engleterre  Gales  &  en  les  marches  dicelles  Irlond  Guyfnes  Caleis  & 
en  lez  marches  dicelles  queux  le  dit  Roy  euflet  graunte  par  fez  lettres  patentz  ou  en  afcun  autre  manere  depuis 
]e  primer  jour  de  fon  reigne  et  qe  toutz  maners  des  grauntez  des  rentes  charges  ou  annuiteez  faitz  par  luy 
del  ftate  denheritaunce  pur  terme  de  vie  ou  terme  des  ans  a  afcun  perfone  ou  perfones  apprendres  dafcuns 
dez  premiffes  ou  de  fez  cuftumez  ou  fubfidie  ou  aulnage  ou  de  fon  hanaper  ou  al  ou  en  fon  receipt  ou  autre  - 
ment  ou  en  afcun  autre  lieu  ou  afcun  deux  ou  des  profittez  provenauntez  deux  ou  dafcuns  deux  deins  fon 
Roialme  Irlond  Gales  Guyfnes  Caleis  &  en  les  marches  dicelles  foient  voidez  &  de  null  effect  come  en  le  dit 
acte  del  refumption  pluis  pleinement  eft  declarez.  Et  pur  ceo  qe  doute  &  ambiguite  eft  eue  quelle  qe  fees 
gagez  regardez  profittez  &  autres  chofes  fpectanz  &  del  auncien  temps  perteignantz  as  offices  en  les  jours  de 
-fes  noble  progenitours  ferroient  refumez  reteignez  en  les  mainez  du  Roy  ou  voides  par  vertue  du  dit  act  ou 
non  pur  ctrteine  &  plain  declaration  ent  noftre  Seignur  le  Roy  al  requeft  de  fes  ditz  Communes  par  lauclo- 
rite defuifdit  ad  ordeigne  qe  les  ditz  acte  &  ordenaunce  del  refumption  ne  foient  prejudicialx  as  afcun 
des  fes  officers  dafcuns  fees  gages  regardes  ou  profittes  duez  ou  apparteignauntez  au  tielx  officers  come  fu- 
rent  le  primer  jour  de  fon  reigne  ou  devaunt  par  caufe  des  tielx  offices  ou  occupations.  Et  qe  les  ditz  fees 
_gagez  reg.irdez  &c  profittez  ne  foient  comprifes  deinz  le  dit  acte  del  refumption  al  temps  del  faifance  de 
mefme  lact  ne  apres  ne  dedeins  acune  autre  act  ou  ordenaunce  fait  en  fon  dit  parlement  mes  qe  toutz  tielx 
gages  fees  regardes  &  profittez  foient  &  demurrent  a  toutz  &  a  chefcun  tielx  offices  &  occupation  come  ceux 
hrent  le  primer  jour  de  fon  reigne  ou  devaunt  afcun  acte  del  refumption  ftatute  ordenaunce  ou  proviiion  ou 
.afcun  autre  acte  fait  au  contrarie  ou  afcun  doute  ou  ambiguite  en  icell  contenuz  nient  obftant. 

CAP.     VIII. 

A  Confirmation  of  a  Subfidy  of  Wooll,  Woollfells,  and  Cloth  tranfported,  granted  by  a  Sta- 
tute ordained  31  Hen.  6.  not  printed. 

IT  E  M  qe  come  en  ceft  dit  prefent  parlement  commencez  a  Redyng  le  dit  fifme  jour  de  marche  Ian  du  EXP. 
dit  Roy  xxxi.  &  adjourne  a  Weftm'  jeques  quatorfzifme  jour  de  Feverer  fueffet  grauntee  au  dit  Roy  un 
fubfidie  appelle  Poundage  ceftaffavoir  de  tout  maner  merchaundifez  de  chefcun  merchaunt  deynfyn  ■&  alien 
fibien  des  merchauntez  de  Hanf/e  &  Almaigne  come  dafcun  autre  merchaunt  alien  cariez  hors  de  ceft 
-Roialme  ou  apportes  en  le  mefme  par  voie  de  merchaundife  del  value  de  chefcun  xx.  s.  xij  d.  davoir  a  luy 
a  la  tierce  jour  dAprell  profchein  venant  pur  terme  de  fa  vie  naturell  oveqe  certeyn  exceptions  en  mefme  la 
graunte  fpecifiez  par  force  de  quell  act  les  fubgetts  du  Roy  merchauntz  deynfyns  de  ceft  fon  reame  ferroient 
■chargeables  a  paier  au  Roy  xij  d.  del  value  de  vint  fouzs  de  tout  lour  draps  lanuz  paffant  hors  del  mefme 
apres  le  dit  iij '  jour  dAprell  qe  ferroient  aeux  trop  graunde  emportable  charge  &  empoverifhement  del  graunde 
partie  du  povere  people  de  ceft  Roialme  et  en  aventure  caufe  de  reftreint  &  empedyment  del  utterance  de 
tout  manei-  drapes  laynuz  faitz  deinz  le  mefme  le  quel  caufera  par  proceffe  du  temps  petit  drapes  eftre  faitz 
en  le  dit  Roialme  et  fur  ceo  graunde  udifte  entre  fes  poveres  lieges  genz  &  moien  de  deftruction  du  fon 
navier  et  caufera  fes  laynez  deftre  de  meindre  value  a  la  graunde  deftruction  de  les  growers  de  la  mefme. 
Et  en  oultre  en  le  dit  parlement  le  dit  fifme  jour  de  Marche  fuiffet  graunte  au  Roy  un  certeyn  fubfidie  des 
laynez  &  pealx  lanuz  ceftaffavoir  de  chefcun  merchaunt  deinfyn  pur  le  fubfidie  de  chefcun  fak  de  layne  xliij.  s. 
iiij.  d.  &  de  chefcun  CC.  xl.  pealx  lanuz  xliij.  s.  iiij.  d.  davoir  au  luy  pur  terme  de  fa  vie  natuiell  a  le  dit 
tierce  jour  dAprell  come  en  lact  del  graunte  ent  fait  en  mefme  cefty  parlement  pluis  plainement  appiert 
dount  les  poverez  fubgetts  merchauntz  del  ftaple  de  Caleis  ferroient  compellez  apres  le  dit  tierce  jour  dAprell 
a  paier  au  Roy  de  chefcun  fak  de  layne  &  de  chefcun  CC.  xl.  pealx  lanuz  x.  s.  pluis  par  voie  de  fubhdie  qe 
ils  ount  efte  accuftumes  a  paier  en  afcuns  jours  du  reigne  du  dit  Roy  quel  charge  eftant  a  eux  emportable 
eft  refemblant  deftre  caufe  qe  ils  ne  ferrount  mye  de  poiar  dachater  ou  efkipper  afcun  graunde  quantite  des 
laynes  del  croifaunce  de  ceft  Roialme  deftre  eues  a  dite  eftaple  dount  enfueront  trop  exceffyf  diminution  & 
decreas  del  pris  &  valeurs  des  laynes  &  pealx  lanuz  de  ceft  Roialme  &  des  graundes  annuelx  revenuz  des 
cuftumes  &  fubfidies  queux  accrefcoierent  au  B  oi  de  lefkippans  de  tielx  lay.'.cs  &  pealx  lanuz  ct  a  la  reba- 
taunce  del  paiement  des  gagez  de  les  fouldiours  entendantz  fur  le  faufgarde  de  ville  &  marches  de  Caleis  & 
auxi  les  poverez  growers  des  laynez  de  ceft  Roialme  ent  trop  graundement  empoverifTez._  Noftre  Seignur 
le  Roy  voet  par  lauctorite  defuifdit  qe  chefcun  marchaunte  deinfyn  neez  fon  liege  home  deins  ceft  fon  reame 
qi  efkippera  &  cariera  afcunes  laynes  ou  peaulx  lanuz  a  la  ftaple  de  Caleis  ou  par  ics  itraites  de  Marrok 
par  licence  du  Roy  pur  tieux  laynes  &  peaux  lanuz  enfi  efkippes  &  a  dite  eftaple  ou  par  les  ditz  eftraitz 
cariez  foit  quite  &  difcharge  de  x.  s.  parcell  du  dit  fubfidie  de  xliij.  s.  iiij.  d.  grauntez  au  Roy  en  ceft  dit  pre- 
fent parlement  de  chefcun  fak  de  layne  &  de  chefcun  CC.  xl.  peaulx  lanuez  a  le  dit  tierce  jour  dAprell  efpe- 
cifies  en  la  dit  graunte  par  le  fpace  de  cynk  ans  adonqes  profchein  enfuantz.     Et  auxi  qj  chefcun  dit  mcr- 

L  1 1 1  2  chaunt 


628        C.  9. 


Anno  tricefimo  primo  Henrici  VI.  A.  D.  1452. 

Ex  Rot.  in.  Turr.  Lond. 
chaunt  deinfzein  foit  quite  &  nient  chargeable  par  vertue  du  dit  graunte  del  fubfidie  de  xij.  d.  del  value  de 
chefcun  xx.  s.  de  tout  manier  de  draps  lanuz  par  eux  ou  afcun  de  eux  deftre  eues  hors  de  cert  Roialme  as  af- 
cunes  parties  dela  le  mere  a  le  dit  tierce  jour  par  le  fpace  de  trois  ans  adonqes  profchein  enfuantz. 

C  A  P.     IX. 
A  Remedy  for  a  Woman  inforced  to  be  bound  by  Statute  or  Obligation. 

ITEM  qe  come  en  touz  parties  de  ceft  Roialme 
dyvers  gens  de  poiar  moevez  de  infatiable  co- 
vetyfe  encountre  tout  droit  gentilnes  verite  &  bone 
confcience  ont  labores  &  trovez  novelx  inven- 
tions &  eux  affeduoufment  executes  a  lendaun- 
geraunce  trouble  &"  mavailx  traiter  de  toutz  da- 
mez  gentilx  femmes  &  autres  femmes  efteantz 
foulz  eiantz  afcune  fubftaunce  des  terres  tenemen- 
tes  ou  autres  moebles  bjens  deins  ceft  dit  reame 
entendauntz  la  graunte  inr.ocencie  &  fimples  de 
eux  voillent  prendre  ceux  par  force  ou  autrement 
veinent  a  eux  refemblauntez  eftre  lour  trefgraun- 
dez  amis  promettantz  eux  leur  foiall  amite  et 
iflint  par  graunde  diflimilation  ou  autrement  gaig- 
nent  eux  en  lour  pcfTeffion  convei-auntz  eux  en 
autielx  lieux  ou  lez  ditz  meffeifours  fount  de  pluis 
poiar  et  qant  afcuns  femmes  par  tielx  moiens  ou 
par  afcune  autre  moicn  font  en  leur  governaunce 
la  dit  mavailx  difpofe  perfone  ou  perfones  ne  voil- 
lent fuffrer  eux  daler  a  large  et  eftre  a  leur  libertee 
jufqes  a  ceo  qe  els  voillent  obliger  ceux  a  les  ditz- 
meffaifburs  ou  autre  perfone  ou  perfones  a  lour 
oeps  en  graundes  fommes  par  obligation  ou  obli- 
gations libien  fymplez  come  conditionelx  ou  par 
obligation  ou  obligations-  deftatute  merchaunt  faitz 
devaunt  maire  ou  baillif  eiant  poiar  a  prendre 
tielx  reconrfauntz. 

Auxi  multz  foitz  ils  voillent  compeller  eux  def- 
tre  maries  par  eux  contrarie  a  lour  propre  defires 
ou  autrement  ils  voillent  faire  lever  la  dit  fomme 
ou  fommes  de  lour  terres  &  biens  &  dendaunger 
lour  perfone  ou  perfones  a  leur  trefgraunde  damage 
qe  ad  efte  &  eft  femblable  eftre  univerfall  prejudice 
al  ley  del  eglife  &  la  ley  de  ceft  Roialme  faunz 
ceo  qe  due  remedie  fur  ceo  foit  purveu.  Noftre 
dit  Seignur  le  Roy  confiderant  les  premifTez  ad 
ordeigne  &  eftablie  par  laudtorite  de  ceft  prefent 
parlement  qe  en  toutz  tielx  cafes  defuifditz  la  par- 
tie  oblige  poet  avoir  brief  hors  del  Chauncerie 
conteignent  tout  la  matier  de  leur  derefonable  en- 
traiter  dire£t  al  vifcount  del  counte  ou  afcuns  tielx 
offenfes  feurent  enfi  faitz  ou  en  apres  ferrount 
faitz  commaundant  luy  qe  il  par  force  de  cell  brief 
face  proclamation  en  le  plein  counte  en  le  prof- 
chein counte  puis  la  refceipt  de  le  dit  brief  qe  la 
perfone  ou  perfones  conteigners  en  le  dit  brief  ap- 
pierge  ou  appiergent  as  certeinz  jour  &  lieu  pre- 
fixez  en  le  dit  brief  devaunt  le  Chaunceller  d£n- 
gleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  ou  autrement  devaunt 
les  Juftices  dez  aflife  en  lez  ditz  counteez  ou  les 
ditz  offenfes  furent  faitz  ou  autrement  devaunt 
afcun  autre  notable  perfone  daffigner  par  la  Chaun- 
celler dEngleterre  pur  le  temps  efteant  as  queux 
jour  &  lieu  fi  les  ditz  partiez  appierent  qe  lors  le 
dit  Chaunceller  Juftice  ou  autre  perfone  enfi  dafc 
fignier  par  le  dit  Chaunceller  pur  le  temps  efteant 
par  vertue  de  ceft  ordenaunce  face  examiner  due- 
ment  les  ditz  parties  fur  ceftez  premifTez  par  quell 

examination 


"  T  T  EM,  Whereas  in  all  Parts  of  this  Realm  di- 

3  Inil.  60.         u  J^  yers  pe0pie  0f  great  Power,  moved  with  unfa- 

"  tiable   Covetoufnefs,  againft   all  Right,  Humanity, 

"  Integrity,   and  good   Confcience,  have  fought  and 

"  found  new  Inventions,  and  them  continually  do  exe- 

'*  cute,  to  the  Danger,  Trouble,  and  great  abufing  of 

"  all  Ladies,  Gentlewomen,  and  other  Women  iole, 

4'  having  any  Subftance  of  Lands,  Tenements,  or  other 

"  moveable  Goods  within  this  Realm,  perceiving  their 

"  great  Weaknefs  and  Simplicity,  will  take  them  by 

"  Force,  or  othervvife  come  to  them,  feeming  to  be 

cc  their  great  Friends,    promifing  them  their  faithful 

"  Friendfhip,  and  fo  by  great  Diihmulation,  or  other- 

£t  wife,  get  them  into  their  Poffeffion,  conveying  them 

"  intofuch  Places  where  the  faid  Offenders  be  of  moft 

"  Power  ;   (2)  and  when  any  Women  by  fuch  Means, 

"  or  by  any  other  Means  be  in  their  Government,  the 

"  faid  evil  difpofed  Perfon  or  Perfons  will  not  fuffer 

"  them  to  go  at  large,  and  be  at  their  Liberty,  until 

"  that  they  will  bind  themfelves  to  the  faid  Offenders, 

"  or  other  Perfon  or  Perfons  totheirUfe,  in  greatSums, 

"  by  Obligation  or  Obligations,  as  well  fimple  as  con- 

"  ditional,  or  by  Obligation  or  Obligations  of  Statute- 

"  merchant,  made  before  a  Mayor  or  Bailiff,  having 

"  Power  to  take  fuch  Recognifances. 


"  IL  Alfo  they  will  many  times  compel  them  to 
*c  be  married  by  them,  contrary  to  their  own  Likings, 
"  or  otherwlfe  they  will  levy  the  faid  Sum  or  Sums  on 
"  their  Lands  and  Goods,  and  put  their  Perfon  or  Per- 
"  fons  in  Danger,  to  their  great  Damage,  which  hath 
"  been,  and  is  like  to  be  an  univerfal  Prejudice  to  the 
"  Law  of  holy  Church,  and  the  Lav/  of  this  Realm, 
"  unlefs  due  Remedy  thereupon  be  provided."  '  (2) 
'  faid  Lord  the  King,  confidering  the  PremifTes,  hath 
'  ordained  and  ftablilhed,  by  Authority  of  this  prefent 

*  Parliament,  That  in  all  fuch  Cafes  aforefaid,  the 
'  Party  bound  may  have  a  Writ  out  of  the  Chancery, 
'  containing  all  the  Matter  of  their  unreafonable  In- 
'  treaty,  directed  to  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  where 
'  any  fuch  Offences  were  fo  done,  or  after  fhall  be 
'  done,  commanding  him,  that  he,  by  Force  of  this 
'  Writ,  make  Proclamation  in  the  full  County,  and 
'  in  the  next  County-Court  after  the  Receipt  of  the 
'  faid  Writ,  that  the  Perfon  or  Perfons  contained  in 
'  the  faid  Writ  fhall  appear  at  a  certain  Day  and  Place 
'  prefixed  in  the  faid  Writ,  before  the  Chancellor  of 

*  England  for  the  time  being,  or  otherwife  before  the 
'  Juftices  of  Affife  in  the  Counties  where  the  faid  Of- 

*  fences  were  done,  or  elfe  before  fome  other  notable 
'  Perfon  to  be  afligned  by  the  Chancellor  of  England 
'  for  the  time  being  ;  (3)  at  the  which  Day  and  Place, 
'  if  the  faid  Parties  appear,  that  then  the  faid  Chan- 
'  cellor  of  England,  Juftice,  or  other  Perfon  fo  to  be 
'  afligncd  by  the  Chancellor  for  the  time  being,  by 
'  virtue  of  this  Ordinance,  fhall  duly  examine  the  faid 
'  Parties  upon  the  PremifTes;   (4)  by  which  Exarfti- 

*  nation,  if  they  can  find  the  faid  Obligation  or  Obli- 


A.  D.  1452.  Anno  tricefimo 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
examination  fils  poient  trover  la  dit  obligation  011 
obligations  ou  afcun  de  eux  eftre  faitz  tielment 
come  dei'uis  eft  dit  qe  donqe  la  dit  obligation  ou 
obligations  &  tout  procefle  &  execution  l'uez  ou  a 
purfuers  fur  ceo  ibient  voidez  &  de  null  effect. 
Et  fil  foit  trove  par  examination  devaunt  eux  qe 
la  dit  obligation  ou  obligations  ou  afcune  de  eux 
furent  faitz  ou  ferront  trovez  faitz  pur  verraie 
duete  &  per  null  tiel  moien  come  devaunt  eft  dit 
qe  donqe  la  dit  obligation  ou  obligations  &  tout 
le  proceile  h  execution  fuez  ou  a  purfuers  fur  ceo 
eftoifent  bonez  &  effectuelx.  Et  ill  enfi  foit  qe  la 
perfone  ou  perfones  en  tielx  briefs  nommes  ou  a 
nommers  encountre  qel  ou  qelx  afcun  tielx  briefs 
enapres  ferront  fuez  facent  ou  face  defaulte  a  lez 
jour  &  lieu  limitez  en  mefme  le  brief  ou  briefs  qe 
adonqes  toutz  tiel  obligation  ou  obligations  come 
foient  devaunt  efpecifiez  &  en  le  dit  brief  ou  briefs 
expreffez  &  tout  maner  proceffee  &  execution  fuez 
ou  a  purfuers  fur  ceo  foient  voidez  et  qe  le  vif- 
count  ou  vifcountes  a  queux  tiel  brief  ou  briefs  fur 
ceft  ordenaunce  en  apres  deftre  conceups  ferra  ou 
ferront  direiftes  face  executer  lez  ditz  briefs  accor- 
daunt  al  tenure  diceux  fur  peine  de  trois  centz 
liverez  dount  le  Roy  noftre  foverayn  Seignur  da- 
voir  lune  moite  &  lautre  moite  a  la  partie  qe  fuera 
le  dit  brief  de  proclamation.  Et  qe  la  dit  partie 
iflint  greve  poiet  avoir  action  de  dette  en  chefcun 
tiel  cas  encountre  le  dit  vifcount  pur  la  moitee  dez 
ditz  trois  centz  liverez  iffint  forfaitz  o\e  proceffe 
del  utlagarie.  Et  qe  la  partie  ou  parties  defen- 
dantz  en  afcun  tiel  action  de  cy  en  apres  encoun- 
tre afcun  vifcount  ou  vifcountez  a  purfuers  alle- 
gera  null  protection  ne  gaigera  fa  ley  ne  ferra  ref- 
ceu  affaire  ou  pleder  afcun  forein  plee  deftre  trie 
en  afcun  autre  lieu  qe  la  le  fuifdit  brief  -foundu  fur 
ceft  ordenaunce  eft  fuez. 


primo  Henrici  VI. 


C.  9.        629 


gations,    or  any  of  them,    fo    to    be    made    as    is 
aforefaid,    that   then    the   (aid  Obligation   or  Obli- 
gations, and  all  Procefs  and  Execution  fued,  or  to 
be  purfued  thereupon,  fhall  be  void,  and  of  no  Force 
norEffeiit.     (5)  And  if  it  be  found  by  Examination 
before  them,  that  the  faid  Obligation  or  Obligations, 
or  any  of  them,  were  made,  or  mail  be  found  to  be 
made,  for  a  true  Duty,  and  by  no  fuch  Means  as 
afore  is  faid,  that  then  the  faid  Obligation  or  Obli- 
gations,   and  all  the   Procefs  and   Execution    fued, 
or_  to  be  purfued  thereupon,    fhall  ftand   good  and 
effe&ual.  .    (6)  And  if  it   be  fo  that  the  Perfon  or 
Perfons    in    fuch  Writs  named,  or  to   be    named, 
againft  whom  any  fuch  *  Letters  or  Writs  hereafter*  NitinOri^, 
fhall   be   fued,  make  Default   at  the  Day  and  Place 
limited   in   the  fame  Writ  or  Writs,  that  then  all 
fuch  Obligation  or  Obligations  as  be  before  fpeoified 
and  declared,  and  in  the  (aid  Writ  or  Writs  expreffed, 
declared,  and  fpecified,   and  all  Manner  of  Procefs 
and  Execution  fued,  or  to  be  fued  thereupon,  fhall 
be  void,  and  of  no  Force  nor  Effect;   (7)  and  that  The  Forfeiture 
the  faid  Sheriff  or  Sheriffs,  to  whom  fuch  Writ  orof  the  sll"iff 
Writs  upon  this  Ordinance  hereafter    commenced,  ^/^V01 
fhall   be  directed,    fhall  execute  the  faid  Writs  ac-Kine's  Writ  of 
'  cording  to  the  Tenour  of  the  fame,  upon  Pain  of  Proclamation, 
;  Three  hundred  Pounds,  whereof  our  Sovereign  Lord 
•  the  King  to  have  the  one  Half,  and  the  other  Half 
:  to  the  Party  which  fhall  fue  the  faid  Writ  of  Procla- 
:  mation.      (8)    And   that   the  faid  Party  fo   grieved 
'  may   have   an  Adtion  of  Debt  in   every  fuch  Cafe 
:  againft  the  faid  Sheriff,  for  the  Half  of  the  faid  Three 
'  hundred   Pounds  fo   forfeit,    with  Procefs  of  Out- 
'  lawry.     (9)  And  that  the  Party  or  Parties  Defen- 
'  dants  in  any  fuch  Atftion  hereafter  to  be  purfued 
'  againft  any  Sheriff  or  Sheriffs,  fhall  alledge  no  Pro- 
'  teiStion,  nor  fhall  wage  his  Law,   nor  fhall  be  re- 
'  ceived  to  make  or  plead  any  foreign  Plea,  to  be  tried 
'  in  any  other  Place  than  there  where  the  faid  Writ 
'  grounded  upon  this  Statute  is  fued.' 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter, 

Dom. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  3. 
ENRICUS  Dei  gratia  Rex  Anglie  & 
Francie  &  Dominus  Hibernie  poft  con- 
queftum  fextus  ad  parliamentum  fuum 
apud  Weftm'  nono  die  Julii  anno  regni  fui  trice- 
fimo  tertio  tentum  de  avifamento  &  affenfu  domi- 
norum  fpiritualium  &  temporalium  ac  Communi- 
tatis  regni  fui  Anglie  in  eodem  parliamento  ex- 
iftentium  nee  non  auctoritate  ejufdem  parliament! 
quedam  ordinationes  &  ftatuta  pro  communi  uti- 
litate  ejufdem  regni  fieri  &  ftabiliri  fecit  &  ordi- 
navit  in  forma  fequenti. 


Anno  33  Hen.  VI.  and  Anno 

1455- 

ENRY  by  the  Grace  of  God  King  of  Eng- 
land and  France,  and  Lord  of  Ireland,  the 
Sixth  after  the  Conqueft,  at  his  Parliament 
holden  at  JVeJlminJler  the  Ninth  Day  of  July,  the 
Three  and  thirtieth  Year  of  his  Reign,  by  the  Advice 
and  Affent  of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and 
the  Commons  of  his  Realm  of  England,  being  in 
the  fame  Parliament,  and  by  Authority  of  the  fame 
Parliament,  made  and  ordained  certain  Ordinances 
and  Statutes,  for  the  common  Wealth  of  the  fame 
Realm,  in  the  Form  following." 


CAP.      1. 

A  Remedy  for  Executors  againft  Servants  that  imbezzle  their  Matters  Goods  after  his  Death. 


IN  primis  prefatus  Dominus  Rex  confiderans 
qualiter  jampridem  diverfi  fervientes  familiares 
tarn  dominorum  quam  aliarum  perfonarum  boni 
gradus  cito  poft  mortem  dievtorum  dominorum  & 
magiftrorum  fuorum  bona  que  fuerunt  ipforum  do- 


FIRST,  Our  forefaid  Lord  the  King,  confuiering^  Inf(-  ,04> 
how  that  of  late  Time  divers  Houfhold-Servants,  qh.  if  in  uii  ? 
as  well  of  Lords,  as  of  other  Perfons  of  good  Degree,  See  j3  H.  6. 
fhortly  after  the  Death  of  their  faid  Lords  and  Maf-£-  7- 
ters,  violently  and  riotoufly  have  taken  and  fpoiledca  •  *n   23* 

"  the* 


6y 


C. 


Anno  tricefimo  tertio  Henrici  VI. 


A  Gaoler's  For- 
Ic.tiue  for  fetting 
at  Liberty  a  Pri- 
f'.aer  committed 
to  his  Cuftody 
bv  Force  of  this 
Statute.  ' 


:  the'  Goods  which  were  of  their  faid  Lords  and  Maf- 
:  ters,  at  the  Time  of  their  Death,  and  the  fame  di- 
;  ftributed  amongft  them,  to  the  Impediment  of  the 
;  Execution  of  the  Will  of  their  faid  Lords  and  Maf- 
'  ters,  and  to  the  great  Difpleafure  of  Gor>,  and  alfo 
;  contrary  to  the  Duty  and  Truth  which  they  ought 
:  to  have  had  towards  their  faid  Lords  and  Mafters, 
;  and  to  a  perilous  Example  in  Time  to  come,  unlefs 
'  due  Remedy  in  this  Behalf  be  provided."  '  (2) 
Wherefore  the  fame  Lord  the  King,  by  the  Advice, 
Affent,  and  Authority  aforefaid,  hath  ordained  and 
eftablifhed,  That  after  full  Information  made  to  the 
Chancellor  of  England  for  the  time  being,  by  the 
Executors  of  any  fuch  Lord  or  Perfon,  or  two  of  the 
faid  Executors,  of  fuch  Riot,  Taking,  and  Spoil 
made,  or  hereafter  to  be  made,  by  the  Houfhold- 
Servants  of  their  or  his  faid  Teftator  after  his  Death, 
the  fame  Chancellor,  by  the  Advice  of  the  Chief 
Juflices  of  the  King's  Bench,  and  of  the  Common 
Bench,  and  Chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer  for  the 
time  being,  or  two  of  them,  fhall  have  Power  to 
make  fo  many,  and  fuch  Writs,  to  be  directed  to 
fuch  Sheriffs  by  their  Difcretion,  as  to  them  in  this 
Behalf  shall  feem  neceflary,  to  make  open  Procla- 
mation in  fuch  Cities,  Boroughs,  Towns,  or  Places, 
two  Market-Days  within  Twelve  Days  next  after 
the  Delivery  of  the  fame  Writs,  as  to  the  fane  Chan- 
cellor, by  the  Advice  aforefaid,  fhall  feem  reafon- 
able,  That  the  faid  Offenders  fhall  appear  before 
the  fame  our  Lord  the  King,  or  his  Heirs,  in  his 
Bench,  at  fuch  a  Day  as  by  the  faid  Writ  fhall  be 
limited,  fo  that  the  faid  laft  Proclamation  be  made  by 
Fifteen  Days  before  the  fame  Day  of  Appearance ; 
(3)  and  if  any  fuch  Writ  be  returned  at  the  Day  con- 
tained in  the  faid  Writ,  and  the  Writ  be  executed, 
that  Proclamation  is  thereupon  had  and  made  oc- 
cording  to  the  faid  Ordinance,  and  then  if  the  faid 
Perfon  or  Perfons,  which  mould  appear  by  reafon 
of  the  faid  Proclamation,  make  Default  at  the  Day 
fpecified  in  the  faid  Writ,  and  do  not  appear,  then 
he  or  they  fo  making  Default  fhall  be  attainted  of 
Felony.3 

'  II.  And  if  any  fuch  Perfons  or  Perfon  do  appear 
at  the  fame  Day,  then  the  Juftices  of  the  faid  King's 
Bench  mall  have  Power,  by  the  faid  Ordinance,  to 
commit  fuch  Perfon  or  Perfons,  fo  appearing,  to 
Prifon,  there  to  remain  according  to  the  faid  Juftices 
Difcretion,  until  the  faid  Offenders  in  the  faid  Bench 
do  anfwer  to  the  faid  Executors  in  fuch  Actions, 
which  the  faid  Executors  will  declare  againft  them, 
or  any  of  them,  by  Bill  or  by  Writ,  for  the  Riot, 
taking,  and  fpoiling  aforefaid,  and  that  the  fame 
Actions  be  determined  ;  (2)  fo  that  the  fame  Actions 
be  purfued  with  Effect,  and  not  Hackly,  to  the  In- 
tent to  keep  the  fame  Perfon  or  Perfons  in  Prifon.' 


'  III.  And  if  fuch  Perfons  or  Perfon  be  fet  at  Li- 
ber.y  out  of  Prifon  by  the  faid  Juftices,  that  then  the 
fame  Perfons  or  Perfon  fhall  rind  fufficient  Perfons 
to  be  bounden  with  them  to  the  faid  Executors,  by 
way  of  Recognifance  in  the  faid  Bench,  by  Difcre- 
tion of  the  Juftices,  to  keep  fuch  Days  as  he  or  they 
fhall  have  by  the  fame  Court ;  (2;  and  if  the  Keepers 


A.  D.  1455. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
minorum  &  magiftrorum  tempore  mortis  eorun- 
dem  violenter  &  riotofe  ceperunt  difpoliaverunt 
&  ea  inter  fe  diftribuerunt  in  executionis  voluntatis 
dictorum  dominorum  &  magiftrorum  fuorum  im- 
pedimentum  ac  gravem  Dei  difplicentiam  nee  non 
contra  fidem  &  veritatem  quas  ipft  penes  dominos 
&  magiftros  fuos  habere  debuiffent  exemplumque 
impofterumvaldepericulofufnnift  debituminea  par- 
te provideatur  rernedium.  Quamobrem  idemdomi- 
nus  Rex  de  avifamento  affenfu  &  auctoritate  predic- 
ts ordinavit  &  ftabilivit  quod  poft  plenam  informa- 
tionem  Cancellario  Anglie  pro  tempore  exiftenti 
per  executores  aliquorum  hujufmodi  dominorum 
five  perfone  aut  duos  eorundem  executorum  fac- 
tam  de  aliqua  hujufmodi  riota  captura  &  difpolia- 
tione  factis  aut  impofterum  faciendis  per  fami- 
liares  fervientes  dicti  teftatoris  fui  poft  mortem 
fuam  idem  Cancellarius  de  avifamento  Capita- 
lium  Jufticiariorum  de  Banco  ipfius  Domini  Regis 
&  de  communi  Banco  ac  Capitalis  Baronis  Scac- 
carii  pro  tempore  exiftentis  aut  duorum  eorum  ha- 
beat  poteftatem  faciendi  tot  &  talia  brevia  diri- 
genda  talibus  vicecomitibus  per  eorum  difcretionem 
quot  &  qualia  eis  in  ea  parte  videbuntur  ncceffa- 
ria  ad  faciend'  publicam  proclamationem  in  talibus 
civitatibus  burgis  five  villis  duobus  diebus  merca- 
toriis  infra  duodecim  dies  prox'  poft  deliberationem 
eorundem  brevium  quibus  .  idem  Cancellario  de 
avifamento  p:edicto  videbitur  rationabile  quod  dicti 
malefactores  compareant  coram  ipfo  Domino  Rege 
ftu  heredibus  fuis  in  Banco  fuo  ad  talem  diem  qua- 
lis  per  dictum  breve  erit  limitatus  fie  quod  dicta 
ultima  proclamatio  per  quindecim  dies  ante  eun- 
dem  diem  apparitionis  fiat.  Et  fi  aliquod  hujuf- 
modi breve  retornatum  fit  ad  diem  in  eodem  brevi 
contentum  &  breve  fit  executum  quod  proclamatio 
fuperinde  habita  &  facta  ordinationi  predicte  con- 
cordans  exiftat  et  tunc  fi  dicte  perfone  vel  perfona 
que  compaierent  vel  compareret  ratione  dicte  pro- 
clamationis  ad  diem  in  dicto  brevi  fpecificatum 
defaltam  faciant  vel  faciat  &  con  compareant  vel 
non  compareat  ipfe  vel  ipfa  defaltam  fie  facientes 
vel  faciens  fint  vel  fit  attinct'  de  felonia. 

Et  fi  hujufmodi  perfone  vel  perfona  ad  talem 
diem  compareant  vel  compareat  tunc  Jufticiarii  de 
dicto  B  nco  Domini  Regis  habeant  poteftatem  per 
ordinaiionem  predidtam  committendi  talem  per- 
fonam  vel  perfonas  fie  comparentem  vel  compa- 
rentes  prifone  ibidem  juxta  difcretionem  dictorum 
Jufticiariorum  moratur'  quoufque  dicti  malefactores 
in  banco  predicto  prefatis  executoribus  refpon- 
deant  in  talibus  actionibus  quales  dicti  executores 
verfus  ipfos  feu  aliquem  ipforum  per  billam  vel 
per  breve  pro  riota  captura  &  difpoliatione  pre- 
dicts declarare  volunt  et  quod  eedem  actiones  fint 
determinate  Ita  quod  actiones  predicte  profequan- 
tur  cum  effectu  &  non  remiffe  ea  intentione  ad 
dictas  perfonas  vel  perfonam  in  prifona  cufto- 
diend'. 

Et  fi  hujufmodi  perfone  vel  perfona  extra  pri- 
fonam  per  dictos  Jufticiarios  fuerint  vel  fuerit  elar- 
gat'  quod  tunc  eedem  perfone  vel  perfona  inveniant 
vel  inveniat  fufficientes  perfonas  fecum  obligandas 
prefatis  executoribus  per  viam  recognitionis  in  dicio 
Banco  per  difcretionemjuftitiariorum  adcuftodiend' 
tales  dies  quales  ipfa  vel  ipfe  habebit  vel  hubebunt 

per 


A.  D.  1455. 


Anno  tricefimo  tertio  Henrici  VI. 


C. 


2. 


631 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
per  eandem  Curiam.  Et  fi.  cuftodes  prifone  ubi 
dicte  perfone  vel  perfona  committentur  vel  com- 
mittetur  ipfas  extra  prifonam  audtoritate  fua  pro- 
pria abfque  confideratione  &  ordinatione  didtorum 
jufticiariorum  elargaverint  tunc  didtus  cuftos  qua- 
dringentas  libras  prefatis  executoribus  forisfaciat 
&  perdat  et  quod  nulla  protedtio  in  aliqua  adtione 
fuper  ordinatione  predidta  capienda  allocetur. 


'  of  the  Prifon,  whereunto  the  faid  Perfon  or  Perfons 
'  be  committed,  do  let  them  go  at  large  out  of  the  Pri- 
'  fon  of  his  own  Authority,  without  the  Confidera- 
'  tion  and  Order  of  the  faid  Juftices,  then  the  faid 
'  Keeper  fhall  forfeit  and  lofe  Forty  [four  hundred] 
'  Pounds  to  the  faid  Executors 5  (3)  and  that  no  Pro- 
'  tedtion  be  allowed  in  any  Action  to  be  taken  upon  the 
'  faid  Ordinance.' 


CAP.      II. 

Jurors  in  an  Indictment  in  the  County  Palatine  of  Lancajler. 

another  County. 


Of  a  Foreigner  dwelling  in 


TEM  pro  eo  quod  humiles  &  fideles  ligei  & 
fubditi  regii  infra  comitatum  palatinum  Lan- 
eaftrie  inhabitantes  fervitium  Domino  Regi  impen- 
furi  funt  &  cundtis  temporibus  fuerunt  parati  ac 
eLiam  fibi  &  progenitoribus  fuis  impenderunt  tarn 
in  regno  Anglie  quam  in  Scotia  Francia  &  aliis 
partibus  ac  fub  legibus  regiis  gubernati  &  non  per 
eafdem  aliter  quam  alii  ligei  regii  extra  dictum  co- 
mitatum in  regno  predidto  inhabitantes  dampni- 
ficati  quoufque  jam  noviter  per  quendam  actum 
ad  ultimum  parliamentum  apud  Redyng  tentum 
extiterit  ordinatum  quod  nulle  perfone  ligeorum 
didti  domini  regis  contra  quas  aliquod  exigendum 
effet  adjudicatum  aut  utlagariapronunciata  adfectam 
Regis  vel  ad  fdtam  partis  in  didto  comitatu  forif- 
facerent  aliqua  bona  five  catalla  terras  &  tene- 
ments, in  aliquo  alio  comitatu  fet  folummodo  bo- 
na Si  catalla  terras  &  tenementa  que  perfone  fie 
utlagate  aut  ipfe  contra  quas  hujufmodi  exigend' 
adjudicarentur  in  didto  comitatu  habent  in  eodem 
comitatu  Lancaftrie  ac  ratione  alicuj us  hujufmodi 
utlagarie  ad  fedtam  Regis  &  ad  fedtam  alicuj  us  al- 
terius  perfone  pronunciate  infra  eundem  comita- 
tum non  effent  barrate  neque  inhabilitate  de  qua- 
cunque  adtione  neque  ad  clamand'  qualemcunque 
hereditatem  extra  eundem  comitatum  nee  inhabili- 
tate ad  profequend'  quarncunque  actionem  [neque 
ad  clamand'  qualemcunque  hereditatem  extra  eun- 
dem comitatum  nee  inhabilitate  ad  profequend' 
quarncunque  actionem  extra  eundem  comitatum] 
non  obftante  hujufmodi  utlagaria  contra  ipfas  pro- 
nunciata  prout  in  eodem  actu  plenius  apparet. 

Ac  ratione  ejufdem  actus  fi  aliquis  forinfecus 
in  dictum  comitatum  palatinum  veniret  &  aiiquem 
ligeorum  domini  Regis  interficeret  aut  aliter  ali- 
quam  prodidonem  murdrum  raptum  roberiam  feu 
aliquam  aliam  feloniam  five  tranfgreffionem  per- 
petraret  five  aiiquem  contradtum  faceret  vel  ali- 
quam aliam  ofFenfam  committeret  infra  didtum 
comitatum  Lancaftrie  quod  tunc  ipfe  nuilam  aliam 
bunitionem  neque  fori sfadtu  ram  in  hac  parte  ha- 
Deret  nifi  folummodo  de  hujufmodi  bonis  que  hu- 
jufmodi forinfeci  tales  horribiles  offenfas  perpe- 
trantes  &  committentes  infra  dictum  comitatum 
palatinum  habent  qui  pro  majori  parte  nichil  infra 
eundem  comitatum  habent  qua  de  caufa  didtis  fo- 
rinfecis  fcientibus  nullum  periculum  punitioaem 
neque  deperditum  bonorum  in  lege  ad  refrenan- 
dum  five  reftringendum  ipfos  de  hujufmodi  pro- 
ditionibus  murdris  &  feloniis  eos  talia  perpetrare 
infra  didtum  comitatum  caufat  &  indies  audaciam 
prebet  contra  leges  coronam  &  dignitatem  regias 


Ufe. 


c.  7.  ad  iinenK 


TEM,  Becaufe  that  the  humble  and  faithful  liege  A  Rfhcarfa!  of 
People  of  the  King,  his  Subjects  inhabiting  with-th-  Statute  of 
"  in  the  County  Palatine  of  Lanca/ier,  to  do  the  King"  H'H6-, c'  z'6 
"  Service  be  and  at  all  Times  were  ready,  and  havetf,|t  they  which" 
"  done  to  him  and  his  Progenitors,  as  well  in  the  Realm  be  outlawed  in 
"  of  England,  as  in  the  Realm  of  Scotland,  France,  and  the  County  of 
"  other  Parts,  and  have  been  governed  by  the  King's  l'"'c?J}er  fhail 
"  Laws,    and  not  damnified  by  the  fame,   otherwife'"'  e~  "°A}"^J 

,,  '  ,       „.       ,     ,.    '     -r,        ,.'....         .     nor  Coeds  that 

than  other  of  the  King  s  liege  reople  inhabiting  in  they  have  in 
"  the  Realm  of  England  out  of  the  fame  County,  until  other  Counties 
"  now  of  late  by  a  certain  Statute  at  the  laft  Parlia- Oil-  If  in  " 
"  ment  holden  at  Reading,  it  was  ordained  and  efta-Sei 
"  blifhed,  That  none  of  the  King's  liege  People,  againft 
"  whom  any  Exigent  fhould  be  awarded,  or  Outlagary 
"  pronounced  at  the  Suit  of  the  King  or  of  the  Party 
"  in  the  faid  County,    fhould  forfeit   any  Goods  or 
"  Chatties,  Lands  or  Tenements  in  any  County,  but 
"  only  the  Goods  and  Chatties,  Lands  and  Tenements,. 
"  which  the  Perfons  fo  outlawed,  or  they  againft  whom 
"  any  fuch  Exigent  in  the  faid  County  fhould  be  award- 
"  ed,  have  in  the  fame  County  of  Lancajler,  and  by 
"  Reafon  of  any  fuch  Outlagary  at  the  Suit  of  the- 
"  King,  or  at  the  Suit  of  the  Party,  pronounced  with- 
"  in  the  fame  County,  fhould  not  be  barred  or  difabled 
"  of  any  Manner  of  Action,  nor  to  claim  any  Manner 
"  Inheritance  out  of  the  fame  County,  notwithstanding. 
"  any  Outlawry  againft  them  pronounced,  as  in  the 

fame  Act  doth  more  plainly  appear. 


"  II.  And  by  Reafon  of  the  fame  Adt,  if  any  Fo- 
reigner fhould  come  into  the  faid  County  Palatine, 
and  fhould  flay  any  of  the  liege  People  of  our  Lord 
the  King,  or  mould  commit  any  Treafon,  Murder,. 
Rape,  Robbery,    or  other  Felony  or  Trefpafs,  or 
make  any  Contradt,  or  do  any  other  Offence  within 
the  faid  County  of  Lancajler,  _that  then  he  mould 
have  no  other  Punifhnlent  nor  Forfeiture  in  this  Be- 
half, but  only  of  fuch  Goods  which  fuch  Foreigners, 
doing  and  committing  fuch  horrible  Offences,  have 
within  the  faid  County  Palatine,  which  for  the  moft 
Part  have  nothing  within  the  fame  County ;  for  which 
Caufe  the  faid  Foreigners,  knowing  no  Peril,  Pu 
nifhment,  nor  Lofs   of  Goods   in  the  Law,  to  re-  b 
frain  or  reftrain  them  of  fuch  Treafons,  Murders,  Jtc  'of  ,  Hi  g, 
and  Felonies,  be  the  more  encouraged  daily  to  com-c.  6. 
mit  the  fame  within  the  faid  County,  and  giveth  them 
Audaciiy  daily  to  offend  againlt  the  Laws  of  the 
King,  his  Crown  and  Dignity,  and  alfo  in  Reftraint 
of  the  King's  Laws,  to  the  great  Lois  and  final  De- 

"  itruction 


The  Inconvcni- 

enfuing 


632 


C.    2. 


Anno  trlcefimo  tertio  Henrici  VI.         A.  D.  1455. 


A  Repeal  of  the 
afore  ajd  Statute, 


Of  what  Eftite 
thole  Jurors 
mull  be,    who 
shall  indict  in 
the  County  of 
La:icq/lcr  a  Fo- 
reigner dwelling 
in  another 
County. 


OfwhatEftate 
thole  Jurors  muff 
be.  who  ihall  in- 
dict in  another 
County  any  Per- 
{i>n  dwelling  in 
the  County  of 


ftrudtion  of  the  Cticl  liege  People  and  Subjects  in  the 
laid  County  Palatine."     '   (2)  Wherefore  the  fore- 
faid  Lord  the  King  confidering  the  Premiffes,  by  the 
Advice,  AiTent,  and  Authority  aforefaid,  hath  will- 
ed, granted,  and  eftablifhed,    That  the   Act:  before 
rehearfed  and  made  at  the  faid  laft  Parliament  holden 
at  Reading,  fhall  be  adnulled,  void,  and  Hand  in  no 
P'orce.      (3)    And    further,    for    the    Confervation, 
Tranquillity,   Quietnefs,  and  Peace  of  all  his  liege 
People,  as  well  within  the  faid  County  Palatine,  as 
of  other  his  liege  People  out  of  the  laid  County  with- 
in the  Realm  of  England,  the  fame  Lord  the  King, 
by  Authority  aforefaid,  hath  granted,  ordained,  and 
ftablifhed,    That  every  Indictment  hereafter   to    be 
taken  before  any  of  the  King's  Juftices  in  the  faid 
County  Palatine  of  Lancajler,  or  before  any  Sheriff 
in  his  Tourn  in  the  faid  County,  whereby  any  Per- 
fon  or  Perfons  be  fuppofed  by  the  fame  Indictment  to 
be  or  to  have  been  inhabiting  or  converfant  out  of 
the  faid  County  of  Lanca/lcr,  and  within  any  other 
County  within  the  Realm  of  England,  lhall  be  taken 
and  had  by  the  Verdict  of  Twelve  Men,  whereof 
every  of  them,  or  fome  other  Perfon  or  Perfons  to 
their   Ufc,    within   the   fame    County   of  Lancajler, 
{hall  have  to  the  yearly  Value  of  an  Hundred  Shil- 
lings.     (4)  And  no  Procefs   {hall  be  made  out  of 
any  fuch  Indictment,  before  it  be  duly  inquired  and 
examined  before  the  King's  Juftices  within  the  faid 
County  of  Lancajler  for  the  time  being,  whether  the 
faid  Indictors,  and  every  of  them,  at  the  Time  of 
fuch  Indictment  fo  taken,  had  Lands  and  Tenements 
within  the  faid  County  of  Lancajler  to  the  yearly  Va- 
lue of  an  Hundred  Shillings  above  all  Charges.    (5) 
And  if  it  be  found  by  Examination  of  the  laid  Juf- 
tices for   the  time   being  within   the  faid   County, 
that  the  faid  Indictors,  and  every  of  them,    at  the 
Time  of  fuch  Indictment  fo  taken,  had  not  Lands 
and  Tenements  to  the  yearly  Value  aforefaid,  that 
then   the  fame  Indictments,   as  to   fuch  Perfons  fo 
indicted  fuppofed  by  the  laid  Indictments  to  be  inha- 
biting and  converfant  out  of  the  faid  County  of  Lan- 
cajler, fhall  be  void  and  of  no  Effect.     (6)  And  alfo 
the  fame  Lord  the  King,  of  the  Advice  and  Autho- 
rity aforefaid,  hath  granted,  ordained,  and  eftablifhed, 
That  every  Indictment  from  henceforth  to  be  taken 
within  any  County  of  the  faid  Realm,  and  out  of 
the  faid  County  of  Lancajler,  before  any  Juftice,   or 
the  Sheriff  in  his  Tourn,  whereby  any  Perfon  or 
Perfons   fuppofed  by  the  fame  Indictment  to  be  or 
to  have  been  converfant  or  inhabiting  within  the  faid 
County  of  Lancajler,    and    without    fuch    County 
where  fuch  Indictments  fnall   happen   to  be  taken, 
fhall  be  taken  by  Verdict  of  Twelve  Men,  whereof 
every  of  them,  or  fome  other  Perfon  or  Perfons   to 
their  Ufe,  fhall  have  Lands   and  Tenements  within 
die  fame  County  where  the  faid  Indictments  fhall  be 
taken,  to  the  yearly  Value  of  an  Hundred  Shillings. 
(7)  And  that  no  Procefs  be  made  out  of  any  fuch 
Indictments  before  it  be  duly  examined  and  inquired 
before  the  King's  Juftices,  having  Power  to  award 
any  Procefs  upon  fuch  Indictment:;,  whether  the  faid 


Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
in  ea  parte  ac  etiam  in  reftrictione  legum  dicti  Do- 
mini Regis  ad  grave  dampnum  ac  finalem  deftruc- 
tionem  dictorum  fubditorum  nee  non  ligeorum  in 
comitatu  palatino  predicto.     Quaprcpter  prefatus 
Dominus  Rex  premiffa  confiderans  de  avifamento 
afienfu  &  auctoritate  predictis  voluit  conceffit  or- 
dinavit  &  ftabilivit  quod  dictus  actus  fuperius  re- 
citatus  &  ad  dictum  ultimurn  parliamentum  apud 
Redyng  editus  adnulletur  vacuetur  &  nullius  vi- 
goris  exiftat.     Et  ulterius  pro  confervatione  tran- 
quillitate  quiete  &  pace  omnium  ligeorum  fuorum 
tarn  infra  dictum  comitatum  palatinum  quam  alio- 
rum  ligeorum  fuorum  extra  comitatum  predictum 
infra  regnum  Anglie  idem  Dominus  Rex  auctori- 
tate predicta  concept  ordinavit  &  ftabilivit  quod 
quodlibet  indictamentum  tempore  futuro  capien- 
dum  coram  aliquo  Juftitiario  dicti  Domini  Regis 
infra  dictum  comitatum  palatinum  Lancaftrie  aut 
coram  aliquo  vicecomite  in  turno  fuo  in  comitatu 
predicto  per  quod  aliqua  perfona  vel  perfone  fup- 
pofit' per  idem  indictamentum  effe  vel  fuifle  inha- 
bitan'  five  converfan'  extra  dictum  comitatum  Lan- 
caftrie &  infra  aliquem  alium  comitatum  infra  reg- 
num Anglie  capietur  &  habebitur  per  veredictum 
duodecim  virorum  quolibet  eorum  habente  terras 
&  tenementa  aut  aliqua  alia  perfona  vel  perfonis 
ad  eorum  ufum  infra  eundem  comitatum  Lancaftrie 
ad  annuum  valorem  centum  folidorum.     Et  nullus 
proceflus   fiet   extra   aliquod    hujufmodi    indicta- 
mentum antequam  debite  inquiratur  &  examinetur 
coram  Juftitiariis  dicti  Domini  Regis  infra  dictum 
comitatum   Lancaftrie    pro    tempore  exiftentibus 
utrum  predidti  indictatores  Si  eorum  quilibet  tem- 
pore hujufmodi  indictamenti  terras  &  tenementa 
infra   dictum    comitatum   Lancaftrie  ad   annuum 
valorem  centum  folidorum  ultra  omnia  onera  ha- 
buerunt  &  habuit.     Et  ft  inveniatur  per  examina- 
tionem  dictorum  Juftitiariorum  pro  tempore  exif- 
tentium  infra  dictum  comitatum  quod  indictatores 
predidti  &  eorum  quilibet  tempore  hujufmodi  in- 
dictamenti fie  capti  terras  &  tenementa  ad  annuum 
valorem   fupradictum   non   habuerunt  quod  tunc 
idem   indictamentum   quoad   hujufmodi   perfonam 
vel  perfonas  fie  indidtat'  fuppofit'  per  dicta  indicta- 
menta  effe  inhabitant'  vel  converfant'  extra  dic- 
tum comitatum  Lancaftrie  vacuum  &  nullius  ef- 
fectus  exiftat,  Ac  etiam  idem  Dominus  Rex  de  avi- 
famento &  auctoritate  predictis  voluit  conceffit  or- 
dinavit &  ftabilivit  quod  quodlibet  indictamentum 
tempore   futuro  capiendum   infra   aliquem   comi- 
tatum dicti  regni  fui  &  extra  dictum  comitatum. 
Lancaftrie  coram  aliquo  juftitiario  vel  vicecomite 
in  turno  fuo  per  quod  aliqua  perfona  vel  perfone 
fuppofit'  per  idem  indictamentum  effe  vel  fuiffe  in- 
habitan'  vel    converfan'   infra  dictum   comitatum 
Lancaftrie  &  extra  talem  comitatum  ubi  hujuf- 
modi indictamenta   capi  contigerint  capietur  per 
veredictum  duodecim  virorum  quolibet  eorum  ha- 
bente terras  &  tenementa  aut  aliqua  alia  perfona 
vel  perfonis  ad  eorum  ufum  infra  eundem  comita- 
tum ubi   indictamenta  predicta  capiuntur  ad  an- 
nuum valorem  centum  lolidorum.    Et  quod  nullus 
proceflus  fiet  extra  aliqua  hujufmodi  indictamenta 
antequam  debite  examinetur  &  inquiratur  coram 
Juftitiariis    ipfius  Domini   Regis   habentibus    po- 
k-ftatem  adjudicandi  aliquem  proceffum  fuper  hu- 
2  jufmodi 


A.  D.  1455. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Tun.  Lond. 
jufmodi  indictamenta  utrum  indiiStatores  predi&i 
&  eorum  quilibet  tempore  hujufmodi  indidlamen- 
torum  captorum  habuerunt  terras  &  tenementa  aut 
aliqua  alia  perfona  vel  perfone  ad  eorum  ufum  ad 
annuum  valorem  centum  folidorum  infra  eundem 
comitatum  ultra  omnia  onera  ubi  hujufmodi  indic- 
tamenta  capi  contingunt.  Et  fi  inveniatur  coram 
Domino  Rege  vel  coram  aliquo  juftitiariorum  fuo- 
rum  quod  dtdti  indi&atores  aut  aliquis  ipforum 
tempore  hujufmodi  indi£tamenti  fie  capti  non  ha- 
buerunt vel  non  habuit  nee  aliquis  ad  eorum 
ufum  habuit  terras  &  tenementa  ad  valorem  cen- 
tum folidorum  per  annum  quod  tunc  indiftamen- 
tum  predi£tum  quoad  aliquam  hujufmodi  aliam 
perfonam  vel  perfonas  fuppofit'  per  hujufmodi  in- 
didlament'  efle  vel  fuiffe  inhabitant'  five  conver- 
fant'  infra  diftum  comitatum  Lancaftrie  vacuum  & 
nullius  effe&us  exiftat. 


Anno  tricefimo  tertio  H %  n  r  i  c  i  VI. 


C3— 7-       633 


'  Indicators,  and  every  of  them,  at  the  Time  of  fuch 
'  Indictments  taken,  or  any  other  Perfon  or  Ferfons 
'  to  their  Ufe,  had  any  Lands  or  Tenements  to  the 
'  yearly  Value  of  an  Hundred  Shillings  within  the  fame 
'  County,  above  all  Charges,  where  fuch  Indictments 
'  happen  to  be  taken.  (8)  An  i  if  it  be  found  before 
'  our  Lord  the  King,  or  any  of  his  Jultices,  that 
'  the  faid  Indicators,  or  any  of  them,  had  not  at  the 
'  Time  of  fuch  Indictments  taken,  nor  that  none 
'  other  to  their  Ufe,  had  Lands  and  Tenements  to  the 
'  Value  of  an  Hundred  Shillings  by  Year,  that  then 
'  the  faid  Tndi£tment,  as  to  any  fuch  Perfon  or  Pcrfons 
'  fuppofed  by  the  fame  Indictment  to  be  or  to  have 
'  been  inhabiting  or  converfant  within  the  faid  County 
'  of-  Lanca/fer,  mail  be  void  and  of  no  EfFecV 


CAP.     III. 
A  Remedy  for  feveral  Extortions  committed  by  the  Officers  of  the  Exchequer.    See  Appendix. 

CAP.      IV. 

No  Perfon  brewing  Ale  or  Beer  in  Kent  to  be  fold,  fhall,  during  five  Years,  make  above  an 
Hundred  Quarters  of  Malt  to  his  own  Ufe.     See  Appendix. 

CAP.      V. 

No  wrought  Silk  belonging  to  the  Myftery  of  Silkwomen  fhall  be  brought  into  this  Realm  by 

the  Way  of  Merchandife,  during  five  Years. 

CAP.     VI. 
Certain  Privileges  granted  to  the  Abbot  of  Fountain  in  the  County  of  Tork.    See  Appendix. 

CAP.     VII. 
How  many  Attornies  may  be  in  Norfolk,  how  many  in  Suffolk,  and  in  Norwich. 

ITEM  cum  de  tempore  adiu  non  elapfo  infra  civitatem Norwici  &  comitatus  Norffolcie  &  SufFolcie  +  fnt-  7f 
nifi  fex  vel  o£to  communes  attornati  ad  cur'  Domini  Regis  divertentes  ad  maximum  extitiffent  quo  tern-  A  Prafllce  of 
pore  magna  tranquillitas  in  di<3is  civitate  &  comitatibus  regnabat  parvaque  tribulatio  feu  vexatio  per  feclas  com?nt,°u*  At" 

.    .  ^>  ,-*-..-  i_,i  t  •  n  1   •        i'r»*         •    •  e  m  •    .        torrnes.  to  itir  up 

minus  veras  vel  formfecas  nabebatur  Jamque  ita  eit  quod  in  dictis  civitate  &  comitatibus  quater  viginti  suits  for  their 
aftornati  yel  plures  exiftunt  majore  parte  ipforum  non  habente  aliquod  aliud  vivere  fet  folummodo  lucrum  private  Profits, 
luum  per  di£tam  occupationem  attornat'  Ac  etiam  majore  parte  ipforum  non  exiftente  de  fufRcienti  fci- 
entia  efiendi   attornat'   qui   ad   unamquamque    feriam    mercatum    &    alia   loca   ubi   populi    congregatio 
exiftit  declinant  populum  exortantes  procurantes  moventes  &  excitantes  ad  feftas  minus  veras  feflas  forin- 
fecas  fecStas  pro  parvis  tranfgreflionibus  parvis  offenfis  &  parvis  fummis  de  debito  capiendis  quorum  a£tiones 
funt  triabiles  &  determinabiles  in  curiis  baronum  unde  quamplures  fe<£te  potius  ex  mala  voluntate  &  ma- 
litia  quam  ex  rei  veritate  procedunt  in  diftorum  inhabitantium  civitatis  &  comitatuism  predicJtorum  vexa- 
tionem  multiplicimdampnaque  non  modica  necnon  omnium  curiarum  baronum  in  di£tis  comitatibus  dimi- 
nutionem  perpetuam  nifi  de  remedio  in  hac  parte  congruo  provideatur.     Prefatus  Dominus  Rex  premiiTa  There  fhall  b« 
confiderans  de  avifamento  affenfu  &  au£t,oritate  predicts  ordinavit  &  ftabilivit  quod  totis  temporibus  futu- t"It  (ix.cc'Tnmon- 
ris  fint  nifi  fex  communes  attornati  in  di£to  comitatu  Norffolcie  &  fex  communes  attornati  in  di£to  comjtatu; jv"ft/i'e \x\n 
SufFolcie  &  duo  communes  attornati  in  dicSta  civitate  Norwici  fore  attornat'  in  cur'  derecordo  &  quod  omnes  pjfoitJanA  two 
predi£ti  quatuordecim  attornati  fint  elefti  &  admiffi  per  duos  Capitales  Juftitiarios  Domini  Regis  pro  tern- in  Norwici. 
pore  exiftentes  de  magis  fufficientibus  &  optime  inftrudtis  juxta  difcretiones  fuas  et  quod  elecStio  &  admiffio 
omnium  attornatorum  qui  erunt  eleevti  &  admifli  per  di£tos  Juftitiarios  pro  tempore  exiftentes  ultra  dicftum 
numerum  in  comitatibus  predicts  fint  vacue  &  de  nulla  a£toritate  neque  recordo  et  fi  fit  aliqua  perfona  JufHces  of  Peace 
vel  perfone  que  prefumit  vel  prefumunt  aut  ufurpant  vel  ufurpat  fuper  ipfas  fore  attornatos  in  curiis  de  re-  GyD.nare  Au- 
Vol..  L  Mmmm  cordo^o/a^. 


634-.     C.  1.  Anno  tricefimo  nono  Henrici  VI.  A.  D.  1460. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond. 
cordo  in  didtis  comitatibus  vel  civitate  aliter  quam  fupcrius  fpecificatur  &  hoc  fie  invento  per  inquifitionem 
captam  coram  juftitiariis  pacis  in  didtis  civitate  five  comitatibus  qui  virtute  iftius  ordinationis  poteftatem  in- 
quirendi  inde  in  feflionibus  fuis  habebunt  aut  aliquo  alio  modo  legittime  probato  quod  tunc  ipfa  vel  ipfe 

The  Forfeiture    que  fie  prefumit  vel  prefumunt  fi  ipfa   inde  legittime  fit  convicY  forisfaciat  viginti  libras  totiens  quotiens 

of  Offenders.  jpfa  vel  ipfe  fit  vel  fint  convicY  unam  medietatem  inde  capiend'  ad  ufum  Domini  Regis  &  alteram  medieta- 
tern  ad  ufum  ipfius  qui  proinde  profequivelit  &  quod  ipfe  qui  proinde  profequi  velit  poffit  habere  actionem 
de  debito  verfus  aliquam  talem  perfonam  que  fie  prefumit  fore  attornat'  ac  tales  proceffum  &  recupera- 
tionem  in  eadem  quales  jacent  in  adtione  de  debito  ad  communem  legem  fuper  obligatione.     Provifo  fem- 

Ou   ifinUfe'  Per  quod  ordihatio  predidta  incipiat  &  primo  fumat  effedtum  ad  feftum  Pafche  proximo  futurum  &  non 

Rait.  Eat,  ia.  c.ante  &  Pi'dinatio  ilia  Juftitiariis  videatur  rationabilis. 


Statutes  made  at  Weftminfter,    Anno  39  Hen.  VI.  and  Anno 

Dom.   1460. 

^O  the  Honour  of  Almighty  God,  and  the  Reverence  of  holy  Church,  for  to  nourifh  Peace,  Unity, 
and  Concord  in  all  Parts  within  this  Realm  of  England,  and  for  the  Relief  and  Suftentation  of  our 
Lord  the  King,  and  of  this  his  Realm,  the  fame  our  Sovereign  Lord  King  Henry  the  Sixth  after 
c'  the  Conqueft,  at  his  High  Court  of  Parliament  holden  at  Wejhninjler  upon  the  Seventh  Day  of  the  Month 
"  of  OSlober,  the  Nine  and  thirtieth  Year  of  his  noble  and  gracious  Reign,  by  the  Advice  and  Affent  of  his 
"  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  at  the  fpecial  Requelt  of  the  Commons  of  his  faid  Realm,  affembled 
"  in  the  fame  Parliament,  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  fame  Parliament,  hath  ordained  thefe  Things  under- 
"  written." 

CAP.     I. 

The  Parliament  holden  at  Coventry  20  die  Novembris,  Anno  37  Hen.  6.   repealed,  and  all 
Acls,  Statutes,  &c.  made  by  Authority  of  the  fame,   reverfed. 

Ex  Rot.  in  Turr.  Lond.  m.  1. 
EXP  A  U  parlement  tenuz  aWeftm'  le  feptifme  jour  de  Octobr'  Ian  du  reigne  du  Roi  Henry  puis  le  conqueft 

j["\.  fifme  xxxix"  monftre  fuift.  par  les  Communes  en  icell  parlement  affemblez  qe  come  diverfez  fediti- 
oufez  &  mavailx  difpofez  perfonez  nulle  regarde  eiantz  a  paour  Dieu  ne  al  damage  del  profperous  eftate  du- 
dit  Roy  ne  fon  reame  feneftrement  &  emportunement  laboroient  le  dit  Roi  de  fommoner  une  parlement  a 
tenters'  a  fa  citee  de  Coventre  le  vintifme  jour  deNovembre  Ian  de  fon  reigne  trent  feptifme  tantfoulement  a 
deftroier  certeins  des  graundes  noblez  foialx  &  loialx  Seignurs  &  eftates  du  fang  roiall  &  autres  del  foiall 
liege  people  du  dit  Roialme  pur  les  graundes  rancour  haite  &  malice  qe  lez  ditz  feditioufez  perfones  de 
longe  temps  avoient  contre  ceux  et  leur  infatiable  covetyfe  davoir  les  terres  enheritamentez  pofTeitions  offices 
&  biens  des  ditz  Seignurs  &  foialx  lieges  par  quel  labour  .certeins  aftes  ftatutes  &  ordenances  contre  tout 
bone  foye  &  confeience  en  le  dit  parlement  furent  faitz  a  deftroier  finalment  lez  ditz  loialx  Seignurs  eftates 
&  liege  poeple  &  lour  iffuez  fibien  innocentez  come  autres  &  lour  heirs  pur  toutz  jours  quel  parlement  fuift 
nonduement  fommonez  &  graunde  part  de  lez  chivalers  pur  diverfez  counteez  cefty  Roialme  &  plufours 
citezeins  &  burgeifez  pur  diverfez  citeez  &  burghs  en  icell  apparantz  furent  nommez  retournez  &  acceptez 
afcuns  deux  faunz  due  &  frank  election  afcuns  deux  faunz  null  election  encountre  le  cours  des  loies  du  Roi 
&  les  liberties  des  Communes  du  dit  Roialme  par  lez  moyns  &  labours  lez  ditz  fedicioufez  perfones  paront 
plufours  graundes  jeopardies  &  enconveniencez  bien  pres  al  ruyne  &  univerfall  fubverfion  le  Roialme  avant- 
dit  ount  enfuez.  Noftre  dit  Seignur  le  Roi  les  premifTes  confiderant  &  qe  lez  ditz  Seignurs  eftates  &  autres 
fez  lieges  envers  queux  lez  ditz  a£tez  eftatutez  &  ordeignementz  furent  faitz  ount  toutz  jours  euez  graunde 
&  foial  amour  au  preferrement  &  fuerte  le  bien  valoir  de  fa  perfone  roiall  leur  duete  accordant  et  qe  poie 
des  aites  ou  ordenauncez  en  le  dit  parlement  tenuz  a  Coventre  eftoient  faitz  pur  le  bien  du  Roi  ne  du  dit 
Roialme  mes  la  greindre  part  de  les  ac~tes  ftatutes  &  ordenauncez  en  icell  faitez  fuift  laboree  p:ir  le  confpire- 
ment  procurement  &  excitement  lez  ditz  mavailx  difpofez  perfones  pur  lentroduftion  &  accomplifhment  de 
Jour  rancour  &  enordynate  covetyfe  ad  par  ladvis  &  affent  des  Seignurs  efpirituelx  &  temporelx  en  le  dit  par- 
lement affemblez  al  requeft  des  ditz  Communes  &  par  lauftorite  mefme  le  parlement  ordeigne  &  eftablie 
qe  le  dit  parlement  tenuz  au  dit  citee  de  Coventre  foit  voide  &  tenuz  pur  null  parlement.  Et  qe  toutz 
sdtes  ftatutes  &  ordenaunces  par  lauctorite  del  mefme  faitz  foient  reverfez  adnullez  caffcz  irritez  repellez 
reveqes  voidez  &  de  null  force  neffe&e. 

CAP. 


A.  D.  1460.         Anno  tricefimo  nono  Henrico  VI.  •     C,  2.       63.3 

cap.   11. 

A  Woman  at  Fourteen  Years  of  Age  at  the  Death  of  he?  Anceftor  fhall  have  Livery 

of  her  Land. 

Ex  Rot,  in  Turr,  Lond. 

ITEM  de  avifamento  aflenfu  &  au&oritate  prediclis  ordinatum  eft  &  ftabilitum  quod  mulieres  exiftentcs  »H- 6-  f-+«'' 
etatis  quatuordecim  annorum  tempore  mortis  antecefforum  fuorum  abfque  queftione  feu  difficultate  habe-  g"1-  P"6,  7* 
ant  liberationem  terrarum  &  tenementorum  fuorum  fibi  defcenforum  quia  fie  lex  iftius  terre  vult  quod  tunc  65°'        ' 
ipfe  haberent. 


Thus  end  the  Statutes  of  King  Henry  the  Sixth. 


End    of  the   FIRST     VOLUME. 


Cleaned  &  Oiled